The master of Li Mudong laughed and said: "The King of Han is really thoughtful. If we, Ah Xiang, can't bear to leave our men, just follow him."
The little woman hesitated and said that she could not break the rules in the village, so she stayed on the mountain to guard her mother.
The owner of the cave caressed his daughter and said, "What a fool! Going down the mountain to become the Princess of Han Dynasty is what many Han women dream of. Grandma is sure."
Axiang shook her head and said she wouldn't leave. Her husband said he would send his husband up the mountain to teach the children here to read. She also wanted to learn Chinese and Chinese laws, and lead the people of Limu Mountain to live a good life.
The owner of the cave pulled his daughter into his arms and murmured, "This is such a hardship for our little sister."
A gust of wind blew, and Axiang shivered, covering her mouth and wanting to vomit.
The cave owner looked at her suspiciously and asked, "What's wrong?"
How dare the little girl say that she and King Han were so happy that they forgot to cover themselves with quilts? She covered her mouth and said no, it's nothing. He suddenly squatted on the roadside and vomited.
This made her mother, the owner of the cave, anxious, and she quickly called the imperial doctor in the village to check on the situation.
As soon as the old doctor touched the hand pulse, he immediately moved it away. Later, he picked it up to examine it carefully. He stood up and congratulated the cave master. Ah Xiang is happy. It is a happy pulse. It is very likely that they are twins.
Ah Xiang's pretty face turned red and she went straight into her mother's arms.
The grandmother of the cave master was very happy and asked for a reward. She wanted to express her gratitude to the imperial doctor and report the good news.
Axiang went into the room to get some silver from the bedside. When he saw Zhao Bingyan bringing him a huge sum of gold and silver, he happily took out a gold coin and gave it to the imperial doctor.
Zhao Bingyan returned to Danzhou, and General Zhang Shijie came over for tea immediately after hearing the news.
Zhang Shijie happily told him that after Shengli surrendered, many young men were willing to join the army. He had already recruited 3,000 soldiers in a short period of time, and planned to recruit another 2,000.
Zhao Bingyan nodded and ate tea, and told him that if he didn't collect all the young and strong people who came, he also had to consider the production and life of the Li people. If we took away all the young and strong people, who would be able to grow food to provide for the Li people's food and drink? Recruitment standards must be strictly followed.
Zhang Shijie nodded and told him that he planned to call back military leaders from various places for instructions.
A few days ago, his subordinate bullied a civilian girl to death, and he personally beheaded him. He believed that Zhao Bingyan's officers and soldiers were consistent. The three major disciplines and eight points of attention were very good, very close to the people, and must be strictly enforced.
Zhao Bingyan said yes, guessing that the Queen Mother was coming back, and asked the Queen Mother to encourage the warriors of the court.
Ten days later, the generals from all over the country returned to Danzhou one after another. Liu Dali said with a smile: "Brothers' families have been assigned fields. The family members are very happy. They have asked everyone to practice their skills to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds."
He asked: "No one wants to go home and farm?"
Wang Bao said yes, and Yu Hou was responsible for persuading them, telling them that the Tatars were powerful and we needed to sacrifice our lives and shed blood to defend them. There were still many people in the country who did not have land. We must take up swords and guns to ask the landlords to seize the land. Hand them all over.
Zhao Bingyan wanted to laugh when he heard this. Why are you doing ideological work so nakedly?
He ate and drank with his brothers for two days. On the third day at noon, Queen Mother Yang Shufei finally came back. In the afternoon, she happily sat in the council hall to meet with the generals.
He opened his mouth and said that the soldiers had great merit and should be rewarded, but the court was now poor and weak, so every soldier who came to the palace was given a hundred taels of silver first.
Concubine Yang Shu asked Lu Xiufu to cash in on the spot. Zhao Bingyan didn't even have the chance to open his mouth to stop her. She was really a prodigal woman, and she had to rely on me to get back the money she rewarded.
Zhang Shijie thanked the Queen Mother repeatedly, reported the current recruitment of soldiers and the situation of the various armies, and introduced the heads of each brigade to the Queen Mother one by one.
For the first time, Concubine Yang Shu felt like she was in control of the army and was in a good mood.
Zhao Bingyan changed the topic after Zhang Shijie's lecture. He sternly asked all units to increase training, organized military police to supervise military discipline and military regulations, and resolutely not to take advantage of the common people. In addition to training, he must do good deeds for the local people to build ditches and roads. .
He said: The people in Hainan are suffering. Hainan only has such a small population, and it is impossible to feed tens of thousands of people without food or water. We must work together to develop production.
