Thousands of Miles of the Same Wind + Fanwai

Zhong Liran smiled softly, hugged her in his arms, and kissed her hair, "Just sleep for a while, and be lazy with me."

After sleeping, it was noon, and the two of them got up and dressed, and had lunch.

After lunch, the falling snow gradually subsided, and a ray of sky tore through the thick gray clouds, gently covering the plum blossoms covered with residual snow.The courtyard is covered with white snow, only a single red plum stands proudly.Because of that ray of sky light, it became more and more vivid and moving.

Seeing that Mei Xin was happy, Gu Siyuan walked towards the red plums in the yard on snow wearing a big cloak, ordered the servant to take scissors and cut some beautiful branches, and returned to the house with Can Xue.

Zhong Liran was wrapped in a blanket and was dealing with official business on the couch. Hearing the sound, he turned his head and looked at Gu Siyuan. Seeing her holding plum blossoms, he laughed at her: "You are going to destroy the flowers with your hands again."

Holding the flowers, Gu Siyuan bent down and inserted the plum blossoms into the porcelain vase, carefully handling them, and said confidently: "The room is too plain, we need to add some color."

Gu Siyuan was wearing a cloak, her black hair fell from her shoulders and hung down the side of her face, with an indescribable tenderness.Seeing that she had finished arranging the flowers, Zhong Liran stretched out his thin white fingers to gently stroke off the fine snowflakes on the petals, his eyes sparkled secretly.

Zhong Liran put down the Zhu Zhu in his hand, looked at Gu Siyuan, pursed his lips lightly, and said to her: "Are the plum blossoms beautiful?"

Gu Siyuan didn't look back, and said firmly, "It's beautiful."

Zhong Liran couldn't sit still anymore, she got up, walked slowly behind Gu Siyuan, hugged her through the cloak: "I think you look better."

Gu Siyuan raised her head slightly, but felt that the emperor held her cold hand.The emperor held her hand and raised it to his lips, kissed her lightly, and said in a low voice: "It is enough for me to have a queen, I don't need any plum blossoms."

After saying this, the emperor suddenly said jealously: "It's just a flower, it doesn't deserve your pity."

Gu Siyuan turned his head and saw that the emperor behind him was staring at the plum blossoms in the porcelain vase, and almost couldn't hold back his laughter.She suppressed a smile, imitating the emperor's appearance, puffed up her cheeks, pointed her fingertips, and said to the blooming red plums: "You are really a disaster, you have caused His Majesty to lose his temper, what is your guilt?"

Zhong Liran coughed lightly, and whispered in her ear: "Queen Charm, this is an unforgivable crime, I will send you to the frontier!"

Gu Siyuan nestled in the emperor's arms, nodding his head with a hint of pointing, "Then let's distribute to the frontier!" Seeing her like this, Zhong Liran couldn't help laughing.Seeing her smile, Gu Siyuan frowned.

The emperor had his way, but the vase of plum blossoms still did not escape the fate of being distributed to the frontier. After a while, under the emperor's order, it was moved to the door.

Seeing the servants moving the porcelain vases away, Gu Siyuan sighed, "Hey, the majestic king of a country is so jealous that he can't even hold a few plum blossoms."

Zhong Liran stood in front of her, took off the cloak for her, and said with a smile: "You must not let Qi Qilang hear this, it will not look good if the imperial censor joins you."

"What are you doing to me? Are you going to commit a crime next time?" Gu Siyuan was dragged onto the couch by the emperor, and complained softly: "You are just jealous."

Zhong Liran snorted softly, and Gu Siyuan continued to scold her, "You're still narrow-minded. In the end, I just glanced at it, and you sent it to the frontier. Hey, what a pity, those plums are so beautiful."

She leaned against the emperor, let out a long sigh, and looked quite sad.When Zhong Liran saw her, Shi Shiran said, "I'm just a jealous woman, let alone a few glances, you'll feel jealous just by looking at me."

Gu Siyuan turned to look at her, blinked and asked, "Really?"

Zhong Liran was annoyed: "Fake!"

Gu Siyuan showed his face, showed a big smile, held Zhong Liran's face in both hands and kissed her, and said happily: "Mai Mai, you are so cute!"

Zhong Liran looked at her with gentle eyes, "It's cute, but you may help me change the memorial." Not only did she not help, but she also learned to play tricks, which is really annoying.

The author has something to say: I'm finally done!

I'm starting work next Monday too, whoops this is awesome!

Chapter 59 XII.4

Hearing Zhong Liran's complaints, Gu Siyuan felt a little wronged, so he hugged Zhong Liran's arm flatteringly, rubbed against her shoulder, and smiled with his eyes bent: "Your Majesty is so shrewd and capable, you don't need me Clumsy and troublesome."

She is nearly [-] years old, but in recent years, she has become less stable than when she was a teenager, and she is as lively as a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old.Zhong Liran was not annoyed when she heard her sophistry, raised his hand and rubbed her head, and laughed: "It's too late to say good things." She said, pulling Gu Siyuan into her arms and sitting there, holding her and spreading out a memorial , Said: "Come here, read this book for me."

