Dai Guo once again failed to discuss with Yong Guo, but the attention of the Yong Guo court was now more important.
Prince Taki ascended the throne and became the monarch. With the assistance of Jiang Hengzhi, he promoted a series of appointments and removals:
Zeng Rong was the prime minister, Zhou You was the imperial censor, and Geng Shu was the Taiwei, who was in charge of military power. Lu Ji was the Taifu, Zeng Yu was the former general, Wei Benzi was the stepfather and served as the general, and Ju Ling was the left general. The remaining staff of the East Palace corresponded to the position of "Nine Ministers" and performed their respective duties, and Jiang Heng still led him to the post of Taishi Ling.
This court is very young, all young people in their early twenties to more than 30 years old, full of vigor and vitality.
After spending half a year in the most chaotic period after his death, Anyang got back on the right track once again with the help of Jiang Heng and the advisors of the East Palace. One after another decrees were implemented without any hindrance. The army, the imperial court, and the three foreign tribes had laid a solid foundation under the previous reforms. Now, after entering the customs, the Yong Kingdom is even less like the other four countries, constrained by the interests of the nobles and gentry.
Today, Yongdi is a brand-new country. Juicy Cong’s tyranny has destroyed everything. It is easier to rebuild the ruins than to repair and repair the original high-rise building to prevent it from collapsing suddenly. .
After the autumn harvest, Yong sent messengers to inform all countries that on the day of the winter solstice, Taishi ordered Jiang Heng and Taiwei Nie Hai to summon the monarchs of the five countries with the order of the Son of Heaven, and held a joint meeting of the five countries in Luoyang City.
Yong Guo used almost all his remaining strength and began to rush to restore the appearance of Luoyang City. Jiang Heng and Geng Shu first arrived in Luoyang to make preparations for the League of Five Nations.
At the same time, Luoyang was barely repaired, and Geng Shu personally erected the flag of the king of the world—a square, pointed wood, one zhang and two feet high, with a wide bottom and a narrow top.
Jiang Heng watched from the side and saw that the pointed wooden pillar stood up, and Geng Shu was shirtless and painted it with black paint.
When he was in Luoyang, his first job was to be a painter. Now, after returning to Luoyang, he went around and still became a painter. For the new world, painting is the brand-new king's flag.
In the past, the king's flag was red, symbolizing the Jin court's commitment to the destiny and the "fire virtue". Now Jiang Heng has changed it to the color black and belongs to water, implying that the world has changed and the dynasty has changed.
"You come and write," Geng Shu said to Jiang Heng with a gold lacquer pen, "Your handwriting is beautiful, Heng'er."
Jiang Heng smiled and said, "I will write two words, and you will write the latter."
Jiang Heng wrote the word "Wan Shi" in ancient script, and handed the pen to Geng Shu, who added "Wang Dao" afterward to form the four characters "Wang Shiwang Dao" on the original Wang Qi.
After writing, Geng Shu asked people to engrave along the outline and looked at it for a moment. When he was about to praise Jiang Heng's writing better than his own, Jiang Heng sighed softly and said, "We have come back, and we have lived up to the emperor. entrusted."
Geng Shu was quiet for a long time, and finally said, "Yes, we're back."
Looking at Luoyang today, the four sides of the city have been turned into ruins, and weeds have grown in the places where the people live. The palace of the Emperor of Heaven was burned to the ground, and the copper of the nine tripods in front of the ancestral temple was turned into scrap iron.
The people who participated in this war back then—Zhao Ling, Ju Cong, Li Hong, and Xiong Lei—have all turned into dead bones in time, and have repaid all their debts.
After the Yong Kingdom entered the customs, the reconstruction of this place has begun. Now Luoyang has successively moved back many people. The Yong army settled them and returned to their homeland, collecting labor and rebuilding this thousand-year-old capital. The prototype has already been prepared.
Jiang Heng has personally seen the drawings of the expansion, and ten years later, Luoyang will once again become the center of the world.
When they entered the palace, the rebuilt palace smelled of new paint. Jiang Heng touched the pillars and suddenly felt a strange feeling. The walls were empty. Put the screen you bought in a hurry.
