When Princess Qixia entered the Zhenwu Palace, a military meeting had just dispersed, and the important ministers of the Cabinet, the Sixth Ministry and the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion came out one after another, and everyone had a solemn look on their faces.

Since entering June, the war has become more and more tense, although it withstood the first wave of temptation of the Wuling pro-army, but in the three major wars after that, the main force of the Northern Dynasty was defeated one after another, and in just a few days, three cities were lost in a row, and 30,000 soldiers and horses were lost.

Xiao Jinwu did his best to stabilize the situation, and did not let these small defeats turn into a big rout, but the initiative on the battlefield had been lost, and Xu Rui's previous strategy of avoiding the war and delaying was basically aborted, and the situation was precarious.

In the final analysis, with the existence of King Wuling, the combat effectiveness and military literacy of the army of the Southern Dynasties are much stronger than the main force of the Northern Dynasties, which has just been rebuilt for less than three years.

Maybe Xiao Jinwu can gradually grow into a famous handsome in the world in a different era, but the birth of King Wuling has completely changed the pattern.

King Wuling is not only extremely fierce himself, but even the generals he has cultivated are as fierce and brave as a pack of wolves, and there is no extra time for Xiao Jinwu to grow slowly.

You must know that at present, there are only more than 100,000 Wuling pro-troops who have penetrated into the Northern Dynasty, and in this way, the main forces of the 400,000 Northern Dynasties have been defeated and retreated, I really don't know what the situation will be if the hundreds of thousands of elites of the Southern Dynasties in the Northern Qi Dynasty go into battle together?

"Is my country really going to be ruined here? Wuling child, this world is mine, I am unwilling, unwilling! ”

Emperor Hongwei sat alone in the main hall, and the dim candle flame reflected on his face, which was obscure and unclear, showing a bit of gloomy meaning.

Princess Qixia slowly walked to Emperor Hongwei's side, Emperor Hongwei raised his head and glanced at her, snorted, turned around and ignored her, but said coldly: "It's really a big woman, and I don't see you running around for my father!" ”

Emperor Hongwei looked like a jealous child playing tricks, Princess Qixia was angry and funny, but the apprehension when she walked into the hall disappeared unconsciously.

"What did my father fancy and let Xu Rui out, why do you have to calculate so much?"

Princess Qixia carefully considered her words and said in as gentle a tone as possible.

Emperor Hongwei glanced at her, and said angrily: "The whole world belongs to me, including Xu Rui and the things behind him, can I use the means to take advantage of it?" ”

Princess Qixia was slightly stunned, and suddenly understood what Emperor Hongwei meant, but she couldn't figure it out for a while, and asked suspiciously: "In this case, why does my father have an ambiguous attitude and cause suspicion for no reason?" ”

Emperor Hongwei smiled bitterly, let out a long sigh, and said with emotion: "You dragon sons and grandsons, you really don't know the price of firewood and rice. ”

Princess Qixia didn't understand this emotion, but she was not in a hurry to ask, just waiting for Emperor Hongwei to say it himself.

Sure enough, Emperor Hongwei seemed to suddenly have a hint of desire to talk, and said solemnly: "Do you think that anyone can govern this country well?"

Hmph, my sons are only staring at power, but they don't know that in the seventeen years since I ascended the throne, I have worked diligently and exhausted the organs, but I can only barely maintain the situation. ”

Feeling the anger in Emperor Hongwei's words, Princess Qixia picked up the teapot, silently poured him a cup of tea, and then respectfully handed it to him.

Emperor Hongwei felt a trace of warmth in his heart, glanced at his daughter, took the teacup and drank it all and said: "Some things can only be talked about with your daughter, but unfortunately you are the smartest among the princes, but you just gave birth to a daughter, but fortunately, you gave birth to a daughter, so I can talk to you without any scruples." ”

Princess Qixia smiled slightly, and said lightly: "No matter whether Qingwu is a man or a woman, the ambition in her heart will not change, it can make her father and mother healthy, and watching my Dawei flourish is Qingwu's greatest wish, as for those things that fight for power and profit, Qingwu doesn't want to, and I don't want to do it." ”

Emperor Hongwei nodded with satisfaction, stared at the candle flame for a moment, and finally told the words that he had never said to anyone.

