Chapter 362: Prime Minister An
Li Shi brought An Wanru over today to inquire about the progress of the blind date, who knew that as soon as he came in, he was ordered to be evicted, and his face changed suddenly, so he strode forward and pointed at Huangfu Xue's nose and scolded despite the magpie's obstruction, "You really don't take me as an elder in your eyes more and more, are you trying to drive me away, let me tell you, this is my son's home, as long as my son is here, you don't want to drive me away." After Li finished speaking, he put his butt on the stool, his eyes stared at Huangfu Xue angrily, and his face was full of provocation.
Huang Fuxue rubbed her temples with a headache, got up and said, "If my mother likes to stay here, stay here, I'll go outside to breathe." He turned around and went to the yard. It's the end of August, but it's still very hot around noon, sitting in the gazebo, looking at a pond of lotus flowers, full of thoughts, it's been so long, Xianggong hasn't come back yet, and I don't know how things are going. Don't let anything happen.
"Uncle......" The magpie saw An Mingchen and happily stepped forward to salute, "Uncle, you have to be the master of our young lady, the old lady ...... just now"
"Magpie, my uncle has been busy all morning, and he must be hungry and thirsty, so why don't you hurry up and prepare some food." Huangfu Xue didn't want him to be distracted, so she sent the magpie away, and pulled An Mingchen to the pavilion, "How is it, how is things going, what does the emperor say." Looking at his expression carefully, he was very indifferent, neither happy nor sad, and he didn't see anything unusual.
"It's so late and you haven't eaten?" Seeing that she was worried, An Mingchen took her hand and said with some disapproval, "Don't do this next time, no matter what happens, you have to take care of yourself first, otherwise I will be worried." He was indeed a little hungry, the magpie brought the food, washed his hands and took the chopsticks and began to eat, "By the way, just now the magpie said what happened to my mother, is my mother in trouble with you again." ”
"No, my mother is not for the second sister's business, this time is too busy, I will neglect the second sister's affairs, wait a minute, I will find someone to find a matchmaker, but the family is not in a hurry, our daughter is not worried about getting married, it is better not to be too anxious, but in this case, I will go to my mother to say that it is not appropriate, you still have time to talk to your mother." Huang Fuxue has thought about this problem for a long time, but she has never had time to figure it out. Today, when Li Shi came over, she thought that she was busy and had time to deal with the matter.
An Mingchen said apologetically and apologized, "You don't care about this matter, I'll go to my mother later." Huang Fuxue shook her head, "Actually, it's not a trouble, it's just that it's too difficult to find a suitable person who is with you everywhere." What's more, the second sister is still married for the second time, and many people are excluded from this article. When you talk to your mother, you'd better talk to him about this carefully. ”
"Okay." After eating, Huang Fuxue asked about the Nanyue envoy again, An Mingchen knew that he couldn't hide it and simply told him about today's matter, Huang Fuxue thought about a lot of possibilities before, but he didn't expect that the matter would be so complicated and so serious, it took a long time to come back to his senses, eagerly, worriedly said, "What will the court do next?" ”
"Send troops to the border pass and fight Nanyue to the end. However, the candidates for the border have not yet been decided. The emperor will also be worried about this. "There are not many generals that can be used in the imperial court, and there are even fewer who can make the emperor have no two hearts, this night, everyone has their own thoughts, and they didn't dare to breathe a sigh of relief until the early dynasty, until General Yang brought the eldest son Yang Zihao to the main hall, and everyone's discussion stopped.
"The old minister and his eldest son Yang Zihao see the emperor, long live my emperor." The Yang family is full of loyalty, the old general Yang is loyal to the imperial court, if he is not injured and can not go to the front line, this will not stay in the capital, the two sons are the dragon and phoenix among the people, and they followed the old general Yang to fight on the battlefield at a young age.
After hearing about yesterday's incident, General Yang found his eldest son, and the two discussed it all night, and came to the court the next day. The emperor was just pushed around by these officials, and he was very annoyed, and when he saw them coming, his face instantly relaxed a lot, "General Yang, please hurry up." Yang Zihao helped General Yang to stand up, "The old minister thanked the emperor." ”
"General Yang went to court today, but because Nanyue attacked our border pass?" The emperor spoke directly, and General Yang nodded, "Yes, it is indeed because of this matter, and I also ask the emperor to allow my family to lead the troops to the battle, and the old minister can use Xiang Shang's head to guarantee that my son will definitely do his best to drive the people of Nanyue out of the border pass." ”
"General Yang personally recommended it, and I naturally believe it." The emperor's face was a little better when he heard this, in fact, if he must recommend someone to go to the border pass, then he would definitely recommend General Yang, but his current body is really not suitable for tiring travel, and the eldest son of the Yang family has become the only candidate. The early dynasty dispersed, and the emperor left a few people to go to the imperial study.
