Chapter 135 Digging Toad
The emperor quickly sat on the bed.
It can be seen that he likes this new type of seat very much.
The heel support is really a bit tiring and makes it uncomfortable for a long time. This seat is very good. I heard that it was modified from the Hu Bed of the Later Han Dynasty, and indeed it has some tricks.
Sima Zhong twisted around happily, his face full of pure happiness.
Shao Xun is already digging for toads.
The majestic Lieutenant General, the fierce general who can "break one hundred thousand by one thousand", is standing in the mud of the river in Hualin Garden, digging a toad hole with a shovel, as funny as he wants.
Even the guards standing not far away couldn't help laughing.
Shao Xun glared at them.
He knew these tough guys, and the Ye soldiers who had fought against Daxiamen with him seemed to have made some gains. Among the Forbidden Army who are full of rookies, he can be regarded as a "warrior".
Queen Yang Xianrong walked over slowly, seeming to be very interested in digging toads, and watched them without blinking.
But she was not idle, and said softly: "You will eat your salary and share your worries. You are not a general of the Yue family, but a general of the emperor's own army. Why do you need to look forward and backward?"
"I will not betray Sikong." Shao Xun said righteously.
Yang Xianrong chuckled.
"The Yue government officials don't think so, and neither does the King of Donghai." Yang Xianrong said.
Of course Shao Xun knew it, but he was too lazy to pay attention.
In fact, he is really interested in toads now and wants to dig one out and take a look. The queen can only watch but not eat, what's the point?
"A wise man will prepare for a rainy day." Yang Xianrong said: "Actually, you don't need to do anything. Just guard the palace with all your heart. Don't let Xiao Xiao murder your majesty."
Shao Xun put down the shovel. , looked at Yang Xianrong and asked: "Why is the queen so anxious?"
Yang Xianrong was silent for a while, and finally decided to tell the truth: "The King of Donghai intends to depose the prince."
"When did it happen?" Shao Xun suddenly felt a sense of crisis. He didn't know any news. This was a sign of marginalization.
“Just these few days.” Yang Xianrong sighed and said, “It should be difficult to change.”
Although the prince is not his biological son, she has taken care of him for how many years. The biggest reliance. If the prince is deposed, what hope does she have? The new emperor probably listened to Sima Yue. One day, she was given a pot of poisonous wine, and even the water splashed down, so no one cared.
No wonder! Shao Xun nodded, and Yang Xianrong was stimulated again.
Her current mental state is unstable, and Shao Xun doesn't want to talk to her anymore. He wants to wait for her to calm down, think about it carefully, and then make a long-term plan.
So he continued to dig for toads.
Yang Xianrong saw that he was like a piece of meat on a hob, so he had to come up with a big killing move: "Guangcheng Garden is a good place. The mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the territory is vast. There are fields to see millet and wheat, and there are swamps. You can watch fish and birds. Even if something as tragic as Bingzhou's drought happens one day, it will be difficult for Guangchengze to dry up and it can be used to water millet and wheat. "
Shao Xun no longer digs toads.
The queen has indeed done research and has a very broad mind. It is really not easy for a woman to do this.
If Prince Sima Tan can ascend the throne in the future, he will not be surprised at all as Yang Xianrong, the Queen Mother, intervenes in the government affairs and issues orders.
This woman was more powerful than Concubine Pei, but it was a pity that she was in such a bad situation, like a bird in a cage, flapping its wings desperately to make noise, but unable to escape.
Shao Xun's thoughts are different from Yang Xianrong's. He thinks more from a military perspective.
Luoyang itself is a large basin surrounded by mountains.
As far as Luonan is concerned, there are generally three roads, all with checkpoints built, namely the Luonan Three Passes.
Among them, the road to the south is relatively the easiest to walk. It is generally smooth, with only a narrow and narrow section in the middle, where Yique Pass is located.
This place was very famous in later generations because a large number of Buddha statues were carved on the mountains on both sides of Yique, which is the famous Longmen Grottoes.
Shao Xun once had a "wild" idea to lock up Luonan in three gates and let those idiots fight the Huns.
