Outside the study, there was the sound of footsteps.

Uncle Zheng took the initiative to walk out, and at the door, he saw Emperor Yan walking in front of everyone.

Emperor Yan's complexion was much better than the day before yesterday.

"Your Majesty, long live my emperor."

"Let's be flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Queen Yan's head, followed by Zhao Jiulang, behind Zhao Jiulang, are eight ministers, anyway, Uncle Zheng doesn't know any of them, but I think it should be a secretary of the ministry or a member of the court.

To be exact, it should be the real mainstay of this court.

Behind the ministers, followed by the prince, and behind the prince, was Ji Chengjue.

It was not the first time that the big guy had discussed in the imperial study, and without His Majesty's orders, Wei Zhonghe led a group of little eunuchs to send chairs and tables.

The table is very narrow, so in order to match the height of the chair, it should be higher, and from Uncle Zheng's point of view, I feel that these ministers are like sitting in a special baby seat.

soon

Bowls of somen noodles were served, and there was also a bowl in front of Emperor Yan.

The young father-in-law with freckles on his face walked up to Uncle Zheng again and asked, "Uncle, do you want a bowl?" ”

"Yes."

"Yes, uncle."

forthwith

Uncle Zheng also sat in the "baby chair".

Somen noodles are really just somen noodles, sprinkled with a little green onion on top, and this noodle is not made with any special method, home-style noodles.

The only extravagant thing that should be the noodle soup is chicken soup.

Maybe I was afraid that the taste would be too strong, so I didn't get the toppings.

In Zheng Fan's memory, probably only the original Zhenbei Marquis dared to roast lamb shanks in the imperial garden unscrupulously.

Emperor Yan took the first bite, and the rest of the ministers also raised their chopsticks together, and for a while, the imperial study was full of the sound of eating noodles.

Everyone ate slowly, firstly, they knew that there were things to talk about next, and secondly, it was impossible to talk about homely things when they were eating.

Everyone only ate one bowl,

When the eunuch who was waiting next to him saw that someone had finished eating, he immediately brought a cup of tea and a copper basin.

The tea is gargled and spit directly into it.

The copper basin is used to wash the face and wipe the hands.

This is not for the sake of luxury and refinement, because it is likely that you will have to use pen and ink during the deliberations, and some of you will even be ordered to draft holy decrees, your hands must be clean, and in addition, washing your face will also make you more energetic.

Finally, the small table was removed and a new cup of tea was served in front of each person.

When everything is ready,

Emperor Yan pulled out a fold,

Road:

"The excerpt written by Wujiang himself said to me that the pressure is multiplying day by day on the front line of Nanwangcheng."

Actually, I didn't finish the words, but everyone understands them.

In the excerpt, if a problem is raised, it will inevitably be accompanied by a request for help to solve the problem.

How to fix it?

Very simple

Surge.

The increase in troops here can be understood as Dayan's transfer of troops from other places into Nanwangcheng, or an increase in military rations and military expenses and establishments on the front line of Nanwangcheng.

The former is difficult to implement, because after the annexation of the land of Sanjin, Dayan's stalls are too big, and many places are actually stretched.

Then only the latter method remains.

But it also means more money.

For individuals, money and food cannot solve all problems, but if you have enough money and food, more than nine percent of the problems can no longer be a problem.

The same is true for a country.

Uncle Zheng had to rely on the small six sons of the household department to get the full amount of money and food, and the rest of the places were only fifty percent.

Dayan has always had the concept of raising elite soldiers, and the Zhenbei Army and the Jingnan Army are the best examples, but this is really no choice, the gap is too big, and the finances are leaking everywhere, so you can only use paper to paste it first, so you can get by on the face.

At this time, Shangshu's left servant shot Wang Lian up and said:

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can send a large battalion of soldiers and horses outside the capital to the south of Kaecheng in Yinlang County to deter the cadres."

The location of Kaecheng is almost between Yanjing and Nanwangcheng, and a town of soldiers and horses can be stationed, which can not only continue to defend the Jingshi, but also if something goes wrong in Yinlang County, it can also go south faster.

