National Beauty

Chapter 200 200

The tenant farmers in Shu land rebelled, and Emperor Xuande was very angry!

The Liao Kingdom came to attack. This is a frontier war. It can only be said that the Liao enemy coveted the Central Plains and intended to invade south, but the people rebelled directly to his emperor’s dissatisfaction with the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Didn’t the people turn back when they were forced by the imperial court to make life difficult?

It’s alright now, the rebellion in the land of Shu is simply telling the descendants that he declared that Emperor De was ruthless in politics!

In the early days, Emperor Xuande made a direct decree and ordered the generals of Shu to send troops to suppress it. Although there were internal and external troubles, Emperor Xuande saw only 200,000 cavalry from the northern Liao Kingdom, and a mere 20,000 tenant farmers. Emperor Xuande was only angry, but he did not think it was difficult to suppress it. The emperor thought so, and the courtiers did not take this trivial matter to heart.

Zhao Heng started to pay attention to the situation in Shu area last year. Today, the people really rebelled, and the father seemed to be letting go. Zhao Heng walked out of the ranks of civil servants and said in a deep voice: “Father, the sons and ministers have played. .”

The second prince Rui Wang looked at him suspiciously.

Emperor Xuande said, “Say.”

Zhao Heng raised his head and said calmly: “Father, the tenant farmers rebelled because of the ban on buying tea and silk, cutting off the wealth of the people, and due to severe droughts, the land yield was drastically reduced, and the people were difficult. The minister thought that the tenant farmers were financial rebellion. If the imperial court lifts the ban and is exempted for one year, then the rebels will break if there is no way.”

Ten to twenty thousand rebels are not enough. I am afraid that other people in Shu will join the rebels for money. The more rebels, the harder the imperial repression will be. Now that the Liao enemy invades, the people in Shu should be treated with gentleness and comfort.

With his suggestion, some of the courtiers nodded and some shook their heads.

Emperor Xuande frowned.

Seeing the wind dictating the rudder, the King Rui frowned and retorted Zhao Heng: “The third brother’s words are not correct. Everyone knows that the people in Shu are rich. The people have surplus wealth. This rebellion clearly wants to force the court to allow them to sell silk tea for more personal gain. Diaomin, it should be suppressed and annihilated, otherwise the court will do what they want this time, and next time they have another plan to rebel again, will the court have to give in again?”

After that, Emperor Xuande on the dragon chair of the Rui Dynasty said: “The words of the father and the third brother are not considered appropriate by the son.”

“Shu Di is rich, how does the second brother know?” Zhao Heng asked coldly.

King Rui wanted to list the land taxes and business taxes paid to the court every year in Shu, but Emperor Xuande was thinking about the next Northern Expedition. Seeing that the two sons were quarreling, Emperor Xuande said impatiently: “Alright, well, Shu The situation is small, just as I said earlier, you two are talking about how to deal with the Qidan cavalry?”

Rui Wang was stunned. Da Zhou suffered successive defeats under the Liao State. After the death of the veteran Li Jizong, before the Liao State became more vigorous, he didn’t want to rashly blend the strategy and win… He was not sure, he lost, but he had to remember. pot.

“Emperor Father, Empress Dowager Xiao personally conquered. Father has leg problems and is inconvenient to use horses. The children are willing to send troops to boost morale.” Zhao Heng said immediately, his voice was a little higher than just now, as if he had suppressed his anger for a long time. Can Zhao Heng not be angry? In this Northern Expedition, the father’s war strategy was feasible, but the leader of the army was struggling for merit and misconduct, causing the city to fall. It is because the man has blood in his bones, let alone the royal prince who sits in the country? The Liao Kingdom wanted to grab it, but his Zhao family.

Zhao Heng had long wanted to go to the battlefield in person!

