The camp of the Yulin New Army was located at the western foot of Longquan Mountain because the emperor's own farmland was here, and the selected Yulin orphans were divided into acres, so that they could be busy with spring plowing and autumn harvesting while practicing war.
Farming and warfare are the foundation of a country.
In the former Han Dynasty, Yulin was derived from the meaning of "to serve as a country's feathers, like the prosperity of a forest".
But now when the emperor gave the message to the Yulin camp, he changed it to "Farming and fighting are the basis, like the prosperity of the forest."
Prime Minister Gein secretly pushed the court to establish the Habayashi New Army. His original intention was not to add an army of the emperor's own troops to garrison the capital and guard the palace, but to try to promote the "farming war" military merit system.
The first emperor Liu Bei was a descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan in the former Han Dynasty. He honored the title of emperor and established ancestral temples to offer sacrifices to emperors and below. The former Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system. Although the farming and military merit system has been changed, the essence is
Inherited.
Yes, after the military war was temporarily put to rest, the Prime Minister's mind turned to correcting the shortcomings of current politics.
It was based on the lessons learned from the Qin and Han dynasties, and it was intended to break the monopoly of the wealthy families on the advancement space of the lower classes, and to curb the current situation of "the rich have fields and the poor have no place to stand", so as to prevent the Han Dynasty from making the same mistakes again.
Although, Zheng Pu had already warned before that he should restore the former Han Dynasty's tomb system in the future and implement the three strategies of consolidating the foundation of Yizhou.
But this does not mean that the Prime Minister himself has not had thoughts and opinions in this regard.
The reason why there has been no publicity or promotion is just that it was the time when we were concentrating on the Northern Expedition and we did not want to cause turmoil due to other things.
Now that Jiangdong has captured the new city of Hefei and the Wei Dynasty has no time to invade, it is naturally the perfect time to implement it.
Furthermore, if the Han Dynasty returns to the old capital as it wishes, it will become the strong Qin Dynasty that annexed the six countries in the past. Naturally, it will have to improve and implement the farming and war system in advance to enhance the national power and stimulate Li Shu's enthusiasm to find feudal lords for the imperial court to restore the Central Plains.
And death force.
Therefore, when the imperial court issued an edict to form the Habayashi New Army and implicitly promoted the military merit system for farming and warfare, it was inevitable that both the government and the public were enthusiastic about participating in the Northern Expedition.
Because everyone knows that the Han Dynasty, which has suffered from the harem’s interference in politics and the eunuchs’ manipulation of power, will reiterate the White Horse Oath in two or three years at most, “If there is no meritorious service, the whole world will punish him.”
Already.
Of course, the phrase "Whoever is not the Liu family but is the king will be attacked by the whole world" cannot be mentioned in order to take into account the alliance with Wu.
After learning the whole story at the Yulin camp, Zheng Pu realized another consideration of the Prime Minister's decision to promote the government to the public: to stay out of the situation and let other ministers explore the implementation of the new policy first.
If things go smoothly, it will be a safe transition of authority.
However, if things are discordant or cause disputes, you can still step in again to coordinate the interests of all parties to avoid intensification of conflicts.
As for why you don't experience it yourself...
The deceased is like a man who never gives up day and night.
The important task of reviving the Han Dynasty will one day fall on the shoulders of his successors.
Now let's let the successors take action. Even if they make mistakes, at least the prime minister still has a chance to "set the right track".
It was precisely because of the prime minister's painstaking efforts in preparing for his death that the emperor Liu Chan was deeply grateful and wanted to bestow more honors on the prime minister. Zheng Pu, who happened to return to Chengdu at this time, was always well-liked by the emperor.
, and since the Emperor could only regard him as a friend, it was not surprising that he was summoned to inquire privately.
However, it was said that Zheng Pu arrived at Yulin Camp under the guidance of Fu Qian and others.
Seeing the emperor in uniform waiting, he stepped forward and bowed, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Si Zhipu, pays homage to your majesty."
"Why is Zijin so polite?"
The emperor stepped forward to help him up, put his arm on his arm and said jokingly, "Outside of the palace and ban dynasty, you should call me Liu Jun. Zijin is very intelligent, but he has a bad memory!"
The Emperor, whom I haven't seen for a long time, has the same voice and appearance, but his complexion has become much darker.
