Chapter 234 Postscript 7 The world is unified (the flowers in the backyard are still singing across the river)
The wedding of Fenghuang and Ayuan was held in Yecheng. This is also the third wedding that Xiao Jinyu has held for her close relatives. Through the process of accepting, asking for names, accepting, accepting, asking for dates, and finally welcoming in person, it actually lasted for two months, and during these two months , Yuan Rujing's restless heart finally calmed down.
On the day of the wedding, Xiao Jinyu and Gao Changgong came to the scene in person as their witnesses.
This was also the first time Fenghuang saw Xiao Jinyu half a year after they parted ways in Shuozhou. Xiao Jinyu is now only 24 or 25 years old. She didn't like luxurious dressing up. Today, she specially wore a more festive red cloak, which made her look white. Her cheeks were as red as the clouds reflecting on a clear pond.
She was still as beautiful as ever, but she was a little thinner, and she looked like those southerners who pay attention to the beauty of the sick and weak.
Seeing him worshiping Ayuan, her eyes were filled with joy.
Phoenix's heart also calmed down.
Yuan Rujing looked at her daughter's happy smile and never took her eyes away from Murong Jue. She felt helpless and resentful that iron could not be made into steel. But fortunately, looking at this boy's performance in the past two months, she was very satisfied with her. Yuan seems to be pretty good. He almost never refuses anything she asks for, including the rude request that "I can only have one wife in this life, A Yuan, and she will never take concubines in my life." He agrees to all of them.
Even Xie Yuxuan teased her: "So, are you satisfied now?"
Yuan Rujing then explained: "It's not that I don't like this guy Fenghuang, on the contrary, I'm afraid that this girl Ayuan won't be able to hold his heart. Look at him, he looks so gorgeous that everyone loves him, but he still does such things..." Some people are afraid of things, do you think this can make people not afraid? If he treats A Yuan badly, even you and Xianlang can't restrain him, don't you think?"
"The only person in the world who can subdue him is probably Ayu's child. Oh, now I want to call her the queen. This kid is loyal to Ayu, heart and soul, even without caring about his life, even me. Outsiders felt a little sad and moved when they saw it. They had just asked Ah Yuan to take care of him, but who would have thought that this care and care would actually take away my daughter’s heart!”
"Hey, that's all, this girl A Yuan is also very stubborn. She doesn't like many gentle and gentle men from aristocratic families, but she just likes such an ice man who is known as the 'God of Death'..."
"But fortunately, although this boy has someone hidden in his heart, his character is not bad, and he is not the kind of person who is greedy for beauty. He has been marching and fighting for many years without a woman by his side. He has no bad habits, which is very rare! ”
Speaking of this, Yuan Rujing sighed, as if she was thinking of herself again.
"It is very difficult for a woman to meet a man who loves her wholeheartedly in her life, especially for girls like us who have grown up in boudoir. How many women have never even seen their husbands in person, but they got married after being arranged by the elders in the family. . Only after getting married can you know your husband’s character. Even if this man is a beast, you can only accept it!”
"Fenghuang is the kid I watched grow up. Although his temper is a little colder, he is not black and white. He can distinguish between grudges and grudges better than anyone else. In fact, he is also a good kid."
"I know that unless he accepts Ah Yuan, once he accepts it, he will shoulder the responsibility of his life."
"I believe him in this, and even if something happens, there will still be Your Majesty and the Queen. As the Queen, Ayu will definitely make the decision for my family, Ayuan, don't you think so?"
Yuan Rujing's self-comfort ability left Xie Yuxuan speechless in admiration. She originally wanted to persuade her, but found that she didn't need to persuade her, so she recovered on her own. After that, she happily prepared a dowry for her daughter and was very busy. Xie Yuxuan was so happy that she couldn't say anything, so she had to take her daughter Aying to the palace in Yenan City to meet the queen.
After entering the palace, they learned that Ayu had been infected with cold after returning from Shuozhou. She had not recovered from the illness for more than a month. Her emaciated appearance made Xie Yuxuan feel so distressed that she could not help crying. Later, she insisted on Should she stay in the palace to take care of her personally, or Gao Changgong's dark and cannibalistic expression made her realize that he seemed to be monopolizing the time the emperor and empress spent together, so she gave up on staying in the palace and working as a slave to Ayu. With Ma's thoughts in mind, he spent more time teaching A Ying and A Yao how to practice archery.
Later, A Yuan often came to the palace to see A Yu, and begged to see a doctor for A Yu, and tried to prescribe several medicines to let A Yu see the effect.
