At this time, Xu Xing and Shen Yao walked in, and Chen Yuantai stopped talking.

After Shen Yao saluted, he reported: "Your Majesty, as you expected, Qian Hao, the lord of Wuyue Kingdom, was very dissatisfied with Cheng Yan, a bachelor of Hanlin Academy, who went to the field to survey and map the whole Yan map. ”

"Oh?" Chen Yuantai was interested and asked, "What news is coming from the south?" ”

"After Cheng Yan arrived in Jinling with the envoy of Wu Yueguo, although Qian Hao also gave him a warm welcome, it is said that he then found a reason to take the envoy to an official position and exiled him to Lingnan."

"It's a pity!" Chen Yuantai sighed, "In fact, he is still a talent who can speak well and be good at observing words and feelings. What about Cheng Yan? ”

Shen Yao replied: "I was still left in Jinling by Qian Hao, saying that it is now that the spring is cold, it is better to wait for it to be warmer before starting." ”

Chen Yuantai said with a smile: "This Qian Hao is not too confused, and he knows how to salute first and then soldier." With his hospitality, I don't know if Cheng Yan can stand it. I should have known that I should have sent a nerd who had a brain to die a little more, and I provoked Qian Hao earlier, so let's do it. ”

Shen Yao also smiled: "Your Majesty, you have underestimated Mr. Cheng." Qian Hao left him in the welcome post, and he went to hand over the sign every day to ask to see him. Qian Hao was helpless, so he moved him to the palace outside the city. As a result, Mr. Cheng entered the city before dawn every day, and still blocked the palace gate every day to ask for a meeting. ”

"Hahahaha!" Chen Yuantai laughed loudly, "This Cheng Yan really lives up to his trust!" According to his stubbornness, can there be hard bones that can't be gnawed? When he comes back, he can make a royal history! ”

Xu Xing said with a smile on the side: "Mr. Cheng, everything is going smoothly there, this time I went to sort out the military affairs of the Beijing camp Xiwei, and the minister thought that he could send 100,000 elite soldiers to Jiangnan." ”

Chen Yuantai tapped his fingers on the table, thought for a while, and asked, "How many troops does Qian Hao have there?" ”

"If you talk about the entire Wu Yue Kingdom, I'm afraid there will be more than 500,000." Xu Xing replied, "However, the number of troops defending Jinling is less than 200,000. If Qian Hao deploys troops on a large scale, our Dayan's spies in the south will definitely be able to know about it, and they can be sent again according to the facts. ”

"Jiangnan has been peaceful for a long time, and the people are used to living a prosperous and peaceful life. And Qian Hao has already declared himself a vassal to my Dayan, and when the time comes, he will take the canal and go directly to the Jinling army. As long as Jinling is taken and Qian Hao is imprisoned, it will be difficult to collect the rest of Wu Yueguo. ”

Chen Yuantai turned his head to look at Chen Xi and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Chen Xi nodded, quite agreeing with Xu Xing's words. He said: "Wu Yue has been in the country for nearly a year, and the Qian father and son have been operating in Jinling for many years. I heard that the walls of Jinling City are all blue brick walls made of glutinous rice pulp mixed with river mud, and the thickness can reach more than zhang. This kind of city wall is the most strong, but if Qian Hao can't hold on, it won't be a problem to hold it for two or three years. Erchen thought that since he was taking the waterway, he was not afraid that the weight would affect the speed of the march, so he could bring more artillery and battering rams. used thunderous means to catch Qian Hao off guard. ”

Chen Yuantai thought for a moment, and then clapped the board: "The army of the Beijing camp will no longer move except for the 100,000 people. Now he sent a secret decree to the two capitals of Shanxi and Shaanxi, ordering them to mobilize 50,000 men each and practice secretly in preparation for going south. ”

"As for the grain and grass ......" Chen Yuantai frowned, there were more than 100,000 people out of thin air, and the siege of Jinling might be a protracted matter. If there is not enough food and grass on the front line, it will be a failure.

"Ordered all political envoys to release some old grain from various places, suppress the price of grain, and collect some new grain to store as military rations. When the autumn grain is harvested, collect more. If the front line wants to use it, we also have surplus grain, and if we don't need it, we will receive it from the official warehouse and fill the hole where the grain is put out in front. ”

Xu Xing said with a smile: "Emperor Shengming! What a plan! ”

Chen Yuantai took a sip of the teacup, and said with a helpless smile: "Li Weiyu, that old horseman, has been nesting in Shaanxi since he entered the capital and is reluctant to come. If he was here, why would I bother thinking about it myself! ”

When the three of them heard Li Weiyu's name at first glance, they were all a little stunned. This is a strategist who served as a staff member by Chen Yuantai's side before he raised his army, and it can be said that without Li Weiyu's instigation, Chen Yuantai's opposition would not have been so great. And if he didn't give advice, Chen Yuantai would only be a few years later if he wanted to win the world.

It's just that when Li Weiyu was in a hurry, he chose to retreat bravely and did not follow Chen Yuantai to the capital to receive rewards and enjoy wealth. A person like him who has the ability to stir up the world, the ancient emperors either hid their bows or watched under their noses. As for why Chen Yuantai was relieved to keep him in Shaanxi, no one knew the reason.

“…… In this way, the affairs of the household department will be much busier, have the affairs of Li Cong's family been sorted out? If he is still half-hearted, then it would be better to change someone to the household department to be a cousin! ”

Xu Xing bowed down and replied: "I heard that Li Shangshu's young son's illness has eased a lot, and it is an emergency, and it will come and go quickly. It is said that now that he can go down to the ground and ask people to help him walk around, he must be able to put Li Shangshu's heart back to official business. ”

Chen Yuantai nodded, and said with a smile: "Don't be too nervous, according to Qian Hao's temperate temperament, I will wait until autumn to attack." What's more, our general is going to marry in June, and I have to wait for the newlywed to be a full moon before I can break up the husband and wife! ”

Chen Xi's face turned red when he was teased, but his heart couldn't help bubbling with joy. Just now, he was worried that the wedding date would be rescheduled, but now it seems that he has to hug the beauty first.

"Speaking of getting married," Chen Yuantai looked at Shen Yao again, "You are also a single person, and there are no elders in the family to give you plans, what do you think?" ”

Shen Yao saw that Chen Yuantai asked for no reason, guessing that he already had a plan in his heart, so he replied respectfully: "Weichen has come to Beijing for a short time, and he hasn't considered these yet. If the emperor is willing to bother to tell the minister to be a lady, Weichen is grateful! ”

"You're going to climb fast along the pole!" Chen Yuantai said with a smile, "Yesterday, the queen told me that when she went to Taiping Yuan, she met the young lady of the Wei State Mansion, and she thought it was really good, and she was very compatible with you. ”

What the queen said, the emperor himself did not show his meaning...... Shen Yao pondered Chen Yuantai's few short words, but Yuan Ying's red eyes from crying and the harsh accusation heard by the wall flashed in his mind. The young lady of the Wei State Mansion, which young lady is it?

Xu Xing felt that this family business was good, Shen Yao had already become an in-law with Chen Xi, and he married a woman from the old Xungui family of the previous dynasty, which was not so eye-catching. I'm afraid that the queen took the initiative to mention this family, and she also had this meaning in her heart.

He has seen the eldest grandson of the Duke of Wei, who is very competitive and knows how to endure hardships and make progress. With such descendants standing up to the court, although the Duke of Wei will not go further because of its identity, it will definitely not decline.