The second year of Zhonghe, the first month, and the Chinese New Year.

Due to the good weather last year, the two seasons of Huai, Si, Hebei and Liaodong were well-off. Except for the Bohai Sea, the imperial court stopped the troops and stopped fighting. The horses were put on the Nanshan Mountain, and the auxiliary soldiers were discharged from the country. In addition, the imperial court vigorously cultivated the fields and increased the efforts of fishing and hunting. In addition, the Qin vassal provinces implemented strategies such as prohibiting the export of vassals and unified the purchase of grain. In addition, Yang Xingmi, Qianli, Qianli of Xixi in Huaixi, Zhang Rui of Zhejiang, Yugui, Annan Yuqiu, and Yu Guan of the balance transported millions of stones of grain from various places. The provinces of Hebei, Beiping, Shanxi, and Rehe, which had been in trouble for two consecutive years, finally had a abundant grain warehouse, and the grain supply volume of the people returned to the level of a few years earlier.

The people of Yanjing City finally had a long-lost smile on their faces during the New Year of Zhonghe for the second year.

During the New Year, Jinwu, Yanjing City, couldn't help it, and the people were happy. This year's Chinese New Year Festival became more and more popular. The lanterns were particularly prosperous during the three-day festival.

Even Li Jing from the Forbidden City was intrigued. He walked out of the palace, put on a long gown, pretended to be the candidate who went to Beijing to participate in this year's civil and military science examination, and went to the city to watch the fun.

The situation in the Qin vassal state improved this year, and the Lantern Festival lights were particularly lively.

Teams of lions, dragon lanterns, stilts, juggling, walking through the bustling city, storytelling, opera-singing, and hand-selling styles. Li Jing led a small group of dressed guards through the bustling crowd and came to Zhengyang Gate. A large group of women crowded to touch the big copper nail hat head on Zhengyang Gate.

Some people touched them, smiled, couldn't squeeze in, and sighed.

For a moment, the adults shouted, the children cried, the laughter, the scolding, the noise, and the noise formed a ball. In this sky with fire and silver flowers, it became more and more noisy. Li Jing looked at it for a long time but couldn't understand what it meant for a group of women to rush to touch the copper nail on the door here? This is not a Buddha statue, golden incense, nor is it a superstar hero. What are you competing for?

Zhao Jiang saw Li Jing's doubts and turned to ask an old man next to him.

"Brother-in-law, these women, why are you cramming here if you want to live?"

"Haha, you came to take the exam from other places? No wonder you don't know, this has only been available in the past two years. Since the Daqianmen was built, somehow there has been such a custom. It is said that on the Lantern Festival of the first lunar month, if you can touch six copper nail hats, then the whole family will be able to be smooth all year round. If you can touch seven copper nail hats, the whole family will be safe all year round. If you can touch nine copper nail hats, then the whole family will be harmonious all year round. Sixteen. It is necessary to be smooth, eighteen, ninety-nine, and the whole family will live to ninety-nine. If you can touch one hundred and sixty-eight, it will be a whole journey! If you can touch nine hundred and ninety-nine, it will be a healthy family, smooth for generations and long-term."

Li Jing couldn't help but be surprised and felt funny. He really didn't expect that an ordinary city gate would be given such a magical effect. The cold, round and smooth copper nail hats were even more magical than the Buddha statues. But I think it was just a sustenance and expectation. These women were rushing to join and squeezed around here, and praying for their parents, husbands, and children. This piety was touching.

The old man saw Li Jing and the others just smiled, knowing that they didn't believe it, and he said unhappily: "Don't you don't believe it, do you know the origin of this Zhengyang Sect?"

Li Jing smiled slightly and just said nothing, neither shaking his head nor nodding.

The old man was also a talkative person. He immediately felt that as a commoner at the foot of the royal city, he had the obligation to introduce it to the foreign juren. He immediately introduced it endlessly that the Zhengyang Gate was also newly built when the Qin Fan expanded Yanjing and belonged to the nine gates of the inner city.

Zhengyang Gate was officially built three years ago. Its architectural form is a brick fortress-style gate tower. The city platform is nine zhang high, and the door hole is five-volt and five-guarantee arch type. It is opened in the middle of the city platform. It is also the only city gate in the inner city where the arrow tower opens the door hole. Moreover, this city gate is specially designed to take the Qin King jade chariot. Usually, three gates are not opened in the middle, and officials and ordinary people only walk on the next two doors. The arrow tower is a double-eaved hip roof with gray tiles and green glazed edges. There are nine floors above and below. There are nine floors of arrow towers, each floor has eighteen holes, and there are nine floors of arrow holes in the east and west, and each floor is eighteen holes, which are specially used to defend against archery.

