Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1288 Baron Xianglin County

"Long live the Emperor!"

"Long live!"

Luo Cheng was wearing a black dragon robe, riding a tall horse of sweat and blood from the Western Regions, with a golden crown on his head and a jade sword on his waist.On both sides of the road, behind the standing guards, there were countless civilians kneeling.

Luo Cheng could not help but feel a little flushed when he heard the uproar.

At this moment, he felt as if he was that superstar.

No, no matter how powerful the king of pop is, he can't compare to the emperor's popularity at this moment.

"Be flat!"

Luo Cheng kept making noises.

Wei Zheng followed behind the emperor and said excitedly, "Saint, this is the hearts of the people, the hearts of the people are hard to find." Wei Laodao seemed to be more excited than the emperor. He looked at this scene and knew the mountain of the people in Yanshi. How sincere the voice is.This is not a ceremony, not a cutscene, this is genuine support and admiration from the heart.

This is the emperor's sincere gratitude after letting the people of Yanshi end the turmoil and restore peace, let the people of Yanshi re-distribute land and grant land, reduce taxes and taxes, and let the people survive the famine.

Shengjia passed by the people of Yanshi for twenty miles to greet Changko, and finally entered the camp prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the outskirts of Yanshi.

Shengjia did not enter Yanshi County.

The camp is a temporary camp prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in advance, and the planning is very neat.

When the chariots and horses entered the camp, they began to set up camp and set up tents, each performing his duties.

Luo Cheng changed his clothes and washed his face, but he didn't rest right away. Instead, he called Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other prime ministers, and then called the prince. Yanshi's rural fields, personally inspected and checked the situation in Yanshi's village.

"In Yanshi County, Ma Zhou was the county magistrate and Li Gang was the county magistrate before. He did a good job in disaster relief and prevention. Now the new team in this county seems to be capable of doing things well."

Luo Cheng saw that the roads in the country were well repaired, the fields were criss-crossed, and the ditches had been cleaned.The emperor even went down to the ridge to inspect the crops in the field.

The radish seedlings planted in one field have grown green radish shoots, while the other field is planted with rapeseed.

"This field is plowed very deep, the soil is very broken, and it has been watered. The ridges are also good. The farmer is a good hand, and he is very diligent. Look, there is no grass at all, and the field is still watered. Fat."

Wei Zheng was not surprised at all that the emperor knew how to farm. After all, in the Royal Beiyuan, the place where flowers and grass were originally planted, the emperor even cultivated a few fields himself.

"The land here is good. It is easy to irrigate and the land is flat and fertile."

The Habayashi rider who followed walked carefully on the ridge of the field. No one dared to step on the ridge in the field casually, and the mount only dared to stay on the road and let other companions lead it.

"The road and the ditches can be seen. They are newly repaired. Even the field seems to have just been fully weeded." Luo Cheng said with a chuckle.

Wei Zheng smiled.

"Shengjia passing by, Yanshi County will definitely not dare to neglect."

Back on the road again, Luo Cheng continued walking towards the countryside and came to a village.

The villagers who had gone to greet Shengjia before did not expect the emperor to come, and they all went out of the village to worship in excitement.

"Please get up quickly, flat body."

Luo Cheng stretched out his hand to invite the village chief and militia captain, as well as the principal of the primary school in the village, to accompany them.This is not a small village, with about two hundred households, and the village is built on a mound.

The emperor looked at the village carefully while listening to the village head's somewhat excited and incoherent explanation of the village's history.

The village road has been newly repaired and is very flat.

The ditches in the village have also been dug out and are very clean.

Even the houses of the villagers have been repaired, so you don't see the messy countryside, and you don't see the sewers where the sewage flows, let alone the cow dung, pig manure, and flies flying around.

"A distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor!"

"Drowning a baby girl is worse than pigs and dogs!"

"Work hard to get rich, work hard to manage the family!"

Luo Cheng even found the walls of the houses in the village, and even painted many slogans with whitewash.

"Is this required by the county?"

The principal of the elementary school in the village, a very thin old man in a Confucian robe, stepped forward and responded, "These are some persuasive words written by Xiaomin according to the county's requirements."

Persuading the people is to persuade the people to be hardworking, kind, frugal, and law-abiding, and to advise some villagers on bad habits, such as drowning girls and abandoning babies, and even gambling.

"Did the village have the bad habit of drowning babies before?" Luo Cheng asked.

The headmaster nodded and said that in the past, everyone had a hard life. If there were too many girls, they would be abandoned or drowned if they couldn't afford it.There is even a baby girl tower in the village.

When Luo Cheng heard about it, he asked the headmaster to lead the way.

The girl's pagoda is in the mountain behind the village. It is said to be a pagoda, but it is actually a rather simple pile of rocks about ten feet high, with a few holes left in it. It is in the shape of a pagoda with seven floors.

The principal can't tell when the baby girl tower was built, only that it has been passed down from generation to generation.Any drowned girls in the village would be sent here and thrown into the stone pagoda. No one knew how many corpses of drowned girls were in the pagoda.

