But this Zhou Wen is an exception, he is not a member of the royal family, but a woman from the royal family who married, and after her husband's family died, she brought back her posthumous son and was named Zhou. [No pop-ups. 】

Speaking of which, Zhou Wen, the prime minister, did not only come to the throne this year, he has been the prime minister for more than 20 years, but he is the right-hand man of the first emperor.

After a few brief conversations, they also knew that the outside was not the place to talk, so they glanced at each other and entered the study.

The two sat silently opposite each other, and for a while they had nothing to say.

"General Xun Wu, the old man has been in the same dynasty with you for many years, and he has never encountered today's things." Zhou Wen sighed.

Of course, Xun Wu knew what Zhou Wen was referring to, and said: "It stands to reason that my Jin Kingdom is also capable of resisting the alliance of various countries, but I don't know why, I always feel that something is wrong. ”

"The old man feels the same way." Zhou Wen nodded.

Xun Wu suddenly said: "The old prime minister is a veteran, it is better to persuade Your Majesty, if this battle can win over the Ruan State, my Jin Kingdom does not have to worry anymore." ”

"No, neither can the old decay." Zhou Wen sighed and said: "Old decay is the arm of the first emperor, staying in this position is already the result of Your Majesty's consideration of influence, if Your Majesty is vigorous, how can you listen to the words of old decay?" ”

"That ......"

"General Xun Wu, the top priority is to let Your Majesty understand that the reason why my Jin State was able to defeat the Wei State and swallow the land of Wangji is not his own work, nor is it his strategy and wisdom."

What do you mean by that? Please also ask the old prime minister to show me. ”

"In recent years, the reason why my Jin Kingdom has been able to expand its territory is because of the prestige of the overlord, and the accumulation of the ancestors. In the later years of the first emperor, he diligently cultivated internal affairs, the domestic conquest was few, the people were surplus, and the money and grain were piled up, but in recent years, he first sent troops to attack Wei, and then swallowed up the Son of Heaven Wang Ji, and the domestic consumption was so large that people could imagine that my Jin Kingdom seemed to be more powerful than before, but if it was about financial resources, it was going backwards. ”

"So, does the prime minister think that the accumulation of the first emperor has been consumed in these two wars?"

Zhou Wen nodded and said: "Although there is still a surplus in the country, but this time the alliance of all countries is huge, unprecedented, if it drags on for a long time, it is inevitable that something will happen, and if I am not careful, my Jin Kingdom will face a sinister dilemma." ”

"The old prime minister's meaning, if the countries attack Jin, to what extent?" Xun Wu asked while pondering.

"It's hard to say." Zhou Wen shook his head and said, "This time the Jin State annexed not an ordinary country, but the Son of Heaven Wangji, how can you stop?" Besides, although Wangji is in our hands, it has become a borderless land, and the countries feel that they have strength, how can they sit back and watch our family be swallowed up? ”

Xun Wu also sighed and said: "What the old prime minister said is very true, this is also what I am worried about, I negotiated with Ruan Guo before, it is for this reason, I don't want Your Majesty to be angry, and now Ruan Guozhi's envoy is still staying in the post house, and I don't know how to reply." ”

"What? Nguyen Quoc envoy, right in the city? ”

"Not only the Ruan State, but even the envoys of the Cao State and the Wu State, I also invited the Imperial City, just to stabilize this matter, the opponents of my Great Jin in this battle are the Cang State and the Chu State, and we cannot break with the Northwest States."

"No, no!" Zhou Wen muttered, patted his head, and suddenly asked, "Do the envoys of those countries live in the West Street Post House?" ”

"That's right, they don't have a national certificate, so they didn't arrange to go to the Dahonglu Temple......"

"Not good!" Zhou Wen said abruptly, Huo Ran got up, and hurriedly said, "Go to the post house!" When the old man came, he happened to encounter a large number of forbidden troops rushing to West Street, and the momentum was huge, maybe it was for the envoys of those countries! ”

"What!"

Xun Wu was shocked, and the cold and strange smile that the emperor had given him before came to his mind.

Could it be ......

Xun Wu thought of a very terrible thing, and as soon as he confessed his guilt, he had to prepare a horse and go to West Street.

As soon as he moved, he saw a guard, riding a fast horse and waving a feather flag, galloping towards him.

"Phew—"

The guard rolled down from his horse, his face was pale with sweat, and he knelt on the ground: "General, something is wrong!" ”

"But what happened to the inn?" Xun Wu hurriedly asked.

"The general instructed the last general to guard outside the post house to prevent small chaos, but unexpectedly, a large number of forbidden troops rushed into the post house with a holy decree in hand and killed several envoys!"

"What! How many envoys were killed by the forbidden army? Xun Wu stumbled and almost fell: "You, you, say it again?" ”

"Several envoys were sent by His Majesty to the forbidden army and killed!" The guard repeated it again, and said: "After the forbidden army killed someone, they hung the corpses outside the post house, claiming that they were traitors and came to spy on my Great Jin army. When he came just now, the last general saw a group of forbidden troops coming to the general's mansion. ”

Xun Wu was silent for a long time.

"General Xun Wu, according to the old man's opinion, you should leave Jincheng as soon as possible, so as not to be angered by Your Majesty." Zhou Wen was also anxious, and hurriedly persuaded.

Hearing this, Xun Wu's face was counted, and he suddenly seemed to have made up his mind, and hugged his fists and said: "The family members in the house, I am tired of the Prime Minister to take care of it, Xun Wu will think of a way to save it!" ”

"Where is this going, General?" Zhou Wen heard the implication here.

"Cangguo!"

After Xun Wu finished speaking, he didn't explain to Zhou Wen, hurriedly walked into his room, took a bag of silver, and left the house.

About half an hour later, a team of chariots and horses quietly went out of the city gate, and at the fork of the wilderness road, one team went to the land of Wangji in the south, and the other team went east to the direction of Cangguo.

……

Cangcheng.

The time for the alliance has arrived, and the emperors of Ruan, Wei, Wu, Cao and other countries have also arrived in the last two days.

On this day, the atmosphere in Cangcheng was unprecedentedly serious, and the whole city implemented a ban on the city.

The so-called forbidden market is like a curfew, and pedestrians are not allowed to walk around the streets and alleys.

In addition, the streets and alleys are guarded and patrolled by the forbidden army.

In the palace, Ji Hao, the Son of Heaven, appeared in front of everyone for the first time after entering the Cangguo.

"I've seen the Son of Heaven—"

The emperors bowed and bowed.

"Excuse me."

Ji Hao glanced at it lightly, then tidied up his clothes, carried the sword of the Son of Heaven, sacrificed to the sky, burned incense, and prayed.

After a whole set of processes, it is completely carried out in accordance with the etiquette of the Son of Heaven sacrificing to heaven.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am a little tired after days of hard work, and this alliance will be handled by the Emperor of Cangguo."

Ji Hao said a word, and left the main hall with the support of a eunuch.

"Your Majesty Emperor Cang, it's really a good means." Empress Ruan Guo was beside her, smiling rather than smiling.

Yang Mu didn't speak, just nodded slightly.

He could also see that everyone did not have much objection to the departure of the Son of Heaven.

After all, everyone is also the king of a country, and the honor is incomparable, who would be willing to treat a vain Son of Heaven as a courtier?

The departure of the Son of Heaven also indicates that the parliaments will join forces to attack Jin...... Here we go!