He himself once again entered the battlefield as Han Xiao. When this fierce general with great prestige in the army appeared with the Han family's army, he quickly achieved the first wave of success. In a fierce battle technique, Huang Qiuyu didn't have time to take off his armor after getting off the battlefield, and hurriedly rushed over to see this Han family general. When the mask was taken off, it almost didn't startle Huang Qiuyu's eyes.

"Your Highness...... How are you?! ”

This is also the first time that Huang Qiuyu has seen a healthy deposed prince since the corruption case was deposed six years ago.

It turned out that this young general, who was quite prestigious in the northwest, turned out to be the crazy His Royal Highness the Prince!

Huang Qiuyu was shocked, but also uncomfortable.

You must know that no matter what kind of discord and friction there is between Huang Qiuyu and the Han family, but for Xiao Yanxing, the prince, the Huang family respects and recognizes it from the bottom of their hearts. Huang Qiuyu privately believes that Xiao Yanxing will be the future of Daqing. Therefore, when Xiao Yanxing was involved in the anti-corruption case, he was the first to stand up and express his opposition and asked the emperor to investigate thoroughly.

But at that time, the emperor was angry, and whoever dared to say more would be counterproductive, and no one dared to persuade him. At the same time, Xiao Yanxing suddenly became insane and could not be qualified for court affairs, and after being demoted to a commoner, Huang Qiuyu had not seen Xiao Yanxing for a long time.

Suddenly seeing Xiao Yanxing, who looked clear and his demeanor had not diminished, Huang Qiuyu was speechless for a long time in shock.

"Your Highness, you're not crazy......"

"Hmm." Xiao Yanxing nodded, he came here for Huang Qiuyu, and naturally he was honest, "The situation is forced." ”

In four words, I almost didn't say that Huang Qiuyu's eyes were red.

At the beginning, discerning people actually knew that the emperor was afraid of the prince. The emperor, who was in the prime of life, did not allow anyone to threaten his throne, not even his own son. As courtiers, even if they knew that they were not embarrassed, they could not change the emperor's will at all.

There is no father and son in the heavenly family, and as soon as the situation of the father being weak and the son being strong is formed, this kind of competition is doomed.

After all the time passed, the virtuous prince was deposed, and the court was purged of a group of capable people. Huang Qiuyu was very depressed for a while. After all, such an excellent prince has fallen so far, and he has been replaced by Xiao Chenghuan, will Daqing be okay in the future? In line with the spirit of not wanting to see the smoky miasma, Huang Qiuyu invited himself to the side. Unexpectedly, Xiao Yanxing was staying in the northwest well.

Huang Qiuyu was a little excited, and the two talked all night that night.

The Han army fought against the Tatars for many years, and both sides had a certain understanding of the topography of the northwest.

In the past, the success or failure of the battle with the foreign race was four or six points. Daqing became six defeats and four defeats, and the foreign race was reversed. Daqing seems to have an advantage, but it is not an overwhelming advantage. Today's tranquility on the border is not because foreigners are afraid of Daqing's national strength, but because of the long-term deterrence of the Han army. Now that this advantage has been lost, the Tatars will definitely seize the opportunity and bite off a piece of Daqing's meat.

The defense of the border must not be slackened. But those who are far away in the capital don't understand. They were immersed in the vain peaceful and prosperous world, but they were afraid that the Han family would support their own troops. suppressed the Han family everywhere and attempted to divide power.

Now the evil fruit has been cast, and sure enough, as soon as the Han family army was disbanded, the foreign army was overwhelmed.

When Huang Qiuyu first arrived, the enemy attacked suddenly, and he didn't have a chance to react at all. While Huang Qiuyu was overwhelmed, she naturally understood her shortcomings. He lacked an understanding of the forces and topography of the various ethnic groups in the northwest, but he was unable to make up for this deficiency in a short period of time. Under the anxiety of the war, it was impossible to formulate an effective combat plan.