Maybe it's because I just finished the spring plowing.
Zheng Pu, who got up, smiled when he heard the words. He was about to reply, but was interrupted by the emperor's sigh, "Zijin is about the same age as me, but he would have been born so early!"
Yes, Zheng Pu's temples are now stained with frost, and the corners of his eyes are densely wrinkled.
He is clearly in his thirties, but his appearance already looks like he is in his forties.
Before you get old, you will age first.
"I miss you Mr. Liu."
After a slight pause, Zheng Puyan smiled, "I have been weak since I was young, so I have become old early. However, Mr. Liu should not pay too much attention to it. In the future, when the imperial court raises troops to attack Guanzhong, I can still supervise the troops to fight against rebellion for the country!"
"nice!"
Immediately, Emperor Liu Chan raised his palms and praised, "Zijin is as heroic as before! He lives up to the name of my great Han Dynasty Gancheng!"
Dahan Qiancheng?
When did I say this?
Hearing this, Zheng Pu couldn't help but be surprised, his eyes showed confusion, "I can't understand what Mr. Liu said, so please explain it clearly."
"Ha, Zijin actually doesn't know the evil?"
The emperor laughed heartily and explained in a low voice as he pulled him to the school grounds and led him away.
It turned out that during the spring plowing period in March, Sun Quan of the Wu Kingdom once again sent an envoy to visit, intending to continue the war horse trade between the two sides with raw silk, gold, iron and other materials. This move was expected by the imperial court, and the prime minister had already made a conclusion, so
It didn't cause any disturbance.
However, Zheng Pu knew about this before returning to Chengdu.
Because Sun Quan succeeded in his secret attack on Hefei and realized his long-cherished wish, the envoy brought many gifts to Zheng Pu as a thank you for his past plans.
A lot of gifts indeed.
There is a pile of gold, silver and silk, five husks each of water essence, clam beads, big pearls and other valuables, and there are still more than 30 tiger skins!
At that time, Zheng Pu, who was returning to Chengdu from Longyou, heard in a letter from Zheng Yi, the retainer who stayed behind in the small house in Chengdu, that Sun Quan was a young man. Jiangdong was full of rats with sinister intentions!
Nothing else, because this is not the first time Sun Quan has used similar despicable tricks.
For example, when the Marquis of Guan was guarding Jingzhou in the past, Sun Quan sent an envoy to ask the Marquis of Guan's daughter to be his wife.
Sun Quan is the lord of Jiangdong. If he wants to marry and strengthen the alliance, he should send envoys to ask the children of the late emperor Liu Bei. How can he directly go to the commander-in-chief Guan Hou at the edge of Dahan Town?
By acting like this, he clearly wanted to trap the Marquis of Guan into injustice and deliberately sow the relationship between the late emperor and the Marquis of Guan~~
The same goes for giving generous gifts to Zheng Pu today.
Zheng Pu was a minister of the Han Dynasty, and his words and deeds during his missions all represented the Han Dynasty.
If Sun Quan was really grateful, he should have thanked the Han court for these gifts as gifts from his allies!
How could he be given a minister?
Of course, this kind of despicable trick is nothing to Zheng Pu.
When he was summoned today, he asked his retinue to bring all these Jiangdong thank-you gifts to the emperor for the purpose of forming a new Yulin army for the imperial court.
At that time, Wu's envoy gave him a gift and he was not in Chengdu, so he could not refuse it.
Now that I have returned, I will transfer these gifts to the imperial court to avoid being slandered by others.
But what he didn't know was that the certificate of credence brought by the envoy Wu also praised him extremely, praising him as a powerful city of the Han Dynasty, as powerful as Zhang Liang and Chen Ping in the past...
After explaining in a low voice, the emperor raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Zijin's reputation not only shocked the Wei Dynasty, but also made Jiangdong admire him. Can it be said that he has gained the reputation of a national scholar?"
"Haha~~~"
Zheng Pu did not say anything to accuse him, but tilted his head slightly and chuckled, saying, "I have heard the saying, 'If the ruler is wise, then the ministers will be upright, and if the ruler is ignorant, then the ministers will be sycophantic.' Now the Lord of Wu, Sun Zhongmou, has given me a large sum of money to privatize me. If Liu
If you think he is sincere in love, I will shamelessly call you a 'national scholar'; if Liu Jun thinks he has ulterior motives, then I will boldly ask you not to make such a joke, lest I be criticized by others."
