Zuo asked, "Take a formality?" ”

"Yes, Queen Mother."

Zuo asked confusedly, "What does the general mean by this?" ”

Xin Er groaned, and said in his heart: "Although I am in charge of the court at the beginning of this day, after all, the background is still shallow, Chen Sun, Zhang Hun and others in the court still have many henchmen, and they still have other thoughts, but they are forced by the current situation to lie dormant for the time being, and face me in the face; Song Hong and Pan Kuan, who were expelled from the court by me, have a lot of correspondence with Chen Sun and Zhang Hun, so there is no need to guess, and I know that both of them are watching the current situation and waiting for an opportunity to rise again; The marquis and the girl died one after another, but the alliance between me and the Koji family was at this moment when the government and the opposition had hidden worries, gradually became cold, Koji Shuang was arrogant, always regarded himself very highly, was keen on power, and rebuked him in public for the love of God, how could he not hate the middle? I must have been very dissatisfied with it as well,...... The reason why I have been able to go all the way from Jiankang County to today is all because of the Queen Mother's trust in me, when Chen Sun and other generations are separated from me, if I want to hold the power of the court in the future, I can't say, I have to continue to rely on the Queen Mother and the king for the time being.

"The reason why I suggested writing to Jiang Zuo and proposing to join forces with Jiang Zuo to attack Pu Qin and Pseudo Wei is that I don't have to hide it from her."

The implementation of the three-province six-ministry system is still short, and it has not yet penetrated into the hearts of the people, and some stubborn old-fashioned factions that have been offended to their own bodies and the interests of their own clans, such as the one who occupies the position of nobility, leisurely, respectful and generous, and in the implementation of this system, those who have been eliminated from the game, such as the long-term vision, are keenly aware that once this system becomes customized, the "political privileges" before the children of the powerful clan will be greatly weakened, and the resistance to this system is now very strong, or secretly, Or directly criticize this system on the surface and do not cooperate, this is one of them.

Although Xin Er took the opportunity of changing to the system of three provinces and six ministries, promoted and reused a number of scholars and scholars, of course, the reputation of scholars and scholars in the scholars and the people cannot be compared with Zhang, Koji, Song, and Fan, who began from the Qin Dynasty and even the Spring and Autumn Period before the Qin Dynasty, and became the local wealthy family, and assisted in the founding of Dingxi, Lu Shuang and others gave in, and many important positions were appointed to them, which is the second.

The combination of the two reasons, coupled with the dissatisfaction of Zhang Hun, Chen Sun, Ko Shuang, Song Hong, Pan Kuan and other people, it can be said that although Xin Er is now in power, compared with the past, the power in his hands has greatly gained, but he still faces many hidden worries, and it can even be said that in the context of the weakening of the alliance with the Koji family, and on the contrary, Koji Shuang is very likely to become his political enemy, his current position in the Dingxi Dynasty is not as stable as before.

Xin Er actually has a great sense of crisis.

Therefore, in order to continue to gain Zuo's trust and support, and to be honest with her, Xin Er decided to tell her frankly.

He touched the short mustache under his chin and said: "Queen Mother, in recent years, in order to protect the territory and the people, my country has been fighting for many years, the treasury has been half empty, and at the beginning of the year, there was a war in Qinzhou, which cost a lot. Empress Dowager, although the current finances of Dingxi are safe in the daily operation of the country, but in terms of military spending, it is slightly lacking, which is not enough for our country to join forces with Jiangzuo to jointly attack Puqin and pseudo-Wei. ”

In Xin Er's words, there is a small "beautification", that is, the six words "to protect the territory and the people". However, in recent years, most of Dingxi's foreign wars have been decided by Xin'er, and many courtiers and civilian scholars have said that Xin'er has "exhausted the army and used force" and "worked the people and lost money", so they had to add these six words when they answered correctly and before "fighting for many years".

Zuo didn't hear Xin Er's little thoughts.

She has great trust in Xin Er, as long as Xin Er proposes to do it, she will strongly support it, because she will not question the right and wrong of what Xin Er did.

