Chapter 316: New Dynasty, New Atmosphere (With Surprises)
Half a month has passed since Yan State changed its name to Xia, and it is already mid-March.
The mountains, villages, and fields far and near are all immersed in the lush spring green. In the city of Yanjing, the streets are steaming, and the bustling crowds are coming and going. Following the words of King Xia, "Improvement" The status of merchants"
Business travelers traveling from north to south and caravans crossing from east to west gathered in large numbers in this newly emerging country, and cities large and small were more lively than ever.
Cattle, sheep and horses sold from the grasslands in the west have entered Yanzhou since last month, filling a large number of sheds in the livestock area of Yanjing, allowing merchants from various states to choose and purchase.
After these two years, the people who gave birth to slaves had some money in their pockets. They took advantage of this time to go to Yanjing in groups, carrying hunting bows, hunting knives, and various furs to buy some Xia people's things. Bought rouge and gouache for my wife at home.
But most of them are grain, cotton, linen, and livestock.
When you enter the city and go to the streets, what you see is no longer just things from the north or the Central Plains. Occasionally on a few streets, you can also see some jewelry from the Xirong people or the Xueyuan slaves, as well as from the Various sculptures and musical instruments full of exotic customs from the seventy-two countries in the Western Regions.
Some scholars and literary guests who looked down upon these things walked into the study room and looked through the documents of the Yan Kingdom that were about to be withdrawn. They bought a few copies as a collection, or sighed and flipped through them, and then no longer missed them. .
After King Xia ascended the throne, the reform of writing and books has initially begun. Although it has caused a lot of harm to the aristocratic families, we also know that the new emperor who ascends the throne is not like those emperors who used to take care of things at will.
Especially regarding the imperial examination, even though they opposed it, the scholars among the people strongly praised it, vaguely pushing the new emperor to the level of a sage king.
It is rumored that in the book "My China" that is being edited, there is a quote from His Majesty: "Establish a heart for the heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the people, carry on the unique knowledge for the saints, and create peace for all generations!". A wise saying.
Following the work of scholars, farmers, industry, merchants, and armies, they vigorously promoted music, chess, calligraphy, painting, riding, and archery.
That is, five subjects and six arts.
In order to complete such a huge thing, Wang Lang almost locked himself in Longteng Pavilion and wrote Chinese characters one by one. After writing several thousand words, he began to sort and annotate the meaning of each character.
In the afternoon, he started writing the book "My China" for Su Chen, which was used to spread the thoughts of the king and the idea of unifying the world.
On the other side, Su Chen has also officially entered the palace. Fang Xuejun was named queen and a ceremony was held.
And together he summoned the long-awaited envoys from the Three Kingdoms of the Western Regions. Su Chen did not deliberately try to embarrass these small countries. After all, they surrendered to Luotangbagui and did not have much autonomy. They simply gave With some beating and a few sweet dates thrown in, the Western Region, the grasslands, the Northland, and then the Central Plains were connected to form a new trade line.
"I like mutually beneficial things, so I won't talk about the past. Now that you have switched to me, this is a good thing, and I like your look in the eyes."
Su Chen actually treats this kind of thing. , I don’t like it, but the king of a country must have the tolerance and tolerance of the king of the country, as well as a blade that makes the enemy fearful.
"But you have to remember that I am not always so gentle to talk to you. I can kill thousands of miles of grassland and kill Luo Tingba Gui in his tribe. I can also drive troops to kill him. In the Western Region, the city is destroyed and the country is destroyed. Do you understand? "
In the Xuande Hall, the envoys of the Three Kingdoms of the Western Region were kneeling on the ground. Occasionally, some people raised their faces slightly to catch a glimpse of the figure above, and then quickly lowered their gaze.
"I understand." They are all proficient in the Yan language. They may have to learn the Chinese language in the future. I don't know if it will be difficult to learn.
"That's it. Go back and tell your king that I have only one request. See my handwriting, and the army in the country will be at my disposal at any time." Su Chen sat on the dragon throne and raised his hand for the eunuch to pick up. Here are some gifts in return, "This is a gift in return for your king. There is also one of my flags. Remember to put it on the top of the city."
"Thank you, the emperor, for the reward!" The three people kowtowed quickly to express their gratitude.
After sending away the three foreign envoys, Su Chen glanced at Fang Xuejun, who was trying hard to maintain the beauty of the queen. She was sitting upright and her pretty face was meticulous.
"Okay, everyone has left, you should go back too."
Fang Xuejun finally exhaled and gently rubbed his lower back, "Your Majesty, what about you?"
"I have other things to do. I'm going to see someone off."
Su Chen patted the back of her hand and watched the queen disappear from the side door of the hall accompanied by Li Wangqiu before he stood up and took her with her. They took Dian Wei and Xu Chu out of the main hall and went to the west gate of the imperial city. They took an inconspicuous carriage and drove straight to the outside of Yanjing City.
