Chapter 947 Entering the Palace (Part 1)
"Where did so many barbarians come from?" A carriage stopped in the southeast of Jingu Garden. Liu Dan got out of the carriage and looked at the endless felt tents carefully, and said in shock.
"The layout of this camp is almost the same as when the Huns besieged Luoyang." Le Kai also got out of the car and said with a wry smile.
It was an old thing twenty years ago, but it is still fresh in my memory.
The Nanyang County soldiers who escorted the two men heading north were extremely nervous. Having experienced many wars, they strung their bows and unsheathed their swords on the spot. They formed a semicircular defensive circle and protected more than ten carriages in the middle.
The barbarians camped in the distance seemed not to be seen and did not make any movement at all. Only a group of rangers came slightly closer and asked loudly in an incomprehensible language.
Lucky observed carefully. Hu Qi was wearing a hood (riding hat) and leather armor. He was a typical light cavalry.
A small braid hangs down the back of the head, which is an important feature of the rope head.
It turned out to be the Xianbei cavalry.
It's a pity that I don't understand the Xianbei language and can't understand what they are saying. And just when he was about to go to Jinguyuan and his party, dozens of riders came running from a distance, and the leader shouted loudly: "Is this the Governor of Mianbei, Le Gong, ahead?"
"Exactly, who are you?" Le Kai asked.
"General Zuo Mo Han is in Daigong's tent." Mo Han said, dismounted and saluted from a distance.
Le Kai asked the accompanying county captain to lead his troops to retreat, stepped forward, returned the salute, and said: "It turns out to be General Mo Zuo."
Mo Han was overjoyed to see Le Kai's courtesy and soon came to the two of them.
Le Kai introduced Pei Guo Liu Dan again.
When Mo Han heard this, he did not dare to neglect and gave another salute.
He knew who Liu Dan was.
Before King Liang went to war, he arranged a marriage for his eldest son Shao Zhang, and the bride was his youngest daughter.
And Lucai is Shao Zhang's uncle, no wonder the two of them came together.
Furthermore, even if they put aside their official positions and identities, the Le family of Nanyang and the Liu family of Peiguo are also wealthy families.
Le's influence is no longer limited to the five counties of Nanyang, Shunyang, Xinye, Yiyang, and Sui. It is also very famous in Xiangyang, Nanjun, Jiangxia, Wuchang and other places.
If I had to pick one of the top clans in the counties of Northern Jing, it could only be the Le clan. The others were no longer able to compete with them, and either fell into decline or became their vassals.
The Le family of Nanyang was one of the few wealthy families in the world during the transition from Jin to Liang.
In comparison, the Liu family of Peiguo was far behind.
So far, their influence is still limited to Peiguo and adjacent counties.
The Liu family of Pei State mainly relied on marriages with the Hua family of Pingyuan, the Xun family of Yingchuan, the Shi family of Leling, and the Xiahou family of Qiao state to maintain their family. Hard power was not enough.
Of course, as descendants of Han clan clans, wealthy families such as the Peiguo Liu family, Nanyang Liu family, Pengcheng Liu family, Pingyuan Liu family, and Zhongshan Liu family (now in decline) also helped each other, indirectly increasing their respective influence.
Mohan has no family background. His ancestors were wealthy businessmen, and later he gradually became a wealthy man. If it weren't for the wonderful relationship between Liu Kun and Tuoba Yilu, Mohan would not have been able to become the general of the left side of the country.
Therefore, he had a heartfelt admiration for Le and Liu, and even felt an inferiority complex in his bones.
"General Mo Zuo was - ordered to go south?" Le Kai asked, pointing to the Xianbei cavalry gathered in the distance.
"Exactly." Mo Han said: "For such an important event as the Zhengdan Dynasty meeting, Daigong naturally has to come to congratulate him in person. Therefore, in October, I led five thousand elite cavalry to escort Daigong south to Luoyang."
"Oh? The Lord Provost is here too?"
"Here we are, staying in Jingu Garden temporarily."