A Yuan also explained to Fenghuang: "My sister's body was invaded by the cold after giving birth, and the root cause of the disease was found. She needs to be warmed and nourished. Ordinary medicinal materials are no longer effective for her, but A Yuan once collected them everywhere in the mountains. Medicine, I have found an extremely rare medicinal material, which should be useful for treating cold syndrome! But this medicinal material is also extremely difficult to find. I have searched all over the mountain and only found this one bead!"
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"What is it?"
"It's the snowdrop, and it's the kind of alpine snowdrop that blooms on cliffs in extremely cold places."
"Actually, my sister should also know what medicine is most effective for her body, but she doesn't want anyone to take risks for her. Brother, don't worry, the plant I picked before has been made into pills, and it is still there. It can help my sister relieve cold illnesses. I’ll think of other ways later, okay?”
"Okay! Thank you, Ayuan!"
A Yuan pretended to be angry and said: "We are husband and wife, you can't thank me anymore!"
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After the wedding, Fenghuang asked the court for a decree, willing to go to the frontier to garrison, and at the same time exchange Xiao Xian back from Shuozhou.
Gao Changgong agreed to his request and formally appointed him as the governor of Beishuo Prefecture and the governor of the three prefectures of Beiyan, Beiwei, and Beiheng, as well as the military affairs of the towns west of Kutui and east of the Yellow River and east of the Great Wall.
Xiao Xian returned to the center of Yecheng and took up the post of Taifu. At the same time, he opened a new mansion and granted the title of Duke of Xuancheng County.
From then on, Xiao Xian took on the important task of teaching the prince Gao Tianyao, and his eldest daughter Xie Ziying also accompanied him. It's okay to just teach the prince, but his daughter is really naughty and disobedient, which gives him a headache. But the strange thing is that Aying listens to Ayu very much. As long as Ayu comes to supervise her homework, she will behave very seriously.
Fortunately, both children are very talented, learn things very quickly, and get along very harmoniously and friendly.
One day, Xiao Xian saw two children sitting on the steps watching the ever-changing clouds in the sky. A Ying asked A Yao:
"Ah Yao, do you have any wishes that you want to realize when you grow up?"
Ah Yao looked like a young adult and actually replied: "My father and my mother only have one child now, and my mother is weak. I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to give birth to a younger brother or sister in the future. My father said that he will never give birth to a younger brother or sister in this life." They will only have one wife, my mother, and I am their only hope, so I will work hard to learn from the Taifu and assume my responsibilities in the future. I will also work for the welfare of the people of the world like my father and mother. , stop the war and bring peace to the world! ”
A Ying nodded and said: "A Yao is the prince and will definitely be the emperor in the future. Then I will be the prime minister. I will also help A Yao realize his wish. Well... this is also what I will do when I grow up. Wishes!”
The little girl said very seriously: "Ah Yao, I will definitely protect you from now on, and I won't let bad people bully you!"
"I will not be bullied. After all, my father was also a famous general in the past, very majestic. When I grow up, I will also practice martial arts. I can protect myself and you!"
Xiao Xian stood quietly behind them, listening carefully to the ideals of the two five- and six-year-old children. For a moment, he couldn't bear to break this beautiful scene, but from then on, Xiao Xian felt even more sorry for Ah Yao. Some of them teach and train them as if they were their own children, and even play with the children.
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In the seventh year of Wu Ping's reign, a major event occurred in the Zhou Kingdom. Yang Jian, who was promoted to the general and chief minister of the Zhu Kingdom because of his daughter Yang Lihua's empress, repeatedly remonstrated with the Zhou Lord Yu Wenyun that the laws were strict and not a good way to educate and restrain his subjects. However, Yu Wenyun refused to listen to advice and even named his four favored concubines as queens, with the same status as Yang Lihua. This caused various families to compete for favor. The former harem was in chaos, and the civil servants in the dynasty dared to be angry but dare not speak out.
Later, in order to protect himself, Yang Jian asked the internal historian Zheng Yi to advise the Zhou Lord to leave the vassal. Yu Wenyun was overjoyed and immediately issued an order to appoint Yang Jian as the general manager of Haozhou and ordered him to go to the border areas.
Another year later, Yuwen Yun felt that he could not do whatever he wanted as the emperor, so he issued an edict to his eldest son Yuwen Chan, who claimed to be Emperor Tianyuan and spent his days eating, drinking and having sex with the concubines in the harem.
Two months later, Yuwen Yun died of illness in Tiande Hall due to excessive dissoluteness. Six-year-old Yuwen Chan succeeded to the throne as emperor, with the title of Elephant, and assisted the government with Yang Jian, the Duke of Sui, as the prime minister.