The soldiers and horses of the Yan army were mainly cavalry, and in terms of mobility, they were indeed much stronger than those of the Qianren.

But this method, how to say it, is very much like being shy in the bag, and can only be used by breaking a copper plate in half.

The rest of the people have nothing to say, because everyone knows how difficult the imperial court's finances are now, and Wang Lian's proposal is already very much in line with the current situation.

Emperor Yan looked at the crown prince.

The prince got up,

Road:

"The retainers attached the left servant to shoot the lord."

Emperor Yan looked at Ji Chengjue,

present

Only Ji Lao Liu is a member of the household department,

Since Ji Lao Liu successively eliminated the two household books, the position of the household department has been vacant.

So

Whenever he quarreled with various departments, Ji Lao personally went into battle six times, and with the respect of the prince, he quarreled with those adults.

There is no way, there are more monks and less porridge, and those who can't eat enough are not satisfied, and those who share the porridge are also very annoyed.

But after all, this is the imperial study, not the Great Imperial Court, so there is no need to roll up the cuffs and dry the rack.

Ji Chengjue didn't cry poor,

Instead, he got up and said:

"Father, you can add some additions as appropriate this year, and when you wait for next year, you can add them again."

Last year, it was sewn and mended, this year, it will pass, next year, it is the three-year covenant agreed between Ji Chengjue and Emperor Yan, Dayan's finances will improve significantly, but they still have to repay the debts accumulated in the previous two years, but at least, the finances of this great empire have been guided to benign.

When Emperor Yan heard this,

smiled,

Road:

"If there is a change in the south, can you let the cadres come back a year or two later, so that we can make up for the number of soldiers?"

Ji Chengjue said;

"Father, the start of the first half of this year has already been sent, the start of the second half of the year, it has been agreed at the beginning of the year, the treasury does have a hand for emergencies, but this still has to repair the Wangjiang River Worker, the river worker, since ancient times, has been a gold-swallowing beast, swallowing countless money and grain, and the ministers have racked their brains for this matter, and are raising money everywhere."

Emperor Yan waved his hand, he was the emperor, how could he not know what the situation of the treasury was now.

But

Emperor Yan finally looked at Zheng Fan, who was sitting at the back,

Road:

"Uncle Hirano, tell me about it."

Dayan has a very strange tradition, such as the discussion in the imperial study, and the discussion is still military, but in the past, in the imperial study, in fact, except for the military department Shangshu, there are no other military bigwigs.

Because of Dayan's military power, the decentralization is too powerful, and most of the matters on the side of the Zhenbei Hou, Beifeng County, and the barbarians are all made by the Zhenbei Hou Mansion itself.

To the east, the same is true of Jingnanhou.

According to the tradition of the Qianren, military bigwigs like the Marquis of Zhenbei and the Marquis of Jingnan should have been relieved of their military power and sent to the capital to be raised a long time ago, and the various false titles given to the Taishi and Taifu were completely empty of you, and when they needed to deal with the military, they would call you over to be a senator and listen to your opinions.

So, this time, it was really hard to see a colorful "Qiu Ba" appear in the imperial study.

And everyone, for a while, also set their eyes on Uncle Hirano, who has been in the limelight in recent years.

And when they entered the imperial study and saw Uncle Hirano, everyone knew that today, Uncle Hirano's suggestion would be very important, otherwise, it wouldn't be Uncle Hirano who came over to listen on purpose, right?

Uncle Zheng stood up and saluted:

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the forbidden army does not need to be mobilized, and there is no need to increase the allocation of money and food for the first line of Nanwangcheng, but he can order the eldest prince and Xu Wenzu to shrink the defense line of Nanwangcheng, and not to compete with the cadres for a while."

Hearing this,

The right servant shot Cao Yu and immediately spoke: "I, Dayan, have faced the barbarians for hundreds of years, and have never taken the initiative to retreat, but now, I want to retreat in the face of the dry people?" ”

Shang Shu made Xu Qiutai also puzzled: "Uncle Hirano, what does this mean?" ”

Zheng Fan bowed to the two adults and replied:

"Because the imperial court is not rich, so ........."

