Coming from a thousand years later, as a very unique person in this world, not to mention that now that he is in power and has adapted to this environment, Lu Fei has always felt that he can do great things in his heart and make the world change according to his own will. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

His performance really surprised the world. Since the Bianjing Mutiny actually took power, in just three years, he has basically calmed down the domestic disputes, and no one in the Tang Dynasty can threaten his throne.

Now he was thinking about single-handedly taking on all the barbarians around him at once, and he suddenly remembered that the Cixi Lafayette in history, who picked the world's powers with a weak list, was she dizzy or she was the more ruthless girl than Wu Zetian.

Isn't it too fast to do it yourself, maybe so many things can take ten years, or even twenty years to do, it's not good to be so eager, it's bad to be in a hurry.

Sometimes big things can't be too fast, back then, Emperor Yang of Sui was to build a canal and conquer Goryeo, because he was anxious to think of a big deal, and as a result, he lost all his old capital!

Lu Fei didn't want to be Cixi, nor did he want to be Emperor Yang of Sui.

Lu Fei felt that he was bound by something, and he couldn't enjoy it all the time. Just like this imperial city, Lu Fei stayed here every day as if he was in a cage.

Now, he can only sit here and patiently look at a document written by the ancients without punctuation. The content is very boring, but you can't help but think about it carefully.

What's wrong?

He had to secretly warn himself: big things are made up of small things.

In the eyes of others, Lu Fei was very calm, sitting for an hour or two, and reading the file there all the time, as if he was reading a very interesting idle book, reading page by page...... In fact, he is not so idle, but he can't panic, and he is helpless.

…… At this time, Kou Zhun came over and said, "Your Majesty, a few people in the cabinet have discussed it, do you think this arrangement is possible?" Three days ago, the minister and Huang Fuzheng (Huang Zhongtang) were still on duty in the cabinet, and first let Dai Shilang (Dane) and Lu Yuanjun (Lu Guangxiao) figure out what the cabinet does every day; In the future, the ministers will work in pairs, and they will be on duty in the cabinet, and they will go to the government hall on an errand at other times. ”

Lu Fei said: "I will follow the invitation of Kou Shilang." ”

Kou Zhunbai retreated to the bookcase outside the screen and said to the other three: "The emperor agrees." ”

The three of them responded with their fists clenched, they were all in the same room, and everyone had already heard Lu Fei and Kou Zhun's answer just now.

At this time, Dai Xiong said: "At lunchtime, I have something to go out, and if I am late for duty in the afternoon, please ask Kou Shilang to speak for me." ”

Kou Zhun listened and said: "The afternoon deliberations are all central ministers, so you can't delay it." ”

Dai Xiong said: "It's in time." ”

Kou Zhun glanced at him, didn't ask anything important, and didn't say more.

Dai Xiong understands the recent transfer that Kou Zhun and Huang Zhongtang are ready to be prime ministers! Dai Xiongxin said: The people in this cabinet can help the emperor read the recital, I used to think it was not an ordinary place!

Kou Zhun was the emperor's staff at the end of his life, and it was reasonable that he would be the prime minister sooner or later; It's not very clear where Huang Zhongtang came from, but it should be someone Lu Fei has known for a long time.

Dai Xiong believes that the cabinet assistant is the prime minister's pre-selection! He also wants to do something meritorious and become the prime minister...... Since he is an official, who doesn't want to be the Liao of a hundred officials and the Venerable Shilin?

It's just that there are only a few prime ministers in total, and the person who sits on it may not move for a long time...... So not everyone has a chance.

By noon, everyone had left for a while, with an hour for lunch and rest. Lunch is provided by the public.

Dai Xiong didn't eat this emperor's meal, and hurried out of Donghuamen. His own servants did not come, and they had to wait for the time to come to pick up the master, so Dai Xiong had to go to the forbidden army general guarding the city gate, took out the seal and drew the seal, borrowed a military horse, and then hurried away.

He rode up into the street, and when he saw a steaming white restaurant on the side of the street, he went in and bought two cakes, and ate them while facing north.

Dai Xiong hurried to the firearms workshop in the North Garden of the Imperial City. Dai Xiong was very concerned that the firearms workshop was going to test two new weapons today, and if it succeeded, wouldn't it be a credit to say it in public during the afternoon meeting?

Today's actions, Dai Xiong can be regarded as understanding. Whoever has merit and who is useful will be reused!

For example, that Lu Guangxiao can actually be on an equal footing with himself today! It is a merit that can explore the terrain of South Vietnam.

is clearly credited, and no one can really say anything about him in such a position......