After Yang Jian became the prime minister, he immediately streamlined the strict laws enacted during Yu Wenyun's reign, implemented benevolent policies, and practiced frugality. Many ministers in the court began to join him.
Another month later, Yang Jian used the excuse of the new emperor's accession to the throne and the establishment of a queen, and he issued a false edict to recruit the most powerful kings in the clan, Zhao Wang Yuwenzhao, Chen Wang Yuwenchun, Yue Wang Yuwensheng, Dai Wang Yuwenda and Teng Wang Yuwenkui. To Chang'an.
All the kings were very dissatisfied with Yang Jian's autocratic power, especially Yuchi Jiong, the general manager of Xiangzhou. In July, Yuchijiong gathered 100,000 troops to attack Yang Jian in the name of Qingjun.
The state of Zhou fell into civil strife.
Originally, Yang Jian wanted to send Wei Xiaokuan back to attack Yuchi Jiong, but he did not expect that once Wei Xiaokuan left, Yubi City would be occupied by Qi general Murong Jue, and Wei Xiaokuan was also captured by Xie Yuxuan and Zhao Wang Yuwenzhao on the way.
In fact, just when Yang Jian issued an edict for the five kings to return to Chang'an, Yu Wenzhao surrendered to Qi State under Xie Zhen's persuasion. On the day he came to Qi State Jinyang, the remaining four kings were actually accused by Yang Jian of treason. All sins will be punished.
Yuchi Jiong was also defeated and died.
Since then, all the powerful kings in the Yuwen family were wiped out. Yuwenzhao was very angry and hated Yang Jian deeply. Later, he even asked the scribes around him to write a crusade against Yang Jian.
In the eighth year of Wuping's reign, Yang Jian was granted the title of King of Sui by the Duke of Sui, and his intention to usurp the throne was clearly revealed.
It was in this year that the Emperor of Qi went on a personal expedition, with Murong Jue as the vanguard, and gathered hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses from Yecheng, Jinyang and frontier fortresses to attack Zhou. On the day Yang Jian received Zen, the city of Chang'an was destroyed, and Zhou Dynasty began. perish.
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After unifying the north, Gao Changgong and Xiao Jinyu did not relax or enjoy themselves like the previous emperors of the Gao family. Instead, they continued to implement the land equalization system and Sinicization reforms. They abolished the nine-rank Zhongzheng system since the Wei and Jin Dynasties and formally implemented the imperial examination system. , and reduced taxes many times, and checked household registrations, and found more than a million common people or monks without household registrations. From then on, household registrations were no longer hidden among Buddhist temples or noble families. Both men and women were granted land and paid taxes to the court.
The national power of the north is getting stronger and stronger day by day, making the small imperial court in the south appear weak.
However, as the leader of the Chen Kingdom, Chen Shubao was not afraid and still played with his concubines every day. In order to hide his concubines in the golden house, he changed from the frugality advocated by his fathers and built three splendid attics in front of the Linguang Palace. , his clothes, toys, and utensils were unprecedentedly extravagant. He took turns doting on his seven concubines in these three pavilions, enjoying the joy of gods.
In the ninth year of Wuping reign of Qi Dynasty, all ministers came forward to remonstrate against Chen, so Gao Changgong ordered Murong Jue, Xiao Mohe, Han Qinhu and others to go to Chen State.
Murong Jue used some deception techniques to gather troops and horses in Guangling many times, but did not send troops to attack, making Chen Jun think that the Qi army was just changing defenses and had no naval troops, so it was not a cause for concern.
After doing this several times, Chen Jun completely lost his guard, so Murong Jue quietly crossed the Yangtze River with his troops and captured many cities in Chen State.
When the news reached the court, Chen Shubao was still drinking and having fun with his beloved concubines and favored ministers, and wrote gorgeous poems such as "The face of the enchantress is like a flower with dew, and the jade trees are shining in the backyard." Because Master Chen only listened to nice words, the whole court was filled with sycophants who were clever and flattering, but no one believed what the state and county soldiers who were delivering the training were saying.
Kong Fan even shamelessly comforted Chen Shubao and said: "Jiankang has the dragon spirit, and there is the Yangtze River natural moat that separates the north and the south. In the past, the Qi army came three times, and the Zhou division also came several times. They were all defeated and left. How can the Qi army today be like this?" Able to fly across? This must be a lieutenant to lead the army.”
He even asked people to spread rumors that many horses of the Northern Army died on the road, so as to report it to Chen Shubao, which made Chen Shubao happy and laughed. From then on, the emperor and his ministers continued to drink with prostitutes, compose poems and have fun, just like a Zhang Zi was not afraid of the Qi army's peaceful appearance.
