"Oh? What does Your Highness command? Xiang Siyuan put down the chess pieces in his hand and looked serious.

Although he and Wei Yu are called alliances, but the alliance has been quite twists and turns, he can't help much, and now he heard that Wei Yu finally asked for him, he couldn't help but feel shocked, he remembered the big thing Wei Yu told him last time, he racked his brains after he went back, and he couldn't think of what kind of big thing could alarm her so much.

Could it be that she was interested in the throne?

As soon as this thought came to him, he shook his head and laughed at his absurdity, although His Majesty has no children under his knees now, but the princess? How is that possible? It has been more than 200 years since the founding of the Great Yin Dynasty, and there has never been such a precedent.

Wei Yu didn't know that his thinking was so divergent, but what she was going to say was indeed a top matter, and if it weren't for Su Xin's nightmare that caused her, she would have almost forgotten it.

At the end of March of the twelfth year of Jiayuan, there was a great chaos in the west.

The sixteen divisions of the grassland united an alliance to attack Dayin, which was different from the previous small fights and disturbances, this time the war was menacing, and the previous rampage was changed in the marching rules, and at a glance it was clear that it had been planned for a long time.

This was the largest battle in the Jiayuan Dynasty, in which as many as 100,000 soldiers were killed and wounded, although in the end it was the Great Yin victory, recovering the lost territory and letting the Hu people retreat sixty miles north, but it could only be regarded as a residual victory.

It is said that Gu Zheng, the general of Zhenbei, also suffered old wounds in this war, and finally died in the Zhenbei General's Mansion on the eve of King Huai's rebellion.

Wei Yu once listened to the discussion of the soldiers who followed Gu Jiaqing from the northwest to Beijing, saying that in his previous life, when King Huai was planning to send troops, Gu Zheng was already ill and unconscious. When Wei Yu was a child, Gu Zheng got along with him when he was still in Beijing, and he trusted Gu Zheng's character.

He is a general who began to garrison the northwest as soon as Emperor Wu was in his first place, and he has never had any misdeeds for so many years, and Wei Yu has also thought that if he had not died in his previous life, the outcome might have been different.

And in this war in the twelfth year of Jiayuan, the person who benefited the most was King Huai.

After the war, he was not only awarded the Northwest Observer Envoy, monopolizing the military and political affairs in Yongzhou, but also concurrently serving as the supervisor of the Yongjun Army, which was the foundation for him to enter the Yongjun Army.

It's just that although this war shocked the entire Da Yin at that time, Wei Yu didn't pay much attention to it in her previous life, at that time she was in a state of confusion, and she was ready to avoid her grandmother's urging to marry, and she didn't know any details about it.

Now that I think about it, there are many strange things, and King Huai is known for his frailty, why would he be involved in such an important matter as the Dao marching army and fighting?

You don't have to think about it to know that the operation of the Jiang family must be indispensable.

Since she knew King Huai's wolf ambitions, she couldn't let him hold power like he did in his previous life.

Now although she has used some means to cause some trouble to the Jiang family, she has no power against Jiang Song, as long as the military department is still in his hands, there are too many hands and feet that can be moved.

It's just that this matter hasn't happened yet, and she can't tell the prophet to mention it to others, otherwise the soul leaving disease is estimated to break out again.

I had to think about it: "This palace has been reading some miscellaneous histories recently, and I saw that there are many foreign races disturbing the border in the spring in the book?" ”

Xiang Siyuan heard this, and looked at her in surprise, Princess Zhaoyang's reputation for not learning and not knowing how to do it is well known, and now she is different from the rumors, but when she heard that she actually started to study, Xiang Siyuan was still very surprised.

Wei Yu met his suspicious gaze, and was a little annoyed and angry for a while, "What? Can't this palace do something serious? ”

Xiang Siyuan hurriedly shook his head and said against his will: "Weichen didn't mean this, the princess knows everything about books, and reading is no more common." ”

Wei Yu was a little choked for a while, and he tasted a bit of yin and yang weirdness from these words, but he didn't know how to reply for a while.

