Chapter 655: Yunnan Road
At night, the abbot came to the little emperor's residence, and the two of them drank tea in the dark under the night light. The abbot asked: Why is it so?
The little emperor actually spoke clearly about what had happened, sighed that people's hearts were unpredictable, and said it would be better to go to Tianlong Temple to chant scriptures and worship Buddha.
Naturally, this guy was too embarrassed to talk about the trouble he had caused by taking the powerful kidney-tonifying pills. He had been to the gates of hell and had seen through the world. He would no longer need those kidney-tonifying pills, so it was better not to mention it.
Haha, it turns out that the little emperor was playing tricks.
He was so excited about the little imperial concubine that his blood was boiling. Suddenly, he heard the military report, which triggered his qi and made him furious. After spitting out a mouthful of blood, he was in shock for a stick of incense.
After waking up, he heard the little imperial concubine plotting, and was worried that the woman would see him awake and expose her plot to kill him. So he simply played along and pretended to be dead, in order to see clearly how the people around him would perform, and they really jumped out one by one.
The abbot laughed dryly and said: "That's great. The men of the Duan family are not suitable to be emperors. When they sit on the dragon throne, they are dizzy and can't control the people below. They are no better than a woman."
The little emperor asked the master in confusion, are you talking about Princess Sihan?
The abbot nodded and said, "Who else could it be? This girl is not simple. She can solve my problem with just one sentence."
The abbot told him that Zhao Sihan wanted Tianlong Temple to be open to the world like Duolin Temple in Luoyang. Isn't it enough to say that Tianlong Temple is a great temple for the New Song people? Hahahaha.
Hahahaha, the little emperor also laughed heartily.
Three days later, Duan Xiaolin dealt with the riot outside the city and promoted his confidant to take charge of the army. Li Dagui gave the 10,000 Shenwei troops from the ferry town to Duan Xiaolin to lead, specializing in the defense of Dali City, and ordered the rest to return the same way.
Duan Xiaolin, as the King of Zhennan, announced that Dali was incorporated into the New Song Kingdom. He temporarily served as the Pacifier and began to make drastic reforms. The people around him cheered and supported him.
The Dali Kingdom changed overnight. The traditional old forces in the Dali Imperial City, such as the Gao family and the Chai family, were stunned, and they all hung their heads as if they had lost their parents.
There is something even more amazing. Duan Xiaolin has the elite of the Shenwei Army in his hands. He chopped down the private soldiers in the city with his axe at the first blow, demanding that the princes and ministers hand over all the private soldiers. The Gao and Chai families were so angry that they had to hand them over, otherwise they would be charged with treason.
Duan Xiaolin knew that these private soldiers would dream of going back, because each family gave them good treatment in order to keep loyal slaves. He asked them to lead the soldiers to the southern border of Pagan after training, and they could only come back after they had made military achievements. This would cut off their thoughts of being with their master.
Then, the second move came. Zhao Sihan was appointed as the temporary transport envoy, and he had to thoroughly check the warehouses of each household and investigate the grain privately hoarded by princes, ministers and high-ranking officials. All grain of unknown origin would be confiscated by the government.
The so-called unknown sources refer to the part other than their personal income that they cannot explain.
The government did not punish these people for corruption, but simply confiscated all the grain and sent troops directly into the granary, without even changing its location, and handed it over to the government.
Once this move was made, the Gao and Chai families were in great pain. Most of the wealth they had worked so hard to exploit for many years was bet on grain. After the granary was opened in public and weighed, a lot of wealth was taken away, and at the same time, their vampire nature was exposed to the people in Dali City.
These people were depressed and took out their anger on Duan Xiaolin and Zhao Sihan. They wanted to drink their blood and pull out their tendons.
Fortunately, the elders of Tianlong Temple knew that the two fires were too big, so they sent out warrior monks as guards to protect Duan Xiaolin and his wife, otherwise they would most likely be assassinated.
But the people are happy.
Zhao Sihan obtained a huge amount of food, and immediately ordered the warehouses to be opened and released. He also ordered the yamen runners to notify every household in the city that those who had no food should take their bags and fill them with food, so that the food supply could be guaranteed per head. The four gates of Dali also set up porridge stalls to distribute porridge, so that even homeless people could have a bowl of porridge to save their lives.
Officials around Dali followed suit and the situation changed rapidly.
In Jinguan City, Chengdu, Zhao Feiyan and Shunzhidi had both returned , and were now listening to Li Dagui's report with Zhao Yulin.
Seeing that Dali was stable, Da Kui asked Du Baiyue to stay and command the army. Taking advantage of the southwest wind, he flew directly to Chengdu in a hot air balloon. He unexpectedly landed smoothly at the Huangtianba landing and take-off field outside the west gate. Even Zhao Yulin praised Da Kui for his excellent luck.
You know, it's not easy to have such a smooth life.
Da Kui believed that Dali was able to be successfully recovered thanks to the imperial court's long-term support for the Dali Kingdom, which allowed it to do business with Dali and provided them with new currency.
The common people recognize that everyone in our new Song Dynasty is equal, just and free. The Shenwei Army marched hundreds of miles into Dali under the banner without any resistance. The people on the border were delighted to see the Shenwei Army with strict military discipline.
Zhao Feiyan nodded continuously, and after Da Kui finished his report, she looked at Zhao Yulin.
He said: Dali voluntarily surrendered, but the situation in the Dali royal court is rather complicated, so let Duan Xiaolin handle it at his discretion and we can discuss the details later.
However, since Dali has announced its return and our army has also stationed in Dali City, shouldn’t the king announce this great news to the world so that the people of the New Song Dynasty can be happy?
