The third year of Tianyuan.
For this brand new empire, this year is a double blessing.
The first thing is that the queen gave birth to a son for the emperor, and the mother and son were safe. Then a great victory came from the frontier. Huluguang defeated Tuoti Khan outside Hengzhou Pass, and captured countless knights and sent back the seized materials overnight.
Huluguang swears in the battle report: When he was fighting with the enemy, a strong wind suddenly blew the enemy's formation, and then stars rose in the sky, making the night like day, and the enemy was terrified and fleeing in the wind.
At this time, in the palace, Zu Ban was sitting next to the emperor holding a battle report, smiling from ear to ear.
"These old martial artists are just rude in their work!"
"It's just like the saint who came from heaven to write down the word "Defeat the Enemy". This grandfather is good, not bad!"
Zu Ban and Liu Taozi are close to each other. Even if there are some more secret things, Zu Ban doesn't avoid them and says whatever they have. This is the key to ensuring that the king and his subjects are united. They have no precautions or fears between each other.
Liu Taozi looked at the battle report, "I think it's a bit inappropriate."
"How can the achievements made by tens of thousands of soldiers on the front line be pressed on a child like this?"
Zu Ban shook his head, "General Cheqi and Cavalry are a little anxious, but the warriors in China have always been like this. If Jie Luguang dares to submit such a report, it must have been decided by himself. The people around him probably have the same idea. Besides, he is the eldest prince, and no matter how many miracles there are, it will be fine. Your Majesty does not need to worry too much."
Zu Ban said, and suddenly poked his head out and looked around.
"Your Highness is still by the Queen?"
"With the Empress Dowager's side, I said I could not see any strangers, and even if I were me, I wouldn't have many hugs."
Zu Ban laughed loudly, then stroked his beard and sighed: "Sun Bizi is close. When my grandson was born, he held it in his hands all day long and did not dare to let others hug him. My grandson is more promising than his father. In the future, he may become his minister. As for my son, he will be the only one of a county magistrate in his life."
After chatting, Zu Ban moved the topic to major events again.
"Bei Hu will no longer be a threat to us in a short period of time, and the frontier will be initially stable... :..."
Liu Taozi looked at him, "Can you send troops to destroy Chen?"
"This... I still have to wait."
Zu Ban's original cultivation time was stipulated in three to five years, and now it is January of the third year, but the local situation has not changed much.
Zu Ban brought a lot of documents and piled them up.
"These are all compiled by memorials from all over the country."
Zu Ban then analyzed these rhythm tables one by one.
During the past three years, there have been changes in the local area, but it has not yet reached the level of qualitative change. The cultivation policy has been effective and has not been effective. All regions are still recovering, but it is just recovering. The taxes in many places have not been paid yet, and the roads and buildings are still in a damaged state, as for arable land.
Repairing arable land is the most difficult. The land cannot be used if it is abandoned this year and next year. Every piece of land requires great effort to cultivate it. Once it is abandoned, it will be even more difficult to pick it up. The treasury is still relatively empty.
But Zu Ban himself was not worried, "Although the results were slow, the localities no longer asked for help from Pitang as they did before. The situation in the local area had begun to stabilize, the bandits were eliminated, and a large number of deceased people returned. The people on Zhou Tu also gradually recognized the Han Dynasty. If you wait for another year, you might see a big change.
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Liu Taozi shook her head and said calmly: "No obstacle, you can't be anxious about destroying Chen. This is what the ancestor told me, I'll just wait."
Zu Ban took a deep breath, his eyes flashing.
"Don't worry, your Majesty, I won't wait too long, I already have some ideas...::,
When Liu Taozi saw the malicious smile on Zu Ban's face, he could probably guess that Chen Guo was going to be in trouble.
However, he didn't say much, just asked Zu Ban to let go.
After Zu Ban left the palace, he took a bus to his mansion.
There were a full armed soldier in front and behind, and there were hundreds of people. This was an exception for the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister's clothing, travel, entourage, etc. were all higher than the ministers, and only lower than the emperor.
Zu Ban's mansion is also an exception. According to etiquette, the height of his mansion can reach the highest level among ministers, but Zu Ban doesn't care much about this. Since becoming prime minister, this person has restrained his bad habits, and he has not heard much about stealing and affair.
Of course, some people say it was because no one dared to arrest him.
And in his personal enjoyment, Zu Ting is still quite fucking honest!!
He was not very enjoyable, his clothes were not luxurious, his mansion was not as high as the top, and he didn't even have many servants in his home, but he just had more soldiers to protect him.
Zu Ban returned to the mansion and changed his clothes. After learning from the slave that the two guests had been waiting for him for half an hour, he went to meet with a smile.
When he arrived at the reception hall, the two guests hurriedly stood up to pay their respects.
One of them is Wei Xiaokuan.
The other person is Zheng Daoqian.
When Zu Ban didn't come back, the two of them sat in the lobby, looking at each other, and the atmosphere was unthinkable.
