Da Chu Luocheng Imperial Palace Yang Xin Pavilion

On the wide jade case, covered with bright yellow brocade, the left side is stacked with thick folds, the right side is much less than the left side, and there are red pen instructions on it.

After the jade case, sitting is the supreme ruler who controls the seventy-two prefectures of the eight states of Great Chu, the supreme ruler of hundreds of millions of people, the current emperor of Great Chu, Emperor Xuan of Chu.

Emperor Chu Zheng is nearly sixty years old and in good health, but from his face, you can see extreme exhaustion. It takes five hours a day to deal with, which is not easy for a sixty-year-old man.

I picked up the top fold on the left side, and looked at a goose feather sticking to it, frowning slightly. This goose feather is flying fast, which means that this twist and turn is from the frontier. There seems to have been no war lately, so where did this come from?

Northeast, North, Northwest, South, or is the water unclean?

The Great Chu has been peaceful for a hundred years, that is, for ordinary people, as the emperor who guards the territory of Ruoda, wars happen all the time, and the difference is only in the size. The Heishui and Luo Killing Kingdoms in the northeast, the Golden Tribes in the north, the Shabo people in the northwest, the Forty-Eight Plateau Kingdoms in the southwest, and the Tusi Tribes in the south......

And that's not counting the two armies of water, facing many forces that are strongly hostile. Da Chu is still strong enough now, so these enemies are lurking in the shadows, secretly looking at the behemoth of Da Chu, as long as they show a little fatigue, they will be like evil wolves, attacking in groups, trying to bite off a piece of fat from Da Chu.

"Suspicious? Is it Hongli's Flying Goose Biography?" Looking at the head above, Emperor Chu Zheng was uneasy, checked the fire paint seal, took the golden knife to break the seal, and pulled out the fold inside.

Ten lines at a glance, skipping the useless greetings, and just looking at the text, Emperor Chu Zheng's face changed like a storm, and his anger gradually rose.

Poor Ninth Princess, she is already so difficult, there is still someone to beat her idea, those bastards' consciences are all for dogs to eat?

Wei Yan, a cabinet scholar sitting at the top of the cabinet, raised his head when he heard the sound, looked at the angry look on Emperor Chu Zheng's face and guessed, which Wenchen had provoked His Majesty to anger?

"Take it, and you'll all see it. Emperor Chu Zheng scolded angrily, and his own little eunuch held the fold in both hands and sent it to Wei Yan.

Hearing Emperor Chu Zheng's words, the other three auxiliary ministers came around from behind their respective tables and took turns to watch Hongli's recital.

After the four of them finished circulating, Chu Zheng tapped his fingers on the jade case: "After reading it, let's talk about it, Yihe is not easy to live in, life is difficult, she is the most beloved princess of the Union, how dare they?"

The Yihe in the mouth of Emperor Chu Zheng is the title of the ninth princess Chu Jiayi. Since childhood, she knows everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and knows everything about poetry, books and etiquette, and is known as the first talented woman of the royal family. Because he lost his mother because he was young, he was well-behaved and sensible, and he was indeed the heart of Emperor Chu Zheng.

It's a pity that this woman's numerology is not good, she was born and lost her mother, married and lost her husband, three gifts and three widows, inside and outside the court, this woman is a lone star, and her life is hard to restrain her relatives, and she is regarded as an ominous person.

Wei Yan coughed lightly: "Your Majesty, this matter should be strictly investigated, the people behind it have ill intentions and must have a heart of disobedience." ”

Well, it's all nonsense, daring to gather sand thieves to attack Yulin and pre-rob Princess Dachu is a capital crime.

"Your Majesty, you should pass on the decree to the west, order a powerful part, and go into the desert to arrest the unsubordinate. The old man who spoke was nearly seventy years old, but his face was full of red light, and he was powerful, and his physical condition was much better than that of Emperor Chu Zheng, who was less than sixty years old.

