"Come, Zhao'er, come to Daddy. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info" Ye Yingwu squatted down with a smile and beat gently.

The emperor's eldest son, Ye Zhaohan, is approaching his first birthday, although he has no way to walk by himself, but he has been able to stagger for a distance under the false support of the maid, babbling in his mouth and not knowing what he is saying, constantly stretching out his hand in the direction of Ye Yingwu, obviously liking his uncommon but always amiable father.

The Ye family cooperated so much, and Ye Yingwu was naturally very happy, waiting for the child to come to his side, and hugged his eldest son directly. It can be seen that under the care of Ye Mengding, Chen, Lu Wanyan and the harem concubines, this little ancestor has definitely not suffered anything this year, not to mention the little face, and the weight is not small, even if Ye Yingwu holds it, he feels heavy on his arm, no wonder now Chen and Lu Wanyan don't dare to hug him easily.

"Yikes!" The Ye family master stretched out his hand and touched Ye Yingwu's face, constantly babbling sounds, saliva flowed down the corners of his mouth, almost staining Ye Yingwu's clothes, so frightened that Lu Wanyan hurriedly stepped forward and picked up the scarf under the Ye family's neck to help him wipe it off.

"Zhao'er, don't let Daddy hold it, you're too heavy." Lu Wanyan patted the Ye family lightly, wanting to take the child from Ye Yingwu's arms.

The Ye family obviously didn't give any face to his mother at this time, and grabbed Ye Yingwu's robe directly with both hands, looking like he didn't let go, which made Lu Wanyan very helpless, and Yang Xu, Qiongluan, Hui Niang and others next to him also smiled.

I don't know if I found something interesting, the Ye family's face looked around blankly, and curiously leaned on Ye Yingwu's chin and rubbed his short beard, I don't know if it was because of fun or because of this itchy feeling, the Ye family's young man suddenly giggled.

"He even hugged his mother, let alone hugged him." Ye Yingwu said seriously.

Lu Wanyan's face suddenly turned red: "What are you talking about in front of the child!" ”

"That's the truth." Ye Yingwu said with a smile while following the movements of the Ye family and letting him rub his chin around.

"Okay, okay, you don't have to hold him all the time, you have to start learning to walk after catching Zhou Li." Lu Wanyan said helplessly, "It's not a bad thing to get familiar with Xi'an now, you can't have to be held by people when you grow up in the future." ”

Ye Yingwu was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said: "Everyone says that Yan Father and Mother are kind, but now it is the opposite to look at our family." ”

"What the concubine said is the truth!" Lu Wanyan looked at this guy angrily, Ye Yingwu, who was holding the child and laughing, could hardly find a trace of the majesty that His Majesty the Ming Emperor should have, more like a mountain village man who was excited to see that there was a child who could continue the incense.

Maybe sometimes a child's innocent smile can let go of all majesty.

Ye Yingwu carefully put the Ye family's eldest young man on the ground, and the two maidservants hurriedly stepped forward to support the little guy who was the most respected in the harem now, but the eldest young man of the Ye family seemed to recognize the person, and quickly hugged Ye Yingwu's legs, and actually looked like he wanted to climb up.

"Yo, a good son, it's really a kiss with his father!" Ye Yingwu was suddenly relieved, squatted down with a smile and gently pinched the face of the Ye family, and said with a smile, "In that case, how about you follow your father to the front of the imperial study to meet the ministers of the dynasty?" Anyway, when you are two years older, you have to choose one of them to be a young master, so why don't you see which one of them falls in love with you? ”

Lu Wanyan was stunned, at this time, he began to choose a young master, is it too early?

"Zhao'er, look here." Zhao Yun squatted down slightly, shaking the rattle in his hand, and the crackling drum sound was very crisp.

The Ye family's attention was suddenly attracted, and his hand loosened unconsciously, and Wei'er slowly straightened up and stepped back, and the Ye family's young man staggered after him. Lu Wanyan and the others next to him glanced at each other, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on their faces. The Ye family is now one year old, and there are not many children who can walk when they are one year old, which shows that this child at least has a lot of talent in activities.

"It seems that the Ye family is going to have one more dishonest person." Zhao Yunshu said with a smile on the side, "Wei'er be careful, don't fall Zhao'er." ”

Zhao Yun shook the rattle and kept retreating, and the Ye family teenager actually stretched out his hand to catch up, the two of them moved fast and slow, and the Ye family teenager actually crashed into Zhao Yunwei's arms. If it weren't for Lu Wanyan's quick hand to hold it behind, I'm afraid that the Ye family would be able to knock Wei'er to the ground.

Seeing his son being helped up by Lu Wanyan and still smirking inexplicably, Ye Yingwu couldn't help but sigh: "I forgot my father since I was a child, and I paid it back when I grew up?!" ”

"What do you say?" Zhao Yunshu frowned slightly, feigning anger.

Ye Yingwu coughed lightly: "It's ・・・・・・ today."

