Chapter 1287 Original Intention
Chapter 1287 Original Intention
Just after the Double Ninth Festival, a cold wave moved south from the north, and the temperature dropped suddenly.
However, this incident did not affect the prince's wedding which was taking place.
From the beginning of the operation to the marriage, this matter progressed very quickly. All parties worked together and no time was wasted, which greatly shortened the process.
Shao Xun chose Guanfeng Hall as the venue for the wedding. The retired emperor and the retired empress also moved here from Xianju Hall and witnessed the wedding of their eldest grandson with their own eyes.
The two people who were most disappointed in the entire wedding were undoubtedly Yao and Chen, who were kept by the queen's side.
Especially Chen, as the new mistress enters the mansion, how she will face this kind of thing is not only related to herself, but also to her family.
After the Crown Prince's wedding, the princes who have missions to attend to will not be able to stay and will leave the capital one after another.
Shao Xun had a detailed discussion with his third son Shao Xu, asking him to find a way to introduce two crops from the Western Regions, namely laurel and olive.
He didn't even know what the two crops were called in the Western Regions, and could only describe their effects as best as possible, such as producing a lot of oil and so on.
He estimated that these two crops had just been introduced to Persia at this time, and might not be available in the Western Regions. In short, he could only do his best and leave the rest to fate.
The third son walked away with a puzzled look on his face.
Starting from mid-September, the weather became increasingly cold.
By the end of September, heavy snow fell in Hebei and sporadic snowflakes appeared in Henan, so much so that at the wedding of Wu Gong and Shao Yong held in early October, the guests generally wore cotton-padded clothes and fur coats.
The might of heaven gave humanity a hard slap in the face.
But then again, God is relatively merciful, because from the sixth year of Kaiping (332) to today, the temperature has been dropping in steps over the past three years, not all at once, giving humans some time to buffer.
This month, Shao Xun appointed Le Kai as the governor of Youzhou, filling the position which had been vacant for nearly two months. Last year, there were rumors that Wang Cheng was going to die, and he finally died in July this year. The governor Wang Xuan returned home to mourn, and Prime Minister Wang Yan took over and retained the position.
The positions of Zhongshu Jian and Zhongshu Ling were merged, with Zhongshu Ling becoming the head of the Zhongshu Province, and Zhuge Hui remained in office.
On October 20th, Shao Xun summoned Zhuge Hui to the Lichun Terrace in the Guanfeng Palace to question him.
"Daoming has been in the Secretariat for a year, right?" Shao Xun asked.
Zhuge Hui withdrew his gaze from his daughter and said solemnly, "I took up the post of Zhongshujian in November last year, and it has been nearly a year."
"Do you feel anything?" Shao Xun asked.
"I have seen every decree of your majesty in the past year. Now I know that Daliang is the most powerful country in the world for a reason. Your majesty is a man of great talent and military strategy—"
"Okay, okay." Shao Xun smiled and stretched out his hand to stop it.
Zhuge Wenbiao also lowered his head in embarrassment.
"This year, many taxes were exempted in Xuzhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou and other states." Shao Xun said, "The court is short of money, so we didn't start a war. We kept things quiet. In the second year of Zhenming, taxes were restored, and we should be able to save a lot of money and grain after the autumn harvest. Pingzhou was one of the twenty-one states of the Former Jin Dynasty, and it has not been restored yet. I am determined not to give up. In April, the envoys arrived in Liaodong. Murong Huang was unruly and unwilling to surrender. So we had to mobilize troops. And to mobilize troops, we need good generals."
When Zhuge Hui heard this, he thought to himself that the battle had to be fought anyway.
According to his understanding in the past year, the nobles in the world no longer want to fight. They would rather use their precious money and food to manage their new homes in Jiangnan.
But what the emperor said was true. Twenty of the twenty-one states of the Jin Dynasty had been recovered, and only Pingzhou was left. That was quite eye-catching. A powerful ruler like the current emperor would definitely not give up.
"Is Daoming willing to go to Chang'an?" Shao Xun asked.
"I am willing." Zhuge Hui responded immediately without any hesitation.
"Good." Shao Xun said, "You can be the governor and commander of Yongzhou and help me pacify Guanzhong."
"I obey your order." Zhuge Hui replied.
