On the first day of the first lunar month, Dinghai (the twenty-fourth day of the first lunar month), the emperor plowed the fields himself.
There are so many people in Xixiao, with three floors inside and three floors outside the Yulin, surrounding a field by the valley water.
Outside the circle are the people, and inside the circle are the officials. The distinction between Jing and Wei is clear.
The little emperor was dressed in cloth and holding the reins of an ox. He was both novel and nervous, walking in the loam field with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
Yuan Cheng and Yuan Jia were holding the plow shaft, one on the left and the other on the right. Wang Yuanshao of Pengcheng County (son of Yuan Xie, the sixth brother of Xiaowen), and Wang Yuanchen of Wei County (son of Yuan Qian, the third brother of Xiaowen) were holding the plow at the tail of the ox.
A few steps back, Queen Mother Gao Ying and Sima showed their appearance, Yuan Yi's concubine Luo Shi and others were all wearing thorn cloth hairpin skirts, each holding a bag and scattering wheat seeds in the plowed mud ditch.
After two rounds of plowing, the oxen, plows, wheat seeds, etc. were transferred to the hands of various clan members. Most of them had one person leading the oxen, two people holding the shaft, and two people holding the plow. Then three or two women were sowing seeds behind. It was Li Chengzhi's turn. Li Chengxian and Li Chenghong were about to come up to help, but he shouted them back. Then they held the plow with one hand and pulled the reins with the other. They took two hundred steps back and forth, plowing quickly and steadily.
It was like he could do the work of five or six others, not to mention doing it twice as fast. Guo Yuzhi, Gao Wenjun, Wei Yu and Zhang Jingmo, who were sowing seeds behind the plow, couldn't keep up with him even with the combined efforts of the four of them.
Speed.
All the ministers were amazed and said that Li Guogong was more skillful than the old farmers. Could it be that he had been unable to farm for many years?
If it were anyone else, it would be a joke. I dare not say that all the children of aristocratic families are indiscriminate, but there is definitely less than one in a hundred who are proficient in farming.
But if it were Li Chengzhi, he would not be able to judge it with common sense. He is the one who knows it from birth.
Gao Zhao's eyes were cold, staring at Li Chengzhi who handed over the ox and plow to Cui Guang. On the other side, Gao Ying was also staring intently, but his eyes were not so cold and stern, but rather complicated and incomprehensible.
In this way, for officials of the third rank or above, the orders of wives are rotated once, and an acre of land is enough to be planted. Liu Fang, the minister of Taichang Temple, announced that the ceremony was over, and all the ministers went to the Queen Mother and the young emperor to pray, and then the people shouted long live. p>
In this way, a magnificent personal plowing ceremony came to an end. The Queen Mother and the Emperor returned to the palace, and all the ministers returned to their respective offices and performed their duties.
Li Shixian, Li Chenghong, Li Chengxue and his son went to the Taiwei Mansion for duty, while Li Chengzhi took his mother, two wives, one concubine, aunts, sisters-in-law, and younger brothers and sisters back to his old house outside the city.
Looking at the large group of beauties and beauties, all the ministers felt envious. Taking a closer look, except for the extravagant, lustful and lustful Wang Yuanchen of Hejian, and the former Gaoyang King who was finally crowned because of his rebellion against Yuan Huai.
Yuan Yong, there has really never been such a scene in Beijing.
In particular, Li Chengzhi's two wives, one upright and the other down, are the first of their kind in the past and are simply the envy of others.
Regardless of the rest, according to the late emperor's decree, regardless of the Gao family or the Wei family, all children are direct descendants. If Mengyin succeeds in the title, they can all be hereditary.
It means that if Li Chengzhi dies, his country can be divided into two branches, and they will be passed down to the country.
But for Li Chengzhi, this honor is worse than worthless.
After the family members boarded the carriage, there were cavalrymen clearing the way. There were more than a dozen large and small carriages and more than a hundred soldiers, heading north in a mighty manner.
