Chapter 55: Mother and Son's Secret Discussion
The Empress Dowager's Zi Palace is parked in Gui Palace, which is on the southeast side of Weiyang Palace. It was also one of the favorite palaces of the Empress Dowager when she lived in Weiyang Palace.
The main hall of the Gui Palace was filled with smoke, and I don't know when it started. The Han Dynasty became popular to burn paper money and send money to relatives in the underworld. The Empress Dowager has been rich and noble all her life, so naturally she can't be poor in the underworld. Liu Che is a filial boy, he prepared a large amount of paper money and opened it up. Anyway, it's not real money to burn, and it's not distressing to burn some paper.
When Nangong Dao reached Gui Palace, more than a dozen chamberlains were burning those massive amounts of paper money. The raging fire looked like a giant torch from a distance. Qi Tie frowned when he saw it, this Weiyang Palace is mostly a wooden hall. If the hell it burns, it would be strange if it didn't burn the company camp. This matter is strictly forbidden in the Yun family, but I didn't expect it to be in Weiyang Palace.
Liu Che and Wang Wan were officiating, next to the vassal kings who had arrived earlier. The early arrivals had been here for more than ten days, and the late arrivals had been here for two or three days. Nangong was the farthest away group of imperial relatives, and stayed in the Yun family for another night. So she came out in the finale.
Before he arrived at the main priest's hall, Nangong was already in tears. Grandma's voice and smile seem to be right in front of her, but today people will never see each other again.
The lords of the dominant side now kneel, paying their last respects to the grandmother of the empire. Nangong walked slowly to the front of Zi Palace, and Wang Wan knelt behind the chief Liu Che a little wrong.
Gillian obediently lit three incense sticks for Nangong, and Nangong knelt on the ground with tears. Raising the three sticks of incense high above his head, people were already choked up and unable to speak.
"Grandma, Nangong is back. Your granddaughter, Nangong is back! His body twitched, and Nangong finally squirted words out of his chest.
All the people were shocked by Nangong's crying, and they poured into the hall of more than 100 people, and suddenly fell silent.
"Grandma. Take a look! My sister is back to see you. Liu Che also cried, and the scene was extremely sad for a while. The sister and brother hugged their heads and cried, which was really sad for the hearers and tears for the viewers.
"Alright, alright. Your grandmother heard of your filial piety, and someone came to quickly separate His Majesty from the princess. is still flesh and blood, this brother and sister are brothers. Wang Wan greeted from the side. Caiyun chases the moon and lifts up Nangong. Qiandu personally helped Liu Che up, and the group helped the two of them out of the Gui Palace one after the other, and walked towards the side hall.
The vassal kings were all moved by the deep love between their sisters and brothers, and they couldn't help but despise the rumors in Chang'an City.
Wang Wan walked into the side hall, which almost became her dormitory. She has been living here these days, and Nangong and Liu Che are sitting and drinking tea and talking. The tears on his face were still there, but the sad look was gone.
"You siblings haven't seen each other for many years, so you should talk about it well. How about it, it's good to be in the Great King City. The mourning family heard. The winters there are so cold that you can freeze your ears. Wang Wan walked to the middle and sat down, Xiaoqing hurriedly served hot tea, and the queen mother must have frozen to death with the door open in the hall.
The mournful voices in the main hall kept coming, but the mother and son in the side hall were eating tea and chatting. It seems to be holding a tea party, and there is no pathos at all.
"Dawangcheng is quite cold in winter, but there are kang in the palace. There is also the floor heating in Yunhou Lane, sometimes it is hot, but the windows have to be opened to dissipate the heat on snowy days outside. When that time comes. Hongu and his wife greeted the child. Enjoy the snow and eat dog meat, and the people there make a special hot sauce. Eat it with dog meat. Not to mention how delicious it is. Nangong drank tea while talking about interesting things about Dawang City.
"Sister, I heard that the water and grass in Dawangcheng are abundant. Every year, there is a bumper harvest of grain, and the rice produced in Dawangcheng seems to be much better than Jiangnan rice. I've eaten it, and every grain of rice is oily. It tastes very sweet in the mouth, and it seems to be a little hungry. "Liu Che doesn't care about these things in life, he cares about the properties of Dawangcheng.
Rice is sold very expensive in Chang'an. But the noble and rich people rushed to buy it. said that it was better than the rice in Jiangnan, and Liu Che was curious and specially asked people to get a little. Not to mention, this rice is better than Jiangnan rice. There is a chewy head, and there is an appetite when you look at it. Unlike Jiangnan rice, eating it in your mouth is like chewing wood. When I swallow it, I pull my throat.
"This rice is delicious, but it produces one season a year. Unlike our Guanzhong, there are two crops a year on the ground. If there is a storm or flood in one year, there will be a famine. Fortunately, the past two years have been smooth. There is also a lot of grain in storage, and as long as there is no major famine, it can be carried over. ”
"Oh, there is a lot of food in the Great King City." Liu Che's eyes widened suddenly, and he seemed to have found the crux of the problem. Food is an important strategic resource, whether it is to recruit people or raise and send troops. All need a huge amount of food to carry in the back.
