An envoy from the Western Qin Dynasty rushed to Xiangyang a year ago and submitted a letter to Yang Anxuan begging Chipan for peace.
In the letter, Qifu Chipan expressed his willingness to return Kuai En and compensate Yang Anxuan for thousands of war horses. He hoped that trade could continue and that the two armies would each guard the border and not fight for at least five years.
Yang Anxuan Sizhi repeatedly agreed to Qifu Chipan's request, and first brought Kuai En back. As for five years of no war, it was just an empty talk. Yang Anxuan decided to use this period of time to destroy the Xia Kingdom first.
Regarding the alliance between Western Qin, Northern Liang, and Xia Kingdom, Yang Anxuan did not want to sit idly by.
Northern Liang is in the northwest of Qin, sandwiched between Western Qin and Xiliang. It also faces the difficulty of insufficient depth. Now that Western Qin is powerful, Northern Liang can only use troops further north to Xiliang to survive.
After the Western Qin failed to attack Tianshui and Lueyang, its strength was damaged and it was unable to move eastward, so it could only use troops against Tuyuhun and Beiliang. Therefore, the alliance between Western Qin and Beiliang could be torn up at any time.
Bei Liang needs strong allies at this time. The Xia Kingdom is cut off by Anding County, and the Western Qin Dynasty is keeping its eye on the enemy. Bei Liang's situation is precarious.
There was a smile on Yang Anxuan's lips, and he sent an envoy to Beiliang later that year to persuade Juqu Mengxun to form an alliance with Jin and break the alliance between Western Qin, Beiliang and Xia.
Helian Bobo will probably be so angry that he vomits blood when he learns that both Western Qin and Northern Liang have made alliances with him. Yang Anxuan stroked his beard. Tongwan City was extremely strong. He must destroy the Xia Kingdom before Tongwan City was built.
Also, Xiaoqiu Chi allowed himself to lose his troops and generals. This hatred cannot be ignored.
Whether or not to avenge, Yang Anxuan's eyes were filled with murderous intent. Now that Chang'an had stabilized, he asked Zhao Tian to lead his army to join Zhu Chaoshi, and then ordered Cen Minghu to go from Ji County to Shichang to attack Wudu City, Wudu County, Qiuchi, and seize Licheng, the capital of Qiuchi State.
Yang Anxuan received the intelligence, and Liu Yu ordered Tan Daoji to take the soldiers and horses of Nanyizhou to Jiangling City, leaving Nanyizhou empty.
If God doesn't take it, he will be blamed. Yang Anxuan sent a message to Yindun, asking him to launch an offensive against Nanyizhou. Although he had just reached a withdrawal agreement with Liu Yu, he could just find any excuse to send troops. There is no excuse for his crime.
Yang Anxuan did not give a target and let Yin Dun fight wherever he goes. It would be best if he can capture Nan Yizhou and Ningzhou together. Speaking of which, there are over 100,000 elite soldiers under his command, but they are still a bit stretched to use. We will increase our efforts to recruit troops in the coming year.
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The city of Xiangyang is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and the atmosphere of the New Year is getting stronger and stronger. The store clerks are shouting hard and the crowd is bustling.
According to the practice of previous years, the sites occupied by Yang Anxuan such as Yong, Si, Liang, Yan, Beiji, Beiqing, and Beiyong began to provide relief to the victims. Yang Anxuan went to the city gate to check on the porridge distribution.
The big cauldron for cooking porridge is steaming with white mist, and the golden corn is churning in the cauldron and emitting fragrance. In the early years, there were eight cauldrons arranged in a row. This year, only two cauldrons are used. There are only a few people lining up to receive the porridge. The corn porridge in the cauldron is still there. Most of it is left.
Xin He laughed at the side and said: "Since the Lord's administration, land has been granted to the refugees, and the people have been cultivated. Many hidden households have been naturalized. Each county has set up a village to support the widows, orphans, children and disabled people in the county. There are also orphanages to help. , there are no disaster victims in Yongzhou, these are all due to the benevolence of the Lord
. Most of the victims who received the porridge had fled from Jingzhou. Yuji ordered people to register them as naturalized citizens and give them land for resettlement in the spring. "
Yang Anxuan laughed proudly, the people are the foundation of the country, and now the general trend is gradually taking shape, and the world is just around the corner.
