(PS: I can finally explain to you the problem with the recent update, well...) Actually, there's nothing to say, it's really busy, and the updates are very, very, very slow. Today's fourth watch is considered to be an amend, and tomorrow will continue to be the fourth watch!! I hope you can feel my sincere apologies. ）

It's late at night.

There are no pedestrians on the streets of Chang'an.

The snow is falling heavier and heavier, and it seems to engulf the entire city of Chang'an.

Liangzhou can be regarded as the most pleasant place in the entire Great Zhou territory, and this is just the beginning of winter, and it has snowed so much, it is conceivable that the people of this year's Great Zhou may experience a winter of hunger and cold, starvation and death.

It was probably in such a winter that the old beggar closed his eyes, and Xu Han walked into the Senluo Palace.

Such a similar scene made Xu Han can't help but think of those past events again.

But this winter, how many beggars will be like themselves back then, and they won't be able to find a way to live?

Thinking of this, Xu Han, who was looking at the heavy snow outside the window, sighed.

"I've been waiting. At this moment, the door of the room was pushed open from the outside, and a thin old man walked slowly from the outside. He was dressed in a gray robe with a little snow on his head and shoulders, apparently returning from outside.

When Xu Han saw the old man, he hurriedly bowed his hand respectfully.

"Xu Han has seen the prime minister. ”

"Lord Xu, you're welcome, please take a seat. The old man, that is, Zhang Xiang smiled at that time, and motioned for Xu Han to sit down next to the low couch in the room.

Xu Han was not polite, and sat opposite Zhang Xiangyu on both sides of the low couch.

"What is the matter with the Lord of the Xu Mansion looking for his old body?" Zhang Xiang poured a cup of tea for Xu Han and asked with a casual smile.

When Xu Han heard this, he took a sip of the tea in front of him, and then looked at the old man with a solemn face, and asked, "I don't know if the prime minister has seen the twists and turns that have come from Jizhou these days." ”

"Hmm. The old man drank a cup of tea with half-squinted eyes, which was considered to be an acknowledgment of the matter.

Seeing this, Xu Han looked at the heavy snow outside the house, and said: "Chang'an is still like this, in Jizhou, I don't know how many people will freeze to death this year." ”

"Hmm. The old man was already squinting his eyes, noncommittal perfunctory to Xu Han.

"The Great Yellow City has not yet been rebuilt, and the 50,000 Mujia soldiers on the Sword Dragon Pass are seriously understaffed, if Great Xia leads troops to attack at this time..."Xu Han frowned when he saw him like this, and continued.

Only this time he didn't finish his words, and he was interrupted by the other party.

"The three national pillars of the Great Xia Dynasty, except for Cui Ting, who has lost power, the remaining Qiu Qianping and Jiang Zhichen are both ruthless characters who are even more difficult to deal with than Cui Ting, but they can see it very clearly, Mu is extremely difficult to deal with, and the difficult bones are handed over to Cui Ting, who is eager to make meritorious contributions. And now the defense of Da Zhou is weak, and the two of them naturally want to take this piece of fat, in order to compete for a male and female, Daxia at this moment will not be able to live in peace. In a short period of time, the stegosaurus pass is worry-free, and the mansion master does not have to worry too much. ”

The candles in the room are flickering, and the servants are still burning charcoal fires in the house, and the warmth inside the house and the cold outside the house are like two worlds.

Xu Han looked at Zhang Xiang, who was talking eloquently, and his brows furrowed a little.

"Could it be that the Prime Minister is going to ignore this matter?" he asked with a calm face, he really didn't expect Zhang Xiang to have such an attitude before.

"Reason?" the old man raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and his squinted eyes seemed to widen a little at that time.

"The Great Zhou has six states, Ji, Xu, Liang, Qing, You, and Chong, Xuzhou is blessed, and Liangzhou is the center of the Great Zhou, and the two can be self-sufficient, except for these two states, which of the remaining four states is not the miserable situation that the lord of the government said? The government is mainly in charge of Jizhou, so what about the remaining three states? The money and grain that the imperial court can put down are not much, if they are all given to Jizhou, then the people of the other three states deserve to starve to death?"

