Compared with the old capital of Jinling, Emperor Taizong built the capital with a population of one million almost according to the specifications of a military fortress.
Just after Chen hour, Zhengyang Street, the central axis of the capital, was already crowded with people everywhere going out to buy things for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The Gyeonggi Province has had a bumper harvest in the past two years, and there are high-yielding gods such as corn and potatoes. Not only do the people have enough food to fill their stomachs, but they also earn a lot of money from various workshops all over the Gyeonggi Province.
After working hard for more than half a year, it was finally time for the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion. Even the thrifty farmer was willing to pull a new piece of cloth for his wife and buy a few packs of snacks for the children at home.
As for myself, I’m a rough guy, so what’s the point of wearing something so easy?
The stalls on both sides of the street shouted vigorously, and the buskers beat gongs and drums, blew fire and blew out smoke, placed large stones on their chests, held their breath and drummed their eyes while knocking down sledgehammers...
"good!"
The crowd of onlookers immediately cheered and threw coins one after another.
duang, duang, duang……
Ta da, da da~
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way quickly! Good news, good news, a great attack on the vast sea..."
Huh? what sound?
Everyone looked around in confusion for the sudden sound of gongs and shouts, only to see the imperial guards patrolling the city beating gongs to drive away the people crowded on the street, constantly urging the people who were standing dumbly in the middle of the street.
"If you don't get out of the way quickly, it's Hong Ling's emergency envoy, blocking their way. Even if you get hit by a war horse, your death will be in vain. You may be held responsible!"
"Good news! Great victory in the Hanhai Sea! Jia Lian, the commander of the Youwei Guard, led his army thousands of miles to attack the Tatar Khanate. Five thousand forbidden troops faced the 80,000 Tatar army. They killed more than 10,000 people in formation, but the enemy was thousands of miles away. All the Tatar princes and nobles were killed. Our army is victorious, and we can defeat Shi Yanran, and recreate the miracle of Huo Qiaoqi! Daxia will be victorious!"
When Hong Ling hurriedly arrived at the place where the people gathered the most, he stopped for a moment, took a deep breath and loudly announced this miraculous victory.
The noise all around stopped for a moment, and after a while, the crowd started to boil. Everyone suddenly turned red, and they all raised their fists and cheered loudly.
"We won again!"
"The Tatar Khanate was also destroyed!"
"The Tatars are gone?"
"No more! The stubborn Tatars have been destroyed!"
"Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!"
"Long live your Majesty! Long live! Long live!"
…
Most of the soldiers in the capital camp were mainly from the good families of the capital. If we were to say that they had the deepest hatred for the Tatars who often invaded the border areas, apart from the people near Jiubian, the people in the prefectures and counties of the capital definitely hated the Tatars the most.
Every time the Tatars invaded the border, someone in Gyeonggi would hang up white flags. If you look at any house and turn a few corners, you can find relatives who died under the knife of the Tatars.
After Oara was completely integrated into Daxia, the people in the capital even started betting on when the Tatars would be destroyed by the Celestial Empire.
Now that the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, I didn’t expect to receive such good news. I’m so happy!
"Quick, quick, hang up 10,000 red firecrackers for me. The great revenge has finally been avenged. Today Yanhui Restaurant is offering a 30% discount. Every guest who comes to the restaurant for dinner will receive a bottle of fine wine!"
"Yupinzhai's snacks, buy one and get one free today..."
Crackling, crackling~
The firecrackers at Yanhui Restaurant seemed to have started. All the shops facing the Zhengyang Street were hung up with long firecrackers and lit one after another.
Along with the sound of firecrackers, there were also loud shouts of people beating gongs and drums to celebrate Hanhai's victory and shouting discounts in stores.
The cheers on Zhengyang Street were like stones thrown into a lake, causing ripples to spread in all directions.
Soon, the whole capital seemed to be celebrating the New Year in advance, with bursts of firecrackers going off in all four directions.
When~
When~
When~
…
The Jingyang bell rings every time, and all civil and military officials, relatives, relatives, and envoys of the vassal state who are in the seventh rank or above in Beijing are required to enter the court to participate in the great dynasty.
The officials who had just left Fengtian Hall had just returned to the Yamen. Before their buttocks were warm from sitting, they heard an unusual noise outside the imperial city.
They were about to send someone to inquire about the situation outside the imperial city when they were recalled to the square outside Fengtian Hall.
When everyone gathered and returned to Fengtian Hall, they saw the emperor sitting happily on the dragon throne.
Something's wrong!
The emperor, who always had a straight face, actually smiled at them...
"I will pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
The emperor will be really happy now. Yuanyou's grievance in the early years has finally dissipated with each victory.
He, the Emperor of Great Xia, Liu Heng, could bring peace to all the people with his literary skills, and could open up thousands of miles of territory with his military skills. How could he not be called a wise king through the ages?