After seeing the disaster relief work, I went to the market. The area of the market had nearly doubled compared to the original area. Even so, it was still hard to find a place. Yuan He led everyone to visit the four new cities in the southeast, northwest and northwest. These four cities specialize in selling goods from different regions.
Looking at the dazzling array of goods in front of him, Yang Anxuan was filled with pride. With his own efforts, Xiangyang City has become the economic and political center, replacing Chang'an and Luoyang as the largest city in the north.
On December 28, Yang Anxuan went to Baizhang Mountain to pick up Yin Huizhen, mother and son, and asked her to help Kong Miao take care of the New Year affairs.
In the past two years, Yin Huizhen's visits to Yonggong's house have increased. The close relatives in the house vaguely guessed that this girl was the concubine of Yonggong, and her aunt Yang Qiu was friendly with her. No one dared to neglect Xiaoqiu, and treated Yang Yi and Yang Rui and Yang Rui also treat them as young masters.
Kong Miao was very unhappy with Yin Huizhen's appearance, but knew that she could not change it. Kong Xian secretly persuaded her, and even Kong Yi wrote a letter mentioning the "three obediences and four virtues." If he resisted blindly, it might arouse Yang Anxuan's resentment.
Kong Miao thought about it more than once, if Xuanlang ascended to the highest position in the future, how could there be no women in the harem? Seeing that Yin Huizhen had a gentle temperament, it was better to live in harmony with her and deal with the outside world together.
Fortunately, Min'er was made the heir apparent by Xuanlang and took him to visit the Si and Yan lands. In the future, Min'er could only inherit the family business.
Kong Miao thought of his brother
Kong Xian secretly told himself that Min'er had no brothers, so he should give Min'er a few more brothers while he was still young to give him arms. It's just that Yang Lang is often away fighting, so he has to seize the opportunity during the Chinese New Year.
Yang Anshen came to Xiangyang from Yiyang County to celebrate the New Year this year, bringing with him the Lu family, the He family and several children. In addition to the Lu family's daughter and son, and the He family's son Yang Shao, Yang Anshen had four concubines in the past few years, who gave birth to three sons and four daughters respectively.
This concubine has not yet visited his grandmother. Yang Anshen brought them all with him this time, mainly to recognize his third uncle Yang Anxuan, so that he could take care of her in the future.
The He family has been living well in Yiyang County in the past two years. She is getting older, and her sex life and people are not as good as those of Xina's several concubines. Yang Anshen is far less fond of her than before, and she offended Yang Anxuan when she was in Xiangyang. This frightened He.
Fortunately, He had the means to run a Gou Lan business. She summoned Caiping and others to open a Gou Lan shop in Pingyang, and asked Yang Anshen to come forward and ask Yuan Tao for some new play scripts. The Caifengfang she ran was quite impressive, with a net profit of one year. There are about a hundred gold.
Mr. He knew very well that Yang An was hard to trust, and she could only rely on her son Yang Shao. She worked hard to make money to find a future for her son. This time she came to Xiangyang to establish a good relationship with Kong Miao and Yin Huizhen, and see if she could send her son to Yang Anxuan's institute. Study in the established school.
The back house of Yonggong Mansion became lively, with many children playing noisily in the courtyard. Mrs. Lu took Kong Miao and whispered, Mrs. He chatted with Yin Huizhen with a smile on her face, and Mrs. Yuan looked at several grandchildren. Playing in the courtyard, laughing from ear to ear.
Yang Lin is the oldest among this group of children.
The marriage has been discussed with the Huan family in Zhi County, Qiao County. The Huan family in Qiao County is also a high-ranking family. The ancestor Huan Jing was a famous scholar in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He was an official in Danyang Yin and was granted the title of Duke of Yongxiu County. His son Huan Yi, King Huanye, was known as the "Flute Sage". Huan Yi's son Huan Su succeeded him in the title. The person Yang Lin married, the Duke of Yongxiu County, was Huan Ling, the eldest son of Huan Su.
