Chapter 54 Rebuilding Daming, Starting from Huailai

Badaling Chengguan has long since restored its former tranquility.

Kuang Ye stood on the tower every day, looking to the north, and every day he stood was a day.

Apart from busying himself with the affairs at hand, Luo Tong would stand on the street with Kuang Ye in the rest of the time.

The howling north wind blew head-on, making his face ache.

"Kuang Shangshu, it's getting dark, let's go back!"

"Ok!"

Kuang Ye nodded, but did not move.

Luo Tong secretly sighed, and said, "Kuang Shangshu, let's come here today."

"Ok!"

Kuang Ye nodded again, but still didn't move.

"Kuang Shangshu..."

"Help me, my leg is numb!"

Luo Tong was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward to support Kuang Ye, and was about to walk down the tower when he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes.

Kuang Ye seemed to sense something, turned around suddenly, and saw a dozen fast horses galloping from the west.

Seeing that it was coming from the west, the hope in his eyes fell silent again.

This road may be a memorial sent by Datong or Xuanfu.

Kuang Ye looked to the north again, and he could see the empty grassland without even a ghost.

He sighed and continued to walk down the tower.

At this time, the sound of horseshoes was getting closer and closer, and they came to the gate of the city in an instant. The guard on the city wall asked loudly, "Who is here?"

Following the neighing of the horse, a voice came.

"I am Li Zhen, Boss of Xiangcheng, I am ordered to go to Juyongguan, and open the gate quickly!"

Suddenly, Kuang Ye froze.

Immediately afterwards, he ran back to the city wall like crazy, staring at the knight on horseback.

"Uncle Xiangcheng, is that you?"

Li Zhen raised her head and said in surprise, "Kuang Shangshu, why are you here?"

Kuang Ye looked at Li Zhen in disbelief, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Uncle Xiangcheng, aren't you with the emperor, is the emperor well?"

Li Zhen replied: "Don't worry, the emperor is in Huailai City!"

"God bless, God bless!"

Kuang Ye's legs went limp, and he knelt on the ground and burst into tears.

Luo Tong didn't care about comforting Kuang Ye, and hurriedly ordered the city gate to be opened to welcome Li Zhen and his party into the barracks.

Kuang Ye cried all the way from the city wall to the barracks, and Li Zhen, who was crying, felt terrified, wondering what happened to this old man, what happened at home?

Luo Tong asked: "Uncle Xiangcheng, why didn't the emperor go back to Beijing directly, but stayed in his arms?"

"This is exactly what I'm here for!"

At that moment, Li Zhen told the story of encountering Huailai City guards who killed Liang and pretended to be meritorious on the way.

After listening, Luo Tong gritted his teeth angrily, and said, "These bastards who killed thousands of knives should be chopped down with one knives!"

"The emperor attaches great importance to this matter, and ordered these people to be killed on the spot. However, Huailai City is already empty, so the emperor ordered me to come to find Lord Luo and transport some supplies to Huailai as soon as possible. Relief for the people in the city."

Luo Tong nodded and said: "It's not too late, the old man made arrangements overnight, and we will leave early tomorrow morning!"

"Wait a moment!"

Li Zhen called him to stop and asked, "Where are the people that the emperor rescued when he went out of the city?"

Luo Tong replied: "Since the Wara people withdrew their troops, most of those people have been dismissed and returned to their hometowns. At present, more than 1000 people are left homeless and temporarily stay in Juyongguan. They do some chores on weekdays and help transport some supplies. of."

Li Zhen nodded and said: "Take all these people with me tomorrow and tell them that the emperor will personally allocate houses and land to them, so that everyone can live a good life!"

After finishing the business, Kuang Ye came up again and asked, "Uncle Xiangcheng, where has the emperor been these days, tell me quickly!"

"That's a long story!"

Speaking of the trip to the desert, Li Zhen's face was full of complacency, and she began to talk freely...

Early the next morning, Li Zhen, Kuang Ye, Luo Tong and his party set off from Badaling and arrived at Huailai City with more than a thousand people and a large amount of food.

Because it was transporting supplies, the team moved slowly and did not arrive until dark.

At this time, Huailai City had been taken over by the Sanqian Battalion, and Ha Ming stood guard at the city gate, welcoming Li Zhen and others in.

"Chen Kuangye kowtowed to the emperor, long live my emperor!"

"Chen Luotong kowtows to the emperor, long live my emperor!"

Kuang Ye and Luo Tong turned their heads and bowed. These days, they looked north from the tower of Badaling City every day, just waiting for a piece of news.

At this moment, seeing that the emperor was safe and sound, he could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart, sobbed on the ground.

"You two gentlemen, I am not dead, why are you crying?"

"Your Majesty, be careful what you say, Your Majesty!"

Kuang Ye said with snot and tears, "Your Majesty is the son of the real dragon, and he will be a blessing to the sky and turn danger into safety!"