Jiang Heng seemed to have seen the place where he lived back then, but everything was so brand new, the books and files were burnt clean, and the bookstore was empty.
Walking out of the bookstore and through the back garden, Jiang Heng saw the warm water bathing canal left by Mozi back then. Soldiers were cleaning weeds and moss inside. The bathing canal will be restored to use this winter.
"Go up." Geng Shu said to Jiang Heng.
Jiang Heng went up the stairs and reached the top of the palace. Geng Shu asked Jiang Heng, "Are you hitting the bell?"
"Come." Jiang Heng smiled.
"This is your wish." Geng Shu said.
Although the giant bell in the royal city was erected, it was scarred and covered with rust, but these 600-year-old giant bells seem to still have a soul.
Jiang Heng looked at Geng Shu, he understood, Geng Shu meant: This is what I did for you.
So the two joined hands and put them on the bell column, and Geng Shu quickly collided with real power.
"when!"
The bell of the king of Luoyang finally rang again seven years after the fall of the capital.
The land of Shenzhou seemed to wake up in a single thought, and all the people stopped and looked at the heights.
"When—" The second bell rang, and the people and soldiers all over the city turned around, stopped, and faced the direction of the king city, all kneeling and worshiping.
"Dang—" The sound of the bells spread all over the mountains and seas, as if there were also ancient souls resonating with them beyond the distance, and the six ancient bells made a slight humming sound.
"Dang-" The bell spread far and wide, traversing time and fog, "Dang-dang-dang-" The nine bells rang, one after another, indicating the return of that power.
Geng Shu was sweating finely. Looking at Jiang Heng, the two let go of the bumper and stood on a high roof. Geng Shu held Jiang Heng's hand and looked at this vast mountain and river together with him. .
"I've decided," Jiang Heng said. "Brother, look where the birds fly."
Geng Shu: "Decide what?"
"That's enough." Jiang Heng said, he already knew that his mission was coming to an end.
Geng Shu: "?"
Jiang Heng immediately let go of Geng Shu's hand, turned to one side, and slid off the tile roof.
"Heng'er!" Geng Shu's expression changed suddenly, this was Jiang Heng's favorite play when he was a child, and every time he was afraid that he would fall. Jiang Heng always relied on Geng Shu by his side, so he did the lifeless things to his heart's content. Geng Shu immediately rolled down, landed first, stood under the eaves to pick up Jiang Heng, and then the two fell together.
Jiang Heng leaned on Geng Shu and laughed, Geng Shu's eyes were angry, and he said, "You still like to play tricks when you are so old!"
Immediately, Jiang Heng lowered his head and kissed Geng Shu gently on the face, Geng Shu's anger suddenly turned into a blush on his face.
Jiang Heng said, "Brother, you look really good."
"You look good." Geng Shu whispered, and then took a short breath. Jiang Heng stretched out his hand to tease him, but Geng Shu grabbed his wrist, turned over, pressed him on top of him, and lowered his head to kiss him.
There was no one in the garden, Jiang Heng suddenly remembered that he saw Ji Xun and Zhao Jie when he went to the freezer that year, and hurriedly said, "This is not possible!"
"What's wrong?" Geng Shu threatened in a low voice with danger, "You can do this, and you are afraid that people will know?"
Jiang Heng's face flushed, and he hurriedly pushed Geng Shu away. Geng Shu said again: "I will take you to Xia next year. If you get used to it, you will not be ashamed."
Geng Shu has always been savage by nature, like a free and unrestrained animal. He was taught by Jiang Heng when he was young, and Fang gradually followed the etiquette. It is also referred to by the Yong people as "indecent" behavior. In the late spring and early summer, when the water and grass are plentiful, lovers will light a bonfire and court mates on the grassland.
By that time, lovers, even Di men and teenagers, would act like naked beasts on the grasslands, and they would eat sex as a matter of course. Geng Shu sometimes just wished he could take Jiang Heng to the collection of Feng Rong or Di Ren to tell the world that he owned him and he owned him.
Jiang Heng hurriedly said: "No... No... Someone is here! Hey! Get up!"
"No one," Geng Shu said, "don't try to deceive me with this trick again..." He then kissed Jiang Heng on the face again.
