Chapter 323 Bloodbath in Luoyang City
Just then, someone from Lord Ding came with a message, asking everyone to go to his room to discuss matters, and the two of them walked towards Lord Ding's room together.
The old man took the legal document revised by Hua Yue and asked everyone to take a look. The Ministry of Justice had already deliberated on the draft of the new Song Dynasty law.
After everyone expressed their opinions, Zhao Yanna looked at him meaningfully.
After coughing twice, Zhao Yulin said that he had no objection, but he hoped that the law would be promulgated as soon as possible and announced to the whole world.
As for the expenses of Madam Danfeng and the princess, he suggested that they should be completely cancelled from this year onwards. Madam Danfeng was his mother-in-law, and she and Feiyan should support and respect the elderly.
The gentlemen immediately fell silent.
After a short pause, Lord Li was the first to express his opposition. He believed that the New Song Dynasty inherited everything from the Great Song Dynasty, and the royal family of the previous dynasty now only had Madam Danfeng and the little princess. They should give an explanation to the Zhao family of the previous dynasty.
Lord Ding immediately echoed and expressed the same opinion as Lord Li. Several other officials followed suit, but Zhao Yan remained silent with a smile on his face.
Zhao Yulin said that since Zhao Feiyan was the deputy director of the Central Academy, she should receive the salary of the deputy director, minus the princess's expenses. As for Madam Danfeng's expenses, if they were to be retained, they should also be adjusted and the amount for her retirement should be given.
We are already the new Song Kingdom. As the master, Lord Ding only received less than half of the salary of the pacification envoy. The 30,000 yuan for Madam Danfeng is obviously too high and inappropriate. He proposed to reduce Madam Danfeng's fee to 1,000 yuan.
Everyone started discussing it immediately.
As a civil servant of the New Song Dynasty, Zhao Feiyan had no problem receiving the salary of deputy director.
As a concubine of the previous emperor, wasn't it too little for Madam Danfeng to keep one thousand strings of cash as an expense?
At present, Madam Danfeng is the symbol of the royal family of the previous dynasty. The 30,000 strings of cash in the past was indeed a bit high. Lord Ding, as the king, had to reduce his salary, but not giving her a penny would certainly be unkind and would make people all over the world laugh at him. Even the 1,000 strings of cash proposed by Zhao Yulin seemed a bit low.
In the end, it was Mr. Ding who made the final decision and gave two thousand strings of silver to at least ensure that Madam Danfeng would have enough food and clothing.
Lord Li said with a smile that with Yulin'er's financial resources, supporting Madam Danfeng would be no problem, but properly settling Madam Danfeng was the responsibility of the New Song court, not Yulin'er's private matter.
Zhao Yulin said that these things had already involved his family, and asked the office to keep good records for future reference. As the laws become more and more sound, everyone must act in accordance with the law, and first of all, they must avoid making empty promises.
Everyone immediately agreed, agreeing that everything he said had evidence.
Mr. Ding said that the senator Wang Rong who worked with him was very good, and he wanted to bring him back to be the director of the office, but his qualifications were too poor.
Zhao Yulin said it was okay, the key was that people had to be honest and stick to principles. The public office held the imperial seal for us, so as long as the old man thought he was a talent and trustworthy, he would transfer him back to work as a deputy first, and when the time was right, he could become the director, or the minister.
The gentlemen immediately agreed with a smile and agreed to transfer Wang Rong back to the Central Council's Office as deputy director to take charge of official duties.
Mr. Ding was in a good mood and said that he would transfer Wang Rong back to work and select a young talent from his office to fill the vacancy in Guizhou Road.
Zhao Yulin said with a smile that it was Ding Gong's own business, and he could appoint whoever he thought was suitable.
The old man smiled and said that the Ministry of Personnel still needed to nominate someone and inform everyone.
He asked them to continue discussing the affairs of the Ministry of Works. At present, large-scale construction was being carried out in various places, and it would be impossible without some constraints. He believed that the Ministry of Works should be established and someone should be in charge.
All of you agreed with this.
Zhao Yulin said that the construction of Jinguan City was being pushed forward at full speed. It was originally agreed that Mr. Qiu would be the Minister of Works, and the officials under him still needed training.
Fan Zhong thought that he could not wait any longer, so he asked Qiu Gong, the director of the Jinguancheng Service Center, to temporarily take charge of the Ministry of Works' affairs, while carrying out the relocation and reconstruction of Jinguancheng and taking care of the affairs of the Ministry of Works.
If that happens, these guys will be busy enough.
He thought it was feasible and asked them to plan and give it a try first.
Mr. Ding asked Fan Zhong to consult with Mr. Qiu to build the office frame of the Ministry of Industry first. After sitting for a long time, everyone was tired with sore backs and went out to eat and rest.
At this time, the main force of the Mongolian army had already attacked Huainan.
Under the organization of Hubili, the Mongolian army did a good job of covering the battlefield. Suddenly, they successfully crossed the Huai River from Yedukou upstream of Shouchun. Then they quickly built a pontoon bridge and rushed to the south bank. They soon occupied many prefectures and counties in the west of Huainan.
The Mongolian army won the first battle, but suffered a setback when attacking the ancient city of Shouchun. Yu Jie's subordinates knew the seriousness of losing Shouchun County, and fought desperately, but the Mongolian army was helpless.
However, Hubili did not dwell on the gains and losses of a city or a place, but led his army directly south. The Mongolian army looted several small counties and obtained supplies. With high morale, they captured cities and territories along the way, aiming at Luzhou.
The capital of Luzhou is the location of Hefei City in later generations, and it was still called Hefei County at that time. As long as the Mongolian army took Luzhou and occupied Hefei County, they could cross Chaohu Lake and enter the golden waterway of the Yangtze River, heading east to Jiankang Prefecture, and heading west to Huangzhou and Ezhou of Meng Gong.
