I Rely on Beauty to Stabilize the Country - Chap 98

The next day, Gu Yuanbai asked the Zhengshitang to retrieve Lin Zhicheng’s files.

Several letters written by Lin Zhicheng to the late emperor were also recorded in the archives. After Gu Yuanbai read them, he immediately compiled a letter and asked Lin Zhicheng to return to Beijing to report on his work after the year.

A small county magistrate who has been in Xindi for less than three years does not need to return to Beijing to report on his duties. Although the Holy Emperor did not say what he was doing by calling Lin Zhicheng back, people in Beijing who were close friends with Lin Zhicheng were already waiting with tears in their eyes to meet Lin Zhicheng, and secretly hoped that Lin Zhicheng would be reused by the Holy Emperor.

In December, the temperature dropped sharply, and winter completely ushered in the capital.

This winter was a bit special. First, there was a locust plague in the north, which was suppressed by the imperial court’s vigorous actions. Later, there were many conflicts between the border and the Khitan people, and good news came one after another. These major events are also well known to the people due to the radiating trend of “Daheng Guobao” spreading to the surrounding areas.

But these things are too far away from the common people. They are angry at the invasion of nomads in northern Xinjiang and proud of the victory of Daheng soldiers. However, after hearing this, they are still more concerned about the new fire kang in the capital.

Households close to the capital have already begun to invite craftsmen from the capital to come and make kangs at their homes.

However, it is not easy for them to invite them now. The craftsmen in the capital are already very busy. There are wealthy families everywhere in the capital. These wealthy families make dozens of kangs per plate. The local ones are still busy and want to Going to other places?

If you don’t go, you’ll suffer too much.

There are people who secretly learned the kang-making technology and want to go to other places to make kang-making games for these people, but these people cannot produce the certificates given by the government. The national newspaper said that if someone who cannot give proof is invited to come and cook the Kang, if the cooking is not good and the flue is smoky, the court will not be responsible, because these people have not been taught by the royal craftsmen, if you are greedy It’s cheap. In order to save a few small bucks, you should bear the blame in case the game goes bad.

Because of such words, many people are unwilling to use these people who secretly learned the method of Pan Kang. Originally, there was only a few copper coins difference between the money paid by the serious craftsmen and the money paid by the cheaters, so why take the risk? If it is really unavailable, all the money spent will be wasted.

So even if they have to wait, these people are willing to wait for the craftsmen from the capital to come, or for the local craftsmen to come and learn.

At this moment, the Xixia envoy finally decided that they were going to leave Daheng.

But before leaving, Prince Xixia thought of the expression Chu Wei looked at him in front of the palace.

He obviously likes Chu Wei, but when he thinks of him, the prince of Xixia will feel a sense of malice in his heart, which is mixed with unknown fire. The closer the day came to leaving, the worse the fever became.

Li Angshun thought about it and found the reason. He felt that it was because Chu Wei was so ignorant that he, the seventh prince of Xixia, had such deep malice.

In Daheng’s territory, reason told Li Angshun not to do anything, but the domineering and violent temper he developed in Xixia made him unable to bear this bad breath.

Therefore, the Xixia prince prepared to do something secretly to express his inexplicable anger.

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Gu Yuanbai is waiting for the first snow of the year.

Snow in the capital often falls in December, and it falls like a heavy snowfall. Every night, there is already a thick layer of snow outside that can cover your bare feet.

When winter comes, everyone is waiting for snow, as if it wouldn’t be winter without some snow. Gu Yuanbai is also waiting, waiting for auspicious snow to herald a good harvest.

He was lying on the fire kang, and the two wolves Xue Yuan gave him were lying comfortably beside the kang. The heat not only made Gu Yuanbai feel comfortable, but also made the two wolves extremely comfortable.

Following Gu Yuanbai for a period of time, the two wolves were raised to be very lazy. They would lie on the ground and not move when they had nothing to do. They only ate and slept. They were the most energetic of the day when they followed Gu Yuanbai out for fun. At that time, he was handsome and powerful. However, although they are lazy, they are smart and know who is the master of the meat reward, so they are especially fond of Gu Yuanbai.

Just like this moment, as soon as Gu Yuanbai moved his feet off the bed, the two wolves actively propped themselves up and walked over. Their fluffy gray hair was soft, and the saint’s feet landed directly on the wolves’ backs.

Gu Yuanbai didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, and moved away from the wolf’s back, “You are really smart.”

He reached out and rubbed the wolf a few times, and just as he was about to take his hand back, the wolf reached over and licked Gu Yuanbai’s palm affectionately with its scarlet tongue.

The wolf has a huge head and sharp teeth right next to its hands. Gu Yuanbai patted the wolf’s head and said, “Licking your hands whenever you see them. Where’s the bad habit? You can’t do it cleanly?”

Tian Fusheng pinched his throat and said, “Our Holy Master’s hands must be clean.”

“I mean their tongues are not clean.” Gu Yuanbai grabbed the wolf’s head with his backhand and opened its mouth to look at the teeth at the wolf’s mouth. “Have they had a bath?”

The eunuch who took care of the two wolves came forward and said, “Your Majesty, they were just washed a few days ago.”

“It’s quite clean.” Gu Yuanbai checked the teeth and mouth one by one, making the others tremble with fear. Finally, he nodded with satisfaction and let the two wolves go, “Not bad.”

The two wolves didn’t have official names yet, so Gu Yuanbai called them big wolf and little wolf. The more handsome one was the big wolf, and the other was the little wolf.