If the Xiongnu wanted to come to Guangchengze, in addition to crossing the mountains and ridges, they could only detour through the three counties of Xingyang, Yingchuan and Xiangcheng, that is, take a large arc of almost 270 degrees, bypassing the east side of Luoyang The entire mountainous area in front of them was attacked from the southeast of Guangchengze.
The Huns would hardly do this before completely occupying the Luoyang Basin.
The mountainous area in western Henan is really not very friendly to cavalry.
On the other hand, in the east of Henan, the land is flat and smooth, which is perfect for cavalry to gallop. But there are many aristocratic families and Wubao manors are densely packed there. No matter how powerful the Huns are, they cannot be conquered in just a few years.
Historically, the eight passes around Luoyang played almost no role, allowing people to come and go as they pleased.
To put it bluntly, people are still not good enough. They have been beaten near the capital, and the people's hearts have long been gone.
Looking back at the meetings between the Eastern and Western Wei and the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi, Luoyang served as the front line. The two sides fought repeatedly, and the fighting was extremely fierce. Almost every inch of land is soaked with the blood of Hu and Han warriors - if you want to take a step forward in the mountainous areas of western Henan, you have to pay for your blood.
The area where Guangchengze is located was called Ruzhou in the Tang Dynasty.
The Eastern Capital Ru Jiedushi usually controls Henan Prefecture (Luoyang Basin and surrounding areas) and Ruzhou.
In later generations, this was Ruzhou, Yichuan, Ruyang, Songxian and other places.
In the Western Jin Dynasty, there was only one Liang County. The surrounding land belonged to Henan County and Xiangcheng County. It was at the junction of the two counties and even the two states. It was relatively sparsely populated and full of mountains, rivers, lakes, and swamps. It is not conducive to cavalry driving, but it is conducive to agricultural production.
It is almost the size of a county, and Guangcheng Garden occupies a large part.
For Shao Xun, who has become the "Earth-bound Spirit" of Luoyang, it is actually a very good place.
The only shortcoming is on the east side, the terrain is too exposed, facing the Yuzhou Family.
As for Nanyang in the south, there is also a certain threat, but not big. The local aristocratic families, such as Leshi, Yingshi, etc., are all self-defeating dogs.
The governor of Wancheng does not have many troops. Most of them were lost during the Zhangchang Rebellion. Now they are all newly recruited and are still training. They can defend the city and are average in field battles. .
“The queen has thought carefully and even considered the severe drought.” Shao Xun sighed: “It seems that there was a severe drought in the second year of Yongkang (301)?”
“There was a severe drought in July. . In October, Taiyuan and other counties were hit by insects again, and caterpillars ate more than half of the grass leaves. "Yang Xianrong said, "The severe drought four years ago cannot be blamed for the situation in Bingzhou."
Droughts and locusts may not necessarily completely destroy people's lives, because there was more or less a surplus of food before then, but droughts and insect plagues have intensified conflicts and made the local situation uncontrollable. This is something more terrifying than natural disasters.
"Indeed, if a person has no long-term worries, he must have immediate worries." Shao Xun said.
"Before Sikong returns to Beijing, there are some things that can be done. If we wait for him to come back, I'm afraid there will be troubles." Yang Xianrong said: "It doesn't cost much to build a garden in Guangcheng Garden. If If Shao Qing is willing, he can take up the post of general and oversee the construction of this garden."
Yang Xianrong really scratched his itch, and Shao Xun couldn't control it anymore.
"It won't cost much," he said lightly, but that was from the perspective of the court.
The "small money" in the national finance may be the family property accumulated by two or three generations of local powerful people. Moreover, the imperial court has a large number of skilled craftsmen and technocrats who are familiar with site selection and design. Isn’t this team better than your home-made fort building?
But the time is not very mature now. He does not want to make a decision so quickly and plans to wait and see after Sima Yue returns to Beijing.
By the way, Sima Yue is already in Xuchang.
The leading force of the Xianbei cavalry, 800 cavalry, also arrived in Yuzhou. It was led by Liu Kun, Sima of Fanyang Palace, and was deputyly appointed by Tian Hui. It was outrageous that Lao Tian could "dedicate his crimes and perform meritorious service".
"Where to go, you can decide by yourself." Yang Xianrong urged again.
