Unparalleled Concubine

As long as they are in the camp of the Zhenbei Army, no one will dare to kill the clan of the Ji family. After all, killing the clan by hand is no different from rebellion.

In addition to this clan, Emperor Yuanzhao also sent a doctor from the Ministry of War to accompany him, as a staff member for this clan.

The matter of the Zhenbei Army seems to have been resolved in this way, and the matter of Qianniuwei going to Ningling to invite Mrs. Li to return to the capital has gradually disappeared. The capital is still peaceful, as if nothing happened, and nothing happened. Neither will happen.

In the school grounds of the Imperial City, a young man in purple fur, braved the light snow, rushed to the school grounds, and sat under a canopy to watch.

In the center of the school field, a group of craftsmen from the Ministry of War were fiddling with several pots. After everything was ready, these craftsmen lit the oil paper that ignited the fire with torches, and then ran away immediately.

The oil paper burned slowly, and soon burned into the jar. The jar was silent for a while, and made a muffled sound.

The sound was neither loud nor small. Two of the three pottery pots in the center of the school grounds were safe and sound, while the other was muffled by the muffled sound, and cracks appeared on the pot.

The young man in purple was quite excited, and immediately rushed to the center of the school field, looking through the cracked clay pot, Long Yan was very happy.

"Okay, I did not misunderstand the person, and finally exploded!"

After squatting on the ground and looking at it for a while, Emperor Yuanzhao got up and smiled at several craftsmen: "It's good if it can be blown up, but the power of the thunder in the southwest is far more powerful than that. You have to think about it slowly and try to make the southwestern mine as much as possible." That kind of powerful thunder."

After he finished speaking, he waved to the eunuch Xiao Huai who was following him.

"Reward, a reward of one hundred gold per person."

Xiao Huai bowed his head immediately: "The servant obeys."

When Xiao Huai was going down to get the reward money, Xiao Zheng, a big eunuch in red, walked over with small steps, Xiao Huai immediately bowed his head from a distance and saluted.

"Godfather."

Xiao Zheng didn't pay attention to this godson, but walked straight towards Emperor Yuanzhao. After reaching in front of the emperor, he took out a document from his sleeve, held it in his hands, and spoke in a respectful voice.

"Your Majesty, the memorial to the north."

The emperor took the urgent report, frowned and said, "Who sent it?"

"The kind of profound knowledge of the family."

Chapter 972 The Northern Expedition

It must not be a trivial matter to be sent by Xiao Zheng himself, and it went directly to Tianting without going through the Shangshutai. He got into his chariot and returned to Weiyang Palace from the school grounds.

It's the twelfth lunar month of winter, and it's freezing outside, but there are a lot of stoves lit in the emperor's study, and it's as warm as spring. The emperor sat on his chair, took out the melody from the envelope, and said: " Do you know what it is?"

Xiao Zheng shook his head.

"The urgent report from the frontier army was sent directly to the palace. Neither His Majesty nor the prime ministers at the Shangshutai read it. Naturally, the servants did not dare to read it."

The emperor didn't speak, and after reading Zhan Xin, he frowned.

"The Yuwen Department is dishonest."

He closed the memorial, and snorted: "Near Yunzhou, a small group of Xianbei people were looting at the border. Winter is approaching, and they have no food, so they come to rob the food of our Dajin people."

The emperor didn't talk to Xiao Zheng, but just talking to himself.

After he frowned and thought for a while, he said, "Go get the old sheep and the two ministers from the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of War, please come to the palace."

Xiao Zheng nodded immediately, and said respectfully: "Your servant will go now."

It is now in the afternoon, and before the end of work, several prime ministers and hall officials are in their respective yamen offices in the imperial city. Hubu, not long after, the three court officials stood at the gate of Weiyang Palace. The Shangshu Zhou Yuan of the Hubu, and the new Shangshu Xu Zhen of the Ministry of War, first glanced at each other, and then bowed their hands to Gongyang Shu. .

"The lower official has seen Pu She."

The six departments are directly under the Shangshutai, and they are all Gongyang Shu's subordinates. However, there are too many affairs in the court, and the Shangshutai usually only cares about major issues. The affairs of the six departments are generally resolved by the six departments themselves, so the six departments have great authority.

Gongyang Shu is now nearly eighty years old. Although there is nothing serious about his body, his legs and feet are a little weak, and his ears are not working well.

After listening to the words of the two ministers, he nodded.

"The two ministers are polite. Your Majesty is calling, so let's go in."

