In late spring in March, the warblers are flying and the grass is growing, and the city of Chang'an is also a beautiful and sunny scene.
With the expansion of the city, many government offices and private houses have been built outside the city, with square plans.
Taipingfang outside Yongning Gate in the south is where the Han family is located.
The courtyard is not big, with three entrances and three floors. It is not grand enough for Han Chengxu's current official position, but fortunately it is very elegantly organized.
Before midnight, Yan Yunyun stood up, sat down in front of the dressing table, looked in the mirror, picked up a comb to comb his hair, but suddenly fell into a daze.
"Let me do it."
Following these words, Han Wufei came around from the screen with a basin of water and said, "Why did you get up so early today?"
"Your Majesty will be returning to Beijing in the next few days. He is very busy." Yan Yunyun responded, having already taken the official newspaper handed over by Han Wufei and started reading it.
Han Wufei took the comb from her hand and combed her hair.
This has been the habit of the couple over the years. Because Yan Yunyun is busy with official duties, her husband is responsible for all the trivial matters in the room.
It wasn't that she asked for it. As the adopted daughter of the Han family, she never said she wanted Han Wufei to be her son-in-law. It was just that her career was getting bigger and bigger, so he took the initiative to save her some time.
And Yan Yunyun didn't want his servants to whisper about Han Wufei behind his back and make him lose face, so he didn't want anyone to serve him in the room.
"In the past, when I was in Xuzhou, I was the best at dressing up, but in recent years, I've been very good at doing it."
Han Wufei giggled and said, "Just don't think I'm clumsy."
Yan Yunyun didn't look at the official newspaper in his hand. He sighed leisurely and said, "I will resign in a while, and you don't need to worry about me anymore."
Han Wufei was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why did you just resign?"
"How can a woman be an official?" Yan Yunyun said: "When His Majesty ascended the throne, I was about to resign, but the conquest of the Song Dynasty was imminent at that time, and it was difficult to replace the chief minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Now is the time."
"But Han Wufei wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it."
Yan Yunyun smiled and said, "Let's have a baby then."
Han Wufei nodded and scratched the back of his head, said "Okay", and then put on Yan Yunyun's official hat. Looking at his wife's dignified appearance, he felt very sorry.
Although he could not understand the official duties she performed every day, he knew that she did a good job. She was not only the money bag of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but also one of the founding heroes of the Hantai shogunate.
After cleaning up, the couple went to the living room to have dinner.
On the way, Han Wufei talked about an idle matter.
"It's a coincidence. When I was in Hanzhong, General Liu lived next door. It was the same when I was in Chang'an. Now that I've moved to Taipingfang, I live next to General Liu. It's really a fate."
"The officer never thought that it was my father and General Liu who did it on purpose?"
"Why?"
"It's true that we have a deep friendship."
"My father-in-law and my eldest brother are both literati. How can I talk to General Liu?" Han Wufei thought for a while and said firmly: "I have never seen them chatting until we can talk together."
Yan Yunyun thought about the relationship between Liu Jinsuo and Han Chengxu, and couldn't help but shook his head and smiled, saying: "It turns out that officials can also joke."
Han Wufei was stunned instead, not knowing what was so interesting about him.
After the New Year, Han Chengxu was already over seventy years old, and various minor physical problems appeared from time to time. His legs and feet were no longer convenient, and his eyesight was blurry.
But he was still in good spirits.
As the first prime minister of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and the emperor himself was away on military expeditions, he had to shoulder the most government affairs. Even if he wanted to grow old, he could not do it and could only hold on to his spirit.
Han Qi'an has been married to Kong Xian's sister for six years, and the couple has given birth to three children. This is what makes Han Chengxu most gratified. What he likes most every day is playing with his grandchildren in the hall.
Therefore, the most lively thing in the Han family is that every morning, the whole family goes to the living room to have dinner.
"Father."
"father in law."
