Chapter 155

Snow has been falling.

The dense plum branches and the petals blooming on them block most of the snowflakes, only a few will fall through the gaps, or fall into the misty soup spring, or fall on the long princess's rosy cheeks, jade whiteshoulders.

Hua Yang couldn't feel the cold.

There are hidden worlds in the pool, for example, on the shore, there is a flat stone slab hidden like a couch, which is submerged into the water at a slight angle.

Hua Yang was lying on the stone couch right now, his body was covered by the warm spring water, even his shoulders and neck were covered by the surging spring water again and again before leaving.

She can only maintain the posture of facing up, so as to avoid inadvertently drinking the spring water.

If she opened her eyes, she would be able to see the snow scene and plum blossoms in mid-air. She couldn't tell what time it was. The snow light reflected the light, soft and hazy, like a dream.

Hua Yang loves this snow scene, if Chen Jingzong is not around, she will definitely enjoy it for a long, long time quietly and comfortably without distraction.

But when Chen Jingzong was here, he made it impossible for her to see any plum blossom on the branch. When he came to kiss her suddenly, the drops of water rolling down his face would wet her eyelashes.

Hua Yang simply didn't look at it and just followed him.

"As early as when I was on the mountain behind Hongfu Temple, I thought of this."

Chen Jingzong's words have never been less, the more reserved the long princess is, the more he disdains to discuss this, the more Chen Jingzong wants to tell her.

Chen Jingzong couldn't see Baixue and Hongmei. He only saw the long princess and the fairy ancestor he married.

He likes to watch her stare over coldly or sullenly, her eyes are clear and bright, but they are immediately stained with something else because of him.

Just like the moon palace fairy who is so lofty and cannot be desecrated, if she married him by accident, she can only be an ordinary and happy human couple with him.

Chen Jingzong didn't believe it anymore, even the male gods in the sky and the real gentlemen on the earth can be elegant in this kind of thing.

Impossible, impossible!

On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, when he left the other courtyard early in the morning, Hua Yang had only one thought in his mind.

In this life, she will never spend time with Chen Jingzong again!

It was also nightfall when returning to Beijing, and Hua Yang entered the palace early the next morning to greet his mother.

Empress Dowager Qi looked at her daughter's more and more beautiful face, and said with a bit of teasing: "The effect of this soup spring is really good, does your leg still hurt?"

Hua Yang bit the bullet and said, "Thanks to you, the pain is gone."

As soon as Emperor Yuanyou came, the mother and daughter stopped talking about these well-known jokes.

Emperor Yuanyou, who was just fifteen years old, was still innocent after all. Seeing that his sister looked so good, she only treated her as a spring water to support her.When the twelfth lunar month is free, the queen mother might as well go to the palace to stay for a while."

Empress Dowager Qi smiled and nodded.

Hua Yang secretly suppressed a smile.

After lunch in the palace, Hua Yang left, and came to the Chen Mansion for a sit down.

Sun also praised the good looks of the long princess's daughter-in-law. When talking about the recuperating effect of Tangquan, Sun also expressed emotion: "There is also Tangquan in Ling Zhou. The old lady was afraid of the cold back then, and the old man was an official in Capital City.Every winter, I have to send a pen salary home, specially for the old lady to use in the hot spring.”

Hua Yang: ...

"Is there a spring in Ling Zhou?"

"Yes, it will take half a day by car."

Hua Yang smiled and praised his mother-in-law and father-in-law for their filial piety to the old lady.

After getting on the carriage back home, Hua Yang almost tore a silk handkerchief!

Since the old lady of the Chen family likes to soak in hot springs, Chen Jingzong must have accompanied the old lady to Beijing countless times from the age of ten to eighteen, but he still pretended that he had never seen the world in front of her!He was looking forward to going to his aunt's other courtyard so much, and he was just looking forward to trying new tricks with her!