"My dear friends, Jia Lian sent people to bring good news. On the second day of July, the Tatar Khanate was destroyed by our warriors from Great Xia. King Gulu of the Tatar Khan died of illness in the middle of the fifth month. His wife and son were unwilling to surrender and burned themselves to death. All the Tatar dignitaries died in the war, and I and you all should carefully consider how we can pacify the remaining Tatar troops as soon as possible and completely incorporate the Tatars into the territory of Great Xia!"
Um? ah? ha?
The civil and military officials in the palace were stunned by the sudden news, including everyone in the Jia family standing in the queue.
"I would like to congratulate your majesty and congratulate Daxia. Long live your majesty and long live Daxia!"
After a brief shock, everyone bowed down and shouted long live.
Only Jia Cong opened his mouth in surprise. After a long time, he suddenly scratched his head with his hands and went crazy with irritation.
"Ahhhhhhh~ The milestones of Feng Lang Juxu and Le Shi Yanran were overtaken by my second brother. I don't have any share!!!"
Although Jia Cong was quite restrained and his voice was not loud when he was "incompetently furious", when the civil and military officials were shouting "long live", this sentence suddenly came out, and all the civil and military officials in the court looked over.
The official hat was askew, the exposed hair was messy, his eyebrows were knitted together, and his face was filled with regret and helplessness.
Jia Cong's image became the most unique scenery in the solemn court meeting.
"Pfft~"
I don't know who couldn't help but laugh out loud first, and then the entire Fengtian Palace burst into laughter. Even the emperor on the throne burst out laughing rarely.
"The message is conveyed, a great victory has been achieved over the vast sea, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is here again. When all the people rejoice together, the King of Capital cannot help but..."
…
Jia Cong sat in the duty room of the Ministry of Industry and sighed, the pen in his hand drawing randomly on the paper.
He was still muttering in his mouth, Southern Xinjiang was destroyed by his father, Wala was destroyed by the eleventh uncle and Xue Pan, Tatar was destroyed by the second brother, Korea is probably going to be destroyed soon...
The Haikou he had boasted about in front of the old saint and the promise he had made in front of the emperor seemed to have been preempted by others.
"I'm just a logistics person. I don't get to lead troops in battles or annihilate enemies or countries."
"Sir, that... is wrong. Xuanfu wants the Ministry of Works to dispatch fifty mountain cannons, not city defense cannons."
When the scribe saw that Jia Cong had made a mistake in correcting the official document, he had to remind him in a low voice.
Um?
Jia Cong was shocked, and then lowered his head to check it carefully.
Sure enough, Wang Ziteng repeatedly emphasized in the official document that he asked the Ministry of Industry to quickly transport fifty lightweight mountain artillery pieces to Xuanfu...
"Mountain cannon? Interesting!"
Jia Cong closed the official document and left the duty room as fast as the wind. He ran to the Qinzheng Hall without caring about his official appearance.
…
The emperor had been delighted with the news of the great victory over the Hanhai Sea for most of the day, and even had two extra bowls of rice for lunch.
At this time, he looked at the memorials on the desk, sometimes curled his lips, and threw the memorial of impeachment of Jia Lian into the bamboo basket aside with disdain, sometimes he laughed and picked up a pen to mark a few sentences on the memorial.
I know...
I'm fine, but I feel a little fatter recently...
You really know that I am such a mighty man!
Dear Lord, I have good news. Do you want to hear it? Forget it, let’s wait until you return to Beijing... Hahahaha...
"Jia Enhou originally wanted to imitate Dai Shangong and drink from Ma Hanhai, but he didn't expect that his son would take the lead... Hey, by the way, Jia Cong is probably scratching his head at this moment, complaining that his second brother didn't bring it. Let him go to the grassland. These three father and son are really interesting..."
"Your Majesty, Uncle Yongfeng is outside asking for an audience."
Liu Heng raised his eyebrows at Xia Shouzhong beside him: "This man really can't bear to be talked about. Look... announce him to come in."
Xia Shouzhong flicked the fly whisk in his hand and shouted: "Your Majesty has a decree, please..."
Bang!
"Ouch~my brain!"
Before he finished speaking, Jia Cong, who was in a hurry, was blocked by the threshold of the palace door and rolled into the Qinzheng Hall.
The familiar scene made the emperor suddenly startled, and then he raised his forehead and asked: "You are so panic-stricken. You gave me such a big gift. What do you want from me?"
Jia Cong rubbed his sore nose, picked up the official documents on the ground, and said eagerly: "Your Majesty, I am going to Xuanfu. It is my turn to fight the Tatars this time!"
"Xuanfu? What happened to Xuanfu? Isn't Wang Ziteng in Xuanfu?"
The emperor asked Xia Shouzhong to get the official document. After seeing the "graffiti" on the official document, he glared at Jia Cong and then continued to browse the contents of the official document.
I saw Jia Cong cupping his hands and saying: "Your Majesty, Fourth Master, my good Fourth Master, please let me go to Xuanfu. General Wang is going to have a decisive battle with the Tatars. This battle is over." , there will be no more wars in the north. Tell me, as a descendant of the Rongguo Kingdom, if I cannot participate in such a grand event, I will definitely regret it for the rest of my life!"
