My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 538: Under the curtain of green rain, everyone returns
Near noon, the temperature was getting hotter and hotter, and people were kneeling outside the south of the city.

The roar of mountains and tsunami-like shouts resounded throughout the city.

"Greetings to Your Majesty——"

Su Chen stood on the chariot, glanced at the kneeling figures surrounded by darkness, and handed the Xia Wang Sword to Dian Wei.

"I have made my triumphant return to the court. It doesn't have to be such a grand occasion. Get up, everyone, and hurry up if you need to be busy, so as not to waste time and have your wages deducted by the shopkeeper!"

The emperor's voice was loud and clear, even those kneeling at the back could hear it clearly. For some reason, the emperor's voice made their hearts surge.

The dark figures stood up slowly. Su Chen here got off the carriage and walked towards the officials in front. At this time, Zhuge Liang was still doing post-war grain statistics in Lin County.

At this time, Di Renjie was leading the officials to greet him. He was as fat as when he first arrived, but not bloated, and his beard was no longer gray. With an iron mace on his waist, he strode forward to face Su Chen. Hand over.

"Di Qing, you have been working hard these days."

Returning to court is not about showing off. As the emperor, the first thing to do is to express a few condolences to make the other party feel comfortable.

Fang Xuejun stood among the ministers, looking at the scene of father and son embracing each other, and smiled softly.

"Yes." After not seeing each other for a few months, Fang Xuejun had thought of many things to say, but when Su Chen held his hand, all his words turned into simple obedience.

"Recently, the prince has been pestering Mr. Xun every day." Fang Xuejun brought the sour soup to reduce the fire, looked at the father and son over there, and also talked about the affairs in the palace, "Your Majesty, I intend to let Mr. Xun do it." Grand Master of the East Palace, what do you think of letting Prime Minister Zhuge be the Young Master?”

This is the simplest foundation in how to control people.

The sun shines through the window lattice, and the glow of Ning Xin drives away the annoying cicadas outside.

But in the Central Plains, where Zhuge Liang, Di Renjie, and Xun Yu were well versed in people's livelihood, worked hard to govern, and had a rich background that was vaguely superior to that of China.

"What are you thinking about? I just want to hear what's going on with the baby in my belly!" Su Chen flicked his wife's forehead, squatted down, and leaned his face against the woman's bulging belly. He stroked it gently with both hands and listened to what was inside. Gudong" Gudong" sounds of distress.

Xun Yu just smiled and nodded slightly, turning sideways to make way. A little man behind him was looking around with his feet on his feet. Seeing his father looking at him, he broke out of Fang Xuejun's arms, ran over, and hugged Su Chen's arms. Legs, he screamed: "Father!!"

"I think it's good." Su Chen patted his son on the head and asked him to go out and play. Turning around, he took a sip of the sour plum soup on the table, then stood up and helped his wife sit by the bed.

After getting on the imperial chariot, Su Chen asked the eunuch to move the chair in the phoenix chariot here and put it together with the white tiger chair. After that, the imperial chariot slowly drove away from the place, entered the city gate, and drove into the imperial city.

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In the three years before the expedition against the Japanese pirates, the Xia Kingdom had been actively recuperating and recuperating, especially in the northern states and counties, although its population was not as high as that of Wuzhou in the Central Plains and the south.

Su Chen waved his hands to the surrounding civil and military officials: "It's all gone. I'll have a morning meeting tomorrow and I'll talk to you again. First, go down and prepare wine and meat for the soldiers of the three armies. And... for the soldiers who died in battle, carve their names on monuments!"

"The operation of a country cannot be done by an old minister alone. All officials should take credit for it." Di Renjie humbly handed over his hand again. Su Chen greeted him politely and asked everyone to get up. When he saw Xun Yu, he just stepped forward and gently touched the back of his hand. Patted lightly.

"I obey your order!" Di Renjie and Xun Yu took the lead and bowed with their hands in hand. Then they retreated left and right, dispersed, and drove away from the south side of the city in their own carriages.

Unexpectedly, Fang Xuejun's pretty face turned red, and she pushed Su Chen's shoulders with some resistance.

The couple just sat on the edge of the bed, hugging each other and talking privately in this quiet space.

Su Chen waved, pulled the fat-bellied Fang Xuejun over, and then picked up his son Su Chen, "Take my car back!"

Returning to the palace after a long absence, Su Chen had some fun with the prince Su Chen, telling him about things on the East China Sea, and then taking a test on the lessons he had recently learned in school.

There were no words, but the clapping action was more intimate than a sentence or two.

"Your Majesty, I'm still pregnant... You can't do this... If you want... I can ask my senior sister to come... or go to Meng Zhaoyi's place."

Moreover, as Yanjing was the political and military capital of the Xia Kingdom, war horses, furs, cattle and sheep sinews and other items from the Xirong Grassland would be supplied here first.