Gu Yuanbai asked people to lead them down to feed them. The palace attendants brought them warm water to cleanse their hands. He asked casually: “How many people are there on the Kang in the capital?”

“It sounds like there are a lot of things,” Tian Fusheng said happily. “Everything that the Holy One thinks is useful is also good for the common people. I heard that there is a lot of excitement outside. People who are sitting on the bed are bragging about the wonders of the fire bed. People who are not on the bed are listening. I became more and more curious, as the carpenters in the capital were very busy and only had time to eat a few bites.”

Gu Yuanbai smiled and said, “It really makes the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance open up another income. Look at the iron rooster that the Minister of the Ministry of Finance looks like now. It is really different from the past.”

“The Secretary of the Ministry of Finance is becoming more and more dedicated in his work,” Tian Fusheng said, “a very good minister.”

Ever since Gu Yuanbai cherished the talents of the Minister of Hubu and reminded him not to marry the Taifu Qing, the Minister of Hubu began to shine in his position and did his best for Gu Yuanbai, working even harder than before. times.

Gu Yuanbai nodded and was about to speak when someone came from outside to report, “Your Majesty, things and documents have been sent from the border!”

Gu Yuanbai immediately said: “Send it up!”

The person who notified him hurriedly walked in and handed over a heavy wooden box. After the palace attendant checked it, he opened it and saw that there was a bloody human head frozen in ice!

Gu Yuanbai took a breath and stepped forward to take a closer look. Although he had never seen this person before, he quickly recognized him: “Xiwandan!”

“Yes,” the reporter said, “There is news from northern Xinjiang that Xiwandan’s tribe has no food in winter. They tried to sneak attack our army, but they were discovered by our army. In a melee, Xiwandan was killed by our army. Down.”

Gu Yuanbai suddenly felt blessed and asked, “Who cut off Siwandan?”

“General Xue.” The reporter said.

Is this General Xue, General Xue Ping, General Xue, or General Xue Yuan?

Gu Yuanbai suppressed these words, and he intuitively thought that Xue Yuan was the one who could give away the head, “Why did Xiwandan give me his head? After Xiwandan died, the other members of the Eight Khitan tribes now So what?”

If a Siwandan dies, it will be dead. If the subsequent matters are not handled well, it will be troublesome.

The informant handed over a thick envelope and said, “You will know as soon as you take a look.”

Gu Yuanbai took the letter and unfolded it, reading it at a glance.

It turns out that the tribe of Siwanden was also affected by the locust plague. Although it was better than Rilena, it was not much better. After accepting the remaining soldiers of Rilena, Xiwandan soon ran out of food.

But Xiwandan was not a reckless person like Rilian. He had set up an ambush in advance, and then led Daheng soldiers to fight, intending to exchange prisoners for food. The person who engaged in the battle was Xue Yuan. When he deliberately angered Xue Yuan, Xiwandan once laughed and taunted: “Your lord is a little hairy man who has not been weaned from breast milk. He is so sick that he will die if the wind blows. If you come in front of me, I will kill you with one finger.” Crush it to death!”

Xue Yuan, who had always smiled no matter how he was scolded, turned expressionless at this sentence, staring at Siwandan with gloomy eyes.

He was not provoked to fight, so Siwandan had to lead his team to withdraw. And when it was late at night, they even attacked in the east and west, sending Jilena, his son and his general Wunan to attack in four directions, preparing to drive in from the pass to grab food and return.

That night was a big melee. The most ridiculous thing was that Siwandan’s son was ambushed. When Siwandan went to rescue him, he was regarded as a murderer by General Wu Nan, who had always harbored murderous intentions towards Siwandan’s son. He killed his son, so he sent troops to release arrows in the dark, intending to kill this kid who was not dealing with him on the pretext of being harmed by stray arrows. Who would have thought that Wu Nan would not find out that he had killed him until the Daheng soldiers lit the torch? It turned out to be Xiwandan.

Wu Nan was stunned.

Wu Nan’s men were also stunned.

At that moment, the entire Xiwandan tribe’s subordinates were in extremely complicated moods and froze on the spot. It was not until the archers of the Daheng soldiers started to attack that they panicked and fled the pass in a panic without a leader.

This head was beheaded by Xue Yuan to give Gu Yuanbai a way to vent his anger.

If I dare to say that Gu Yuanbai will die early, then Xiwandan should die early.

After Gu Yuanbai saw the way Xiwandan died, he immediately knew what was going on.

The arrow that killed Xiwandan seemed to have been caused by Wu Nan. In fact, there was a 80-90% chance that someone from Daheng shot it in the chaos and framed the blame on Wu Nan.

The process of this matter was written in extremely detailed form on the letter. Gu Yuanbai could almost feel the flash of swords and numerous crises that night from the letter. After reading it, he took a long breath and put down his hand to look at the head in the wooden box.

Regardless of the process, the result is truly beautiful. Xiwandan died in the hands of a general he trusted. Regardless of whether the general wanted to kill his son or him, the fact was before him that Xiwandan’s tribe was going to be in chaos.

Two of the eight Khitan tribes have been in chaos, and the remaining people should be getting anxious. Perhaps the goal of communicating with borders and establishing trade routes can be achieved faster than expected.

Gu Yuanbai looked at Xiwandan’s head and the lifeless eyes, and said with pity, “You will not die in vain.”

“I have to thank you for laying the foundation for me to provoke your civil strife and invasion in the future. Just wait, look at this unweaned little hairy head in your mouth that can be crushed to death with one finger,” he said , “How did you disappear into the long river of history?”