Hearing Xin Er's words, Zuo asked: "Since the military budget is insufficient, why did the general go to Shujiangzuo and propose a joint army to attack the prisoners?" ”

Xin Er said: "Queen Mother, the minister's book is a last resort. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Xin Er's tone was sincere, and he said: "The minister asked the DPRK to set up a system of three provinces and six ministries, since the restructuring, the government and the opposition have had considerable resistance, so the minister went to Shujiangzuo and proposed to cut down the captives, in fact, it was to divert the attention of domestic resistance. ”

Zuo suddenly said, "I see! ”

Looking back these days, although she was in the palace, she also heard a lot of rejection of the three provinces and six ministries system, Zuo's face showed a thin anger, and said, "Since the establishment of the three provinces and six ministries, although it has not been a long time, but every time I have a court meeting, I can feel that whether it is daily government affairs or other matters, in the discussion, decision-making, and specific implementation, compared with before, it is much more convenient. Such a good system, those pedantic people in the government and the opposition have unscrupulously criticized it! …… General, Huang Shizhong suggested that it would be better to arrest these people who criticize the government and put them in prison and punish them severely, but why did the general refuse to accept them? ”

The "Sun Servant Shot" in Xin Er's mouth just now is talking about Sun Yan, the new left servant of Shangshutai; At this time, the "Huang Shizhong" in Zuo's mouth was referring to Huang Rong, the new Huangmen Province, that is, one of the two chief officials of Menxia Province.

Sun Yan was originally the chief farmer of Dingxi, and after he was appointed as the left servant, he was still in charge of finances and other matters; He has the right to fill in the gaps and respond to the advisers, and to express his personal views and offer some suggestions for the government, which is exactly one of Huang Rong's responsibilities in this position.

Xin Er said magnanimously: "Queen Mother, the mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan. No matter what kind of system it is, it is impossible to take care of the interests of all people, and if it comes out with one system, it is inevitable that some people will make irresponsible remarks. In the minister's view, these criticisms are better than blocking. Speaking of this, a sentence came to mind, and he groaned, "Little globe, a few flies hit the wall." Buzzing, a few poignant, a few sobbing. Ants boast of a big country, and it is easy for grasshoppers to shake trees. ”

There is no literary format of "words", Zuo, Tang Ai and others certainly don't know that these sentences are the first few sentences of a complete poem, and only regard them as a few comments from those who criticize the three provinces and six ministries system, but after hearing about it, they all feel that these words are really majestic and full of confidence.

Tang Ai interjected and said: "Ming Gong, the ant is the acacia, the grasshopper shakes the tree, these two classics, Ai Zhiye, what does the 'little globe' mean?" ”

Xin Er was dumbfounded, and didn't know how to answer for a while, so he said vaguely: "This sentence is a long story, I have an article, the name is good, it is called "Naturalism", it has not yet been written, after I write it, I will show it to you, and you will understand what it means." ”

Tang Aixi said: "Ming Gong's previous book "Theory of Contradiction", such as a rafter pen, after Ai reads, and then observes things and reason, all of them are suddenly opened. Is there a Xiongwen who is about to be born today? Ai Qiao is enough to wait! ”

Zuo Shi has also read Xin Er's "Theory of Contradiction", but she can't understand it, but she is affected by the current style of Qing talk, and is also very interested in metaphysics, or in other words, philosophical discussions, so she has a lot of doubts, and has always wanted to ask Xin Er, so because of Tang Ai's words, she couldn't help but move in her heart, thinking: "I am in the palace on weekdays, and I have no opportunity to ask Agua for advice." I'm going to find God's love later, or today? Looking at the sky outside the hall, it was still early, and he thought, "But I don't know when Agua will go home." ”

Zuo's point suddenly came to mind, and there is no need to say more.

It is only said that Xin Er went to Shujiangzuo and proposed to attack Qin and Wei together, in fact, his intention was to have two.

One is what he said in due course, in order to divert the attention of domestic opponents of reform.

The other is the same as the first generation of the Jiangzuo court's minister, Wang, when the Tang dynasty first moved to Jiangzuo, put forward the slogan of "recovering China", it is also a political slogan, in order to take this opportunity to show the Tang people in Dingxi, Jiangzuo, and even Qin and Wei when he first took charge of the Western Dynasty that he was not a person who was greedy for power, but a person with far-sighted ambitions and determined to recover his homeland in China.

The former intention can be told to Zuo truthfully, but the latter intention is not easy to say, so Xin Er didn't say it.

Zuo said: "The general is broad-minded, and he is really a great man today!" Those flies, in front of the generals, are really not worth mentioning! ”

There is no problem with what Zuo said this, but how Tang Ai listens to it, how can he feel that it is a little wrong.

Tang Ai muttered, "Is there something wrong with my ears?" The Queen Mother's words are not wrong at all, how can I listen to it but a little, a little ......" he couldn't tell what it was "a little", he couldn't figure it out, shook the feather fan, shook his head again, and simply didn't want to.