In addition, Feiyun Port also reduces the cost of freight for southern merchants, which is something other inland states and counties cannot do.

In a sense, it has reached a certain degree of saturation and is now on par with giant cities like Luyang and Shengkang.

Although Yanjing in the north and Luyang in the Central Plains are both the northern and southern capitals of the Xia Kingdom, there is another saying among the people that Yanjing is the real capital.

This is actually known to everyone from top to bottom. Moreover, in recent years, Chinese literature has become more popular, and after cars and cars share the same track and books share the same text, as people from the north, in a sense, they have an innate sense of superiority.

In their words, the people in the north have supported His Majesty all the way, from the general to the King of Xia and then to the Emperor.

Now that they are one country, after getting over the initial discomfort, the people of the six countries in the world have settled down, and they have turned a blind eye to the arrogance and superiority of those in the north.

This tacit attitude has allowed the northern states to faintly overshadow the Central Plains and the South in the past three years.

However, on this point, Zhuge Liang and Wang Lang actually stood on the same front and strongly advocated equal status for the people of Xia Kingdom.

It even includes the various tribes in Liangzhou that have just changed their clan name to Qiang, as well as the people of Yuezhou in the south. In three years, the two have joined hands for the first time. Through academic exchanges, unofficial histories, humanistic features and other channels that can be disseminated, they have just It had a lot of effects.

Su Chen naturally gave his full support. After all, when he ascended the throne, he said that all people from all over the world should be the people of China, without distinction between high and low.

It is not only the propaganda in words, but every autumn Wei also opens a little convenience door to other states, so that students there who have just come into contact with the five Chinese subjects can enter the selection of scholars in Yanjing.

In this regard, Li Ru, the prefect of Bingzhou, did an excellent job. He probably put aside the psychological burden of burning Luoyang back then and wanted to show his talents here, and wanted more children from poor families and poor people to stand up. He went to all prefectures and counties, and even went to the villages, to recruit intelligent people from the people to enroll in schools.

Dedicated to making Bingzhou, a land with barren land and little commercial and trade revenue, find a new way to create a literary world.

In this way, the children of poor families and poor families would naturally be grateful to the Xia State. Li Ru's move was to tie them firmly to the interests of the Xia State.

Whenever something is detrimental to the Xia Kingdom, these emerging literary talents will almost always criticize with words and writings, and some even want to imitate it. Wang Huaiyi, who was killed when he was sent to Xinxiang as an envoy, went to the Western Regions and forced the other king to kill him. The emperor had reason to send troops to attack.

In this way, you can leave your name in history, and your family members can also use your reputation in the countryside to get more funding.

For this reason, Su Chen also had a big headache.

The next morning, Su Chen got up early, washed up, and finished dressing under the service of the palace maids. Then he went to the imperial study room with Dian Wei and Xu Chu, who had been waiting for a long time. It was still the fifth watch, and there were still two quarters of an hour before the morning court.

As soon as he entered the study, he began to look through the selected memorials. Among them were these scholars who advocated expansion or voluntarily went to the countries in the Western Regions.

"What kind of scholar did Li Confucianism produce...more aggressive than soldiers?" Looking at the content written in the memorial, Su Chen felt a headache. No wonder it was sent to his imperial study room to be reviewed, and Di Renjie wanted to get it. , and I don’t know how to write.

After all, these scholars are thinking about Xia Guo.

"Fortunately, I was at sea during this period. These memorials were sent in June. At that time, the southern route to the Western Regions had not yet been opened."

Su Chen flipped through a few books at random, then threw the memorials back on the table. After asking about the time, he left the study and went to the front palace for the morning court meeting.

At the same time, the meteorite returned to Yanjing along with the soldiers and horses.

When the news came, the people in the city rushed to the streets to watch the soldiers and horses entering the city. There were also people from outside the city who had been waiting more than 20 miles outside the military camp on a must-pass official road.

The patter of raindrops fell on the heads of the moving people. Lu Lingqi, who was already in her twenties, stood on the chariot, looking over the heads below and looking forward.

"Mom, why haven't you seen dad yet?"

Next to her, there was a woman in ordinary clothes who was getting out of the carriage with a paper umbrella. She opened the paper umbrella and covered her daughter's head, and she also watched for a while.

"I heard that there are meteorites from the sky. With your father's temperament, he will definitely take good care of it, so his steps will naturally be slow." Although Yan spoke slowly and leisurely, he couldn't help but stretch his slender and white neck.

Lu Lingqi turned her head in annoyance, "Your Majesty didn't even bring me with him when he fought the Japanese pirates this time. We are just a bunch of monkey-like people. What is there to worry about?"

"You are telling lies. We have all gone to fight the Japanese pirates. Who will look after Yanjing?" Holding a paper umbrella, Mrs. Yan pinched her daughter's ears with a smile, then pulled on the clear-colored singlet she was wearing and removed the bulge. The lower abdomen is covered.

