In the thirteenth year of Zhang Wu's reign, the Han Dynasty still maintained a vigorous development trend.
Social development and progress are rapid, and the people have enough food and clothing.
Although there were minor problems during this period, they were not serious.
With the opening of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the south, the coal mining industry was the first to develop.
Dahan established the Ministry of National Energy and established a new Jinche Coal Mine Group.
The original Jinche Township was upgraded to Jinche County, which attracted a large number of surrounding people to go to the Jinche Mining Factory to mine coal.
As a result, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal route in the south became even more prosperous, and countless coal ships sailed from the Rushui River Wharf in Jinche County.
By the time Zhang Wu was in his thirteenth year,
Henan's iron ore and coal mines have basically completed a certain degree of coordination and have begun to build steel plants.
At the same time, steam engine manufacturing plants, rubber factories, cement factories and other supporting equipment appeared, and the industry in Henan began to develop.
In contrast, in the Youzhou area, the Yongji Canal has not yet been opened. Although the textile industry has been vigorously developing, due to traffic problems,
The economy is not booming.
The textile industry in the north can currently only be driven by horse power to Qingzhou or Luoyang, and then circulated through canals to Guanzhong, Jingzhou and Yangzhou in Henan.
While the effectiveness is poor, it can only put Youzhou's textile industry on a slow upward trend.
But it didn't reach a rapid rise.
However, the court is not in a hurry, because this phenomenon will disappear after the Yongji Canal is fully opened. Along with it, there will be the development of Hebei's heavy industry and the explosive growth of Youzhou's textile industry.
In the 13th year of Zhang Wu, 213 AD, and 353 AD in the Han Dynasty, at the end of the year, the results of the Western Regions finally came to fruition. The grain and grass transportation arrived in Shule, and Guan Yu launched an all-out attack.
After besieging Guishan City, the capital of Dawan, for two months, the old troops of the Dawan Kingdom in the city launched a rebellion, secretly opened the city gates, and allowed the Han army to enter the city.
In fact, it is better to vote for the Han or the Kushan.
The opinions within Dawan are not unified.
Just like Korea in the late Ming Dynasty,
The Qing Dynasty faction had the same conflict as the Ming Dynasty faction. Because the Dawan Kingdom was relatively close to the Kushan Empire, the domestic Kushan faction had the upper hand.
The problem is that Ban Chao has made great power in the Western Regions, and the Kushan Empire has also been beaten by Ban Chao.
Dawan Kingdom could only crawl at Ban Chao's feet.
Although later, as the national power of the Han Dynasty weakened, the Dayuan Kingdom was briefly controlled by the Yueshi in the southwest.
But there are still nobles in the country who admire strong men.
Therefore, this time the Han Dynasty made a comeback and once again went on an expedition to the Western Regions. The pro-Han faction in Dayuan Kingdom immediately rose up and took the opportunity to seize the throne.
The Western Region Expeditionary Force broke through Guishan City and annihilated all the troops of the Kushan Empire. The countries in the Western Regions trembled.
In the 14th year of Zhangwu, the imperial court re-established the Western Regions Governor's Office in the Western Regions and appointed the new General Han Hao as the Governor of the Western Regions. Deng Zhi, who had made great achievements in this battle, became the long history of the Western Regions and stationed 20,000 troops in the Western Regions to guard the borders.
In the first month of the first month, the Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty died of illness at the age of seventy-two. Liu Bei withdrew from court for the first month and went to Qingzhou in person to help the Empress Dowager's coffin return to Luoyang and bury it in an imperial mausoleum selected at the southern foot of Mang Mountain.
After Dong Zhuo's Rebellion, the tombs of the emperors and ministers in Mangshan were robbed. Therefore, Chen Mu established the imperial mausoleum and the ministers' tombs to manage the tombs of the royal family and ministers in a unified manner.
After Liu Bei welcomed the Empress Dowager's coffin to Luoyang,
After decorating the mourning hall, arranging the funeral, and crying for more than seven days, the Queen Mother was finally sent to the imperial mausoleum.
The Han Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety. When the Queen Mother died of illness, Liu Bei built a palace outside the imperial mausoleum at the southern foot of Mang Mountain and north of Luoyang City. He observed filial piety for one year to set an example for the world.
