Chapter 1189: Freedom Is Always Fought For

Until the end of September, there was still no rain in Luoyang.

The drought was not alleviated, but further intensified.

In some high-lying areas, people and livestock had difficulty in drinking water.

The scene of the national mobilization to fight the disaster that Yun Chu expected still did not appear, but the government had begun to get busy.

The grain reserves in Chang'an, Luoyang, Chengdu, Jinyang, Yangzhou... and other big cities began to be transported to the next level of prefectures, and similarly, the grain in the prefecture granaries began to be transported to the counties below.

In the end, the grain could only stay at the county level.

Therefore, after obtaining the guarantee of sufficient grain reserves from all the county magistrates, Li Zhi issued a tyrannical order that whoever had a large-scale famine in his jurisdiction would die.

The two imperial censors were dispatched, the 100-cavalry Sikong group was dispatched, and the officials of the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Shaofujian were also dispatched to the county level.

The reserves of the big cities were given to the prefectures, and the reserves of the prefectures were given to the counties. Therefore, the big cities and prefectures did not need to be disciplined. The focus was on the counties. Therefore, the emperor gave the county magistrates of the 4,824 counties of the Tang Dynasty great power this time - the power to act at their convenience during the disaster period.

That is to say, during the famine, the county magistrate can have full control over the people, things, and soldiers of the entire county. As long as it is related to disaster relief and beneficial, the county magistrate can ignore etiquette, regulations, and systems and act at his discretion.

This is the maximum extent to which Emperor Li Zhi can delegate power.

After giving people, money, food, and power, if you still can't do your job well, you will die, or your whole family will die, or your whole clan will die. This will be a problem that needs to be considered by the county magistrates of the entire Tang Dynasty.

There is no fourth choice.

Although Li Zhi's orders are very tyrannical, the rewards are also very generous. Counties that have achieved the first-level performance in providing relief to the victims will be honored to meet the emperor and face the emperor's rewards directly.

Counties that have achieved level 2 in providing relief to the victims will be the best choice in the assessment of the Ministry of Personnel.

Counties that have achieved level 3 in providing relief to the victims will be the best choice in the assessment of the Ministry of Personnel.

The above three types of performance are already a matter of being promoted.

Counties that fail to achieve the above three levels of performance will have a worrying end, and even average performance will not be acceptable!

After reading the regulations, Yun Chu felt that this was Li Hong preparing positions for the officials in his pocket in advance.

In this process, there will inevitably be many disgusting power exchange results, but overall, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.

Similarly, the emperor's decree did not mention the importance of the people in disaster relief, which is why Yun Chu believed that the emperor did not mobilize the whole country.

They still believed, as before, that the good or bad of the sheep had nothing to do with the sheep, but only with the shepherds.

In September, the cicadas were still calling, which was not a good sign.

According to folk sayings, the cicadas calling in September and the army not stopping were a harbinger of military disasters.

Yun Chu stood in front of the map, puzzled. He couldn't find any place in the country where troops were needed.

Then, Emperor Li Zhi issued the second decree - the border troops should raise their own food and fodder, for a period of three years!

After seeing this decree, Yun Chu suddenly realized that the source of the war disaster was here!

The entire Tang Dynasty now has a total of 490,000 troops guarding the border. The emperor believes that the border troops should not fight with the people for food in the disaster year. So, what do they eat?

The best weapons and equipment in the world are not used for farming, but for robbing their own people? This won't work. Once you do it, the better-equipped Sixteen Guards will soon come and chop them all into meat paste.

So...

The Tang Dynasty Central Government has not allowed the Tang border troops to provoke border friction for six years. Now, there is no such thing. Although there is not a single word in the emperor's edict that allows them to go out of the country, every word that the border army generals read in the edict encourages them to go abroad to do some things such as foraging.

The border army generals were almost crazy because of the constraints of the Central Government. Kunlun slaves, Bodhisattva barbarians, Silla maids, and Japanese slaves were so valuable that they could only hold their saliva and watch others get rich.

Now there is no need.

