In this cold winter season, the imperial capital of Chang'an City has long been covered with snow, from a distance, silver covered the earth, heaven and earth are connected into a line, blurring the border, blurring the world, as if the earth is covered with a snow-white wool blanket.

The Chang'an City of the Northern and Southern Dynasties was not the Chang'an City of the Sui and Tang dynasties, which was the most magnificent capital in Chinese history and was the largest city in the world at that time, with a population of one million. And Chang'an in this period is mainly repaired on the outline of Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty, but after years of war and destruction, the land of Guanzhong has fallen into disrepair and is dilapidated and narrow, although under the governance of Yuwentai for these years, it has gradually prospered, and the population base has slowly recovered, but compared with Luoyang and Yecheng in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and even Jiankang City in the Southern Dynasty, the population is far inferior.

Despite this, this ancient city is still famous in the world, in the hearts of many Han people is the holy place of national faith, Chang'an City even spreads the Han Dynasty "the wolf is in the house, there is no royal court in the south of the desert" of the great military might, to tell the world its great achievements, although it has gone through countless baptisms of war, but it can not extinguish the dream of the endless Han nation to pursue prosperity.

There are 12 city gates and 8 main streets in Chang'an City of Han Dynasty, among which the palaces, noble mansions, official offices and temples and other buildings in the city account for about two-thirds of the whole city area, showing an irregular bucket shape, the overall spatial structure layout shows that the east wall is straight, and the remaining three walls twist and turn with the terrain and canals. The northern part of the city is mainly an economic zone such as handicraft workshops and residential Luli, while the southern part of the city is a political area such as palaces, noble residences, government offices and temples.

The palace is concentrated in the middle and south of the city, there are Changle Palace, Weiyang Palace, Gui Palace, North Palace and Mingguang Palace, etc., but most of them were destroyed after the war, although they have also been repaired, but the vast majority of the palaces have not been restored, Yuanji, Xuanguang two halls are the main palaces of the emperor's office today, with its majestic momentum to show the majesty of imperial power.

In December of the twelfth year of Datong (546), the sky was still very dark at this time, and the night was deep, but the streets of Chang'an were already full of traffic, and all kinds of merchants and vendors who were trying to make a living came and went, and the noise of one after another was noisy, and the voices of people were boiling. However, the official road far from the streets of the city is silent, only vehicles and official sedan chairs shuttle towards the palace, and each carriage or sedan chair always carries a lantern in front of it, on which the names and official titles of each prefecture are printed, and it is particularly dazzling under the orange light.

At the time of the fifth watch, most of the court officials in the square gathered in groups, whispering, chatting about various topics, such as the latest news of Yubi City, which was fighting in front recently, and a series of actions of the Eastern Wei army after capturing Fennan City, as well as the rise of the Turks in Northern Xinjiang and Rouran competing for the supremacy of the grassland, and even various market scandals......

I saw Yu Wentai slowly approaching the square under the protection of a group of guards, he came relatively late today, and the political affairs during this period of time were unfavorable, which made him exhausted and very anxious. In addition, Su Xuan, the minister he favored, became ill from hard work, and his qi illness has worsened since the beginning of winter, and he often coughs and bleeds, and it seems that time is running out, which makes Yu Wentai feel very sad and helpless.

Seeing Yuwentai's straight face, the ministers all closed their mouths in cringe, and did not continue to whisper, the square was much quieter, for fear of causing trouble, everyone flashed to both sides and bowed to him, Yuwentai smiled reluctantly and nodded his head to the ministers.

When he came to the square, Yuwentai saw that Yu Jin, Zhao Gui and Dugu Xin were standing together chatting, with a smile on their faces, and it seemed that they were chatting happily, he quickly sorted out his emotions, smiled, walked over and said with a smile: "What are the three of you talking about?"

When the three of them saw that it was Yuwentai, they couldn't help but bow politely and said, "Meet Prime Minister Yuwen." ”

"Hehe, they are all old brothers who have been in trouble for many years, so don't be polite."

