"The Zhao clan guards Yanmen Pass, thinking all the time, wanting to send troops to conquer Mobei and make military achievements on the heads of our grassland people, we are three shocks a day, and we can't even sleep well.

"In the future, I also ask Duke Xu to say a lot of good things for us in front of the emperor, our respect for Daqi and fear of the emperor are as deep as the abyss, and we will never dare to have the slightest disobedience. I also ask His Majesty the Emperor to give us a way to live, so that we can graze and live in the grassland. ”

Xiao Yan saw that Xu Minglang was satisfied with the gift list, and lost no time in emphasizing her so-called appeal.

Xu Minglang said with a smile: "You make the Hajj every year, pay tribute every year, Your Majesty also knows your awe, don't worry, this time the Zhao family wants to increase troops in Yanmen Pass, it is absolutely impossible!"

He didn't worry about the chaos of the Tianyuan Royal Court at all, endangering the Great Qi, the grassland now has the four royal courts standing side by side, the Tianyuan Royal Court has just emerged, and there is no power to overwhelm the heroes, so there is really nothing to worry about.

Moreover, even if the North is in turmoil, with the glorious power of Great Qi, it can be quickly pacified.

Twenty years ago, the southern barbarians invaded the border, and although the paradigm was defeated, it later relied on a simple strategy of the third overseer - to feign defeat and lure the enemy, and simply killed him. These barbarians are just ants.

In contrast, the door is a big harm and a problem for the henchmen.

As a literati, Xu Minglang had a deep hatred for the generals, and did not hesitate to use vicious methods, and united with foreign cultivators to assassinate the masters of the Zhao family, and to get to the bottom of it, because he was too jealous of the generals, and he was afraid and afraid to the bones.

In the last years of the previous dynasty, the feudal towns were in turmoil, and the military generals attacked each other, and they shouted that "the strong soldiers and horses are the Son of Heaven".

And scholars and scholars, in that kind of situation at that time, did not have the slightest weight, the generals wanted to bully and humiliate, and they killed if they wanted to kill, and the situation was miserable.

In the troubled times when killing is the mainstay, in front of a group of military generals who only believe in strength, civilian officials and scribes who do not understand the art of war and cannot lead troops to fight can only be human with their tails between their legs, and they are driven away from dogs and chickens, how can they have dignity at all?

In the eyes of literati like Xu Minglang, the collapse of the previous dynasty and decades of military disasters and the expansion of the military general group are the main culprits.

The lessons of the past should not be overlooked.

The literati did not want to go through such dark years again, so they are now sparing no effort to weaken and suppress the generals, hoping to collect the world's military power in the center and realize the ideal of the literati to control the generals.

In the final analysis, the reason why the Great Qi Dynasty established the country and implemented the policy of separating civil and military forces was because the separation of civil and military forces was a check and balance between civil and military forces! Taizu's purpose was to avoid making the military and military groups bigger.

The scholar's rebellion failed for ten years, and the rebellion of the military generals was immediately a catastrophe.

This truth is easy to understand and everyone in the world knows.

"What's going on here, the princess plans to return north?" Xu Minglang asked, putting away the gift list.

"You have to wait for Bai Lao to come out of the prison of Dali Temple first. Xiao Yan did not deny or admit it. What is the real name of the white-eyed old man, it has been gradually forgotten, because of the white eyebrows and extraordinary cultivation, so he has been called the white old man for a long time.

"He appeared in Daizhou City, just to protect the princess, there is no big mistake, plus your apology is generous enough, with Your Majesty's benevolence, you will definitely let him go. Xu Minglang is very confident.

He didn't expect it badly.

After a few moments, White Eyebrows returned.

When Bai Mei entered the door and saluted Xiao Yan, she and Xu Minglang were stunned.

They were sure that Bai Mei would come back, but they didn't expect that the other party would come back tonight.

