Devil’s Advent

Outside the imperial study room, there were footsteps.

Uncle Zheng came out on his own initiative, and at the door, he saw Emperor Yan walking in front of everyone.

Yan Huang's complexion was much better than the day before yesterday.

I see Your Majesty, long live my emperor.

Stay flat.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Queen Yan's head was followed by Zhao Jiulang, and behind Zhao Jiulang were eight ministers. Anyway, Uncle Zheng didn't know any of them, but presumably they were ministers of various ministries or court officials.

To be precise, it should be the real mainstay of this court.

And behind all the ministers, followed by the crown prince, and behind the crown prince was Ji Chengjue.

It was not the first time for the big guys to discuss matters in the imperial study. Without His Majesty's instructions, Wei Zhonghe led a group of young eunuchs to deliver chairs and tables.

The desk case is very narrow. In order to match the height of the chair, it is higher. From the perspective of Uncle Zheng, it feels like these ministers are sitting in special seats for babies.

soon,

Bowls of plain noodles were brought up, and Emperor Yan also had a bowl in front of him.

The young father-in-law with freckles walked up to Uncle Zheng again and asked, Uncle, do you want another bowl?

want.

Okay, uncle.

immediately,

Uncle Zheng also sat in the baby chair.

Plain noodles are really just plain noodles with a little green onion sprinkled on top. The noodles are not made by any special method, they are homemade noodles.

The only extravagance should be chicken soup.

It may be that the taste is too strong, so I didn't make any toppings.

In Zheng Fan's memory, probably only the Marquis of Zhenbei back then dared to roast leg of lamb in the imperial garden.

Emperor Yan took the first bite, and the rest of the ministers also raised their chopsticks together. For a moment, the sound of eating noodles was heard in the Imperial Study Room.

Everyone is not slow to eat. Firstly, they all know that there are still things to discuss, and secondly, it is impossible to talk about family affairs when Yuqian eats.

We all ate only one bowl,

When the eunuch serving next to him saw who had finished eating, he immediately brought up a cup of tea and a copper basin.

Tea is for gargling, spit it in directly.

The copper basin is used to wash face and wipe hands.

This is not for the sake of extravagance and refinement, because it is likely to use pen and ink when discussing matters, and some even have to be ordered to draft an imperial decree. Hands must be clean. In addition, washing your face can also make you more energetic.

Finally, the small table was removed, and a new cup of tea was served in front of each person.

When everything is ready,

Emperor Yan took out a booklet,

road:

Written by Wujiang himself, I told me that the pressure on the front line of Nanwang City is increasing day by day.

The words are not finished, but everyone understands.

In the notebook, if a question is raised, it will inevitably ask for help to solve the problem.

How to solve?

very simple,

Increase troops.

The increase in troops here can be understood as Dayan's deployment of troops from other places into Nanwang City, or an increase in the military food and military expenditure and establishment of the front line of Nanwang City.

The former is difficult to implement, because after annexing the land of the Three Jins, Dayan's stalls are too large, and many places are actually stretched.

Then only the latter method remains.

But this also means an increase in money and food.

Personally speaking, money and food cannot solve all problems, but if you have enough money and food, more than 99% of the problems can no longer be problems.

The same is true for a country.

Uncle Zheng had to rely on the little six sons of the household department to approve the slips to get the full amount of money and food, and the rest of the places only had 50%.

Dayan has always had the concept of raising elite soldiers, Zhenbei Army and Jingnan Army are the best examples, but this is really helpless, the gap is too big, and there are financial leaks everywhere, so we can only paste it with paper first. passable.

At this moment, Shang Shu Zuo Servant shot Wang Lian up and said:

Your Majesty, I think you can send a large battalion of troops outside the capital to go south to Kaesong in Yinlang County to frighten people.

The location of Kaicheng is almost between Yanjing and Nanwangcheng. A town of soldiers and horses stationed here can not only continue to defend the capital, but at the same time, if there is any problem in Yinlang County, they can go south faster.

