Long live the palace to discuss politics, and the white lady is also there. After the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info dispersed, a eunuch came to see the White Lady and said that the queen summoned her. The white lady was taken to the Baoci Hall and saw that it was Zhou Wei sitting there.

Zhou Wei sat on the top seat and looked at the white lady with a smile. There were only a few attendants around, and there were no other concubines.

Zhou Wei's posture is dignified and calm, as if everything is under control. The white lady made a blessing salute first according to the rules.

Zhou Wei opened his mouth and said: "I heard that the emperor took the two princes to the Long Live Palace today, so what's the matter?" ”

The White Lady muttered a little when she heard it, the eunuch Zhou Jiuzhi was also watching in the Council Hall today, the White Lady knew that Zhou Jiuzhi was Zhou Wei's person, and asked him if it was inconvenient to call him in?

…… Zhou Wei's gaze stayed on the white lady's face, and she saw every subtle demeanor of the white lady.

As soon as she returned to the palace, she asked all the things that happened in the days after she left the palace, one of which was the quarrel between the White Lady and Tuoba Agarwood, Zhou Wei could not calm down at that time, and finally it was the emperor's idea.

Zhou Wei just wanted to test the posture of the White Lady in front of her.

In fact, in the harem, the person who gives her the most headache is the White Lady! Judging from what happened last time, this person seems to be a little arrogant. If the White Lady disobeys herself in public in the future, it is her fault, is Zhou Wei punished or silent?

The bottom of the white lady, Zhou Wei is clear. Zhou Wei is now the queen, and it is easy to deal with the White Lady, but with Lu Feiji's temperament, he definitely does not want to see the White Lady being dealt with.

Therefore, Zhou Wei deliberately paid attention to this person, and there were two better ways to see the situation, one was to win over and coexist in harmony, and the other was to send him to a place where he was not prone to conflict with Zhou Wei, and the well water would not interfere with the river water.

Summoned her to meet today, Zhou Wei did not have a concubine by her side, so she saved embarrassment in public before she could touch the white lady. so that there is more than enough to advance and retreat.

Zhou Wei's gaze swept over the white lady's tall and full chest, thinking that she was close to Lu Fei regardless of public or private occasions, and was relied on as a confidant, Zhou Wei was really unhappy. But she's not someone who doesn't know how to back down.

At this moment, the white lady spoke: "Back to the queen, the emperor found a teacher for the two princes." ”

When Zhou Wei heard this, she secretly relaxed a little, and continued to ask slowly, "Who are they?" ”

The white lady said: "The household servant Kou Zhun teaches Mengxue, and the military general Zhang Jiang teaches martial arts. ”

Zhou Wei was even more satisfied when she saw her speak and bowed, and said in a casual tone: "There is one more thing, Mrs. Hua Rui has an old favor with you, that is, the former Tang princess Li Yanniang?" ”

The white lady said: "The queen is discerning. ”

When she was in Shuozhou, Lu Fei asked her to help inquire about Li Sisi's situation when she went to Shu, and she inquired about Sisi's sister casually.

Zhou Wei pondered for a moment and said lightly: "The Li sisters are the daughters of the elder sister of the palace, and the emperor remembers the old favor and wants to give the two sisters a name to repay the favor of the old master." ”

After hearing this, the white lady immediately raised her head and looked at Zhou Wei, with a look of surprise on her face, this Fei Ge'er is really a woman who doesn't let go, this is to take her aunt and niece together.

Zhou Wei said: "Do you think that once this statement comes out, will it be criticized by the world?" ”

The White Lady said: "The White Lady doesn't know, maybe she will, but since ancient times, the emperor has never done this kind of thing among the people, and people in the world don't care about right and wrong." ”

Zhou Wei frowned and said, "Then what do they care about?" ”

The White Lady hesitated for a moment and said, "I care if their emperor is an emperor who is diligent and loves the people, and whether he is a good emperor who cares about the world." ”

Zhou Wei was stunned, no wonder Fei Ge'er indulged her so much, this girl was really extraordinary.

Zhou Wei said: "Then, do you want to have a name next to the emperor?" ”

The white lady said: "Queen Xie cares, I never thought about the name......."

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Tuoba Agarwood has to go to the Baoci Hall every three or five days, and ceremoniously to say hello to the two queens, and there will be some distribution of money and property, because she is nominally in charge of the affairs of a palace.