All the generals agreed with "Nono".
The next day, all the generals left one after another. Concubine Yang Shu summoned Zhao Bingyan and praised the new army for its good military discipline. Soldiers helped build roads in the southeast, northwest, and all directions. The bridges they built were durable and the people were happy.
He said that these were the guards of the Song Dynasty and the soldiers of the Queen Mother.
Concubine Yang Shu was happy in her heart, and the joke on King Han became sweeter and sweeter.
This time she went to the countryside to check on the people's conditions, and gained a lot. After seeing it, she realized that the people's burden was too heavy. In the past, they had to pay taxes and rent to the landlords for farming. After layer upon layer of exploitation, there were not many farmers left. There are many people who cannot even eat food.
On the way back, she personally went to the fields and worked with her father-in-law to move the rulers to divide the land and distribute the fields to the people.
The people of Qiongzhou knew that the empress dowager personally measured the land and were so excited that they kowtowed to the ground so hard that deep holes were made in the ground in front of their knees.
Very good, this is what Zhao Bingyan wants.
The so-called king's land in the world, if Zhao Bingyan went to divide the fields into households, he would be suspected of usurping the throne against heaven.
But Concubine Yang Shu is different. She is the Queen Mother and represents the royal family in allocating the fields. From now on, it will be justifiable for the Guards to attack the local tyrants and allocate the fields.
When Zhao Bingyan returned, Zhu Jingyi happily met him at the door and said, "Prime Minister Lu has been waiting in the hall for a long time."
When he came to the living room, Lu Xiufu immediately stood up and whispered to him that the prince of Champa was asking for an audience. King Annan Chen thought that the Song Dynasty was fighting with the Tatars and had no time to care about other things, so he raised troops to invade the neighboring country of Champa.
Because the Champa Kingdom was far away from the Song Dynasty, it received few new technologies, and its weapons and equipment were inferior to those of the Annan Kingdom. It was defeated by King Chen's troops and its capital was occupied by Annan.
Zhao Bingyan said: "This is exactly why I want to attack Annan. The Annan court is arrogant and has no concept of the Central Plains Kingdom at all. Surrendering to the throne is just an expedient measure when the strength is insufficient. We must kill this unfaithful An unfilial and ungrateful fox uniform.”
He asked Lu Xiufu to meet secretly and then take out a thousand grenades from the arsenal and give them to the Champa princes, encouraging them to hold on. The Song Guards would soon beat Annan from behind.
Lu Xiufu nodded and ate his tea, and said helplessly that we all had too much time to take care of ourselves, so that was all we could do.
Zhao Bingyan said calmly: "The situation will change soon. We have already taken back Hainan."
He asked: "Does Mr. Lu know what the Queen Mother did on this trip?"
Lu Xiufu said that he had heard about it. The Queen Mother was considerate of the people and personally went to allocate the fields to the people. People in Qiongzhou spread the word that the Song Dynasty was going to change.
Zhao Bingyan said with a smile: "It's a great kindness. When you are poor, you want to change. This is a good thing."
He suggested to Lu Xiufu to start a newspaper called "Hainan Xundao", which would be published every ten days. Publish everything the court does for the people in newspapers.
Some merchants are willing to advertise their own products in newspapers. As long as the information about their own stores is true, we will publish it for free. This newspaper will definitely not lose money, and it will make money after it is completed.
Lu Xiufu was short of money. When he heard Zhao Bingyan's idea, he immediately said with joy that the government would make money by running a newspaper. Some merchants had already proposed to him, but he didn't approve it. He just didn't know what to do. We can do it ourselves.
Zhao Bingyan nodded and said calmly that there will be many places to employ people in the future. He should set up a "Hainan Academy" in Danzhou to cultivate future talents, and let professors and students work together to run a newspaper to publicize the imperial court's ideas.
In this way, you not only cultivate talents, but also do publicity and earn money.
He then went to ask Mr. Zhuge to give him a new printing press, which could print newspapers super fast, with good quality, save money, and can be matched with several colors.
Lu Xiufu was delighted when he thought about the flowing silver. Zhao Bingyan saw that he seemed to be walking in space when he walked back.
He called the guard captain Qian Shipan to his side and explained that he wanted the guards to be literate, learn culture, and take care of the security of the entire street.
Logically speaking, he doesn't need so many people to protect him, so why do he do this? He wants to train and train these soldiers so that they can go out to play important roles in the future.
Qian Shipan accepted the task honestly and immediately took his brothers out to inspect and arrange the arrangements.
