Chen Guo.

The time is already the fourth year of Dingyuan, and one more month, it will enter the fifth year of Dingyuan.

This is the fifth year of Chen Guo's reform of the yuan, and it is also the most unstable year.

In the past year, although the people of Chen State are still living and working in peace and contentment, and their lives have not been turbulent, several major events have really happened in the imperial court.

The successive rebellions of the two princes, when today's son was critically ill, almost completely subverted the court situation, but fortunately, there is still a Dinghaishen needle in Beijing, no matter how critical the situation, it can be calmed down with his action.

Right Prime Minister Tang Ning has been away from Beijing for half a year, and no one knows where he went, just as a year ago, he quietly went to Qiandi.

That time, he silently quelled the rebellion in Qiandi and removed a major hidden danger in Jiangnan for Chen Guo.

When Tang Ning was in Beijing, he was a virtuous minister who governed the country, and those corrupt officials and corrupt moths had nothing to hide in his eyes.

When he was not in Beijing, he did bigger and more valuable things, such as the rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, the situation in the northwest, and the ......rebellion in Anqiandi, all of which were all the merits of the sky.

His whereabouts were a mystery to the common people, and indeed to most of the officials in the court.

In the past six months, many people have speculated whether he went to the Western Regions.

After all, Chen Guo is now stable in all four realms, only the Western Regions, there are still great hidden dangers, and the right minister has always been where there is a threat to Chen Guo, he will go there.

And in the past six months, the Western Regions have become more and more chaotic, which is the same as the style of the right minister Tang Ning.

Although his name is Downing, as long as he is, there is no peace.

Royal Palace, inside the Imperial Garden.

Kyoshi had just experienced a snowfall a few days ago, and the snow in the Imperial Garden had not melted, and there was still a hint of coldness in the air.

Emperor Chen followed behind Wei Jian and paced slowly in the imperial garden.

His face looked much better than half a year ago, and under the care of the imperial doctor, although his body had not fully recovered, it had also returned to its previous appearance of six or seven percent.

He walked around the Imperial Garden for a quarter of an hour, and suddenly asked, "How is the situation in the Western Regions?" ”

In the past six months, due to physical reasons, he no longer handles political affairs by himself, but he still pays special attention to some major matters related to the national system.

Wei Jian stopped and said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, in the past six months, the Western Regions have become even more chaotic, Da Yue and Wusun have joined forces and gathered 200,000 troops, it seems that they want to get rid of Xiao Wan, just a month ago, the news came that those small countries have formed a Western Regions Alliance in order to fight against horse thieves......"

The so-called allies of the Western Regions, Emperor Chen didn't take it to heart, because he knew that it was just a name, and those so-called countries were not even as good as a village in Chen Guo.

On the contrary, it was the news that Otsuki and Wusun had joined forces that caught his attention.

Emperor Chen pondered for a moment and said, "I thought not long ago, if I can unite Da Yue and Wusun, plus the 400,000 army of my Chen Kingdom, to destroy Xiao Wan and take the head of the Lord of Xiao Wan Country, wouldn't it be like digging into a bag?" ”

Wei Jian thought for a while and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the situation in the Western Regions is complicated, the territory is huge, if our army penetrates deep into the Western Regions, the supply of grain and grass is a big problem, and it is not beneficial for us to fight in the Western Regions......"

"That's why I joined forces with them." After thinking about it for a long time, Emperor Chen made a decision in his heart, and ordered: "Summoning the prince and a few Shangshu into the palace is a rare opportunity for us." ”

After Wei Jian gave the order, Emperor Chen remembered something and asked, "Did Tang Ning return to Beijing?" ”

Whenever he encountered such a major event, he subconsciously wanted to discuss it with Tang Ning, but it was a pity that he had been away from Beijing for half a year.

Wei Jian shook his head and said, "Not yet, if Lord Tang returns to Beijing, he will definitely enter the palace to see His Majesty as soon as possible." ”

Emperor Chen snorted coldly and said, "Don't think that I don't know him, he didn't enter the palace to see me......"

Wei Jian smiled wryly and didn't say anything more.

"This bastard boy, in the past half a year, I don't know where to go to be merry and happy......" Chen Huang showed a look of regret on his face, and said: "I would have known that I would have let him go to the Western Regions, he was just a-stirring stick, and whoever he targeted would be unlucky, if he went to Xiao Wan to stir up, maybe my Chen Guo would no longer have Xiao Wan's big threat......