Zu Ban suddenly appeared, and both of them seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
Zu Ban smiled and asked the two of them to get up, and sat in the upper position, and they sat next to him, one left and one right.
"Don't blame me, I was going to come back soon, but Your Majesty insisted on taking me to see Your Highness,
Your Highness was born with a good appearance and a look of heaven and man. He hugged him for a long time and took some time off."
Zheng Daoqian shook his head quickly, "How dare you blame me, how dare you blame me?"
"When Your Highness was born, the dragon energy gathered with the West, and the saints came from heaven to help break the Hu. This must be the master who inherited the great cause.:::"
Zu Ban didn't interrupt him, and he finished listening to his nonsense.
After the war, Wei Xiaokuan first served as the governor, and then was promoted to the court by Zu Ban, allowing him to serve in Santai and become the Minister of State. He was considered to be a poor person. Zheng Daoqian did not have much talent in government affairs, but he had to be rewarded after making great contributions, so he served in Zhaoxuan Temple, nominally managing the monks and Taoists.
The two people's official positions were not next to each other at all, and it seemed quite strange that Zu Ban summoned them at the same time.
Wei Xiaokuan made some judgment at this moment. After the two of them praising each other for a long time, he opened his mouth in time.
"The ancestor suddenly summoned us. Could it be that there is something to order?"
Zu Ban gently stroked his beard, "The domestic situation is getting better and better, and the major event of destroying Chen must be prepared."
"This time, we summoned two people to come for one person."
"oh?"
"I don't know who it is?"
"Yellow method poke."
Chen, Qin County.
The sky was hazy and there were not many pedestrians on the street.
The sound of trumpets of the soldiers came from afar again, and dogs suddenly barked in the city.
After a moment, the people walked out of the door again. They didn't look so panicked, and they took farm tools to the farmland.
Although he was responsible for the entire border defense, there was no sign of much depression in the city, everything was so quiet and harmonious.
Huang Faku is now in Qin County and is in charge of the entire Jiangbei defense.
Huang Fabao did a very good job here. On the one hand, he strengthened training, established a guard network, strictly investigated the whereabouts of missing warships, and prevented smuggling from north to south. Although he could not intervene too much in terms of people's livelihood, it also played a significant role in prohibiting soldiers from going to the people and informing local officials to use polite governance.
Under his governance, Jiangbei's defense line became stronger and stronger day by day.
The sky was already completely bright, the people began to work, and the whole city became busy.
On the road, a child began to run back and forth, holding snacks from somewhere in his hands and singing nursery rhymes.
"There is mystery in the sky, the earth has yellow in the earth, and the law of heaven and earth, and the river is under control~~"
"The flying general is here, the troops are strong, and the Hu will not pass, and the country will not be destroyed~~
The nursery rhymes rang everywhere. Several craftsmen who were working in the restaurant at the door of the restaurant heard the children singing songs passing by in the distance. One of them stood up and wiped the sweat from their foreheads.
"What are these kids singing? Why are they so strange?"
"I don't know, it's been singing all over the world recently, it sounds like General Huang."
They were busy, and a servant walked out of the restaurant, handed water to several people, and everyone was eating water.
Still talking about the nursery rhyme.
The servant smiled and said, "Isn't this just singing General Huang? General Huang guards the river, and the Hu people cannot cross it!
The country will not perish!”
He couldn't help but praise: "General Huang is really a pillar of the country. After he came to guard, the local soldiers did not violate them, and the officials did not dare to be arrogant. He also inspected all day long and was very good to us. It is an honor for all of us to have such a general in the country!!"
The craftsmen also nodded, General Huang was indeed very good.
"It's okay to sing again!"
Everyone praised it for a long time and then continued to work.
The adults ignored it and just smiled when they heard these nursery rhymes.
But many people can't laugh.
This includes Huang Fapu himself.
Huang Fapu quickly discovered something strange. At the same time, a large number of nursery rhymes appeared from Lianghuai to Jiangnan.
He hurriedly summoned everyone from the devil to discuss the matter.
Everyone has different opinions on the issue of nursery rhymes.
Everyone sat in front of him and talked their own words. Xu Jingcheng smiled and said, "General, you are really worried. You are in a hurry to summon us. I thought something big happened. It turned out to be for the nursery rhyme."
He shook his head, "The general has made outstanding contributions and appeased the people, and has won the hearts of the people. It is normal for nursery rhymes to praise your contributions."
"When my father was alive, there were nursery rhymes praising his courage. He was still happy for a long time."
Huang Fa poked his face, and he looked even more vicissitudes than before, and he grew older and faster.
"If there were only one or two, maybe that was the case, but now, similar nursery rhymes have appeared around more than a dozen cities and even around Jiankang. This can no longer be said to be spontaneous behavior among the people."
"What's wrong with this? Who doesn't know about your contribution in Dachen? You have already been known to everyone when you repel Qi people. Besides, you have caught so many traitors and returned the things they stolen to the people everywhere."
"I want me to say that there is nothing false about nursery rhymes."
Xu Jingcheng said, his eyes full of admiration.
