Qiu Niang bought the wine and came back, put down the wine jar, thought of something, and said to Gu Baiyi: "I went over there, I haven't been there for a few days, and I don't know how he is now." ”

Gu Baiyi nodded and said, "Be careful on the road, go and comfort him a few more words." ”

"Don't really drink too much, after seeing him, I'll go and see if anyone's cruise ship is empty, just buy it." Qiu Niang went to her room, and it didn't take long for her to change into clothes, but it made Qin Xiao's eyes light up.

This is a very clean cyan glutinous skirt, although it is not luxurious, but it adds a few colors to the already delicate Qiu Niang.

She is a mature woman, her figure is exquisitely convex, and wearing this waxy skirt makes her beautiful figure undulating, with a bee waist and round hips, a slender place, and a plump place, and a mature and feminine charm poured up and down her body.

Qin Xiao was a little surprised, this glutinous skirt was obviously a very cherished costume for Qiu Niang, and when she went out this time, she was dressed so delicately, and the people she wanted to see were naturally not ordinary.

Not only did she change into a waxy skirt, Qiu Niang also applied a little powder, and the whole person looked even more beautiful.

Women are the ones who please themselves.

Qin Xiao couldn't help but think in his heart, could it be that Qiu Niang was going to meet with which man?

But this kind of thing, he naturally doesn't want to ask much.

Qiu Niang instructed two sentences, did not delay, and went out gracefully, Qin Xiao looked at Qiu Niang's beautiful back, and suddenly thought that the fat woman on the other side of the door scolded Qiu Niang for being a vixen, and she didn't understand it before, but at this time, she suddenly woke up, and dared to love that the fat woman saw that Qiu Niang often wore this outfit to go out.

This dress is delicate and eye-catching, and it is indeed charming and moving, no wonder the fat woman will say that Qiu Niang is a fox spirit.

"We can't change the affairs of the imperial court." Gu Baiyi's voice sounded in his ears: "When the saint ascended the throne, the seven counties of the three states headed by Murong Changdu rebelled, and the world was in chaos. **The army took advantage of the new monarch's unstable time, all the way north, drove straight in, attacked the city, and the whole dynasty was shocked, at that time, the Tusun people took the opportunity to go south and contain the Tang army. ”

The internal and external troubles of the empire back then can be said to be the ** of the empire from prosperity to decline.

The Tang Empire was strong for a while, and such a powerful empire would never collapse because of foreign enemies, and could only kill itself.

Xiahou ascended the throne, although he had the edict of Emperor Dezong, but Zhao Yankuo and others directly wrote to Xiahou that he was not qualified to be the emperor, after this group of people was killed, the world's scholars also criticized Xiahou's pen, and the local states and counties with heavy troops were also ready to move, and finally Xiahou became the emperor, which directly led to the rebellion of the seven counties of the three states.

Of the eighteen states of the empire, although only three states and seven counties rebelled, at least half of the states and counties sat on the mountains and watched the tiger, neither sending troops nor sending troops to quell the chaos.

After that war, not only did the court kill a group of capable officials, but also the counterinsurgency cost a huge amount of money, and finally except for the ** army retreated to the south safely, the other rebels were all suppressed, resulting in the consequence that the treasury was empty, and the empire was always in an extremely weak state for several years, so it even had to throw Xiling into the hands of the Xiling family, unable to form effective control over Xiling.

"For so many years, in the hearts of the saints, the biggest threat to the empire comes from **." Gu Baiyi said calmly: "Murong Changdu is both civil and military, and the art of war can be said to be unmatched, and the military generals of the Manchu Dynasty, the only one who can really compete with Murong Changdu is the old general Taishi." Although Taishi Cunmiao is proficient in the art of war, he was trained by the old general Taishi, but after all, he is still younger, and Murong Chang is experienced. General Hei Yu, Brother Qin, with all due respect, he is an old man who is good at using surprise soldiers, but if the big army fights, he is still slightly inferior to Murong Changdu. ”

Qin Xiao knew that Gu Baiyi was telling the truth, and nodded slightly.

"It's a pity that the old general Taishi is old, and I heard that he has been lingering on the sickbed for the past two years." Gu Baiyi sighed lightly: "The sage takes Murong Changdu as his biggest confidant, and before he is pacified, he will naturally not march into Xiling, or even start a war with the Wutuo people." In fact, for so many years, the imperial court has been planning to conquer Murong Changdu, although the two sides of the peace talks, Murong Changdu sent hostages to call him a minister, and the court also gave him the title of King of Zhennan, but everyone in the world knows that as long as the court recovers, the first one will be that Murong Changdu. ”

Qin Xiao said with a hint of mockery: "It has been seventeen years since the saint ascended the throne, and Murong Chang is still sitting comfortably on the chair of King Zhennan. ”

