After Liu Fuma was sent out, the court began to wait.

This time it's different from the last time I went to invite, last time everyone felt that it didn't matter if Bai Feng came or not, anyway, the life of the people of Kyoto was still living as usual, and the ministers of civil and military affairs were also living their own stable lives as before. Sometimes thinking of the large area of lost land in the southwest of Lingzhou, and thinking of the soldiers who are still struggling to hold on to Wushengguan, everyone seems to be a little distressed and worried, but after all, the war is far away from them, so the thousands of households in Kyoto, how should they live or how to live, as for the major event of sending troops to meet the war and expel the invaders, the emperor bothered. The little people can't sleep because of this.

But now the situation is different, with the great court meeting, the news that the East Han Kingdom in the east and the surrounding six countries are about to invade Dongliang spread rapidly in Kyoto, and the storyteller first changed the latest bibliography, which is the past when the previous dynasty and the surrounding small countries concluded an agreement with the blessing, and the number of listeners actually increased suddenly, as if the old things of the former dynasty that had long been old suddenly had a new meaning. Even the performers between the hook bars have changed their tracks, twisting their bodies and singing old songs that were once popular before the fall of the previous dynasty.

A kind of catastrophe is coming, and everyone is panicked and uneasy, quietly shrouded in the sky above the Dongliang Imperial Capital.

In the library of Kyoto Hanlin Temple, the old Hanlin is sorting out some old ancient books.

A young Hanlin who had just entered the hospital surrounded him, looking east and west, and felt that there was a novelty in it.

Lao Hanlin picked up a hardcover book thicker than a brick, opened it and looked at it in a daze, and read it for several hours, but he was still deeply immersed in it.

Xiao Hanlin tiptoed closer, quietly peeked, and found that the adult was holding a copy of "Old Things in the Front Palace", which was the beginning of the Dongliang Kingdom, and the first emperor ordered the Hanlin Academy to take people to listen to the old palace affairs from the mouths of the palace attendants who left over from the previous dynasty.

At that time, Lao Hanlin was just a young man who had just been admitted to the Jinshi.

"My lord, is this book really so good? You've been watching it for hours, and the sun has already set outside. Xiao Hanlin couldn't wait for Old Hanlin, so he could only open his mouth to urge.

Lao Hanlin slowly closed the book, his eyes were confused, and he sighed: "Although it seems to be nonsense from the mouths of some boring people, in fact, if you study it carefully, what is recorded is also another kind of worldly and human heart." These eunuch chamberlains and white-headed palace maids, especially those who hide in the courtyard of the deep palace all year round, have been exposed to it all year round, and what they have seen is the real world——"

Xiao Hanlin asked tentatively: "My lord, the whole dynasty is worried, saying that the Dongliang Kingdom is facing an unprecedented crisis, as the elder of the two dynasties, what do you think of this matter?"

Old Hanlin was full of white hair, and he shook his head, "This Donghan country is not as easy to deal with as Moro and other countries - there is a story of the conquest of Donghan in the former dynasty's script, saying that the Donghan country constantly harassed the eastern border, burning, killing and looting, and the coastal people of the previous dynasty were really unbearable, and the emperor had to recruit troops. The soldiers of the former dynasty fought a great battle with the Donghan sailors on the water, and the battle dragged on for one year and three months, and a large number of soldiers of the former dynasty died, and the cost was continuous, dragging the whole country exhausted. In the end, the imperial court really had no hope of victory, so it could only compromise with Donghan and sign the Tongfu Contract, stipulating that the hinterland of Middle-earth and the surrounding small countries would live in peace, but they must take care of the surrounding small countries as the suzerain, especially in the event of serious natural disasters, the suzerainty must send a large amount of property, livestock and grain for relief. ”

"Isn't the Tongfu agreement signed in the hands of the fifth emperor of the previous dynasty?" Xiao Hanlin remembered, he had encountered this topic when he was writing a policy treatise.

Old Hanlin nodded: "It's the same blessing agreement." According to the agreement, when the year is good, the subject country will also contribute money to the overlord. ”

"Isn't it great to make up for each other's strengths and weaknesses and help each other?" Xiao Hanlin was curious, he didn't understand that according to this, the Tongfu agreement was not very good, why everyone was talking about this agreement in a hateful tone on the streets and alleys now.

Old Hanlin shook his head, "This Tongfu agreement seems fair, and it also maintains the face of the suzerain." But it is said that over the years, this account has been calculated together, and the suzerainty has suffered a big loss. Those small subordinate countries take turns to cry out to the suzerainty for help almost every year, and the amount of money they want to go to each time is very huge, and they only offer some ornamental items that are not worth much on the surface, and at the same time say a bunch of flattering words, and they praise the suzerainty to the point of dizziness, but they don't know that this is just a misery for our own domestic people.

Since the founding of this dynasty, the first emperor put the question of how to deal with the relationship between Chinese and foreign countries in an important position, first banned the rescue, and for a time made the surrounding six countries complain and resent, but the front was scared by the white handsome army one by one, and only cared about recuperating at home these years, and the people of Dongliang Kingdom have lived a peaceful life for a period of time in recent years.