"Is it His Majesty's order? It seems that His Majesty has already made a decision on the case of Daizhou. That's a good thing. Xu Minglang reacted quickly, calm and calm.

But his face soon changed dramatically.

Bai Mei entered the door with his front foot, and one of his henchmen followed with his back foot.

"Your Majesty agrees with the Zhenguo Gong to increase the number of troops at Yanmen Pass by 30,000!"

Hearing the news, Xu Minglang was so stunned that he almost didn't hold the wine glass, Xiao Yan was even more startled, the faces of the two changed violently in a short period of time, and it was extremely exciting, but they couldn't say a word for a long time.

Then everyone fell silent, and the private room was suddenly full of needle drops.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, what do you mean by this?" Xiao Yan, who sat down again, broke the silence and asked Xu Minglang.

"Your Majesty's willingness to let Bai Lao go means that he has no intention of holding you accountable, and he doesn't think that you intend to murder the Zhao family, otherwise Bai Lao will be punished. Xu Minglang pondered.

Xiao Yan nodded, this is a reasonable explanation. This also means that Song Zhi does not think that Beihu is threatening Daqi, which makes her breathe a sigh of relief. It would be nice if it didn't affect the Tianyuan Royal Court's plan to unify the grassland.

"In that case, why did the emperor increase his troops to Yanmen Pass?" Xiao Yan asked again.

Xu Minglang was also puzzled, until his henchman told him about the Guangling Yang clan and the Jinling Wu clan again, and then he suddenly realized, "I see." ”

With 30,000 additional troops at Yanmen Pass, in exchange for two generals and generals, this is not a loss, and in the long run, it is even very cost-effective, which is extremely beneficial to the civilian group.

"Your Majesty still has to take into account the old man's ideas and requirements after all. Xu Minglang thought of this, and felt quite complacent.

Xiao Yan was also completely relieved, since this was a power struggle within Daqi, she had nothing to say, as long as it didn't affect the situation in the grassland.

The two drank a glass of wine together, celebrated each other, and then Xu Minglang left.

Xiao Yan beckoned, and a person walked out behind the curtain.

"You've heard our conversation tonight.

"Although Xu Minglang is our ally, he is just greedy for our property and bribes, and he still looks down on us in his heart. We must always keep abreast of his movements, guard against accidents, and we cannot have no one around him. ”

Xiao Yan motioned for Zhao Yujie to sit down, "You are naturally beautiful and exquisite, hurry up and learn some poetry and music these days, after a while, I will arrange for you to cover up your identity and let you get close to Xu Minglang."

"If you can be accepted by him as a concubine, this is your creation. When the time comes, don't let him know that you are my person. ”

Zhao Yujie said expressionlessly: "He is the prime minister of the court, so easy to get close to him?"

Xiao Yan sneered, and said in a tone of knowing oneself and knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent: "Qi people, pay attention to poetry, white hair and red face are the most sought after by them, and the matter of giving little maids and beautiful concubines to each other between dignitaries and dignitaries is even called beautiful talk by them."

"This Xu Minglang is from a literati family and has been infected and nurtured for decades, how can he be an exception?"

Zhao Yujie nodded and said no more.

She knew that this was the time to manifest her role, and there was no choice.

Although it takes a lot of money and sacrifices, she was born at the bottom of the market, and she has no father since she was a child.

In order to survive, to be rich and powerful, to be able to dominate everything by yourself one day, you don't have to look at anyone's face, you don't have to worry about being bullied by any force, you must always struggle and "fight", and even do everything to make it possible.

A small price must be paid, and it is not worth it.

"The Prime Minister's Mansion should be powerful and wealthy, no worse than the Zhenguo Mansion, right?" At this moment, this was the only thought in Zhao Yujie's mind.

Soon, a snake-like smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

In the Zhenguo Mansion, all she can use is Zhao Ning, a young man, if she can really go to the Prime Minister's Mansion and gain the favor and trust of the Prime Minister himself, then she can get more.