Chen Jingzong had a banquet at his colleague's house today, and when he returned home, it was already late in the afternoon, smelling of alcohol, he honestly slept in Flowing Cloud Temple for an hour, and came to Qifeng Palace after taking a bath.

Hua Yang was sitting on the couch in the second room, saw him, and pointed to the inner room: "Go in and have a look."

Chen Jingzong saw what was going to happen to her, went in for a walk, and found a floor beside the long princess's big bed.

Chen Jingzong came out, and asked sternly: "It was fine before, but when I went to the palace and went back to my mother's house, I got angry. Why, could it be that my mother was an evil mother-in-law once and made you angry?"

Hua Yang sneered: "Mother is very good, the only person in the entire Chen family who dares to offend me is you."

Chen Jingzong: "I haven't offended you recently."

Hua Yang: "You're fooling me with your nonsense."

Chen Jingzong: ...

The long princess must have obtained the evidence, and Chen Jingzong immediately apologized: "I was wrong, as long as the long princess is willing to calm down, you can punish me however you like."

Hua Yang knew that he was just being honest, and he might still be proud of it in his heart, so he said lightly, "You will be fined to live in the Flowing Cloud Temple for half a month, or you can live on the floor for half a month, you choose."

Chen Jingzong: "Put on the floor, I can't stand being so far away from you."

Hua Yang continued to read and ignored him.

The two of them did not speak at the dinner table. At night, Hua Yang was lying comfortably on the bed. Chen Jingzong took off his clothes, swayed around the bed, and then silently got into the bedding on the ground.

As soon as he lay down, he sneezed.

After sneezing, he started coughing again.

He pretended not to be true, and Hua Yang knew it was false, so he was agitated, but he didn't say anything.

Chen Jingzong knew her very well, but he was so angry that he had to vent his anger, but he was not too angry. If he was really angry, he would not let him stay in front of him.

Therefore, after lying down for a while, Chen Jingzong jumped up, quickly got into the quilt of the bed, and hugged the long princess's fragrant and soft body into his arms.

Hua Yang didn't chase him away, nor did he speak.

Chen Jingzong kissed her ear: "I haven't lied to you in serious matters."

Hua Yang: "I don't care if I'm not serious."

Chen Jingzong: "Okay, next time I want to do this or that with you in the pool, I will tell you directly."

Hua Yang: ...

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month of the second year of Yuanyou, at the first court meeting of the new year, Chief-of-Staff Chen Tingjian asked to clean up the fields across the country, which aroused heated debates among ministers.

However, an agreement has been reached in the Inner Pavilion, and Empress Dowager Qi and Emperor Yuanyou both support this new policy. Therefore, the relevant documents and uniformly prepared measuring instruments were sent to all parts of the country at an expedited speed of 600 miles in the morning of the next day.More than half of the troops were dispatched, and they traveled to various places to supervise the affairs of Qingzhang.

However, even if Emperor Yuanyou and Empress Dowager Qi supported Qingzhang, even if Chen Tingjian and He Qingxian had formulated a very complete "Regulations on Qingzhang", it would not be so easy to implement the new policy.

All over the country, officials and clan relatives wrote letters against them. They did not dare to blame Emperor Yuanyou, so they accused Chen Tingjian and He Qingxian of various crimes.

Emperor Yuanyou read these excerpts at first, but later he didn't even read them, and handed them all over to the Inner Pavilion for disposal.

In mid-March, Jin Yiwei, who was serving as an official in Jindi, secretly sent a secret report to Capital City, which listed the nine major crimes committed by the King of Jin in Jiufan Taiyuan. Emperor Yuanyou sent two imperial envoys to investigate and found that the nine crimes were true.King Jin was deprived of his throne, and the clan members of King Jin were also punished accordingly.

Now, the abolished King Jin no longer has to worry about the fields he concealed from the Qing Zhang, because he lost his throne and confiscated all his family properties and fields. He went to the frontier to do coolies without worrying about anything!

