Jiawu (the fourth day of the first lunar month) in the spring of the seventh year of Yuande.
In the Shiqu Pavilion of Weiyang Palace, countless officials and scholars came and went, and the entire Shiqu Pavilion was filled with tension.
Because today is the deadline.
Taishi ordered the Yamen to calculate today what day the beginning of spring will be this year?
This is very demanding on the astronomy and mathematical foundation of Taishi and the entire Han Dynasty.
Once the calculation is wrong, or the accurate time cannot be calculated in time.
This would lead to a major political accident.
I don’t know how much my head will fall off.
Therefore, everyone held their breath and did not even dare to breathe out. The eunuchs who were ordered to come here to wait for the news all stood in front of Shiqu Pavilion in a neat manner, letting the cold wind blow on them, not daring to move.
Finally, the door of Shiqu Pavilion opened, and Taishi Ling Sima Tan stepped out, holding a silk book in his hand, and said loudly: "I, Taishi Lingtan, would like to report to Your Majesty: the year of Jiawu, the beginning of spring in Bingzi, the prosperity of virtue and the construction of wood!"
The eunuchs finally heaved a sigh of relief, took the silk book from Sima Tan's hand, and immediately rushed towards the Xuanshi Hall with the silk book in hand.
Along the way, I ran and shouted: "Taishi Lingchen Tan would like to report to your majesty: the age of Jiawu, the beginning of spring in Bingzi, the prosperity of virtue and construction of trees!"
As a result, the entire Weiyang Palace learned the news.
Immediately, the eunuchs, maids, and even the concubines, princes, and princesses of the entire Weiyang Palace began to walk out of the door and stood quietly outside the palace, waiting for orders.
Soon after, the silk book arrived at the Xuanshi Hall and was presented to Liu Che.
As soon as Liu Che opened it, he immediately picked up a pen and wrote on the silk book: Heaven is the one who gives birth to it; man is the one who nurtures it. Those who can nourish what Heaven has given birth to and do not spoil are called the emperor. The emperor's actions are based on
The whole sky is the reason. Since I am the king of the world and the parent of the people, I should fast and bathe, and wear plain clothes to welcome the spring. I command the commandery and the country to worship the mountains, rivers and forests, sacrifice no females, prohibit logging, hunting, and do not overturn the nest!
Then, Shangshu Ling Ji An announced this instruction in public.
Zhou Yafu brought all the civil and military officials to pay homage: "I all think that Your Majesty should choose Yuan Day to pray to God, choose Yuan Chen to carry the grass in person, and the Queen to mulberry trees, in order to express His Majesty's aspiration to attach importance to agriculture!"
"Yes!" Liu Che replied slightly.
Following this order, the entire Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace immediately became busy.
Each silkworm room was cleaned, and everyone from top to bottom began to immerse themselves in the joy of labor.
The happiest person is none other than Queen Chen Gillian.
She almost happily took her maid eunuch and cleared out the silkworm room in Shufang Hall.
Then, looking at the dustpans being placed neatly one by one, my heart was filled with anticipation.
Silkworms, such cute and cute creatures, will soon be brought to the Shufang Palace. Then, they will slowly grow up, spin silk and form cocoons, and eventually be woven into beautiful clothes and skirts.
Um……
When the time comes, weave a beautiful robe for the emperor’s husband!
When she thought of this, a happy smile appeared on Chen Ajiao's face.
On the other hand, Guan Tao was standing next to him, looking a little melancholy.
The queen is growing up day by day, but her menarche is still delayed.
This is big trouble!
The only good news is that the emperor didn't seem to care. Instead, after learning about the incident, he pampered and sympathized with the queen even more, and even ordered: Anyone who dares to spread this matter! The matter was strictly locked up in this Shu.
In the palace.
but……
This made Guantao worried.
Because she knew very well that whether the queen's status in the palace was stable or not had nothing to do with the queen's favor.
A queen who is infertile will basically not be able to hold a stable position.
Nowadays, Chen Ajiao's position as empress is as stable as Mount Tai, but in fact she has nothing to do with the emperor.
It's just because the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager are the most powerful backers behind the Empress.
Especially the Empress Dowager Bo, almost regarded Chen Ajiao as her own reflection.
Otherwise, things inside and outside the palace would have been turned upside down long ago!
The queen and the emperor have been married for five years and they don’t even have a princess?
The scholar-bureaucrats and aristocrats of the outer dynasties may have jumped the gun a long time ago!
Even so, there is already some discussion among the government and the public.
There are even some Confucian scholars whispering in private, saying that "a mother is more valuable than her son, and a righteous wife with a virtue and a beautiful appearance can rule the Changqiu Palace".
