Bailibo did not return overnight.

Fu Shao hugged the quilt and lay on the bed in a quiet daze. Shao Qin'er came over and whispered: "Shopkeeper Xu is here." ”

Fu Shaogen got up quickly, put on his coat and walked out of the inner room, and saw Xu Qiming already waiting at the gate with his hands down.

"Miss, I have already inquired about what you asked me to inquire about." Xu Qiming said respectfully.

Jing'er saw that Fu Shaogen nodded, then led Xu Qiming into the door, and the two sat down around the Eight Immortals table in the reception hall outside the bedroom.

"Tutdam sent an envoy to explain that the country is now strong, and not only will it no longer pay tribute every year, but it will also ask for a revision of the terms of trade, and from this year onwards, Tutdam people will be subject to special pricing, exporting ironware, grain, tea, medicinal herbs, cloth and other goods at half the price of the past, and giving a number of craftsmen every year without conditions." Xu Qiming said.

Fu Shao sneered: "It's ridiculous for nomadic barbarians to talk about national strength. So what if you don't? ”

"Then they will take the Ten Wild Goose Passes. In fact...... They have captured the Ten Wild Goose Protectorate. The arson plundered and slaughtered the common people of Shiyan Pass. ”

Fu Shaogen's hand shook, and a cup of tea spilled on his clothes.

"What about General Ying?"

General Ying led his troops to retreat to the pass, and had been confronted by Tutdan's cavalry for a day and a night. The Great Khan of Tutdan issued a rally order to the tribes, and in three days, I am afraid that nearly 100,000 men and horses will arrive. ”

Fu Shao was more silent, she carefully recalled everything about Tutdan, because Tuthdan does not border with Juntian, and the territory is far away from Juntian, because long-distance friendship and close attack have always been the only way to diplomacy, so she has a good relationship with Tutdan's Great Khan, whenever Tutdan is not able to continue and winter comes, she will also remind Bai Chengran to send caravans to send supplies to help them overcome difficulties. The Great Khan had always been very grateful to her.

It's just that in the year of her "death", the Great Khan also died. The new Great Khan was the youngest son of the eldest Khan, and it was said that he was ruthless, lustful and shameless, and regarded human life as a mustard, and slaughtered several tribes who were dissatisfied with him as soon as he ascended to the throne, even sparing babies.

Is the massacre of the Ten Wild Goose Pass just to open up border trade? Is it just to not pay tribute?

I am afraid that these demands made by the new Great Khan are only to provoke Sheng Chong, delay time, and wait for his tribal soldiers to assemble.

If Sheng Zhong agreed, they would definitely make more excessive demands, and there was no loss anyway.

If Sheng Zhong did not agree, they just gathered a large army and attacked the pass.

However, for nomads, building a house and sleeping in a bed is not in line with their habits. And even for them, it is no less than bowing to the culture of another country. So what is the real purpose of trying to gather people and horses to attack the pass?

Fu Shaogen's mind quickly appeared that she had looked at the map of the countries over and over again. Once, she pointed a sword at Shiyan Pass in her big tent and said, "Here, it's a good place." ”

Yes, Shiyanguan is a good place, Shengzhong is a large plain surrounded by mountains, the emperor of the Shengzhong Dynasty for the long-term peace and stability in the future, the national border is mostly set in the place of the mountains, the location of the Shiyanguan is located, the east and west direction is the cliff of the two mountains, between the two cliffs to build a towering city wall that reaches the clouds for thousands of meters, it is the real Shiyanguan. It is really a solemn throat, with rivers and plains inside, and grasslands and tidal flats outside, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The Grand Canal stretches for hundreds of miles in the Shengzhong territory, and when it reaches the Shiyan Pass, it turns into an underground dark river, and it often changes its direction.

Therefore, the nomadic country is brave and good at fighting, but there is a great hard wound in survival, once it comes to the winter when the grass and trees are withering, the cattle, sheep and horses are not full, and the people are not full, tea, salt, iron, grain, these necessities are completely dependent on the trade with neighboring countries, so when the old Khan reigned, he asked Sheng Zhong to build another city on the city wall adjacent to the Ten Wild Goose Pass, some people called the Ten Wild Goose Pass, some people directly called the Ten Wild Goose City, which was specially used by merchants to exchange tea, porcelain, salt, ironware, and medicine for the furs and horses of Tutdam, and fed the people of a city for several years. The city is populated not only by its citizens, but also by the people of Tutdam, who have always been regarded by the two countries as a symbol of friendship.

Ying Xiaoxiao's capital protection mansion is located in this ten wild goose city.

And once you enter the Guannai, the Fangui Canal rises to the ground, vast and turbulent, heartbreaking, this big river winds straight to the imperial city of Fenglin.

What if the aim of the ambitious new Great Khan was to break through the Ten Wild Goose Pass, tear down the walls of the Ten Wild Goose Pass, and force the solemn border back ten miles, just to leave a large section of the sail on the surface of the canal in his own country. It not only solves the draft problem of its own tribe, but also poses a great threat to Sheng Zhong through waterways.

No wonder they don't plan to pay tribute in the future.

I'm afraid that there will really be a day, and in order to appease them, Sheng Zhong will give them a large sum of silver every year.

