Returning to the Jin Palace in the afternoon, Guo Song concentrated on processing the remaining dozen reports. At dusk, Cao Wannian found Guo Song and brought important news to Guo Song: Zhu Si's army had captured Yangzhou.
Guo Song didn't say anything for a long time. He walked to the window with his hands behind his hands and stared out the window. Zhu Si finally broke through the Huaihe River. This was what he expected, but when he actually got to this point, Zhu Si was still overwhelmed.
Cao Wanchang sighed softly and said: "Your Highness, in fact, we can attack Luoyang falsely, so Zhu Si will not dare to move rashly southward."
Guo Song turned around and looked at him strangely, "Why do you say that? Zhu Si's capture of Yangzhou is exactly what I expected."
Cao Wannian was startled and said in confusion: "But His Highness doesn't seem to be happy!"
Guo Song shook his head, "You don't understand this contradiction. Zhu Si's capture of Yangzhou makes me very unhappy, but his capture of Yangzhou will suppress the Southern Tang Dynasty, which is in our interests, so I love and hate him for capturing Yangzhou."
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"I understand."
"Really understand?"
Guo Xiao asked: "Aren't you perfunctory with me?"
Cao Wannian nodded, "I really understand."
Cao Wannian really understood that the real enemy of his lord was not Zhu Si but the Southern Tang Dynasty. He remembered what Pan Liao said to him. No matter how fancy Zhu Si was, in the eyes of the world, he was still a pig.
But even if the Southern Tang Dynasty suffered repeated defeats, as long as it achieved a little bit, people all over the world would worship it.
Therefore, the Southern Tang Dynasty must fail, fail, and fail again. The eunuchs must have exclusive power, taxes must be as heavy as mountains, and the people's resentment boils. Only in this way can the people of the world be disappointed again and again, and finally despair of him.
At this time, Cao Wannian suddenly had a clear understanding in his heart. The palace coup that took place in the Southern Tang Dynasty probably also had the shadow of his lord! Not long after Duqiu came, the palace coup happened. Could it be such a coincidence?
Guo Song waved his hand and said: "Now our focus is not on external war, but on internal affairs. Moving the Jin Palace to Chang'an is essentially moving the capital. There are thousands of things to deal with, and you are the same. There are a few things I want to do.
I'll leave it to you."
"Your Highness, please speak!"
"The first thing is to build official residences for lower-level officials. Officials above the fifth rank have official residences, and officials below the fifth rank live in official residences. The official residences are divided into three levels, half an acre of land, one acre of land and two acres of land, roughly
There will be more than a thousand courtyards built in the old Chang'an City. I will let Zhang Lei and Li An take care of the specific construction and give them 30% of the net profit. They will come here tomorrow afternoon to sign the contract, and you will be responsible for this matter."
Cao Wannian didn't understand why the Lord would let him take responsibility for this matter? Du You was from Chang'an, wouldn't it be more appropriate to let him take responsibility?
But Cao Wannian didn't ask any more questions. He immediately bowed and agreed. Maybe the lord had his own ideas and didn't want the Du family to get involved in this matter.
"The second thing is that I plan to cancel the curfew. The curfew has been in existence for more than a hundred years from the early Tang Dynasty to the present. It is only open for three days during the Lantern Festival every year. On other nights, the gates are closed. There is no point in doing so. The real perpetrators will not be banned.
It will be affected by the curfew, which will seriously hinder the development of business, so I plan to lift the curfew in two steps. First, the doors will not be closed, and people will be allowed to go on the streets all night, and businesses will be allowed to open all night. The same is true for the East Market and West Market. When the time is right,
I want to open the city gates all night long. I want to implement this as soon as possible. After consulting with the Jingzhao officials, you can draft a plan."
"The humble job will start early tomorrow morning."
"There is a third thing, regarding the use of the city wall root. It is prohibited to build private houses within fifty steps of the city wall root. I decided to abolish this ban, and then build a large number of low-cost official rental houses along the city wall root to provide them to the Han people in Chang'an City.
Common people at the bottom, I plan to ask the army to do this, but I need to estimate how much it will cost. Find someone to make a plan for me."
Cao Wannian was shocked. The city wall was more than forty miles long. This was a big deal!
He thought for a while and said: "I'm afraid that the people in the villages near the city wall will not agree. In fact, they will definitely not agree. It will cause trouble. No one will want a large number of low-level people to live in their own village."
Guo Song also thought about this problem, and he said: "Then build a wall to separate the buildings near the city wall, and then demolish all the walls at the root of the city wall so that the root of the city wall can be connected as one."
Cao Wannian thought for a while, and this was a good idea. Since the curfew was abolished anyway, it didn't matter if the people at the base of the city wall were not isolated by walls.
"I will consider this matter together with the lifting of the curfew, and I will go to the local government to discuss it tomorrow."
Cao Wannian said goodbye and left. Guo Song looked out the window with his hands behind his hands. He was actually still thinking about Yangzhou and must prevent Zhu Si from marching to the south of the Yangtze River.
