Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1054 The Beginning of Conquering the World

Lian Jicheng nodded expressionlessly, and Yang Jiye walked into Mingxuan Pavilion, followed by Han Xizai, who was secretly relieved, and Hu Sanguang, who was secretly annoyed by Yang Jiye's meddling.

And after a long sigh of relief, Ma Wentao, who was ecstatic in his heart, hesitated for a while and followed in.

In the Mingxuan Pavilion, seeing His Majesty's gloomy face, the four big brothers of Xiangfu Kingdom all jumped in their hearts, and they were secretly awe-inspiring. They hadn't seen His Majesty's face so ugly for a long time. Ma Wentao thought, could it be the two beasts just now He said something nasty outside, which really annoyed His Majesty, and he secretly made up his mind to kill these two beasts later, so as not to harm the family.And Yang Jiye and Han Xizai also thought the same way, and Han Xizai cried out secretly in his heart, the more His Majesty became angry, the more the truth came out afterwards, the more Han Zizhu's crimes became unforgivable, and the more he was involved in the Han family, he couldn't help but think of Hu Sanguang's favor this time. It's really big, but in this way, a big handle fell into Hu Sanguang's hands, which was also a big hidden danger.Only Hu Sanguang, who knew some things about His Majesty and Luo Yaoshun back then, took a look at Luo Yaoshun, who was already standing aside as a courtier, secretly guessed the truth of the matter, and regretted that he might have played a little too big today.

The longer Ye Chen became the emperor, the more majestic he became. Even these four big bosses couldn't bear Ye Chen's thunderous anger. Everyone could see that His Majesty was in a bad mood today, so bad that they had never even seen him. seen to an extent.

"The minister taught Sun Wufang and offended His Majesty, please punish him severely." Ma Wentao fell to his knees with a thump.Under Ye Chen's request, these old officials usually do not have to kneel down when they see him, but now Ma Wentao knelt down when they met him.

"Your Majesty is late, please punish me severely." Hu Sanguang knelt down immediately after him, but what he said made Ma Wentao hate Hu Sanguang to death. What he said was a collision, and Hu Sanguang directly said Escort, the implication is that his two grandsons are going to assassinate the emperor. If it is true, it is not just a matter of killing two grandsons.Immediately afterwards, he thought of many things, such as the security guards on His Majesty's periphery, how could his two idiot grandsons bring people to His Majesty's gate before they were stopped by Lian Jicheng? Those two beasts come here.Thinking of this, he even regretted that he tried his best to ask His Majesty to reduce the establishment of the Ministry of Security and reduce the power of the Ministry of Security. In the end, he offended Hu Sanguang, a villain, and suffered such revenge.However, what Ye Chen said next made him heave a sigh of relief.

Ye Chen's eyes were like lightning, and he glanced at Hu Sanguang. The latter kept his head down. He obviously didn't meet Ye Chen's eyes, but he couldn't help but his heart skipped a beat. Finally, Ye Chen glanced at Luo Yaoshun, and fixed his eyes on Luo Yaoshun. On Ma Wentao, he said: "Mr. Ma, I have heard about the virtues and abilities of your two grandsons. How could such a dude bump into me? It's just that they disturbed my interest, and this Once the interest is lost, it can never be regained, so they have indeed committed the capital crime of deceiving the emperor."

When Ma Wentao heard the words, his body shook, his face paled, and he resisted not asking for mercy for his two grandsons. In fact, before he could speak, Ye Chen said again: "However, I handed over the right of their life and death to Luo Aiqing." He asked your two grandsons to die, and I ordered Lian Jicheng to kill them, and if he spared them, I would spare their lives."

Luo Yaoshun's heart was bitter and touched. Ye Chen's move obviously aimed to establish him a position in the court of Xiangfu Kingdom, and also intended to make Ma Wentao owe him a great favor.But the reason why he is bitter is because since then, he and Ye Chen only have the relationship of monarch and minister, and there is no brotherhood.

Everyone looked at Luo Yaoshun who was standing on the side in unison. They were all human beings. They instantly understood the reason why His Majesty was in such a bad mood today, and they couldn't help but think to themselves: "It turns out that His Majesty values ​​the brotherhood between Luo Yaoshun and Luo Yaoshun." So much."

Ma Wentao looked at Luo Yaoshun and was thinking about how to speak. Luo Yaoshun had already bowed respectfully to Ye Chen, and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive Ma Mengshi and Ma Mengcheng."

Ye Chen nodded and said, "In that case, I will spare him from dying."

Luo Yaoshun immediately said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Ma Wentao followed up and said, "Thank you, Lord Long En."

Then he turned around and bowed to Luo Yaoshun, and said, "Thank you, Lord Luo."

Luo Yaoshun didn't dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly returned the salute, and said: "Mr. Ma is too polite, this is just His Majesty's blessing from heaven through the mouth of an official."

"I asked you to come today because I have an important matter to discuss with you..." Ye Chen arranged for everyone to sit down, and Han Xizai asked the important ones to serve new food and drinks. Just now, I found out that today's guest was the legendary Emperor, and I was so excited. The incomparable number one dancer and singer in Xia Jing was kicked out, and Ye Chen began to arrange important events for everyone with a solemn expression.

