Since Qing Yu Zhongwang came to Heluo, Qing Yu Huaijin has wisely left the military affairs and handed over all relevant authority to her brother, while she took over the Prosecutor's Office, taking full charge of the stability of Heluo City and the collection and analysis of intelligence in various places.

As a result, Zhuo Yuan presents a busy and complicated scene.

"The two adults came together, and I thought I had made a post."

In the Xiangwan Building, Qingyu Huaijin looked at Prime Minister Wang An and Privy Envoy Pang Shigu, with a faint smile between her eyebrows.

The two glanced at each other, and Pang Shigu spoke first: "Your Highness is laughing, but Prime Minister Wang and I are indeed here today, and there are a few things I want to ask Your Highness." ”

Qing Yu Huaijin bowed his head and said, "Privy Counsellor, please speak." ”

Pang Shigu said unhurriedly: "Your Highness, the battle on Moyang Road has calmed down recently. According to Niu Cunjie's report, Li Tianrun seems to be intent on slowing down the offensive. Since the last time he commanded a large army to capture Yanwu City, there has been no further action. Niu Cunjie judged that the other party did this to cooperate with the Huaizhou Army under Xiao Wangzhi, and he also said——"

"Privy Councillor, now that I am no longer in charge of military affairs, you can talk to my brother about these things."

Qing Yu Huaijin interrupted him with a smile, although his expression was gentle but unquestionable.

Pang Shigu was stunned.

Seeing this, Qing Yu Huaijin explained: "The defeats in the previous battles have proved that I really lack talent in this area, and if I continue to meddle in military affairs, it will only make the enemy overjoyed." From now on, my brother will be in charge of everything related to military affairs. ”

Pang Shigu secretly sighed in his heart that His Royal Highness the county lord was quite self-aware, and it was even more rare that he had no love for power, so he could afford to let it go, so Wen Yan explained: "Your Highness just lacks experience, so he let the enemy take advantage of it. ”

Qing Yu Huaijin obviously wouldn't change his mind because of his words, and after a few casual conversations, he looked at Wang An and said, "What did Prime Minister Wang come to see today?" ”

Wang An coughed lightly and said slowly: "Your Highness, now that the Qi army is pressing forward step by step, and the domestic situation is unstable, those officials below are extremely looking forward to His Majesty Dajing incorporating the northern land into the territory, or inviting the prince to come and take charge." ”

This proposal is a little more abrupt.

Qing Yu Huaijin understood the deep meaning of Wang An's words, that is, the entire government system of Beiyan was already in jeopardy, and today's plan can only stabilize people's hearts by merging into the Jing Dynasty.

In fact, this matter should have been completed more than ten years ago, but at that time, because of the excessive and indiscriminate killing of the Jing army and the lack of talent of the Jing Lian clan itself, Emperor Jing, who had not been on the throne for a long time, decided to support Beiyan.

Jing Dynasty has never given up control and infiltration of Beiyan, if it weren't for the mysterious death of Chen Jingtang's father and son, which caused Jing Chao's progress to be interrupted, maybe at this time Heluo had become the Nanjing of Jing Dynasty, and Pang Shigu and Wang An and others became Dajing's courtiers.

Even if Wang An and the others don't mention it, the Jing Dynasty will put this matter on the agenda after Qing Yugong completely pacifies the Zhao State.

Of course, now that Wang An and Pang Shigu are the representatives of the Yan Kingdom's civil and military affairs, they take the initiative to propose to Qing Yu Huaijin their willingness to surrender, which will save Jing Dynasty a lot of energy.

Qing Yu Huaijin knew all about the gains and losses, so he looked at Wang An's gaze more and more intimately, and after thinking for a while, he shook his head and said, "Wang Xiang, I'm afraid the time is not ripe yet." ”

Wang An sighed lightly: "Don't hide it from Your Highness, I'm just worried that after the fall of Dongyang Road, there will be some people in the court who have thoughts at both ends of the head, and if those people are allowed to form a storm, the situation will be even more chaotic at that time." ”

"Dongyang Road ......"