This tall and majestic arrow tower uses steel and cement casting. The door is two-fold, with a hanging-down gate in front and a double-open iron leaf copper nail gate in the back.

There is also a huge urn city between the Zhengyangmen Tower and the Arrow Tower. The southern end is curved and cornered. The arrow tower is located at the top. The urn city is thirty-six meters long from north to south and twenty-eight meters wide from east to west. There is an empty space inside and there are doors in all directions. On the Zhengyangmen, there are also cement flat guard bars and arrow windows curved eaves. There are also many embossed patterns and floral decorations on the section of the moon wall.

The entire Zhengyang Gate is also called Daqian Gate by the people. This area is also the junction of inner and outer cities, and has the most lively market.

Especially because of the extremely tall city gate tower and arrow tower, especially the gate in the middle of the five gate caves, only the King of Qin could enter and exit. When the King of Qin was married, the Princess Yu of Qin entered and entered and entered and entered and exited. In the annual civil and military competition, the top scorer in the civil and military subjects, the second place, and the three of Tanhua each could walk out of this gate once. Usually, civil and military ministers entered and exited the left door, and the princes and princes entered and exited the right door. The left and right doors were not open. Only when the Qin vassal ceremony was held, did civil and military officials enter and exit the two gates.

In Yanjing City, the size of the Zhengyang Gate is slightly lower than that of the Wufeng Tower in the Forbidden City Palace. However, although the Wufeng Tower is more majestic than the Zhengyang Gate, it is too far away from the people and is rare to see in their lifetime. In their hearts, the Daqian Gate is the most majestic and sacred city gate tower in their eyes. The door in the middle of the Daqian Gate is even more amazing. Therefore, it is quite amazing to be able to touch the big copper nail hat on the middle door during the Yuan Dynasty every year. Usually, there is no chance to touch the middle door at any time.

After listening for a long time, Li Jing finally understood that it was because he was the only one who could leave this sect, or he was the top scorer, the second place, and the other ones left. For ordinary people, this was quite sacred. Touching it, it was also a prayer for peace and smoothness.

"Brother-in-law, there is no need to squeeze like this, come one by one. Otherwise, even if there are three days on the Yuan Dynasty, you will never be able to touch it."

"However, you are from another place, and I don't know the situation at the foot of this royal city. In previous years, everyone lined up to touch each other, just like burning incense. But this year is different. I heard that the mission of Chengde Town will enter the city from here to meet the King of Qin. Then the road will be subject to martial law. Then I can't touch it today. Who would be in a hurry?"

Li Jing nodded slightly. Chengdezhen had promised to join Li Jing before the New Year. However, these days, although Li Jing ordered the attacking troops to stop the attack, the troops on the border began to stop advancing, and subsequent auxiliary soldiers and civilians began to return home one after another, Li Jing did not rush to let them come over immediately. Instead, he had already arranged the prefectures and counties and garrisons along the way. He led the missions of Chengdezhen to continuously visit the assembly and training of the garrisons and townships of the prefectures and counties and township soldiers, so that they could see the mightyness of the Qin army.

Walking along this way, I kept watching the Qin army gathering in the procuratorial horses along the way, and a lot of time wasted on the road. From Zhenzhou to Yanjing, they had been walking for about half a month on the road. Li Jing even specially arranged their entry into the city on the Shangyuan Festival, just to let them see the lively and prosperous situation during the Yanjing Festival, which completely shocked Chengde Town.

"Chen Dezhen is here to surrender. I heard that Cheng Dejie coach Wang Rong came to meet the King of Qin in person?" A man next to him also said, looking at his outfit, he seemed to be a minor official, and he knew more about these things than others.

"Oh. Is that right?" The father-in-law was also inspired when he heard this, "But we ordinary people don't know about these things. I heard that Wang Rong, the coach of Chengdejie, is only ten years old."

"Well, a little brat. Cheng De is now in charge of his two uncles, Wang Jingyin and Wang Jingqi. Maybe Wang Rong is unwilling to come. It was his two uncles who had disliked him for a long time and took the opportunity to kick him to Yanjing. They were in power." Another person joined.

Li Jing listened on the side without saying anything. After walking on the road to Chengde Town for so long, in addition to Li Jing specially arranged for them to visit the Qin army, in fact, Li Jing also sent Li Zhen to go south long ago, and began to make a practical judgment with the Chengde Mission along the way. After talking for more than half a month, a peace talk was reached between Qin Fan and Chengde.

