With Wang Lin's great victory in Jiyin, breaking through the middle of Chen's army and taking advantage of the situation to regain lost territory, the Southern Dynasty also continued to increase troops in Jiangbei, intending to intercept Wang Lin's offensive.

To the south of Shiliang, the two sides have basically formed a stalemate confrontation...... No one dared to really ignite the powder keg.

Although the two sides are still in contention and there are side provocations from time to time, people with a discerning eye have already understood that this protracted Huainan offensive and defensive battle has come to an end.

Although the Northern Qi was victorious, it was a crushing victory in the end.

In a way, it's not even a victory.

Indeed, roughly speaking, the Northern Qi Dynasty was a great victory, which severely damaged the vitality of the Southern Dynasty, and for more than ten years, or even decades, the Southern Dynasty may no longer have the ability to go on a northern expedition, and will only weaken day by day at a speed visible to the naked eye.

However, if you calculate a little, the Northern Qi Dynasty captured Jiangling and several prefectures and counties southeast of Jiangling, but Chen Guo also captured Guangling, Qian County, Qin County and other important places.

After such calculations, it was the Southern Dynasty that was even better, not only did it get a buffer land that directly protected Jiankang, but it also directly added hundreds of thousands of people, even if it was to exchange for a large piece of land near Jiangling, Chen Ji still made money.

For this reason, many courtiers have been complaining in recent days, some say that Wang Lin is unwilling to take Huainan completely, because he is raising his own respect, and some say that the Southern Dynasty has suffered a setback, and the momentum is like an avalanche, and it can be used to destroy the enemy army in one go......

A faction of whimsical thinkers that the enemy army is muddy and victory is within reach; The other faction didn't know what his intentions were, and directly suspected Wang Lin's intentions.

Gao Wei endured and endured, so he didn't have a seizure on the spot.

At the beginning, seeing that Chen Guo was menacing, he took out the national policy of "emphasizing the northwest and ignoring the southeast" of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and openly and secretly persuaded Gao Wei to take care of the overall situation, and there were not a few guys who endured the pain for the time being.

With this slight victory, these people turned into the most staunch defenders of the homeland, sneering at the actual supreme commander of Huainan, and to put it bluntly, they were still jealous.

Although Gao Wei is also faintly jealous of Wang Lin's influence in Huainan, he can also understand that Wang Lin is indispensable in Huainan now, and he really can't let Wang Lin give up this position casually before there is no more suitable candidate.

Besides, Wang Lin won such a big victory, and it was too late for Cushman to try his best to praise and reward him, how could he push him out?

These guys are really not enough to achieve and more to lose......

However, in the midst of the praise of merit and virtue in the DPRK and China, it is a good thing that some people jump out to "persuade everyone to calm down", and Gao Wei cannot beat these people to death with a stick, and basically turns a blind eye.

It wasn't until Wang Lin came up with a piece of music and applied to return to Yecheng for retirement that Gao Wei came out to prove Wang Lin's "innocence", and reprimanded both the government and the opposition by borrowing a donkey to go downhill.

Good things are picked up by Gao Wei, and bad names are borne by others, which is the basic cultivation of the emperor.

This matter is already like this, the Chen army has no ability to fight, and the Northern Qi does not have the strength to fight over, Wang Lin and Wei Zai and other two sides have tens of thousands of troops on the border, watching bluffing, but both sides are very weak-hearted, and most of them can't fight......

So, since the fall of Qinjun and other places has become a foregone conclusion, why waste energy on this? With this effort, it is better to think about how to repair the internal affairs of the country that are like a mess.

At this time, the Northern Qi court finally had a gap and turned its tired eyes away from the chaotic situation between the two countries, and instead turned to improving the people's livelihood and digesting the captured territory of the Zhou State.

In the seventh year of Wuping in the Northern Qi Dynasty, in the summer, the sky had just revealed the white belly of the fish, and it was about to be early, Fang Yanqian, who had just been promoted to the secretary of Taifu and the crown prince Zhan Shi, got up early, and his wife Li served him to change clothes and wash, while jokingly laughing:

"The concubine has long said that dreaming of magpies is a good omen, but Ah Lang, you don't believe this, but look, he was promoted in a few days...... Anyway, yesterday morning, the concubine found a few more tweed blooms in the garden......"

"Alas, after a few days of heavy rain, all of them will fall, and it is not uncommon for a few flowers to bloom in summer, so everything can't be a good omen, right?"

Fang Yanqian was quite helpless to his wife, raised his eyebrows, and said lightly: "Besides, my promotion is not because Your Majesty values me more, most of this is because of the right minister, otherwise, I don't know how long it will take to boil up just for seniority." ”

Fang Yanqian's wife, Li, was born in Longxi Li, with a high lintel and a lot of vision, and she spoke reasonably, well-founded and restrained:

"Shangguan also has promotion, but if you have no ability and can't stand, why should Shangguan promote you?

"The concubine body has long heard of it, although the right phase is very clear, but the employment of people is often nepotistic, if you see it is pleasing to the eye, you will use it, and if you don't like it, you will have nothing to do with it, how can he promote you? Presumably, behind this, it is most likely His Majesty's intention. ”

"How?"

Fang Yanqian heard his wife's voice, and his eyes became serious.

