Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 457: The Choice of Jiangshan Beauty
"How is Shi Jin?" Shi Congyun leaned on Zhao Shijian's thigh. After caring about their mother, Emperor Shi would occasionally care about his son and daughter.

"It's still the same, a little restless."

"What is restlessness, what is lively and energetic."

Xiao Huanghua and Lin Shanggong led the two maids to prepare tea and wine.

Emperor Shi lay comfortably, talking about some household chores, and at the same time asked Zhao Shijian to read some memorials to him, but most of them were irrelevant. For important matters at the moment, officials from the Confidential Department, the Privy Council, the Political Affairs Hall, and the Third Department would come to him in person report.

"Everything in Weizhou has returned to the right track. At the end of the year, the Tianxiong Army had only 620 soldiers in the military. They asked for instructions on whether to add pedestrians next year." Zhao Shijian summarized the content of the memorial for him.

Emperor Shi shook his head. It was his goal to reduce the Tianxiong Army until it was gradually dismantled. Naturally, he would not allow them to recruit new recruits: "No, just maintain the status quo. You can help me outline it." He was too lazy to get up.

Zhao Shijian was a little angry: "How can the emperor entrust an outsider with such a thing."

Emperor Shi had no choice, so he got up, walked over and drew a cross with the imperial brush he had prepared earlier, indicating that he would not pass.

Only then did Zhao Shijian continue to read to him, and rubbed his temples with a small yellow flower, "The governor of Wuzhou in the south of the Lingnan requested that the local tax be exempted for one year. Many young and strong were killed, delaying farming."

Shi Congyun thought for a while. Indeed, according to the report of the navy, they fought a total of three major battles all the way south, one in Guizhou, one in Wuzhou, and finally in the north of Panyu.

Guizhou is because Jingjiang Town is there, and the main force of the main navy of the Southern Han Dynasty is there.

Needless to say, Panyu was the capital of the Southern Han Dynasty. In addition, the counties and counties along the way surrendered quickly, except for Wuzhou, which resisted fiercely.

"This is a good thing, but let's save the memorial first, and make a decision after I personally ask the front-line generals."

Zhao Shijian took out the memorial and put it aside.

Tell him what's next.

"Xiang Gong, the magistrate of Taiyuan Prefecture, wants to send more troops to Yanmen Pass."

"That's right."

"Li Hanchao, the commander of the towns in Guanbei, sent a memorandum to greet the officials, and also said the recent movements of the Liao army in Guanbei." Zhao Shijian has already skillfully picked up the next memorandum.

"What's the change from last month?" Shi Congyun asked while enjoying Xiao Huanghua's massage beautifully without even looking up.

Zhao Shijian shook his head, "In general, there has been no change, but General Li, the two spies newly sent by Wu Desi, has helped arrange to go to Liao Kingdom. of."

Shi Congyun waved his hand: "Tell him not to make the mistake of Shu again."

I thought to myself, Li Hanchao is already in his 50s and still has children, so he is very powerful.

So Zhao Shijian left the memorial and waited for his instructions. She is a very good secretary, has a good memory and is educated, but she has always refused to approve paintings on behalf of the pen, whether it is simple drawing circles and crosses, or writing replies. The Son of Heaven does it himself.

Then he talked about the next thing: "The governor of Fengzhou said that he was old and asked to return to his hometown."

Then he added, "He gave the same memorial at the beginning of the year, but at that time the Southern Han Dynasty was conquered, and many places in Lingnan lacked officials, so there was no permission. He is sixty this year."

"That's right."

I dealt with things like this until the afternoon. Many things were not big, but they were just trivial. Fortunately, Emperor Shi didn't feel tired when someone was with him.

After many things were dealt with, it began to snow. Shi Congyun took Zhao Shijian, took Xiao Shijin, Xiao Huanghua and Lin Shanggong, and had a meal of hot pot to drive away the cold.

Another year is coming to an end, and many things come and go.

In the spring of the second year, when the ice melted and the snow melted, Emperor Shi thought of going to Yangzhou with fireworks in March.

So he went to Zhou Xian's palace.

After the ups and downs, in the calm wind, Emperor Shi caressed his smooth back and talked to her about love.

Most of them asked about Shi Min's recent situation. The daughter obviously inherited her mother's excellent genes. She is very cute since she was a child, and there is no one in the palace who doesn't like it.

Although Emperor Shi has always been confident about his appearance, it would definitely be better if he could be with Zhou Xian.

"Ehuang, do you want to go home?" Shi Congyun whispered in her ear.

