Xuanwu Prosperous Era
Chapter 103: Xuanwu Prosperity
Four years after ascending the throne
During these four years, Chu Huaibei vigorously promoted sweet potatoes and potatoes, two high-yield crops, so that the people had a lot of alternative side dishes in addition to their original staple food.
In recent years, it is not common to see people starving or freezing to death in winter. If there are any, they are usually lazy people who are idle at home and do not do any work.
Chu Huaibei recruited soldiers again, and now there are a total of 300,000 soldiers.
There are 80,000 permanent residents in southern Xinjiang.
One hundred and twenty thousand in the North.
The Tiger Roar Camp has 50,000 people.
Fifty thousand new soldiers.
She planned to train 50,000 new recruits for a year and then take them to the northern border to lead the expedition against Mongolia herself.
During these four years, the Firearms Battalion added a new weapon: the musket.
However, even after two improvements, the risk of explosion still exists.
After the improvement, the barrel explosion will not be fatal, but eye injuries may still occur. It is a low-probability event. This is the best that can be achieved under the current level of productivity.
Chu Huaibei also improved the artillery, making it lighter, but of course the power would be much less. However, to defeat the Mongols, there was no need to bombard the city walls; it was enough for the shells to kill people. If there was not enough firepower, there was more to it than quantity.
After everything was ready, it was autumn again and Chu Huaibei led his troops to fight, this time bringing the fifteen-year-old Chu Yiheng with him.
This kid is a little worse than I was back then. He hasn't been able to defeat her yet and is still being beaten by her.
She secretly went to the battlefield when she was thirteen years old, which might be related to this, so this time she took this kid with her as well.
Not to mention, the son is really handsome. Hengheng's face shape has started to look a bit like hers when he grew up. His facial features are still very similar to Huzhi's, but he has become more resolute, which combines with his previous overly gentle temperament.
When the child was eight or nine years old, he really looked like a beautiful fairy~
Hu Zhi, of course, stayed behind to govern the country.
He is not fit for battle.
With the help of Tuoba people as guides, the vast grassland began to have traces everywhere.
One hundred thousand advance troops descended from the sky without any warning, appeared at a medium-sized tribal residence in Mongolia, and wiped out everyone.
The former third prince Chahan, who discovered the movement, is now the Khan of Mongolia.
The royal court urgently summoned warriors from all tribes to resist the attack of Da Chu.
This was the first time in hundreds of years that Mongolia was attacked by others.
Chu Huaibei led his army straight to the royal court. As long as they killed the people in the current royal court, Mongolia could fight for the throne for hundreds of years.
Chahan realized that the situation was not right, so he took his confidants and fled deep into the grassland without waiting for other tribes to gather.
Chu Huaibei cleared out all those who hadn't had time to escape from the royal court. Naturally, they had to treat the Mongols the same way they had treated the Daxia people before. A one-to-one replica.
Then they ambushed other tribal members who were coming to join them in the royal court.
Unfortunately, only two tribes were cleared out. The others ignored their kings, or they received the message but didn't come. Counting from the time they entered the grassland, only about 80,000 people were cleared out.
What happened to the loyal and reliable Mongolian warriors?
After the subsequent supplies were delivered, Chu Huaibei began to chase northward. Relying on the Tuoba tribe's methods of finding people, he eliminated the fleeing small tribes one after another.
They almost caught Chahan in the middle. He was a ruthless man. He could still ride a horse even after being shot in the back.
As expected, the Mongolian Ferghana horses are more powerful, and the horses she trained are still slightly inferior.
After counting the number of enemies killed in this northern expedition, it was more than 150,000, and the casualties were more than 30,000.
In recent years, there have been severe droughts or blizzards on the grassland from time to time. I think their population has not grown much, and the population lost in the previous war has probably not been replenished yet.
Now that she has led people to raid their lair and wipe out so many people, Mongolia will not be able to move out of the depths of the grassland for a long time.
