The Empress Dowager Song rushed to hear Jian Shuo's notice, and now a group of old eunuchs such as Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong have gradually become prominent because of their involvement with the Yuan family, and they no longer appear in the court. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Jian Shuo, as one of the four ministers appointed by Emperor Xiaoling, was originally quite trusted by Xiao Tianzi, but the imprint of Liu Xiu on his body was too deep, so when Xiao Tianzi's jealousy of Liu Xiu deepened, he was in charge of the power of the Inner Dynasty on the surface, but in fact he was also very ostracized, coupled with the fact that Lu Zhi, the chief minister of the Foreign Dynasty, had always been disgusted with eunuchs, Jian Shuo now has a vain name, and is actually an idler.

The idler has time, time to think, and time to observe, so as soon as the military report from the northwest was sent to the palace, he knew that something big was going to happen, and it was probably related to Lu Xiaohuan's father Lu Bu, who was currently accompanying Fengxue in the palace. He knew too well about Lu Bu's arrogance. The heroic feat of the guy who went out to rob every year disguised as a horse thief has spread to all directions with the mouth of the merchant.

So as soon as Xiao Tianzi and Lu Xiaohuan had a murderous conversation, Jian Shuo knew that the war was about to break out, and he came to Changle Palace and reported the situation to the Empress Dowager Song. The Empress Dowager Song is different from Xiao Tianzi, and she is still courteous and thoughtful to him, a minister who cares about his life.

Empress Dowager Song was frightened when she heard this, she knew Xiao Tianzi's psychology too well, and in the same way, she also knew how wild Lu Xiaohuan was, so she would not restrain herself just because the other party was His Majesty.

When the Empress Dowager Song arrived, Xiao Tianzi was roaring and asking Lang Zhong to take down Lu Xiaohuan, but Lu Xiaohuan rolled up his sleeves, pointed at Xiao Tianzi's nose, and shouted that there is a kind of you and me going head-to-head, I am not afraid of many people, the old Lu family is a single seedling for me, and Gu nǎinǎi fights have always been a group.

"Stop!" Empress Dowager Song was so angry that her face turned blue, she walked between Lu Xiaohuan and Xiao Tianzi, and shouted to those Lang Zhong who were in a dilemma: "Give me all the retreat!" ”

Lang Zhong did not dare to disobey the order of the Son of Heaven, but they also knew that this little girl could not be provoked, and if something happened, the Son of Heaven would definitely not take responsibility. When the time comes, they will still be unlucky. Hearing the order of the Empress Dowager Song, the Lang Zhong were relieved, and the hula flashed without a trace, running faster than a rabbit. was so angry that Xiao Tianzi rolled his eyes.

"This is the place where the Son of Heaven receives his subjects, not a school ground for your martial arts competition." Empress Dowager Song said sharply: "If you want to compete in martial arts, you can go to the school, if it is not big enough, you can go to Ping Optimistic, where there is a battlefield where the first emperor once reviewed the Northern Army." If that's not enough, you can go to Jizhou. ”

One mentioned Jizhou. Xiao Tianzi was dumbfounded. The matter of Yanzhou has not yet been settled, and Jizhou is far away.

Lu Xiaohuan saw that Xiao Tianzi was silent, and was just about to take advantage of the victory to pursue, when the wind and snow that came to hear the news stopped her. As soon as she asked about the situation, Fengxue also suspected that Lu Bu was the case, but she didn't care about this, and then asked, "Where is Helian?" ”

Xiao Tianzi didn't dare to do so much in front of the wind and snow, he endured his anger. handed the military report he had just received to Feng Xue: "It said above that He Lian bypassed the chicken crow plug and entered the northern land to rob." Before the Han army found out, they retreated. ”

When Feng Xue heard this, he was taken aback: "Isn't this bypassing the pastoral area of our Niutou tribe?" ”

"Where the hell is the Minotaur Tribe?" Xiao Tianzi was also a little surprised. He knew that the Niutou tribe had now moved to the vicinity of Junji Mountain, but the grassland was so big, who knew which aspect of Junji Mountain it was, and what the relationship was with the Han border.

