Yan Yan couldn't figure out what Yan Yu's family affair had to do with Chen Ying, so he thought about it and changed the topic, "Third Uncle really has a letter, and the war in the north is really tense again?" ”

Chen Ying's eyes turned red when she heard this, "No, I originally wanted to ask your second uncle to beg the emperor to see if he could transfer your third uncle back, but who knew that it would happen to this time again." ”

"Then the third aunt should tell me well, there have been several large-scale wars in the north over the years, what about peacetime, is the border peaceful? Also, which of our relations with Liao, Western Xia, and Mongolia is closer? ”

Although Chen Ying didn't know why Yan Yan was interested in this, she also told Yan Yan what she knew.

Yan Ai is currently guarding in Xianyang, which is at the junction with Western Xia, which is relatively peaceful, because the main energy of Western Xia is used to deal with Mongolia, Mongolia has become a hegemon in the grassland, and the momentum is close to that of Khitan.

The life of the Khitan is not easy now, because the Jurchen has risen and is worried about the land of the Khitan, for this reason, the Khitan is now being attacked by Mongolia and the Jurchens, so he will think of marrying with the Western Xia, but the marriage can be married, and the Western Xia is also difficult to resist the Mongol attack, and he is too busy to take care of himself.

Therefore, now that the entire northern defense line has become a pot of porridge, what the Liao State is most worried about at present is that the Great Zhou will take this opportunity to intervene, then they will not only suffer from the enemy on their backs, but form a circle on all sides, not far from the dead country.

The problem is that as soon as the Liao State is over, the Jurchens will soon move south, and it won't be long before the Jurchens' iron cavalry will step into the Central Plains, and then, the Mongol army will sweep everything.

Will history repeat itself?

Yan Yan didn't know either.

But she knew one thing that the geographical location of the sixteen states of Yanyun was quite important, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was a natural barrier for the northern ethnic minorities to enter the Central Plains, which had a direct impact on the decline and demise of the Song Dynasty.

There is another thing, Yan Yan seems to remember that the reason why the Northern Song Dynasty and the Jurchens joined forces to destroy Liao was because the Jurchens opened the conditions for the sixteen states of Yanyun, but the final result was that it led to his own destruction.

Therefore, Yan Yan felt that it could be reversed, and it was better for Da Zhou to directly join forces with the Khitan to destroy the Jurchens and take back the sixteen states of Yanyun, with this barrier and the Liao State in the middle, it was impossible for the Jurchens to move south.

But how can these words be handed to the emperor?

When Yan Yan was contemplating carefully, Yan Yu came in with Yan Tong and Yan Cai, the topic of war was obviously inappropriate, and several people talked and laughed together, it was nothing more than what kind of girls' clothes, jewelry, and hairstyles were popular in the capital, of course, Yan Yu also chased and asked Yan Yan about his daily life in the Lu family, and Yan Yan picked something that could be said.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Sanqi to come over and say that Yan Peng was back, knowing that Yan Yan was coming and wanted to see Yan Yan.

Yan Yan took Qinghe and Qingyu to the upper room, Yan Peng was talking with Ma, and the two obviously broke down, because the anger on Yan Peng's face was obvious.

"Yan'er, you came to persuade your uncle, I just brought you to ask if you are doing well in the Lu family, whether the Lu family is a good match, etc., your second uncle gave me a good meal, saying that I shouldn't block you, let alone sprinkle salt on your wounds, but can this matter depend on me? The Queen Mother spoke, what can I do? If I want to be able to push it out, why would I have wronged you to marry Lu You in the first place? Ma's tears fell.

"Second uncle, I have told my second aunt about this matter, I will not participate in the speech, and my husband and I are not suitable to speak, what do you want to do, you can make your own decisions." Yan Yan spoke.

"Listen, listen, and say that the child is not wronged, if he is not wronged, can Yan'er say such things?" Yan Peng heard the meaning of Yan Yan's words, and pointed at Yan Yan and shouted to his wife.

"Master, I didn't say that Yan'er wasn't wronged, just now I said that I wronged her to marry Lu You. Also, how many times do you want me to say that this matter was raised by the Queen Mother, not my idea, can I resist the decree? "Ma is not happy.

These words stumped Yan Peng.

Although the Queen Mother is his aunt, the Queen Mother considers the problem more from the perspective of the court, and he also knows that the north has been nervous recently, and it is impossible for the emperor not to have his own considerations.

And the reason why the Lu family wants to marry Yan Yu is to repair the relationship with the Yan family on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is mostly for Lu Ming, no matter what the facts are, Lu Ming's withdrawal from his relatives is definitely to hurt the royal family's face, because this family affair is led by the Queen Mother, therefore, Lu Duan is worried that the royal family will turn over small accounts in the future, after all, the prince's maintenance of Yan Yan is obvious to all.

As far as the emperor is concerned, now that the war in the north is about to break out, he definitely doesn't want the Yan and Lu families to fall apart, which will definitely affect the direction of this war.

Therefore, if the Yan and Lu families marry again, whether Yan Peng wants to or not, he has to abandon his previous suspicions and reconcile with the Lu family.

And Lu Duan also saw this, so he dared to let the Zhu family go to the Queen Mother to cry, if this family affair is released in the name of the Queen Mother, it can somewhat block the mouths of some people in the world.

Yan Yan saw that her uncle was stumped, and she also guessed some reasons, no matter what, her uncle did not disappoint her, so she didn't want to embarrass her uncle.

"Second uncle, just now I talked to the third aunt about the battle situation in the north, I am worried that the emperor may take this opportunity to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, this is a good thing for us, with the sixteen states of Yanyun as a barrier, the iron cavalry of Mongolia, Khitan, and Jurchen will not easily step into the capital, but in this way, the second uncle is only afraid that he will go to the battlefield." Yan Yan's heart was also very conflicted.

In her heart, she really didn't want Yan Peng to take risks, he didn't seem to have really been on the battlefield over the years, but he was the Marquis of Zhennan, and what he inherited was not only the title and glory of the Marquis of Zhennan, but also the responsibility.

"Child, it's easy for you to say, you also know that they are iron horses, where did we get so many war horses? Even if there were, it would be difficult to train so many cavalry at one time. Yan Peng sighed.

"Find Western Xia and Liao to cooperate. The Western Xia had the war horses and green salt we needed, and the Mongols were also fighting their ideas, if they couldn't find foreign aid, the Western Xia might be wiped out by the Mongols soon, because the Western Xia had the green salt that Mongolia urgently needed... ”

Before Yan Yan's words could be finished, he was interrupted by Yan Peng, "The marriage between Western Xia and the Liao State, how can the Liao State sit idly by?" ”

"The Liao State is now being attacked by the Jurchens and the Mongols from both sides, and they are too busy to take care of themselves, so instead of us joining forces with the Jurchens to destroy the Liao, it is better for us to help the Liao State drive away the Jurchens and take the opportunity to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, while keeping the Liao defense to defend the Jurchens to the south. I don't know exactly how to do it, so I ask the second uncle to think about it. "There is only so much Yan Yan can help.

I hope that these words can be handed to the emperor, and it is not in vain that she took the risk to speak.