I don't know if Ji Yunfei is over half a hundred years old, and the amount of alcohol is not as good as before as much as his body, or because he can't help a few fellow villagers, he is not in a good mood, and he gets drunk after a few drinks.

Zhuo Lu can be a squire in the Ministry of War, and like Du Han, the Minister of Military Aircraft, he relies on his father's shadow.

On weekdays, he is cautious, he doesn't say a word that shouldn't be said, and he will never mix things that shouldn't be mixed, this official is cautious. It was difficult to come out to relax, so I simply stayed in a freshly cleaned government office on the edge of the old palace, planning to wait for Ji Yunfei's wine to wake up tomorrow morning before returning to the city together.

In Han Xiufeng's opinion, he is not only a soldier in the military department, but also a fellow villager, although he has eaten and drunk enough, he can't just go back to the room to rest, and he came over with Ren He to drink tea and chat with him.

"Zhixing, you are enjoying leisure here, I don't know how 'lively' the city is these days, even I, a person who rarely socializes, was pulled by a few colleagues in the Ministry of Rites early yesterday morning, and listened to Weng Xincun, Kuang Yuan, Yin Zhaoyong and others for most of the day."

"Wait for someone?"

"At the beginning, there were five or six people, and after discussing and discussing, they actually went to invite Bai Zhongtang and Wen Xiang as well. They also went to invite Peng Zhongtang, but the Peng family said that the adults in Zhongtang were not safe, and they didn't know whether it was true or not. ”

How could Han Xiufeng not hear the meaning of Zhuo Yu's words, and then thought of Yin Zhaoyong's nearly 10,000 words, he couldn't help but sigh: "The country is safe for a day, he is the prince and prime minister for a day, and the society is worried, let alone look back!" People even said this, did Bai Zhongtang and Wen Xiang dare not go? ”

Ren He couldn't help but ask: "My lord, are you saying that they insult Bai Zhongtang and Master Wen as ignorant mediocre ministers who seek speed and peace, and Bai Zhongtang and Master Wen still have to accompany them with a smile?" ”

"Who let the family take advantage of the righteousness," Han Xiufeng nodded helplessly, thought about it and asked, "Brother Yunmu, they have been meeting for most of the day, have they discussed anything famous?" ”

"What else can be discussed?"

Zhuo Yu asked rhetorically, and said with a wry smile: "Yin Zhaoyong asked Bai Zhongtang, this time the peace war is related to the survival of China, why do you look down on foreigners very lightly." Bai Zhongtang said that everyone was full of energy, all focused on Changmao, and naturally did not take foreigners to heart.

Yin Zhaoyong and Weng Xincun couldn't just let Bai Zhongtang and Master Wen go, one said that the trouble of long hair is small, and the trouble of foreigners is big. It is said that at the beginning of the country, the four parts of Nikan Wailan and Hulun in the north, Fang Er Yu Ming, the world was the enemy. Taizu and Taizong, repeated conquests, only to be safe. To the Holy Ancestor to pacify Galdan, so from the west of the Heilongjiang River, as far as the land of the four Khalkha regions, five thousand miles from east to west, three thousand miles from north to south, all the Mongolian nomadic areas are all unified.

One said that the minister was sent to survey the border with the Russians, and it belonged to the land that I invaded in the past years, and the south bank of the Heilongjiang River belonged to China, and the city was set in Kulen, east of Khalkha. The seven articles of the Jiangshile Conference, the punishment and sacrifice were swearing, so the northeast thousands of miles away from the barren land, all under the territory.

Gaozong leveled the quasi-department, settled back to Xinjiang, and the poor region in the northwest, extreme to the Tianshan Mountains and the Green Mountains, all became Chinese territory. In total, hundreds of battles were fought before and after, and tens of thousands of salaries were required. This is the so-called invasion of several generations, and the security of the heirs. Saying that those who advocate the pacification of the bureau now claim that it is to rest the army and calm the people, don't you know that Han Gaozu Bai Deng slumped, discussed peace and pro, and it was not unpleasant to raise him, but the Hui, Wen, and Jing generations after Han Gaozu were all greatly affected by the Huns! ”

Han Xiufeng groaned: "They are all great talents who have mastered the present and Bogu!" ”

"Zhixing, when is it, how can you still be in the mood to say cool things?"

"Sins and sins, let's get down to business, Brother Yunmu, what did they discuss in the end?"

"At the end of the discussion, Weng Xincun proposed that Yin Zhaoyong write it, and drafted an excerpt, and also pulled Bai Zhongtang and Wen Xiang to play it together."

"Bai Zhongtang and Wen Xiang 'signed and drawn' on the fold?"

"They've all gone, can they not play together?" Zhuo Lu paused, and said with a wry smile: "Of course, my name is also on it." ”

"That's right, everyone else has joined forces, Brother Yunmu, if you don't join forces, this official won't be able to do it, and he will be scolded wherever he goes in the future."