The market was bustling with people shouting and selling. An inconspicuous carriage and two giant men wearing casual clothes with black hair on their chests escorted through the market.
Five miles outside the city, a carriage and 500 soldiers were waiting there. Seeing the approaching carriage stop behind, Su Chen came out.
The five hundred sergeants half-knelt on their backs.
"No need to call me, get up."
Su Chen walked in front of them and raised his hand casually, then strode up to the waiting chariot in front and got inside.
"Prince Xia?" The confused Bei Gongshu tilted his head and looked at the man who came in doubtfully.
The mother next to him struggled to get up and salute, but Su Chen held her shoulders and sat back down.
"If you are inconvenienced, please don't salute."
Looking at the woman's bulging belly, "When you get there, there will be many people taking care of you, and I will come here from time to time. Waiting From now on..." Su Chen looked at Bei Gongshu who was playing in the corner, "He has grown up a little. I will give you a new identity and take you over."
Jiang Wan lowered her head and spoke softly. He stroked his swollen belly and pursed his lips in silence.
Snap!
Su Chen suddenly slapped the butt on the side of the woman's skirt, causing her face to turn red. Then she heard the voice of the man beside her say: "It's settled if you don't speak. Don't shake your head, don't say a word." "No."
After speaking, she looked at the man in front of her with a red face, nodded subconsciously, her heart beating wildly, and watched Su Chen get up and walk out of the carriage. Then, the carriage started to move slowly, and she moved quickly. He went to the car window and opened the curtain, watching Su Chen get on his horse and look towards her on the roadside.
"Mother...will I be the emperor in the future?"
"Well, Shu'er can play around in the future and no longer need to be the emperor."
"Great! I can play whatever I want!" Beigong Shu happily clenched his fists and waved them excitedly.
Looking at her son's happy appearance, Jiang Wan suddenly felt that perhaps it was the best choice for him to live a carefree life like this. Her eyes were slightly moist and red, and she continued to look out the car window, like this It was a scenery she hadn't seen in many years.
The military camps on the southeast and southwest sides of Yanjing are a group of troops that scare people all over the world. The stretching tents can be heard from time to time. The teachings of the governor's cavalry can be heard from time to time, as well as the hard work of the gentleman who teaches writing. Let a group of big men recognize and read the words he wrote, and repeat them back and forth.
It is unimaginable that this group of soldiers who frightened the Xirong people were sitting together, looking at the words written by their husband, blushing and reading along.
There are also soldiers who were born into slaves who could not speak clearly. After reading a few sentences, they were laughed at by everyone. Then they became angry and pulled out the two axes from their waists and roared: "Ah!"
The next moment, the governor opened the curtain and poked his head in. The slave boy immediately shut up, put the two axes back on his waist, sat upright, and continued to read the words just now.
Not long after, the meal whistle sounded outside. A group of rough men picked up their food boxes from under the stools, rushed to the enemy formation, opened the curtains and rushed to the place where the meal was served.
Hearing the "joyful" footsteps outside, Li Jing put down the military book he was writing, stroking his beard and smiled. This kind of military camp life is actually a little bit interesting. A group of soldiers who are obviously fierce, but there are actually Such a cute side, and the fact that His Majesty asked the soldiers to read and write, surprised him.
But I generally understand that this is to make the entire lower level of the army enlightened, so that they can quickly understand the combat intentions in future wars, instead of losing their generals and leaders and not knowing what to do. He stood up, picked up his food box, walked out of the handsome tent, and was about to ask his bodyguard to prepare food for him. Suddenly, there was a voice: "Master, long time no see."
Li Jing turned around suddenly, and saw a tall and tall veteran wearing bright light armor, with a bun and a gray beard, leading a horse and holding a spear, with a polished steel whip around his waist.
"Ding...Ding Fang!!"
The old man froze on the spot, then laughed heartily, opened his arms and faced the opponent.
In the distant city of Yanjing, in the former general's mansion, Lu Bu was lying on a wooden couch taking a nap. When the footsteps of maids and servants walked outside, a low, crisp sound suddenly sounded in his ears.
"Daddy..."
It was like a voice in a dream, but he didn't open his eyes. He just wanted to be in the dream and listen to it one more time.
"Daddy..."
The voice came again, and Lu Bu couldn't help but smile slightly. He hadn't heard his daughter's voice for a long time, and suddenly felt itchy in his nose. He quickly opened his eyes and saw a familiar face standing in front of him. A girl was holding her hair and teasing his nose.
“Lingqi...”
Bang! Lu Bu instantly turned over and sat up, and the wooden couch broke in the middle. The huge movement shocked the girl, "Dad?"