Gu Siyuan nestled in her arms, glanced lazily, and then his eyes lit up, sat up, picked up the memorial and read it carefully.After reading it, she turned her head to look at Zhong Liran, her eyes sparkling brightly: "Your Majesty, the prefect of Pingcheng in Lanzhou really has some skills, and he really managed the trade with the Zhuyun Department."

"That's not it." Zhong Liran's words showed appreciation, and he said happily: "Pingcheng, Wangyue City, Chucheng and other places are all connected to Subei. As a gateway to trade with the barbarians on the grassland, and then It is very suitable. And the goods in Wanzhou and Zhongzhou in the middle can be transported to Lanzhou in the north through the Liyun Grand Canal, which is really very convenient."

"In the past, the ancestors opened up the canal for the north-south trade, and the merits of thousands of years. Now what I have done, I have lived up to the good intentions of the ancestors."

This ancestor was Emperor Wenkang.The canal was first built in the prime of life of Emperor Wenkang. At that time, the emperor was a true promise. Although the courtiers complained about this matter, the court still spent more than ten years opening the canal.This project is vast, costly and time-consuming, but once the canal was opened, it greatly facilitated the north-south trade.

But it is clear that Emperor Wenkang's ambitions are far more than that.A few years later, Emperor Wenkang was old, and the barbarians came to envoys, wanting to trade and exchange.Emperor Wenkang was overjoyed and ordered the king of Lizhou to make it happen.

It's a pity that the emperor is approaching his twilight years, and it's time for the palace to establish a reserve.Emperor Wenkang had no heirs, so the kings saw that the emperor reused the king of Lizhou, fearing that the emperor would appoint the king of Lizhou as his heir, so they united with courtiers to break the covenant with Subei.Su Bei was bullied by this matter, and raised troops angrily, causing wars in the northern border.

The matter involved a wide range, resulting in many unjust cases.After the emperor sent troops to win the north, he liquidated many courtiers and princes in succession, resulting in the most serious bloody case during the emperor's reign.King Lizhou, whom the emperor favored, died at the hands of an assassin. The emperor, who was already in poor health, became seriously ill when he heard the news of King Li's death, and his health continued to deteriorate.Only a few years after this incident, the emperor established the crown prince, and he died in depression.

The successor could not understand Emperor Wenkang's decision, but felt that the barbarians were really hateful, so he suspended all friendly exchanges with the barbarians, and repeatedly fought with Subei during his lifetime, disturbing the peace of the border people.

This bloody feud has affected the state of Chu for a hundred years, and even if there was a successor who wanted to inherit the will of Emperor Wenkang, it would always end without a problem.

Gu Siyuan is good at history, so he has read old things in books.Trading with barbarians is beneficial to the country.However, wars between Hua and barbarians have always been blood feuds. Since the death of Emperor Wenkang, history books all record that the barbarians first broke the contract and attacked northward.But one hundred years ago, a historian accidentally obtained Mr. Wang Chuan's manuscript, but came up with another theory.

According to the manuscript, in order to frame the king of Lizhou, the kings bought the guards who escorted the grain, and handed over half-good and half-bad old grain to the barbarians in repeated transactions.In a rage, the barbarian drew his sword and killed the guard who pressed the grain after several transactions.So the group of guards who died were used as evidence to frame Li Wang's subordinates for dealing with the barbarians and treason.From this, a bloody case was caused.

Affected by this, the succeeding emperor believed that the barbarians could not get along with each other, so he repeatedly marched northward, wasting money and wasting money.But he didn't know that Emperor Wenkang's original intention was to regain Subei without bloodshed.

Food is the foundation of a country and a nation.If Chu State traded with Subei all the year round, herdsmen would definitely engage in industries that could be traded with Chu State, such as collecting more minerals, domesticating cattle and sheep, etc.In the long run, the northern barbarians will naturally be inseparable from the food supply of Chu.In this way, if there is a slight disobedience in Subei, the Chu State court can easily solve the cholera by pinching their lifeblood.This way of handling is better than sending out troops as usual and killing most of the soldiers.

What's more, the barbarian grassland is also considered to have a large land and abundant resources, and there are many things that Chu people need, so it is very cost-effective to trade with the barbarians.

Gu Siyuan thought, Zhong Liran came up with the idea of ​​making a deal with the barbarians just because of such a bloodless idea.

Since the first emperor Chu Ming, there were only a few wars between the barbarians and the state of Chu.A few years ago, after Zhongli returned to Dasheng and went north and captured the barbarian princess Gerqin, the barbarians became more peaceful after losing a battle.

The current maharaja of the barbarians is Gerqin's father, but since his daughter was sent to Yuanzhou, the heads of various ministries have gradually changed to the second son of the maharaja.The second son had seen the ferocity of Chu's iron cavalry on the battlefield, and with respect, he became more humble towards this great country, so he wholeheartedly made friends with Chu.This is undoubtedly a good thing for Zhong Liran.