Cao Youwen had just entered Jingzhou City at this time. After receiving the secret letter from Shunfengsi, he estimated that Miao Gui and others had already taken action.
A report was sent to him from Shunfeng, Jingzhou: they had just received news that the Mongolian army was crossing the river from Huainan to rob. The Mongolian army was advancing too fast, and the vanguard was approaching Luzhou. General Meng Gong was mobilizing troops to go east to provide support.
The city of Hefei County, Luzhou, is garrisoned by Yu Jie's subordinates.
However, Meng Gong was very clear that once the city of Hefei in Luzhou was lost, the Mongolian army would not only obtain a large number of military equipment and supplies, but would also gain a foothold in Luzhou and would not leave.
In this way, the Mongolian army could rely on Luzhou to attack in all directions. Although his Huangzhou was far outside the war zone, it would be attacked by the Mongolian army from the north and east, making him feel unsafe even when sleeping.
Therefore, he had to dispatch reinforcements and join forces with Yujie to expel the Mongolian army.
After summarizing the basic situation of the war zone, Lao Cao felt that the military situation was extremely urgent. He did not care about rest or the pain of his old injuries and continued to rush towards Xiangyang.
In the headquarters of the Eastern Group of the Shenwei Army in Zhejiang and Sichuan, Miao Gui had already received news that the Mongolian army was invading from the east and south, and was hesitating whether to go into battle. After receiving the order for immediate action from the Chengdu Military Department, he realized that the situation had changed and he could not wait any longer.
He immediately dispatched troops to attack Nanyang, and the Shenwei Army East Group immediately launched a cleanup campaign to recapture Nanyang, the largest outpost of Luoyang...
In the Jianfu Palace at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain in Chengdu, Zhao Yulin took a very comfortable nap. When he woke up, he saw Feiyan sitting beside the bed, looking at him lovingly.
Zhao Yulin stood up and said with a smile that they were an old couple and yet they were still so sentimental, which made him unbearable and made him feel itchy all over.
Feiyan smiled and pinched his waist, saying that he had no understanding of romance at all, and her mother was sending her down the mountain.
Zhao Yulin then remembered to talk to Kuang Sisi about reducing the support. He hugged the little girl and said that the new Song Dynasty had been established, and there was no distinction between royal relatives and commoners. The Central Council discussed the support for the princess, and he advocated that it be waived.
The princess only received a civil servant's salary and had no privileges like the common people. He didn't want anyone to use his woman to take advantage of the court.
The young woman still leaned on his shoulder with a smile, stroked his chest with one hand and said that she would listen to her husband. She felt that it was good as long as she was with him, and it didn't matter whether she had money to spend or not.
He gently tightened his big hand around the woman's waist and said that the salary should be enough, but it was a vice-state level salary. If there was anything else she needed to buy, she could ask Sister Ma Ling for money. The family was not short of money.
I bumped my forehead against his and said, "I know, why is he being so fussy?"
Zhao Yulin said that her mother's support had also dropped significantly. This was to support Hua Gong's work. It was not easy for Hua Gong to carry out reforms.
Zhao Feiyan told him that Mr. Li had gone to have tea with her mother, and that in the future her mother would be a teacher in a college and would be able to make money there.
Zhao Yulin said that her mother was also his mother, and he would ask Ma Ling to take care of everyone's housework.
The young girl closed her eyes happily and said no, her mother had saved a lot of money over the years, and the money she got from coming to Shu was enough to spend.
Zhao Yulin liked Feiyan's understanding and considerate attitude very much. He lowered his head and blew air into her lips. The couple interacted with each other under the call of the soul.
Mr. Li is still chatting with Madam Danfeng.
The old man was worried that Kuang Sisi would be unhappy and angry because of the drastic reduction in her support.
Unexpectedly, Kuang Sisi agreed with a happy face, and excitedly told him that Feiyan was pregnant with a son, and she was going to be a mother-in-law.
Seeing her indifferent expression, Lord Li felt relieved, thinking that this woman had served the emperor without any status, and in the end she could be respected as Madam Danfeng in Shu, and die peacefully and happily. Compared with the empress and concubines who were taken to the north, it was also a cause and effect.
In the evening, Mr. Ding invited Madam Danfeng to have dinner together. The others already knew that Feiyan was pregnant, and they all gave her compliments and blessings.
The two women, one old and one young, were very happy. Zhao Feiyan was even happier and kept shyly snuggling into Zhao Yulin's arms.
The next day, Shunfengsi brought news of the Mongolian army's attack on Huainan and a report on the Shenwei Army's Eastern Group launching a battle to retake Luoyang. Ding Gong invited everyone to discuss the current situation together.
The General Staff believes that part of the Mongolian army is currently being held up in Goryeo and has launched an invasion of Huainan. There must not be many mobile forces in the Luoyang area, and it is time for us to recapture Luoyang.
The old man was delighted, and kept saying that Zhao Yulin was really a genius, and had long since determined that the main force of the Mongolian army would move eastward, and our goal of retaking Luoyang would definitely be achieved.
Everyone was surprised, it turned out that the Ministry of War had already planned it.
Only then did Zhao Yan realize that Zhao Yulin had formulated a battle plan to retake Luoyang at the beginning of the year. He secretly admired Zhao Yulin's brilliant plan. All the gentlemen were confident that Luoyang could definitely be recovered.
Zhao Yulin said that was not necessarily the case. After the restoration in recent years, the walls of Luoyang City were still as strong and thick as before. The Shenwei Army had plenty of time to attack the city, but it would still be difficult to take it down easily.
The Mongolian army will definitely send powerful generals to garrison, but ultimately it depends on the brothers who fight hard.
