One of the passers-by

There is a saying that the king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die.Therefore, the emperor asked his ministers to write scriptures to sing praises, and the ministers could not refuse.

In front of Emperor Yong'an, Xue Yan patted his chest and agreed to the task.After leaving the palace and returning home, she felt a little worried.

I don't know what kind of story to write.Fortunately, there are a lot of materials about this in later generations, Xue Yan can choose calmly.

While Xue Yan was busy writing scripts for Emperor Yong'an, the time had gradually entered June.

In the spring and summer of this year, there is very little rain.Even after entering June, there are a lot of drought disaster reports from all over the country.Even if all places were ordered by the emperor to install waterwheels and other things next to the fields, it is still a drop in the bucket.

Gradually, some courtiers submitted papers, linking the disaster with the fault of the emperor and the court, both openly and secretly.What's more, it is said that the imperial court killed too much, that's why the disaster was brought down--fortunately, the Supreme Emperor had already moved out of the Taiji Palace at the end of last year and abdicated for the virtuous, otherwise there may be accusations in the notes Emperor Yong'an is unbearable to be an emperor.

But even so, Emperor Yong'an was still a bit battered.On the one hand, he ordered the Ministry of Criminal Justice to cooperate with Dali Temple to personally try the case and record the case file, and on the other hand, he asked Zhen Guo Gong Wei Wuji, Zhongshu Ling Fang Xuanyi and others to pray for rain in famous mountains and rivers.Even the Taoist monks of Shangqing Temple and Xiangguo Temple were inspired to pray for rain and give alms.

Last year, the imperial envoy Xu Yan, who was ordered by the emperor to provide relief in Hanoi and Shandong due to the frost disaster, still rushed to the states in the pass to appease the people.In areas severely affected by disasters, taxes have to be reduced or exempted according to the situation to stabilize people's hearts.Of course, if the disaster is not serious at all, and the state and county that lied about the disaster for the sake of disaster relief, they will be punished according to the law.

At the same time, the household department had to continue to prepare food, grass and armaments for the army's northern expedition to the Turks.Over the past few months, the army of the Northern Expedition has won many battles and won many victories.It's just that as the army penetrated deep into the hinterland, the imperial court's supply of food, grass, and military equipment became more and more difficult. All kinds of important things were piled up together, and all of them cost money, and the imperial court's finances were suddenly unable to make ends meet.Hubu Shangshu even felt that Alexander, fortunately, Emperor Yong'an once bought shares in Xue Yan's various businesses like a game, and now the glass shop and other businesses are making a lot of money every day.As one of the major shareholders, Emperor Yong'an naturally has more dividends.With money in his hands and no panic in his heart, Emperor Yong'an simply allocated money from his internal treasury for disaster relief and prepared food and grass for the army, which also avoided the embarrassing situation of the harem pawning treasures to raise gold and silver again.

It's a pity that people's will can't influence God's will. The emperors and ministers of the Yong'an Dynasty worked so hard to rectify the court. In the summer of this year, the number of rains in various places is still not much.Fortunately, the imperial court had already prepared for it. Compared with the drought in history, the drought this year was still much lighter.

At least with the exception of places that are extremely dry and have little rain and even have no groundwater in the river, the rest of the area is irrigated by water trucks, and they barely survived.

Soon it was August.Because of the successive victories of the imperial army on the grassland, the soldiers and horses in the East Turkic area were defeated and could only go deep into the grassland.Part of the imperial army stopped to rectify in place, and part of it was led by Wei Ziqi into the grassland to chase the poor.Another part followed Wei Ziqi's soldiers and horses, collected the gold, silver, population, horses, cattle and sheep, etc. of the tribes defeated by Wei Ziqi's first army, and transported them back to the territory of Dachu.

With the return of these batches of population and victory supplies, the imperial court's finances have gradually slowed down.Proposed by Xue Yan and the courtiers, these people were directly sent to various places to cultivate wasteland or build water conservancy for the coming year.

