Prime Minister's Office.

The light in the room was a little dim, as if the blazing summer sun could not penetrate the thick window screen, behind the bookshelf full of bamboo slips, when the prime minister Xue Ze and the doctor Ji Di sat on both sides of the small table, the weather was a little hot, and the teapot in front of the two was also replaced with herbal tea.

Ji Di glanced at the light-filled window, and said slowly in a deep and deep voice: "It's getting hotter and hotter this day, and people are getting old, so they can't stand it. ”

King Xue Ze glanced at the window, and his wrinkled old face was a little disapproving, "At this time, it is the time when the wind and clouds are changing, don't look at the scorching sun now, no one can guarantee whether it will rain heavily in the next moment?" ”

Ji Di shook his head, and his voice revealed the mellowness unique to the elderly, "I'm old, I can't stand the storm anymore, whether the sun is scorching or the rain is pouring down, a constant is better than the stability of the wind and clouds." ”

"The doctor's words are fallacious!" Xue Ze's voice was a little louder, but after saying this, he calmed down again, he poured tea for Ji Di, and said: "You and I live in a high place, naturally not afraid of wind and rain, but what will happen to the people below?" The doctor is not afraid of the powerful in his life, he is upright and outspoken, and he has petitioned for the people several times, and how many people have benefited? How can you leave the world alone? ”

Ji Di was silent for a long time when he heard this, and finally sighed, "The old man has been with His Majesty for many years, and he still understands some of His Majesty's temperament. Moreover, if the war goes well, the war may not be without peace. ”

"Dr. Ji!" Xue Ze listened to Ji Di's words, and after all, he couldn't help but be indifferent, "Doctor Ji's words make people feel cold. Not to mention far away, just talking about this expedition, the world says that the army is all armored and returned, but what about the facts? Tens of thousands of soldiers buried their bones in other places, how many orphans and widows have been added to the Han Dynasty? And what did the big man get? It's just the future revenge of the Huns, it's just that more people will die on the battlefield in the coming year, it's just that the granary of the world is empty, and it's just that the people of the world are miserable! ”

Ji Di didn't speak, Xue Ze sighed, softened his tone and said, "Didn't Doctor Ji see how high-spirited Qin Cheng and Wei Qing were when they returned to the city the day before yesterday?" High-headed horses, fame and fortune, they have everything in their hands, but this is the blood and sweat of the people in the world they plundered. Once the success is achieved, will tens of thousands of soldiers die in other places, just because of the illustrious of these few people? Dr. Ji does not think about the common people in the world, but he wants to bow his head to the new magnates, how does this make the people of the world look at the doctor? Some, it's shameful to steal as a doctor! ”

The corners of Ji Di's mouth twitched, and his body shook several times, as if he was about to shoot the case. In the end, Ji Di bowed his hand to Xue Ze and said, "Thank you Prime Minister for telling me bluntly, I almost made a big mistake!" ”

"Doctor, please get up quickly, so-and-so is just a junior, how can this be afforded?" Xue Ze hurriedly helped Ji Di up, acting in a sincere panic.

"The old man's reputation was almost ruined!" Ji Di sat up, looked up and sighed.

"It is the best policy to be with relatives, killing must not be advisable, you and I will not do my best for this, who should I put this task on?" Xue Ze said again.

...... After Ji Huang left, Xue Ping knocked on the door and came in, he bowed down and asked Xue Ze, "The child just saw Ji Huang's old man walk out with a resolute face, must have been persuaded by you?" ”

Xue Ze snorted proudly, "He wants to be beautiful, and he wants to get out when he encounters something, how can it be so easy?" ”

"That's it." Xue Ping said, "But what the child doesn't understand is why he has to pull this old man in this matter, and he is not treated by His Majesty." ”

Xue Ze glanced at Xue Ping and said, "What do you know, Ji Di is His Majesty's master, and he has no merit and hard work in front of His Majesty, and he has three points of affection at the worst." Don't look at His Majesty's usual ignorance of him, in fact, His Majesty will not ignore the existence of this old man. Your Majesty can be said to make the best use of people, Ji Di is upright and outspoken, not afraid of offending people, and he has a place in the court! ”

"So it is, the child is taught."

"You remember, the most important thing for a person to be invincible is to know how to take advantage of the situation, and the most taboo is to make enemies. Even if Ji Di can't win over, he can't let him stand on the opposite side of us, if such an old stubborn agrees to use troops against the Huns, what scruples does Your Majesty have? Xue Ze looked at Xue Ping and said, "Only when our power is greater, can we ensure that we can achieve our own goals, and we can ensure our own interests even if we are not good!" ”

Xue Ping maintained a teachable appearance, "In this way, our alliance with the King of Huainan is also taking advantage of the situation?" ”

"Left and right, spread the door, make friends, this is the road of officials." Xue Ze said, "Eggs can't be put in one basket, understand?" ”

"Got it." Xue Ping realized something and laughed, "Actually, in the final analysis, we are just using these people to earn our own benefits." ”

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General Qin's Mansion.

"Hahahaha~~" A hearty laugh came from the house, and there was no heroism. In the house, Qin Cheng was feasting and drinking with Dou Fei, Dongfang Shuo and others, and everyone was talking and laughing during the banquet, and they were very happy.

