On November 27, the tenth year of Chengping, Lin'an.

After the early dynasty, Prime Minister Li Juan sat in the carriage back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, earlier in Changle Palace, Emperor Liu Jinglong specially left him for breakfast after the dispersal of the dynasty, such a courtesy was already commonplace for Li Juan.

Ten years ago, Li Juan Fulong ascended to the throne, and he also gained great power, and now in the entire Pei Dynasty, it can be said that it is under one person, above ten thousand people, of course, the north of the Yellow River cannot be counted.

After Liu Jinglong sat on the throne, he declared that he advocated the rule of inaction, and he named Li Juan as the prime minister, leading the government in chief, and almost decentralizing all power.

Li Juan is also diligent, in the past ten years, he encouraged industry and commerce, vigorously develop the economy, Pei Dynasty has shown a more and more open state, I have to admit that today's Pei Dynasty is the most prosperous time since the founding of the country. However, compared with the prosperous economy, militarily, it can only be said that it is becoming more and more erosive. In order to stabilize the social development, Li Juan took the initiative to avoid many contradictions, even if Liu Jingheng was the emperor in Liangzhou, he didn't care. There are Qiang people in the west, and there are Xiongnu in the north, these foreign tribes were just thieves and thieves at the beginning, and later saw that the Pei Dynasty had almost no resistance, so they simply began to frequently provoke side affairs, and Li Juan's handling was very simple: send money. As long as you don't cross the border, I will give you a sum of money when you come, or wool and satin, or cattle, sheep and horses, in short, what I have is money, and I can get it if you break the money to eliminate disasters!

Li Juan was sitting in the carriage with his eyes closed, he was close to the sixtieth man, but there was no trace of white in the beard under his forehead, he attached great importance to the way of health preservation, and his cheeks on his face were not collapsed like ordinary old people, but they seemed to be ruddy. Yesterday, there was news from Rongcheng that Han Jin's 80,000 elite soldiers had all crossed the Yellow River, and had already taken a city, and were preparing to advance north. After the dynasty this morning, Emperor Liu Jinglong was in a particularly good mood, leaving Li Juan to have breakfast together, and the two had a few rare drinks together.

The opportunity to expand the territory, Li Juan thought in his heart, in ten years, the country has been thriving under his own governance, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and there are almost no beggars on the streets. Although I know that many people call him the minister behind his back, it doesn't matter, if you want to do things, of course you have to hold power in your hands. Anyone's attack won't be a problem, as long as the person on the throne believes in him. However, to be a capable minister who can have a place in the history books, it is not enough to have the merit of reassuring the people, but also to have the honor of expanding the territory, now, the opportunity is in front of him, Li Juan believes in his planning, two months, no, maybe just before the arrival of the New Year, Liangzhou will be able to come with good news, and at the same time, the Western Regions will also be under the rule of Dapei.

Li Xuan, who didn't have any look on his face, was already churning with blood in his heart, and the hands on his knees involuntarily clenched into fists: I will leave a name in history.

At this time, he suddenly thought of the literary debate more than ten years ago, when he was not the teacher of the second prince, and the other party was not the prince and the prince. Two middle-aged people who are high-spirited but a little depressed rely on the column to argue and point out the country. Li Juan advocates governing the country as a ruler, and only those who can minister can rejuvenate the country; The other party said that Confucianism governs the country, and the monarch is light on the people. Although they have different political views, it can be seen that the two appreciate each other very much, and they have a feeling of sympathy for each other. Later, the literary debate was praised by the literati in Kyoto, and he became the teacher of the second prince, and that person eventually became the teacher of the crown prince.

If things continue to develop normally like this, Li Juan's ideal of becoming a capable minister is very likely to blow like a spring breeze, and he is not reconciled, and he cannot be reconciled. That incident was he who encouraged the second prince to do it, do you regret it? No, no regrets, he didn't feel sorry for Dapei, it was he who made this country look new, and only he was able to do this. Is that guy okay? No, his Confucianism is illusory, it is an ideal world, it is a dream world, and he has done nothing wrong. Finally, Li Juan's face trembled slightly, and his fists clenched tighter.

has arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, the carriage slowly stopped, Li Juan retracted his thoughts, slowly opened his eyes, the past is over, there is still unsurpassed glory waiting for him in front of him, his eyes became firm, and he got up and got out of the car.

Just when Li Juan was about to cross the threshold of the Xiangfu gate, a sound of horses' hooves came, Li Juan retracted his right foot that had crossed the threshold, turned to look in the direction where the sound of horses' hooves came, a soldier rode a horse and approached the Xiangfu quickly, and when he arrived at the gate, the soldier couldn't wait to turn over and dismount, one did not stand firm, and staggered and fell to the ground. Seeing this scene, Li Juan frowned slightly, gave a look to the person next to him, and immediately someone ran over and helped the soldier over. The soldier was brought to Li Juan, who was already tired and exhausted, and he took out a letter from his arms with difficulty and said, "Rongcheng Emergency." After saying that, he fainted, and Li Juan ordered the porter to quickly send the person to the Prime Minister's Mansion for treatment.

Li Juan looked at the soldiers who were carried into the Prime Minister's Mansion, and his right hand holding the letter trembled slightly. couldn't wait to get to the study, he hurriedly opened the letter, and after only reading a few words, Li Juan couldn't stand anymore, his legs were weak and he almost fell, and the person next to him immediately stepped forward to support him. Li Juan gasped and finished reading the letter, his face was no longer bloody, his eyes gradually blurred, and the whole person leaned limply on the two subordinates.

