October 5, the fourth year of Taihe of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Kyoto.

The front line came to the North Route Army had conquered the first gateway of the Northern Qi Dynasty Yongzhou, the generalissimo Xiao Tang left 2,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Yongzhou, and then ordered the North Route Army and the Middle Route Army to go all the way north, sweep the small cities along the road, and go straight to Pingzhou, and the South Route Army continued to go south to capture Luoyang, and the war began within ten days, Kyoto received the good news that the Eastern Expeditionary Army continued to conquer the surrounding cities.

In order to ensure the supply of grain, grass and equipment for the march, the imperial court successively issued grain requisition orders to various prefectures and towns, as well as the collection of cloth and silk silk, to prepare for the front-line sergeants to prepare cotton clothes for the winter.

Soon after the Northern Wei army conquered Yongzhou, the imperial court received the news that Nan Chen had conquered Liyang in Northern Qi, and in just over 20 days, Nan Chen successively increased his troops to Liyang, and the number of people exceeded 100,000, and the whole army vowed to invade the land of Jiangbei and expand the territory for Chen!

When the Northern Qi received the battle report of the invasion of Southern Chen, the Northern Qi Emperor Yuwen Chou, who was hunting, was not in a hurry when he heard the news, and sent Yi to ride 50,000 troops south to rescue Liyang.

But when the army arrived at the town of Yihe, which was dozens of miles away from Liyang, the news that Nan Chen had broken through Liyang came, and the army of Nan Chen pursued north after sacking Liyang, and met the Shiliang army that came to the rescue.

After Nan Chen conquered Liyang, it was equivalent to tearing a hole in the southern border defense line of Northern Qi, and Yan Mingce, the commander of Southern Chen, continued to lead the army to attack the surrounding towns in order to consolidate the newly occupied Liyang foothold.

The defeat of the Northern Qi on the southern border defense line also provided great convenience for the Southern Route Army of the Northern Wei Dynasty to capture Luoyang. And the commander of the Southern Route Army, Dugu Shu, is worthy of being a veteran of the battlefield, brave and invincible, Luoyang swept all the way through the small city and no one dared to match, waiting for the soldiers to come to Luoyang City, Luoyang Thorn Shi Lingan fell Luoyang defenders 20,000, with Luoyang City Defense Strong, the defense engineering in the city is well-equipped, the city is closed and refused, never lightly open the door out of the city and the Northern Wei Army decisive battle, the battlefield situation turned into a tough battle.

Dugu Xue was not in a hurry to storm Luoyang, but adopted a siege strategy, and personally led the elite iron cavalry to occupy Beibi Mountain, where he lined up to observe the movements of the enemy army in Luoyang City.

After analyzing the situation of both the enemy and us, Dugu Xuan believed that the enemy army in Luoyang had an advantage by virtue of the high city wall, and could not hold out, and if he directly attacked the city, it would not only be useless, but would make him suffer heavy losses, so he decisively decided to build a ring siege offensive to cut off Luoyang's supply line and trap Luoyang.

Luoyang people have a lot of food consumption, and the supply line has been cut off, and the southern reinforcements are entangled with Nan Chen, there is no time to take care of it, I believe that it will not be long before the people in the city will not be able to help but go out of the city to break through, as long as they are out of the city, they are not afraid that the Northern Wei army will not be able to grind out the isolated defenders of Luoyang.

Immediately, Dugu Xue ordered his subordinates and generals to occupy the Yique Longmen to the south of Yiyang, surround Zheng Hanoi County from Taihang Mountain, and cut off Luoyang's grain and grass transportation line from Luokou, before completing this circular siege fortification, Dugu Xue often sent a small force day and night, pretending to take turns attacking the city, frustrating its spirit, so that the Luoyang defenders were always in a state of readiness, day and night, and the people were panicked, and the main elite troops took the opportunity to sweep the states and towns around Luoyang, wanting to completely turn Luoyang into a lonely city.

And when Dugu Hui really began to carry out an all-out offensive policy against Luoyang, it was already a month after the circular siege fortifications were fully completed.

And the middle road army is also more and more brave, the table is not bad, since Yongzhou conquered all the way north to Pingzhou, for a time Pingzhou is in an emergency, Qi envoy from Dan to noon, stagecoach three to, Qi lord Yuwen Chou saw the newspaper if it was not heard, no intention to aid the south, and said: Xikou Xiaoer, what is the way? After that, I am still the same, every day hunting wine banquet singing and dancing, prosperous and prosperous, day is not ended, the hundred officials dare not speak silently.