"This Great Khan ordered someone to kill the deputy capital protector, presumably to use this news to lure Xiao Xiao, while Ying Xiaoxiao was unclear about the situation to frame him alone, the main general was dead, and all the generals were in chaos, Tutdam slaughtered the city again, sent an ambassador, while Sheng Zhong was still dealing with the ambassador, their army also arrived, at that time Sheng Chong's reinforcements did not arrive, lost the opportunity, and once Tutdan blew up the wall of Shiyan Pass, he drove straight in, and everything was over."

"What Miss said is very true, exactly." Xu Qiming saw that Fu Shaogen had guessed the other party's thoughts in an instant, and he admired it very much, he couldn't help but think of some "nails" in "Fu" and guessed that this woman was the one who moved the world, he nodded secretly, it must be her, how could a person like her die for no reason.

Fu Shaogen said again: "I can see through it, and Bailibo will definitely be able to see through it, but I'm afraid that the ambassador has not arrived, and the reinforcements to support Ying Xiaoxiao have been sent." ”

Xu Qiming wiped his sweat and said: "The regent is indeed as you said, he proposed to send reinforcements early in the morning, but a group of ministers led by Tao Yuan, the secretary of the military department, resolutely blocked this time, not only should Xiaoxiao recapture the Ten Wild Goose City with the strength of the guard, but also asked the regent to surrender himself, return to the emperor, and do not send troops for a day if he does not return to power." ”

"Returning to power? How to return to power? ”

"The regent originally served as the first assistant of the cabinet, and the crown prince Lu Chunping and Lin Qian, Yang Neng, and Sun Jinyan formed a cabinet together, and these people were all appointed by the regent, and they were also the places where Tao Yuan came to attack the regent. Now Tao Yuan's faction asked the regent to dissolve the cabinet, appoint Qin Xiangguo as the first assistant, and Qin Xiangguo reorganized the cabinet. ”

"I'm afraid that Tao Yuan doesn't have such courage, but who is behind him?"

"Tao Yuan is nominally a royalist, but in fact, he may be from the Queen Mother's side."

"Baili Bo has been standing in the court for so many years, is there nothing he can do about it?"

"The regent was furious in the main hall yesterday afternoon, and kicked Tao Yuan unconscious......

“……”

Xu Qiming said with emotion: "The regent governs the country in a good way, he does not want to monopolize the power, so that the emperor and his monarchs and ministers have a dislike, and repeatedly reiterate the separation of military and government, so the regent does not ask about important military matters, but does not want to bury the root cause, this Tao Yuan really does not have much ability, but he loves to speculate and drill camps, and controls military elections, maps, carriages and horses, ordnance and other government affairs, there are many protégés, and some court officials see the wind and rudder, saying that they will not send troops, and the regent is afraid that he will not be able to send them." ”

Fu Shao suddenly remembered that Mrs. Tao, who ridiculed her at the Qinnan General Military Mansion, was not Tao Yuan's wife, it turned out that Liang Zi had been married at that time.

"What did the emperor say about this?" Fu Shao asked.

"The emperor is in favor of sending troops to support and reorganizing the cabinet......"

Fu Shao is more silent, returning to the emperor, what does it mean to return to the emperor? If the emperor says a word, Yibaili Bo will never interfere. Under the banner of returning power to the emperor, it is just to cut the power of Bailibo. It seems that the courtiers want to cut, and the emperor wants to cut it, even if the emperor doesn't want to, the queen mother also wants to.

What does the Queen Mother want to do? Treat the emperor as a marionette, for selfish desires, just want to give Bailibo a little bitterness? Or is the emperor really suspicious?

The emperor's suspicion, she had already suffered once, and she was afraid that Bailibo would repeat her mistakes.

But that mediocre and incompetent Qin Xiangguo, what is he?! What can he do?!

Fu Shao was distressed by Bai Libo, she knew that if the emperor really spoke, he would definitely dissolve the cabinet.

Even if the cabinet is full of real Confucianism who have learned how to govern the world, because the imperial power is sacrosanct, Bailibo will definitely start from himself, and he will truly return the government to the emperor.

A few people fell silent, and Fu Shaogen suddenly said tiredly: "Let's set the meal, Shopkeeper Xu is afraid that he will come without breakfast." Let's eat breakfast and lunch together today, let Xu Wang's cook some good things, and everyone will make up for it. ”

Fu Shaogen asked Chaoshan to come in and said: "The regent is dedicated to the country in the court, we can't drag him back at home...... Will they listen to me? ”

Chaoshan nodded: "Madam, the prince has already ordered, if he is not there, everything in the palace will only be ordered by you." ”

Fu Shaogen's eyes were a little hot, and she nodded and said, "Very good." ”

Once Bailibo hands over the qualifications to govern, he will no longer be a minister, let alone a "regent", but he is afraid that his suggestions for participating in politics and politics in the future will be trampled under his feet. There are thieves who have been thieves for thousands of years, and there are no thieves for thousands of years, and these people will definitely swarm to trample him to the end when they see that Bailibo is weak, otherwise if Bailibo turns over and takes power again, they will have to live with their heads up.

Fu Shaogen quietly explained a few words to Xu Qiming, Xu Qiming nodded and responded, and she was slightly relieved.

She prepared for the worst, if Bailibo could not return safely in three days, she was only afraid that she would enter the palace and rob people.

As for the fate of this solemnity in the future, let's be honest...... It's her business.