"See Your Majesty!"

In the living hall, Xin Xi bowed to Zhao Shu very respectfully, and then turned his head to the four ministers and the two privy envoys.

"Xinxi, how is your Gewu Academy?" Zhao Shu asked.

Xin Zhen was slightly stunned and said, "It's still under construction, and it should be ready for teaching in the spring of next year!" ”

The reason why he said this was that he still had to give Zhao Shu some face, if he directly said that not only could he not recruit professors, but he could not even find students, judging from the people here, he only needed to deduce the reason why Xinjina Gewu Academy was so unpopular in an instant.

In that case, wouldn't Zhao Shu, as the emperor, be very faceless?!

"Yes, that's good!" Zhao Shu nodded, and then said: "Then you will leave the matter of this Gewu Academy to others first, and now, there are other important things to be handed over to you!" ”

Xin Zhen frowned.

Zhao Shu picked up the piece of music on the table and pointed to it, and the eunuch next to him quickly took the music and let Xin Xi go.

The Annan army was defeated, Wang Shiyue was trapped in Ning'an, and the Annan army of the Great Song Dynasty lost 80,000 divisions!

Xin Zhen suddenly raised his head, and wanted to say something, but finally closed his mouth and said nothing.

"After discussing with the four prime ministers, I unanimously decided to send reinforcements in Dali, and at present, you are the only one who is idle at home in the court, so I plan to use you as the pacification envoy of Jiannan Province and lead an army of 100,000 to rescue Wang Shiyue!" Zhao Shu spoke indifferently.

Xin Zhen's face was speechless, he knew that he was going to do this, why didn't he let Lao Tzu go in the first place?!

In addition, his position is the pacification envoy of Jiannan Road, that is to say, he meows, Lao Tzu is still a logistics man, right?!

"Back to Your Majesty, since what is lacking is the pacification envoy of Jiannan Dao, presumably anyone in the court has the ability to be this pacification envoy, and the minister is used to running around, so he can finally stay home for a few days, and he doesn't want to run around for these little things!" Xin Zhen flatly refused.

If he was the marshal of the Annan Army, he would naturally be willing to go, but he was only given a position as a pacification envoy in Jiannan Province, that is to say, his position was still one level lower than that of Wang Shiyue, and even the position of pacification envoy was originally only responsible for logistics.

In other words, he went hard, and he just sent reinforcements to Wang Shiyue, and when the time came, not only would he not be able to do anything, but he would also be constrained by Wang Shiyue, in this case, it is better to refuse!

Zhao Shu's brows furrowed tightly: "Didn't you listen to me, in the court, you are the only military general who is idle at home!" ”

"For the post of pacification envoy, does it have to be a military general? The minister thought that even if he found someone in Bianjing at will, it would be enough to serve as this pacification envoy! Xin Xi raised his head and looked directly at Zhao Shu.

He felt that perhaps it was because of the recent period of time, considering Sima Yun's relationship and the reason why Da Song was rich, he was not very strong, which caused Zhao Shu to be strong against him, and even a little arrogant!

"If there is anything else in my family, if Your Majesty has nothing else to do, please retire!" Xin Zhen was stunned and spoke.

On the side, Han Qi said: "The minister thinks that Your Majesty has mishandled it, and since Xin Xi is activated, then the position of commander of the Annan Army will be handed over to Xin Xi." The lion, after all, can't obey the antelope! ”

That's right, everyone here basically thinks so, even the attack on Dali failed, and the king of 80,000 teachers lost his master's covenant, compared with the Xin Xi who provoked the war of the Three Kingdoms and sought the greatest interests, it is the difference between an antelope and a lion!

Zhao Shu's face was slightly embarrassed.

Xin Xi smiled: "What lions and antelopes, Han Xianggong laughed!" ”

Saying that, Xin Xi looked back at Zhao Shu and said, "Your Majesty, if everything in the Annan Army can be relied upon, then the minister will go!" ”

The implication is that if there is a constraint, then Xin Xi will never agree.

"You dare to resist the order?!" Zhou Tong, the deputy privy envoy, shouted angrily.

Xin Zhen turned his head, looked at Zhou Tong with a smile, and said, "Who are you?" ”

"I ...... I am the Privy Councillor Zhou Tong! Zhou Tong yelled, his face ugly.

Xin Xi smiled: "Zhou Tong, the deputy envoy of the privy council, his ancestral home is Anyang, he entered a private school at the age of seven, he took the township test at the age of twenty-one, he was a jinshi at the age of twenty-two, and the emperor blessed him for seven years, Zhou Tong seems to have done something in Bianliang, and I don't know very well, is this Zhou Tong Your Excellency?!" ”

Zhou Tong's face changed slightly, and at this time, he remembered that the person in front of him was the commander of the Shadow Guard Army, and the information in his hands was enough to destroy anyone, even if he Zhou Tong was the privy deputy envoy, as long as Xin Xi revealed those information, he would have to be exiled for thousands of miles!