This is none other than the Minister of Military Aircraft, Du Jian, the former general of the Yulin Army. Emperor Chu Zheng believed in martial arts and did not believe in literature, and his perception of Wenchen has always been very poor. Among the four auxiliary ministers elected, they are also two civil and military.

"Your Majesty, you should pass on the internal edict and order the secret spy department to send additional personnel to verify the source. "The person who opened his mouth was older, and he was Ning Wenguang, an auxiliary minister of military aircraft.

"Your Majesty, you should prevent trouble in the southwest. The last to speak was the Cabinet University Scholar Se Chingha, the youngest of the four Auxiliary Ministers, who had just turned thirty-five years old. For more than two hundred years, he is also the youngest auxiliary minister of Dachu.

"Southwest?" Don't look at Se Qinghe is the youngest, but he is the most valued by Emperor Chu Zheng, this son has a keen mind, hits the shot, and can always grasp the key point, supplemented by Wei Yan's old way, it is Emperor Chu Zheng's right-hand man who governs hundreds of millions of people and thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.

As for the two auxiliary ministers of the Military Aircraft Pavilion, they actually have little effect, but Emperor Chu Zheng does not like the dictatorship of the ministers, so no matter what time it is, half of the auxiliary ministers must be generals from the Military Aircraft Pavilion.

Se Qinghe straightened out his thoughts and said, "Your Majesty, no matter who the person behind this is, no matter what his purpose is, just robbing the Ninth Princess obviously doesn't have much effect. In the opinion of the ministers, it is necessary to take a two-pronged approach, even three parties and four moves, there is no state and no government in the southwest, except for the Dingxi Army, the people of Chu are only five million, and the border market merchants are tens of thousands. With the presence of General Dingxi, it is categorically unable to turn over the waves, so there are only 48 countries on the plateau. ”

After listening to this, Wei Yan thought for a moment, nodded in agreement, what Se Qinghe said was extremely true, except for the forty-eight countries of the plateau, he couldn't think of any other crisis.

"Your Majesty, what Bachelor Se said is reasonable, but the forty-eight countries of this plateau are not one, and the hearts of the people are not aligned. In addition, although the plateau is not abundant, it is also self-sufficient. Speaking of this, he didn't continue, he is not a dumb king today, he understands everything he should understand.

What he wanted to say was that a place as large as a plateau, the size of a desert, but forty-eight countries, could be imagined, and it was incompatible. Coupled with the fact that the output is self-sufficient, life is neither good nor bad, and there will be no big deal.

In the eyes of the Great Chu monarchs, if a small tribal country is rich in products, it will have enough food and will be easy to be ambitious. If the output is insufficient, it is easy to attack the grass and grain to replenish the rations. The eight armies of Great Chu are on nine sides, and the southwest is the most peaceful because the forty-eight countries can be self-sufficient.

"I'm not afraid of no good things, I'm afraid of no good people. Ning Wenguang said loudly.

It makes sense, Emperor Chu Zheng thought so. The forty-eight countries are very calm, but I am afraid that there are people in the court. The forty-eight countries don't think about the war, but there are always people who don't want to live a peaceful life.

"Zhu Qing thinks that the decree should be passed on to prepare for war in the west?" asked Emperor Chu Zheng, not that he didn't want to, but that he didn't dare to start a war lightly. The life of Da Chu is not easy, there have been natural disasters for many years, and last year there were big rivers dancing, and the treasury was empty. The war is about money and food, and Emperor Chu Zheng has no money.

"Your Majesty is wise. Se Qingzheng bowed and said.

Wei Yan frowned: "The treasury ...... Not abundant. ”

What is called not abundant, it is simply poor, well, the minister's salary has been owed for two months. As soon as the army moved, the gold coins flowed outward like flowing water, and now Da Chu can't afford it.