He couldn't figure it out, but Xin Er understood.

It was clear from Zuo's tone that Xin Er heard a strong sense of admiration.

Xin Er's heart jumped, and her eyes met Zuo's, seeing her bright eyes, like the starlight of a spring night, cast on her body.

Such a bold gesture, Xin Er had only seen it once or twice here in Zuo's place before. Compared with the few or two comparisons before, Zuo's eyes at this time were a little different. The previous boldness was always shy, but this time's boldness is full of heat.

Sitting in the hall in early summer, the hot wind outside the door blows in with the fragrance of flowers, and all kinds of emotions are like the fragrance of flowers, which suddenly stirs in the heart of Xiner. Is it a panic? In the end, Xin Er confirmed this emotion, which was a surprise.

"Thousands of miles."

"Ming Gong?"

"Aren't you hot?"

“…… Somewhat hot. ”

"The queen mother's daughter, but I forgot to order someone to take ice to drive away the heat just now, you go and ask the official to find some ice cubes and send them."

Xin Er is thrifty, unless it is a particularly hot season, he does not use ice cubes to cool down, and the temperature in the hall of the General's Mansion is indeed not low. Zuo was used to being cool, and after sitting in the hall for a while, he was already drenched in sweat.

Tang Ai hurriedly responded: "Yes." ”

After Tang Ai went out, Xin Er and Zuo were speechless.

In the air, the fragrance of flowers and Zuo's body fragrance blended into a wonderful taste, which urged Xin Er's chest to thump.

After a while, as if he had noticed Xin Er's abnormality, Zuo's cheeks turned crimson again, his eyes drooped slightly, and he said as if he had nothing to say: "General, you just said that Sun Fushu proposed to increase taxes on the countries of the Western Regions yesterday?" ”

"Yes, Queen Mother."

"When are you going to do it?"

"At present, this matter is only a suggestion of Sun Fuju, and it is still on paper, and no specific policy has been formed. When the plan is mature, the minister will play it in advance to the Queen Mother, and ask the Queen Mother to consider it to see if it is feasible. ”

Zuo nodded slightly.

There was silence in the hall for a while.

Zuo stood up and said, "General, I left the palace today for two things. One is to ask the general how the matter of wanting to join forces with Jiangzuo and jointly attack Qin and capture Wei is going now, and the other is ,......" pursed his lips and smiled, and said no more.

Xin Er asked, "What's the other one?" ”

Zuo said: "Another thing, I can't tell you, I have to talk to God." ”

"Love with God?"

"Yes, does God love to be at home?"

Early in the morning, she asked a few friends to go out of the city to shoot. If the Queen Mother wants to summon her, I will send someone to call her back now. ”

"No need, I'll wait for her at your house."

Xin Er was stunned and said, "Go to the minister's house?" ”

"I heard that the lords of the Western Regions, the generals such as Kui Ban and Xiang Kui who garrisoned the Western Regions, as well as Duya of Shazhou, Suo Gong of Beihai, etc., have given you heavy gifts after you have been promoted, including many beauties of various ethnic groups such as the Western Regions, Rouran, and Xianbei, all of whom are good at singing and dancing. I'm very curious, and I want to go to your house to see what kind of exotic atmosphere they have, how they can sing and dance. Zuo smiled and said, "What? Isn't the general welcome? ”

Xin Er Zhengse said: "So that the Queen Mother knows that many of these beauties have been sent to the palace, and only a few of them are left at home, and they are all because they are also riding and shooting, and they are loved by God." ”

"Okay, I'll go see their mounting."

Xin Er said: "Then please wait for the Queen Mother, and the minister will open the way for the Queen Mother." ”

"You don't have to go with me." Zuo said with a rare joke, "General, state affairs are important." ”

Xin Er had no choice but to obey the order.

personally sent the Zuo family out of the house, Xin Er immediately sent someone to find Shenai outside the city to go home, and on the way back to the hall, Xin Er said in his heart: "The Queen Mother said those beautiful things, as if she was joking at me." Then he thought, "The Queen Mother wants to see God's love, I don't know why?" ”

Tang Ai had already returned to the hall, and when he learned that the Zuo family had left, he thought that she had gone back to the palace, so he didn't ask much, but when he saw that Xin Er had re-entered the main seat behind the case, he seemed to be uncertain, so he asked, "Ming Gong, what's wrong with you?" What are you thinking? ”

Xin Er said: "I'm thinking about ......"

"What do you think?"

"Fa Puqin, my country is not strong now, but Shuo Fang, can we take the opportunity to take it?"