At this moment, someone in the crowd in front shouted: "Ouch, I saw it!"

Then many different voices shouted: "The soldiers and horses are back!" "What is that thing? Could it be a meteorite from outside the sky?" "...It's so big, how did it fall from the sky?" "Stupid , so heavy, it will definitely fall!”

The noise in the official hall suddenly started, and people everywhere pointed at the huge thing approaching from a distance and whispered to each other.

Soon after the advance cavalry came over, the infantrymen came in neat formations carrying long soldiers, swords and crossbows.

"You guys, please drink a bowl of water!"

In the crowd, a figure carrying water quickly rushed through the guards' obstruction, walked to the roadside, and handed over the water in the bowl. The man then knelt down on the roadside, kowtowed to the advancing army, and cried with tears streaming down his face. Shout: "Thank you everyone, for avenging my little family!"

Some of the people around him who knew him explained to those who were confused: "His surname is Yuan, from Lin County. He often does business in the north. His family was attacked by Japanese pirates, and his mother-in-law and a five-year-old daughter were still alive." All the ladies were killed when the Japanese pirates attacked the village.”

"Those Japanese pirates deserve to be killed, well done! Our people want to live a normal life, but they have to come ashore and destroy other people's homes!"

"Those monkeys, huh!"

Amidst the chattering and cursing words, there was a sudden bang from the distance, which was the beating of military drums.

On both sides of the crowded official road, the noisy voices just now stopped. The gentry sitting on the shoulders of servants turned their heads and looked around, while the invisible people behind them hurriedly put their feet up or jumped up.

"Mom, look!" Lu Lingqi took her mother's hand and pointed into the distance.

Amidst the flying raindrops, many people wiped the water stains on their faces, and within a moment they heard the sound of neat horse hooves.

At the other end of the line of sight, cavalry wearing black leather armor came over in three columns like long dragons. Heavy horse hooves trampled the muddy road, and the swords slung around their waists made clashing sounds from time to time.

Two long and short bows of different sizes were crossed on their backs, and the sabers around their waists swung and hit the saddle from time to time. These cavalrymen looked straight ahead with solemn expressions. Raindrops hung on their eyelashes and fell in their eyes without blinking. .

A flag with the word 'bin' written on it was held high in the rain. A sharp-eyed person shouted from a distance: "It's Marquis Wen's String Controlling Wolf Cavalry!"

"Marquis Wen is mighty!" Some people couldn't help shouting.

Under the flag with focused eyes, Lu Bu straightened his back, wearing a red cloak fluttering in the wind and rain, holding a square-shaped halberd, and the flying red cloud horse under him was wearing a harness, just like its owner, he was arrogant. The hoof movement made a soft clang sound on Lu Bu's shoulders as a pair of beast-headed draped arms.

In the wind and rain, under the rain-covered sword eyebrows, he had majestic eyes. He glanced around and saw a carriage behind the crowd. Then he turned his head and looked at each other, and his face suddenly turned happy.

In an instant, his eyes fell on the lady's belly again, and his joy became even stronger.

The marching army continued to move forward, stretching for more than ten miles on the official road. The wolf cavalry was waiting to go to the military camp to camp. Following closely behind were Baima Yicong, as well as the Tang Army, Youyan, Bingzhou, and Yizhou soldiers. horse.

And the meteorite, which was comparable in size to a small courtyard, was finally unloaded from the carriage and landed firmly on the ground, and was placed five miles southwest of the military camp.

Xiang Yu raised his head and looked at the huge thing covered by the cloth. He endured the nausea in his heart and turned to the soldiers behind him and ordered: "This thing is strictly guarded. There are five patrols every day. If anyone feels unwell, he will be removed and rested immediately."

"Yes!"

The soldiers who followed responded neatly and loudly.

Soon after, Xiang Yu led his soldiers out of the military camp. The other generals were still rectifying military affairs, so he couldn't disturb them.

"This Lu Bu is really fast." Xiang Yu saw from a distance that Lu Bu, who had just returned from leading the army, had already run to his wife and daughter, sitting on the chariot, leaning against his wife's belly, laughing giggles.

"Humph, Xiang is not envious!"

Turning the horse's head, Xiang Yu saw the beautiful figure waiting for him, holding a paper umbrella and standing in front of a carriage, with her green hair dancing and her azure skirt swaying in the wind.

Looking at Xiang Yu running towards him on horseback, Yu Ji showed a smile, like an unfolding picture scroll.

"Ha ha!"

Xiang Yu rode over and stretched out his hand.

There is a connection between the two minds!

The woman also stretched out her hand, and was immediately pulled onto the horse by Xiang Yu, and together they galloped through the green rain.

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Two days later, the Western Region mission entered Yantang Pass.

(End of this chapter)