At this time, the left servant shot Wang Lian interrupted Zheng Fan's words and said, "I have heard that the share of money and grain in the snow customs of Uncle Pingye is two or three percent higher than that of other departments. ”

When he said this, Wang Lian's gaze still swept over Ji Chengjue's body.

Zheng Fan didn't know why Wang Lian was hostile to him, and he didn't have time to pay attention to analyzing the other party's political position, what he had to do now was to quickly help Emperor Yan go through this process of "throwing bricks and leading jade" and enter the next important topic.

Therefore, Uncle Zheng said directly:

"Have you ever been to the Snow Customs?"

"Never."

"Snow Customs, the wild people of the northern imperial snow field, the south curb the Chu people to the north, and the land within a radius of a hundred miles of my snow customs can be described as ten rooms and nine emptiness, almost uninhabited.

Even if Benbo wanted to squeeze the place to replenish the needs of the troops and horses, there was no place to go.

If you don't ask the court, it will be difficult for Ben Bo not to fight, and take the soldiers to the snow field to graze for a living or go to the south to open up wasteland and farm for a living? ”

The soldiers and horses in other places, the garrison places, can scrape some more oil and water down, and the living will not be suffocated by urine, but Uncle Zheng does not have this condition.

At the very least,

Judging from the written information about the Snow Customs seen by the court bigwigs, they couldn't see Uncle Zheng's ability to be "self-sufficient".

Wang Lian shook his head and smiled, but he didn't see how angry he was.

Uncle Zheng continued:

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since the imperial court has no extra money and grain to allocate at the moment, it is better to simply retreat as an advance, put on a posture of inviting the king to come to the door, see if he is dry, and dare to go on another northern expedition."

Cao Yu said; "Uncle Hirano, shrinking defense, doesn't it mean that the territory on my Dayan border will be handed over to the cadres?"

"Have you ever been to Yinlang County?"

Cao Yu swallowed his saliva, again?

"The official has been there, and the official has also been to Nanwang City."

Nanwang City, once known as the small Jiangnan of Dayan, was also the place where Dayan Wenhua gathered.

"Have you ever been to the border? Have you ever been to the three sides of Qianguo, have you ever been to Chujun through the three sides? ”

"This official ...... Never. ”

"That Benbo can tell your lordship, the Qianren, that countless fortresses have been built along its border, and that what is now called the border line of Nanwangcheng is a very wide area of communication between the two sides in the border area.

In other words, the area that is already a staggered area belongs to a place where no one on both sides can control it, and anyone can run a horse.

First, because my Dayan sergeant is not good at attacking cities, it is inevitable that I will not be able to speak in the face of the Qianren fortress;

The second is because the cadres are not good at field warfare, even in the past two years, Zhong Tianlang has only led a small group of cavalry to be fierce for a while, and the cadres do not dare to leave the fortress too far to advance.

Therefore, the shrinkage of the defense line in Nanwangcheng is nothing more than to let the cadres think that the next time they want to go north, there will be no target to take advantage of. ”

"What if the army of cadres goes on a northern expedition?" Wang Lian suddenly asked, "Border defense, one is to consolidate the soil, and the other is to give early warning.

Once the front line of Wangcheng in the south shrinks, if the army of cadres suddenly goes north, won't I have no chance to prepare? ”

Hearing this,

Uncle Zheng immediately faced Emperor Yan,

Bow down,

Road:

"Your Majesty, if the cadres dare to assemble a large army for the Northern Expedition, then please ask Your Majesty to give your ministers 30,000 iron cavalry."

Give me 30,000 iron horses.

A hundred years ago, the 500,000 Northern Expeditionary Army was broken by the 30,000 of the first Zhenbei Hou.

And this is also the common yearning of the people in the Dayan army.

When Wang Lian heard this, he said, "Arrogance. ”

Uncle Zheng-for-tat: "In the war, Ben Bo has not lost yet." ”

"........." Wang Lian.

The crown prince stood up at this time and said, "What the eldest brother said is that he is under great pressure. ”

Uncle Zheng immediately said: "So, if you step back, the pressure will not be so great." ”

"Why do you want to retreat?" The prince asked, "The palace is aware of the lack of finances of the imperial court, but it is obvious that it is not necessary to retreat, or rather, it is not the time when it is necessary to retreat.