A group of imperial historians and four or five pin Jingtang actually forced the two military ministers to play together, and even had the potential to bring down several princes and ministers, including Prince Zheng and Prince Yi, Ren He was secretly shocked when he heard it, and he couldn't believe it was true.

Zhuo Yu's face was straight, and he stared at Han Xiufeng and asked: "Zhixing, among so many fellow villagers, your holy family is the most enriched, do you know what the emperor thinks, why so many folds have been left, and there is no news about the war or the present." ”

"If you guess correctly, the emperor is also waiting for news."

"What news is the emperor waiting for?"

"The emperor is waiting for news from Monk Greenqin," Han Xiufeng put down the teacup, and continued: "If there is fifty or sixty percent certainty that he can win, the emperor would have ordered a war earlier, but unfortunately not!" ”

"The monk king is out of the horse, and he doesn't even have a fifty or sixty percent chance of winning?"

"The monk king is just a prince, not an immortal, and he can't sprinkle beans into a soldier. If nothing else, the emperor will be able to receive the report of the monk the day after tomorrow, and I even know what he said in the report. ”

"What will he say?"

"The fort has not been repaired, the coastal defense is difficult to straighten out, and all the battle and defense opportunities are appropriate, and all forms are tricky." Looking at Zhuo Lu's suspicious look, Han Xiufeng explained: "The interpreter around the monk was sent by the emperor on his behalf, and every time the monk arrived in Tianjin, he asked his friends to draft an excerpt, and almost always asked Chonghou, the envoy of Changlu Yanyun, to take a look, and asked Chonghou to help him consider it, and Chonghou's personal relationship with me is good, so I am more well-informed about the news in Tianjin than you, brother." ”

"In this case, the situation is decided!"

"If I can bear the pain, I have nothing to worry about. After all, although I have suffered some losses and suffered some grievances now, as long as I can learn from the pain and taste the courage for ten or eight years, sooner or later I can wash away the humiliation of today's people, and it is not too late for the so-called gentleman to take revenge for ten years. But the current situation is known to the elder brother, the emperor is unwilling, and the princes in the court will not be reconciled. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"If nothing else, the emperor will finally give royal approval to the peace treaty, and first coax away the foreign soldiers who have captured the forts on both sides of the Dagu Pass, but those terms of the peace treaty will not be taken seriously nine times out of ten. As Yin Zhaoyong said, being able to be safe for a day is counted as a day. ”

"Zhixing, are you worried that foreigners don't believe in the emperor, and that foreigners won't retreat easily?"

"I'm worried that foreigners don't believe in the emperor, and I'm even more worried that even if foreigners believe it, they will find out that they have been deceived again, and they will be angry and will go and return." Looking at Zhuo Lu's thoughtful appearance, Han Xiufeng continued: "Brother Mu Yun, have you noticed that since Daoguang has been twenty years old, foreigners have either not provoked, but once they do, they will become more and more powerful every time. Four years came four or five gunboats, four or five hundred soldiers; This time, there were fifty or sixty gunboats and ships, five or six thousand soldiers. If they find out that they have been deceived and come again, how many gunboats and how many soldiers do you think will come? ”

"You're saying it's not the way to go on like this!"

"Drinking to have wine, gambling money to have gambling products, since the table touched the cards, whether the card is touched by yourself, or someone else stuffed your hand, since you lose, you have to be willing to gamble to lose. It's a big deal to practice your gambling skills after losing, and then win back in the future. But the current situation is that you are willing to gamble and not admit defeat, and the result of being willing to gamble and not admit defeat will only be worse. ”

Zhuo Lu reacted, and was silent for a while before shaking his head and said: "The emperor can't lose, and the courtiers won't let the emperor be willing to gamble and lose." ”

"So this thing is very tricky, this time it's Dagukou, and next time I don't know where it is. Brother Mu Yun, you are an understanding person, in my opinion, you should have made plans early. ”

"Brother Xie, this trip is really not in vain."

"Brother Muyun doesn't need to be polite, you must know that we are fellow villagers."

……

It was late at night, Zhuo Lu didn't want to delay Han Xiufeng's rest, so he sent Han Xiufeng and Ren He out after chatting a few more words.

Han Xiufeng and Zhuo Yu's words just now made Ren He secretly frightened, and as soon as he took a few steps, he couldn't help but ask: "My lord, you reminded Lord Zhuo to prepare early, so what about us?" ”

"Aren't we doing it?" Han Xiufeng stopped, looked at the direction of the school and said, "If I really go that far, I will find an excuse to send you and Qianli to go first, and help me take Yu'er away by the way." ”

"What about you?"

"Okay, I'm different from you, I, Han Xiufeng, have been deeply gracious, and I can't just leave the emperor and leave. So no matter how dangerous the situation is, I can't just walk away, and I have to find a way to protect the emperor. ”