Better to live forever [Rebirth]

After returning home from Huajie, Zhu Dingbei did not go back to the small courtyard but came to the study in the front yard.

The old Hou Ye was still waiting for him, carefully smelling that there was no smell of alcohol on his body, he still teased: "You child has not even grown a few hairs, and you are wild. What kind of sweet little lady can you see in Huajie today?"

Zhu Dingbei didn't answer his words, and asked directly: "My lord, what is your Majesty's summoning today?"

The old Hou Ye said in a few words, it was really for the purpose of redeployment, "The emperor means to let the general Zhu's army in the Xianbei mansion be transferred back to Liangzhou."

Neither the grandfather nor the grandson were surprised by this, they had expected this when they deduced His Majesty's changes to the military rule before.To fight against the inside, we must first secure the outside, and the variables on the border are kept to a minimum, so that His Majesty the Emperor can start mobilizing the garrison in Kyushu with peace of mind.

His Majesty still trusts Zhu's army's ability. With Zhu's army guarding Liangzhou, he has no worries.

The old Hou Ye sighed: "Lips and teeth depend on each other. Now Your Majesty wants to smash the teeth of the Neizhou garrison one by one, and let our frontier fortresses have to eat them, so that the foreign enemies will not be disturbed by the fishy smell." His tone was quite complicated. , Some are gratified, some are admired, but there are also worries: "According to your majesty's actions, in two years, your dad will be disarmed and returned to the farm."

Zhu Dingbei didn't say any words of comfort, but instead asked, "Where is Li Jie now?"

It should be said that among the generals above the third rank of the Li family, Li Jie, the second rank garrison general of Sizhou, was the one who was most convicted.Zhu Dingbei insisted on letting the old Hou Ye do something to make him die on the road and bring him in front of him.

Old Hou Ye said: "There is no news yet, and he is already "dead" at this time. Changsheng will wait patiently for another two days."

He didn't understand why Zhu Dingbei was particularly obsessed with Li Jie, and he didn't ask what he planned to do with Li Jie, but he would not stop Zhu Dingbei from doing what he wanted to do.

The grandfather and grandson didn't talk much, and it was getting late, Zhu Dingbei was relieved and went back to sleep obediently.

On the second day, there was an unexpected thing—Qian Hui bid farewell.

He has lived in Zhenbeihou's Mansion for half a year, and he was seriously injured in front of the Dali Temple a year ago, and he doesn't even come out of the Hou's Mansion these days.Zhu Dingbei and him were both teachers and friends, and suddenly heard that he was going to leave, he was stunned on the spot.

Hearing that he was recommended by his grandfather to join the army in Pingzhou, he smiled and said, "Pingzhou, that's a good place."

Qian Hui only heard about the situation in Pingzhou, seeing his expression now, he felt some doubts in his heart, but before he could think about it, Zhu Dingbei asked: "Can you delay Brother Buhui for a while, I have some letters to think about." Please take it to Pingzhou."

Old Hou Ye was curious, "Are you giving a gift to Aunt Qin or her two boys? What are you giving?"

Zhu Dingbei didn't answer. Seeing that Qian regretted it, he asked Shuisheng and the housekeeper to go to the school to ask him for half a day's leave. He hurried back to the small courtyard, and it took a full hour before he turned back.

He handed Qian Hui a sealed letter, the envelope was thin, and Dong Jinxing wrote a few words in the letter.

"If you are destined to see it, hand it over to him."

Biting the word "hands-on" very hard, Qian Hui saw his solemn expression, so he couldn't help but grimaced, and nodded in response.

Zhu Dingbei smiled, and took out another pure gold longevity lock, saying that it was a souvenir for Qin Miehu, and that he would pass it on to his sister whom he had never met.

"Left and right also asked for leave, so I'll send you out of the city."

"Young Lord, you are being polite, there is no need to—"

"It just happened to turn to go to the school, and riding a horse is also convenient."

Qian Hui heard the words, so he stopped talking.

The old Hou Ye specially gave him a good horse. He regretted that he didn't have much luggage, and he carried a long sword in his hand, so he didn't have any more troubles.

