Chastity Layman

  Chapter 1477 King's death

   Chang'an three years.

  The first month.

  Luoyang Emperor ushered in the third New Year's Eve after succeeding to the throne in the continuous heavy snow.

  Thousands of miles away from Nanyang Luzon, San Francisco Palace, the new king Qin Yu officially succeeded to the throne today.

  Enter the palace hall.

  Witnessed by countless old vassals and knights, Qin Lang walked up to the hall, and handed over the golden seal of King Qi, the golden seal of King Luzon, the seal of the Governor of Luzon Province, and the seal of Nanyang Consolation Envoy to his eldest son.

  Qin Yu knelt to receive the seal.

  Old Qin Yong read out the decree of Qin Lang's abdication, and abdicated as the Supreme King.

  Qin Yu knelt again to meet him.

  Qin Lang stepped forward to help the obese eldest son. After a while, his face was sweating and his body was panting. "Da Lang, help you to the throne!"

  The eighty-five-year-old father helped his fifty-five-year-old son to the throne step by step.

"sit!"

   "Thanks Aye."

  Qin Yu sat on the throne with a blood shield and golden lion pattern carved on the back of the chair, a little uncomfortable, twisted his buttocks a few times, Qin Lang reached out and pressed his shoulder, and held him down.

   "From now on, you are the King of Luzon. Among the long list of titles, the most important is the King of Luzon. The first thing is to be the King of Luzon!"

"yes!"

  Qin Lang put on a crown for his son and sent blessings.

   "Administrative matters can be relied on by six officials, and decision-making can be relied on by the cabinet. Don't worry, there is the Academy of Knights to check for you."

   "Yes... yes... yes..." Qin Yu didn't know what to say.

  Seeing this look, Qin Lang secretly shook his head in his heart.

  Looking at Qin Jun in the hall.

  Qin Jun, Qin Cunxiao and other adopted sons of Qin Lang and other half-brothers stood in the hall with serious expressions.

  Qin Lang took a long breath, turned and left.

  Qin Jun took the lead to send the Supreme King off.

   Then, bow down to the new king on the throne and pay homage to the mountain.

  Luzon also ushered in a new climate in this new year.

For the veteran retainers in the palace, this moment was even a bit dazed. Many of them followed Qin Lang from Chang'an to Luoyang, then from Luoyang to Wu'an, and then from Wu'an to Luzon, where they took root and struggled. For decades, with the present glorious decency.

  But Qin Lang suddenly said that he had abdicated. Although Qin Lang was still there, everyone felt a little uncomfortable looking at the fat new face on the throne.

  Although I knew in my heart that this day would come, when it did come, I felt that I was not ready yet.

  Qin Yu succeeded to the throne. According to what Qin Lang taught, he first announced an amnesty decree. All the heinous prisoners would be sent to the New World to join the Yindi’an Pioneer Corps to atone for their sins. The rest of the prisoners in the prison would be pardoned.

  Minor criminals are directly pardoned and released, while serious criminals are relocated to Dongsheng, Nanfang, Xihe, and Xinpenglai for resettlement and start over.

  The second king's order is to reward and seal, vassals, knights, and soldiers in the army, teachers and students in schools in various places, and doctors in hospitals in various places, everyone has rewards.

   And announced the succession of the new king, the annual leave was extended. Originally, there were seven days off on the first day of the first month and the first three days, and the third day after the third day. Now it is directly extended by three days.

  Everything is as it should be.

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"well enough?"

In a lively tavern on the pier in San Francisco, Qin Lang, who has changed his clothes, is sitting upstairs in a bag. Next to him are Zhang Chao, Lao Huang, Cun Xiao, Qin Jun, Qin Yong, Xu Jingzong, Wei Chang, and Li Yifu. , Song Fugui and the old guys.

  Qin Lang listened to the hustle and bustle downstairs that seemed to overturn the roof of the tavern, picked up the rice wine in front of him and laughed, "What's wrong, do you think I'm in a bad state now?"

   Nothing to do.

  Qin Lang was indeed anxious for a while before.

   But when all the dust fell behind, the Qin Taishi who had become the five emperors and established the fourth emperor had really relieved his burden at this time.

  He has now directly moved out of the Luzon Palace, and the palace has been left for the new king Qin Yu's family to live in.

