Jin Jian clenched his fists again, and then came out of the Hou Mansion Courtyard.

When they arrived outside, a few people followed and waited on horseback, but Jin Jian did not speak, and led people to ride their horses and hurried to the station of the Military Intelligence Department before saying to the people: "I will look at the men of the First Army, and withdraw them all." ”

"Yes, sir." Someone from among the officials replied, "What about the people who followed Lord Qin?" In the past few days, they have been following more closely, and if they continue to delay, they are afraid that they will be exposed. ”

"Most of the people sent to follow Lord Qin are newcomers, right?"

"Yes, they're all newcomers."

"It doesn't matter if that's exposed, it's better to ask them to learn a lesson."

Several servants were a little stunned, but the rules of the Military Intelligence Department are to implement it if you think about it, and implement it if you can't figure it out.

Jin Jian entered the house, took off her boots, sat down in front of her chair, and rested her feet on the table.

There was an invitation on his desk, which was sent by Gao Shilai, who was engaged when he came before the war, and originally planned to get married in a few days, and the war was together, of course, it was delayed.

At the end of the war, the cavalry battalion also had to search for the fleeing group of thieves, Gao Shilai postponed the wedding date to the second day of the first month of August, and after setting the date, he specially sent someone to Fuzhou to buy this kind of gold-sprinkled red post, and after writing the happy date, he sent it to relatives and friends.

Seeing the invitation, Jin Jian's face was expressionless, and there were quite a lot of official documents, files, notes, and of course confidential documents on the table in front of him. No one is allowed to trespass except himself, and anyone who violates it will be put to death.

This is a very large secret room, Jin Jian looked at the wedding card, and took out a short Jane, a few words, this is to order people to go to Fuzhou, buy some more expensive and valuable things, when the time comes, he will take it to Gao Shilai, as a gift.

After writing the short Jane, Jin Jian wrote a short note to Tian Heng in Penghu, which was nothing more than asking Hou An how well, chatting about the war, and praising Tian Heng's martial arts and courage, which should be no different from what ordinary friends wrote.

After writing, Tian Heng put the two letters aside, and did not seal them, he would hand over the two letters to the servants early tomorrow morning, and then he took out the key and opened a small box, but it was not a matter of importance, it was mostly some ordinary items, Jin Jian put the wedding card in, closed the lid of the box, locked it, and finally showed a smile on his face at this time.

……

"Eun-sang? Eun-sang? Grace woke up, and the protégé had something important to report. A protégé-turned-staff member gently approached Han Zhong's bedroom and knocked lightly.

The mansion was full of traces of wind and rain and the erosion of time, even where Han Zhong was about to rest, the wooden windows and doors were rusty, and the paint marks were peeling off.

After more than ten consecutive knocks, a woman first asked through the door, then left, and after a while, the light came on in the room, and someone walked over with the lamp, and then opened the door.

It's the middle of the night, and Han Zhong's spirit is of course very poor, and he looks terrible on the outside. The bun of his hair was chaotic, revealing a gray hair, and in the daytime, the prime minister wore a veil and only showed his face, and no one dared to look closely, and people would always be intimidated by Han Zhong's majesty, ignoring the fact that he was getting old.

At this moment, what appeared in front of the protégé's eyes was an old man, with no dignified demeanor deliberately or unintentionally, only exhaustion and some panic.

"What's wrong?" Han Zhong said in a deep voice: "Coming to knock on the door in the middle of the night, is it an emergency military situation?" ”

"Yes, it was just received by the Ministry of War, and the messenger arrived after the city gate was closed, and it was pulled in with a basket, six hundred miles were expedited, and the Ministry of War did not dare to delay, one was sent to the palace, and one was sent to the government hall, because the minister had something to say, and all the urgent military information of six hundred miles was sent to the minister's house, no matter what time it was, it must be reported immediately, so the protégé was brave and slapped the door to wake up the minister."

"This is my command." Han Zhong felt upset, tired, and sleepy. It is very difficult for the elderly to sleep, they are sleepy early, but it is difficult to fall asleep, and once they fall asleep, they are easy to wake up, and it is difficult to sleep again after waking up.

Don't want to sleep tonight!

Han Zhong will inevitably complain, but the rules are set by himself, and of course there is no way to lose his temper or complain.

Han Zhong is most worried about the north, in case the northern captives who have stopped for a long time suddenly assemble, and then suddenly kill, it is difficult to resist the invasion of the northern captives with a weak forbidden army defense line, the combat power of the northern captives is far inferior to Donghu, but the mobility ability is still above the Donghu, once such a situation occurs, the Northern Expedition will become extremely embarrassing and difficult.

"From the south?"

