Zhu Wen moved his body with great difficulty, let himself sit up on the Hu bed, looked at Jing Xiang, and said, "Reason! ”

Jing Xiang arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I gave you an excerpt a few years ago, saying that there may be a big drought this year. ”

Zhu Wen nodded: "I remember this, didn't you approve that excerpt?" All according to your requirements. Any questions? ”

Jing Xiang smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, I went to Chang'an County yesterday, and the actual situation was shocking. ”

At that moment, Jing Xiang told the water conservancy facilities in Chang'an County one by one, but did not mention the name of the Chang'an County Order. "Your Majesty, Chang'an County is close in front of our eyes, that's it, other places, I'm afraid it's even more unbearable, I've asked Fan Sheng to check, and now the situation in Wannian County has also been fed back, and it's the same as Chang'an County. The situation in other places, in the last few days, will inevitably return, and in my judgment, I am afraid that it is not optimistic. ”

Dai Chao's face changed slightly, and he forced a smile: "Jing Xiang, you're just afraid that you're alarmist, right?" ”

"What I have seen with my own eyes, is it alarmist? If you think I'm lying, you can go and take a look! Jing Xiang said angrily.

Dai Chao was stunned for a moment, although he didn't know the specific situation, but he was still very clear about Jing Xiang's personality, since he said that there was such a thing, I was afraid that there was really such a thing.

Jing Xiang looked at Zhu Wen and said, "Your Majesty, the only thing I hope for now is that Chang'an County and Wannian County are just an exception, once this kind of thing is common, I'm afraid that there will be a big mess." Once the output is reduced on a large scale or even the harvest is lost, there will inevitably be a wave of refugees and displaced people. Chang'an, Luoyang and other places were originally places of net grain import, and once such a situation occurred in the local area above the grain output, it was more dependent on external input. ”

Listening to Jing Xiang's words, Zhu Wen thought thoughtfully, "What do you mean......"

"Your Majesty, the pace to the south must be quickened." Jing Xiang said: "Now, the Third Highness has gained a firm foothold in Wuning, and Huainan has also surrendered to the Third Highness, and soon the Third Highness will launch an attack on Eyue, once Eyue is taken, it can greatly alleviate the possible food shortage in Chang'an, Luoyang and other places, and we can take the grain from these places to make up for the shortage of Chang'an." And just Huainan, Eyue is obviously insufficient, so I suggest that His Royal Highness should not return to Chang'an at this time, but immediately lead his elite troops to launch a fierce attack on Jingnan and take Jingnanjie Town. ”

Zhu Wen nodded slightly.

"Your Majesty, once His Royal Highness succeeds, then Jingnan, Eyue can be united, all into my Liang territory, although the drought this year is serious, but Jingnan, Eyue water system is numerous, the impact of drought is much smaller than ours, with the support of these places, we can possibly tide over this difficulty." Jing Xiang continued. "Therefore, it is not appropriate for His Highness to return to Chang'an at this time."

"Li Ze in the north is aggressive, and if we don't respond strongly, I'm afraid they will get an inch. Our biggest enemy is still Li Ze. Dai Chao said on the side.

"Li Ze, of course, is our worst enemy." Jing Xiang retorted: "But we are affected by the drought, and they will also be affected by the drought, in the past few years, Li Ze has been fighting, whether it is Zhang Zhongwu or Tocharo, none of them are easy to get along with." Li Ze is actually exhausted, and at this time, he simply does not have the ability to launch a large-scale attack on us, and local provocations cannot change the overall situation. We don't even bother. Rather, it is urgent to march to the south. Although Li Ze himself did not have the ability to attack us immediately, he had already taken the lead, Lingnan Xiangxun and Fujian Ronghong, and the army was attacking Jiangxi, and if they completely took Jiangnan, they would be close to us. Xiang Xun is this person, ambitious, not to be underestimated, if Hunan, Jiangnan and these places fall into his hands, then we will really be attacked on both sides. ”

"I know about it." Zhu Wen nodded and said, "Let me think about it before making a decision, how about it?" Let's go first, Lao Jing, what is the county order of Wannian County, Chang'an County, you sent someone to slaughter it. Bastard things, greedy for money under Lao Tzu's nose, he really doesn't know whether he is alive or dead. ”

Jing Xiang glanced at Dai Chao, bowed slightly and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, the minister retires." ”

Dai Chao also stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister still has something to discuss with Jing Xiang." ”

"Go, go, go! I entrust state affairs to the two of you, and the two of you have to discuss anything. Zhu Wen glanced at the two of them and said meaningfully.

"Yes!" The two glanced at each other, bowed in unison, and retreated.

Walking out of the palace city and strolling on the Imperial City Avenue, although the two walked side by side, they didn't say much. It wasn't until he was about to leave the gate of the imperial city that Jing Xiang glanced at Dai Chao and said, "In the middle of the substitute servant, the county order of Chang'an County, you can handle it yourself." In a day's time, I will send someone over to take over Chang'an County. ”

Dai Chao smiled and arched his hand: "Then I will admit it." ”

"I don't kill him, not because I want to sell you a favor, but if I want to kill him, a large group of people will be pulled out behind me, pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud. Jing Xiang sneered.