Han Chengxu was covered with a thick felt blanket and was playing with his grandson. When he saw Yan Yunyun coming, he asked, "Have you spent all the money on the young crops that will be planted during the spring plowing? Knife."
"Don't worry, father. My daughter has been keeping an eye on this matter for a while, and she has finally finished her errand." As Yan Yunyun spoke, he stepped forward and tucked the blanket around Han Chengxu.
"Whether you want to resign or not, let's wait and see." Han Chengxu spoke very slowly and said, "Your Majesty hasn't spoken yet, so why are you so anxious?"
"There are always people who make loud noises, and I don't want to embarrass Your Majesty."
Han Chengxu shook his head slightly and said nothing more on this matter.
Recently, even he felt that he couldn't guess Li Xia's thoughts and it was hard to make a conclusion.
Yan Yunyun sat down and asked, "Where's my brother? Didn't he go to the Yamen after dinner?"
"We are going to Ziwu Town to welcome Your Majesty." Han Chengxu sighed: "At the end of last year, a rebellion broke out in Langzhong. Although the rebellion was suppressed, I have to report to Your Majesty the details of the incident."
Yan Yunyun was not interested in this and said: "When your Majesty was still the King of Qin, you could rule in peace. What difference would it make if you became the emperor? These rebellions were in the name of loyalty to Zhao and Song Dynasty. They were not just some people making excuses to satisfy their own interests."
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"We have just changed the dynasty and the emperor is on his way to conquer the country. Some troubles are unavoidable. It would be better if we don't delay the first battle of the Song Dynasty."
"Speaking of this, the 200,000 pieces of silver and silk should also be transported to Chongqing, right?" Yan Yunyun's eyes lit up when he said this, "Our treasury can't hold it, and it needs to be expanded."
Han Chengxu raised his hand and said slowly: "Let's talk after breakfast."
6.....
Originally it was just a chat in the early morning.
Yan Yunyun originally thought that the money donated by the Song Dynasty was known to the world and was not an important or secret official matter, but he did not expect that Han Chengxu wanted to discuss it in private.
"Father, could it be that Song Ting refused to give it again?"
After dinner, he turned into the side hall and Yan Yunyun immediately asked: "Will this battle continue?"
She knew Jia Sidao well and knew that he was cunning. She had once promised Kublai Khan to give him coins, but in the end he gave nothing, which made her anxious.
Although the money belonged to the treasury, it was under her control. Ever since she learned about Song Ting's peace treaty, she had to keep an eye on it every day without getting any hint of anything going wrong.
Fortunately, although Han Chengxu spoke slowly, he still explained the reason.
"Taoist Master Hao returned to Chang'an and asked the court if we could give the rewards that Meng Yuan could give to Tibet, such as tea, porcelain, silk, etc."
"Father?"
"Taoist Master Hao has followed your brother to Ziwu Town."
"What does the old Taoist mean by this?" Yan Yunyun frowned and said, "Instead of asking me, the Minister of Household Affairs, first, you went to see Your Majesty first and didn't take me seriously."
"Aren't you going to resign?"
Yan Yunyun flicked his official sleeve and almost had a seizure. Remembering that he was in front of his adoptive father, he put his official authority aside and said: "In any case, this is not the way to do things."
"That's Taoist Master Hao." Han Chengxu smiled and said, "He doesn't care about the regulations. All he wants is to get ahead of you and ask for the two hundred thousand silver and silk from Your Majesty."
Yan Yunyun's mind has turned back to the Tubo affair.
She was brought out by Li Xia, and her thinking was different from others. Others thought about marriage and rewards, but she thought about trade.
Mongolians also like trade, but the difference is that the trade Yan Yunyun thinks of is not to exchange tea for gold but to deliberately promote integration through trade.
"Father, can you trust me? If Hao Laodao doesn't get this coin, your Majesty will still leave it to me."