Gu Baiyi said with a smile: "Murong Changdu started the army back then, but he was only in his early thirties, and now he is already half a hundred. When the saint first ascended the throne, he was bound to recover after the war. Fighting a war is complicated and complicated, and simple is simple. If you send troops, the morale of the army is naturally indispensable, money, food and ordnance are even more indispensable, and the most important thing is to need a general who can strategize. The rebellion in the seven counties of Sanzhou was quelled precisely because the sage had the old general Taishi, but that was more than ten years ago. If the treasury was sufficient ten years ago, it was decided to conquest **, the old general still had the energy to lead the army at that time, but the conquest ** was by no means a matter of a year and a half, and there was no enough money and food to support two years, so when the old general could fight, the imperial court failed to send troops, and now the old general is old, and he can't lead the troops to fight at all, and the treasury is still beyond his means. ”

"Brother Gu, according to this, ** will continue to drag on, and the recovery of Xiling is even more far away?" Qin Xiao smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Although the treasury has not been full in recent years, it has at least been much fuller than in the most difficult times." Gu Baiyi said lightly: "There has been no major war for more than ten years, and the important ministers of the imperial court are also used to the peaceful birthday in front of them. If you have to send troops, with the power of one country to conquer the ** two states and fourteen counties, you will naturally have the upper hand in terms of strength, but ......! He put a piece of pig's head meat in his mouth, chewed it slowly, and said calmly: "But if you lose, what will happen?" ”

Qin Xiao was stunned.

"Once you lose, the earth shakes." Gu Baiyi said: "Maybe the empire is in turmoil again, and the adults of the imperial court will no longer be able to live a stable life." He smiled slightly, and said: "So the adults in the court are talking about accumulating strength and waiting for the opportunity to send troops to recruit **, but they are just talking about it, if the saint really wants to send troops on a whim one day, I am afraid that more than half of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will prevent the dispatch of troops, and they can also say countless reasons, so that the saint has to withdraw his life." ”

Qin Xiao was even more stunned.

When he was in Xiling, when the officials of the Duwei Mansion occasionally chatted, they would inevitably mention when the imperial court would really take back control of Xiling from the Xiling family.

In fact, some people have said that the imperial court must first fight **, and then wave its troops westward.

The people of the Duwei Mansion have been waiting for the day when the imperial court exterminates **, as long as ** is conquered and the Tang army goes out of the customs and enters Xiling, the Duwei Mansion will also raise its eyebrows.

It's just that more than ten years have passed, although the Tang army has not entered Xiling, and even ** has been in the hands of Murong Changdu.

Qin Xiao finally understood at this time that in the final analysis, it was the court that wanted to live a stable life, so they didn't think about a decisive battle with ** at all.

"Brother Qin, even the ** that the sage thinks is like a mang on his back has not been recovered, do you think the imperial court will easily send troops to Xiling?" Gu Baiyi sighed: "In fact, only General Hei Yu has been thinking about taking back Xiling, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty dare not say that they abandoned Xiling, but no one really helped General Hei Yu to take back Xiling." Before the general went out of the customs, the court was also festive, and it was said that the sage strategized and regained control of Xiling without a single soldier, and no one thought that it was actually a trap laid by the Fan family. Now that the general has been killed, and Xiling has fallen into the hands of the Xiling family, the adults in the court are nothing more than empty joy, and no one really wants to take Xiling back. He shook his head and said: "Xiling has been lost for more than ten years, and it is good to lose it and regain it, but now that it is lost again, it is just a return to its original state, and those adults will not find it strange." ”

Gu Baiyi's sincere words were like a knife piercing Qin Xiao's heart.

He had a cold heart, and he always thought that it was impossible for the imperial court to accept Xiling being occupied by rebels, but now he realized that those high-ranking officials and nobles in the court from top to bottom had never regarded Xiling as a thing.

If you lose Xiling, you only need to die a few people, just like Fan Wenzheng, an unlucky ghost, to give an explanation to the soldiers and civilians of the world.

"What kind of bullshit court is this." Qin Xiao finally scolded: "Is this still the powerful Tang Empire back then?" ”

Gu Baiyi said calmly: "Some people want to change this world, but in the end, they are changed by this world. I heard that in the past, as long as there was a place where the banner of the Tang Dynasty was flying, the enemy would kneel and surrender without swords. No matter who it is, as long as it is an enemy of Datang, it will eventually become a ghost under the knife of Datang Iron Cavalry. He raised his head slightly, and there was a glint in his eyes: "It must have been a very beautiful time!" ”

"Maybe..... There will be another day! Qin Xiao also seemed to be thinking about the once glorious era of the Tang Dynasty.

Gu Baiyi reached out and patted Qin Xiao on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "If many years later, there is a new emperor who will work hard to revitalize the Tang Dynasty, maybe there will really be that day, I just hope that when that day comes, we will not be old yet." ”

Qin Xiao smiled: "Brother Gu, if there is really that day, it doesn't hurt if we get old." Two old men, riding two horses and carrying a banner of the Tang Dynasty, let's go to the border of the Tang Dynasty to see if those barbarian foreigners will kneel down and beg for mercy when they see our banner. Hahaha, if that's the case, we really haven't lived in vain in this life. ”

"Then it's a deal." Gu Baiyi stretched out his hand, "If there really is such a day, we two old men will carry the flag to the border pass, so that those barbarians can see our majesty." ”

The two high-fived each other, and in the midst of laughter, it was unusually crisp.