"Father, it's not that the sons don't want to close the net, it's just that they haven't found a way to do it once and for all. These gentry have been rooted in the Huayu Continent for a long time, just like the endless weeds in the wilderness and fields, burning away a stubble, my Northern Yan Dynasty will inevitably hurt the muscles and bones, but these maggots will soon make a comeback, it is really worth the loss! “

The fourth prince, Zhou Chang'an, was originally the spy leader of the Northern Yan Dynasty, and he naturally knew everything about the filth and erosion in the Confucian school. However, as he just said, all dynasties have suffered from it, but they are all helpless against this kind of evil. This litter of parasite vampires is like a disease of the bones that grows on the Huayu Continent, which is inexhaustible and not a medicine stone.

Of course, everyone knows this situation in their hearts, but including the parties Cai Xi and Cai Xianyang, they can't say a fresh charter. Throughout the successive generations of Huayu monarchs before Emperor Tianyou, there are no lack of peerless Ming monarchs who have been shining with holy candles and thousands of years; But many predecessors have not been able to solve the problems in their lifetimes, what can their Zhou family's generation do?

Many well-educated people have said that by reading the rise and fall of the historians of the past dynasties, we can draw lessons written in blood from them, so as to avoid repeating the mistakes that have already been made by our predecessors. However, history is indeed constantly updating and developing, but human beings have been repeatedly wearing new shoes and taking old roads, and they have never had a long memory.

Zhou Changyong, the crown prince, who was sitting on the side drinking tea, listened to his fourth brother's complaint, frowned and said:

"A mere Xilin Mansion, plus about 20 surrounding villages, counties and state capitals, is the fiefdom of the Confucian Mansion and the incense of Futian, and the ancient kings are the same; If I Beiyan Zhou rashly set this precedent, the folk court will be ruined, and the gang will often be lost, needless to say, how will I wait for the children of the Zhou family to be written by future historians? And besides......"

Speaking of this, Zhou Changyong opened an account book in front of him, and fiddled with the abacus a few times with his left hand:

Moreover, even if the Confucian school never existed in the world, the excess taxes that the state treasury could collect each year were only a drop in the bucket. With such a simple account, why should the fourth brother chase after it? ”

"It's not a foolish brother......

"That's it! We and other monarchs and ministers are talking about the matter of Xilin Mansion and how to deal with the aftermath; It's not a question of how to eradicate it and whether it should be eradicated. Changyong, you learned good arithmetic in the household department, which is a good thing! But when it comes to the way of governing the country and the people, it is not just a problem that can be solved by relying on a book of accounts. After all, you are the prince of Beiyan, and you must start from the overall situation when dealing with problems, and you can't bow your head and only count the small accounts; Chang'an, since you also know that the scourge of the gate lord clan is a stubborn disease in the Huayu Continent, and the ancestors of the past generations also wanted to get rid of it but couldn't get it, why did you crash into a dead end? A warrior with a youthful spirit and no return to death, how many tens of millions in this world? But the person who successfully broke through the south wall in the end is only a few people after all, and may not be able to do what you want. You are too pale and reckless, and you will have to learn to be flexible and detoury in the future, understand? ”

Seeing that the views of the two sons were contradictory, and they burst out of anger while talking, Zhou Yuanqing interrupted with his words, and then slapped fifty boards each. When he stopped the dispute between his two sons, he projected his eyes on Cai Xi. Emperor Tianyou himself is a self-aware king, and he has never had the ability and ambition to change the day. For the current chaotic situation, the biggest problem he had to solve was how to deal with the relationship between the old minister Cai Xi and the Confucian school.

"Ahem, the old minister thinks that what the prince said is very true. Xilin Mansion is a small disease of scabies, if it is placed on weekdays, it is not a major event at all, and it is not even worthy of His Majesty's personal attention. But at present, the situation in Huayu is turbulent, and all the princes are made uproar by those grassland barbarians; Even Zhongshan Road in the north of the country has been knocked on the door by the traitor Guo Xing; Moreover, our Beiyan is also in danger: Zhu Yuntao, the governor of Bashu Province, has not been on the excerpt of asking for peace for more than 50 days. The four princes got definite information a few days ago, which can confirm that the Xin'an Hou Mansion has colluded with the red and yellow thieves in Western Xinjiang. On the occasion of the eventful autumn when the two families of Youbei and Beiyan have great troubles on the border, the old minister thinks that the matter of Xilin Mansion will be put aside first......"

Emperor Tianyou hadn't figured out the true meaning of these words, but the grumpy Wang Fang immediately slapped the table:

"Cai Donkey, are you still a gentleman? Shen Gui's kid slaughtered the entire Xilin Mansion, and even used his head to build a Jingguan to scare people! Such a big loss was eaten in the stomach, but we Beiyan didn't even dare to put a fart, so we endured it so much? When pigs fly! My king can't swallow this breath! No matter what kind of king or hero he Shen Gui is, anyway, Guo Xing's kid has already led his troops to Zhongshan Road, if you don't dare to take this breath, Lao Tzu will carry a knife to join Guo Xing's bandits! …… By the way, Cai Donkey, you give me back the knife! ”

The other four members in the cabinet, after listening to Wang Fang's nonsense, did not even speak out to dissuade them; Zhou Yuanqing looked at Wang Fang, who was blowing his beard and glaring, and while slowly tapping on the table, he said to himself in a tone of doubt mixed with discussion:

"What Wang Zuocheng means is that on the surface, we can take advantage of this opportunity to publicly announce that Guo Xing has rebelled against Beiyan, and what he does in the future has nothing to do with my Beiyan; And secretly, we can take advantage of the Xilin Mansion case to make a fuss, at least to offset each other with Guo Xing's invasion of Zhongshan Road, so as to prevent Yan Qinghong from taking the opportunity to make trouble and open his mouth on the issue of joining forces to resist the enemy in the future? ”

Wang Fang raised his eyebrows, and replied in a rather disrespectful tone:

"What did Your Majesty say? The old minister didn't understand. ”

It turned out that since the defeat of the East Customs, Wang Fang has been using this method when expressing his thoughts. Everyone in the room has long been accustomed to refining the meaning of this irascible old man. After all, no one would think that the left prime minister of Beiyan and the head of the Confucian school are just such a brave and unscrupulous man.

Cai Xi nodded again and again after listening, but then frowned again, and added:

"If Yan Qinghong can accept the plan of cooperating against the enemy in the future, then our Beiyan's lining will be even had; But what should I say about the face that was swept away by Shen Gui? On weekdays, after all, we are the kingdom of heaven, and it doesn't matter if we lose some face, we can also reflect Your Majesty's benevolence and measure; But in this current situation, if anyone loses face and can't get it back, they will immediately become the target of public criticism! ”

Just when the top leaders of Beiyan were discussing enthusiastically, Tang Fuquan, who was waiting outside the door, suddenly coughed lightly. Emperor Tianyou nodded to Zhou Chang'an, who was the youngest, and the other party got up and went out. After a few moments, his face turned pale, his right hand trembled, and he floated back to the cabinet with a letter in his vague footsteps.

"What's wrong Chang'an, it's like losing your soul?"

When Emperor Tianyou saw his unloadable appearance of this small boat, he couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart; But after he glanced at the red black secret report, his expression immediately changed greatly!

"On the day of the sting, Xin'an Hou Zhou Changfeng secretly met with the Western Xinjiang Golden Boy Buddha in the house. The two talked all night in the study of the Hou Mansion, and what they said was unknown; In the early morning of the next day, the two joined hands and walked out of the main gate of the Hou Mansion. ”

After just a few lines of ink, the antipathy of Xin'an Hou has already jumped on the paper. In fact, the collusion between the two of them has long been expected by everyone, but no one has taken it seriously. After all, although King Qin's lineage can produce many people, including Zhou Changfeng, they all have a common small problem - prudence.

If Zhou Changfeng can be willing to be a courtier, then this cautious little fault is the foundation of his life; But it is also the word cautious, which has become an extremely fatal character flaw for a feudal official who secretly has the ambition of a king in his heart. Since ancient times, all the kings who have been able to create a thousand years of meritorious deeds have not been heroes who have fought their way out of a bloody road in a hopeless desperate situation! But Zhou Changfeng puts caution first in everything, and it is impossible to put himself in a desperate situation!

Character determines fate.

But it is this Xin'an Hou Zhou Changfeng, who has never been in danger in his life, who actually stepped out of the main gate of the Hou Mansion hand in hand with the Big Golden Boy Buddha, what does this abnormal behavior mean?

The answer is very simple: Zhou Changfeng is going to be reversed, and he thinks that he has at least more than eighty percent of the wins! Otherwise, with his character, he would not have sat at the gambling table at all, let alone made a heavy bet!

After circulating it around, the doubts in everyone's hearts immediately unified: Why did Zhou Changfeng think that he was winning?

Western Xinjiang is limited by various geographical environment and climatic factors, so the poverty of the people in Western Xinjiang is far worse than that of the Mobei grassland. Of course, with Zhou Changfeng, who has firmly controlled the land of Sanqin for many years, as an ally, presumably with the huge wealth he has secretly hidden for many years, at least in the short term, the Northwest Alliance Army should not be bothered by military salaries, grain and grass. However, logistical supplies can determine the outcome of a game, but they cannot kill a single enemy on the battlefield. After all, before this silver was exchanged for weapons, it was no different from the lethality of stone.

There are not many subway mines in Sanqin, but the advantage is that the transportation is convenient, maybe Zhou Changan wants to buy raw materials at a high price from Hu merchants in the Western Regions?

But at the root of it, why did Chang'an City in the land of Sanqin become an important trading town of the Northern Yan Dynasty? Convenient geographical location is only one aspect, the most fundamental reason is that Chang'an City is backed by the entire Northern Yan Dynasty, and even the huge market of Mobei and Youbei Three Roads. However, as soon as the war starts, if they help the Northwest Coalition Army, they will offend the entire Northern Yan Dynasty, presumably those nonsense will not dare to touch this mold.

In addition, only a stable supply of raw materials still cannot be quickly converted into real combat effectiveness. Due to Emperor Tianyou's careful vigilance, there were not many skilled craftsmen in the entire land of Sanqin. Once the furnace cannot be cast iron, then the lethality of the ore is no different from that of ordinary crushed stone. In this regard, according to the laws of the Northern Yan, weapons can be bought and sold at will after being approved by the government for the record; However, if a person who secretly hides armor in his home, without the permission of the imperial court, he will be punished as a crime of treason.

In this way, the so-called Northwest Coalition Army is nothing more than a group of monks wearing strips of cloth and carrying wooden sticks, plus a group of veterans left behind by King Qin. Such a lineup is also worth the circumference wind to expand to this?