The emergency military information was delivered in the name of the Fujian Road pacification envoy, and it was also stamped with the big seal of the pacification envoy, Han Zhong felt a little relieved when he saw it, at least it was not an accident in the northern towns, he was most worried about Yunzhou and other places.

However, after thinking about it, Fujian Road had reported that a large number of pirates were attacking half a month ago, and after the meeting between the two governments, they felt that there was no way but to strictly order the officers of Fujian Road to strictly guard the military states and not let the pirates have a chance.

The deployment of the Fujian Road was also quite obvious, not to protect the Eastern Domain, but to abandon Zhangzhou, to concentrate the main force in Quanzhou and Fujian, and to protect the Xinghua Army along the way.

This kind of deployment can't be said explicitly, otherwise it will definitely cause an uproar, the Great Wei has fallen to such a point, the pirates are coming, giving up the clan marquis mansion that is opening up the Eastern Domain, giving up a big mansion like Zhangzhou, and only protecting Fuzhou and other important places, once it spreads, not to mention that the imperial history will concentrate firepower to fire at Lin Douyao and others, and the two governments will definitely be to blame.

Lin Douyao's biggest worry is of course the fall of Fuzhou, if such an important town as Fuzhou, Dafu, and the capital of all the way are captured by pirates, the two mansions will definitely fall into an extremely embarrassing situation, and the bullet seal of the Yushitai can instantly drown Han Zhong and the privy envoys.

From the middle of the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty to the middle of the country, pirates have always existed as a kind of border trouble, but the Great Wei sailors can always annihilate the pirates in an instant and do not give them a chance to sit big.

To be fair, the formation of the current situation has little to do with Han Zhong, when he took office, the pirates already had the five thieves king, and the combined strength of the five thieves far exceeded that of the Great Wei Water Division.

But in this situation, Han Zhong is also to blame, the Great Wei Sailor from the sea overlord, to the current strength is not enough to resist any pirate king, Han Zhong has not invested money in the sailor for more than ten years, this is the most important reason, the ruler can not shirk this responsibility.

Thinking of many colleagues in the political hall for a while, some high-ranking officials in the ministry, the middle school, the palace bachelor, and the imperial history, these senior officials have expressed their worries about Fujian Road to some extent, and Han Zhong was upset for no reason.

"If you don't belong to your family, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are!" When Han Zhong opened the letter, his brows were furrowed, and he couldn't help complaining.

Of course, the people who are inquired or worried about are mainly officials from the south, from Jiangnan, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong. They all expressed their worries about the arrival of pirates, which also put a lot of pressure on Han Zhong.

Of course, Han Zhong understood what these officials wanted, repelled the pirates, reassured the people of the southeast, and also made the maritime trade smooth, without affecting the operation of the factory, so that the industrial and commercial trade continued as usual.

How could Han Zhong not want to? A few roads in the southeast, where the center of gravity of the country's financial endowment is, where the essence is, how can we not be cautious?

But after more than ten years, Han Zhong was disturbed by the Donghu people, and the trouble caused by the pirates was still regarded as a minor problem, and he never really took it to heart, even if he really wanted to cheer up now, he found that there were not a few cards in his hand, and it was difficult to cure......

If Fuzhou is conquered this time, or Quanzhou falls, the blow to the Great Wei Dynasty is actually no less than the fall of Yunzhou. The fall of the military states in the north was a military problem, and the fall of Quanzhou and Fuzhou in the south, as well as Mingzhou and Guangzhou, if these places were captured by pirates, would be a disaster for the financial income of the Great Wei court.

A huge disaster.

At this time, several of Han Zhong's henchmen rushed over one after another, and the one at the forefront was of course Yang Shidu, who was most relied on and trusted by Han Zhong.

The protégé staff who delivered the letter hurriedly greeted him, although Yang Shidu rushed to hear the news in the middle of the night, his robe was still very tightly dressed, and it was not chaotic at all, it was rumored that this Hejian staff was lying in his clothes every day, and he got up and wrote down when he thought of something, what was important in the Prime Minister's Mansion, this person always arrived at the first time, no matter how big the matter was, he was not disordered, and he was able to propose a solution soon, Han Zhong's reliance on him was not without reason.

"What's wrong?" Yang Shidu said to the staff who sent the letter: "I just heard that you sent it over, but I don't know the end?" ”

This is also Yang Shidu's style of acting, first ask what is going on, inquire about the details, give yourself time to think, and when you talk to Han Zhong, you will have a purpose, so that you will not be difficult to speak.

"I don't know yet." The staff member said, "Eun Xiang just opened the emergency report. ”

"Where did it come from?"

"Fujian Road."