When the news of Chu Huaibei's great victory in the Mongolian expedition spread back to the country, the people spontaneously took to the streets to welcome the soldiers returning to the city, shouting: Your Majesty is mighty, the living god of war.
Ahem, I don’t know who was the first to shout that out, it’s so embarrassing.
There was no expression on Chu Huaibei's face as he wore the helmet, but the slightly downturned corners of his eyes showed that he was in a good mood.
When the army returned to the capital, Sun Mingsi personally rode on horseback and led the court officials to greet them outside the city gate.
After a year of fighting, Huaibei became darker, and his son next to him looked stronger, but he was actually whiter than his mother.
Well, that's up to him.
"Welcome Your Majesty's triumphant return!"
The court officials and the common people waiting nearby saluted together.
"My dear ministers, please rise. My subjects, please rise."
Chu Huaibei looked calm yet dignified.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty, may your Majesty be blessed."
The court officials followed His Majesty's family into the city, and the common people followed the court officials into the city. Everything was in an orderly manner, and no one dared to lose their mind on such a fine day.
Chu Huaibei and Sun Mingsi rode side by side on the way back to the palace. Their horses hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they licked each other from time to time.
After Shuangshuang was injured on the battlefield last time, her hind legs have never recovered to their previous state, and she can no longer continue to run long distances. These two horses were foals that Chu Huaibei personally selected and raised together.
After returning to the palace, he held a banquet to entertain all the officials and celebrate the great victory.
Chu Huaibei also drank a lot at the banquet. He was so happy that he drank two more glasses. Now he was pestering Sun Mingsi for a kiss. He was drunk and just wanted a kiss.
It was just a simple kiss, nothing else. Sun Mingsi was so upset that he could only endure and play the kissing game with her for half the night.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to do something else. When he is sober, he knows how to restrain his strength and won’t hurt anyone. But a drunkard has no reason, and his reason has long since run away from home.
Being held in Chu Huaibei's arms by force, there was no way to break free. She slept in his arms all night until Chu Huaibei sobered up the next day...
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This time, Chu Yiheng followed his mother to fight in Mongolia, and after returning, he had changed a lot.
The most obvious thing is that when fighting with Chu Huaibei, the tip of the spear became much sharper.
After another two years of training and being beaten, he finally knocked his mother's spear away!
Chu Huaibei clapped his hands and punched his son.
"Well done. From today on, you will come to the Imperial Study to help review memorials, and you don't have to attend the teacher's class."
"Yes, Mother."
When Chu Yiheng heard that he was going to see the memorials, he didn't feel happy at all. There were so many memorials in the imperial study that he felt desperate.
Since Chu Yiheng joined, Chu Huaibei's mood has improved a lot when reading the memorials. The main reason is that the three of them have suffered together, and he feels more balanced.
Being an emperor is really tiring, especially for a founding emperor, who has a lot of things to do. As for a cabinet, she doesn't want to set it up for the time being. Once it passes through the cabinet's hands, many things will be invisible.
Of course, now all the trivial matters are on it, which makes people feel powerless to complain.
The work intensity is comparable to that of 007, and there is no rest all year round. No wonder the Fourth Uncle died of exhaustion after being the emperor for a few years. Without a good body, he might not be able to bear it!
After their son came of age and was crowned, the court officials had already secretly inquired about the candidate for the Crown Princess.
Chu Huaibei just pretended that she didn't know. You guys can talk about yourselves, and she won't interfere with who her son likes.
She had already made it clear to Chu Yiheng that she would not interfere with his choice, but he could only choose one wife in this life.
He can only marry another wife if she is over 40 and has not given birth to a child.
If one has too many concubines and too many children, it is easy for people to fight for the throne. The emperor who was killed by his son is a living example.
The emperor's death was a terrifying event for Hengheng, who was only ten years old at the time. How could someone in this world kill his own father with his own hands!
The winners and losers in the books of sages are kings, and if the characters are transformed into parent-child relationships, how bloody it would be.