Luo Cheng's heart was heavy when he heard this. He knew that the bad habit of drowning infants was indeed very common. The common people didn't have any knowledge about contraception, and they got married early, so they kept giving birth.But poor families are easy to raise but not easy to raise, not to mention that many people regard girls as companions for money. After all, they will eventually marry another family, and even have to prepare a dowry for their daughters.

Therefore, after many people have several children at home, they often drown or abandon the baby girl when they give birth to a baby girl.

If it is a gift, it is still very kind.

This kind of bad habit actually existed even when Luo Cheng's descendants were young, let alone now.

"I hope there will be no more drowning babies in the future." Luo Cheng bowed to the pagoda, "Old Taoist Wei, smash this pagoda, collect the bones inside, and build a baby girl's tomb here."

Wei Zheng nodded, "Your Majesty need not be sad. Since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has issued several edicts to prohibit drowning and abandoned babies, and he has also established orphanages and nurturing halls all over the world to adopt the babies abandoned by the people. What His Majesty has done Good enough."

"After all, it's still not enough. If the people live well and have enough food and clothing, who would abandon their own flesh and blood?"

Luo Cheng felt a little heavy when he left the village.

In fact, he also understands that no matter how the imperial court enacts laws and regulations, the common people will still drown and abandon their babies if they cannot support them, especially more female babies are abandoned and drowned.From a certain point of view, a normal couple can have seven, eight or even ten children. If they have to raise them all, it is indeed extremely difficult, but the common people do not have much knowledge about contraception. Abandoned babies, which family doesn't want to die young? There are really very few who can raise them all after birth.

"The county magistrate of Yanshi is quite diligent in his work, but some like to do superficial projects. Some money is just wasted money for me to pass by. I think it is a good thing for him to spend money to build roads and repair dilapidated houses for the people, but it cannot be because of me. Doing it while passing by should be regarded as a job to do."

"After all, it's just a county magistrate. It's not bad to do this step." Wei Zheng spoke for the county magistrate.

"I know it well, so I didn't say that I will punish him, but I have to explain to him."

Back to camp.

Luo Cheng went to take a shower first, changed his clothes and came out. Feng Lishi reported a good news.

"Nantang County Prime Minister Li Shimin, with the help of Daqin Yishang, the capital of Linyi, took the lion city in a surprise attack and captured Linyi king Fan Fanzhi alive. According to reports, only the golden statue in the temple of the Linyi palace in the lion city has More than 4000 jin, the gold and silver wealth of the entire Linyi City is as high as [-] to [-] million guan!"

After hearing this, Luo Cheng was a little surprised.

"Li Shimin went to Linyi country, broke the capital of Linyi country and captured the king of Linyi alive, and got tens of thousands of catties of gold?"

"Indeed, the Secretary of the Imperial City and Jin Yiwei both confirmed that Li Jing in Lingnan has ordered the establishment of Linyi County in Lion City, with Li Shimin as the magistrate of Xianglin County in Linyi County."

"It's really capable." The emperor sighed softly, "Since Li Jing has ordered Linyi to set up a county, then the court will approve it. As for Li Shimin, since he has such ability to defeat the enemy's capital and capture the king by himself, he will also serve for the purpose The imperial court seized more than [-] catties of gold, and it is too thin to give it to only one county magistrate, so Li Shimin was given the post of Linyi County Chancellor, and he was bestowed the title of founding baron of Xianglin County!"

Feng Lishi reminded the emperor in a low voice.

"Sage, Li Shimin is from Changliu in the south of the Lingnan. Although he was rewarded by the sage before as the county magistrate of the Southern Tang Dynasty, he went to Lin Yiguo to attack the city and did not ask for instructions to report to the court. There is a big problem here. We really need to investigate Come to think of it, even if it is caring for him regardless of merit or reward, if you really want to pursue it, you can definitely be convicted of treason."

"Actually, it's not that serious. I know Li Shimin's actions very well. I know very clearly that he, the magistrate of Nantang County, has never really taken office. He has been running the fleet for the Sunset King, and has been holding a robbery permit. Linyi is a pirate along the coast of Funan."

"Why does Your Majesty indulge Li Shimin so much? This man is rebellious and very young. I'm afraid that in the future..."

"I understand what you reminded me, but it's okay for Li Shimin to refuse to admit defeat to me. His tone is actually quite good. Let him go to the South China Sea. No matter how powerful he is, he will be nothing without Daqin Don't look at him being able to take down the capital city of Linyi, but he also bears the identity of Daqin. If I want to move him, I just need to say one word, he doesn't say that he is in the Lion City, even in the Persian Gulf, I can catch him back at any time .”

"Let him go for it. Anyway, he has made a name for himself. It is also for the great Qin. In the end, the court will benefit. For example, this time, Li Shimin captured the Lion City. In the end, the gold and land still belong to the court. ?”

Feng Lishi chuckled and said, "The sage has a broad mind and can tolerate others. If you change the emperor at will, Li Shimin may die dozens of times."

(End of this chapter)