I was a princess in ancient times

After Ji Minyan got married, Chang'an, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly became lively.

Not only because of the grand marriage of the emperor and daughter, but also deliberately avoiding the weddings of the juniors in Zhang Luo's family who started to bustle with courtiers and common people a few days before and after.The shadow that had hung over Chang'an since the appearance of the assassins years ago was completely dissipated in the unprecedented excitement of the Changping Dynasty.

Time flies to April in the blink of an eye.

The assassination case involving two guards and one battalion has been completely concluded. The investigation on the family of the petty official has turned from the open to the dark and is proceeding in an orderly manner. Establish a mutual market outside.

As early as more than a month ago, the plan to establish a stable market in northern Xinjiang had the support of courtiers and generals in northern Xinjiang.

At the same time, Emperor Changping's will was quietly sent to northern Xinjiang.

On March [-], more than a dozen soldiers escorted a large amount of rock sugar, tea, silk, etc. out of the city, stopped at the most extreme position within the range of the Great Wall guards, and set up a stall according to the instructions of the merchants.

In the past three days, only the Xinrouran tribe came to the door, and carefully communicated with the soldiers of the Yu Dynasty in poor Turkic language.

The result... Of course, the eyes are wide-eyed and small-eyed, with blank eyes.

Although there is a big barrier in language communication between the two parties, it is not completely impossible for them to buy and sell.

The Xinrouran tribe gave gold and silver of different sizes to the soldiers of the Yu Dynasty to test how much the soldiers of the Yu Dynasty allowed him to take away, and finally understood the prices that the soldiers of the Yu Dynasty set on the goods.

The process of bargaining lasted for three full days, and the most majestic horse galloped on the grassland day and night, successfully facilitating the first transaction between Yu Chao and the Xin Rouran tribe.

The grassland has always had no secrets, and the soldiers of the Yu Dynasty will welcome the second guest soon.

It is the old Rouran tribe.

The soldiers of the Yu Dynasty treated the new Rouran tribe and the old Rouran tribe equally according to the instructions from above, and sold the same quantity and quality of goods to the old Rouran tribe at the same price.

On the day of Ji Minyan and Abuhanbing's wedding, because they did not want to be ruled by the Yu Dynasty, the Mohe tribe who moved to the original Turkic territory quietly came outside the North Great Wall.

Compared with the old Rouran tribe who had just turned over and the new Rouran tribe who had just arrived, the Mohe tribe, which had fought against the Yu Dynasty for decades and won each other, was very cautious when facing the soldiers of the Yu Dynasty.

They insisted on communicating with the soldiers of the Yu Dynasty outside the range of the Great Wall guards, and they did not bargain. After getting the goods, they fled immediately, as if there were scourges chasing them behind them.

A few days later, before Ji Minyan and Abu Hanbing arrived in northern Xinjiang, the Turkic tribe also approached the soldiers of the Yu Dynasty who set up a stall.

They are not only different from the old and new Rouran who were peaceful, friendly, and tried their best to prove that they were not aggressive, but also different from the Mohe tribe who almost wrote their vigilance on their faces.

As a loser who was defeated by the Yu Dynasty twice, was rebelled by the slaves, and was counterattacked by the defeated generals hundreds of years ago, he could only hide and survive.While they are vigilant against Yu Chao to cut grass and roots, they can recognize their own status very clearly.

In the case of the old Rouran tribe and the new Rouran tribe, the new momentum is unstoppable, and the Mohe tribe still retains its strength.They can only avoid their edge, survive in the cracks, and try their best to avoid the revenge of the old and the new Rouran and the squeeze of the Mohe tribe.

If I can get Qiang Yu's protection...

Therefore, the remaining Turkic tribes turned out to be the most "polite" tribes.After the transaction was over, they presented a pair of gem trees with the seal of the royal court as a wedding gift for Princess Huai'an and the King of Far North County.

Ji Minyan, as the eldest daughter of Jinzun Yugui, naturally looks down on the goldware refined by the grassland tribes, but she is very satisfied with the 'politeness' of the Turkic tribes.