When they arrived at the firearms shop, the officials and foremen inside hurriedly came up to salute.

Dai Xiong said straightforwardly: "This official has to rush back to the Long Live Palace in the afternoon, the things are not made, hurry up!" ”

When everyone heard that the Long Live Hall was on duty, they all knew that it was the place of the court meeting, and they were all in awe. The foreman hurriedly called the craftsman to carry out the basket containing a few round lumps.

Dai Xiong looked at it and said, "Why is it so big?" The emperor is talking about the bomb that was thrown out and exploded, who threw it to the official with such a big one! ”

The foreman hurriedly said: "It's too small to stuff gunpowder." It was a painstaking thing to cast, first casting two petals, then casting it with molten iron; I'm going to get a drill and drill a hole......"

"Let's try it first." Dai Xiong said.

The crowd took refuge behind a female wall on a wall, and then called the craftsmen down to prepare a long lead. The craftsman lit it, and when he saw the lead smoking, he ran away.

The officials hurriedly said: "Dai envoy beware. "One by one, they scrambled to block Dai Xiong.

Dai Xiong stuck his face out from behind the female wall and looked at the iron bump. After a long while, there was a sudden "bang", and the flash of fire rushed up.

The lump of iron exploded into two lobes at once, jumped twice on the ground, and then stopped moving, leaving only white smoke to fill.

Dai Xiong and the officials looked at each other, and Dai Xiong's tone was annoyed: "Didn't you say that it could be blown into broken iron?" ”

An official said, "We use the brittle cast iron...... It may be that the place where it was cast is too unsturdy. ”

Dai Xiong frowned and said, "Next time use stones!" It was hollowed out, stuffed with gunpowder, and rammed to death with mud. ”

"Yes, yes, yes." The official and the two concurrently heads hurriedly answered.

Then everyone tried another weapon: the wrought iron firecracker.

Because the cast copper gun is thick and short, the range is not good, the effective killing is only twenty steps, and if it hits the thick armor, the lead shot may not be able to penetrate. Therefore, Lu Fei once asked to use iron to try to make a pipe.

No one can drill an iron pipe out of an iron rod; Can only be forged. Hard cast iron shatters as soon as it is sold, and cannot be forged; Only soft wrought iron can be used.

Because of the iron bump and the bird-like shape just now, Dai Xiong was in a low mood and anxiously waiting for the results of the iron pipe test.

As expected...... As soon as the gunpowder exploded in the chamber, the barrel was directly deformed.

"Alas......" Dai Xiong looked up and sighed. Xindao: Can this thing make something useful?

The emperor had already tried artillery on the battlefield, but this time he wanted to surprise the emperor, he hoped that he could build a cannon that could directly destroy the enemy's city gate with one shot.

But his surprise turned into a fright.

...

In the afternoon, the princes came to the council hall one after another, and before the emperor came, more than a dozen people quickly gathered into a small circle in the chat. There are only fifteen people in total, six generals, three in front of the palace and three in the guard Ma Busi; There are nine civil officials, the second Privy Council, the third Cabinet and the fourth Cabinet.

As soon as Dai Xiong came in, Kou Zhun asked, "Is Dai Shilang's important business done?" ”

A trace of disappointment flashed on Dai Xiong's face, and he hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "It's already done." ”

As soon as they spoke, the two began to talk. People should be social beings, and they can feel a lot more comfortable when they are gregarious; Especially on occasions like these, when everyone is talking about it, if someone is isolated, they probably feel very uncomfortable.

Hu Yanzan and Tie Hammer are the kind of people who are isolated, Wenchen and the military generals seem to be natural opponents, no one looks at anyone, Hu Yanzan waited for a pair of big eyes, as if someone owed him money, no one talked to him for a while, because no one wanted to put a hot face on a cold fart, and somehow came up to touch a nose of ash, of course, he would talk to someone who was good and easy to get along with.

Tie Hammer held his head high, sneering from time to time, and looked at people with contempt in his eyes. A pair of "the first fierce general of the Tang Dynasty" is the frame of Lao Tzu.

Huyanzan and Tie Hammer didn't speak to each other, and seemed to look down on each other.

Cao Keming is also there, after the experience of the past few years, he is much more honest and stable, and he is more restrained, because his son is the righteous son of the current emperor, and he doesn't want people to say that he is stained with his son's light.

At this moment, a eunuch walked in first and said, "The emperor has arrived!" ”

The crowd immediately dispersed, divided into civil and military sides, and ranked according to their positions. When Lu Fei walked in, everyone knelt on the ground and shouted respectful words.

