The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 334 Happiness Index

Regarding this trip south to Dali, I did not tell Wen Tianxiang, Lu Xiufu and others the details, but only vaguely said that I would go out for a private visit for two months, otherwise there would be another wave of "dissuasion" with righteous words.

"Chen Xie Daolin, minister Wen Tianxiang, minister Lu Xiufu, and minister Lan Yu refer to the Queen Mother, and refer to Your Majesty,"

Xie Daoqing nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Four lovers, please be free from courtesy."

"Thank you Queen Mother, thank you Your Majesty,"

"En," Xie Daoqing stretched out his hand to signal, "Four lovers, please sit down."

Since I had been out for too long, I invited the Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing to the Imperial Study Room to let her get acquainted with Wen Tianxiang, Lu Xiufu and Lan Yu.

After making a new pot of tea, Xiaoqi first filled a cup for Xie Daoqing and me, and said respectfully, "Queen Mother, officials, please use tea."

I took the teacup and said, "Xiaoqi, you are now the commander of Jinyiwei, sit down and listen."

"Yes, official." Afterwards, Xiao Qi poured tea for Xie Daolin and the other four, and sat aside.

"Mother, during the time I'm away, the government affairs of the court are handed over to Wen Tianxiang, the head of the Government Affairs Council, the military affairs are handed over to Lu Xiufu, the head of the Military Affairs Academy, and the Lin'an city defense is handed over to the admiral Xie Daolin. made a decision,"

Xie Daoqing nodded and said: "Okay, don't worry about the officials, I will handle it carefully."

"I am relieved to have my mother in charge," I said with a smile, "My mother, I have already arranged the affairs of the court. If there is any intention to do something wrong, my mother will just mobilize the army to suppress it."

Xie Daoqing smiled lightly and said: "The officials are joking, this Lin'an City is where I am going, so there is nothing wrong with it."

Xie Daolin said: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is right. There are only two major military forces in Lin'an City, the Imperial Forest Army and the Lin'an Military Region, and they are all in the hands of Your Majesty. I promise that nothing will happen."

I nodded and said: "Although this possibility is very small, it's better to be careful. The Imperial Forest Army is no problem, but among the three commanders of the Lin'an Military Region, Wu Songhan is the former general of the Imperial Army."

The meaning of this sentence is very clear to everyone here. The Imperial Army was originally under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, and the Privy Council envoy was Jia Sidao. This inevitably made me suspicious, but no one said it clearly.

Xie Daoqing put it bluntly: "Don't worry, the officials, although the Grand Master has a flamboyant personality, he is not a rebellious person. The Empress Dowager still has this bit of self-confidence."

"kindness,"

Lu Xiufu said: "In addition to Wu Songhan, there is also General Zhang Shun. Although it seems that he has nothing to do with Jia, oh, the original imperial army, but his time in the army is very short. Why didn't your majesty mention it?"

"Zhang Shun, I have my own measure of this person, not to mention that the father of the Zhang brothers has received the kindness of Mr. Yuan, so I think there is no problem, Junshi, you can rest assured about General Zhang Shun." Of course I can't say , Zhang Shun is loyal and courageous, and he sacrificed heroically in the historical Xiangyang defense battle. He is a great loyal minister.

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

"As long as the army is stable, other government affairs will be guaranteed. Wen Aiqing, the affairs of the various ministries will be carried out according to the established guidelines, and your government affairs council will be responsible for supervision. If you encounter difficult problems, please ask the Queen Mother for orders."

"Yes, I understand,"

"You should keep abreast of the various researches of Lin'an University, the Academy of Sciences, and especially the Gunpowder Supervisor, and follow up in time. If there are any problems, the imperial court must solve them as soon as possible. Regardless of whether it is human, financial or material resources, you must give full support."

"Yes, I obey the order,"

I continued: "There is also Xiaoqi's Jinyiwei. In the past two months, we must improve the organization as soon as possible, make full use of the special powers I have given you Jinyiwei, give full play to the characteristics of flexibility, autonomy, and concealment, and achieve results as soon as possible."

"Yes, Your Majesty, little one understands,"

"Lan Yu, I will leave the defense of the palace to you. This time I will take away [-] imperial guards, plus the [-] guards stationed in the gunpowder prison. The number of guards staying in the palace may be insufficient. Hereby, I entrust some of the former youth guards of the Yulin Army who are proficient in martial arts to your unified command, and at the same time, Xie Daolin and Xie Aiqing will personally sit in the palace with the former youth guards."

Lan Yu said: "Your Majesty, it's good to be brave. With Master Xie and these young guards joining, I can guarantee the safety of the palace even more."

For the people of later generations, they can choose various means of travel such as cars, trains, and planes when traveling, but in the Song Dynasty, people who traveled long distances had only one choice, that is horses (the waterway can take boats), even if it is me This supreme emperor is no exception.

There are many emperors who like to travel in history. The most famous one may be Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. In the TV works of later generations, there are countless dramas with the theme of Qianlong going to the south of the Yangtze River. The one that impressed me the most is Zheng Shaoqiu It's been a long time since Mr. starred in "Joking About Qianlong", but I remember the theme song "Wishing Love" very well.

Sea water never dries up.

The sky can't see through.

The world of mortals lingers with you with a smile.

When I heard this song on TV for the first time, I felt an inexplicable sense of loss. At that time, I didn’t know Le Lingshan, let alone Fang Ling. I felt sad for the fate of the characters in the play. Or there are other reasons, I don't know, maybe it's just a perception of fate.