The Yan army's soldiers and horses are mainly cavalry, and their mobility is indeed much stronger than that of Qianren.

But this method, how should I put it, is very like a cash-strapped one, and can only be used by breaking a copper plate in half.

The rest of the people have nothing to say, because everyone knows how difficult the court's finances are now, and Wang Lian's proposal is very suitable for the current situation.

Emperor Yan looked at the prince.

Prince got up,

road:

The minister is attached to the left servant to shoot the adults.

Emperor Yan looked at Ji Chengjue,

present,

Only Ji Laoliu is from the household department,

Ever since Ji Laoliu eliminated two household ministers in a row, the position of household secretary has been vacant.

Therefore,

Every time when he was arguing with the ministries about the quota, Ji Lao would go to the battle in person six times, as a prince, he would quarrel with those adults until his face was red.

There is no way, there are too many monks and too little porridge, people who are not full are not satisfied, and those who share the porridge are also very annoyed.

But this is the imperial study room after all, not the court meeting, so there is no need to roll up your sleeves and fight.

Ji Chengjue didn't cry poor either,

Instead, he got up and said:

Father, you can add some staff this year as appropriate, and you can add more staff next year.

Last year, it was sewing and mending. This year, it will be passing. Next year, it will be the three-year agreement between Ji Chengjue and Emperor Yan. Dayan's finances will improve obviously, but the past has to be paid back. Two years of debt accumulation, but at least, the finances of this great empire have been guided to benign.

Emperor Yan heard the words,

smiled,

road:

If there is a change in the south, can you let the dry people come back a year or two later, so that we can make up for the troops?

Ji Chengjue said;

Father, the calculations for the first half of this year have already been sent out, and the calculations for the second half of the year have already been agreed at the beginning of the year. The treasury has indeed kept a hand in case of emergencies, but it still needs to be repaired. He Gong has been a gold-eating beast since ancient times, swallowing countless money and food, and my son has racked his brains for this matter, and is going around to raise money.

Emperor Yan waved his hand, he is the emperor, how could he not know what is going on with the state treasury now.

but,

Yanhuang finally looked at Zheng Fan who was sitting at the back,

road:

Uncle Hirano, tell me.

Dayan has a very strange tradition. For example, in the imperial study room, the discussion is still about the military, but in the past, in the imperial study room, apart from the Minister of the Ministry of War, there are no other big figures in the military.

Because Dayan's military power has been devolved too much, Zhenbei Hou's side, Beifeng County and most of the matters concerning the barbarians are decided by Zhenbeihou's mansion.

The same goes for the Marquis of Jingnan in the east.

According to the tradition of Qianren, military leaders like Zhenbeihou and Jingnanhou should have been relieved of their military power long ago and raised in the capital. When the time comes, I will call you to come over as a councilor and listen to your opinions.

So, this time, it was really not easy to see a Qiu Ba in full color in the imperial study room.

And everyone, for a moment, set their sights on Uncle Hirano, who has been incomparably popular in recent years.

And when they entered the imperial study and saw Uncle Hirano, everyone knew that Uncle Hirano's suggestion would be very important today, otherwise, it would not have been the intention of Uncle Hirano to come and listen, right?

Uncle Zheng stood up, saluted and said:

Your Majesty, I think that there is no need to mobilize the Imperial Army, and there is no need to allocate more money and food to the front line of Nanwang City. You can order the First Prince and Xu Wenzu to shrink the defense line of Nanwang City and not compete with the Gan people for a while.

upon hearing this,

The right servant shot Cao Que and said immediately: I, Dayan, have never taken the initiative to retreat from the barbarians for hundreds of years, but now, I want to retreat from the dry people?

Shang Shu Ling Xu Qiutai was also puzzled: Uncle Hirano, what do you mean?

Zheng Fan bowed his hands to the two adults and replied:

Because the imperial court is not rich, so...