"Lingqi...is it really you?"
"It's really me!" The girl covered her mouth and cried.
"No, why are you so young... Could it be that you..." Lu Bu reacted, grabbed his daughter's shoulders, looked at her carefully, and gradually gritted his teeth.
Lu Lingqi shook her head and wiped her tears: "In fact, Cao Cao was not in trouble...but the mother and daughter did not want to live in this world...they committed suicide by taking poison."
Lü Bu pursed his lips, he He hugged his daughter into his arms and said, "It was dad who killed you, but it doesn't matter... Dad is alive, you are alive, and dad will bring your mother with him!"
"Really?" The girl's eyes were wet and red.
Lu Bu did not speak, but nodded his head. He knew how to bring back his relatives from the past. Thinking of this, and looking at his graceful daughter in front of him, he was so happy that he could not close his mouth and asked the servants outside to prepare a banquet.
"I, Lu Bu, am so happy today, hahaha!"
The spring sky continues.
In another mansion, when Qin Qiong was carrying two jars of wine towards the side yard, he saw a figure with gray hair, wearing Mingguang armor, and holding a long-handled ax lying on the Crescent Gate. Peeking into the yard.
The broad and round figure seemed familiar to him, so he pressed his steps towards him.
The man was still looking inside. He seemed to be aware of Qin Qiong who was coming next to him and turned around. While Qin Qiong was surprised, the other person did not react. He narrowed his eyes and mumbled. He said: "Old Qin, that guy inside seems to be Yuchi Heitan."
"Old Cheng?"
"What are you shouting about..." The old fat man who was looking around suddenly realized something. He touched his face, then looked at Qin Qiong who looked surprised next to him, and reached out to pluck his beard. Qin Qiong almost jumped up and punched him in pain.
“Is this old Cheng alive?”
Yuchi Gong, who heard the commotion, came over from the small courtyard and saw Cheng Yaojin at the door of Yueyue. His dark old face also showed a smile and walked over with a big smile.
After a while, the old fat man named Cheng Yaojin was not surprised after listening to Qin Qiong's story. He dropped the ax in his hand and raised his hands together above his head.
"My mother said that I am blessed, and this kind of thing has happened to me."
Meizhou, Dong Zhuo was holding a serrated knife in the courtyard, dancing like a tiger and a tiger, Then he chased Li Jue, who had just done something wrong, all over the courtyard, panting and pointing at him: "See how I deal with you——"
In the corner of the eye, Dong Zhuo stopped, and Li Jue also stopped. , the two of them looked towards the corridor, where a Confucian scholar stroking his beard stood under the eaves of the corridor and looked at them with a smile.
"Xian son-in-law, I miss you so much!" Dong Zhuo threw away the knife and rushed towards the opponent fiercely. He pulled the scribe into his arms, like a bear hugging a tree, and patted him hard on the back several times. .
"Wen You!"
Li Jue was also ecstatic and strode forward to meet him: "Hahaha, our Xiliang army has received another boost!"
He When Dong Zhuo came closer, he didn't even look at him. He raised his hand to hold his face and pushed him aside. The scribe who was hugging him didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
The two brothers Ma Chao and Ma Dai, who came over for business, looked at the scene in the courtyard and laughed. The two brothers turned back together, and it turned out that there was another person standing behind them. Their surname was Pang and his name was De!
Suizhou.
Guan Yu stood on the top of the city, overlooking the Huaijiang River, his beautiful beard hanging down and caressing his chest, his eyes full of gratitude, "Your Majesty's kindness, Guan must die in repayment!"
Beside him, Zhou Cang was leaning on the Qinglong Yanyue. On the other side, a young general wearing a green robe with two levels of armor was holding a copy of "Spring and Autumn Zuo Zhuan" and looking at his father beside him with a smile.
Within the city wall, in a certain house among the rows of houses, Zhang Fei's laughter shook the roof and the green tiles shook. The door suddenly opened with a bang, and he pulled a young man and strode out.
"Second brother, come and see your nephew, he is back!"
The big and reckless man screamed happily and burst into tears.
Gyeongju.
Zhang Liao looked at the veteran holding a Xuanhua ax in front of him and opened his arms: "Gongming, Liao welcomes you back!"
Old friends who had not seen each other for many years gathered together again at this moment. .
Lu Yang.
Xia Houyuan knelt in the ancestral temple and cried loudly towards Cao Cao's memorial tablet on the altar table. Next to him was a one-eyed general who knelt on the futon with a bang.
In Yanzhou, Zhao Yun was riding on horseback in astonishment, looking at the roar of a white horse across from him. An armored female general above pointed a gun at him.
"Husband, do you dare to race horses with me again?"
On this day, countless people met the precious people in their lives, reunited, lived, fought, and walked In this new land of China
(End of this chapter)