"Don't make trouble!" Jiang Heng said hurriedly, "There really is someone..."
"What are you doing?" Jue Ling's voice sounded from behind, Geng Shu's whole body suddenly stiffened, if anyone in Yong Guo could control him, it was Ju Ling.
Jiang Heng quickly pushed Geng Shu away and got up with a red face.
"I didn't do anything," Geng Shu looked as usual, and said towards Juicy, "Just kidding, why?"
Jue Ling glanced at Geng Shu and Jiang Heng suspiciously, and said solemnly, "There is news from Hanzhong that Chen Bing, 200,000 soldiers, is approaching the border."
Dai Guo really started to act. As Zeng Rong said, Jiang Heng also knew very well that this was inevitable.
The three returned to the main hall and saw Zeng Yu also coming. Zeng Yu said, "Your Majesty asked me to come first and discuss countermeasures with Marquis Wuling and Lord Jiang."
After reforms and personnel transfers, Jiang Heng took back all the troops and remade the tiger talismans. In order to prevent Juicong from being in power, the military system was mobilized by leaps and bounds and acted expediently. He followed the Jin system and let the three top generals, Juling, Zeng Yu, and Geng Shu each hold half of the talisman, and Prince Taki held the other half. When mobilizing an army, you must obtain the permission of the monarch to unite the tigers into one.
The rest of the time the army is under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court and is under the command of the monarch. Apart from the fact that the Imperial Forest Army led by Wei Ben could be mobilized without the need for a tiger talisman, the three of them commanded a total of 100,000 troops, and they were the standing troops of the whole country.
"Their 200,000 troops are located in these places," Zeng Yu spread out a map in the empty military room of the palace, knelt on the ground, and analyzed the situation, "Once the troops are launched, they will be divided into three directions and invaded into the territory of the country. . Luoyang bears the brunt."
Jue Ling stood aside and looked at it carefully, Geng Shu said, "I can't go now, I will have a joint meeting soon, and I can't leave."
Ju Ling said: "You can take command of the court, and send a letter at any time if there is a situation, and I will take Feng Yu."
Jiang Heng said, "Is Li Xiao here?"
"It's half-hearted," Jue Ling said, "it's all like this."
Fortunately, Jiang Heng had already responded in advance as early as the fall, abandoned the Weiguan Pass, took a great risk, transferred the Yong Kingdom's standing army to the Hanzhong Plain, and strengthened the defense of Songxian County.
"It's already the middle of winter," Jiang Heng said. "As soon as the wind and snow comes, we won't be able to defeat us in a war on behalf of the army, and we won't start a fight rashly. One hundred thousand people are enough."
"There are 200,000 of them," Jue Ling reminded.
Jiang Heng said: "So let's get 200,000 people? What does the imperial court mean? Recall the troops in the field? Is there enough time? You bring them to the battlefield, are you sure you can win?"
Neither Ju Ling nor Zeng Yu replied, the court's opinion was actually the same as Jiang Heng, and of course they didn't complain about him. Yong's army used to win with less, most of which were 230,000 soldiers and horses, and the enemy's army of 100,000 was defeated. The only time Juicong was in the Central Plains, which claimed to be 500,000, was actually a large force of 270,000. They wanted to rely on their strength to crush Jeju, but they died at the hands of Prince Ling.
Of course, Ju Ling knew that if you forcefully recruit troops now, the command of the troops you get will be ineffective, which will only lead to bad things.
"Let's go and keep it." Ju Ling said, "I just want to confirm with you whether the connection is correct."
Jiang Heng nodded and said, "Take a look."
Zeng Yu said, "I should have listened to my brother and killed Ji Shuang and Li Nuo together."
Jiang Hengchao Zeng Yu said seriously: "If you do this seriously, the Juicy family will not last long. After ten years, people everywhere will be in chaos, and they will fall apart again."
With the current strength of the Yong Kingdom, if he really wants to fight, he will fight Xichuan and attack Jiangzhou. With Geng Shu leading his troops, he can indeed achieve it. But what about after conquering the world? People everywhere will miss the former country, and once the famine years come and turmoil resumes, this dangerous unity will surely be broken again.
