At the beginning of October, winter began in various places. At this time, it was a taboo to expose the army to the outside world. Zhao Wuxi also withdrew his troops from Xudi and returned to Pengcheng.

He has passed through Song State several times in the past, but he has never been to Pengcheng. Some time ago, in order to pursue Fuchai, he didn't have time to hang around here. This time, when he returned, Zhao Wuxi was interested, so he was accompanied by Ran Qiu and others. Walk around the city and take a good look at this "land of great Peng".

"Ziyou, do you know what the ancient name of Pengcheng was?"

Ran Qiu has been following Zhao Wuxi's side and rear. He was very good at learning when he was in Confucius. He was known for his political affairs, versatile and very familiar with the history of Songdi. He immediately replied: "Pengcheng's ancient name Zhuolu is a legend. The place where the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou fought."

"Zhuolu is in Pengcheng, the capital of the Yellow Emperor." After returning to the Spring and Autumn Period, because he was closer to the ancient times, Zhao Wuxi had a better understanding of that misty history. For example, few people thought that Zhuolu was in the world. The remote and remote north of Hebei, Zhuolu is believed to be near Pengcheng.

Thinking about it, Chiyou was originally Taihao and Shaohao. After the ancient eastern kingdom of Taihao weakened, how could the tribal alliance that rose from the south go to the southern foot of the Yanshan Mountains in the Liaoyuan?

Therefore, this Pengcheng has a long history. It has been a battleground for military strategists since the time of the Yellow Emperor. The battle between the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou established the ancient history, and now Zhao Wuxi and Fuchai are fighting here, which also established the history of the current struggle for hegemony.

Zhao Wuxi walked on the slightly broken city wall and chatted with Ran Qiu without a word, but with his keen mind, how could he not see that Ran Qiu was actually gloomy behind his forced smile? Moreover, when Zhao Wuxi was talking, he would wander from time to time, looking at the inner city thoughtfully.

Wu Xie knew what he was thinking, so he stopped suddenly, increased his voice, and said to Ran Qiu, "Is there?"

"Wei!" Ran Qiu jolted and woke up from his deep thoughts, only to see Zhao Wuxi's expression of regret, and sighed at him: "The cause and effect of the Battle of Pengcheng, the widow all listened to the army Sima. Sima Ziniu Tai He was stubborn and ended up like this, and the widow was very sad. Could Ziyou feel ashamed of him? Could he be angry with the widow?"

Ran Qiu was startled, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "How dare you have such thoughts?"

Actually, there is still a little bit.

Most of the disciples of Confucius were poor friends who were once close as brothers. However, Ran Qiu was expelled from Confucius, and he had nowhere to express his grievances and grievances. , was very depressed at first, but now it is equivalent to killing his senior brother, who is also his former friend Sima Geng, the pressure in his heart is a little more, so he is not thinking.

But fortunately that little resentment has not turned into anger and hatred.

Although Ran Qiu is now an army general of the State of Lu, and the nominally obedient head of the family is Zhao Cao, but Zhao Cao is young and weak, and everyone knows that their real master is Zhao Hou Wuxi. Although the Zhao State and the core are in Hebei, they have a strong control over the State of Lu. Local appointments, military mobilization, and even the death penalty, Yecheng can point fingers at Qufu.

Excellent academics lead to an official career. The junior disciple Zhang was right. Ran Qiu tried his best to study, but he was unhappy. It was not until Zhao Wuxi came to Lu that he began to flourish, and Ran Qiu was very grateful. He struggled for half his life to get where he is now, how could he give up completely because of one thing?

He had already made a choice since he attacked Sima Geng, so at this time Ran Qiu was a little terrified, knowing that it was his attitude that made Zhao Hou unhappy.

Zhao Wuxi did not make it difficult for him, he personally helped him up and commended his merits. It is said that he has been in the state of Lu for many years, and this time he commanded a great victory in the battle of Tang. The attack on Pengcheng also broke the city within a limited time, and ended the war. He has made great contributions and should be rewarded.

"Next year, the State of Lu will be the same as the State of Zhao, and will implement the twelfth-class nobility system, and Ziyou will be able to obtain the honors he deserves, as well as the fief..."

Even Ran Qiu was still inexplicably excited when he heard the word fief.

Granting land to the people is the dream of scholars in this era.

Ran Qiu's teacher, Confucius, traveled around in the identity of a cold scholar, looking for the Mingjun in his mind. In the end, due to the convenience of the situation, he ranked as the great Zongbo in the state of Lu, but even so, he was not able to obtain the land of size.

After Zhao Wuxi entered the state of Lu, he was also very strict with fiefdoms. Even Zhang Mengtan, who made Lu's first meritorious work, shied away from the fiefdoms and replaced them with household taxes and stipends and land, let alone others.

Now, after paying the price of being spurned by his teacher, Ran Qiu finally got what he wanted...

For a time, the feeling of gratitude surpassed that grievance and regret, and Ran Qiu bowed again, grateful.

At the same time, when he saw that there was no relative of Nanzi on his left and right sides, he also took courage and remonstrated with Zhao Wuxi: "Your Majesty, there is a saying that I have kept in my heart for a long time. The country is governed by the Le clan and the Huang clan together, and they were at peace with each other at first, but the teaching of witches and ghosts in the world made the situation in Song more complicated. Ran Qiu dared to say that if there were no heavenly witches and ghosts, this battle would not have been necessary. Fight, and Zi Niu, maybe you don't have to die..."