As for the courtiers, those who want to be ministers who follow the dragon and achieve support are like the crucian carp crossing the river.
Now, it is just that one thing is that the emperor favors the queen, which is known to everyone, two is that the emperor has not expressed his position on establishing a crown prince, and three is that the empress dowager and the empress dowager in the East Palace are still there.
Otherwise, these guys would have jumped up long ago!
Judging from Guantao's rich political experience, despite all these obstacles, as time went by, the queen was still unable to give birth to a prince.
By that time, speculators in both the ruling and opposition parties will definitely be unable to hold their nerve any longer.
As for those important ministers who claim to be loyal ministers of the country and pillars of the country, they will continue to mobilize.
Anyway, these people are too lazy to care about the feelings of your emperor and empress or what the East Palace thinks!
They just want the crown prince!
But Chen Ajiao doesn't understand these things at all. She is just an innocent little girl, happy and smiling all day long, and never thinks about or worries about these things.
The emperor pampered her too much!
As for the concubines he sent to the palace last year to serve as dowries for the queen, it seems that they have no hope of them now.
When these little hooves entered the palace, each one had their own thoughts.
He didn't even listen to her greetings.
Thinking of this, Guan Tao also sighed deeply.
Chen Ajiao turned her head, looked at her mother, and said with a smile: "Why is mother sighing? When the emperor's husband comes later, don't let him see this look. The emperor doesn't like Ajiao being unhappy..."
"..." Guantao forced out a smile.
At this moment, she would rather her daughter not be spoiled by the emperor so much.
At least this way, she can see her situation clearly.
such a pity!
The emperor is not sure about this person, but one thing is certain - he will do what he says!
At that time, the emperor once made a promise to her that "the beauty is hidden in a golden house".
Today, although it is far from being as luxurious as using gold as a house and pearls and jade as curtains.
But anyone with a discerning eye can see that his kindness to the queen is truly sincere and he protects her like a treasure.
So much so that no matter how favored the other concubines inside and outside the palace were, they would not dare to think of having a different relationship with the queen.
But Guantao understands very well what kind of creature a man is? Especially the men of the old Liu family!
Since Emperor Gao, there has not been a single infatuated person!
Even though the current emperor appears to dote on Chen Ajiao on the surface, in fact... since this guy came to the throne, there have been dozens of women in the harem...
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Liu Che didn't know Guantao's worries, and even if he knew, he didn't want to pay attention to them.
The affairs of the palace can still be postponed for now. After all, until now, he still doesn't know which son is really in line with his wishes and qualified to inherit this huge ancient empire.
Therefore, the existence of Chen Ajiao is a buffer, which can effectively prevent the internal fighting in the imperial court and the struggle between the princes and relatives.
Of course, this problem will have to be faced sooner or later.
But it is certainly not an issue to be considered now, or even within this decade.
So, just delay.
For Liu Che, he is now more concerned about the great cause of unification!
Since Zhao Tuo, the king of South Vietnam, came to Chang'an and Zhao Hu, who came to the throne, wholeheartedly pursued the policy of integrating with the Han Dynasty, the culture, systems and laws of the Han Dynasty gradually began to be implemented in South Vietnam.
Today, Pan Yu still actually controls the civil and military affairs of South Vietnam.
However, the central influence of the Han Dynasty also penetrated pervasively.
Since last year, South Vietnam has transferred the power of appointing and removing local governors and county magistrates to Chang'an. Officials above a thousand stones in the country are basically recommended by Panyu and then confirmed by Chang'an.
The nobles of the South Vietnam Kingdom and the children of scholar-bureaucrats also began to come to Chang'an to take the examinations.
In this way, the Minyue Kingdom, which remains in a semi-separated state alone on the map, looks particularly dazzling.
Therefore, after going to court, Liu Che was preparing to fast, bathe, and prepare for the Spring Festival Festival, and at the same time, he had people sort out the intelligence and information about the Minyue Kingdom in recent years.
By evening, various information about the current situation and situation of the Minyue Kingdom had been placed in front of Liu Che.
After reading these materials, Liu Che already had an understanding of the current situation in Fujian and Vietnam.
Currently, there are three main forces in the Minyue Kingdom.
The strongest one is naturally the Luo family of the royal family.
The current Minyue Luo Yue has been working hard and farming since he came to the throne, and has reaped the dividends of China's boom in industry and commerce. Minyue's goods and specialties are marketed in Wu, Chu, Huaisi, and China's cheap ironware and salt have also made the lives of the Minyue people better.
Loose.