Xiang Si looked at her from afar, felt a little funny in his heart, shook his head and said: "Alien disturbances do occur more often in spring, grassland peoples live on nomadic herding, and the pastures are dry in winter, and cattle and sheep are easy to starve to death and freeze to death, so they can only be slaughtered and dried for the winter. After surviving a winter, the Hu people would go south to plunder the border cities when they were hungry and thin, and when they could no longer survive. ”

"What about going to war? The palace heard that the snow disaster in the northwest is serious this winter, is it possible for the dog to jump over the wall in a hurry? ”

Xiang Siyuan shook his head, "This is unlikely, a lot of money is needed to start a war, and it is more important to choose when the cattle and sheep are fat in the autumn, otherwise the money and food will not continue, and there will be no fight at all." ”

Wei Yu knew that what Xiang Siyuan said was indeed common sense, so she became more and more puzzled.

"......I see," Wei Yu frowned and groaned, "I recently received news that the alien races in the northwest are eyeing each other, and I'm afraid there will be trouble." ”

"This ......," Xiang Siyuan hesitated, "It's really rare to start a war in the spring, is the princess's news reliable?" Is it possible to go wrong? ”

Wei Yu shook his head and said, "The source is absolutely reliable. If this matter is really true, we can warn the court in advance to avoid more casualties, which is also a merit. ”

But in the previous life, the sixteen alliances sent troops had far-reaching implications, and the wave still had aftermath even a few years after the end of the war, and she could never be mistaken.

Although Xiang Siyuan still had some doubts in his heart, he was persuaded by her, and he also frowned: "What does the princess plan to let Weichen do?" ”

"Now that you have entered the DPRK, you must have some understanding of the situation in the DPRK and China, you should find a suitable person and find a way to remind him to pay more attention to the movements in the northwest."

Wei Yu also thought about this matter The most direct way is to remind the emperor, but now she is only a child who does not understand the world in the eyes of Emperor Cheng, just her family's words, Emperor Cheng must only be a child talking nonsense, and after hearing it, she forgets that she is not strong enough.

"The palace will also remind my father to pay attention to disturbing the border, and the combination of inside and outside should be able to attract the attention of my father and the court."

If the Sixteen Departments of the Grassland really deliberately planned to get sick, there should have been movement now, as long as the imperial court pays attention to the investigation, it will definitely be able to detect the abnormality.

Xiang Siyuan thought about it for a while, and felt that it was only like this now, so he responded: "Yes." ”

Wei Yu nodded and let out a long breath.

There is another thing that makes her feel jealous about the victory in the northwest, that is, after the end of the war, Gu Jiaqing will return to work with the army...... Many things, they must inevitably meet.

Wei Yu was still unsure if she was ready to face him, and she didn't know if she would be able to restrain her desire to kill him when she saw him.

Of course, those who returned to Beijing at the same time also had the eldest son of King Huai.

In his previous life, in order to dispel Emperor Cheng's jealousy of his status as a vassal king and ensure that he could successfully obtain the position of overseer, he did not hesitate to send his wife and only concubine to Beijing as hostages.

This act was a bloody investment, which won the trust of Emperor Cheng and the Queen Mother.

The woman who is pregnant is not a fuel-efficient lamp, after returning to Beijing in her previous life, she often walks around, and after a short time, she has integrated into the circle of women in Beijing, and she will invite people to buy people's hearts.

"Your Highness, if there is nothing important, then Weichen will retire first?"

Xiang Si saw that she had finished explaining the matter, so he got up and clenched his fists, trying to retreat.

Wei Yu said: "What's the hurry? You are very idle now, so let's finish this game of chess first. ”

Xiang Siyuan was a little embarrassed by her, and looked around, a desolate scene that was inaccessible, and the meeting they met now can also be summed up in a not very glorious word, a private meeting.