This is because Chen Mu reformed the etiquette system. He believed that observing filial piety for three years was detrimental to social development. Therefore, he reformed the etiquette system and implemented one year of filial piety. Even under special circumstances, you can apply to the government for a reduction of the period, which only requires at least three years.
Just keep filial piety every month.
Otherwise, according to the previous etiquette, three years of inactivity may not mean much to a person. But everyone has parents, and everyone's three years of inactivity will inevitably lead to a certain degree of decline for the country and society.
In early March, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's army returned triumphantly.
Because Liu Bei was observing mourning in Luoyang, he sent Chen Mu and the Manchu ministers to Chang'an, the western capital, to greet him. The welcoming procession was more than ten miles long, and hundreds of officials stood on both sides of the road to enhance the prestige of the army.
After Guan Yu and Zhang Fei returned to Luoyang, they asked the army to return to their respective battalion headquarters. They took leave when they needed to take leave and retired when they needed to retire. They themselves handed in the general's seal.
Due to the reform of the military system, now the three generals and General Jiuhu have no direct military power and only have a small amount of military power.
For example, in the Northeast Military Region stationed in Liaozhou, the person changing the guard now is General Tai Shici. He does not have the power to mobilize tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Liaozhou Military Region. He can only mobilize a few thousand troops directly under his side. If he wants to mobilize the entire military region, he must
Imperial military orders.
Moreover, this court military order is not an order from the emperor, but a military order from the emperor plus the military orders from the three generals. It can be understood that the emperor and several generals formed a military conference group.
Only when all members of this group have approved the order to mobilize the military, the military leaders of the six military regions can mobilize the military to do something.
Otherwise, just like the vassal towns in the Tang Dynasty, each military leader would be very detrimental to the country's rule.
After Guan Yu and Zhang Fei handed over the seal, they also went to Mang Mountain.
After we became sworn brothers, his parents became my parents, and the Queen Mother died of illness. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Chen Mu should all observe filial piety together and set an example for the world.
By the middle of the year, the imperial court determined the second batch of honors and titles.
The second batch of lists is obviously much more than the first batch, including Yang Biao, Shi Sunrui, Sima Fang, Liu Ai, Sun Jian and other Han Dynasty veterans who were in the Liu Yu Dynasty and even the Kang Emperor Liu Hong Dynasty.
There are also Zhu Jun, Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, Zhao Wen, Zhong Fu, Wang Yun, Chun Yujia, Zhao Qian, Ma Rixi, Zhang Xi and others who died.
Although there was a rift between Chen Mu and Huangfu Song, he had made contributions to the Han Dynasty after all, so he was naturally among them.
The rest include Xun You, Tian Feng, Tai Shi Ci, Zang Ba, Gao Shun, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Qian Zhao, Xu Rong and others are also in the second batch of lists. The total number of dead and living people reaches more than 30 people.
He is a senior civil and military official of the second rank or above in the imperial court.
All these people received awards, and those who died were knighted by their descendants, and their names were published to the world. Officials from the imperial court made sculptures and portraits for them and hung them in the West Garden to commend their merits.
certainly.
Hanging in the West Garden does not mean to commend them as the founding ministers like the Twenty-eight Generals of Yuntai, but to commend all the ministers who have made contributions to the Han Dynasty.
People like Zhu Jun, Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, Yang Biao, and Zhao Wen were not veterans who followed Liu Bei at all, but were old-schoolers of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
But because Liu Bei inherited the Eastern Han Dynasty, he naturally had to inherit these old-school legacies.
Their contributions to the previous Eastern Han Dynasty must also be extended to the New Han Dynasty founded by Liu Bei, so they were included among the heroes.
As for the list of founding heroes, that is naturally another list.
Liu Bei had already thought about it, and there would be two palaces in the West Garden: the Hall of Meritorious Officials and the Taoyuan Palace. Among them, the Hall of Meritorious Officials was to honor all officials who had contributed to the Han Dynasty, such as the above-mentioned people.
The Taoyuan Hall commemorates those heroes who followed Liu Bei in founding the country, such as the three sworn brothers, many counselors under his command, the Nine Tiger Generals, etc., and commemorates them separately.
To put it simply, even the founding heroes are divided into three, six or nine grades. The core ones are individually listed in the hall of the highest honor and are worthy of enjoying the Ancestral Temple. They are not ranked based on their personal status, but based on their founding achievements.
