Chapter 419: State and Family Affairs
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Recently, the situation in the north has been somewhat tense due to the war between Wei and Yan.
Even the Later Qin and Eastern Jin Dynasty were ready to move, and it seemed that only Hexi seemed to be unaffected, focusing on disaster relief.
In fact, it was all superficial, and Hexi was also secretly concerned about the Wei Yan War.
On this day, Wei Shuo was discussing post-disaster reconstruction with Song Xuan, Cui Hao, Zhang Zhan, Zhao Rou, Zong Chang and others, but saw Wang Zhenwei hurriedly breaking in.
When outsiders saw him frowning, they knew that there was another emergency.
Thinking that Wang Zhenwei was in charge of monitoring the Wei Yan War, everyone hurriedly asked, "Is there a big change in the Wei Yan War?" ”
Wang Zhenwei bowed his hand to Wei Shuo and said: "My lord, the minister has just received an urgent report, saying that after Murong Chui seized the land and recovered Youzhou, he appointed the crown prince Murong Bao as the main general, and led 70,000 cavalry and marched north. ”
"What?!"
"Houyan is finished!"
The news brought by Wang Zhenwei was like boiling water splashing into an oil pot, which suddenly made the scene noisy.
Most people think that Murong Chui's move will likely bury the good situation in front of him.
Even though he had known this outcome from history, Wei Shuo was still shocked and fell into a petrified state.
"It seems that Murong Chui is really old and confused, is it so difficult that he forgot Yi Shui's fiasco?!" Cui Hao said with a bit of resentment.
Don't look at the previous Murong Chui achieved a series of victories, but the people in Hexi did not take it seriously, and even wished that Hou Yan would destroy the Northern Wei Dynasty in one fell swoop.
Obviously, compared with the young and promising Tuoba Jue, the aging Murong Chui is really not a cause for concern.
Even if Hexi doesn't do anything, it won't take two years to consume him to death.
As long as Murong Chui dies, those Murong disciples who are now jumping happily and acting like a 'famous general of the ancients' will soon be beaten back to their original form and completely turned into waste wood.
At that time, Hexi will even be able to unify the north without bloodshed.
And now that Murong Chui is reusing Murong Bao in a good situation, it is very likely that the situation will develop in a direction that Hexi does not want to see.
"Actually, when it comes to this, you can't blame Murong Trai entirely."
"First of all, Murong is old, and his physical condition does not allow him to lead the army on an expedition again, so he must choose someone to lead the army instead of him."
"As for why it is the waste of Murong Bao, not Murong Lin or Murong De and others, this is determined by the domestic political situation in Houyan."
"Presumably, Murong Chui has sensed that Murong Bao's position as the prince is unstable, and is eager to let him make military achievements in order to consolidate his position as the prince."
Speaking of this, Song Miao said decisively: "Lord, after this battle, Yan will definitely be defeated, and Murong Bao is by no means Tuoba Jue's opponent." ”
"Once the Houyan army is defeated, the situation in the entire north will change greatly, and it will completely enter the trend of two heroes standing side by side."
"Alas, it's a pity, Hexi is forced by internal pressure and can only be a spectator." After speaking, Wei Shuo's face was full of unwillingness.
As soon as the words fell, a sigh suddenly sounded at the scene.
If it weren't for the natural disasters, Hexi would have been able to take advantage of the Wei Yan War to send troops from Hetao.
Even if the battle cannot be reversed, it can take advantage of the situation to hit the Northern Wei Dynasty hard and delay its southward movement.
"I don't know if the Northern Expedition of the Jin Army will be able to stop the Wei Army from going south in the future."
"This is not easy to say, and even now the ministers are a little suspicious that the Jin army will not take Hebei."
"Wouldn't it? No matter how weak the Southern Dynasty is, it won't even be able to clean up a crippled Houyan, right? ”
"If it had been ten years ago, maybe the Southern Dynasty would have been able to take advantage of the situation to destroy Houyan."
"But now...... Hmph, apart from Liu Yu, who else in the Southern Dynasty can handle it? Even Liu Gaozhi lost his sharpness back then. ”
Most of the people in Hexi were not optimistic about the Northern Expedition of the imperial court, but Wei Shuo was only optimistic about Liu Yu alone, and he was quite looking forward to the confrontation between Liu Yu and Tuoba.
As the two heroes of the North and the South, the two have never faced each other head-to-head in history.
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After the meeting, Wei Shuo returned home a little depressed.
As soon as he appeared, the youngest daughter Wei Ling walked on her short legs, opened her arms and shouted: "Daddy, Daddy." ”
Wei Shuo hurriedly bent down and hugged his daughter, and when he saw his daughter's smiling face, his mood suddenly eased a lot.