Zhu Dingbei sent him all the way out of the north city gate, and stopped at the Shili Pavilion outside the city. Qian Hui was so moved that he held back his tears and said, "Please come back, my little lord. The kindness between you and your lord will last forever." Don’t forget. Whenever, anything I can do for you, please let me know, I will do whatever I can.”

Zhu Dingbei laughed loudly, "I dare not say that I, Zhu Dingbei, am a gentleman who does not expect to reciprocate kindness, but I will not threaten you with my life."

Qian Hui clenched his fists and looked at Zhu Dingbei with respect in his eyes: "Qian Hui knows."

Zhu Dingbei said: "Pingzhou is not a peaceful place, it just happens to be a good place for you to show your talents. I am very assured of your character and ability. It will be a matter of time before you make contributions. I only have one sentence to explain to you."

Qian Hui straightened his back and listened attentively.

"stable."

Zhu Dingbei only said one word and saw that Qian Huiruo realized something, and the smile on his face deepened by two points: "You are still young, and many things are not in a hurry. You accumulate military achievements in a steady manner, and remember the principle of thick accumulation. Don't be in a hurry."

Qian Hui was too aggrieved in the Liangzhou Dou army, and the few escapes and the death of Dou Changdong had a great impact on him. He understood his urgency to find his foothold in this world , I was also worried that he would act too hastily, that's why I gave today's order.

Qian Hui bowed to him and saluted, "Qian Hui will keep it in his heart."

Looking up again, he smiled at Zhu Dingbei with ease, and said with a lot of emotion: "I have benefited a lot from being with the young master these days. Several times, I wondered whether the young master is really only 11 years old." .”

Zhu Dingbei laughed: "It's not enough to judge a person by age."

Qian Hui nodded approvingly, the two looked at each other, he took the rein, and said in a deep voice, "Young Master, take care."

Zhu Dingbei: "There will be a period later."

Qian Hui looked at him deeply, then drove away without looking back.Zhu Dingbei watched him go away, and turned his horse's head back to the city when he saw no more people.

Seeing him walking slowly on horseback, Shui Sheng was a little worried about his mood, so he rode forward and said, "Young master, don't be sad, Mr. Qian is very powerful, he will definitely be fine."

Zhu Dingbei looked back at him, saw his wrinkled smiling face, couldn't help lashing his horse's butt with the whip lightly, without refuting, clamped the horse's belly, and swung the whip away.

The two of them and a mansion soldier hadn't entered the city yet, behind them a fast rider yelled and galloped past them towards the city gate.

Zhu Dingbei reined in the reins.

Zhu Shuisheng's suspicious voice sounded: "Master, that light rider is holding the flag of Zhu's army!"

Zhu Dingbei squinted his eyes, and recalled carefully the letter from Xianbei during this period of time. He didn't think of any urgent matter and couldn't help but frowned. I'm taking leave." Gu Zi hurried back home.

The eight-hundred-mile express horse also has the privilege of emergency passage after entering the city without slowing down the horse's speed, but Zhu Dingbei can't, so when he returned to the mansion, the old Hou Ye, who had been alarmed for a long time, had already found out that the eight-hundred-mile express delivery The content of the official document.Seeing that Zhu Dingbei came back in a hurry, he opened his mouth and asked, calming his emotions first, and said: "No hurry, some troubles have occurred among the migrants."

"Immigration?"

Zhu Dingbei didn't expect that it was about them, so he asked his grandfather to inform him of the official document first.

It turned out that after the immigrants from Xianbei Prefecture settled down, they survived the most difficult winter, and they plowed the fields and planted seeds in anticipation. Unexpectedly, the climate in Xianbei was so cold that even experienced farmers could not feed the spring seeds.The failure of spring plowing made the migrants panic. They couldn't grow food. How could they survive?

There are also some resettlers who were assigned to live in the grasslands. After the beginning of spring, they had to follow the example of the aborigines to herd animals for a living.But this is really too difficult for the migrants who face their ancestors farming and starting a business in the loess!After a batch of cattle and sheep died, panic spread, and the people felt uneasy, and there was commotion.