This is the central army given to Li Chengzhi by the imperial court after he was granted the title of Duke, with a strength of two thousand, half of which were infantry and cavalry. There were also an additional 1,500 troops each for upper and lower ranks. After he was granted the title of Pingzhou, he would have his own prefectures and counties.
He raised funds.
In addition, there are another 20,000 households who are subjects of the feudal state, and these 5,000 soldiers are not subject to the jurisdiction of states and counties, so it is a veritable country within a country.
In the eyes of ordinary people, the imperial court's courage is not lacking, and Li Chengzhi is extremely favored. However, only a few discerning people know that this is just a bridle around the neck of a ferocious beast.
Li Chengzhi naturally knew and understood that there must be something fishy.
Otherwise, why would the court be in such a hurry?
On the seventh day of the first lunar month last year, Li Shiliang "suffered from overwork" and was "severely ill" and was mourned seven days later. Li Chengzhi had to wait for one year until the seventh day of the first lunar month this year. But he was worthy of the ninth day of the first lunar month and was rewarded by the imperial court.
The imperial edict arrived at Li Mansion.
Two days later, the Queen Mother personally inquired about the marriage between Gao Wenjun and Li Chengzhi. Then in just seven days, she completed the six rites to welcome her.
On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Chengzhi got married and married two daughters. It had only lasted six days. And in six more days, on the first day of the second lunar month, he would set off, lead the Chinese army and civil and military officials, and seal Pingzhou.<
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First, reward and title, then a wedding, and then a title. It sounds like there are only these four things, but the details are as complicated as a feather. For ordinary people, a year is not enough, but Li Chengzhi only took one month. If there is no ghost in this, I would not believe it even if I killed Li Chengzhi.
First, Dunhuang general Yuan Zhi and Liangzhou governor Yuan Hui have both taken up their posts and will soon patrol Hexi and Xihai. The imperial court is worried that Li Chengzhi will stay in Beijing for a long time and it is difficult to guarantee that something will not happen.
Secondly, Gao Zhao definitely put a lot of effort into it: If he didn't want the court to verify various crimes and didn't want to sit back and wait for death, Li Chengzhi would have no choice but to sink the boat and fight with his back against the wall.
At this time, it is a God-given opportunity!
Li Chengzhi sighed and subconsciously glanced northwest.
It's a pity that Gao Zhao must be disappointed.
You dare to pull out the tiger's teeth, why can't I, Li Chengzhi, pull the chestnut out of the fire?
After the winter solstice, he rushed 800 miles and sent two groups. One way passed through Guanzhong and Liangzhou, and first reported to Li Shao. Then he notified Li Shiliang, who was temporarily stationed in the county town.
The other route went north along the Yellow River and reached the fertile fields. In addition to sending letters to the West, Yuanfeng was mainly ordered to detect any unusual movements in the northern states and six towns.
Two months have passed now, and Biaoshi County may have become an empty city. By the time Yuan Zhi and Yuan Hui take office, and the joint army patrols the West Sea, it will be May or June anyway.
By that time, Baijia's old troops had already fled into the desert, and neither party would be able to find even a single hair.
Even Yuan Zhi and Yuan Hui found some clues and suspected that the remains had fled north, but without real evidence, they would never dare to report them randomly. Otherwise, what if the court ordered them to go deep into the desert to search?
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Once you pass Junji Mountain (north of the West Sea), you will reach the border of Rouran. If Rouran uses this as an excuse to launch an attack and invade Dunhuang and Liangzhou, we don't care whether these two people can resist it, but Yiding invades the border without authorization and provokes a war.
The blame will most likely fall on these two people.
Therefore, it is better to do less than to do more. In nine cases out of ten, Yuan Zhi and Yuan Hui will be able to make peace with each other.
Therefore, the only thing Li Chengzhi needs to worry about is whether Rouran will mobilize the whole country to encircle and suppress the deceased after learning the whereabouts of the remaining troops.
But there is no other way. If Li Chengzhi doesn't want to take the first step and raise his troops, he can only make dangerous moves.
