Ji Tang

Chapter 1191 Small talk!

Ji Song's words made Cheng Yaojin dumbfounded. Who would have thought that he would even plot against the Byzantine Emperor who was thousands of miles away?But you are right. How could a young and capable emperor endure such a shame and humiliation? Thinking of the present His Majesty, wasn't it the same at the beginning?

"There was no chance before, but now we have it. The Tang Dynasty wiped out [-] Great Water Eaters at sea. This is the most favorable proof. It proves that I, the Tang Dynasty, have the ability to confront the Great Water Eaters and win them."

Ji Song continued.

"So, he wrote a letter about containing the Western armies of the Great Eater. I believe this. This is also the reason why I don't care about Seld's request for help, because as long as Constantine II is not a fool, he will never let the Great Eater mobilize his troops. Go east. Because once the Tang Dynasty is defeated, Dashi, who has the power of victory, will be their next target."

"So, even if Selder asks for help, I'm afraid he won't be able to mobilize many soldiers. The greater possibility is to recruit new soldiers. In this way, although the number of people will be greater, the combat effectiveness will be reduced. For us, It’s simply a great thing.”

"So, I don't care if they ask for help at all. The reason why I punish the three of them severely is to teach them a lesson. Xue Wanche won't say it, he is a brainless person. I am used to it. But Su Lie and Xue The etiquette is different. They are young and have great molding potential. I hope this lesson will help them grow up."

"Okay, as long as you know what's going on!"

"But, are you just sending this letter from the Second World to His Majesty? Does Your Majesty understand it?"

Cheng Yaojin had a bit of toothache and said, this is not a good idea. His Majesty may have become angry when he saw this letter, and he didn't know if it would be translated before it was sent.

"How about you translate it and then send it to me?"

Ji Song waved his hand: "No, you are looking down on His Majesty. He doesn't understand, but there are people who do. The academy has raised many gentlemen, and they are not in vain. It's time to let them contribute."

"Then you can do whatever you want, I don't care anymore!"

Looking at his malicious smile, he wanted to punch him.No, he didn't feel happy staying here, so he had to leave as soon as possible. The emperor of the province would even bear a grudge against himself.

After Cheng Yaojin went out, Ji Song sealed the bamboo tube with wax, called his soldiers and said, "Send this letter to Chang'an immediately with a patrol eagle. In addition, I have a few letters. You can send them out one day later."

"promise!"

Although he didn't know what kind of medicine the general was selling in his gourd, he could only do as he was told.

The days before war are always painful, but also peaceful.Ximen Pass has been built, and the three-mile-long pass has completely blocked the Wusun River Valley.In order to prevent someone from raiding the mountain, Ji Song even ordered people to use gunpowder to blow up the mountain. All places that were easy to climb were blown up into dangerous places. Not to mention a large army climbing the mountain, even the goats here found it difficult to climb.

Bagua City is under construction in an orderly manner. The city wall has been completely built. The octagonal city wall and the moat after water diversion have greatly increased the defense power of Bagua City.

Facilities in the city are now being built, and military camps are essential.But they were not gathered together, but divided into eight areas, stationed in eight directions: Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Gen, Li and Dui. Firstly, it was to facilitate the deployment of troops, and secondly, it was also to allow them to Familiarize yourself with the battle formations to save yourself from being in a hurry when the time comes.

It is also stipulated that the armies in the eight directions will be exchanged with each other every other year, just to avoid that one party will be eaten and the remaining people will be completely blinded.

The City Lord's Mansion in the center of the city and the Taoist Temple were also built.Ji Song had already started moving in some time ago.As for the Taoist temple, there are only some staff left, but they are on their way.

When Li Chunfeng sent the aerial view of Bagua City to Chang'an, Yuan Tiangang was so excited that he sent more than two hundred elite Taoist disciples without saying a word. These are all Taoist talents who are proficient in the essence of Taoism. Those who belong to Confucianism.As long as these people are in place, the spread of Taoism in Anxi should be put on the agenda.

Wu You suppressed it with a large army, and Wen You changed customs and promoted Sinicization.With Taoism in mind, the land of Anxi is considered safe, and the only thing left is to wait patiently.

This city has been a military city from the beginning. Most of the people who will live here in the future will be soldiers and their families, as well as some craftsmen and businessmen.However, this businessman cannot be a foreigner, but can only be an imperial businessman or a Central Plains businessman.

