On the Double Ninth Festival, the ninth day of September, the sage gave five hundred coins to the prime ministers for entertainment and banquets.
He also gave five hundred coins to various officials and ordered them to choose scenic spots to travel and enjoy themselves.
He also gave money to the palace people...
When Yang Kezheng asked his chamberlain Qiu Silian to reimburse his expenses, Qiu Silian got angry and said: "The saint is generous, but I don't know who is generous."
"In the whole world, is it the land of the king? On the shore of the land, is it the ministers of the king?" Yang Ke said: "The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, the commanders of foreign vassals, are they the ministers of the Tang Dynasty?"
Qiu Silian did not argue with her, he just laughed and said, "Yang Shanggong is already in his thirties, right? In a few years, I'm afraid he will be released from the palace and make a living on his own. He has no children.
It’s difficult.”
To be honest, eunuchs can laugh at palace officials on this point. Because eunuchs have children to support them until they die, and eunuchs are also a family industry, but palace officials are different.
Yang Kezheng's face suddenly became very ugly.
She was an eloquent woman, but Qiu Silian's words really touched the hidden worries in her heart, leaving her unable to argue.
She didn't have this worry at first, but after Shao Shude said something about it during the banquet in the corridor last time, some worries suddenly came to her mind.
Her parents have long since passed away. The eldest brother and second brother died in the Chao Rebellion. The third brother was in the Shence Army and also died in the Jingshi Rebellion. There is only one sister who married a minor court official and even lost her official position a while ago.
, but she was unable to help her brother-in-law regain his official position.
"That's all, he's just a delusional person and a fool. It's boring to talk too much." Qiu Silian shook his head and walked away.
Yang Kezheng stood still for a long time.
At the time of application, she returned to Anfu Palace.
The saint was saying something, Li Zhaoyi's eyes were red, and Queen He was crying.
Yang Kezhen actually looked down on Queen He a little. She was born in the He family in Zizhou, and she was said to be a local rich family, but in the whole world, she was just a humble family. If the saint had not followed the late emperor to Chengdu during the vassal period, all the states in Shu
Empress He had no chance at all when she presented herself with beauties.
Moreover, she is a bit greedy for life and afraid of death. She is hesitant to do something, and cries endlessly when she is frightened. She does not have the appearance of a mother caring for the world at all.
In comparison, Li Zhaoyi is much better, and she loves the saint even more, so much that she dares to defend him from the sword.
"If you don't want Thief Shao to be suspicious, the queen needs to work harder." When he said this, the saint was also a little embarrassed, and the expression on his face was not very natural.
"Your Majesty, those warriors are fierce and unruly, and only the Taifu can control them. If the Taifu dies and the rebels rush into the palace, we will all die without a burial place." Empress He sobbed.
The saint's face turned pale and he hurriedly said: "Why did the queen say this? Since Shao Thief is dead, it will be of no use to Xia Bing to kill all the civil and military officials of the dynasty. Can a dead person be resurrected? We must consider the future. I am the emperor.
, issue an edict to appease, reward money, and then——”
Having said this, the saint gritted his teeth and said: "Throwing a few more scapegoats will calm the resentment of the rebels."
Yang Kezhen suddenly felt a chill.
The saint is the emperor, and it is indeed impossible for the rebels to kill him, but what about the palace people? What about the officials?
Who is the scapegoat? Lu Guangqi? Dugu Sun? Wang Pu? Liu Can? Queen He will also be sentenced to death if she doesn't succeed, and - what will be her fate?
Queen He was still crying, and she obviously thought of some terrible things.
Zhaoyi and Li Jianrong suddenly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I am also good at singing, dancing, and music. I can also perform dances and persuade people to drink."
Her eyes were firm and full of love when she looked at the saint.
The saint was overjoyed and said: "If this happens -"
As he spoke, he glanced at Queen He who was still crying and snorted coldly.
Yang Kezheng sighed softly, she was a little pitiful now.
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On the other side, Wang Pu, the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment, left the palace city.
Today there was a banquet given by Hanyuan Palace. Dozens of people were present. After drinking too much, they all expressed their admiration.
Some people composed poems on the spot, some sang songs and cried bitterly, and some drank one cup after another.
Wang Pu comforted the saint with a few words and composed another poem about ZTE. Then he hurriedly left, took a guard of honor with him, and went to Weizhou to deliver the decree.
When he left Luoyang and went to the east gate, Wang Pu subconsciously looked up.
The outer city of Luoyang, not counting the palace city, the imperial city, and the Shendu Garden, is 19 miles and 200 paces on a Saturday, while the outer city of Chang'an, the western capital, is only 67 miles in circumference. As for the outer city where the people live,
In other words, Luoyang and Chang'an are on the same level, even slightly larger.
At present, the progress of city wall construction is not slow. The three gates of Yongtong, Jianchun, and Shangdong in the east of the city have been repaired, and the wall has also been completed. It is ten feet and eight feet high. It's not that we don't want to build it higher, but it's not necessary. Luoyang City is too big.
It's not easy to defend. If the enemy really attacks, we can directly defend the imperial city. The palace city is ready, and the wall is four feet and eight feet high.
There is a canal to the south of the upper east gate, and ships will continue to enter it. The cabin is full of grain, which is the summer tax paid by the states in Henan, and is ready to be stored in Hanjiacang City.
This city can store up to nearly 6 million dendrobium grains. This will partially restore the amount. The reserve has exceeded one million, and the actual storage is about 600,000 dendrobium grains.
"Oh! I have no choice." Wang Pu thought silently in his heart: "If Zhu Quanzhong, Li Keyong and others enter Luoyang, so what if I die in the country? King Xia has given too much."
Wang Pu was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan.
