Probably today is destined to be an extraordinary day, traitors and scholars open ambush punishment, Zuo Xiang Hu Luguang once again defeated the Zhou Dynasty Shangzhu State Wei Xiaokuan in Bishui, the Northern Qi Dynasty won the victory of the border defense battle, two gratifying things followed, so that the whole Yecheng as if the New Year came in advance, with a joyful and angry, on the street, pedestrians with a smile on their faces, occasionally three or three in twos together to talk about the world, but in general, the content of the chat is inseparable from these two things, some generous rich families also scattered porridge on the streetFrom a distance, it brings a misty temperament like smoke and fog to the entire winter city.

The cheerful atmosphere seemed to be contagious to the palace, Hu Lu Wan'er heard early that Gao Wei had killed and Shi Kai, at first she couldn't believe it, and then she heard that her father had won another big victory on the front line, and she was overjoyed. ”

Xiao Shunzi had just been transferred from the Zhaoyang Palace, and when he learned some about the situation, he saw Niangniang asking, so he replied truthfully: "Your Majesty has just summoned a group of ministers, and they are discussing in the Zhaoyang Palace at this moment......

"That's ......" Hu Lu Wan'er thought for a while and asked, "Do you know what Your Majesty is calling the ministers?" ”

Xiao Shunzi replied truthfully: "The slave doesn't know, I only know that His Majesty is very happy to hear Zuo Xiang's victory, but it's not ......."

Seeing that he wanted to speak and stopped, Hu Lu Wan'er was a little anxious and asked, "But what?" ”

Xiao Shunzi said with a bitter face: "However, then there was another fold in the Taiwei Mansion, and the emperor immediately convened the ministers to start the discussion after seeing it...... The specific slave and maid are not clear, the slave and maid are standing outside, and they only hear the quarrel in the Zhaoyang Hall is very strong, among which Zhao Chengxiang and Taiwei are the most fierce, and Lord Tang, Feng Shangshu and some princes are all ......"

Hu Lu Wan'er hesitated for a moment, thought about it, and felt that it should not have much to do with her father, she is the daughter of Hu Lu's family, she is well-read, and smart since she was a child, her vision and insight are not comparable to ordinary women, she knows what the situation is with the high merit and the master, although her father said that he fought a big victory, swept away the depression shrouded in the government and the opposition since the death of Emperor Wucheng, but excessive military achievements are easy to arouse the suspicion of the king, she also thinks that Gao Wei should not be so easy to suspect the heroes of the people, but she can't help but be a little careful in her heart. Prime Minister Zhao and King Zhao Jun are both reasonable and upright courtiers, and with them in deliberations, what they discuss will not be unfavorable to their father after all......

Thinking like this, Hu Lu Wan'er put down a big stone in her heart, exhaled lightly, turned back to Xiao Shunzi and said: "Okay, the palace knows, you go down......" and instructed the palace people in Jiafu Palace: "Make some more meals and send them to Zhaoyang Hall together with the table." ”

The sky is close to dusk, the sky has gradually dimmed, Zhaoyang Hall let people put on a few pots of charcoal, the best charcoal in the iron stove slowly burning, the blue flame occasionally spit out a little spark, and in a blink of an eye it hibernated.

Gao Wei sat at the top, looking at an old man and a middle-aged man below, and you retorted to each other.

The old man is naturally the right minister Zhao Yanshen, not long after leaving the palace, he gave Gao Wei a verbal edict to summon into the palace, and then Zhao Jun Wang Gao Rui, Shangshu Tang Yong, Shangshu Feng Zicong, and a group of clan princes with experience in leading the army were recruited to Zhaoyang Hall by Gao Wei's edict, and when everyone was puzzled, guessing why the emperor made such a big pomp and circumstance to summon them, Gao Wei showed a secret letter to everyone, this is Hu Luguang's handwritten letter, with that team of cavalry into the city together, but it was not publicized, Instead, it was reported to the Taiwei Mansion, and then the Taiwei handed it over to Gao Wei.

As Zhao Yanshen expected, Hu Luguang came to ask for money and people. In the series of battles with the Northern Zhou Dynasty, although Hu Luguang won, he lost a lot of money and food, and the defeat of Wei Xiaokuan by Bishui can only be regarded as one of the small battles that have been fought with the Northern Zhou Dynasty over the years, in general, Wei Xiaokuan lost, but Hu Luguang was also beaten to the flesh, on the one hand, let the soldiers pretend to be a hero who returned victoriously in Yecheng, and on the other hand, he urged the court to quickly allocate money, food, and soldiers.

In this regard, Zhao Yanshen's attitude is not to be ignored, and he wants to deal with the past with words such as "the court is also very nervous", and Gao Rui, the king of Zhao County, disagrees with Zhao Yanshen's statement very much, according to Zhao Junwang, the army is the foundation of the old Gao family's establishment of the country, and the emperor of the old Gao family did not focus on taking care of the army? He felt that Zhao Yanshen, an old horseman, would make the royal family and hundreds of thousands of soldiers at the border separated from morality, so the imperial court must give Hu Luguang to ask for money.

