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Chapter 213 The bleak autumn wind is here again, and the world has changed
In Chang'an City, the Imperial Palace, and the East Nuan Pavilion, Li Rusong looked at Emperor Qianyuan sitting behind the desk with a happy face, "Your Majesty, the envoy who went to negotiate with the barbarians has returned."

"This negotiation was very successful. The barbarians demanded that we only need to cede the territory of Hongdu Prefecture, and they can withdraw their troops!"

"what?"

Emperor Qianyuan stood up from behind the desk, with an unconcealable shock on his face. Of course, after a short shock, he was ecstatic.

"reward!"

"There are many rewards!"

"This is up to you to arrange, the sooner the better!"

Emperor Qianyuan did not doubt the authenticity of this matter. On such a major event, Li Rusong did not dare to lie to him. Under the ecstasy, he even said to Li Rusong, "It is a talent to declare him to come to see me in the palace. I will definitely Reward him well!"

He didn't know how this envoy managed to get the barbarians to agree to retreat after only ceding a territory.

No, this is no longer a talent, it is a genius!
It was a gift from God to him!

Li Rusong's complexion became a little awkward, "However, the barbarians have an additional request."

"Governor Lin killed tens of thousands of barbarians on Qianliyuan. They hated Lord Lin deeply, so they want his head..."

There was silence in the East Nuan Pavilion, and Emperor Qianyuan's face was cloudy and uncertain.

After a long time, Li Rusong said cautiously, "The envoy Qu Siyuan has tried his best to obtain the best conditions. If His Majesty thinks it is inappropriate, I will ask Qu Siyuan to go and discuss with the barbarians."

With that said, he was about to turn around and leave.

"Wait!"

Emperor Qianyuan stopped him, and after another moment of silence, he said, "There is no need to renegotiate, but I will consider Lin Qian's death."

"Yes!"

"My minister retire."

Li Rusong looked respectful, but actually laughed secretly in his heart, he knew Emperor Qianyuan too well.

He knew that Emperor Qianyuan was worried that the barbarians would not agree to withdraw troops after renegotiating. As for Lin Qian's head concerns, he believed that Emperor Qianyuan would make a decision soon. After all, one life and the peace of the country are not in the heart of Emperor Qianyuan It is not difficult to choose.

He knew that Emperor Qianyuan would make a choice in the end, so he could resign with confidence.

After serving Emperor Qianyuan for so many years, he has already figured out Emperor Qianyuan's character.

However, just when Li Rusong was about to resign, Bingbi eunuch Meng Chong rushed in again.

Meng Chong knelt down on the ground, saluted Emperor Qianyuan, and looked at Li Rusong.

The meaning is obvious, I have something important to report to His Majesty, Mr. Li, please get out of here.

Li Rusong's expression was uncertain. Meng Chong must have known that he was in the East Nuan Pavilion. Meng Chong dared to rush in like this, indicating that the news he brought must be very important. It was so important that Meng Chong thought that even if he was discussing important matters with Emperor Qianyuan , can also be interrupted to report.

Of course he wanted to know about such an important matter.

But he also knew the rules, so he could only bow to Emperor Qianyuan again and bid farewell.

However, Emperor Qianyuan waved his hand, "It's okay, what's the matter, just tell me, Mr. Li is the pillar of the country, so don't shy away from it."

At this time, he was in a complicated mood, and he didn't bother to think about anything, but Meng Chong's words were like a shock, shaking his somewhat numb head.

"Your Majesty, Lord Lin won a big victory. He not only repelled the barbarians, but also took back the Sixteenth City of Yanyun, driving the barbarian army to the north of the Great Wall!"

"what?"

"what?"

The exclamations of Emperor Qianyuan and Li Rusong sounded almost at the same time, and they both stared at Meng Chong with wide-eyed eyes, wondering if they were hallucinating.

Emperor Qianyuan was simply in shock, while Li Rusong's heart was beating wildly.

If Lin Qian had already retreated from the enemy, then the conditions for retreat that he had negotiated with the barbarians would naturally be invalidated. Wouldn't it be a joke that he had painstakingly planned the trap for so long?

"The news came from the frontline warlord, this matter is absolutely true!"

Meng Chong said firmly that he also couldn't believe it when he heard the news. If he hadn't confirmed it repeatedly, how could he have dared to report it to Emperor Qianyuan.