After she arrived in northern Xinjiang, the grassland tribes immediately discovered that the conditions and prices for purchasing supplies from the soldiers of the Yu Dynasty had changed.

Originally, the Yu Dynasty was only willing to accept gold, silver, cattle and sheep as trades, but now there are more stones called 'coal' and 'oil' that looks like black liquid.

Although the purchasing power of the two is not as good as that of gold and silver, their cost performance is far better than that of silver.

After all, there are very few gold or silver mines in the grasslands. All the gold and silver of the tribes come from the Yu Dynasty in the south or the countries in the north. It is only a matter of time before the products of the Yu Dynasty are expensive and will be exhausted.

Coal and oil are different.

Those things grow in the ground like the crops of the people of the Yu Dynasty. As long as you bring enough shovels... In just half a month, more than 50 conflicts, large and small, occurred on the grassland, with an average of three fights a day, and at most there were even two more conflicts.

The remnant of the former dynasty, who is now King Ming of the Rouran Royal Court, heard that Princess Huaian of the Yu Dynasty changed the trade order and allowed the grassland tribes to use coal and oil to trade supplies with the soldiers of the Yu Dynasty. He felt something was wrong and immediately made people study coal and oil. usefulness.

The answer I got was that apart from being able to burn fire, I found no other uses.

King Ming didn't believe it, so he hurriedly sent a letter to the people in Chang'an.

This kind of thing not only smells pungent and unbearable when burned, but also has a lot of black ash. Where can I find carefully burned charcoal?

He didn't believe that Chang'an would spend a lot of time collecting things that only inferior people would use.

After only two days, King Ming was in no mood to explore the real uses of coal and oil.

The Great Wall issued a new order for Princess Huai'an.

First of all, the Yu Dynasty will officially set up a market in the place where the soldiers of the Yu Dynasty originally set up their stalls. From then on, merchants of the Yu Dynasty will replace the soldiers of the Yu Dynasty to sell various supplies.

If the grassland tribe wants to enter the market, it must first prove to the Great Wall defenders that the tribe is friendly to the Yu Dynasty, and pay a deposit in exchange for a token that can pass through the checkpoints set up by the Guannei Army.

There are also stalls specially reserved for grassland tribes in the market. Regardless of buying or selling, the customs army will charge a 15.00% transaction tax.

In addition, the Yu Dynasty also established a wool farm between the Great Wall and the market.

Because the Turkic tribes were willing to submit to the emperor of the Yu Dynasty, they donated jewelry, gold and silver every year.The soon-to-be-established wool farm allows Turkic girls to go to work, and will pay eight-tenths of the wages of girls from the Yu Dynasty.

However, those who work in the wool farm can purchase Yu Chao's materials in a limited amount every month at the internal price, which is equivalent to three-tenths of the original price.

Wool farms will also give priority to purchasing live sheep from Turkic tribes.

The superposition of various conditions is not unattractive.

Although the grassland tribes don't know what to do in the wool farm yet, many small and medium-sized tribes have quietly migrated towards the Great Wall.

Every day in the market, people ask the stall owner how to get the qualification to work in the wool farm.

Then, all the grassland tribes who had already tasted the sweetness in the transaction with Yu Chao and were no longer willing to let go could not change it indifferently.

The Yu Dynasty will exempt the tribe from the transaction tax when trading in the market according to how friendly the tribe is to the Yu Dynasty.

The first tribe to enjoy this grace is still the Turkic tribe.

The 15.00% transaction tax is painful, but not completely unbearable.Not up or down, just at the most uncomfortable level.

When everyone pays the 15.00%, even if they are uncomfortable, they can find other reasons to comfort themselves.

The high-sounding rules are established by the strong, 30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi, first write down today's embarrassment, and wait until the strength of the two sides changes before making any calculations.

If they deceive themselves, if they go south to occupy Chang'an in a few decades, everything in the territory of the Yu Dynasty will belong to them, including the gold and silver spent today.

……

Suddenly someone is free from pain and shines alone, and the pain of others is immediately doubled.

