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Nuan Nuan went into the palace early in the morning and checked the flower arrangements in the palace. After seeing that everything was OK, he went to the emperor's study room to discuss the Longevity Festival with the emperor and ministers.
The Emperor: "I received news today that the envoys from the four countries are about to enter the capital! They will arrive in the capital on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. Are the stations ready to receive the envoys?"
The Minister of Honglu Temple immediately said: "Back to the emperor, the inn is ready! The servants and cooks who can cook dishes from various countries have been arranged! The guards of the inn have also been selected! Wait until the envoys from various countries arrive When the group comes, we will definitely make them feel at home!”
The emperor nodded, and then looked at the Military and Horse Department of the Five Cities: "While the envoys from various countries are in the capital, the security of the capital must be good! There must be no theft or robbery! There are also arrangements for the Armed Forces Department and other places. More guards and more patrols!”
Last Wanshou Festival, an envoy from the Beiming Kingdom came to the capital and went shopping on the street, but his wallet was stolen by a thief in broad daylight!
This kind of thing is usually normal. At the end of the year, beggars, robbers, thieves, bandits, etc. are more active.
Everyone is looking for money to celebrate the New Year.
This kind of thing is the same in every country!
In that country there are no thieves, no robbers, no robbers, no bandits
The bad thing is that the thief is so indifferent. The emperor would rather he steal his own wallet than steal the wallets of envoys from other countries!
At the Wanshou Festival state banquet, the envoys of the Beiming Kingdom, in front of the envoys from various countries, often ridiculed the good manners of the people of Nalan and the unity of the people. Thieves specifically look for people from other countries to steal and do not steal the pockets of the locals.
Then he said that unlike their Beiming country, they had not seen a thief for many years, so they were careless!
He also said that the people of Beiming Kingdom live and work in peace and contentment, have enough food and clothing, and don't need to be thieves at all! How can a warehouse know etiquette and have enough food and clothing to know honor and disgrace? Only when people are poor and desperate will they become thieves!
The emperor was so angry that his blood vessels almost burst!
The emperor can never afford to be embarrassed by such a face!
The Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division immediately handed over their hands and replied: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have already made arrangements! There will be soldiers patrolling every place at twelve hours."
How dare he let a thief show up again!
Otherwise, his black gauze hat will not be guaranteed!
For most of the past six months, he has been dedicated to catching thieves and robbers. Once caught, he would not let them go and punish them to do hard labor. They were the ones doing the hardest, most tiring and dirtiest work!
Basically, they were punished to collect night incense, and then process the night incense and turn it into fertilizer to fertilize the royal rice fields!
It has been two consecutive months now that there has been no news from the entire capital, including the local government offices, that the thief has been caught!
The emperor then looked at the Minister of Rites: "Those musicians must pay attention to their diet in the recent period, so as not to have any physical problems and be unable to perform."
Ritual and music are the face of a country.
Nalan Kingdom is also a great country of rituals and music, and is stronger than other countries in this aspect.
The emperor has already seen the song and dance performance at the state banquet. It is very good and shocking. It will probably make the envoys of the four countries angry to death!
But I was just worried about what would happen to the bodies of the musicians and dancers.
After all, it’s not like Nalan Country doesn’t have craftsmen from other countries!
When the time comes to give the musicians and dancers some laxatives, it will be troublesome.
Although there is a backup, the backup candidate is naturally not the best candidate.
"Yes! We must have told you so!" The Minister of Rites agreed respectfully.
The emperor looked at Wen Nuan and Nalan Jinnian again. He was relatively relieved when they were doing things: "Have the soldiers rehearsed?"
Nuan Nuan: "Back to the emperor, everything is ready!"
The emperor was relieved after hearing this. In fact, the emperor had personally confirmed everything. After reading it, he couldn't help but worry.
In the past two years, Nalan Kingdom has been stealing the show, and the emperor wants to show off among the four kingdoms! Let the envoys from various countries feel aggrieved.
But you can't be picked on by the four countries and make yourself disgusted!
And this should be his last Wanshou Festival, and the emperor hopes it can end successfully.
After ending his career as an emperor, he traveled around the world, tasted all the delicacies, saw all the beautiful mountains and rivers, spent money like water, and wandered around the world...
At this time, Eunuch Li walked in: "Your Majesty, Mr. Wen and General Wang want to see you!"
The emperor straightened his waist after hearing this, he was back!
"Xuan!"
The emperor waved his hand to the ministers in the imperial study room again: "Okay, today is New Year's Eve, everyone will go back to the palace to spend time with their families. There will be a palace banquet tonight, so everyone will bring their families to participate!"
Several ministers stood up and left.
The emperor said to Wen Nuan and Nalan Jinnian: "Princess Hui'an and the Seventeenth Emperor's brother stay!"
After all the ministers left the imperial study, Wen Chun and Wang Xiao walked in and saluted: "Your Majesty, your Majesty! King Jin, Princess Hui'an."
The emperor smiled and said: "The two beloved ladies are equal!"
The emperor pointed to two armchairs: "It's been a hard journey, sit down and talk!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The two sat down.
Eunuch Li wisely served tea to the two of them.
After they sat down, the emperor couldn't wait to ask: "Wen Aiqing, how are the people in the two cities being comforted?"
Wen Chun handed over his hands: "Back to the emperor, I have basically appeased you! All the materials and money sent by the imperial court have arrived! At the end of the year, heavy snow closed the mountains, and many people couldn't bear it and went down the mountains to return to their original homes. We have given every household a gift We received two taels of silver as resettlement allowance. Those materials were also distributed to the people."
The emperor nodded and looked at Wang Xiao: "Among the people, are there any soldiers from the Dongling Kingdom instigating a rebellion?"
Wang Xiao: "There have been times when people protested against riots, and they were quickly resolved! Those people who rioted were also imprisoned! There will definitely be some people from the Dongling Kingdom among those people. This is inevitable! In a short time There may be many people protesting! But as long as the court’s policies are good and the people’s hearts are stabilized, these things will become less common!”
Those people said they were abandoned by the Dongling Kingdom, and they knew it in their hearts.
Moreover, it was the incompetence of the leader of Dongling Kingdom that led to their displacement.
Of course, they may not understand this truth. If someone incites it, they will feel that Nalan Kingdom is at fault.
But generally speaking, people really don't have much feelings about who will be the emperor.
As long as they live and work in peace and contentment, that's all.
As long as the imperial court can find a way for them to live and work in peace and contentment, and have enough food and clothing, over time, it will be what the people want.
But this is also a very long process and cannot be rushed.
Therefore, riots are inevitable in the past two years.
The emperor looked at the people and said, "Do you have any good ways to calm the people as soon as possible?"
This is not the first time that Nalan Kingdom has acquired cities from other countries, but even now, there are still riots in those cities.
Even though the imperial court spent a lot of money and materials to help the people there.
But because someone was instigating it behind the scenes, it had little effect.