"Oops."

Yang Shidu's expression was also a little panicked, he knew that the pirates were coming to invade the realm, and he also knew that Lin Douyao and they were tantamount to giving up the Eastern Domain, and they would not go all out against Zhangzhou.

Of course, this decision can't be said explicitly, if it is leaked out, it will cause a shock in the court, and there will be a large number of imperial historians asking the two governments, when will the Great Wei not even be able to keep its own territory, or will it face a group of rabble pirates?

Only the high-ranking people in the inner circle of the two provinces understand that the pirates facing the southeast are no longer the rabble of decades ago. They have tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, a large number of warships, all kinds of novel and effective weapons, and extremely vicious, brave and warlike people.

The forbidden army on the Fujian Road must be at least doubled in order to barely keep the coastline, and at least two or three times more in order to truly defend the enemy from abroad.

But this is impossible to do, the Great Wei Forbidden Army is now quite important to each army, the northwest and east roads are quite empty, and the towns of Henan and Shandong can't make up a single army.

If the forbidden army from elsewhere is used to plug the loopholes in Fujian, then what about pirates attacking Guangzhou and Mingzhou?

Even going up the river, attacking Jiangkou, Jiangling, and Pingjiang, these core wealth and cultural places of the Great Wei Dynasty, were really beaten in by pirates all the way, and the last fig leaf of the Great Wei was torn off.

It is not a shame to lose to a foreign power, at least the Great Wei has not learned the method of peace with the two Han Dynasty and the Sheng Tang Dynasty to appease the Siyi, the Great Wei has been fighting hard with the Siyi, and I don't know how many songs and tears there are in the history of more than 200 years.

But he was defeated by a group of pirates, a group of scoundrels who robbed their homes and houses, and lost the wealth of the southeast, and even if Fuzhou fell, a large number of clans were forced, the blood relatives of the Son of Heaven were killed, and the women of the clan were plundered, humiliated, and trafficked...... Thinking of this, Yang Shidu was simply cold, if such a thing really happened, Han Zhong, the left minister, would almost be infamous, even if he could continue to preside over the Northern Expedition, but at the end of the year, when the weather was freezing and the two sides could only suspend the war, the Son of Heaven would be eager to call Han Zhong to take office, and any important minister could replace Han Zhong, because even if it was an official of the Han faction, no one could publicly defend Han Zhong.

"Xianggong," Yang Shidu waved his hand after entering the room, and immediately said, "How bad is the situation?" ”

"Oops?" Han Zhong kept hanging his head to read the letter, and a few strands of white hair hung down on the letter, but he didn't notice it.

There were a few maids around who had already held up bright candles to illuminate them, their clothes were very thin, after all, it was summer, and their beautiful bodies were looming, but no one paid attention, and a group of men just focused on the urgent paperwork in Han Zhong's hand.

Han Zhong finally raised his face, and everyone including Yang Shidu noticed that the expression of this prime minister, who had always been dignified, was actually full of confusion.

Han Zhong remained calm in everything, even the night he killed Liu Zhiyuan, Han Zhong always talked and laughed calmly and did not panic. Nothing seems to be able to escape Han Zhong's eyes, and it is difficult to escape his insight.

This is not surprising, Han Zhong started as a petty official, from the local to the center, and then from the center to the local, all the way to the Xiangguo, it can be said that he has a lot of experience, whether it is the center or the local, or the movements of different races, Han Zhong knows everything about it.

This is the prime minister of the Great Wei Empire, under one person, above ten thousand, it can be said that he fought out in the elite bureaucracy and became a representative figure, without real learning, how could he sit firmly in this position?

And this minister, at this moment, his eyes were actually blank, he took the urgent delivery, stunned, and said nothing for a while.

"Xianggong?"

"Eun-sang?"

"Sangkook?"

Everyone waited for a while, but Han Zhong was still in a sluggish state, and several staff members had to remind him in a whisper.

Han Zhong woke up suddenly, shook the urgent delivery in his hand with a wry smile, and said, "I don't know if Lin Douyao drank too much, or the old man was dazzled, or the old man had a wind disease...... Take it and see it. ”

Saying that, Han Zhong hurriedly handed over his hand to everyone, Yang Shidu was the first to take it, unfolded it, and suddenly became sluggish.

After the rest of the people circulated it, the reaction was similar.