"I'm going to die, laughing so loudly, aren't you afraid of making noise to the neighbors!" Outside the house, Xiao Rong'er, who was dressed in a thin shirt, glanced into the house, but only saw a few people in the room smiling crookedly, no one looked like her, for some reason she puffed out her cheeks, and tore off a handful of green leaves on a small tree next to her, and her eyes became a little resentful at this time.

"What are you doing here?" Bai Xinxin walked over and saw Xiao Rong'er's puffed appearance, and touched Xiao Rong'er's hair with some amusement, "I'm still pulling branches, and I'm not afraid of scratching my hands." ”

Xiao Rong'er looked up at Bai Xinxin, who was dressed in a red shirt, and saw that her eyebrows were as fresh as distant mountains, and her cheeks were slightly red, obviously carefully retouched, and she felt even more charming against the backdrop of the gauze lamp behind her, as if with some mysterious temptation.

Xiao Rong'er snorted and said unevenly: "Sister Bai, look at the general, it's so easy to come back from the expedition, and before you have said a word or two just after entering the house, she went to drink nonsense with those people and ignore you." You've spent half a day retouching your makeup today! ”

"You little girl, what do you know!" Bai Xinxin blushed and blamed Xiao Rong'er, looked back at the house, but only saw the mess in the room, and then she turned around and whispered to Xiao Rong'er: "It's okay for adults and children to not understand, but can't you make your temperament know?" There are guests at home, all of whom are friends of the general in the court, can the general entertain him? ”

"Humph!" Xiao Rong'er was still angry, "But we are still the general's family!" Besides, what worries about the general at home every day is that Sister Bai is not them, why did they occupy the general as soon as the general came back? Really, I hate it! ”

Hearing the word "occupy", Bai Xinxin couldn't help but laugh, she glanced at Xiao Rong'er up and down, covered her mouth and chuckled, "It turns out that you girl blames the general for not accompanying you, right?" Look, the little girl has put on some makeup today, you must have spent a lot of time, right? Tell me, did you steal my rouge? ”

"Why!" Xiao Rong'er immediately became anxious, and her little face turned red to the bottom, "I didn't steal your rouge!" I have it myself, how could I take you! ”

After Xiao Rong'er finished speaking, she still looked at Bai Xinxin indignantly, until she found Bai Xinxin's playful eyes, Xiao Rong'er realized that she had leaked her mouth, and hurriedly opened her hand to cover her small mouth, leaving only a pair of round eyes outside, looking at Bai Xinxin in panic.

"Ah~~" After time froze for a moment, Xiao Rong'er screamed and fled.

Bai Xinxin watched Xiao Rong'er run away, and laughed for a while, "When I went to the valley, I said that I don't need rouge anymore......" and then sighed leisurely, "It's grown up!" With that, he turned his head and took a deep look at the brightly lit room.

In the house, Qin Cheng and Dou Fei, Dongfang Shuo, and Gongsun Ce were drinking.

"Brother Qin is now a general, amazing, come, I respect you!" Gongsun Ce tilted his body and raised the bottle towards Qin Cheng with one hand, and scattered most of the wine before it reached his mouth.

"What, Brother Gongsun, are you jealous?" Dongfang Shuo stuffed a chicken leg into his mouth, and said with a slurred smile.

"Where, I regret that I couldn't go into battle with Brother Qin to kill the enemy!" Gongsun Ce waved his hand vigorously, hiccuped, and said loudly, "This was a pity when I was in Minyue, and it's still a pity now!" ”

"Then you talk to Brother Qin, let him go on the expedition next time, and take you to be a groom!" Dou Fei couldn't help but joke on the side.

"This can be there." Qin Cheng waved his hand, "Accurate!" ”

"You boys, do you really use Fan Xu as a puppet?! What do you say, my Gongsun Ce also sat as a general in South Vietnam! Gongsun Ce protested, "Come, drink!" Drink and go out! ”

Several people made a fuss for a while, and two hours later, Gongsun Ce was the first to fall. After a while, Qin Cheng asked people to serve tea, rinsed their mouths with Dou Fei Dongfang Shuo, and sobered up by the way, and a few people came out of the house and came to the backyard. Several people saw that Gongsun Ce was very drunk, so they simply didn't bother to call him.

The three of them sat and stood casually in the gazebo, blowing the cool night breeze.

"Yu Shan was stripped of all his titles and demoted to a commoner, but in the end he saved his life." Dongfang Shuo looked at the night sky and slowly stated, "The people around him took the blame for him, and His Majesty ordered a lot of killings." Yu Shan can also be regarded as a big loss of strength, it is difficult to recover his strength in a short period of time, and he is loyal to the ugly man, and now is the time for his power to rise sharply. The two parties are balanced, and now they are evenly matched, although the ugly man has the upper hand for a short time, but after a long time, Yu Shan can still recover a certain strength to compete with him. ”

"The land of Minyue, a remote township, the people are fierce, it is difficult to educate in a short time, and naturally they can't be expected to really do their duty, at this time it is right to keep the situation in Minyue in a relative balance." Qin Cheng leaned on the pillar and said indifferently: "Wait for the situation of the Xiongnu to stabilize, and then strengthen the control of Minyue, and gradually educate the people, then there will be no need to rely on those vassal kings." ”

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(To clarify, the feudal officials of Qin Cheng and Wei Qing have been changed from generals to generals of the left and right.)

PS: I'm going to get on the train home tonight and start a three-day journey home with all the updates automated. ）