Capital.

There has been a lot of snow this winter.

Since the beginning of winter, snow has fallen every three or five days.

The entire capital is covered in snow.

In a teahouse, a few students are drinking tea and chatting.

"General Meng led his soldiers to resist to the death at the border, but he was ineffectively resisted by Shangjiao, and some people even said that he would take back his military power and release him back to Beijing." One of the students named Fan Cong, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, revealed the news of the third uncle to everyone while eating peanuts.

The third uncle of his family is an official of the Ministry of War, responsible for assisting the squire of the Ministry of War, and he has a good understanding of the situation of the border war.

Of course, it is not a secret that Meng Zhixu was impeached in the capital, and it is rumored on the streets and alleys that Meng Zhixu suffered a defeat at the border, so he has to negotiate peace with Rong Guo.

"It is ridiculous to convict General Meng for his defeat. Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, not to mention that General Meng did not lose a city or a place, nor did he let Rong Guo break through Ningcheng, and the so-called defeat I think is all made up by Fan Shijie, a traitor in the DPRK and China. Zhou Zimo answered.

Zhou Zimo is a side branch of the Zhou family in Huaicheng, because the Zhou family is a century-old family, so he has a lot of confidence in speaking, and even dares to call Fan Shijie, the most powerful minister of the dynasty, a traitor.

I'm not afraid of being told a secret.

"Hey, obviously the situation is very good, but many important ministers in the court are inclined to negotiate peace, how can the Rong country negotiate peace and our dynasty has not committed any offense since this autumn, I think it can only fuel the arrogance of the Rong country." Lu Yuan sighed, "The first emperor and the emperor did not have a princess, so they could only choose one person from the clan to make peace, I heard that this candidate is Princess Yun'an." ”

The other students shook their heads.

Princess Yun'an is the adopted daughter of the current emperor Ji Yaoyao, her grandfather and father were both generals of the former emperor, her grandfather died protecting the current emperor when he accompanied the emperor to fight the world, and her father also died in the war with Rong ten years ago.

Ji Yaoyao's mother has long since left, and her grandmother has been a monk since her grandfather died, so she is the only girl left in the entire Ji Mansion.

The Queen Mother took pity on her and thanked her grandfather and father for their sacrifices, so that the emperor named her a princess and received her in the palace until the age of Jilu.

Now the Rong State sent an envoy to negotiate peace, and one of the conditions put forward was that the princess of the Xia State went to the Rong State to make peace with the two countries.

Who else can this and relatives choose, besides Ji Yaoyao?

Bai Panmei sat among the students and listened quietly to everyone's gossip discussion. Through the window, you can see the pointed golden roof of the palace from a distance, and Bai Panmei sighed in her heart.

It has been more than a month since he arrived in the capital.

Everywhere I went these days, I was discussing the border and the war in Rongguo.

Because his fifth brother joined the army on the border, he paid more attention to the war than others.

At this time, he didn't know that the eldest brother and the second brother were also at the border with the young and strong laborers of Shenshu Village, and if he knew, his worries would be added to the layer.

"If you exchange a princess for border peace, it won't be a loss. The princess eats on weekdays, and she also has to take on the responsibility of her family and country. Fan Cong continued to make a high statement.

"Qiming, what do you think about this matter?" Zhou Zimo saw that Bai Panmei hadn't spoken, so he asked.

Bai Panmei shook her head and did not agree with Fan Cong's statement.

"Princess Yun'an can't choose her birth, and she can't choose whether to be this princess or not." Bai Panmei said slowly, paused, and continued, "If you talk about eating and drinking, the official who is not eating and eating is obviously not accumulating the capital to defeat the Rong State in one fell swoop, but he wants to push Princess Yun'an out and bear the consequences of defeat, which is inherently unfair." ”

Bai Panmei remembered that the aunt in Zhen's mouth was the current Queen Mother, who was defeated by the Xiyue Kingdom and was forced to go to the road of harmony.

It's just that I met King Jing at the border.

The Queen Mother has had this experience, and I don't know if she can understand Princess Yun'an's situation.

After all, people make different choices depending on where they stand.

Bai Panmei's words fell, and everyone stopped speaking.

In the future, they are also officials who eat and eat Lu, and the admonition they receive is to govern the country and level the world, they talk about it here, and when they go to the officialdom in the future, they don't know if they can shoulder the responsibility of peace in the world.

"This battle is not going to go on forever? If the two countries remain stalemate, a steady stream of grain and grass taxes to support the border will bring much pressure to the whole country. Pan Chang, who has never spoken, said, "The best way out is to negotiate peace." ”

Because Pan Chang is Fan Shijie's hometown, and he does not hesitate to talk about Fan Shijie's hometown, these young students don't like him very well.

"What you can't get on the battlefield, you don't have the initiative at the peace table." Bai Panmei's face was solemn.

While the students were having a heated discussion, Ah Zhen was sitting in the next room to the tea room.

"What you can't get on the battlefield, you don't have the initiative at the peace table." Ah Zhen muttered and repeated Bai Zhaomei's words,

The court-China discussion and voice were so loud that even my father was distressed.

Ah Zhen knew that his father wanted to completely solve the big hidden danger of Rong State, which was on the northwest border.

Deep down, my father didn't want to negotiate peace, but the war lasted so long and he didn't defeat the Rong State in one fell swoop.

So the voice of peace prevailed.

If the uncle can win, and even lead the royal division to sweep away the Rong country, all the arguments will be settled at this time.

Ah Zhen saw Bai Panmei sitting at the table through the gap in the window, and the tea in front of her did not move at all.

He knew that Bai Panmei had been in Beijing for more than a month, and he had not summoned Bai Panmei yet, mainly because he was worried that it would affect Bai Panmei after meeting.

After all, the prince's personal friendship with Huaishui Academy, recognized as the most promising student, will always fall behind.

Ah Zhen is not worried about herself, but she has to think about Bai Panmei.

The fourth brother of the Bai family must get the champion in a dignified manner, and there must not be any stain that will be used to attack him in the future.

It was getting late, and the students' teahouse party was over.

"Qiming, come and live with me, how can you stay in a hotel on such a cold day as comfortable as I am." Fan Cong said to Bai Panmei.

Fan Cong came to the capital and hit Bai Panmei at first sight, and strongly invited Bai Panmei to go to him.

Most of the students who went to Beijing to take the exam were officials in the capital or had houses in the capital.

The Bai family is a farmer, so naturally there is no house in the capital.

Originally, Bai Sanzhuang gave Bai Panmei a large sum of money, hoping that he would buy a house in the capital, but Bai Panmei planned to try it before considering it.

So he stayed in the hotel all the time.

"Thank you, Brother Fan, I'll stay in a hotel." Bai Panmei politely refused.

"Well, if you lack anything, open your mouth." Fan Cong said, and then instructed the little guy next to him to make two baskets of good silver charcoal and send them to Bai Panmei to the hotel.

The students scattered in the carriage.

Bai Panmei's hotel was near the teahouse, so she paced towards the hotel.

There was no boy or scholar around him.

"Why are you walking, you startled my eldest lady."

A cruel voice sounded on the street, and Bai Panmei looked straight ahead of the voice.

In the middle of the road was a richly decorated carriage.

A thinly dressed charcoal seller was kicked to the ground, and the servant next to the carriage took the driver's whip and whipped it at the charcoal seller.