There are many strong Kunlun slaves in the southwest forest. Send people to capture them and find food at the same time.

There are many Bodhisattva barbarians in the west. You can get a lot back by destroying a few unknown small countries.

When the Silla people in the east destroyed the country, they fled with a large number of the best Silla maids. When they were hunted down, it was not only the Silla maids, but also the fleeing Silla nobles who had money.

The silver from Japan was transported back in boatloads, and the Japanese slaves could be turned into food...

So, after Li Zhi's order reached the border troops, those border army generals immediately became people who worried about the country and the people. They beat their chests and stamped their feet to promise the emperor that they would feed their subordinates and not add burden to the court. Some people even suggested that the emperor could extend this period to five years.

Yun Chu was very worried after hearing the news. He was not worried that the border troops would starve to death. He was worried that the 490,000 troops would get used to looting and become bandits who were not under the control of the court. Finally, a figure like An Lushan or Shi Siming would jump out.

Yun Chu carefully conveyed his opinions to the emperor through his son Yun Jin.

Li Zhi, who was feeding the giant bear bamboo, replied to Yun Jin lightly: "They dare not!"

Yun Jin covered his nose and cleaned up a pile of green balls that the giant bear had just pulled, saying: "My father thought that the army is a disciplined force and cannot be left alone."

Li Zhi said: "The army is a place where flesh and blood gather. What is the use of an army that only has discipline but no flesh and blood?"

Yun Jin put the last piece of green dough into the dustpan and said, "What should we do if the unconstrained and full-blooded army is in chaos?"

Li Zhi smiled and said: "I am the reason why they are invincible, and I am also the reason why they dare to leave the territory of the Tang Dynasty to look for food outside.

Tell them that they not only have to support themselves, but also me. My palace has a lot of expenses for a year. "

After hearing what the emperor said, Yun Jin did not continue to ask, but started to bathe the giant bear with Ruichun who brought water and soap.

That's right, it was never the eunuch who took care of the giant bear, but the palace concubine - it was the emperor himself!

It was only because of his poor health in the past two years that he allowed his secretary and Ruichun to help him.

Even so, when the giant bear took a bath, the emperor still had to stand by to comfort the giant bear who refused to take a bath obediently.

A 500-pound giant bear sits in a huge bathtub like a mountain. Sometimes when it feels uncomfortable taking a bath, it will stretch out its paws and pull at the person who is bathing it. Even Yunjin and Ruichun are both strong. However, in front of the extremely powerful giant bear, it is still not enough. The giant bear can roughly push the two of them away with a single pull.

Yun Jin quickly discovered this. When the giant bear's claws swung over again, Yun Jin quickly got out of the way. After all, the giant bear's body was very big and not that flexible.

Yun Jin remembered that Aye once said that this giant bear had a good temper, was very polite when meeting people, and sometimes seemed very humble. Since he became the emperor's secretary, this giant bear He is not as easy to serve as Aye said, and he can even be called naughty.

As soon as the claws failed to push Yun Jin, the giant bear started to act mischievous. Its two claws took turns to find trouble for Yun Jin, and whenever Yun Jin turned in any direction, the giant bear would move its fat body to that direction.

After finally soaping the giant bear's body and rinsing it with water, a beautiful and mighty bear with clear black and white was revealed in front of Yun Jin.

But the two round eyes between the two dark circles looked extremely unkind to Yun Jin.

Fortunately, Li Zhi saw that the giant bear had been cleaned, so he asked it to lie down on the mat over there and wait for the water stains on its body to dry.

Then, Yun Jin saw the giant bear standing there dumbly, and the fat all over its body began to tighten. Then the fur all over its body seemed to be separated from the fat, and began to slide violently. Then, water droplets all over the sky began to slide. Yunjin and Ruichun were soaked from the fight.

After watching the emperor take the giant bear to bask in the sun, Yun Jin said to Ruichun, "You are the Grand Governor of Baiqisi."

Ruichun wiped the water from her face and said, "You are still the emperor's son-in-law."

Yun Jin said: "Can't we just let others come?"