The Northern Wei Dynasty Middle Route Army used siege equipment to storm Pingzhou for two days, the leading generals took the lead, bravely killed the enemy, it was night, Pingzhou Qi general Wei Guiying died in battle, Pingzhou defenders were completely lost, the next day, Qi Xingtai left Marquis Xingqin surrendered to the enemy, on the third day, Pingzhou fell.

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The battle of the whole country often involves all aspects of the country's government and government, and all departments and ministries are very busy, from the prime minister to the six ministers, they often gather in the prime minister's office to discuss the matters under the jurisdiction of the various ministries, and after rapid overall planning, they will be reported to the Empress Dowager in a timely manner.

The Imperial Historical Observatory is also not exempt from vulgarity, because the Imperial Historical Observatory has the responsibility of supervising hundreds of officials and impeaching lawlessness, and the imperial court is also in a special period, so it is the unshirkable responsibility of the Imperial Historical Observatory to maintain the stability of the imperial court and local stability, and not to cause disorder.

Therefore, after I took over the Imperial Historical Observatory, I began to rectify the personnel appointment and dismissal of the Imperial Historical Observatory, and what I needed was a subordinate who could do things decisively and competently, and there was really no extra mind to balance the distribution of power between the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, so I quickly made a mess, and retained those who could be used, and those who could not be used were directly transferred or demoted.

The Imperial Historical Observatory is headed by the Imperial History Zhongcheng, and there are Taiwan Courtyard, Palace, and Inspectorate under it.

There are six people in the Taiwan Academy, who are in charge of picketing hundreds of bureaucrats and impeaching lawlessness;

The palace has nine people in the palace to serve the imperial history, who are in charge of the ceremonies of the palace worship, and picket the ceremonies of the court meeting and the non-violation of the driving report.

The procuratorate had 15 people who supervised the imperial history, and was in charge of supervising the local officials and six departments of Shangshu Province.

Of course, this does not include the number of people in the main book, palm seals, records, and calligraphy of the history of each academy, and the entire operation of the imperial history platform, there are hundreds of people up and down, and as the head of the imperial history, the number of things to be dealt with every day can be imagined.

But even so, I have always insisted on serving as a prince, and every seven days there are two days for the emperor to give lectures and feasts, teach and solve doubts, and can also take the opportunity to take the school for the emperor's majesty to do his homework, and the monarch and ministers get along, and they are still very harmonious.

No, today is the time to give a lecture for His Majesty, and when the time comes, he will follow the guidance of the inner servant and go to the imperial study to explain the classics to His Majesty the Emperor.

I have seen His Majesty, and I have performed the ceremony of the monarch and the minister, and then it is the ceremony of the teacher and the student, and the monarch and the minister are seated separately, and the feast begins.

The teenage child grows up fast, and unconsciously, the impression of the little emperor's somewhat immature face has gradually dissipated, and he continues to grow taller, and will gradually begin to show the characteristics and heroism that a man should have.

I can't help but feel a little emotional, several princesses of the royal family are all born with a different look, look at the appearance of Your Majesty, in the future, she will definitely be an extraordinary, extravagant young man.

As soon as I thought of this, I couldn't help but laugh, and secretly scolded myself in my heart, and I was thinking about it for a while.

He bowed to His Majesty with his fists and said:

"Your Majesty, please forgive Weichen for trespassing, dare to ask Your Majesty, where is the chapter where the superior lecturer explained the meaning of the scriptures?"

The little emperor waved his hand to signal the waiter to withdraw from the room, and when there were only two people left in the room, the little emperor's serious body eased a little, and his tone was a lot more easy-going, and he said in a consultative tone:

"Taifu, let's not talk about the scriptures in the future, okay?"

"Your Majesty, but you think Weichen's lecture is too dull?"

Hearing my rhetorical question, the little emperor hurriedly waved his hand and said:

"No, it's not true, I like Taifu's lectures very much, and every time I listen to Taifu's lectures, I benefit a lot, and I am very grateful in my heart. ”

I smiled slightly, and then humbly said to myself:

Weichen was ashamed. ”

"It's just that recently, Taifu is not able to teach me as often as he used to, so this canon can be said by other lecturers, but these are things that can be learned in books, and what I want to learn from Taifu is things that cannot be learned in books. ”

I saw the little emperor looking at me with a serious face, and his eyes shone with a dazzling light of curiosity.