Jiang Heng wanted to not unify immediately, and the imperial court knew very well that only by promoting large-scale integration would be a good strategy to govern the world, otherwise the civil strife in the Yong Kingdom would be a lesson from the past.
"Report—" the guards came to report, saying, "The monarch has set off from Anyang, and the lords of the court have come to Luoyang. The monarchs of Liang and Zheng have passed the Weiguan!"
The League of Five Nations may become the League of Four Nations. Originally Jiang Heng was worried, even if it became the League of Four Nations, would the monarchs of the other three kingdoms come
Once in the Four Nations League, Yong Guo was ruthless, killing the participants cleanly, and the one who attacked was his father.
But they still came, not so much they believed in Yong Guo, but rather in Jiang Heng. What's more, the situation has become like this, what's the use of not coming
As the winter solstice is approaching, it snowed heavily in Luoyang, and snowflakes like goose feathers fluttered one after another, but there was no sharp cold wind. This is a sign of a good harvest in the coming year.
The Luoyang Palace was barely repaired. This huge project lasted for two years. After Yongguo entered the customs, a lot of money was spent. At first, it was all because of Juicong for his own face. The king came to the world, and he lived in the palace, only to allocate funds to maintain and repair it.
But just after the Battle of Luoyan City, the military expenditure was so huge that I really didn't want to worry about it. Fortunately, Song Zou took over at this time and continued the project with Song County's financial resources.
The shingles of the palace are covered with snow, and the sun is shining, restoring the atmosphere of the capital of the world. The surrounding residential houses and squares have been occupied one after another. Take the lead, set up a caravan.
Merchants are chasing profits, even if they are about to go to war, they can smell the smell of money, and the whole Luoyang becomes prosperous.
The Wenqu can also be used again. Jiang Heng asked people to lead the water from the pool out of the palace, separate it out, and built another new bathing place at the foot of the mountain, leaving only an open-air bath in the palace.
The snow was flying, and Jiang Heng was immersed in the warm water, thinking that in a few days, the alliance would be held.
He heard footsteps screeching slightly. Geng Shu was wrapped in a bathrobe and wearing thongs and leather sandals. He walked down the corridor, unbuttoning his belt as he walked. Jiang Heng just turned around and saw Geng Shu's beautiful body. Immediately, Geng Shu jumped up against the edge of the pool, and jumped in with a "crashing" sound, splashing Jiang Heng with water.
Jiang Heng suddenly shouted, but Geng Shu grabbed his wrist and wanted to hug him.
"Have you finished driving?" Jiang Heng asked.
Geng Shu frowned slightly, and as soon as he looked at Jiang Heng, his brows loosened, and he let him lie down in his arms with a sound of "um".
"How's the situation?" Jiang Heng asked, of course, about the previous generation of the army at the border, "I saw Feng Yu fly back."
"It's not good," Geng Shu replied, knowing that it was useless to lie to him, "Another 100,000 people, I don't know where Li Xiao got it from."
The total number of soldiers and horses on behalf of the country is 300,000. Jiang Heng really underestimated them. The Xichuan caravan is connected to the Western Regions, and the generation has strong financial resources. It must have hired legions from Luntai, Qiuci and other places in the Western Regions, and they are eyeing them to invade the Central Plains .
"You have to go." Jiang Heng said.
"I can't go." Geng Shu replied in a trance, letting Jiang Heng lie down in front of him, and the two looked at the sky together, Xiaoxue.
"You must go." Jiang Heng said seriously.
"What should you do?" Geng Shu casually asked.
Jiang Heng replied, "Jie Gui will be here soon. It's Luoyang again. What are you afraid of?"
Before Jiang Heng left Anyang, he temporarily assigned Jie Gui to Prince Taki. After all, he is now a monarch. It is too dangerous for Wandaiguo to send someone to assassinate him. As long as he is by Geng Shu's side, he will be fine.
Geng Shu said: "I don't want to leave you. In the past, as long as I was separated from you, even if it was just for a while, in the end..."
"The Guard is Here"
Jiang Heng must preside over the alliance, because he is the person who was personally entrusted by the emperor, and he cannot play with Geng Shu.