When I saw the queen come out, it was already three poles of the sun, and the dense shade of the summer trees was printed with spots of sun. The bright sunshine didn't brighten up Tuoba Agarwood's heart, she only felt muddy.

happened to meet the eunuch Wang Fang. This eunuch is the great eunuch of the Inner Servant Province, and Tuoba Agarwood remembered what the palace woman said that the eunuchs of the Inner Servant Province knew a lot, so he stopped Wang Fang.

The eunuch was also clever, and when he stopped, he bent down and said with a smile: "Concubine Niangniang, what do you have to say to the slave maid?" ”

Tuoba Agarwood glanced left and right at the scene of people coming and going in the Baoci Palace, and she was not familiar with this eunuch. After pondering for a moment, he asked, "What is the emperor busy with these days?" ”

Wang Fangpi smiled and said: "Concubine Niangniang, the emperor went to the workshop to inspect the firearms, and I heard that the people below have made new cannons!" ”

Tuoba Agarwood asked, "Is it very powerful?" ”

Wang Fang said solemnly: "Of course it is powerful, the slave maid heard that if a cannon goes down, the military camp a mile away will be wiped out!" ”

Tuoba Agarwood heard that the emperor was busy with military affairs, and his heart became more and more worried, now that the Liao State has been subdued, who else in the world dares to fight against the Great Sage Dynasty? She really wanted to ask the royal court whether it was going to use troops against the Western Xia, on the map of Nuoda's Chinese territory, only the Western Xia side still had the name of a vassal king, and it was only a matter of time before the imperial court completely subdued the Western Xia, but with her status as the imperial concubine, it didn't hurt to ask the emperor what he was busy with, and it was very inappropriate to ask about military affairs.

…… On the banks of the Bianshui River, this time the water is abundant, and several city-like armor making workshops are noisy, and the sky is filled with black smoke. The castle was originally built to forge armor, but a complete smelting workshop was built here, and firearms were made here.

Bronze cannon casting is not complicated, the process can cast a bell to cast a cannon, but no one thought of making it this way before.

The new bronze cannon was tested with a classification test, and the dimensions were finally determined. The cannon body is about five feet long, and the single barrel weighs about 1,000 catties, mainly firing 10 catties of iron bullets, and is named "Tiger Roaring Tianzi".

This bronze cannon weighs more than twice as much as the previous iron-cast "Dragon Howling Cannon", but it can only fire a ten-pound cannonball; The iron cannon weighs hundreds of pounds, but it can fire shells weighing 100 pounds.

The difference is that the iron cannon is a large-mouth mortar cannon, which can only be thrown upwards like a stone-throwing cart, relying on the weight of the stone projectile to hit the wall; And the bronze cannon can shoot flat!

Lu Fei stood behind the female wall, covering his eyebrows with his palm, blocking the sunlight on his head, and looking intently into the distance.

Suddenly, a cannon rang out, and a flash of fire flashed in the white smoke. After a while, I saw a black cannonball flying sideways and hitting the ground, and the angle of the flat flying cannonball was very small, so it immediately bounced on the ground, continued to fly forward, jumped and jumped for a long time, and then fell to the ground and rolled up.

"The farther you go, the worse the accuracy." Dai Xiong said, "It's not easy to hit a target." However, if there is a crowd in front of you, this cannon will definitely hit a bunch of people! ”

Lu Fei looked a little excited, and said: "This is not a siege weapon to smash a pit, it doesn't matter if you are accurate, what you want is deterrence." In the future, even if the enemy army gathers and arrays a mile away, it will be within our firing range! ”

Dai Xiong took out another drawing and said: "The emperor said, use two wheels as a gun mount, we tried, but it didn't work for a while, it was too heavy and the cannon would fall apart and deviate." However, the Armory's superintendent has reworked a new one. Your Majesty, this is a gun carriage, which can be pulled by horses; When transporting, the gun body and gun carriage are placed on it. When the cannon is fired, eight people carry the cannon down and put it on the gun carriage, and the iron frame at the end of the gun is fixed, so that it can be placed. ”

Lu Fei said: "Eight people to carry?" ”

Dai Xiong said: "It weighs a thousand catties, and it can't be eight people less." The folk method of carrying the coffin, eight people easily lifted it away. ”

Lu Fei: "......"