The ancestors have worked hard to run the society for 800 years, how can they say that they will retreat? ”

"Dare to ask His Royal Highness the Prince, is Jindi considered a place run by the ancestors? Right now, does it count as my Dayan's social territory? ”

"Naturally, it counts."

"That's it, there is a give-and-take, it is precisely because of the annexation of the Jin land that my Dayan Jingnan Army and the two Zhenbei Army have to be stationed in the Jin Land, if the Jingnan Army is still stationed in Yinlang County as it was back then, dare to ask the cadres to dare to toss?

Now, it is nothing more than to protect the land of Jin, first retreat a small step back in Yinlang County. ”

"How can that be counted?"

"Why can't it be counted like that?"

"What will posterity think?"

"Future generations will only look at the territory left by the ancestors for themselves, whether it is big or small, Yinlang County retreats from the first line, compared with the entire land of the Three Jins, which is more important? Which is bigger and which is smaller? ”

The prince looked at Zheng Fan and said, "How can Jindi be lost?" Uncle Hirano, this palace is not a pedantic person, but I think that any inch of my Dayan land is soaked in blood and sweat by my Dayan soldiers, and this palace is unwilling to give up any inch of land unless it is absolutely necessary, otherwise, how do you ask this palace to face those soldiers who have thrown their heads and spilled blood in order to expand the territory?

Hongu can agree, but can they? ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince."

Uncle Zheng bowed to the prince.

"Uncle Hirano, what are you?"

"The minister agreed."

"........." Prince.

Wang Lian and Cao Yu glanced at each other, and there was a look of helplessness in their eyes.

This answer,

It's so shameless,

But on the contrary,

The young uncle in front of him, who is less than a year old, has the qualifications to be shameless.

Because of his outstanding merits, he opened up the territory for Dayan, and shed blood and sweat.

So

That's how he could answer.

The crown prince was a little unsure of how to deal with it for a while, he had been familiar with the government for a long time, and he had seen ministers who were blushing and arguing and even wanted to use old fists, but he really hadn't dealt with Uncle Hirano.

Ji Chengjue spoke at this time: "Uncle Hirano, what the prince said is that those heroic spirits who died in battle, can they agree?" ”

Uncle Zheng immediately said:

"They, too, agreed."

"Why do you say that?" Ji Chengjue asked.

"If you don't believe me, Your Highness can send someone down to ask."

Ji Chengjue patted the armrest of the chair angrily and said:

"Presumptuous! This is Jun Qian, Ann dares to be so! ”

The prince glanced at Ji Chengjue and Zheng Fan coldly, and sat back silently.

Emperor Yan didn't speak.

Wang Lian spoke;

"Uncle Hirano, this official really wants to hear your high opinion, why, Jindi is lost?"

alas

Zheng Fan was a little tired,

Finally got the topic over.

Immediately

Uncle Zheng knelt down,

Opening;

"The minister learned in Chu that Great Chu has the ambition of the Northern Expedition!"

Time

In the Imperial Study,

Everyone was a little confused by this sentence.

It's not that the impact of this is strong,

But because this is simply a nonsense!

What country doesn't want to open up and dominate the world?

What's more, for the State of Chu, if you don't go on the Northern Expedition, will it be possible to go to war with the State of Qian?

Chu has the ambition of the Northern Expedition,

This is actually the same as the Chu people who are hungry and want to eat and drink water when they are thirsty, what is so strange that it is worth saying in the imperial study?

Uncle Zheng deliberately waited for a while,

When the adults present saw themselves as a dumbfounded,

He continued:

"The minister learned that the Chu people and the Qianren had formed an alliance, and after three years of meeting, they jointly sent troops to the Northern Expedition, intending to invade our Dayan Sheji!"

It is no secret that the Chu people and the Qianren are allied.

But three years later,

This extremely critical point in time has been said, which is a bit unusual.

Shang Shuling Xu Qiutai immediately asked:

"Uncle Hirano, this matter is not trivial, may it be certain?"

