Settling the Northwest

Author: Daoshu

Settling the Northwest

In the second year of liberation, Chang'an

Since the establishment of the Li and Tang Dynasties, Chang'an has been the capital, and it was not until the period of Empress Wu that the capital was moved to Luoyang.

Now that Li Tang was restored, the capital was naturally moved from Luoyang back to Chang'an.

With the original foundation in place, there is no need to build a new palace or carry out extensive construction when moving the capital. You only need to bring over a team of people, so it will not waste people or money.

Now that it has been more than a year since the capital was moved, the people under the imperial court have gradually become accustomed to it, and all affairs in the imperial court are proceeding in an orderly manner.

After more than a year, the "Sixteenth Guards of the Central Committee" has been basically controlled by Shen Youzhi——

Needless to say, the left and right Yulin guards and the left and right Jinwu guards. The four commanders, Jinghui, Huan Yanfan, Li Duozuo and Xiang Shilun, all had the merit of following the dragon, so they were naturally promoted.

The left and right Qianniu Guards have been handed over to Shen Youzhi's cronies because General Huan Bin's identity as a traitor was revealed.

As for Wang Xiaojie and Quan Shancai, who are on the left and right of Weiwei, they all belong to Di Renjie's line and are also available.

Among the remaining Yingyang Guards, Longwu Guards, Leopard Tao Guards, and Xiao Guards, there are also Shen Youzhi's cronies.

In other words, his current position is completely stable.

Although it sounds simple, for more than a year, Shen Youzhi has been too busy to sleep without taking off his clothes.

There was no way around it. There were naturally a lot of trivial matters when the country was changing, and many of them were relatively sensitive, and the emperor Shen Youzhi had to make his own decisions.

Although the organizational structure of the imperial court is still there, the handover of personnel, handling of remaining issues, etc. are still quite complicated.

This results in his daily workload being extremely large, which means that he has to deal with everything in a day.

Therefore, let alone a holiday, there are only two or three hours of rest time left in the day at most.

But even in such a tight work rhythm, there are still some things that cannot be delayed - giving birth to a child.

This is not out of personal lust, but an inevitable choice to stabilize the country.

Although Shen Youzhi knew very well that with his current physique, he still had at least seventy or eighty years left.

But others don't know this.

Those cronies who have followed him all the way to the present, as well as the "partners" who joined the company halfway, all hope that he can expand his harem as soon as possible and give birth to an heir.

Only in this way can the future of the country be secure, and the people of the imperial court will be at peace.

Of course, there is a more important point, which is to maintain and consolidate the relationship between oneself and other interest groups through the harem.

Not only do I have to work overtime at work, but I am also busy giving birth to a child. Other people would probably be unable to handle this kind of devilish schedule.

Fortunately, Shen Youzhi's Daoyin technique has already reached the state of perfection, and his body is beyond the ordinary. Otherwise, he really wouldn't be able to withstand such an intense work rhythm.

Fortunately, after more than a year of busy work, everything has basically stabilized.

Now that the various ministries of the imperial court can operate on their own, Shen Youzhi, as the emperor, only needs to make decisions on key issues.

Daming Palace, Hanyuan Hall.

Wearing a bright yellow dragon robe and a crown, Shen Youzhi sat on the dragon chair, listening to the reports of His Highness and his ministers.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the ninth day of next month is the Wanshou Festival. Envoys from Turks, Tubo, Silla, Japan and other countries have arrived in Chang'an and are now being received by Honglu Temple."

Wen Hongyu, the Minister of Rites, was the first to go out and report on the progress of his work.

The so-called "Tianshou Festival" is actually the emperor's birthday.

Since it was the first Tianshou Festival after Shen Youzhi ascended the throne, all countries rushed to celebrate the Tianshou Festival.

During the Wu Zhou Dynasty, they had diplomatic relations with the Central Plains. Now that China has changed hands, it is natural to re-maintain the alliance.

After the Ministry of Rites, the heads of the six departments including the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works also reported their work status to Shen Youzhi one after another——

"Your Majesty, there is an express message from Yangzhou"

"Yushitai"

These are trivial matters that are routinely reported and do not require heavy-handed decisions.

