"The methods he came up with were basically never wrong. There was basically nothing he couldn't do that he wanted to do."
"If I ascend the throne in the future and let Lao Li lead the army alone, I won't be more relieved."
"Coupled with Lao Jia, with their civil and military skills, we will first go to Nanchen and then destroy the Western Jin Dynasty!"
"Unify the three eastern kingdoms, and then join forces with Da Chu and Western Qin to fight against the Northern Yuan Dynasty!"
"Wouldn't it be quick to kill all these northern barbarians... Ouch, why are you kicking me, Sister Huang?"
Liu Yuzheng got kicked when he was talking about it, so he looked at his imperial sister in surprise.
As a result, it was discovered that the imperial sister's face was surprisingly different.
So he immediately kept silent and did not dare to say anything more.
Empress Lu seemed not to have seen this scene. She turned to look at Princess Zhaoyang, whose eyes were shining and her face was red, and asked: "The person the prince mentioned is the heir apparent of Wulinghou Mansion. A few days ago,
Your Majesty personally appoints him as the Commander-in-Chief of the Qianlong Camp and the sixth-grade Cavalry General of the Royal Forest Army."
"I just heard that his reputation among the people is not very good. Moreover, there are many rumors that he suffered from brain disease when he was a child. He sometimes acted out of the ordinary. It is probably because of the illness."
"Mother, what you said is a little inappropriate. I have known Lao Li for so long, and I have never seen him get sick." Liu Yu began to defend Li Changkong.
As a result, Princess Huaiqing hit her again.
Due to the suppression of blood, Liu Yu has been afraid of his sister since he was a child. After doing this twice in a row, he did not dare to say anything anymore.
"Zhaoyang, what do you think?" Queen Lu asked.
When Princess Zhaoyang heard this, her face turned red and her voice was as thin as a mosquito: "If he is Crown Prince Li, my father should be very fond of him."
When Queen Lu heard this, she also smiled and shook her head. Little did she know whether King Zhongshan liked it or you liked it.
"Okay, it seems that you are quite fond of the heir apparent of the Li family."
"But there is no rush. I and Your Majesty are planning to wait until next spring to prepare for your marriage."
"There are still a few months to think about it carefully. After all, it is a major event in life."
"Thank you, Queen." Princess Zhaoyang quickly stood up and thanked her.
"Mother, my son is not in good health and would like to return to the palace to rest first." At the same moment, Huaiqing stood up and said with a hint of silence in his eyes.
"Okay, since you are not in good health, let's go back and rest early. Yu'er, please send your imperial sister off." Empress Lu looked at her daughter with both helplessness and pity in her eyes.
Perhaps, with Huaiqing's temperament, he will inevitably encounter some difficulties in the future.
If she had been willing to express her feelings just now, I, as a mother, would have fought for my daughter no matter what.
But...sigh.
All the words that came to my lips eventually turned into sighs.
She turned to look at Zhaoyang, smiled, and said: "Silly boy, we are all one family. If there is anything I can thank you for, it is more important than anything else for you to find a suitable husband as soon as possible and make your father feel at ease."
…
As time goes by, the weather in Gandu City becomes increasingly colder.
But in the blink of an eye, heavy snow fell.
In these streets and alleys, the flavor of the new year is getting stronger and stronger.
When Li Chang had nothing to do, he would go shopping in Nanhe Alley.
I found that the streets were full of children wearing new clothes, looking like tigers, and running around eating candied haws.
There are also pavilions and pavilions decorated with lights and colors everywhere, mostly made of bright red satin, which makes people feel festive just looking at them.
Occasionally, I would get together with Zhang Han, Zhu Ben, and Jia Taisui to visit the night market in Qiandu City, guess lantern riddles, and read couplets.
These lantern riddles and couplets are naturally not as good as poems and poems among scholars.
But for the people, this is the authentic Nian culture.
Almost every year, the streets and alleys of Gandu City are filled with stalls for guessing lantern riddles and couplets.
And Li Changkong also won some prizes by relying on the scattered riddles and couplets he memorized in his previous life.
Of course, the one who won the most was Zhang Han.
This guy has no memory of his past life, he just reads a lot.
He has seen all the lantern riddles and couplets created by others, how can he not win?
In the end, Li Changkong felt that the stall owner looked at the four people with murderous intent.
If Lao Jia hadn't been by his side, they might have left.
Of course, Liu Yu could not enjoy such fun.
Ever since the last court meeting, when King Jing's power showed the tip of the iceberg, he had felt a great sense of crisis.
Now we are working hard to cultivate our own power.
However, King Jing had already fallen behind first, so it would not be easy for Liu Yu to catch up.
But fortunately, looking at Emperor Jingxing's attitude that day, he was happy to have a fight between the two princes.
After all, Daqian was in a place of four wars, and now it was even more difficult. In addition to being diligent and caring for the people, the successor should naturally not be too kind.
After a fight, no matter who succeeds in the end, it will be beneficial.
Therefore, Emperor Jing Xing should be able to help Liu Yu to some extent, overtly or covertly.
…
These days, Li Changkong is happy and at ease, looking forward to the arrival of the New Year.
The imperial court was indeed a mess and almost exploded.
Especially Emperor Jing Xing, who was almost worried to the point of being unable to sleep at night.
This time it is not because of the matter in Northern Xinjiang. No matter how urgent the matter in Northern Xinjiang is, we will not rush it for a while, and there is still King Zhongshan on the side, so nothing will go wrong in a short time.
What he is anxious about is Yizhou!
Yizhou had been hit by a storm before, and it was necessary to distribute relief food before the year.
But this food does not appear out of thin air, it has to be bought with money!
The silver was naturally drawn from the treasury.
However, the national treasury has various expenses every day, and the annual military expenditure in Northern Xinjiang is astronomical, so it is somewhat stretched for a while.
Fortunately, Emperor Jing Xing managed to raise nearly 500,000 taels.
In Emperor Jing Xing's impression, one tael of silver could buy about thirty kilograms of grain.
Five hundred thousand taels equals fifteen million catties of grain.
Yizhou has a population of approximately 500,000. Calculating this, this batch of disaster relief food can provide relief for at least two months!
Two months later, the cold winter was almost over, and the most difficult days were over.
By then, the probability of popular rebellion happening will plummet.
In addition, when spring comes, Yizhou people can go to the sea to fish and ease their livelihood.
Looking at it this way, five hundred thousand taels is actually about the same.
But the fact is not enough!
Far from enough!
A full five hundred thousand taels of silver, not to mention fifteen million catties of grain, could not be bought even for five million catties!
This is not grain merchants sitting on the ground raising prices, this is grain collected by the imperial court. Which grain merchant dares to make money from the imperial court?
That’s the market price!
The purchasing power of Daqian Banknotes has plummeted!
Compared with when Emperor Jing Xing first came to the throne, prices in all aspects have more than tripled!
If such a big matter is not handled well, it will be enough to shake the country!