Jiu Zhang Ji: The Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter

Chapter 223 Daddy, do you know where my grandfather's house is?

In March, the sun is warm and the breeze is gentle, the grass is green and the flowers are colorful.

A great victory in the entire northern border. Qiao Peng and Xiao Wenchu ​​took all the small countries north of Dayan and south of the extreme cold land, a total of twenty-one, and incorporated them into Dayan's territory. From then on, there was no need for people to guard the northern border anymore, because the northern border belonged to Dayan.

Afterwards, another piece of good news arrived that Northern Mongolia had been incorporated into the territory of Great Yan. Along with the good news, the prison cart of the Northern Mongolian Khan arrived in the capital.

After the New Year, the civil and military officials of the imperial court were very busy. Twenty small countries in the northern border needed to establish prefectures and counties, send officials to govern, and send soldiers to garrison.

The land area of ​​Northern Mongolia is equivalent to two northern borders, and it also needs officials and troops. Fortunately, the autumn examination has just ended, and more than 200 people have passed the examination. Those who are willing to start from the most basic officials can be sent out. Officials in the capital who are willing to serve outside can be promoted to the first rank, and the vacant positions can be filled by the best candidates in the women's examination.

In short, everyone is busy, everyone has endless things to do every day, and everything is moving in a good direction.

Emperor Yong'an would lie in Concubine Yun's arms every night and act like a spoiled child to the Empress: "Fei'er, I don't want to do this anymore. Please let those two little things come back soon. I don't want to go to court or review memorials. I just want to lie down in Yunxiao Palace."

"They still have important things to do, so they can't come back for the time being." Concubine Yun hooked Yu Linghuan's chin with her finger: "If you have any requests, just ask, don't act like a rogue here."

Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan sent her a message via flying eagle, saying that after dealing with Northern Mongolia, they would let go of Western Turks. However, before dealing with Western Turks, they had to change their appearance and go to Panhu Barbarians to find the saint girl who was the mastermind behind the murder of Wen Xi.

I'm afraid that once we go to war with the Western Turks, this damn saint will flee for safety or hide and lose her whereabouts, making it difficult to find her. So, we have to get rid of her first before we go to war.

This is a crucial step to get news about Wen Xi, and no one can stop it.

"Fei'er, please accompany me to court. I won't be bored if you accompany me." Yu Linghuan's plan was that if he didn't have time to come to Yunxiao Palace, he could let Fei'er leave Yunxiao Palace and accompany him.

"Are you sure?" Yun Feiru frowned slightly.

Yu Linghuan's heart moved slightly, and he immediately understood what Concubine Yun meant. He had not considered it carefully, and only wanted Fei'er to accompany him, but he did not expect that he would have to get up early. Now that the weather was so cold, he could not bear to let Fei'er work so hard.

"Forget about the morning court. Why don't you come to the imperial study to accompany me after the court?" Yu Linghuan immediately changed his mind: "You don't have to help me review the memorials. You can sit or lie down, read a book, drink tea, eat snacks. As long as I can see you when I look up, that's enough."

"Fei'er, promise me, okay?" Yu Linghuan wanted to use all his tricks, but was afraid that Yun Fei would refuse.

Concubine Yun couldn't bear to look at the old face that was acting like a spoiled child. She didn't know when she had this bad taste. She wanted to see him acting like a spoiled child and begging even though she could readily agree to it.

"Okay, okay." It's really eye-catching. How can this old face pout so smoothly? Concubine Yun turned her face away.

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Northern Mongolia, Shangjing City, the former Northern Mongolian Khan's Hall

There was tight guarding outside the palace, with three layers inside and three layers outside. The innermost layer was filled with people around Qiao Lili.

There were only three people in the hall, Qiao Lili, Yu Jingyan, and Qiao Xuan.

