The position of the emperor and the courtiers is different, and the understanding of loyalty is also very different.

In Emperor Yongtai's opinion, his wife participated in the rebellion, but the brothers and sisters of the Pei family, as their mother's family, did not join in the same flow with him, and were still willing to serve him, His Majesty the Emperor, which was enough to satisfy him.

Compared with Dong Bi and Mu Jian, the so-called important ministers who he single-handedly promoted to important positions and have been favored by him for many years, their loyalty is even more valuable.

Huo Xiao and Gu Ge couldn't say anything, those who ate vegetables continued to eat, and those who drank continued to drink.

Emperor Yongtai took another sip of wine and said, "Che'er, how did you know that the Mu family's private soldiers would arrive in the capital today?"

Huo Xiao said: "Uncle Emperor knows that the Huo Mu family has always had contradictions, and they have secretly buried a lot of eyeliner around each other over the years, although the top-secret news is difficult to probe, but the Mu family's actions this time are too big."

However, Mu Jian's father and son should not be underestimated, and Weichen only got the exact news in the early hours of yesterday morning. Fortunately, Weichen borrowed the 30,000 iron cavalry of the Suzaku Battalion from his grandfather before going to Wanquan Dusi, otherwise it would be really overstretched to deal with Mu Yingfei's 50,000 horses. ”

Things have come to this point, Huo Xiao doesn't want to hide Emperor Yongtai.

The soldiers of the Vermilion Bird Battalion are also the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty, as long as there is an order from the general, it is not an unauthorized use of troops to rush thousands of miles to help.

Emperor Yongtai patted him on the shoulder: "I am in a hurry to follow the power, what I appreciate most is Che'er's courage." ”

Huo Xiao grinned, it was because he came fast enough and the Mu family's father and son were killed and injured, otherwise His Majesty the Emperor would definitely have a thorn in his heart because of this matter.

Seeing him tugging at his thin lips, Emperor Yongtai smiled and said, "What about Wanquan Dusi?"

Huo Xiao said with a straight face: "Uncle Emperor, the minister will return to Wanquan Dusi early tomorrow morning." ”

Emperor Yongtai and Gu Ge Lao were surprised together: "So urgent?"

Huo Xiao said: "The 60,000 enemies of Yuwen Hao and the Tatar Right Virtuous King Qikebatu are no longer to be worried, but the minister's trip to Wanquan Capital Division has another gain. ”

Emperor Yongtai is interested, he knows Huo Xiao very well, and he will never use the word "harvest" for ordinary benefits.

The demeanor that had already been exercised without being surprised showed a rare excitement: "Let's listen to it." ”

Huo Xiao's mood was also a little agitated, and said: "After the war twenty years ago, the political situation in Tatar has been unstable, because after the death of the old Khan King, we have not been able to find a new Khan King who can serve the people. The current Khan is no more than eleven or twelve years old, and no one is convinced at all except for the tribal support of his mother.

Today, the most powerful Tatars are the right sage king Qikebatu and the left sage king Bayin Saihan. His Kebatu support mainly came from the mother and wife clans, and he had always been extremely ambitious, and had been waiting for an opportunity to start another war with the Great Zhou.

Bayin Saihan relied on the favor of the old Khan and his own outstanding ability to win the support of many tribes, and I am talking about him. ”

Emperor Yongtai pondered for a moment, then raised his eyebrows and said, "Bayin Saihan, I have heard this person mentioned a lot recently, but I don't seem to have heard much of him when I was in Suzhou. ”

Huo Xiao said: "Bayin Saihan's mother is a native of the Great Zhou, handsome and talented, and it is said that she was very favored by the old Khan King back then. After the death of the old Khan, he was ostracized from all sides, so he chose to retire and did not appear in the eyes of everyone for almost 20 years.

My uncle went to Suzhou more than ten years ago, and he had already retired at that time, so it was not surprising that he had not heard of him. ”

Emperor Yongtai nodded, and said: "Then since this person has already retired, why did he go out of the mountain again, and as soon as he came out, he made such a big noise? ”

After saying that, he turned his head to look at Gu Ge Lao, obviously this last sentence was addressed to him.

Gu Ge Lao said: "Lao Chen has also heard people mention many times that Bayin Saihan and Qikebatu are the two largest forces in Tatar today. ”

Huo Xiao said: "The purpose of his Kebatu is to be the king of the Khan of Tatar, and Bayin Saihan has no ambition, the reason why he can't stand the pleads of many tribal leaders is to ask him to come out and suppress his Kebatu and assist the new Khan king to stabilize the situation in Tatar." ”

Emperor Yongtai suddenly realized: "It turns out that the harvest you said is this...... Putting aside half of Bayinsaihan's Great Zhou bloodline, since he wanted to stabilize the situation in Tatar, he was bound to not want to be an enemy of Great Zhou.

If I can help him, the relationship between the two countries will definitely improve after the destruction of Kebatu, and the people will be able to enjoy long-term peace. ”

Gu Ge Lao twisted the little beard he had left, and said, "The ambitions of the Tatars will never be completely eliminated, but as long as they can be exchanged for twenty or thirty years of peace, it is also cost-effective for my Great Zhou!"

In addition to his family and country, Huo Xiao certainly has a little selfishness.

Life is only a few decades, and he doesn't want to go to the border again and again.

If this time he can really exchange twenty or thirty years of peace as Gu Ge Lao said, he and Little Lentil will be able to enjoy decades of happiness and happiness in peace, which is intoxicating to think about.

Even if he was twice as tired as he was now, it was worth it.

Emperor Yongtai still had some doubts: "But Nabayin Saihan has been retired for twenty years, and no one in my Great Zhou has ever had any dealings with him, let alone friendship, and such a major matter must have someone who can be trusted by both parties to help build bridges, otherwise there is no way to talk about it." ”

Huo Xiao said: "Uncle Emperor, don't worry, this person already has it, and it is definitely trustworthy to you." ”

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Speaking of Doudou, after coming to the room, she first put a small bowl of porridge in a food box and handed it to Fat Mai Sui'er: "Send this to your master first, and then come back to help me quickly." ”

Fat Mai Sui'er answered, carrying the food box and leaving.

After a while, she came back with a food box and said, "Little princess, the little princess has been summoned by His Majesty." ”

Doudou put down the dough in his hand, pouted and said, "Your Majesty didn't say earlier, so I was hungry to get this, isn't it a waste!"

Fat Mai Sui'er said with a smile: "Don't worry, little princess, the master will eat dumplings with a stomach, and besides, there are still slaves and maids, and they can't be wasted." ”

Doudou is actually complaining casually, tossing these days, and she herself is hungry for dumplings.

She smiled: "Then you go and chop the meat, my noodles are almost reconciled." ”

"Bh. Fat Ears of Wheat answered and began to work.

The division of labor between the master and servant was extremely efficient, and it didn't take long for the board to be covered with white and fat dumplings.

The water in the pot was boiling, and Doudou was just about to make dumplings when he saw the fragrance and hurriedly walked in.

She stopped what she was doing and said, "What's wrong?"

Xiang Xiang said: "Little princess, Vice General Jiang just came back with a team of cavalry, but without saying a word, he knelt at the door of the little prince's tent and said that he was here to ask for sin, no matter how the slave persuaded him, he didn't get up, you go and see." ”

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