In just a few days, there were only twelve small Turkic tribes left, but they were first besieged and suppressed by Rouran's iron hooves, and six of them were destroyed.Then they were surrounded by the Mohe tribe, and five of them were seriously injured.

The surviving Turkic tribes could only hold together and flee to the nearest location to the Great Wall.

If they can't hug Yu Chao's thigh tightly, the only thing waiting for them is to kill the clan.

King Ming certainly didn't care about the survival of the Turkic tribes, he was so angry at Emperor Changping who was far away in Chang'an that he couldn't sleep.

On April [-]th, Xue Qing, the junior teacher of the former prince, passed away.

Because Xue Qing's reasons for becoming an official were not glorious enough, this matter should not have been brought up to the court.

However, the court will never be lacking, and the sticks with high and low eyebrows cannot be seen clearly.

This time the mallet is last year's new top pick.

He came from a poor family, and his appearance can be regarded as Zhou Zheng, but unfortunately without the support of his elders and teachers, he inevitably bumped into walls everywhere.In the days of the Hanlin Academy, I was not as comfortable as the No. [-] and No. [-].

But the number one scholar is no wonder, he had a chance to be caught by the list.

After all, he is the number one scholar from a poor family, the more unreliable and straightforward he is, the more it proves that he has real talents and practical learning.This type of person is most liked by courtiers who have only daughters in their families, who are high-ranking and want to find a wife for their daughters.

Even the Minister of the Ministry of Household and the Minister of Rites couldn't bear the pleas of their son and daughter-in-law, so they personally invited the champion to have a drink, mentioned how the champion got along with his colleagues, and hinted that he wanted to recruit him as his grandson-in-law.

Zhuangyuan Lang rejected all those who threw marriages at him without hesitation.

The reason is simply pathetic.

He didn't know where he heard that Princess Baoding, who had no engagement in her boudoir, wanted to call a noble son from a poor family to be her son-in-law.

It was really hard for Ji Xinxue to understand why the rumors were so outrageous.

Ji Jingrou obviously wanted to find a man who was very good-looking, with a decent personality, and whose family background did not require him to be his son-in-law.

Just because Chu Mo, a noble son from a poor family recognized by Chang'an, exceeded all of Ji Jingrou's requirements, we can't just use a noble son from a poor family to summarize Ji Jingrou's criteria for choosing a son-in-law.

Isn't this fooling people?

The poor Zhuangyuan Lang was fooled and couldn't find the north. Not only did he lose the opportunity to fight for ten years less, but he also left a 'stupid' impression in Emperor Changping's heart. If he wants to be promoted in the future, he can only work hard on learning.

The obtuse number one scholar still dreams of marrying the emperor's daughter and reaching the pinnacle of his life.

In order to let Emperor Changping and Princess Baoding notice him as a "noble son", Zhuangyuan Lang always seeks a sense of presence in very embarrassing places.

When Emperor Changping asked Xue Qing to be the crown prince's junior teacher according to the old rules, Zhuangyuan Lang's chest was straight and his nostrils were facing upwards.Those who don't know may mistake Zhuangyuan Lang as Xue Qing's own son or grandson.

Ji Xinxue subconsciously looked at Ji Jingrou.

She was dozing off with her eyes open and aboveboard, and she didn't even give Zhuangyuan Lang the corner of her eyes.

well.

Ji Xinxue turned her head, passed Ji Cheng who was also dozing off with eyes open, and looked at Zhang Siyi who was almost standing at the door.

It was too far away to see clearly, and even Zhang Siyi, who had no clairvoyance, could not see his eyes clearly.

Just when Ji Xinxue was hesitating whether to continue looking for someone or to take the top spot, Li Jinhuan suddenly stepped out of the crowd and knelt down on one knee, "I want to report to your Majesty, I have this report, and Xue Qing, the young master of the former prince, colluded with the remnants of the previous dynasty. Steal the country."

Ji Xinxue immediately looked at Yu Heng who was also standing opposite him, and the joy at the end of her eyes became more and more mellow.

