"Weichen, see the emperor."

Shen Sijun came to the imperial study, only to see Emperor An He holding a piece of music in his hand, frowning, pacing back and forth, the eunuchs and palace maids who usually serve left and right have been sent out of the palace by him to wait.

Judging from these details, it may not be a good thing for Emperor An He to summon Shen Sijun this time.

Sure enough, Emperor An He handed the piece in his hand to Shen Sijun, "Aiqing, let's take a look at what is written on it." ”

Shen Sijun took the chapter and read it briefly from beginning to end, probably knowing the reason why Emperor An He hurriedly summoned him this time.

The Xiongnu king of the northwest frontier has just passed away not long ago, and the new Xiongnu king is the second son of the old Xiongnu king.

This time, not long after he became king, he was ambitious to annex a large part of the frontier territory of Anhe.

"Aiqing, what do you think about this matter?" Emperor An He saw him put down the music and asked meaningfully.

After pondering for a while, Shen Sijun replied: "According to Weichen's opinion, the Xiongnu are too arrogant, I am peaceful and rich, and the people's livelihood is prosperous, and I must not surrender to such barbarian rats. ”

Emperor Anhe listened to his words, and he also thought twice in his heart, the Huns despised Anhe, according to common sense, it must not be connived, and Shen Sijun also took the initiative to ask Ying to lead the troops to the battle, he was naturally happy to see it.

However, the Xiongnu are located in the northwest, Shen Sijun is far away from the capital and goes to the northwest, and the emperor is far away, so it is difficult to guarantee that he will not support troops in the northwest, and he will confront the imperial court in the future.

Thinking about this, Emperor An He decided that this matter would need to be discussed with other ministers in the morning tomorrow.

The next day in the court, Emperor An He took the initiative to mention this matter, and after hearing about it, many ministers proposed peace one after another, saying that they would negotiate terms with the Huns.

Lord Taiwei took the lead in talking about his own views: "Your Majesty, although I am safe and the soldiers are strong and the people are safe, but now it will soon enter the summer, and as soon as the summer begins, the floods in the south of the Yangtze River will cost a lot of silver. ”

As soon as Lord Taiwei's words came out, the ministers of the DPRK and China echoed one after another.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say."

"Aiqing, what is your opinion?"

Shen Sijun said: "Shicai, although what Lord Taiwei said is reasonable, but the minister believes that the Xiongnu came to attack at this time, in fact, they want to test our hypocrisy, if we really choose to avoid war and negotiate peace, I am afraid that this move will fuel the arrogance of the Xiongnu." ”

Shen Sijun's remarks were approved by other ministers of the DPRK and China.

Lord Taiwei had great prestige among the Chinese officials of the court: while Shen Sijun was highly respected among the military attachés, and this time the two competed against each other, making it difficult for others to speak, for fear of speaking inappropriately and offending the other.

The civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were silent waiting for the emperor's will, and Emperor An He was also in a dilemma.

The crown prince has been standing aside from just now, carefully looking at Emperor An He's expression, wanting to see from some details what Emperor An He is thinking about this matter?

He had already learned that Emperor An He wanted to send troops to the Xiongnu from the beginning, and no emperor would willingly negotiate a truce with a small barbarian country, but at this time, who to send to fight the Xiongnu was the biggest problem.

Although Shen Sijun is brave and good at fighting, talented and well-led, but his prestige in the army is already very high, and many generals have expressed their positions in support of Shen Sijun just now, Emperor Anhe may not agree to send him to pacify the Xiongnu.

After thinking about it again and again, the prince suddenly stood up and said, "Father, the son also has some indifferent views on this matter. ”

"Oh? What is the Prince's insight? ”

"Father, the northwest border is on the border of Lingzhou, and Xie Shiyun, as the prince of the fief, should naturally go to the fief to appease the local people."

The prince's words are clearly Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows that the prince and Xie Shiyun have always been at odds, and they proposed that Xie Shiyun go to get rid of Xie Shiyun by borrowing the hands of the Huns.

Shen Sijun was afraid that the border war would hurt Xie Shiyun, so he strongly objected, "Your Majesty, how can the princess go to such a dangerous place?" ”

The prince quickly shot back at Shen Sijun: "Although Xie Shiyun is a princess, she is already the prince of the Lingzhou fiefdom, how can she sit idly by and ignore the difficulties in the territory this time, isn't this a warning to the princes that you can enjoy glory and wealth on the day, and you can retreat when you are in danger and resist the enemy?" ”

The prince's words made Shen Sijun difficult to speak, "But the emperor, the princess is a female generation after all, and it is really inappropriate to go to the battlefield." ”

"Father, if we don't go to war with the Xiongnu, then there will be negotiations between the two countries to make peace, maybe the Xiongnu will ask us to send the princess to make peace, and then I'm afraid we can only let Xie Shiyun go to make peace."

Shen Sijun clenched his palms tightly at the moment, his hand bones made a subtle gurgling sound, and his eyes when he looked at the prince became cold and cold, hmph, Xie Yuan obviously wanted to take the opportunity to harm Shiyun!

The prince glanced at him contemptuously with a wicked smile on the corner of his mouth at the moment.

Emperor An He hesitated again and again, feeling that the prince's proposal was not unavoidable, no matter what, since Xie Shiyun had been crowned prince, he could not ignore this matter, otherwise it would be difficult to explain it to the people of Lingzhou.

Shen Sijun also wanted to argue a few words for Xie Shiyun, but Emperor An He used this matter to prevaricate him and ordered him to retreat from the early dynasty.

After the next dynasty, Emperor An He directly sent someone to invite Xie Shiyun to come to the imperial study.

Before she went to the imperial study, Shen Sijun had already stopped her on the road in advance, told her everything as it was, and repeatedly told her to deal with it carefully.

"Okay, don't worry, I have already heard about the Huns, and I have my own way to deal with the emperor's summons to me this time."

Xie Shiyun stepped forward, hugged his strong waist, and rested her head quietly on his chest, Shen Sijun knew that she was comforting herself, so that he didn't have to worry too much.

"When facing the emperor, you must be careful in everything, and you can't promise anything indiscriminately."

In the imperial study, Emperor An He straightforwardly mentioned that the Xiongnu were entrenched in the northwest and were eyeing Lingzhou, and also asked Xie Shiyun's opinion.

"Father, since Lingzhou is the fief of the sons, then the sons should take the lead in going to Lingzhou to appease the hearts of the people and fight against the Huns."

Xie Shiyun took the initiative to go to Lingzhou to fight, which made An and Emperor never expect that his plan was to send Xie Shiyun to the Xiongnu and Qin, after all, just losing a princess would cost not a single soldier to quell a war, which was what he really wanted to see.

"Do you really want to go to Lingzhou? Lingzhou is now the land of tigers and wolves, and the Hun army is stationed outside Lingzhou City, eyeing us, and the situation is dangerous and abnormal! ”

Xie Shiyun's expression was calm and calm, and she repeatedly declared that she was willing to go to Lingzhou.

At this time, the little eunuch at the door suddenly broke in and reported: The eleventh prince, ask to see the emperor outside.