"You can make Zhu Chongjiu prepare for the war on his own. Du Jian said, he is a senior in the army, so naturally he doesn't need to care about General Zhu's official position, he can call him by his name.

"It seems that this is the only way. Emperor Chu Zheng sighed lightly, originally in such a big war, the household department should be ordered to prepare more grain and grass, the Ministry of Industry to prepare ordnance, levy 100,000 people, 10,000 cars, and send military funds to Dingjun City, but now Emperor Chu Zheng can't take these out.

Fortunately, although the Dingxi Army is not rich, under Zhu Chong's ninety or thirty years of operation, it can barely support it, but the armament is rough. The forty-eight countries on the plateau are not considered strong enemies, as long as they are not fighting with the whole country, they should be able to support themselves.

It is still impossible to confirm the scale of the war, and Zhu Chongjiu has not received any twists and turns, but it can be slowed down and wait for the autumn tax to come up, which can relieve the eyebrows.

Even if this is the case first, there is no good way to prepare for the war, so I can only wait and see what happens.

"Your Majesty, in this twist and turn, there is a strange person and strange thing, hidden but not obvious, and the minister is a little unclear. "I thought that this matter would be over, but who would have thought that Se Qingzheng would continue this topic.

"Oh, what's wrong?" Emperor Chu Zheng asked, as an emperor, he has to deal with political affairs in a day, and he can never finish dealing with them, where will he care about small things that do not enter the stream.

Se Qingzheng said: "With the help of the nobles of the caravan hundreds of miles away, General Luo crossed the road of cattle migration, blocked tens of thousands of sand thieves, and left, and the princess was worry-free." ”

Limited to the weight that the flying geese can carry, Hongli's recital is not much, but the beginning and end of the matter, as big as a write, the language is concise. These processes, Emperor Chu Zheng and the other three auxiliary ministers, they didn't care, they only looked at the essence of the matter, who was impatient to look at these. If you look closely, I am afraid that you will not be able to handle many government affairs in a day.

"What's wrong?" Emperor Chu Zheng rubbed his temples, he didn't bother to think about these details.

"The minister has three questions, one is to ask the caravan, where is the nobleman. The second question is how to know the wedding convoy when the nobles are hundreds of miles away, and the third question is how to help each other when they are a hundred miles away, and can know the route, speed, and time of the cattle migration, so that the wedding convoy can stop the sand and thieves behind the herd?"

These details, if you don't want to, are swept away, and the people are shocked by the clear reminder, yes, how to explain these questions?

How could a noble man be in a caravan, a hundred miles away, and how could he know, and be able to help the wedding caravan, listen like a mythical story.

Everyone was silent for a long time, no one answered, and no one could answer the three questions of Se Qingzheng, there was no solution at all.

Seeing that everyone was deep in thought, Emperor Chu Zheng knocked on the jade case: "Zhuqing don't have to think about it, just send an edict to ask, or continue to deal with government affairs." ”

"Yes. ”

Subsequently, the five monarchs and ministers in the room continued to bury their heads in dealing with government affairs, but they had their own guesses in their hearts.

The Golden Ancient Road of the Desert

After the greetings, Yang Feng asked: "Mr. Lei, the wedding convoy was attacked by sand thieves, outside the Dingjun City, Zhu Fu, the general's son-in-law, entered the forty-eight countries of the plateau, looking for the treasures of the world, thinking that it was a dowry, but it was unexpectedly attacked, and there are twelve countries of ordnance and living mouth as evidence, what does Mr. think?"

The people of Da Chu have a hard time talking, the more noble they are, the more they speak, but they are not as cheerful as Huya. Renault had to think for a few seconds before he understood what he meant.

"What's wrong with this General Zhu Fu?"

"Assassinated. ”

My mother, what did this ninth princess do in her last life, these are four gifts and four widows, can anyone be more unlucky than her?

Renault's first reaction was the poor Ninth Princess, this kind of thing, even if it is placed on the earth, this girl's life will not be able to go on.