Chapter 2： The Three Princes Xuanyuan Jinxing (2)

After the corrupt officials were stingy, the people clapped their hands and said they were happy.

The three princes began to distribute silver grains, build houses, settle displaced people, organize young and middle-aged people to build reservoirs, dig river channels, and reclaim terraced fields.

What the people in the south are doing is in full swing, and the popularity of the third prince, Xuanyuan Xing, has risen in the hearts of the people with the surname of the south.

The news spread to the capital and to the imperial court, which shocked the imperial court. It turned out that the third prince, Xuanyuan Jinxing, was a talented, multi-talented, wise and decisive person. Otherwise, who would have thought that terraced fields could be opened on the mountain to grow grain. This move has solved the food and clothing of a large number of people in the south in the second half of the year, and solved the worries of the court and the emperor.

This move made all the people in the court look up to the third prince, who is usually unknown, and at the same time have a preliminary assessment in their hearts. The emperor began to pay attention to the third son he had ignored.

In November of the 21st year of the Shengxi Dynasty, the area of ​​Youzhou in the north of the Nanyang Kingdom was hit by a snow disaster that had never been seen in the past century. Traffic jam. Many people, the weak, sick and disabled, were frozen to death because their families were poor and had no clothes to wear.

Because the capital was close to Youzhou, Chaoting quickly got the news. Because of last year's floods in the south, tax exemption for one year was granted, which caused the country to suffer in short supply.

The third prince, Xuanyuan Jinxing, gave a performance, donated clothes voluntarily, and left all the money spent in the house for the disaster area, and went north to check the disaster situation. The first time the emperor heard about the donation, he immediately approved the decree. In addition to the opening of the imperial warehouse, the third prince took the lead in making donations, and dignitaries from the capital visited them one after another.

When the time came, the third prince took twenty-six carts of clothes and more than twenty carts of unknown stones, along with a ten-year-old soldier of Xiao Si's cronies.

After reaching the south of Youzhou, it was difficult to move an inch. The third prince ordered to go down and start the snow, and ordered the stones to be burned. After they were burned, they were scattered on the road. The ice and snow seemed to melt, and they soon reached Youzhou. Clothing and silver taels, many people who were about to freeze to death were rescued.

The popularity of the third prince Xuanyuan Jinxing has been rising steadily.

It is unheard of for the stone to be able to freeze and snow after being burned into ashes. The third prince is truly knowledgeable and intelligent.

In the past two years, the three princes have gradually won the affirmation of the courtiers and the emperor's attention for their suggestions and people's livelihood planning. And this time the disaster relief once again enhanced the prestige of the third prince. Right Prime Minister Xiao Chengguang spoke highly of him.

In August of the 23rd year of the Shengxi Dynasty, the State of Northern Zhao began to concentrate 80 troops and horses on the border of Liangzhou and Yongzhou against the State of Nanyang, intending to attack the State of Nanyang.

In the past few years in Nanyang Kingdom, the third prince Xuanyuan Jinxing put forward some improvement measures from time to time in response to the current situation of Nanyang Kingdom, such as land and farmland reform, reducing the peasants' corvée and miscellaneous taxes, emphasizing business and developing the national economy, increasing the income of the people, and re-conscription. Young adults between the ages of 15 and 35 are recruited first, and during their military service, the court grants subsidies to their families to make up for the vacant labor force of the family, and those who have served in the military for three years can be based on If you want to choose to continue military service or go home first, but those who return home, when the war country needs it, must go to the battlefield without hesitation, defend the country, and defend the people...

After just four years of development, Nanyang Kingdom has developed into a country rich in country and strong army, and the monarchs of other countries have followed suit.

But even so, the Nanyang Kingdom only had 500,000 soldiers and horses, which was still far behind in terms of strength. However, now the Northern Zhao State has launched a war against the Nanyang State, and the emperor in the court has asked the ministers to think of countermeasures. Some say that the Nanyang State is now strong in troops and horses and can fight against the Northern Zhao State. , we can't fight hard, see if we can solve it in a peaceful way, make friends with our princess, or make contributions.

The three princes did not make a sound in the court, the emperor was angry because of their endless arguing, and it was quiet for a moment. At this time, the right minister Xiao Chengguang asked the third prince if he had any countermeasures. The third prince said that he had a plan. Xuanyuan Jinxing slowly said his strategy of avoiding the real and attacking the virtual.

This strategy was later known as the strategy of encircling the north and saving the south.

The emperor and the ministers heard it, good. The emperor said that according to this plan, the third prince, Xuanyuan Jinxing, was named the grand marshal, and he directly took over the power to scold troops and horses. Three days later, the third prince, Xuanyuan Jinxing, set off with a 15-year-old servant in a grand marshal suit.

Three months later, Xuanyuan Jinxing returned victoriously and was warmly greeted by the people. The emperor Xuanyuan Aotian led the prince for the first time, and the princes and ministers greeted him at the city gate.

The third prince Xuanyuan Jinxing has become the **** of protecting the family and the country in the hearts of the common people. Whenever the country is in trouble, the unparalleled wisdom of the third prince will solve the crisis invisibly. His prestige was unmatched, and his deeds were passed on from generation to generation.

The third day of March in the twenty-fourth year of the Shengxi Dynasty was originally a good day for an outing in Nanyang. But there was chaos on the street, and they all took eggs and chickens to go to the Third Prince's Mansion.

There is no other reason, just because the third prince summoned an assassin to assassinate him the day before yesterday, and was seriously injured. The people collectively wrote to the imperial court, demanding to find out the truth and severely punish the murderer. ten days later.

The truth was found out, it turned out that the crown prince Xuanyuan Jinri was afraid of the third prince Xuanyuan Jinxing, worried that the crown prince would not be guaranteed, and planned an assassination. After the people learned about it, they jointly signed a letter again, demanding that Xuanyuan Jinri be abolished as the crown prince, otherwise he would not be able to afford to kneel at the palace gate.

All the ministers in the court, except for the Prince's Party and the Right Prime Minister Xiao Chengguang, all reported that Prince Xuanyuan Jinri killed his brothers and should be severely punished. The emperor had no choice but to put Xuanyuan Ri in jail, but the next day came news that the former prince Xuanyuan Jinri committed suicide in the prison.

While the people celebrated, they scolded Xuanyuan Jinri for his death.

However, the Right Prime Minister Xiao Chengguang, who usually cares about the Third Prince, did not go to the Third Prince's Mansion to visit Xuanyuan Jinxing's injury.

On the eighth day of the sixth month in the twenty-fourth year of the Shengxi Dynasty, the fifth prince, Xuanyuan Jinchen, and Zhang Shicheng, the minister of military affairs, launched a forced palace incident. Fortunately, the third prince, Xuanyuan Jinxing, got the news quickly, and immediately mobilized his troops to enter the palace, capture the rebels, and save the emperor.

The fifth prince was outnumbered and captured, while Zhang Shicheng was killed by the third prince in battle.

This is the end of a forced palace, and the emperor Xuanyuan Aotian was beaten several times with heartache and fell ill.

Ten days later, although the imperial physician tried many ways to treat him, the medicine stone was useless and ended.