Feng Xue nodded: "The summer field is in Junji Mountain, but now it's winter, and the pasture will move south to the area of Helan Mountain, where to the south, there are Beidi County and Wuwei County in Dahan Liangzhou." To the east is the Gohara County of the Merged Prefecture, and if Helianzhen passes through here, it must have been in contact with the Niutou tribe. ”

Xiao Tianzi rolled his eyes: "Then it's simple, if you can receive an emergency from the Niutou tribe in two days, it means that Lu Bu's military report is true, if not." Hmph......" he glared at Lu Xiaohuan, "Then the matter will be clear." ”

Lu Xiaohuan snorted from his nose and disdained it.

Jian Shuo blinked, and suddenly interjected: "The minister believes that although Lu Bu is a little wilder, he doesn't dare to do such a ridiculous thing." The minister estimated that within three or five days, the urgency of the Niutou tribe would arrive. Your Majesty, it is better to be prepared for contingencies. In recent years, the Niutou tribe and our Han army have joined forces to hunt down and kill Helian, and the war on the grassland is basically carried out by the Niutou tribe, and Lian also hates them to the core, and it is not impossible to raid the Niutou tribe while our Han army is concentrated in Jizhou. ”

Xiao Tianzi squinted at Jian Shuo, and said with a smile: "Really? You are indeed one of the few eunuchs who know the soldiers, and if it is really as you say, I have to thank the first emperor for leaving me such a general. ”

"The general doesn't dare to be a general, the minister just says whatever he has." After Jian Shuo finished speaking, he took a step back, lowered his head, arched his hands, and never spoke again, not even the grateful eyes that Lu Xiaohuan handed him. He was secretly laughing in his heart, he believed that this was a lie, and Lian was now being chased like a lost dog, Lu Bu was lucky if he didn't go to him, how dare he come to find Lu Bu's trouble. However, if Xiao Tianzi wants to find a flaw from whether the Niutou tribe is in a hurry, it is impossible. What kind of character is Jia Xu, can he show such flaws? Since he dared to do this, there was naturally a way for people to find their feet.

So, wait for you to be grateful to the emperor and worship me.

Things were just as Jian Shuo expected, and only three days later, the imperial court received an emergency from the Niutou tribe. King Xianbei and his company gathered more than 30,000 remnants of the army, bypassed the pastoral areas of the Niutou tribe from the west, and raided Wuyuan County and Beidi County, but because they were discovered early, they only disturbed the border county and ran away. Judging from the scene left behind, He Lian has gone crazy, and it is likely that he will fight again to break the net, and ask His Majesty the Emperor to arrange someone to guard the border as soon as possible.

Xiao Tianzi also understood at this time, the Niutou tribe must have colluded with Lu Bu and them, even if they sent someone to investigate at this time, the side troubles are a small matter, and the desire of the people is a big thing. Perhaps, it was the Minotaur tribe who plundered the border.

Knowing that it might be fake, the court can't ignore it. The Taiwei Mansion immediately sent a letter, requesting that the general of Beizhonglang and the state assassin Zhao Yun be sent back, so that he could deploy border defenses, and at the same time issued an edict to protect Xiahou Yuan, the captain of Qiang, and ordered him to move his troops to Wuwei and cooperate with Zhao Yun to deal with this matter.

Xiao Tianzi had no choice but to do so. Bai Zhao Yun is the general of Zhenbei, and he still leads the history of the state assassination and is in charge of the military affairs of northern Xinjiang west of the state.

Zhao Yun left, before leaving, he sent a letter of thanksgiving, and asked the Son of Heaven to allocate some money and grain from Hedong as soon as possible, and the state has been quite effective in Tuntian over the years, and the grain has been self-sufficient, and some short-term battles are not a big problem, but if there is a big war, it still needs the support of the inner county.

When it comes to money and food, Xiao Tianzi's brain hurts. In desperation, Xiao Tianzi could only accept the proposal of Liu Yuanqi, the king of Chu, and borrow money from the kings and ministers. He sent an edict to the vassal kings of all over the country and invited them to join the court and attend the next year's congress. At the same time as the edict was served, there was also a contract to borrow money, and the amount was not mandatory, and you could borrow as much as you could, and you could borrow as much as you wanted. Borrowing money is not a forced donation, it can only be done.

