After the imperial meeting, Shao Shude did not go north in time because news came from Luoyang: Song Le, the minister of Zhongshu, passed away.
Taichang Qing Ding Hui immediately went to Luoyang with weapons, chariots, horses, swords and other necessary matters to preside over the funeral. However, I heard that Ding Hui's physical condition has also declined greatly. I don't know how long he can last. Don't send him as a gift.
Go and finally send yourself away.
But - maybe this is life.
After favoring Song Le's descendants, Shao Shude rested until April 20th. As a result, I don't know whether it was due to acclimatization or some other reason. Concubine Shu Fengxuan suddenly fell ill and entered her deathbed in a short period of time.
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Shao Shude sat silently in front of the couch, and Zhaoyi Xiaofeng almost burst into tears.
Da Feng shed tears and was speechless. He raised his left hand with difficulty and was gently held by Shao Shude.
Her lips moved slightly. Shao Shude leaned over and heard only a very weak voice, which could not be heard clearly.
But he knew the meaning and said: "Yuenu, Queer are also my children. They will be rich and noble for the rest of their lives, and their children and grandchildren will also be rich and noble."
Da Feng shook his head slightly.
Shao Shude leaned his head again and finally understood this time. What Da Feng meant was that she could no longer accompany him, but their son and daughter would continue to accompany him.
This sentence directly hit his soul.
I haven’t experienced the feeling of crying in many years, maybe this is the first time in my life.
In front of his sworn brother's soul, he was half-truthful and half-false, but at this moment he was really sad. From his heart to his throat, it seemed as if there were layers of things blocking him, which made him extremely uncomfortable.
Birth, old age, sickness and death, separation and death - maybe this is life.
He hugged Xiao Feng into his arms and held Da Feng's hand tightly with his left hand until the warm body slowly became cold.
The Feng sisters were kidnapped by him, but they also brought him a lot of care and happiness. There were few women at that time, and everyone remembers them clearly, but now...
In this life, when we meet is actually very important.
On April 21st, Shao Shude issued an order that after the funeral, Concubine Shu was buried in Luhun Mountain, and she was given a posthumous title by Dr. Taichang and submitted to the Ministry of Rites.
This was probably the first concubine buried after the construction of the imperial mausoleum.
After experiencing this incident, Shao Shude was not in good spirits. He sat aimlessly in the palace for a long time, not bothering to deal with government affairs. It was not until the beginning of May that he went to Xiyuan for a few horseback rides, and his mood gradually recovered.
"In the past, riding horses was not so tiring. Time is not forgiving." After Shao Shude dismounted, he tried his bow again.
The bow that kills one stone and eight fights can no longer be drawn to its fullest. Archery on foot while wearing armor was his unique skill when he was young.
"Your Majesty..." Zhao Guangfeng, the newly appointed minister of Zhongshu, and Xiao Qu, the minister's minister, looked at each other. Zhao Guangfeng stepped forward and said: "I would like to ask your majesty to sit in Chang'an and select generals for the western expedition."
Shao Shude glanced at him and said: "I know my body well. Now compared to when I was in my prime, it's just a little bit worse. Yin'an has always been a good man. If compared with Chishou Kung Fu, at my age,
Confidence can be more than half."
He knew why Zhao Guangfeng mentioned the Western Expedition.
Because just now, Huainan came to report that Shengzhou was surrounded by groups and attacked day and night. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. Xu knew that they were the last place in the country that was still resisting, and it was impossible for anyone to respond to the rescue. The remaining Huai army went out to fight in the city.
, killing all the troops in the besieged city and being defeated one after another, unable to stand. But after all, their strength was limited, and the momentum of the mourning soldiers that they barely raised was quickly exhausted. In the end, the entire army was wiped out, and Shengzhou was defeated by the king's division.
In the previous two days, Xuyi had been besieged for several months. The city walls were damaged and arrows were exhausted. They were attacked by various armies, killing more than 10,000 people.
The sixth day of May in the twelfth year of Jianji’s reign is a day worth remembering.
After officially proclaiming himself emperor and founding the country, Shao Shude spent ten years and ten months to completely wipe out all the separatist forces and unify the nine states.
This speed is actually not slow. If we stop here, Daxia can definitely be called a unified dynasty. Even if there is no Western Region, after all, the Qin Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty do not exist. Let alone the dynasties in these places at the beginning of the founding of the country.
More, less.
In addition, he also captured Liaodong.
His Liaodong is only literally the same as the Liaodong of other dynasties, but the connotation is quite different.
The traditional Liaodong is actually the eastern half of Liaoning. It was called "Southern Manchuria" in the late Qing Dynasty. Today, Daxia not only includes "Southern Manchuria", but also controls "Northern Manchuria", and even includes most of the Russian Primorsky Territory.
In history, only the Liao Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, and even the Yuan Dynasty had partial or complete control of this area. Officials, garrison troops, and tax collection were all signs of actual control.
Generally speaking, the Xia Dynasty's Liaodong had a very large geographical scope, and there was no similar existence among the previous Central Plains dynasties. This is a historical opportunity. Who allowed there to be a country called Bohai in this era, and it happened to be in the
What about the end of the decadent dynasty?
The only place that is not as good as during the Han Dynasty is probably the Korean Peninsula. Lezhou in Liaodong Province only includes the area north of the Xu River. The other side of Lezhou from Pyongyang County is the Mozhen Kingdom established by the Gong family.
After pacifying Huainan, the civil servants represented by Zhao Guangfeng and Xiao Qu were basically satisfied.
In their view, why bother to conquer the Western Regions again? So what if they conquer it? How much tax can they provide to the court?
