Wei Jun picked up the wine cup and hurriedly drank with Zhao Junsheng, as soon as the wine was in his mouth, he froze, and the mellow and long sweet taste made him speechless, "This wine ······"

Zhao Junsheng smiled and asked, "How is this wine?" ”

It took him half a moment before he came back to his senses and blurted out: "Good wine!" The minister is also a good wine person, but he has never drunk such a fine wine, this wine should only be in the sky, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a jade liquid! ”

"You drink this one again!" Zhao Junsheng picked up another flask and poured a glass.

Wei Wei drank it all, and after the hot feeling sank to his abdomen, he instantly rushed to the top door, and he couldn't help but say: "It's so strong! It's hard enough, this is the wine that a man should drink! ”

"Someone!"

The eunuch brought two jars of wine, one jar full of spicy loose burning, and the other jar was blended wine.

Zhao Junsheng pointed to these two jars of wine, each twenty catties, "These two jars of wine are worth a thousand gold each, I gave them to you!" General Lieutenant, I wish you a victorious start! ”

The lieutenant immediately stood up and bowed: "Thank you, Lord Longen, you will live up to Your Majesty's high expectations!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was so eager to send his lieutenants to fight against the frustrated canal, not only because he was worried that he would become a great trouble in the frontier, but also because he was anxious to open up the Hexi Corridor, restore the smooth flow of the Silk Road, and inject a new vitality into the economy of Daqian.

In this era, it is impossible to reach the Western world by sea and land, there is no fixed route, and there is no ship that can be used for ocean voyages, so to strengthen the economic and cultural exchanges between the East and the West, the Silk Road can only be taken.

Therefore, even the commodities of the Southern Dynasties had to be transported to the West through the territory of the Great Qian, and the commodities of the entire Eastern world had to enter the areas controlled by the Great Cadres if they were to be sold to the West, and the commodities of the West had to be shipped to the East and had to enter the territory of the Great Cadres.

The only thing to do now is to open up the Hexi Corridor and restore the smooth flow of the Silk Road, which is the top priority!

The army set out in February of the 15th year of the Qianguo Dynasty, lasted more than a month and arrived in Liangzhou, and after a short rest, it marched in the direction of Jiuquan, passing through Zhangye along the way.

When the army arrived in Zhangye, a large number of military supplies were also transported immediately, this time, the Daqian court had already made up its mind to completely open up the Hexi Corridor, and requisitioned 100,000 people to assist in transporting the baggage, and a large number of siege equipment accompanied by the baggage.

At the end of March, the army of Wei and his family entered Jiuquan, and his cousin Fuqu Tianzhou was responsible for guarding the town, but his troops were not much, only more than 3,000 people, so he could only defend the city.

At this time, the crops outside Jiuquan City were not yet ripe, and it was the time when the green and yellow were not harvested, and the captain led a large army to besiege the city, which lasted for more than half a month, causing the city to run out of food.

This Fuqu Tianzhou is also a ruthless person, he killed his wife and concubine, and gave the meat to his generals to eat, even so, Fuqu Tianzhou still failed to stop the offensive of the dry army.

On April 16, the lieutenants attacked Jiuquan, captured Fuqu Tianzhou, and sent people to escort Qianjing.

June in Qianjing was already very hot, and when Zhao Junsheng sat in the main hall to deal with the recital, he kept sweating even if Gong E kept fanning him.

When this palace was originally designed, it was designed as a stuffy jar for safety reasons, and there was no cool breeze in the hall, so hot that Zhao Junsheng couldn't stand it.

"No, this weather is really deadly! Who, find someone to send me to the pavilion by the lake, where I will review the musicals! Zhao Junsheng got up and walked out as he spoke.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

As soon as Zhao Junsheng walked out of the main hall, he ran into Mulan.

"Oops, I almost bumped into it, where are you going?"

Zhao Junsheng took out a handkerchief and wiped his sweat, "It's so hot, I'll let them move all the pieces to the lakeside pavilion and go there to review them!" ”

"You drink this iced sour plum soup, it should be cool!" After Mulan, she handed over the bowl in her hand.

Zhao Junsheng took the bowl and took a sip, "Ah-comfortable!" So what, is there any? Give everyone in the palace a bowl, all of them relieve the heat, don't get hot! ”

"Still at your command? I've already explained it! ”

"Let's go, come with me!" Zhao Junsheng said and took the hand of his youngest son who came with Mulan, "Boy, is your homework done?" Do you understand what the teacher says? ”

"It's okay!" The youngest son said.

Zhao Junsheng stopped: "Yo, it seems that you are under no pressure, I will test your knowledge in a few days!" ”

"Take the test casually! But if you do well, what reward do you have? ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his head: "There is no reward!" This reading and learning is your job, and it is right to do well in the exam, don't tell me about the conditions! However······ If you can get the top three in the assessment at the end of the year, I will give you a big red envelope during the Chinese New Year! ”

"How big is the red envelope?" The youngest son asked matter-of-factly.

"You'll know when the time comes!"

The youngest son pouted: "Knock on the door!" ”

Hua Mulan listened to the conversation between the father and son with great interest.

When I arrived at the lakeside pavilion, it was much cooler, and there was a cool breeze coming out of the lake, and I was very refreshed all over my body.

