In mid-spring and March here, bright green moss covers the city bricks, the spring grass stretches in the distance, the blue waves ripple in the spring water, and the verdant bank willows bring the artistic conception of spring.
Farther away, in the wilderness, the vast dark green wheat fields extend into the distance, and people hiking among the streets support the old and the young, pointing and laughing from time to time.
Children were flying kites, creating a peaceful atmosphere.
In the imperial palace, Zhuge Liang stood on the steps, looking into the distance, and saw only a few guards standing upright, exhaled, and walked back.
It has been fifteen years and I have become one of the important ministers in the cabinet.
"After rest, if you have anything to do, just say whatever you want. I will report it to Your Majesty later." The speaker was Prime Minister Xun. Xu Shu (Lu Shangjing) had been prime minister for ten years and then retired. Xun also had to retire within a year.
"Prime Minister, the country is fine." Zhuge Liang bowed slightly and said calmly: "The banners of Qiongxu, Yelang, Tubo, Goguryeo, Yingzhou, and the Xiongnu will pay tribute every three years again."
"According to the old practice, 300,000 taels of silver were imported." At this point, he paused and continued: "Last year's statistics showed that goods from various countries were dumped. The country collected 1.7 million taels in taxes alone, which may have reached 1.7 million taels.
It's the limit.
"However, the spring famine is approaching. According to statistics, one million stones of grain may be needed for disaster relief. Even if the country is in peace and prosperity, this is inevitable. Those who can be helped must still be helped."
Xun raised his face and thought for a long time, then suddenly smiled and said: "That's a good calculation. These barbarians have a population of hundreds of thousands or millions, and their profits are limited."
"The Hu people have no one, and the Han Dynasty is prosperous. We can't just hope that the Hu people will multiply in countless numbers for the sake of profit." At this time, Sima Yi said with a smile.
The two people's eyes met and then separated.
They are both cabinet ministers, but there is always something wrong with them.
Zhuge Liang thought for a while and said, "That's true, but..."
Before he could finish his words, there was a sudden "boom" of thunder, which made the cabinet hall tremble slightly, and then he heard a cry from the distance: "It's raining."
Everyone stood up, stood on the steps and looked around. They saw a line of black clouds in the distance, and faint thunder. Raindrops swept through the thunder, and the sky turned dark for a moment.
"Spring rain is as precious as oil." Xun Cai smiled, his face suddenly changed, and he saw a flash of lightning in the sky, followed by a huge thunder, which made everyone shrink in heart.
"Xiangguo, something seems wrong. The direction of the lightning strike is the main hall of the North Palace." Zhuge Liang's expression changed and he whispered.
"Come, hurry up and see your Majesty." Xun stood still and took a look, his face suddenly changed and he said.
North Palace·Main Hall
"Boom..." The thunder light fell on Ye Qing's body. In an instant, the originally rich light green central dragon energy and the purple emperor's personal luck were separated without blocking them.
"Boom!" The next moment, Ye Qing's Tao Qi, which was only red in color, was suddenly stimulated and a trace of yellow appeared. This quickly triggered a chain reaction. Ye Qing accumulated a huge amount of Qi and quickly transformed it.
With a "pop" sound, a streak of yellow gas rushed out, straight into a pillar.
Suddenly, in a Taoist palace, five saints in the five halls all opened their eyes, and Nuwa's whole body exuded a kind of dignity, with faint blue waves.
"Your Majesty, you have become a true immortal," she murmured. It was complicated and difficult to describe. In theory, becoming a true immortal only requires a change from red to yellow, which is insignificant compared to dragon energy. However, this is a power that only belongs to an individual.
One sword can stop a million soldiers, and one body can travel three thousand miles.
And the Five Saints are only true immortals in nature, blessed by dragon energy, and their status as emperor is officially equal to or even surpassed by them. How can it not make her feel complicated?
In the main hall, the dragon energy dispersed and the fairy light emerged.
"Husband..." Empress Xiao Mi, Concubine Gan, and Diao Chan were accompanying her tonight. They were all alarmed by the thunder and lightning sign and ran nervously out of the back bedroom.
When they saw Ye Qing coming out, they all breathed a sigh of relief and looked at his appearance: "Your appearance...
Empress Xiao Mi waved her hand, and a bronze mirror on the side of the hall moved over silently and stood in front of Ye Qing.
In the mirror is a young man with a handsome appearance, who seems to have returned to Liu Bei's youth, with a faint and a bit of Ye Qing's original characteristics.
Ye Qing touched his chin, looked at it, and laughed: "This is probably... I think this is what I look like when I am nineteen years old. I am exactly the same age on earth, and I have returned to the time when a man is most energetic."
"Your Majesty, you..."
The gate of the palace swayed for a while. Empress Dowager He, Concubine Wu, Concubine Sun, Mrs. Da Qiao, Mrs. Xiao Qiao, and Mrs. Wen Ji all arrived. In the Han Dynasty, concubines were granted high status, and they were the only ones in the harem.
The resources are abundant for cultivation. At this time, they are all real people. They all look young and beautiful. At most, they have different charms and maturity, and many of them have the signs of virginity.
But looking at the emperor's young appearance, the girls were all stunned for a moment, a little afraid to recognize each other.
"What, it's your first time meeting an immortal?"
The palace was bright, and the emperor's smile was the same as usual, but with a slightly youthful flavor, which made the hearts of the women skip a beat.
"It turns out there really is rejuvenation..."
Empress Dowager He's expression was hard to tell: "As ordered by Heaven, you will live a long and prosperous life... Your Majesty did what Qin Shihuang sought but could not achieve."
Ye Qing shook his head: "I can only stay for three hundred years. This is because God has promised that there are only two hundred and forty years left. In fact, I am afraid that I will leave next year."
