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- Daohua, who was far away in Ningmen Mansion, didn't know about the changes in the capital city. However, when she learned from Yan Shouhou that military rations had to be handed over again, Daohua was stunned for a moment. When she asked why, the corner of her mouth couldn't help but curl up. stand up.
The opportunity she has been waiting for has finally arrived!
Daohua found Gu Jian: "Master, the court is going to collect grain again!"
Gu Jian had learned about the burning of military rations from Donglikou the day before. He cursed the Eight Kings in his heart, and at the same time lamented that it was not easy for Xiao Wu to be the emperor.
Seeing that her master was silent, Daohua had no choice but to walk up to him and said, "The people have already handed in the grain once. If we collect it again, life will be difficult."
Gu Jian sighed: "What can we do? We can't let the soldiers fight hungry."
Daohua blinked: "Master, I have food."
Gu Jian quickly raised his eyes to look at his apprentice. Seeing his eyes widening, he almost carved the words 'I am a wealthy farmer' on his forehead: "So?"
Daohua: "So I'm going to donate food, will the emperor reward me?"
Gu Jian asked with a stupefied face: "What do you want?"
Daohua rarely hesitated: "For example reward me as the county leader or something, is that okay?"
Gu Jian was speechless: "You are at odds with the county leader."
Daohua: "There's nothing I can do about it. Xiao Yeyang is the son of a prince. What if my status is too low and I'm bullied in the future?"
Gu Jian: "Who dares to bully you?"
Daohua: "Xiao Yeyang, or other people in the capital. Anyway, if I am just the daughter of a prefect, others will definitely be angry with me."
Gu Jian retorted: "That boy Yeyang dares to bully you?"
Daohua: "It won't happen now, but what about in the future? Who can say clearly what will happen in the future."
Gu Jian was silent: "How much can you donate?"
Daohua stretched out her hand and made a '1' sign.
Considering the amount of medicinal materials donated by his apprentice last time, Gu Jian couldn't help but tremble when he looked at his apprentice's extended index finger.
Dong Li and Caiju, who were waiting next to them, were also sensible enough not to speak this time.
Daohua: "If you exchange 1 million shi of grain for a county head, the emperor will not lose, right?"
Hearing that Daohua really said that he would donate 1 million shi of food, Gu Jian and Dongli Caiju stopped going too far at the same time.
After Gu Jian took a breath, he turned back to look at Daohua: "You prepare food, and I will write a letter to the emperor personally."
Daohua looked happy: "Then I'll wait for the good news from Master."
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Beijing.
Although every family actively donates food, the amount of food required by hundreds of thousands of troops is not a small amount. Moreover, the food of many families needs to be transported from various places. It takes a lot of time on the road, and the border customs cannot wait that long.
Just when the emperor was worried about this, Gu Jian's letter arrived.
After reading the letter, the emperor sat on the dragon throne and took a long breath. After a while, he asked Eunuch An to prepare a blank imperial edict.
Eunuch An stood aside and polished his ink, watching with his own eyes as the emperor wrote down the title of conferring Yan Yiyi, the eldest daughter of Yan Zhigao, the magistrate of Ningmen Prefecture, as the head of the county, with the title "Shengping".
Seeing this title, a trace of surprise flashed across Gonggong An¡¯s eyes.
The title ¡®Shengping¡¯ was intended to be awarded to a princess, but now it was given to a county lord! ! !
He was not surprised that the emperor awarded the eldest daughter of the Yan family a title. After all, the eldest daughter of the Yan family had made a lot of contributions.
However, he was still surprised that the title given by him was such a good one.
After drafting the imperial edict, the emperor summoned Wei Qi over: "Yan Zhigao, the prefect of Ningmen Prefecture, donated 1 million shi of grain. You go to Zhongzhou in person and secretly send the grain to northern Xinjiang. Remember not to let the news out."
He said and sneered.
"Now Lao Ba and the Tatars know that our army is short of food. This time I will give them a surprise and deal with them together."
1 million stones of grain
Eunuch An and Wei Qi looked at each other in confusion, and both saw shock in each other's eyes.
1 million shi of grain is not a small amount. Is the Yan family very good at farming?
The last time the Yan family donated medicinal materials, the emperor sent people to explore the fields under the Yan family's name. To be honest, compared with some noble families, the Yan family's fields are really not too much.
The emperor handed the imperial edict in his hand to Wei Qi: "Give this imperial edict to the old man and ask him not to take action. I will announce it to the court when the war in Northern Xinjiang is over."
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Peach Blossom Temple.
Wei Qi read the imperial edict to Daohua who was kneeling on the ground. After reading, he handed the edict to Daohua and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the Lord of Shengping County."
Daohua happily took it and read the imperial edict several times. She was sure that she was the Lord of Shengping County, and the corners of her mouth turned up.
Wei Qi was in a hurry to deliver the food and asked quickly: "County Lord, don't you know where the food is?"
Daohua was still staring at the imperial edict without raising her head: "I'll ask the servant to take you there."
Yan Shouhou immediately stood up and motioned for Wei Qi to follow him.
When Wei Qi saw that neither Gu Jian nor Dao Hua wanted to go with him to hand over the goods, Wei Qi lamented how big-hearted they were. This was a million stones of food.
Soon, Wei Qi escorted the food away.
Hurrying quickly, in mid-October, the food was secretly delivered to the military camp.
Just when the Eight Kings and the Tatars were still thinking about defeating the Daxia army through delay, Jin Lingwei and the army cooperated with each other and launched a fierce attack on them.
At the end of October, Dongqu City, the last city taken by the eight kings, was recaptured. The eight kings and some of their cronies fled to the Tatar military camp in a hurry.
In early November, the Daxia army and the Tatar army started a head-on battle, and the Tatar army was defeated steadily.
In mid-November, the Tatar army began to retreat.
This time, the Daxia army did not cease fighting after the Tatar army retreated. Instead, it pursued the Tatar army and reached the Tatar hinterland where the Tatar Imperial Court was located.
At the end of November, except for a few Tatar royal families, they fled to the colder north. Most of the Tatar royal families were arrested and killed. The Tatar royal palace was burned to the ground. Since then, the Tatar royal court has not been Exist again.
News spread back to Beijing one after another. Officials and people were all excited when they heard about it.
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On the morning of the first day of December, the civil and military officials were much more active than usual, gathering together in twos and threes and discussing quietly.
¡°I didn¡¯t expect the war in Northern Xinjiang to end so soon!¡±
"Yes, the emperor ordered the withdrawal of the decree to collect grain from various provinces. I thought there was a truce? Unexpectedly, the eight kings were wiped out in the blink of an eye, and the Tatar imperial court was gone!"
"I heard that someone secretly donated one million stones of food."
"Who is so rich?"
When the emperor brought Eunuch An over, he saw the officials talking a lot, but he was in a good mood and did not reprimand him. After listening to the compliments and flattery from the officials for a while, he said:
"The reason why the war in Northern Xinjiang ended so quickly was thanks to the one million stones of grain donated by Yan Zhigao, the prefect of Ningmen Prefecture. With this grain, the soldiers had the strength to charge into the battle, suppress the rebellion and drive out the Tatars."
As he said that, he glanced at Eunuch An.
Eunuch An immediately raised the imperial edict he had drafted in advance and read it out.
The imperial edict has two themes. One is to reward the eldest daughter of Yan Zhigao, the magistrate of Ningmen Prefecture, as the head of Shengping County; the other is to promote Yan Zhigao to be the Minister of Household Affairs. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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