"Okay, get up!" Zhu Qizhen waved his hands and said, "Li Zhen, go and bring two chairs for the two Qings!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Qizhen looked at the two old men, and asked with some puzzlement: "Kuang Qing's family, why haven't you gone back yet?"

Kuang Ye suddenly became excited again, and said: "Your Majesty, at the beginning you took the [-] battalion and left as soon as you said, so what should you do to let the old ministers? Later, Wala withdrew the troops, and the British Duke returned to Beijing with the army first, and the ministers have been waiting for the emperor at Badaling. return!"

After Zhu Qizhen heard it, he was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Kuang Shangshu was quite righteous.

I originally thought that after this battle was over, I would quickly let Yu Qian take over from you, but now it seems that I still need to think carefully.

"Let the Qing family worry about it. Speaking of it, I was really too impulsive at the beginning and didn't think carefully. I am here to accompany the Qing family!"

"Your Majesty, please don't say that!" Kuang Ye shook his head and said, "Dare to risk your life for the sake of thousands of people, such an act of benevolence and righteousness, even the original Emperor Hong Xiren would not be able to do it! "

Zhu Qizhen said that if you praise me, you can praise me, don't step on my grandpa!

"Kuang Qing's family, let's deal with this matter slowly in the future. I'm looking for Luo Qing's family today to discuss business matters."

Luo Tong hurriedly said: "Please order from the emperor!"

Zhu Qizhen's complexion gradually darkened, and he said, "About what happened in Huailai City, Li Zhen must have mentioned it to you, right?"

Luo Tong nodded and said: "The old minister has heard about it, such behavior is nothing like a beast!"

"General Kang Neng, deputy general Fan Cheng, and more than five hundred soldiers, I killed them all on the spot!"

Luo Tong's heart shivered, and he said: "It should be like this!"

"However, what should the people in the city do? I walked around the city recently, and there are abandoned houses everywhere, and there are not even one out of ten people."

"Back to the emperor, the minister has ordered the food and supplies from Juyongguan to be transported here, which can relieve the urgent need. Also, most of the people who were rescued by the emperor himself have returned to their hometowns, and there are still 500 people left. The minister has brought coming."

"Very good!" Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "These people can just replenish the people lost in the city. Huailai City suffered a heavy blow in this battle. It may take a long way to regain its vitality. to go."

Kuang Ye said: "What the emperor said is very true. The veteran thinks that the most urgent thing is for the court to allocate some money and food to help the people, and then re-establish the Huailai Guard. The location of Huailai City is very important, and the court must pay attention to it."

Zhu Qizhen also thought so, but he had further plans.

To renovate and upgrade an old house, all that needs to be done is always tinkering.

But if the room is too damaged, it will be futile to repair it, so it can only be demolished and rebuilt.

If it is reconstruction, there are too many places to play. If I want to build a round one, I will build a round one. If I want to build a square one, I will build a square one.

Sooner or later, the Ming Dynasty will be overthrown and rebuilt, why not start with Huailai City!

"Luo Qing's family, I am going to hand over Huailai City to you, what do you want?"

Luo Tong was unprepared, but he nodded without hesitation and said, "I obey the order!"

"I don't just ask you to be responsible for guarding Huailai City," Zhu Qizhen continued, "Military, civil, and judicial education, the Qing family must take care of it all, how about it?"

"This..." Luo Tong hesitated a little, nodded and said, "I should do my best!"

Zhu Qizhen was very satisfied, and said: "Then it's settled. From now on, the Qing family will be appointed as the doctor of the Ministry of War, and also the commander of Huailai Guards, to take charge of the affairs of Huailai City! The Ministry of Military Affairs will find another suitable candidate and report to me for approval."

"The minister obeys the order!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Although Luo Tong is a military officer, it is not meritorious service, but a serious imperial examination background and a Jinshi in Yongle ten years.

The difference between a literati and a big boss is that a literati can lead troops, but a big boss can't manage civil affairs.

"About the reconstruction of Huailai City, I have a preliminary plan. First, check the houses and measure the acres of fields. The unowned houses and acres of fields are temporarily under the custody of the imperial court, and then distributed to the newly moved people. As for hygiene, medical care, etc. The construction of the facility, I wrote it down on paper, let the Qing family see for themselves!"

Luo Tong took a stack of papers suspiciously, and found that it was densely packed with words, about how to repair roads, how to drain water, the division of residential areas and commercial areas, hospitals and schools, and industrial parks...

"Your Majesty, you..."

"Why, what's the problem?"

"No, no!" Luo Tong hurriedly explained, "No problem, it's too detailed, I can't remember it for a while, I have to take it back and read it slowly."

 In order to celebrate what happened yesterday, continue to 5000 today, and 5000 every day in the future! !
  
 
(End of this chapter)

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