Lu Fei had almost no pomp on such occasions, wearing an old purple round-necked robe and a black veil on his head, and he didn't know that he was just a civil official. He took his seat on the throne, saluted the ministers, and said, "Sit."

Lu Fei looked at Lu Guangxiao, "Lu Fuzheng is a person who went to Northwest and South Vietnam in person, I want to hear your opinion first." ”

Lu Guangxiao hurriedly stood up and bowed to the upper position, and then saluted the ministers on the left and right, his voice was a little nervous, and he said cautiously: "The northwest strategy, Hexi is especially important." The land here is fertile, rich in cattle, sheep and horses, and sufficient grain, so it is a place to be guarded for a long time; Moreover, the Han family has taken root and operated in this place for hundreds of years, and it is easier to return to Shun. As long as our dynasty can possess Hexi, it can guard against the Uighurs and other tribes in Xizhou to the west, which is a long-term plan; To the east, it can flank the Longyou tribes from the east and west, so that the enemy on its belly and back does not dare to advance eastward easily...... The more miasma there is in the south, it is not easy to get it by land, and Weichen is foolish, if I go to the south, I must first have a strong sailor. ”

Lu Fei nodded and said: "Since ancient times, only the northerners have conquered the south, and there has never been a southerner to conquer the north, and it is expected that the corner of Nanyue will not be able to make much waves. ”

Lu Guangxiao pondered for a moment and said: "No, Weichen thinks that he can only delay the small countries in the Western Regions, and he can establish prestige among the ministries first by means of alliances, commerce, and tribute......

Before the words were finished, Tie Hammer said coldly: "You are really a bad seed!" If I want to say, it's not even as good as the top of the turf that is shot down with a knife and a shot. ”

Lu Guangxiao's words were brutally beaten into his stomach, his face was blue and white for a while, and he looked at the iron hammer and couldn't speak.

Xue Juzheng and the others looked at each other.

Xue Juzheng really couldn't stand it, and asked, "Then General Tie thinks how to use soldiers?" ”

Tie Hammer thought for a while, and then said: "Just tens of thousands of elite horsemen of the forbidden army, start killing from Longyou, and drive away all the Tubo and party items in Longyou; Then kill to Xiliang Ganzhou, expel the barbarians, take back the entire Hexi, and then kill to the Liao country with a little hand, I heard that the Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao country is a big beauty, haha. ”

Everyone was silent when they heard this, and Hu Yanzan stopped glaring and rolled his eyes there.

Xue Juzheng said coldly: "General Tie said it so lightly, more than 2,000 miles from Bianjing to Hexi Guazhou, how much grain does it cost for tens of thousands of forbidden troops to ride west?" How much did Pan Mei and Cao Bin have to build the Southwest Camp? Not to mention these, can tens of thousands of horsemen defeat Hexi? Before crossing the Yellow River, they attacked the party members; The Xiazhou party couldn't sit still. General Tie had to come up with a strategy for attacking Western Xia first. ”

Tie Hammer frowned and said, "Didn't Xixia fight once?" That little boy is still locked up in Bianjing, and his father still dares to jump into the tower? ”

Xue Juzheng said: "General Tie of the Privy Council about the separatist forces around the Tang Dynasty must not have read it. ”

Tie Hammer immediately became dumb, glanced at Xue Juzheng, and then said: "The surname Xue, bullying me for not being literate, I didn't see what to do, cut!" With that, he turned his head and said no more.

Lu Fei found that Tie Hammer looked down on civilian officials.

At this moment, Pan Mei said: "If you want to go west, it will take time and spend a lot. The imperial court first dealt with the Youyun Liao army, and it could not easily fall into the quagmire in the west. The minister seconded Lu Shilang's proposition that the main thing should be to appease. ”

Cao Bin is also a pro-war faction, and his rhetoric advocates the theory of often winning by force, and even he says so. made Lu Fei even more convinced that the mess in the west could not be easily solved.

Lu Guangxiao glanced at the iron hammer, hugged his fists and said: "In the land of the Western Regions, there are pastures, large areas of arable land, and salt, iron, and copper are also produced in the north, and the grain and straw products are sufficient, and the people of the Western Regions are brave and ruthless, almost all the people are soldiers, and the soldiers are strong and strong. If you want to go to war, I'm afraid, it will not be easy. ”

At this time, Pan Mei said: "These two days have some ideas......

Lu Fei said: "But it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

Pan Mei stood up, looked back and said: "According to the intention of the emperor and the princes of the imperial court, the imperial court currently intends to stabilize the west and expand the war horse from the northwest, and has no plan to attack the northwest. Therefore, the battle end cannot be opened lightly.

