Qiu Ji did not hurry to carefully analyze the relationship between the ten vassal kings, as well as the banquet of Huiyang, and even the relationship between the imperial court and the righteous marching army, so that he could understand the connection between the three.

Since the two broke off the relationship, Xin Xiran is still the first time to hear Qiu Ji say so many words, on weekdays, this person is a stuffy jar, a cold face, as if engraved with the words "do not disturb the acquaintances", he thinks that Qiu Ji is just a talented and withdrawn aristocratic son.

But today's conversation made him realize that Qiu Ji understood more than just the knowledge in books, he even knew more, thought farther, and considered not the problems that he, a neighbor, would consider.

Xin Xiran was surprised by this, and at the same time, he reflected on himself again, eating, drinking, and having fun all day long, and he didn't care about these things at all, and an emotion called self-shame grew in his heart, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

But who is Xin Xiran, even though he has suffered all kinds of hardships in the first half of the month, he can't make him bow his head in front of Qiu Ji.

"Now that the family affairs have been decided, there must be no suspense, and this battle will have to start sooner or later. He said with a bit of a taste of demolition.

It's not that he is looking forward to the righteous march and the imperial court, but according to the situation, a hard battle will be fought sooner or later, since the righteous march army has the support of the five princes, and it can be regarded as comparable to the imperial court in terms of power, will the war be far away?

Qiu Ji didn't care, and smiled indifferently with an understanding that others couldn't understand: "Is that really the case? ”

Xin Xiran obviously wanted to argue again, but he heard Qiu Ji say: "No matter what, this big war will not start for at least two or three years."

And the existing strength of the imperial court is enough to compete with the righteous marching army, so why bother to collect taxes and labor the people. It must be known that once the common people are miserable, they will inevitably be even more disappointed in the imperial court, and they will ------"

At that time----- the common people will support the righteous march that gives them hope, and the court has become a shouting and beating for everyone, and this ---- is not what he Qiu Ji is happy to see.

Xin Xiran was speechless for a while, Qiu Ji was right, this battle can't be fought, at least not in a short time, the righteous march army has not fought for ten years to compete with the imperial court, even if the five princes join, it will not be fought in the short term. But he was a little resistant in his heart and didn't want to agree with Qiu Ji's words.

There was silence in the pavilion for a while, neither of them spoke, Xin Xiran didn't feel cold at this time, and after three glasses of wine, his face was already slightly red. Qiu Ji had a cup to drink, he knew that Qiu Ji had a good amount of wine, and he secretly said that he didn't know where this amount of wine came from.

After quieting down, he remembered why he was here? Oh yes, Qiu Ji said he wanted to ask himself for help.

He looked at the latter and asked, "So your purpose is to dispel the proposal of the ministers to recruit troops, so what are you going to do?"

No matter how you look at it, this is not a simple matter, if the matter is really as serious as Qiu Ji said, who will listen to him as a young master. He didn't even have a chance to enter the palace, let alone speak in the court.

Qiu Ji's expression became serious again, and there was a bit of earnestness and expectation in his tone, "I hope you can help me find out who the ministers who seconded the proposal will be." ”

"Seconded?" Xin Xiran was puzzled.

"Recruiting troops and horses to increase taxes, this matter is not useful if one person says it, after one person proposes it, at least half of the civil and military officials will second, and when the time comes, the emperor naturally has no excuse to disagree. ”

Xin Xiran was about to ask why, but after seeing Qiu Ji's determined expression, he immediately swallowed his words again, and asked at this time, as if he was even more stupid.

He didn't ask, but Qiu Ji explained to himself: "You also know that the emperor doesn't have much real power, and in the face of the persecution of the minister, the emperor has no right to object."

And even if he strongly opposes it, dozens of ministers only go to Zhengdemen to stand at Zhengdemen, stop the court and demonstrate, and force each other to die, since ancient times, this kind of thing is still rare?"

Xin Xiran snorted angrily: "It's not that I don't know, who needs you to explain." But what can I do, where can I ask you for news?"

Qiu Ji can't help but think too highly of him.

Qiu Ji looked at him with deep eyes: "Who is responsible for recruiting troops and buying horses?"

"Naturally, it's the military department. Xin Xiran still understood this, but when Qiu Ji asked, he felt that he was underestimated, and his face was already a little impatient.

"Then who do you think will make this proposal?" Qiu Ji continued to ask as if he hadn't seen it.

The question-and-answer dialogue made Xin Xiran unhappy, and he glanced at him angrily: "I know, except for the military department Shangshu, who has the courage and power to bring it up, and whoever raises it is a pass." ”

It's as if you know everything. He muttered.

Qiu Ji's expression remained unchanged, still with a little determination, a little confidence, and a little sincerity: "Can the military department Shangshu often go to the Taiwei Mansion to walk around?" he threw out this sentence and looked at Xin Xiran meaningfully.

Xin Xiran was slightly stunned, his mind was instantly clear, and his expression was all sudden, so it was, he spared so much of the day, but it turned out to be like this, this is Qiu Ji's purpose to find himself, no wonder.

Yes, the military department is on good terms with the old man, and he often comes to the house to walk around, which is normal in Xin Xiran's opinion, the captain is the head of the military attaché, and the military department secretary who is in charge of the military department is naturally closer to him, and it is impossible for him to talk to a group of civil servants about the way to use soldiers.

Xin Xiran didn't think so, but Qiu Ji knew that the military department was actually under the control of Xin Zhongqiao. Therefore, for the courtiers who seconded the proposal, there were both civil and military, and there were quite a few of them, and Xin Zhongqiao must know who they were.

"Look at the following people, they are also the same as us, they were born to their parents, just because you have a powerful father, so you have endless glory and wealth, and you don't need to worry about any policies of the imperial court.

But they are different, any decision in the court may determine the life and death of these people. You know that it is not easy for them to survive now, and if they increase their taxes, it will be tantamount to their lives. ”

Qiu Ji said that the love is sincere, and it is really full of emotion like never before. Although Xin Xiran was touched, what really moved his heart was to think of his experience in the past half a month.

He had endured those hardships, been kicked and insulted, starved and frozen, and had no dignity, and if he had not deliberately fallen out of self-blame, how could he have been suffering in that environment.

But he did feel it, and he didn't want to feel that hopelessness again in his life. He pondered for a long time before nodding slightly and saying in a deep voice, "Okay, I promise you." ”