The Great Zhou Empire was founded two years ago, and the border troubles never stopped for a moment.

After the Turkic Mo Si Khan's wolf ambitions, just ascended to the throne of the Khan, he repeatedly attacked, was ordered by the governor of Yunzhou, Hulun, Zhuozhou Governor solemnly set up an ambush, the damage is not small, coupled with internal instability, had to temporarily retract, the autumn season is about to pass, the winter is coming, I want to come to the North Sai border to spend this year in peace.

One wave just flattened, and another wave rose, the Tubo general Bo Lunzan colluded with the Western Turkic nobles, suddenly supported the Western Turkic ten surnamed Khan Ashina Yuzi, expelled the Western Turkic Khan Ashina Hu Sero supported by the Great Zhou, and extended the sphere of influence to the Western Regions.

"Zhuqing, is there a countermeasure?" Empress Wu walked around irritably above His Majesty Dan, with her city mansion, a little side trouble, it should not be here, but these days coincided with uncomfortable days for women, and they were particularly irritable.

The prime ministers exchanged their heads for a moment, reached an agreement, and arched their sleeves together, "immediately send troops, and use color to cut off the claws of the Tibetan demons and drive them back to the plateau"

The ministers left the table, prostrated themselves on the ground, and supported another war with Tubo in the way of shouting long live from the mountain.

Successively there were ministers Chen Zuo advocated, and there were military generals who asked for orders to go to war, and although the court and the court had different opinions, they had the same goal, and there was only one word left, war.

Empress Wu raised her sleeves and stopped the blood boiling of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, "Spread the decree, order the right eagle to raise the general of the guard, and also to be in charge of the right jade guard general Wang Xiaojie, as the general of the Wuwei Road march, and the left Wuwei general Ashina Zhongjie as the deputy commander, leading the military government under his jurisdiction, and choosing a day to organize the army to the west, send the whole army of the northern Ya thousand cavalry, and the Yulin 10,000 people to accompany him, and the military salary and the people's husband, each has its own division must properly support, and those who delay the military aircraft will be punished heavily."

All the civil and military ministers hulala knelt on the ground to receive the order.

Empress Wu asked again, "Wang Qing, when you go on an expedition today, can you be entrusted with the right jade guard?" ”

Wang Xiaojie is a fierce general, old in the army, most of the year is in the march and combat on the way, rude resigned, "The minister does not know, the right jade guard is not only insufficient soldiers, but also the training is also slack, unbearable, even if it is abolished, it is not a pity"

"Oh?" Empress Wu liked his true temperament very much, showed her first smiling face today, and looked sideways at Hou Sizhi, "Hou Qing, what do you think?" ”

"Your Majesty, what General Wang said is true, and the minister's argument is indisputable" Hou Sizhi came out of the ranks, generous and indignant, "However, the minister does not agree with the abolition of this army, the so-called mourning soldiers will win, the right jade guard bears the original sin, and the upper and lower inside and outside are all guilty people, Wuwei Road marches, in Longyou and Lingnan, it is also where the right Yuqi Guard Military Mansion is located, and the minister is willing to go out with the army, one is a hedgehog to gather soldiers and horses of the military government, take the guilt and perform martial arts, re-establish military regulations, and the other is used as a reserve, stand by to go out, wash away the shame with blood, and beg His Majesty for permission"

After saying that, Hou Sizhi was a strong man, with a choked voice, his eyes were red, and he knocked on the ground for a long time.

"Hou Qing Jingzhong, I know it" Empress Wu sighed with emotion, "Get up, I agree to your invitation, if the right jade guard has a day of shameful meritorious service, the seal of the great general in my hand will belong to you"

"Minister, thank Your Majesty Longen" Hou Sizhi kowtowed two more heads, returned to the couch, his heart was not so turbulent on his face, and thought leisurely, taking advantage of the danger of this fierce war, the errand that Da Lang explained was probably very easy to achieve, but the duck caught up with the shelf, and he had to find some other tricks to achieve.

The matter of the expedition was agreed, and the local official Lang Lang Du Juan Yan left the banquet, "The minister thinks that the matter of military grain and grass transfer is complicated, and there is only one member of the salary, and he is too old to be incompetent, so he is asked to temporarily add another member to assist and ensure that there is no danger."

"Du Qing wants to come and have a suitable candidate?" Empress Wu has long been aware of the twists and turns of these ministers, but the world is like this, and the operation of the government is indispensable to these intertwined roots, and she has no intention of destroying them.

"The minister protects the winter official yamen camp in the Lang Lang Zhong Wei Guanzhi" Du Xianyan said bluntly, in fact, because of this protection, Lao Du was serious and debated with Quan Ce, he was convinced, the reason is that Wei Guanzhi is in the winter official yamen, it will definitely damage the construction of the outer city of the Shendu, and if it is placed in the local official yamen, although it will also be bad, but Du Xianyan, who has the eyes of the law like a torch, stares at it, the harm is much smaller, and the lesser of the two evils is still guaranteed.

"Li Xiang, what do you think?" Empress Wu asked Li Zhaode.

Li Zhaode was a little puzzled by Du Zhenyan's approach of asking for trouble, but he was happy to throw a big burden out, pinched his nose and praised Wei Guanzhi a few words, and sent the plague god to get out.