"Whether I believe in my father or not." Han Chengxu patted his knees and sighed meaningfully: "In the end, it all depends on yourself..."
Ziwu Town.
Before the emperor's guard of honor had arrived, Li Xia had already arrived in a light carriage and had a long talk with Han Qi'an at the post house.
Now that you are the Ninth Five-Year-Old, and you have returned from your personal expedition to the Song Dynasty, a grand ceremony is unavoidable. In two or three days, the ceremony will arrive, and all the civil and military officials will go out to welcome it on the outskirts of the city, and then you will have to offer sacrifices to heaven...
Li Xia couldn't refuse these regulations, but he had to understand the situation in Guanzhong and handle the policies well before doing so instead of waiting until all the rituals were completed and then asking questions one by one.
There will only be one situation at that time, and that is, every time a minister reports an official report, he will find that His Majesty has known about the matter in advance and has an idea.
In this way, Li Xia can give people the impression of knowing everything. Of course, this is not the main purpose.
"When His Majesty was campaigning against the Song Dynasty, the Yuan army was indeed in the midst of an aggressive attack. Especially when Xingqing Prefecture, Yan'an Prefecture, Tongguan and other places were most critical, Dong Wenbing personally smuggled across the forbidden ditch, and General Liu Yuanzhen led his troops to support him and even hit an arrow.
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"It was at that time that I received the battle report outside Xiangyang City."
Han Qi'an said: "I still have lingering fears when I think about it, but in fact."
"In fact, the Yuan army is weak in succession."
"How did your Majesty find out?"
Li Xia was actually not sure at the time. He only had an intuition, but now he was sure, saying: "If the Yuan army really launches a large-scale attack, there must be a clan king in command. Tuohu, Yixiang Ge, Tacha'er... at least
If these people come, it means that the Yuan army is ready. But I don’t believe that the Yuan army can be prepared. I went to war against Zhao and Song without declaring it. Even Zhao and Song could not react. The news reached Kublai Khan.
After a long time, how could he have time to mobilize his troops?"
"Your Majesty, Holy Ming." Han Qi'an said: "I have just received the news recently that the main force of the Yuan army is divided into three parts. Some of the soldiers and horses rushed to Hetao, hoping to take the opportunity to seize Xingqing Mansion, but it was too late; the other part of the soldiers and horses were still there.
We are cleaning up the mess left by Ali Buge in Mobei and recruiting tribes; the last part has moved to the Western Regions and has now arrived near the Altay Mountains. As for those who attack us, they are temporarily mobilized troops from various places."
Li Xia casually clicked on the map twice and said: "Look, if I hadn't united with the Western Regions last year, this Yuan army would have been able to lead the Gaochang Uighurs and kill them across the Hexi Corridor. And we wouldn't have been able to mobilize the troops from Gansu.
Cooperating to attack other places... Looking back now, it was more dangerous than ever."
"If we had not united the Western Regions, once we broke with Zhao and Song, we would indeed be surrounded by enemies on three sides." Han Qi'an also clicked on the map, "The main force of the Yuan army is the Western Regions, Zhao and Song. Even if the enemy forces from these three sides do not attack at the same time, we will
We have to set up defenses... By the way, there is also this place."
With a move of his finger, Han Qian moved to Tubo's position.
If you look at the map at this time, you can see that the territory of Tang State looks like a crescent. And the large area surrounded by this crescent is Tubo.
"The Yuan army could also contact Tibet from the Western Regions and launch a sneak attack on Sichuan and Shu."
Li Xia smiled and asked, "Master Hao is back?"
"I'm in Ziwu Town. I want to see His Majesty."
"It's time for me to give him a title."
"Yes, Taoist Master Hao has already thought about it. Just call it 'Xuanmen Authentic Zongfu Mingde Zhenren'."
"He's not polite." Even so, Li Xia picked up his pen and wrote down the title.
"He said it was so that His Majesty wouldn't have to worry about it."