The city tower rises and falls continuously for ten miles, and the flags ring in the wind.
Liu Mingzhi and Song Qing looked at each other: "We're home."
Liu Mingzhi looked at the lush and leafy branches outside the city and couldn't help but feel a little sad. He had been away for half a year.
No wonder the ancients would write a poem to express their longing for an old friend every time they left home for a long trip.
Liu Mingzhi finally understood their feelings. It was not an affectation, but a genuine feeling. The ancients may never see each other again once they say goodbye.
Yao Yao remembered that before going on the mission, there was still a thin layer of snow outside the city, and the trees were still bare, but when they came back they were already full of leaves.
Looking at the city gate of Dalong Capital in confusion, Liu Mingzhi's eyes were slightly red.
Zhang Qian was sent as an envoy to the Western Regions, and he came back and forth only every few years. How many years does his life last?
"I will go on mission for two and a half months and return in the middle of June."
"When you say goodbye at the city gate, you will be in high spirits."
"A solitary bird stands on a dead branch, and the sound of cicadas is hidden in the dense leaves."
"Green hair turns into white hair, and a child turns into a white man."
When Lu Wuming heard the words, he looked at Liu Mingzhi calmly: "Master Liu, although the poem is easy to understand, it is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. My parents are not traveling far away, and I don't know how many people were young when they went and returned with gray hair."
Lu Wuming said something, and the two thousand people in the Dalong Mission all felt sad.
Along the way, we ate and slept in the open. Only we know the hard work of sleeping in the morning.
"Brothers, don't be sad. We are finally home. After I enter the palace to meet with the saint, you can all go home. After so long, you all think you have parents, mother-in-law and children. Go to the city.
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"Long live the dragon, come home."
Song Qing rode excitedly towards the capital while waving his whip. When the generals guarding the city knew that the envoy to the Kingdom of Jin had returned, they immediately opened the city gate and let them in.
At the same time, a team of people quickly rushed to the palace to report.
Li Zhengshu was looking at the memorial submitted by Wei Yong, the left prime minister, which was about the locust plague in Qingzhou. There were traces of locusts not only in Qingzhou, Chuzhou, and Shengzhou.
Li Zheng frowned and sighed. Right Prime Minister Tong thought twice about the drought in Jingzhou, Mingzhou, Minzhou, and Xinzhou, and now there is another locust plague.
"Your Majesty, drought should not be underestimated. Once all the rice seedlings dry up and die, hundreds of thousands of people will have no harvest. Please send officials from the Ministry of Industry to control the drought to see if they can dig deep wells and open rivers according to local conditions to control the drought.
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"Your Majesty, as long as the weather is good for the drought, a heavy rain will come and it can last for a while. The locust plague cannot be delayed. Once the locusts come, the soldiers will not be able to grow any grass. Not to mention the wild vegetables, even the leaves will not be eaten by the common people."
"Your Majesty, the words of the two prime ministers are right. Locust plagues and droughts cannot be ignored. Once they are not handled properly, people will mourn and refugees will appear everywhere."
Li Zheng threw the memorial on the dragon case: "The decree was passed to exempt Qingzhou, Jingzhou, and Minzhou from autumn taxes. The Ministry of Household Affairs was in the south of the Yangtze River and the northwest had sufficient treasury to requisition grain to prepare for emergencies. Officials from the Ministry of Industry rushed to
To deal with the drought problem in Mingzhou, local officials must fully support each other and make no mistakes."
"Your Majesty is Holy Ming."
"Your Majesty! Lord Liu will lead the delegation to the Meridian Gate and will soon arrive at the Qinzheng Hall."
Li Zheng looked at Fuhai below, and his brows finally relaxed after hearing his report.
"Okay, I've been waiting but I couldn't wait to see it. Our handsome man in white is finally back."
"Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty."
"pass."
"According to the decree."
Fuhai stood outside the Qinzheng Hall and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty has a decree to send the Chief Military Officer and the officials of the envoy under his command to the Qinzheng Hall."
As soon as Fuhai finished speaking, the guards along the way began to shout continuously until they were outside the palace gate.
After half a stick of incense, Liu Mingzhi, headed by more than a dozen key officials, walked on the broad road in the school grounds and walked towards the Golden Palace.
"Your Majesty, Liu Mingzhi."
"Your Majesty Song Qing."
"Chen Lu Wuming."
"Your Majesty Zhou Binghe."
"minister"
"Greetings to Your Majesty, long live my emperor."
Li Zheng looked at the mission officials below with a faint smile: "I'm free of charge."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"My dear friends, you are finally back. I have been waiting so eagerly to see you. We have traveled thousands of miles to the Kingdom of Jin. My dear friends, you have been sleeping in the open air. Thank you for your hard work."
