Reef's heart began to tense.

This situation said by Begonia is very likely to happen.

Although his cousin Xie Wenzai had a knot in his heart for Emperor Deguang, he didn't think he was a hopelessly faint monarch, but was just disappointed and saddened by his blind favor to Sun Guifei and Sun Ge Lao. Therefore, Xie Wenzai would think that the emperor sent his henchmen to Chang'an, and it was impossible to stir up the northwest border army in order to seize power, which would only make the border unstable and the society turbulent. Therefore, for the sake of the overall situation, the emperor should just send people to monitor. As long as the Zhou family is loyal to the imperial court, he will not do anything.

The emperor has been on the throne for more than 30 years, and no matter how bad the relationship with the Zhou family was in the past, he has never really been ruthless to the Zhou family. Now that he is old and sick, he has reconciled with the Empress Dowager Zhou, and the only prince who can establish a prince under his knees has a relationship with the Zhou family, and there is no reason to be unfavorable to the Zhou family. Then even if someone from the capital will add a little trouble to the Zhou family, it will not hurt, and it will not matter if they tolerate one or two.

Xie Wenzai also respected and trusted the old Marshal Zhou of Zhenguo Gong, believing that the other party could deal with all the troublesome people from Beijing and maintain the stability of the border army.

Hai Jiao originally felt the same way as Xie Wenzai, but now that he was reminded by his little sister, he realized that he had ignored the confidant himself sent by the emperor.

The emperor will take into account the overall situation and maintain the stability of the country.

Zhenguo Gong will also take care of the overall situation and not offend the emperor because of temporary gains and losses.

So will the henchmen sent by the emperor surely act faithfully according to the emperor's wishes?

At the moment, Haijiao does not know the identity of this person, and what position he holds, so it is really difficult to judge. Sun Ge Lao's family is also the emperor's henchmen, who dares to guarantee that the military generals sent by the emperor to Chang'an will not be Sun Ge Lao's henchman alliance?

If such a person openly said that he was acting on the orders of the emperor, but in private he made small moves with the intention of being unfavorable to the Zhou family, would the emperor believe him or the Zhou family?

Hai Jiao couldn't help but paced back and forth in the house: "If that person is too messy, the emperor won't believe it, right?" ”

Haitang sat down on the side of the kang: "Didn't anyone mess around in the last life?" Did the emperor believe it? ”

The reef stopped and couldn't help but smile wryly.

In the previous life, among the sons of Zhenguo Gong, several who had the ability to command the border army were tossed to death by the Sun family, and they were killed, wounded, and wasted. As soon as the Duke of Zhenguo died, the Sun family instigated the emperor to directly take away the military power and handed over the Northwest Frontier Army to Sun Yonglu, a straw bag, what a mess? !

But what did the emperor say from beginning to end?

If it weren't for Sun Yonglu's own defeat on the battlefield, he offended his original military allies and was pulled off his horse, and the Northwest Frontier Army would not know how much loss it would have to suffer in the hands of this straw bale!

How can there be a few outstanding generals like Zhou Sujun who were innocently killed by him? How could the emperor ever care?

Haijiao sighed and sat on the edge of the kang, relatively speechless with his sister.

He can't trust the emperor too much, and he can't be led by his uncle Xie Wenzai.

Xie Wenzai has only seen the scenery of the Zhou family in charge of the Northwest Frontier Army in his life, and has never seen the scene of the Zhou family losing power, so he will blindly believe that the Zhou family will pass this hurdle safely.

But the reef has been seen. He knew how selfish the Sun family could be, regardless of the life and death of the military and civilians in the northwest, how indifferent and ruthless the emperor was, and how naïve and defenseless the Zhou family was. How could he be influenced by the people around him and completely forget about his experiences in his previous life? What the Zhou family couldn't think of, what his cousin couldn't think of, he should have thought of it!

In his previous life, even Sun Yonglu had a handsome seal! If the emperor can allow this kind of thing to happen, who dares to say that he will not be ruthless to the Zhou family because of the false accusations of his henchmen?

Besides, now that the northwest border is peaceful, he doesn't have to worry about who will lead the troops to fight!