"Where are you going, Your Majesty?" Wu Ran's face changed slightly and her voice was trembling. She ranked third among the concubines in the palace, but she was the only concubine who consummated the marriage with the emperor.
She has given birth to three sons and one daughter to the emperor, and now she is pregnant with another one. It is the age when a woman longs for companionship the most. How can she not worry about her man acting strangely?
If she were to disappear in the blink of an eye, she would cry in the palace.
"Don't be afraid." Ye Qing smiled at Wu Ran and looked at Queen Mother He, Queen Xiao Mi, Concubine Gan and Diao Chan. He nodded slightly, then came over to sit down and smiled lightly.
"It's time to tell you some things clearly..."
After explaining the things below and on the ground one by one, Ye Qing asked: "After I go back, there are still two hundred and forty years, and my descendants will have their own blessings. Will they be able to come up in the end? It depends on their cultivation. I can't let a hundred descendants."
Qian Sun will all go up together."
"As for you, I am planning to bring you to the earth without waiting for two hundred and forty years. You have the right to choose. You still have one year, so you don't have to rush to answer."
The hall was silent for a moment, and there was no sound. Looking at Ye Qing again, his eyes were a little evasive.
No wonder His Majesty didn't want us... Cai Wenji thought to herself that there was another soul hidden in her husband's body. Although it had been like this since they met, there was no swapping, but it still made her feel very strange.
"Is it his body, his soul, the emperor, or even an immortal that I like?" she thought, a bit of a literary youth.
Empress Xiao Mi gave Ye Qing a sharp look and said to break the silence: "Your Majesty is now an immortal king. What will you do in the morning?"
Ye Qing didn't take it seriously: "Just do whatever you need to do. Just say it's the union of immortal kings. What do I have to fear?"
In the fifth year of Yingwu's reign, he unified the country and destroyed the Wuhu. Although the entire empire still maintained sporadic use of troops, it generally tended to build internal affairs.
The Han army "mediated" several battles between banners in the grassland. Except for the occasional news of troops being used in the Western Regions and the naval commander Zhou Yu's exploration of Yingzhou, a newly emerged overseas island, everything was calm and calm.
The war in Liaodong was very subtle and continuous, just like Zhuge Liang's military style. Starting from the second year of Yingwu, he began to send out troops in small groups to recapture the Han people who had been kidnapped by various tribes in Goguryeo. The result of continuous bloodletting was to quickly weaken the enemy's dragon spirit and seize it deeply.
Cultivation rights on black soil.
By the seventh year of Yingwu's reign, Goguryeo surrendered, paid tribute, opened its borders, allowed troops to be stationed, dumped goods, and ceded territory.
Ye Qing followed the trend and ordered the expansion of six counties in Liaodong and the establishment of a port to and from Yingzhou on the Korean Peninsula. His intention to reclaim Liaodong was very obvious.
But to be honest, in the first few years of immigration, there was not much response from the people. Everyone was afraid of the bitter cold, so they had to rely on prisoners for the time being, including in the arid deserts of the Western Regions.
In the next ten years, officials moved thousands of miles away. According to the tradition of the Qin and Han Dynasties, Hangu Pass separated the east and west boundaries, and those in Guandong were directly exiled to Liaodong to farm, and those in Kansai were directly exiled to the Western Regions to farm.
With initial manpower support, Zhuge Liang showed his ability and used various methods such as earthen kangs, brick-burning houses, Huoling steam engines, and blast furnaces to produce iron on a large scale. The situation was quickly opened up. The policy of allocating acres of land attracted many landless farmers to farm, and there were always some
If you can't survive locally, you can only seek adventure in the frontier.
There is not much arable land in the Western Region, and most of it is pasture for grazing. In order to protect the local water and soil, and also to protect the horse breeding land, Ye Qing did not order the grassland to be converted into farmland, but introduced dragon horses from the East China Sea to join the Western Region and sweat blood.
Horses are cross-bred.
Sun Ce is not good at farming, but he is good at controlling various vassal states. Everyone has a position suitable for their own performance. Ye Qing has no other requirements for this cheap brother-in-law. He can basically complete the import of resources into the mainland, and at the same time, he can use force to ensure the dumping of products.
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Sun Ce was very competent in both aspects and could exceed the imperial court's targets every year. It is estimated that many of his methods were filled with blood.
During the social revolution, workshops produced a large number of goods, which were dumped to make large profits.
The grasslands, the Western Regions, and Zhou Yu's newly discovered Yingzhou were all dumping grounds for Ye Qing's products.
In the ten years after the Murong family was wiped out in the Northern Wei Dynasty, for safety reasons, Ye Qing never left Luoyang, and rarely even got involved in political affairs. The central and local governments led the development, and the entire dragon spirit was prosperous, and gradually
Showed yellow color.
The Holy Son of Heaven bowed his head and ruled, and Ye Qing practiced thousands of miles every day.
Now, the emperor's prestige is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it does not require much political power. He can just declare that he has become a true immortal.
Among the important ministers, there are indispensable people of earthly origin and they know it well, but many of the natives are real people or above, have some knowledge of the immortal way, and will not resist much.
Thinking of this, everyone smiled, felt relieved and said, "Your Majesty is wise."
Seeing that everyone understood, Ye Qing smiled faintly, looked away and smiled: "I have become a true immortal, I really don't know how some people will react?"
Just then, a ray of green light passed by and dropped the letter. Ye Qing waved and looked at it and smiled: "If you say Cao Cao is here, Cao Cao will be here. All the saints have faith. In this case, I will follow the example of Zhou Mu Wang Bajun
To travel west to Kunlun, just go to the West Kunlun Cave in person."