Chapter 2: Above the Court

The dilapidated pergola is windy and snowy outside, but it is not lively to push the cup and change the lamp inside, as if the biting cold wind is not blowing in from all directions. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Even Situ Nan had to admire the young man in front of him, he was only eighteen years old, and he did what the kings of Zhenbei had not done in previous dynasties, beheading the Khan of Jieli in the grassland, breaking the court of the Golden Horde, who has had such merits, if it is not for the Xu family's reward, even if Xu Wu is a commoner, he can be a marquis alone.

Xu Wu drank wine cup by cup without saying anything, and when he drank the fifth cup, Situ Nan couldn't help but say: "Lord Wang, think twice about going south."

Xu Wu still had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said: "The ancestors started from the rivers and lakes, and I want to go to the rivers and lakes to see."

Xu Wu didn't say nonsense in this sentence, it has been eighteen years since he came to this world, he has spent most of his time in the northern frontier outside the Guanwai, and he has been to the capital many times, but he really hasn't been to other places, especially the cute rivers and lakes.

How could Situ Nan believe that the king of Zhenbei secretly went south to the rivers and lakes, what he wanted to do, everyone knew that Dachu began in the rivers and lakes, and the court of Dachu was extremely vigilant about the rivers and lakes. Otherwise, there would not be six doors for the sake of the rivers and lakes, and many institutions such as the Shenhou Mansion would have been set up.

Situ Nan thought of this and said: "The king of Zhenbei secretly went south to the rivers and lakes, if this matter is known by the princes in the court, it will naturally be a bloody storm, and they will inevitably think about what the king of Zhenbei secretly went south to do, and whether the king of Zhenbei already has a bad heart." ”

When Xu Wu heard Situ Nan's words, he couldn't help but sigh and said: "Brother Situ, in this place outside the pass, only you dare to talk to me like this, sometimes I really can't bear Brother Situ as a friend."

Situ Nan's face couldn't help but change slightly when he heard this, but after all, he was a cultivator of the Heavenly Realm Triple Heaven, and there were not many people in the world who could leave him, so he settled down and continued: "Lord Wang, why is this, do you really want to go your own way, but I have already sent the news back to the capital, and the princes of the court must have learned the news now."

The corners of Xu Wu's mouth rose again, and the smile on his face expanded, and then Xu Wu laughed and said, "Brother Situ, do you know where this is?"

Situ Nan didn't know why, and said: "Outside the Guan, Northern Xinjiang."

Xu Wu asked again: "Does Brother Situ know who I am?"

The puzzled look on Situ Nan's face was even worse, but he still replied: "You are the king of Zhenbei."

The smile on Xu Wu's face disappeared, and then he said: "Since Brother Situ knows that this is the Northern Frontier, and he also knows that the contemptible person is the king of the Northern Frontier, then he shouldn't do this."

Situ Nan's face changed greatly, his figure disappeared in an instant, and he appeared in the wind and snow, his white robe and the wind and snow in the sky were integrated, no one could tell the difference, this was an extremely clever light skill, stepping on the snow without a trace.

Xu Wu did not pursue, but picked up a glass of wine on the table again and said, "If you want snow in the evening, can you drink a glass?"

There was obviously no figure in front of his desk, and no one knew who he was talking to, only that the white figure in the wind and snow slowly turned red, and then the red figure slowly fell into the wind and snow.

In just three days, there was a battle report above the court, and the battle report was a war report asking for a reward, and in the battle report, it was said that Situ Nan, a student of Jixia Xuegong and a guerrilla general of the Xuanwu Army in Northern Xinjiang, was killed three days ago when he exterminated the remnants of the Golden Horde in Mobei, and hundreds of lieutenants and officers were killed in this battle.

Although this battle report said in the end that the rest of the army was completely annihilated, this cannot be called a victory, this is not only a defeat, but a complete defeat. After all, the main general died in battle, and so many officers were killed, no matter how you look at it, it is a naked defeat. But it's good news.

