…… When Jiang Yashuang returned to her yard, Qiu Yulan had already coaxed the children back to the room, and she had been waiting restlessly for a long time.

As soon as he entered the door, Qiu Yulan asked, "The Zhenxi army is defeated?!" ”

Before, their husband and wife were not in the same place, and with such a big news, they naturally gave priority to Jiang Yashuang when they told them. So after Jiang Yashuang invited Jiang Yayun back to the study to discuss, when she asked his wife about Qiu Feng's life experience, Qiu Yulan was still leisurely teasing the children. But when he went to find Qin Guogong, Qiu Yulan also knew about it, where was he still in the mood to play with the children?

"Brother is fine!" Knowing what she was most worried about, Jiang Yashuang immediately said, "Grandfather plans to let my brother take over the position of commander of the Zhenxi Army!" ”

Qiu Yulan was not happy when she heard this: "This eye is ...... on the bones" She knows that her brother is very capable, but no matter how capable she is, where is her age, and she was born in the imperial examination, and she has only been in the army for a few years? It's okay to slowly sharpen it in peacetime, and now that he has taken over as commander-in-chief, it is a veritable time to be ordered in danger!

Can he afford it?

"Brother can't stand up now." Jiang Yashuang explained to her, "The Zhenxi Army has never suffered such a defeat in the past few decades, and the baggage has been burned, and the general must be held responsible." Han Jishan has already decided that he will be escorted to Beijing to be questioned for his crimes, so as to exempt his brother and other generals from responsibility - his brother's status in the army, the Zhenxi army knows it well, if he doesn't stand up for this situation, do you think there will be a chance in the future? In the end, the prestige of the father-in-law and grandfather Ruan was placed there! ”

Since Qiu Jinglan relied on the prestige of these two to opportunistically enter the Zhenxi Army, the price was that he could not fall into the reputation of these two no matter what! At this time, once he shrank his head, disappointed the Zhenxi Army, and got an evaluation of a tiger father and a dog son, those ancestors would be abolished.

Strictly speaking, Qiu Jinglan was also forced to the stage this time!

Qiu Yulan's face was ugly: "How could so many baggage pieces be burned clean overnight?" How many ghosts do you have to do this?! As he spoke, he looked in the direction of the big house, "Are they crazy?!" ”

"It's not that simple!" Jiang Yashuang shook his head, and talked about Qin Guogong's analysis of this matter with him, but concealed Jiang Yayun's life experience and threatened him with Qiu Feng's background, "You still have to wait for the news from the Western Xinjiang side to send another message to judge...... Brother is now in the army, and he will be fine, don't worry! ”

However, Qiu Yulan didn't forget what he just turned back and asked: "By the way, you just asked me about Qiu Feng's life experience?" ”

"He may be related to the royal family, but it seems that he doesn't know it yet." Seeing that she still remembered, Jiang Yashuang groaned and said vaguely, "The most important thing now is the matter of Western Xinjiang, and he is not very important, let it go first, and then talk about it later!" ”

Qiu Yulan believed it and said in surprise: "The royal family?!" How so? ”

"I can't say anything clearly, I'll tell you later, I have to go to the palace and discuss some things with the fourth aunt!" Jiang Yashuang said and went into the inner room to change into the palace robe.

When he arrived at the Taishi Palace, it happened that the emperor came over with a medicinal soup in his own hand and wanted to enter the Empress Dowager Yujiang.

A monarch and a minister met in front of the palace, and Jiang Yashuang hurriedly stepped forward to meet him: "Your Majesty! ”

"Cousin Nineteen doesn't have to be polite!" The emperor gently asked him to get up, and with sharp eyes he caught a glimpse of a small handprint at the hem of his sleeve, and couldn't help but wonder, "Did my cousin hold the child when he came?" ”

Jiang Yashuang looked down and said speechlessly: "When I left, I rushed my nephew to pounce on him to hug him, and the minister was in a hurry to enter the palace and let the nurse coax him away, but he didn't notice that he grabbed his sleeve!" But it's out of line! I hope Your Majesty will forgive! He arched his hand.

