Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 386 Jiangling (4000)

Gao Xiaoyu brought the fruit back to Linzhi Pavilion, where the princes studied, Gao Xiaowan only tasted one, thanked his two elder brothers, and stopped eating any more.

Gao Xiaoguan gnawed on the fruit brought back by his second brother, the sweet taste filled his mouth.

Before he had time to savor it, he saw the four-year-old Gao Xiaocong gobbling it up, and there were not many fruits left in the basin. Gao Xiaoguan grabbed one and asked:

"Second brother, can I save one for later?"

Of course, Gao Xiaoyu would not refuse such a small request. He fought fiercely with Gao Xiaozhang and Gao Xiaowan secretly, but it would not hurt the little transparent fourth child. .

Everyone knows that Gao Xiaoguan's birth mother is unknown, and he is not a threat. If even Gao Xiaoguan can't tolerate him, it will be different from Hu Hai in the eyes of outsiders.

Gao Cheng, who was reviewing the memorial, had long known the humility of the two sons in front of Lou Zhaojun. Although the play was a bit fake, considering their age, it is not surprising that they deceived Lou Zhaojun.

It is better for a son to be able to act than to be straightforward. Da Qi Wenwu has been influenced by him for many years, and under the influence of his ears and eyes, almost all of them have become actors. The group play that boasted about Xiao Yuanming is enough to prove it.

If you are not shrewd, you are guaranteed to be played around by this group of people.

After class in Linzhi Pavilion, the eunuchs reported, and the fourth son of the emperor asked to see him.

Gao Cheng had long heard that Gao Xiaoguan left a piece of fruit and refused to eat it, seeing him running in with the fruit at this moment, he couldn't help but feel very relieved:

'Unexpectedly, I, Gao Zihui, have such a filial son. When he encounters delicious food, he doesn't forget to leave a portion for his father. '

Before Gao Xiaoguan could speak, Gao Cheng smiled and said:
"Go slowly, don't fall, you will leave the palace with your father later, and stay in Yaoguang Temple tonight."

Gao Xiaoguan heard the words and immediately put the fruit into his bosom.

Seeing this, the corners of Gao Cheng's eyes twitched, hinting:

"Is the fruit your second brother gave you delicious?"

Gao Xiaoguan, who was under seven years old, said cheerfully:

"The taste is very delicious. If the father wants to eat it, the child will go to the grandmother to ask for some."

The tired Gao Cheng waved his hand and said helplessly:

"Forget it, let's go out of the palace with my father."

It was still early today, and the reason why he left the palace early was to pay respects to the Sun Manor.

Sun Teng died of illness at the age of 68 during the Gaocheng Southern Expedition.

As Gao Huan's old friend at the end of his life, the long history when he was governor of Jinzhou, and Gao Cheng's matchmaking four times, the friendship between Sun Teng and Gao's father and son need not be repeated.

Gao Cheng heard the news from the front line, and ordered to posthumously present envoy Chijie, Taishi, Kaifu, Lushang Shushi, and Jizhou governor. His posthumous title is Wen, and he is King Wen of Xianyang. The Duke of Xianyang County.

On this trip, Gao Cheng also brought Sun Teng's righteous daughter, Yuan Yuyi, one of the nine concubines.

When they left Sun Teng's mansion, it was already dark, Gao Cheng ordered someone to send Yuan Yuyi back to the palace, and he himself took Gao Xiaoguan to Yaoguang Temple.

"Grandmother, hurry up and taste it, this fruit is delicious."

Gao Xiaoguan lifted the fruit to his mother's mouth, fed her a bite, and asked quickly:

"taste good or not?"

Seeing her son's expectant eyes, the sweetness in Queen Yuen Long's heart was stronger than her lips and tongue:
"It's delicious, Guan'er has a heart."

Gao Xiaoguan invited pets and said:

"Hey, I didn't even give it to my father."

Queen Yuen Long frowned when she heard the words, Gao Xiaoguan hurriedly explained:

"Father, what good things can't be obtained? If he wants to eat it himself, he can send someone to fetch it. There is no need for a child to offer fruit. There is only one fruit, so of course it must be left for Grandma."

Gao Cheng, who was squatting outside the window and listening to the corner of the wall, was annoyed and funny at what he said. Queen Yuen Long told Gao Xiaoguan in the room to be filial to his father, but Gao Cheng didn't listen any more, and slipped away without a sound.

He didn't let his personal guard show the way, he walked around in Yaoguang Temple, and walked outside a remote courtyard, where he could hear the melodious sound of the piano, which was touching.

With the help of his personal guards, Gao Cheng sat on the wall and saw a woman in plain clothes playing the piano in the courtyard. It was already mid-winter, although there was a stove in the courtyard, but Gao Cheng saw that her clothes were too thin to cover her body. I feel cold for her.

As the emperor of Daqi, he couldn't bear to see Baixin under his rule naked in the winter, so Gao Cheng ordered someone to call out the woman from the courtyard, and after careful questioning, he found out that she was the favorite concubine of the former abolished emperor Yuangong , entered Yaoguang Temple at the age of 16, and has been in Yaoguang Temple for 17 years now. When I think of myself getting old and dying in the temple, I feel emotional, so I play the piano solo.

