In the middle of summer in June, the scorching waves are rolling.

As a famous furnace in later generations, Yuzhou is now also suffering from the test of the scorching heat.

After every passing hour, the whole city is extremely empty, and there are hardly a few people in the streets and alleys, and the soldiers and civilians of the whole city hide under the trees at home to escape the heat and cool down.

But outside the palace, there were many chariots and horses parked today, and even if it was noon, they were not allowed to leave, because their respective masters were still in the palace discussing important matters with His Majesty the Emperor.

The hall, which served as the main hall, had all the doors and windows open, and there were several pots of ice in the corners, but it was still sweltering despite the gathering of dozens of people.

Many of the officials present were already sweating, but only because the emperor was in front of them did not dare to behave in a disrespectful manner, and listened to the discussion in front of them with bated breath, but they didn't even bother to wipe the sweat rolling down.

Today's Yuzhou monarchs and ministers are focusing on how to deal with Qianzhou's attitude.

Compared with southern Yunnan and Sichuan, the situation in Qianzhou is obviously more special.

The special thing here is not only that the local mountains and rivers are far more complex than the other two places in the southwest, but also that the local forces in Qianzhou only have the Long family.

In southern Yunnan, although there are many barbarian tribes, they are roughly divided by the three families of the Mugao section, and those tribes with smaller forces can only rely on these three families, but the three families can influence each other and reach a certain balance.

Sichuan and Shu are more complicated, whether it is the two most powerful Longmu families, or the second-level Banzhou Yang family, Yizhou Tang Sect, in fact, they all have their own strengths, plus the Han court in Yuzhou, it can be said that no one can be a monopoly here.

But Qianzhou is different, although there are dozens of large and small tribes there, but there is only one of their backbones, and that is the Long clan.

It can be said that those dozens of large and small clans need to live with the breath of the Long clan, and once they anger the Long family, the consequence will be that the clan will be wiped out.

In a sense, the Long family is the real emperor of the soil in Qianzhou, and one word can decide the life and death of countless people, so he is called the Dragon King of Qianzhou.

Now that Qianzhou is the only one left in the three southwestern provinces, it has not surrendered to the imperial court, which is naturally a big problem for Sun Ning and them.

He had sent Guo Chong to recruit him before, but the result was in vain, but he successfully won over the three families in southern Yunnan.

Then when Guo Chong returned to Yuzhou, he brought even more bad news, the local people in Qianzhou have begun to fight hard and strictly guard the passes, which is clear that they will fight against the imperial court to the end.

For such a reaction of the Long family, in fact, many people can also imagine it.

In this regard, the Long family has dominated Qianzhou for hundreds of years, and they have long been arrogant, that is, in the peaceful season of the Dayue Imperial Court, they are just paying lip service to the courtiers, and they don't listen to the announcement, not to mention that the current situation is chaotic, and the imperial court is already in the southwest corner.

On the other hand, the fate of the Kuizhou Long family was enough to make them strongly hostile to the imperial court.

The Kuizhou Long family was originally a side sect separated from the Qianzhou Long clan, and they were also separated from the Huayang Mu family and the Yunnan Mu clan, but the Kuizhou Dragon still respected the Qianzhou dragon.

When Kuizhou was attacked by the army that day, the Long family also thought that Qianzhou Benzong could send troops to rescue.

It was only because the distance was too far and the imperial army attacked fiercely, and Kuizhou was defeated in a short period of time, so there was no follow-up battle. But this beam is completely finished.

Therefore, the Qianzhou Long clan must be disdainful of the court's solicitation and don't take the initiative to send troops, but they only know that their own strength is not enough. But they also decided that their own attack was insufficient, but they had more than enough to defend, relying on the geographical advantage of Qianzhou's mountainous and easy to defend, they were really not afraid of war with the imperial court.

After explaining the current situation with the ministers, Sun Ning swept towards them again and asked in a deep voice: "So what should the court do with such a rebellious minister?" ”

They are all characterized as rebels, but in fact, the answer has been laid out on the bright side.

But many courtiers, you look at me, I look at you, but none of them dare to speak.

In the end, Yan Hu, who was a military general, couldn't hold it back, took the lead in the ranks, and said in a rough voice: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he should send troops to fight, so that everyone can know the attitude of the imperial court, and such a rebellious minister and thief must not be tolerated and raised!" ”

As soon as he was at the beginning, several other generals also supported and echoed: "What General Yan said is that the Qianzhou Long family must be severely attacked in order to set the record straight!" ”

"If you tolerate these rebels more, I'm afraid you will provoke those barbarians who submit to the court to have other ideas!"

"The minister also thought that he should send troops......

Faced with the propositions of these generals, Sun Ning nodded approvingly: "Well, it's not unreasonable. If there is no punishment, how can we promote goodness? Rebels and thieves, everyone will be punished! ”

Seeing that the emperor was about to make a decision, Xiao Changyong finally couldn't help it, and hurriedly stepped out and shouted, "Your Majesty, please listen to the minister." ”

"Huh? Xiao Hou said that it was okay. Sun Ning smiled and nodded at him, his attitude was very gentle, obviously different from just now.

Of course, this is because in two days, it will be the day of his and Xiao Qian's wedding, so Xiao Changyong in front of him is not only his courtier, but also his father-in-law, so he must have some respect.

Xiao Changyong was not presumptuous because of this more relationship, and at this time he bowed again, and then said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, what the Qianzhou Long Clan has done is indeed against the way of the ministers, and it is reasonable for the imperial court to raise troops to fight."

"However, Qianzhou is not a good place after all, and if you rashly use troops, the victory or defeat is unpredictable.

"Even if the army of our court is ten times that of the Long Clan, if we enter the enemy territory and destroy the enemy, the difficulties and damage we will encounter are bound to be unimaginable.

"There is a cloud in the art of war, first overcome your own undefeated, and then overcome the defeat of the enemy, I hope Your Majesty can think twice before acting."

His words were quite reasonable, and Sun Ning nodded lightly when he heard it: "Xiao Hou is old and reasonable." ”

Although Xiao Changyong doesn't have many big ambitions, after all, he has been in the southwest for many years, and many truths are still much better than a military general like Yan Hu, who has only been in the southwest for a year or two.

It's just that Yan Hu and the others were dissatisfied with his remarks, and immediately objected: "Xiao Hou's words are too long for others' ambitions, my army is several times larger than him, and he is a dignified army to defeat rebellious thieves, how can he be invincible?"

"There is a way to get more help and less help to lose the way, Your Majesty, the minister thinks that as long as my army attacks, I will be able to take the risk, defeat the Qianzhou Long clan in one fell swoop, and truly bring the land of Qianzhou into the rule of the imperial court!"

In the face of such a forcible rebuttal, although Xiao Changyong had the heart to oppose it, he couldn't come up with a better explanation for a while, so he could only make a bitter face, look left and right, and hope that someone could stand up and help him.

After all, when it comes to intimacy, he still doesn't seem to be able to compare with Yan Hu and other courtiers who have followed the emperor all the way to the west.