Since learning of their father's death, Yuan Zheng and Cheng Ye have pestered Fei Minghe, Guo Xiaoyi and even Lin Shifan day and night, carefully studying the tactics and offensive and defensive habits of the Tulun cavalry, and formulating their own methods of defeating the enemy under different conditions of encounters, just thinking that one day they can slash the enemy in the battle array-

After all, they are only in their teens, and no matter how deep their cultivation is, it is inevitable that their eyes will be burned red by hatred and they will soon have to fight.

"But now is not the time to go to war with Turon. It's just that because the eastern remnants of the country have given an excess of offerings, it is obviously not possible to send troops to support the two countries in the eastern part of the Turk without fighting each other, not to mention—"

Yuan Zheng sighed, and when he raised his eyes to look at Wen and Lin, he unexpectedly saw a look of appreciation in their eyes. In an instant, he understood that the analysis and forbearance of the fighter just now had exceeded the expectations of the two ministers, and they were overjoyed that they could have such a wise and calm king.

"Alas", Yuan Zheng sighed almost inaudibly.

No one can imagine how much effort it took him and the younger Cheng Ye to suppress the bone-eating hatred that was biting in their hearts day and night, and convert it into the motivation to study tactics.

Thinking of this, the strength that had already overflowed his chest suddenly dissipated, and his voice became low and hoarse, "Externally, we lack a reason for war, internally...... Now that Dachen has become chaotic and stable, the situation of the court has been settled, except for Lin Qing's troops, the rest of the army's combat strength is only in the initial construction stage, and it is ......"

Yuan Zheng sighed again, "The two Qing families know better than me that the financial resources of the dynasty have reached the point where they are weak and difficult to support. Since the first emperor was seriously ill, there were occasional officials who were difficult to support, and when they were paid with pepper and sumu, let alone after the Li rebellion. ”

"Your Majesty is wise and wise, virtuous and benevolent, which is the blessing of Dachen."

Wen Jiusheng was stirred by Yuan Zheng's orderly words, and he quickly took Yuan Zheng's words, eager to comfort this student.

This is not flattery, his emperor student seems to be weak, but in fact he is extremely tenacious, and in a little more arrogant, Yuan Zheng is comparable to Lin Shifan in terms of strategy and understanding, and he is much better than Mingzong and the first emperor.

He looked at the sad and depressed appearance of the emperor's students, and somewhere in his heart felt like he had been pricked by a needle.

Yuan Zheng had eased his mind for a moment, and bowed his head slightly to Wen and Lin to ask for a solution, as if he had never had mood swings, and only his face was slightly pale.

"I understand that Dachen can temporarily refrain from going to war with Tulun, in the hope of winning with one blow when the army is trained and the financial resources are abundant. But Tulun and Tu Xi Lu secretly communicate through horse trafficking, but we have to guard against it. The two adults must have a solution to Zheng so persuasively. ”

Zhang Ping, who had been standing beside the emperor, looked at Yuan Zheng's plain and gentle mouth, but his hands clenched into fists behind his back trembled slightly in his sleeves, and his heart couldn't help but skip a half-beat, and he was even more confused and uneasy about the emperor's courtesy to him in recent days.

Seeing that the indignant and irrepressible emotions were converged to the unfazed young emperor in an instant, Lin Shifan was convinced in his heart, and bowed to Wen Jiusheng, but the other party did not refuse, with a warm smile, and slowly answered questions for the emperor:

"Tu Xi asks for food, Dachen can do what he wants, and the way to do it is to reopen the mutual market."

Wen Jiusheng threw out the answer concisely, and then he eloquently explained the thoughts behind the answer:

"Your Majesty knows that in the two dynasties of Mingzong and the first emperor, Tu Xilu and Dachen had two large-scale wars, and Tu Xilu was defeated in both wars. Now the old Khan who coveted my Dachen is dead, and the new Modo Khan is just a hairy boy who can't serve the public, and no one is willing to die for him. After the two fiascos, most of the tribes with combat power in Tuxilu withered, and there were many elders in the clan who were afraid of war. ”

Yuan Zheng nodded, the glorious battle of the first emperor during his reign was created by him and Cheng Ye's father, and he and Cheng Ye pestered Cheng Xuan's brother to explain it one by one, and he is still familiar with it in his heart.

"As two northern tribes that compete for pastures and horses all year round, Tulun and Tuxilu can be said to be feuding. So why did Tu Xi Lu collude with Tulun and sell horses for wealth? The reason is also that after the victory of the counterinsurgency, in the hope that the remnants of the Tuxilu tribes would be more in decline and had no time to take care of them, the first emperor closed the border market. The territory of Tuxilu is mostly pasture, which can store good horses, but the land with a lot of sand and gravel cannot grow a large amount of grain, and the tribe will starve every winter. ”

In previous years, Tuxilu's grain was all obtained from Dachen Mutual Market, and his wolf Gu Dachen's land for many years was also to plunder the land that could be cultivated for grain. The first emperor's move to take advantage of the danger of people to close the mutual market was also the policy of action after the triumph of the rebellion, but time passed, forcing Tu Xilu to join forces with the feud Tulun in order to survive.

After Wen Jiusheng finished answering questions, he turned his hands upwards towards Yuan Zheng, glared slyly, and saw that the other party smiled knowingly, and then he felt a little more relaxed.

Yuan Zheng saw Wen Jiusheng's long body standing under the jade, his clothes and white beard under his chin fluttering, like the hermit who lived in the mountains depicted in the painting, and he was grateful that he could get such a heartfelt reminder.

Thinking like this, the vitality in his body recovered a little, and his face showed a slight childish joy, he already knew all the answers.

"Yes, if you can get enough food from Da Chen, there is no need for Tu Xilu to get money from Tulun and exchange it for high-priced but low-quality grain from Da Chen's smugglers—after all, the Tulun people are not good at farming, and they don't have any extra food."

"The minister is also here to ask for his life, and he sent an envoy to Tu Xilu."

Lin Shifan knew from the emperor's expression that he had glimpsed the whole answer to the matter, so he only briefly added a sentence.

Emperor Mingzong once canonized the daughter of the branch clan as Princess Yicheng, and married Tu Xilu and his relatives.

She used to be the stepmother of today's Modo Khan, and the steppe tribe has a tradition of father-to-son inheritance, and now Princess Yicheng has become the wife of Modo Khan, and she takes her son, the younger brother of Modo Khan, to live in Tuxilu.

If Dachen, who is his mother country, exchanges markets with Tuxilu at this time, supports Modo Khan to rule over various tribes, and supports the powerful mother country, the life of Princess Yicheng's mother and son will be more secure. This matter may not be known to the new courtiers, but Yuan Zheng, who is the son of King Li, the son of the commander of the battle against Tuxilu, and a close friend of Cheng Xuan and Cheng Ye, must know about it.

"I have thanked the two elders for the people of Dachen, the emperor of heaven, and my father, and it is my blessing to have you to work on state affairs."

Yuan Zheng folded his hands and arched his head downward, bluffing Dewen and Lin to kneel and kowtow more than once.