As he was talking, Ran Qiu, a 40-year-old man, had his eyes flushed. The sorrow in his heart these days had all turned into words from the bottom of his heart, and he vomited quickly.

Zhao Wuxi's face was sinking like water, standing on the city wall with his hands behind his back, listening quietly, and after a while, he said, "The widow knows."

...

Zhao Wuxi should have been in a good mood after winning a big victory in the south, but he was not happy when he thought of what Ran Qiu said to him at the risk of angering him.

"Uncle..."

When Zhao Wuxi turned around, he saw Le You obediently composing behind him.

"It's You." Because of his relatives, Zhao Wuxi kept calling him by his name cordially, and Leyou was also very happy to listen to the elder's orders. The retainers dared not teach him a lesson, but his uncle could raise his hand. Knocking on his head made him feel like a "father" instead.

Today, Zhao Wuxi suddenly called him, and Leyou quickly put down what he was doing and came over, and respectfully bowed from a distance: "Uncle called the boy, what's the matter?"

Zhao Wuxi warmly greeted Le You to come to his side, and he also regarded this wife and nephew as a parent and child on the surface.

"I asked you to find Pengcheng's planners to ask about the past years, but have you asked?"

Le You nodded and said, "The planner said that Pengcheng originally had nearly 10,000 households and 60,000 people, only a little less than Shangqiu, but now..."

His words stopped, and his eyes moved to the suburbs at the foot of Pengcheng. After being forced to execute Huang Yuan by Zhao Wuxi, the fifteen-year-old Leyou suddenly became an adult, and the joy he used to have on his face disappeared. In addition to the beautiful scenery and wonders, there are many things that he ignored in the past.

Pengcheng was originally a metropolis in the eastern part of the Song Dynasty, but due to the war, farmers were rarely seen in the fertile fields, and the villages and villages in the distance were also sparsely populated.

Zhao Wuxi was very satisfied with this. Compared with his ignorant father, Zhao Wuxi felt that this son could barely take on a little responsibility, so he also deliberately supported him.

"Pengcheng used to be densely populated, but now there are ten rooms and five empty spaces. Many of the towns that I passed by when I returned to my teacher were empty. Only the old and the weak were seen, not the young and strong. Room, foxes and rabbits are haunted. Alas, Pengcheng is like this, we know what happened to Mangdangshan and Xiaoyi, where war crimes were violent."

Le You was also worried, but he also said optimistically: "Since the beginning of winter, many people have returned."

He was right, there were ragged refugees coming back one after another on the road leading to Shangqiu. It was winter in October, and the sky was already slightly cold. Fortunately, Zhao Wuxi and Le You wore fox furs to keep them warm, but there were very few people who could wear fur coats and furs. After the war, those who had no clothes and no browns had to survive this long winter. It's not easy, so Zhao Wuxi has asked Le You to provide food for relief.

However, judging from the current situation, only a part of them have returned, and there are more people who would rather hide in the mountains and forests and wait for the situation to completely stabilize.

After all, with Nanzi's character of retribution for flaws, these days, he has been inciting Tiandao Wuzhu Sona to be a "traitor", forcing them to admit the rule of Zishang, and this kind of reckoning after the autumn is still linked, as long as there is one person in a family who does not believe in it. The way of heaven, the whole family will be punished, and even the neighbors will be implicated.

"Therefore, although the war is peaceful, the people's hearts are still undecided... There are some things that the widow has to do, and some people that the widow has to beat and beat."

At this point, Zhao Wuxi also had an idea about the future of Song.

He put his hand on Leyou's shoulder and said with a smile: "Yu, you are very similar to your grandfather. You are a virtuous lord. After the war and withering, Pengcheng urgently needs to rest with the people and resume production. The fief is in Pengcheng, and you live here, would you like to?"

...

In late October, Zhao Wushi returned to Shangqiu from Pengcheng.

Unlike Pengcheng, where everything is waiting to be rebuilt, Shangqiu is still the same, but Zhao Wuxi feels that the religious atmosphere in the city is a bit more intense than when he came here five months ago...

He calmly took Yulin's guards into the Song Palace, and asked them to stop outside. After a while, Nanzi came to see him in a hurry, holding the "Zizhang" who was one and a half years old in his arms.

"Junhou..." Because of breastfeeding, Nanzi was a little plumper than before, and after taking off his witch robe in front of Zhao Wuxi, he looked even more graceful.

As soon as we met ~lightnovelpub.net~ without saying a word, Nanzi asked for pleasure. After she was done, she teased Zhao Wuxi for a while, and she suddenly sobbed, her eyes were red, and there was grievance in her expression, I don't know if it was Is it because of Zhao Wuxi's expedition, or because of something else?

"Who bullied you?" Zhao Wuxi asked with a certain understanding, but pretended not to know.

"Who dares to bully the concubine?" Nanzi asked with a sneer, then put away her habitual aggressive attitude, and said quietly: "If you want to bully, it's the prince who bullies me."

After the end of the love affair, Nanzi quickly entered the topic, she lay on Zhao Wuxi's pillow and asked softly, "I heard that the prince gave Pengcheng and the entire eastern part of the Song country to the Le family. really?"

ps: "World Edition": "Zhuolu is in Pengcheng, the capital of the Yellow Emperor."

"Han Book of Criminal Law Notes", "Zheng said: Zhuolu is in the south of Pengcheng."

"Historical Records of Justice. Geographical Records": "Zhuolu's real name is Pengcheng, the first capital of the Yellow Emperor, and there is also a bear."

The second chapter is in the evening, thank you for being with us in July 2016 (to be continued.)