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At night, Guo Song was sleeping when he was suddenly awakened by some movement on the roof.
He once lived in Lingji Cave for a year and was extremely sensitive to sounds in the dead of night. The slightest noise would wake him up. But interestingly, he was not so sensitive when sleeping with his wife at home.
Guo Song remained silent and kept his posture unchanged, but he slowly stretched out his hand and touched the Fish Intestine Sword from under the pillow.
At this time, he heard the soft sound of clothes, and someone jumped out of the window and onto the roof. Guo Song was sleeping in a three-story building. There were soldiers living on the first and second floors. He was sleeping on the third floor, and there were people around him.
With two patrol sentries and a mastiff dog, this man actually broke through the defense line continuously and climbed to his own building. This man's martial arts skills are truly amazing.
Guo Song arranged the pillows and bedding into a human shape. He jumped gently and disappeared into the darkness.
At this time, the window opened with a click, and a tall, slender man in black jumped in. He did not throw himself on the bed, but actually knelt in front of the window.
Guo Song suddenly recognized the woman in black. He laughed and stepped forward to hold the woman in black's shoulders. The woman in black was startled and was about to resist. Guo Song laughed and said, "It's me!"
The woman in black threw herself into his arms in surprise, and Guo Song carried her to bed. The two were entangled fiercely. At this time, any words were unnecessary...
Half an hour later, the rain and clouds finally subsided for the two of them. Guo Song gently stroked Ying Caihe's gorgeous face. This enchanting woman really moved his heart, but it was a pity that he could not admit her into his room because she had killed too many officials.
Even the two prime ministers Jiang Gongfu and Liu Yan died in her hands. Taking her into his house would be a stain on his image, and he could only regard her as his secret lover.
"I thought you would come earlier?" Guo Song said with a smile.
Ying Caihe knelt down and said, "Report to the master..."
Guo Song saw her kneeling naked on the bed, which was a bit funny, so he hugged her, laid her on top of him, and said with a smile: "I like it better this way!"
Ying Caihe put his arms around his master's neck and whispered in his ear: "I have been monitoring the Queen Mother in Chengdu. If she wants to make King Li Si the emperor, I will rush to Lingnan to kill Li Si."
Only then did Guo Song remember that there was also Li Si, the king of Zhao, who was serving as the military envoy in Lingnan and was not in Chengdu, so he luckily escaped.
"Does the master want me to assassinate Li Si?"
Guo Song thought for a moment and said, "No need for the time being."
"Master, I also brought two apprentices. They are two young palace maids, both of whom are very skilled in martial arts. They usually protect the Queen Mother, but I brought them back. They are currently living in the inn."
"Then what?" Guo Song didn't understand what she meant.
"I will take them to Yuling Palace tomorrow." Ying Caihe said with a hint of grievance in his voice.
Guo Song smiled and said, "If you don't want to become a monk, you don't have to go."
Ying Caihe Banxiang said: "I don't like a life of restraint. I couldn't help it before, but now I like to be free."
Guo Song burst out laughing, "You are going to be the palace master, and there are three hundred female Taoist priests under you. You can go wherever you want. Who can control you?"
Ying Caihe thought about it and it was right. She was the lord of the first palace. No one could control where she wanted to go. She immediately became happy and said, "Then I will obey the master's arrangement. I will be the lord of the palace during the day and serve the master at night."
Guo Song laughed loudly, "Don't wait for tomorrow, serve me now!"
Ying Caihe's charming eyes are like silk, her breath is like orchid, and the room is filled with spring light for a while.
The clouds went away and the rain came again, and the rain fell and the clouds gathered again. It didn't stop until midnight. Guo Song finally got a little tired. He lay down and closed his eyes. He adjusted his breathing for a while and asked: "Tell me about your past. What are you doing?"
Where are you from? Are your parents still there?"
Ying Caihe lay beside him and said quietly: "I am from Yuezhou. At that time, my master was traveling in Qinglian, Mingzhou. When she saw that I was very qualified, she took me away with my parents' permission. At that time, I
I'm only five years old, the youngest in the family, and I have an older brother and two older sisters. My parents can't support so many children. I've been away from Jiangnan for twenty-five years, and I've never been back."
"Do you want to go back and take a look?" Guo Song asked softly.
Ying Caihe nodded slightly, with a glimmer of light appearing in the corners of her eyes. Of course she wanted to go back, but she didn't know if her parents were still alive.
"Then go back and have a look."
Guo Song took out a box from the bedside and said, "Here is a voucher for ten thousand taels of silver. It is half a jade pendant. Go to Chang'an Baosheng Cabinet to get the silver. No password is required."
Ying Caihe shook his head quickly, "I don't want it, I have quite a few myself."
"This is my wish. Since you have become my woman, I must express it."
Upon hearing this, Ying Caihe was immediately elated, hugged Guo Song's neck, and kissed him hard on the face.
Before dawn, Ying Caihe left Chang'an with his two female disciples and went to his hometown in the south of the Yangtze River to find relatives.