Zhao Feiyan laughed and said, "Of course. Not only should we announce Dali's return, we should also announce in the newspaper that Dali and the New Song Dynasty are one family. The court will forgive all of Dali's past debts and wish the people of Dali to return home and live a good life."
In the evening, the King of Feiyan hosted a banquet for his ministers to celebrate the return of Dali.
Zhao Yulin proposed at the banquet that the area south of Dali was called "South of Baiyun" in the Tang Dynasty, which is very far away across the kingdom. If we also assign Thang Long Prefecture to Dali, it will be the southernmost road in the empire. How about giving it a new name?
All the ministers at the table nodded in thought.
Shunzhidi said: In the manuscript left by Madam Yangjin, Dali was called Yunnan, so let's change it to Yunnan Road. Dali is far away, south of the white clouds, so it would not be beautiful if it was called Yunnan.
The new Minister of Revenue, Chen Longzhi, twirled his beard and nodded and said: Good, very good. Yunnan Road governs Thang Long Prefecture, which is definitely the south of the white clouds and is worthy of the name Yunnan.
In this way, another road was born in the New Song Dynasty, and it was called Yunnan Road.
Zhao Feiyan was in great joy. She stood up, raised her glass and asked everyone to drink together, wishing the new Song Dynasty more and more prosperity.
After the banquet, the little woman jumped onto the carriage and fell into his arms. She wanted to stay with him even more when she got home, but she saw that the Fire Phoenix had returned.
Zhao Feiyan immediately went over to ask about his well-being and also pushed Zhao Yulin over to give him to Fenghuang.
After he had carefully served Fenghuang and made her feel comfortable, the woman told him: When they were passing by Xuzhou on their way back, the old lady took Yuqi and her and asked her brother to help save Yuqing.
Zhao Yulin hugged Fenghuang tightly and said: Brother Yuqing deserves to be in jail, he doesn't know what to do. Zhao Yuqing didn't feel at ease in Guizhou for two years. He relied on his status as a royal relative to evade taxes, helped lower-level officials to smooth relations and collect money, and suppressed dissidents without any bottom line. He committed a series of horrific crimes.
He asked Fenghuang, what to do?
Or send him to Shenzhou to herd sheep on Liaoyang Road and let him die outside.
The woman said: He is my dear elder brother, how can you really bear it?
He thought it was not a question of kinship. Zhao Yuqing was just an uneasy frog worm who would cause trouble wherever he was placed. The only way to solve the problem was to send him to a cold, barren place where he would not be able to find the soil for committing crimes.
Fenghuang said: Let's hand it over to the Ministry of Justice for strict handling, and don't worry about it. Firstly, it reflects judicial justice, and secondly, they will definitely not make such cruel arrangements as he did, and the old lady will feel better.
Zhao Yulin asked Fenghuang to sort out the affairs in Chengdu and go to Yunnan Road to reorganize the army. Only then did they declare their allegiance. The army's mechanism had not yet been truly established, and he would only feel at ease if a brave and careful person was sent to do the job.
Phoenix jumped up and caught this delicious food and asked: Are you going to chase me away? I just came back.
He responded while saying: If it's not urgent, how can you bear to speak. The woman immediately melted, bit his chest twice, and then launched a crazy attack.
Three days later, the elder of Taijian Hall, Qiao Xingjian, passed away. Zhao Yulin personally carried the coffin, and the New Song Kingdom buried him in Anfu Temple with royal rites. In a short period of time thereafter, Li Zhongmian and Ding Gong died one after another, and the New Song Kingdom lost three important ministers who had helped to establish the country.
Zhao Yulin carried the coffin three times in a row with a very heavy heart, because those who passed away were the pillars of the country who had strongly supported his reforms and made great contributions to the new Song Dynasty.
From now on, the direction of the country will depend entirely on him.
Cao Youwen spent the whole day with the elders of Taijian Hall, and he was also very uncomfortable, so he asked Cao Ying to invite him to his house for a drink. The two recalled the years of fighting on the battlefield in Hanzhong, as if it was just yesterday. Watching the old people around him leave one after another, Lao Cao couldn't help but sigh that he was old and time was unforgiving.
Lao Cao told him that he wanted to return to his hometown and spend his old age in Tongqing Prefecture in Xingyuan.
Zhao Yulin firmly disagreed, staring at Cao Ying and saying: Her father is in poor health, and the north is too cold, so it is not suitable for him to go back to live in old age, so he should stay in Chengdu. He thought that the winter in Chengdu is still cold, so he should expand the sanatorium in Huanglang Town, Xinshi, so that the elderly can go to Xinshi to avoid the cold in winter.
Cao Ying immediately went over to rub his father's shoulders and back and did not allow him to go back.
Old Cao started to talk about his daughter. She is already grown up but has yet to get married, which makes him worried.
Mrs. Cao looked at Zhao Yulin with a strange expression and asked him for help.
Cao Ying lowered her head and rubbed her father's shoulders and back, muttering that she would never marry and would stay with her parents. Did they dislike her for being a parasite? She was the Minister of Transportation, she also had a salary and could support herself.
The two old men were speechless and asked Cao Ying to send Zhao Yulin back.
The two left the small flower hall and turned into a corridor. Zhao Yulin said with a smile: "Don't be too picky, Moth. Find a suitable talent and marry yourself, so that you don't have to worry about it."
But Cao Ying said: She doesn’t want you to meddle in her affairs, she wants to find someone like Brother Yulin, is there anyone like him?
Zhao Yulin hesitated for a moment, and Cao Ying took the opportunity to hug his head, covered his mouth with his lip print, and ran away.