The subordinates shouted in panic, Li Juan came back to his senses, suddenly struggled to stand up, turned around and ran to the carriage at the door, "Quick, quick, go to the palace"!

At this time, in the palace, Emperor Liu Jinglong was writing in Tianlu Pavilion, the battle report of Rongcheng earlier made him feel good, and he drank a few cups with Li Juan after the dispersal of the dynasty, so he came here and wrote a few big words with a high-spirited pen: Thousands of generations! Liu Jinglong felt that these words were particularly well written today, and the uncontrollable smile on his face gradually turned into laughter.

A eunuch came in to report to Li Juan and asked to see him.

"Please come in", Liu Jinglong said happily, thinking about how long he had been gone, and he had come to beg for a drink again!

"Prime Minister, come on, come on, see how I wrote these words today, do you have a sense of otherworldliness", Li Wanren hadn't come in yet, and Liu Jinglong, who only heard footsteps, couldn't wait to shout.

I saw Li Juan hurriedly enter the pavilion, and immediately knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, it's not a good thing, Your Majesty!"

Liu Jinglong, who was still on the rise, saw that Li was so out of shape, his heart sank, put down the imperial pen, walked around the desk and walked quickly to Li Xuan, who was kneeling on the ground, "What's wrong"?

"Liangzhou, we are defeated", Li Juan raised his head, with a sad face, took out the letter from his sleeve robe and held it above his head with both hands.

When Liu Jinglong heard this, he chuckled in his heart, and his body took two steps back. Fu stepped forward to take the letter again, and after reading it quickly, he sat on the ground, "How is this possible, how is it possible"!

Li Juan was frightened when he saw Liu Jinglong, and hurriedly went to help.

"Li Juan, is this true"?

"This is the handwriting of the superintendent Lin Xie, the person arranged by the minister, and the news should be true."

"How is it possible, 80,000 people, just like this"?

"I didn't expect that...".

"Yesterday, the military newspaper also said that it had taken a city and was preparing to continue to march north, this is only one day, one day"! Liu Jinglong got up and held the desk with both hands to stand firmly.

"The minister has already ordered someone to go over there on the way here, and more news will come from time to time", Li Juan also got up and stood bent over.

"Li Xuan, what you said to me, 80,000 elite soldiers, you will definitely be able to win", Liu Jinglong suddenly roared.

Li Juan hurriedly knelt down, "The minister's responsibility, the minister's guilt."

"You, you...", Liu Jinglong took a few steps forward, and then stopped, "How is it good now, how is it good"?

"Your Majesty, now we have to think about the next step, there are still 100,000 new troops on the south bank, we have to keep these troops"!

"Yes, yes, I still have 100,000 new troops", Liu Jinglong's eyes lit up, as if he saw hope, "Li Juan, you say, what should I do"?

"Now, we have to send someone who can hold it to Rongcheng, the new army has not experienced a battle formation, and the army's morale cannot be chaotic."

"Yes, yes, the military can't be confused, so who is appropriate"?

Li Juan thought for a while, and Liu Jinglong looked at him anxiously.

"General Zhenguo, Dou Yanshan"!

"Dou Yanshan, he, he's already fifty years old, right?"

"Yes, but the old general is still strong, and besides, the current situation in Rongcheng can only be stabilized by a person with prestige like the old general."

"Okay, okay, just send him", Liu Jinglong hurriedly agreed when he heard this.

"Your Majesty, you have to send a letter to the border army of Youzhou, Bingzhou and Yizhou, once the news of the defeat of Liangzhou spreads, the Xiongnu and the Qiang people are afraid of rebellion", Li Juan had calmed down at this time.

"Okay, Li Xiang is very thoughtful."

"Your Majesty, summon the Tiger Camp to Kyoto to assist in the defense."

When Liu Jinglong heard the three words of Huben Ying, he looked at Li Juan suddenly, and his mind that had just calmed down became nervous again.

"You mean that Lin'an is in danger"?

"Your Majesty, you have to guard against it"!

Liu Jinglong thought for a while, nodded, turned around and took out a tiger talisman from a wooden box on the desk, held it with a trembling hand, and handed it to Li Xuan.

Li Juan took the tiger talisman, put it into his sleeve robe, and knelt down again: "Your Majesty, the loss of Liangzhou this time, the minister never thought that it was the minister's responsibility." However, please trust your Majesty, the Minister will not let the situation deteriorate, and after the matter is stabilized, I will ask Your Majesty to punish him."

"Prime Minister, I believe in you, you must do a good job."

Li Juan kowtowed, got up and left Tianlu Pavilion, Liu Jinglong walked behind the desk with difficulty, collapsed on the chair, and his heart was beating rapidly.

Soon after, the three teams rushed out of Lin'an.

At this time, on the south bank of the Yellow River in the territory of Bingzhou, in a small Zhuangzi called Wuzhuang, people continued to gather here, more than 100 households in Zhuangzi were killed, and in the open space in the center of Zhuangzi, the corpses were piled together, poured with fire oil, and burned.

A masked man with long hair scattered stood next to the clearing, looking at the fire and smoke in front of him, his eyes revealing madness, he looked up and looked south, in the direction of Kyoto.