Li Keyong didn't have any obvious dislike for the aristocratic families, but he would not deliberately win over them. He had his own basic base, namely the Daibei Wuren Group. In terms of civil servants, they mostly used the shogunate system left by Zheng Congyi, plus recent additions.
The son of Xi Wen from a family in the local military academy in Hedong who was promoted for ten years.
Zhu Quanzhong's former Bianzhou shogunate was even worse. Most of them were down-and-out scribes and scholars from small families. There was only one son from a truly high-class family, Xiao Fu, and the environment was even worse than in Jinyang.
In other words, King Xia had the deepest cooperation with the aristocratic family.
The Xiao, Pei, Feng, Zhao and other families worked very hard for him to recruit talents, manage the place, and develop production.
Since the hard times, the aristocratic family has weakened to this point. Hundreds of thousands of people live together, and the scene of worshiping together is almost impossible to see. If he hates the king of Xia again, Wang Pu is afraid that he will be broken into pieces, each with his own small door.
The household's condition is barely surviving.
After sighing for a long time, Wang Pu stopped staying, passed Jirunyi, and then turned north.
He was taking the Heyang road, crossing the river in three cities of Heyang, then passing through Wen, Wuzhi, Huojia, and Xinxiang counties to Lisuoji County in Weizhou. The whole journey was less than 390 miles, and it was easy to travel by car.
It will arrive in seven or eight days.
When crossing Mang Mountain, Wang Pu looked back at the foot of the mountain.
It was almost evening, and Luoyang and Henan counties were bathed in the sunset. The fields had been harvested, and every household was preparing to sow winter wheat in the fall.
There is smoke from cooking in the village, cattle and sheep are still gnawing grass in the grass, children are playing in the woods, and the atmosphere is full of joy.
Suddenly, Wang Pu felt less guilty in his heart.
The king of Xia had great achievements in bringing peace to the people. This achievement was unparalleled in the world and could not be rewarded by saints. He could only abdicate in favor of worthy people.
It’s not that I’m greedy for life and afraid of death, I’m doing it for the sake of the people of the world.
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Shao Shude has already arrived in Wei County, which is closer to the front line and can get news faster.
In fact, the large-scale battle has not yet started. The reason is that the number of masters is seriously insufficient. No one is transporting food, equipment, and materials to the front line. We can't let the soldiers transport it themselves, right?
This kind of mess was also caused by Shao Shude himself. In order to gain a good reputation, he released a large number of masters to return to their hometowns for summer harvest. After the summer harvest, there was still autumn sowing, which delayed things so much that the officers and soldiers of each army could only use up their past savings.
However, not every household wants to harvest in the summer and sow in the autumn. Under the two-crop system of three years, some people harvest in the summer and sow in the autumn, while others sow in the spring and autumn. Therefore, the second batch of recruited teachers has almost reached the front line, with a total of two hundred thousand.
the crowd.
There are still 200,000 masters on the front line, and a total of 400,000 people are serving the hundreds of thousands of troops. In this battle, regardless of victory or defeat, the consumption has already been spent.
Burn money!
However, if the southern section of the Yongji Canal was not so silted up, things might be much simpler and the consumption would not be so great.
The Wei army also noticed the signal that the Xia army was replenishing and resting, so in the past twenty days, they launched a massive attack. They attacked from Neihuang and fought with the Tianxiong army on the right side to the north of Liyang, and were defeated.
The inner yellow retracted again, and there was no more movement.
On the northern front, the Taining Army Jiedushi and Xingming Cixiang defended the Five Prefectures, and Lu Huaizhong sent a force of more than 10,000 Tutu Generals to the east to enter Beizhou. The rebel army defended the void, and the Xia army went straight to the Boqing River. The two sides fought.
At the foot of Guo, the bandits were defeated and retreated to the city of Beizhou to defend themselves, not daring to attack.
Through these two battles, Shao Shude finally figured out the current status of the enemy and our armies.
The defeat of the Jin army in Xingmingci made the morale of the Wuwei, Tujiang, and Jinglu armies extremely high, and their combat effectiveness was much improved than before. Before this morale was worn away, good results might be achieved.
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The Tianxiong Army on the southern front is relatively capable of fighting. Its combat effectiveness is not as volatile as that of Wuwei, Tujiang and other armies. With them here, Shao Shude does not have to worry about being attacked directly by the Chinese army and riding away alone.
In the direction of Bozhou, after the right wing of the Yi Cong Army has been replenished, it will also lead the soldiers from various states and go north again to attack Bozhou.
If you have more troops, you must give full play to your strength advantage. The best way to take advantage of your strength is to divide your troops and put pressure on the enemy from all directions, making them exhausted, struggling to survive, and eventually revealing flaws.
The strategy has been decided, and now it is time to wait for the supplies to be stocked up before launching a large-scale attack.
"Your Highness, there is news from Luoyang." Li Yixian glanced quietly and saw that Shao Shude was idle. He slowly stepped forward and handed over a military report.
Shao Shude picked it up and looked at it. He was a little dumbfounded. Why have so many people reported to me recently? If I keep doing this, what if I can't continue the show?
The saint is also someone who doesn't make people worry, and he has no skills at all.
Judging from his actions in history, he has not yet taken responsibility. He is not good at skills, but he loves to play. If he fails, he will push some so-called loyal ministers to take the blame. Prime Ministers Wei Zhaodu and Du Rangneng paid for his wrong decisions one after another and died unexpectedly. If Zhang Jun hadn't been
He had some connections outside, so he ran away with a bucket on the way, and was sentenced to death because of the attack on Hedong.
The late emperor and the present emperor played an important role in the present situation of the Tang Dynasty.
"Let Wang Pu go directly to Liyang." Shao Shude ordered.