Although the Tang Dynasty was a one-day dynasty with a high frequency, in addition to issuing edicts, most of the time it was the emperor who listened to reports from ministers.

After all, local officials in the Tang Dynasty had great power and could make decisions on many matters themselves, and there were not many matters that needed to be reported to the central government.

Even if there are important matters that need to be reported to the imperial court, they will be reviewed by the Six Ministries and Three Provinces first, and then submitted to the Emperor for approval in the form of a memorial by the Zhongshu Province.

Matters that really need to be discussed by the ministers in the morning court and decided by the emperor in court are either extremely important matters or sudden emergencies.

After a long time, all provinces and ministries had basically reported on their work progress, and the hall fell into silence again.

Shen Youzhi looked down at the ministers in the palace and asked as usual, "My dear friends, do you have anything important to report?"

"Your Majesty!" Si Tianjian Zhengrao Tishu slowly came out of the queue and bowed to answer: "There are strange signs in the sky this morning - birds touch the pillars, fish in the pond die, the seismometer appears on the rooftop, and there will be a violent earthquake in the northwest. !”

As soon as these words came out, all the officials in the palace looked sideways: The northwest is a frontier fortress, and it is also pinched by the Tibetans and Turks. The situation is already very tense. If there is another natural disaster, I am afraid...

"Where is the center of the earthquake?" Shen You's face was calm and his tone was calm.

This was something he had expected——

According to the time calculation in the original work, the Jiangzhou case happened about a year after the Snake Spirit case, and then the Liangzhou case was seamlessly connected.

Now that the situation has changed, Di Renjie did not resign and go into seclusion, nor did he go to Jiangzhou, nor did he plan to return to his hometown to visit Zeng Tai.

However, the Liangzhou case is an extremely independent case and has no involvement with other cases. Even without Di Renjie's intervention, it would have happened as scheduled.

"According to the calculations made by Bei Zhi just now, the center of the earthquake should be located in the Ganliang desert on the Northwest Road." Rao Tishu replied truthfully.

It turns out the earthquake was in the desert, luckily!

The ministers, including Di Renjie and Zhang Jianzhi, breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that the center of the earthquake was in the desert.

The earthquake occurred in the desert, and even if it affected the surrounding prefectures, the damage caused would be limited.

"Although the epicenter of the earthquake was in the desert, its intensity must be unprecedented, and the two nearest states of Gansu and Liang will be severely affected." Rao Tishu said cautiously: "Therefore, I ask your Majesty to pass on the order to all places to ensure that Be well prepared.”

Shen Zhi nodded slightly and ordered: "Mr. Zhang Ge, please immediately pass on the decree to all states and counties in the northwest, especially the two prefectures of Gansu and Liang. They must do a good job in disaster management. Anyone who is negligent or slack will be severely punished." !”

"Yes, I will prepare an edict immediately."

Zhang Jianzhi, who had already been named the Duke of Hanyang County for his merit of serving the dragon, immediately accepted the order.

Di Renjie, who also "made great contributions" in the coup and had been named Liang Guogong, also stood up.

"Start your Majesty!

The five million taels of salary allocated by Luoyang to Ganliang Road were dispatched from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War a few months ago, and were escorted by three thousand armored troops led by Zuolong Wuwei General Fang Zhe."

Di Renjie paused and continued: "I hope your majesty will immediately draft an order and order the military department to rush six hundred miles away and inform General Fang Zhe, who is escorting the payment, about the earthquake and ask him to be careful."

"Accurate!" Shen Zhi nodded slightly and said: "We must prevent natural disasters, and we must not underestimate man-made disasters.

I have appointed Wei Jingyao, the general of Zuoying Yangwei, as the military envoy to Ganliang Road, and immediately led his troops to Ganliang to provide disaster relief and relief!"

Regarding the Black Clothes Society, Shen Youzhi had informed Wei Jingyao in advance and asked him to lead his troops straight to the Dark Mountain to annihilate the Black Clothes Society's rebels.

I had no time to take care of this scabies disease before, but now that I have the time, I can just deal with it.

After explaining this, he looked at the ministers in the audience. After confirming that nothing happened, he said: "Since nothing happens, let's withdraw from the court!"

As he stood up, the attendant shouted loudly to the audience——

"Retreat - toward -"
Chapter completed!