I Rely on Beauty to Stabilize the Country

On the second day, Gu Yuanbai asked the Zhengshitang to call out Lin Zhicheng's files.

Several letters written by Lin Zhicheng to the late emperor were also recorded in the file. After reading it, Gu Yuanbai immediately edited a letter and asked Lin Zhicheng to return to Beijing to report on his work after the year.

A small county magistrate, who has been in Xindi for less than three years, does not need to return to Beijing to report on his duties.Although the Holy Majesty did not say what to do when Lin Zhicheng was called back, the people in Jingzhong who had a good relationship with Lin Zhicheng were already waiting with tears in their eyes to meet Lin Zhicheng, and secretly hoped that Lin Zhicheng would be reused by the Holy Majesty.

In December, the temperature dropped sharply, and the capital ushered in winter completely.

This winter was a bit special. First, there was a locust plague in the north, which was suppressed vigorously by the imperial court.Afterwards, the frontier and the Khitans launched many conflicts, and good news came again and again.These major events are also well known to the common people as the "Daheng Guobao" radiates to the surroundings.

But these things are too far away from the common people. They are angry at the invasion of the nomads in northern Xinjiang and proud of the victory of the Daheng soldiers.

People who are close to the capital have already begun to invite artisans from the capital to come to their homes to cook on the kang.

However, it is not easy for them to invite them now. The craftsmen in the capital are already too busy to touch the ground. There are rich and noble families everywhere in the capital. Going to other places?

Do not go do not go, too suffer.

There are people who secretly learned the kang technology and want to go to other places to do kang for these people, but these people can't produce a certificate from the government.It is said in the national newspaper that if people who cannot provide proof are invited to come to the door to cook the kang, if the pan is not good and the flue is smoky, the imperial court will not be responsible, because these people have not been taught by royal craftsmen, if you are greedy In order to save those few pennies, I will bear the crime in case the plate is not good.

Because of such remarks, many people are unwilling to use these people who secretly learned the method of pan-kang.Originally, there was only a few copper coins difference between the money received by a serious craftsman and the money received by a stealer, so why take this risk?If it is really not available after disk, wouldn't all the money be wasted.

So even if they are waiting, these people are willing to wait for the craftsmen from the capital to come, or the local craftsmen to study.

And at this meeting, the Xixia envoys finally decided that they were leaving Daheng.

But before leaving, Prince Xixia thought of Chu Wei's expression looking at him in front of the palace gate.

Obviously he likes Chu Wei, but when he thinks of him, Prince Xixia will feel a sense of malice in his heart, and this malice is mixed with unknown fire.The more it came to the day of leaving, the worse the fever became.

After thinking about it, Li Angshun found the reason himself, and felt that it was because Chu Wei was too ignorant of good and bad, which made him, the Seventh Prince of Xixia, feel so deeply malicious.

In Daheng's territory, rationality told Li Angshun not to do anything, but the domineering and violent temper he developed in Xixia made him unable to bear this bad breath.

So, Prince Xixia was going to do something secretly to express his inexplicable anger.

Gu Yuanbai was waiting for the first snow this year.

The snow in the capital usually falls in December, and it still falls like a goose feather snow. It often passes overnight, and the snow outside is already thick enough to cover the bare feet.

When it comes to winter, everyone is waiting for snow, as if it is not winter until there is some snow.Gu Yuanbai is also waiting, waiting for a year of auspicious snow.

He was lying on the kang, and the two wolves that Xue Yuan gave him were also lying comfortably beside the kang. The heat not only made Gu Yuanbai feel comfortable, but also made the two wolves extremely comfortable.

After following Gu Yuanbai for a period of time, the two wolves were raised to be very lazy, lying on the ground when they had nothing to do, except to eat and sleep, and they were the most energetic during the day when they went out with Gu Yuanbai every day. During the time period, he was handsome and martial.However, although they are lazy, they are smart and know who is the master of meat appreciation, so they are especially fond of Gu Yuanbai.

Just like this moment, as soon as Gu Yuanbai moved his feet off the bed, the two wolves actively propped up their bodies and walked over, their fluffy gray hair was soft, and the Holy Majesty's feet landed directly on the wolves' backs.

Gu Yuanbai didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and moved away from the wolf's back, "You are really smart enough."

He stretched out his hand to rub the wolf a few times, and was about to withdraw his hand when the wolf leaned over and licked Gu Yuanbai's palm affectionately with its scarlet tongue.

The head of the wolf is huge, and the sharp teeth are right next to the hand.Gu Yuanbai patted its wolf head, "Lick it when you see it, what's wrong with it, can't it be done cleanly?"

Tian Fusheng squeezed his throat and said, "Our Majesty's hands must be clean."

"I mean their tongues are not clean." Gu Yuanbai pinched the wolf's jaw with his backhand, opened his mouth, and looked at the wolf's bared teeth, "Have they taken a bath?"

The eunuch who took care of the two wolves stepped forward, "My lord, I just washed it a few days ago."

"It's pretty clean," Gu Yuanbai checked his teeth and mouth one by one, making the others tremble with fear, and finally nodded in satisfaction, letting the two wolves go, "Not bad."

These two wolves didn't have official names yet, so Gu Yuanbai called them big wolf and little wolf, and the more handsome one was big wolf, and the other was little wolf.

