He Tian's surprise was not over yet, and continued: "There is a third birthday gift. ”

As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his body and handed it to Shi Yi.

Shi Yi took it, unfolded it and read it by the light of the torch.

"The east wind blooms thousands of trees at night, and blows down, the stars are like rain, and the BMW carved cars are full of fragrance. The sound of the phoenix flute moves, the light of the jade pot turns, and the fish and dragon dance all night. ”

"The moth snow willow is golden, and the laughter is full of dark fragrance. The crowd is looking for him thousands of times....."

It's a strange article, I've never seen it, but I feel that there is a different kind of beauty between the lines, and the picture described feels so beautiful.

Hey, how do you feel a little weird at the end?

Shi Yi took the paper and gestured: Master, is there something missing at the back? The apprentice thought it was a little weird.

He Tian smiled and said, "Well, there is something missing, but now I can't tell you that the time has not yet come." ”

Shi Yi didn't expect the master to sell Guan Zi at this time, his brows furrowed, a little unhappy, but thinking that the master had prepared gifts for himself so carefully, he immediately left this little thought behind, and only his heart was full of joy.

He Tian led Shi Yi back to the barracks and took her into the tent.

picked up the wine jug and poured two bowls of wine, sprinkled a little peppercorns, handed one of the bowls to Shi Yi, and said: "Tu Su bids farewell to the old, Sichuan pepper welcomes the new, and I will celebrate the New Year with you in advance." ”

Shi Yi happily took it.

The two looked at each other, smiled and raised their glasses, and drank them all.

........

At this time, Zhongzhou City, the Queen Mother's dormitory.

Empress Dowager Qi sat on the couch, looking at a letter with an angry expression.

Today, Her Majesty Liu Hui and the prospective Prince Liu Zixing both knelt in front of her.

Empress Dowager Qi's eyes gradually moved from the letter to Liu Hui, and said angrily: "You dare to hide the secret letter that others framed Lonely. ”

As he spoke, he tore the letter to shreds and threw it at Liu Hui.

Liu Hui was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and he stammered: "Queen Mother.... Misunderstanding... I...."

Liu Zixing has been in the palace since he was a child, and he has a very good relationship with the emperor, so he opened his mouth to take the blame for the emperor: "Queen Mother, Your Majesty has never read this letter, it was opened by the minister." ”

Empress Dowager Qi glanced at him, snorted and said, "Then tell me what this letter is about?" ”

Liu Zixing was silent.

Empress Dowager Qi said angrily: "I don't dare to look at it, but I dare to say it." Pull out the rod and rebuke thirty. ”

Zhao Teng, who was standing next to him, was half of Liu Zixing's ally, and begged for mercy: "Queen Mother, King Guangling has been weak since he was a child, and he is thirty, so I am afraid that he will not be able to stand it." ”

Zhao Teng's power in the palace is not small, he is the person of the Empress Dowager Qi, and the Empress Dowager Qi will not lose his face: "Then twenty." ”

Zhao Tengzuo: "Yes!" ”

Turning to Liu Zixing, he said, "King Guangling, please." ”

Liu Hui watched Liu Zixing being taken out, stood up angrily and said to the Empress Dowager Qi: "Queen Mother, why do you punish the imperial brother every time I make a mistake?" ”

Empress Dowager Qi did not answer him, but said sharply: "Kneel!" ”

For so many years, under the education of the Empress Dowager Qi, Liu Hui had lost the courage to resist the Empress Dowager Qi, and could only kneel in silence.

Ignoring the sound of the board outside, Empress Dowager Qi spoke: "What do you think of your imperial uncle's reply?" ”

Liu Hui regarded King Xiao Nanchen as his own when he was a child, but for so many years, King Xiao Nanchen has never come to see him, and he has listened to too many gossips from others, and his trust in this imperial uncle has dropped a lot.

But even so, he still understood that this was his biggest reliance now, so he said: "Uncle Huang said in his fold that the Xizhou Army has suffered heavy casualties over the years, but the sergeants have not been rewarded for their meritorious service, and the morale of the generals is sluggish. ”

Empress Dowager Qi glanced at Liu Hui, easily understood the child's thoughts, and said: "Lone also knows, but now there are natural disasters and man-made disasters everywhere, the tax revenue of the imperial court is getting lower and lower, and the treasury is seriously in deficit, and Lone has nothing to do." ”

Liu Hui was speechless, where is the deficit in the treasury caused by these, isn't it all caused by the Empress Dowager Qi's wanton squandering for her own enjoyment, and the need to raise the big moth of the Qi family?

Liu Hui pondered for a while before saying, "How is that good?" Now that the foreign enemy is invading, the Xizhou army on Uncle Huang's side needs to recuperate for the time being, and cannot move. ”

Empress Dowager Qi was reluctant to give a reward, but she also knew that she couldn't afford to offend King Xiao Nanchen, if it weren't for King Xiao Nanchen being limited by the oath, she was afraid that she would have to sit still every day in Zhongzhou, how could she have the happiness she has now.

If the persecution is too tight, she is also afraid that things will be reversed.

Zhao Teng walked in from outside at this time and suggested: "Why didn't the Queen Mother let the King of Taiyuan send troops?" ”

When Zhao Teng came back from Xizhou before, He Tian sent people to disguise himself as Taiyuan soldiers, ransacked Zhao Teng's team, and beat Zhao Teng, both legs were discounted, he raised it for several months, and only returned to normal walking today, but he still felt pain.

Zhao Teng has been domineering for many years, how can he bear this breath, so he asked the Queen Mother to send a letter of guilt.

The king of Taiyuan relied on the queen mother to rely on herself to balance Xizhou, and he was perfunctory about just handing over a few heads to the guilty letter, Zhao Teng was naturally resentful, and he wanted to give Taiyuan Wang Jinrong a knife when he seized the opportunity.

The Queen Mother naturally knows this, but now the princes and kings in various places who have some military power are ready to move, and she can't easily move the famous families in various places.

Only Jin Rong, a Qihu person, although he also has heavy troops, has a shallow foundation in Beichen, and the royal family and family do not treat him very well, so he has to rely on the queen mother and the emperor.

So he nodded along with Zhao Teng's words: "Then please ask Your Majesty to issue an order to transfer the Taiyuan army to defend against foreign enemies." ”

Liu Hui should be obedient.

......

A few days later, Xizhou received a reply from Zhongzhou, ordering the Xizhou army to recuperate in peace.

After discussing with the military advisor Xie Chong, He Tian informed the whole army of the news, and the whole army was overjoyed.

He Tian seized this important period of development and handed over the grassroots talent cultivation business in Xizhou to Hengyu, who had just arrived in Xizhou.

Let Xie Yun and Feng Qiao speed up the improvement of weapons and the research and development of firearms after the effectiveness of the steelmaking method.

Let Xie Chong be in charge of finance, responsible for the promotion, sales and research and development of products such as soap and glass.

He also asked Zhou Tianxing to lead the rest of the apprentices to be in charge of the army's tuntian and daily affairs.

As for Hong Xiaoyu, he and Luo Feng were stationed in Shouyang, guarding Zhongzhou and helping Xizhou pay attention to the dynamics of Zhongzhou and Taiyuan County.

He Tian himself was not able to be idle, he only had the memory of leading troops to fight before, and the practical application was easy and risky, so 50,000 elite soldiers were selected from the Xizhou Army and trained in combination with modern military training methods.

In this way, we can not only improve our military strength, but also have an excuse to excuse ourselves in case of problems, so that others will not be surprised.

The entire Western State has spent four years of peace in such a day-by-day change.