Wang Bu fled to Rouran, Xiao Yue couldn't catch anyone and got angry, so he dropped another paperweight, the white jade paperweight rolled on the ground a few times and broke into several pieces, Xia Yuan quickly picked it up.

The saint was angry that he was not good at supervising the work, Zu Heng, who was kneeling on the ground, was about to cry, he dared to touch his chest and swear, 100,000 catties of pig iron were definitely invested in Dingjiang, not a single catty was misappropriated, and the stone and gray sand made in Jingzhou, Pingzhou definitely did not cut corners, the saint attaches great importance to Dingjiangyan, who dares to reach out and make money, this Dingjiangyan is absolutely real.

As early as last month, he reminded Wangbu that the rain did not stop, and he should open a few more gates to release part of the river water to prevent the embankment from bursting. Zu Heng always felt that it was inappropriate, but Wangbu was a special history of water conservancy, and he only had the right to supervise, not the right to command, so he could only rely on Wangbu.

Sure enough, something happened.

Lu Xiuyi knew two hours ago that Dingjiangyan had burst the embankment, and the office of the Secrecy Department in Jingzhou reported to Malai last night, saying that Yuan Heng had attacked Pingzhou directly, and that Chen Pingzhi, the defender of Pingzhou, had lost his position, and resolutely refused to surrender, and was beheaded by Yuan Heng and hung at the city gate.

In addition to the strategic Yunzhou, there are also Linzhou, the water transportation hub of the Northern Dynasties, Qizhou, Quanzhou, and the famous city of Chengzhou, which has a long history.

When Lu Xiuyi arrived at the Chengtian Palace, there were already a bunch of people waiting, and when he looked at the participants, Lu Xiuyi concluded that he was going to fight.

The leaders of the six major departments gathered together and were whispering, Xie Ling, Minister of Officials, Chu Nanan, Minister of Rites, Li Zhen, Minister of War, Cui Shaoqun, Minister of Households, and even Minister Chen Nanxing, Minister of Industry, who had been recuperating at home. In addition to the six ministers, important departments such as the Department of Civil Affairs, the Department of Casting, the Department of Finance, and the Department of Military Recruitment also came.

Seeing Lu Xiuyi coming, Li Zhen hurriedly came over and whispered, "Could it be that the prince is in trouble again?" ”

Everyone pricked up their ears to wonder why the Holy One had called an emergency meeting.

Lu Xiuyi shook his head and looked dazed, "I don't know." ”

Saying that, he was about to take the tea handed by the palace people to moisten his throat and prepare to stay up late for a meeting, Xia Yuan came out, put away his previous smile, and said with a strained face, "Holy Lord, please come in." ”

Everyone went in one after another, and saw that the saint was stroking his forehead, his eyebrows were clouded, his lips were pursed, and his face was pale to look at the express that had just come, they didn't dare to smile like usual, and found their place to sit down, with a heavy face.

After a while, Xiao Yue raised his head and slapped the express newspaper on the table, and his bones turned white.

"The Dingjiangyan burst the embankment, flooded the six states of the Northern Dynasties, and Wangbu ran away. Yuan Heng conquered Pingzhou, and Xu Zhen was beheaded at the city gate. ”

These few words were flat and straightforward, but they conveyed too much information, and everyone was shocked and digested for a while.

Xiao Yue handed the express report he was reading just now to Chu Nan'an, "You read it to everyone." ”

Chu Nanan took a general look and saw that this express was jointly sent by the Foreign Affairs Department, the National Defense Department, and the Propaganda Department of Beiyan.

According to the letter, the embankment burst incident caused great damage to Beiyan (the loss statistics of 13 pieces of paper are attached below), and Beiyan strongly condemned it, claiming that Nanzhao had destroyed the friendship treaty signed by the two dynasties in the 22nd year of Shending, that is, the first year of the Taiqing Dynasty, and this incident also greatly damaged the friendly relations between the two countries. In this regard, Beiyan asked the Nanzhao government to pay 4.706 million taels of silver for economic losses and 1.3256 million taels of silver for mental losses within one month (I don't know how to calculate it). (By the time the letter was not received, the Northern Dynasty had already taken measures, and Yuan Heng took it upon himself to attack Pingzhou.) ）

After hearing this, everyone immediately scolded the Northern Dynasty for being shameless, but if it flooded a few states, how could it lose more than 6 million taels of silver? It is clear that it is provoking trouble and blackmailing.