I still keep smiling, but in my heart I am already secretly surprised, the little emperor has indeed grown up slowly, his intelligence and cleverness, sensitivity and studious have gradually revealed, although you are the respect of the Son of Heaven, you need to abide by the model of etiquette, all the time and everywhere have to show the majesty of the Son of Heaven, but to a child who is only twelve years old to show a group of old-fashioned appearance, it is really not what a child of his age should appear!

Children's nature is the most valuable, since ancient times, the elders have attached great importance to children's teaching, let alone the emperor?

Therefore, in all dynasties, the emperor has attached great importance to the cultivation of the heart of the emperor or the future prince, if it can be well guided, so that the emperor has a little more heroic spirit in his heart, in the future, in the power of the arts, will not be too indulged in the meantime, so that the personality is yin, fickle and suspicious, this is undoubtedly a good thing for the benefit of the world.

But the emperor is not like an ordinary student, because he is the lord of the world, and he is his own master. If, as an emperor, he vainly tries to make the emperor his ideal monarch with his own strength, then he is overestimating his influence.

The emperor can teach the emperor the rules and regulations, the way of the emperor, and even the art of conspiracy, but he can never forget his duty as a minister.

A king is a king, a minister is a minister, no matter when, you can't cross your identity......

When I looked at the dazzling light in the eyes of the little emperor, there was a voice in my head constantly reminding me that I must respect my duty as a courtier, the child in front of me is the emperor after all, as the little emperor gets older and older, he will have his own judgment and decision-making power, and will follow his own way of king.

But even so, even if it will cost me a lot in the future, I hope to plant a seed called benevolence in this child's heart, and when this child truly comes to the world, this benevolence may guide him to become a generation of wise rulers.

If there really is such a day, it will not be a disappointing of what I have learned in my life, right?!

"If you don't talk about the scriptures, what does your majesty want to hear from Weichen?"

When the little emperor saw that I had sent my mouth, he was overjoyed, thought for a moment, and said this.

"Taifu will tell me about the humanities and landforms, customs and customs of all parts of the world!"

Hearing this, I didn't feel a wry smile, if the little emperor's true meaning is really tied to this, then all I can say is what I get on paper, what I see in the painting, and what I hear on the way.

Although visiting the famous mountains and rivers was once an ideal trip for me, due to fate, I have not had the opportunity to get my wish until now.

I remember the title of the gold list at that time, not long after entering the office, the people were difficult, the career was not smooth, the heart was gloomy, and the depression was difficult to hide.

But because he is the grandson of the Gao family, and he has fame, he can't get out, so he is depressed all day long, and his heart is depressed. At that time, if it weren't for the catkins from the side to enlighten and comfort, I was afraid that I would have become a misanthropic and indulged in the sound of dogs and horses all day long. And now, I feel that I am getting farther and farther away from this wish......

"If you want to hear it, wait for Weichen to tell everything you have seen and heard to your majesty. Can break thousands of volumes, it is better to travel thousands of miles, it is ashamed to say, Weichen is also a very rare opportunity to go out of the capital, so to tell everything he has seen and heard, but only three or five times, after these are finished, Weichen will also be poor in donkey skills, and there is nothing to say to His Majesty. ”

At the end, I could only smile helplessly.

When the little emperor heard this, he was anxious and said:

"Taifu's rhetoric is too humble, I know, Taifu is a talent of warp and weft, Bo ancient and modern, astronomy and geography, everything knows, I also admire Taifu very much in my heart, and ask Taifu to teach me!"

After speaking, the little emperor also bowed to me with a fist, very solemn.

I hurriedly returned the salute and replied:

"Your Majesty is so ridiculously praised, Weichen is really ashamed!"

After speaking, I glanced at the little emperor, but I happened to see him pursing his lips and snickering, the little emperor is bringing me a high hat at this time, it is obvious that the drunkard does not mean to drink!

I immediately put on a look of going to the soup and fire, and said:

"Since His Majesty is so trusted, then Weichen will do his best to describe the humanities and customs of all parts of the world in detail for His Majesty, but His Majesty's move, whether there is a deep meaning, you might as well say it bluntly. ”

Hearing my words so seriously, the little emperor suddenly became anxious, but he didn't expect that his little abacus still couldn't escape the eyes of the Taifu.