Gao Cheng was a warm-hearted person, he couldn't bear to hear her talk about loneliness, and saw that although she was 33 years old, her skin was soft and smooth, she was able to be favored by Yuan Gong, and her appearance was naturally beautiful, so he talked with her at night by candlelight.

Unexpectedly, the next time I come to Yaoguang Temple, there will be the sound of piano, pipa, and Hujia everywhere, making a mess.

Of course, this is something.

Before dawn, Gao Cheng took Gao Xiaoguan and sneaked out of Yaoguang Temple, returned to the palace, and was about to drive Gao Xiaoguan to Linzhi Pavilion to study, but saw Gao Xiaoguan take out half a fruit from his arms and put it in Gao Cheng's hand superior.

By the time Gao Cheng reacted, the kid had already disappeared in a flash.

"You bastard, you don't know any manners, and you don't know how to say goodbye to your father."

Gao Cheng complained, but after a few mouthfuls, he ate half of the fruit until only the core remained.

I don't know whether it was his son who gave him fruit, or whether he was comforted by Yuan Gong's favorite concubine. Gao Cheng's mood was indeed much better, and he didn't even reprimand Zu Ting, but the good mood didn't last long. According to the battle report, Hou Jing lost again.

These years Hou Jing was sitting in Xiangyang, facing Jiangling directly, the two sides often had conflicts, but Hou Jing lost more than he won, of course there was a reason for the lack of troops, the troops allocated by Gao Cheng would only be enough for defense.

But Xiao Yi, the King of Eastern Hunan who guarded Jiangling City, was not someone to be trifled with.

It's not that Xiao Yi is so good in ability, the key is that there are many capable people around him.

For example, Wang Sengbian and Yan Zhenqing suggested to Tang Dezong that one of the 64 ancient famous generals who were posthumously named, the Song Dynasty set up temples for 72 famous generals according to the practice of the Tang Dynasty, and they also had their names.

There is no need for Gao Cheng to be envious, his family Hu Luguang, Murong Shaozong, Wei Xiaokuan are also among them, but the absence of Duan Shao is puzzling.

Besides Wang Sengbian, a famous general in history, beside Xiao Yi, there are also Du Kan and Wang Lin, who were tied for the first place in military exploits in the process of suppressing the Hou Jing Rebellion in the original time and space.

Although Du Kan is the son-in-law of Wang Sengbian, he followed Xiao Yi with his uncles, such as Du Jue, Du Song, Du Qi, Du Ji, Du Yi, Du Yi, Du An, Du You'an, etc. Generals, or counselors, enjoyed a high reputation in the world.

Hou Jing has Song Zixian, Ren Yue and other generals, but compared with Xiao Yi's lineup, it is still much worse.

Gao Cheng was able to understand Hou Jing's difficulties, so although he was angry this time, he did not reprimand him, and he still sent a message to appease him, but faced Hou Jing's request for additional troops, he still rejected it on the grounds that the war was over and the soldiers and civilians needed to recuperate. .

Hou Jing repeatedly made troubles on the border of Qi and Liang, but it was just for a prince. Seeing that Duan Shao, Murong Shaozong and others were crowned kings due to their achievements in the Southern Expedition, how could Hou Jing be in a hurry.

Although he is a duke, he only changed his banner after the Hanling War. Naturally, he does not belong to Xindu Yuancong. A tough nut to crack.

Of course, if Jiangling was easy to chew on, Gao Cheng would have already divided his troops when he was in Huainan.

Gao Cheng hinted to Hou Jing in the letter that now that Huainan has been swallowed up, the next step is to go straight to Jiangling. When Hou Jing makes meritorious service, let him wait patiently for now.

After Hou Jing got the letter, he really didn't start provocateurs anymore, he had already recognized the facts, if Gao Cheng didn't lead the army to go south, he really couldn't do anything about Jiangling.

At the same time, since Gao Cheng vented his anger at the court meeting, no one dared to mention the future, and the court of the Northern Qi Dynasty returned to calm again.

As time went by, materials purchased in Jiangnan with Huainan Zumo money continued to be smuggled from Danyang to Guangling, and then transported from Guangling to Luoyang.

And the [-]% profit margin also allowed Xiao Yuanming and his [-] cruisers to patrol the river to make a lot of money, so no news was leaked.

35 renminbi can be used as 65 renminbi, and the difference of [-] renminbi is the size of the entire Huainan Zumoqian. If such a huge profit is not willing to feed Xiao Yuanming and his sailors, even if Xiao Yuanming thinks of Gao Cheng's kindness , don't say much, it's hard to guarantee that his subordinates won't be jealous and tell the truth.

There is something to give, Gao Cheng knows this best, there is no army in the world that is more comfortable than the navy under Xiao Yuanming, while accepting bribes from the Qi people, and at the same time using the Northern Qi navy to win the battle, the victory is reported every three days and goes to Jiankang According to legend, Xiao Yan had to reward them.

If you win a battle, how can you not pay a reward!It can be said that it is a win.