He knew that it was not easy to be an official as there were many troublemakers under him, but he had no choice but to go ahead and do it.
Seeing that he agreed, Shao Xun nodded and began to think about a series of appointments and dismissals.
Zhuge Hui went to Yongzhou, and Jin Zheng was transferred back to the capital to serve as the military supervisor.
This position was previously held by Mi Huang, but due to poor health, he could only work for a few months each year. He had long been unwilling to continue serving, but Shao Xun, grateful for his old friendship, kept the position for him and asked the two junior supervisors to focus on sharing the work.
Mi Huang submitted his resignation again last month, and Shao Xun agreed, and finally decided to transfer Jin Zheng back.
Xi Jian, the governor of Shazhou, was also an old man, so he was transferred to be the governor of Jizhou.
Zheng Dong, the commander-in-chief of the fourth battalion of the Wansheng Army, was appointed as the Grand Protector of Yumen and the Governor of Shazhou.
Huang Zheng, commander-in-chief of the first battalion of Wansheng Army, was appointed commander-in-chief of the left battalion of Heilang.
Because of the heavy snow in August and the outbreak of a rebellion in Shu, Liu Ling, the former commander of the Left Camp of Heiliang, was transferred to be the commander of Liangzhou. He gathered troops and entered Shu to assist Wang Que'er in suppressing the rebellion.
Wen Qiao remained as the governor of Qin and He provinces, and shared the responsibility of military affairs in Guanxi with Zhuge Hui and He Lun.
Of course, Hou Feihu, who took office as the Minister of War in March this year, also had a guiding relationship with them. After all, the five states of Yong, Qin, He, Liang and Sha had many hereditary soldiers and garrison troops, and their military registration was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War.
Including He Lun's trip to Wuwei at the beginning of the year, the two largest "military district commanders" in the northwest, Jin Zheng and Hou Feihu, have both entered North Korea.
If nothing unexpected happens, they will live a wealthy and prosperous life from now on.
Shao Xun would grant them more land in Jiangnan, and reward them with more women and property, and that was all.
The next battle to defeat the Murong Xianbei will be fought by the Mesozoic era, with Shao Xun watching from behind.
He also worked very hard to pave the way for his son.
Zhuge Hui had lunch in the palace before leaving. The emperor and his ministers were all happy and the scene was joyful.
After he left, Shao Xun looked at Zhuge Wenbiao and said softly, "I have seen less of you these past two months because of all the things going on. I have something else to do in the winter month—"
Shao Xun was talking to himself, and thought that Zhuge Wenbiao, who looked indifferent, would not say anything, but she suddenly said "It's up to you".
Shao Xun couldn't help laughing.
Zhuge Wenbiao didn't understand what he meant at first, but after thinking about it, he understood and turned his head to look out the window to cover up his gaffe. The smile on Shao Xun's face still did not disappear.
He already knew the temper of this woman. There was a shell on the outside, but when it was broken, the inside was very soft, like a coconut.
Such a temperament made him like it very much. Moreover, although she was 24 years old, she was very pink underneath. Shao Xun almost asked Sima Chong if he didn't use you much, but he didn't ask after all.
"Forget it. I have nothing to do in the afternoon, so I'll just review the memorials here." Shao Xun said.
Zhuge Wenbiao was still looking out the window.
After a moment, she slowly stood up and quietly sorted out the memorials out of Shao Xun's sight.
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On the last day of October, Shao Xun came to Wanxiangyuan and had talks with Cai Cheng, the Shaofujian who had rushed back from Diaoyin.
"We have already raised more than a thousand horses and set up more than thirty post stations. Each post station will be given two hectares of farmland and several hectares of grassland and forests, depending on its size." Cai Cheng said, "We should be able to recruit all the staff by the beginning of next year."
"Let the Shaofu take charge of the Wanxiangyuan post first." Shao Xun said, "Letters will start to be delivered in winter, mainly between the three prefectures of Baling, Danyang, and Chenliu."
"Yes." Cai Cheng paused, and then said, "The soap incident has caused a great stir. There is a lot of discussion outside, and many people want to intervene."
"It's true that there are a lot of discussions, but I'm afraid few are willing to take action." Shao Xun said: "How many people can use soap? Have the gardens in Jiaozhou been built?"
