Just after noon, Han Xizai left Song Qiqiu's mansion and returned home. As soon as he arrived home, the housekeeper told Xu Shilian that he had been waiting in the study for a long time.

Entering the study, Xu Shilian immediately greeted him: "Lord Shizhong, how is the situation?" ”

Han Xizai smiled and said, "Your Majesty finally agreed to my suggestion and Lord Song's suggestion to move the capital to Jiangzhou. ”

Xu Shilian breathed a sigh of relief, so that the plan of the two could be said to be half successful.

After Li Jing's death, Li Yu took over the throne, Li Jingsui was removed from all official positions, went to the imperial tomb to guard Li Jing's spirit, Li Jingda also lost power, and became a Taiping prince without office and power.

As Li Jingsui's party, Han Xizai and Xu Shilian were very sad, but fortunately, Li Jing called Han Xizai to the bed before he died, which allowed him to retain the right to speak in the officialdom.

Regarding the future strategy of the Tang State, there are currently three voices in the court, the first is the Shaozhuang faction general headed by Fu Wen, who suggested that the Tang State defend the Zhou State on the one hand, and attack Chizhou on the other hand, recapture Chizhou, and open up the north-south passage of the Tang State.

The second type was the old ministers led by Wang Kai, who advocated defending Hangzhou with all their might, sending envoys widely, and uniting with other countries to jointly deal with the northern Zhou state.

The third type of civil official, headed by Song Qiuqi, advocated moving the capital to Jiangzhou, leaving the dangerous place first, and then slowly recovering his vitality.

Han Xizai echoed Song Qiuqi's opinion, argued with reason in the imperial study, and finally let Li Yu choose the third plan and move the capital to Jiangzhou.

However, Han Xizai's purpose for doing this, Li Yu probably couldn't have dreamed of it - he planned to dedicate Jinling to Lu Yuan, the king of Wu.

"Lord Waiting, there's one thing I've always wanted to ask you." Xu Shilian hesitated before speaking.

"Just ask." Han Xizai walked to the chair and sat down, and made a gesture of invitation to Xu Shilian.

"I want to know, why did you choose Lu Yuan instead of Zhao Kuangyin in the first place." Xu Shilian looked serious.

Han Xizai smiled slightly: "Then why did Xu Shilang choose Wu Guo?" ”

Xu Shilian didn't say much, and said bluntly: "I once sent an envoy to Hui'an Mansion, and I was deeply impressed by the expressions of the people in Hui'an Mansion at that time, and I thought that King Wu was a promising king. ”

Han Xizai was silent for a moment and slowly spoke:

"Looking at the current situation today, people of insight can see that the Zhou State and the Tang State are on the verge of extinction, and the Central Plains is about to be in chaos, which is also the reason why you and I sacrificed Jinling, right?"

"Not bad." Xu Shilian nodded silently.

"Then my reason is very simple, whoever has more hope of blocking the Liao State, I will choose whoever is there."

Xu Shilian raised his eyebrows: "Judging from the current situation, Zhao Kuangyin's army is stronger, and it only took him less than a year to conquer more than a dozen states in Jiangbei. ”

"You're wrong, this doesn't prove that Zhao Kuangyin is stronger, it's his weakness."

"What's the reasoning?" Xu Shilian was stunned.

"Since Liu Renzhan's army of more than 100,000 was defeated by Zhao Kuangyin, Jiangbei has no strength to resist Zhao Kuangyin, and it is not difficult to be swept by him, and Lu Yuan's army can also do this." Han Xizai spoke slowly.

Xu Shilian's brows furrowed, and he thought to himself.

"Why is this his weakness?" He asked.

"It's very simple, it's a matter of time, Zhao Kuangyin's time to occupy these places is too short, and the foundation is very shallow, while Lu Yuan is slowly advancing step by step, and the foundation is much stronger."

At this time, a maid came in with tea, and after Xu Shilian waited for her to leave, he spoke: "But Zhao Kuangyin can't be blamed for this, after all, he just came to the south." ”

Han Xizai took a sip of tea and sighed: "You can't blame him, you can only say that he is unlucky, with his current situation, it is impossible to unify Jiangnan before the Liao people call, only Lu Yuan has the opportunity to do this." ”

Xu Shilian sighed and acquiesced to the other party's statement.

At this moment, a hurried knock on the door suddenly sounded, Han Xizai frowned, stepped forward to open the door, and it was the housekeeper of the Han Mansion who knocked on the door.

"Steward Li, why are you so anxious?"