Although this cannon is clumsy and heavy, there is no way, what Lu Fei wants is a flat shot bounce, and the muzzle velocity of the cannonball must be high, otherwise the angle is too small, the muzzle velocity is too low, and it will land as soon as it is discharged. In this way, the pressure of the gunpowder deflagration in the chamber is high, and the bronze cannon wall must be thick, otherwise the chamber will be exploded, and more than 30 people will be killed and injured in the process of testing the gun, which is too thin and exploded!

However, because of the high pressure, this time I can shoot scattered bullets at close range. The previous iron cannon tried gravel shots, but it didn't work, because the mortar cannon's opening was too large, and the loading chamber pressure was too small.

The army structure changes according to weapons and tactics, and a team of more than 20 people in a regular army and a team of more than 30 people in an arquebus army are not suitable for an artillery army. The artillery men and horses were to be in a team of fifteen people, equipped with a gun carriage, fifteen arquebuses, horses, and a number of long and short weapons; To lighten not to equip armor, only helmets. Because it takes at least eight people to carry the cannon, it is also necessary to take care of the horses and do the odd work, the people who install the gun carriage when carrying the cannon, and the reserve personnel after the dead and wounded. The artillery corps was full of eight guns and one hundred and twenty people. One commanded five capitals and six hundred people.

Lu Fei saw the combat power of artillery with his own eyes, and he had a bottom in his heart, and returned to the Long Live Hall to restart the deployment of the recent military and political ideas.

He first summoned important military ministers Pan Mei and Cao Bin, and then successively summoned Dai Xiong, Lu Guangxiao, and others to prepare a complete set of foreign strategies.

Lu Guangxiao listened to Lu Fei's meaning, and then said: "When the minister sent an envoy to Western Xia, he saw that there were Khitan people coming and going in Western Xia, and the imperial court could use this as an excuse to order the Western Xia Festival to make Tuoba Deming hand over the envoys of the enemy country and escort Bianjing for questioning. ”

Lu Fei said: "If King Xia refuses, I will march towards the army, which is very good." ”

…… After a busy day, Lu Fei returned to the Long Live Palace, he did not sleep in the main hall, and cleaned up a house in a corner of the Long Live Hall for daily living.

As soon as I entered the Long Live Palace, I heard Wang Fang's report: "Concubine Jin is waiting, I want to see the emperor." ”

Lu Fei listened and said, "Please come in." ”

Usually in the palace, the emperor takes the initiative to summon who will be in bed, and the concubine asks to see, what should be the matter. There are only five queens and princesses, and they are still very important people.

Wang Fang didn't leave, but stepped forward and whispered: "Today, Concubine Jin asked the emperor what he was doing, and the slave maid tried it, and saw that she looked panicked, I am afraid that I heard that the emperor wanted to use troops against the party." ”

"Oh......" Lu Fei suddenly responded.

Lu Fei sat down in the hall of the living room and waited. After a while, I saw Concubine Jin come in, she was not wearing the clothes of the party members, but she was wearing a skirt and regular clothes, and her hair was combed into a falling horse sideburns. Tuoba Agarwood has black hair and black eyes, and his face is not much different from that of the Han people, and he is also good-looking, with white skin and a bumpy figure; can wear a skirt and a half-arm streamer, but it still doesn't smell like that, it's a little weird.

Lu Fei was silent, she was dug with a bloody mark by her fingernails last time, and she still feels that her skin is hot when she thinks of Lu Fei.

Tuoba Agarwood made a blessing, "The concubine visited the emperor." ”

"No need to be polite, just sit down." Lu Feidao.

Tuoba Agarwood said softly: "Emperor Xie sits." ”

Lu Fei rubbed his head: "Why do you think something is wrong?" ”

Tuoba Agarwood said: "The emperor's women, aren't they all like this to the emperor? ”

Lu Fei nodded.

After a short silence, the greetings were a little cold. Mainly because Lu Fei has a negative attitude and does not take the initiative to find topics. This woman didn't feel much about him, a "foreigner", and she didn't like to stay in a foreign land, otherwise she already had a reputation, how could she desperately not let Lu Fei touch it?

"The emperor's ......" Tuoba Agarwood looked at him a little embarrassed.

In fact, Lu Fei already understood what she meant, she was dissatisfied with the marriage before, and now she was forced to be helpless, afraid that the tension between the imperial court and Western Xia would cause disaster for her and her family.

She didn't have a choice, even if Lu Fei was a pig, she had to please. And Lu Fei didn't seem to be so dislikable.

Lu Fei sighed slightly.