"The Duke understands righteousness and is a blessed man." Le Kai praised: "How is Mrs. Tai?"
After hearing this, Mo Han paused and said, "My wife is ill and it is inconvenient to go south."
Lucai's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly thought of something.
He still knew about Tuoba Lizhen or Yuan Zhen, and he even knew that some people called Yuan Zhen "Shao Zhen" in private.
Although it is often based on rumors, it may not be false, because King Liang just liked this tune. He was paranoid about making the bellies of his enemies' wives and daughters bigger.
Mrs. Wang is "sick", isn't she pregnant?
Liu Dan did not interrupt, but observed silently.
His focus was different from Lucky's.
After King Liang conquered Tuoba Dai and Liu Han, the number of Hu people under his rule increased sharply, and they became a group that cannot be ignored. It can even be said to be a group with quite strong military strength - don't look at how hard King Liang defeated the Hu people. Take it easy, if you try someone else, you might be defeated.
After they are included in the rule, they will naturally share the benefits, and the situation in the world will change again.
Why did Zhengdan Chaohe call these people here? Liu Dan vaguely guessed some reasons——
At the beginning, the King of Liang relied on the support of the scholars to raise troops for war. However, after he established his merits and prestige, he vigorously cultivated the power of warriors and used them to bargain with the scholars.
Now, the Hu people have officially entered the stage, laying a solid foundation for the new dynasty to effectively rule You, Bing, Yong, Qin, Liang, Liang and Henan in the future.
Geographically speaking, Hu people make up the majority in Bingzhou and Guanxi, while Han people make up the majority in other places.
There are Hu and Han people in each of the two regions.
In order to unite the country into a whole, it is the general trend to prevent the separatist foreign forces from entering the country.
The King of Liang existed as the co-leader and arbiter of the three forces of barbarians, scholars, and warriors. Among them, the scholars still had a greater advantage, but the advantage was not as great as before.
The successors of King Liang must also implement the policy of coexistence of the three major forces until the day when the transformation of barbarians into summer is completed.
From this perspective, it seems that the influence of the scholars on the successor emperor will be greatly reduced because someone will compete with them for food.
Thinking of this, Liu Dan couldn't help but smile bitterly.
There are still people who want to exert their efforts in selecting the emperor's successor. Now it seems that it is not that simple. The king of Liang always acts unexpectedly.
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After the Laba Festival, more and more officials from all over the country gathered in Luoyang. The army gathered outside the city undoubtedly attracted the attention of many people.
Some people were chatting and laughing and high-spirited when they came, but became a little silent after seeing the boundless army.
Some people had a calm demeanor, neither happy nor sad, but after seeing the overwhelming barbarian cavalry, as well as military generals and barbarian chieftains hunting, wrestling, and drinking together, their expressions changed.
More people were silent, as if they didn't want to say anything more.
This shows how difficult it is to change the world's interest pattern.
The residences, markets, and government offices surrounding the Luoyang City Wall were damaged in the war in the early years. Starting from late November, sergeants have been cleaning up here.
After entering the twelfth lunar month, as more and more warriors and barbarians arrived, the cleanup process was greatly accelerated.
A few years ago, there were three years of floods in Hebei Province. Millions of large trees were washed down. After picking and choosing, there were many that could be used. A considerable part of them were sent to Bianliang for storage in the shade, and some were sent to Luoyang.
Now these giant trees come in handy.
The ruins cleared outside the city were transformed into inner squares, which are exactly the same as those in Bianliang.
In other words, the original imperial palace became the palace city, the original Luoyang City became the imperial city, and beyond the imperial city was the outer city.
It's just that there is no condition to build a wall for the outer city now, but the inner square can be planned first, and the court can also take the opportunity to build a large number of houses to reward generals or serve as temporary residences for senior officials.
On the 12th day of the twelfth lunar month, Cao of the Fifth Army sent officials to distribute rewards to the warriors and barbarians gathered outside the city: not much, each of them had a winter coat (not ready-made clothes, but cloth and cotton as payment).
At that time, Shao Xun came to the top of the city, and for a while, the mountains shouted "Long Live the Mountain" one after another.
