"You ......" Xia Zhi'an was a little angry when she saw that her daughter was disobedient.

"Father, you see Uncle and they have also come out, and they are waiting for you over there!"

Xia Li hurriedly changed the topic.

Xia Zhi'an looked up and really saw that the eldest brother was waiting for him there, and then glanced at his daughter and snorted lightly without saying any more,

Xia Ye walked up to Xia Li and whispered, "Be obedient at home this time!" ”

Xia Li nodded silently and didn't say anything, he mostly ignored what his brother said.

However, she still has to listen to her father's reprimand, after all, she is an old minister under the emperor, and she still has a certain weight in what she says and does, and it is also because of her father who can support her in this family that she can be so unscrupulous.

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Not long after the male protagonists of the Xia family arrived at the palace, all the courtiers also arrived one after another, and when everyone returned from the palace just now, they all found that something was wrong, so after lunch, everyone couldn't sit still, and they all came to the palace early to discuss matters.

However, at this time, the person who went to investigate this matter had not returned, and it was not good to alarm the emperor first, so he had to send someone to urge him.

After a pillar of incense, the emperor and the people who went to verify the matter came one after another.

All the ministers came to the main hall again, and the emperor also exempted everyone from paying homage, and ordered the soldiers who went to verify the matter to speak directly.

Then he knelt down there and said:

"Your Majesty, according to the subordinates who went to verify, according to the news transmitted by the post station one after another, there was indeed a war in the northwest, two cities were lost, a deputy general was lost, and General Nanming was indeed injured, and now there are nearly 100,000 or so soldiers left, and it can withstand the barbarians for a while."

Everyone was silent when they heard this, there were 300,000 generals in the northwest, and the barbarian troops in the area were about to send 100,000 people, and some troops were less than 100,000 people far away, how could they be lost 200,000 people by a sudden confrontation, and also lost the city, which is something that no one can think of.

The emperor was so angry that he slapped the table, "It's really too deceitful, this time I won't stop killing all the barbarians." ”

Ministers, look at me, look at you, think that the emperor has lost his focus a little, not to mention Nanming's dereliction of duty, but to say that it is barbarian and unreasonable.

No one dared to say anything to refute the emperor's words, so he could only echo them.

The emperor said again: "What is the situation now?"

The investigator said: "The northwest can still hold out for a while, but it may not be dangerous to survive for three days at most"

The emperor listened anxiously, in that way; "Is there a way for the ministers? Think about countermeasures quickly, or the northwest will be in danger."

Ministers, you look at me, I look at you, no one knows what to say, and in the end it was the king's privy envoy who said:

"Your Majesty, the minister advocates the transfer of troops from the south"

Xia Zhiyuan and Prime Minister Xia said there: "No, the south is far away, and when the troops are transferred to the northwest, they will not be able to keep it for a long time."

The king's envoy said:

"There are less than 100,000 soldiers left in the northwest now, and the barbarians near the border pass are all counted as only 100,000 soldiers. Even if the troops are transferred from the first line of defense in the south, they will be able to arrive in ten days after traveling day and night, but if they are dispatched from the first line of defense in the northwest, they may fall into the enemy's tricks and endanger the capital."

"Your Majesty, no, the minister agrees with Xia Xiang's opinion"

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what the king's privy envoy said makes sense"

Although the words were reasonable, everyone also nodded, but no one dared to guarantee this time issue, in case the northwest fell because of the unfavorable rescue, the person who made the plan was condemned to be a sinner.

Most people choose to agree with Xia Xiang, but there are also some people who agree with what the Wang Privy Envoy said for the sake of the overall situation.

At this time, there were two factions in the house, one faction stood on the side of the king's privy envoy, and the other faction stood on the side of Xia Xiang, of course, there were also those who remained neutral and did not say anything.

The emperor looked at the courtiers and was angry, "As soon as something happens, there will be disagreements, there will be disputes, the northwest is not good, I think your own people have to make a move first, the matter of the generals will be put aside for the time being, and I will be selected first."

The courtiers have not finished studying this matter, and this is another difficult problem that has been smashed down by the emperor, and this candidate has been selected for a long time yesterday, but the specific person has not yet been decided.

Later, everyone discussed, and felt that the current courtiers are old, only suitable for civilian officials, not suitable for military generals at all, let alone go to the northwest to lead troops to fight.

At this time, someone proposed to let the newly promoted students be selected, not to mention that these people are young and strong, but a few of them are really capable.

So not long after the emperor finished saying this, someone mentioned there:

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is more appropriate for the candidate to select the newly promoted students from today's scientific examination."

This idea is mentioned by everyone, you look at me, and you think it is appropriate.

The courtiers started with the first few students of the new examination.

The first Zhuang Yuan is expensive, the eldest disciple of the master of the Hanlin Academy, but this person can only write and not martial arts, which can be testified by the master of the Hanlin Academy, his disciple is not much different from a bookworm to put it bluntly, and he usually never interacts with people.

If you usually see him when preparing for the exam, it is in the study.

Everyone analyzed that this person was not suitable.

The second place on the list, Li Jiangmian, the nephew of General Nanming's wife, although he felt that this person was suitable when he heard Nanming's words, but this person was just a person from Mrs. Nanming's mother's family, and Nanming's temperament was completely different.

If you don't look at anything else, just look at the person's appearance, it's not suitable, it's thin and small, it's not material for leading soldiers to fight at all.

The third Tanhua is Xia Fei, Xia Xiangye's sister-in-law, this courtier unconsciously glanced at Xia Xiangye's side when he spoke, thinking about whether this is Xiangye's son or yourself.

Xia Xiangye also understood, and said there: "Your Majesty, the third Tanhua is a dog, he is a three-legged cat with some self-defense, but he is a little stubborn, I am afraid that he will not be able to take on important tasks."

Wang Shu's envoy said there: "Xia is too modest, Tanhua is the son of Xiangye, his grades will not be bad there, Xiangye has always been excellent to the country and the people, and he should let the dog go to experience!" Although the northwest is a bit farther, it is suitable for young students."

Xia Xiang was resentful there, this was to send his son to fight, what kind of experience was that, but unfortunately the king's privy envoy family had no son, and if he wanted to, he had to recommend his son to go.

Now that he is the prime minister of a country, it is not good to look good if the country is in trouble and wants to shirk it again, so I thought about it:

"Your Majesty, the minister's son is too young to take on this big responsibility, but now is the time to employ people, if there is really no one to go, the minister is willing to let him lead the troops"

The emperor was overjoyed when he heard this, and said there: "Okay, great, I am deeply glad to have the words of the prime minister!" ”

"The Emperor Has Awarded"

Xia Zhiyuan, who was standing on the side at this time, kept mentioning it, and he was also afraid to let Xia Ye go.

On the one hand, Xia Ye will not be flexible, and on the other hand, he understands that his son is not a general's material at all, he can't plan and won't be ruthless, so he became an unqualified general just because of this.

He is only suitable for a civilian job in the capital, not too big, first exercise for a few years.

When Xia Zhi'an was glad that Xia Ye had escaped, he heard Dali Siqing say there: "Your Majesty, I heard that the fourth place is Xia Ye, the son of Xia Governor, the son of Xia Governor can not be excellent in literature, and his wisdom is also outstanding.