But when he looked back, Tuoba Agarwood was actually very innocent. Even all party members can't be said to be bad people...... In their own eyes, there is nothing wrong with getting rid of the control of the Central Plains Dynasty and expanding their territorial power for their own people; It's just that their inferiority and ambition are not conducive to the Great Sage Dynasty, and there is one more border threat to any dynasty, which is a pressure on any dynasty and an increase in military defense expenditure.

Tuoba Agarwood is just a woman, who was sent thousands of miles away to a foreign land to marry, which is already unfortunate. Now it seems excusable to survive like this.

Lu Fei thought about it, so he called gently: "Concubine ......"

"Huh?" Tuoba Agarwood raised her head and looked at him expectantly.

Lu Fei was relieved: "Concubine Jin is just a woman, don't take everything on yourself, who can afford to carry such a heavy load?" Since you are my concubine, you don't have to worry too much. ”

Tuoba Agarwood was slightly moved when he heard this: "The emperor treats people very well, why didn't the concubine figure it out before......"

He suddenly noticed that her neck was red, her hands were tense, and she was silently tugging at her clothes. Her voice seemed to be about to cry, and she said in a humiliating trembling voice: "Your Majesty, since I am your woman, I have been in the palace for so long, Your Majesty...... The emperor wants me! ”

Lu Fei was stunned and sighed: "Concubine Jin, there really doesn't have to be this. ”

Tuoba Agarwood's expression was complicated, and he was a little angry, and he was about to cry: "I'll send it to the door, and others don't want to ...... it."

She was a little annoyed, or because she felt that it was impossible to be rejected by any man, including the Emperor. Lu Fei's eyes looked at her breasts that were propped up to both sides, and the thick red lips on Bai Shengsheng's face, and he had an urge to kiss her. I have to admit that such a woman was rejected and it was natural to be angry.

Her eyes are not as docile as those of ordinary women, and she has a wild gaze.

Lu Fei finally calmed down, this is not concerned at all, if he had been before, he would definitely not be calm, but many beautiful women in the palace can choose to make him look calm.

"It's not that I don't want it, it's just that big things can't be child's play." Lu Fei said softly.

"Oh?" Tuoba Agarwood's face was still resentful.

Lu Fei was silent. The matter at hand is obviously a transaction, even if there is no evidence, it is not even explained...... But both of them knew what the contract was.

If Lu Fei accepted her kindness at this time, it stands to reason that he should meet her request, otherwise he would not be able to agree at will. Of course, Lu Fei turned his face and didn't recognize it, and no one could do anything to him, but he was probably still a very sincere person, and he usually wouldn't do this kind of thing.

Tuoba Agarwood looked at him for a while, then suddenly hid his face and got up and ran out, as if crying.

…… The tone of the edict of the court of the Great Sage Dynasty was very tough, and the words written by the scholars of the Hanlin Academy said in the tone of the emperor that I heard that the party was dealing with the Khitans, and I was very angry, and ordered the king of Xiping, Tuoba Deming, to send the Khitan envoys to Bianjing before the beginning of autumn to ask for guilt!

The beginning of autumn is already approaching, and if you want to do this, you must immediately arrest the Khitan envoy and set off.

The nobles of all the tribes came to the palace and anxiously asked what to do. At this time, Tuoba Deming was still in front of the Buddha, burning incense and worshipping sincerely. In the atmosphere at this time, his appearance of worshipping the Buddha did not seem calm, but seemed to be begging for good luck for the Tuoba clan.

He hurriedly said: "Over there in Liao, don't do anything to the end." The Central Plains Imperial Court blamed the party for fornicating with the Khitan, but it was just an excuse! If we cut off the reinforcements of the Liao State, the Great Sage Dynasty will have no fear, and there is no excuse for the crime we want to add? ”

The Wild Rich's clan sneered: "If you want to start a war, isn't it easy to find a name?" It's just that I don't want to start a war. It's weird! In the past so many years, we have not also interacted with the Khitan people for several dynasties and generations, and I have not seen any court mention this stubble, and all of them have rewarded and appeased the party; We are also vassals to the Central Plains, and everyone is safe. If you haven't mentioned it for many years, at this time, the Great Sage Dynasty suddenly remembered that the Khitan was their enemy country? ”

Another elderly nobleman said: "The Yeli clan is right, and there must be sincerity on both sides. If one side is aggressive, it will not help if the other side backs down. After the founding of the Great Sage Dynasty, it turned its face, which is nothing more than Youzhou's vested, and it can free up its hands to deal with us; What is not the fault of the party. ”