"This ...... I'm afraid I'm afraid I'm mistaken, right? Zhou Tong smiled awkwardly, sweat soaked from his forehead.

Xin Xi smiled slightly: "Well, I should have remembered it wrong!" ”

"Your Majesty, then, the minister retires!" Xin Zhen said lightly and turned to leave.

Where he wanted to knock Zhao Shu, he had already beaten Zhou Tong by beating him just now, so next, Zhao Shu should naturally understand that in the face of his supreme imperial power, Xin Shu may not have the power to counteract!

"Eleven Lang!" Han Qi was slightly anxious, and shouted.

Zhao Shu snorted coldly: "Let him go!" ”

Han Qi stiffened slightly, at this time, Zhao Shu was obviously angry, so he had to turn around and look at Zhao Shu.

Zhao Shu said indifferently: "Since Xin Shiyi is unwilling to go, then, summon Shi Zhao to come, the former Fan Shi Zhao also had some military exploits in Western Xia, and now, this Jiannan Dao pacification envoy will be done by Shi Zhao!" ”

"But Shi Zhao is in Western Xia!" Zeng Gongliang kindly reminded him.

"Then let Yang Huaixing go, these juniors of the Yang family should also be pulled out to experience and practice!" Zhao Shu said.

Sixiang was speechless, but he could only nod.

When Xin Xi returned home, he couldn't help but feel helpless in his heart, to be honest, maybe only when he sat in that supreme position could he truly unfold his series of plans unrestrained.

But the problem is that the Great Song Dynasty did not allow a civil war, and once it was a civil war, it would take at least twenty years of recuperation to recover.

Even, if the Liao State and the Western Xia Tubo took advantage of the chaos to invade, it may mean that China will be completely destroyed.

Wasn't the chaos of the Five Hu Rebellion back then caused by the Rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Western Jin Dynasty?!

Sighing slightly, Xin Xi felt that it was necessary to speed up the development, especially for the reconstruction of the Western Regions Protectorate.

Only when the Western Regions Protectorate was established could he allow the Great Song Dynasty to quickly get rid of the threat of external troubles.

"Xin Yi!" Xin Zhen shouted softly.

Xin Yi appeared behind Xin Yi: "In!" ”

"Send the information from Xin Qi and Thirty-six!" Xin Zhen said indifferently.

He had to find out about the situation on both sides first, and then make some deployments according to their situation, and then, contact that Eudosia and attack the Roman Empire!

In this part of the Central Plains, stability is stability, but no matter what you do, there are endless kinds of constraints on your body.

The next day, Yang Huaixing, the general of the Yang family, was ordered to go on an expedition, and the Yang family and many Jiangmen celebrated, they felt that this time His Majesty took the initiative to enable the children of Jiangmen, representing the next revival of Jiangmen!

An army of 100,000 people, with Yang Huaixing as the pacification envoy of Jiannan Road, headed towards Dali.

And Xin Xi was at home watching the information coming from the Western Regions.

Xin Qi's side only contacted the descendants of the Tang Army, and after receiving Eudosia, 2,600 descendants of the Tang Army and more than 300 Romans converged and chose to stick to the village.

On the Thirty-Six side, the Shadow Guard Army of 4,000 people has already developed, but these people have just begun training, compared to the Shadow Guard, it is not a little bit or two, and even these Tang slaves who have been liberated by the Thirty-Six are not even up to the level of the Shadow Guard Reserve Army.

However, it is more than enough to put them in those small countries in the Western Regions to collect intelligence!

After understanding these situations, Xin Xi frowned and thought about it, although the rebuilding of the Western Regions Protectorate was an urgent matter, it was not something that could be rushed.

At least, it is impossible to move troops this winter.

Not to mention anything else, it is obviously unrealistic to say that with less than 10,000 amateur troops, it is obviously a bit unrealistic to fight towards the Eastern Roman Empire, unless, that Eudocia can conspire against some high-ranking officials of the Eastern Roman Empire, and even, directly against the army of the Eastern Roman Empire!

After thinking about it, Xin Yi picked up the pen and wrote a letter, and after Xin Yi sent it to Xin Qi, he got up and prepared the hot pot with Xiang'er and Sima Yun!

That's right, in this cold winter season, is there anything more refreshing than eating hot pot?!

So, Xin Xi got the hot pot of later generations, but some key spices were not available at this time, especially without chili peppers, and it didn't taste so refreshing.

I have to say that winter is simply a holiday for everyone in the Song Dynasty who have low productivity and warm measures have not yet developed.