It's nothing more than guerrilla warfare, not to mention that the remaining troops are not soft persimmons, can they still be manipulated by Rouran?
Being an enemy of a country is naturally a fantasy, but if we fight and retreat and survive in the cracks, we still have a slight chance of winning.
Deaths and injuries were inevitable, and Li Chengzhi could only comfort himself and regard it as military training.
Besides, this is just the worst case scenario.
Maybe Gao Zhao is already on the verge of an emergency and won't be able to delay it for long. Or even more likely, Rouran will use all his country's power to invade the six towns, but to no avail. He cannot recruit too many troops in a short period of time, and the threat to the remaining troops will not be
Too big.
But no matter what, Li Chengzhi and his party in Pingzhou are going to make a reservation...
Li Chengzhi was in a state of wonder while riding on the horse. After walking for a while, he listened to the whispers in the car and couldn't help but pricked up his ears.
After boarding the train, Wei Yu stared at Gao Wenjun and Zhang Jingmo's phoenix manes with big eyes (Yuan and Wei were married with human hair), feeling envious.
She also wears her hair in the same style, but that's fake.
The more he looked at it, the more Wei Yu felt sour and pitifully asked: "Why?"
Even though they were married for the first time, it was so hard to talk about such things. In just an instant, the faces of Gao Wenjun and Zhang Jingmo were filled with red clouds.
Zhang Jingmo had a different identity, so it was hard for him to speak. Gao Wenjun pondered for a moment, opened the car curtain and took a sneak peek outside.
Seeing that Li Chengzhi was the only one outside the car, and the rest of the servants were far away, she whispered in a stunned voice: "On the day of the wedding, your husband told you: You are still young, and you will stay there for two or three years."
, do it again...it’s not too late to do things like personnel..."
"I always feel like Mr. Lang is lying to me!"
Wei Yu raised his nose and said plausibly, "I have read through ancient books, and there has never been such a statement in the past!"
What a silly woman, for such a thing, you actually went to read books and even looked through ancient books?
Gao Wenjun and Zhang Jingmo looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
"You didn't tell me about my mother or aunt (Wei Zijian was Gao Meng's uncle, Gao Wenjun called Wei Yu's mother Cui Huirong his aunt), right?"
"Now that I am the wife of the Li family, how can I tell my family affairs to my mother?"
Hey, have you made progress?
Wei Yu is smart, but he doesn't have enough emotional intelligence. How could he have expected this?
I guess my mother-in-law teaches her daughter well...
Li Chengzhi secretly clicked his tongue twice, listening with great interest.
"It's not that Mr. Lang is lying to you. You will know it just by looking at my sister! I am two years older than Mr. Lang."
Gao Wenjun blushed and asked Zhang Jingmo again: "Where is Jingmo?"
Zhang Jingmo bit her lip and lowered her head: "One year old!"
Actually eight months.
Wei Yu was still dissatisfied: "That's because Lang Jun is so...so..."
Before the word "husband" could be uttered, Gao Wenjun raised his hand and said, "Do you dare to believe the words of a meddlesome person?"
Does Gao Wenjun not know whether Li Chengzhi is a good wife?
Regardless of the rest, it’s just that in this capital, if we say that the beauty is unrivaled and the beauty surpasses all the beauties, who can compare with Gao Nuer?
Before the wedding, Gao Wenjun was with him almost day and night. She knew exactly what Gao Ying was thinking.
I didn’t mention it before, but after Ding You’s term expired, the husband came to the palace almost every day, and sometimes played until midnight. Sometimes if there was no one around, Gao Ying would be unable to control himself, and his charm would be revealed. But what about the husband?
Have you ever looked at it once more?
Wei Yu is too young to do anything, and he underestimates the husband...
It was impossible to beat her, so he just tried to scare her. Gao Wenjun touched Wei Yu's plump cheek and said, "If this is the case, don't say it again in the future. If word gets out, wouldn't it make people laugh at you?"