But after all, this is the transportation hub between the East and the West, and there cannot be no place for transactions and business travelers to stop.So, he built another small city between Ximen Pass and Bagua City to facilitate passing merchants.

From now on, Bagua City will definitely become the center of Anxi and the core place to rule the Western Regions. There must be no mistakes.

There is a large-scale Taoist temple here, and this place will definitely be another stronghold of the Taoists. If nothing else, the Taoists will definitely support this place vigorously, and having them here will add a bit of security.

Don't underestimate Taoism. In this life, there are a bunch of real old people. Although Buddhists dance happily outside, when it comes to hidden power, Taoism is not inferior to Buddhism, and they also know how to hide it.

How many times has it been destroyed since the founding of Buddhism?But when the Taoists had the Yellow Turban Rebellion, were they liquidated?

This is a real group of smart people, and it is impossible for fools to become the core disciples of Taoism.

The name of the Taoist temple is as boring as ever. It is called Sanqing Temple. According to Li Chunfeng, Sanqing is the originator of Taoism. If it is named after the people who came from it, it is the highest-level Taoist temple. What else do you want?
Anyway, Ji Song has no objection. No matter what he calls it, as long as he can attract Taoists to come here, he will not care about the rest. He is too busy!

On this day, a motorcade was greeted in the white valley.The slippery road has long been burdened by passing vehicles. Whether it is a carriage or a person, they will fall down accidentally.

No, I saw a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar, with a bruised nose and swollen face, leading the horse with a depressed look on his face.

"Jiao Guogong, what do you mean if you don't take out the good stuff early? You have to wait until I get rid of my ugliness before using it? I, Mr. Xu, am so unpopular? At least I have some favors for you, so I won't be so deceptive. Hiss!"

As he spoke, he felt pain on his face and quickly covered his face.

Chai Shao looked innocent, pointed to the carriage, and whispered: "I can't help it, the princess specifically told me, why do you think you're okay with provoking him? Aren't you making yourself uncomfortable?"

Xu Jingzong's face turned dark immediately after hearing this. I've spent so much effort to make such a fuss, am I not a human being?Chai Shao, his mother!

Now he is still thinking about how to explain to that bastard Ji Song. This is good. It would be good if the two sides don't fall behind! "How long until we arrive?"

Chai Shao, who was arguing with Xu Jingzong, heard this voice and immediately changed his expression. He looked back with a smile on his face and said: "It's almost, it's almost. If nothing happens, we can arrive before dark."

"You think this is the same for Ziyi. This has become a great general's majesty. We are almost at the door of his house and we don't know how to greet him? We will have to scold him when we see him later. It's so shameful!"

But unexpectedly, Pingyang raised his eyebrows and said in a cold voice: "Who do you want to criticize? Ziyi is now responsible for the safety of the entire Western Region. How can he compare to you, an idle person? You have nothing to do, and you blame the children for being rude? I You look the most outrageous."

Without waiting for Chai Shao to explain, Pingyang pulled down the curtain, and a voice came from inside, saying: "When you get to the place, you can go and guard the place for Ziyi. You are already a boss, and even the children don't know how big they are. I, the palace. But I’m warning you, don’t play off your uncle, if you let me know, I’ll watch your skin carefully!”

"Did you hear me?"

After glaring at Ji Qing and Xu Jingzong who were snickering, Chai Shao said quickly: "I heard it, I heard it. From what you said, am I that kind of person?"

"Hmph, you know who you are, so don't make me a fool!"

Hearing that there was no movement from behind, Chai Shao pretended to say: "Did you see that, even though the princess is shouting and shouting at me, she is still facing me. She is afraid that something will happen to me!"

Ji Qing and Xu Jingzong looked at each other and understood what the other meant: Believe it or not!

"Brother Qing!"

"Ok?"

"Have you thought about what to do?"

Ji Qing looked at Chai Shao with some confusion, wondering what he had in mind!He said warily: "Uncle, is there something wrong?"

Chai Shao waved his hand and said casually: "Hey, you kid, my uncle just asked you what you wanted to do when you went to the military camp. You know, Anxi is full of generals now, and everyone who can be named in the Tang Dynasty is here." . It’s not an exaggeration to say that there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers. You have to think about it in advance and don’t be in a hurry when the time comes.”

Ji Qing was stunned, thought for a moment, and said, "I don't have any ideas. I'll just do whatever the teacher arranges!"