Xin Xi accompanied Sima Yun with nothing to do, and the two of them stayed together, even if it was the most boring thing, they could have the most unforgettable feeling.

It's not boring.

After seven days of leisurely contemplation, another edict came from the palace.

Xin Xi was slightly stunned, could it be that Yang Huaixing was also defeated? !

It stands to reason that after the First Battle of Western Xia, although Yang Huaixing didn't go to the battlefield much, this person who already had the talent of a famous general, how could he not be able to defeat Dali, right?

With doubts in his head, Xin Xi walked towards the palace.

A vast white world, plum blossoms bloom in the imperial garden.

Beneath the plum garden, a man with a haggard face was kneeling.

Xin Xi walked over slowly, took a closer look, couldn't help but be a little stunned, hurriedly bent down, supported the shoulders of the person in front of him, and said, "Old lady Yang, why is this so, it's freezing this day, let's get up quickly!" ”

Yang Wenguang shook his head: "Unless Your Majesty asks the old man to get up, otherwise, the old man would rather freeze to death here!" ”

This......!

Vaguely feeling that something was wrong, Xin Xi hurriedly walked towards the living hall, where there were five stoves, which were completely different from the outside.

After Xin Xi saluted, he asked directly: "Your Majesty, why did you let Old Lady Yang kneel in the ice and snow, Old Lady Yang is so old......

"Eleven Lang!" Ouyang Xiu snorted lightly, shook his head, and motioned for him not to talk more.

Xin Xi frowned: "No matter what, you have to let Mrs. Yang come in to warm up first, if you freeze out, it's ......."

Zhao Shu smiled: "Okay? Yang Huaixing buried my Great Song army of 100,000! It's better if this old guy is dead, and I can give the world an explanation when he dies. ”

100,000 troops?!

Xin Xi looked at Zhao Shu incredulously: "What about Yang Huaixing?!" ”

"Yang Huaixing has been detained by the Tiance Army!" Zhao Shu opened his mouth indifferently, but casually threw a copy of the fold in front of Xin Xi.

Xin Xi opened the fold and looked at it slowly.

Encirclement and reinforcements?!

Such a mentally retarded conspiracy can be tricked?!

That's right, after Yang Huaixing arrived in Kunming, he first garrisoned, and then, after receiving a distress letter from Ning'an from Wang Shiyue, he didn't plan to save Wang Shiyue, but Wang Shiyue was the boss, Yang Huaixing was just a pacification envoy, no way, he went to Ning'an with his troops, but he was ambushed once in Ning'an.

Under the low morale, Yang Huaixing had to withdraw first, but unexpectedly, when he retreated, he was intercepted and killed again by the Erhai Lake, and when he returned to Kunming, he found that the camp had been attacked by Dali.

Under the front and rear attacks, as if embattled, the 100,000 army fell in an instant, and Yang Huaixing had to flee towards Yizhou under the escort of more than 100 personal soldiers.

Xin Zhen suddenly raised his head: "This is not a crime of war, if it weren't for Wang Shiyue's urgent request for help, the minister thought that Yang Huaixing would have laid down Dali, which would be more than enough!" ”

"This can cover up Yang Huaixing's crime of losing his teacher?!" Zhao Shu slapped the table violently.

Xin Xi smiled coldly: "In this way, the same loss of 80,000 Wang Shiyue, shouldn't he also be punished?!" Your Majesty! ”

Zhao Shu was slightly stunned, indeed, if the crime of losing a teacher is a crime, Master Wang has also lost 80,000 teachers before!

However, Wang Shiyue is his Zhao Shu's son-in-law after all, the concubine of the Great Song Dynasty, and a rare obedient concubine!

Zhao Shu subconsciously ignored these.

Xin Xi shook his head slightly, and said indifferently: "Your Majesty, remove the commander of Wang Shiyue, as for Yang Huaixing, demote the official, and then, please command the Annan army!" ”

Wang Shiyue was dismissed, so Yang Huaixing was only dismissed!

This is enough for Xin Xi, after all, Wang Shiyue really has nothing outstanding in history except for the identity of a concubine, but Yang Huaixing is different, that is a slightly famous general in the Great Song Dynasty!

“…… Can! Zhao Shu hesitated for a moment, and at the same time asked the eunuch to go out and help Yang Wenguang up.

Xin Xi continued: "The minister is still the same request, if he is the commander of the Annan army, the minister wants absolute power, and don't arrange some supervision of the army or anything like that for the minister!" ”

"What if I have to arrange it?!" The purpose of supervising the army is to prevent military generals from taking advantage of the opportunity to rebel.

Xin Xi chuckled: "Then, that prison soldier is about to be able to return the horse leather shroud!" ”