He moved outside the city. This is Qin Lang's residence. Although it is not as large as the royal palace, it still covers an area of ​​hundreds of acres. It is like the Duke Yi's mansion in Pingkangfang, Chang'an, without those halls and pavilions. , but the rockery fish corridor is very comfortable.

  Qin Lang recently likes to simply change his outfit and make it easier to look down, and then go shopping in the market. He really enjoys this completely retired life.

Get up early to exercise, then go to the pier to have morning tea, listen to the gossips of these peddlers, merchants, merchants and sailors on the pier, drink a pot of morning tea for half the morning, read the newspapers by the way, and then go shopping, then go to Lunch is ordered.

  Take a nap in the afternoon, continue to drink afternoon tea, go swimming and surfing on the beach in the evening, occasionally go to listen to a book or watch a play, and visit the night market at night, and the good life of this day is over.

  Zhang Chao and his fellows still hold the title of consultant, but they don’t care about the specific general affairs. If the king has important matters to decide with the cabinet, Liucao, and the Knights’ Academy, he will also call the elders to discuss.

  Most of the time, they are also very idle, and even such an idle retirement life is still early to get used to.

  Also afraid that Qin Lang might not get used to it after retiring, he often came to accompany Qin Lang.

   "The snow disaster in the Central Plains caused a lot of damage this time." Li Yifu mentioned.

  Xu Jingzong has lost his teeth and can only drink soup, but he seems to be in good spirits. Now he is not even the vice president of the University of San Francisco, and he is enjoying the bustle and bustle of Luzon leisurely.

"I heard that the loss on the grassland was even greater this time. It can almost be compared with the cold wave in the past few years in Zhenguan. The cattle and sheep of countless grassland tribes almost froze to death. The loss was huge. If it weren't for the imperial court's control over the grassland for many years I'm afraid that last winter the tribes would go south to plunder and survive, but fortunately, the trade in the border market is flourishing now, and the imperial court has provided timely treatment."

In the past, for herdsmen, cattle, sheep and livestock were everything. A heavy snowstorm was a white disaster, which would destroy a tribe. Apart from robbing other tribes, they would either unite and invade the Central Plains. Grab it, maybe you can survive.

  But today’s grassland is already a different model. The tribes have already delineated the boundaries of the grasslands. Although they still abide by the traditional customs of transitioning to winter, they are no longer completely dependent on cattle and sheep for food.

  The current prairie tribes have more of an economy based on farming. Sheep are mainly raised for fur and wool, not meat. Dairy products are more cost-effective than meat.

As a result, the diet of the herdsmen has changed. In the past, they mainly ate milk and also meat. Now, they mainly eat grains. Wheat, grain, and rice are all sold by Tang merchants in the Central Plains. The price is not expensive, because these The volume of bulk goods is large, even if the transportation cost is much more expensive than that of the Central Plains, but compared to the selling price of their fur, milk and meat, it is much cheaper.

It is much more cost-effective for herdsmen to buy food than to eat their own cattle and sheep directly, so now the general herdsmen are not willing to kill cattle and sheep for meat, and most of the milk they usually milk is processed into various dairy products for sale, such as ghee is very Expensive and popular goodies.

The herdsmen have also gotten used to today's life, raising cattle, herding sheep, herding horses, feeding camels, milking, shearing wool, making butter, picking up cow dung, kneading leather, spinning sheep thread, weaving cattle felt, cooking in clay pots, boiling water in iron pots, and cooking in iron pots. Tea stew, sugar, tea, wine, spices, salt, Tang people's goods are everywhere in life.

They even changed their clothes a lot. They fell in love with the cheap and comfortable Han Chinese silk, cotton and linen. They sold their own furs and felt blankets to merchants in Tang Dynasty, which also saved a lot of time in making leather, felt, blankets and sweaters by hand. Linen fabric looks better and is more comfortable, and there are even ready-made clothes, shoes and socks to buy.

  The cattle and sheep grazing on the prairie, the ones who eat the most are the Han people, and the herdsmen grazing on the prairie instead eat rice and wheat as their staple food.

It is precisely because of the changes brought about by these trades that today's herdsmen have a strong ability to resist white disasters. Before the winter, every family has already stockpiled a lot of grain for the winter, and also put the bulls that are not easy to survive the winter in advance. Rams, lambs, and calves were killed and sold.

