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Fan Cheng frowned and thought for a while, then said: "There are family members inside and outside Yunzhou City, and the army is strictly governed, and they are trusted by the Jin court. If the king storms Yunzhou City, most of the family members will be able to defend it." .”

After a pause, he continued: "If Your Majesty attacks Jimen Pass, the odds of winning are higher, but even if the Ye family is not at Jimen Pass, the Northern Suppressing Army is an army they have brought for decades. Your Majesty wants to attack Jimen Pass by force." There will be heavy losses.”

Fan Cheng lowered his head and said slowly: "From the point of view of my subordinates, the best way for the king to enter the customs and restore the Great Zhou Weiye is to find a way to get in touch with that Li Taifu. If Li Taifu is willing to respond to the king in the southwest, the king will recover. The homeland of Great Zhou is just around the corner.”

Yu Wenzhao was silent for a while, then shook his head.

"I've met Li Chang'an, and with his temperament, he probably won't cooperate with us, but I've sent Di'er to go south to look for him. If he can nod, it will be easy. There is no way."

Yu Wenzhao looked solemn, and said, "No matter what, when spring begins, we must find a way to enter the border, otherwise, in the next winter, old people and children in our department will starve to death."

"It doesn't matter if you can't pass the customs. If you die a little, you can save some food. It's better than going hungry all together."

Fan Cheng narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"Your Majesty, you are waiting for that Taifu Li to lead troops out of Shu, maybe that Taifu Li is also waiting for you to lead troops into the pass, even if he pretends to be noble and refuses to cooperate with the King, when you really fight with the Jin court I believe this Taifu Li will definitely take the opportunity to lead troops out of Shu."

Yu Wenzhao half-closed his eyes and glanced at Fan Cheng.

“How come you see?”

Fan Cheng looked as usual, and said calmly: "According to the information collected over the years, that Taifu Li has at least built an army of tens of thousands of people in the southwest, and the cost of raising such a large army is unknown, my lord. You don't think Li Changan is just for fun, do you?"

"This person is definitely an ambitious person. Once you enter the customs, my king, he will probably take the opportunity to rebel and overthrow the world of Jin."

Fan Cheng said slowly: "This is your opportunity, Your Majesty, and it is Li Changan's only opportunity. As long as he is a smart person, he will definitely seize this golden opportunity."

Yu Wenzhao frowned deeply. After sitting on the chair and thinking for a long time, he looked up at Fan Cheng.

"Mr. Fan's words, how sure are you?"

"The subordinates are not sure."

Fan Cheng shook his head, and said: "This subordinate is not a fortune teller, so I can only analyze the situation to the king bit by bit, but as the king said, no matter what the time is, our department will wait for the spring, and we will report to the court. Since the fight is like this, there is no need to think about it so much, after the fight, just wait for the news from the southwest."

"If Taifu Li also rebels, then the king can take this opportunity to go south and restore the homeland of the Great Zhou."

"If Taifu Li doesn't agree with the king, then the king can only go to the Jin territory to grab some food and come back to support the tribe."

Yu Wenzhao nodded.

"Mr. Fan said so."

"Since this is the case, then I have to seriously consider how to fight this battle."

Yu Wenzhao half-closed his eyes, his voice was a little hoarse.

"If our department can take Jimen Pass in a short period of time, Li Chang'an, who is far away in southern Xinjiang, should cooperate with our department and besiege the capital when he receives this news."

Having said that, Yu Wenzhao didn't say any more, he turned his eyes to the direction of Jizhou City, and then sighed slowly: "A hundred thousand troops are in town."

"Even if it is really gnawed down, among those who attacked the city, I don't know how many people are left..."

Chapter 980

New year and a new look.

For more than 40 years, the Great Jin has been in peace for more than [-] years. Except for the battle of conquering the west in the early years of Taikang, there have been almost no major wars. After years of peace, the capital has already been a peaceful and prosperous age of singing and dancing. , Few people have a sense of urgency.

Soon, the time came to the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month in the fifth year of Yuanzhao. The time for the imperial court to rest was over. The yamen slowly restarted and returned to their daily state. At this time, the old general who had been stationed in northern Xinjiang for decades Chong Xuantong returned to the capital.

Because of his poor health in the past two years, he submitted a memorial to the court a few years ago, and handed over the affairs of Yunzhou City to his eldest son Zhongwu, and returned to the capital to support himself.

