Chapter 76 Chapter 76 Choosing a Marriage
Anjing.
Since the cold wave began, peasant uprisings broke out in succession in various places. After the commercial taxes were increased, the uprisings reached their peak. When the civil officials went to court, they all looked solemn.
At first, the Dachen army was still able to compete with them, but with the support of merchants behind the scenes, the hard conditions of both sides suddenly became different.
Dachen's army wasn't particularly well-trained. They hadn't been well-fed during the cold snap, and facing the equally half-fed refugees, their training had given them a 40-60 chance of victory.
But the prince's action completely chilled the hearts of the merchants. Many merchants decided to go all out and started buying shares in the uprising team.
If they win the battle for the world, they can also jump from the lowest and most exploited merchants to noble families. Once they imagine this beautiful future, the merchants will no longer want to be ruled by Dachen.
Before the Zhuo family corruption case, most sons from merchant families were well-read and determined to pass the imperial examinations, protect their families, and rise to the top.
As a result, a decree was issued prohibiting the sons of merchants from taking the imperial examinations. Many young men were frustrated and worried about where to display their talents.
In the current situation, merchants not only send their own sons to make suggestions, but some even directly marry their daughters to the husband to take the position of the legal wife.
In just a few months since the cold wave first hit, Dachen has already formed a stable situation. The various rebel forces fought each other, but in the end, three excellent stocks stood out.
Dachen lost two and a half of its seven routes.
Three stocks occupy these two and a half roads. Although they have not yet proclaimed themselves emperors and established a country, they have actually escaped the control of Dachen.
The civil officials and the prince were anxious and had no choice but to resort to the inferior strategy of recruiting the emperor.
But as expected, all three forces refused.
Behind them are not only the brothers who started out with them, but also businessmen who contributed money, effort and manpower. How could they agree so easily?
The issue discussed in court today was not only this one, but also that Dachen was currently facing internal troubles. What if there was another external threat, Nanzhao?
Nanzhao had thought about marrying the princess of Dachen before, but was rejected by the emperor on the grounds that there was no princess of the right age.
The day before yesterday, Nanzhao came to propose marriage again.
Crown Prince Lin You had a heavy expression on his face at this moment. The oldest princess in the palace, Princess Pingyang, was only fourteen years old and had not yet reached the age of marriage.
If there had not been the cold wave and the uprising, he would definitely not have married the princess.
But the current situation does not allow him to worry about his sisters.
Lin You spoke slowly, "But there is no princess of the right age in the palace. We need to choose one from the royal family."
In order to protect their daughter, the royal family had already discussed countermeasures with the ministers.
Someone said, "In that case, I recommend Princess Anping. Princess Anping is the daughter of Princess Huayang and is of the perfect age."
Princess Anping?
Lin You couldn't remember who this Princess Anping was at first, and it took him a while to remember that she was the daughter of Aunt Huayang. It was said that her fate was in conflict with the royal family, so she was sent to her fiefdom, Li County, by her father.
Counting the time, it has been six years since then, and she is exactly sixteen years old this year.
This is almost a ready-made answer. For a county lady whose father is unknown, whose mother has died, and who has no one to rely on, almost everyone will strongly recommend the Anping County Lady in order to protect their own interests.
Lin You knew this was a deliberate act by the imperial clan and the civil officials. But was there a better answer? As the elder brother, the royal sisters had been under his care since childhood, having watched them grow up. He didn't want to send them to Nanzhao.
Seeing Lin You pondering silently, the Astronomical Supervisor said, "Princess Anping's fate is inherently incompatible with Dachen's. Going there to marry her is a perfect way to kill two birds with one stone."
Lin You waved his hand and said, "In that case, then bring Princess Anping back to Anjing and confer the title Princess Anping."
In the court, a group of men decided on the marriage and the candidates in just a few words.
No one cared whether the "princess" who was going to marry was willing or not.
Now the candidate has been decided, but there is still a problem.
Two and a half routes were occupied by refugees, and it would be difficult to send a message to Li County through the post station. Therefore, they had to send a team consisting of the imperial guards and envoys to bring the people back.
The task of bringing Princess Anping back to Beijing was obviously not a good one.
Now public discontent is spreading everywhere. If you want to go around Tongchuan Road, Jinnan Road, and Jinbei Road to get to Xihe Road, you have to walk almost half the distance.
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Guo Han and Guo Zi were on a business trip for a month, and this time the destination was Jinbei Road.
The reason for choosing Jinbei Road was that it had just been recovered by the imperial court, while the adjacent Tongchuan Road and Jinnan Road had been completely occupied, and only half of Xiguang Road remained.
Jinbei Road is a good place to get information, and the Mo family used to be here, so it would be more convenient to do things.
My brother usually likes to hold a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth. He looks very nonchalant and can't be distinguished at all among the refugees.
As for Guo Han, she has transformed herself into a master and sneaked into the backyard of the Jinzhou prefect, the capital of Jinbei Road.
As for her tricks, she is much better than those of her colleagues who are swindling others. After all, she has learned some basic chemistry.
Guo Han not only frightened the prefect, but also successfully used his beauty and skin care skills to control the prefect's wife.
In addition, Guo Han did not want the silver they offered as tribute. She just said that she was destined to be with them and that they should stay here temporarily. When the fate was over, she would leave.
Now that they have communicators, they can set up stations and transmit information very conveniently. Lin Siyuan is in Lingzhou, and when he wakes up, he can know all the news that the five-o'clock guards have heard, from the sad face of the vegetable seller on the street to the anxiety inadvertently revealed by the prefect.
As usual, Guo Han distilled a small ceramic bottle of distilled water in his residence and placed it in front of the prefect's wife, saying it was nectar and was very good for facial mask.
