Chapter 43: Fake and pro-princess in substitute literature (9)
Shi Ran only met Chunyu Dean more than half a month after giving birth.
He rushed back from the border, and even though he rushed as fast as possible, it still took him less than a month and missed Shi Ran's delivery.
Chunyu Dean hurriedly entered the Qiming Palace. He was not in a hurry to see Shi Ran in the inner room. Instead, he threw the chilly cloak to the attendants beside him, and then asked A Lao to fetch a soft cloak for him. Put on a new shirt.
Finally, I stood by the stove for a while to make sure my whole body was warm, and then I entered the inner room.
Shi Ran was reading the memorial.
This is the disaster situation of Dawei this time.
The source of the information was Yuan Dian's people in Wei.
Now, not only the kites of Xiyue, but also the kites of the Wei Dynasty have been completely penetrated by Shi Ran.
During these days, snowstorms occurred frequently in both Western Vietnam and the Wei Dynasty.
As early as more than a month ago, Sitiantai in the Wei Dynasty and Jingtian Bureau in Xiyue, the two official weather observation offices, had predicted this continuous heavy snow in advance.
However, the Wei Dynasty did not take it to heart.
The Holy Emperor, who was bent on seeking immortality, asked, "As long as the sky does not fall and affect his alchemy refining, everything will be decided by the crown prince."
As for the prince, Zong Lanyi's good brother, he had been cautious in his words and deeds for so many years. Once he sold his sister and became the prince, he felt that there was no one more powerful than him in the world.
Natural disasters such as snow disasters are recorded in historical records and folk oral traditions as punishments sent by heaven after kings made serious mistakes.
The prince believed that he was the proud son of heaven and the most wise monarch in the future when the Wei Dynasty was founded.
How could he be willing to have such a natural disaster occur in the Wei Dynasty while he was in charge of the country?
He didn't believe it and didn't want to.
After Shi Ran learned about it, he did not hesitate and wrote directly to Da Wei, his imperial brother and the current crown prince of Da Wei.
It is stated that the scale and duration of this snow disaster will be unprecedented, and the Wei Dynasty is requested to make preparations in advance.
Shi Ran indeed planned to take action against Da Wei.
But first, she wanted to take action and gain a legitimate reputation, so naturally she would not be stingy with this reminder letter.
Secondly, the people are innocent.
And those people will be her subjects in the future. Even if she wants to make the Zong royal family lose the support of the people, she will not gamble with the lives of countless people on this matter.
It's a pity that Shi Ran has such kind intentions, but the prince is unwilling to accept this kindness.
Therefore, the reply letter Shi Ran received was full of words of rebuke.
It is said that since the imperial sister has married to Xiyue, she is from Xiyue. It is best to say less about the affairs of the Wei Dynasty.
At the same time, there was also a letter to Chunyu Dian.
This letter was even more extreme, saying that his imperial sister had been pampered by her mother since she was a child and had a pampered temperament. If she went too far, please ask the Great Khan to discipline her on her behalf.
When he received this letter, Chunyu Dian laughed angrily.
If it weren't for the fact that the relationship between him and the princess was not an ordinary couple.
The status of the princess in the Western Yue royal court is by no means comparable to that of ordinary concubines.
Then this letter is completely enough to change the princess's status in the Western Vietnam Royal Court.
When marrying a princess, her biggest reliance is her motherland.
If the motherland does not give them this confidence, their lives will only become more difficult.
Yu Gong.
Princess Huiyi married on behalf of the Wei Dynasty and her relatives, traveling thousands of miles away from her homeland in order to establish permanent relations between the two countries.
This is a righteous act.
In private.
Princess Huiyi and the Crown Prince of Wei were born from the same compatriots, and they were both descendants of the Queen. And why did the Crown Prince get the position of heir apparent? Didn't he himself know clearly?
He was able to write such a letter without thinking about the past feelings at all.
Not only did he harm the princess, but he also lost the dignity of Wei.
Extremely stupid.