"Okay, got it, you go down first."

Emperor Qianyuan waved his hand and fell into deep thought again.

Just as Li Rusong thought, if Lin Qian had already withdrawn the barbarians, then there would be no way to talk about the previous negotiations, but he was still worried that the barbarians would make a comeback again. If he just drove the barbarians out of Hongdu Mansion, he might still feel happy.

But Lin Qian took back the sixteenth city of Yanyun, which was the territory of the barbarians. If he was satisfied and unwilling to send his troops south again, wouldn't it be another disaster?
"Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty!"

At this time, Li Rusong interrupted Emperor Qianyuan's contemplation, "It's really a blessing for Your Majesty to get such a strong general like Lord Lin, it's a great fortune!"

"It's just that I have something to say, and I don't know whether to say it or not."

"But it doesn't matter."

Emperor Qianyuan said impatiently, now that he is in a complicated mood, he has no time to play charades with Li Rusong.

Li Rusong hurriedly put on an expression of sincerity and fear, knelt down and pleaded guilty, "Your Majesty, forgive me."

But his heart is as steady as an old dog.

"If you have something to say, don't make excuses at every turn, I'm not that scary." Emperor Qianyuan was still a little impatient, and of course he didn't mean to blame him.

"I heard that Lord Lin is very popular with the people in Hongdu Mansion. When the army arrived in Hongdu Mansion, thousands of people spontaneously went outside the city gate to welcome the army, or to say, greet Lin Qian."

"And Lin Qian quarreled and exterminated hundreds of gentry in Hongdu Mansion, and distributed all their land to the people of Hongdu Mansion. This is using His Majesty's property to buy people's hearts!"

Li Rusong glanced at Emperor Qianyuan's face before continuing, "And at this time, he has an army of 20, which is an elite force capable of repelling barbarians. 20 troops."

"Okay, I got it."

Emperor Qianyuan waved his hands angrily. This time, he was obviously really angry, "I believe in Lin Aiqing, don't say such things anymore, Aiqing should step down first."

Li Rusong pleaded guilty again, and then left Dongnuange.

After leaving Dongnuange, Li Rusong was also a little apprehensive. If he was sure before, then now, he was really not sure what Emperor Qianyuan was thinking.

Lin Qian's life and death seemed to really depend on Emperor Qianyuan's thought.

……

Outside a small city outside Wuzhou City, the air was filled with a strong smell of paper money. Lin Yuhan lit a brazier next to the official road, and the paper money was crackling inside, and there were three sticks of incense in front of the brazier.

That's right, this small city is called Ningyuan!
It was the city that his father wanted to protect with his own life. Unfortunately, he still failed to defend it. Instead, she didn't have the chance to return here until more than ten years later.

"Father, it's not just Ningyuan, the sixteen cities of Yanyun have been taken back, you can rest in peace!"

"Master Lin..."

Lin Yuhan was talking, looking in the direction of Wuzhou City, his eyes were blurred, and he was already immersed in his own world.

It wasn't just her, there were no fewer than hundreds of people who lit braziers like her outside Ningyuan City, some were crying with joy, some were crying bitterly, they all came from Hongdu Mansion after hearing that Yanyun Sixteenth City had been recovered.

It's a pity that there are no miracles in the world. Some of them moved from the south of Yanyun Sixteen City to Hongdu Mansion during the war, and some fled to Hongdu Mansion after being bullied by the barbarians. But when they returned to Yanyun Sixteen City again, When I returned to my hometown, I realized that none of my old friends had disappeared.

There are very few people who can find their old friends, and very few people can live in the sixteenth city of Yanyun under the rule of the barbarians for more than ten years!
Wang Shibei set the Central Plains Day, and the family sacrifice never forgot to tell Nai Weng.

At this time, they came here to tell those old friends that the Sixteenth City of Yanyun was taken back, and those barbarians who enslaved them were driven back to the north of the Great Wall again.

Of course, among these populations, the name of a person is unavoidable, and it is because of this person that they can return to their homeland.

At this time, Lin Qian was standing on the wall of Wuzhou City, looking at the people offering sacrifices on the official road outside the city, he thought of the soldiers outside Wuzhou City, and the barbarian king's court, Qingyunkou...

