Time is gradually May.

Because of the drought, there was a drought in Guannei, Hebei and other provinces, especially in Hebei Province, almost no sowing during spring ploughing.

However, Zhao Wenhui, the assassin of Yingzhou, did not give relief to the Khitan people attached to it, and Li Quanzhong, the chief of the Khitan tribe and the governor of the Songmo Prefecture, and his wife and brother returned to Chengzhou to assassinate Sun Wanrong, and killed Zhao Wenhui after attacking Yingzhou!

Soon, Li Quanzhong and Sun Wanrong occupied Yingzhou, proclaimed themselves supreme khan, and drove the Han people into slavery. Since the Khitan Eight Divisions were attached to the Tang Dynasty, they were mostly oppressed and exploited by officials, so the Khitan and Xi people had resentment, and Li Quanzhong rebelled and rushed to join.

Soon, Li Quanzhong and Sun Wanrong gathered 100,000 troops, and then began to attack Hebei Prefectures. The Khitan people were already extremely brave, and the soldiers of Hebei Prefecture did not know the war for a long time and were quickly defeated.

Shendu, Luoyang, Shangyang Palace.

Whenever the summer is hot, the empress always likes to escape the heat in the manna hall in the Shangyang Palace. Usually there are not too many worries, but this year's worries are one after another, and the bad news reaches her ears one after another. As the empress of the generation who founded Wu Zhou, she is proud of the world. But the years are not forgiving, she is already seventy-three years old. Life is rare for seventy years, and at her age, holding such a big empire, her body has long been unbearable.

Fortunately, Shangguan Wan'er is here, and Shangguan Wan'er is now like her head, watching and criticizing for her, and even in many decisions, there is Shangguan Wan'er's shadow. The empress was very satisfied with this woman, it should be said that she was a slave.

But. Although Shangguan Wan'er is her own head, there are still things that can't be handled after all. For example: This military.

The sparseness of the drought in various places flew to the imperial court like snowflakes and was placed on the dragon case. The Empress felt a big head, and the thick stack, full of three hundred notes, were all about the drought. Since Yonghui, the northern part of the Central Plains has been either drought or waterlogging, earthquakes have occurred from time to time, and the north has never been calm, the Eastern Turks and Tibetans have been invading, and the grain of Yicang is often empty. Only by transporting grain from the states south of the Yangtze River, but millions of people were affected, how could it be solved by the poor Cao Yun.

Although everything continued, the empress still had no intention of establishing a prince, and she listened to Shangguan Wan'er's recitation of Li Quanzhong and Sun Wanrong's assassination of Shi and rebellion. This time, she was calm and did not change the name of the enemy, she closed her eyes and pondered.

Shangguan Wan'er sighed in her heart. If Wu Chu is not the crown prince, when will they be together? She was thirty-two years old, and she wanted to have a child.

The hall of manna was quiet, and the breathing of the palace ladies could be heard clearly. Shangguan Wan'er was still standing beside the empress, waiting for the empress's will.

After a while, the empress said slowly: "Seal Zuoying Yangwei General Cao Renshi as the general of Qingbian Dao. Zhang Xuanyu, the general of the right Jin Wuwei, Li Duozuo, the general of the left Weiwei, Ma Renjie, and Zhang Jiujie of Sinong Shaoqing and Zhang Jiujie were the deputy commanders, leading 200,000 troops to attack the Khitan. ”

Hear the Empress say so. Shangguan Wan'er sighed in her heart, but there was still no dissatisfied expression on her face. She said yes and quickly wrote down the note.

The empress seemed a little worried, so she asked, "Wan'er, do you think they can do it?" ”

Shangguan Wan'er paused and said: "Cao Renshi, Zhang Xuanyu, and Ma Renjie were personally promoted by the Holy Lord, and Li Duozuo and Zhang Jiujie were promoted by the King of Wei. ”

The empress also nodded, although she was confident in the generals she had personally promoted, she always felt that the people she had raised were more reliable.

But the empress was not at ease, and said: "In this way, Feng Liang Wang Wu Sansi is the ambassador of Yuguan Dao to appease, and Yao Xuan is the deputy to be prepared." ”

Shangguan Wan'er nodded and hurriedly recorded.

After the empress finished speaking, she asked, "Is the king of Wei sparse?" ”

Shangguan Wan'er said: "Since I arrived ten days ago, there has been no more. ”

The empress nodded, then said no more, and waited for Shangguan Wan'er to go to the Feng Pavilion, she beckoned, only to see two young men with red lips and white teeth walking in, one of them was not who that Zhang Changzong was!

Since being driven away by the empress, Zhang Changzong has been in a panic, but fortunately, the empress is not doing much. Zhang Yizhi didn't dare to intercede until the good news came from the performance of King Wu of Wei, and the empress held a feast. Zhang Yizhi wrote a poem during the banquet to intercede, and the empress agreed when she was happy.

Now the only pleasure for the Empress is to play with these two young children. If Wu Zong knew that his good news actually saved Zhang Changzong and let Zhang Changzong return to the palace, Wu Zong would probably be angry to death.

Lintao City.

In the Assassin's Mansion, Wu Zong and Yao Chong drank to each other, discussing the way to govern the country and the people. Wu Shui held that there should first be a broad and broad policy for governing the country, and then it should be refined, and that in administering the people, we should first grasp education and use the law to restrain the people's behavior so that it conforms to the interests of the state and the people. Wu Zheng also officially called this kind of law the "Constitution", even if the emperor is still bound by the Constitution, which is also the highest state of governing the country and the people pursued by Lixue.