The power of the royal family also flourished, giving it a crushing advantage over the other two factions.
But the problem with the royal family is that its leader Luo Yue is getting older, and the struggle within the royal family has become increasingly fierce.
In particular, the crown prince Luo Ying has been in Chang'an. Therefore, the royal family in the country does not have a core to rely on, so they operate independently.
Among them, Luo Ying's younger brothers were jumping up and down, contacting Yaojun, Yuejun and other powerful factions to collude with each other.
Apart from the royal family, the second most powerful faction is those local powerful factions located between the Min River.
In the past, these people had caused headaches to the Qin Dynasty and they had no choice but to do anything.
In fact, these Yue people live among mountains and rivers in a dangerous place.
Moreover, if the poor are scumbag and send troops to fight, firstly, the gains outweigh the losses, and secondly, they may not be able to defeat them...
Most of the nobles and leaders of these tribes have little education. The reason why they surrender to the Luo family is just because of habits and traditions. Over the past thousand years, all tribes in Baiyue have become accustomed to surrendering to the Goujian bloodline.
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But the strength of this surrender is very limited.
Generally speaking, these tribes, like separatist forces, can wave the flag and cheer for Changzhi (the capital of Fujian and Yue), and they can even send troops to help fight, but it is difficult for Changzhi to reach inside them.
The existence of these tribes is also due to Liu Che and the Han Dynasty's current war on Fujian and Yue.
Most of these people don’t even know that the Han Dynasty existed!
They believed in witch gods and claimed that their ancestors were Emperor Yu and King Goujian.
I don't want to pay attention to Chang'an at all, I just want to live my own life.
And due to ignorance and primitiveness, many tribes even still maintain the habit of tattooing and drinking blood from their hair.
At this time, if you reach the middle and lower reaches of the Min River, you may even suspect that you are not in China, but in the Amazon jungle...
As for the third force, which is also the weakest force, it is the pro-Han faction or the Zhuxia faction that has always given Liu Che confidence in Minyue.
These people were headed by the Yue Yanhou family, the Wu Yanghou family and several civil servant forces in the Minyue court.
But unfortunately, their influence is basically only in the area near Donghai County and Jiangdu Kingdom, and they cannot play a decisive role.
After thinking for a while, Liu Che asked: "How is the study and living situation of the Minyue Crown Prince now?"
Ji An, who was standing next to him, replied: "Reporting to your majesty, Luo Ying, the prince of Fujian and Yue, has become a disciple of Yan Ju, a doctor of the Eight Hundred Stones "Book of Filial Piety", and has also married the daughter of his teacher. He is quite worthy of being a gentleman. There are scholar-bureaucrats.
The wind!"
Liu Che nodded when he heard this. Initially, Liu Che placed Luo Ying in Shanglin Garden for education. Two years ago, he released him from Shanglin Garden and allowed Yan Ju to become his disciple.
Yan Ju is a scholar of the Chu Poetry School, who studied under Shen Gong. Regardless of other aspects, his morality, knowledge and character, he is truly a true gentleman!
Now, if Geng marries his daughter to Luo Ying, it must be Luo Ying who suits his heart!
After thinking for a moment, Liu Che said: "Tell Xiuyiwei that I want the King of Minyue to die!"
Today's King of Fujian and Yue, Luo Yue, is indeed a talented person. His governance of the country completely copied the ideas of the Chinese Huang-Lao School, which focused on light corvee and low taxes, and recuperation.
At the same time, blacksmiths were strongly encouraged and trained, and the sword-making industry was focused on developing according to the preferences of Chinese nobles.
As a result, the swords forged by Minyue were sold all over the world.
Nowadays, if the scholar-bureaucrats and nobles go out without a sword made by a famous Fujian and Yue craftsman in their waist, their status will be reduced by half in an instant!
As a result, the Minyue Kingdom was impacted by the Han Dynasty's five baht money and cheap salt and iron.
However, its domestic economy did not collapse.
On the contrary, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Han Dynasty's industrial and commercial take-off and the convenience of the common market between Mitsukoshi and the Han Dynasty, Fujian and Yue's handicraft industry and agriculture were greatly developed.
Liu Che even heard that he began to study China near Changzhi, built ditches, and installed waterwheels.
However, this product is just a copycat of something from China.
But behind closed doors, he told the Baiyue tribes that these things were all his inventions.
The ambition of the wolf is clearly revealed.
If it hadn't been for Liu Che and the Han Dynasty's energy in the north in the past few years, they would never have been able to let him enjoy life so far.
But he can only live happily until now.
Whether it's assassination, assassination or poisoning, Xiuyiwei always has a way to make him die.