The minister's view of the Xiazhou Party was at the time of the war in the Central Plains, and he had been subservient to the Central Plains for decades; It can be seen that the Xiazhou Tuoba clan still has a sense of reverence for the great powers of the Central Plains. Therefore, if the imperial court does not persecute the Tuoba clan, the party will not easily risk becoming an enemy of our dynasty again. The Tibetan tribes and the Hexi Uighurs were scattered at this time, and they went their own way; There is no threat to Datang's strength for the time being, and it is far away. The way of long-distance friendship and close attack, the imperial court should first make alliances. ”

Pan Mei bowed to the throne: "The emperor can choose a member of the minister and lead a team of people to patrol the west."

One of the trips was to summon the party members in Hexi to discuss the mutual plundering between the Tang Dynasty and the party departments to ease relations. The Tuoba clan can also be invited to participate in the peace talks...... In recent years, there have been constant conflicts in the frontiers, and if they are ignored, there will inevitably be a hidden danger of intensifying chaos.

The second itinerary is to call on the northwest tribes to join the alliance, open mutual markets, and exchange trade for horses. ”

Everyone was not very happy to hear it, but no one objected, because today's Queen Wuzang is a party member, and it stands to reason that there is no possibility for the party to rebel again, but a certain shortcoming is that the current party is not the person who is in charge of the party, but the Tuoba clan who has been the king for thousands of years among the party members.

Back then, the Han Dynasty made peace with the Xiongnu and the Tang Dynasty with the Tubo, all in order to ease relations, or because the enemy was too strong to destroy, or could not deal with it. Compromise, at least temporarily, is a necessary strategy, otherwise there will be a war on all sides, and the national strength of the Central Plains will not be strong enough to that extent.

Lu Fei was also uncomfortable in his heart, but thinking that his current primary target was Youyun, he was silent.

The feeling of being in a cage was even stronger, and Lu Fei finally couldn't help but say: "The matter of the Western Tour, I want to go to it in person." ”

Unsurprisingly, the ministers dissuaded one after another. Lu Fei didn't say anything categorical, but said: "Pan Envoy Jun has put forward a proposition, and Pan Envoy Jun will ......be responsible for contacting the ministries and arranging all matters in this matter," he turned his head to look at Lu Guangxiao again, "Lu Shilang is the only person here who has been to Hexi, and you are the deputy." ”

The two of them took the order.

As for the disbandment, Lu Fei summoned Xue Juzheng and Cao Bin to Jingfu Hall for a secret talk.

Lu Fei paid attention to the northwest, and in addition to preventing the rebellion of the barbarian tribes, he was also angry about the northwest feudal towns...... It is more sensitive to Lu Fei, and it is from where the Empress of the Tang Dynasty came from.

When Lu Fei staged a military coup d'état, in order to reduce resistance, he did not dare to move those powerful feudal towns, and everything remained the same. Now that the situation is maturing, it is time to gradually begin to sort out these feudal towns.

…… The Northwest Strategy took shape more or less quickly. It only needs to be checked and filled, weighed for a while, and then it can be implemented.

Lu Fei stood in front of the large map by the wall, and the topographic map to the west had been filled; There are also several large territories to the south. However, Lu Fei finally looked at Youzhou, Hebei.

Whether it is north or south, it is all for the sake of the Northern Expedition again!

What they do is nothing more than to accumulate strength and reduce threats elsewhere in order to concentrate the spearhead.

At this time, the threat from the northwest was not urgent, and the remaining countries in the south had never had the strength to advance north to threaten the Central Plains...... Even the Liao State was in internal chaos and showed no signs of a large-scale southward raid.

Datang is in a period of attack.

Although others have not come to fight themselves now, the attack cannot be stopped; If you don't take the initiative now, you will have to fight passively in the future. Do you hold on to what you hold on to and survive in peace, or do you want to go to a higher place? Opportunities are always hard to come by!

Lu Fei used to be the best at perceiving opportunities, but they were all opportunities for small things. This time, he is feeling the opportunity of history in the dark......

Youyun is the most important place, and at this time Liao's civil strife is a time of weakness; The Central Plains has just stabilized a little from the war, and the territorial strength is expanding and rising, and the dynasty is usually the most effective at this time. When the time is the difference between the two and the other, when will we not occupy the key places and take the opportunity to establish our position at this time?

Lu Fei said in his heart: My judgment should be right.

He turned his head to look out the window of Gyeongbokgjeon, where the majestic palaces, heavy eaves and towers, and wide brick and stone avenues of the imperial city were quietly in sight, solemn and grand. In the still landscape, time seems to stand still.

