This year was during the reign of Emperor Quang Tuyen, the eighth emperor of Dai Viet, which was the twenty-fifth year of his reign.
Emperor Jingxuan ascended the throne at the age of thirty and is now fifty-five, reaching the age of knowing one's destiny.
Ordinary people at this age might dream of turning sixty, but an emperor thinks about how to live longer and secure his throne.
This is why Emperor Jingxuan delayed in establishing a crown prince. Once a crown prince was established, it would mean that he was getting old and should abdicate, but he did not want to abdicate.
Before the twelfth year of Jingxuan's reign, the people of the Great Yue Dynasty lived a relatively peaceful life. This was partly due to the effective governance of the previous emperors and partly due to the government's strong control over the people during years of famine.
For example, during the floods of the fifth year of the Jingxuan reign, the granaries in Jiangnan were submerged. Under such difficult circumstances, the imperial court opened the granaries to provide disaster relief and urgently ordered other prefectures to open their city gates to shelter the disaster victims.
After the floodwaters receded, the government dispatched a large number of troops to repair the dikes and carry out various post-disaster reconstruction efforts. It is said that the national treasury was completely emptied that year.
Afterwards, when the people returned to their hometowns, the government sent people to escort them and even gave each household a resettlement allowance. Although the amount of money was not much, it was still a considerable sum for so many people.
Emperor Jingxuan was highly praised by the people.
However, starting from the thirteenth year of Jingxuan, the people of the Great Yue Dynasty suddenly discovered that their good days were slowly declining, but no one knew why.
Emperor Jingxuan also transformed from a diligent and hardworking emperor into a stubborn and extremely suspicious one.
Six years ago, in order to prevent his generals from becoming too powerful, the Dai Viet Army made a major adjustment, rotating the commanders of the garrison troops in various regions every three years.
Simply put, it meant preventing any general from cultivating their own confidants within the army, turning them from powerful generals into mere laborers working for the emperor.
Marshal Qin was transferred to the border city at that time. Three years ago, Marshal Qin was also supposed to be transferred, but the war was at a stalemate and it was impossible to replace the commander. So Marshal Qin stayed in the border city for another three years.
Now that Lu Yanzheng has taken over the position of the border town's main general, he should be replaced after three years.
However, Lu Yanzheng didn't mention this, and Jiang Qinyu knew even less. At this moment, when she saw Lu Yanzheng with a bandage on his arm, calmly directing work on the city wall, she felt guilty.
"Why are you here?" After finishing his business, Lu Yanzheng turned around and saw Uncle Chen and Jiang Qinyu. Without thinking, he strode towards them.
Jiang Qinyu stared at the wound on his arm without saying a word. Uncle Chen came out and said, "General, the lady missed you and came to see you."
Jiang Qinyu: "..." It would have been better not to say that at all!
Who misses him?
But upon hearing this, Lu Yanzheng's expression softened even more, and he looked at Jiang Qinyu with a glimmer of light in his eyes, "Have you recovered? It's hot, so it's best not to go out."
As he spoke, he led Jiang Qinyu to the house below the city gate.
There were only the two of them in the room. Everyone else who saw them arrive had already discreetly run away and kept a safe distance from them.
"Why didn't you take care of yourself first when you were injured? You even rushed back to the manor that day..." Jiang Qinyu felt a little uncomfortable.
Her injury is at most a muscle strain or something, it can't compare to his injury, why is he in such a hurry to run back?
Lu Yanzheng chuckled and said, "They're just minor injuries, they'll heal quickly, don't worry."
"Does a minor injury really require you to put your arm in a sling?" Jiang Qinyu rolled her eyes at him. She wanted to check his injury, but was afraid that if she took it off, she wouldn't be able to treat it properly, so she had to give up for the time being.
"Once you're done with your work, head back home early and have Uncle Zhao make you something nice to nourish you. Don't think you can take your health for granted just because you're young. You'll regret it when you get old..." Jiang Qinyu couldn't help but earnestly begin to advise him.
Lu Yanzheng listened attentively, a smile never leaving his lips, and he would occasionally shout a few words of encouragement.
"Okay, I understand."
"Okay, whatever you say."
"Yes, I'll do whatever you say."
"..."
After Jiang Qinyu finished speaking, she looked up and saw Lu Yanzheng looking at her with a smile in his eyes, and suddenly she couldn't say anything more.
Feeling uncomfortable under his gaze, Jiang Qinyu lowered her eyes and silently took out a basic medicine and handed it to him. "This medicine can treat hidden injuries. Try it and see how it works."
Lu Yanzheng looked at the small porcelain bottle in his hand, which was only the size of a thumb. Just by looking at the bottle, he felt that this medicine was unusual. Where did Jiang Qinyu get it?
With these thoughts in mind, Lu Yanzheng immediately cut off the idea of getting to the bottom of things and opened the porcelain bottle in front of Jiang Qinyu.
The moment the cork was pulled out, an indescribable fragrance suddenly filled the room; just smelling it made one feel clear-headed and invigorated.
Jiang Qinyu looked at the bottle in Lu Yanzheng's hand with curiosity. To be honest, it was the first time she had ever seen it, since she had never used or opened it before.
“Such a precious thing, I…” After smelling the aroma, Lu Yanzheng immediately put the stopper back in and returned the porcelain bottle to Jiang Qinyu.
But Jiang Qinyu pushed it back without giving any room for refusal, saying, "You should drink it quickly and see how it goes."
“But…” Lu Yanzheng wanted to say more, this thing was definitely not simple, and he couldn’t just waste it.
Jiang Qinyu glared at him fiercely with a stern face, "Are you going to drink it or not?"
“…I’ll drink it.” Lu Yanzheng choked, afraid that he would change his mind, so this time he pulled out the cork and poured it all into his mouth.
Seeing that he tilted his head back for a long time, clearly not wanting to waste a single drop of medicine, Jiang Qinyu was finally satisfied.
Now we'll see what effects this medicine will have.
Fifteen minutes later, Jiang Qinyu looked at Lu Yanzheng expectantly and asked, "How was it? Any reaction?"
Although the system named it "Basic Medicine," what if it actually has some kind of marrow-cleansing effect?
Lu Yanzheng shook his head. "No."
He really didn't feel any reaction after drinking it.
But the liquid, in terms of both taste and other aspects, didn't seem like an ordinary thing; it must have some kind of effect.
Jiang Qinyu was a little discouraged. "Never mind, I've already given you some. By the way, how's it going with the Ordnance Bureau?"
Jiang Qinyu was very annoyed by the fact that the North Gate had been destroyed, so she paid close attention to the manufacturing progress of the Military Equipment Bureau.
“With the blueprints you provided, progress over there is going relatively smoothly. However, we can’t produce too many in a short time. If the combined forces of Dayuan and Xiqiang come again, we’ll probably still have some difficulty dealing with them,” Lu Yanzheng said thoughtfully.
He didn't intend to say anything nice to deceive Jiang Qinyu, since he couldn't hide it anyway, so he simply told the truth.
“We don’t need to equip everyone,” Jiang Qinyu shook her head. “We just need to equip a vanguard of a thousand men. I have some armor here; if they wear it, ordinary swords and blades won’t be able to cut through them…”
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