What's even more hateful is that some Xianbei people who still haven't surrendered to Dajing and the spies who sneaked into the Xianbei mansion fanned the flames.

Old Hou Ye: "Your father has stabilized the situation, but our soldiers can't do anything about it. I hope that the educated people in the court can think of a proper way to let the migrants have their own livelihood as soon as possible. Otherwise, there are still others." chaos."

Zhu Dingbei was deeply convinced.

However, he was more concerned about another matter: "Is the turmoil serious? Will it delay the transfer to Liangzhou?"

"It's not conclusive yet. But judging from your father's official documents, it shouldn't have much impact." He still frowned, and said, "Your father didn't send the letter back earlier this time. Is there something wrong?"

Zhu Dingbei shook his head, "It should be because Dad has calmed down the turmoil that he didn't send another letter. If Dad is worried, you can write to ask."

That's all there is to it.

Zhu Dingbei's calmness somewhat reassured him. After the letter was delivered, the two of them talked a little more in the study and went to have lunch with the old lady.

When Xianbei's official document arrived in Beijing, the Sinong Division of the Ministry of Industry, which had always seldom shown its face in the court, suddenly attracted attention.

All the officials have read the books of sages and sages, and they are full of economics, but they are not good at this kind of fact, so they can only rely on the Ministry of Industry, which they have always despised.Lou Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry received the imperial decree, and stayed up all night with Sinongsi, and reported to the court the next morning: "Your Majesty, the climate and soil in Xianbei are far different from those in Dajing. The old minister requests that Your Majesty send the chief of Sinongsi and The two chief ministers took the good seeds to Xianbei to find life for the people."

Emperor Zhenyuan said: "Didn't the Ministry of Works have a charter before?"

It's not like they haven't discussed how to make a living after the migrants arrived in Xianbei, otherwise how dare they recklessly let millions of people migrate?The turmoil this time can be said to have been expected by them, but the severity was beyond their expectations.

It was beyond their expectation that so many people could not engage in Xianbei's livelihood.

Only then did they realize that they were not plowing the same land, and these people were not smart enough to adapt immediately.

Lou Shangshu was not flustered when he was questioned, and said loudly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Si Nongsi has already written a book of convenience for the people, and he has already requested an order to send it to Xianbei when the migratory army marched. However, it seems that the officials and soldiers may not understand the book of convenience for the people. What is written in the above, and the people cannot learn without a teacher. Therefore, the old minister implores His Majesty to send someone to review and teach the people."

Emperor Zhenyuan felt at ease when he heard the words.

During that time, due to Sima Yuqi's misfortune, the emigration of the people, and the disappearance of Zhu's army commander, he was already devastated. How can he remember the memorial submitted by the Secretary of Agriculture?The eyes looking at Lou Shangshu couldn't help but soften a little, this Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, who has gone through two dynasties, is the most worry-free person in the court.

After Emperor Zhenyuan approved his request, the Minister of the Household Department began to play: "Your Majesty, the old minister is terrified. The Ministry of Industry is now sending people to educate, and I am afraid that it will miss the timing of the Xianbei Mansion's planting this year. So should we prepare a new year's harvest this year?" Send batches of food to Xianbei for emergency?"

Emperor Zhenyuan frowned.

Lou Shangshu respectfully said: "Your Majesty, Xianbei is farther north, and the recovery is later. The season is slightly different from that of Dajing. Sowing in late March will not affect the harvest of the year. It's just that if the grain allocated by the court a few years ago is not enough to last until If the first batch of grain is harvested in September, it’s better to plan early.”

Emperor Zhenyuan let out a sigh of relief, and said: "What Lou Aiqing said is true, Li Qing took people to verify it clearly, if there is any worry about food shortage, just submit the budgeted supplementary food to me. Rather more than less, understand ?”

Li Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs said hurriedly: "The humble minister leads the order."

At this time, the settlement was unexpectedly smooth, and Emperor Zhenyuan, who was originally worried, heaved a sigh of relief.