Wang Yu's heart was a little calm, and he stood up tremblingly and said, "The minister doesn't dare." ”

Zhao Guangyi just deliberately showed leniency, and he didn't really want Wang Yu to be as rude as he was back then, and he didn't care, and said: "This Wu hero is brave and strategic, and he is good at winning the hearts of the people, sooner or later it will be a disaster for the imperial court. Didn't he promise you to spread Zoroastrianism under his rule, why not plan and lay the groundwork in Lanzhou earlier, and in the future, the king's northern expedition will be combined with the outside to get rid of this traitor in one fell swoop. ”

Wang Yu's heart set off a monstrous wave, but he didn't dare to show his face, he only bowed his head and replied in a deep voice: "Minister, obey the order." ”

Zhao Guangyi smiled slightly, and said: "I know what you want in your heart, at the moment the Northern Expedition is the first priority, when the north is set in Taiyuan and Yanyun is recovered, I will definitely announce to the world, and Xu Zoroastrian believers will build temples and preach teachings." Alright, you go down. ”

"Yes, the minister retired. Wang Yu slowly withdrew from the Secret Pavilion. A cold light flashed in Zhao Guangyi's eyes, sneered, and said, "Zhao Xiang, what do you think of this person?"

After the screen, a person turned out, his face looked like a state official, but he was dressed in a purple robe and a jade belt around his waist.

"Hmph," Zhao Pu looked at the door, bowed down and said: "This is a villain, who believes in evil ways, betrays friends to seek glory, and waits for His Majesty's Northern Expedition to make meritorious contributions, and should do the right way and retreat from this person." ”

Zhao Guangyi nodded, thoughtful, and said: "Zoroastrianism helped An Lushan and Shi Siming to make trouble in the Tang Dynasty, and has always been a great enemy of the imperial court. He paused for a moment, and then said: "Zoroastrianism has no soldiers and no bravery, even if it wants to make a mess, it is not a big disaster, then Wu Yingying has a strong army, stealing the border land, and is good at buying people's hearts, if you don't deal with it as soon as possible, it is easy to develop a big trouble, Cheng quite restrains the state capitals bordering it, especially the town of Zhejiajie, must not let it have a chance to grow, must be weakened in many ways." I heard that Wu Yingying had borrowed a road from the Zhe clan for the redemption of the Xia Zhou Han people this time, and Cheng told the Zhe clan that it was strictly forbidden to have private traffic with Lanzhou. ”

Zhao Pu said again: "The words of ghosts and gods are slim, Your Majesty has a plan for the Northern Expedition and is in vain, if you have the heart to eradicate Zoroastrianism, to eliminate evil with righteousness, such as melting snow in the scorching sun, send one or two small officials to remove such demons." Although he regained Zhao Guangyi's trust, Wang Yu was an old man of the King of Jin, and the emperor did not believe in his belief in the Demon Sect, and became more and more convinced.

What kind of person Zhao Guangyi is, and what Zhao Pu thinks, he knows it completely, but this is also the way of His Majesty, and said with a smile: "Zhao Xiang adheres to the righteous path of Confucianism, and half of the treatise rules the world, and I will rely on it vigorously in the future." His words were playful, implying that Zhao Pu didn't read when he was a teenager, and all he knew was Analects.

Zhao Pu's face was embarrassed, and in the face of Zhao Kuangyin, he could raise his head confidently and answer, the minister only knows a copy of the Analects, and he should use half of it to help His Majesty win the world, and half to help His Majesty rule the world. But in the face of Zhao Guangyi, who was scheming and quite literate, he could only bow his head and reply: "The ministers are sparse and shallow, and Your Majesty loves you." ”

Zhao Guangyi smiled slightly, this Zhao Pu, who is known as wise, is now obedient. After ascending the throne, he found that in addition to leaving him a strong and warlike forbidden army, his brother also had a mountain of money and cloth from the Fengchun treasury. He only needs two years to gradually dismiss the old ministers, open a branch to take scholars, and consolidate the throne, then he can hunt Yanyun in the north, at that time, the world is in the palm of his hand, he will completely get rid of the shadow of killing his brother and seizing the throne, and become the ancient Ming Jun who is on a par with Emperor Guangwu and Tang Taizong. This late autumn night air, with the fragrance of all things ripe, is really intoxicating. Outside the window, the drums are ringing, the night is deeper, and the city of Kaifeng is already silent.

"Lanzhou," Emperor Liu Jiyuan of the Han Dynasty slammed a secret report on the face of Wei Degui, the commander of the Inner Capital, "What did you say about it? Lanzhou is barren, and any monthly lack of food and salary will provoke a mutiny, so I don't have to worry about Wu Yingying sitting on Tuhun Xiong's army!"

