sweeping the world

Chapter 575
Reinforcements arrived, but Xie An was not able to immediately launch a war to destroy Zhang's Liang Kingdom. The outbreak of the war should wait until the beginning of the next spring.

Perhaps it will be difficult to start hunting after the beginning of spring, mainly because the ice and snow melt in recent years is getting later and later than in earlier years.

The north is basically shrouded in white, and the south is also a constant rainy season. It is actually very difficult for the Han army to enter a calm period.

When the deadline for the annual report came, Xie An embarked on the road to Xiangguo. The same goes for the generals from all fronts, the governors of various states, and the sheriffs of some large counties. Others were specially named by the central government. of officials.

Liu Yan, who temporarily terminated his personal conquest, returned to Xiangguo. He needed to personally preside over the new year's court meeting, especially to hear what happened from the main leaders of the various fronts, and listen to their opinions and evaluations on the development of the war.

Because the king went out to fight in person, and too many people also left, Xiangguo entered a period of loneliness. Waiting for the king's return, officials who reported on their duties also arrived one after another, and Xiangguo regained its vitality.

Liu Yan, who returned to Xiangguo, spent most of his time with his family. In addition to dealing with government affairs, he was once again faced with a group of people talking about big and small things.

The so-called big and small things.The big thing is that voices of persuasion began to appear in the DPRK. They believed that the destruction of the Shijie Zhao Kingdom was just around the corner, and that all countries could not actually bring any major crisis to the Han Kingdom. It was time for Liu Yan's title to be changed, that is, he would be called God is on the agenda.Minor matters are all kinds of frictions between civil and military officials. In general, they are competing for labor force, and women acquired from abroad are also included in the competition.

In a practical sense, the State of Shijie Zhao has been destroyed, and there is no final confirmation of whether it is because of the siege of Dingxiang and the trend of not attacking. Shihu was not captured or killed.In addition, there are still quite a few remnants of Shi Jie in Shuozhou. They are either fleeing in the vast grassland, or looking for shelter from various forces.

Dingxiang has been besieged for more than a year. Too many dead bodies have caused a plague to break out in the city. The whole city is almost indistinguishable from ghosts and monsters.The besieged Han army took the risk of sending people in, mainly to observe the situation of the palace city in the city, and found that the palace city was still in a state of tight guard.So, no matter what the urban area of ​​Dingxiang is like, at least the palace city where Shihu is located has not lost its order.

The historical process will soon enter the sixth year of Yuanshuo (AD [-]). The passage of time is so fast that Liu Yan will have many feelings in his spare time.One moment, he was still struggling for survival. In the blink of an eye, the country was established. The Han Miao people had their own country. In a series of confrontations with the Hu people, they suppressed the Hu people again.

"Your Majesty, Shi Jie is about to be destroyed. I heard that General Hussars..." Cui Wan hesitated for a while, then said: "Is it too much to kill all Jie people regardless of male, female, old or young?"

Liu Yan took the women from the harem for a walk today. When they reached a stage, the wind became stronger, so they stopped and entered the room. The maids were about to make tea, but Cui Wan said something like that after they sat down.

Hussar General Ran Min has returned to Xiangguo from the front line. Like many generals who have returned to the rear, he ran around after not living at home for a few years. He would often go out to hunt with his troops, and would brag about himself when he met people. He has killed so many people, especially showing off his great achievements in trapping and killing people.

For those who returned to Xiangguo, the civil servants were actually better off. At most, they held various drinking parties. It was very fun to drink, play the piano and make music, and poems would come out from time to time. However, the generals rarely gathered together, and they preferred to wear clothes. Put on a hunting suit, take your own canines out of the city, and toss hard in the white wilderness.

Having said that, it means that you can't stay still, otherwise hunting in the ice and snow will be a fool's errand.There is not much prey in the ice and snow. It is better to say that it is hunting than to relax while digging out the nests of some hibernating animals.

Not to mention, today Li Tan and Li Kuang worked together to find a bear's nest. After they captured and suffocated the grizzly bear, they carried it to the palace to offer treasures.

The arrival of Li Tan and Li Kuang happens to be the time when Liu Yan is going to answer Cui Wan.

Cui Wan found out that she was pregnant one and a half months after Liu Yan returned to Xiangguo. Once a woman is pregnant, she will become weaker and will often think wildly, such as her husband killing too much and worrying about the impact. When it comes to future generations, they will want their husbands to do less killing and the like.