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"That's why I say this in front of my sister. I know the importance..."
As he spoke, Wei Yu felt even more aggrieved, "I just don't understand why Mr. Lang prefers one to another?"
Are you becoming more and more outspoken?
Gao Wenjun was ashamed, anxious, angry and laughing.
At first glance, Wei Yu seemed to be competing for favor. But as the two got along for a long time, she knew that Wei Yu was definitely not of such a temperament, and he would not be easily provoked.
Suspicious, he noticed Zhang Jingmo pulling her gently, and seeing her red lips move slightly, and said two words imperceptibly, Gao Wenjun suddenly realized.
"You also want to go to Pingzhou?"
"That's right!"
Wei Yu replied naturally, "My husband is gone, my sister is gone too, I am left alone in the capital. What fun is there?"
Gao Wenjun was a little embarrassed.
Keeping Wei Yu in the capital was not the intention of the emperor, but his uncle (Wei Zijian) gave it to him, and he wanted to hide it from Wei Yu.
As for the reason, she doesn’t know...
Gao Wenjun was a little hesitant and was thinking about how to explain. Then he heard Li Chengzhi softly reply from outside the car: "You can go if you want, I'll take care of everything!"
"Ah..."
There was an exclamation in the car, and Wei Yu's face turned red from her neck to her ears.
Didn’t Lang Jun hear all those words just now?
After coaxing Wei Yu, Gao Wenjun opened the curtains and looked at Li Chengzhi worriedly.
Li Chengzhi nodded and smiled to reassure him, and sighed secretly in his heart.
The reason why Wei Zijian didn't want Wei Yu to go to Pingzhou with him was probably because he had guessed something. For example, Gao Zhao was very likely to plot to kill him on the way.
The main reason is because Wei Zijian doesn't know the truth, and he doesn't know that Gao Zhao is now on fire. No matter how much he hates Li Chengzhi, he will never harm him for the time being.
What's more, as long as Li Chengzhi leaves Beijing, dragons will return to the sea, tigers will roar in the mountains and forests, and eagles will soar to the sky.
Not that he is boasting, but even if Gao Zhao sent tens of thousands of assassins, he would never come back.
It’s time to flex his muscles, otherwise everyone will think that he is a clay sculpture of Li Chengzhi, and everyone will want to show off his skills?
After pondering for a while, Li Chengzhi called Li Cong and whispered a few words into his ear.
Li Cong took the lead and rushed to the mansion? Not long after, Li Chengzhi arrived with all his family members.
After bidding farewell to Guo Yuzhi, the female family members went back to their respective courtyards, while Li Chengzhi led a group of retainers to the front garden.
A year ago, this was an ice-making place. A few months ago, Li Chengzhi was fishing here. But now, there are several new graves beside the lake.
No more, no less, just ten, Li Chengzhi, Li Rui and nine retainers were buried here.
Li Cong was the first to wait for Li Chengzhi to enter the garden. All the men in the mansion were already standing by the lake. Then the servants distributed incense sticks and paid homage in front of the grave in turn.
Not only the retainers, but also Li Chengzhi, Li Shixian, Li Chenghong, and Li Chengxue will do the same every time they are on duty.
Li Chengzhi did not intentionally cover it up, so everyone in the government and the public knew that this would happen to the Li family every day.
I have never heard of someone placing a tomb in their home and worshiping it every day. This move is shocking and shocking. Some people admire it, some despise it, and some people feel anxious.
At least Gao Zhao knew it well and knew that there was no possibility of resolving the enmity between him and Li Chengzhi in this life.
Li Chengzhi's move is like Gou Jian, King of Yue in the Warring States Period, who was lying on the firewood and tasting his courage, always alerting himself.
Gao Zhao also guessed that Li Chengzhi was determined to take revenge, but for a while he couldn't guess how Li Chengzhi would take revenge and when he would attack.
Therefore, everyone in the Gao family is surrounded by soldiers, and there is a roar of wind and cranes...