The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 175 The Road to Exit
As soon as he said this, the room fell into silence. After a long while, Concubine Zhang sighed, "I know you are filial, but you have only been married for a while, and besides, your father is used to the weather over there. It's over."

Mu Xu tried to convince his grandmother, "Grandma doesn't know something. I met a horse dealer from Liaodong in Beijing a few days ago. I learned from him that the weather in Liaodong this year is the coldest in decades. It won't be hot in May either."

"And my father's letter also confirmed his words, so I wanted to go to Liaodong to replace my father. In fact, you don't have to worry about me. After all, I have practiced martial arts since I was a child. I have always been in good health, and I grew up there. , and I will come back when the weather turns warmer in early spring next year."

Concubine Zhang was a little moved, and then she asked Daiyu what she meant. No matter how unwilling Daiyu was, she couldn't stop her son from being filial to his father. She was about to nod her head in agreement, when suddenly her heart moved, and she said, "Why don't I come together How about going?"

"This..." Mu Xu didn't know that she would suddenly have this idea, and immediately refused, "Your health has never been good, you should wait for me to come back in Beijing."

But Daiyu insisted, "Since I practiced the kung fu you taught, I haven't even suffered from any minor illness in the past two or three years. How can I be so delicate as you said?"

Before Mu Xu could figure out how to dispel Daiyu's thoughts, Concubine Zhang made a decision, "Okay, then you can take Yu'er with you, and you will have a companion on the way." Then she worried again, "The imperial court is here You might not let him go, right?"

Mu Xu intends to go back and persuade Daiyu in private, but it is more important to go back to her grandmother, "Grandmother in the imperial court can rest assured, I will make an agreement with Your Majesty."

After hearing this, Concubine Zhang remembered that her grandson had a very good relationship with the emperor, so she asked him when he planned to leave.Mu Xu was worried about the war in Liaodong, so he naturally thought that the sooner the better, he immediately set off in three days.

On the way back from Songhetang, Mu Xu persuaded Daiyu to go all the way, but she insisted on going to Liaodong with her, so Mu Xu had to tell the truth, of course he deleted the part about Jurchen, Daiyu After hearing this, he smiled and said that he was worrying unnecessarily, and said that his father-in-law is a veteran in the battlefield, how can he not know the taboos on the battlefield.Mu Xu couldn't explain his real worry to her, and finally agreed to her helplessly.

Now that he decided to go to Liaodong, Mu Xu didn't delay any longer, and went to the palace to ask Tu Zhen to see him that day. Naturally, it was another way of saying that when he saw him, Tu Zhen didn't think much about it, so he agreed casually, and told him to be more careful. .

For the next three days, Mu Xu was so busy that he didn't even have time to rest. He had to deal with Baochai and his daughters, and he had to accompany Daiyu back to her mother's house to inform his father-in-law. items.

So hurry up and hurry up, finally arrived the day to start.Mu Xu looked at Baochai and Yinglian, and told them, "When I'm not in Beijing, you should not only honor my grandmother for me, but also take care of yourself."

Although the two were very reluctant, they also knew that they could not change Mu Xu's mind, so they nodded in agreement with tears in their eyes. Mu Xu comforted them a few more words, and then took Daiyu to kowtow to his grandmother to resign.Concubine Zhang didn't feel so sad after seeing too many partings, she just told them to pay attention to safety on the road, and not to worry about the family when they go out.

Everything was ready, Mu Xu took Daiyu out of Songhe Hall, helped her into a large carriage, and got on the horse himself, and with an order, the accompanying team slowly left the city.Due to the coming and going of people in the city, it took the team more than half an hour to reach the outside of the city, and the speed picked up in vain after leaving the city.

Now the Great Chu Dynasty is at the peak of its national power. Along the way, you can see villages everywhere, as well as pedestrians and vendors on the road.Mu Xu walked this route once when he came back from Liaodong, so the itinerary was very well arranged, and he almost never slept in the wild.

Although he was worried about his father's situation in his heart, the distant water could not save the nearby fire, and he couldn't completely equate this group of Jurchens with those in the official history.Secondly, there was still Daiyu walking with him, so he couldn't go as fast as he could.