Of course Liu Yan knew that Cui Wan was pregnant again. Not only Cui Wan, but also what the situation was this time. Every woman in the harem "won" one after another. After the news was confirmed, the entire Miyagi City had already become pregnant. There was joy.

The queen and all the concubines were pregnant one after another, and the matter of drafting girls was brought up again. Liu Yan had already allowed a limited range of choices, and the local officials of various states and counties who came to Xiangguo to report on their duties regarded this matter as a top priority.

By the way, most of the poor women who were rescued before, whether they were arranged in Yecheng or Xiangguo, have gone out to marry.This is because they found that it was really not easy to seduce Liu Yan. Knowing that Liu Yan has no extravagant civil and military skills, they often went around the neighborhood and had more encounters with intentions.

In fact, the ratio of men to women in the Han Dynasty was very different, but it did not cause any problems for the civil and military with high officials and rich salaries. The real difficulty was the right marriage.

Those women captured by Shihu are naturally very beautiful.And women's desire to be beautiful is not only dependent on nature, but has more to do with the family environment where they grow up.To put it bluntly, no matter how beautiful women are, they have to work in the wind and sun all year round, without solid wealth to maintain, and without living space to develop an excellent temperament, and they will lose their beauty after a long time.

Most of the captive women came from various aristocratic families in the Central Plains, and at least some of them were daughters of wealthy families. Seeing that they could not reach the level of Liu Yan, the king of the country, and there were many single talents who were already high-ranking officials and nobles, they became It has become a good object for marriage.

"See the king! See the queen and concubine."

Li Tan and Li Kuang entered the room side by side, and they were stunned when they saw the battle inside. After seeing the ceremony, they were more or less embarrassed.

"Ruicai, Chengji." Liu Yan stood up slowly, motioning for the others not to move, and smiled at the two of them and said, "Hitting a big bear?"

"When digging out the bear's nest, I didn't wake up the hibernating bear..." Li Tan talked about the process vividly, and then said joyfully, "Because it was suffocated, the bear's skin was not damaged. I'm looking for the king to present the treasure."

Grizzlies are ferocious animals, especially the grizzly bear killed by Li Tan and Li Kuang stood two meters high. It is extremely difficult to obtain a bear skin that is intact. It is indeed qualified to offer treasures .

"The bear's paws must have been worn out when the bear struggled..." Li Kuang was full of regret: "But I don't know if it will affect the taste."

With Liu Yan's current status, of course, bear's paws have been eaten. The earlier the cooking, the worse the taste of bear's paws. This is because the cook's cooking skills are not good enough, and there will be a lack of sufficient ingredients.

"It just so happens that Yong Zeng also got a big insect the day before yesterday and hasn't cooked it yet." Liu Yan had already started to take steps. When he walked to the door, he said to the girls: "I am having some fun with you dear ladies."

Cui Wan took the lead and accepted with a smile.In fact, she was a little depressed. She wanted to find an opportunity to talk about things today, but she was interrupted just as she started.

There are many advantages to being a king, including what the ministers have obtained, and they will offer them up if they think it is a treasure. Liu Yan has not gone out to hunt recently, but the prey he has obtained is quite a lot. They are all gifts from the generals after they captured them. .

In fact, when Shihu was working on the palace of Xiangguo, he built beautiful buildings on a large scale. He brought some ferocious beasts from all over the country, and there were many strange treasures.

If you want to hunt ferocious beasts, there is no place in Xiangguo where there are more ferocious beasts than the forest gardens in Miyagi. The problem is that those forest gardens are not places where ministers and workers can mess around.

Of course, Liu Yan was walking at the front of the team, followed a few steps behind by Li Tan and Li Kuang. On the left and right sides were guards by warriors and soldiers. At the end of the team were the palace maids.

They were going to the top of the mountain. Liu Yan had already sent people to invite many generals including Ran Min. Ji Chang and other civil servants were also invited.In addition to inviting people, he also ordered the Miyagi Garrison to get some beasts, and some poultry suitable for eating were naturally indispensable.

There was movement in Miyagi, too many people came out of Miyagi to many civil and military mansions, which quickly attracted the attention of the whole city.

"Princess, I have already found out. It is the king who sent someone to invite the ministers to the palace for a banquet."

Nowadays, there are many women who can be called princesses. In Xiangguo, in addition to Liu Yan's younger daughters, there is also Liu Yao's young daughter Liu.