Fang Ling was very excited when he heard that I was going south again for errands, and shouted, "Brother, it's time to go out. Jiangnan is just in March for a green trip, so you can't miss it." During Nanxi Road and Dali, Fang Ling also showed a little surprise and said, "It's so far away, and I still have to go to Dali, brother, do you know that the land of Dali is now the territory of the Mongols?"

"Of course I know, the place I'm going this time is Tianlong Temple in Dali's Shanchan Mansion,"

Fang Ling had never heard of the name of Tianlong Temple, and said, "I haven't heard of Tianlong Temple, but, Ling'er heard that Dali's scenery is very different from mine, so it's good to go and have fun, brother, the Mongols are nothing special. If Ling'er is here, she will be fine."

"That's right, my Ling'er is a master of martial arts, if anyone wants to harm me, Ling'er, you can beat him up for my brother."

"Hehe, brother, with my free bodyguard here, no one can touch you,"

Zhang Quanyi is also excited about this trip. Zhang Quanyi, who has followed Baiyun Chan's old Zhang Yun'an since he was a child, is very used to this kind of life. Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. For this reason, Zhang Quanyi One is deep understanding.

In the early morning, when the sky was just getting bright, our group of six people and six riders quietly left Lin'an, along the official road, and headed south at a high speed. Unlike the last two times, Lan Yu stayed in the palace, replaced by Young Zhang Quanyi.

Wen Zhang took the lead, followed by Shen Mo, followed by Fang Ling and me, Yuan Ji and Zhang Quan were in charge of breaking the rear. My mount was still the top-quality royal horse named "Feiyan" in the palace, and the rest of the five They are also palace horses from the Western Regions.

After more than a year of practice, I am now finally able to master horse riding skills proficiently.

According to Yuan Ji's arrangement, Wen Zhang, who opened the way, and Fang Ling, who was beside me, controlled the speed of progress. The distance from Lin'an to Dali was about 2000 kilometers. According to our average daily speed of about 20 miles, it would take about In [-] days, at the speed of sitting on a Maxima, the average daily journey of [-] miles is quite easy. If the horse runs wildly, it is not difficult to average [-] to [-] miles a day.

On the third day after leaving Lin'an, we came to Quzhou Mansion, the largest state capital in the southwest of Liangzhe West Road. From Quzhou Mansion, we headed southwest, which is the former Jiangnan West Road, now Jiangxi Province. In the area where the land borders, there is a military road specially used by the army. Although this military road is not as wide as the official road, it has a solid foundation and does not allow the common people to walk on it, so it is often empty.

We galloped down Bingdao and tried to run wildly for a day. In the evening, Yuanji Road, the journey of this day is about 950 miles. The Maxima is really extraordinary. If the rest time on the way is reduced, it will not count as a thousand miles a day. No wonder Guan Yu disregarded military orders on Huarong Road in order to repay Cao Cao’s gift of the Red Rabbit and BMW. Sore, but fortunately Fang Ling gave me a massage that night, otherwise it would be difficult to even get up. In the next few days, Yuan Ji resolutely did not allow such a wild run, so we had to maintain a daily speed of [-] miles and never Going to try to travel thousands of miles.

According to the defense plan formulated by Yuan Ji, Zhang Zijian and Yun Zhongfei, the commanders of the imperial guards, each led a hundred guards in plain clothes as our accompanying guards. Among them, Zhang Zijian's [-]-man team set off ahead of time, and made good arrangements along the way. Another hundred guards were scattered around us under the command of Yun Zhongfei. The mounts of these two hundred guards were not as fast as the imperial horses we rode, so basically they could only rest two or three times a day. Fortunately, these guards are all highly skilled in martial arts, so it's not a problem. In addition, there are nearly a hundred members of the Longya Security Department who follow secretly along the way. Every time they go to a place, they first contact the local Longya Information Station. Members, cooperate with Zhang Zijian who is going forward, and take precautions.

Compared with the Song-Mongolian border in the north, the security environment in the inland areas is relatively much more stable. After I ascended the throne, I made great efforts to govern, develop the economy, and rectify the officialdom. For more than a year, the economies of various places have generally begun to pick up, and the lives of the people have improved day by day. , social security also tends to be stable at the same time.

Everywhere I go, before going to bed at night, I will hang around the street with Fang Ling, Yuan Ji and others, eat local snacks, chat casually with the shopkeeper and waiter in the store, and occasionally buy some gadgets .

Regarding the current living conditions, the "happiness index" of the people has obviously risen a lot compared with previous years. People along the way generally said that there have been many changes in life in the past year, and these changes are roughly the same everywhere. His attitude has become milder. In a remote small county in Jiangxi Province, the owner of a snack bar told me that once, on the way to buy goods, he accidentally bumped into the sedan chair of the county magistrate. , but very domineering, so scared that he immediately knelt down on the ground and kept kowtowing for mercy. Who knows, after the parents got off the sedan chair, not only did they not blame him, but they also asked him gently if he was injured. I dare not even think about it. Secondly, everyone has land to cultivate. As long as they are diligent, they can eat enough. Thirdly, people with crafts also get the support of the government. In many places, the government has specially planned a piece of land. The low rent is rented to craftsmen as their production workshops. At the same time, the government also helps them broaden their sales channels, which promotes the development of the local handicraft industry, and the surrounding farmers also come to the workshops during their slack. Do part-time jobs to supplement the family income,