It turns out that the little emperor has been very concerned about marching and fighting recently, so he has a preference for military books, and he is even more concerned about the actual situation of the battle of Northern Qi.

But his careful thinking was still discovered by the imperial grandmother, who sternly told him that he should concentrate on learning the way of the saint now, and not be distracted and half-hearted, and he would not be able to learn either side well when the time comes.

Although he understood what the imperial grandmother said, it was difficult for the little emperor to give up his love for the military book and the arrangement of troops, so he secretly taught himself the military book, but some places were really jerky and difficult to understand, which involved some mountains and rivers and landforms, which were difficult to understand, and the imperial grandmother had a strict resignation, so all the teachers did not dare to teach the little emperor the art of war and strategy privately.

The little emperor didn't want to embarrass the teachers and Taifu, so he had no choice but to use this method to let the Taifu teach himself indirectly.

"I want to learn the art of war, but my grandmother won't allow me to ......"

After being silent for a moment, the little emperor still felt embarrassed in his heart and told the story.

"His Majesty is still young, the Empress Dowager's intention is to let Her Majesty learn the way of a saint first, soften her heart, and then teach Her Majesty the six Tao and three strategies after refining her character. ”

The Empress Dowager was deeply afraid that the little emperor would become an emperor who only knew how to use military force in the future, so she would let the little emperor learn the way of the sage's benevolence first than the strategy of the art of war, so as to dispel the bloodthirsty anger in the art of war.

"I don't know about the hard work of the imperial grandmother, I just hope that I can grow up quickly, so that I can share the worries of the imperial grandmother. Taifu, I want to be a good emperor. In the "Book of Rites and Sacrifices", it was said: Tang ruled the people with leniency and eliminated the abuse, King Wen ruled with Wen, and King Wu used martial arts to go to the disaster of the people, all of which have meritorious service to the people. I feel that I should become such an emperor who is both civil and martial, both civil and military. ”

Hearing the words of the little emperor, I felt very relieved in my heart, the little emperor already has his own path that he wants to take, and he has begun to have his own opinions and opinions on some things, it seems that he can no longer be treated as a child.

"Your Majesty wants to learn the art of war, but Weichen dares not to teach him? It's just that this paper is finally shallow, and when it comes to the art of war, you have to choose a good teacher for your majesty. ”

When the little emperor heard my words, he agreed with what he had just said, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said:

"The students thank the Taifu for their careful teaching, the students will never live up to the Taifu Church, just the ...... of the imperial grandmother"

Speaking of the Empress Dowager, the little emperor's face couldn't help but show embarrassment.

"Wechen will personally go to the Empress Dowager to ask for instructions, but before that, Wechen is brave and wants to make an appointment with His Majesty in three chapters, I don't know what His Majesty wants?"

After thinking for a moment, the little emperor looked at my calm and usual expression, and then nodded in response:

"Taifu, but it doesn't hurt to say it......"

I was slightly silent for a moment, thinking that if this was before, the little emperor had already nodded happily and agreed, and now he knows how to think twice, the growth of children is always a little unexpected, but this is the result that I am happy to see.

When I met the little emperor's gaze, I respectfully and without losing the demeanor of a teacher put forward my own "requests" to the little emperor......

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A few days later, the Empress Dowager sent Aunt Luo Xia to ask me to the Changle Palace, and when I saw that Aunt Luo Xia came in person, I knew that the Empress Dowager must have doubts about her own words a few days ago to let the little emperor learn the art of war, so today I sent Aunt Luo Xia to talk to me, but I am afraid that there is a sense of blame.

As far as the public is concerned, I am the concubine of the little emperor, and it is reasonable for me to come forward to speak about this matter; for private reasons, I am also the grandson-in-law of the empress dowager, so naturally I have to understand the empress dowager's love and value of the little emperor's heart.

The Empress Dowager is not only worried about whether the little emperor will be reckless in the future, but more importantly, now that the imperial family only has the little emperor as the heir to the throne, can the empress dowager be cautious about her love for the little emperor?

The little emperor is still young, his mind is uncertain, if he learns the art of war, thinks that he is a martial artist, omnipotent, and when he becomes an adult, he will officially govern and grasp the power of the country, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be on a whim, and he will drive the expedition in person, and then what should the Northern Wei Jiangshan Sheji rely on?

