Xu Shicangtian saw that the Central Plains had suffered from wars and natural disasters for many years, but there was no disaster this winter, and the people lived a very comfortable life.
But it was only limited to those who could have enough food and clothing. Many refugees still froze to death on the streets.
Xie Yuan followed the practice of previous years and went out to help the people with some food and retainers.
The new disciples learned from other people that this was an unwritten rule of the academy, and asked themselves to follow Xie Yuan out to help the people.
They have suffered from hunger and cold, and the experience is very unpleasant.
Xie Yuan readily agreed.
Luo Chen also wanted to follow, but Xie Yuan left him in the academy.
"Let the bookboys learn to cook from you more. I always hear their complaints and my ears are getting calluses." Xie Yuan patted Luo Chen on the shoulder and spoke with a long way to go.
Feeling that the young man shouldering the great responsibility straightened up, he immediately bowed: "Here."
Xie Yuansui left with Huo Qubing and others.
After leaving home, I spent consecutive years at the border fortress.
On New Year's Eve, everyone was making a bonfire and eating mutton, and Huo Qubing remembered something.
I have never seen my lord celebrate his birthday.
"My lord, when is your birthday?" Huo Qubing swallowed the mutton and asked.
"November...the 6th. What?" Xie Yuan raised his eyebrows.
Huo Qubing scratched his ears: "It's just that I have never seen my lord celebrate his birthday."
"I'm so busy that I forget about it every year. It's just a matter of course." Xie Yuan smiled.
"My lord has passed the age of frailty. Do you have a small name in your family?"
After Huo Qubing finished speaking, he remembered that there was a gap between Chen County Xie and Xie Yuan, so he quickly closed his mouth and glanced at Xie Yuan apologetically.
Xie Yuan thought for a moment: "When my mother-in-law was alive, she once gave me a little word, saying that I would use it when I was weak."
"What's it called?" Huo Qubing was curious.
"Tunan."
"Tunan?"
"Well, Tunan."
"Which Tunan?" Huo Qubing tilted his head in confusion.
"Carry the blue sky on your back and move away from it, and then you will be today's general Tunan."
Huo Qubing: "..."
I have read few books and cannot understand.
Xie Yuan saw his confusion, picked up a branch, and wrote two words on the sand.
Only then did Huo Qubing recognize it.
This is Tunan.
"Have you ever regretted that your lord has not held a crown ceremony?" Huo Qubing asked.
They first met when Xie Yuan was thirteen years old. Because they were busy with various things, they didn't
"The grain crops are broken and the seeds are wasted, which makes me feel even more regretful." Xie Yuan smiled.
Huo Qubing: "..."
What is this and what?
Xie Yuan smiled and turned to look south.
The long night was long, and the south was pressed into a line by the darkness, hidden behind the stretching Great Wall.
"Injustice is about to change." Xie Yuan murmured warmly as he looked at the distant scenery.
"I think the weather is quite dry and there won't be any snow." Huo Qubing was stunned.
"...I mean, the Central Plains is going to change."
"Oh ah???"
Is China going to change?
"How to change the sky?" Seeing that Xie Yuan looked wrong, Huo Qubing slowly suppressed his smile and asked in a lowered voice.
"Do you still remember that I told you that King Pengcheng and King Langya secretly colluded with the Lu family to do arms trading?"
"Remember. Although those people sold it to the government, they made a lot of money from the common people." Huo Qubing couldn't help grinding his teeth when he mentioned this.
The two princes forcibly sold the weapons they had made to the people. Finally, they said they had hidden the weapons and had their property confiscated. Unfortunately, the people did not even have a house to live in and had to become refugees.
"A letter from Cui Sanlang, the Taiyuan Wang family and the prince are about to get married."
"I know this. My father also wrote to me, wanting me to come to Beijing to attend the wedding of the crown prince and the concubine."
"The letter also mentioned that His Majesty suddenly wants to pursue immortality."
Huo Qubing: "??"
Pursuing immortality?
Back then, the First Emperor also wanted to pursue immortality, but now he is buried in Lishan Mountain.
Your Majesty is already an old man. How can you pursue immortality just by relying on the elixirs and five-stone powder refined by the alchemist Lao Shizi?
"After taking those pills, His Majesty's health deteriorated. According to Saburo's investigation, King Pengcheng sent someone to send the alchemist to the palace. His Majesty trusted King Pengcheng and rewarded him with many things."
Xie Yuan spoke calmly, but Huo Qubing had goosebumps all over his body.
This King of Pengcheng...
They bought and sold weapons, sent alchemists to His Majesty to make him look like this, and robbed most of Cui's treasures, as well as the weapons he had swallowed back then...
Hiss, it’s scary to think about it.
"King Pengcheng, I wonder..." Huo Qubing quietly gave him a look.
Xie Yuan nodded: "Everyone knows the heart of King Pengcheng, but His Majesty is the only one who is deceived because of the love of flesh and blood."
Although Emperor Tianwu didn't know that his poor health was caused by King Pengcheng, he loved his son so much and thought that no one would help his mentally retarded son in a hundred years. He was also afraid that he would suddenly burp, so he rushed to find a marriage alliance with a noble family.
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So the marriage was urgently scheduled for February.
Otherwise, according to the Sima royal family's habit of showing off their wealth, he must publicize it with great fanfare, and then hold a grand wedding for his good son in August.
After listening to Xie Yuan's words, Huo Qubing pursed his lips: "If the Central Plains changes, what will those officials of this dynasty do?"
Should they continue to be officials of the Jin Dynasty like the previous dynasty, or should they all be beheaded and let the new emperor's confidants become high officials.
"Under the Ninth Grade Zhongzheng, the power of the gentry is overwhelming. Even if he rebels, he will not be able to touch any of the family's interests." Xie Yuan patted Huo Qubing on the shoulder, "Don't worry about the Huo family's governor."
Huo Qubing nodded.
Although his father was a tall and strong man who couldn't take care of himself, he was smarter than anyone else in government affairs.
He really doesn't know how to worry about this kind of thing. My father will have a sense of proportion.
…
Xie Yuan felt that it would still take some time for the Central Plains to change, and he did not want Emperor Tianwu to live in Bengbu so quickly without giving him face.
In February, after the prince's wedding to the daughter of the Wang family in Taiyuan, Emperor Tianwu gradually felt that he was beyond his capabilities.
He observed the concubine's every move and found that she was indeed virtuous, so he asked the prince to handle the government affairs with her. He also made the head of the Wang family a tutor and entered the court to assist the prince.
Afterwards, Emperor Tianwu stayed in the harem and took the longevity pills and five-stone powder sent by the alchemists all day long, hoping to relieve his condition.
After he let go of the government, power fell into the hands of his cousin Wang.
It's just that Emperor Tianwu is here now, so the head of the Wang family and the concubine don't dare to make too many mistakes.
After the first spring rain in March, Emperor Tianwu fell completely ill and fell into bed. He could only breathe in less and out more.
Knowing that his time was short, he summoned ministers, appointed several relatives and confidants as auxiliary ministers, and selected several ministers who had made great achievements with him, and asked them to assist the prince Sima Zhong.
Although Emperor Tianwu was about to die, he still knew that his relatives could not dominate the court, so he planned to use this move to check and balance his relatives, so that the prince would not have to become a puppet after he passed away.