Cao Jue originally planned to stay in Yi'an Hall tonight, but thought that Queen Yan would cry endlessly for her son's affairs. Suddenly felt a boredom in his heart, there were too many things today, and none of them went well, Cao Jue felt that there was a huge palace, and there was no clean place, so he said to Yue Le: "I will rest in the imperial study tonight, you ask them to send the recital there, and then find Cui Qing, I have something to ask him." ”

Yue Le hurriedly agreed and ordered someone to do it.

After dinner, Cao Jue sat down at the table and reviewed the pieces submitted from all over the world. At this time, Yue Le walked in and said, "Your Majesty, Master Cui has arrived. ”

Cao Jue stood up, moved his stiff neck and said, "Let him come in." ”

I saw a minister walk into the hall, it was Cui Huan who gave the princes a morning lesson, I saw that he was fair-skinned, beautiful beard, an out-and-out handsome middle-aged, a set of saluting movements flowing, as if this was not in the palace to greet the emperor, but to perform a solemn ceremony, solemn, and beautiful.

"I wonder what His Majesty summoned the minister tonight?" Cui asked him.

Cao Jue put down the piece in his hand and asked Cui He to sit down: "There are some things I want to discuss with Qing tonight." ”

Cui He saw that the emperor summoned him to meet him at night, and he was also speculating in his heart about what was going on. After thinking about what happened in the DPRK and China recently, it was just the attack on Shen Liangyu's return to Beijing and the formation of the Six Towns. Either of these two things is very tricky, especially my own Hanchen identity, in these two things, it is the best policy not to easily express your thoughts.

Cui Huan was secretly thinking about it in his heart, only to hear the emperor say again: "I invited Qing into the palace this time to discuss the affairs of the six towns. ”

After hearing this, Cui Huan thought that this was indeed the case, and his heart suddenly became frightened, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, at this time, it is not a matter that the ministers can discuss, and please ask Your Majesty to dictatorship." ”

It turned out that Cao Qi, the Taizu of the Great Wei Dynasty, was a Huns, and most of the generals used in Youzhou were Huns, and later established the Great Wei, and the Huns naturally became the privileges and nobles of the Wei State. However, some Huns were accustomed to "shooting birds and beasts for a living, and in a hurry, people practiced warfare and attack to invade." "Life. When I came to this Central Plains, I always had constant friction with the Han people, shouting to go back to the grassland, and most of these people were meritorious ministers who had followed the Cao family since Taizu started his army.

Later, because Rouran continued to disturb the border, Cao Jue thought of a way to do both, he wanted to set up six towns of Woye, Huaishuo, Wuchuan, Fuming, Rouxuan, and Huaihuang north of Daijun to settle the Huns who wanted to return to the grassland, on the one hand, to appease these Hun nobles, and on the other hand, to use these fierce Huns to resist more and more frequent attacks on the border.

As soon as this proposal was put forward, the nobles of the Xiongnu were naturally happy, but most of the Hanchen in the court were opposed. It's not because they are reluctant to let these Huns live, but because once the Huns move to the six towns, because the place north of the Great Wall is not suitable for farming, although there are also reclamations, but the effect is not very ideal, these Hun nobles are used to the Central Plains flower world, really ask them to go back to the grassland to fish and hunt to live, they must not be willing, when the time comes, it is not to use the power of the country to support these adults, to put it bluntly, the Han people pay, the Huns enjoy, how to think about this thing and how to lose.

But you can't say this to the emperor, you can't say to the emperor: "It's no problem for you Huns to go back, go and play with the birds yourself." "There's only one head, and the rules of the game don't allow it.

Seeing that he couldn't shirk it, Cui Huan secretly complained in his heart, and said to Cao Qi after a moment of silence: "Your Majesty, it has become more and more frequent over the years, and it is indeed necessary to station heavy troops in the north of my Great Wei, but it is not helpful if there are fewer people, and it is easy to become a big end if there are more people." ”

"Moreover, the grassland north of Daijun is not suitable for farming, the army is stationed, and the grain and grass, weapons, clothing and other baggage need to be levied and transported from each county to Daijun out of the Great Wall, which is enough to build another army, and now Liu Song and Fu Qin are fighting fiercely, it is a good opportunity for my Great Wei to go south, and it is a pity to spend money and grain in transit."

After hearing this, Cao Jue felt that what Cui Huan said was also very reasonable, but the increasingly intensified contradictions between the Han and the Chinese made him need a way to resolve the dispute once and for all, even if it could not be done once and for all, at least let him not cause trouble for him because of internal contradictions when he eliminated Liu Song and Fu Qin. At this time, he couldn't help but think of the words of the third son Cao Fan on the school field today, and this kind of contradiction also appeared in the palace, and it seems that there will be no less friction among the people. Cao Jue made up his mind, the six towns must be established, but Cui Huan's heart must not be cold.