The most likely reason is that not only are they unable to provide taxes, but they also have to add money to it. For example, Liaodong Road now sends a group of forbidden troops to garrison every two years, making it like the former Tang Dynasty who would recruit soldiers and horses from various vassal towns every year.
Send to the northwest, southeast for autumn and winter protection.
What is the use of such a place?
But this cannot be said directly. After all, the warriors have been in power for more than 150 years, and the literati are still a little afraid. In fact, before the Anshi Rebellion, the warriors were not arrogant and domineering. It was just to a lesser degree. During the Kaiyuan period, Shuofang Jiedu
The envoy's judge was beaten by the noisy and assembled sergeants because of "improper food supply." This may have been the first large-scale military rebellion in the former Tang Dynasty.
Zhao Guangfeng knew that the saint's wish was to go to the west to have a look. Because he had already told his ministers that from a military point of view, there was no need to go to the west, but from a personal interest point of view, he wanted to see it.
Zhao Guangfeng could only persuade the saint to give up the war in a roundabout way by discouraging the idea of a personal expedition.
As long as it is a war, there is a possibility of failure. The battle to conquer the west is meaningless. Failure is a pure loss, and it will even encourage the thieves to plunder Daxia even more vigorously.
"What? Are you afraid that I will lose the battle?" Shao Shude asked.
"No one dares to say that we will win the expedition," Zhao Guangfeng said.
"The Uighurs are not as powerful as you think." Shao Shude said: "Moreover, if you live in the palace, see things and miss people, and feel gloomy, you might as well take a walk outside. There is nothing in this world that can stop me.
attacking army."
People's cognition may constantly change with experience, age, and situation.
Thirty years ago, Shao Shude was still imagining how powerful the Mongols were in history.
However, the grassland tribesmen he met during his career gave him the impression that they were easy to fight. He didn't know what the problem was. Maybe the Mongols were more organized.
Thirty years later, he was already the founding emperor who commanded hundreds of thousands of troops, killing all sides and rarely encountering an opponent.
Whether it was the scattered tribal soldiers with low organization or the Shatuo cavalry with relatively high organization, he ignored them. Because his imperial army could crush them in frontal combat, he dared to take off his armor and expose his flesh.
A warrior who rushes towards the enemy's edge. He has grassroots officers who can accurately read the battlefield situation and have strong subjective initiative. He has experienced generals who can deal with various unexpected situations...
It was incredible to him that the Mongolian cavalry could defeat the Jin army by dismounting and fighting on foot.
There is only one conclusion. The Jin army was too bad. It was not as good as the Han army Shihou Tuanlian who went north to the grassland and plundered the Longxing land of Mongolia. It was even worse than the well-organized, well-equipped and life-threatening Tibetan army in the Tianbao period of the former Tang Dynasty.
In his opinion, the Gaochang Uighurs were just local chickens and tile dogs. If he didn't want to see the Western Regions with his own eyes, he really had no interest in conquering them himself.
"Even if the Western Expedition is victorious, the safety of the world depends on Your Majesty. Please make a living for the common people by patrolling the West. Don't take risks lightly." Zhao Guangfeng insisted.
"You haven't even mentioned the horoscope yet, why are you so anxious?" Shao Shude said noncommittally, "I just want to take a walk and have a look."
After saying that, he ignored the two people's thoughts, got on his horse, took a riding bow, galloped out, and went hunting.
Zhao Guangfeng knew that he had not given up the idea of being a saint, so he looked at each other and sighed.
"Shilang Zhao..." After Xiao Zang was silent for a while, he suddenly mentioned something: "Concubine Shu passed away, and the saint was depressed. Since then, the palace people have become old and beautiful, and have not been in the palace for many years. Many people in the two palaces of Luoyang
The palace people even existed in the pre-Tang Dynasty. Why not ask the sage to issue an edict to select and send more beauties to the palace?"
Zhao Guangfeng pondered for a while and said in a low voice: "Shi Lang Xiao's words are very kind."
Zhao Guangfeng was not willing to do this kind of behavior only for lucky ministers before, for fear of ruining his reputation. But it would be good if we could catch the saint's lecherous weakness and tie him up in the palace.
But this alone is not safe.
Zhao Guangfeng stroked his beard lightly, trying to find something more interesting to the saint.
"How much did Bohai Trading Company earn last year?" he asked.
"It's less than the year before last." Xiao Qu said with a wry smile: "A lot of ships have been built, but sailors are scarce and they are still recruiting, so they only have more than 40,000 yuan."
Zhao Guangfeng frowned and said: "Xiao Xiang, maybe we should let those who impeach whaling be restrained. I am tired of them making noise all day long. The saint wants to open a direct route from Gu to Annan, is it possible?
If it works, it’s time to spend money, and it’s time to recruit people. If there are results, we can ask the saint to tour east to see."
Xiao Zang nodded, and then mentioned something: "The Great Chief and Guo Zheng Renmin have been sending people to contact Jiannan and the barbarians in central Guizhou, and they seem to have an agenda. Prime Minister Zhao, look..."
Zhao Guangfeng felt happy when he heard this.
The Dachanghe Kingdom mentioned by Xiao Qu is indeed a train of thought.
"It's better to wait and see what happens first. It's best not to take the initiative to stir up trouble." Zhao Guangfeng said.
Civilians cannot command the army, but this does not mean that they cannot exert influence. The situation in central Guizhou and southern Jiannan is complicated, and many tribes are weak. If you punish a tribal leader, it may detonate the situation.
After decades of being officials, if they don't even have this ability, Zhao Guangfeng, Xiao Qu and others will be in vain.