At that time, my father said that this kind of thing happened most often in the royal family, and his father was also killed by his brother.
Gave Hengheng another critical hit.
Later, Chu Yiheng began to think deeply about the fact that men in the world like to marry multiple concubines.
Anyway, no matter whether he has figured it out or not, Chu Huaibei will not let him marry a second woman easily.
As for children, boys and girls have equal inheritance rights, it just depends on who is more capable of controlling the country.
In addition, the Chu family's daily routine and consistent family style must also be inherited. The child starts to exercise at the age of three, getting up early at the hour of Mao every day to exercise for an hour, having breakfast at the hour of Chen, and then starting the day's study.
To be an emperor, one must have a strong body. This is Chu Huaibei’s profound understanding over the years.
Chu Yiheng found his wife by disguising himself and going out on the street.
At this time, the people of Da Chu were open-minded, and women were engaged in business and politics, which greatly improved the social status of women.
Women no longer need to hide when walking outside, and public security is much better than in the previous dynasty.
Anyone who dares to insult or harm anyone on the street will be arrested by patrolling police and thrown into jail. If there is conclusive evidence, the offender will be sentenced to hard labor.
In the end, Chu Yiheng fell in love with the young owner of a bookstore, but he didn't expect that this person was actually Xiao Lao's youngest granddaughter.
Because she is spoiled by her family, she has a free and unrestrained personality. Her family will agree to whatever she wants to do as long as it is not illegal.
This led to Chu Yiheng's face full of surprise when he first heard Xiao Qinuo introduce her family background. He had always thought that she was the daughter of a merchant!
Xiao Qinuo originally thought that the other party was a scholar from an ordinary family, but now he has turned into the crown prince, which shocked him even more than Chu Yiheng.
If they hadn't developed feelings for each other, she might not have been willing to enter the palace.
Fortunately, Chu Huaibei personally promised her that he would only remarry if he was childless by the age of 40, otherwise he would only have you in this life.
The girl agreed.
After marriage, the two had a deep relationship and soon had their first daughter.
Chu Huaibei’s daily routine now includes a schedule of taking care of children.
My granddaughter’s nickname is Chenchen. She was born in the early morning light. Her little voice is loud and you can tell it’s full of energy.
He doesn't look like his parents, but more like her. Genes are so magical.
When the child turned three, Chu Huaibei personally took care of the morning exercises. This reminded her of Chu Yiheng's childhood. Well, it was quite fun, beating the little friends' tender butts, it was fun~
He carried the child who had fallen asleep from exhaustion back to the dining hall and returned him to the child's mother. Xiao Qinuo was much calmer than Hu Zhi was back then, and didn't even ask how the child fell asleep.
After spending ten years to sort out all the state affairs, Chu Huaibei resigned, handed the throne to his son, and started his honeymoon trip with Sun Mingsi.
He spent a year traveling around the country, then returned to the palace to live for half a year. He continued to explore the beautiful country and even went out to sea with Feng Changjin. Naturally, he didn't dare to go too far, so he only took the two of them to Ponia.
Occasionally, Chu Huaibei would take ten-year-old Chenchen out with him. Along the way, he would tell the child about the crops he saw, how to plant them, and when to harvest them. When they encountered familiar ores in the mountains, he would introduce to the child the uses of the ores and the methods of extracting various useful substances.
"Chenchen, your grandmother always beats you up every time she comes back to the palace. How come you start missing her after not seeing her for three days?"
Chu Yiheng glanced at his eldest daughter who was lost in thought while eating.
"Dad, grandma said that you were like this when you were little. You missed grandma a lot when you didn't see her for a day."
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The mother didn't even know how to save face for him in front of her children.
According to historical records, Emperor Gaozu of Chu unified Daxia, conquered Mongolia in the north, and annexed Baiyue in the south. The territory of Da Chu extended from Loudu in the north to Sada City in the south, from the sea in the east to Langyuan City in the west, and had countless overseas vassal states. This is known in history as the Xuanwu Period of Prosperity.
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