Memoirs of the Heavenly Khan

Chapter 101 Will the world be at peace?

Chapter 101 Will the world be at peace?
Yongning Temple.

The temple is majestic and the pagoda stands tall.

Today, all the ministers and officials of Luoyang have gathered in the temple, and outside of it are layers upon layers of Luoyang people.

"Brother, go ahead and don't worry!"

Li Shengui brought a group of friends to see Li Shuang off.

"Although each of us bought Yuan Yong to win, we all support you!"

Li Shuang raised his eyebrows and grinned.

"Thank you!"

Most of the people behind Li Shengui are children of wealthy families in Luoyang City.

But today, they are not the protagonists.

Yuan Yong had been waiting under the pagoda for a long time. Seeing Li Shuang coming from a distance, he couldn't contain his pride.

"Don't worry, young man. He's just a county lord. You'll be able to earn it back sooner or later."

Li Shuang looked at Yuan Yong and smiled slightly.

On top of the tower, a device containing two iron balls had already been set up.

As soon as the person under the tower gives the order, the gambling will begin.

"Prime Minister, there's no need to do this. What if I win?"

This gambling game was witnessed by high officials and monks both inside and outside the tower.

Yuan Yong was very confident and said:

"Idiot's dream!"

Yuan Yong waved his hand and gave orders to his men.

"let's start!"

The flags at the foot of the tower were waving in bright colors. The people on the tower saw it and activated the mechanism.

Two iron balls of different weights fell at the same time and landed on the ground at the same time in the watchful eyes of the crowd.

This moment seemed very long and also very short. Only the cracks on the floor caused by the iron ball told Yuan Yong that this was really happening.

"No...impossible!"

Yuan Yong was somewhat incredulous. He looked at Li Shuang standing beside him and saw him bowing.

"Accepted!"

Li Shengui and his group of cronies also had a look of disbelief on their faces.

Li Shengui ran over, looked at Li Shuang, and kept shaking his body. At this moment, he found it even harder to accept this fact than Yuan Yong.

"Tianba, you must have done something, right?"

Li Shuang spread his hands, looking innocent.

Li Shengui was about to collapse.

"My money, my horses, my furniture, my house!"

Li Shuang was shocked when he heard this.

Did this guy invest all his wealth in it?

At this moment, unlike Li Shengui's noise and Yuan Yong's silence, the monks present looked at the two iron balls that fell to the ground at the same time and fell into deep thought.

Yuan Yong was straightforward and did not cheat after losing.

"My fiefdom in Pingyang is yours!"

Li Shengui was beside him and whispered in Li Shuang's ear:

"Brother, Yuan Yong is willing to admit defeat, but he won't give up. You better be careful!"

Li Shuang looked at Li Shengui and said with a smile:

"Qingchen, you're so concerned about your brother, maybe you want to borrow some money?"

Li Shengui chuckled.

"You are worthy of being my brother. This time, I lost all my belongings. You must have won money, so you should at least take care of me."

While Li Shuang and Li Shengui were talking, the abbot of Yongning Temple came over.

"General Wei, General Champion!"

After the two men greeted the monk, he told them the purpose of his visit.

"General Guanjun, could you please leave a calligraphy for our temple?" Li Shuang looked at this hugely expensive and magnificent temple, sighed in his heart, and wrote down a Buddhist verse casually.

There is no Bodhi tree, nor is there a mirror stand. There is nothing originally, so where can dust gather?
"Good good!"

Li Shengui looked at it, said hello three times, and then took Li Shuang to drink wine.
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There were songs of praise in Luoyang City, but outside Tongwan City there was a miserable scene.

Yuan Shen stood on the city wall, looking at the large groups of surrendered soldiers from the Six Garrisons outside the city with a complicated expression.

In a battle not long ago, he completely defeated the Six Garrisons Army and won today's victory.

For this, Yuan Shen also paid a heavy price.

Behind him stood the three Heba Yun brothers.

The faces of the three brothers were filled with sorrow. Their father Heba Duba died in a battle with the Six Garrisons Army.

"I submitted a memorial to the imperial court, declaring that the rebellion in the Six Garrisons has been quelled by me, Yuan Shen!"

Acting Minister Yuan Zuan came up. Unlike Yuan Shen who was full of vigor and vitality, his face was full of worry.

"We've already calculated that nearly two hundred thousand people surrendered. The food and fodder in Tongwan City won't last long. Xiao Baoyin also said that the rebellion in Guanzhong hasn't been quelled, so we can't spare any money or food."

Yuan Shen frowned after hearing this.

"Where else can I find food in the nearby states and counties?"

"Shuozhou should have it, but Yu Jin may not give it to you."

Yuan Shen felt a little jealous when he thought about the soldier he once valued the most, who had now become someone else's most loyal subordinate.

"Submit a letter to the court requesting food and fodder!"

"Prince Guangyang, what do you plan to say to the court?"

"My best strategy is to deploy these people north of Hengzhou and request the court to allocate money and food."

"promise!"

Yuan Zuan left. Yuan Shen looked at the once invincible rebels of the Six Garrisons crawling on the ground. There was a hint of complacency in his words, but more of it was disappointment and doubt.

"Will the world be at peace?"
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In the palace.

"Money and grain, money and grain, we need money and grain. How can the imperial court have so much money and grain?"

Empress Hu looked at Yuan Shen's memorial and threw it aside. She was in a bad mood and didn't intend to pay attention to it for the time being.

Since she took power again, she found that the situation in Luoyang is different from that of a few years ago.

The political situation was complicated, and a lot of things piled up in front of Empress Hu.

This involves not only things happening in Luoyang City, but also problems outside Luoyang City.

The maps and records of Guanzhong, Shanxi and other places were destroyed in the chaos. The court wanted to collect taxes and mobilize labor, but for a while it had no idea where to start.

The rebels of the Six Garrisons surrendered, and how to deal with them became a big problem!
There is chaos everywhere, and everywhere needs money and food!
The most obvious change is that the emperor has grown up and has many more confidants around him.

Empress Dowager Hu can no longer do what she says like she did a few years ago.

Although the Queen Mother is still in power, in a few years, when Yuanxu grows up, she might have to hand over power.

When the time comes, will I have to hand over power?

Queen Hu asked herself this question in her heart, but she found that she didn't have an answer in her heart.

Yuan Mingyue walked over and Queen Hu took a look at her appearance.

"Why are you always smiling lately, little girl? Is there something good going on?"

Yuan Mingyue won money!

He only spent five hundred dollars and earned twenty thousand dollars.

These days, Yuan Mingyue feels very happy.

"The Empress Dowager is in good health, and this servant is naturally happy."

"Little girl, you've even learned to flatter me!"

Empress Dowager Hu seemed to have seen through Yuan Mingyue's thoughts and handed a document to her.