Qing Yu Huaijin's face was slightly cold.

After the establishment of the country in Beiyan, in addition to the Gyeonggi area, there were five other roads, namely Gangbuk Road, Moyang Road, Dongyang Road, Henan Road and Weinan Road.

In last year's Jiangbei War, Moyang Road lost nearly half of its territory, so Dongyang Road became the largest area in Beiyan, and the economy and people's livelihood here have always been in the first place in Beiyan.

If Dongyang Road is captured by the Southern Qi border army again, it will have a great impact on the officials and people in Northern Yan, as Wang An said before, I am afraid that many people will take the initiative to approach Southern Qi at that time.

Qing Yu Huaijin cleared the joints in this, and said with a slight headache: "But my father can't withdraw to the south for the time being, and my brother's troops are limited, so he has already made up his mind to defend Heluo, and I can only hope that Li Shouzhen can defend Ruyin City." To tell you the truth, my brother will not let a single soldier leave Heluo City. ”

As she said this, she swept past the two of them as if she had not yet done so.

Although Pang Shigu and Wang An have been working for the Jing Dynasty since many years ago, Qing Yu Huaijin gradually realized that there would inevitably be traitors in this Heluo City through reflection on those things in the past.

At present, she is not sure of the true identity of this traitor, but at least one thing can be confirmed: except for the Jinglian people, the officials of Beiyan are not worthy of full trust, so she did not reveal Qingyu's plan to be loyal, but deliberately gave a fake news.

Wang Anxin moved, his face was like an ancient well, and he said: "In this case, Your Highness may wish to invite Your Majesty Dajing, laying the overall situation as soon as possible will definitely be able to appease people's hearts, even if Dongyang Road is lost, it will not lead to chaos in Beijing." ”

Qing Yu Huaijin said: "Having said that, how can this matter be so easy. ”

"In fact, it is difficult for His Highness to see the whole picture in the game, so he has such worries."

Wang An slowed down his tone and said more and more humbly: "Your Highness, you may not know how many people are waiting for His Majesty's holy decree now. Even if we have to wait for the day when the prince goes south to make a final decision, we can build momentum in advance, and Pang Shumi also agrees with this proposal. ”

Pang Shigu smiled: "That's right. ”

Qing Yu Huaijin pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "There is no need to rush to build momentum, let me ask Your Majesty and Father first." The two adults are dedicated to the general situation, and I will definitely not treat you badly to Your Majesty. ”

The two hurriedly thanked each other, and chatted for a while about various miscellaneous matters in Heluo City, and then they got up to say goodbye.

On the wide and smooth main street, the carriage of the Wang family moved forward slowly, and there were dozens of elite servants beside it, and pedestrians avoided it one after another.

In the carriage, Wang An's eyes were slightly closed, and he fell into deep thought.

Visiting Qingyu Huaijin today, he just wanted to settle the matter as soon as possible, so as to provoke the anger of the one in the palace step by step, but he didn't expect that there would be an unexpected gain.

He didn't know much about Qing Yu's loyalty, but he probably understood the reason for this man's conservative decision.

The battle of Lei Ze was a nerve-wracking battle for the Jing army, and Qing Yu Zhongwang currently had more than 30,000 people in his hands, and it was a wise choice to give up Dongyang Road to protect Heluo.

This news may be useful to the Huaizhou army......

As soon as he thought of this, Wang An raised his hand and tapped on the wall of the carriage, and then a man with a vigorous posture and over thirty years old got into the carriage.

"What do you command?"

"You leaked today's incident to Feng Li according to the original plan. In addition, he sent someone to Ningling City to tell Lu Shen of Southern Qi that Qingyu Zhongwang would not divide his troops to support Dongyang Road, and he just wanted to defend Heluo. ”

The henchman hesitated slightly: "Master, Lu Duwei is now said to be on the periphery of Qingliu Pass, why don't you go there directly to find him?" ”

There are two ways to go from Heluo to Dongyang Road, one of which is to go straight to the east along the official road, and Qingliuguan is on this road. The second is to make a circle to the southeast, passing through Teng County through the Leize Plain to reach Ningling City.

