The Privy Council Princes are all veterans who have been up and down for decades, so they naturally understand the deep meaning. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Shouzhou has always been the intersection of Huaibei and Huainan forces, and now the ant thieves are also rampant in the Yingbo area, the original five counties of Shouzhou have been swept away except for Shouchun, but the most plastered Shouchun has not succeeded, and now the ant thieves pretend to evacuate, it is not necessary to relax Shouchun's defense, and wait until the time is right to take Shouchun.

Aside from the factor of ant thieves, Shouchun is close to Luzhou, the birthplace of the Yang family in Huainan, and the side of the couch will not allow others to snore, if Huzhou dares to touch Shouchun, it will definitely attract Huainan's attack.

"Huainan is not in harmony internally, I'm afraid it's powerless, right? The target of the ant thief is uncertain, and Shouchun may not be ......" Wei Chi Wuxian hesitated to interject.

"There are a lot of uncertainties, but a false title doesn't matter to us, it's about our ability to influence the situation. Wei Wei said a rare fair word, but immediately turned around: "But how much influence do we have on Huainan and Huzhou?"

"Wei Gong, what influence is a little far away now, what the political hall has to solve now is the problem of lack of grain in Guanzhong in the next few years, if the two rivers and Shannan West Road are not reliable, then it is necessary to increase the import of grain from Kanto, but the grain of Nanyang and Jingxiang is limited, and the fluctuation factor is very large, there are many requirements in Hedong, and the political hall intends to let the input place have more sources, otherwise Guanzhong will lack food, and people will be panicked, that is a big thing, this kind of thing has not happened. ”

Xue Tong's words reminded everyone present of the second year of Zhonghe more than 50 years ago.

That year Huangchao into the Guanzhong, Chang'an was besieged, Guanzhong hunger, fighting grain 30 times, the most in history, at that time there was a tragedy in Guanzhong and eating the remains, the memory of that time made many old Guanzhong people still remember it vividly, since then, although Guanzhong has also encountered floods, droughts and locusts in these decades, the price of grain has also risen to the high price of five or even seven times of rice, and countless people have starved to death, but because of Nanyang, Jingxiang and Liangchuan land, they have survived, and have not reached the tragic situation of the two years of Zhonghe.

Guanzhong has always been a place of food shortage, especially the millions of people in Chang'an City, although it is much less than in the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, but it has always been the place where the people of the world yearn for, so the population rises and falls, and it has always remained above the million population.

This is undoubtedly a great pressure for the ruler of a city, especially since the ruler of the city is still nominally the emperor of the empire, and he needs to assume his due responsibility and morality for the life of his people.

If the common people in other places under his rule can live and work in peace and contentment, but in his capital Chang'an City, they are starving, I am afraid that the legal orthodoxy of the Li Tang Dynasty will really be challenged.

Maybe it was Xue Tong's words that touched the princes a little, after all, although they had never experienced that kind of tragic thing, but their parents came from that era, and after hearing their fathers' stories, they could also feel the heart-rending fear at that time.

The hall was a little silent for a while, and after a long time, the old man with a hoarse voice said slowly: "I will discuss with the princes of the political affairs hall, and the Privy Council can agree in principle that Jiang Feng should be the nominal governor of the three states, but it cannot be an envoy to observe the wind, but only a defensive envoy to see the after-effects." ”

"Gong Xu!" Guo Tao and Wei Wei spoke at the same time, as if they disagreed.

"Two, I'm afraid you don't know, the observatory said that starting this year, there will be a continuous drought in Hedong, the Central Plains, and Heshuo for three consecutive years, which will inevitably affect the grain prices of the entire Jianghuai and Jiangnan rivers, and even affect the entire Middle Earth. ”

"Oh, is there such a saying?" It can be said that the land of Middle-earth has been a good year for many years, although occasionally some areas have suffered from floods and droughts, but the entire land of Middle-earth has been a normal year for several years, and the price of food has not fluctuated much, but if it encounters a flood or drought, it will immediately lead to a disaster.

"If it weren't for this, I guess the princes of the political affairs hall would not be in such a hurry. The privy councillor who was called Xu Gong lowered his eyelids and said a little lonely, obviously he also made a decision that was not quite in line with his wishes, but he needed to obey the overall situation.

"I really didn't expect Erlang and my little sister to have such a bizarre story, it seems that Erlang is destined for us. The brocade-robed man sitting above raised the wine cup and took a sip.

"Thank you Your Highness for the banquet, Princess Jin is cheerful and generous, helpful, I have always been grateful, if it weren't for Princess Jin's help, I might have been imprisoned by Nanyang a long time ago. Jiang Feng also raised his glass with a smile and took a big sip.

Until now, he has not figured out how the second highness who met for the first time would be so enthusiastic about the banquet, he has only been in Chang'an for less than three days, in addition to giving Wei Chi no illness a name, he has only reported in the political hall and the Privy Council, this second highness has a plain life, even if he and Li Jin are born to the same mother, but he has never dealt with each other, how could he invite himself so warmly to get together, which made him a little sincerely afraid.