"My Da Wei looks thriving on the surface, but in fact, he is just a strong outsider.

In the court, the civil official clique was too big to lose, and the Xungui clique coveted the imperial power, and finally took advantage of the defeat of the Jingyang army to uproot the most dangerous military general group, but because of this, the military strength of the national dynasty was weakened, so that the main force of the new army was defeated and retreated under the iron hooves of the southern dynasty.

The situation is so unbearable, but looking at these sons of mine, in order to compete for the great treasure, they have been co-opted by major forces, and have become a shield for me to throw a mouse taboo, those people think that I will not dare to touch them easily, which is extremely ridiculous.

There are also major local forces, the strength of our northern country was weak at the beginning, and it is only by attracting the support of the four forces that we can get to where we are today.

But in this way, those forces have also continued to grow at the local level, and even a thousand-year-old family like the Xichuan remnants has been able to compete with the central court, which has greatly weakened the country's strength.

In order to solve them, I have tried to hollow out my thoughts, but I can't rush them and cause chaos in the world.

It's like the Yuan family created by the Acting Ministry of Engineering, the world thinks that I can't wipe off my face, and uses the unjust, false and wrongful case of Changxing Bridge to protect my first reputation, but I don't know that I just want to get back all the power scattered in the hands of the family! ”

Saying that, Emperor Hongwei sighed: "The big tree of Great Wei is already crawling with moths, and I am like a woodpecker plugging leaks everywhere, and I am very busy, but in the end it is still full of wind and precarious." ”

It was the first time that Princess Qixia heard that Da Wei still had such a crisis, and she couldn't help but turn pale, and said worriedly: "Because of this, my Da Wei is even more inseparable from my father, and my father must take care of his health, and he can't give those young people a chance to take advantage of." ”

Emperor Hongwei waved his hand and said, "What I just said is only the problems on the surface, and there are even more difficult things to deal with. ”

"What's harder?"

Princess Qixia was shocked, if any of these problems were not handled well, they would immediately lead to a catastrophe, and there was even a bigger headache than those things? How scary is that?

Emperor Hongwei said solemnly: "It was about the third year of Hongwei, and I noticed that there was a force secretly working against me, and they were hiding very secretly, and the purpose was unknown.

At first, I thought it was a careerist who coveted the imperial power, so I kept secretly investigating, and later found out that the military general group was having an affair with them, but after I uprooted the military general group, I found that the force still existed.

Later, Jin Yiwei found that there was a shadow of dark chess among this force, but the power of dark chess lurking in the north had basically collapsed, but he still couldn't find any clues.

Now it seems that this force has some connection with the Xichuan Relics, but I always have a hunch that the Xichuan Relics will not be the true body of that force, they have been lurking by my side, but not for the simple struggle for power and profit, this is the biggest henchman in my northern country! ”

"They don't fight for power? So what are they for? ”

Princess Qixia asked puzzled.

Emperor Hongwei shook his head: "I don't know, almost all party disputes have their shadows, even the defeat of Jingyang and the raid on Xichuan by the Southern Dynasty are inseparable, I have investigated them for more than ten years, but I haven't even found their shadows."

It is said that Wuling Xiaoer's dark chess is the most terrifying intelligence network in the world, but compared to that force, dark chess is just a clown.

Take Zhou Chun's complaint against Xu Rui this time, the southwestern provinces are all separated by the army of the Southern Dynasties, Xiao Jinwu tried several times but failed to open up the secret way to contact the northwestern provinces, if it wasn't for the secret intervention of that force, how could Zhou Chun's twists and turns and the bullet casings of Tianqiwei be sent to Beijing?

In fact, I had already received Xiao Jinwu's recital, as well as his net worth and life to guarantee that Xu Rui did not defect to the enemy, but he kept it in secret.

