Updated...... In February, the spring breeze became warmer, and the government and the opposition celebrated because of a happy event: Sun gave birth to a son (known as the queen's birth). Whether this kid looks cute or not or whether he will be smart in the future is not the most important thing, the significance of his birth in the world is that the new Jin dynasty has an heir, and he brings hope for the continuation of this dynasty. Emperor Xue Chongxun had many concubines, but few children, and only one daughter before that, if he really had no sons, it meant that there would be a storm when power changed in the future, and no one in a high position wanted to face such a situation; If there is no smooth handover at that time, it may also lead to a long-term civil war, which is not a good thing for ordinary people.

I don't know where some rumors came out, rumors that this prince was not born to the queen, but to the queen's own mother, Mrs. Sun, such rumors are difficult to distinguish between true and false, but most of them are based on speculation and inference by people with intentions. What happened before is indeed easy to arouse people's imagination, why did the queen only make the news public three or four months after she was pregnant, and why did she have to send the queen out of the palace and go to the Huaqing Palace? The prominence of the royal family is easy to attract attention, so it is difficult to avoid the world whispering such gossip; However, it is almost impossible to come up with real evidence for such a thing, who is well fed to risk their lives to collect credentials for the sake of gossip news?

The courtiers don't care about these gossips, the emperor has a son, what does it matter who gave birth to him? As long as the father is Xue Chongxun, no one questions this. Even if you don't know who Sun is, people also know that she used to live in Daming Palace, and the harem is a place where Xue Chongxun is a man and so many people; Therefore, Xue Chongxun allowed his widowed sister to live a romantic life, and the saying was that she was allowed to live out of the palace.

In the delivery room of the Changchun Palace, the midwives and palace maids were kneeling, they were very afraid, because the people lying on the bed sweating and tired were Mrs. Sun and the queen's mother. Xue Chongxun's mother and son are free from the constraints of any law, morality and even human rules, they don't even need a reason to kill a few people, it is easier than pinching a few ants to death...... This can't be blamed on Xue Chongxun, if he didn't play this role, there would be many people competing for this role; The consensus of this era is that there must be a supreme power, just as there must be a sun in the sky.

However, Xue Chongxun didn't seem to have the intention of killing them, he said: "You all go down, who is in charge of the accounts in the Huaqing Palace, and I will find him to receive the reward." ”

A more clever old woman hurriedly said: "Thank you, the queen mother will definitely be able to recover soon." ”

Queen Mother...... What's the matter with her, she's jumping around holding a baby who doesn't know if it's her son or her brother. The old woman simply stared at the white and said that it was black, and that was probably the case when she referred to the deer as a horse.

Xue Chongxun nodded and waved them to avoid it. He turned to the bed and sat on the edge of the bed and said to Sun, "I have to give him a great name." ”

Sun didn't have much energy, and still looked at him expectantly. Xue Chongxun pondered for a moment and said: "It's called Xue Chong, Chong in the left feather and right in the right." ”

"What is the meaning of the name given by His Majesty?" Sun asked.

Xue Chongxun said with a smile: "There is no deep meaning, just because the word Chong is rarely used by people and is relatively obscure." In the future, the subjects of the world should avoid it, and it will not bring too much trouble to the people. ”

Sun looked at him with emotion, his sentence has no deep meaning, but it actually contains a very important meaning: the word that the whole world should avoid is nothing more than the monarch and the monarch's superior; Xue Chongxun hinted that this son would be a monarch in the future, which was tantamount to promising to make him the crown prince.

Sun turned her head and glanced at Li Yan'er, her eyes were very complicated. Xue Chongxun understood: "Mrs. Sun loves the queen very much, and she will love her son the same, and the child can be raised by you, but the name is different." The people of the Li family in the previous dynasty still called their father and brother, and it didn't matter. ”

"Yan'er......" Sun called out in embarrassment, and Li Yan'er hurriedly sat beside her with the baby in her arms, answering with a pair of big watery eyes, waiting for her to speak. But Sun opened his mouth but couldn't say anything, Xue Chongxun carefully observed her face, as if he could feel the entanglement in her heart. Li Yan'er waited for a while, and then showed a smile: "Xue Chong is very well-behaved." Mother, don't think nonsense, take care of it. ”

"I don't know how to face Yeon'......" Sun sighed. Li Yan'er smiled: "Didn't you say it before, if my mother likes it, I won't be reluctant." ”

Xue Chongxun stood up: "You guys talk first...... I'm going back to Chang'an in the next two days, and you have to stay here for at least a month, and come back together when your body recovers. ”

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There are many ministers in Chang'an who congratulated him, but Xue Chongxun didn't look at them after he went back, and he explained to the two women in the greenhouse hall, only the music from the northwest battlefield should be reported to him in time, and all the others were allowed to be played according to the annotations of the cabinet and the political affairs hall.

He was most concerned about Du Xian's battle in the northwest, and the outcome of this battle would be related to the frontier pattern for decades to come. Du Xian has 50,000 elite soldiers of the Jin army, plus the combined forces of Tuyuhun and other countries, and the strength of the Tubo Mo clan, the total strength is not less than 100,000, and the strength is very strong. However, Xue Chongxun was not at ease that the plateau battle was very unfavorable for the Han soldiers, and it was difficult to predict the outcome of this battle.