The two ministers supported Gongyang Shu and entered the emperor's study in Weiyang Palace. Before he could kneel down, the emperor waved his hand to signal them that they don't need to salute.

"Xiao Zheng, bring three chairs here."

Soon, the three pillars were placed under the buttocks of the three ministers, and the emperor reached out and handed the Zhong family's memorandum to Xiao Zheng's hand, and said: "Give Gong Yangpu a shot and the two ministers to take a look. "

Xiao Zheng bent down, and passed the playing book to the hand of the old man. Gong Yang Shu took it respectfully, and slowly flipped through it.

Just as he was flipping through the pages, the Son of Heaven said, "This is a military newspaper that the old general sent someone to rush back to Beijing. In less than two months from October to now, there are already countless Xianbei tribes on the border of Yunzhou. The first incident of plundering our people in the Great Jin Dynasty happened, General Zhong sent someone to write to King Yan to inquire about the cause of the incident, and the latter said that it was done by people from the Qigui Department and had nothing to do with their king's account."

Speaking of this, the emperor was a little angry.

"The Qigui Department in the Yuwen Department was swallowed up by Yu Wenzhao as early as the first emperor's dynasty, but now it is pushed on the head of the Qigui Department. The imperial court pays attention to it!"

Speaking of this, the Son of Heaven said in a deep voice: "Since this kind of thing happened in Yunzhou City, it is likely that it will also happen in Jizhou City. How do you think this matter should be dealt with?"

At this time, Gongyang Shu had already finished reading Zhong Xuantong's memorial. He handed the memorial to the other two ministers. It's really hateful, but it's already cold winter and it's not easy to use troops, the veteran thought that His Majesty should issue an order to order Yu Wenzhao to restrain his people, and if he violated the border again, he would deprive Yuwen Department of the prince."

The emperor frowned.

"It is natural to warn, but I still want to do more."

The young emperor said slowly: "My idea is that the Ministry of Households will pay, and the Ministry of War will also help to move the people of Dajin on the border of the northern border to the territory for a hundred miles. The two passes in Jizhou guard the national gate, and the people of the Xianbei tribe will have no way to plunder the people of our Great Jin."

What an ethnic group lacks most is people, so nomads enter the customs to plunder, not only for money and food, but also for women and men to strengthen the ethnic group.

Gongyang Shu and Hubu Shangshu looked at each other, the latter put down the memorial in his hand, and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, the people of the Jin Dynasty on the northern border, some are military households, some are local herdsmen, the merchants in the pass go to If you are doing business in the north, you have to stop in a small border town. It is indeed useful to move to the inland, but it is too costly and time-consuming."

Zhou Yuan bowed his head and said: "I think that the Ministry of War can think of a way to add more people to the border beacons. The two frontier troops in Yunzhou and Jizhou should also actively protect the people on the border. As for the relocation..."

Zhou Yuan was silent for a while, and said: "This matter can be done slowly, but it can't be done overnight. The border of the northern border of our Great Jin Dynasty stretches for thousands of miles. It is good that the local yamen is responsible for the relocation and resettlement. empty."

In this era, there is no such thing as demolition fees. The biggest difficulty in relocation is resettlement, as well as rezoning land and building houses for these people. Such things are thankless, and the Ministry of Household Affairs is definitely unwilling to do it.

The young emperor frowned and stood up from the throne.

The emperor got up, and the three ministers did not dare to sit still, so they stood up one after another.

Emperor Yuanzhao thought for a long time, and finally turned his head to Gongyang Shu, and asked, "Old Xiangguo thinks that the Yuwen Department will be a hidden danger for my Jin Dynasty?"

"Naturally, it is a hidden danger of my great advancement."

The old sheep bent over, stood behind the emperor, and said slowly: "The old minister has sent people to inquire outside the pass in recent years. After Yu Wenzhao unified the Yuwen Department, the population of the Yuwen Department has increased a lot in recent years. About There are more than 100 million."

The old sheep sighed: "More than 100 years ago, when the Northern Zhou Dynasty went south to destroy the former Qi, there were about 150 million people. Today's Xianbei tribe is not much different from the Northern Zhou Dynasty before entering the customs."

Speaking of this, the old prime minister paused, and continued: "Of course, the former Qi was troubled by internal and external troubles, the court was corrupt, the national strength was declining, the frontier army refused to contribute, the national fortune was exhausted, and it was far inferior to the current Jin Dynasty."