No words in the middle of the night.

Although Guan Ning wanted to stay immersed in the gentle countryside, he still got up at Yinshi. At three o'clock on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the emperor had to eat "vegetarian dumplings". In order to express the spirit of making friends at the end of the year and commemorating the ancestors, he also prayed for the new year.

It means a year of peace and purity.

These are all essential rituals.

Guan Ning must also pay attention.

However, after being released, he was still very energetic.

After finishing all this work, the sky started to get slightly brighter.

At this time, you need to bathe and change clothes, put on formal clothes called "Guanfu", go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to perform the "unsealing ceremony", accept the praise (praising) memorials presented by the officials, and give them gold and silver coins.

purse.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of officials will gather in the Square of the Hall of Supreme Harmony to pay New Year greetings to the Emperor. Officials from all over the country will also worship in the direction of the Emperor to complete the New Year celebrations.

Then there are other tedious rituals to officially start the new year.

It is already the sixth year since the founding of the new dynasty, the sixth year of Yuanwu!

The lively celebrations will last until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and then gradually fade away.

On this occasion.

The Zhenbei Army stationed in Yuanzhou has begun to mobilize in batches, in a small-scale and secretive manner, without attracting attention.

The march also always chooses a route far away from the crowds, just to cover up others' eyes and ears.

The most important thing is that Wei and Liang cannot find out.

Based on Liang Guo's attitude towards Daning, as long as he knows that he will never let go of this opportunity, not to mention that Wei Guo is allied with him, and Daning is not enough to cope with it at the same time.

Sooner or later, the two sides will have a battle, but now they are saving up.

The current balance cannot be broken yet, so we must be cautious...

At the same time as the army is mobilized, the required grain and grass are also transported accordingly.

The imperial court was already preparing for a war, but no news came out. Guan Ning issued a strict order, and only a limited number of people knew about it.

After the fifteenth day, things returned to normal. At a court meeting, Guan Ning officially announced that he would conduct a northern tour in the first half of the year.

Mainly inspecting local people's livelihood and implementation of new policies.

He was announcing rather than discussing, so the courtiers had nothing to say.

The courtiers have long been accustomed to this state of affairs.

In the past, the imperial council was a real imperial council. The ministers would discuss and quarrel with each other if they put forward any suggestions. Even if the emperor proposed something, it could not be implemented if the ministers opposed it.

It's different now.

The court meeting is basically in vain. Unless there is a big event, it is difficult to hold it once every half month.

His Majesty directly announces what he wants to do, and that's the current role.

Power is concentrated in the cabinet.

And the cabinet is under the control of Guan Ning, and it can be said that centralization of power has reached its highest peak.

No one dared to say anything.

Your Majesty wants to patrol the north, so just do it.

This is also expected, Du Yuanwu has been here for six years, and they all know His Majesty's behavior.

I’ve been to Jiangzhou twice, so it’s time to visit the north.

Many people don't know that Guan Ning is actually not on a northern patrol, to be precise, he is on a Northern Expedition...

In March, the weather starts to get warmer.

Guan Ning set off in a car.

The ceremonial guard still maintains his usual style, except for necessary security, there are no redundant personnel.

He did not hide his itinerary.

The true and false, the false and the true can better deceive people.

This time in the Northern Expedition, the battlefield is in a wilderness area and will not have any impact on our country...

Traveling with him was his mother Yang Xian, who was returning to his hometown in Yunzhou to visit.

Due to the previous black coal kiln case, many Yang family members were involved. Guan Ning exterminated many of his relatives and exiled them.

My mother wants to go back to her clan and have a good talk with her uncle.

Since then, the Yang family has restrained themselves a lot.

He just wants to tell those people that although you are relatives of the emperor, you do not have any privileges and can get a promotion in status. But if you want to be high and low, you cannot compete with the common people.

Guan Ning didn't overthrow a whole bunch of people with one stroke. After that, he promoted and reused the talented Yang family members.

Relaxation and relaxation is the kingly way.

It can also be regarded as a comfort to my mother.

Among the women in the harem, only Jin Yue accompanied her.

Jin Yue was his bodyguard from the beginning. He had strong martial arts skills and came from the Zhenbei Army.

Later, she was eaten by Guan Ning's rabbit, but she was not treated badly and was included in the harem. Now she has given birth to children.

Taking her back to visit her hometown is also a rare opportunity.

Guan Ning is even more so.

His impressions of Yunzhou Zhenbei Prince's Mansion were all in his memory.

He traveled to this world and went to Shangjing not long after that, and then stayed there for a while when the army was launched...

After five years, I returned to my hometown again.

After the establishment of the new dynasty, Yunzhou still had a special status, or it was the same in the entire north.

In the previous dynasty, Dakang divided the north into three parts: northwest, northeast and true north.

The sphere of influence of Zhenbei Palace is in the true north, which originally included six states.

After the establishment of the new dynasty, it was merged into four states, plus two states each in the northwest and northeast, for a total of six states.

The administrative scope must also be systematic, not too centralized or too decentralized.

Guan Ning has special feelings for the north.

Because this is his root!

This is the reason why he was able to successfully launch an army and rebel.

In history, most peasant uprisings failed because they did not have their own savings.

How can you accomplish anything if you don't have a place that can steadily provide you with soldiers, money, and food?

When Guan Ning raised his army, the people in the north were just trying to help him.

This is what Zhenbei Palace has accumulated over the years.

The Zhenbei Army replenished its troops by recruiting troops from several northern states in order to ensure the purity and loyalty of the army.

The people in the north are too poor, especially those outside the customs.

Because there were frequent barbarian intrusions and the risk of war, the imperial court basically gave up on the governance of this place.

Now that he has become the emperor, he must support development and make the people of the city rich.

In fact, the north has a foundation and a large area of ​​land that can be cultivated.

This year Guan Ning will start three projects outside the Guan to build water diversion, and has reduced and exempted many taxes.

He knew that there would be people behind his back who would say that he was looking out for personal gain.

Guan Ning doesn't care, the foundation is different, and outsiders have no idea how difficult it is for the people living here.

The main reason that troubled the development of the north was the war. Now that stability has been restored, it is much better than before, but there are also shortcomings.

That is population, and the shortage of labor is also a major problem.

The Prince of Zhenbei guards the border. Outsiders only know that the Zhenbei army is strong and that the Prince of Zhenbei is self-respecting, but they never see the sacrifices behind it.

The disability rate of the Zhenbei Army is extremely high. Every year, the number of troops is replenished, young men and women are recruited into the army, and out of ten rooms, nine are empty.

Some families are filled with women but no men.

This statement is not false.

Many people also fled south due to the war, which resulted in a serious population shortage here.

That's why Guan Ning introduced barbarians to supplement the labor force.
Chapter completed!