"Do you need to send another person to build in the outer city?" Empress Wu was also very satisfied with Wei Tuan'er's brother's decent official vacancies, so she revealed her words and gave Li Zhaode a chance to be promoted.

Li Zhaode, who has always been neat, hesitated slightly, snorted twice, and politely refused, "There are martial arts masters...... and other people, there is no shortage of manpower"

Empress Wu thought of Quan Ce and the others who were playing with mud, and sneered, "The construction of the outer city is related to the national system, and Li Xiang must also spend more thought, the time is right, I will go to inspect it myself."

"The minister obeys the order" Li Zhaode is sonorous and powerful, the three harmony soil has been completed, and the construction of the city is like a tiger with wings, and he has full confidence.

Princess Yiyang's Mansion, Quan Ce looked at Zheng Jingsi in front of him, and his expression was a little playful.

Zheng Jingsi came to the door, not a solemn post, but Quan Long brought it to the door, Quan Long's temperament, Quan Ce has already understood, no stubbornness, good self-control, careful in dealing with people, is a safe person, he took Zheng Jingsi over on his own initiative, there must be his reason.

"Quan Langjun, come here, intend to enter the uncle's mansion as a curtain, and hope to complete one or two" Zheng Jingsi was polite and thoughtful, and the intention he said made Quan Ce quite surprised, but he remembered that when he was Zheng Zheng into the Eastern Capital Qianniuwei, Zheng Jingsi was very disapproving, and looked down on Zheng Zheng, a wealthy rebel.

"Why did Zheng Langjun change his mind?" Quan Ce's heart is a little relaxed, with the door of the Zheng family in Xingyang, he wants to enter the official office, and there are thousands of avenues, which may not necessarily be required to his head, but to enter the Zhengzhong shogunate, it is most appropriate to go his own way, and there is also the effect of bridging the clan feelings, but he will not be a good person indiscriminately, and he has to figure out the situation.

"This time and that time, and now the overall situation is settled, the border troubles are everywhere, and it is the right time to serve" Zheng Jingsi seemed to say very clearly, but he didn't seem to say anything.

Quan Ce nodded, these thousand-year-old families, with their own inheritance of wisdom, are not out of the scene, but they are tortuous, but he does not agree, Zheng Jingsi is a family branch, his status is precious, and he is in the solemn army, I am afraid that it will be difficult to settle and cause trouble to Zheng Chongping, and said with a smile, "Zheng Langjun, the son of a daughter can't sit down, and the soldiers are fierce and dangerous, not a good place, if you don't dislike it, why don't you hang a job in the Taiping Princess Yisi to make it easier to walk?" ”

Zheng Jingsi's eyes flashed, pretending to think for a while, and nodded, "In this way, I am tired of Quan Langjun."

The Li Wu family stepped on a tightrope, but there was no more suitable one than Princess Taiping.

Kwon Long sent him out of the house and came back to confess, Zheng Jingsi was so entangled that he had no choice but to agree to be the leading party, but he caused trouble to this careless cousin.

Quan Ce didn't think about it, "Cousin, do you have any plans to become a leader?" ”

"Don't hide it from Dalang, naturally there is"

"Do you have an idea, do you want to be a spokesman, a affairs officer, or a word officer?"

Quan Long waved his hand again and again, his face tightened, "Don't make fun of Da Lang, I have self-knowledge, and I don't have half a point of literary talent, but there are some talents, and the lyricist Lin Guan will only laugh and be generous, and do some small things behind you, but you can bear it."

"Okay, then, my cousin will join me and become a mason," Quan Ce was half joking and half serious.

Kwon Taki just smiled, his expression was calm, and he was not stage frightened.

Quan Ce is not joking, Quan Long is really not stage frightened, the two of them are resident at the stone mountain construction site, instructing craftsmen to make Sanhe soil techniques, every day is the first dawn on the departure, wearing the stars and the moon, mud and dirt all over the body.

After working so hard for more than half a month, Quan Long gained the trust of Quan Ce, and was also appreciated by Li Zhaode and Wu Youxu.

Quan Ce is not lazy, he has other things to do, he wants to see off Hou Sizhi, and Zhao Youhuan goes with him to prepare for the expedition, as well as Zhao Youhuan, he was originally an official, transferred to a military position, and served as the captain of Guoyi, he held the strategy written by Quan Ce to Hou Sizhi in his hand, there are a lot of dense words and pictures, but there are only two keywords, "the old pawn does not die", "very combat".

Shangyang Palace, the Hall of Eternal Life, the Empress Wu had already gone to bed, Wei Tuan'er wore her hair loose and withdrew from the palace.

She has already learned the news that her brother has been promoted from the pickled place of the Dongguan Yamen to the local official Yamen to manage the money, grain and taxes, Quan Ce is really a transparent person who knows how to behave.

However, her eyes are not on Quan Ce.

Quan Ce raised his hand to resolve her troubles, and let her discover that the Li family was not as weak as she imagined, and the potential power and influence were sometimes much greater than the martial arts family who were swaggering and biting each other.

She thought of a person, that person seemed to be above 10,000 people under one person in the palace, but in fact, he was on the cusp, every day before breakfast, she had to go to the East Palace and take him to the palace of the Empress Wu to say goodbye.

That person is the emperor's heir, named Li Dan.

(End of chapter)