......

The Zhenguo Mansion is naturally extraordinary, not to mention anything else, just the thirteen halberds inserted in front of the gate are enough to show the Zhao family's great military exploits.

Zhao Ning stood in front of the door for a while, and under the urging of Zhao Qiyue, he entered the door and met Zhao Xuanji. Zhao Ning was very pleased to learn that the emperor agreed to increase troops at Yanmen Pass and strengthen the monitoring of Mobei.

The results of the Daiju case have been announced at the court meeting.

Paradigm did not plot to kill Zhao, but Zhao Ning and Fan Qinglin were jealous because of a woman, and a private conflict broke out, Fan Qinglin plotted to kill Zhao Ning, but Zhao Ning saw through the treacherous plan and let Zhao Qiyue beat him to death, and the matter passed.

The Great Cultivator of Beihu appeared in Daizhou, and it was the Beihu princess who sneaked out to play in Daizhou by the guards, and accidentally got involved in the battle between the Zhao family and Paradigm, and was caught by Zhao Xuanji, who happened to go to Yanmen Pass to inspect the border defense.

This is the content of the newspaper of the Ming Fa Mansion of the Imperial Court, and it is also the superficial result of the struggle and compromise between Xu Minglang, the prime minister, and Zhao Xuanji, the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and the civil official group they represent and the Jiangmen Xungui.

Xu Minglang's old puppet, thinking that the old man didn't know that he was behind the scenes, and the plan of the civil official group to murder Jiangmen Xungui was not revealed, and he also retained his authority because he kept the paradigm, and secretly rejoiced in the court, but everyone didn't know that all this was what we wanted. ”

Zhao Xuanji smiled heartily, looking at Zhao Ning's eyes full of appreciation, he was a superb cultivator, proficient in the art of war, but not good at fighting with civilian officials, this time the strategy was all from Zhao Ning's hands.

With Xu Minglang's weight, the secret fold that his grandfather gave to the emperor will definitely be seen by him, and this secret fold was originally shown to him, the purpose was to make him frightened, which was equivalent to the first bid when the merchant was doing business, and giving him a price that he could not accept, was to make him bargain. ”

Zhao Ning also had a smile on his face.

He continued: "The more powerful and thorough Xu Minglang's counterattack is, the more His Majesty will be jealous of his authority as a powerful minister, and the more suspicious he will be.

"And our ultimate goal, on the one hand, is to preserve the paradigm, so that they can continue to be used by Xu Minglang on the surface, but secretly under our control, and on the other hand, release the Great Cultivators of Beihu, so that Beihu thinks that Daqi still does not have much fear of them, so as to facilitate the actions of Sun Er in the future. ”

Zhao Xuanji nodded.

He touched his chin and said: "Xu Minglang, this old horseman, relying on his majesty's Mr. and his majesty's trust, has been a little carried away with his power over the years, but he doesn't know that his power is too heavy, and his majesty will not be happy." ”

He suddenly thought of something, and asked with a solemn face: "Beihu is in our Great Qi, if there are really so many secret agents and eyeliners as you said, the bribery and infiltration of the Great Qi nobles are really so deep?"

Zhao Ning sighed, "I also think it's not true, but the matter of Daizhou has already explained everything." Even a famous family like Paradigm and Xu Minglang, the prime minister of Great Qi, will join forces with them - no matter what their purpose is, as long as they collude with each other, it has already proved that the situation is very serious. ”

Zhao Xuanji's face was solemn, and his mood became heavy.

As the first person in the Great Qi military, he has the responsibility of "Zhenguo" himself, and now that Beihu has infiltrated so much within Great Qi, he must do something, "What are your plans?"

"If we want to deal with Beihu, we must first pull out their forces in Daqi, dig out their eyeliner, and not let them always know the internal movements of Daqi. This is one of the big things that Zhao Ning will do next.