Although he failed to defeat the Northern Barbarians twenty years ago, after withdrawing from Changting City, Qi Xi also thought about it for a long time, and finally figured out that if he was in the position of King Jingbei at that time, he would also order the withdrawal of the army.

As the so-called cunning rabbit dies, the lackeys cook, when the Northern Barbarians lose the qualification to become the opponent of Dafeng, then the Northern Army formed to resist the Northern Barbarians will no longer have the need to exist.

And the king of Jingbei can gain a foothold in the north is the Beidi army, if there is no Beidi army, then he is a lamb to the slaughter, once he is targeted by Yin Du, then he will have no power to fight back.

Because of the cleverness of King Jingbei, Qi Xi missed the plan to become famous in one fell swoop and annihilate the Northern Barbarians, but it was precisely because of this cleverness that the Northern Army was preserved.

Qi Xi looked back at the old monk and said with a wry smile, "Let him pass the past." ”

Sent 20,000 Beidi troops back to reinforce Changlin City, even though Qi Xi was unwilling, he still chose to obey the king's orders and transferred 20,000 troops back from Shanhaiguan.

……

Zhongzhou, Yindu.

Gao Zhen's expedition has been a month, although he has helped Gao Zhen deal with the government before, and he is also handy in handling some basic things, but when he really began to sit in the middle hall as the prince of the prison country, he found that this dragon chair is not so easy to do, thousands of chapters need to be reviewed every day, as big as the drought in Yongzhou, 100,000 people were affected, and as small as the instructions on the case of the burning of the granary in Jingzhou.

Over the past month, Gao Yuan's most intuitive impression is that the political situation in the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of the central government is chaotic, the functions of the government are incomplete, the central government is too centralized, and the local government lacks prestige.

However, the situation was different for the areas controlled by the king of Donghai and the king of Jingbei, the power was too scattered, and it was difficult for the central government to obey the instructions of the central government on the appointment of the local government, and over time, the people in these areas would lose their trust in the government, and it was easy to cause local political instability.

It was a sunny day, and after the rain a few days ago, the air was not so dry.

Ning Xiaochuan came to the Wei Mansion with a large bag of things.

When Wei Yulou heard that Ning Xiaochuan was visiting, he was not surprised, because he knew that Yang Zhao's character would definitely tell him about it, but this day was still a little earlier than he expected.

"The guests have all arrived at the door, how can there be any reason to drive people out, let him in." Wei Yulou coughed twice, closed the scroll in his hand, got up and walked to the guest room.

After seeing Wei Yulou, Ning Xiaochuan bowed ninety degrees very respectfully, and arched his hand, "Student Ning Xiaochuan pays a visit to Si Jun." ”

Wei Yulou stroked his beard and smiled and helped Ning Xiaochuan up, "Lord Shilang doesn't dare to torture the lower officials, the lower officials can't afford such a big gift." ”

"When the students were studying in the Imperial Military Mansion, thanks to Si Jun's guidance, the so-called one day as a teacher, lifelong as a father, in front of Si Jun, Ning Xiaochuan will always be a student." Ning Xiaochuan said very politely.

"You may be seated."

Wei Yulou nodded with satisfaction, after the two of them took their seats, warm wine and tea, Ning Xiaochuan always regarded himself as a junior, which made Wei Yulou think a little more highly of this young man.

"It is rumored that the fifth son of the Ning family is arrogant and barbaric, but now it seems that it is a rumor." Wei Yulou muttered.

Ning Xiaochuan smiled embarrassedly, "It's not a rumor, there is no wind and no waves, if you are a law-abiding Dafeng people, there will be no such rumors in the market." ”

"You're not shy about it." Wei Yulou took a sip of tea and said, "If you have nothing to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Palace, what do you want to know when you come here today?" ”

Ning Xiaochuan smiled awkwardly and raised his glass to tea, "The student came here but had some questions to ask Mr., dare to ask Mr. How did he know that someone was going to harm the student?" And why does the gentleman want to help me and help our Ning family......"

"Listening to your tone, it doesn't look like you're here to ask questions, but it's like you're here to ask about sins." Wei Yulou smiled, his eyes narrowed and said.

Ning Xiaochuan sat up straight and arched his hand again, "Sir, forgive me, there are too many enemies of my Ning family in the court now, cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods, all kinds of thoughts, in order to protect the Ning family, the student has to ask such questions, if there is any offense, I hope Mr. Haihan." ”

Wei Yulou was silent for a long time, and after tasting a cup of tea, he smacked his lips and said, "Why help the Ning family, the answer to this question is obvious, but I won't say that the so-called gentleman does not say what is good for himself, and encourages him when he meets a good friend; To be precise, it's not me who saved you.,It's someone else.,As for who it is.,This Sijun is also investigating.,If you have eyebrows.,I'll tell you.。 ”

Ning Xiaochuan looked up at the bookshelf behind Wei Yulou and smiled deeply, "Mr. Xie told you that the student was presumptuous. ”

"Ning Xiaochuan, I didn't save you because of your Ning family, but because of Dafeng; Liguo Gong is loyal to the liver and courage, and wholeheartedly serves the country, this is in the eyes of this Sijun, General Ning He and Lord Ning Feng are both talents in the world, and they also have the heart of a child, and this Sijun helps you not to want loyal and righteous people to be killed, which chills the heart of the world's scholars.