"Master, Your Majesty sent someone to summon you into the palace immediately." The old housekeeper said hurriedly, he knew that his master was secretly in contact with Wu Guo, and he thought that the matter was known by the imperial court, so he sent someone to ask for the crime.

Han Xizai's face changed slightly, today is the Mu holiday, and this kind of time is not a good sign.

"Do you know what's going on?"

The old butler shook his head.

Han Xizai was silent for a moment and said to Xu Shilian: "If I don't come back tonight, you will go to Wu Country immediately." ”

"I see." Xu Shilian said in a deep voice.

At this moment, the deputy housekeeper of the Han Mansion also ran over from a distance, followed by a middle-aged man.

Xu Shilian was surprised when he saw the man: "Steward Jiang, why are you here?" ”

The middle-aged man was the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion, and he hurriedly said, "Young Master, Your Majesty has summoned you to the palace." ”

Xu Shilian's heart sank, and he looked at Han Xizai, only to see him with a thinking expression.

After a while, Han Xizai spoke: "Don't worry, something urgent should have happened, otherwise, the person sent by His Majesty should come with your butler." ”

Xu Shilian immediately realized that if he really sent someone to arrest him, it would be impossible for his housekeeper to report the news alone.

"Then I'll go home first." Xu Shilian turned around and left with the housekeeper.

After changing into his official uniform, Han Xizai rode towards the palace, thinking about what urgent events would happen, but after pondering, he realized that there were too many major events that could happen.

Now the situation in the south of the Tang State is in chaos, Chu is in rebellion, the Han State sent troops to attack Tingzhou and Qianzhou, the Jianwu Army and the Ning State Army are also secretly transferring troops, and the Wu State may also send troops to attack Changzhou and Xuanzhou, which is really hard to guess for a while.

He put away his thoughts, shut his mind, and didn't think about it anymore.

Not long after, the carriage drove outside the gate of the imperial city, Han Xi got off the carriage and entered the main hall of the imperial meeting, only to see that there were many officials standing in the hall.

Their expressions were very agitated, and it seemed that something bad had happened.

As soon as he walked a few steps, a eunuch greeted him and said hurriedly: "Han Shizhong, Your Majesty asked you to go to the imperial study with the slave maid after you came." ”

Han Xizai nodded and followed behind the eunuch.

When he arrived at the imperial study, Fu Wen, Wang Kai and Song Qiqiu were already there, and the new emperor Li Yu was sitting on the dragon chair, and behind him stood a beautiful woman, massaging his shoulder.

"Minister Han Xizai knocked to see Your Majesty, and knocked to see the queen." This woman is the queen Zhou Ehuang, and Li Yu made her the queen as soon as he ascended the throne.

"Let's be flat." Li Yu stretched out his hand to signal.

Han Xizai stood up and asked, "Your Majesty, is something wrong?" ”

Li Yu's hand on the imperial case tightened, and said: "Just now, Yang Fang, the envoy of the Fenghua Army, sent someone to send a military report that Zhao Kuangyin is assembling a naval army and may want to cross the river to attack Jinling. ”

Han Xizai's heart sank, Zhao Kuangyin's speed was too fast, the Tang State had discussed the time of Zhao Kuangyin's troops at the previous Tang Dynasty meeting, and all the officials agreed that he would train the navy first, and the earliest should be next spring.

"Your Majesty, Zhao Kuangyin's hasty promotion of troops is a good thing for our army, and the minister thinks that as long as Zhao Kuangyin dares to cross the river, let Yang Jie envoy fight him on the river!" Han Hee-jae gave his opinion.

"I have given Yang an order to find an opportunity to defeat Zhao Kuangyin's army, this battle is related to the survival of the country, so I hope that all the Aiqing can wait for the military situation ahead with me." Li Yu's voice was a little panicked.

Han Xizai sighed, Li Yu is too young after all, and if something changes in his mental condition, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make a correct judgment.

I think he also took this into account, so he called the minister over so that he could discuss countermeasures at any time.

As time passed, Li Yu became more and more anxious, and began to walk around the study, but Empress Zhou Ehuang stood quietly, comforting him softly from time to time.

Han Xizai looked at the other ministers, Fu Wen's face was sinking like water, Wang Kai's eyes were half-open and half-closed, as if he was asleep, and only Song Qiqiu was carrying his hands behind his back, looking quite calm.

"Poof", a voice came in from outside, and everyone looked in the direction of the gate.

I saw Wang Degong leading a general into the imperial study, the general was covered in blood, walking with a limp, and his hat was crooked to the side, Han Xizai suddenly had a bad premonition.

"Your Majesty, our navy ...... Defeated! As soon as the general had finished speaking, he fell to his knees.