The two walked around the imperial garden for a while, and Emperor Chen was ready to go back to the palace.

At this moment, a little eunuch hurriedly walked in and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Lu of the Ministry of War asked to see him, saying that he had something very important to see His Majesty......"

In the past six months, Emperor Chen has handed over all the administrative affairs to Shangshu Province to take care of, knowing that his health is not a big deal, and the officials will not come to disturb him.

Emperor Chen's brows were slightly thickened, and it would definitely not be a trivial matter to let Lu Ding, the secretary of the military department, enter the palace in a hurry.

With a serious look on his face, he said, "Let him come and raise the temple." ”

After a while, Lu Ding stepped into the Cultivation Temple, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty!" ”

"Lu Aiqing is exempt." Chen Huang waved his hand, seeing that there was a trace of anxiety on his face, he couldn't help but have a bad feeling in his heart, and asked, "What happened?" ”

Lu Ding raised his head and said slowly: "Your Majesty, there is a report from the front, Da Yue, Wusun was defeated by Xiao Wan, and now he has returned to Xiao Wan, Xiao Wan, Xiao Wan has unified the Western Regions......"

Emperor Chen's body shook, and his face suddenly turned pale.

Now, Xiao Wan of the Western Regions is almost the only thorn in his heart, and he originally planned to send troops to help Da Yue and Wusun after this year.

Unexpectedly, the scene he least wanted to see still happened.

Xiaowan unified the Western Regions, and the border of Chen State was about to face no peace......

His face was extremely ugly, and he said in a low voice: "Order, the morning court will be reopened tomorrow, and the ministers must not be absent......"

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Chu State, Kyoto.

The unification of the Western Regions by Xiaowan spread to the state of Chu today.

Xiao Wan's unification of the Western Regions, although it can also be called a great event, but between Chu and Xiao Wan, there is still a Chen State, no matter how strong Xiao Wan is, he can't threaten Chu State.

Unless they destroy Chen Guo, of course, this is also impossible, although Xiao Wan is powerful and can pose a great threat to the border of Chen State, but if Chen Guo is forced, they can pull up an army with more population than the Western Regions in a very short time, but if they really want to use this method to fight with Xiao Wan to break the net, Chen Guo will also have to pay an unimaginable price.

After all, Xiao Wan was too far away from the Chu State, so although this matter also caused waves in the court, the impact was extremely limited.

For the State of Chu, the continuation of the royal family is much more important than Xiao Wan's affairs.

The current Son of Heaven in Chu State has only one queen, and there is only one princess under her knees, although this princess's talent is not inferior to that of the Ming monarchs of previous dynasties, but she is a woman in the end and cannot inherit the position of the Son of Heaven.

The queen is no longer able to have children, this is not a secret in the court, but how can the Son of Heaven have no children, although the emperor is in the prime of life, but he will always grow old one day, at that time, who should inherit the throne?

A minister once suggested that His Majesty should accept a few more concubines and give birth to a few more princes for the sake of the overall situation.

However, this suggestion was rejected by His Majesty in person, and not only that, but he also specially rewarded several beautiful women to marry these officials as concubines.

Even among these officials, several of them married wealthy and noble women, and they never took concubines in their lives, but the emperor's order was difficult to disobey, and they could only follow the holy order.

Later, these officials did not go to the court for several days, and when they reappeared in the court, they could still see bloody marks on their faces.

Since then, no one has mentioned it again.

Your Majesty is unwilling to take a concubine, they can't force Your Majesty, and when the time comes, it is a good way to inherit a son from the kings.

Princess Changning Mansion.

Although Li Tianlan is a princess, she began to take over the government a few years ago, and has made a lot of political achievements in recent years, and no one in the court dares to look down on her because he is a woman.

At this time, in the study of the princess's mansion, she sat at the table, and there was a secret note on the table.

The content on the secret note is very important, Xiao Wan unified the Western Regions, which greatly changed the pattern of the continent, although there is still a Chen State between Chu and Xiao Wan, but it cannot be completely ignored.

However, the woman at the table, after reading this secret note with a blank face, completely left it behind.

Thinking of the three-year appointment with someone, it had been more than half a year, and a trace of anger appeared on her cold face, and she said in a low voice: "Don't keep your promises!" ”

Syllable!

The pen in her hand was broken in two because she held it too hard.