A Timely Wife

It took about ten days for Li Ruosong to go to the elders in the family to talk about Xiong Ruoshan, and I don't know how to persuade the elders. When facing the matter of Xiong Ruoshan's marriage, the Li family did not say anything. It's just that Li Huangshi and Li Chenshi feel hesitant to speak every time they see Xiong Ruoshan.

Xiong Ruoshan smiled reassuringly at the two elders, but Li Qi and Li Liang didn't say anything against them. After all, Xiong Ruoshan is from the Xiong family, and they are just Xiong Ruoshan's natal family. Too much interference in the affairs of the younger generation will only It aroused the disgust of the younger generation. As the old saying goes, if you are not deaf or dumb, you can’t be a Weng. Since the younger generation has already figured out how to go in the future, he himself doesn’t think it’s okay to have no descendants. As long as he doesn't regret it in the future.

On the day of Xiong Ruoshan's fifteenth birthday, under the arrangement of Li Ruosong and Cheng Dong, Xiong Ruoshan and Zhou Jinyan served tea to the four elders in the family, and Zhou Jinyan's identity was recognized by the Li family. Li Ruosong didn't hide this from the children in his family. Xiong Ruofeng and Zhou Jinsi naturally knew about it. Even the two little brothers Li Cheng and Cheng Li also knew that they had a little uncle in the future, and Xiong Ruoshan was their little uncle. , Zhou Jinyan can only be called little uncle. Originally, the two children were going to be called aunt. After being educated by Chengdong, they realized that the relationship between the little uncle and the little uncle could not be exposed yet, so they stopped messing around.

After Xiong Ruoshan passed out once, the Li family had been busy with their own lives for several years before changing. Every night, the whole family would gather together for dinner. It was a bit awkward for the family to sit together in the first few days. I don't know what to say, they are basically routine words, and they are all aimed at a few children, have you eaten today, what knowledge is taught in school, and how are you learning.

Later, they gradually started to talk more, and they would also share their work with each other. Not to mention, one person counts the short and the other counts the long. Some things they do all the year round can easily fall into a dead end. On the contrary, it is the unintentional words of others that can make them After walking out of a dead end and tasting the sweetness a few times, this kind of dinner table meeting was vigorously promoted.

Soon, the courtiers discovered that Xiong Ruoshan and the Li family were going up and down from time to time, and they didn't have the previous posture of working hard day and night. It was sealed, a group of people came out, Xiong Ruoshan mercilessly punished a few people, the atmosphere turned back, but Xiong Ruoshan's rules are very clear, when going to court and going to work, you must do your best , After going to court or after work, don't procrastinate if you can.

Having said that, there is not much that can really be done. Following the assessment method of doing more in the station and doing better, no one will think that making too much money, and everyone still has a few questions hanging over their heads. With a big knife, it is always a good thing to think about doing more, earning more, and saving more. Except for a few people who are too busy at home, most people are still busy working overtime in their respective positions.

The evaluation and appointment of officials in Southern Chu is very strict. In addition to political performance, official morality is also extremely important. Combining with the ideas of later generations, Chengdong suggested that Xiong Ruoshan adopt the method of high salary to support integrity. Of course, if the high salary is not clean, then The punishment is also extremely severe. The most severe one is that all direct and collateral children within ten generations are not allowed to participate in the scientific examination, and the lightest one is that all their children within three generations are not allowed to participate in the scientific examination.

All direct descendants and collateral descendants mean that the entire ethnic group is not eligible to participate in scientific examinations. It used to be said that one person can ascend to heaven, but now one person commits a crime and the whole family is implicated. Chengdong will never underestimate the power of the clan. This decree After a few corrupt officials were issued and dealt with according to law, all clans added honesty and integrity to their clan laws, and all schools also added relevant courses to cultivate the awareness of honesty and self-discipline among Southern Chu people from an early age. .

After all, Shen Shoufu was getting old, and he lay on the bed for nearly three months after he fainted that day before getting up. At that time, the people in Shen Cifu's hands were almost dealt with, but Nanfang still failed to catch the clues. , Old General Zhang is very wary of the imperial court. Military power is something he will never let go of. He is worried that the imperial court is just using spies to seize his military power. Didn't take it to heart.

Regarding this point, Li Ruosong was very angry, but he also knew that there was nothing he could do against Old General Zhang for a while. It wasn't that his younger soldiers couldn't beat the Zhang family army, but that the enemy was at hand, and Li Ruosong didn't want them to start fighting internally. In the end, it can only be that they both lose, and the outsiders take advantage of the off-the-shelf.

If he had solid evidence in his hands, Li Ruosong would not be afraid to confront Old General Zhang, but they only had some plausible clues in their hands, and nothing real. Li Ruosong could only talk to the political commissars and The soldiers stationed near the Zhangjiajun greeted them and asked them to be more vigilant, in case something went wrong with the Zhangjiajun, they had no way to deal with it.