Zhao Yanshen has his own reasons: "Didn't Hu Lu Mingyue cry with the court and say that he couldn't open the pot when he still had money in his pocket?" The year before last, the first emperor allocated a large amount of money and grain to him at one time, and there were only some small battles in the border in the past few years, and the big battles had hardly been fought, so his money was gone so quickly? Anyway, the old man didn't believe it, so he told Hu Lu Mingyue. Don't put that money in your pocket for the sake of insurance, let him take it out and use it first, and when the time comes, the court will naturally send it to him! ”

Zhao Yanshen took out his prestige in the court, and this matter seemed to be settled, but as a result, Gao Rui, the king of Zhaojun, did not give him face at all, and glared: "What is wrong with Hu Lu Mingyue using troops to seek stability?" You literati only rely on one mouth, so can you imagine that it is not easy to march and fight? ”

Zhao Yanshen was furious and said, "The old man is just a mouth, what? Have an opinion? There is an opinion to come to the old man! Besides, there is indeed no money in the imperial court, in recent years, there have been frequent ground movements in my Daqi, there have been floods in Lianghuai, and there are also reports along the Hedong Road, saying that there is little rain this year, and a large number of victims in several counties and counties in Shandong have died of freezing and starvation......" Zhao Yanshen spread his hands, almost pointing at Gao Rui's nose and scolding, "Do you say that the imperial court should not spend money on disaster relief, and do not spend money on building water conservancy canals?" You talk about it, you talk about it...... Where did the court get the money, where did the money come from?! ”

When Gao Rui and Zhao Yanshen were arguing, Gao Wei coughed twice to make Gao Rui and Zhao Yanshen quiet, but they were still full of anger with each other, although it was difficult to quarrel anymore because of Gao Wei's face, but when both sides looked at each other, their eyes were thunder and lightning, showing a situation of ice and fire......

Gao Wei didn't want to provoke these two people who were currently in a state of irritability, and directly looked at Tang Yong, who was sitting under Zhao Yanshen, Tang Yong, who was now the secretary of the military department, was also very concerned about the battle ahead, so he asked: "Tang Aiqing, I don't know what Aiqing thinks about Zuo Xiang's performance?" ”

Tang Yong was unable to speak because Zhao Yanshen and Gao Rui were arguing just now, but now he could express his opinion, and immediately got up and said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, judging from the situation played by Zuo Xiang, the minister thinks that this money must be given......

"Oh, why?"

Tang Yong said calmly: "It is true that in recent years, there has been no large-scale conflict between my Daqi and Zhou, and they have been small fights for several years, but in terms of power comparison, the Northern Zhou still suppresses my Daqi, Wei Xiaokuan and Yuwen Hu know that the front cannot defeat the left Xiang, so they have hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the border, only besiege and not attack, I am afraid that the idea of fighting is the idea of encroachment step by step, on the surface, the Northern Zhou did not launch a large-scale war, but in fact, the move of the Northern Zhou Dynasty gave me great pressure on the Great Qi, and both sides were stationed against each other, Zuo Xiang not only has to deal with the money, food, and grass of hundreds of thousands of troops, but also has to use military resources to care for the city wall and military fortress, and always guard against the attack of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, so from this aspect alone, the expenses on Zuo Xiang's side will never be less than a few major battles, I am afraid that even if the first emperor allocates more money and food to Zuo Xiang, the minister estimates ...... There are not a few left......"

Zhao Yanshen was not dissatisfied with his subordinates' behavior of "eating inside and out", but was a little silent, obviously, he also took these into consideration.

The rest of the people below also discussed, discussing whether the money should be given or not, and soon a person stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, I think what Tang Shangshu said is very reasonable, in recent years, the Northern Zhou Dynasty has not fought with me in the Great Qi, but the small friction continues, and many of the military villages arranged by our army on the Lingbi front line have been harassed by the Northern Zhou, and the Northern Zhou often comes to the border counties to plunder and harass the people, besides, in recent years, the Northern Zhou has often increased troops on the front line, stockpiled food to the front line, and constantly sent soldiers and horses to pressure the left minister to retreat, Presumably, it is not just the idea of encroaching step by step, the minister feels that the Northern Zhou Dynasty has three purposes, one is to encroach on the border and press the rear front. Second, to destroy the military fortress set up by our Daqi and clear the way for them to march. Third, they want to force our army to assemble on a large scale, slowly consume our national strength, and then wait until an opportunity they think is ripe to defeat Daqi in one fell swoop! ”

"Hiss......" Most of the people in the hall have been trained in the army, and when they heard this, they thought about it deeply, and immediately found that there was indeed such a possibility, and it was very possible! A cold sweat suddenly broke out on their backs, if Beizhou had this idea, then this sum of money really had to be given, not only to give, but also to give a lot!

Everyone looked at this person, he was very young, handsome, more soft and beautiful than a woman, different from the feminine temperament of Heshikai, this person's posture is very upright, the attitude is very modest, at first glance it is also like a small jasper as smooth as a child, just staring at this person for a long time you will feel that modesty is just the appearance of this person, he has a momentum that points to the sky, like a sharp spear, and he can't hide it between his gestures.

This is also one of the princes of the Gao family, Gao Changgong, the king of Lanling, who has already made great achievements at a young age.

Probably because of the star-chasing psychology of later generations, he was also placed by Gao Wei among a large number of important ministers of the court, but he didn't expect to give Gao Wei such a surprise for the first time, through a little intelligence, the battle situation and the situation of the enemy and our army can be analyzed so clearly, and the performance is really remarkable.