"There's nothing happier than sitting by this lake and blowing a cool breeze as a family in June when it's too hot to breathe!" Zhao Junsheng said with a sigh.

Hua Mulan patted Zhao Junsheng and quipped: "You have so many feelings, why don't you write poems!" I think if you become a poet, you will definitely have greater achievements and more prospects than being an emperor! ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Did you only know today that I am a poet who has been delayed by being the emperor?" ”

"You're poor!"

The two frolicked for a while, and a eunuch came to report: "Your Majesty, Cui Hao asks to see!" ”

"Xuan!"

Cui Hao quickly came over to visit: "The minister greets Your Majesty and Niangniang!" ”

"Let's get flat!" Zhao Junsheng raised his hand, "What is the matter with Aiqing coming to see me today?" ”

"Your Majesty, Fuqu Tianzhou has been escorted to Beijing and imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, and I ask Your Majesty to make a ruling on how to deal with it! In addition, the lieutenant sent someone to send a battle report! ”

Zhao Junsheng instructed the eunuch next to him: "Give me a seat!" ”

The eunuch brought a stool, and Cui Hao thanked him and sat on the side.

"Come on, bring Cui Qing a bowl of chilled sour plum soup to relieve the heat! Cui Qing, you speak slowly! ”

"Yes!" Cui Hao took the sour plum soup and drank it in one go, no matter what the taste of the sour plum soup was, he had to drink it in one gulp, this was given by the emperor, even if it was unpalatable, he had to drink it all.

"Your Majesty, the lieutenant sent someone to send a battle report saying that after he broke through Jiuquan, Fuqu Wushu felt a huge pressure, so he sent his cousin Fuqu Yide to lead an army of 5,000 to cross the desert to attack Shanshanguo to find a way out for himself, and Bilong, the king of Shanshanguo, was afraid and wanted to escape. The lieutenant sent an envoy in time to persuade him, and Bilong stayed and held on! Frustrated Qu should not be able to attack for a long time, retreat to the east city! ”

Later, Fuqu Wufu heard that Fuqu Yide's attack was blocked, so he abandoned Dunhuang City and led all his troops to the west to join Fuqu Yide. When Bi Long heard that Fu Qu Wuzhen personally led a large army to attack, he was so frightened that he ignored the persuasion of our envoy and fled to the end with the prince's minister and concubine Gong'e, and Bi Long's eldest son surrendered, and Fu Qu Wu and Fu Qu should take the opportunity to occupy Shanshan! ”

"At present, our army has been stationed in Dunhuang and garrisoned at the Great Wall, Yumen Pass, and Yangguan in the west and north. The captain said that more than half of the soldiers and horses who had died of hunger and thirst on the way west into the desert of the Western Regions were lost. Our army lacks experience in desert warfare, and is not familiar with the desert terrain, weather changes, and wind and sand flow laws west of Dunhuang, so please stop the offensive for the time being, and send troops after finding out the situation! ”

After listening to Cui Hao's words, Zhao Junsheng slammed his fist on the stone table, "This frustration is so tenacious, it has reached the point of exhaustion, but it can think of going west to the desert to seek life, we must find a way to exterminate him, we can't let him entrench in the desert of the Western Regions for a long time and pose a threat to the Silk Road!" ”

"As for the captain's request to suspend the attack, I have it!"

Cui Hao took out the song and handed it over and said, "The captain has also reported the roster of meritorious generals, please ask Your Majesty for approval!" ”

Zhao Junsheng took the piece and said without reading it: "I will take a look at it first and then give instructions, you go back first!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After Cui Hao left, Zhao Junsheng thought about it and instructed the eunuch: "Go to Xuanlu Xuanbo!" ”

Soon Lu Xuanbo came over: "Meet Your Majesty, Niangniang!" ”

Zhao Junsheng handed over the piece that Cui Hao brought and said, "You find someone to check how many people are related to Cui Hao!" ”

"Yes!"

Hua Mulan waited for Lu Xuanbo to go away, and asked Zhao Junsheng: "Do you suspect that Cui Hao is nepotism?" This is impossible, this request for merit was submitted by the lieutenant's family, does he, a military general, dare to collude with the ministers of the DPRK and China? ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his head: "It is a bit inappropriate to say that cronyism, and in the past six months, many ministers have impeached Cui Hao for forming a party for personal gain." After the imperial court launched the imperial examination, the original intention was to reduce the number of officials who were examined, and gradually replace the imperial examination with the imperial examination, but in recent years, there are still not a few people who have entered the official government through the examination. I didn't care at first, but there are more and more people impeaching him, and this matter can't help but attract attention, if he is really framed, it's good for people to check it, just to prove his innocence! ”

Mulan was a little worried, "What if······ found out that Cui Hao is really suspected of forming a party, what are you going to do with it? The great cadres established the country, you led the troops to fight in the south and the north, every time Cui Hao has made great contributions, if you deal with it too harshly, it will inevitably leave a reputation of mean and unkind to the subjects of the world! ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his head: "You are wrong to think so, merit is merit, and passing is fault, how can it be mixed up?" If the merits and demerits can be compensated, what else do you need to do with the law and military regulations? It's too early to say this, even if there is a suspicion of forming a party, I can't just deal with him, after all, it's just this suspicion. In fact, forming a party itself is nothing, but if it is a party for personal gain, it is different! ”