  This sudden heavy snowstorm froze to death the cattle and sheep in many herdsmen’s pens in the winter, but at least you don’t have to worry about not being able to survive.

Even many herdsmen still have the habit of planting grass. In autumn, they have already stockpiled a lot of hay and even a lot of fodder for green storage. Even the imperial court has many military towns and warehouses on the grassland, among which there are a lot of Hay and fodder.

These are the money-making projects of the frontier soldiers. They adapt to local conditions, do not grow food and grass, and then harvest hay, or harvest it in advance and process it into green storage fodder. Prepared by caravans in the grasslands, and even sold to herdsmen.

  Many herdsmen are now also under the promotion of the imperial court, they will also prepare more hay or fodder for the winter.

  Even if the preparations are insufficient, the cattle and sheep will freeze to death, and they are not afraid.

  After the snowstorm is over, they can buy livestock and continue grazing. Which herdsman has no savings? After all, those who sell fur and livestock every year have accumulated some savings. Even if they are poor, they can still receive low-interest loans from the imperial court, and even get some disaster relief subsidies.

Of course, the most important point is that the Tang Dynasty is not the beginning of the country, and the actual control power is only within the Great Wall. Now, whether it is Mobei, Liaodong, or the Western Regions, the imperial court is full of military towns. The thought that should have.

  Don't wait for them to go south, as soon as they conspire in a series, the frontier army will know it immediately, and then they will move out quickly.

  Many tribes are also staring at each other. After all, they are afraid of joint consequences. What's more, this kind of disaster is not a last resort, and no one is willing to give up the current stable life style.

  So everyone is willing to report the few people who are messing around, and then follow the Datang Frontier Army to destroy the dog slaves.

  Since the days of the Queen of Heaven, Datang has not suffered any large-scale invasion by nomads for more than 30 years.

  A heavy snowstorm affected countless people, but I haven’t heard of a large number of deaths, or even rebellion, mutiny, etc. It has to be said that this is quite rare.

  The young emperor Li Hao, and the two ministers headed by Di Renjie and Pei Yan performed very well.

   "I heard that Sanlang paid 3 million guan to the imperial court a few years ago, and another 2 million guan after the next year? A big deal!"

  Qin Lang just chuckled.

"If one side is in trouble, all parties will support it. Our Luzon is also a part of the Tang Dynasty. If the Central Plains is in trouble, how can Luzon stand by?" What's more, after the emperor implemented the tax system for Luzon, he made Luzon pay at least five hundred less each year. Wan Guan, in the past two years alone, Luzon has paid less than 10 million Guan taxes.

  So although Qin Lang often pays millions of guan to the emperor or the court, in fact, the money should have been given to the court, and now it can be used in particularly meaningful places. Of course, Qin Lang will not be stingy.

Zhang Chao told Wei Chang and others, "It's not just the five million guan, Saburo started to order the Central Plains a few years ago to let all the coal fields, charcoal fields, and stone resin fields including the Longji charcoal field to mobilize their reserves. Ship to all important disaster areas, sell disaster relief at a par price in the previous market, and even pay for the goods first, and credit is fine.”

   "I also donated a lot of donations to schools, hospitals, nursing homes, relief homes, etc. At critical times, the Taishi and our Luzon are still extremely responsible."

  Qin Lang waved his hand.

"It's not worth mentioning. I have always kept in mind the words of the Confucian sages. If you are poor, you will be alone, and if you are rich, you will benefit the world. The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. We have to shoulder our due responsibilities. This is not An act of kindness, but a responsibility!"

   A group of old guys listened, all of them were in awe.

  Ah Huang even laughed and said, "Now I feel that Saburo is becoming more and more like a saint. One day, he might be sanctified in the body, and he will ascend into the sky in the daytime!"

Zhang Chao said, "Sanlang's open-mindedness, especially this responsibility, is generally not learned. Our new king paid tribute for the five million that Sanlang gave, but he said it was too much several times, and his flesh hurts." Very much."

  Qin Lang could only raise his eyebrows when he heard this. Since Qin Yu succeeded to the throne, his performance has not been outstanding.

He has completely delegated power to him, but after Qin Yu succeeded to the throne, he did not come up with any new policies. Originally, when the new king took the throne, you had to burn three fires, propose political revisions for certain disadvantages, and even come up with some good policy.

  But Qin Yu didn't.