And he didn't pay much attention to the civil war on the Eastern Front, no matter how many people Cui Qigao coerced, it was not enough to put pressure on Xue Chongxun, in the situation that there were no big problems in the military and political finances of the Jin Dynasty, a group of temporarily formed rebels, lack of training, lack of professional ordnance equipment, how could Xue Chongxun not be able to treat them as opponents.

Moreover, Cui Qigao's men and horses are expanding too quickly, and he may also lack the awareness of counter-espionage, and many of the fine works of the inner factory have been mixed into his team. Now Xue Chongxun knows the situation of this person well, and even his battle plan has been obtained. According to the report of the inner factory, Xizuo failed to infiltrate the core of the rebel army's military aircraft, but Cui Qigao did not have much preparation for secrecy, this guy advertised his ambitions and plans in front of many generals in the military camp, and there were no soldiers around him, so everything was leaked. Cui Qigao's direction was to the north, mainly to enter Hebei, and seize the opportunity of the Hebei people to resist the conquest. According to Xue Chongxun's judgment, he may also collude with Khitan and Xi, and he can still get foreign advice when he is active in Hebei.

In Xue Chongxun's eyes, this person is also a capable person, doing things one after another, and being good at seizing opportunities, these are all advantages. But the flaws are also obvious, Cui Qigao's series of plans are too coarse and not detailed enough. This can be seen in his secrecy measures and in the inconsistencies in the by-laws he has promulgated. Because of countless loopholes, Li Yi, the governor of Hebei, has taken great initiative.

…… Entering April, a recital of defeat was completely unexpected by Xue Chongxun, it was not the Tubo campaign he was most worried about, but the Hebei civil war that he thought was all under control. Li Yi was defeated.

The official report from the Tongguò military department described that when Li Yi was arranging a defensive line due north of the rebels, the Chinese army was suddenly attacked by the rebels' superior forces, and the left and right flanks were not well prepared and did not have time to rescue, and Li Yi's Chinese army was defeated. Li Yi and several lieutenants surrounded him and then committed suicide.

Xue Chongxun wondered, is Cui Qigao a clever plan? Unless there are airplanes as reconnaissance tools in this era, how can we grasp the time and place so accurately? Soon after, the secret report of the inner factory solved Xue Chongxun's doubts.

It turned out that the whereabouts of Shi Zhouji, the assassin of Nahuazhou, were unknown after the state government was breached, and then fled to Hebei with a group of domestic slaves and surrendered to Li Yi. Li Yi originally planned to escort this person back to Beijing to be convicted by the imperial court, but Zhou Ji interceded and said that it must be a capital crime to return to Beijing after losing the city and land, and it was better to give him a weapon to kill the enemy camp than to die on the charge, and fight for a reputation of dying in battle. The lieutenant generals also advised Li Yi not to bother and escort him back to Beijing; But Li Yi was soft-hearted and was moved by Zhou Ji's generous words, so he agreed to his request. Moreover, the emperor also had such a practice, and used the crime to kill the enemy camp for the death squad in the three cities of Guanbei.

Unexpectedly, after Zhou Ji led people into Cui Qigao's territory, he immediately took Cui Qi's high troops, who had been prepared, to attack Li Yizhong's army along the original road, and Zhou Ji became a guide. The local army on the periphery of Li Yijun's army was also scumbag enough, and when he saw that the other party couldn't beat it, he ran away almost without resistance; The main force of the rebel army drove straight into Li Yi and was caught off guard, and the army was defeated like a mountain, and it was over in less than a day, and he also ended up killing himself.

At this time, the atmosphere in the court was not very good, Li Yi was recommended by Zhang Shuo, and now Zhang Shuo has to be implicated if it doesn't work out; And Li Yi is dead, he is Cheng Qianli's confidant, and Cheng Qianli is not comfortable. And what's next? Continue to send generals to preside over the encirclement and suppression of the local army, or directly send a letter to transfer elite troops from Guanzhong?

Xue Chongxun finished reading the recital and the secret report of the inner factory, and saw that the eunuch on duty next to him was Yang Siqiao, so he asked Yang Sixuan: "Li Yi recommended by Zhang said that he was originally a person from Cheng Qianli?" ”

Yang Siqiao bowed down and replied cautiously: "He is from the military department. However, he has a younger sister in Cheng Xiang's house, and he is very favored by Cheng Xiang. ”

Xue Chongxun thought for a while, and then said: "You go to the political hall to pass a message to the prime ministers, and say that Li Yi is a loyal minister." ”

At this time, the political hall was discussing who should bear the responsibility for the defeat of the army, and the person concerned, Li Yilai, should have accepted the guilt, but he was already dead, and he refused to be captured and committed suicide. According to the previous practice, such a person will not be held accountable even if he loses the battle, and he will also receive a pension. So far, only Zhang Shuo has taken the initiative to plead guilty. Yang Siqiao came to the political hall to spread the word, and changed the situation, and the emperor specially told them that Li Yi was a loyal minister, and the meaning of this was self-evident. Q