"Well, Erlang entered Beijing this time, but he came here for the two thousand war horses, or is it Gwangju affairs?"

After three rounds of drinking, he finally got to the point, which also made Jiang Feng breathe a sigh of relief.

He is most afraid of this kind of cloudy and misty flickering, and he doesn't get to the point for a long time, such a royal family, you have to offer respectfully, and you can't easily offend.

To say that he is just a small feudal lord, he is not counted, and it is difficult for a Huzhou to enter the eyes of these people.

Of course, Jiang Feng also knew that Guanzhong's influence had been declining in recent years, and he had to use various means and channels to expand his influence and highlight Guanzhong's status.

In recent years, the situation has become more and more obvious, the Great Jin and the Great Liang have increasingly become the people of the Central Plains, and the same Khitan completed the conquest of the Yan and began to infiltrate the Heshuo region, which also made the Khitan increasingly powerful, and even the Great Jin and the Great Liang now have to face up to this foreign player from the Northeast.

In contrast, whether it is the Taining Army or the Huaibei Shijia, its influence is also imperceptibly fading, originally Caizhou is also a rising star, can become a new player in the Central Plains, but after this blow, I am afraid it will take a few years to lick the wound and recover.

These princes and lords in Guanzhong have been using various means and methods to exert influence on these foreign vassals other than Daliang, but the lack of hard power makes them always seem a little powerless in the play of soft power, this is Jiang Feng's judgment to the Li family, and they have never found their path, of course, they may understand, but they are unable to do it.

Hugging his fists, seeing the brocade-robed man nodding with a smile, Jiang Feng said: " Both, His Royal Highness also knows that Huzhou was first established, and now he has to face the ant thieves who may cross the Huainan at any time, especially His Royal Highness may have also heard of the ant thieves' Persian female falcon army and the Qinhe Leopard Army, they are the elite of the cavalry among the ant thieves, crisscrossing the three states of Yingbo, so far the probation army is powerless against it, Shouzhou has been wreaked havoc by the Han Baling Department, the two counties of Shengtang and Huoshan are now divided into Huzhou, and a certain is driving the Huaibei refugees to the two counties to reclaim the famine, if the ant thieves cannot be curbed to go south, I am afraid that there will be a tragic thing in the entire Shouzhou this winter。 ”

"Well, ant thieves are rampant, this king has also heard in Guanzhong, there are rumors that there may be a connection between Daliang and ant thieves, but is there such a thing?" the brocade-robed young man suddenly asked.

"This, I'm afraid this is a rumor, right?" Jiang Feng felt a pang in his heart, if he wanted to say that there was no spokesperson in Chang'an City, Jiang Feng would not believe it.

It can be said that whether it is Hedong or Daliang, or Nanyang, Huaibei, Huainan, or even Dangxiang and Khitan, at least for the time being, they still recognize Li Tang Zhengshuo, so it is also essential to make friends with the ministers of the court and speak for them, so in this Chang'an City, inside and outside the court, there is almost no secret at all, and your words may reach the ears of those who have a heart tomorrow.

"Rumors? Really? I heard that Erlang once personally went deep into the ant thieves to act as a scout, and the ant thieves almost did not commit any crimes in the territory of Liangdi from Yiluo to the south of Cai and Yingzhou, why did they spread across the ocean in Caizhou and Yingzhou, why is this?"

If it is said that although the Central Plains feudal lords were divided into many different groups because of their inconsistent attitudes towards Chang'an, even the feudal lords like Zhu Liang, who had dealt a fatal blow to Li Tang Zhengshuo, were pardoned and obtained the status of feudal lords after surrendering to Li Tang, like the various ministries that were not pardoned during the Huangchao Rebellion, and the current ant thief ministry, they are the enemies of the world, and no one can cross the bottom line of being implicated with them, otherwise they will become the enemies of the gentry and the royal family of Li Tang.

"This, with a certain understanding and judgment, the ant thieves in the land of Yiluo are mainly besieged in the mountains by the Liang army, and after escaping from the mountains by luck, the Liang army's Long Xiang army has been following closely behind, I am afraid this is the main reason why the ant thieves failed to wreak havoc in the territory of Liangdi, as for Cai and Ying, I have to say that compared with the Liang army, the Caizhou army and the probation army are still inferior in terms of combat effectiveness and combat experience, especially in the face of a huge number of ant thieves with many branches, I am afraid it is inevitable to take care of one or the other, which will lead to this situation. ”

Jiang Feng felt that his back was going to sweat a little, it was convenient for this ant thief to use, but if someone caught the real handle, it would be really difficult.

At the beginning, he also provided a map of Shouzhou to Han Baling, but now it seems that he is a little sloppy, at least he should not go in person, if he is held in the future, it will be difficult to get out.

It's just that in that situation at that time, if you don't go, who can replace yourself to achieve your goal? )