"It has already started construction." Cai Cheng said, "I plan to go and take a look next year."
"No, you don't want to go." Shao Xun stopped him immediately: "Let's put everything aside. Even if you only have malaria, it's still a big problem. You are also a founding hero. Why do you have to do everything yourself? Just let the subordinates go."
"Yes."
"When sending people south..." Shao Xun said halfway, then sighed and stopped.
He originally wanted to mention palm trees, which were called "栟宫" at that time, but the oil yield of this thing was too low, only one-fifth of that of oil palm.
The same is true for China's native olives (white olives), whose oil yield is shockingly low.
It is not known whether oil palm has been introduced to West Africa or Southeast Asia.
He was not sure whether olives were introduced from Persia along the Mediterranean coast.
The sugarcane with the highest sugar yield is in Tahiti.
It is not known whether sugar beets (sea beets) were cultivated by people along the Mediterranean coast and introduced to the Middle East. It is possible that they were vegetables.
Rapeseed has been cultivated for generations, but it seems that it was not until the Tang Dynasty that people used it to extract oil. Before that, it was only used as a vegetable with a very low oil yield. Guangcheng Palace has not yet cultivated rapeseed with a high oil yield.
The same is true for soybeans. Ordinary people are unwilling to use this stuff to extract oil because the oil yield is not high, and it is better to treat it as food. Guangcheng Palace Cuiyou was also not cultivated.
It's really depressing, it's so hard to do anything.
His main achievements in agriculture were probably creating some strange cabbages, breeding some livestock with better bloodlines, and slowly pushing the agricultural farming system to the middle Tang Dynasty.
It's too old...
History sneered at him from time to time. When he was upset, he wanted to run over and vent his anger on those women of a fallen country.
It feels so good to do it, much more comfortable than doing practical work.
Shao Xun stood up suddenly.
Cai Cheng was startled and stood up as well.
Shao Xun indicated that everything was fine.
After a long while, he said, "We received the tribute from Jiaozhou a few days ago. It was a little overdue, but I didn't blame them. I heard that when they were shipping near Jin'an County, there was a sudden storm on the sea, so they hurriedly took shelter in the port and dared not go any further. So they went overland and sent it to Bianliang with great difficulty. But how can the ship improve without going to the sea? Do you really think you can build a good ship by sitting on the shore all day? Every improvement in the ship was tested on the sea, and tested with human lives."
Cai Cheng looked at the emperor in surprise.
Even when he advanced 200 miles to Luoyang and was surrounded by Xiongnu cavalry, the emperor never felt depressed. But his current spirit was really disappointing.
He seemed to be struggling desperately.
"Do the things I assign to you." Shao Xun patted his shoulder and said.
"Okay." Cai Cheng felt warm in his heart and responded in a deep voice.
Finally, he could not help but say: "In fact, when Your Majesty first presided over the compilation of the book "Fengtu Bing", it had already benefited the world for thousands of years. When I went to Bingzhou and Guanzhong, the elders all said that this book saved many lives."
"Oh? Really?" Shao Xun asked happily.
"Really." Cai Cheng nodded vigorously and said, "There are Qiang people in Diaoyin County who have been suffering from diseases for generations, but they don't know why. I went to the county and saw the book "Fengtu Diseases", then I suddenly realized it. The leader of the tribe has built a shrine for your majesty, and ordered his descendants to worship him, and cut his face to swear that he will never rebel. This is called the benevolent are invincible. Your majesty, you have done what the predecessors have not done."
Shao Xun laughed.
Yes, he has left his mark. Keep calm and don't be too demanding.
It was also at this time that he suddenly remembered that he had mentioned many times in front of the philosophers the three major chronic diseases since the end of the Han Dynasty: epidemics, Hu people, and the aristocratic class.
Solve it?
"Fengdie Diseases" has been recorded, added to and promulgated throughout the country.
The county doctors have been working to change customs and practices, fighting and luring the Hu people, using military deterrence and economic inducement.
The land measurement in the north has entered the final stage. The Imperial College and the Imperial Academy have been selecting officials to test the classics, and there are already 100,000 soldiers in the government.
It turns out that he has already done so many things.
"My original intention has not changed." Shao Xun murmured with his head down.
"Your Majesty has not changed your original intention." Cai Cheng said solemnly.
(End of this chapter)