Is this a tacit understanding?

Responding to Ji Xinxue was Li Dio's sudden smile.

Emperor Changping closed his eyes that were suddenly stung, and said silently, "This is the Great Court Meeting".

After repeating it three times, my restless heart finally returned to calm, but the tone of my mouth was like thunder rolling under the clouds, "What's going on?"

Of course Li Jinhuan didn't know what was going on.

He only knew that the Shangzhou case in the second year of Changping involved the remnants of the previous dynasty.However, no one mentioned this point in the investigation of Shannan Liangdao and Hedong Dao, or the investigation of Jiangnan's official circles.

Even in the fourth year of Changping, when the investigation of the Jiangnan officialdom was completely over, when the courtiers re-recorded the dossiers based on the Chang'an power officials involved from various places, they did not mention the remnants of the previous dynasty.

Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng revealed a few days ago that they planned to use the big case of the year to point out the existence of the remnants of the previous dynasty.

Originally, they didn't want to find a breakthrough from Xue Qing, the former prince's junior teacher who had to serve as an official in the second year of Changping to ensure safety, but the county king suddenly gave him a wink, and then suddenly grabbed the golden unicorn around his waist by the neck.

Zhang Siyi, who heard the movement, trotted from the end of the line to Li Jinhuan's side. Even if he was unprepared, he could use the words that were originally used to turn over other people's old scores on Xue Qing, the former prince's junior teacher, without any hesitation.

The remnants of the previous dynasty are regarded as an open secret in the eyes of a small number of people.

During the Qian and Yuan Dynasties, the assassination of the Mountain Hunting, which caused heavy losses to the Yu Dynasty, was the most colorful stroke left by the remnants of the previous dynasty in the history books of the Yu Dynasty.

Also, when Emperor Yanguang died, the assassins in the Lieshan Palace, the Jiangnan case that shook the entire Yu Dynasty, the multiple assassinations of Emperor Changping, the assassinations of Ji Jingyu and Ji Xinxue...

However, listening to Zhang Siyi counting down the evidence of the crimes of the previous dynasty, the courtiers still felt an indescribable sense of crisis in their hearts.

The courtiers who knew about the remnants of the previous dynasty could not keep calm, let alone the courtiers who had never heard of it?

At this time, Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng revealed the remnants of the previous dynasty. They didn't want to force the family to jump over the wall, but just wanted to make the family feel a sense of crisis and come to Yu Heng on their own initiative.

Therefore, most of Zhang Siyi's accusations about the remnants of the previous dynasty were the old events of the Qianyuan Dynasty and the assassination of Emperor Changping.

On the contrary, they did not delve into whether the remnants of the former dynasty used Jiangnan merchants to coerce the court officials and search for the people's anointing, whether there was someone to help them.

In order to pave the way for the next plan, Ji Xinxue specifically asked Zhang Siyi when she first had the idea of ​​pointing out the existence of the remnants of the previous dynasty at the Dachaohui.Repeatedly mentioning that when Emperor Yanguang died, the assassin who sneaked into the Lieshan Palace under the nose of the Jinwu Guard planted a seed in the hearts of the courtiers in advance.

Although the opportunity to point out the existence of the remnants of the previous dynasty came unexpectedly, the effect was completely within Ji Xinxue's expectations.

Not only the courtiers' vigilance against the remnants of the previous dynasty suddenly rose to the highest level.

Emperor Changping made people beat gongs and drums to inform the people of the existence of the remnants of the previous dynasty, and reminded the people to be careful after being bewitched by the remnants of the previous dynasty.The performance of the people did not disappoint.

Before the dynasties perish, there are usually a few faint kings, leaving short stories about the people living in dire straits and mourning.

It took only half a day for the news to spread to the people, and these little stories that had almost disappeared reappeared in the mouths of elderly old men and old ladies.

The wine pool and meat forest of the last emperor.

The former general knew that he could not stop the enemy, so he killed the people in the city first to be buried with him.

The favorite concubine of the last emperor heard that the blood of young girls can keep youth forever, so she specially raised a house full of young girls for bloodletting.