Contrary to Mu Xu, Daiyu was in good spirits along the way. As a lady from a great family, this was the second time in her life that she traveled far.But the moods of the two times were quite different. When she traveled for the first time, her mother had just passed away, and there was only a girl named Xueyan by her side.

But this time it was different. With her husband by her side and without the pain of losing her mother, Daiyu was in high spirits along the way. Although she couldn't stay in a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, she still had to write a few words. A poem expressing feelings.

In this way, the team set off from Shenjing, crossed the Yellow River, and then arrived in Hebei. They stayed in Youzhou for a day, and after a month, they finally left Gubeikou and entered the border of Liaodong.

At this time, Liaodong had not yet been developed by later generations. Except for some mountains, the rest was the vast grassland. Compared with Guannei, it was considered sparsely populated, and the number of Han people was not dominant. They were only concentrated in Fengtian and other big cities.Most of the rest are pastures of several ethnic groups, including the Xi, Mohe, Jurchens, and the remnants of the Khitan.

In fact, the Han dynasty in history ruled the Liaodong region in name only. Most of the time, they indirectly controlled the Liaodong region by canonizing the leaders of some ethnic minorities and adding some economic means.Of course, like the Tang Dynasty, there was also the establishment of the Protectorate's Mansion. Some systems in this dynasty were inherited from the Sui and Tang Dynasties, so to a certain extent, the four princes' mansions in the south, east, west, and north were the Protectorate's Mansion of the Great Chu.

It's just that compared to the Duhu Mansion, the four kings have greater autonomy. At least the court cannot replace them at will like replacing the Duhu Mansion.But there are advantages and disadvantages in everything. While being restrained by the central court, the Protectorate can also get the support of the entire country.This is not the case for vassal kings like the Mu family. They receive relatively less support, unless it is the time of life and death, and more often the royal family tries to weaken and suppress them as much as possible.

Among the three foreign feudal clans that are still in power today, the situation of the Mu family is actually not very good, because since ancient times, the biggest threat to the Central Plains dynasty has almost always come from the nomadic peoples in the north.

As a barrier to guard the pass, the Mu family not only has to suffer from the suspicion of the royal family, but also has to bear the occasional violations of the nomads.Originally, there was a Beijing Prince's Mansion in northern Xinjiang who helped each other with the Mu family, but in the generation of Shui Rong's grandfather Shui Ming, because of his poor health and unable to bear all kinds of pressure from inside and outside, Shui Ming simply asked the court to withdraw the domain Enclosed, ran back to the capital to live the life of a wealthy idler.

This move of the Shui family made the Mu family miserable. At that time, Dongping Palace was in charge of Mu Xu's grandfather, and the imperial court wanted to take advantage of the Dongfeng that took down the Shui family to remove the Mu family as well.Of course, Mu Xu's grandfather was unwilling to give up his ancestral foundation easily, so he had a very unpleasant quarrel with the royal family, so when Mu Xu's father succeeded to the throne, the Mu family chose to marry the royal family to ease the tense relationship between the two parties.

Fortunately, although his parents were in a political marriage, the husband and wife were very affectionate, and because of their union, the rift between the Mu family and the royal family was healed, and the relationship between the two parties has also become harmonious over the years.

Before Mu Xu returned to Beijing, he had lived in Liaodong for more than ten years, so he didn't care about the scenery of Liaodong, but Daiyu's master and servant were different. They had never seen such a vast grassland.Daiyu wants to maintain her identity, and Zijuan is calm, so the two can hold on. Qingwen and Xueyan have been yelling all the way since they saw the prairie.

Mu Xu didn't care about them, but when he saw Daiyu's fascinated look, he simply asked her to take a ride with her.At first, Daiyu was reluctant to get out of the car because of her status, but after Mu Xu's persuasion and Zijuan's encouragement, she turned her head and thought that now she was outside the Great Wall and surrounded by family generals, so she didn't have to worry so much. Then he carefully sat on Mu Xu's horse, and was led by him for a gallop on the grassland.

(End of this chapter)