After the letter was circulated by the two prime ministers, it was put back on the dragon case.

The two had already expected the disdain of the Yuan Dynasty and the Turks for the Xia Dynasty, but they did not expect such an attitude.

"Both of you have been to the Yuan Dynasty and the Turks, what are the troops you see? What about the monarchs? Xia Yongkang asked, breaking the silence.

Emperor Shenwu also hurriedly took two steps forward and asked, "Yes, tell me what the situation is." ”

Han Xiu was helped up by Emperor Shenwu and arched his hand: "The Yuan Dynasty has been closed by heavy snow a month ago, but I see those soldiers, each of them is arrogant, and their behavior is fierce, everyone is equipped with a scimitar in addition to the original weapon, blowing hair and breaking hair, 100,000 troops are stationed in Beijing, and they practice every day, there has never been a day of slackness, and the commander Timur is even more fighting with the upper battle, which should not be underestimated." ”

When Emperor Shenwu heard that this kind of battle was indeed much stronger than his border army, he hurriedly asked, "What about the Turks?" How about the Turks? ”

Bai Feng wiped away his tears and arched his hand: "Back to Your Majesty, the Turks are better than it, close to the end of the year, hunting activities are being held, the left and right royal courts sent a team of ten people into the hunting ground, after ten days, the one who gets the most prey wins, and it is a bare-chested practice on weekdays, and it is common to break the muscles and bones, and the two royal courts are expanding to the south again, when the ministers first arrived, they were encountering them conquering a small country, plundering gold and silver and slaves back......"

Emperor Shenwu turned around, silently closed his eyes, and said slowly: "According to what the two Aiqing have seen, compared with my border army, if my Xia Dynasty starts a war, what are the chances of winning one-on-one?" ”

Bai Feng and Han Xiu knelt on the ground with a plop: "Minister...... Don't dare ......"

Emperor Shenwu suddenly turned around, but pointed at Xia Yongkang and Li Linfu's noses and scolded, "What about you? One of you is the main battle, the other is the main peace, and finally came to a compromise method, distant and close attack, far and close attack, open your eyes and see, what do these two jackals want......"

"One wants to be the princess of Changping, plus five million taels of silver, and the other is in addition to five million taels of silver, plus two prefectures and six states, all of them are going to on my head in Great Xia...... Beat...... What are the odds? Emperor Shenwu scolded angrily and threw the sheepskin scroll in his hand in front of the two.

Emperor Shenwu waved his hand: "You two go back and rest." ”

Seeing this, Zhang Xingde came in and pulled Bai Feng and Han Xiu and walked outside the house.

Out of the imperial study, he took the two to the side hall, and instructed the palace maid to serve the meal, and seeing that it was getting late, he said, "Two adults, wait." ”

walked to the door of the side hall, took out ten taels of silver from his arms, and stuffed it into the hands of the palace daughter: "Good sister, these two adults have just returned from the Turkic and Yuan dynasties, and they have been sleeping in the open all the way. ”

The daughter of the palace glanced at the hall, and the two of them were really ragged and sloppy, and couldn't help laughing: "Yes, it's for your sake today, just wait." ”

Zhang Xingde said to the little eunuch beside him: "There are still some roast chickens, roast geese and the like left in the imperial dining room yesterday, you bring them all, I still have a pound of old cellar there, you also take it, there is something to do today, the front hall is even more lively, it is deserted here, give, take it." ”

As he spoke, he threw out another tael of silver, and the little eunuch got the advantage and ran out in a hurry.

It is said that it is a side hall, but it is just a place for their subordinates to rest on weekdays, and now they are going home, on duty, and waiting, all pointing to the time when they are busy with rewards, but there is no one here.

The place is not big, Zhang Xingde spoke, and the two of them listened to it really, this way, although they did not suffer any major crimes, but for them, they have already taken off a layer of skin, seeing that Zhang Xingde respected the two of them so much, they couldn't help but think highly of him.