The world here does not perceive it, as if time is passing and changing as a matter of course; But Lu Fei knew that everything was gradually going out of shape, and he was moving in a direction he didn't know.

Where is it heading? Lu Fei didn't know, he just felt that everything was still in the place where he was out of the trajectory.

It was Lu Fei who took the vast trend away from the direction, time is like a river rushing, maybe a new river is waiting ahead. Lu Fei was trying to get it there.

...

The city of Bianjing is bustling. Outside the Zhaobi of Kaifeng Mansion, many people gathered and blocked the road.

There were two groups of people, one of whom was a large group of men, women, and children, who had gathered there to watch the commotion, and a scribe struck a gong to read the notice. And there is a group of people here, all men in robes and hats, old and young, crowded there to look at the yellow list posted on the wall.

"Shengtu" Si Kuang is also among them, he just came from Xuemei's house to see the list. The candidates for the Jinshi examination, one is called Xianggong, the other is called Shengtu, and Si Kuang belongs to the Shengtu sent by the local county school.

At this moment, a man in the crowd suddenly shouted "hit"! Then he jumped up, his face was red in the dance of his hands and feet, and he raised his head hahaha......

The person next to him who seemed to know him bowed, and said with a complicated expression: "Congratulations to Brother Zhu for high school ......."

Si Kuang glanced sideways, and continued to hold his head high to look at the list above. There were not many Jinshike and the first person, and he looked at it many times in a row, and his neck hurt so much that he still didn't see his name.

Sure enough, it didn't hit.

Si Kuang stood there, not knowing where he was for a while, and he didn't know what to do. Do you want to go home and farm? But he doesn't know anything, not to mention that the Si family's land is really not good to grow, and his parents, wife, and brothers at home get up early and work very hard, but he usually doesn't even have a lot of money on paper and ink, and he has to rely on the uncles in the clan to help him.

And that Xuemei wants to treat herself well, but she only sends some pens, inkstones, inkstones, food, and the necessary expenses for the exam, and there is no extra money...... She once said that she couldn't be overfed, and that's probably what she meant.

At this moment, Si Kuang felt a little embarrassed to see his father and elders in the family, but because it had no effect on the family, he didn't even have a result now...... Continue to take the exam in another three years? Si Kuang even wondered if he was the material.

At this moment, I heard a "sigh", and I saw a thin man with gray temples turning around and leaving the list, walking alone towards the street. Si Kuang looked at the back, and for a while felt that that person was his life.

Not far away from the wall, a scribe was occasionally striking a gong, shouting loudly from time to time: "The Privy Council's 'Military Order', the Tang Dynasty has 380 states in the world, and 200 rich states are elected." Ten states are one army, and there are 100,000 soldiers. As long as there are good families, farmers, tenant farmers, craftsmen, and scholars, everyone is voluntary. Dig in the county, and every county must be sent to the camp; You can throw away food and clothing when you enter the camp, and you have your own public food and food! There is a generous reward for meritorious service in battle, and you will go home for three years to buy a field and build a house! Military status is only for three years, and it is not mandatory after three years. As long as the military status is in, there is no conscription of parents and brothers; If there is a grievance, sue to the military government, and ask the official office, can you know whether it is black and white? Those who are literate and literate can become generals by bringing their fellow villagers into the army, and after going to the army, the emperor has issued a special edict to "make a subject" to become an official; those who fail to be on the list can directly become an official, and a military official can take the ...... of "making a subject."

Si Kuang didn't continue to listen, ten years of cold window, and then go to the army, isn't it a joke?

He thought about it, so he could only go back to Xuemei.

The peddlers and pawns on the road were in a hurry, and the pedestrians went their own way.

Xuemei is at home, and she is usually at home if she has bad legs. Si Kuang was an acquaintance of the mansion, so he easily entered the mansion.

When Xuemei met, she asked softly with concern: "Is Shilang on the list?" ”

Si Kuang's face darkened, and he finally couldn't help asking: "Lady Xuemei promised to give my poems to Zhang Qian, and then Zhang Qian recommended them to his friend Lu Duan." Why doesn't Lu Duan know about me at all? The poems must not have reached the hands of Prime Minister Lu Duan! ”

Xuemei's gentle face suddenly changed, and she said indifferently: "That Zhang Qian is a great Confucian in the world, maybe he forgot about it?" Or is Lu Duan honest and didn't give Zhang Qian favors? ”

Si Kuang listened to a breath in his throat, and said coldly: "The lady really treats Xiaosheng as a three-year-old child. ”

"You're blaming me?" Xuemei's face pulled down.