Wei Degui knelt on the ground and only looked at the trembling kowtow to apologize, Liu Jiyuan has the habit of killing people while he is angry, he was born as a eunuch, and his glory and wealth are all given by Liu Jiyuan, and now it is not a big deal to ask for his life.

Liu Jiyuan ignored him and scolded himself: "The land is barren and the people are poor, what did he do to redeem tens of thousands of households with the Khitans? Lack of military salaries, what did he take to release grain to the army as soon as he arrived in Lanzhou? At present, the soldiers and civilians of Lanzhou are praising Wu Yingying as the reincarnation of a Bodhisattva, and everyone is eager to die for him, is this still my Lanzhou?" Talking and feeling still angry, seeing Wei Degui kneeling on the ground and sifting chaff, his heart was on fire, he raised his foot and kicked him to the ground, and then rushed forward and kicked a few times, Fang Jue's heart was a little calmer, and he didn't dare to hide and beg for mercy when he saw Wei Degui being beaten, and looked at himself with a pitiful look, and couldn't help but think that this eunuch was picked up by himself after he ascended the throne, although he was greedy for money, he didn't have any great talent, and he was still loyal to himself, and he would use it in the future, so he said in a deep voice: "What are you doing on the ground, like a dead dog, get up." ”

Wei Degui gasped as if he had been amnestied, stood up busily, and stood beside Liu Jiyuan, no different from the eunuch who brought tea and water next to him.

Liu Jiyuan glanced at him and said in a deep voice: "Since Wu Yingying is rich, then from now on, Lanzhou's military salary will no longer need to be paid, and the grain and grass will be reduced by half." Seeing Wei Degui nodding again and again, he felt a little happy in his heart, as if he saw the pitiful appearance of the Lanzhou army who was not covered by his clothes and could not eat, and suddenly remembered something, and said: "Tell me that my good brother Liu Jiye has nothing to do with each other in Lanzhou Jiezhen and his Daizhou, this time he crossed the border without permission to send troops to help, I don't care about him, if I find out that the border towns are not privately communicated with the court in the future, I will not rest with him." ”

Wei Degui nodded yes, and was about to turn around to explain the matter of the decree, when Liu Jiyuan suddenly said, "Wait." His face was gloomy, and he paced back and forth with a frown.

Wei Degui looked at Liu Jiyuan in confusion, and after a long while, Liu Jiyuan said: "I have nothing to say about this brother's loyalty, but he has a stubborn temperament, so he can't chill his heart, so he told him that I am worried about the strength of Lanzhou's troops, and I want to control it with grain and grass. After speaking, he waved his hand and asked Wei Degui to retreat.

The night is black and the moon is white, in Liu Jiyuan's eyes, the moon is miserable white, he has not slept well for a day since he ascended the throne as the adopted son of the first emperor, worried that the Song people will attack Taiyuan again, worried that the Khitans will pay tribute, worried that the real royal blood will rebel and make trouble, for several years, he seems to be more than ten years old. Looking up at this round of the autumn moon in the Han Palace, Liu Jiyuan only sighed and entered the harem with his back hand.

"Lanzhou," Zhu Huilan, the former singer of Bianliang, smiled and thanked the dough cakes that a few men had brought to her, "It's really a good place." Zhu Huilan was sold into the Qinglou since she was a child, and at the age of fifteen she had become a red-card singer in Bianliang City, and the bustard's mother whose conscience was eaten by the dog died of a disease in Hualiu, Zhu Huilan was in a happy mood, and her sisters went to the suburbs together. She is quite beautiful, and will serve men, and was sent back and forth by the dignitaries of the Liao State, until she was old and decrepit, and was put in the laundry room, and from time to time she satisfied the beastly Khitan soldiers. The lady in charge of the laundry room couldn't get used to her seducing her man, so she took the opportunity of this big deal to sell her. At this time, Zhu Huilan is nearly thirty years old, and has not yet married, but no matter how old the meat is, it is also meat, and the Han people who bought this time are also more men and fewer women, plus thousands of single soldiers, the gender ratio of Lanzhou City is seriously imbalanced, such as Sun Gouzi, Zhao Donkey and other Han people are salivating for this piece of meat that still exists, and the concept of Han people passing on the family is very heavy, and they don't want to do it when they are cattle and horses outside the Saiwai, and when they return to Han Land, finding a woman to give birth to a baby has become the top priority in the hearts of many men. This Zhu Huilan has read countless people, and he only sees hooked people when he raises his head and throws his feet, and the male man is not like a fly sticking to it like a fly seeing honey.