Originally, I wanted to use this incident as a cover to test what those people were paying attention to, and if they couldn't hold their breath, it would be better if they could take the initiative to jump out.

But I didn't expect that the stupid pig of the prince forgot his righteousness when he saw profit, and was used as a gunman by others, stirring up the good water to make it turbid, so that my plan was completely frustrated, and I lost another great opportunity! ”

"They have done so many things and made such a big noise, why didn't my daughter know about their existence before?"

Princess Qixia skillfully avoided the topic of the prince and asked the question she was most concerned about.

Emperor Hongwei said: "Actually, you have also seen it, do you still remember the big case of the household department that Xu Ruicha investigated?" ”

Princess Qixia was stunned for a moment, and suddenly came to her senses: "The mastermind behind that case is the force that my father said?" ”

Emperor Hongwei nodded: "Because of those cruel human trafficking, I thought that force was the Xichuan remnants at that time, and I wanted to slowly plot it, but after the Southern Dynasty raided Xichuan, I felt that the Xichuan remnants would not be that force."

The remnants of Xichuan are determined to restore the country, if they have such strength, they do not need to be caught between the north and the south and take risks, a palace coup, or simply directly bribe the twelve guards of the Beijing division to launch a mutiny, so that the risk is much smaller, and the success rate is higher. ”

"Apart from them, who else in Great Wei will have such a huge force?"

Princess Qixia muttered and fell into deep thought.

Emperor Hongwei smiled: "Don't think about it, I've been investigating for so long and there are no clues, what can you come up with?" Since you are willing to run around for Xu Rui, then the kid must have an explanation for me, why don't you take it out for me to see? ”

Princess Qixia came back to her senses and handed the emperor the letter that An Ge had handed him.

Emperor Hongwei took the fold, tore off the fire paint, and looked at it carefully by the dim candlelight, and after a while, his solemn face gradually eased, and when he finished reading it all, the haze of the past few days had dissipated most of it.

"This is to let me take the national fortune to accompany him to gamble on a game, it is really bold, or does this kid have a way!"

Emperor Hongwei threw the fold directly into the brazier, stroking his palms and laughing.

Princess Qixia didn't ask Xu Rui what he said to her father, she just waited for her father's orders obediently, she knew that under the crisis, the two men who trusted her the most must have something to entrust her.

Sure enough, Emperor Hongwei turned the joy on his face and said in a deep voice: "You take my token to the Treasury Division of the Ministry of War, and hand over all the things Xu Rui wants to his people."

Remember, if you only tell you that you stole the token yourself, I will feign anger and imprison you.

On the one hand, this is to protect you from being drawn into the whirlpool of that force, and on the other hand, it also makes them think that I am suspicious of Xu Rui, and see if I can use this to make them show their feet. ”

Princess Qixia's expression was solemn: "Father, rest assured, Qingwu will definitely live up to his mission!" ”

Emperor Hongwei nodded with satisfaction, seeing that she was so solemn, he couldn't help but quip: "Xu Rui, this kid has clear grievances, someone dares to touch his heart, he must not give up, this time you avenged him, and when he comes back, I'm afraid he won't be able to leave you again, right?" ”

Princess Qixia's cheeks flushed, and she said coquettishly: "Qingwu just helped him because he was pitiful, and avenged his own revenge, I am not interested in taking it all in." ”

Emperor Hongwei smiled: "Also, our Qingwu is the princess, how can he break his Xiuzu with a word from Xu Rui?" ”

Princess Qixia knew that Emperor Hongwei was talking back to make fun of her, so she was ashamed and angry, pursed her lips, grabbed the token on the dragon case, and rushed out of the hall as if she was running away.

After she completely disappeared from view, the smile on Emperor Hongwei's face instantly dissipated, and a solemn look climbed up his cheeks again.

"Wang Shun, let the people waiting outside come in."

Emperor Hongwei shouted, Wang Shun floated out of a corner like a ghost, bowed to the emperor, and then turned around to invite someone outside the main hall.

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