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Chapter Boots Dropped

What made He Weixian happy was not only because of his promotion, but because Shanxi Road is indeed a good place. This is located between Dadu and Shangdu, and it is the only way between the two capitals, and it can be called the Belly Area.

First of all, Shanxi Road can be called the grain depot of the Yuan Dynasty. The fertile land can produce a large amount of grain. As early as the era of Genghis Khan, he arranged for the Wang Gu tribe, who was best at farming on the grassland, to cultivate farming here. After Kublai Khan took office, he stationed the guards in Shanxi to cultivate farming to ensure the safety of the grain in the capital.

Of course, not only is the local grain collected and sent to the Mongolian grassland for supplying garrisons, but the entire Central Plains and even the south of the Yangtze River must be concentrated in the huge granary of Datong to facilitate the supply of herders on the Mongolian grassland. Whenever there is a disaster year, the tribes on the grassland will come to eat "relief grain", so the grain in Shanxi is the key to the operation of the entire empire.

Secondly, Shanxi Road almost monopolized the military production of the Mongolian and Yuan dynasties. According to the division of labor, Dadu craftsmen were responsible for bows and arrows, and had institutions such as the Dadu Bow Craftsmen, Dadu Arrow Bureau, Dadu String Bureau. Shanxi was the center of North China to transport iron tools to the grassland, and it was also the armor manufacturing center of the court. There were also three generations of armor craftsmen from Sun Wei, grandparents and grandchildren who specially developed it. Genghis Khan once personally used bows and arrows to shoot through them.

It is precisely because Shanxi Road has gathered many skilled armor-making craftsmen that Fengzhou Jia Bureau, Yingzhou Jia Bureau, Pingdi County Jia Bureau, Shanyin County Jia Bureau, Baideng County Jia Bureau and other institutions are concentrated here. In addition to armor, Shanxi's cold weapons production volume is also very huge. For this reason, the imperial court specially established the Guangshengku, responsible for the management of Shanxi military products such as Pingyang and Taiyuan.

In addition, Shanxi is also the Mongol horses and cattle and sheep warehouses, and it is the second hometown of Mongolian cavalry. After Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty, the troops gathered around Dadu had no place to raise horses. Even the Qiexue Army was no exception. They occupied a large amount of land, but found that these lands were all good farmland and were reluctant to take them out to raise horses.

Therefore, Kublai Khan established a horse prison in northern Shanxi, and also sent the war horses recruited by the Yuan army from various places in Shanxi. Even the Mongolian princes placed his beloved horses in central Shanxi for stocking. In the face of an emergency in the war, the Yuan army also "raised horses" from Shanxi. This time, in order to resist the Southern and Northern Expeditions, the Kuli area included more than 100,000 horses, while nearly 50,000 were plundered from Datong, Shanxi alone and Taiyuan.

Shanxi has a large amount of equipment, grain, horses, cattle and sheep, and silk is also produced in Shanxi, so it is also valued by Mongolian princes. There are more than 50 fiefs of the Shuchi family in Taiyuan and other places, and the production of these fiefs will even be sent to the other end of the Eurasian continent. Even the Chagatai family and the Ogedei family also have fiefs in Shanxi, so the princes of the two major khanates always want to take Shanxi.

It is Shanxi Road located in an excellent position to connect the Central Plains and the grasslands, and its rich output, which has become the military center of the Yuan court in the north, and the focus of the competition between the Mongolian Yuan and the grassland rebel kings. It is also the key point of decisive victory in the battle between the two sides. No matter who grabs it, it can pose a fatal threat to the majority side. Therefore, the court has always sent important officials to guard the city...

The Khan promised He Weixian to serve as the left prime minister of the Secretariat of Xingzhong, and also appointed him as the prince. He also sent him to the Shanxi Road in Hedong and to take charge of Xuanwei Office. He was certainly satisfied with the right and wrong of the court, and he was so happy. But he also realized the importance of his mission. If this was a little wrong, not only did his head fall, but the nine tribes in his family would also be executed by the whole family!

Now there are dangers outside the palace. Before the final result, He Weixian thought that the palace was safest and there were still many things to be arranged. A large part of Zuo Yi's personal guards were selected from the upper house, including his own family army. He asked for an order to transfer all the five thousand-person teams he belonged to into the capital, arranged them near the palace city, and arranged all the trusted people in the palace defense area, and selected a hundred-person team to guard the Daming Palace so that he could execute his orders without hesitation.

Everything is done, which makes He Weixian anxious. Why is the real gold not dead? He has been unable to sleep or eat these days, and the two secret edicts in his hand are more like swords hanging above his head. In order to keep the secret, and for his life and future, he did not dare to leave for a moment, and he had to sleep under his head. He kept the secret strictly, and even Fang Chenyou did not disclose the contents of the secret edict, so as not to reveal his slap in his actions after he knew it.

However, it is not just He Weixian who lives in the torture. These days, several princes of Zhenjin came to the palace to pay their respects every day in the name of visiting the disease, but they were rejected outside the hall gate every time and could not meet at all. The eunuchs in the Daming Palace have all been replaced, and they were all stern and as if they had taken mute medicine, they could not find out any news.

Zhen Jin seemed to have a premonition that there was not much time. In a few days, he ordered important officials to come to the palace to discuss matters separately. During this period, only He Weixian was there to serve him, which made him even more uneasy. He knew clearly that the more he knew, the more dangerous he would be in the future. If he didn't do it well, he would be silenced by someone. Therefore, he became more cautious in his actions, tried to avoid suspicion and said no more.