Now that you are here, to put it mildly, as long as you go out of this door, if you have a little bit of disobedience, this Sijun will not let you go, I Wei Yulou will eat raw food and serve Lu, and die as a minister. Wei Yulou said sharply, the seriousness of his tone made Ning Xiaochuan instantly feel a sense of awe.

Ning Xiaochuan arched his hand heavily at Wei Yulou, apologizing for his previous gaffe, he believed that this was not Wei Yulou's one-sided words, if Wei Yulou was a duplicitous person, then the eldest brother and the second brother would not let him come, he believed in Wei Yulou, and even more believed in his eldest brother and second brother.

After coming out of the Wei Mansion, Ning Xiaochuan breathed a sigh of relief after a long absence, now that Gao Zhen is not here, Gao Yuan is trying to win over the Ning family again, and the assassination attempt has failed twice in a row, it is estimated that the Gongsun family will not trouble him for a while, and then he can finally rest for a while.

But is that really the case? Gao Zhen is not here, it is not only Ning Xiaochuan who is relaxed, there is another person, that is Qin Wanzun, but Qin Wanzun at this time is not easy, but full of dark clouds.

……

These months are a few months that make Qin Wangzun a headache, according to his own plan, Shanzhou at this time should have been under his own control, and now Gao Zhen is driving in person, if he is building momentum in the court at this time, with the influence of Shanzhou, it is bound to form a large force.

However, he never thought that his plan would be stuck in the first step, Shanzhou is a wild place, relying on a few toasts to manage, according to his guess, as long as these toasts are given enough benefits, Shanzhou will be captured.

However, he miscalculated, not only did he lose a descendant of the Qin family, but he also didn't get the Yueque Sword; Even Shanzhou didn't take it, in fact, since the defeat of the Yueque Sword, the Qin family has been much more cautious, not only has there been a lot less extraneous moves, but also directly sent people to contact Shanzhou Mu, that is, Jiaozhi Tusi Youshe.

After making a heavy promise, Youshe also agreed to stand on the side of the Qin family, but at this moment, many slave rebels suddenly appeared in Shanzhou, and the leader was Langqi Kan, the wolf lord of the Langqi tribe who had caused heavy losses to the Qin family before.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, Langqikan raised troops not long after, the northwest of the East Yue Wumen also followed the army, the two forces one east and one west, soon set off a big uprising in Shanzhou, the purpose of which is nothing more than to let Tusi abolish slaves, implement the Dafeng law in Shanzhou, let the real Dafeng officials to manage Shanzhou, let Shanzhou get rid of the barbarian name, on its fundamentals, it is not to talk about rebellion, it can only be said that it was forced to helpless.

As the largest Tusi in Shanzhou, Youshe would never allow his position to be challenged, so he began to send troops to quell the rebellion, because Shanzhou was out of the control of Yindu for a long time, and when this major uprising Youshe reported to the imperial court, he directly wrote it as a slave fire, which did not attract the attention of the imperial court.

This also led to the fact that this uprising has not only not been pacified, but has intensified, which can give Qin Wanzun a headache, their Qin family is not as good as the Gongsun family, once the Gongsun family loses power in the imperial court, they can retreat to the south of the Yangtze River and become a soil emperor.

Their Qin family is different, they don't have the background of the Gongsun family, and there is no way out, while their old bones can still move, Qin Wanzun wants to do his best to do something for his descendants, so that even if he is in the ground, the Qin family can continue for a long time, instead of being annihilated in the long river of history.

At this time, Qin Wanzuka was not only worried about the affairs of Shanzhou, but also worried about his grandson, that is, the crown prince Gao Yuan, now Gao Yuan is no longer a child, since two years ago, Gao Yuan has deliberately broken away from his control.

This is even more true after assisting Gao Zhen in dealing with government affairs over the years, and the officials he recommended to Gao Yuan for appointment, Gao Yuan is useless, and it is said that everything is decided by the ministry, but everyone who understands understands that Gao Yuan wants to cultivate his own power.

First of all, Hu Tongxun changed from a small agricultural doctor to a left servant, and even his son Hu Shangyi also became a patrol doctor and inspected hundreds of officials; Then the right servant shot Sun Ji, and the newly arrived official Shangshu Meng Yan, like this, even Qin Wanzun understood what Gao Yuan meant, no matter how stupid he was.

"Hey."

Qin Wanzuka sighed helplessly, upset was upset, but he was not nervous, because he knew that once something happened, the prince could find someone or only himself, first of all, his grandfather's relatives, and then the Praetorian Guard in Qin Feng's hands, no matter when, military power was irreplaceable.

"Master Qiyu, Shanzhou news ......" Outside the Xian Yalang Pavilion, a family member respectfully bowed his hand.

Qin Wangzun bowed slightly, after reading the letter, his already not very good-looking face became even more ugly, and he directly crumpled the letter in his hand into shredded paper, and muttered, "Shanzhou can't take it, why can my Qin family gain a foothold in Yindu......"

At this time, behind Qin Wanzuka, a gloomy voice sounded, "It's time for the Qin family to make a move." ”

"If the old man lets you go, you are very sure."

"Ten percent."

Qin Wanzuka frowned slightly, "Two months." ”

"Eighty percent."

Qin Wanzuka closed his eyes and sighed, and after experiencing a fierce ideological struggle, he waved his hand and said, "In two months, the old man only needs results." ”

"Yes."