However, Yao Yuanchong did not believe that in order for an empire to be strong, it must first have a strong emperor, then the prime minister's team, then the government affairs ability of the officials of the imperial court, that is, the "executive power" mentioned in science, and finally various court decrees and laws. Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, so that you can love the people like children.

Although the two men have different strategies for governing the country, they both believe that "law" is very important. Of course, Yao Yuanchong is a disciple, and Wu Chuan is a teacher. Yao Yuanchong just asked for advice, so the two talked about military affairs again.

"Your Highness thinks that the soldiers of the court and the soldiers of the emperor should be compatible?" Yao Yuanchong asked.

Wu Chu smiled slightly, this is a question that has existed since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. The army of the Tang Dynasty has three systems, the first system is the first army to follow Li Yuan to fight the world, for the Yuan Cong forbidden army, and later because these people did not want to disarm and return to the field, Li Yuan and Li Shimin put them at the north gate to guard the palace city, which was the forbidden army of the Northern Ya. The Beiya Forbidden Army was directly under the emperor, and the hundred cavalry were the emperor's most loyal soldiers, guarding the Xuanwu Gate of the palace.

The second system is to defend the Beijing division and take turns to defend the state and the government soldiers, which are the guards of the southern ya, with a total of twelve guards, which are in charge of the prime minister. The third system is the border troops stationed in the governors and protectorates of the frontier, and most of the border troops are filled with prisoners and other exiles, so their status is the worst and the least welcomed.

Of course, there is a hidden fourth system, that is, the prince's "East Palace Ten Guards Rate", but since the Tang Dynasty, it has been decreasing, and finally exists in name only. Just like now, the emperor's heir Li Dan is in the East Palace, but he is not the crown prince, and even the courtiers can't see him.

Looking at Yao Yuanchong's eyes, Wu Chu shook his head and said, "The subordination of the army has been controversial since ancient times. If according to me, it is divided only into the Guards and the Wehrmacht. The guards were stationed in the city to arrest the bandits; The Wehrmacht put down rebellions, garrisoned the frontiers, and guarded every inch of the empire. That's all. ”

Yao Yuanchong fixed his mind, to be honest, he felt that this division was extremely novel, but he didn't know the specific content, and he didn't know why there was such a division.

"Your Highness, can you tell why you are so different?" Yao Yuanchong asked reverently, like a student seeking knowledge.

At this time, Wu Chuan saw from a distance that Guo Zhiyun was striding towards this side. He said, "Yuan Chong, it seems that something is wrong. ”

Yao Yuanchong said: "Seeing that Zhiyun is like this, there must be good news." ”

Guo Zhiyun approached, bowed to the worship, and then said, "Your Highness, Tubo has moved." The scouts found out the news that the Qinling army was divided into two routes, one way to build a pontoon bridge at the mouth of the three rivers to prepare to return the same way, and all the way to go up the Tao River, but they were not sure if it was. ”

Wu Chu pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: "The pontoon bridge at the mouth of the three rivers is just a suspicious array of the Qinling Tomb, and now he leads the troops back to Tubo to a dead end, and only by going north to meet with the Lunzanpo can there be a glimmer of life." ”

After a pause, he said: "Pass on my general's order, widely distribute scouts, and closely monitor, if Qinling leads the army north, it will be time for my army to set off." However, he still has nearly 80,000 battleable elites, and with the strength of our army, the field battle will inevitably suffer. Scouts must be careful! ”

Guo Zhiyun immediately bowed down and took the order. Wu Chu also stood up and said: "I'll go to the army to see, Yuan Chong, you guard the city, if Qinling really wants to fight again, he must design an ambush and fight with our army in the field, my Great Zhou army has many new soldiers, and the strength is not the opponent of the Tubo soldiers, I will definitely not fight." Lintao City is in, then our army can resist the city and defend, if not, our army is dangerous, Longyou is also dangerous. ”

Yao Yuanchong understood, and arched his hand: "Your Highness is here, you must be careful, and Weichen is waiting for good news." ”

Wu Shu smiled, and then left the house.

After nearly a month of stalemate, and after several small-scale night sneak attacks in the middle, the Qinling Tomb finally gave up, exchanged for the corpses of the Tubo soldiers, burned them and put them into clay pots, and ordered the rest to be buried on the spot, and the smell of burned meat wafted for dozens of miles!

Wu Shui didn't know what kind of mood Qin Ling was in, but he certainly wouldn't be happy.

However, for the invaders, Wu Chu can only meet the head attack, an opponent like Qin Ling, although it is very good, but he would rather an opponent like him die early, and he is not "a master lonely", how good is it to sleep with a woman in his arms, run to this place and mix among the corpses all day long, and from time to time he will be sprayed with blood. Although he is very enthusiastic and excited, this is not what he wants, even if he is powerful today, he still likes to live this life calmly and happily with his woman.

What's more, his women are either historical beauties or beauties excavated by him. Wu Chu didn't know what the legendary peerless beauty looked like, but he felt that with so many girls, he was content in this life, and when he died, everyone would be buried together, how good!

Thinking of this, Wu Chu suddenly thought that his tomb would not be stolen by tomb robbers such as Captain Jin and the mountain movers? If so, shouldn't we consider repairing the grave first?

Thinking of these unexpectedly, Wu Chu was a little incredible, but this is indeed a problem, everyone doesn't want to be picked up after death, but then he thought of those "archaeology" in his previous life, and his face suddenly turned green. (To be continued......)