Even so, the news sent from outside the palace made He Weixian frightened. Now Ganmala and Tiemur are contacting the troops around Dadu and secretly arranged personal troops outside the city to enter the city. Of course, it is not only for self-protection, but obviously making final preparations for seizing the Khan throne. Once the Khan dies, he will forcibly seize the Khan throne, or even besiege the city and force the palace. On the other hand, the forces supporting both sides are also ready to fight, preparing to defeat their own side to win the throne, and then they will support their respective masters as Khan.

In short, there are undercurrents inside and outside the capital, on the eve of the outbreak. Of course, Zhen Jin also realized the seriousness of the situation and ordered the Privy Council envoy Korigis to mobilize the Qinzhan Guards who went south to Kaifeng and the Right Guards stationed in Qingzhou to enter the capital. Other guards blocked the access to Beijing. They also issued an order to guard the defense area strictly and leave without any order.

Faced with the increasingly tense situation, He Weixian felt that he was about to collapse. He had the idea of ​​strangling the real gold to death with his own hands. He hoped that the matter would be completed as soon as possible. Whether he died or lived depends on his destiny, and he was unwilling to suffer such torture again. However, the real gold survived the Lantern Festival. He was in good spirits that night, and he also gave up fireworks. But everyone who accompanied him knew that this was a return to the future, and the time for the great sweat was approaching.

As a result, in the middle of the night, Zhen Jin fell into a dying moment. He Weixian still informed Deming Palace first, and then sent people out of the palace to pay homage to the children. Sang Ge and Korigis and other prime ministers quickly entered the palace.

"How about the great khan?" After Brother Sang entered the palace, he went straight to the bedroom. He saw the queen crying beside him. The few people who arrived first looked heavy. He urgently asked the imperial physician standing beside him.

"The great sweat is already hard to get into the medicine?" the imperial physician replied in a low voice.

"What did Khan say?" Brother Sang asked An Tong and others again.

"..." All I can answer is the silence of everyone, as long as Kuokuozhen shakes his head.

"Empress, you have to ask the prince to enter the palace quickly at this time and let the Khan designate the crown prince!" Brother Sang said anxiously.

"He Wanhu has already sent troops to welcome several princes into the palace!" An Tong replied.

"That's good, that's good..." Brother Sang said embarrassedly, but his eyes looked at Kuokuozhen. He saw him shook his head slightly, and then he understood that he didn't know which prince he was taking to the palace.

"Ahem cough cough..."

"Sweat!" Zhen Jin suddenly coughed a few times, opened his eyes, and everyone hurriedly surrounded him.

"..." Zhen Jin ignored everyone, but raised his hand hard and called He Weixian.

He Weixian quickly leaned over and held Dahan's mouth, nodded, and turned to say, "Dahan wants the Queen Mother and An Tong to stay, and I will wait outside the hall."

"Shan!" Brother Sang suddenly felt something was wrong when he heard it. He stepped forward and wanted to say something, but was stopped by He Weixian and said, "You guys, please go outside the hall!"

"He Aiqing..." Everyone withdrew from the bedroom, and Zhen Jin grabbed He Weixian's hand and said softly.

"Great Khan, I will make a good arrangement and will definitely live up to what Khan expects!" Looking at Zhenjin's expectant gaze, He Weixian felt a sense of sorrow in his heart, and nodded in tears.

"Yeah!" Zhenjin nodded with great satisfaction, then looked at Kuokuozhen and An Tong and said, "You must treat He Aiqing well and not harm the He family!"

"I obey the order!"

"I obey the orders" both of them politely said.

"Well, I have issued an edict with the scriptures and appointed the third prince Tiemur as the crown prince!" Zhen Jin wanted to see the three of them, but his eyes had already diverged and he said in a slight voice.

"Khan...you said that Tiemur is the crown prince!" Kuokuozhen said in surprise and joy.

"Empress, please come in by the mage!" Seeing that Zhen Jin's breathing became more and more rapid, An Tong said.

"Well..." Kuokuozhen knew that the last time was coming, and according to custom, a shamanist should collect his soul for the Khan and said in a crying voice.

"Empress, right prime minister, please announce the imperial edict outside the palace!" He Weixian was quite calm. He knew that he would announce the imperial edict when Zhen Jin swallowed his last breath, so that his danger would be minimized, and of course he was the most authoritative. When he saw the guards guarding the hall gate signaling him, he knew that the princes had entered the palace and politely said.

Kuokuozhen wiped his tears, An Tong was tidying his clothes, He Weixian took out the wooden box containing the imperial edict and held it in his hand, followed the two out of the bedroom, and followed a team of guards to the hall. At this time, the princes and the sect kings in the capital had arrived. Seeing that the three of them were heavy in their faces, they wanted to step forward, but were stopped by the guards.

"The great knight has an order!" An Tong coughed lightly, took a wooden box from He Weixian's hand and said loudly. The hall suddenly became quiet, and they knelt down and listened to the order.

"Since I ascended the throne with the will of the previous emperor, I have been very important in military and national affairs, and I have not been tired and diligent in my administration. I dare not relax myself. Xu Yinghong Xu was very careful and conscientious, and I admired him as my ancestor Molie Zhaoxiang, and I was very trusted to be the emperor and the emperor to be the emperor. I have been suffering for a long time and thought that I will never be able to stay away for a long time. The prince Borgejin Tiemur Shangjia was the second descendant of the royal family, and was appointed as the crown prince..."
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