At this time, Wang Lian, the left servant, interrupted Zheng Fan, saying: I heard that the share of money and food in Uncle Hirano's Xueguan is 20-30% higher than that of other ministries.

When he said this, Wang Lian's gaze still swept over Ji Chengjue.

Zheng Fan didn't know why Wang Lian was hostile to him, and he didn't have time to analyze the other party's political stance. What he had to do now was to help Yan Huang go through this throwing bricks to attract jade process and move on to the next important topic .

Therefore, Uncle Zheng said directly:

Have you ever been to Snow Customs?

Never before.

Xuehaiguan, the north guards the wild people of Xueyuan, the south restrains the people of Chu from going north, and our Xueguan has a radius of hundreds of miles, which can be described as ten rooms and nine empty, almost uninhabited.

Even if Ben Bo wants to squeeze the land to replenish the troops, there is no place to go.

If you don't ask the court, is it possible that Benbo will stop fighting and take the soldiers to the snowy field to graze for a living or go to the south to open up wasteland and farm for a living?

Soldiers and horses in other places, stationed in the ground, can scrape some oil and water down, and the living will not be suffocated to death by urine, but Uncle Zheng does not have this condition.

At least,

Judging from the written information about Xuehai Customs that the bigwigs of the imperial court saw, they couldn't see Uncle Zheng's self-sufficiency ability.

Wang Lian shook his head and smiled, but he didn't see how angry he was.

Uncle Zheng continued:

Your Majesty, I think that since the imperial court has no extra money and food to allocate right now, it is better to simply retreat and put on a gesture of inviting the king to come to the door, and see if he dares to make another northern expedition.

Cao Que said, Uncle Hirano, shrinking defenses, doesn't it mean that our land on the border of Dayan will be handed over to Qianren?

Have you been to Yinlang County, sir?

Cao Que swallowed, again?

I have been there, Nanwang City, I have also been there.

Nanwang City, once known as the Little Jiangnan of Dayan, was also a place where the culture of Dayan gathers.

Then, has your lord ever been to the border? Have you ever been to the three sides of the Qian Kingdom? Have you ever crossed the three sides to Chu County?

My officer...never.

Benbo can tell my lord, Ganren, built countless forts on its border, and the so-called Nanwang City border today is a very wide intercommunication area between the two sides in the border area.

That is to say, this is a criss-crossed area, which belongs to the place where neither side can control it, and anyone can run a horse.

One is because my Dayan sergeant is not good at attacking the city, so facing Qianren's fortress, it is inevitable that we have no way to speak;

The second reason is that it is impossible to fight in the open field, even Zhong Tianlang in the past two years has only led a small group of cavalry to act fiercely for a while, and he did not dare to move too far away from the fort.

Therefore, the contraction of Nanwang City's defense line is nothing more than to let the Gan people think that the next time the small group of soldiers and horses go north, there will be no targets to take advantage of.

What about the Northern Expedition? Wang Lian suddenly asked, Border defense, one is for the responsibility of securing the land, and the other is for early warning.

Once I look south and shrink the front line of the city, if the army of Qianren suddenly goes north, wouldn't I, Dayan, have no chance to prepare?

hear this,

Uncle Zheng immediately faced Emperor Yan,

bow down,

road:

Your Majesty, if someone dares to assemble a large army for the Northern Expedition, then please give me 30,000 cavalry.

Give me thirty thousand cavalry.

A hundred years ago, the Northern Expeditionary Army of 500,000 people was defeated by the 30,000th Marquis of the First Zhenbei.

And this is also the common yearning of all members of the Dayan Army.

Wang Lian heard the words and said, Arrogance.

Uncle Zheng confronted him tit for tat: Ben has never lost a war.

... Wang Lian.

The crown prince stood up at this moment, and said: Brother Dahuang's Zhezi said that he is under a lot of pressure.

Uncle Zheng immediately said: So, if you step back, the pressure will not be so great.