   He even dozed off in the morning, and once even snored so much that he was barely drooling.

The cabinet bachelors often discuss matters with the king, and they doze off when they find this one. Even when they are not dozing off, this one often wanders around and can't keep up with the opinions on some important state affairs put forward by the bachelors. , I can’t come up with any suggestions and attitudes of my own.

He is completely sleepy, or rather a fool. All he knows is that the affairs of the middle school are left to the cabinet to decide on his behalf. Fortunately, the organizational structure of the Luzon Kingdom established by Qin Lang at the beginning is still good and sound, and the cabinet assists in decision-making. , Liu Cao is responsible for administration, and the Knight Academy has the power of review and supervision.

  Qin Yu, a sleepy and foolish person, doesn't interfere in everything, but instead makes Luzon's state affairs run more healthily.

   But I heard that some students at the University of San Francisco called Qin Yu the Sleeping King in private discussions.

  What can Qin Lang do?

He can only comfort himself, after all, Qin Yu is fifty-six years old, he is obese and mentally weak, so he can treat it as nothing. With his body, he probably won't be able to be a king for a few years. By that time, he is counting on the twenty-eight-year-old The eldest son Qin Xiaogong can be stronger.

Being mediocre and incompetent is not all bad. At least, although Qin Yu likes to doze off and loves to drink and lust, he will not interfere indiscriminately with the state affairs. Just talking about it, after that, Lu Song drew up a new list of materials and other materials for the imperial court's disaster support, and Qin Yu still approved it.

   There was a sound of hurried footsteps.

  Qin Xiaoan rushed forward with a panicked expression.

   "Grandpa, something happened."

   "What's the matter?" Qin Lang frowned.

   "The king is dead!"

  Death is death.

  The death of the emperor is called collapse, the death of princes is called scorpion, and the death of a doctor is called death!

   "Who died?" Qin Lang didn't turn the corner for a while.

   "The king is dead," Qin Xiaoan replied, "The king of Luzon is dead!"

  The whole house was shocked.

  Qin Lang also stayed on the spot. Qin Yu succeeded to the throne on the first day of the first lunar month, and today is the second day of the second lunar month, the day when the dragon raises its head.

  Knowing that Qin Yu's body is not long-lived, but he never expected to die in one month.

   "Why did you die?" Qin Lang took a long time to recover and asked.

  Qin Xiaoan was a little hesitant, and hesitated to say anything.

   "Say it straight!"

   "The imperial doctor in the palace said it was a sudden death. At that time, the king was having fun with a Persian concubine... Well, the imperial doctor said that the king died suddenly during intercourse..."

  Qin Lang's face darkened.

Sudden death in **** is also called Ma Feng. In Western medicine, it is an accidental sudden death caused by a certain behavior. Most of them died of myocardial infarction caused by excessive excitement, and some died of cerebral hemorrhage. Excessive indulgence leads to death of qi and yang collapse.

But no matter what it is, since Qin Yu died suddenly while having **** with a Persian orchid, it can be regarded as an immediate wind, his body is already weak, and Qin Lang reminded him more than once to exercise restraint, but it seems that this son is not at all. Can't listen.

   Now I have lost my life.

   "Sanlang, I'm sorry!" Old Huang Gang still mocked Qin Yu's sleepy king, and he could only sigh at this moment, anyway, Qin Yu was also Qin Lang's eldest son, he just became king for a month, and he just disappeared.

  Zhang Chao also came over to persuade Qin Lang to cheer up, "The most urgent task right now is to quickly arrange the funeral affairs of the late king so that the son can succeed to the throne as soon as possible."

  Wei Chang reminded, "Send someone to investigate Nabosi Ji and the others, just in case someone murdered them."

  This possibility is small, but not impossible.

  Qin Jun knew that he was the extremely unlikely suspect, so he said, "We must investigate carefully."

In Qin Lang's heart, he had already concluded that Qin Yu was just a horse, this guy usually indulged in sexual desires without restraint, and had the same virtue as Gaozong and Zhongzong. up. Zhongzong Li Ye, who had been the emperor for more than thirty years, died directly on the belly of a woman in the harem, and collapsed at the age of thirty-four.

  Qin Yu also ended up like this now.

   Now he really regrets not passing the position directly to Qin Jun at the beginning.

   "Go back!" Qin Lang sighed and got up.

  (end of this chapter)