In the capital, in the palace hall, the one sitting on the top is the most powerful man in the Great Chu State, Emperor Zhou Yunwen, Zhou Yunwen After reading this battle report, Zhou Yunwen said: "What do you think of Aiqing?"

A middle-aged man in the main hall stepped forward and said: "Emperor Qiqi, such a big defeat, that Xu Wu Xiao'er even asked the court for compensation, and claimed that this was a victory, it can be seen that this son is arrogant, I think I can take advantage of this to cure Xu Wu's sins, cut his vassal and reduce his lord."

This person is also a student of the Jixia School Palace, named Qi Xin, and Situ Nan has a friendship with classmates, which is not the most important, the main thing is that Qi Xin's policy when he graduated was written about cutting the domain, so he was more enthusiastic about it.

It is not uncommon for the court to call the king of Zhenbei a puppet, and no one cares about anything, but for such a trivial matter, it is necessary to mention the cutting of the domain, where is it so easy.

Zhou Yunwen obviously also knew that Qi Xin's words were too radical, and when Xu Nanjin died, the imperial court cut the domain, changed the hereditary system of the king of Zhenbei, and issued a decree of tuien, the so-called tui'en order, that is, all of Xu Wu's sons were not hereditary kings of Zhenbei, but all became marquis, and each of them was divided into a part of the fief. In this way, the four towns outside the Guanwai can slowly become small forces, and then slowly return to the central government.

But who knew that in three years, Xu Wu broke the Golden Horde, and the Tui En Order was naturally abolished and changed to a hereditary system again, otherwise I am afraid that the military spirit of Northern Xinjiang will be unstable, which is also a reward for Xu Wu.

But there has always been a faction in the court, this is an indisputable fact, after all, no one wants a big force to wander outside the central government, even the emperor is not happy, otherwise Qi Xin will not dare to make a big statement in this court.

Three years ago, this court was not so radical, the previous generation of the king of Zhenbei entered Beijing, who dared to say that the matter of cutting the domain, it was in this hall that year, the king of Zhenbei Xu Nanjin directly crippled the minister of civil and military affairs I don't know how many, the emperor on the high platform is not a smile.

Now his son Xu Wu is even more meritorious than that Xu Nanjin, and is regarded as the god of the northern armies, even the northern army that is not in the four towns outside the Guanwai also admires this person, and can be described as the god of the northern generals of the Great Chu Dynasty, who moved him again.

The emperor didn't care about the middle-aged man's words, nor did he reprimand him, but asked the prime minister in front of him, "What does Prime Minister Situ think?"

Situ Wuji is the prime minister of the Great Chu Dynasty who is above one person and under ten thousand people, and he is the patriarch of the Situ family, Situ Nan is the son of the Situ family, and he can't be related to this prime minister.

But how could an old fox like Situ Wuji change anything because of a child of a family, I just heard him say: "This kind of war report is a major military matter, or please ask the emperor to decide."

The people below secretly scolded the prime minister's old fox, even the emperor secretly scolded in his heart, and the ball was kicked back to Zhou Yunwen, after all, it was too difficult to want an old fox like Situ Wuji to express his position.

Zhou Yunwen didn't force it, after all, he was only in his thirties, in the prime of life, and he still had a lot of time, so he was not in a hurry to cut the domain.

I only heard Zhou Yunwen say: "The proposed decree is to award General Situ Nan and General Zhaoyong, and the rest of the fallen soldiers will be given a first-class pension."

Only the prince who was watching the politics from the sidelines, frowned slightly, the prince Zhou Jianshen and Xu Wu have known each other since childhood, and they know their small temperament, since he can break the Golden Horde, there will be no such mistakes, even when he coerced him as the prince, he did not take advantage of the light a few times.

However, although he is the crown prince, he only has the right to observe the government, and he only has some doubts in his heart, so he didn't say much.