King Rui glanced at him in surprise, as if he wanted to find out what the youngest third thought, whether he was so eager to behave that he lost his mind, and a stuttering prince who likes to dance and write even wanted to go to the battlefield. Zhao Heng looked solemn, and King Rui could not be sure, but for whatever purpose, King Rui remained silent this time, and did not fight, lest his father send him, a prince with healthy limbs and quick-talking, to sit on the frontier.

Emperor Xuande was originally a little dissatisfied with the youngest third’s suggestion to the land of Shu, but seeing that the weaker son actually had the ambition to go on his behalf, Emperor Xuande immediately forgot the unhappiness, but thought of the youngest stammering, thinking that he had lost his arm. The fourth child, Emperor Xuande suddenly hesitated, fearing that the third child would have another accident.

“Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Shou Wang has read many books and learned rich five carts, but he has never brought soldiers, and the minister thinks it is wrong.” The new privy envoy Li Long pondered. He is the prince envoy and is also Queen Li’s brother. He was born at the age of 40. The burly and sturdy, he is the confidant general of Emperor Xuande, who has made a lot of military exploits, only the qualifications are not as good as the former privy envoy Cao Yu.

There is no prince under Empress Li’s knees, and Li Long has no friendship with all the princes. Now he opposes Zhao Heng’s leadership and is simply distrustful.

The literati are relatively weak, and military attaches even look down on the literati when it comes to fighting.

“Cao Yu and Wang Sheng are both generals, so what?” Zhao Heng asked calmly, he was going to the battlefield, no one could stop him.

Ever since the first Northern Expedition was reprimanded by Emperor Xuande in public, Lord Shou, who had become more restrained, suddenly became aggressive, like a cold sword out of its sheath, shocking everyone immediately. In a simple sentence, Li Long was choked and speechless. Who made Cao Yu and Wang Sheng really defeated?

“Father, the fourth brother is injured, and the children will go on his behalf. The soldiers will know that the heaven is not afraid of the Liao Dynasty, so that they can boost their morale.” Zhao Heng knelt on one knee and bowed his hands.

“Okay! My son is brave, I am fortunate, and also for the people of the Great Zhou!”

The son was full of pride, and Emperor Xuande was so proud that he left the dragon chair and strode to Zhao Heng, and personally helped Zhao Heng up. Looking at the youngest in front of him, who was taller and stronger than him, holding on to that strong arm, Emperor Xuande squeezed hard and made a loud decree, ordering the longevity king Zhao Heng to command the East Route Army, and to fight on behalf of the emperor. The Liao Kingdom invaded.

Now that literati was used as an exception to lead troops, the next step was to discuss war strategies, and Emperor Xuande finally did not dislike the ministers of Zhongshu Province, and ordered Prime Minister Li He, Deputy Prime Minister Lu Ming and others to discuss the matter together. Although the Northern Expedition was defeated and several generals died, the Great Zhou’s combat power still survived and was not inferior to the Liao Kingdom. Emperor Xuande still had a glimmer of hope for the recovery of the Fourteenth State of Youyun.

For three consecutive days, Zhao Heng had rested in the front yard, and he was about to leave tomorrow. On this evening, Zhao Heng finally put aside the major event and went to the backyard. When the little maid in the yard saw him, she wanted to salute. Zhao Heng looked at the window of the upper room and stopped. He walked quietly all the way to the front door of the East Chamber. He didn’t rush in, and stood behind the curtain, lowering his eyes to listen.

He wondered what they would do when he was away.

“Where is my sister? Here is it!”

There was a tender and smiling voice from his daughter. Zhao Hengqing couldn’t help but laugh. Knowing that his daughter was playing hide and seek with his younger brother, he covered his face with his little hand, and then took him away to tease his younger brother. The daughter laughed constantly, and the son who was almost three months old would laugh out loud, except that there was no movement from the princess. Zhao Heng looked at the curtain unexpectedly and went in.

“Father!” Zhao Zhao sat next to his younger brother, let go of the chubby hands covering his face, and was about to tease his younger brother, but when he saw the father came in, the little girl was so happy that she could not leave it mercilessly. The crawling brother ran to the door excitedly.