Shi Ran, on the other hand, was not surprised after reading the letter, and just sighed lightly.
"I feel sorry for the common people. The border areas have always been hit by snow disasters. Although Pei Yuheng was determined to resist the snow disaster, the prince was just wary. He could hardly save the soldiers in the military camp, let alone save the extra military rations for the people. . And the border area is the territory of the Wu family, a relative of the Zhu family. The Zhu family is the family of the crown prince’s mother, and Pei Yuheng cannot mobilize the surrounding wealthy families to jointly prevent disasters..."
Chunyu Dian frowned.
"Isn't this a dead end?"
His biological father once guarded this land.
Although he has no memory of this father, he still pays some attention to the people at the border.
Knowing that the snow disaster is coming, but because of the inaction of those in power, knowing that people with ambitions are willing to work for the people, but due to various external reasons, they can only watch innocent people die. This is undoubtedly a sad and deplorable thing.
Shi Ran thought for a moment and slowly shook his head.
"We have no time to take care of other people in the Wei Dynasty, but it is not impossible to take care of the people at the border."
At that time, Shi Ran was close to giving birth, but she was still light-footed.
She asked her concubine to push over a screen with border defense diagrams depicting the border cities between the Wei Dynasty and Western Vietnam.
With her bare hand, she picked up the ink pen on the desk and gently drew three cities on the border map.
"Liangzhou, Yangcheng, and Jinyang are the three border cities of the Wei Dynasty, and together they form the border defense line between the Wei Dynasty and Xiyue. And these three cities were also predicted by Jingtian Bureau, and the Wei Dynasty This is the area where the snowstorm is the most serious. The damage caused by the snowstorm includes, first, overwhelming houses and causing casualties, and second, freezing damage to crops, leading to crop shortages in the coming year."
Shi Ran frowned slightly and gently tapped where Liangzhou was.
"Pei Yuheng and his army are stationed here. It is only more than an hour away from the other two cities. Pei Yuheng is a cautious person, so he will naturally let the soldiers help the people strengthen their houses before the snow disaster hits. Therefore, the houses The possibility of collapse will be greatly reduced. The most likely thing is that wealthy businessmen are unkind and take advantage of natural disasters to drive up food prices."
Most ordinary people's food reserves are only enough for half a year.
After all, grain is harvested every year and taxes are paid, and most of the rest is sold in exchange for money to support the family.
Most families only have enough food left to last until next year.
But now, when the snowstorm comes and the grain fields are destroyed, there is no hope for the next year's crops.
The imperial court may not reduce or reduce taxes. If the grain and grass are still handed over next year, then these rations will not be eaten.
Otherwise, if you fail to hand over the food and grass, you will be arrested by the government.
This is the only food available. If you finish eating it now, what will you do next year?
But if you don’t eat, will you starve to death?
And extremely cold weather will also increase people's consumption of food.
This is undoubtedly torture to the people.
"Do you want to provide food for these victims of the Wei Dynasty?"
Chunyu Dean immediately understood Shi Ran's intention.
"Yes, that's not entirely true. After all, the Wei and Xiyue have been at war for so many years. If a lot of food and grass are given randomly, regardless of whether the people of Wei dare to accept it, I am afraid that the people of Xiyue will also be dissatisfied. Therefore, we give land."
"land?"
This is a very bold statement. Isn’t it equivalent to cutting off territory?
If the ministers knew about it, even if they still believed in the concubine on weekdays, there would probably be a turmoil in the previous court.
"Correct."
Shi Ran nodded.
"I'm about to give birth soon. Taking advantage of the opportunity of giving birth, it's better to put on a big show. It's a good omen from the sky, and this child is the morning star blessing me, Xiyue. And for the inheritance of Xiyue for thousands of generations, naturally I also want to do this for this He is the son of Heaven and has done a great deed. Xiyue will use all the land in Zhuyu and Qincang to build the land for a period of three years to pray for this Son of Heaven."
Work comes to the land.
What is this statement?
Chunyu Dian opened his eyes with interest.