Ruichun shook his head and said: "Don't give others the chance to serve this bear, otherwise, there will be many sycophants in the Tang Dynasty who will become nobles because they serve this bear well.

Over the years, it has become a routine in the palace.

Oh, you are the first secretary who can serve a giant bear. The previous secretaries never had this opportunity until they died.

However, it's good that you're here. Your Majesty hasn't killed the secretary for a month and a half. "

Yun Jin took a breath when he heard this and said, "Where is the former secretary?"

Ruichun sighed and said, "The longest one lasted less than three months."

"Why?"

"Why?" Seeing the emperor walking away, Ruichun couldn't help but raise her voice and said: "There are three monarchs in the Tang Dynasty! When the queen asks, the secretary answers but not? When the prince asks, the secretary answers but not?"

Others who wanted to know the secrets of the emperor would only hook up with the secretary secretly without being seen by others. But these two were better off. They never hooked up with the secretary and asked directly every time.

After these two asked, they still did not cover up for the secretary. If they felt that the emperor's secret affairs were related to them, they would directly ask His Majesty. The reason and purpose of doing so were very open and honest!

Therefore, if the secretary does not answer the question, it is impossible for him to survive the next day.

It's great for you to be His Majesty's secretary. Even if the secretary is a fifth-rank official, or even second only to the Secretary Prime Minister in the Secretarial Prison, do you think anyone in the Secretary's Prison has ever said anything against you being His Majesty's secretary?

There are many people in the prison of the secretary who burns incense and prays to Buddha all day long to pray for you to live a long and healthy life. "

Yun Jin thought for a while and said: "Don't tell me, I am really the best candidate for His Majesty's secretary. However, you still have to hurry up and choose a new secretary, because I will return to Chang'an to get married with Princess Anding soon." ”

Ruichun smiled bitterly and said, "Secretary Supervisor's life is not easy again."

Yun Jin smiled and said: "Hurry up and find another son-in-law for Your Majesty to be your secretary."

Ruichun said: "Only Princess Taiping's consort may be able to survive in your majesty's hands."

Yun Jin smiled and said: "Then hurry up."

Ruichun said: "Your brother Yun Luan...is quite popular with the Queen."

Yun Jin shook his head and said: "Don't even think about it, my brother and Taiping are brothers now!"

Ruichun said in confusion: "Brother?"

Yun Jin nodded and said: "Yes, we are brothers who can pee together!"

"Brothers who peed together? With Taiping?"

Yun Jin nodded and said, "No one can marry Taiping to Yun Luan."

"How to say?"

"You are the Grand Governor of Baiqisi. Just send someone to investigate and you will find out."

Ruichun looked at Yun Jin walking towards the emperor and fell into deep thought... He always felt that there should be something happening here that he didn't know about.

Ever since she raised Prince Hong, a white-eyed wolf, Wu Mei did not let King Yingxian and King Yu die early. Instead, she raised him in the palace complex of Shangyang Palace and continued to live a carefree life.

Today, the Shaoyang Palace where King Li Xian of England lives is filled with fragrance.

In the spacious courtyard of Shaoyang Palace, there are five huge steamers. Just under the steamers, there are piles of agarwood chips emitting curls of green smoke. The smoke exuding the rich smell of agarwood gets into the steamer and sits down. In the steamer, the five people with only one head exposed looked like they were enjoying themselves.

A group of eunuchs and palace maids were busy in the courtyard. Some were responsible for pulling the curtains to block the wind, so that the agarwood smoke could not be affected by the wind and enter the steamer.

Agarwood had been a tribute to the court six years ago in Yonghui. Even the officials of the court could only wait for the royal reward.

When Li Ji returned from the Eastern Expedition, the emperor rewarded Li Ji with fifty kilograms of agarwood. Li Ji did not keep it to himself, but distributed the fifty kilograms of agarwood to the generals who followed him on the eastern expedition. It became a good talk for a while.

The Yun family got half a catty, and Yu Xiurong kept it as a treasure.