"However, I am not as good as Xian Cheng in literature, not as good as Xue Li in martial arts, and not as good as Xuan Ce in terms of communication. The only thing I can do well is the logistics. I heard that Duke Lu has always been in charge of logistics, so I went to pick him up. Go to class!"

If someone else said this, Chai Shaoneng would call him over with a slap in the face.just you?Are you still replacing Lu Guogong?No matter how bad it is, it's not your turn to judge.

But he believed what Ji Qing said. Although he had not been in Chang'an in the past few years, he knew everything about Chang'an clearly.This guy took turns in the three provinces and almost sat in all the seats in the three provinces.

Although with the emergence of Wuying Pavilion and Qilin Pavilion, the status of the three provinces has declined.But it is undeniable that it is still an important department of great importance.

Not to mention other things, let’s just talk about the Department of Household Affairs, the Department of Rites, and the Department of Officials that he is in charge of. Those are the departments with real power.Sun Wuji, the eldest servant of the minister, is now focused on fighting for power in Qilin Pavilion. The minister of household affairs is Xie Lian, a member of his own family. Although this boy has a small official position, he is running around in the three provinces.

Many times, all the major and minor matters in the three films have to go through this kid's hands, so don't underestimate this kid, he is the ruthless character who pretends to be a pig and eats the tiger.

Although Ji Song's other three disciples are good, I'm afraid the one who will go farthest in the officialdom in the future will have to look at this kid.He is self-disciplined at a young age and is very calm. He has basically made no mistakes in all the big and small things he has done over the past few years.

"It's okay. Mr. Lu Guogong is old after all, and he is probably exhausted from managing such complicated logistics matters, but I guess your master has arranged it this way."

After saying this, everyone said with envy: "You said that everyone in your Ji family is good at financial management and planning. Tell me, do you have any tricks?"

Ji Qing rolled her eyes at him and ignored him!
But Xu Jingzong on the side said: "Don't mention it, whether it is Duke Xi or several of his disciples who are very talented in this area. Xue Li is also managed by generals and lieutenants in the army. He is well organized and makes no mistakes; even when his third disciple Wang Xuance heard that he was the young minister of Honglu Temple, he obeyed the management of the foreign envoys in Honglu Temple."

"I think back then, Duke Nang led the people in Guanzhong to open up acres of land, open up wasteland, and make Guanzhong ripe. From then on, he no longer transported grain from Guandong. Who could do such things? Although he was eventually transferred from Sinong Temple by the imperial court and split into Several official offices. But his ideas have been continued. This kind of ability is really enviable!"

Who says it’s not? This is simply something that will benefit the present generation and have long-term success.

Not only that, Ji Song also ordered people to plant a large number of trees at that time, and all the places where food could not be grown were planted with trees.Not those random trees, but trees with value.In the beginning, it was only in the Guanzhong area, but with the expansion of Sinong Temple, this order did not disappear. It became more and more intense, and eventually it became a tradition to never leave any open space wherever Sinong Temple passes.

At first, everyone didn't understand it very well, but as time went by, some people gradually discovered that something was wrong.The already turbid Yellow River suddenly became clear. Although it is still not crystal clear, it carries much less sediment. Even the rivers downstream of the Yellow River have reduced the occurrence of floods.

Later, a student in the academy was very puzzled, what caused all this?

I casually went to various places with a few students from the academy to investigate, and not to mention, I actually researched something.But when the research results were released, they caused an uproar.

Do you know why?

It turned out that after these students studied the geography of various places, they found that the biggest reason why the Yellow River frequently floods and causes disasters is that the Yellow River carries a large amount of sediment from the upper reaches. As it flows through the Central Plains, the terrain slows down and slowly accumulates on the river bed.As a result, the river bed becomes higher and higher, and the dams are built higher and higher.As long as there is one execution, it will be a huge disaster.

But this situation has become less common in recent years. According to local elders, the river bed has not become higher in recent years, but is slowly declining.In some places where the river is rapid, the drop is extremely obvious.

The students suddenly realized that when they came to the upper reaches of the Yellow River, they discovered that patches of forests had reappeared on both sides of the Yellow River that had been cleared. The earliest ones could be traced back to nearly 20 years ago.
All this shows how far-sighted Ji Song was.The thousand-year-old problem of river management was solved silently.But what is even more regrettable is that such a person turned out to be a person with disabled legs.
(End of this chapter)