"There is no problem with enough food for two or three years, and this time the palace brought a few carts of new rice to His Majesty and the Queen Mother. Don't buy rice in Chang'an City, it's all old rice that has been aged for a year or two. These aged rice, except for the sake brewing, the rest are sold to Dahan. Whoever is called Dahan does not produce rice, and even if it does, it is not as delicious as Dawangcheng. ”
Liu Che pouted angrily, feeling that the Gao family grain he bought was still his mother's old grain. This made His Majesty the Emperor very depressed.
"Eating is a trivial matter, now let's talk about your family's tigers and wolves. How did the mourning family look at these people and were about to move. Wang Wan became a little impatient, and chatted about food as soon as they met. It's not that I haven't seen it, one is the princess of the Han Dynasty and the other is the emperor of the Han Dynasty, how can they look like two children who don't grow up.
"Lin Mo told his daughter about this last night, and I believe that the scene of hugging and crying for a few days can cover the ears and eyes of many people. But the generals of the Yun family were really planning a rebellion, but Yun Hou didn't have this mind at all. This daughter can guarantee this, he has told her several times. Being an emperor is drudgery, and only fools like to be an emperor ......! ”
Nangong stopped because she found that Liu Che's eyes were no longer right. Only fools like to be emperors, so is the current emperor a real fool.
He didn't have this mind, but he couldn't stand the scurrying of the people below. In fact, how many people rebelled because they were instigated, and the mourning family was worried that he would not be able to suppress these people. If these families are going to unite and rebel against him first, what can you do about it? Wang Wan said with some worry.
"This is impossible, although the Yun family's family will respect Yun Hou. But this palace is really afraid of Yunhou when he observes them, you don't know. In fact, these families will fight the bear very much, and those magic weapons are in hand. Sometimes I still lose the battle, and this time I went to Jiangnan Yunhou to be unpleasant. I wanted to send a general who could fight in battle, but no one could pick it out. It is not possible to kill the enemy Yunhou in a real battle formation, but no one can count him as a decisive victory thousands of miles away in the strategy.
Although the Yun family's generals are all unruly, they really admire it in their hearts at this point. Let them dare to do anything, as long as Yunhou is alive, no one dares to rebel. None of them are stupid, even if they rebel, they can't beat Yunhou. On weekdays, Yunhou treats them well, and there is no shortage of glory and wealth, so why risk the danger of dying and annihilating the clan to rebel? ”
Wang Wan and Liu Che glanced at each other, the first time someone had seen a problem from such an angle. Indeed, the present day is not bad. If the rebellion can't beat Yun Xiao, then it's a fucking fart.
"You said that Yunhou is not happy, how is it now? Absolutely can't let him have anything, according to what you said, he can suppress these arrogant soldiers, but once he is gone. It's going to be hard. Wang Wan said worriedly, there is one of the most important key points in what Nangong just said. That is, Yun Xiao is alive, as long as he lives, it is easy to say. Yun Xiao didn't have the intention of being an emperor, but once he was gone. It's hard to say how things are.
"It's mainly the root cause of the illness that fell during the battle in Dawang City two years ago, and that battle was really tragic. Yun Hou led his soldiers to besiege the city of a city lord in Dawang City, and the city lord killed Canghu's son. Yunhou was furious, and sent people to besiege the city, and 300,000 people in the city starved to death in the city. Since that beating, he has been seriously ill. It seems that the root of the disease has fallen, and the body is not as good as before. Nangong sighed a little.
"Three hundred thousand?" The mother and son stood up in shock, this number had already surpassed that of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu. It's just that it's less than Wu Anjun's white rise, but I didn't expect to be so weak and kill people by myself.
"Three hundred thousand is just a rough estimate, and in fact it may be more. I heard that the bones that had been gathered were piled up as high as a mountain. I heard about it, and I didn't dare to go over to see it. If it weren't for the presence of the Imperial Physician Holy Hand that time, Yun Hou might not have been able to hear it. Thankfully, he survived. Otherwise, it's really hard to say where the current situation has developed. ”
The mother and son finally woke up from the initial shock, and they were glad that the killer was not dead.
"Tell me about the situation of the Yun family, the mourning family and your younger brother will also help you to refer to the details. If Yunhou's body is really that bad, he has to plan for the future. You have never had a man and a woman, and in the future, this great position will have to be passed on to the eldest prince......! ”
"This eldest prince is a troublesome matter, the real eldest prince is now the king of Donghu in Donghu. The Yunyan that Mrs. said was actually the second son. In fact, there are differences within the Yun family on this matter, and Batu and they still support King Donghu. As for the other generals, they still want Yun Yan to succeed to the throne. Seeing that there are many people who support Yun Yan, but Yun Ao, the king of Donghu, has 300,000 soldiers to control the strings.
Bengong asked Yunhou on the side, and he also had a headache about it. Now the internal affairs of Dawangcheng are handed over to the main palace, and the lady is humming on the surface and everything is good. But what he thinks in his heart, no one knows. Once Yunhou is gone, I don't know what will happen. (To be continued......)