Yunchudu is like this, let alone ordinary people, it is even more difficult to touch. This can be regarded as having a price but no market.

After the Yonghui Year, due to the prosperity of Chang'an, the social atmosphere was extravagant. Not only did agarwood become a popular item in the imperial city, but due to serious corruption, some officials in charge of palace affairs would also privately withhold some agarwood and sell it to powerful people or people. It was a wealthy family, and Yu Xiurong took advantage of his close association with Donggong to get a hundred pounds.

Later, Sun Shenxian took the pot away and mixed it with medicine. Yu Xiurong still feels very regretful when talking about this.

Today, five guys who don't know the heights of heaven and earth are lighting a fire with agarwood chips that are worth more than gold.

"Little bird, do you think that if you smoke it like this, it can really make the fragrance of us last forever?"

After listening to Yu Wangdan's question, Yun Luan, who had been half asleep due to the agarwood shavings, reluctantly opened his eyes and said, "Have you eaten bacon?"

Yu Wangdan said: "I like to eat food with the aroma of pine and cypress."

Yun Luan yawned and said, "That's my family's property. Let me tell you, if you want bacon with the scent of pine and cypress, just smoke it slowly with pine and cypress branches. I heard that if you smoke it repeatedly for a period of time, the meat will have that..." Taste.”

Ying Wangxian is a person who has studied spices very much, and then said: "After we fumigate with agarwood chips, the fragrance will invade the texture. After fumigating a few times, the agarwood smell will blend with our body, even if it is No incense is needed, the body will naturally emit agarwood fragrance.

However, this is just a base scent. You should know that a pure scent is not good, and compound scent is the best. We first use agarwood as the base scent, and then blend it with other scents to create a new scent. Let’s change the simple aroma of agarwood in our body. Not only will it prolong our life, but our body will automatically emit the aroma we like no matter when and where in the future.

In this way, wouldn't it be better to completely separate us noble people from those vulgar people and form a separate body? "

Princess Taiping's little head was also exposed outside the steamer. She laughed when she heard this and said, "Little bird, your brother is so talented, why does he fall in love with that poisonous woman An Ding?"

Yun Yan beside Taiping immediately said: "The princess has not seen Li Si wearing a tights climbing the wall, alas, that is, the elder brother likes to see it. Several of us have to cover our eyes, the fart. Yes, I didn’t see it.”

Taiping said: "I want to see it."

Yun Guan said: "There is no wall climbing in Luoyang. When you go to Chang'an, I will take you to take a peek. You don't know. Li Si's body is covered with hard tendon meat, which is extremely ugly."

It’s not as good-looking as the Webster that Xian’s brother likes. I must look like Webster in the future. Taiping, you are too thin. You must eat more in the future. Men nowadays like fat ones. "

Upon hearing this, Wang Xian laughed and said, "Yes, yes, Webster is the one who looks good."

Taiping nodded vigorously and said: "Little bird, you must help me destroy An Ding's wedding dress."

Yun Luan said lazily: "Do you care so much about that shabby clothes?"

Taiping said: "I just can't stand her proud look."

Yun Luan said: "If you marry me, I will definitely ask my mother to help you get a better one."

Taiping looked at Yunluan with disdain and said, "Are you dreaming?"

Yun Guoguan quickly said to the side: "Your sister can marry my eldest brother. It's great for you to marry Xiaoniao."

Taiping laughed and said: "That idiot Li Si was able to marry your eldest brother because my father saw Lan Tianhou's outstanding achievements. She is just an object to reward heroes, and I am not!"

Guan Guan Yun said: "The little bird is very good-looking and knowledgeable. You will only enjoy happiness when you marry me."

Princess Taiping laughed even louder.

"Enjoy the blessings? Do you, this princess, owe you Yun's blessing? Is the little bird good-looking? Yun Guanguan, you are just a person who has never seen the world. Wei, Du's spring banquet, which one is not better than the little bird? nice?

At the next gathering, I’ll take you two bumpkins from Chang’an to have a look. It will also open your eyes.

