Chapter 2771 Returning to the Capital
The emperor hesitated for two days, reviewed the people in the court, and found that no one was more suitable for the position than Governor Niu, so he issued the appointment letter.
The appointment letter was still written by Bai Shan, and it was sent out after being reviewed by the Menxia Province.
Niu Zhishi jumped four levels and became the Protector General of Andong Protectorate. It was not until the imperial edict reached him that he knew it was Bai Shan who recommended him.
After thinking about it, he picked out a box from the spoils he had collected and quietly asked someone to send it to Zhou Man.
Manbao was very happy to receive this box of spoils. He immediately asked someone to carry it to share it with the people in the medical account.
Only after she left the house did she realize that this thing was not for the medical account, but was given to her alone;
But the medicine was given to her not because of her superb medical skills, but because Bai Shan recommended Niu, the governor.
Manbao scratched his head and asked someone to carry the box back. When Bai Shan came back, he asked him, "Do you want to accept this gift?"
"No," Bai Shan said, "This is bribery. We can't set a precedent. Besides, I recommended Governor Niu to Your Majesty because he is truly suitable, not for this box of gifts."
Manbao asked someone to carry the things back quietly.
But now everyone lived in the front, back, left and right courtyards of the inner city. This matter could be hidden from the emperor, but it certainly could not be hidden from the neighbors on the left and right, and even more so from Yin Li.
Once Yin Li knew about it, the emperor knew about it too.
He smiled faintly and said, "Bai Shan is a talent that can be cultivated. My greatest gain from this Eastern Expedition is not Liaodong, but the training of Bai Shan for the court, the appointment of the governor of Yingzhou, and the powerful general Xue Gui."
Yin Li smiled and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, on obtaining such a good minister and general."
After arranging local affairs, the emperor asked the Imperial Astronomical Observatory to calculate an auspicious day for the army to return to the capital, and everyone packed up and prepared to return to Beijing.
The emperor took all the members of the Gao family with him. In addition, he also named many of Goguryeo's former ministers and asked them to pack their luggage and go to the Central Plains.
They will be dispersed and arranged in the Jiangnan area. The Liaodong area is also vast and sparsely populated. The emperor has already decided that after he returns, he will select some refugees or landless tenants from the Central Plains to migrate here.
Although there were many Han people in the Liaodong area, there were more Bei and Buyeo people, so they needed more Han people.
The Mo people and the Buyeo people also needed to learn various skills such as farming and weaving from the Han people.
As long as they all learn Chinese and read the classics of the Central Plains, one day they will obey the unified rule of the Central Plains.
Neither Prince Guang nor the King of Goguryeo had expected such an outcome and had strongly expressed their opposition, but the emperor and the generals and ministers of Jin State ignored their words. Now that they had no military power and had left Goguryeo, even the prestige and connections accumulated by their ancestors would be gone. How else could they resist?
Prince Gao Er's words were more effective, and he also expressed his opposition.
The emperor was much kinder to the second prince, and said to him gently, "I thought that if your parents and relatives were in Chang'an, it would be easier for you to fulfill your filial duties in the future. When you return to the capital, you will still lead troops outside. With your parents by your side, you will have no worries."
Prince Gao Er was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then lowered his head and replied "Yes".
Manbao waited until he left before entering the main hall to check the emperor's pulse.
The emperor just said this. She didn't know whether Prince Gao believed it or not, but she didn't believe it anyway.
When the King of Goguryeo was the King, even Prince Goguryeo was able to betray him, let alone now.
If he really suspected that the emperor wanted to detain Prince Guang and the King of Goguryeo as his weaknesses, he would do nothing and let the emperor think so.
However, the emperor and Zhou Man obviously knew what kind of person Prince Gao was, even though he looked very painful.
The emperor felt a little tired, so he closed his eyes and took Zhou Man's pulse.
Manbao listened for a while, then asked Gu Zhong about the emperor's recent diet and daily life. He then said to the emperor, "Your Majesty should worry less and rest more. You are overworked."
The emperor opened his eyes and looked at her, "I also want to rest, but Neil doesn't have time."
Man Bao said, "Just let someone else do it. I see that Duke Zhao has been quite idle lately."
The emperor couldn't help laughing. "How did Duke Zhao offend you? Are you here to complain about his mischief to me?"
Manbao didn't answer. If she really said something bad about Duke Zhao, it would make her seem petty and vindictive.
She changed the subject and said, "Your Majesty, General Qibi's wound has scabbed over."
The emperor looked relieved and turned to Gu Zhong and said, "Please remember this. I will go visit General Qibi before dinner this evening."
"yes."
Manbao did not prescribe medicine for the emperor, because all medicines are poisonous, and what people need most after overwork is rest.
So Manbao wrote out two medicinal recipes, and then prescribed for the emperor to sleep more and think less, and then left.
The emperor only took a glance at the prescription and then looked away. He also wanted to sleep and think less, but he had to have the conditions to do so.
The number of people he brought with him was still too few. There were still many things to be dealt with in the inner city. Now he was already preparing to return to the capital. Where would he have the extra time?
Recently, I have to seize the time to go to the bathroom and look for the right opportunity to go out.
The emperor thought about it carefully and felt that his life was too hard, so he took out a piece of white paper and wrote a letter to the prince to complain.
He mainly complained that there were too many things going on and he didn't even have time to sleep. He warned him not to think that being an emperor was so easy. To be a good emperor, he had to reflect on himself from time to time and do his part well.
But the emperor is also a human being, and he cannot work hard all the time. I just hope that my son will not have to go on expeditions like me in the future, but can just sit on the throne and wait for the four directions to come to pay tribute.
The emperor finished writing with great interest and felt much better, so he continued to nod and read the memorial.
The Imperial Astronomical Observatory calculated a good day and everyone set off to return to the court.
When they arrived in Youzhou, the emperor sent people to send most of the Gao royal family and Goguryeo's former ministers and their families to the south of the Yangtze River, while they took the rest of the people to Chang'an.
The prince arrived in Taiyuan ahead of time to pick up the emperor.
He set out after receiving the emperor's letter, ignoring the advice of Lord Wei and others, and went all the way to Taiyuan. If he hadn't been stopped by his attendants, he would have gone to Youzhou to pick him up.
This was the first time in his life that he heard his father say that being an emperor was hard. He was very happy and felt that his relationship with his father was indeed much better when the third brother was not around.
When going there, Manbao rode a horse, but when coming back, she stayed in the car most of the time. One reason was that it was cold outside, and the other was that she was very sleepy and wanted to sleep, so she stayed in the car the whole time.
Before the army reached Taiyuan, a soldier came running to report, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is at the Taiyuan city gate to welcome you into the city."
The emperor closed the letter of denunciation in his hand, nodded slightly and said, "Okay, pass the order down, advance at full speed, the Taiyuan city gate is not far ahead."
"yes."
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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