Since the death of the deposed crown prince, the empress dowager's attitude towards the heir has become stricter than before.

After Aunt Luo Xia conveyed the Empress Dowager's message to me, she couldn't help but count me down a few words, blaming me for being a little impulsive this time, but fortunately, I acted in a measured manner, and I didn't directly write and say things, but when I went to ask the Empress Dowager for peace, I mentioned it slightly, which also allowed the Empress Dowager to deal with this matter as a family affair rather than a state affair, which also saved this involvement and trouble.

"You kid, you've been behaving more and more out of proportion lately. ”

Aunt Luo Xia rarely reprimanded me, and in front of her, I could only be like a child who had done something wrong, standing quietly with my hands down, not daring to interject at will.

I know that Aunt Luo Xia is deeply in love, and it is inevitable that she will be responsible, and she is also for my own good, saying that my recent behavior has been out of proportion, and the majority of it is the group beating incident in Luyuan, which caused such a disaster, and indeed caused a lot of trouble for Aunt Luo Xia.

Thinking about it like this, I can only bow my head and admit my mistake.

Aunt Luo Xia looked at me with a look of remorse, sighed slightly, thinking that this child has now grown up, and is still an important minister of the country, and she still treats him as a child, which is also strange and pitiful, so she can't bear to admonish it anymore, like a mother, stretches out her hand and gently dresses me upright, shush the cold and ask for warmth, very loving.

"Silly boy, I see that you have lost a lot of weight recently, Wan'er is not by your side, do you have a good life to take care of yourself?"

Aunt Luoxia's kindness made me feel very nostalgic in my heart, and when I mentioned Wan'er, when I touched the soft intestines, my eyes suddenly became a little sour......

Wan'er, Wan'er, Wan'er......

I've never thought of someone so sweet and so painfully like I do now, but what about you? Do you miss me so much in the same mood?

"Aunt Luoxia is worried, it's Chen'er's, Chen'er will take good care of herself. ”

Trying to keep my spirits up, I tried my best to keep a smile so that Aunt Luo Xia could feel at ease.

Aunt Luo Xia quietly looked at the child in front of her, and her heart became more and more emotional, now she saw Chen'er and Wan'er two children snuggling up to each other, the flounder was deep, and when she was happy for these two children, she couldn't hide her deep worries for them, what the Queen Mother said was the most reasonable life, wisdom will be hurt, and love is not long, these two children are so hearted, if one day suddenly suffers a disaster in the future, if one of them cannot be saved, then the other is afraid that it will also follow......

So did you do it right or wrong when you tried your best to match them at the beginning?

"Do you need Aunt Luo Xia to bring you a message?"

Although she was still so worried a moment ago, when she saw the child's depressed look, she couldn't bear it, she knew that since Wan'er left, the child had lost his soul for several days, and if it wasn't for the fact that he was entangled in business and couldn't be distracted, he would have been unharmed for the time being. But I'm afraid that this return to the house will be unbearable!

The reason why Wan'er really left is that she can't say anything to the outside world, and Chen'er also knows that this is the case, and she doesn't even dare to send letters at will, so she can only be cautious, walking on thin ice, lest she expose her feet, but it also hurts this loving couple.

For Chen'er, it goes without saying that he is worried, not to mention that the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, and it is obvious that Chen'er is worried.

Every day, he always pays attention to the military reports transmitted back from the battlefield, although it has been a succession of battles recently, but there is no joy on his face, but his frowning eyebrows are slightly soothed, and then he is immersed in business, and he is silent.

He wanted to ask me about Wan'er's news in the army, but because of his relationship as a foreign minister, he couldn't visit Yongle Palace every day, so he could only ask the Empress Dowager about the rules of entering the palace every once in a while to ask the Empress Dowager how she was doing.

He was very concerned about Wan'er in his heart, but he had to do it in front of people, which was really too difficult for him.

Hearing Aunt Luo Xia's words, my heart was overjoyed, only to feel that many days of gloom have been swept away, as long as I can exchange letters with Wan'er, even if it is only a few strokes, it is better than being so worried and eager to wear now......

"Is it really possible?"

I was very excited and very scared.

Aunt Luo Xia smiled and nodded, and added, saying:

"The content of the letter should be as concise as possible. ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but laugh bitterly......