After listening, Zhu Yunwen was speechless for a long time, and was silent for a while before he said,

"Fang Qing, what the hell is going on? Didn't I already say that I would return to my hometown for the fourth uncle? Why don't you say a word in the edict? ”

"Your Majesty's grace,"

Fang Xiaoru kowtowed upwards very calmly,

"Now that the season has come to summer, the weather is hot and rainy, and the Yan army has been stationed in the Daimyo Mansion for a long time, it must be difficult for these troops with northern soldiers as the main force to adapt, and they will be tired without a fight for a long time. If it can exceed a month, the army among his soldiers will be slack, and he will have no intention of fighting again, and His Majesty can order the soldiers stationed in Liaodong, Zhending and other places to attack and disturb Beiping. At that time, the morale of the army within the Yan army will be disheartened, and it will be difficult to take care of the beginning and the end, and it will not be difficult for our army to break the Yan army. ”

"What?"

Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment and asked,

"I want to make peace with the fourth uncle, and do you want to destroy him?"

"Your Majesty,"

Fang Xiaoru raised his head, looked at him and said,

"Of course, the only way to deal with the rebels who rebelled is to eliminate them, and the minister knows that you don't want to kill your uncle, so this minister can't say anything more and won't stop him, but even if you want to capture them or imprison them, you still have to destroy the rebels in the end, right? No matter who he is, he will never be forgiven for committing the crime of treason! ”

"Yes......"

Zhu Yunwen finally understands now, it turns out that the ideas he has always had are impossible in the eyes of these ministers, and if he once raised troops to fight against the court, he will always be a rebel, and in the eyes of these people, the fourth uncle can only be a traitor and an anti-king. While thinking about it, he asked,

"In your opinion, can you really wipe out the Yan army and capture the Yan King?"

"Your Majesty, that's natural,"

Fang Xiaoru looked taken for granted,

"After all, you are the Son of Heaven, your edicts, the whole world is disobedient, the other party is just rebelling, how can you do it for a long time?"

"Okay, I have the right to rely on you, as long as I can finally see the fourth uncle, how should I arrange it with Fang Qing."

Zhu Yunwen's tone sounded very weak and discouraged, and in fact, it was true, after listening to Fang Xiaoru's words, he had already understood that these ministers who had advocated the use of force with the fourth uncle from the beginning would not approve of themselves to really make peace with King Yan, and those ministers who had advised him to focus on appeasement and make peace with the fourth uncle had long since closed their mouths and refused to say anything.

What can I say now, I just ask the spirit of the emperor and the former prince to bless them, and don't let the final result develop to the uncle and nephew, and you can only decide to live and die......

At this time, Xue Yun, who had been kneeling beside him, had other plans, and when he heard Fang Xiaoru's high-minded talk, he couldn't help but sneer secretly in his heart, because he knew that King Yan had already expected these statements, and even if they were implemented, it would be difficult to work at all. But later, after listening to Fang Xiaoru's tone, he still had to continue the correspondence with King Yan, and said secretly, I don't want to go again, if you send an envoy again, you can find someone else, thinking of this, I made up my mind to say that I would not go out.

Therefore, since Xue Yun returned home, he has been sick at home and has not seen anyone at all. As a result, for a while, no suitable candidate could be found to be another envoy, and the others were either prevaricated or incompetent, so this second edict was not sent out for a long time......

On the other hand, the use of troops is still going on, although King Yan did not continue to use troops as he promised on the surface, but Sheng Yong and Ping'an, who received orders from the court, did not dare to disobey. However, these people no longer had the heart to start a large-scale frontal battle with the Yan army, so they had to send small teams from time to time to attack the Yan army's grain route between Beiping and Daimyo, which could be regarded as the execution of the holy order.

For this kind of petty sneak attack, the generals had already received a military order from King Yan to prevent crimes, but after receiving the battle report, Zhu Di was still a little angry, and he was angry that Fang Xiaoru really underestimated himself, thinking that he could deal with himself by playing this kind of trick? After thinking about it for a while, it was the time of the summer heat, so it was better not to use troops easily for the time being, and it was still mainly based on the book, but if the envoy was sent to the capital, it would inevitably be too complicated and procrastinating, and it would take a lot of time, so he told the commander Wu Sheng who had already attached himself to him, and handed the emperor a fold on this matter.

The folded book fell into the hands of Zhu Yunwen, after reading it, thinking about it, I felt that what I said above was also right, since I had agreed to a truce, it would be okay not to withdraw my troops, but still attacking and harassing the other party, it was indeed a sign of no credit, how could the dignified son of heaven do such a thing? Thinking of this, he let people edict Fang Xiaoru again,

"Fang Qing, I heard that after King Yan proposed a truce, Sheng Yong and Ping'an still led troops to harass them from time to time, is there such a thing?"

"Back to the emperor, this is indeed the case,"

Fang Xiaoru replied very calmly,

"And that's exactly what they were commanded to do."

"Why?"

Zhu Yunwen frowned and said,

"The fourth uncle has promised not to use soldiers again, and I have also agreed to this matter, if you do this again, doesn't it make people feel that the court has no credibility at all?"

"Your Majesty, what more faith and righteousness do you have to talk about with the rebels?"

Fang Xiaoru replied without hesitation,

"Besides, has the emperor forgotten the strategy that the minister told you before? We are trying to put the Yan army in a state of slackness, and then attack and harass them separately, and finally annihilate them completely. This is a good time to realize this plan, and if it is missed, it will be difficult to reassemble the scattered forces again. ”

"Yes, I forgot, Fang Qing had planned to do so from the beginning......"

couldn't tell whether it was affirming or denying, Zhu Yunwen said softly.

In fact, he himself couldn't make up his mind, and in his heart, he really hoped to stop the army and return to a peaceful and peaceful life, but he was worried that it would really be like what the courtiers said, if it was over, and the fourth uncle still refused to obey him, it would be even more difficult to cut the feudal domain in the future. And what Fang Xiaoru said, if he can really calm down this war, but miss the opportunity because of his disapproval, wouldn't it be a pity, so after a moment of silence, he said,

"Well, it's up to you to decide, but remember, be cautious, and try not to provoke more fighting and killing."

"The minister understands,"

Fang Xiaoru bowed upward, and suddenly asked as if he remembered something,

"However, Your Majesty, why did you ask the minister about this matter, could it be that King Yan wrote a note to you again?"

"Not really,"

Zhu Yunwen didn't pay much attention to this matter, and said casually,

"It was Du who commanded Wu Sheng to write a book to inquire instead of the fourth uncle."