Tuoba Deming planted the incense, turned around and sighed: "Poor Agarwood has been married for less than a year, and as soon as the two armies go to war, she will be miserable. ”

When everyone heard this, their faces were full of concern. Wuzang said: "Tuoba Agarwood for the party to avoid military disasters, to enter the tiger's den, the clansmen are all grateful." ”

The Yeli clan said angrily: "Now that the matter has come to this, the king might as well be called the emperor and establish the country, and strike first!" The party is still martial, the whole people are soldiers, first break Lingzhou, occupy the Lingzhou grassland, unite with the party departments in the west, and then contact the Khitan, let's fight with the Central Plains Dynasty, I'm afraid he won't succeed? ”

"No." Tuoba Deming said, "The time has not yet come to establish the country." Now the Liao State is only a small defeat, the vitality is still there, the Central Plains is also strong, if this king is called the emperor, will be feared by the two major powers, even the Liao people will guard against us, preemptively can not, the Great Sage Dynasty to attack the army is not an idle thing, the lesson of the previous car, (Sanchuankou) can take a look and say. ”

Of course, Tuoba Deming would not arrest the Liao envoys to Bianjing. Instead, he secretly communicated with the envoys of the Liao State, hoping that when the Western Xia was attacked by the Great Sage Dynasty, the Liao army would come to the rescue.

…… When the Central Plains army attacked Youzhou, the Liao State desperately hoped that the party could rebel against the Central Plains and contain it in its belly, but the party members refused. The Liao people were very dissatisfied with this matter.

Now that Western Xia is threatened by the Central Plains, the Khitans are not sympathetic.

However, Xiao Daling, the privy envoy of the Northern Yuan, and others advocated rescuing the party and taking the opportunity to win the Western Xia region to their side.

The main hall of the palace on the hill is much brighter at this time. The nailed windows were opened, and sunlight poured in. This place was originally built on a high place, and from the large windows, you can see the green grassland, blue sky and white clouds, as if the atmosphere of the whole country has changed a lot.

Xiao Daling is now a celebrity next to the Emperor of Liao, no matter how big or small, Empress Dowager Xiao has to ask him.

Xiao Daling was standing under the emperor's seat and talking: "The god of Muye Mountain protects the Great Khitan, although we have lost Youzhou and the Eastern Han Dynasty, we can still keep the Great Liao Sheji, and under the favor of the gods, we will prosper again......"

In the distance, there was a faint chanting of the shaman, the shaman worshiped the ancestors, and the Empress Dowager Xiao suppressed the Buddha and revived the shaman after ascending the throne, in order to reunite the fighting spirit of the Khitan people.

Xiao Daling continued: "The Great Khan's mind is as broad as the grassland, and the Khitans should let go of their resentment in order to have a vast land and many people. As long as the attack of the Great Sage Dynasty is repelled, the Party may become the second Eastern Han Dynasty and clamp down on the Great Sage Dynasty in the west.

We sent a cavalry to the west to rescue, and Youzhou could wait for an opportunity to threaten and harass and clamp down on the strength of the Tang army. ”

Empress Dowager Xiao said: "Without the reinforcements of Da Liao, the party can't resist Emperor Lu Xiao's army?" ”

"It's just a matter of time." Xiao Daling said calmly, "The minister heard that the party members are still martial, but there are few villains in that place, how can they beat the Central Plains Dynasty?" ”

Empress Dowager Xiao's face was a little pale in her thirties, she thought for a while and said, "If Emperor Lu Xiao wants to use troops against the party, it must be inevitable?" ”

Xiao Daling said: "Of course. The party was originally subordinate to the Central Plains in name and was awarded official positions in the Central Plains. If Emperor Lu Xiao did not have the heart to win, he would have used his troops in vain, but instead pushed the party to the side of Daliao, which would be harmful and useless. ”

Empress Dowager Xiao immediately said in a deep voice: "If Da Liao doesn't save the party, won't Emperor Lu Xiao definitely be able to get what he wants?" ”

Xiao Daling was stunned and said: "What does the Great Khan mean......"

Empress Dowager Xiao said a little gloomily: "Da Liao has been hit hard twice in recent years, soldiers, the country's major affairs, let's wait and see the changes first, year after year of conquest, the country has no peace, and the people have no peace......