"What's the point of a little thing?" The emperor glanced at the direction of the Purple Deep Palace with gentle eyes, and said kindly, "My emperor is also naughty now!" When I hugged him yesterday, I broke my hair crown twice, and finally I simply untied it for him to play with, and he stopped...... It's really laughable! ”

"Your Majesty is really a loving father, and the minister's son Jinglang has also done something similar, but the minister has changed the bamboo crown that is not so inconspicuous, so as not to attract his attention to the golden crown." Jiang Yashuang said with a smile.

The two originally had the names of cousins, and the heirs under their knees were similarly old, but now they are talking about the topic of children, but they are very close.

When she went to the palace, Empress Dowager Jiang saw it and said in slight surprise: "What are you talking about all the way in?" This is not enough. ”

"I'm talking about the heirs." The emperor stepped up to the pill pier, opened the covered medicine bowl, and said warmly, "It's time for the queen mother to take the medicine!" ”

"Alas! I don't need it today, I feel a headache when I think of the things in the Western Xinjiang! Empress Dowager Jiang pressed her forehead, "Seeing this medicine makes me even more headache!" ”

The emperor insisted: "The queen mother has to work for state affairs before she recovers from her illness, if she doesn't take medicine, how can she hold on?" The queen mother is not for herself, so why don't you think about the world in this world? ”

"The world?" Empress Dowager Jiang smiled self-deprecatingly, looked at the emperor's gaze with some pity, and sighed, "Where can we two worry about it......

Suddenly, Jiang Yashuang also persuaded: "The fourth aunt still drinks the medicine, don't talk about the side, just say that Your Majesty has personally served the filial piety along the way, how can the fourth aunt bear to refuse?" ”

Empress Dowager Jiang took the bowl at this time, covered her sleeves and drank it all, the emperor hurriedly handed her tea to rinse her mouth, and then presented candied fruit to relieve the taste - this set of processes is very skillful, obviously for serving Empress Dowager Jiang.

"Nineteen, why didn't you come to the Great Dynasty today?" Empress Dowager Jiang spit out the core of the candied fruit on the silver plate in the palace maid's hand, and then asked, "I only came now, isn't Fang Cai delayed?" ”

Jiang Yashuang was about to answer, but the emperor stood up and said, "Queen Mother, there are a few things in the ceremony of Yongfu's sister, Bing'er said to the child yesterday, I have to think about it again to decide which one is most suitable." Kid go check it out now? ”

"There you go!" Empress Dowager Jiang bowed.

When he left the palace, he sighed, "The emperor is very knowledgeable and never wants to listen to state affairs...... It's not easy to think about who lives in this palace! ”

Jiang Yashuang knew that her fourth aunt was not for the emperor to express such feelings for no reason, but in fact she sighed for herself - she was the queen mother, but she had the name of regent but no regent, the most tragic thing is that if she was pressed by the Duke of Qin before and had to be a puppet who was more decent than the emperor, then now she deeply feels that she is indeed not that material.

But he knew that he knew, but it was not easy for him to take it.

"You'll come here, but your grandfather has made up his mind?" Empress Dowager Jiang saw her nephew's embarrassment, so she took the initiative to ask, "Western Xinjiang...... What the hell is the statement? Regardless of whether Qiu Jinglan wins or loses after taking over, what should she do next? ”

"Grandfather means that my father in the north of Xinjiang easily got such an opportunity, and now he has won the battle, and he can't fall short!" Jiang Yashuang's trip to the palace was precisely to send a message to Qin Guogong - when Lady Lin went over before, Qin Guogong only said about the disposal of the Zhenxi Army, but he still had to think about the follow-up - 1510 said, "As for the Western Xinjiang, wait for the results of the counterattack after the Zhenxi Army is replenished!" ”