But not long after, the Qi army occupied Jingkou and Gushu with lightning speed, until they came to build Kangtai City.
And because this Qi army had strict military discipline and did not invade farmland or disturb the people, it was very popular and attracted many Chen Guo soldiers to surrender.
Therefore, the Qi army took Jiankang Taicheng without any effort. Even when they entered Taicheng, the generals surrendered and fled. Empty.
Servant Yuan Xian advised Chen Shubao to imitate Emperor Wu of Liang in meeting Hou Jing by dressing up, which would also save the emperor's face. However, Chen Shubao was afraid that he would starve to death like Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan, so he took Zhang Lihua, Kong Guifei and others to hide in Jing. In the dry well of Yang Palace.
When Gao Changgong, Xiao Jinyu, Xiao Xian, Xie Yuxuan and Murong Jue came to Taicheng again, they were all filled with emotions, especially Xiao Xian and Xie Yuxuan.
After many years, they finally returned to their hometown!
But they did not wait for Chen Shubao to surrender, but they waited for Queen Mother Liu Jingyan first.
Liu Jingyan was dressed in plain white clothes, took the imperial seal of Chen State, and led the crowd to surrender. When she saw Gao Changgong, Xiao Jinyu, and Xiao Xianzhi who had become empresses, her lips trembled and she was quite confused. Although he felt alienated from the world, he had no private fear. Instead, he showed a smile of relief.
She looked at Xiao Jinyu and said: "I once broke my promise, failed to prevent the late emperor from murdering the Xiao family, and almost caused Xiao Xian, the head of the Xiao family, to die unjustly in Taicheng. It is my fault!"
"I also failed to teach my children well, and it was also my fault that the people of Chen State fell into a state of dire straits."
At this point, Liu Jingyan knelt down and said loudly:
"Those who are not dead today will bear their own guilt. From now on, there will be no Kingdom of Chen. In the whole world, is it the land of the king, and on the shore of the land, is it the ministers of the king!"
"Let's meet our emperor!"
"Long live my emperor, a thousand lives the queen!"
Starting from Liu Jingyan, all the officers and soldiers knelt down and shouted: "Long live my emperor, a thousand live the queen!"
His shouts were so loud that the people in Jiankang City couldn't help but cheer!
I have long heard that the emperor of Qi State was kind and caring for the people. Under his rule, the people's livelihood was healthy. Not only were poor families able to take the imperial examination and become officials in the court, but even those people who had been oppressed by the tyrants and powerful gentry were protected by the law. The people lived and worked in peace and contentment. This was A true scene of peace.
When Chen Shubao was in power, he would only increase taxes, making the people's lives difficult, and they would even seize the wives of ministers. Even Xiao Mohe's wife was raped by Chen Shubao. This is why Xiao Mohe ran away in anger. One of the reasons why Qi State took refuge in Xiao Xian!
Therefore, when Liu Jingyan faced Xiao Mohe, he did not dare to look into the eyes of this courtier who was once loyal to her and respected her.
Especially at this moment, Xiao Mohe also found Chen Shubao and his two favorite concubines from Ku Jin, and brought them to Gao Changgong, Xiao Jinyu and Xiao Xian.
Seeing his son who was so greedy for life and fearful of death without any imperial manners, Liu Jingyan just closed his eyes and did not want to say another word.
But Chen Shubao said: "I...oh, it's me. I'm really not suitable to be an emperor. I just want to be a leisurely prince and live a stable life with my beloved concubines, so it's okay to give this country to you. OK! ”
"As long as your majesty gives me a job as a free official, I will be satisfied!"
These shameless words made the soldiers on the side couldn't help but laugh, but Chen Shubao didn't take it seriously. He still looked at the emperor and empress with a smile, and even thought of the East Palace banquet many years ago.
At the banquet, Xiao Jinyu once presented a picture of a night banquet in the East Palace, and wrote a poem on it: The merchant girl does not know the hatred of the country's subjugation, but she still sings the flowers in the backyard across the river!
That’s so!
It turns out that this woman had calculated long ago that the Chen family would surely perish!
"Master Chen's ignorance is all due to villains like Mr. Jiang, Kong Fan, and Zhang Lihua, a witch who has brought disaster to the country. I suggest that these villains and this woman be killed!" A general suggested.
Zhang Lihua was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she looked helplessly at Xiao Xian, then at Gao Changgong, and finally at Xiao Jinyu.