"You exaggerate and have ill intentions in front of Your Majesty!" Dai Chao shook his head.

"It hasn't rained in three months, do you think I'm exaggerating?" Jing Xiang held back the anger in his heart, "You don't do more in the official office, and go out for a walk more, and you will know if I am talking nonsense." The price of grain in Chang'an has quadrupled. ”

The two glared at each other a few times like cockfighting, both snorted coldly, brushed their sleeves and parted ways.

In the dormitory, Zhu Wen frowned and was silent for a long time, in front of him, Wang Shu lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, and there was always a faint smile on his face.

"Wang Shu, tell me about this!" Zhu Wen said suddenly.

Wang Shu raised his head, "I don't know what Your Majesty wants me to say?" ”

"Let's talk about Dai Chao and Jing Xiang." Zhu Wendao.

Wang Shu smiled and said, "I'm afraid these things that Jing Xiang said are true. In the Guanzhong region, the money allocated last year to build water conservancy projects has certainly not been implemented, and Guanzhong will be affected by disasters this year, and it will not be able to escape. But the prime minister did not agree with His Royal Highness to return to Chang'an, and he also had his own considerations. ”

"What considerations?"

"Your Majesty, the respectful minister is optimistic about the Third Highness." Wang Shu said: "The three palaces have been silent for a few years, and once they rise, they are really shocking if they don't make a sound, here, if there is no respectful plan in the middle, I am afraid that it will not be able to be done at all." Whether it is Cao Xuan of Tianping or Zhu Chi of Xuanwu, if there is no respectful contact, will they bow to the Third Highness who still has nothing at that time? ”

"Xiao San'er is really impressive." Zhu Wen smiled: "It opened up the situation in the south." ”

"Your Majesty, the three highnesses have become a success, Tianping, Xuanwu, Wuning, Huainan, and Eyue are connected, and they already have a large foundation." Wang Shu said with a smile: "At this time, Jing Xiang is naturally reluctant to let His Highness return to Chang'an. Chang'an is the central place. ”

Zhu Wen snorted coldly: "I'm not dead yet!" ”

"Your Majesty forgives your sins!" Wang Shu hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The minister is just talking about things, as long as Your Majesty does not appoint a prince for a day, then this dispute is naturally indispensable." ”

"Are you saying that Jing Xiang is reluctant to let the boss return to Chang'an, not because of the food problem, but because he doesn't want the boss to take the lead?"

"Naturally, yes." Wang Shu said: "To be able to appear in front of His Majesty every day, to be able to plan in the middle of Chang'an, it is always much stronger than outside, and the commander of the Praetorian Guard is in charge of the 50,000 forbidden troops in Chang'an!" If you really want to talk about the food problem, with the territory that the Third Highness now controls, you can already import food to Luoyang, Chang'an. ”

"But taking Jingnan will still do more good than harm to us." Zhu Wendao.

"That's the truth." Wang Shu nodded and said, "Your Majesty, but I also have to guard against the three highnesses." When the time comes, the three highnesses will be outside, respectful inside, and connected inside and outside, just afraid that there will be unspeakable disasters. ”

"Presumptuous!" Zhu Wen slapped the bed of Hu, and was so frightened that Wang Shu knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, the loyalty of the ministers can be seen every day." ”

After staring at Wang Shu for a long time, the anger on Zhu Wen's face slowly disappeared, waved his hand, and said, "You get up." Jing Xiang, I know. I don't know what he will do when I'm dead, but as long as I live, he won't betray me. But what you're saying makes sense, and you have to balance it. The third brother's current power has become the strongest of the three brothers, and he will control the important channel for external grain to enter Chang'an Luoyang, which is equivalent to choking Chang'an Luoyang's throat. ”

"What does Your Majesty mean?" Wang Shu asked tremblingly.

"The plan to transfer the boss back to Beijing remains unchanged. But Dai Chao was transferred to Shannan Dongdao as a general, responsible for commanding the army in Shannan Dongdao to attack Jingnan, and the army of Shannan Dongdao, in addition to the boss's descendants, was the army of Gunhai, and Dai Chao went to replace the boss, and there would be no problems in the military. The eldest returned to Beijing, which is also a reminder to my third child, he is still alive, and it is still early to fight for this position. ”

"Your Majesty, the county magistrate of Chang'an County is the family in the substitute service." Wang Shu said in a low voice.

Zhu Wen was stunned, and suddenly laughed: "Okay, very good, you go down and check, this Chang'an County order has been cut off by the head, if not, you go and cut off his head for me, and then send this person's head to Dai Chao, by the way, tell him the meaning of transferring him to Shannan Dongdao to serve as a general, and see what he has to say." ”

"Obey the order!" Wang Shu stood up and bowed deeply to Zhu Wen.

Although Zhu Wen is rarely in charge of political affairs now, it doesn't mean that this person is confused, he is shrewd! The life and death of a small Chang'an county order allowed Zhu Wen to catch the three central ministers.