After half a ring, one of the staff members finally said: "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible, the students can hardly believe it!" ”

Another staff member also said quite excitedly: "The student is from Mingzhou, and the harm of pirates is quite clear, if it is said that the Fujian Road repels the pirates, the students can still believe it, or it is possible to say that the foot soldiers defeated the pirates on the ground." It is said that more than 20,000 heads were killed on land, and a large number of pirate ships were destroyed at sea, and the students dare not believe it, it is absolutely impossible! ”

More than 20,000 pirates were killed, dozens of warships were captured, the naval battle was won, and the remnants of the two Luzon thieves fled...... No matter how you look at it, it looks like a story from the Thousand and One Nights of the Heavenly People, mysterious and completely made up.

Yang Shidu had calmed down at this time, and said: "Urgently deliver a proclamation to the political affairs hall through the Ministry of War, how dare Lin Douyao mess around with such a big matter?" Moreover, there is also a letter of appeasement to the envoys, and the two deputy envoys have signatures and seals, and if it is false, it will definitely not be fake. ”

Han Zhong muttered: "Will it be a fake military merit and a reward for Bo?" ”

Yang Shidu shook his head and said: "If it is a fake military feat, why brag such a big cowhide?" Said that the battle beheaded 2,000 people, and the pirates returned in vain, this is already a great military achievement, when the imperial court went on the Northern Expedition, Lin Douyao was like the southeast pillar of the country, and King Zhao also had great merit, and the dispatch of the box army was effective. Now you look at this urgent official document, King Zhao is nowhere to be seen, before and after the Nan'an Hou Mansion on the Eastern Domain Island is fighting, everyone else is watching the excitement, Lin Douyao tried to cover it up, and wanted to grease and powder himself, and the clear-eyed person can still see that this time the military feats, Nan'an Hou should be the first. Lin Douyao, at most, was properly arranged, so that the pirates in Quan, Zhang, and Fu Zhuzhou had no gaps, and in desperation, he attacked the Eastern Domain and was defeated by Nan'an Hou. ”

"That's pretty much it." Han Zhong also figured it out, a political figure like him, he could roughly understand the urgent delivery in his hand after reading it, but he just asked the staff to help straighten it out, so he determined the meaning, and then Han Zhong said: "Lin Douyao is useless this time, first prepare a private message for me, and ask him not to have any disputes with the Nan'an Hou Mansion of the Eastern Domain, there are some things, just let them go." ”

Lin Douyao, King Zhao, and Nan'an Hou fought against the tripartite forces, as the prime minister of the first person in power in the two prefectures, Han Zhong of course knew this, and in fact, he also gave Lin Douyao a lot of resources to help him succeed.

"Xianggong is going to give up Fujian Road?"

"It's not about giving up." Han Zhong laughed at himself: "There are not many people I support, but there are not many people who can use it." For example, Li Guorui and Yue Zhi are people on Liu Zhiyuan's line, and now I have to rely on them to go, and let my people go, I am even more uneasy. Lin Douyao is an old man who has been with me for more than ten years, but it seems that he can't do it, he is in Fuzhou, just a guard dog, tell him to cooperate with everything, and leave some incense with Nan'anhou in the future, so as not to smear me and add chaos, which is enough. ”

Everyone came to their senses, originally Xianggong and Xu Zixian had a joint effort to eradicate Liu Zhiyuan's cooperation, after the cooperation, the two sides did not owe each other, and then Xu Zi returned to Fuzhou first, Han Zhong continued to support Lin Douyao, but fortunately he did not tear his face with Nan Anhou.

Now that there is still the old days, things are much easier to do, Lin Douyao contracted his strength and concentrated on staring at King Zhao in Fuzhou, and cooperated with Xu Zixian in everything, which was easier.

"That's it?" Mingzhou's staff said unwillingly: "Xiangguo has also been deployed in the southeast for many years......"

"What else are you going to do?" Han Zhong glanced at this staff member with a smile and said, "What kind of person do you think Nan Anhou is?" ”

Yang Shidu hurriedly said: "A talent like Zhu Xuhou of the Han Dynasty, no, he knows more about advance and retreat than Zhu Xuhou, is more able to forbear, and can take advantage of the time." When he has the opportunity, he will be more violent and decisive, this is the top figure in the clan. ”

"That's right." Han Zhongdao: "If before, the old man can still help the Son of Heaven to suppress him, after all, it is not a good thing for people like us to have a big man in the clan." For example, Lin Douyao fought for power with the late King Qi and King Zhao earlier, and we all have to help. Even if he is not a private person in my pocket, the two governments are also helping civil officials and gentry, and they are unwilling to help the clan. But what is the situation now? The pirates came, we actually had nothing to do, spread the word, the world was in an uproar, the face of the Son of Heaven had nowhere to place, and the old man, the prime minister who had been in power for more than ten years, where did he put his face? Besides, the Northern Expedition is the most important thing, Fujian Road, hand it over to Nan'anhou to sit down. ”