Empress Dowager Jiang frowned: "Don't you really have to wait for the results to come over there before responding, right?" How to win and lose, his father didn't show his tone at all? ”

"Grandfather's bottom line for the defeat of the Zhenxi army again is Xiangzhou." Jiang Yashuang shook his head and said, "No matter what, the Zhenxi Army will refuse to fight outside Xiangzhou...... If you win, it depends on how far you will win, and if you can expel the Xiban from my land in one fell swoop, it will certainly be the best; If it's just a small win, then drag! dragged to the north of Xinjiang to produce results, the west barbarians are not afraid! ”

"I know that, too." Empress Dowager Jiang rubbed her eyebrows, "The question is, if Qiu Jinglan can't hold on, then what should I do?!" The small victory in front of you is useless, you should already know that after the Shazhou treasury was burned down, the DPRK and China will not be able to raise enough grain and grass to supply the Zhenxi Army - unless the share of the Zhenbei Army is embezzled first! ”

Jiang Yashuang said: "Grandfather has an idea for this question. ”

"Oh?"

"The edict of the endowment should not be taken lightly, otherwise it is easy to be taken advantage of by the villain, disturb Li Shu, and shake the country!" Jiang Yashuang said this first, and then continued, "Grandfather thinks that the giants in the country can make a dozen ideas...... Of course, it doesn't mean to attack them directly, but you can give them some false titles, words, etc., in exchange for their donations! ”

"Donate?" Empress Dowager Jiang was still frowning when she heard this, "Isn't the profit of these giants from Li Shu?" The front foot donated to the country, and the back foot pulled the title given to them by the court to intensify the exploitation...... How is it different from the edict of endowment? ”

Jiang Yashuang reminded: "It is the order of the imperial court to add endowment, and after Li Shu is victimized, he will inevitably anger the imperial court; And the giants are only receiving titles, they are still just people—and if they provoke the wrath of the people, they will go to them! ”

The implication is that if there are such people, wouldn't it be easy to arrest and kill them in accordance with public opinion?

Although this is a crossing of the river and tearing down the bridge, it is considered that the words of the greatest number of toiling people...... The danger of abandoning the giants is always lower than driving the people at the bottom to a dead end.

In this kind of two-line use of troops, one of which is still a big defeat, the country can not be chaotic!

Although Jiang Yashuang is a rare kind-hearted person among the children of the Jiang family, he was taught by Qin Guogong's vision, and his view of good and evil is not the same as that of ordinary people. He doesn't think it's too insidious to treat those giants who donate, if these people don't rush to recover the cost after donating, he won't plant it; If this is done, it can only be said that the other party happened to hit the muzzle......

Empress Dowager Jiang pondered for a while before she said, "Then let's prepare like this first!" ”

…… Half a day later, when the emperor heard the news in the Zishen Palace, the muscles at the corners of his eyes suddenly twitched, and while people were not paying attention, he said to Cen Wei: "You managed to get out of the palace and ask what to do now?!" ”

Originally, I thought that if the Zhenxi Army lost all its baggage and was defeated this time, the imperial court could only increase taxes and taxes in order to ensure that the fruits of victory in northern Xinjiang would not shrink and the situation in western Xinjiang would not be too erosive...... As a result, Qin Guogong just wasn't fooled!

"The treasury of Shazhou burned down overnight, don't find out the clues......" In addition to being disappointed that the Jiang family did not jump into the pit, the emperor was also worried about his own safety.

"When is a day like this going to be a head?" The emperor was absentmindedly teasing the prince Chu Shao, and at the same time looked in the direction of Funing Palace, "When will I be able to listen to the government in Funing Palace in a dignified and upright manner like the emperor's grandfather and great-emperor's grandfather, and be the real Ninety-Five Supreme!" Instead of being like now, when you hear a courtier mention political affairs, you have to avoid it with interest?! ”