They captured Shangjing, the imperial capital of Northern Mongolia, a few days ago. Now the busy post-processing work has just ended. The Khan of Northern Mongolia and a group of key figures have been escorted to Dayan. All departments have been taken over by officials sent by Dayan. The people have returned to normal order and the political power of Northern Mongolia has been smoothly transitioned.

In fact, the people don’t care who is the emperor. As long as they can have enough food and warm clothes, as long as their fathers and brothers don’t have to go to the battlefield and never come back, as long as the family can be together in peace, it is more important than anything else.

The last few khans of Northern Mongolia were all warlike, and they went to war with Dayan or other countries almost every year. Almost all the young and strong men in Northern Mongolia died on the battlefield, and they were in urgent need of recuperation. This time Dayan swallowed up Northern Mongolia, which meant that there would be no need to fight anymore in the future. To be honest, the people of Northern Mongolia couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Now in every family of theirs, except for women, the remaining men are all elderly people over 50 years old, and children under 12 years old.

I am really afraid that if this continues, in a few years, even the children will go to the battlefield. Northern Mongolia will have no male inheritance and the country will be destroyed. Those in power only see the benefits but cannot see the impending catastrophe.

The Northern Mongolian Kingdom no longer existed, so there was no point in keeping the Northern Mongolian prisoners captured during the war, and they were gradually released back to their hometowns in batches. When the family saw that the person who had been hopeless and thought to be dead suddenly returned home, they couldn't help but cry with joy and hold their heads and cry.

Starting from the coalition forces of the two countries, Dayan captured more than 100,000 Northern Mongolian troops. These 100,000 people returning to their hometown will definitely bring about a small population explosion in the near future.

Next year, new crops such as sweet potatoes and corn will be widely planted in Dayan. When there are more seeds, they can start planting in the southern part of Northern Mongolia the year after. The abundance of food will further promote population growth, and the increase in population will lead to cultivating more land and grazing more cattle and sheep. In this way, Northern Mongolia has entered a sustainable virtuous circle.

The future is expected.

"Dad, I have something to tell you." Qiao Lili was originally sitting opposite Qiao Xuan. She walked to Qiao Xuan's side, moved the chair closer to Qiao Xuan, sat down sideways, and looked at Qiao Xuan.

The same emotion surged in Qiao Xuan's heart. From the first moment he saw his daughter, he felt the exploration and doubt in her eyes. There were many things he couldn't understand. He wanted to ask his daughter, but he didn't have the chance to open his mouth. His daughter fought a battle every day, and captured Liangguan in three days. Then she drove straight into Northern Mongolia and deep into the hinterland of Northern Mongolia. At the rate of taking one city every ten days or half a month, she swept through Northern Mongolia like a whirlwind.

They had even fewer opportunities to meet. Often, he would just arrive at a newly conquered city and the follow-up work would just be in full swing when she would lead her troops to attack the next city.

He had a hunch that what his daughter was going to say today was not a trivial matter, so he was waiting for an opportunity to ask his daughter, and similarly, his daughter was also waiting for an opportunity to tell her.

"Dad, my mother may still be alive." Qiao Lili said as she looked at her father's face which had become increasingly older due to being busy recently.

"What did you say?" Qiao Xuan stood up suddenly, his bearded face full of emotions. He knocked over the tea bowl on the table in front of him and the chair behind him.

Hearing the sound, Caiqi and Caixing came in, tidied the table and teacups, rearranged the chairs, and left silently.

After Qiao Lili comforted Qiao Xuan to sit down, she told him in detail everything she had discovered, knew and guessed, from beginning to end.

"So that's how it is." Qiao Xuan leaned dejectedly in his chair, feeling that all the strength in his body had been drained. As a husband, he was so negligent. He never noticed anything wrong, leaving such a young child to struggle to find the answer on his own.

Seeing her father in such great pain, Qiao Lili really didn't know how to comfort him, so she had to ask the question she had always wanted to ask: "Dad, do you know where my grandparents' home is?"