Yu Jin smiled slightly: "We were talking about the recent military situation in Yubi City just now. ”

"Oh? So where does Lord Shang Shu think the breakthrough of this battle is? ”

Yu Jin was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed, "Don't make fun of me, the prime minister, the lower officials are shallow, and I don't dare to be sure how to break the situation, but just now I chatted with Yuangui (Zhao Gui), Qi Mitou (Dugu Xin) and other two virtuous brothers, and agreed that whether this battle can be won or not lies in Fennan City." ”

Zhao Gui and Duguxin nodded one after another, showing their approval......

Yuwentai laughed, "Heroes see the same thing—"

Suddenly, there was a "Knock!" in the square. Boom! Boom! "The crisp sound of the gong, the early dynasty has arrived, all the officials above the fifth rank have been arranged in order according to their official positions, under the leadership of the great prime minister Yu Wentai and other pillars, they have entered the Yuanji Palace, and the officials below the fifth rank are standing quietly in the square, waiting to be called at any time.

Soon, the hundred officials have all stood according to their respective official positions, and the entire hall is gathered......

"Your Majesty has arrived~"

A loud and sharp voice resounded over the palace, and I saw that the Western Wei Dynasty was slowly walking out of the apse when the ingot torch was today, he was wearing a crown of heaven, a dragon robe with a silk yarn, and a ring knife on his waist, sitting firmly on the dragon chair, and then looking directly at the ministers below, all of which had long been accustomed to nature in his heart.

Yuan Bao Ju is the grandson of Wei Xiaowen Emperor Yuanhong, the son of Jingzhao King Yuanyu, Xiaowu Emperor Yuan Xiu was killed by Yuwentai, and then supported the Yuan Bao Torch to ascend the throne, but the military affairs were handled by Yuwentai. During his reign, he was not as eager to collect power as Emperor Xiaowu Yuanxiu, but gave up his hands and maintained a delicate relationship with Yuwentai, which shows that he is also scheming and talented, but unfortunately encounters Yuwentai, an old and cunning hero, plus no military power, can only lurk and wait for the opportunity to move.

"——Ministers see Your Majesty the Emperor, I wish Your Majesty a long life."

When the ministers below saw the son of today, they bowed down together to bless and bless, but they did not need to bow down (kneeling began in the Song Dynasty, and the previous dynasties did not need to bow down, and there were seats).

"All Aiqing is exempt, please take a seat!" Yuan Bao Ju waved his hand lightly and said, as soon as the words fell, all the ministers sat down one after another, and then the hall was silent.

Yuan Bao Ju glanced at the ministers below, and then nodded to the eunuch on duty, and a piercing voice sounded in the entire hall, "There is something to play, nothing to retreat from-".

After the words fell, after a while, the ministers saw that Yuwentai, as the prime minister, was closing his eyes at this time, and had no intention of playing, and several other Zhuguo were the same, so they knew that Prime Minister Zhuguo and other important ministers had nothing important to report for the time being.

Yuan Bao Ju originally thought that there was no important event to play in today's court meeting for the time being, and just wanted to signal the eunuch on duty to announce his retirement from the court, but he didn't expect a shout from below: "Your Majesty, the minister has a performance-"

Yuan Bao Ju looked at the direction where the voice came from, it was Liu Min in the Ministry of Langzhong, I saw him bow to the Yuan Bao Torch on the dragon throne and saluted: "Your Majesty, at present, Gao Huan's thief army is surrounding my jade bi and capturing my Fennan City, and Jingzhou in the south (during the Western Wei Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty only occupied part of Jingzhou, probably in the northern part of the city) is under the threat of the enemy generals Hou Jing and Liang Guo, Jingzhou is currently guarded by no good generals, and Weichen is worried that it will be taken by Hou Jing and even the Southern Dynasty, which is not good for my overall situation, I implore Your Majesty to send good generals to defend in case of accidents!" ”