"Ah Zong can share His Majesty's worries and serve the court, and the concubines congratulate the emperor, congratulate the emperor. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "In Zhengyang Palace, Dugu Jialuo took the report from Yang Guang from his husband who was full of joy and hurried over, looked at it carefully, stood up with a smile, and said hello to Yang Jian.

"Don't tell the queen, I really didn't expect that Ah Zong would lead 30,000 new troops recruited on the spot, go north out of the pass, recover the lost territory, and make such a great achievement. In the Queen's opinion, how should I reward him heavily? Yang Jian asked Dugu Jialuo with his eyebrows furrowed.

"The concubine still remembers that some time ago, the emperor also came to the Zhengyang Palace in such a hurry today, and kept saying that Ah Zong was wild and untamable, and repeatedly did things that were not in order, which made the emperor angry, and asked the concubine to try to give him the reins, but he was to be rewarded heavily, according to the opinion of the concubine, the best reward is still to give Ah Zong a marriage." Dugu Jialuo glanced at Yang Jian, deliberately reminding her husband.

"Well, I understand what the queen means, it's just ......"

"Is the emperor unwilling to marry Hou Liang, or is he unwilling to ask Ah Zong to marry a daughter of Hou Liang's clan?"

"It is said that Ah Zong is now the Shangshu Ling of Hebei Dao, in contrast, it seems that it should be Ah Yi or Ah Xiu who should form this family affair with Hou Liang." Yang Jian groaned and discussed with Duguhou.

"Ah Xiu is only eleven this year, so he doesn't need to do anything for him. Although Ah Yi is in Henan Province, he is still in the Shangshu Order, and he is connected to Houliang, but his temperament is more feminine, and the concubines are afraid that he will marry the princess of Houliang, not only can not play a role in the court's annexation and vassalization, but is easy to be burdened by it and cause trouble in the future. Among the sons, just in front of him, only Ah Zong is the only one who deserves this family business. Dugu Jialuo approached her husband and sat down, and said in her heart.

"I got news from Jiangling a few days ago, saying that Hou Liang Xiaoyan had a very close relationship with Chen Shuling, the king of Southern Chen Shixing, and I am afraid that there are bad intentions. Now Chen Shuling hammered his brother at his father's funeral and fled to Chu to avoid trouble, it is inevitable that he will not collude with Xiao Yan and others. Yang Jian finally told his beloved wife what he really worried about.

"Chen Shuling is a person who acts, and his concubines have heard of it in the past. Your Majesty thinks that he can become a great weapon? ”

"This man is cruel and treacherous, and he is fierce and inward-looking, and his law is too lenient and harsh on his subordinates, how can he be a person who can take on great responsibilities?" Yang Jian blurted out an answer without thinking.

"Ah, since Your Majesty expects that Chen Shuling is by no means a person worthy of the great responsibility, sooner or later the Southern Chen Chaogang will still belong to the crown prince Chen Shubao, according to the view of the concubines, among the Xiao brothers, its lord Xiao Yue is better than my Great Sui, and his brother Xiao Yan and Chen Shuling's dealings are the same as the way to survive in a small country that is controlled by the two major powers, Your Majesty does not need to think too seriously about the exchanges between Xiao Yan and Chen Shuling." Dugu Hou persuaded her husband to do the same.

"The former dynasty to protect the Later Liang is a tolerable measure taken to contain Nan Chen in the situation of confrontation with the east and west of the former Qi, and in recent years, the Hou Liang Xiao Yue brothers have never broken off their secret contacts with Nan Chen, but now they want me to take the initiative to show favor to him, and I really feel unhappy in my heart." Yang Jian said, his face became gloomy.

"The concubine heard this morning that His Majesty has ordered to stop attacking Chen and transfer troops north, I wonder if this is indeed the case?" Dugu Jialuo hurriedly pulled the topic away from his relationship with Hou Liang and asked euphemistically.

"If Ah Zong's recital arrives a few days earlier, how can I miss the great opportunity to order the army to go north?" Yang Jian shook Yang Guang's report of victory, and the implication was that he regretted ordering the transfer of troops to the north.

"Ah Zong just recaptured a city from the Turks by luck, and it had no direct impact on the war in the northwest. At present, the Turks are menacing, and a small victory in the battle of Azong Bai Daozhou alone is by no means enough to force the Turks to retreat, and in addition, the Guannai and Kandong areas have been quite unstable recently, if Your Majesty does not mobilize the Chen army to the north in time, the concubines will only be afraid of turning elbows and armpits, which is difficult to prevent. ”

"Now that the edict for the withdrawal of troops has been issued, even if I have a lot of remorse, it can only be like this." Yang Jian shook his head and said with pity.

Dugu Hou saw that her husband's mood had calmed down, so she continued the topic of Fang Cai and said: "Only when Chen's army goes north can it be more necessary to marry Houliang and contain Nan Chen." Your Majesty, when I attack Chen's army to the north and the southern army is empty, if the southern Chen Xing army comes to attack, how should I deal with it? If at the same time as withdrawing the army of Hua Chen, His Majesty sends another envoy to Houliang to propose relatives, not only can Houliang move closer to our Great Sui and alienate Nanchen, but more importantly, His Majesty can use the tens of thousands of troops retained in Houliang to play a role in containing Nanchen. ”

"How can a small vassal country have such an important status?" Yang Jian seemed to have been moved by Duguhou's words, and his mind began to come alive.

Dugu Hou saw that her husband's mind had changed, so she continued to persuade while the iron was hot: "Moreover, Your Majesty is now sending envoys to Houliang to propose marriage, which can only be regarded as the first step in the wedding ceremony, and you can also take the opportunity to test whether the Xiao brothers of Houliang are really attached to my Great Sui. ”

"If there is a person among the daughters of the Xiao family whose birthdays are compatible with Ah Zong, and the Xiao Yue brothers are eager to climb with me, I can only pass the edict on Ah Zong to marry the Xiao family's daughter?" At this time, Yang Jian was persuaded by Dugu Hou to roughly agree to marry Hou Liang, but because of the face of the emperor of Shangbang, he asked.

Dugu Hou smiled, got up and personally brought a bowl of tea to her husband, stretched out her hand to gently brush off the long hair that fell off her shoulders for Yang Jian, and replied meaningfully: "As long as the Xiao brothers should do this family business, whether to send their son to Chang'an or force them to break off with Nan Chen, isn't it up to Your Majesty?" In this way, His Majesty not only put a saddle bridle on the little wild horse Ah Zong, but also got a strong help in the south, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone, so why not do it? ”

At this point, Yang Jian's face, which had been gloomy since he mentioned that he took the initiative to propose to Houliang, stretched out again, took Duguhou into his arms, and deliberately teased: "Among the five sons under my knees, looking at it now, only Ah Zong can help me in times of crisis, and the queen might as well give birth to a few more sons like Ah Zong for me, and I can sit back and relax." ”