Before the words were finished, the Ye family on the other side was already scratching in Lu Wanyan's arms, and Hui Niang and Qiong Luan next to him also surrounded him, taking turns hugging the Ye family, which made Ye Yingwu's eyes widen, but he could only shake his head helplessly: "This kid is more comfortable than him・・・・・・

Zhao Yunshu walked away silently, obviously not wanting to stay with this guy anymore.

Looking at the harem warbler Yanyan surrounding his stinky boy, Ye Yingwu could only walk towards the imperial study in front.

I don't know when the Ye family has been held by a group of women in turn, but Lu Wanyan made an empty hand and withdrew from the crowd. Ye Yingwu walked over slowly, the two of them leaned against the railing of the water pavilion, outside was a thin layer of snow-covered pond, but behind him was the fiery indoor of the earth dragon, as if standing on the border between heaven and hell.

"This morning just sent over the fold, Liang Yanwu and Tubo side negotiated, for the war in Hexi, Tubo will send troops to Hexi, but the corresponding Ming Dynasty and Tubo agreed on the Xingxing Gorge Alliance, Tubo Natu belongs to the Ming Dynasty, now Mongolia will not allow this to appear, as compensation for the Ming Dynasty's breach of contract, the Ming must pay a certain price to appease Tubo, by the way, in exchange for Tubo troops." Ye Yingwu suddenly said in a deep voice without a head.

"Why are you talking to your concubine?" Lu Wanyan chuckled lightly and quipped, "Husband, the harem can't interfere in politics, the concubine is the master of the harem, so she naturally understands this truth, the husband should not seduce the concubine to know the law and break the law, then the concubine will not be able to convince people in the future." ”

Seeing that Lu Wanyan's eyes had a hint of long-lost agility, Ye Yingwu also smiled. Since the two of them got married, they have actually only been together for more than half a year, and most of the time Ye Yingwu has been in front of them to meet with ministers from all walks of life, and the chance to really get along is only a few months, so not to mention the contradictions and quarrels between husband and wife, they don't even have the opportunity to stand together quietly for a while, and now they are suddenly inexplicably able to be alone, but it makes Lu Wanyan and Ye Yingwu cherish it very much.

At that moment, Ye Yingwu scratched his head a little embarrassed: "That's not what I mean." The conditions proposed by Tubo were very simple: the Ming Dynasty should help Tubo build roads, so as to ensure the connectivity of all parts of Tubo, and in addition, it should also build water conservancy measures as much as possible, so as to ensure the normal irrigation and cultivation of a few pieces of cultivated land in Tubo. In addition, the most important point is the marriage with Tubo・・・・・・ according to Sonam Sangpo's meaning at the time, it is obvious that in the future, the throne of the Bailan King of Tubo will be handed over to a certain and the child of this Tubo woman. ”

"So what's the matter?" Lu Wanyan looked at Ye Yingwu in surprise and chuckled, "Tubo is located in a remote area, and it is reasonable to have a prince canonized by the Ming Dynasty, not to mention that person is still the brother of the future emperor." Since Tubo sincerely wants to marry Daming, then the girl sent must be a carefully selected and intelligent woman, after all, the relationship between Daming and Tubo in the future needs her to be reconciled in the middle, so the child born with her husband will definitely not be stupid, it must be enough for Daming to sit on one side, why should your husband worry. ”

Ye Yingwu said helplessly: "Originally, if I added one more person to the harem, I would have to reduce my favor for you by one point, and I already feel sorry for you, and now I have to ・・・・・・ Tubo, which should have been directly subordinate to the central government."

Otherwise, if the rest of the administrative regions are divided into special administrative regions for Tibet, it is actually equivalent to making Tubo still independent of the central court of the Ming Dynasty, which is not much different from the Ming Dynasty's failure to recover Tibet. However, Tubo is remote in the end, so canonizing a Bailan king, even if there is no administrative power, sitting in Tubo can also symbolize the authority of the Ming royal family, which is good after all, but this actually invisibly weakens the central government's control over Tubo, making Tubo a vassal state similar to the central government's control.

Now Ye Zhaohan, as the only prince of the Ming Dynasty and the eldest son of Ye Yingwu, is naturally the best candidate for the crown prince when the rest of the brothers have not yet come out, so once Ye Yingwu canonizes the king of Bailan, he will actually damage Ye Zhaohan's interests, and Ye Yingwu will naturally feel guilty about Lu Wanyan.

I have already failed this girl too much, and I don't want to live up to my son again.

"Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, as long as the husband wants to do it, let it go, there is nothing to worry about. What's more, a Tibetan under the rule of the Ming Dynasty is better than in someone else's hands. Lu Wanyan looked at Ye Yingwu with a smile, "When the Tubo lady comes, the concubine will be properly arranged, and the husband can rest assured, as long as the husband has been in the palace recently, I am afraid that he will soon be able to give an explanation to the Tubo side." ”

Ye Yingwu was stunned and subconsciously rubbed his waist.

"Now in addition to the concubines, only the two younger sisters Hui Niang and Shu'er are not pregnant and can serve their husbands to sleep, so there is no reason for the husband to retreat." Lu Wanyan took a step closer and said viciously, quite a strange elf.

Just like many years ago, the girl in the back garden of the Yefu of the Xingguo Army.