His daughter kissed her little face a few times, and said with a smile: "Does Ling'er miss her father?" ”
The little girl lay on Wei Shuo's shoulder, and said in a milky voice: "Yes." ”
"My husband is back."
At this moment, Guo Yuan came over and took her daughter from Wei Shuo.
Wei Shuo took a look and found that his two sons were missing, so he asked, "What about Ji'er and Li'er?" Why don't you see them? ”
"Ji'er lives in the school tonight, and will only come back tomorrow, Li'er is a little uncomfortable, and Sister Yin'e is taking care of him."
Wei Shuo hurriedly asked, "Have you seen the doctor?" Is it serious? ”
"Don't worry, husband, I've asked the doctor to check his pulse, it's not a big deal, just recuperate for a few days."
Wei Shuo was relieved when he heard this, and said with a sigh of relief: "It's okay, wait for me to change my clothes, and then go to see him." ”
After a while, Wei Shuo came to Yin E's courtyard.
At this time, Yin E was taking care of her son in the bedroom, and when she saw Wei Shuo come in, she was about to get up to salute.
saw Wei Shuo waving his hand at her, signaling her not to move too much, so as not to disturb her son.
Quietly came to his son's bedside, only to see Wei Li immersed in sleep, his chubby little face was red and sleeping very sweetly.
Wei Shuo gently kissed his son on the cheek, and the sleeping little guy frowned, turned around and continued to fall asleep.
Originally, Guo Yuan and Yin E were not used to Wei Shuo being too intimate with their son, but later they gradually got used to it.
After watching for a while, Yin E instructed the nurse and maid to take care of her son, and then exited the bedroom with Wei Shuo.
After coming to the outer room, Wei Shuo pulled Yin E and caressed the other party's face lovingly.
"During this time, you have to take care of the children again, and you have to be busy with the issuance of silver dollars by the bank, it must be very hard."
Yin E smiled and said, "As long as these things can help the husband's great cause, it doesn't matter if the concubine is tired." ”
"Besides, the money bank has long been formalized, and other people are already familiar with the process of issuing currency, unlike in the past, when they had to take decisions about everything."
"Although it's troublesome, it's not that tiring, but it's Sister Tang who works the hardest."
"You are all my helpers."
As he spoke, Wei Shuo gently hugged Yin E and kissed her lightly on the cheek.
It wasn't until Guo Yuan sent someone to call that Wei Shuo and Yin E returned to the hall again, and the others had been waiting for a long time.
As soon as Wei Shuo was seated, it marked the official start of the family banquet.
During the meal, Wei Shuo thought that he had been busy with political affairs and rarely had the opportunity to spend time with his family.
Now that the disaster relief has been formalized and the outside situation cannot be intervened, he thought about taking his family to Shuofang to escape the summer.
"After a while, I will accompany you to Shuofang to play."
Before the others could react, Xiao Wei Ling shouted on the side: "Ling'er is going too, Ling'er is going too." ”
Wei Shuo hurriedly picked up his daughter and said, "Okay, okay, Ling'er will go too." ”
As soon as he coaxed his daughter, he looked at the others and said, "Everyone goes, just go out as a family." ”
"This ...... Isn't that right? ”
Guo Yuan said that it was not good, but in fact, she had already been moved, and it seemed that she was the only one in this family who had not gone out with Wei Shuo.
In fact, Wei Shuo's wives and concubines are all very young, except for Yin E, who is nearly thirty, everyone else is only in their early twenties, which is the age when they like to play.
What's more, it's still a family trip, this is the first time, and many people are moved, but they are worried about the bad impact.
After all, the locust plague in Hexi has just passed, and various localities are still busy rebuilding after the disaster.
Most of the Du Hu family ran out to play, once known by the outside world, it would inevitably damage Wei Shuo's reputation.
"There's nothing wrong with it, now the work has been regularized, there are sports and Bo Yuan, they are watching, even if Shuo stays, it will be useless."
"Instead of doing nothing, it's better to accompany everyone and just go to Shuofang to inspect it on the way."
"As for the impact...... As long as I don't say it, who can know the whereabouts of Pontus? ”
"Well, that's just as well!"
Tang Yao nodded when he heard this: "Fujun's whereabouts have always been highly confidential in Hexi, except for a few high-level officials, only the leader of Kangda knows best. ”
"Besides, my husband has always been diligent, and occasionally lazy, I guess they won't say anything."
"Then it's decided, everyone prepare first, and I will also explain it to Tiye and Boyuan."
Next, this meal made everyone smile.
Tang Yao once went to Shuofang, and she introduced the beautiful scenery on the grassland to others while eating, which tickled everyone's hearts, and they couldn't wait to fly to Shuofang now.