Gu Yuanbai asked someone to lead them down to feed them, and the palace servants brought warm water to wash their hands, and he asked casually, "How many people are there in Beijing?"

"It sounds like a lot," Tian Fusheng said happily, "what the sage thinks is useful, the people also think it is good. I heard that there is a lot of excitement outside. People who have a kang brag about the beauty of the kang, and those who don't listen to it." I became more and more curious, the carpenters in the capital are very busy, and they only have a few bites to eat."

Gu Yuanbai smiled, "It really made the Hubu Shangshu open another project. Look at the Hubu Shangshu's current iron rooster, which is really different from before."

"Shangshu Hubu is doing more and more dedication," Tian Fusheng said, "the best minister."

Ever since Gu Yuanbai reminded him not to marry the Tai Fuqing because he cared about the talents of the Minister of the Household Department, the Minister of the Household Department began to shine in his position, doing his best for Gu Yuanbai, working harder than before. times.

Gu Yuanbai nodded and was about to speak when someone outside reported, "My lord, the frontier has sent things and brochures!"

Gu Yuanbai immediately said: "Submit it!"

The informant hurried in and presented a heavy wooden box. After the palace attendant checked it, he opened it and found a bloody head frozen in ice!

Gu Yuanbai took a breath, and he stepped forward to take a closer look. Although he had never seen this person before, he quickly recognized him: "Xi Wandan!"

"Yes," said the informer, "news came from northern Xinjiang that Xiwandan's tribe had no food in winter and tried to sneak attack our army, but was discovered by our army. During a melee, Xiwandan was killed by our army. Down."

Gu Yuanbai felt blessed in an instant, "Who killed Wandan?"

"General Xue." The informant said.

Is this General Xue, old General Xue Ping, or General Xue Yuan Xue?

Gu Yuanbai suppressed these words, and felt in his heart that it was Xue Yuan who could make the decision to give away the head, "Why did you give Xi Wandan's head to me? After Xi Wandan died, the other members of the Khitan Eighth Division are now What about it?"

A sidwandan dies as soon as he dies, and if the subsequent affairs are not handled well, it will be troublesome.

The person who notified presented a thick envelope, "You can see it at a glance."

Gu Yuanbai took the letter paper and unfolded it, reading ten lines at a glance.

It turned out that the tribe of Xiwandan was also affected by the plague of locusts. Although it was better than that of Rilian, it was not much better.After accepting the remnant soldiers of Riliana, Siwandan soon ran out of food.

But Xiwandan was not such a reckless person as Rilian, he set up an ambush in advance, and then led Daheng's soldiers to fight, intending to exchange the prisoners for food.The person who fought was Xue Yuan. When deliberately provoking Xue Yuan, Siwan Dan once laughed and mocked: "Your lord is a young man who has not been weaned from breast milk. He is so sick that he will die in the wind. If you come in front of me, I will touch you with a single finger." Squeeze it to death!"

Xue Yuan, who was always smiling no matter how he was scolded before, became expressionless after these words, staring at Xiwandan with gloomy eyes.

He was not provoked, so Siwandan had to lead the team back.And when it was late at night, they sent Riliana, his son and his general Wu Nan to attack from four directions, preparing to drive in from the pass to grab food and return.

It was a big melee that night. The most ridiculous thing was that Siwandan's son was ambushed. When Siwandan went to rescue him, he was taken by General Wunan, who had always been secretly murdering Siwandan's son. He killed his son, so he sent troops to release arrows in the dark, intending to kill this boy who was against him in the name of being killed by Liu Ya. Who would have thought that after the Daheng soldiers lit the torches, Wu Nan would find out that he had killed him? It turned out to be Xiwandan.

Wu Nan was stunned.

Wu Nan's subordinates were also stunned.

At that moment, the entire Xiwandan tribe's subordinates were in extremely complicated moods, and they froze in place.It wasn't until the archers of the Daheng soldiers started to attack that they panicked, and the dragons fled the pass without a leader.

This head was cut off by Xue Yuan for Gu Yuanbai to vent his anger.

Dare to say that Gu Yuanbai will die early, so Xi Wandan will die sooner.

After Gu Yuanbai saw Xi Wandan's death method, he immediately knew what was going on.

On the surface, the arrow that killed Xi Wandan was shot by Wu Nan, but in fact, there is a [-]% or [-]% possibility that Daheng's people took advantage of the chaos to shoot it, and put the blame on Wu Nan.

The process of this matter was written in great detail on the letter paper, and Gu Yuanbai could almost feel the shadow of swords and swords and many crises that night from the letter paper.After reading it, he took a long breath and put down his hands to look at the head in the wooden box.

Regardless of the process, the result is really beautiful.Siwandan died at the hands of a general he trusted. No matter whether the general wanted to kill his son or him, the fact is that Siwandan's tribe will be in chaos.

Two of the eight Khitan tribes have been messed up, and the rest should be in a hurry.Perhaps the goal of mutual trading at the same border and the establishment of commercial routes can be one step faster than expected.

Gu Yuanbai looked at Xiwandan's head and those lifeless eyes, and said with pity: "You will not die in vain."

"I still have to thank you for laying such a big foundation for me to provoke your civil strife and invasion in the future. Just wait, look at this little brat in your mouth who is crushed to death with one finger," he said , "How did you disappear into the long river of history?"