back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 588 Secret Decree
Fatty Lu asked with "concern": "Eunuch, what's wrong with you? You don't feel well. Do you want to invite the military doctor to come over and show you?"

After the servant recovered his breath, he waved his hand and said with a forced smile: "Thank you General for your kindness, our family is fine. General, please take a step to speak. Your Majesty has a secret order for the General..."

When Fatty Lu heard this, he felt a "thud" in his heart, and thought, "Could it be that we are continuing to suppress bandits again?! This...does this make people alive?" He is not afraid of fighting, but he can fight against such a sure-win opponent. , it's the same as not playing, what's the point?Lu Chenhuan is looking forward to fighting against the Liao Kingdom, to see if the people of the Liao Kingdom are really that tough?
However, the emperor had no choice but to obey, Fatty Lu still invited his servants to the camp of the Chinese army, ready to wait for Lu Chengqi's secret order.

"Your Majesty has an order to order the forbidden troops to stand by. In a few days, another [-] forbidden troops will arrive. At that time, the [-] forbidden troops here will return to garrison outside Chang'an City. Lu Chenhuan, who is in command, will lead the new [-] forbidden troops. Rush to the Yunnan and Guizhou area to wipe out the green forest robbers, scissors, etc..." The waiter slowly spoke the information in his head, but the more Fatty Lu listened, the more sad he became.

Now, Fatty Lu finally understood what the little emperor was up to. This was clearly an actual combat exercise in the name of suppressing bandits!Unfortunately, Fatty Lu became the commander-in-chief of this actual combat exercise.Not only does he have to win, he has to win beautifully.Before he left for the expedition, he thought it was gold-plated, but he didn't expect to hit a big nail here in Liangshanshuibo, and he was trapped for more than half a year.Fortunately, the little emperor had a foresight and sent a new type of artillery and warship. Otherwise, when Liangshan can be captured, we have to say.As a matter of fact, as long as You Jun is tougher and sets up a good position, the Forbidden Army may not necessarily win.

Now that he was about to go to Yunnan and Guizhou again, Fatty Lu couldn't help the fat on his face twitching, and he almost gritted his teeth: "Did your majesty say anything?"

Only then did the servant remember: "By the way, Your Majesty also said that as long as the general fights this battle well, he will be promoted to a noble for sure..."

After hearing this, Fatty Lu narrowed his small eyes a little, as if he was staring at the servant's face.The servant was weak, how could he withstand such a fright, he almost fainted.

"In this way, the general will try his best..." Fatty Lu said pretending to be relaxed, "Eunuch Lao is here to deliver the order, if you don't mind, let's eat here!"

The servant looked at him with lingering fear, and said again and again: "No, no, our family has to go back to Beijing to revise the edict... Well, I'm leaving..."

Fatty Lu looked at the back of the servant going away, and sneered in his heart: "What a big piece of fat is brought to your mouth!" To be honest, Fatty Lu never paid attention to those mobs.Even if it was Wang Ting who was rumored to be superb in martial arts but was shot dead by the little emperor, Fatty Lu felt that he could draw with him.

"Forget it, the sacred will is hard to disobey, just do it according to the will..." Facing the reality, Lu Chenhuan still compromised.After all, few people can calmly face the promotion of officials.Fatty Lu was originally an ambitious person, so how could he let this opportunity go?
In Chang'an City, in the Dashun Palace, in Lu Chengqi's "office" - Chui Gong Hall, Lu Chengqi summoned Su Shi, the head of the Ministry of Punishment.Before he could speak, Lu Chengqi felt his nose itch.

"Aqiu..."

After a sneeze, Lu Chengqi felt his nose feel better. "Could it be that your majesty is suffering from the wind and cold? The entire Dashun still needs your majesty's guidance, and your majesty must put the dragon's body first!" Seeing Lu Chengqi rubbing his nose, Su Shi hurriedly said.

"I'm fine, but my nose is itchy. By the way, where did you just say? Yes, there are so many poor people on Kuizhou Road, why?" Lu Chengqi eased the previous embarrassment and successfully changed the subject.Su Shi was a good official who cared about the sufferings of the people, so he quickly said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the roads in Kuizhou are mountainous and it is inconvenient to travel. Li Bai, a great poet in the former dynasty, once wrote an article "The Road to Shu is Difficult". The state road is difficult to travel, especially in Sichuan and Shu. The farmland on the Kuizhou road is mostly terraced fields, and the yield is not abundant. The people's land is scarce, and if they have been like this for generations, they will become poor..."

Lu Chengqi nodded. Kuizhou Road is located in the northern part of Chongqing in later generations, and its geographical location is very important.Kuizhou City sits at the mouth of the Qutang Gorge, and the situation is dangerous. It has always been an important military town in eastern Sichuan and a place that must be contested by military strategists.Fengjie City, Kuizhou Road Prefecture, has a long history. Fengjie City occupies the upper reaches of Jingchu and controls the east gate of Bashu.

Among the things produced on Kuizhou Road, only well salt is more expensive.The other sackcloth and Sangzi are not very famous.Kuizhou has been a salt-producing area since ancient times, and a large amount of salt was imported and exported, which shows that it is not only a salt-producing area, but also a distribution center for salt re-export sales.Some peasants with little land or no land, either went down the river to become fishermen and trackers, or became the footwork of salt dealers.From this point of view, the poverty of Kuizhou Road can be seen.

"Except for Kuizhou Road, where are the other state capitals?" Lu Chengqi secretly remembered Kuizhou Road, and then continued to ask.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, not only Kuizhou Road, Guangnan West Road, Jingbei North Road, Jingnan South Road, Jiangnan West Road... are all poor places."

Lu Chengqi also has a certain understanding that these places are all south of the Yangtze River.At this time, the Han people still occupied the Central Plains, and there was no large-scale ethnic integration, and the south of the Yangtze River was still a place full of miasma.Such a "wild land", no wonder it is so poor.Now it seems that the development of Jiangnan needs to be prepared.

"Su Qing, there is one thing you may not know. I sent the Supervision Department to visit these places and found that the Jiangnan area has plenty of rain and the land is barren, but the weather conditions are good. If it is developed properly, it must be another Suzhou and Huzhou. !" Lu Chengqi said slowly.

Su Shi was taken aback, where are Suzhou and Huzhou?It is a large granary that controls more than half of Dashun's grain. There is a folk saying that the world is full of rice in Taihu Lake.Can Jiangnan compare with the Taihu Lake area?Isn't this a joke!So he said very bachelorly: "Your Majesty, I don't think this matter..."

Lu Chengqi frowned. He didn't expect that Su Shi, who was always smart and wise, didn't have the usual judgment ability on this issue.No matter how bad Jiangnan is, it should be better than Taihu Lake, right?Besides, the current Jiangnan is not the Jiangnan of 20 years ago.

It is true that Liu Yuxi, a poet of the former dynasty, also wrote "Bashan Chushui is a desolate place", which shows that Jiangnan in the previous dynasty was indeed a place with few people and miasma.But it is different now. The rapid development of commerce has already driven the development of Jiangnan.If the policy is more inclined, I am afraid that the development of Jiangnan will not be a problem.

But I never thought that Su Shi actually said "no". Isn't he a staunch supporter of Lu Chengqi?

Lu Chengqi was a little unhappy, calmly asked, "What's wrong with Su Qing?"

(End of this chapter)