"How magnificent!" He looked happily at the camp and the soldiers outside the city and smiled.
The eldest wife hasn't come yet, but now he is holding Liu Yena in his left hand and Jin Yuehua in his right hand, looking very high-spirited.
Liu Ye's lower abdomen is slightly bulging, but it can't be seen due to the thick fox fur.
Jin Yuehua's face was calm.
However, when Shao Xun looked at her, he could always see an admiring smile at the right moment, which gave her enough emotional value.
Zheng Shida, a redundant servant, stood not far away and reported in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I entered the palace this morning. When I heard that the king had arrived, the emperor was shocked, vomited blood and fell ill."
Shao Xun let go of the two women's hands, turned around, looked at Zheng Shida, and asked, "Does anyone know?"
"It won't spread to the outside world." Zheng Shida promised.
Shao Xun frowned slightly.
Isn't Sima Chi too careless? I didn't even do anything to you, and you fell down?
After so many years of providing good food and drink, even during the years of famine relief, the supply standards were only lowered, but they would never go hungry.
Scare yourself!
It doesn't matter if you die, but the problem is - the yellow mud fell into the crotch, it's hard to tell.
Even if Sima Chi really died of illness, some people would definitely write unofficial history - a very wild kind - saying that it was Shao Xun who poisoned the emperor, and they described it as vividly as if he was personally there, even threatening the emperor and the emperor. There are impassioned dialogues, peat!
"Your Majesty..." Zheng Shida hesitated to speak.
Jin Yuehua took Liu Yena's hand and walked away quietly.
"Say." Shao Xun said.
Zheng Shida looked around and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it's okay if Emperor Jin falls ill. Just write a Zen edict and Empress Liang will use her seal. She has nothing to do with Emperor Jin. The harem, forbidden palace, and palace are all honest and reliable. There will never be anything wrong with a person.”
Shao Xun pondered for a while and asked: "In three days' time, will the Emperor of Heaven ascend to the throne?"
"That depends on whether you want it, my lord..." Zheng Shida said with a twinkling look in his eyes.
"Speak well and don't be too smart." Shao Xun was annoyed by his attitude and said, "But what you said makes sense. Where is Prince Duan?"
"Still in the East Palace."
"I'll go see him." Shao Xun said.
"Your Majesty, you might as well invite the prince to the top of the city to watch the troops." Zheng Shida suggested.
"There's no need for this." Shao Xun looked at Zheng Shida somewhat unhappily and said, "Just do your part."
"Yes." Zheng Shida was excited and responded quickly.
"Please make arrangements and I will visit the Emperor in the palace tomorrow." Shao Xun said again.
"As ordered." Zheng Shida responded honestly.
Shao Xun nodded and waved Zheng Shida to retreat.
After a while, Jin Yuehua came back holding Liu Yena's hand.
After hearing that Shao Xun was going to enter the palace, Liu Ye did not say anything, but Jin Yuehua advised: "The king has the weight of the world, so you should be careful in everything. Over the years, the king has been either fighting abroad or living in Pingyang. The palace is in charge. The halberd warrior has been estranged from the king for many years, so he may not——"
At this point, she stopped talking.
Shao Xun was silent for a moment and said: "That's right. From now on, it's time to perfect the system of taking turns to guard the palace. Tomorrow, Liu Bin, the governor of the department, will lead the Puyang soldiers into the palace, and I will lead my own troops to see him. .”
"The king is a true hero and should not be taken advantage of by villains." Jin Yuehua stepped forward, straightened Shao Xun's robes, and said: "When I lived in Pingyang and Chang'an, Liu Cong and Liu Can were very careful. They were of that generation. The secret men of the subjugated country are all so cautious. The king is the Holy Lord of Kaiji. He is so majestic and brilliant that he should be more cautious."
Shao Xun was extremely benefited from what he heard.
This little fairy is not very old, but she really knows how to coax men.
That's fine, he's been licking women for more than ten years, and now a woman is licking him.
(End of chapter)