Compared to the prefect, Guo Han knew more information from the prefect's wife. After all, there were some court secrets that the prefect would not tell her in detail. He would only give a general idea, such as whether the matter would succeed or not, and whether it would be a blessing or a disaster.
Guo Han combined the intelligence he had gathered from other people during the Five O'Clocks to come up with an answer. Then he closed his eyes and pinched the Six Stars of Kong Ming with his hand.
This thing is mainly about probability.
Guo Han not only answered the questions, but also reminded the prefect what to pay attention to, such as watching out for villains, paying attention to missing documents, etc.
Even if his documents were not lost, Wu Gengtian, who was in charge of the connection in Jinzhou, could still cause some minor problems with his documents. He didn't learn the skills of flying over eaves and walking on walls in vain!
How to sneak into someone else's home quietly without being discovered is a basic operation for every graduate.
Guo Han asked the magistrate's wife to lie down, and he poured distilled water into his palms and massaged her acupoints.
The Magistrate's wife felt comfortable being massaged and closed her eyes. "Thank you, Madam Lujiang, for giving me such a good drink for free."
The prefect's wife felt a little embarrassed. Who would refuse money?
The name "Lady Lujiang" was thought up by the county lord. Guo Han asked the county lord if the word "Lujiang" had any deep meaning.
Lin Si smiled slightly, "The word 'Green River' represents righteousness."
As usual, Guo Han gave the prefect's wife a massage. As long as she felt comfortable during the massage, she would tell him everything.
Halfway through pressing the button, the door was pushed open, and it was the little girl from the prefectural government's family.
The little girl was about the same age as Guo Han. She frowned, as if she didn't expect Guo Han to be there, and saluted hurriedly.
"Mrs. Lujiang."
The Magistrate's wife didn't even open her eyes. "Madam Lujiang is not an outsider. If you have anything to say, just tell me."
The little girl sighed, "I was just in the study, my father teaching me calligraphy, when news arrived from the post station: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is planning a marriage alliance with Nanzhao. Princess Pingyang is only fourteen years old, and after much deliberation, he finally chose the Princess of Anping, who had been sent to Li County."
Guo Han didn't stop his hands, but a question mark appeared in his heart.
Choose the safe and peaceful county master?
No, are you okay, Prince?
"This Princess Anping is so pitiful. She lost her mother at the age of ten and was sent away. Now she has to go out to marry another prince."
The young girl tugged at Guo Han's sleeve and said, "Mrs. Lujiang, can you help Anping County Master calculate what will happen to her in the future?"
Perhaps because they were both girls, the prefect's wife also sighed, realizing that the prince was unwilling to send the princess away, and the royal relatives were unwilling to send their own daughters away, so she pushed the Princess of Anping out.
Guo Han said to the little girl in a friendly tone, "You are so kind. I'm sure Princess Anping will be happy to know that someone is still standing up for her."
Then Guo Han patiently persuaded him and learned that a team was being sent to pick him up, and it would take another five or six days to reach Jinzhou.
At night, Guo Zi and Guo Han agreed to meet at the meeting point.
A valuable item like a communicator was naturally not with the two of them, but with Qi Liang, who was in charge of another station.
Qi Liang arrived as promised, bringing a fire starter and a charcoal pencil.
As soon as they met, the three of them sat down very familiarly. It was obvious that they were old partners.
Guo Han was the first to drop the bombshell, "That bastard prince wants our county lady to marry into a foreign alliance."
This news was so unbelievable that Guo Zi and Qi Liang both looked a little confused.
This kind of doubt is not surprise, but a bit like seeing a snail stand up and speak to people in human language, "I will fight you." It feels absurd.
It just so happened that the explosives that Engineer Ding had made had never been tried once.
Guo Zi said, "This prince always comes up with bad ideas. It's a blessing for Dachen to have him!"
Qi Liang, "If the county lady gets angry, I don't know what to do with him."
Guo Han: "I think so too."
Compared to letting Lin Si go for the marriage, other information suddenly seemed irrelevant.
After Qi Liang finished recording, he returned to the site and took out the hidden white metal block in a small courtyard.
It is now late at night. Unless there is important intelligence, we will contact each other during the day.
The operator in Lingzhou didn't seem to expect to hear the sound of the communicator in the middle of the night. After all, this thing hadn't rung at night since it was first used.
The operator was a maid brought from Li County. Based on the principle of reporting any problems, she immediately called Chunyi.
Two people received this call together.
Chunyi felt as if she heard some language she couldn't understand.
Who could allow her county lady to marry into a foreign alliance? Did she really think the county lady was still the same one she had been six years ago?
Not only Chunyi, the maidservant also feels so.
Chunyi quietly pushed open the door and saw Lin Si lying on his side, so he spoke quietly. "County Lady...wake up."
But Lin Si actually didn't sleep at all. She was browsing the mall just now. When Chun Yi pushed the door open, she subconsciously closed her eyes.
The reason he called her at this time must be that he had obtained some important information at five o'clock in the morning.
Lin Si sat up and said, "Tell me, is there any important news from Wugengtian?"
Chun Yi lowered her eyes and replied, "The Crown Prince wants you to go to Nanzhao for marriage. The team sent to pick you up is on the way and will reach Jinzhou within five days."
Lin Si almost laughed out loud when he heard the news.
She really couldn't help it.
This plot does not exist in the original book, but it is probably because of her various operations on the butterfly.
These people really want to eat her up and wipe her out.
Okay, then let them see clearly that the Princess Anping who was sent away by them six years ago is no longer a piece of meat on the chopping board.
Lin Si smiled and said, "Notify all departments to hold a meeting tomorrow."
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