I also want you to know that this world is not only about farming and fighting, but also about singing and dancing, beauties, and the most beautiful voices. "

Yun Luan was obviously a little angry, and said to Taiping: "The men of the Yun family are the good men who can rule and level the world. The rest are just bastards, not worthy of a golden phoenix like you."

As soon as Yun Luan finished speaking, King Ying Xian and King Yu Dan both turned to look at Yun Luan. King Ying Xian said angrily: "Are you including our brothers?"

Yun Luan said quickly: "What about your sister's future husband? What does it have to do with you?

Taiping laughed when he heard this.

The five people stayed in the steamer for almost two hours before they came out of the steamer still unsatisfied. They sniffed at each other like dogs. Ying Wangxian moved his nose away from Yun Luan and said: "Hey, there is no special smell." "

Yun Luan also wanted to put his nose to Tai Ping, but Tai Ping pushed him away. Yun Luan smiled and said, "I have always lived in Zhi Lan's room and haven't smelled its fragrance for a long time."

Taiping looked at Yunluan with disgust and said, "I hope I don't live in an abalone shop for a long time and don't notice the smell."

Yun Luan laughed loudly and said: "My father once said that there is no chance of a toad matching a swan. As long as you have patience and wait for the swan to land, you will hug the swan's legs fiercely..."

Seeing that Yun Luan seemed to be rushing towards him, Taiping quickly hid behind Yu Wangdan, wrinkled his beautiful nose and said, "Brother Wang, get rid of this toad."

Yun Luan and Yun Guan, who were full of fragrance, sat in the carriage and looked at each other tiredly.

Yun Guan said: "The Queen seems to really like you, otherwise she wouldn't have deliberately brought you two together."

Yun Luan rubbed her face with her hands and said, "It's really troublesome. On the one hand, I want the Queen to know that I'm trying my best to please Taiping, and on the other hand, I want Taiping to like playing with me, but also hate me pursuing her. What's in between? The balance is not easy to grasp.”

Yun Guan smiled and said: "The most important thing is that you have to act as stupid as them. It's really hard for you."

Yun Luan showed a silly smile and said: "I am stupid to begin with."

The carriage took the two of them to the Yun family near White Horse Temple.

When dinner was served in the evening, Yun Luan and Yun Guan didn't see Li Si, so they asked Aye in surprise.

"Where has sister Sisi gone?"

Yunchu glanced at Lai Yunluan and said, "It's just fun, don't put yourself in it."

Yun Luan said: "I am very smart."

Yu Xiurong worriedly said to Yun Luan, "There is no need for peace."

Yun Luan raised his head and looked at his mother and said, "Did your eye see that the child likes Taiping?"

Yu Xiurong said: "The color of Taiping is very good..."

Yun Luan grabbed Yun Guang Guan next to him and said, "How old are you now? You already have makeup. Without the makeup, even Guang Guan can't compare. Where can you get the good color?"

Yu Xiurong said: "I see you go looking for Taiping every day..."

Yun Luan and Yun Guan looked at each other and said, "Auntie, you don't know. Taiping has everything. Many of the things you didn't allow us to do because of the cost, we can do now."

Yu Xiurong sniffed the unique aroma of agarwood coming from the two of them and said, "That's too much."

Yun Jin said: "I will pretend to be more like you in the future. According to your request, I have told Ruichun about you and Taiping. From now on, what you do will be known to the emperor."

Yun Luan nodded while eating. The matter rose to the level of the emperor and the queen. It was very serious. He needed to further disguise himself, or treat the disguised self as his real self to have a chance to deceive those two people and completely cut off future troubles. .

Yun Chu had been eating quietly. He was not prepared to express any unnecessary opinions on the affairs of Yun Jin and Yun Luan brothers. He could just make a few comments on his own, and he could never make decisions for them.

All the benefits in this world are not free. As long as they are benefits, there will be people fighting for them. If you win, just enjoy the fruits of victory. If you fail, there is nothing you can do. Just swallow the bitter fruit you caused.

This is life, it's better to be a king than a bandit.