He Jiachan's body was no longer able to support the army's command. If the imperial court sent troops across the board to attack Liao at this time, it would be extremely inappropriate if it only relied on Yanshan Prefecture to send troops all the way. Since ancient times, the Central Plains dynasties have been attacking.

The Huns and the Turks fought against each other, and they attacked from multiple routes. Only sending troops one way can be more beneficial to the Northern Liao Dynasty and concentrating all their troops against this route.

Nowadays, almost all the military officers in the court who could replace He Jiacai were concentrated on the southern line to suppress the rebellion. They could hardly remove the capable people and went north to Shanxi to replace He Jiacai, who was seriously ill. Therefore, Yu Mingyuan did not recommend concentrating his troops at this time and the entire line was concentrated at this time.

The northern expedition was in the view of Yu Mingyuan. At least this time was not an appropriate time. The long-term battle between the two fronts was difficult to support the court.

At the same time, Yu Mingyuan proposed in the memorial that in the future, the grain transported from Jiangnan can be carried by sea. Zhou Zhiyuan's experience of withdrawing from Northern Liao and passing through sea routes made Yu Mingyuan think of it, in order to ensure the army on the northern line, the border line was surrounded by troops.

The supply of food and grass was provided, and the court consumed a lot of money every year to maintain the Yongji Canal built by Emperor Yang of Sui. This Yongji Canal, asxs., is Banzhu, the east of Jingzhao Prefecture.

Except for the 40% of the grain and grass required by the border troops in the north, the remaining 60% of the grain required by Hebei Road itself needs to be transported to the south of the Yangtze River. The grain in the south of the Yangtze River needs to be transported to Banzhu first, and then through the Yongji Canal and transported to the north.

The Yanshan Prefecture line not only takes an extremely long time, but also requires a large number of boaters along the way, and even some of them need to be transported by land due to the terrain.

Moreover, due to the terrain of Yongji Canal, the court had to invest a lot of money every year since the reign of Emperor Taizong to clear the Yongji Canal that was silted many times as early as the late Tang Dynasty because of the weak power of the court.

The canal and Tongji Canal, these two canal rivers are transited in Banzhu, connecting Jiangnan to Yanshan Prefecture. Every year, they have become the second largest expenditure of the court after the Yellow River and river affairs.

This time, Zhou Zhiyuan's army and horses not only rely on sea ships to ensure the convenience of communication with him. When retreating, not only a large number of military horses, but also a large number of captured Khitan horses and materials can be transported back by sea. Then Yanshan Mansion

If you need to transport millions of stones in Jiangnan every year, if you choose to take the sea route, there should be no problem. Especially the shipping capacity of sea ships is far greater than that of those canal ships.

This not only saves money for the Yongji Canal to maintain a large amount of money every year, saving the people's efforts along the Yongji Canal. There is no need to worry about floods in the rivers along the coast, especially the flood situation of the Yellow River every year, so the supply can be more guaranteed. A sea boat

The capacity of the shipment is at least a few hundred stones, far exceeding those of the canal ships. Although the sea will freeze in winter, it can be opened for navigation three seasons every year.

After receiving this memorial of tens of thousands of words from Yu Mingyuan, Huang Qiong watched it repeatedly for a long time before letting go. He did not misunderstand Yu Mingyuan. Not only did he have a long-term strategic vision, but his judgment of the current situation was also quite accurate.

He is a real old-fashioned country. He clearly knows that this is the best and most appropriate choice of Huang Qiong, whom he is now, has also approved Yu Mingyuan's report.

It was beyond Huang Qiong's expectation that He's family was seriously ill. Before, he had never received any reports of He's family's illness. It should be that this veteran knew that the situation is complicated now, and most of the generals who can be used by the court are now in the process of being in the court.

Even if the south presses himself to suppress the rebellion, it is difficult for the court to take out a good future to replace him at this time. Therefore, he has always concealed his condition.