Cao Jue was noncommittal, and said to Cui Huan: "Cui Qing, let the six towns go in advance, but the matter of the military tun in the land of the six towns cannot be delayed, this time the Huai River was damaged, and many southerners moved north, just let them go to the land of the six towns to cultivate grain." ”

Cui Huan knew that the emperor had made up his mind, and it was difficult to persuade him again, so he had to agree.

After Cui He left, Cao Jue sorted out the pros and cons again, and found that it was impossible to be perfect no matter how he did it, he didn't know what Han Chen like Cui He thought in his heart, but it was just the interests of money, food and population. At present, the conflict between the Han and the Huns in the DPRK and China is very serious, and there are many things that have arisen after the Han people were oppressed by the Xiongnu nobles. Although things are still under control, every time this kind of thing happens, it is a piece of meat dug up from his empire, which makes Cao Jue's heart ache. It is true that we can't wait any longer, the emperor of Fu Qin has already confronted Liu Song in Runan with the whole country's troops, this is the battle of the country, either you die or I die. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Great Wei. If you lose it, it's not a chance, it's hell...

Thinking of this, Cao Jue was both excited and nervous, and he fidgeted in the imperial study.

"Yue Le, go, go out for a walk." Cao Jue said to Zhongchang Yue Le.

When it was close to the Mid-Autumn Festival, tonight's sky was bright and starry, Cao Jue took a deep breath of the crisp air while walking, and his complicated thoughts calmed down a little, and then he suddenly saw a light like a bean in the distance, compared with other places, it was extremely cold, but the small lamp gave people a feeling of warmth and infinity.

Cao Jue stepped forward and took a closer look, it turned out to be Shuyi Pavilion, where Concubine Han lived. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly thought of the handsome and stubborn young man in the school yard in the afternoon, Cao Jue couldn't help but stop and said to Yue Le: "Go, call them to meet you." ”

Cao Jue walked into the courtyard of Shuyi Pavilion, and at this time, Han Concubine rushed out with a rough maid to greet her, and when she saw the emperor, Han Concubine hurriedly knelt down: "Your Majesty." ”

At this time, it was the end of the day, and Concubine Han had already fallen asleep, only to hear the rumor that he was asked to come out to meet him, so he hurriedly put on his clothes and came to the courtyard. Cao Jue saw that Concubine Han was only wearing thin clothes and said, "Get up, go in and talk." ”

Cao Jue walked into the main hall, only to see that there were no extravagant objects in the room, but it was clean and tidy, the layout was fresh and elegant, and there was a faint fragrance of osmanthus in the room, although it was not obvious, but it was refreshing. Turning his head and seeing that Concubine Han was still standing there, she was a little at a loss, and couldn't help laughing: "I'm bored at night today, and when I see that the lights are still on here, I'll come in and take a look, sit down." ”

Concubine Han bowed her head and said yes, and said a little shyly: "Although Your Majesty is working state affairs, it is important to take care of your body. ”

Then the room suddenly fell silent, and neither of them knew what to say. Although the two gave birth to a child, after so many years, except for some ceremonies, Han Concubine asked the emperor for peace, and never said a word. Today, Cao Jue was happy and came to Shuyi Pavilion, and the two were a little embarrassed to meet.

Cao Jue coughed, cleared his throat and asked, "What about Hong'er?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Cao Hong has already fallen asleep, do you want someone to call him up to say hello?" Concubine Han replied.

"Forget it, I'm also a snooze at his age, and there will be morning classes tomorrow morning, so don't alarm him." Cao Jue waved his hand.

After that, there was another awkward silence, and Concubine Han couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief when she saw the emperor turn his back and pretend to look at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall as if nothing had happened, poured a glass of water, and held it: "Your Majesty, use some tea!" ”

Cao Jue turned around and took the teacup in his hand, and at this time, his fingers touched Han Concubine's hand holding the cup, and he only felt a delicate and delicate touch coming from his fingertips. Looking at Concubine Han carefully, I saw Concubine Han under the lamp, her skin was white and lush, her eyes had been closed because of nervousness, and her long eyelashes trembled slightly. Suddenly, Cao Jue picked up Concubine Han horizontally.

"Your Majesty!···" All I could hear was a cry that seemed to come and go.

Seeing this, Yue Le said to the people waiting, "What are you still doing?" ”

The others quietly retreated.