Wang An said lightly: "He led the army into Qingliu Pass, the prosecutor's office must have a large number of people there, what if our people are detected?" It's better to take a long detour, even if it's a waste of time, than to be caught. ”

The henchman said ashamedly: "The villain understands." ”

Wang An said again: "Don't be in a hurry for the first thing, do it slowly, not only to let Feng Li know the situation in Beijing, but also not to let him suspect our Wang family." ”

The henchman arched his hand and said: "Yes, please rest assured!" ”

With the Huaizhou army of the Southern Qi Dynasty advancing on Dongyang Road, even though there was no large-scale panic in Heluo City, there were undercurrents surging in countless dark corners, and everyone had a plan.

Only in the palace, as usual, the sky sang every night, and there was more and more drunkenness, dreaming of death, as if he knew that the time when he was deprived of the throne was getting closer and closer.

Since the Son of Heaven ignored the government and gave up on himself, some officials in the court and China became even more unscrupulous, and almost every day people ran to Zhuoyuan, which faintly became the real center.

Zhang Can's temper was very irritable after he was drunk, and the palace people all waited with trepidation, lest he would be dragged out and punished with a cane if he made a mistake in his words and deeds.

One afternoon, Feng Li, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, came to the outside of the Son of Heaven's bedroom, waved his hand to let the worried palace people retreat, and then walked into the palace alone, and went straight to the side hall.

As soon as he walked into the hall, he smelled the strong smell of wine, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Zhang Can was lying on the couch with a wine jug in his hand, but his eyes were very clear, but the anger in the depths of his eyes could not be hidden.

Feng Li came to salute when he approached, and Zhang Can waved his hand and said, "Excuse me." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Recently, did those brutes go to Zhuo Yuan every day, and asked Qingyu Huaijin to write to the emperor of the Jing Dynasty and give the Great Yan River and Mountain to him?"

Zhang Can didn't have the slightest tact, and asked bluntly, his eyes fixed on the commander of the Praetorian Guard under the hall, the only henchman he could trust.

Feng Li looked embarrassed and hesitated: "Your Majesty, why bother with those people? Take care of the dragon's body. ”

Zhang Can said coldly: "I only ask you, yes or no?" ”

Feng Li finally nodded and said, "Yes." According to the information obtained by the minister, Pang Shumi and Wang Xiang went to Zhuoyuan some time ago, although I don't know what they talked about, but it should be related to those contents. After these two people expressed their attitudes, more and more courtiers went to visit the lord of Yongping, mostly to show their loyalty. ”

"Huh."

Zhang Can sneered expressionlessly.

Feng Li saw that this unworthy Son of Heaven didn't even have an angry expression, so he knew that he had made up his mind.

"They want the Zhang family to bear the infamy of the ages, and they continue to enjoy the glory and wealth, but I can't let them get their wish. Since they have never regarded me as the Son of Heaven, why should I care about the status of a monarch and a minister? ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Can sat up straight and stared at Feng Li, and said word for word: "You remember, we only have one chance, so we must not miss it." When I find a suitable opportunity, I will summon all those people into the palace, and it is best to call the brothers and sisters of the Qingyu family as well, and then you will lead someone to kill them cleanly, and leave no one behind! ”

Feng Li looked at the blood in his eyes, nodded solemnly, and said, "Your Majesty, dare to ask when you will do it, and prepare in advance." ”

Zhang Can said slowly: "Although they have been hiding it from me, I know that Dongyang Road will not last long, and when the news of the fall of Ruyin City reaches the capital, I will convene all my ministers to hold a grand court meeting, and that is the time for you to act." ”

Feng Li was silent for a moment, then knelt down on his knees and saluted: "Minister's decree!" ”

(End of chapter)