After a while, four meat dishes, two catties of dumplings, and one catty of Laojiao were brought up, and on the coffee table, the two of them drank a few glasses of wine and poured bitter water.

Zhang Xingde didn't dare to drink, but he just persuaded him to drink, and asked while pouring wine: "Two adults, the strength of this Turkic and Yuan Dynasty is really so strong?" ”

Bai Feng's face was slightly drunk, and he sighed and said: "Father-in-law, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have thought that those barbarians were just like that, but when you really got there, when you saw them, you would know that they could kill people even with their eyes, and their whole body was full of sharp weapons, and they didn't care about life or death when they rushed up, and their horses were very tall, their limbs were strong, they were all wearing heavy armor, and they charged, and no one could stop them......"

Han Xiu also sneered: "When they walk on the road, you feel that a mountain is moving, moving, like a raging wave, that kind of monstrous killing intent, I don't dare to take a second look, they think that they are the descendants of the sun god, and the place where the sun shines should be their territory." ”

"One day I saw two children fighting, the reason is that one child's chicken ran to another family, the other family refused to return, the two children quarreled, the adults didn't care, one went home and got a wooden knife, and fought hard, and finally his head was bleeding, and the last one who stood up left with the chicken in his arms, and a child is still like this, let alone an adult......"

After Han Xiu finished speaking, he was also full of emotion in his heart, the pride and calculation of those literati before he didn't see Yelu Duo now seemed to him to be like rubble, and with a light step on it, it would be shattered.

"Hey, I'm dignified in the Heavenly Empire, and I want to ask them for peace, hey......" Zhang Xingde sighed and added wine to the two.

"You still have the meaning of marriage on your side, and on my side, you really want a real land of two prefectures and six states, three million people, and a land of thousands of miles......"

Zhang Xingde listened, but silently remembered it in his heart, seeing that the two of them had almost drunk, he hurriedly said: "I still have to rush back, if the saint is summoned, I am not there, it is not easy to make a difference......

"Father-in-law walks slowly ......"

When Zhang Xingde arrived at the door of Shang Shang's room, the two prime ministers knelt on the ground without saying a word.

Xia Yongkang and Li Linfu in the Shangshu room also didn't expect that things would develop to such a point, and they had been silent for a quarter of an hour, and the saint had not yet opened his mouth to ask.

"Right Xiang, you say it, if you want to fight, how to fight ......it" Emperor Shenwu sat back in his chair, rubbed his brows, and finally spoke, his tone softened a lot.

Xia Yongkang knelt on the ground, raised his head and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, if there is a war, you must stabilize one side, if you go to war with one party, the wolf ambition of the other side, it is bound to be overwhelmed by large troops, and when the time comes, the battle on two fronts, I will not have time to deal with it, after submitting the credentials in May, a marriage will be formed, but it is really hard to say......

Emperor Shenwu clenched his fists heavily, let out a long breath and said, "Then you say, how to get along." ”

Naturally, it was Li Linfu who asked, if he was a little careless at this moment, it might be a disaster to the whole clan, Li Linfu also knelt on the ground and raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, if it is peace, the minister thinks that there are two reasons for making peace with the Yuan Dynasty and starting a war with the Turks." ”

"First, the Yuan Dynasty said that they wanted Princess Changping to marry, which they took the initiative to propose, what does it mean?" Li Linfu asked and answered himself, there were only three people in the room, and then continued: "It shows that this crown prince is not satisfied with the marriage with the Turks at all, as long as we agree, then their marriage with the Turks will come to naught; Second, the matter of Princess Wencheng, presumably the saint also knows that if Princess Changping can follow Princess Wencheng, twenty years, no, ten years later, what will happen to the Yuan Dynasty is still unknown......"

"Third, even if we cede two provinces and six states, won't the Turks make a move? But if the princess marries in the past, there must be a way to prevent the Yuan Dynasty from doing it, and we can even help the princess to achieve the current position of Xiao Yunshuang......"