In the imperial study, General Yang and An Mingchen discussed the situation at the border pass on the side, and the emperor sat on the side and listened, "General Yang Lao is experienced, and he is very familiar with the terrain of the border pass, in your opinion, what are our chances of winning this time." An Mingchen thought about it for a long time yesterday, whether it was in terms of numbers or materials, they didn't have any advantage, plus Nanyue was rich, and he was fat and strong like a soldier, and against their soldiers, who was strong and who was weak suddenly appeared.
An Mingchen was worried about Nanyue's surprise attack, and he was even more worried that they wouldn't give them a chance to breathe. You think that Nanyue's envoys are so arrogant before they leave, but you can imagine what kind of determination they are holding on to attack the border pass this time. The envoys on the other side of the post house have not moved at all since yesterday, they are really not worried, and they still think that they will succeed.
Either way, they have to be careful and careful now. "The old man does understand the situation at the border pass, but Nanyue is more cunning and arrogant than we thought, I am worried that the second brother will suffer, so I hope the emperor will allow the boss to lead the troops as soon as possible." General Yang expressed his worries, and the emperor nodded approvingly, there are indeed not many soldiers at the border pass, and the road from here to the border pass is long, and there will be a lot of delays on the road, for the sake of the people at the border pass, they must make a decision as soon as possible.
"General Yang will kill the enemy on the front line as soon as possible, and in terms of materials, grain and grass, the lower officials will definitely do their best." An Mingchen doesn't know how to lead troops to fight, he can't help much, what he can help now is to let them have no worries and go to the battlefield without distractions. Leaving the palace, An Mingchen heard that Zhang Ting had returned, and went directly to the yamen in a carriage.
"How about it, the situation over there in Jiangnan is better?" An Mingchen has been worried about the situation in Jiangnan for the past few days, Zhang Ting just arrived, changed his pair, and An Mingchen came in without even eating. "The situation in Jiangnan is even more serious than we thought, this time the food sent over, all the food sent over by me was distributed to the victims, but there was not much food, and it was a little reluctant to eat until the autumn harvest."
"There is no way to do it, and the disaster in the northwest is also very serious. I heard that a lot of people have died, and recently I sent all the food I prepared to the Jiangnan side...... I'm afraid there is no way to send it. An Mingchen talked about the border war again, and Zhang Ting nodded clearly, "You're right, the border war is important, and that's all there is to it, you've done your best." ”
"I can comfort myself like this, but I don't feel good these two days. I just hope that the disaster in Jiangnan can be alleviated as soon as possible. The fighting at the border can end sooner, so that we may be able to help them again. The two chatted for a while and saw that it was getting late, and An Mingchen proposed, "Let's go to dinner together." Look at you, I've lost so much weight in just a few days, and it's been hard along the way. ”
"It's a bit hard, but when I deliver the food to them and see their excited and happy faces, I don't think it's bitter. My lord, is the situation at the border very serious, although you said it simply, but I can see that the matter should be very serious. Zhang Ting knew An Mingchen, if it wasn't a very serious matter, he wouldn't be so worried.
An Mingchen looked at the streets where people came and went, looked at the happy smiles of the people in the capital, and had mixed feelings for a while, "I don't know the situation at the border pass, but Nanyue wolf's ambition has to be guarded against, inform his subordinates, be careful and careful recently, and reply immediately if you find anything unusual." "If all the people of the world can be like the people of the capital, he will be content. Unfortunately, all this was just his thoughts.
"Have you heard, Nanyue is going to attack us, during this time, Nanyue sent a lot of soldiers to the border pass, looking eager to try, I don't know if we can survive this time. It is said that Nanyue suddenly decided to attack us because Nanyue intended to cooperate with us before, but the emperor agreed, but Prime Minister An and Mrs. An kept hesitating and refused to give an accurate word, and finally made Emperor Nanyue angry, so he waved his hand to attack us and teach us a lesson. ”
"What you said is true?" Others don't believe it, the prime minister and his wife are very good, they don't look like such people, and besides, this matter is so serious, don't they know, how did they get things to this point? "Hey, you don't know yet, many ministers know the ins and outs of the matter, but the emperor protects their husband and wife, and no one dares to tell the truth, no, we people are kept in the dark."
"The emperor is really partial, such a big thing, he still protects these two sinners, if the border pass is lost, the people at the border pass suffer, when the time comes, who will be responsible for benevolence."
"Who said it wasn't," several people discussed, their voices were not loud or small, just enough for the nearby people to hear, An Mingchen stood aside, his face was not very good, Zhang Ting glanced at him, and persuaded in a low voice, "Lord An, aren't we going to eat, it's not early, let's hurry over." There is still a lot to do in the afternoon. ”
"Wait. I'll go back as soon as I go. An Mingchen doesn't mind what others say about him, but Huangfuxue has done so many good things, they don't appreciate it, and they slander her like this, she really can't accept it, she strode forward and came directly to those people, An Mingchen is now a celebrity in the capital, and everyone recognized him in the past. In an instant, the lively crowd quieted down.
"Prime Minister Ahn ......"