Huang Qiong has fought more than once. He knew that the army was fighting, whether it was defense or attack, was a serious test for the front-line generals, both mental and physical. Although the Northern Liao invaded the border this time, Yunzhou

The front line was not the main battlefield. The Liao army only sent 30,000 partial divisions to launch restrained attacks on Yunzhou to Wuzhou. Especially Wuzhou in the north, under tremendous pressure.

Although the battle situation on the front line of Yunzhou is not as fierce as Yanshan Prefecture, the location of Yunzhou is very important. Once the front line of Yunzhou is broken, Yanshan Prefecture will also be very defended. Because the focus of the attack on the Northern Liao Dynasty is different, the court devoted itself to Yunzhou.

The troops in the direction are far less powerful than Yanshan Prefecture. The Yunzhou line is dominated by the original border troops and the local guards on Shanxi Road, which is even more stressful under this situation.

Although He Jiachan has been through war for a long time, he is already old after all. Under the tremendous pressure and fatigue, he still can't hold on. After pondering for a long time, he knew that He Jiachan was no longer suitable to stay in Yunzhou at this time.

After repeatedly weighing the replacement candidate, Huang Qiong issued a handwritten order to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel, ordering Zhou Zhiyuan to rush to Yunzhou immediately to replace He Jiayuan.

At the same time, the Imperial Hospital was ordered to select the best imperial physician and rushed to Yunzhou to treat He Jiasheng immediately. If it could be supported, the veteran was escorted back to Beijing to recuperate. But before the imperial physician was sent to Yunzhou, He Jiasheng died.

The news has been heard. After receiving a report from the deputy envoy of the Shanxi Road Jiedushi, Huang Qiong immediately sent King Shen as the envoy of the spirit and immediately went to Yunzhou to welcome He Jiachan's coffin back to Beijing.

Half a month after Huang Qiong's father-in-law's coffin entered Beijing and a large number of King Zong of Guilin County's palace were escorted to Beijing. He's coffin was also transported from Yunzhou to Jingzhao Prefecture.

When the coffin entered the capital, Huang Qiong personally led the ministers to the north gate of Jingzhao to welcome him. He also issued an edict to stop the court for five days, and to ban weddings and dances in the capital for 30 days, and to wear mourning along the way from the north gate to He Mansion.

When the coffin of He family entered the He Mansion, the mansion was already covered with white mourning. Looking at the three women of Shen Bijun who were wearing mourning clothes, but still couldn't hide their plump figure, Huang Qiong sighed. This time, Huang Qiong was just now

I saw the He family's son, Nangong Rou's nominal husband, and there was also a little childhood plum behind him, holding a pair of two sons in his hand.

Looking at Nangong Rou with her daughter beside her, seeing her husband, Qingmei, and their two sons, she looked bitter. She was also very complicated when she tried to protect her marriage. She looked because

Now that he has no identity, he can only wear filial piety on his waist, and his appearance is far inferior to Nangong Rou, Huang Qiong shook his head. He wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

After signaling everyone in He's family to get up, Huang Qiong's only thing he could do now was to appease the people in He's family. At the same time, when talking to Old Lady He, he also promised that He's family died of illness due to overwork in state affairs. Now the country is lost

An important official was a major loss in the world. He promised the He Mansion that as long as the Great Qi Dynasty was in one day, the He Mansion would definitely be in the same rank as the country and enjoy the glory and wealth forever.

Before leaving He Mansion, Huang Qiong carefully avoided the eyes of everyone, held Nangong Rou's little hand without any trace, and expressed support to her. When she returned to Wende Palace, Huang Qiong immediately buried He's family property.

In the imperial tomb, Old Lady He was already a first-class imperial edict, so he no longer gave him another reward. However, although he was not given another reward to Old Lady He, he was awarded a elixir of the He family's alchemy book.