Li lowered his head and said lightly: "The concubine guessed." ”

Li said so, but Fang Yanqian couldn't help but be a little more profound, and his eyes gradually deepened:

"Speaking of which, the right prime minister's body is really not very good now, his condition is getting worse day by day, he called several doctors to see, and he couldn't come up with a good way, he didn't come to the court a few days ago, and His Majesty specially summoned the medical officer to his house for treatment......"

When he said this, a few traces of longing flashed in his eyes, but he shook his head and said:

"However, this position is not something I can think about for the time being, in terms of political achievements, I am not as good as Gao Gong and Pei Shiju, in terms of qualifications, I don't know where to go, what I rely on is nothing more than a clean and honest official reputation......

"You know, Your Majesty has always liked those who are capable, as for whether you are honest or not, you have to be in the back row, since I have been promoted, I probably won't be promoted again."

"Also, you can guess it yourself, but you have to know that at this moment, don't say anything you shouldn't say." Fang Yanqian's expression was serious, "Up and down the government and the opposition, I don't know how many people are staring at the phase, if one is not careful, there are enemies on all sides, and the whole family will have to suffer." ”

"Yes." The wife hurriedly agreed, and then seriously fiddled with her husband's clothes, in the bronze mirror, Fang Yanqian frowned, and his heart was heavy.

The news that Zu Ting was seriously ill and was about to go to the position not only stimulated Fang Yanqian, but everyone who had ambitions in his career was like a shark that smelled blood.

Fang Yanqian is not the only one who is worried, Gao Wei has been thinking about tea and dinner these days, and he is worried.

In fact, not only did Zu Ting look bad, but after Murong Yan won the battle in Dingding Pass, he seemed to have consumed all his energy, and he had to be diligent in retreating, which made Gao Wei feel caught off guard all of a sudden.

Regardless of what happened to the two of them, there would soon be a large power vacuum in the imperial court, and Cushman would have to carefully consider that there was a suitable replacement to fill it at that time.

The most important thing is that the normal operation of the imperial court has been affected...... In the past few days, Cushman & Wakefield suddenly has a feeling of returning to the time when he first became pro-government, all kinds of government affairs are in a mess, and everything has to be done by himself.

There are many troubles, such as how to settle the soldiers and horses who have moved into various parts of Guanzhong, how to calm the hearts of the people in Guanzhong, how to redistribute the benefits so as not to provoke social turmoil, and so on...... These are all problems that the imperial court urgently needs to solve at the moment, and as for the stalemate situation in Huainan, it is actually just a trivial matter.

Gao Wei knew very well that once he didn't solve these problems, soon these problems would become hidden dangers for the empire, although they would not be fatal for the time being, for a long time, sooner or later they would become an important factor in dragging down the Qi Dynasty!

So after the next dynasty, Gao Wei naturally asked for private clothes to go out of the palace and go to the right prime minister's mansion to visit, the palace people did not dare to stop it, and when they arrived at the door of the ancestor's house, they really scared this big family out of a cold sweat...... They didn't know that the emperor was out of the palace, and there were a large number of officials who came to give gifts in front of the right minister's mansion! Hula labai at the door poured a large piece, everyone's hearts were like drums, and their hearts were very weak!

The green tendons on Gao Wei's forehead jumped and jumped, but his face was expressionless, and he only said lightly, "Flatten." Then he walked past the crowd and went straight to the lobby. Zu Ting was already standing on the side with the support of his family, and when he saw the emperor striding over, he hurriedly wanted to salute, but was stopped by Gao Wei, "You are seriously ill, you don't need to be formal, it is a serious thing to take good care of your body......"

He paused, then added:

"Zuqing's popularity is good, so many people come to give gifts, I see, the queue at the door is more neat than in the previous court."

Zu Ting's family hurriedly bowed to the ground, even Zu Ting panicked and wanted to ask the emperor for guilt, Gao Wei stopped him with a false help, and said with a smile:

"Well, how could I ever blame you? Don't think about it......"

Zu Ting was silent, he was thinking too much, he was afraid that he didn't think too much!

Others don't know the emperor's temperament, how can his ancestor be blind?

His Majesty's eyes can't rub the sand, and he has always been a ruthless character who smiles in front of him and stabs in the blink of an eye!

If he has a tight face towards you, you can probably put down your hanging heart, anyway, at most you will be scolded, degraded or something, if he laughs, then you have to think about whether this smile is really laughing or angry and laughing!

It's really hard to serve!

Zu Ting wanted to cry in his heart, but he couldn't cry, and he squeezed for a long time before he explained:

"These people are all people who have heard that the ministers will give advice to the ministers and come to the door to ask for advice."

Gao Wei picked up the delicate tea cup on the small table with great interest, looked at the light, and asked casually, "What are you asking for?" Ask for the knowledge of being an official and a person, or set a set of who will take over as the next right minister? ”

Is this something that everyone can talk about together?

"The minister is guilty!"

Zu Ting almost lowered his head to the ground!

Gao Wei stopped playing with the teacup, and glanced at Zu Ting with a complicated expression, seeing that this old minister who had overcome obstacles for him and built Zhongxing Dazhi was now seriously ill, and his heart was quite unbearable.

He put the teacup aside, turned his head away, and said lightly: "Okay, I haven't been looking at you for long, and I don't want to pursue it more, anyway, I see that your love of property can't be changed until death...... I am looking for you today for something important. ”

"Your Majesty, please speak."

As soon as he heard something important, Zu Ting's heart moved slightly, and he tried his best to cheer up.