Jia Cong almost rushed to Danbi holding the emperor's thigh and begged for a fight. Liu Heng frowned and rejected his request.
After glaring at Jia Cong, the emperor lectured: "You are usually quite steady and shrewd, so why are you so confused about this matter? I ask you, is it more important to kill the Tatars or to implement the new law? There is an undercurrent surging in the south of the Yangtze River. , when the new law is at its critical moment, as my right-hand man, it is sheer nonsense for you to go to the Xuan Mansion at this time!"
Uh~
"Old Thirteen has secretly mobilized 50,000 troops from Shandong and Huguang to station in important places such as Jinling, Yangzhou, and Suzhou. The summer expedition has also arrived in southern Zhili. The foreign troubles have been subdued, and it is time to completely resolve the internal worries!"
"I have been waiting for nine full years. Now the power of the central government is firmly in my hands. No one in the court can restrain it."
"Now is a good time to seize the momentum of a great victory, rectify the court and implement the new law. As soon as Prince Teng annihilates the remaining Tatar troops outside the Xuan Mansion, I will issue an order to launch a new reform policy in an all-round way, in order to panic the general trend and suppress the court. Officials who oppose the reform. Jia Cong, what you have to do now is to help me improve the new law, not to fight with the Tatars!"
Jia Cong was startled by the emperor's confident and domineering declaration, and then his whole body became excited.
What Xuanfu? What Tatars? Go to hell!
He knelt on one knee, clenched his right hand and smashed his chest with a bang: "I am willing to die for your majesty! In the fifth year of Yuanyou, I said that the Jia family will always be your majesty's sword. Wherever your majesty points, I and the Jia family will Everyone will fight wherever they go and never retreat!"
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Among the princes, Liu Heng, the fourth son, is not the most ambitious, but he is the one with the most will to reform.
Moreover, this emperor with a resolute character was already drafting a plan for the New Deal even in the early years of Yuanyou when his throne was unstable.
After several years of adjustments and additions, eleven reform measures have been finalized regarding government administration, education, justice, economy, military, etc.
Among them, reforms in education and taxation have been implemented first in Gyeonggi Province. After more than a year of implementation, the results have been remarkable.
After being "fooled" by the emperor, Jia Cong hugged a brocade box and left the Qinzheng Palace in a majestic manner. As for the upcoming decisive battle in the Xuan Mansion, he had long forgotten about it.
Liu Heng stood in front of the Qinzheng Hall, watching Jia Cong's leaving figure from a distance, and suddenly smiled: "My dear friend, where do you think this kid got so many ideas? Sometimes I feel that this kid never seems to be able to He lacks vitality, but as long as it concerns the people of the country, he is always full of fighting spirit."
"Your Majesty, this old slave once heard a couplet said by Uncle Yongfeng - Fighting with the sky, fighting with the earth, fighting with people, the joy is endless; solving the worries of the family, the worries of the people, and the worries of the country, this person has the responsibility .Perhaps Uncle Yongfeng is really such a pure person!"
Xia Shouzhong's words caused the emperor to fall into memories. In the autumn of the fifth year of Yuanyou, he and Jia Cong met in the crisis of Tiewan Mountain.
That little figure blocked the assassin's sword, and said firmly in a childish voice that he would die for him. Sometimes I think about it, it is really a gift from God that he, the emperor, has such a minister.
Liu Heng looked up at the sky. The autumn sky was clear. It was such a good time!
"My eldest companion, let's go to the Hanlin Academy to draft a decree to make Jia Lian's eldest daughter the head of Qingcheng County..."
…
Jia Lian won a miraculous victory in Hanhai, and the news quickly spread throughout the capital.
Carriages one after another had gathered on Ningrong Street, and the invitations were sent to Rongxi Hall one by one. The old lady was stunned.
Great joy! What a joy!
Ever since the old man left... no, even the old man's achievements back then could not compare to the glory that Jia Lian would bring to the Rongguo Mansion.
This is the merit of sealing the wolf from Xu. After Huo Huoqi and Dou Xian of the Han Dynasty, who else can achieve such merit?
"Girl Feng, let's prepare a banquet, and invite all the palaces in Beijing to come to the mansion for a banquet tomorrow... Hmm? Girl Feng? Girl Feng?"
"Ah? Old lady, what did you say?"
Wang Xifeng obviously had not recovered from such great joy, and did not listen clearly to the old lady's instructions just now.
But the old lady didn't care, and jokingly said: "It seems that our second grandma is crazy about it!"
Before the old lady could continue to give instructions, a cry of surprise came from outside the door of Rongxi Hall, and then a maid ran in happily to report.
"Old Ancestor, I'm so happy. A decree has come from the palace. Your Majesty has decreed that our eldest sister will be the head of Qingcheng County. The father-in-law who delivered the decree has already arrived outside the palace!"
Monthly ticket recommendation ticket
Thank you Fat Brother for the reward for being so fat!
I’ll stop here today and continue tomorrow. Good night!
(End of chapter)