Fighting is not a treat for dinner, it is destined to die. If these people can see this scene, I am afraid they will be able to smile!

Lin Qian had a clear conscience, but the compensation money for these soldiers was not a small amount. He said that the compensation for the war dead was one hundred taels of silver, plus the rewards for meritorious men, there is still a shortfall of close to 200 million taels of silver. , He has already given a performance to His Majesty, and he must have handed over 800 million taels of silver to him, and recaptured the Sixteenth City of Yanyun. With such a great effort, it is not too much to reward the soldiers with 200 million taels of silver, right?

If he hadn't handed over the 800 million taels of silver back then, killed so many gentry, and the memorials to impeach him would have piled up like a mountain, it would be impossible for him to be alive.

He will personally supervise the whereabouts of the pension money. He can't save the lives of the soldiers in the battle, but no one can be greedy for the money they exchanged for their lives!
A gust of wind blew, and the red flag on the city wall fluttered, playing the haze in Lin Qian's heart, and making Lin Qian's heart soar with pride.

This battle lasted less than three months, but the results achieved were remarkable. After recapturing the Sixteenth City of Yanyun, the barbarians lost the support of this fertile land, and it took tens or hundreds of years for the barbarians to regain their vitality. It's impossible.

And this time is enough for him to transform Daqian into a country that is rich and strong, and truly worthy of the name Dagan. At that time, it is uncertain who will fight who.

The confidant's troubles that have plagued Daqian for hundreds of years were defeated in one battle.

Of course, Lin Qian also knew that the battle more than ten years ago was equally important. It can be said that the unparalleled battle that involved millions of troops completely hurt the vitality of the barbarians. Otherwise, if the barbarians had an army of 80, he would not Can only be powerless.

A flock of wild geese flew from the north, and before they knew it, it was almost winter, and the wild geese began to return to the south, but those savages had no chance. They could only spend this winter in the bitter cold of the north, and every day after that. winter.

Suddenly, bean-sized raindrops fell from the sky and extinguished the brazier outside the city.

The Dagan people who paid homage did not scatter and escape from the rain, but stood still and enjoyed the feeling of being drenched by the heavy rain. In their view, this was not rain, but the tears of their relatives!
But the wild geese in the sky were in a hurry, and began to look for shelter from the rain in a panic, and landed in a hurry.

[Heavy rain falls on wild geese, wild sand fills the sky,

Lingyun Duwai Shepherd Dog.There's nothing left to see,

Who do you know?

The past has passed through thousands of years,

The champion waved his whip, and went north to live in Juxu.

The bleak autumn wind is here again, and the world has changed. 】

Lin Qian recited the great man's poems, and seemed to be infected by the great man's arrogance. He thought back then that the champion Hou chased death and chased the north, drove the barbarians to the extreme north, and did not dare to go south. Xu, what a sight it is.

It's a pity that after thousands of years, Dagan no longer has this kind of glory, but with Lin Qian coming, this world will definitely change, and taking back Yanyun Sixteen City is just the beginning!

boom!
The moment this thought arose, a violent blast of sand swept across and turned into a tornado with a radius of tens of feet, appearing on the top of Wuzhou City out of thin air.

The wind was howling, and the sand was blinding the eyes. In an instant, people inside and outside the city seemed to see a young general leading a cavalry galloping across the grasslands in the north.

No one could see who the boy was. Some thought it was the champion of the year, but some looked at the Wuzhou city tower, the figure surrounded by the tornado of madness!
Lin Qian also saw the figure chasing death and north, and he knew that it wasn't him, because when the figure was rushing to the north, he looked back at him, and Lin Qian could clearly see that he was smiling, that he was Smile at him!

The next moment, the figure disappeared, and the vision dissipated, only the tornado of madness was still sweeping through, and the awe-inspiring energy roared into Lin Qian's body like a flood.

At this time, Lin Qian's Wen Palace had already undergone earth-shaking changes. The violent arrogance rushed into the Wen Palace, and it was like a flood that destroyed the world, destroying everything that could be touched.

And the heavenly stars in the sky cast soft rays of light. After Haoran Qi destroyed everything in the Wen Palace, new buildings rose from the ruins, and soon became quite large.

Lin Qian was in the Palace of Literature at this time, but he couldn't do anything, he could only watch all this happen.