When the vassal kings of various places received this contract, they were a little surprised, the Son of Heaven had indeed borrowed money before, but he usually did not pay it back, and even if he repaid, he did not calculate the interest. Does the emperor still need to pay interest on borrowing money from you? The whole world is his, as long as he is unhappy, he may pinch you to death at any time. They were all a little uneasy, and they didn't dare to communicate with each other, so they had to send people who stayed in the palace in the capital to inquire about the news. After an inquiry, I learned that this matter was led by Liu Yuanqi, the king of Chu, and Liu Yuanqi himself had borrowed 200 million yuan to the Son of Heaven, so that he could first send the rewards of the soldiers, and at the same time, the three daughters of Emperor Huan, led by Liu Xiu, the eldest princess of Yangzhai, had already lent out a year's income from the fiefdom. The eldest princess Yang Zhai is the wife of the hussar general, and I believe that His Majesty the Emperor will not dare to owe them the money and not pay it back. In the same way, the Chu Wangfu borrowed money, and it seems that it makes no sense for you not to borrow it again.

As a result, the vassal kings of various places were willing to lend money to the Son of Heaven according to the provisions of the contract, and they first sent the amount to Luoyang, and the money and grain began to be shipped immediately. The vassal kings expressed their position, and those ministers did not dare to lag behind, the general Song Feng, the Wei general Cao Cāo, the Taiwei Duan Cheng, Situ Luzhi, and Sikong Tang Zhen borrowed money one after another, as much as they wanted, and they were always the same mind.

In the middle of the lunar month, Xiao Tianzi scattered more than 70 IOUs and harvested nearly 3 billion yuan of money and grain, although more than half of them were on the way, and the physical goods received by Da Si Nong were only a little more than one billion, but this was enough to make Xiao Tianzi sigh. Everyone in the world is rich, but I, the son of heaven, is a poor egg.

It's easy to get things done with money. Xiao Tianzi first sent the rewards of the soldiers, and at the same time awarded a group of meritorious generals, with the promotion of the most meritorious officers and the rewards of the lesser merits. Among them, the guard general Cao Cāo was promoted to the general of the chariot cavalry, Xu Rong had been promoted to the general of Dangkou, the official was not promoted again, and the lord was made the marquis of Duting, with 200 households. Changshui Captain Xia Yu was promoted to General Zhichong, Infantry Captain Tian Yan was General Yokono, Zang Min was General Yingyang, and Zhu Jun was a rebellious general. Everyone else has a bounty.

Mixed with so many dazzling generals, Lu Min's reward seemed a bit inconspicuous, he was named the Tiger Ben Zhonglang General, and from now on he was in charge of the security work in the palace. And Wang Bin, the former general of the Tiger Ben Zhonglang, was promoted to Zhijinwu, one of the Nine Qings, who seemed to be promoted, but in fact he was kicked out of the palace and could only manage the firefighting work in the capital. Not long after, the original Guangluxun Wang Yu was dismissed due to illness, and Yang Biao, the captain of the school, took over as the commander of Guangluxun, so Henan Yin, Zhou Yu's father Zhou Yi took over as the captain of the school, and Huan took over as the commander of Luoyang.

At the very least, the safety inside and outside the palace is fully controlled by Xiao Tianzi. And these are hidden under the rewards of many soldiers, and there are many complicated activities brought by the arrival of feudal kings from all over the world, and only the appointment of a few officials in the palace and the capital is not dazzling at all, except for those officials themselves, almost no one notices these personnel adjustments.

In the middle of the lunar month, the Son of Heaven issued an edict ordering the hussar generals to go to the court to participate in the court meeting of the first month of the first month to discuss the war between Jizhou and Bingzhou.

At the end of the lunar month, the hussar general Liu Xiu replied that after many years of fighting and being physically exhausted, he asked to be relieved of his post as a hussar general and returned to the field. and commissioned a messenger to bring back the seal of the hussar general.