At the same time, Mrs. He was kept in the capital and was raised by the court. Mrs. He Chen Bi was promoted to the second-rank imperial edict, and Nangong Rou was awarded the fourth-rank imperial edict. This imperial edict seemed to have given the He family a very high-rank imperial edict. Honor. Not only did the He family be given the treatment of being buried with the imperial tomb, but rewarding the He family would be a crime and would be demoted to the first level of the alchemy and iron coupon. He also promoted an imperial edict in one breath and granted an imperial edict.

But he did not give any reward to the eldest son of the He family, and did not mention the matter of inheriting the title. As for the reason, there was no mention in the edict. However, the ministers in the court did not think much about it. After all, He Jiachan has just passed away, and the matter of Xijue is still early. It will take at least three years to be mourned before this matter can be put on the agenda. Now, it is too early to say Xijue.

Nangong Rou inherited the fourth-ranked lady's status, which means that no one can shake the status of this genuine lady. Even if the eldest son of the He family has a few more sons, it is impossible to shake the result and reward. Almost no one in the court thought about it much. The real reason was Chen Bijun and He Yingchun knew that this was the lord in the palace venting his anger for Nangong Rou.

The childhood girl of the eldest son of the He family, although she gave birth to two sons for the He family, the court only recognized Nangong Rou, who was the eldest son of the He family. This undoubtedly made the eldest son of the He family somewhat embarrassed. . He was waiting for the filial piety period to expire, but he divorced Nangong Rou. He helped him to give birth to two sons, Xiao Qingmei. But now, he couldn't even think about it.

Originally, he married Nangong Rou because his father forced him. Now his father has passed away and his grandmother is over 70 years old. Now there is no one to suppress him. As long as the mourning period is over, he can do what he wants to do. But now that Nangong Rou has been awarded a fourth-rank imperial edict, if he wants to bring Nangong Rou down, unless Nangong Rou commits seven serious crimes, the court will not agree.

What he didn't know was that Nangong Rou did have an affair with others. Even at the beginning of the moon, he went to the palace to have a lingering relationship with Huang Qiong. However, the person who had a affair with Nangong Rou was the emperor of the current dynasty. .This time, the man was venting his anger for his lover. Fortunately, he was thinking about leaving the original wife and upholding his childhood sweetheart. I'm afraid that it would be his turn to say whether the title would be his turn.

Although he is the eldest son of the He family, He family has other sons. If he really angers the emperor, the title will not belong to him after an imperial edict. As a stepmother, Chen Bijun is hard to say, and his heart is already The injured Nangong Rou no longer wanted to say anything to him. The only one who can persuade her brother that he cannot do things so well is He Yingchun, who is his own sister.

After He Jiachan passed away, the funeral that Huang Qiong should have given was not bad except for the matter of He's eldest son Xijue. Even the posthumous title was not given to Zhongwu, who was the highest-level Zhongwu, but he was also the best military officer. The martial virtues of the people were not only given the first posthumous title, but also rewarded the coffin of golden nanmu. The tombs buried in the imperial tomb of Gong County were also built by the court according to the highest level of military officers.

Compared with He Jiacai's grand funeral, Huang Qiong's parents' funeral seemed silent. Although Huang Qiong and Situ Huanshuang did not attend the scene in person because of their identity, Li Hai also sent to take charge of the funeral. When Li Hai returned to the palace to report his life, he looked at Situ Huanshuang, who was exhausted because he had been keeping up all these days and was sleeping.

Feeling Situ Huanshuang, she has always been holding her hand tightly. When she saw Situ Huanshuang, although she was sleeping, she could linger in her expression, and the faint sadness that always appeared inadvertently.

Huang Qiong, who had already disappeared, just nodded. After signaling Li Hai to go out, he also lie beside Situ Huanshuang in his clothes and hugged his sleeping wife in his arms.

That night, Huang Qiong did not call any woman to sleep, but just hugged her wife and fell asleep quietly. Until the early morning of the next day, Situ Huanshuang, who had woken up from her sleep, found that she was like an octopus, with a kind of
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