When Shen Shoufu was lying on the bed and couldn't get up, he wrote many times to ask Xiong Ruoshan to remove him from his official position. He felt that he was not doing a good job as the first assistant. The doctor in the hospital treated Shen Shoufu well, and asked Shen Shoufu to take care of his body first, and didn't say anything else.

The courtiers were a little uncertain about Xiong Ruoshan's intentions for a while. Shen Cifu's incident this time involved a wide range of people. There were three people missing in the cabinet, and people from all ministries below were also cleared out, and even a few were from the army. Yes, fortunately, the annual scientific examination selected a group of newcomers to fill in, and promoted a few veteran ministers. This was considered to fill the vacancies in various ministries, and the court was not closed because there was no one there.

After Shen Shoufu was able to get up from the bed, he ordered someone to carry him to the palace. He talked with Xiong Ruoshan for a long time. After he came out, he didn't say anything. He recuperated behind closed doors. Compared with Shen Shoufu's previous attitude of asking about everything, Shen Shoufu basically didn't speak at court meetings after recovering from his illness, except for things that had to be decided by him, he would speak a few words. They are all completely entrusted to the responsibility of the ministers and ministers of the ministries, and they never mention anything about military affairs.

This attitude made the courtiers feel that there was something wrong. The surrender of the military power by the chief assistant meant that the military power would be completely in the hands of the emperor in the future. Chu is different, Xiong Ruoshan is completely different from the late emperor, the military power is in the hands of the late emperor, they have nothing to worry about, but the military power is in the hands of Xiong Ruoshan, for some reason, these courtiers always have a bad feeling.

Some people did not give up and mentioned military affairs to Shen Shoufu several times at the court meeting. Shen Shoufu always said that the matter was decided by General Dingguo. It is very clear that Shen Shoufu was pushed into a hurry, at most he would reprimand you a few words in the court, and give you a bad test score back then, but if Li Ruosong was pushed into a hurry, his home might be ransacked, no The method, whoever has the military power and the right to manage politics in their hands, their arms can't twist their thighs, they are not stupid enough to fight against Li Ruosong.

In the winter of the third year of Chu Ming, General Zhang was poisoned to death, and the Zhang family’s army was in civil strife. At the same time, the coalition forces of the southern countries launched a large-scale attack on Pingnan Mansion. Only ten days later, Pingnan Mansion fell, and of the 25 political commissars sent from Nanjiang Mansion to Pingnan Mansion, except for the five who led the troops to retreat, all the other [-] died in battle.

30 Zhang Jiajun, more than 3 treasonable people, more than 4 people were killed or injured, 12 people disappeared, and the remaining [-] people were taken to Yannan Prefecture to rest and rectify. The Mansion is only one-fifth the size of Pingnan Mansion, but it is the throat fortress from Pingnan Mansion to Nanjiang Mansion. If Annan Mansion is not captured, the coalition forces of the southern countries will have no way to continue marching north. Fortunately, Annan Mansion has [-] soldiers. Garrison, after the city of Pingnan Mansion was broken, the guards of Annan Mansion immediately issued a first-level combat readiness order, and at the same time sent people to send the news back to Nanjiang Mansion as quickly as possible.

After receiving the news that the city of Pingnan Mansion was broken, there was an uproar in the court hall. Before the courtiers could argue with each other, news came from Zhenxi Mansion in the west. 12 people attacked Zhenxi Mansion, and captured almost all the males over the age of 12 in the six western prefectures. However, Zhenxi Mansion only had [-] soldiers, and the weapons reserves were not enough to support a large-scale war. The military situation was urgent.

However, in just one day, the west and south were in chaos at the same time, and Li Ruosong was keenly aware of a sense of disobedience, but Li Ruosong couldn't think about why the west and south were in chaos at the same time. Several military orders were issued one after another, and Nan Chu moved into action.

The roads from Nanjiang Prefecture to Zhenxi Prefecture and Annan Prefecture were immediately put under martial law, and only the military was allowed to transport supplies and soldiers. All reserve soldiers were also recalled. Go west, south and north.

At the same time, Xiong Ruoshan issued a conscription order to recruit men over the age of 16 and under the age of 30 who are willing to join the army in Southern Chu. On the same day, Shen Shoufu said something at the court meeting. Everyone has a duty, I wanted to serve in the army, but fortunately, I have a son to serve in the army instead of my father.

Shen Shoufu immediately called out his eldest son, second son, and youngest son, asked Xiong Ruoshan for a dragon flag, and said to the three sons: "I ask for a dragon flag today, and I will give it to you. On the battlefield, I will carry it with you at all times. Slaughter blood, wrap body after death, I hope you will go forward bravely, don't forget your duty!"

The three sons of the Shen family all enlisted in the army the next day and went to the front three months later. Half a year later, two of the three sons of the Shen family died in battle and one was disabled. All those who died in the war were buried in the Martyrs Cemetery, buried under the flag of the dragon, and awarded the Martyrs Medal.