As long as the Zhong family’s memorials are not too excessive, the imperial court has always agreed, so the old general Zhong rushed to the capital in November, but the road was blocked by heavy snow in the north, and the road was delayed for a while, so he was unable to return home. Come back years ago.

After returning to the capital, the old general rested at home for a day, then changed into a court uniform, and went to the palace to face the saint.

He has been the general of Yunzhou since the Chengde period. In the early years, the emperor of Chengde once transferred him back to Beijing to take charge of the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army for a period of time. His qualifications are higher than Ye Ming, and he is already over 60 years old this year. He easily entered the imperial city, and was greeted by several eunuchs, and arrived at Weiyang Palace.

The great eunuch Xiao Zheng greeted him personally at the gate of Weiyang Palace. The great eunuch in red bowed his head to Zhong Xuantong and said helplessly: "The old general came early, and your majesty hasn't got up yet. Please, old general Wait a minute."

Zhong Xuantong raised his head silently, glanced at the sky, and said, "Eunuch Xiao, the time is right now."

Xiao Zheng coughed, and said: "The old general doesn't know something. Since last year, His Majesty has gotten up early except for court meetings, and will wake up a little later on other days. You can't get up until Sishi."

Zhong Xuantong shook his head and didn't say much.

He is the owner of the Chong family. Although he is not in the capital all the year round, he still knows some things in the capital. Today, the first two years of his administration, he was very diligent. He often went to Shangshutai early in the morning to talk with The prime ministers learned how to govern the country. Later, after sitting in the position of emperor for a long time, they also sat firmly, and they were not as concerned as before.

Last year, the palace selected a group of beautiful women, one of whom was surnamed Zheng, who was very popular with the emperor. After a few months in the palace, he was made a noble concubine by the emperor himself, and slept in Zheng Guifei's palace every day.

That's why I get up late.

However, these are all matters of the harem, and it is not convenient for foreign ministers to intervene, not to mention that the emperor is now in his twenties, when he is just full of blood, which of the officials and eunuchs in the capital is not in his twenties all the time? Sleeping in the brothel Chu Pavilion?

Even Zhong Xuantong was like this when he was young, so it is easy to understand.

He waited in Weiyang Palace for less than half an hour before he was invited in by Xiao Zheng. After seeing the emperor, the old general knelt down on the ground respectfully, and said: "Your Majesty, I have profound knowledge."

Faced with this kind of meritorious minister who has been guarding the border for decades, Emperor Yuanzhao still knew to respect him. He first rubbed his eyes, then hurried forward, stretched out his hand and helped the old general up from the ground.

"The old general is polite, hurry up, Xiao Zheng, bring a chair for the old general."

Eunuch Xiao hurriedly moved a chair and placed it behind Zhong Xuantong. After hesitating for a moment, Zhong Xuantong sat down.

"When did the old general return to Beijing?"

Zhong Xuantong bowed his head and said, "I returned to Beijing yesterday afternoon, and after a day's rest, I went to the palace to face the Holy Spirit."

"The old general worked hard."

The emperor said with emotion: "The old general has been guarding the borders of the Jin Dynasty in Yunzhou City since the 15th year of Chengde. It has been more than 20 years now, and he has also won 20 years of peace for me in the northern border of the Jin Dynasty. I want to replace the two generations of emperors. Hundreds of millions of people in Dajin, thank you old general."

"Your Majesty has given a prize."

After hearing these words, Zhong Xuantong was quite relieved, he bowed his head and said: "This minister has an ear for internal affairs."

"Since the old general is not in good health, he will take a good rest in the capital in the future. When he recovers, even if he doesn't go to Yunzhou City, he can go to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to work for the court."

This sentence is purely polite. Although the Zhong family has been favored by the court for generations, but for more than a hundred years, no patriarch of the Zhong family has entered the key yamen of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to work. Zhong Xuantong also knows that the emperor is painting Dabing, he still got up from the chair, knelt down on the ground, and kowtowed to thank: "My lord, thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Because he didn't sleep well last night, the emperor couldn't help but yawned.

"You don't need to be polite, old general, just get up."

Zhong Xuantong knelt on the ground, did not get up, he bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

"The old general is getting old, he can sit and talk, there is no need to kneel."