……

There are only absurd things that the people of the Yu Dynasty can't think of, and there are no lunatics who are afraid of being punished by heaven.

The people of the Yu Dynasty were enjoying a prosperous and ordinary life, and they would subconsciously be hostile to those who might change their lives.There are so many horror stories left by the previous dynasty, which reminds the people of the Yu Dynasty to think of the sufferings of their ancestors, and fear and hate the remnants of the previous dynasty.

The common people who are still accustomed to bowing in the direction of Chang'an after washing have added another habit.Emperor Jianxing, who asked to give Emperor Changping the ice dragon jade pendant, would bless Emperor Changping and wipe out the remnants of the previous dynasty as soon as possible.

When the news reached northern Xinjiang, Ji Minyan, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately issued a new order.

From now on, no one from Xinrouran Mingwang's tribe is allowed to have any transactions with Yu Dynasty merchants in any way.

Anyone who bought items from the Yu Dynasty from the Great Wall Market, traded or gifted them to King Ming's tribe in any way was regarded as an ally of King Ming and an enemy of the Yu Dynasty.

These people enjoy the same treatment as the remnants of the previous dynasty, and while they cannot enter the Great Wall Market, the Great Wall Market will also prohibit other tribes in the grassland from trading with these people.

On one side was the Yu Dynasty, who seemed like an enemy but also a friend, and on the other side was King Ming who helped them stand up and call the shots. The new Khan in the grassland hardly hesitated, and chose to side with King Ming.

Don't think that he can't figure it out. Although Yu Chao's supplies are good, they can only be purchased at Yu Chao's prices.Still watching a large amount of gold and silver flow into the Great Wall, and spending a lot of manpower to snatch coal and oil, they are all consuming themselves and strengthening the Yu Dynasty.

You can't obey Yu Chao's orders.

He wants Yu Chao's goods too!

Xin Rouran's Sui Wang, Urolan Jike, has the same idea as Grassland Khan, but he has disliked King Ming for a long time, and has no intention of standing up for King Ming at all.

Khan said that Jiu Rouran had always stood firm on the grassland, no matter how much he was insulted by the Turkic people, he never thought of backing down, so he was entitled to enjoy the greatest fruits of victory.

Then why did King Ming sit on an equal footing with him?

He has [-] soldiers and countless cattle and sheep under his command.

Without him and his soldiers, even if the Khan could temporarily escape the control of the Turks, it would be impossible to complete the counter-kill immediately.

Urolanjiko believes that the Khan should give him the honor of being inferior to him.

But Khan didn't.

Regardless of the order of titles, the distribution of pastures and slaves, Khan clearly favored the Han,

Why?

His Han counselors were right, they should get rid of this alien first while the powerful Yu Dynasty hated the alien in the grassland.

Then, he argues with Khan whether the old Rouran who speaks Turkic is more worthy of being called Rouran orthodox, or the new Rouran who has never been a slave, which can better demonstrate the iron blood of Rouran passed down from generation to generation.

On the surface, King Sui agreed to the Khan's request on the grassland, and joined hands with Wang Ting and King Ming's tribe to attack the market outside the Great Wall, so that the people of the Yu Dynasty could see the strength of the Rouran tribe.

When it was time to send troops, he delayed the process with various reasons, fell far behind the team, and shot cold arrows at King Ming from time to time.

The corner of Sui Wang's mouth curled up in a pleasant arc.

There is nothing special about this trash other than rhetoric, but the secret guard camp that can quietly kill the Turkic royal family is really good.

It's a pity to follow the waste, it's better to merge into the Rouran cavalry.

Half a month later, the new Khan of the Grassland returned home.

The Guannei army successfully ambushed the Rouran army twice outside the Great Wall, and repelled the Rouran army's siege five times.

Wang Ting's iron cavalry, known for their bravery, rushed to the front and suffered heavy losses.