It's a little strange, he knows that he has been promoted to the third rank of Confucianism and Taoism. Even he himself did not expect that the promotion would come so suddenly, but all of this is reasonable. One of the three immortals.

Lin Qian's article on the way of heaven has long been considered as a statement. As for meritorious service, he retreated 40 barbarian troops for Dagan, saved the people from fire and water, recovered the sixteen cities of Yanyun, opened a new poetry list, and opened another road to the sky for Dagan scholars. If this is not considered a meritorious service, then throughout the ages, I am afraid that no one has been able to complete the meritorious service.

The reason why he has not been able to break through to the third-rank Great Confucianism is just that he has not accumulated enough talent.

In the past three months, his previous articles have been providing him with a steady stream of talents, plus the two poems written in Qingyunkou and Wuzhou City at this time, after completing the accumulation of talents, it will be a matter of course, breaking through to the third rank Great Confucianism.

But what surprised Lin Qian was that through his previous communication with Cao Mengruan, he knew that there was no such phenomenon when the fourth-rank gentleman realm broke through to the third-rank great Confucian realm. The vision of the time, could it be that he directly crossed the Confucian realm and broke through to the semi-sage?

Lin Qian quickly rejected this idea, because he could clearly feel that he was still far away from the semi-sage, and he did not have the power of the semi-sage to follow the words, and he did not feel that he was a half-sage. The feeling of flesh and blood connection with Dagan.

Just as Lian was thinking, the changes in Wen Palace had come to an end.

A vast world appeared in Lin Qianwen Palace. Unlike Cao Mengruan's Ningrong State Mansion, Lin Qian's Wen Palace became a vast land after remodeling.

According to Cao Mengruan's guess, the semi-sacred Wen Palace is related to the way of proving the semi-sacred, for example, he proved the Tao through novels, so the final appearance of Wen Palace is the world described in the novel.

As for those semi-sages who have proved their way through Dagan's administration, the Wen Palace in the body is a part of Dagan's world, usually the place where they govern.

Undoubtedly, the bigger the palace of literature, the stronger the semi-saint queen, so Cao Mengruan also laughed at himself. Although he was promoted to a semi-saint, he was probably the weakest existence among the semi-saints.

Lin Qian looked at his Wen Palace, but fell into doubt.

Because he is not considered a semi-sage at all now, but his Wen Palace is extremely vast, not just a few mansions, nor a land of one state and one mansion, not even a big cadre, but a whole world.

At first, Lin Qian thought it was Dagan, because he was carrying out reforms. Although it was only a part of Hongdu Mansion and it had just started, since Wen Palace was remodeled, it should be Hongdu Mansion. , but the fact is that this Wen Palace and Hongdu Mansion have nothing to do with Dagan. On the contrary, they are very similar to the blue planet in Lin Qian's memory.

Lin Qian was confused, but when he looked up and saw the bright stars in the sky, he suddenly thought about it.

……

"Lord Lin, it's not that we don't sympathize with the hard work of the soldiers, it's just that you know the current situation of Daqian. There are too many places to spend money due to internal and external troubles."

"Yes, you only handed over 800 million taels of silver a few days ago, but there are many places to spend money. A flood occurred in Hongyi Mansion in the south, and hundreds of thousands of people were displaced. Relief and rescue are needed. need money?"

"The plague in Jiqing Mansion has just been eliminated, and countless people are starved of food. The imperial court had no choice but to build water conservancy projects to provide jobs, board and lodging for the people who have no means of livelihood. Do you want money..."

"A big job is no better than a certain family or a certain city. The big job is too big. If you do something in any place, it will cost you a lot of money."

"The 800 million taels of silver you handed in have already been used up, and now the 30 taels of silver are all taken out of the salaries of court officials by our sympathy for the hard work of the frontline soldiers."

"It's not that we don't give it, it's that we really can't take it out!"

In Wuzhou City, a head of the household department escorted 30 taels of silver to come in person, and explained to Lin Qian endlessly with a crying face.

Lin Qian sat in the first place without saying a word.

Even if 800 million taels of silver were thrown into the sea, it would take several months.

He knew that it was a big effort and there were many places to spend money, but he spent 800 million taels of silver in three months, did he really think Lin Qian was a fool?
The soldiers threw their heads and blood on the front line, and these people actually regarded it as a dirty political game.