Haijiao gritted his teeth: "Sometimes I don't understand, why would the emperor toss the northwest soldiers by traitorous ministers in order to fight for power and profit?!" The Sun family has gained military power, what is the benefit to him? Isn't he worried about his land being invaded by foreign enemies?! ”

Haitang sighed: "The northwest border city is too far away from the capital. The Hu people have never been to the Central Plains in this dynasty, and they can't even cross Chang'an, thousands of miles away from the capital, what does the emperor have to worry about? ”

The reef closed its eyes. He knew that what Xiaomei said was right. In the years he spent in the capital in his previous life, he could often feel that the people around him did not care much about the situation in the Northwest Frontier because it was too far away. There are even people who think that there is no population there, only sand, and that it is better to give those wastelands to the Hu people than to risk their lives to stop the invasion of the Hu people, and the two countries can do business in harmony, isn't it very good?

Because he has lived in Gansu, Suzhou, and Gua for many years since he was a child, he is very familiar with and misses everything there, always pays attention to the news of the Northwest Frontier Army, and likes to refute those absurd remarks, but he seems very unsociable. Only a small military attache of Jinyi Wei who was once stationed in Chang'an could understand his thoughts, but the other party was born in the capital, and he was born and raised in a border army, and his mood was different.

Haijiao was silent for a long time before he said, "I don't know who Emperor Deguang will send. If he expects someone to win the power of the border army, then he has to find someone who has experience in leading troops and military merits who can serve the public. But there are really too few such generals in the court, and it is impossible for the few who are the only ones to abandon their original errands and go to the northwest to be subservient. However, Emperor Deguang sent people, if it was just to monitor and investigate the Zhou family, then there were several candidates. ”

Although he was only a small spy under Jinyiwei in his previous life, because he had experienced the change of command of Jinyiwei and the relationship between several political turmoil in the capital, he still had a good idea of the capable henchmen and generals under Emperor Deguang. Especially the senior military attaches in the Jinyi Guard, at least half of them are good at surveillance and investigation, and they are good at criminal prisons and can also do infiltration investigations. If these people came, then the memories of Haijiao's previous life could be somewhat helpful, knowing who was fair, who was loyal to the Sun family, who was greedy for money and lustful and easy to buy, and who was good at making selfish means to trap people.

With this information, he can find out the temperament and preferences of the visitors in advance, and can come up with targeted countermeasures.

After listening to his brother's words, although Haitang felt that the current intelligence was still insufficient, it was better than having dark eyes and not knowing anything.

She said to her brother: "Brother, I will look for Sister Wenjun a few more times, and find a way to find out who is going to replace General Thursday." If you are familiar with someone, when he arrives in Chang'an, you have to try to find out his position as soon as possible and remind your cousin and the people of the Zhenguo Mansion. ”

Haijiao nodded: "I'll also go to Yijun to inquire." He is now quite valued by the elders, and he must know more news than Miss Wenjun. ”

Speaking of Zhou Yijun, Haitang remembered one thing: "On Thursday, the general is going to take up a post in Beijing, will Zhou Yijun go with him?" ”

Haijiao shook his head: "Mrs. Thursday will follow her to take office, but Zhou Yijun's brothers and sisters will stay in Chang'an City." Wait until the general and his wife settle down in Beijing on Thursday, and then decide whether to take their children over. However, Zhou Yijun is almost at the age when the children of the Zhou family join the army and train. Even if others go to the capital, he will most likely stay in the northwest. The Zhenguo Guild arranged for him to join the army. If he went to the capital, what would he do? It is impossible for him to go to study for the imperial examination, so does he want to enter the forbidden army to live a mixed life? I'm afraid that if I stay in a prosperous place like the capital for a long time, people will be wasted. ”

When Haijiao heard that Zhou Yijun was not leaving, he thought that he could get along with his new friend for a few more years, but now he knows that it is just a delusion. Zhou Yijun does not go to the capital, and it does not mean that the president stays in Chang'an. He may go to the border city at any time to experience, it may be in Ningxia or Suzhou. And Haijiao himself, if he leaves Chang'an in a few years, he will only go in the direction of Zhili.

One to the west and the other to the east, only to get farther and farther away from each other.

The life of the children of the Northwest Jiangmen family is originally different from the path that the grandson of an ordinary military Chinese official has to take.

(End of chapter)