(Note: Because Prime Minister Lu's mansion is still the residence of the squire, it is still called 'Lu Shilang' in order to distinguish it from Prime Minister Du.) ）

After Lu Shilang and several military generals entered the palace, it was already late.

Sanren had already explained to the little eunuch outside the hall, and after a while, a few adults arrived, and they brought them in, so there was no need to report it. So when they arrived outside the palace, a little eunuch came to greet them and said, "The emperor has been waiting for you for a long time, please go in with my servants."

Headed by Lu Shilang, he said: There is Father-in-law Lao.

Walking into the hall, leading all the way to the imperial study on the side of the hall, and outside the door, I saw the little father-in-law stop and bow and call inward: Your Majesty, the adults have arrived.

Yu Xuan in the room listened and said, "Please come in."

Sanren went to the door early and welcomed several adults in.

Several adults walked to the imperial table where Yu Xuan was and stopped a few steps away, bowed their heads together and shouted: "Greetings to the emperor!"

Yu Xuan said: Aiqing, please get up.

The crowd stood up.

Lu Shilang asked first: I don't know why the emperor urgently summoned me and others?

Yu Xuan said to everyone: There is indeed an emergency.

As he spoke, he picked up the fold on the table. Seeing this, Sanren hurriedly stepped forward a few steps to take it, turned around and handed it to Lu Shilang and the others.

Lu Shilang took the secret fold and unfolded it. Several other adults leaned in.

After reading it, Lu Shilang handed the secret fold back to Sanren, and after the secret fold returned to the royal table, Lu Shilang looked at Yu Xuan and said: What does the emperor think of the sudden war at the border pass?

Yu Xuan said: I invite you to come over and want to hear your opinions first.

Lu Shilang listened, nodded and said: What Weichen saw, it is not difficult to guess, as early as before, he advocated sending troops to fight to level the hardships of the side. Nowadays, the war is menacing, and it is necessary to meet the battle and change the defense to the attack.

The other adults also nodded their heads when they heard this.

After listening to Lu Shilang's words, Yu Xuan smiled and said: Sure enough, Prime Minister Lu and I coincide with what I want.

When Lu Shilang and the others heard this, they all arched their hands and said: The emperor is wise!

I think that several military generals, including Lu Shilang, thought that it was better to fight at first, and did not like the art of seeking peace, but it was because of the strong opposition of those civil servants that the two sides could not fight, and the border was still peaceful, so they took peace as a policy. Now the barbarians have provoked the war first, so there is no one in their eyes, unscrupulous, thinking that Xifeng is a big country, with tens of millions of territories, and he is not at peace when he is arbitrarily harassed in a place of one side.

In this case, as the lord of a country, what is the difficulty of leveling the chaos of one side and governing the coast of a block!

The next morning, on the front hall of civil and military affairs, Yu Xuan said: I received a secret letter from the frontier where Marshal Lu is located yesterday, which stated in detail that the border barbarians had gathered tens of thousands of troops and camped a few miles below the city gate, and the envoys sent to investigate were also gone, and the barbarians had already moved troops to attack the city, so they wrote to ask me if I would go to war to meet them.

After speaking, he paused, and then said: I have agreed, and Marshal Lu has full authority to decide the matter of the border pass. As for the matter of sending additional troops and horses, it was handed over to Prime Minister Lu Cheng and several ministers of the DPRK and China who were in charge of the affairs of the military department.

As soon as he finished speaking, Prime Minister Du Cheng hurriedly stepped forward and asked: Your Majesty, is it inappropriate to go to war in such a hurry?

Yu Xuan listened to it and said: What Prime Minister Du Cheng said, how to talk about it.

Prime Minister Du Cheng replied: The dispute over the border is not a once, there have been before, although the soldiers are in the city, but they have not actually attacked, but it is just a bluff, there is a suspicion of showing off their might, and in the end, they should come down and get the tribute of our court. In the opinion of the ministers, the situation today is no different from that time, and the war can be quelled without going to war.

Prime Minister Du Cheng's words naturally spoke the minds of all the ministers, and I saw that most of the official uniforms nodded in agreement, and there was a great momentum of concert.

At this time, Lu Shilang said: What Prime Minister Du Cheng said is not right.

Everyone looked at each other.

Lu Shilang said: If you want to calm the chaos with material desires, you will not last long. In the land of the barbarians, although the soldiers are strong and strong, the behavior is appalling, which makes people feel terrified, and makes everyone want to submit to others. But I am a big country in the west, and I am also strong and strong, and there are countless warriors, so how much should I use to the point of materialism.

When Prime Minister Du Cheng listened, he was already indignant in his heart. As soon as Lu Shilang finished speaking, he said: According to Prime Minister Lu, this battle is inevitable.

Lu Shilang replied: The land of the border fortress is full of barbarians, even if Yinghe sends countless treasures, it will not be able to make them willing to submit to my court, only by using force can it be done.

Lu Shilang's words were convincing, not only the military generals, but even the civil servants also surrendered to what he said. For a while, no one answered in the court, and everyone naturally looked at Prime Minister Du.

I only heard Prime Minister Du Cheng laugh and said: Prime Minister Du Cheng's opinion is really extraordinary, but your vision is narrow, trapped in temporary comfort, and you can't see the long-term.

As he spoke, he turned around and looked upwards, and shouted: It's the minister who is narrow-minded, please forgive the emperor!

A voice came from above: Aiqing is not at fault, don't care.

Then, I heard Sanren shouting: Something to start, nothing to retreat!

The ministers immediately knelt down and kowtowed, shouting in unison: Congratulations to the emperor!

Looking at Prime Minister Du Cheng who leaned down, the face under the wide sleeves had already gritted his teeth, and his eyes showed a fierce light, which could be described as extremely ruthless.

After returning to Du's mansion, Prime Minister Du Cheng did not take off his official uniform, rushed to the study to write a letter, and then called the housekeeper to let him go to Zhang's mansion, and be sure to hand over the letter to the head of the Zhang family.

After the housekeeper should get down, he didn't dare to delay for a moment and rushed to Zhang's house. After a while, the housekeeper of Du Mansion left the Zhang family. At nightfall, the side door of Zhang's house opened, and the head of Zhang's family went out of the side door and headed north.

I saw him stop in the secret place of the mansion and leap forward.

He had already sent news by letter a few days ago, so he knew that his master had returned in the past few days. Walking into the house, sure enough, the lights were bright, and Chu Yun sat on the chair above him and looked at him.

So, the person who came hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to say goodbye, and then said the situation of these days, and finally said: There is nothing abnormal. It's just that Prime Minister Du Cheng sent someone to deliver a letter, including Xifeng's military defense layout.

After hearing this, Chu Yun asked: He didn't go to your mansion himself?

The person below replied: It was not mentioned in the letter, I am afraid that my identity will be revealed.

Chu Yun said with a smile: It's just that I'm in a hurry to kill the people who are in the way, and it's good to be at ease at this time.

After speaking, he looked at the kneeling people below and asked, "Is there anything else?"

After listening to the question, he got up, handed the letter and the military defense layout map he brought to Chu Yun and stepped back, and said: The slave will retire first.

After saluting, he left.

Chu Yun held Xifeng's military defense layout map in his hand, and for a moment he thought of the soldiers coming to the city like a broken bamboo, and for a while he thought of Ren Qingqing, who was still in the Xifeng Imperial Palace.

All are inevitable.