Chu Nanan immediately called Ji Jing, the Department of Foreign Affairs, and he dictated, Ji Jing wrote and wrote a palindrome, Chu Nanan said that China built the Dingjiang weir in order to transform the Dingjiang River and benefit the people of the two countries, and he was deeply sorry for the bursting of the embankment. Pingzhou Jingzhou is an important commercial and trade center in our country, due to the illegal attack of your country, Caused a direct economic loss of 9,654,300 taels of silver in our country, an indirect loss of 3,456,900 taels of silver, a total loss of 13,113,900 taels of silver, if your country insists on our country to bear the loss that we unintentionally caused, then please also ask your country to bear the loss intentionally caused by your country, after calculation, after deducting the 6,031,600 taels claimed by your country, please pay our country's loss of 7,082,300 taels of silver as soon as possible (note: you need to pay the central government minted silver with good fineness and sufficient weight), if you do not pay, your country will take necessary measures.

Listening to Chu Nan'an's serious face, everyone present couldn't help laughing, pointing at Chu Nan'an and scolding, "No wonder it's the most hooligan who engages in propaganda!"

Chu Nanan looked sad, "I only conservatively calculated the commercial losses, and I haven't added them mental damages, lost work expenses, missed tuition fees, and public facilities destruction fees......"

Xiao Yue was originally on fire, and he couldn't hold back his laughter when he listened to Chu Nan'an's serious nonsense. The dull atmosphere just now eased a lot.

Xiao Yue said slowly, "What do you think?" ”

What do you think? To fight or not to fight.

When everyone heard the holy question, they immediately began to discuss it, and whether they beat or not, they accounted for half of it.

The Lords and factions believed that in such a hasty war, the Southern Dynasty would not actually have an advantage. The grain reserves of the Southern Dynasties were mostly concentrated in the Lingzhou area, while the Northern Dynasties were mostly concentrated in the south. Although the army can't go without food when it fights, although it floods several states in the Northern Dynasties, if the Northern Dynasties react fast enough, it will be difficult for the Southern Dynasties to ride a tiger. Nowadays, the fastest transfer of military rations can only be requisitioned from Yongzhou and other places, and the Jiangxia King in the Yongzhou area is in control, which is tricky.

Is the king of Jiangxia worthy of peace?

The central government wants food, guns, and people, and the king of Jiangxia has always slammed the door, and it is estimated that he is not very willing to cooperate.

The main battle faction believes that the current situation has caused huge losses to the Northern Dynasties, and Yuan Ke will not give up. Taking advantage of the fact that Yuan Ke has not yet returned from Shengjing's mourning, we should divide the troops into several ways to take Yunzhou, and then attack the hinterland of the Northern Dynasty in one fell swoop, otherwise when Yuan Ke reacts, we will be passive.

Yi Tiran said, "When Yuan Ke first ascended the throne, it is unlikely that he will raise troops to fight in the south. I heard that he insisted on sinicization, and he was very unsupported by the nobles of the Northern Dynasties. The six prefectures of Danjiang are currently busy with disaster relief, unless Yuan Ke insists on attacking regardless of the flood, so he will lose the support of the people. At present, Yuan Ke's regime is unstable, and his focus is on appeasing the people's hearts and large-scale wars, and it is estimated that Yuan Ke will not launch it. ”

Xiao Yue shook his head and said in a straight voice, "You underestimated Yuan Ke's courage. That's what I'm worried about. Once Yunzhou is lost, the Danjiang River in the Northern Dynasty will not be protected, and Yuan Ke will never be stupid enough to be beaten passively. ”

Xiang Nanchu said, "Yuan Heng took the initiative to attack this time, and it must not be out of Yuan Ke's will. However, Yuan Heng's speed is also fast enough, and he can gather 80,000 troops to attack Pingzhou so quickly in the case of flooding, but unfortunately he has no follow-up, and the six states of Danjiang are too busy to take care of themselves and have no time to rush to his aid. ”

Yuan Heng is a lone army and is not pleasing unless Yuan Ke immediately summons the troops of the six states of Danjiang to help.

Disaster relief, Yunzhou is easy to lose, if not rescued, the throne is unstable.

Yuan Ke's situation is even more difficult.

Everyone was discussing, Xia Yuan Dao Jingzhou Second Prince came to report urgently, Xiao Yue opened it and looked at it, and immediately looked angry.

The second son only sent one sentence, "Yuan Heng slaughtered the city of Pingzhou." ”