Now that these small neighboring countries have regained their vitality, they have begun to pick quarrels and provoke troubles, trying to obtain special care from Dongliang Kingdom that they had in the previous dynasty. ”

"These people have already obtained so much wealth before, so they are not satisfied? Especially that Donghan Kingdom, actually taking advantage of us to fight with Moro, actually took the lead and joined forces, what a white-eyed wolf!" Xiao Hanlin was angry.

Old Hanlin put the thick big book in his hand into Xiao Hanlin's hand, "Read it well, it is much more vivid, interesting, and profound than the poems, books, and Lile Zhuzi Hundred Schools that you have read since childhood, and there is a great life and great wisdom in the market." It can also allow us to see the world and people's hearts more thoroughly. ”

It was the first time Xiao Hanlin heard that someone dared to so openly despise the hundreds of schools of poetry, books, etiquette and music, it was a classic that scholars regarded as heavenly books - it was also the first time he found that this old-fashioned white-haired old Hanlin turned out to be a very interesting person who was deeply hidden, and he couldn't help but have a solemn mood.

He was reluctant to leave, and wanted to talk to Lao Hanlin with the words he was holding back in his heart, so he asked: "It is said that Liu Juma went to Qingzhou Mansion to invite the old marshal Bai Feng, which is a play performed by His Majesty to the world, and the students don't understand, can't understand, and can't understand." ”

Old Hanlin was stunned for a moment, looked at Xiao Hanlin's beautiful face, clear and good-looking eyes, knew that this child was innocent, and asked if there was really something he didn't understand, so he cleared his throat, "People in this world, they are all tired of living, each has its own tiredness, the little people are tired of the little people, the people who are the emperors and generals, and the tiredness of their deep high positions." Our Emperor His Majesty naturally has his helplessness. Before His Majesty invited Bai Feng, three points were true, and seven points were false. So this time, with the news that the Donghan countries are about to attack, these two invite Bai Feng, and it will become seven points true and three points false. ”

Xiao Hanlin listened obsessively.

Lao Hanlin himself also talked about the excitement, his white beard was flying, and he pointed his fingers, "Speaking of the old general Bai Feng Bai, it is really admirable." Old man, there are only three people I admire the most in this life. One is the queen of the last days of the former dynasty, don't look at it as a female stream, when the country was ruined, but she resolutely refused to follow the palace members to flee collectively, she held a sword in her hand, and stuck to the harem until the last moment The palace gate was broken, and she hit the pillar and died. ”

Xiao Hanlin quietly stuck out his tongue, this old Hanlin did have the guts, and he dared to openly praise a deceased queen of the previous dynasty in the Hanlin courtyard of this dynasty.

Lao Hanlin didn't realize it, and he sincerely admired it, "The second person that the old man admires is the emperor of our dynasty." You kid is not lucky to see him with his own eyes, that is the real dragon and phoenix among people, look at the face of the emperor, and the heart is simple, treat people kind and magnanimous, although he is the emperor, but do not forget the suffering of the people of Limin. Old man, as an official of the former dynasty, should have committed suicide and martyrdom, just when I was about to burn down the library of the Hanlin Academy of the former dynasty, and live and die with a library of books, it was him, separated by a wooden door, with a three-inch tongue, I persuaded the old man to change his concept, and was willing to be the deacon of the Hanlin Academy of this dynasty, the minister of the second, how much infamy and pressure to bear, if I were not for the charisma of the first emperor of this dynasty, I would have been killed and martyred by the former dynasty. Boy, do you believe the old man's words?"

Lao Hanlin is more serious, this involves the name and solar terms, every time he talks to people about this, he is so anxious that his face is red and his neck is thick, and the green tendons in his neck are exposed.

Xiao Hanlin hurriedly nodded and expressed his faith.

Old Hanlin still sighed heavily, "The minister of the second world is like a daughter marrying a second husband, and the world looks down on it. The old man can only do this in his life. But this Bai Feng Bai Lao General is a different situation. He is not an old man of the previous dynasty, he is the general of the founding of this dynasty, and his military exploits are really famous and brilliant in the annals of history. However, when the water is full, it overflows, and the ascending will inevitably fall heavily, and with the flattening of the Quartet and the stability of the world, the meritorious men who conquer the south and the north will become people in an embarrassing situation. In fact, there have been such examples in all dynasties, and there is a way to be cunning and cunning, and lackeys to cook. The matter of unloading the mill and killing the donkey has been recorded in the history books many times. At the last moment, Bai Feng suddenly felt that the ending was not good, so he retreated early, handed over his military power, and retired to the countryside. ”

Xiao Hanlin yawned quietly, he had actually heard this past many times.

Lao Hanlin is still immersed in it, "There is a way that the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop." Even if Bai Feng really went into hiding, there were still people who were worried about him. No, this is the head of the national crisis, and people from all walks of life think of him, no matter what their intentions are, Bai Feng will not be able to live a peaceful old age in peace. If you don't get it right, it will implicate his whole family, and it is not impossible that he will end up with a full house of beheadings. ”

This frightened Xiao Hanlin, "Teacher, is it really so serious?

Lao Hanlin shook his head: "This is a big move, and it is also a dead move, anyway, old man, I don't see a better way to crack it at present." Unless ......"

"Unless what?"

"Unless he's dead. ”

Xiao Hanlin's delicate face turned pale with fright.

Politics is so sinister.