Inexplicably, Lin Qian felt angry.

But he suppressed his anger, "Okay, I see, I will play Your Majesty."

Lin Qian accepted the 30 taels of silver, and asked the head of the household department, who was sweating all the time, to step down.

"It's so deceiving!"

"30 taels, are they sending beggars?"

In the camp, as soon as the head of the household department walked out of the tent, Bi Xujie shouted angrily. He deliberately let the head of the household department hear it. It was the result of his restraint that he didn't beat the head of the household department directly.

"Since they won't give it, we'll get it ourselves!"

Lin Zhenyu spoke surprisingly, and Bi Xujie, who was still furious, froze in place, not daring to speak.

"Doesn't Datong Mansion next to Hongdu Mansion also have noble gentry?"

However, Lin Zhen didn't mean to rebel. He knew that Lin Qian wanted to change the law. Hongdu Mansion's territory is changing, and the country's great efforts are also changing. Solved the problem of no pension silver.

Lin Qian smiled wryly and shook his head. He knew that his elder brother was actually more free than him. In his heart, only the people he cared about, he could do anything for the people he cared about, even if it was rebellion. Not to mention the killing of noble gentry.

"It can be done arbitrarily in Hongdu Mansion because His Majesty appointed me as the governor of Hongdu Mansion. I have the right to act cheaply. If I go to Datong Mansion, it will be tantamount to conspiracy."

Lin Qian still had this political sensitivity.

Lin Zhen hesitated to speak, but seeing that there were still many people in the camp, he finally swallowed his words.

……

"The bleak autumn wind is here again, changed the world?"

"Whose world is this for?"

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Li Rusong knelt in front of Emperor Qianyuan and whispered something.

Emperor Qianyuan was not in a very good mood these days, even the dancing girl he loved most a few days ago couldn't make him happy.

When he saw this poem, his mind that had given up thinking hadn't thought of anything yet. After Li Rusong's reminder, his face was already gloomy.

"A few days ago, Mr. Lin asked for 200 million taels of silver in pensions to reward the soldiers. A 20 army needs 200 million taels of silver in pensions. Buying people's hearts is not such a bribery method, is it?"

"What does he want two million taels of silver for? Rebellion?"

Li Rusong strikes while the iron is hot, this is his real purpose of coming to see Emperor Qianyuan today.

After pondering for a while, Emperor Qianyuan also figured out the tricks. Even if he wanted to reward the soldiers, 20 troops and 100 million taels of silver would be regarded as loving soldiers like sons. The soldiers each rewarded five taels, such a reward, Emperor Qianyuan did not believe it.

And earlier, when Lin Qian ransacked the house of a wealthy gentry, he obtained more than tens of millions of taels. Everyone knew that there were some unspoken rules for such things as ransacking homes. He believed that Lin Qian must have obtained more than tens of millions of taels, and Lin Qian Only 800 million taels were handed over.

Although the sixteenth city of Yanyun is not considered a fertile land, the output is equally rich. Wouldn't it be possible to gain something after capturing the sixteenth city of Yanyun?
Now he asks himself for 200 million taels. If this is not malicious, what is it?

He certainly didn't expect that when someone ransacked his home, he would report it in full. He also didn't expect that someone would really give high pensions to soldiers, and he never thought that after capturing the Sixteenth City of Yanyun, someone would open a warehouse to release food and share all the wealth. to ordinary people.

Of course, this is also the reason why the wealth of the Sixteenth City of Yanyun was plundered to the north by the barbarians long ago.

Soon, Emperor Qianyuan chuckled, because he had already made a decision.

People are like this. When making a choice, they will be so entangled that they can’t eat well, sleep well, and have no energy to do anything. But once they make a decision, they feel relaxed. This relaxed feeling may make people Mistaking it for freedom, and after one or two times, people will become obsessed with this feeling of "freedom", so in order to pursue this feeling of "freedom", they always make hasty decisions so that they will never Caught in a tangle of choices.

Just like Emperor Qianyuan at this time, his body seems to have developed a mechanism to pursue this kind of "freedom", making him give up weighing pros and cons, giving up complicated thinking, and just want to be free.

"Then play music, then dance!"

Soon, Emperor Qianyuan, who made the decision, felt better.

(End of this chapter)