"Ben is sure!"

"How are you sure?" Xu Qiutai asked.

"My lord, have you ever been to the country of Chu?"

Here it comes

Here it comes

Not again.

Wang Lian and Cao Yu immediately looked at each other again.

Xu Qiutai smiled,

While stroking his beard, he said:

"This official, I really went to the Chu State, when I was young, I traveled all over the world and went to Yingdu."

The rest of the adults here all showed smiles on their faces, look, there is really someone who has been there, how else can you pick it up?

Uncle Zheng immediately asked:

"Dare to ask your lordship, have you ever seen Emperor Chu?"

"........." Xu Qiutai.

What am I going to do to see Emperor Chu!

And I said that when I was young, I didn't enter the court as an official when I was young, how could I go to see Emperor Chu? After I became an official, how could I go to see Emperor Chu?

Ji Chengjue immediately spoke:

"Uncle Hirano, don't talk about him left and right, you say first, three years later, where did the Qianchu Alliance send troops to complicit my Dayan get the news, and from whom?"

Uncle Zheng immediately replied loudly:

"It was the regent of Dachu, who said it to the minister personally, at that time, the minister and the regent of Dachu were in a carriage."

"........." Xu Qiutai.

"........." was all the adults present.

The officials have achieved this position, in fact, they are all human spirits, and everyone has noticed the difference today, and they all feel that Uncle Hirano seems to be talking nonsense;

but

No one dared to say that Uncle Zheng was lying, and no one dared to say that he was talking nonsense;

Because they brought back Princess Da Chu.

And

There is also a song "Angry hair rushing to the crown by the railing" circulated.

Ji Lao Liu broke the silence again,

Pointing at Zheng Fan, he asked:

"If you don't believe it, can someone testify?"

Everyone looked at Ji Chengjue together and cast a numb gaze.

You,

It's too obvious.

I sang and harmonized before, and I played more smoothly than Mr. Talking and the apprentice in the teahouse.

Uncle Zheng immediately replied:

"The princess can prove it!"

The Lords sighed.

Ji Chengjue continued to ask;

"Then you said that the alliance between the Qianguo and the Chu people, how to make a number, could it be that the official of the Qianguo country said it to you personally?"

Uncle Zheng immediately replied:

"The minister once entered the Qianguo and went to Beijing, and once talked to the Qianguo official in person, at that time, the Qianguo official said in front of the minister, this time he suffered the loss and humiliation of the Qianguo, and after three years, he will unite with the Chu State to ask my Dayan to come back!"

All the ministers present: "............"

Ji Chengjue's body trembled suddenly,

Pointing at Zheng Fan,

Road:

"You, you, you've seen them all?"

"Yes, the ministers have seen it."

Uncle Zheng showed the confident gaze of a person who had achieved the Grand Slam of all the emperors of the four major powers in the East!

Emperor Jin, he has also seen it, but this time Mr. Jiao, who was going to be given to the Empress Dowager Jin, had a problem and couldn't find it.

Ji Chengjue turned around tremblingly,

Facing the Yan Emperor,

Limp

touchdown

Kneeling,

Disappointed

Crying:

"Father, the son is in charge of all the affairs of the household department, it can be said that my Dayan is in financial difficulties now, and there is no one who knows more than the son;

But according to Hirano,

Three years later,

Qianchu will send a million troops to attack my Dayan, and this sincerity is the autumn of my Dayan's critical survival.

Sons and daughters are courageous,

Please ask my father to plan for my Dayan's 800 years of society,

Send troops early and crusade against Qianchu! ”

After that,

"Boom!"

Ji Chengjue's forehead slammed heavily on the bluestone bricks of the imperial study.

Ji Lao Liu gave up the smell of fireworks on the street on the way to the court and accepted Zheng Fan's persuasion.

Zheng Fan slammed his fist into his left chest,

Loud Voice:

"The minister is willing to drive forward for His Majesty, break through Zhennan Pass, and drink Ma Yingdu!"

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Thanks to WS Blue Fox for becoming the 132nd Alliance Leader of Demon Linning.

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