In late September, Yue Hongling led the Yulin Army to the capital.
The conditions these days are like this. It is impossible to solve certain things faster.
Yue Hongling returned home with a great victory this time.
It should be a great scene.
The three floors outside the capital were filled with ordinary people, and everyone was looking eagerly at it. Some of them were even holding newspapers.
It has been almost twenty days, and the heat has not abated.
Why?
Compared with Yue Hongling's pacification of the horse bandits on Longyou Road, Li Bandit's move south this time really affected the capital.
The chaos in Longyou Road can only be understood by the people of Longyou Road who experienced it personally. They can also hear that the court severely punished corrupt officials in Longyou Road, reduced many taxes, and also encouraged Long Sang to implement They are naturally grateful for the benevolent policy of providing relief through work.
As for Li Thief's rebellion, the Prince of Jianguo personally led his troops to suppress it.
The Imperial Guards of the capital also participated in the war. This matter is also a big book, and it is naturally different for scholars.
This is the prince's personal expedition!
Thief Li was defeated with one blow, and now he was awarded the head by Yue Hongling.
One is the current crown prince of the Supervisory State, and the other is the daughter of the current Daqianjun Shen Yueshan. The meanings are naturally different.
You must know that Yue Hongling is the crown prince concubine personally given by His Majesty.
The couple, one of whom is the Crown Prince and the other is the Marshal of Zhenbei, both have their own hot spots.
When Yue Hongling returned home in triumph, Xiao Yi naturally welcomed her with great fanfare and led hundreds of officials outside the city gate.
Under the rays of the setting sun, the earth is like a golden blanket. All things enjoy the sunshine and release their beauty under this soft and strong sunshine. After a while, the sunlight slowly became shallower, slowly, slowly, only a ray of light was revealed, but it was still fighting for its final strength to give people a beautiful smile.
Until the smile disappeared, on the horizon, there were gold-plated horses and flags flying in the air.
Yue Hongling would not lead the entire Yulin army to the city to pay homage to the prince. This would be against etiquette and rules.
Those who can come are the soldiers who performed very bravely in this war.
And Yue Hongling took the lead.
An order was given from a few hundred meters away, and everyone dismounted and walked.
"General Yue, thank you for your hard work."
Yue Hongling bowed and said, "General, I will pay my respects to Your Highness. Best regards."
Hearing Xiao Yi's words, he replied: "As a general, you should be loyal to your king, serve your country, and fight bloody battles. These are what a general should do."
I have to say that Xiao Yi still likes Yue Hongling in military uniform.
She is more temperamental, graceful and charming than the female generals of the Yang family I have seen in her previous life.
Xiao Yi actually stretched out his hand and pulled Yue Hongling. Under the surprise of the other party, Yue Hongling was stunned for a moment and had to follow Xiao Yi.
The officials were quite surprised when they saw this. Some censors wanted to come forward to remonstrate, which was against the rules. However, thinking of Yue Hongling's other identity, they could only do this, so they had to temporarily suppress their thoughts and follow Xiao Yi's wishes. The prince's chariot turned back to the capital city and entered the imperial city together to the East Palace.
In the hall of the side hall of Xi Zheng Palace, there was a banquet, both meat and vegetable, about ten or so banquets.
Xiao Yi directly pulled Yue Hongling to sit next to him, sitting on a futon with a small table for each person.
It's a celebration party here.
It was also the second celebration banquet held after Xiao Yi became the prince of the prison country.
Congratulations to Yue Hongling for putting down the rebellion of the Li thieves and taking back Jinyang City, so that this important city in the North of Daqian, which is also one of the gates of the North of Daqian, will not fall into the hands of thieves.
At the same time, it can be regarded as a celebration for Yue Hongling. At the beginning, Yue Hongling quelled the banditry in Longyou Road. After he came back, he also had a celebration, but it was not that grand.
But this time, it was Shanda.
After three tastes and one taste, they were not able to enter the hall, but ate outside.
After drinking for three rounds and exchanging pleasantries, Xiao Yi finally got down to business: "General Yue, I wonder what you think of the current situation?"
Yue Hongling immediately put down her chopsticks, pondered for a moment, then raised her head and said, "If I have an opinion, I still have some opinions. The autumn harvest on Longyou Road seems to be good. In addition, Hedong Road has been recaptured. With the food and grass, we will have confidence."
"Last time, after His Highness personally conquered, he did not take advantage of the victory to pursue it, just to be careful of Zhao Xuanjia of Jingzhou."
"Now that the Northland has been stabilized, we should think about sending troops to the South."
Xiao Yi nodded and looked at Dai Guang again: "How much grain has the Ministry of Household Affairs collected?"
This is really his intention to conquer the south.
However, Dai Guang quickly stood up and handed over his hands, but failed to say it immediately.
Seeing this, Xiao Yi frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Is it hard to tell, or do you just don't know?"
Dai Guang trembled and replied quickly: "Reporting to Your Highness, it's hard to say. The food and grass seem to be sufficient. However, Longyou Road suffered from drought. Last year, Your Highness led his men to kill two profiteers and borrowed food. Only then can we provide disaster relief.”
"The people of Longyou Road also took a deep breath and worked hard in spring plowing and summer planting, which resulted in this year's bumper harvest."
"Your Highness wants to appease the people. The tax has been reduced a lot. The Longyou Road side has collected a total of five million dan."
"Hedong Road doesn't collect much because..."
"Are you trying to say that Daqian needs to recuperate now and shouldn't use troops continuously?" Xiao Yi laughed while picking up vegetables.
Dai Guang glanced at the person in front of him on his left and lowered his head without answering.
"It doesn't matter."
Xiao Yi knew who the person who didn't want to continue fighting was and for what reason. He motioned Dai Guang to sit down and then said, "Sit down first. Count the time. It's been almost a year since the Gujian Kingdom."
"In the past year, we first provided disaster relief to Longyou Road, then interrogated the treacherous prime minister Li Linfu, straightened the court, and rectified corrupt officials. Later, we encountered the rebellion of Dong, Yuan Shao, and Li."
"The imperial court has indeed been mobilizing troops and killing people."
"In Li Linfu's rebellion, more than 20,000 people died, and in Li's rebellion, more than 60,000 people died."
"Not to mention, King Yan also put down the rebellion of Dong Thief and Yuan Shao."
"It is true that we are waging war, wasting people and money, and fighting endlessly. It is time to stop."
When everyone heard this, many ministers secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiao Yi watched for a moment, expressionless, playing with the wine glass in his hand, while Yue Hongling was a little unhappy, but didn't say anything.
It seemed that she was the major contributor to this victory. However, in the final analysis, as a military general or a female military general, her status was somewhat inconvenient to fight against the entire civil servant group at this time.
Of course, Xiao Yi knew that these people were not just trying to live in peace, but were also sincerely considering the cause. After finally eradicating the treacherous Prime Minister Li Linfu, and finally re-establishing the prestige of the court, everyone could breathe a sigh of relief. Indeed, Don't be too tight. There have been several consecutive battles in a year.
But... time waits for us not to wait!