"This is my home." Zhou Xian didn't want to answer.

Shi Congyun gently caressed her pretty face. Although she became a mother, she was still beautiful. Now she is more calm and more beautiful.

"I'm going to Yangzhou for a trip. Although I can't cross the river, it's very close to Jiangnan. Come with me." Emperor Shi said in a low voice.

He went to Yangzhou not to have fun, but for two major things, one is to try new gunboats along the Bian River, Huai River, and Cao Canal. He is very concerned about this matter, not to mention investing a lot of money. Strategic planning matters.

These new gunboats are not only going to attack Jiangnan, but they are also planning to use them in sending troops to Liaodong and the Korean peninsula in the future.

Although Emperor Shi is sometimes lazy, as long as he considers a major matter, he will definitely do it himself and grasp it with all his strength.

In addition, Yangzhou will also serve as the rear of the dispatch. A large amount of food and logistics supplies will be concentrated in Yangzhou, so that supplies can be sent to the front line. Even the reserve corps will gather in Yangzhou.

Logistics supplies are always the top priority in wars. In the history of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Liao Dynasty fought several times. The biggest reason why they won first and then lost was that the logistics supplies could not keep up and the backup was not in place.There was even a situation where the striker broke into Youzhou City, but the backup troops couldn't make it and were forced to abandon the city.

And in the past ten years of fighting, Shi Congyun has taken command many times, and he understands the difficulty and importance of this aspect best.

So he didn't go to inspect the navy and army, nor did he ask the generals how they were preparing for battle. Instead, he wanted to take the opportunity to go to Yangzhou to see how Yangzhou, which is a logistics supply base, was preparing.

If the war starts, more than [-] troops will cross the Yangtze River, and Yangzhou will at least be responsible for the supply of about [-] to [-] troops on the eastern front, which is the place with the greatest logistical support pressure.

The local Huainan Army was mainly responsible for providing logistical supplies for the army instead of directly participating in the war. Shi Congyun handed over this matter to a person whom he had used for the first time, Zhao Kuangyin.

After he finished speaking, Zhou Xian didn't speak for a long time.

Emperor Shi was surprised, he thought Zhou Xian would be happy.

When she gently turned Zhou Xian over, she found that her eyes were blurred with tears.
"What's wrong?" He panicked for a moment. After arriving in Daliang, it was the first time he saw Zhou Xian crying.

"Are the officials preparing to use troops against Jiangnan?"

He was a little surprised, and stretched out his hand to caress her cheek again: "This is inevitable. I told you once on the great river that no one can stop the world. First."

Speaking of the past on the river, Zhou Xian seemed to think of something, his glamorous face flushed slightly, and then he covered his big hand with both hands: "I know that what the government does must be for the people of the world, and it is the most important thing to do.

I'm just a little scared, many people I know, relatives and friends are all in the south of the Yangtze River, if that happens, I don't know if they can survive the war."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Xian looked at him expectantly, and gently stroked his chest, which made Emperor Shi's heart itch, "Officials, can I let some of them come to see me in Yangzhou?"

Emperor Shi looked at the lovely and pitiful beauty in front of him, and understood her worries and expectations.

But he was hard-hearted, he didn't say a word, and in the end he didn't promise anything.
No one can say for sure about the war, and he can't send someone or issue an edict to take the Zhou family over the Yangtze River at this juncture, because that might scare the snake.

If the Southern Tang was prepared for this, the soldiers of the Qin army would have to pay more.

Seeing his silence for a long time, Zhou Xian lost his smile, and gradually understood what he meant.

Emperor Shi caressed her hair: "There must be no mistakes in this matter, you must listen to me."

Zhou Xian nodded obediently and sensiblely.

In the end, Shi Congyun left in Zhou Xian's disappointment. Before leaving, Zhou Xian didn't mention what happened just now. He only told him that Shi Min's naughty incident made him very happy, and he also said that he was going to Yangzhou.

Because the emperor has made his own choice, Jiangshan beauty, Jiangshan is in the front, this is the answer of Emperor Shi, although Zhou Xian does not understand the sufferings of the world as well as Zhao Shijian and Fu Liumei, but she is also, well-read poetry and books, deeply Ming Dayi, very smart.

In March of Yangchun, Emperor Shi appointed Fan Zhi to stay behind in Tokyo. He took Zhou Xian and Xiao Huanghua with him on a new gunboat and went down to Yangzhou along the Bian River, accompanied by high-ranking generals of the navy.

Before boarding the ship, new naval and field guns were also tested on the riverside.

(End of this chapter)