The main combat power of King Ming's tribe is assassins accumulated over generations, and they are extremely bad at charging on the battlefield.Most of the rest of the soldiers were all kinds of captives. If they were dragged to the battlefield, it would be considered a high incense if they didn't pull their legs at a critical moment, and they had almost no role other than meat shields.

Even if King Ming sensed something was wrong, he immediately changed his strategy, ordered his soldiers to stop charging and harass the flanks, but still lost many prisoners.

At the beginning, the Suiwang tribe had plans to charge.

Seeing that Wang Ting's iron cavalry could not move forward, Ming Wang's tribe pulled it like a blatant smash.

Sui Wang thought that the reason for this war was that the Yu Dynasty was targeting Ming Wang, and suddenly became very tired, and felt that he couldn't be taken advantage of like Grassland Khan.

He immediately changed his strategy, turned into a logistics general, and led his soldiers to cheer for those on the battlefield ahead.

Occasionally, when he was too idle to feel flustered, he would use his bow to look for King Ming's figure, and replenish arrows for him in time.

Because Sui Wang was too vigorous, and people arranged by the aristocratic family frequently shot cold arrows at Ming Wang.

Even though the spies buried in foreign races of the Yu Dynasty frequently rescued him, and Abu Hanbing, who was instructed by Yu Heng on the Great Wall, paid special attention to King Ming's safety, and King Ming almost died on the battlefield outside the Great Wall.

Last year when the snow was the deepest, Emperor Changping overheard Ji Xinxue say "three idiots in sledge", but he didn't take it seriously at the time.

Seeing the notebook sent back by Beijiang, he suddenly remembered this sentence that didn't have a beginning or an end and didn't seem like an idiom.

Song Nian brought tea, and seeing that Emperor Changping was in a good mood, he asked jokingly, "Why is Your Majesty happy?"

The subtle smile suddenly turned into a loud smile. Emperor Changping closed the folder, threw it aside casually, and said in an unclear way, "Xiao Wu told me a joke half a year ago, and I only understand it now."

Rouran Khan, King Ming, and King Sui can also be collectively called the "Three Fools of the Grassland".

When King Ming was hiding in the dark, it could still bring him a sense of urgency, but now that he is in the light, he actually...

Until Mo Yao entered the door with a chilling aura, the smile on the corner of Emperor Changping's mouth still did not restrain.

The sharp contrast between the two people who are usually moody and indifferent makes Songnian immediately notice that Mo Yao's mood is not as calm as usual.

"Is there something wrong with the general?"

Mo Yao blinked, and said softly, "Xuanwei has something to hide from me."

Emperor Changping, who was in a good mood, raised half of his eyebrows and asked with great interest, "What's the matter?"

It makes him happy to say it... no, he can comfort Mo Yao by saying it.

"She received an invitation from the King of Xianglin County, and on the ninth day of May, she went to the hot spring village on the outskirts of Beijing for a banquet." Mo Yao had a rare look with his head down, like a big bear that had been suddenly abandoned.

Emperor Changping smiled and waved his hands, "The juniors are just playing together, it's not a big deal, don't take it to heart."

Mo Yao was silent for a long while, still unable to get over the hurdle of being 'specially' concealed, she whispered, "She is very sensible, and never deliberately concealed anything from me. The boy who took a fancy to me at the beginning also told me directly that she wanted to..."

Emperor Changping's eyebrows twitched violently, and he quickly interrupted Mo Yao, "Who else was invited to the banquet on the ninth day of May? Let me analyze for you why Xuanwei kept it from you."

Mo Yao strode to Emperor Changping's side, and the speed of his speech suddenly became faster, "King Ling, Princess Baoding, Princess Jinming, Princess Jichang, Princess Yanning, Duke Ping, Li Jinhuan, Zhang Siyi, Yan Meng, Huo Yu... ..."

Every time he said a name, the smile on the corner of Emperor Changping's mouth became weaker.

After an unknown amount of time, a chuckle suddenly sounded in the silent study.

Emperor Changping said to Mo Yao, who was full of anticipation and entanglement, with a blank face, "I can't figure out what Xuanwei is thinking, why don't we go and see."