An hour later, Ye Chen said: "The Ministry of Security is doing its best to investigate the military situation of Song and Liao, especially the deployment of troops. The military center is ready to send troops to Song at any time, and the Ministry of Zhongshu has made preparations for food and grass in advance."

Everyone bowed and said in unison: "Follow Your Majesty's will." Apart from solemnity, there was also a hint of excitement. Because of His Majesty's wisdom and martial arts, the army is like a cloud of fierce generals, the army is unparalleled in combat power, the civil servants are virtuous, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and their hearts are devoted to the emperor and the court.In short, under various circumstances, the trend of Xiangfu Kingdom's unification of the world has been achieved. Once successful, these people will be the founders of the country who will be famous for thousands of years.

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"It's already February, and it's still so cold!" Han Xizai walked out of the government affairs hall, looked up at the gloomy sky, and stretched out his hand to catch a few snowflakes the size of a finger. "When I entered the palace in the morning, it felt very cloudy." , most likely it’s going to snow, I don’t think it will really rain.”

"Xia Jingfu has done so much work in the early stage, but last night I heard that dozens of people in Xia Jingcheng still froze to death this winter." Ma Wentao also glanced at the sky, sighed and said.

"Compared with previous years, this year's winter is a bit slower. The weather is not getting warmer. The situation in Qingzhou and Taozhou in Hehuang may be worse. Liang, Gan, Su and Guazhou in the Hexi Corridor are all newly recovered places. I don't know if the preparations for the winter have been made in advance. Summer capital is so cold, it will only be colder there." Jia Xian tightened the clothes on his body, took a breath of hot air, and said faintly,
General Yang Jiye of the Zhu State said solemnly: "What I am most worried about now is whether the Volunteer Army can take back Shazhou from the Uyghurs of Xizhou before the spring. According to His Majesty's will, rush ahead."

Han Xizai said: "But as long as Shazhou is in the hands of Xizhou Uyghurs, we need to have a lot of energy and troops to guard against Xizhou Uyghurs. What's more, the golden commercial roads in the Hexi Corridor are blocked for a day, and various forces in the Hexi Corridor, especially the Su The Uyghurs in Liangzhou and the Tibetans in Liangzhou would not be able to benefit, and the imperial court would spend more energy, troops and financial resources on their rule."

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This is the first winter when the Hexi Corridor was included in the Xiangfu Kingdom, and it is also the first Spring Festival that the soldiers transferred from the hinterland of the Xiangfu Kingdom by the Volunteer Army have just passed in a cold place like Guazhou.It is impossible for Han soldiers who are far away from other hometowns to miss their homes. In addition, it has only been about half a year since the Hexi Corridor was included in the Xiangfu Kingdom, and the ethnic minorities such as Uighurs and Tubo are powerful and have a large population.It is not easy for Duanmu Zhongren and Huang Dongqiu to manage and rule the three states of Gan, Su and Gua.Unless Shazhou is taken down, the golden business route of the Hexi Corridor is completely opened up, and the various tribes and forces are tied together in terms of economic interests, so that they can taste enough sweetness from the ruling model of the Xiangfu Kingdom court, it will not Let them have a rebellious heart.

In addition, according to the judgment of Ye Chen, Han Xizai and others, the golden commercial road in the Hexi Corridor alone is not enough to tie the various forces in the Hexi Corridor to the giant ship of Xiangfu Kingdom. flow, to annihilate its wildness and alienation.A complete reform of the soil and farming is inseparable from farming, and the ordinary plants in the Hexi Corridor do not have much harvest at all, which made Ye Chen think of cotton.

In later generations, the Hexi Corridor and Xinjiang are the largest cotton producing areas in China. Facts have proved that they are very suitable for growing cotton. After a large amount of cotton is planted, it is not a big deal to design the simplest textile machine at the level of the Civil Research Department of Xiangfu Country. Difficult, this means the emergence of cotton cloth and cotton-padded clothes. Anyone with a little economic sense understands how big the business opportunities are here. This is so big that it will not only completely change the economic income of the people of all ethnic groups in the Hexi Corridor, but will directly change the auspicious symbols. The tax revenue of the country, and even the national power have been increased several times.

And by letting the Tubo people and Uighurs in the Hexi Corridor grow cotton, they get huge benefits and their lives get better and better. After a long time, who would think of riding a war horse and holding a knife and gun to make a living? After a few years Driven by interests, the Uighurs and Tubo people will surely become excellent cotton farmers. By then, the Hexi Corridor will be completely stable, and the people of all ethnic groups will return unconsciously.

As far as Ye Chen knows, the origin of cotton is India and Arabia.In the original history, before cotton was introduced to China, China only had kapok for filling pillows and mattresses, but no cotton for weaving.

Before the Song Dynasty, China only had the word "cotton" next to silk, but not the word "cotton" next to wood. The word "cotton" only began to appear from the "Book of Songs", and it was inferred from it that the introduction of cotton was at the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. In China, Guan, Shaanxi, Fujian, and Guangxi were the first to benefit from it, because this thing was exported to foreign barbarians, and Fujian, Guangxi was connected to the sea, and Guanshan was connected to the Western Regions."

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