If he is bumped into by someone, I am afraid that the rumors of his secret communication with the princess will be resurrected again.

He sighed at the princess's heart, and could only sit down again and continue to torture himself.

Wei Yu's chess path is unpredictable, she does not play cards according to common sense, every move is unexpected, and playing chess with her is always thrilling and exciting, but also interesting.

……

Xiang Siyuan's love letter worked in the end, the Inspectorate was filled with righteous indignation, and wrote excerpts one after another, and the excerpts to impeach the Jiang family were piled up on Emperor Cheng's desk for a while, is it that this time their tone has changed subtly, and the main target of the verbal criticism has changed from Jiang Pei to Jiang Song.

The rhetoric is sharper, the tone is more intense, and there is a posture that Emperor Cheng will touch the beam if he does not thoroughly investigate.

In the Hanzhang Palace, Emperor Cheng had just finished reviewing a batch of important chapters, and just put down the cinnabar pen and looked up, and saw Li Dehai leading two little eunuchs, and brought two big folds that were enough for half a person.

He asked with a headache, "Where did it come from?" ”

Li Dehai bowed down and said: "Back to Your Majesty, this is all an excerpt that was only presented by the Imperial Historical Observatory, does Your Majesty see it?" ”

Emperor Cheng shook his head, raised his chin and pointed to the desk where the excerpt was placed, "Leave it aside." ”

Li Dehai understood, and took the two eunuchs to put down the folds, and there was a silk brocade dragon tablecloth on the rosewood case, and the golden folds were piled up on it, and at a glance, the nature and format were almost identical, and the two stacks that Li Dehai had just put on immediately blended into it as soon as they fell on the table.

These are all excerpts from the recent impeachment of the Jiang family.

At first, Emperor Cheng checked the approvals one by one, and wanted to see what new ideas the Yushitai could scold with curiosity, but later saw that they were going back and forth with those words, so he lost the interest in watching the excitement.

Now that the Yushitai is amazing, if it continues to develop like this, I am afraid that there will be a stunned young man who will kneel in front of the Qianyuan Palace.

Emperor Cheng has been fighting with Jiang Song's old fox for many years, where can he not understand his temperament?

He has always been the most concerned about interests, and he can still tolerate this situation, thinking that he is sure that he will not dare to let the situation develop, and blindly kick the ball to him.

He snorted coldly, secretly trying to see who could survive whom.

Suddenly, Li Dehai said: "Your Majesty, Commander Meng asks to see you." ”

Emperor Cheng said: "See." ”

Meng Che came to report on official business today, coinciding with the conclusion of the Guanglu Temple corruption case, and there are still a few officials in Beijing who secretly have contact with the local garrison, which are all ordinary palace affairs of Jinyiwei, but they are routinely reported.

Emperor Cheng listened quietly, didn't hear anything worth noting, raised his hand to take a sip of tea, and asked, "How is the matter with the ledger?" ”

After all, it was an unexpected thing, and after Emperor Cheng's anger that day, it was over, and after a few days, his mood was much calmer when he talked about it again.

Meng Che lowered his head and replied: "There are already some eyebrows, and Weichen has found out Jiang Song's private accounts for three months in the winter, and he is waiting to continue to investigate carefully." ”

Emperor Cheng said calmly: "How much are you greedy? ”

"Back to Your Majesty......" Meng Che hesitated for a moment and said a terrifying number.

Emperor Cheng remembered the report he had just approved and walked around Huangzhou's tax burden, and among the six counties reported in it, the combined amount of land taxes in three rich counties happened to be almost the same as what Meng Che said.

Meng Che added: "This is only the account of the three months of last winter, and it is unknown how many ministers there are. ”

He really couldn't figure it out, he had to know that there was an end of manpower, and it was a trouble to have more money than money, with Jiang Song's current status, he could get far more things than money, so greedy for ink was really too much, it was really incomprehensible.

Emperor Cheng's eyes were cold, and he said slowly, "Continue to investigate." ”