Ye Yingwu slowly held Lu Wanyan's hand, Lu Wanyan's pretty face was slightly red, but she still raised her head and looked at him with a firm gaze. I don't know when, but Zhao Yunshu and the others have consciously left with the Ye family, leaving the space for this couple.

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The sea is dry and icy, and the gloomy clouds are bleak and condensed.

The Hongliu River in December is the time when the wind sweeps the snow and the dripping water turns into ice.

Although the name of the Hongliu River is "The River", it is actually just a dry river, and it only flows when the snow melts in spring and summer. And it is at this time that the intermittent river feeds the dense red willow forest around it.

This kind of shrub is not tall along the undulating sand dunes around the red willow river, although it is now the cold winter has passed the red willow flowering season, there is no such magnificent scene of wild fire red like a fire burning all over the mountains, but the staggered branches stand up silently in the wind, a thin layer of snow has just covered it, and then it is blown and falling, revealing the branches of the red willow itself, as if the thick and hard branches are like iron to repel all the conquest of outsiders.

Thousands of cavalry struggled forward in the wind with snowflakes, and the red banner was hunting and dancing, if it weren't for two people reaching out and grabbing the flagpole at the same time, I'm afraid the flag would have been blown away without a trace. Behind these cavalry, there were two other groups of cavalry that were also slowly advancing, and three teams were struggling to advance on the road between the red willow bushes.

"Look ahead!" One of the heads suddenly yelled.

These three words finally reached everyone's ears before they were blown away by the wind. Including Wang Jin, who led the team, everyone subconsciously raised their heads with difficulty.

Just on the other side of the snow-covered river of the Hongliu River, a dense crowd of Mongol cavalry has been revealed. And Wang Jin realized something, he grabbed the war horse suddenly, pointed the saber in his hand to the sky, and the cavalry of the Ming army, which had been trekking hard and exhausted, stopped at the same time, and slowly gathered in the desolate and lonely fields, among the red willow trees.

Since the last war, this cavalry has been marching to the bank of the Hongliu River, only to encounter the second batch of enemies, if further forward is the Xingxing Gorge, even if the Mongols are stupid and ignorant, they also understand that the Xingxing Gorge is lost, and the Western Regions is equivalent to the opening of the portal, so no matter what kind of calculation the Ming army has, the Xingxing Gorge must be defended, and if you want to hold the Xingxing Gorge, you need to hold the natural channel of the Hongliu River and the east gate of the Xingxing Gorge.

Not only on the other side of the Hongliu River, but not far to the north of the Ming cavalry, there were also about a figure in the wind and snow, and the Mongolian cavalry, which was also a large number, showed their hideous and terrifying figure under the gloomy and snowy sky.

"The west bank of the Hongliu River should be the people of Haidu, and these should be Kublai Khan's people to the north." Wang Jin grabbed the reins of the horse and said in a deep voice. According to the news sent by Jinyiwei and his own sentinels before, it is absolutely impossible for there to be so many Mongolian cavalry in Xingxingxia, so there is only one possibility, that is, in the face of the crazy pace of the Ming Dynasty, Kublai Khan and Hai have realized the seriousness of the matter.

If Mongolia can't even solve this mere seven or eight thousand Ming cavalry, then there will be no need for infighting, let alone thinking about a duel with the Ming Dynasty.

"Looking at the past like this, there must be 20,000?" The commander of the first division of the Shence Army, who was standing next to Wang Jin, looked at his general in the front compartment, "This battle is definitely not easy to fight." If we want to advance to Xingxing Gorge, we must cross the Hongliu River, although the Hongliu River is not wide, but there are cavalry on the opposite side to chase and intercept, it is difficult to fight for a foothold, and once the flanks are exposed to the Mongolian Tartars in the north, it will cause us to be completely driven into the river, and then the Mongolian Tartar cavalry will kill down the river embankment in all directions, condescending, we are already small in number, and we will be at an absolute disadvantage. ”

Huo Liang has a steady personality and has always been good at analyzing the battle situation, and what he said just now has actually hit the nail on the head to point out the dilemma that the Ming cavalry is now facing. Because there is no brigade of foot soldiers to follow, so the Ming cavalry is significantly less than the other party in terms of numbers, plus the wind is too big, even the men and horses can't stand steadily, not to mention archery and shooting, maybe it is a big loss for Mongolia who is good at riding and shooting, but for the Ming cavalry equipped with a lot of firearms, there is no biggest reliance.

"Get ready for battle." Wang Jin took a deep breath, his gaze fell on the enemy who was slowly approaching from the north, "Who said that we must cross the Hongliu River?" ”

"But if you want to attack Xingxing Gorge, you must ・・・・・・" Huo Liang was stunned for a moment.

"Attacking the Star Gorge, you won't need us." A sneer crossed the corner of Wang Jin's mouth, "We just need to use the easiest method to contain the most Mongolian Tartars here." ”

Suddenly remembering something, Wang Jin looked back at Huo Liang: "Old Huo, do you know, in fact, this Hongliuhe has another name." ”

"Huh?" Huo Liang was stunned. (To be continued.) )