Xiao Jinyu said: "The monarch is stupid and incompetent, and it has nothing to do with women. There is no need to impose the blame for the country's destruction on women. Just demote Zhang Lihua to a commoner, and there is no need to kill her!"
Gao Changgong also said: "Just do as the queen says!"
Zhang Lihua suddenly burst into tears with gratitude, but she was also a little disappointed. She was conceited about her beauty, and no man could resist her temptation, but she never thought that the king of Qi and even the generals around him would be interested in her. The beauty turns a blind eye.
After being demoted to a commoner, where can she go?
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After the Chen State was destroyed, the small country of Xiliang in Jiangling immediately paid tribute to Qi and declared itself a vassal. Since then, Qi has finally unified the world and reunited the four seas.
Later, Gao Changgong moved the capital to Luoyang and continued to intensify reforms and rectify the government. Corruption and violation of the law would never be tolerated. Those who violated the law by the nobles and nobles were equally guilty as the common people.
Later, the system of three provinces and six ministries was established, prohibiting local officials from appointing assistants, and making officials above the ninth rank subject to the appointment and dismissal assessment of the imperial staff. Since then, the court's expenses have been greatly saved, and the efficiency of officials has been improved.
Since then, the noble family has declined and gradually bowed to the imperial power.
The romance of the Wei and Jin Dynasties has also disappeared since then. There is no longer the so-called "weak beauties" who can suddenly fall down on the street, there is no harm caused by Wu Shi San to scholars, and even some poems, parallel prose, and conversation have become part of the long history of history. In the middle, the sighing flowing wind returns to the snow-like dance.
This was Xie Zhen's emotion after returning to Jiankang and seeing the prosperous scene of people coming and going, people's well-being, and chariots and horses like dragons.
The Xie family of Chen County returned to Wuyi Lane again.
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At this time, Xiao Jinyu was standing on Jinyong City in Luoyang, looking at the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the distance and the various livelihoods of the people.
Everything was so stable and peaceful, and she couldn't help but have a bright smile on her face.
Gao Changgong was afraid that she would be infected with the cold again, so he quickly took a thick cloak and put it on her. Unexpectedly, Xiao Jinyu said angrily: "The heat has just passed now, and I am not so afraid of the cold anymore!"
"Chang Gong, Ayuan's medical skills are almost surpassing mine. My disease has been cured by her!"
Gao Changgong couldn't help but said happily: "Really? This is really rare. This little girl's medical skills can actually surpass yours?"
In fact, on the day Ayuan and Fenghuang got married, Xiao Jinyu wrote down all the difficult and complicated diseases that she had treated throughout her life in a medical record, including how she treated Xiao Xian, how she treated Chang Gong and Fenghuang. , for every patient she tried her best to treat, she recorded the process in detail.
She gave this medical record to A Yuan.
Ayuan is also very smart, and she is obsessed with the study of medical skills. In the past few years, she has spent almost all her energy on how to improve her medical skills and how to treat her Xiao Jinyu's physique.
Finally, five years later, her cold disease was cured, making her physical condition the same as that of ordinary people.
"And..." After a moment of pause, Xiao Jinyu deliberately betrayed Guan Si. While Gao Changgong was eagerly waiting, she smiled and said, "We have another child. I hope this time it will be a princess..."
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Gao Changgong was stunned and didn't speak for a long time as if he was in a dream.
But just a moment later, Xiao Jinyu felt like the world was spinning. She was picked up by Gao Changgong and rushed towards the inner hall of the palace so fast that the maids and chamberlains along the way were so shocked that their eyes widened.
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Fenghuang just entered the palace and saw Gao Changgong holding Xiao Jinyu and walking as fast as flying. The corners of his lips raised, and he couldn't hide his happy smile. There was no majesty of the emperor.
Phoenix couldn't help but have a smile on his lips.
Now that the world has been settled, he not only has the title of "Victorious General", but also has another nickname that is similar to "Jade Faced Shura":
Little King of Hell!
Explain: Xie Zhen is the last person named in the history of the Xie family in Chen County who actually existed in history, and Xie Zhen was made up one night to distinguish the name Xie Zhen. Xie Zhen died at the end of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. , also symbolizes the romance of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and the aristocrats have since disappeared in the long river of history.
During the Tang Dynasty, all the noble families were wiped out by the empress Wu Zetian.
I have finished writing the postscript at this point. I will write another extra chapter about Chen Xu’s death and past life tomorrow. I would like to thank Yanzhihu 1, Zizhuha, Huohuohuoyi, Xiaomeng0304, and Xiaomeng0304 for their support all the way. Lose weight in dreams and other lovely readers’ support!