"Boring."
The emperor's face looked a little sarcastic, and he put away his joking expression, "Sun Zhongmou has a despicable temperament, and the officials in Jiangdong are especially fond of being a child. I don't know what is wrong! It's just that I haven't met Zijin for a long time, so I'm pretending to be joking."
After saying this, he added another sentence, "Zi Jin should not be uneasy about this matter. Since Jiangdong gave it a generous gift, Zi Jin just accepted it, and no one in the government or the public said anything. Moreover, Zi Jin had the obligation to sacrifice his life to serve the country.
Without him, I am always worried that the imperial court is short of money and has nothing to give, so Jiangdong is all I want."
It has to be said that the emperor's words were equivalent to speaking from the bottom of his heart.
But unexpectedly, Zheng Pu didn't appreciate it, and instead refuted it, saying: "Liu Jun didn't mean what he said!"
Well?
This also made the emperor pause in his footsteps, his eyes widened suddenly, and his voice was rather urgent, "Why?"
"I have been back in Chengdu for many days, but Liu Jun did not forgive me early. Now I am panic-stricken, and I have brought all the gifts from Jiangdong to return to the court in order not to be criticized. Liu Junfang said that I can stay. I dare to ask Liu Jun
, the meritorious disciples and Yulin athletes here all saw me coming in my car with generous gifts, how can I bring them back home again! I am not afraid of being called stingy!"
Zheng Pu spoke plausibly, but he tried hard to suppress the smile on his face, and his shoulders were shaking slightly.
How could the emperor, who had been so familiar with him for a long time, not know what he meant?
Regardless of whether the emperor offered words of comfort or not, he would not keep the generous gifts from Jiang Dong for his own use, so he took the opportunity to cover up his injustice with words of indignation.
"Um....."
The emperor, who understood in his heart, frowned and smoothed his beard, pretending to be thinking, "What Zijin said is not unreasonable. In this case, for the sake of Zijin's reputation, I will not be disrespectful to reject these Jiangdong gifts! Hahaha~~"
As soon as he said this, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Just laugh and do it.
After a while, we reached the high platform at Dianjiang.
Zhao Tong, who had been waiting at his side for a long time, immediately looked at the drum official and nodded slightly.
"Boom!"
"Boom! Boom!"
Suddenly, the drums and horns in the Yulin camp began to roar.
The more than thirty meritorious disciples who came and went were lined up on both sides with their war horses, looking solemn.
Further away, a group of twelve or thirteen-year-old boys lined up in a square formation, waiting expectantly for the competition to begin.
They are naturally the orphans of the dead king's soldiers and the new soldiers of Habayashi.
"You are all loyal and good sons of our great Han Dynasty. You should study diligently and be brave. Determined to be the mainstay of our great Han Dynasty in the future! Defeat rebellion for the country and conquer the Central Plains! Now I am gathering people to have fun with archery and driving. I hope you will not forget the hardships of your fathers in starting a business.
, live up to the ambition of our fathers!"
When the drums stopped beating, the emperor standing under the banner suddenly drew out the sword on his side, raised it high and stabbed the sky, and made a sound of encouragement.
"Eighty-step swan, eighty-nine out of ten in the foot shot, seventy-eight out of ten in the mounted shot, all will be given a tiger skin! The winner will be given this blade again! The top ten can follow me on my northern tour!"
"Mr. Habayashi shoots a swan with fifty steps. If he hits fifty-six out of ten, he will be rewarded with a thousand coins! If he hits seven or eight out of ten, he will be given a tiger skin and will be promoted to the first level!"
After the words fell, everyone was excited. After receiving the order loudly, they went to their respective areas to compete under the guidance of Zhao Tong's supervisor and the junior officers in the army.
The emperor and Zheng Pu were led to the shade of the trees, where they sat on the bed and waited for the result of the competition.
But as soon as he sat down, the emperor waved his hand away from the attendants and asked in a low voice, "Zi Jin, does he know that Li Zhengfang once claimed that it was appropriate for the prime minister to accept Jiuxi's words?"