Shao Xun remained silent, even bent down and began to dig out the toad hole.
Yang Xianrong's watery and charming eyes were immediately filled with chills, and his enthusiasm instantly cooled down, and he stopped pretending.
She turned around, came to the side of Emperor Sima Zhong, and sat down gently.
"Shao Qing is really a genius." Sima Zhong said with a smile: "It is comfortable to sit on the bed. I will order people to make more and reward them to the officials."
Sheep Xian's face was suffocated, Your Majesty, you are such a weirdo.
"Your Majesty, Shao Qing is sincere and loyal to the country. After killing the enemy, he also presented rare objects. Why not reward him?" Yang Xianrong said softly.
Sima Zhong thought of what happened in Hanoi and nodded repeatedly.
"What should I reward?" he asked.
Yang Xianrong smiled mysteriously, leaned into Sima Zhong's ear and said: "Your Majesty, such loyal ministers are nineteen after the new year, but they are not married yet and have no heirs. They spend their whole day working for Serving the imperial court and fighting in all directions, wouldn’t it be a pity if he died on the battlefield one day?”
Sima Zhong sighed, deeply convinced.
He even raised his head and looked at Shao Xun who was digging toads, feeling more and more pity in his heart, as if Shao was going to die in battle tomorrow.
"Does the queen have any magic tricks?" Sima Zhong asked.
Yang Xianrong thought to himself, since you are so dishonest, don't blame me.
She calmed down and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, a young hero like Shao Qing must be worthy of a daughter of a famous family. But his family background is relatively low, so it is difficult."
In fact, Yang Xianrong is right.
Shao Xun is now the male version of an older leftover woman. I want to sell myself at a high price, but it’s difficult to get the high price and the low price.
It is impossible to find the legitimate daughter of a big family who has not left the palace. The only way to find out is the widow, but it is also quite difficult.
The value of a concubine is greatly reduced, and she is not as good as a widow's legitimate daughter.
As for small families, he doesn’t like them.
To be honest, he doesn’t even look in the mirror to see what kind of family he has, and he is so picky that he may end up marrying one in a hurry.
Although Sima Zhong is stupid, he also knows some ways of the world. After listening to the queen's words, he immediately said: "It is difficult for a famous family to be well-known. What should we do? Sikong said that he would conquer Guanzhong, just in case..."
Yang Xianrong nodded, then leaned into Sima Zhong's ear and whispered: "There happens to be someone here today."
"Who is it?"
"Yuan Shangshu Ling Leguang was born in a wealthy family in Nanyang. His father, Lefang, served in Xiahou Xuan's army, and Guang held many posts in local government and government offices. He was also good at conversation and famous in all directions. At that time, people often ranked him with Wang Yifu. Xianrong continued: "Guang was unjustly killed in Changsha, and the imperial court gave him honor as a posthumous gift. All of them have official positions. One daughter was married to a member of the Wei family in Anyi, and the other is the princess of Chengdu, but now she is imprisoned in the house. It’s a woman waiting for sin.”
"You mean to pardon Le's crime and make her remarry Shao Xun?" The emperor's eyes widened and asked, "Can the Le family agree?"
Yang Xianrong also hesitated. This is the legitimate daughter of the Nanyang Le family, which is completely different from the concubine.
After pardoning Le's crime of "conspiracy and accomplice", it was indeed difficult to operate, but she really wanted to see how Sima Yue looked after Shao Xun married the widow of the King of Chengdu. .
Aren’t you unwilling to come closer? There are ways to cure you.
Even if you go to Sima Yue later to express your loyalty, will they believe you?
Yang Xianrong wanted to laugh again, feeling a sense of mischief and a thrilling feeling of seeking death.
She is worried all day long and her nerves are too tense. This stimulation is really pleasant.
"I want to ask Shao Qing what he thinks." The emperor was a kind man after all, and did not follow the queen's "mischief", so he immediately stood up from the bed and said.
Yang Xianrong’s expression changed.
I was thinking silently in my heart, what if Shao Xun doesn’t agree? Is it possible to secretly cause people to spread rumors? Just say that Shao Xun took the initiative to propose marriage?
(End of this chapter)