Chengdezhen officially joined the Qin army, and Chengdejie general Wang Rong had to enter the city of Yanjing and stay in Yanjing as an official, which was actually a hostage. In addition to Wang Rong, Wang Jingyin and Wang Jingqi each had to send a son to Yanjing as a hostage. In addition, Wang Rong was relegated to the title of King Changshan County to Duke of Changshan County, and still retained the position of Chief Chengdejie general. Qin Fan did not send military supervisors to Chengdezhen, nor did he send civil servants in prefectures and counties. At the same time, Qin Fan would withdraw the invading troops from Ji and Shenzhen states and return the seven cities they captured. But in contrast, Chengde

The town must completely withdraw from Dingzhou and ceded the five Dingzhou counties that the Qin army had captured and the remaining six uncaptured counties to the Qin army. Here, Chengde Town still retains the four prefectures, Shen, Zhao and Ji, and Li Jing admits the Wang family's control over the four prefectures of Chengde. However, Chengde Town can only maintain a maximum of 50,000 troops, and more than the number must be dissolved. At the same time, Chengde Town must hand over 20% of its tax revenue to the Qin vassal every year. The appointment and removal of civil and military officials within Chengde Town will be self-determinated by Chengde Town, but Li Jing must obtain Li Jing's consent.

This condition of surrender was discussed for a long time, but finally reached an agreement.

This time, the Qin army attacked Chengde and captured twelve counties. In the end, the Qin army re-built these scattered territories. The Qin army exchanged the seven counties of Shenji and Zhaozhen and six counties of Dingzhou. As a result, Chengde preserved the four prefectures of Shenji and Zhaozhen and Ji that they had traditionally controlled. However, Dingzhou, which they had spent a lot of effort in recent years, was forced to vomit out again.

In addition, Chengdezhen's biggest bargaining chip was to send Wang Rong and several other Wang children to Yanjing as hostages. But for this, Li Jing actually felt that both sides benefited each other. Because the sons sent by Wang Jingyin's brothers were just illegitimate sons, and they were all young children under the age of ten, they would not feel heartbroken if they sent such hostages. For Li Jing, Wang Rong was the nominal Chengdejie coach. He stayed in Yanjing as a staunch, which had a great effect on the Qin army's momentum. But for Wang Jingyin, they were very annoyed by this nephew now.

He was only ten years old, but he had already begun to disobey their arrangements. Wang Rong was very opposed to this surrender to Qin Fan, and even secretly exchanged letters with Li Keyong, and actually planned to seize power from their brothers with Sha Tuo's hands. Such things were intolerable no matter how. Li Keyong was a hungry wolf. If he came, their brothers would still have a foothold? Therefore, after watching the powerful and elite Qin army along the way, when Li Zhen proposed that Wang Rong should enter Yanjing as a stamina, Wang Jingqi just pretended to be difficult on the surface, but in fact he quickly communicated with his brother Wang Jingyin to agree to the transaction. In the end, they also tried to exchange Wang Rong for several favorable conditions, so that Li Zhen agreed not to send military supervisors or officials. The two sides exchanged several pieces of territory occupied by the Qin army, and finally formed this peace.

In short, Li Jing finally got the surface obedience of Chengdezhen, but in fact he got the land of Dingzhou, and also took Wang Rong into Yanjing as a hostage.

On the side of Chengde Town, Wang Jingyin and his brothers finally reached an agreement with Qin Fan, and Li Jing no longer used troops to Cheng De. On the surface, they surrendered to Li Jing, but in fact they still obeyed the command and did not listen to Xuan, and continued to hold the Cheng De army and control the city of the four states. Moreover, they threw their disobedient nephew Wang Rong to Qin Fan.

Their biggest loss is that they have to pay 20% of their taxes, money and grain to Li Jing every year, and at the same time, the troops must not exceed 50,000.

Wang Jingyin felt that the conditions were pretty good. At least they had saved the four prefectures of Chengde Town. As for the decisive states of Dingzhou, there was no way. As for whether Li Jing would continue to turn against him after he swallowed Dingzhou, it would be the future.

In fact, if Li Jing is a little tougher, he will definitely be able to squeeze out some benefits. However, Li Jing's purpose this time is not to deal with Cheng De, but to cooperate with the plan to send troops to the Northeast. Therefore, when things come to this point, he is already very satisfied. If he is greedy, he is afraid that the matter will be too complicated. If it attracts those wolves such as Li Keyong, it will be troublesome.
Chapter completed!