As for horses, gold and silver, etc., they were directly confiscated.Da Chu lives in the Central Plains, and the horses in the Central Plains have always been inferior to those on the grasslands in terms of quantity and blood.Even during the most embarrassing time during Xiande's reign, the king and the emperor could not afford sixteen identical white horses, and the courtiers had to ride ox carts when they went out.

Nowadays, as Turkic horses continue to be transported back to the Central Plains, the imperial court has supplemented them at various horse farms.Emperor Yong'an also made an order to select horse slaves who were good at raising horses among the Turkic captives and distribute them to various horse farms.I believe that after a few years, Da Chu will no longer have to worry about war horses.

Although he had already felt it when he read the history books, it was not until then that Xue Yan deeply realized the difference between the monarchs and ministers of Da Chu and the previous dynasties-probably more pragmatic people and less empty talkers.At least in the face of these batches of captives and soldiers, horses, cattle and sheep, they stood up to the few Confucian officials and said, "This move is not in line with the weather of the heavens." For the distribution of these wealth, the boss fought several times, just thinking that the yamen he was in charge of could get more benefits.

In addition to the huge profits made by the imperial court, the folks also benefited. The most direct manifestation is that the price of cattle and sheep on the market this year is low. It's all cheap.As a result, even the common people lived a good life with meat for every meal. Yong'an monarchs and ministers were worried about the severe drought, and the people might be displaced, starving and starving, or changing their children to eat. Due to the timely relief of the court and the It seldom happens that the market is full of cattle and sheep.

On the first day of August, Xue Yantuo sent envoys to pay tribute to him.Afterwards, the Eastern Turkic royal court was forced to go deep into the grassland, and had already run to the area of ​​Langjuxu Mountain.

Hearing this news, Emperor Yong'an was well aware of the desire of the military generals of the past dynasties to confine wolves and live in Xuxu, so he smiled and said to his courtiers: "It seems that I, Da Chu Erlang, is not much better than the iron horse of the Han Dynasty. Now Ziqi I also pursued the Turks to Langjuxu Mountain, and if I could defeat the royal court in one fell swoop, it seems that I, Da Chu, will have one more champion."

When the ministers of the DPRK and China heard this, they all knew it.The so-called champion, the most famous one is Huo Qubing, the hussar general who sealed off the wolf and lived in Xuxu in the Western Han Dynasty.Now Emperor Yong'an compares Wei Ziqi to Huo Qubing, isn't he comparing himself to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who is outstanding in martial arts?

But thinking about it carefully, Wei Ziqi is about the same age as Huo Qubing, if this battle can really defeat the Turkic royal court, I am afraid that the military exploits will be as good as Huo Qubing's.Generalissimo Xue Ji is the mighty god of war, he is very familiar with the art of war, he is modest and prudent, just like the great general Wei Qing of the Western Han Dynasty.

As for Emperor Yong'an... The lineage of the Prince Qing's Mansion was originally crowned king and emperor based on military exploits, and Emperor Yong'an was the best among emperors in terms of military exploits.

Thinking about it this way, the king and ministers of Da Chu felt even more honored.There is something good in the world, and the people of Dachu all regard it as a blessing to talk about martial arts and war.The folk customs favor martial arts, even though the battlefield is full of blood, and the swords and guns have no eyes, there are still an endless stream of people from all states and counties signing up to join the army.

They all hope that after the first battle in the army, they may accumulate meritorious service and become an official, change families, or grant land because of meritorious service, and enjoy permanent employment. It is better than farming at home.

Because of the folk customs and martial arts, the imperial court continued to succeed.There is also a wartime medical team established by Sun Zhonghe, Sun Zhongmiao and other imperial physicians according to the method given by Xue Yan. This year, the number of wounded soldiers who died or were disabled due to lack of timely treatment has also decreased a lot. With continuous injection, the war becomes smoother.