"No, there's something wrong." Jiang Heng raised his hand, touched Geng Shu's face, looked up at him a little, and put his finger on the bridge of Geng Shu's tall nose.
Geng Shu lowered his head slightly, glanced at Jiang Heng, and kissed his side face. He knew that the next relationship was very important to Jiang Heng, and it was related to their lifelong goals.
But he didn't answer. After a second thought, he said, "I understand that."
"What's the matter?" Jiang Heng asked blankly.
Geng Shu raised his eyebrows and said, "Didn't you say that you did something wrong?"
Jiang Heng: "???"
Geng Shu straightened his waist a little, motioning Jiang Heng not to ignore him, and Jiang Heng was even more inexplicable. Geng Shu said, "I asked an old soldier. The old soldier used to work in Luoyang, but he came back."
Jiang Heng: "?"
Geng Shu said casually, "You'll find out later."
Jiang Heng: "…"
Jiang Heng suddenly remembered that after the first test with Geng Shu that day, he always felt that something was wrong. After all, he had seen it twice by accident.
Of course, it still feels good with soft words and scorching kisses.
It's just that Jiang Heng always felt that they still had something to do.
"Have you finished soaking?" Geng Shu hugged Jiang Heng, made him sit up, and said, "Let's go back to the room and try that method, it should be fun."
Jiang Heng's face flushed immediately, and he wanted to reject Geng Shu, but he was looking forward to it.
"I..." Jiang Heng said obediently, "Okay."
Geng Shu touched Jiang Heng's head, first came out and put on a bathrobe, then wrapped Jiang Heng, hugged him, put on his thin leather sandals, and walked back to the room through the corridor.
…
In the afternoon, the two were in the main hall of the side hall in Luoyang, and Jiang Heng was still reminiscing about what he had just done.
Geng Shu was wearing a black bathrobe and black socks, leaning on his side on the couch, while Jiang Heng was dressed in snow, half leaning against Geng Shuhuai, with a screen in front of him, just like the arrangement when he was still in Song County, that was Geng Shu's habit In the living area, Jiang Heng made a small room for two people to read and write according to the layout of Song County.
"What are you looking at?" Jiang Heng raised his head and asked.
Geng Shu took a military book and put it away after hearing the words, and replied, "It's nothing, you are right, I have to go out."
He had to go, otherwise Li Xiaoruo would seriously attack, and the alliance would not be able to continue. Hanzhong to Luoyang was only a three-day journey. Once the 300,000-strong army merged and marched in a hurry, the army would come under the city and the Yong Kingdom would be in danger.
"Go," Jiang Heng whispered, "you can win the battle."
Geng Shu didn't say anything, he hugged Jiang Heng, Jiang Heng rubbed his chest a few times in a fascination, then Geng Shu lowered his head and kissed his lips, the two seemed to be a couple. Strange to say, Jiang Heng always liked to hold Geng Shu from behind when he was a child, or when he was lying down and reading, he would go up and lie on top of him.
In the past, Geng Shu was taller than him, and now it is the same. When they were young, intimacy was purely natural, but the two never thought about it.
"When do I leave?" Geng Shu asked Jiang Heng in a low voice.
Jiang Heng didn't answer, just touched it.
"What about you," Geng Shu said, "Why don't you speak? When will my brother go?"
…
The second time, which lasted for nearly an hour, Jiang Heng only felt exhausted.
Geng Shu hugged him, still crouched on top of him, and was reluctant to leave for a long time.
Jiang Heng was exhausted and put his hand on Geng Shuli's arm.
"If there are assassins," Jiang Heng suddenly thought of a strange idea and laughed, "If the assassins come at this time, we will not be able to fight back."
Geng Shu looked down at Jiang Heng and said, "You are right."
They looked at each other quietly, and Geng Shu said again, "But I am willing to die."
Before Jiang Heng could answer, Geng Shu asked again, "Would you like to?"
Jiang Heng nodded, and Geng Shu finally said: "If this is the case, you and I will be pierced by a sword and let us die together, very happy."
"I think so too." Jiang Heng smiled softly.
"I'll go out tomorrow." Geng Shu looked at Jiang Heng's face and whispered, "Wait for me to come back, Heng'er."