Xiao Yanxing came this time to solve the problem. He immediately took out an extremely detailed operational map: "Today's military deployment of border defense is bound to change again. ”

Huang Qiuyu's eyes were about to bulge: "Your Highness, this map, this map?" ”

"Hmm. The map of the northwest is also included in the border defense. ”

The map unfolds slowly, filling about a table. Huang Qiuyu couldn't wait to lie on the map and look at it carefully, the drawing method was completely different from today's map. More detailed than this military map he had at hand: "This, this...... It's too exhaustive. ”

Xiao Yanxing ordered someone to give him a picture.

Huang Qiuyu said that he had to defend the northwest defense line for five years. It is impossible for the military map to skip him.

"I got this map from someone else, but it's uncertain how accurate it is. Before using it, you have to arrange for someone to explore the places indicated on the spot. Thinking of what Wang Shu had entrusted to him, Xiao Yan said, "Only by making sure that the information on the map is accurate, can the next counterattack be more accurate and effective." “

Huang Qiuyu nodded: "This is nature. ”

The next day, the garrison sent several teams to set off.

After that, Xiao Yanxing stayed in the barracks as Han Xiao.

His identity could not be revealed yet, and the capital did not relax its vigilance against Xiao Yanxing at all. I am afraid that he will come back one day and threaten the emperor's throne. Huang Qiuyu could understand that he was in a difficult situation, so he naturally helped cover it up.

As for this group of Han Jiajun who suddenly appeared, Huang Qiuyu saw that the northwest garrison under his hand was protecting these people, so he was also very interested and did not ask too many questions.

In the following month, Xiao Yanxing repeatedly went out with the army. With the help of the Han army, Daqing has become more powerful, changed its frustration, and pressed against foreign enemies such as Tatars. In just one month, the enemy troops who were pressing the border were forcibly driven out a hundred miles away.

The first stage of eviction will not solve the problem once and for all.

The Tatars have gathered nearly 80,000 troops one after another, and with such a large battle, it is impossible to go back in disgrace without reaping any benefits. They trekked through mountains and rivers to the border of Daqing, and they would bite a piece of meat and bring it back to the death.

In other words, this sudden war cannot end without fighting to the death.

Xiao Yanxing was trapped in the northwest and couldn't leave for the time being. Everything can only be exchanged by letter. He occasionally needs to stay up all night late at night, and every time he looks at the letter from Xiao Zhai, he has to scold twice: "Lazy bones." ”

Han Ye often listened to him scolding, and he was really curious.

Although his uncle's nephew's name is not so right, he still knows Xiao Yanxing after a few years of training in the military camp. As for Xiao Yanxing, who is tired of saying a word more, who is so capable that he scolds every once in a while.

Mo Sui grinned silently, and looked at the tent incomprehensibly: "Don't say, don't say." ”

Han Ye slapped Mo Sui on the back of the head angrily, and turned to leave with the saber in his arms.

Mo Sui covered the back of his head and muttered, and silently returned to the camp.

……

The battle on the northwest border was fierce, with serious casualties, and the capital naturally received the battle report quickly.

However, the capital is thousands of miles away from the border, no matter how much the sky is turned outside, the capital should sing and dance or sing and dance. Even if the battle reports were sent to Shangshutai one after another, the urgency of these people in the capital naturally could not be compared with the northwest border. Regarding Huang Qiuyu's urgent report, demanding an increase in the supply of grain, grass and military supplies, and the pension and silver of the soldiers who died in battle, the officials in the court had different opinions.

Some people think that Huang Qiuyu is a lion who opens his mouth and accuses Huang Qiuyu of being incompetent. For example, the Han family has never suffered such a big damage when they were guarding the border. caused such a tragic number of casualties, Huang Qiuyu should bear the loss and responsibility.