It can be seen that it is not only the people who respect Huang Fa, but also these generals respect him very much.
Huang Fakuan is very stubborn and can do things they dare not think about.
For example, the issue of the loss of warships occurred during Emperor Wen's reign. Emperor Wen banned many times and arrested people many times, which calmed down for a while. When Chen Suo was in trouble, he broke out again, and his private behavior was even brought to the table.
There are many participants in this kind of warship trade, and they are often big names that cannot be provoked.
Among them are royal families, large clans, great monks, and generals. These people work together to do business, and even the emperor has to think twice before doing it.
When Huang Fajitao first said that he wanted to thoroughly investigate this matter, no one was optimistic about him. Even the generals around him thought this matter was a bit mysterious.
But Huang Fajitao just gritted his teeth and checked. In the past three years, Huang Fajitao has not been idle. He solved nineteen cases of warship trafficking.
He captured a large number of generals who had fed their pockets from the army and eliminated the warships, and reported the powerful people involved to Chen Xiang. Chen was so tough that he was very tough that he dealt with these nobles strictly, which intensified domestic conflicts, but achieved remarkable results.
Huang Fapu not only caught these warship sellers, but also killed many dogs that harmed the local area. He did more and more things, and the generals around him were also admiring them.
Huang Fa poked at Xu Jingcheng. If he hadn't known the other party's origin, he would have doubted whether this guy had been sent from the north.
He looked at the rest of the people.
Someone asked in confusion: "Does the general suspect that these nursery rhymes were fabricated by Beihu?"
Huang Fa poked his eyes and narrowed his eyes, "This is very similar to the Beihu method."
"But the nursery rhymes they spread are not bad for the general, they are all praising the general, oh...::
The man reacted instantly and immediately changed his face.
Several people around him reacted one after another, but none of them dared to reveal it.
Xu Jingcheng came back to his senses and said hurriedly: "General, Your Majesty has always trusted you, but you have offended too many villains before, and I am afraid that these villains will not be good for you. I think it is better to tell Your Majesty the matter of these nursery rhymes truthfully so that Your Majesty knows that this is the plan of Beihu!"
Huang Fa poked his brow and pondered for a long time.
"I ordered the investigation of all roads, the people who came to the north and the spreaders of nursery rhymes in the near future, and also sent people to investigate."
"General Xu, please take a group of soldiers to investigate this matter yourself, and do not let local officials take over."
"only!!"
Huang Fa poked and then issued many orders, all about preventing enemy spies from entering their own territory, as well as capturing these spies who spread rumors in China.
However, Huang Fajitao's behavior still failed to stop the increasingly intense nursery rhyme trend. The generals were still not familiar with this set of things, and they were far inferior to those of the northerners. He had to truthfully write to the emperor according to the generals' proposal.
It is better to know from yourself than to know from others.
Jiankang.
At this time, the Jiang Ferry was strictly under supervision, no longer as free as before, and it was difficult for merchant ships to go out. They could only see some small fishing boats, and the entire ferry became depressed, far from what they were before.
A small fishing boat slowly approached the ferry, and a few soldiers at the ferry walked forward. When the fishing boat landed, three fishermen walked out of the small boat.
The soldiers were stunned, looked at each other, and then looked straight at the old fisherman.
The old fisherman skillfully handed over his identity certificate, which was heavy. Several soldiers accepted the certificate and gave them the identity.
"Go, go."
The local soldiers turned around and left, while these people quickly disappeared on the road in the distance.
Recently, Chen State has repeatedly made many innovations and made great efforts in reform.
They changed the law of officials, recruited many soldiers, built new warships, set up defenses on the river surface, etc., and did a lot of things.
However, doing things requires investment. In the previous few wars of the State of Chen, the treasury was not rich, and now it invests a lot, so money can only be paid from the people. The economy further deteriorates, grain output decreases, and the food and salary of the soldiers are inevitably affected.
If the soldiers are not full of food, many things will be easy to adapt.
These people disappeared outside Jiankang, and their next appearance appeared in a prominent house in Jiankang.
This house is located on the south side of Jiankang.
It covers a lot of land and looks quite northern. You can even see several Hu servants when you come and go.
Amazing.
In the lobby, these fishermen dressed in fishermen have turned into scholars and have a drink and chat with the owner of the house.
The owner of the house has a tall figure and sunken eye sockets, and looks different from that of the southerner.
He ate a sip of wine silently, and then said, "The current situation is different from the past. The investigation is very strict. The warship cannot be sent over easily."
"I know, I know."
The natives who led the lead smiled, "Dugu, we came this time not to urge you to settle the goods, this person who was stunned, "Oh? Why is that? He came here in person."
The leader sighed, "Dugu Gong, we came this time for you."
"For me?"
"Yes, you were originally from the Northern Kingdom. Although your father raised an army to fight against the Han Kingdom, this incident has been a long time since then. There are many people in the Han Dynasty. Their past relatives and even themselves have fought against the Han Dynasty, but they are still important and not implicated."
"Why do you have to be persistent?"
Chapter completed!