"It is an honor for me to serve His Majesty."
"Liu Aiqing, how is the mission going?"
Liu Mingzhi took out the document from the sleeve of his official robe: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I was sent as an envoy to Jin and Turks to carry out diplomatic relations and discuss border trade and trade. I have fulfilled your great trust and brought back the Emperor of Jin.
The jade seal is a document sealed by the king of the Turkic Huyan tribe. It is used for border trade, exchange of supplies, and access to all directions. I have completed it. Here is the document. Please take a look at it."
Fuhai on the side immediately took the document and sent it to the Long Case.
Li Zheng couldn't wait to open the document and laughed loudly when he looked at the two big seals under the fifteen regulations on the document.
"Okay, great. Liu Aiqing's trip has been a fruitful one. We will discuss the reward later. All of you, dear friends, will be included."
"yes."
"I have drafted a decree to inform the world from now on. I have negotiated with the Three Kingdoms of Jin to establish a border trade market in Shanhaiguan to conduct trade with the Turkic tribes of Jin. Merchants and farmers all over the world can apply for customs clearance documents and trade with the Turks.
I want to open up trade routes to enrich the world by exchanging goods and services with the two countries outside the customs."
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, long live my emperor."
"Song Yu, Minister of the Ministry of War."
"I'm here."
"Draw up a list. Each of the Six Guards in Northern Xinjiang will dispatch 2,000 soldiers to guard the border and mutual markets with the Turks of the Jin Kingdom to prevent the horse bandits outside the customs from attacking each other's markets. Generals of the Six Guards should not delay."
"I obey the decree."
"Jiang Yuanming, Minister of Household Affairs."
"I'm here."
"Calculate the silver required for border customs and mutual market supervision, make a list, and the Ministry of Accounts will list all matters freely, draw up customs clearance documents, and tax matters on the customs trade caravans will be accounted for by the Ministry of Accounts."
"I obey the decree."
"The Ministry of Industry cooperates with the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development to supervise the process of border trade and customs exchange without delay."
"I obey the decree."
After all the arrangements were made, Li Zheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Liu Aiqing listens to the seal."
"ah?"
"You bastard, hurry up and go."
Young Master Liu's father-in-law snorted softly.
Liu Mingzhi immediately reacted: "Your Majesty Liu Mingzhi listens to the order."
"Liu Mingzhi, the commander-in-chief of Dalong's envoy, went on an envoy to the Kingdom of Jin for his outstanding achievements. He was awarded the Silver Qingguanglu Doctor and the Yingzhou Xuanwei General gave the Purple Gold Seal. He was promoted to the Count of Tongyuan, and he had 100,000 households in the city and one tael of silver."
All the civil and military officials in the court looked jealously at Liu Mingzhi who was kneeling on the ground, but did not respond at all.
It’s not that these ministers didn’t write remonstrances, but they did write remonstrances, but they were dismissed by Li Zheng with just one sentence.
"You can use the people of the Jin Kingdom to solve the foreign troubles of the Jin Kingdom's 200,000 soldiers for me. Let alone the count and two casual official positions, I can give you kings with different surnames. Can you? Think about the Six Guards.
The general guarded the northern border for decades and killed so many people, why can't he be promoted to a count?"
Then there was no more.
According to the law of the Great Dragon, you will not be awarded a title if you do not go to the battlefield.
So don't look at Wei Yong, the prime minister on the left, think twice about the prime minister on the right, Tong Tong, who has the best official position and still has no title.
"I accept the order and thank you for your kindness."
"Song Aiqing listens to the seal."
"Your Majesty Song Qing listens to the decree."
"Song Aiqing also made great contributions to assisting Liu Aiqing on his mission. He was awarded the title of Zhengyi Dajun, and he was granted the title of Noble and Settlements to thousands of households in Anyuan County. He was also given 100 taels of gold, 10,000 taels of silver, and a pair of jade bis."
"Your Majesty Song Qing received the order to thank you for your kindness."
"Lu Aiqing listens to the seal"
Whenever officials on missions were given rewards and received orders to thank them for their kindness, Li Zheng was extremely happy.
Young Master Liu felt that it was unfair. Why should others be rewarded with thousands or hundreds of taels of real gold and silver, while he only had one tael of silver? It was unfair.
"Your Majesty, I have brought some specialties from the Kingdom of Jin to Your Majesty and all your lords. They are kept outside the palace."
"Liu Aiqing is interested. I'll forget it and send my share to the Queen."
"Your Majesty, this is beef jerky. It's enough beef jerky for Your Majesty and all of you to eat for a month."
Gudu, Gudu
There were sounds of swallowing saliva coming from the Jinluan Hall.