The other side believes that this is not the time to investigate who is right and who is wrong, and the safety of the Daqing border should be the priority. First allocate funds for support, and then decide whether the Lord is derelict in his duties or not. The court even pulled the skin for half a month for this matter. The household department pushed back on the grounds that the disaster relief in Jiangnan last year cost a lot and now cannot come up with food and salary.

Some officials who are worried about the situation of the war on the northwest border have argued for this matter, and they have been talking to these officials who have nothing to do with themselves.

The emperor was troubled by their quarrel, so he slapped fifty boards each.

How can war fool around? Without food, grass and armor, how could the garrisons hold the northwest?

Can this matter be solved by playing fifty boards each? The Northwest Fortress is related to the stability of Daqing and must be cautious. After all, if the northwest frontier is really lost, the Tatars raise troops to the south and rush into the pass, and it will be too late to regret it.

For a while, there was a lot of discussion inside and outside the court.

The emperor naturally knew the seriousness, but the knife hadn't slashed his face yet, so he always felt that it wasn't that serious. In addition, in addition to reporting the battle situation, the main purpose of the war report to the capital was to request armaments, materials and additional military support.

It is a little difficult for the imperial court to allocate funds.

Speaking of which, in recent years, Daqing has suffered a series of disasters of all sizes, requiring money for disaster relief, fighting wars, and repairing water conservancy, and the treasury cannot withstand such a toss no matter how full it is. What's more, last year's floods in the south of the Yangtze River killed and injured thousands of people. In order to wipe the buttocks of the crown prince Xiao Chenghuan, the household department once again hemorrhaged heavily to allocate funds to repair the river and appease the victims, but it is true that he can't come up with the money.

The court quarreled over this matter.

There is no doubt that grain and grass must be transported to the northwest, and everyone agrees. Even now, how to take this silver, and from whom, is a very difficult problem to solve.

The treasury is empty, and they can't conjure up silver, right? Last year, Jiangnan was also hit by floods, and there was no food in the land of fish and rice, and the court was really poor.

Gu Fei stood silently at the end of the right side, pricking up his ears to listen to the adults in front of him, his brows slowly twisted.

He is a five-grade cultivator, and there is no place for him to speak on this occasion. Even if you have a different opinion in your heart, you can only follow the instructions of the person above with a wooden face. However, seeing that this group of people had been arguing for almost a month without any results, he couldn't help but hold a sulk in his heart.

After the end of the day, he didn't rush back, and secretly went to Yang Shilang's house.

Yang Qi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, is Xiao Yanxing's person, and Gu Fei knows it. Although Xiao Yanxing did not give him an accurate list, with the memory of his previous life, Gu Fei knew that there were many people in the court who were on Xiao Yanxing's side. He will visit Yang's house today, and he will also contact Yang Qian in advance to ask Xiao Yanxing how to solve the problem of armaments.

In fact, the Yang family is indeed worried about military resources.

The battle in the Northwest Fortress broke out and caught him off guard. Xiao Yanxing hadn't had time to send a letter to the capital yet, so naturally he didn't have any instructions. But these deposed princelings also know the seriousness of the problem and are deliberating in advance on how to solve it. The northwest has to stick to it, after all, Xiao Yan and the pedestrian are over there, and if something happens, the abolished prince will bear the brunt.

If the Tatars take the life of the prince, this is about the future of Daqing.

A group of people gathered in the Yang family's study, as frowning as they did in the court. A group of people deliberated for a long time, but to no avail.

Gu Fei sat in it, pondered for a long time, and proposed to let the major families donate money to solve the problem.

"How?"

"There are many major families, and there are so many people who have a lot of money in their pockets. The silver spent in the house every day is like flowing water, and as long as they donate a month's expenses, the ten families can raise enough military funds. "Gu Fei knows too well, even if the Liu family is a simple family like the self-proclaimed scholarly family, the delicacies of the mountains and the sea, the teeth are sweet and fat, and the soft fur is fast, and the daily expenses are also thousands of taels. Not to mention other more luxurious families?