The Huan family in Qiao County has a reputation for elegance. Huan Ling is eighteen years old this year and is classified as a third-rank scholar. It is said that he is talented in literature and very similar to his ancestors. Both Yang Anshen and the Lu family were very satisfied with the marriage. The Yang family had just been promoted to a high-ranking family, and it was difficult to marry the Huan family. However, Yang Anxuan was granted the title of Duke Yong and his future was unlimited, so the Huan family sent someone to propose marriage.
Kong Miao was polite, Yin Huizhen was very polite, Lu was cautious, and He was observant. On the outside, the house was peaceful, but only the old lady Yuan was really happy.
It wasn't until Yang Qiu came with gifts and the children gathered around their aunt to distribute the gifts that the stiff atmosphere in the courtyard relaxed.
After giving out gifts to his nephews and nieces, Yang Qiu asked Shen Sheng to join in and play. Yang Qiu glanced at the women chatting and laughing in the corridor, and secretly rejoiced in his heart. Fortunately, Shen Lang did not take any concubines, and his sisters-in-law were not in Xiangyang. Otherwise, his family would I have to deal with so many women like my sister-in-law, which is really annoying.
Shen Qing has three brothers. The eldest brother Shen Changzhi is now the governor of Xiangcheng; the third brother Shen Shaozhi is serving in the army in Beiyizhou. Shen Qingzhi's parents followed Shen Changzhi to Xiangcheng. Yang Qiu went to visit them once with Shen Qing. From then on, they only sent gifts during the New Year and sent greetings at four seasons. Since Shen Qingzhi was away at war all year round, Yang Qiu naturally would not go to visit.
In fact, Shen Qingzhi's parents were also worried about Yang Qiu's identity.
Being together makes each other more harmonious. The old couple only hopes that their son Shen Qingzhi will be able to live smoothly and the family will prosper.
Yang Min and Yang Yi were both ten years old and already knew that they were half-brothers. They both studied at Hongwenzhuang Academy and each had a group of supporters around them. Of course, Yang Min had far more people around him than Yang Yi.
Although they were still children, there were already hidden fights and fights between each other. After Yang Anxuan returned to Xiangyang, he specially called Yang Min and Yang Yi together and warned them that they must work together as brothers to keep the family business.
As the goal of conquering the world gets closer and closer, Yang Anxuan has to start to consider the issues of cliques under his command, struggles between scholars and common people, integration of various ethnic groups, and how to educate his son.
The most important thing is to choose a good teacher and teach your sons to be knowledgeable and polite, and to distinguish right from wrong. Secondly, Yang Anxuan leads by example. The food at home is not luxurious, he does not go to entertainment places, and he rarely sings and drinks except for necessary entertainment; , Yan took Yang Min with him on his inspection tour, just to let Yang Min know the sufferings of the people.
He suggested to the head of the mountain, Guo Gao, that every ten days, he should take the school children to the fields, farms, and mountain villages, and take them to the orphanage to "observe the livelihood of the people, observe the food and clothing, observe the difficulties, and know the good and bad customs."
This suggestion was highly approved by Guo Song. Not only did he follow Yang Anxuan's instructions to organize school children to go out among the people every ten days, but he also arranged a vegetable field not far from Hongwenzhuang for these children to follow and work.
Someone complained to Yang Anxuan, and Yang Anxuan said coldly: "Fools are among them. If you are heartbroken, you may have to drop out of school."
Yang Anxuan, Guo Song and others discussed that in the future when the academy is built, the students studying in the academy will also follow this method, once every ten days.
People watch the scenery and go to take care of the farm after school.
This year's New Year's Eve in the Yang family was much more lively. The New Year's firecrackers sounded. Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Kong brought their children to salute their grandmother, Yang Anshen, Yang Anyuan and others to ask for money. The house was full of chirping sounds, joyful and peaceful.
In the Taiji Hall of Jiankang City, King Langya kept watch on behalf of the emperor and his ministers to welcome the new year.
Song Gong Liu Yu was ill and did not come. Sima Dewen glanced at the ministers in the palace and felt much more relaxed.
Zizheng, the bell rang, and Sima Dewen felt a lot less dull in his ears. When the eighty-one bell rang, Sima Dewen stood up and said with a smile: "The new year is coming, spring is everywhere, everything goes well, and the whole family Celebrate. My lords, please drink up your glasses and celebrate the arrival of the New Year."
In the midst of laughter and laughter, Yixi came to the world in the eleventh year.