Emperor Yuanyou punished the King of Jin, and then wrote a letter to the other vassal kings, first listing the crimes of the King Jin, and then crying, saying that Taizu and his old man canonized the vassal king in order to let the vassal king support the emperor in the capital,Guarding the border for the emperor, caring for the local people, and saying that the Taizu hated corrupt officials the most. One of the duties of the vassal kings was to deter the local officials from being honest and caring for the people. As a result, King Jin actually preyed on the common people, making the local people miserable. I am sorry for the courtI'm also sorry for the trust and expectations of Taizu and his old man back then!Emperor Yuanyou felt particularly wronged, and hoped that the grandpas, uncles, and brothers of other vassal princes would never follow the example of the abolished King Xiang, the abolished Yuwang, and the abolished King Jin, and stop hurting his heart!

The vassal kings: ...

Prince's crying is touching, in fact, he is killing chickens to make an example to monkeys!

If the vassal kings had soldiers in their hands, maybe they would really turn against each other, but they didn't have soldiers, nor did they have the courage to abolish King Yu, so they just went out at the same time, can bear it!

In this way, the family members of the vassal kings were honest, and under the supervision of Jin Yiwei and the common people, they honestly handed over all the fields that were concealed and underreported.

Although there are many officials and gentry, their opinions are far inferior to those of the vassal king's clansmen. Even the clansmen moved out the Taizu's ancestral training, and Emperor Yuanyou rebelled against the generals. Earlier, they clamored against the Qingzhang and wrote against the pamphlets.The retired officials and gentry also shrank their heads and cooperated one by one.

The fields were cleared from all over the country, and then made into fish scale albums, which were delivered to Capital City one after another.

Hua Yang remembers that in his previous life, he barely completed the Qingzhang until the end of the year, and in some remote places it was even delayed until the middle of the next year.

This time, it may be that the supervision has been stepped up. Jinyiwei and the common people have mobilized it. Coupled with the perfect regulations, local officials have little room for stealing and cheating.Handed in the fish scale atlas.

The Inner Pavilion was full of joy, and those Beijing officials who opposed Qingzhang had to force their faces to smile.

In this happy atmosphere, Ji Zhou suddenly sent an urgent dispatch of eight hundred miles, saying that Dong Hu, the leader of the Duoyan tribe in the grassland, led tens of thousands of cavalry to attack Jielingkou.

Ji Zhou is too close to Capital City, only two or three hundred miles away, but if there is a war here, the officials and citizens of Capital City will be worried.

Even though Chen Tingjian dispatched troops in time, Emperor Yuanyou still didn't sleep well that night, tossing and turning almost all night.

One day later, a good news came from Ji Zhou, saying that General Qin had defeated Duo Yan and captured one of Dong Hu's sons alive. Dong Hu was begging for peace under the Great Wall.

Emperor Yuanyou and all the Beijing officials: ...

The reinforcements from the imperial court have not yet arrived, and the battle in Ji Zhou is over?

Chen Tingjian said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Qin Yuantang previously trained the chariot camp specifically for the grassland cavalry. The so-called chariot camp is four people pushing and transporting a chariot equipped with firearms and horse repelling devices. Once the battle starts, the chariot camp willIn the front line, first use firearms to attack from a distance, and then use horse-repelling weapons to attack the enemy's horses at close range. The victory in this battle must be due to the credit of the chariot formation."

Emperor Yuanyou knew about this, and Qin Yuantang handed over a booklet to introduce this formation. What surprised him was that the car formation was so effective in actual combat!

Emperor Yuanyou, who is just a young man, wished he could go to Ji Zhou in person and witness the power of this formation with his own eyes!

Chen Tingjian also hoped that Emperor Yuanyou would visit Jizhou. Only when the emperor saw the bravery of the Ji Zhou army with his own eyes would he truly understand the significance of strengthening the military.

Therefore, he invited Emperor Yuanyou to go to Ji Zhou to accept Duoyan's surrender in order to boost his prestige.