Why do you want to retreat? the prince asked, I know that the imperial court is short of finances, but it is obvious that I don't have to retreat. , but warn people that it is clearly not the time to retreat.

The ancestors have worked so hard to manage the country and country for eight hundred years, how can they just quit?

May I ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, is the land of Jin counted as the place where our ancestors run? Right now, is it counted as the territory of our country?

Of course it counts.

That's it. It is because of the annexation of Jin that our Great Yan Jingnan Army and the two Zhenbei Army had to be stationed in Jin. If the Jingnan Army was still stationed in Jin as it was back then In Yinlang County, do you dare to ask Ganren An to toss?

Now, it is nothing more than taking a small step back in Yinlang County in order to preserve the land of Jin.

How can it be calculated like this?

Why can't it be calculated like this?

How will future generations see it?

Later generations will only look at the territory left for us by our ancestors. Is it bigger or smaller? Compared with the entire Sanjin area, how important is Yinlang County? Which is bigger and which is smaller?

The crown prince looked at Zheng Fan, and said, How can the Jin land be lost? Uncle Hirano, I am not a pedantic person, but I just think that every inch of my Great Yan's land is soaked in the blood and sweat of my Great Yan soldiers. As a last resort, I am not willing to give up any inch of the country, otherwise, how would you tell me to face those soldiers who have shed their lives and blood in order to open up territories?

I can agree, but can they agree?

His Royal Highness.

Uncle Zheng bowed down to the prince.

Uncle Hirano, what is this?

The minister agreed.

... Prince.

Wang Lian and Cao Que looked at each other, and there was a hint of helplessness in their eyes.

this answer,

It's really shameless,

But unfortunately,

The young uncle in front of him, who is less than 30 years old, has the qualifications to be shameless.

Because of his outstanding meritorious service, he opened up territory for Dayan, shed blood and sweat.

so,

He can answer like this.

For a while, the prince didn't know how to deal with it. He had been familiar with government affairs for a long time, and he had seen ministers who were blushing and quarreling and even punching, but he had never dealt with Uncle Hirano.

Ji Chengjue said at this moment: Uncle Hirano, what the crown prince said is, those heroic spirits who died in battle, can they agree?

Uncle Zheng immediately said:

They also agreed.

Why do you say that? Ji Chengjue asked.

If you don't believe me, His Highness can send someone to ask below.

Ji Chengjue slapped the armrest of the chair angrily, saying:

Presumptuous! This is Junqian, how dare you do that!

The prince glanced at Ji Chengjue and Zheng Fan coldly, and sat back silently.

Emperor Yan didn't speak.

Wang Lian opened his mouth and said;

Uncle Hirano, I would really like to hear your opinion. Why is there a loss in Jin?

well,

Zheng Fan was a little tired,

Finally got the topic out of the way.

Immediately,

Uncle Zheng knelt down,

open the way;

I learned in Chu that Great Chu has ambitions for the Northern Expedition!

for a while,

In the royal study,

Everyone was a little confused by this sentence.

It's not about how strong the impact of these words is,

But because these words are simply nonsense!

Which country does not want to expand outward to dominate the world?

What's more, as far as Chu State is concerned, would it be impossible to go to war with Qian State now without the Northern Expedition?

The State of Chu has ambitions for the Northern Expedition,

This is actually the same as Chu people need to eat when they are hungry and drink water when they are thirsty. What is so strange, it is worth saying in the imperial study room?

Uncle Zheng waited on purpose for a while,

Wait until the adults present see themselves as a fool,

Only then continued:

I learned that the people of Chu and the people of Gan have formed an alliance. After meeting for three years, they jointly sent troops to the Northern Expedition, intending to invade our country of Dayan!

It is no secret that the Chu people and the Gan people are in an alliance.

But three years later,

It is a bit unusual that this extremely critical point of time has been spoken out.

Shang Shu ordered Xu Qiutai to ask immediately:

Uncle Hirano, this matter is not trivial, is it possible to be sure?