For example, Zang Ba was originally only the second batch of generals in Cao Wei in history, one or two levels lower than Cao Cao's family ministers and five good generals.
But now, because he followed Liu Bei earlier and made more meritorious deeds, he has reached the first echelon.
The remaining twenty generals and mid-level and senior generals are also ranked in their own order.
These people belong to the third batch of titles and honors, which are being arranged.
But it is a pity that the third batch of lists has not been produced yet, and some of the meritorious ministers who followed Liu Bei in the early days have begun to die one after another.
In March of the 14th year of Zhang Wu, Guan Hai, the leader of the twenty generals and the general who conquered the east, died of illness at the age of fifty-seven.
Guan Hai's seniority was actually earlier than that of Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others. He fled back to Qingzhou after the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Guan Yu regained Qingzhou in the second year of Zhongping, which was 185 A.D. when the Qing Dynasty suppressed the Yellow Turbans, and joined Zang Ba.
He followed Guan Yu in his expeditions east and west all year round, and he was several years older than Guan Yu. In terms of qualifications and military exploits, he was enough to rank among the Nine Tiger Generals.
It was just that Guan Hai voluntarily followed Guan Yu and did not want to be promoted to a higher-ranking general, so he ended up with the rank of lieutenant general.
But in terms of his personal ability, he stands out among the lieutenant generals, with a higher status than Xu Huang, Wu Anguo, Han Hao, Sun Guan and others.
Guan Hai's death caused quite a stir, and Guan Yu was sad and weeping over it.
Liu Bei was grateful that Guan Hai had followed Guan Yu for many years and was loyal and loyal all the way. He promoted his military rank to general, and his portrait and sculpture were placed in the Taoyuan Hall and included in the second batch of titles and honors.
Not long after, General Anbei Zhang Yan, one of the twenty generals, died of illness. Liu Bei granted his son Zhang Fang the title of successor, and his portraits and sculptures were placed in the Hall of Meritorious Officials, and he enjoyed the food of Tinghou.
In September of the same year, Pingnan General Li Le died of illness, and Liu Bei granted his son Li Zhen the title of nobility. His portraits and sculptures were placed in the Hall of Meritorious Officials, and he enjoyed the food of Tinghou.
In the spring of Zhangwu's fifteenth year, Chen Mu's father, Chen Qing, died of illness at the age of sixty-seven.
At that time, Liu Bei had just completed a year of mourning, because the Yongji Canal was finally opened in the 15th year of Zhangwu. It was originally planned that after completing the mourning ceremony for the Queen Mother, the four brothers would take a steamer to go north to Zhuojun to see
Look at that peach garden.
However, a sudden situation prevented Chen Mu from going. Liu Bei withdrew from the court for a month and went to Qingzhou with Guan and Zhang to express condolences. After observing filial piety for Chen's father in Qingzhou for a month, he returned to the court under Chen Mu's persuasion.
Chen Mu, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, stayed in Qingzhou. He settled in a cottage near the Chen Family Tomb in Qingzhou to observe mourning. He stayed with his wife and children every day and lived a relatively leisurely life.
At the same time, with the opening of the Yongji Canal, which had been excavated for eleven years, the economies of the north and the south were finally integrated, and the textile industry began to enter a period of rapid development.
In recent years, the Xianbei and Huns in Monan have begun to serve as livestock farms for the Han Dynasty. Most of the cattle and sheep they raise will be transported to Youzhou through the new road built by Lu Yi in Pingcheng. The people of Youzhou now have no shortage of meat, and the economy
The effect is also very good.
When the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was fully opened and steamships rumbled on the wide river, the coastal economy was quickly boosted, followed by the comprehensive development of the textile industry, steel manufacturing, and heavy industry.
As mentioned before, during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it only took five or six years for the Yongji Canal to be opened. However, it took eleven years to open the Dahan Canal because the width and depth of the Dahan Canal were higher than those of the Sui and Tang Canals.
The draft of steam ships is much larger than that of wooden ships. Therefore, with the blessing of steam power and larger load capacity, the efficiency of trade circulation is countless times higher than that of the Sui-Tang Canal.
A large number of steel plants, cement plants, and textile factories began to be built along the canals in Hebei, and the whole of Hebei became busy.
