The emperor was very impressed.

After receiving Zhao Hanzhang's excerpt, the emperor specially summoned Zhao Zhongyu, and confirmed from him that Zhao Hanzhang would definitely come to participate in the summer solstice festival and would support him, so he let it go.

Since he ascended the throne, he has been wrapped up in the power of the ministers to move forward, and in the past four years, he has developed the habit of being cautious.

Now with the support of Zhao Hanzhang, the emperor began to operate, he first agreed on the summer solstice sacrifice to the sky in the court, and asked the courtiers to invite the vassal kings and assassins from all over the world to come to Yuncheng to participate;

Then he began to quietly contact several of Gou Xi's generals.

Assassins from all over the country received invitations, including Liu Kun, Wang Jun, and Wang Dun, who had just finished fighting.

Wang Jun and Wang Dun are just gone, but Liu Kun is hearted but powerless, he can't leave Jinyang.

As soon as he walked on the front foot, Jinyang on the back foot could be accepted, so he could only watch with his eyes blank, and then wrote to Zhao Hanzhang, hoping that she could say a few good words for him during the summer solstice sacrifice, so that the court would not forget him and support Jinyang from time to time.

It would be better if the imperial court could send troops to recover Jizhou and connect Jinyang with the imperial court's territory.

Liu Kun wrote here for a moment, thought for a moment, or asked: "Listening to the report of the spies, a force has recently appeared in Jizhou near Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and it has connected ten cities in less than two months.

He said, "The spies reported that the advantages of their swords and guns against the Huns were similar to those of fine iron produced in Yuzhou."

Zhao Hanzhang thought about it and replied to him with a letter, and there was only one sentence on the letter, "Its leader is Zu Li."

Liu Kun received the letter, and his tentative words disappeared in an instant, "It turned out to be Shizhi, he is now grabbing land in Jizhou......

Liu Kun calculated in his heart the territory he occupied now, and then calculated the territory that Zu Ti could occupy, breathed a sigh of relief, and muttered, "I'm still better than him."

Before his heart fell, Liu Kun straightened his back again, and became worried, "No, although I occupy half of Jizhou now, I can't occupy Youzhou in the north and Qingzhou in the east......

Liu Kun will not fight Zu Li, he believes that Zu Li will not beat him, but he also believes that if he can strengthen the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, he will definitely beat Gou Xi, Wang Jun and Wang Dun, and even Zhao Hanzhang...... If it violates morality and the great cause, he will also send troops.

At that time, won't Zu Ti's territory be bigger than him, and the people will be more powerful than him?

Liu Kun was worried, worried that Zu Ti would become famous one step ahead of him, and on the other hand, he had to help Zu Ti cover up the information, so that his cooperation with Zhao Hanzhang would not be discovered so quickly.

By the way, is he and Zhao Hanzhang a cooperative relationship or a subordinate relationship?

It should be cooperation, he is on an equal footing with Zhao Hanzhang, cough cough, nominally, it's all a stab history, Zu Ti's ability is not under him, it should be cooperation, not investment, right?

Liu Kun almost grabbed his hair just thinking about this question, maybe he could send someone to contact Zu Ti. Nowadays, he is much better than Emperor Hui, and he is also smart and resourceful, if he can help the emperor, they can be at peace in two years, recover the lost land in five years, and calm the troubled times.

Liu Kun thought ambitiously, just do what he said, immediately wrote a letter to his good friend, and sent someone to the south of Jizhou to find Zu Li.

Although Zu Ti was very happy to receive the letter from his good friend, his opinion was completely different from his.

He believes that the current emperor is too cowardly, has no ambition to dominate the world, and is not capable enough to subdue ministers like Gou Xi, Zhao Hanzhang and Wang Jun, and chooses to be loyal to the emperor and work for the Great Jin Dynasty is doomed to failure.

His purpose is not to be loyal, but to end the troubled times for the people of the world, so he will not choose him knowing that the emperor is not suitable, and he will never allow himself to take a detour.

Zu Ti in turn persuaded Liu Kun, thinking that he should not always think about being loyal to the emperor and doing things for fame and fortune, but should strengthen himself, shelter as many Han people as possible, and strike a blow at a critical moment to completely defeat the Xiongnu and Qianhu, help the Central Plains recover the lost territory, and dominate the world.

Zu Li advised Liu Kun not to get too close to Tuoba Xianbei, and said: "Xianbei people don't know etiquette, although Tuoba Yilu is brave, but he has no great wisdom, let alone a concubine, he is so partial to the young son, sooner or later it will cause a big disaster, if you get too close to him, I am afraid that he will be affected."

also commented on the heroes of the world, "Wang Junkong has ambition but no morality; Sima Rui, a side branch of the Jin room, cowardly and incompetent, if there is no Wang Dao to help, I am afraid that Xuzhou will not be able to keep it; In the Jin family, Sima Ye, who is closest to today, is still young and has no reputation; Gou Xi, mean and unkind, lenient to oneself, strict with others, and not worthy of following."

"Zhao Hanzhang, she has a benevolent heart, whether it is talent or morality, she has it, although she has no intention of being self-reliant now, but one day, the world must choose someone to follow, I must choose Zhao Hanzhang."

"If you are dedicated to your name, I didn't say this, but if it is for the people of the world, please cherish it."

Zu Ti gently dried the pen and ink and sealed the envelope.

Zhao Shi was dressed in military uniform, and ran in from the outside, "General, we are about to enter Lingshi County, why do we have to stop suddenly?"

When Zu Ti saw him, his face softened, but he still said seriously, "Spring ploughing is essential."

Spring ploughing is very important, Zhao Shi has followed Zhao Hanzhang all these years, and knows how much she cares about spring ploughing, but ......

"It's time to sow spring wheat, what else do you need to plant?"

"Beans," Zu Ti said, "and cultivation is not just about sowing seeds, fertilizing, weeding, watering, every step requires a large number of people. This year, we mainly grow beans."

"We've planted enough beans, do we need to plant more?"

Zu Ti nodded, frowning slightly: "Zhao Tingshi wrote that there are strange people around her who are good at observing the heavens, and there is likely to be a drought in Jizhou this year, and there will be a locust plague after the drought, so I ordered people to grow more beans." Beans are drought tolerant and harvested faster than wheat, so let's take a truce during this time and take the soldiers to cultivate more."

Zu Ti paused for a moment and said, "Wait for the summer solstice to sacrifice to the heavens."

He wanted to see what the court wanted to do on the summer solstice, and what would happen to Zhao Hanzhang and Gou Xi.

He had to accumulate strength, and besides, the two generals sent by Shile were defeated by him, and if he continued to fight, it would not be good to provoke Shile out.

Zu Ti knew that he would accept it when he saw it, and he developed step by step.

Zu Ti is waiting for the summer solstice festival, and many people are waiting.

He had made preparations in advance, but he still did not expect that the drought would be so widespread and severe.

The emperor who was about to sacrifice to the sky did not expect that when the imperial court received the data reported from all over the country, the faces of everyone from the emperor to the guards guarding the palace gate turned white.