Not many people know what Liu's name is. It is difficult for the daughters of ordinary people to know the name, and the older families will not reveal the name of their daughters. Will know what a woman is.

Liu's name is single-character Bi, and Liu Bi's nickname is Puppet Guilei. The nickname is actually the name of a flower on the grassland. People who know the name and nickname are actually almost dead. (Uh, I can't find it in the history books, but it's actually a random selection of honor.)
"Minister?" Liu Bi can probably be sure who they are, anyway, there will be no her, let alone those who surrendered to Han after the Battle of Dingxiang.She didn't know what to think about for a while, and then said: "You go and hand in the post yourself, requesting an audience with the queen. If the queen doesn't respond, you can have an audience with Concubine De."

Liu Xian said "promise" after saluting.He used to be a minister of Shi Jie Zhao Kingdom, but now he is Liu Bi's steward.

Liu Bi's identity is very embarrassing. She surrendered when the Han army attacked Dingxiang, and she made some contributions in the process.It may be due to merit, or it may be other reasons. Anyway, she was not defined as a criminal by the Han Dynasty, but she did not obtain any official status. She was only rewarded with a house and some property.

As for Liu Bi's son Shi Shi...it was a fluke not to be killed, and he was destined to be imprisoned.

The embarrassing status, the status is even more embarrassing, Liu Bi has always wanted to get some changes, and she has no extravagant hopes for the time being to release Shi Shi, but at least obtaining an official status that can be accepted by Han is the goal she is striving for now.

There were too many people paying attention to Miyagi's movements, and generally they still wanted to know whether they would be among those invited, so as to judge their weight in the king's heart.Some people who were invited took it for granted, and there were also those who were flattered to be invited.There are more people who confirm that they have not been invited. Most of them are self-aware but they will inevitably feel disappointed.

Wang Meng returned to Xiangguo only after being called by the central government. After receiving the invitation, he was surprised and happy at the same time.When he was Liu Yan's personal secretary Lang, his office was in Linzi. In Xiangguo, there was actually an unnamed mansion, and he lived in a post house.

The existence of the post house is to allow officials who come to the center to have a place to stay.When someone from Miyagi came over, the people who heard the news showed various gestures. Even if they knew that the possibility was unlikely, they hoped that a miracle would happen and they were invited by the king.

What Liu Yan held today was a private banquet. To be invited to the king's private banquet is actually more meaningful than state banquets in some festivals.

Wang Meng happened to receive the invitation in public. He could immediately notice what the situation of the people around him was like. The eyes of envy, jealousy, and hatred focused on him, and some people who were sincerely happy for Wang Meng became a rarity.

"De Si..." The cousin Wang Meng addressed was a man named Gu Shouyi, who was the Bohai County Magistrate.He looked at Gu Shouyi's sincere congratulations and gave him a corresponding reward: "How about inviting one more person to the banquet, why not go with De Si and Meng?"

Gu Shouyi came into contact with Wang Meng on some official matters, and the two became friends after going back and forth.He came to congratulate him because he was close, he was sincere and he was really happy for Wang Meng, but he didn't expect to get an unexpected surprise.

At that moment, I don't know how many people present were almost regretful. They thought that they were the ones who congratulated at the first moment.However, what they didn't think about was whether the same congratulations, attitude, past friendship, and other factors would allow Wang Meng to go to the king's private banquet together.

It's just a piggybacking. After all, they are not included in Liu Yan's invitation. Those who have received Liu Yan's invitation are not qualified to invite anyone else on Liu Yan's behalf. Although bringing them together is still attending the banquet, the meaning is different.

Going to Miyagi to attend the king's private banquet, you must prepare well, at least take a bath and tidy yourself up, and the dress must not be too sloppy.

Wang Meng felt that he should have arrived earlier due to his official position and title, but he did not expect that he would come too late.When he and Gu Shouyi arrived in Miyagi and were led to the banquet venue, they saw many people coming early as soon as they entered.

"Hey, how do you know about someone's fun!" Ran Min hugged Huan Wen and saw that Huan Wen's shoulder was still a little too strong: "Dig a hole by yourself, throw Jiehu into the pit, and let only Jiehu's head show up, and then Make a few cuts on Jiehu's head, get some honey to attract ants, and watch Jiehu look like he's worse than dead, not to mention how much fun it is!"

Wang Meng and Gu Shouyi, who accidentally overheard the process, looked at each other in dismay.

(End of this chapter)