Bember is sure!

Why are you sure? Xu Qiutai asked.

My lord, have you ever been to Chu State?

coming,

coming,

here we go again.

Wang Lian and Cao Que immediately looked at each other again.

Xu Qiutai laughed,

While stroking his beard, he said:

My official, I have really been to Chu State. When I was young, I traveled all over the world and went to Yingdu.

The rest of the grown-ups present all had theater smiles on their faces, look, there really is someone who has been there, how can you take it?

Uncle Zheng immediately asked:

Dare to ask, my lord, have you ever met the Emperor Chu?

... Xu Qiutai.

What am I going to see Emperor Chu for!

And I said that when I was young, I hadn't been an official in the court when I was young, so how could I meet the Emperor Chu? After I become an official, how can I meet the Emperor Chu?

Ji Chengjue immediately said:

Uncle Hirano, don't bother to talk about him. Tell me first, where did the Ganchu Alliance send troops to commit an accomplice in three years and I, Dayan, got the news, and who did I get it from?

Uncle Zheng immediately replied loudly:

It was the Regent of Da Chu who told the minister himself. At that time, the minister and the Regent of Da Chu were riding in a carriage.

... Xu Qiutai.

... All the adults present.

In fact, the officials who have achieved this position are all good people. Everyone has noticed the difference today, and they all feel that Uncle Hirano seems to be talking nonsense;

but,

No one dared to say that Uncle Zheng was lying, no one dared to say that he was talking nonsense;

Because they brought back Princess Dachu.

and,

There is also a song the place where the crown is leaning on the railing with anger spread.

Ji Laoliu broke the silence again,

Pointing to Zheng Fan, he asked:

I don't believe it, is there anyone to prove it?

Everyone looked at Ji Chengjue with numb eyes.

you,

It's too obvious to flatter.

The one who sang together earlier was smoother than Mr. Talker playing with his apprentice in the teahouse.

Uncle Zheng immediately replied:

The princess can prove it!

All the adults sighed.

Ji Chengjue continued to ask;

Then you said that the Gan people and the Chu people are allied, how do you figure it out? Could it be that the official of the Qian country told you personally?

Uncle Zheng immediately replied:

I once went to the capital of the Qian State, and I had a face-to-face conversation with the Qian State official. At that time, the Qian State official said in front of the minister, that this time he has suffered a lot and suffered a lot. Three years later, I will join forces with Chu State to ask my Dayan to get it back!

All the ministers present: ...

Ji Chengjue suddenly trembled,

Pointing at Zheng Fan,

road:

You, you, have you seen it?

Yes, the minister has seen it.

Uncle Zheng showed the confident gaze of someone who has achieved the grand slam of all the emperors of the four eastern countries!

Jinhuang, he has also seen it, but this time Mr. Jiao, who was going to give it to the Queen Mother, had a problem and could not be found.

Ji Chengjue turned around tremblingly,

Facing Emperor Yan,

limp,

land,

kneel down,

sad,

cried:

Father, my son is in charge of the affairs of the household department. It can be said that there is no one who understands the financial difficulties of my Dayan better than my son;

But according to Bo Hirano,

Three years later,

Ganchu will send out millions of troops to attack my Dayan, this is the autumn of my Dayan's life and death.

My son is daring,

I ask my father to plan for the eight hundred years of Yan's country and society,

Send troops early to crusade against Ganchu!

finished speaking,

Boom!

Ji Chengjue slammed his forehead heavily on the bluestone bricks of the imperial study.

Ji Laoliu gave up the smell of fireworks on the street on the way to court, and accepted Zheng Fan's persuasion.

Zheng Fan hit his left chest violently with his fist,

Loudly:

I would like to be your majesty's vanguard, break through Zhennan Pass, and drink horses in Yingdu!

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Thanks to ws Blue Fox for becoming the 132nd leader of Molin.

I went out for something during the day and came back at night. Today there will be one change, and tomorrow will resume two changes.