During the year of Chen Mu's filial piety, the Han Dynasty's economic strength and influence on neighboring countries once again increased to a higher level.
More importantly, the next generation of successors is also gradually being cultivated.
Because of his achievements in building canals, Zhuge Liang was promoted from a local county magistrate to a county magistrate in Hebei Province. Two years later, he was transferred to Hanoi as a prefect. He is only 34 years old this year. When he was still in his prime, he became the chief official of a county, which was equivalent to the mayor of a local city in later generations.
, there is no doubt that the official career will be prosperous.
Others such as Chen Qun, Yang Xiu, Xu Shu, Pang Tong, Sima Yi, Lu Yi, Sima Lang and others are also steadily improving. They have all developed rapidly due to their achievements in building canals. For at least thirty years, the Han Dynasty will not have to worry about the breakdown of central power.
However, during this period, many meritorious officials in the imperial court died.
In the autumn of Zhangwu's fifteenth year, General Pingdong Hu Cai died of illness. Liu Bei granted his son Hu Xian the title of nobility, and his portraits and sculptures were placed in the Hall of Meritorious Officials, where he enjoyed the food of Tinghou.
In December of the same year, Annan general Tao Polu, also known as Ju Yi, died of illness. Liu Bei granted his son Tao Zheng the title of nobility, and his portraits and sculptures were placed in the Hall of Meritorious Officials, and he enjoyed the food of Tinghou.
In the spring and February of the 16th year of Zhangwu, Chen Mu saw that he had finished his year of mourning and was about to return to Luoyang to join Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and head to Youzhou.
The general after the Han Dynasty, from the first rank to Zhuguo, from the first rank Guanglu doctor, Guannei marquis, marquis, the general Taishi Ci is critically ill.
Historically, Taishi Ci died of illness in the eleventh year of Jian'an, AD 206, at the age of 41.
But now in AD 206, which is the sixth year of Zhangwu, the war in the world has been calmed down. At that time, Taishi Ci did fall ill, and Hua Tuo personally treated him. The medicine cured the disease, and his fate changed.
However, ten years later, the disease finally came to his door. Because he was serving as a general in the Southwest Military Region at the time, the disease suddenly occurred and the local doctors were helpless.
When the news was sent to Luoyang, Liu Bei quickly took Wu Pu with him and personally took a boat north to Guanzhong, and then south to Sichuan. The journey was hurried, day and night, and it took nearly 20 days to travel more than a thousand kilometers and finally arrived in Chengdu.
But in the end it was still a step too late.
April.
The sun is shining brightly, and Sichuan, the land of abundance, is so beautiful.
However, Liu Bei had no interest in admiring the beautiful scenery along the way and ordered the accompanying guards to hurry up.
On the sixth day of April, they finally arrived in Chengdu, known as Jinguan City.
This is the final destination of Liu Bei in history, and it is also the place where Prime Minister Zhuge Liang spent his life. It has become increasingly prosperous due to the economic development of Sichuan and Shu over the years.
Outside the city gate, the governor of Yizhou and the prefect of Shu County came out to greet them, but Liu Bei didn't even look at them and rode his horse all the way to Taishi Ci's mansion.
"Ziyi! Ziyi!!"
Liu Bei, who was already fifty-six years old, quickly entered the mansion. Wu Pu followed closely behind him, walked through the hall, and was led by the servants of the mansion to the backyard.
At this time, Taishi Ci had fallen into a severe coma and was barely clinging to life with the help of doctors from Sichuan and Sichuan.
When Liu Bei came to the backyard room and saw Tai Shici lying on the bed, looking pale and breathless, he was filled with sadness and quickly urged Wu Pu to check his condition.
After Wu Pu made the diagnosis, he shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, General Ziyi is suffering from a terminal illness and there is no cure."
"Ziyi!"
Liu Bei burst into tears when he heard the news.
As if aware of Liu Bei's arrival, Taishi Ci slowly opened his eyes, saw the emperor personally coming to visit, and reluctantly said: "Your Majesty."
"Ziyi, you're awake."
Liu Bei held his hand and said anxiously: "What do you think?"
Taishi Ci's pale face was bloodless, and he forced a smile and said: "Your Majesty, my husband should carry a seven-foot sword in his life to ascend to the rank of emperor. Now that he has followed his ambition, he will die without regrets, but he can't let go.