In November, the Western Turks and Gaochang Kingdom also sent envoys to pay tribute.But only one month later, the army came with good news. It only said that Wei Ziqi led [-] soldiers and horses to pursue the royal court, and the two armies fought near the Langju Xu Mountain. , has now returned to Dachu with the captives.Ask Emperor Yong'an to offer prisoners to the Taimiao.

When Emperor Yong'an heard the news, Long Yan was overjoyed, and issued several edicts to reward him.He also ordered that when the army returned to Beijing, he would lead the ministers of Da Chu to take them out [-] miles outside Chang'an City to celebrate the achievements of the returning soldiers.He also ordered that in the place where the soldiers fought since Jianyi, a temple should be built for the righteous men and brave men who died in the army.He also ordered the ministers who were good at calligraphy and painting in the court to write an inscription on it to record their achievements.

Seeing this, Xue Yan simply wrote a letter admonishing to change the shape of these righteous temples into martyrs' cemeteries for later generations, and even collaborated with Yan Lide to draw the engineering drawings in honor of Emperor Yong'an.

Although Emperor Yong'an was thrifty with himself on weekdays, he actually had a temper of "extremely happy", and he was never stingy with his courtiers.Therefore, I very much agree with Xue Yan's proposal.After seeing the shape of this "Yi Temple", I am more and more delighted.The user department did not withdraw the money, and with a wave of his hand, he directly transferred the money from the internal treasury to prepare for the construction.

At the same time, Emperor Yong'an ordered Xue Yan to be an imperial envoy, and led three hundred imperial forest troops to reward the three armies with fine wine, gold and silk.

Xue Yan was shameless, and ran to Taiji Palace after the court meeting, stalking Emperor Yong'an to allow Princess Pingyang to travel with him, so that their family of three could be reunited.Emperor Yong'an had won the battle, and he was in high spirits. Hearing such a small request, of course he didn't care. With a wave of his imperial pen, he immediately agreed.

Xue Yan thanked Dade in front of Emperor Yong'an. After returning home, he quickly packed up with his mother, Princess Pingyang. Three days later, he set off from Chang'an with [-] imperial guards.

All the way to the frontier fortress.Xue Ji is leading the army stationed outside the city to rectify the troops.Although he had already learned from the imperial palace newspaper that his son had been appointed by the Holy Majesty as an imperial envoy to reward the three armies, he also knew that his wife would follow.It's just that the father and son husband and wife have not seen each other for more than a year. In fact, Xiaobie is better than XX.So my heart was very excited, and I couldn't sleep at night for several days in a row, and I didn't think about tea and food every day.

In addition to Xue Ji, the 24-filial "husband" and "dad", he has made great achievements in this battle, and even the champion Hou Wei Ziqi, who has not yet won the battle and has been proclaimed by the sage, is also very disturbed.

Even when the imperial envoy arrived at the state border, he volunteered to ask for the post of support.Although Xue Ji didn't know why his apprentice was more excited than himself when he heard the news of his wife and son coming, but this did not prevent him from vetoing Wei Ziqi's request and personally leading the army to pick up his wife and children.

Seeing that he couldn't beat his master, Wei Ziqi had no choice but to take a step back and asked to follow Xue Ji to meet the envoys of the emperor.Only Yan Junji, Jiang Zhi and others were left in the army.

The setting sun was like blood, and the wind and sand in the frontier fortress blew away the romantic atmosphere in Chang'an City.In the middle of winter, the wind and snow were overwhelming, amidst the flying snowflakes and the sound of horseshoes, Xue Ji led the soldiers and horses to meet the emperor's envoy.

After more than a year, the three members of the Xue family who parted from Chang'an were finally reunited.

Wei Ziqi took the reins and landed behind his master, silently watching his master and his wife and Yan'er embracing and laughing in the wind and snow.When Xue Yan turned around, his eyes met.