Time came to the second year of Zhaode, in the first month, Hu Luguang, who assisted in the defense of Guanlong, led [-] soldiers back to Luo. Gao Cheng made him the champion of the county because of his meritorious service in deterring Tuyuhun, which shows his favor.

In the south, more than half of the Huainan Zumo money has been used in a short period of time, and the Jiangnan market has finally reacted. Hard currency such as cloth has caused the price of rice and cloth in the south of the Yangtze River to rise all the way.

Obviously there was no disaster year, and last year's autumn harvest could even be called a bumper harvest, but ordinary people just couldn't afford rice, and the people in Jiangnan complained a lot.

Gao Cheng knew that he threw Huainan's coins to the south of the Yangtze River to buy a large amount of cloth and rice, which caused a sharp increase in the amount of money in the market and a sharp decrease in the amount of cloth and rice, which would inevitably lead to inflation and rising prices. The tyrants of the gentry threw out coins to buy in panic, which further exacerbated this phenomenon.

The sharp depreciation of Zumo money and the high prices have bankrupted countless common people's families, and the poor families are even starving, and people starve to death everywhere.

Regarding this, Xiao Yuanming and his navy were naturally indifferent, but Gao Cheng still stopped continuing to plunder Jiangnan's supplies, which may have the possibility of showing mercy to the people in Jiangnan.

But it is more because the remaining small part of Zumo money continues to be transported to the south of the Yangtze River, and there is no profit. The price in the south has reached an appalling level. It is said that a bucket of salt costs about 500 yuan, which is almost 175 yuan when converted into later generations. Per catty, the price of salt has caught up with that of Wu Zetian when he was in power.

And the price of food is not too much, and a bucket of rice has risen to 300 renminbi.

Correspondingly, a bucket of rice in the Northern Qi Dynasty was only 5 Wen, and a bucket of salt was only 20 Wen.

It can be said that Qi and Liang are separated by a river, but the price of one side is under the rule of Zhenguan, and the other side is under the rule of Wu Zetian.

Gao Cheng transported the few remaining Zumo Qiantong back to Luoyang, and cast it into Zhaode Tongbao. The high prices in the south also allowed Gao Cheng to see business opportunities.

He still used Xiao Yuanming and his patrolmen to transport salt from Jiangbei to Jiangnan to earn the difference. The same bucket of salt only sold for 20 Wen in Jiangbei, but 500 Wen in Jiangnan. The money can also be transported back to Luoyang for melting and casting. For the ruler who has the right to mint coins, the stock of copper will never be too much.

According to the old rules, a profit of [-]% is still allowed. Of course, the salt can be sold, but the grain Gao Cheng will never be sold. Even if Jiangnan is full of starvation, that should be something that bothers Xiao Yan.

Besides, now that Nanliang is inflated, his little King Gao transported salt and plundered a lot of money. Although he made three melons and two dates, he also objectively contributed to Nanliang's stabilization of prices. As a grandson-in-law, it is interesting enough.

In the first year of Zhaode, Gao Cheng launched two wars against Nanliang, one was a territorial war to swallow up Huainan, and the other was an economic war to plunder the wealth of Jiangnan.

No matter how difficult the people in the south of the Yangtze River were, the Northern Qi Dynasty had a good year. Not only did the treasury not be depleted due to the Southern Expedition, but the finances were even more abundant than before.

This also made Gao Cheng start planning for the next big battle, and the target was naturally Jiangling.

In the past, when a big war was fought, it was necessary to rest for two or three years. It was not for the soldiers to rest, but for the national treasury to breathe. No matter how tired a person was, he could always recover after a month of rest. No matter two or three years, I can't slow down.

Now that the government treasury is full, the soldiers have received rewards for the Southern Expedition, their morale is high, and their fighting spirit is strong. On the other hand, looking at the south of the Yangtze River, the people's grievances are boiling, and it is a good time for the Southern Expedition.

Gao Cheng still set the time after the spring plowing, but the scale was much smaller than last time. Previously, he focused on the whole of Huainan, and even before he knew that the navy was not available, he had the heart of destroying Nanliang, but this time his goal was only to capture Jiangling and Surrounding cities.

Of course, before that, you have to find an excuse, you can't sign the agreement like farting, and just turn around and tear it up for no reason.

Gao Cheng pondered for a long time, and also thought about using Liyang Princess Xiao Miaochun to use her as an excuse to assassinate him to raise troops against Liang, but once this was used as an excuse, Xiao Miaochun would definitely not survive.

Although Xiao Gao Wang is not a human being, he is not shameless enough to kill a girl under the age of 13, so he also gave up this idea and continued to think about it.

It is not difficult to find an excuse to raise troops, but the difficulty is to convince the world that he has not gained anything for a while, so he simply handed over the matter to Chen Yuankang, Wang Hong, and Wang Jun, and let them rack their brains.

Do everything by yourself, and why do you keep these regular servants on loose horses.

On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month in the second year of Zhaode (549), Gao Cheng, the Lord of Qi, once again visited Yaoguang Temple.

　Let's update it separately, there is still a chapter with [-] words tonight, and I should post it before [-] o'clock in the morning.

　　
　
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