Yes, they are my wife and children."
On the other side, Dong Bai, who was crying so hard, threw himself in front of Taishi Ci's hospital bed. Taishi Ci's eldest son Taishi Heng, second son Taishi Kang and two young daughters all looked sad.
Liu Bei patted his hand gently and made a strong promise: "Ziyi is at ease. The court will not treat its heroes badly. You are not old yet. You should pick yourself up again."
Taishi Ci smiled and said, "Thank you very much, your majesty. Your majesty came to see me. I feel much better and my whole body feels light. I am recovering and help me up."
Taishi Heng was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly stepped forward to help Taishi Ci.
Unexpectedly, Taishi Ci could actually stand up from the bed. What made Liu Bei sad was that the strong man who originally weighed more than 200 pounds was tortured by the disease and became skinny and inhuman.
Liu Bei advised: "Ziyi should rest first."
Taishi Ci shook his head and said: "I want to go for a walk with Your Majesty. Recently, I have been lying in bed every day and felt uncomfortable. Now that I am feeling better, I just want to get out of bed and walk around."
Liu Bei was used to seeing life and death, so how could he not know that this was a return to light? However, this was Tai Shici's wish, so he had no choice but to grant it.
The two of them walked slowly to the backyard. There were ponds, pavilions, and a small forest in the courtyard, which was quite quiet.
It was almost evening, the sun was setting, and there seemed to be shooting stars streaking across the sky.
They walked along the courtyard for a while, but Taishi Ci finally became exhausted and out of breath. Seeing this, Liu Bei ordered Taishi Heng to help his father sit down in a pavilion next to him and rest.
After he sat down, Liu Bei also sat next to him and asked, "How are you, Ziyi?"
Taishi Ci looked at the sunset on the horizon and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I just think this sunset is very beautiful. I recall that in those days, I was just an official in Donglai County. It was your Majesty who sent me to Jinan as a subordinate official. Since then, I have followed Your Majesty to the East.
The expedition to the west has been going on for thirty years before I know it."
"Yeah, time flies so fast."
Liu Bei sighed: "I am fifty-six this year and will be sixty soon. Liangbi is also sixty years old. I caught a cold a few days ago, which scared me. Gongda also fell ill last year.
, it’s sad.”
Taishi Ci said: "Birth, old age, illness and death are the normal conditions of human beings. Since I have followed your Majesty for more than thirty years and stabilized the country, I am satisfied and have no regrets."
"Speaking of conquests in the east and west, I still remember that year when a few of us went hunting outside the city, we were assassinated by Jinan powerful men. It was Ziyi who defeated the enemy with his archery skills and saved my life. This incident
It’s still vivid in my mind.”
"That's just what I should do, it's not worth mentioning."
"Hahaha, what I like most is that Ziyi is so humble. Speaking of which, I still owe Ziyi a little. In the early years, my fourth brother let Ziyi be too involved in the affairs of the Military Intelligence Department, but there were not many battles. Ziyi should not be resentful.
The fourth brother is."
"As long as I can serve Your Majesty, no matter what I do, I will serve Your Majesty. I only hope that Your Majesty can help the Han Dynasty and revive the Han Dynasty as soon as possible. What else can I resent?"
"Ziyi, Ziyi."
Liu Bei was so moved that tears fell down. He patted Tai Shici's arm gently and cried, "You must not let anything happen to you. Losing you is like losing an arm."
Taishi Ci lay on the chair, his breath gradually weakening, and he laughed softly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I still want to serve your Majesty for another fifty years."
"Fifty years are not enough, we need one hundred years."
"Okay, then one hundred years."
"Speaking of..."
Liu Bei's tears fell quietly, but he continued to talk about the past.
Everyone knows that he is just being strong and calm.
Taishi Ci only responded occasionally and rarely said anything anymore.
At the end, the sunset finally went down, and the sunset dyed half of the sky red.
After Liu Bei finished speaking, there was suddenly no response from Tai Shici.
He was stunned for a moment, then turned his head.
Tears finally fell like a tide.
Second to the Nine Tigers of the Han Dynasty.
Taishi Ci, the general who had been with Liu Bei for thirty years, died of illness.