…… That's right.

When he said this, many adults were embarrassed. The daily expenses of their house are about this amount.

There was silence in the study.

For a long time, no one continued to speak.

Yang Qian sighed and ended the meeting ahead of schedule with a rediscussion tomorrow.

Gu Fei walked out of the Yang family, turned his head to look at the Yang family's plaque, and his brows tightened. He had great expectations before he came, and I have to say that he was very disappointed when he left. So on the second day's discussion, Gu Fei did not go to Yang's house again.

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After a few days, above the court, the old things were naturally brought up again.

The northwest frontier was reported to the capital one after another, urging more and more urgently. The court also quarreled over this matter, and never came up with a good solution. Today, it's another war of words.

After a round of arguments, there was an intermission. Suddenly, two palace people carried a large bronze tripod from outside into the main hall and placed it in the center of the main hall.

When everyone was in the clouds, they saw several newly promoted officials suddenly come forward and expressed their willingness to donate a year's worth of money to support the war in the northwest.

As soon as the words fell, the first person to speak took out a lot of valuable things on his body and put them into the copper tripod with a bang. The first person walked by, and many people stepped forward one after another, and placed their belongings in the copper tripod one after another. Gu Fei was the last, he stepped forward from behind everyone without squinting and took out all the belongings on his body.

The whole process of this move was only a few breaths, but it seemed like a year had passed.

The inexplicable move of several young officials suddenly fell silent in the court.

The emperor sat upright and looked at these young people with great interest, and for a long time, his eyes fell faintly on the old ministers who were standing in the front row.

Although he was speechless, he seemed to weigh a thousand pounds.

For a while, the dazzling eyes made these old ministers who pretended to be deaf and dumb like sitting on pins and needles, and some of them could no longer hold back their faces and ears.

"I heard that some adults spend a lot of money in their houses, and they can't get a thousand taels of silver a day." The emperor's words floated down faintly from the top of his head, as if there was no malice and he just teased, "I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the old ministers in the front row, who were stubborn and did not pick up the stubble, stiffened and became even more silent.

"Gu Xiu, you can tell me."

Gu Fei was named, and in an instant, all the eyes of the court and the whole hall looked over.

He didn't panic, just calmly walked to the center of the hall. He spoke loudly: "Back to Your Majesty, I don't know how much your lords' mansion spends a day. However, if Your Majesty asks the lower officials, how many silver taels is an abalone, how many silver taels are a catty of golden bird's nest, and how many silver taels are a tael of Wuyi Dahongpao? How many silver taels is a horse of cloud brocade? Xia Guan Xu can answer one or two. ”

As he spoke, he didn't need the emperor to continue to ask: "An abalone has three taels of silver, and a plate has thirty taels of silver." A pound of bird's nest is thirty taels, which is estimated to be enough for a person to eat a bowl of food every day for half a month. One or two Wuyi big red robes start with a hundred taels of silver. A horse of cloud brocade thirty taels ......"

As Gu Fei's mouth burst out with the exact data, the more people in the court listened, the more frightened they became.

Gu Fei seemed to not be able to see the sweat on some people's foreheads, and slowly made the final touch: "Your Majesty, the lower official was born poor, and he has seen these good things. The rest, Xia Guan has not seen it, and he doesn't know what the price is. ”

The emperor also deliberately ridiculed these ministers who shouted poverty all day long, but this question was also a shocking question.

His face was a little ugly, although he knew that some people below lived luxuriously, but he had never had a definite concept. Now when Gu Fei revealed the specific numbers in public, he was shocked to realize that it was so amazing. Indeed, as Gu Fei said, these people have the spare time to quarrel for ten days and half a month for one million taels of military funds, so it is better to do something practical.

They only need one person to donate half a month's expenses, which is enough to cover these.

The emperor's eyes narrowed: "What do you Aiqing think?" ”

What can the crowd think?