Zhao Heng hugged his daughter, but turned his attention to the warm couch. She sat cross-legged in front of the window sill, with the sunset behind her back, looking up at him, her face seemed to be shimmering with light golden light. At that moment, Zhao Heng couldn’t see her eyebrows clearly, only saw that she was holding a needle and thread in her hand, and a cotton socks was almost finished sewing.

“Thanks again.” Zhao Heng said displeasedly, holding his daughter with one hand and reaching for her with the other.

Song Jianing didn’t move in as usual, looking at Brother You, who was lying there with his head up and looking at his father, Song Jianing smiled softly: “The prince will play with their sisters for a while, and I’ll just sew a few more stitches. “The prince has the world in mind. She can’t stop and doesn’t want to stop. The only thing she can do is to help him make a few pairs of socks, gowns and other large items. In just three days, she can’t do it at all.

Zhao Heng understood her heart. Seeing her bowed her head to sew seriously, with gentle eyebrows, he didn’t force her to rest anymore. He sat on the couch and teased her brother with Zhao Zhao. There is not much time to get along. Zhao Heng hugs his son who doesn’t understand anything, and then teaches his sensible daughter: “Mother takes care of you. It’s very tired. Zhao Zhao has to be obedient. Don’t make your mother angry.

Zhao Zhao tilted his head and looked back. Song Jianing cooperated with the prince to look at his daughter. He grinned at the beautiful face of his grandmother and nodded obediently. The mother sews socks for the father, and she helps the mother take care of the younger brother.

The daughter is well-behaved, Zhao Heng gently rubbed the top of his little fairy’s head. When he left, he was willing to wait, and the only thing he couldn’t bear was their wives. Fearing that his daughter would cry, Zhao Heng did not dare to tell his daughter that he was leaving tomorrow. After dinner, Zhao Heng asked Song Jianing to rest first, and he sent the brothers and sisters back to their rooms to sleep.

“Father, tell a story.” Zhao Zhao was still reluctant to leave his father when he was put in the bed, and blinked his eyes to act like a baby.

Zhao Heng smiled, lowered his body, touched his daughter’s soft hair and asked, “Speaking of the moon mother-in-law?”

Zhao Zhao nodded.

Zhao Heng whispered to his daughter. Granny Yue is the bright moon in the sky, Red Sunset Mountain, Granny Yue climbed up to illuminate everyone.

It is a simple story. Zhao Zhao fell asleep before he finished listening. Zhao Heng kissed his daughter and watched for a while, then reluctantly left. Exiting the house, Zhao Heng turned around and looked up, and saw his princess wearing a long dress sitting on the beauties in the corridor, her eyes facing each other, she smiled, and got up with a lantern. Under the moonlight, her skirt followed the wind. Swaying, like a fairy going home.

I don’t know if it is because of the separation tomorrow, Zhao Heng is suddenly uneasy and ruthless on the battlefield, and he can’t guarantee that he will be foolproof.

“Why came out?” Zhao Heng walked quickly. It was near the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it turned cold at night. She didn’t wear a cloak when she went out. She looked extremely thin. Zhao Heng didn’t even think about it, so he hugged her and helped her with her body. Keep warm and keep out the wind.

“Miss you.” Song Jianing leaned over his shoulder and said in a low voice. Thinking of him leaving tomorrow morning, she endured tears for a long time and slowly came up.

The two words were already crying, Zhao Heng tightened his arms and speeded up his steps back to the room.

It is said that the children are separated from their parents. Song Jianing became Zhao Heng’s bone and Zhao Heng’s flesh this night, clinging to him tightly, wanting to melt into him and walk with him.

“Master, come back early…” When he was exhausted, Song Jianing lay on his ears, begging vaguely, that he hadn’t parted yet, and he had hoped that he would return early and safe.

“Okay.” Zhao Heng pressed against her hot side face, in a low voice, “An An waits for me, soon.”