"That's not what I mean. Xu Han saw that Zhang Xiang had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained.

"Mu Qingshan of Jianlong Pass has a very strong personal relationship with the lord of the house, and Lin Yuguo of Dahuangcheng relied on the lord of the mansion to guard the Dahuang City, and Jizhou is sandwiched between the two, saying that the lord of the mansion recaptured Jizhou for the Great Zhou, but it is better to say that the lord of the mansion relied on this troubled world to find a private land for himself. It's just that Zhang Xiang didn't listen to Xu Han's defense, he didn't wait for Xu Han to speak, so he said to himself again at that time.

Xu Han was stunned for a moment, it was undeniable that he did have such thoughts in his heart, at least he regarded Jizhou as the foundation of his foothold in Chang'an, and he knew very well that Zhu Xian would not dare to take him seriously before Zhu Xian re-established an army that was enough to fight against Great Xia. So he is so nervous about the situation in Jizhou, in the final analysis, he is indeed selfish.

"It's really not without selfishness. Xu Han knew that he couldn't hide these thoughts from Zhang Xiang, an old fox who had been in the officialdom for so many years, so he simply said calmly, "But the situation in Jizhou is related to the safety of the people of the Great Zhou, doesn't the prime minister care at all?"

"Naturally. The old man nodded without hesitation. "But if I help you today and give you Xu Han the few money and food allocated by the imperial court, the kings of the prefectures will inevitably become more and more dissatisfied with Zhu Xian, but Jizhou has stabilized the situation because of this, then the next step is to exchange the positions of your Tiance Mansion and the Changye Division, and the strength will change hands. ”

Speaking of this, the old prime minister paused, his squinted eyes suddenly widened at that time, and he looked straight at Xu Han, as if he wanted to see Xu Han thoroughly through his eyes.

"Then how can I guarantee that the Lord of the Xu Mansion who is sitting on the natural danger of Jizhou will not be the next Zhu Xian?"

Click!

Hearing this, Xu Han's face changed, and the hand holding the teacup shook at that time, and a drop of tea overflowed along the cup and landed on the desk on the low couch, making a crisp sound, but at this time, the silent room seemed so harsh and clear.

Such a sound naturally couldn't hide Zhang Xiang's eyes, the old man's eyebrows raised, and his gaze at Xu Han suddenly became meaningful.

It wasn't until after a long silence that Xu Hanfang put down the teacup in his hand.

He looked at Zhang Xiang with calm eyes, and said word by word: "I won't be Zhu Xian." ”

"Of course not, Zhu Xian doesn't have the strong dragon aura of the mansion master, that's the appearance of a true dragon. The old man said in a calm voice.

The cold wind outside the house blew into the door at that time, and the candle flame in the room flickered, reflecting Zhang Xiang's wrinkled face flickering and brightening, and the light in his eyes was deep in the dark, like a wolf in the dense forest, but he did not eat flesh and blood, but only punished people's hearts.

Xu Han fell silent again, he looked straight at the old man in front of him, and suddenly felt that perhaps the most terrifying thing in the entire Chang'an City was not the towering Yu Wenluo, nor Zhu Xian, who covered the sky with one hand, but the prime minister of the Great Zhou in front of him, who no one had paid attention to and was already dying.

After a few breaths, the cold wind outside the window rested for a while.

The candle flame in the room illuminated the room again.

A kind smile appeared on Zhang Xiang's face again, he picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip, and then said lightly: "The mansion master is a smart person. ”

"I knew before I came that I wouldn't agree to this, so I had to ask for something else. Let's say, the old man may be able to help within his ability. ”

Xu Han said this, and the solemn look on his face did not relax because of this.

He didn't like to deal with people like Zhang Xiang, and the feeling of being exposed in front of people at a glance was not a very good experience for Xu Han.

But he didn't have a choice.

So he gritted his teeth at that time and looked up at the prime minister of the Great Zhou again.

With calm eyes and a calm voice, he said.

"I want all the files of the Yin family for five years. ”

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