Unparalleled Concubine

Chong Xuantong shook his head, did not get up, he still knelt on the ground, and said: "Your Majesty, since our ancestor Ming Yigong followed the Taizu Emperor to found the country, it has been more than 150 years since our ancestor Ming Yigong followed the Taizu Emperor. Up to now, this generation of ministers is already the first For seven generations, for more than 100 years, the Chong family has never done anything to offend Dajin or the imperial court."

The emperor frowned, sat up from the dragon chair, walked up to Zhong Xuantong, and said, "The Zhong family has been loyal and good for generations, I naturally know about it."

"Your Majesty, please listen to the minister."

Chong Xuantong kowtowed again, and said slowly: "During Emperor Taizong's reign, among the eight great generals who founded the country, several other generals rebelled, and my family did not participate in it. Since then, many years later, I don't know how many generals have come out of the Great Jin Dynasty. Quite frankly, my Zhong family has not even signed a letter of alliance with any of the generals, let alone have the slightest disobedience to the imperial court."

Emperor Yuanzhao heard some mysterious meanings, and he frowned deeply: "The old general has something to say, you might as well say it directly."

Zhong Xuantong kowtowed to the ground, his voice was hoarse.

"Your Majesty, when I was in Yunzhou City, the Xianbei Department of Northern Xinjiang had spied on our Dajin border defense more than once at the border, and the Yuwen Qigui Department also invaded our Dajin border several times. Seriously."

"Northern Xinjiang is not peaceful..."

The old general gritted his teeth, and said: "The Zhong family has no communication with anyone or any family, and I understand in my heart that if the old minister speaks for the Ye family who also guards the northern border, it will definitely make His Majesty and the court feel a little bit more. suspected."

Having said that, Zhong Xuantong let out a long sigh.

"I have been cautious all my life. I would never do this kind of thing in the past, and I wouldn't even say a word. But today, no matter what the court and His Majesty think, for the sake of the country and society of the Great Jin , the old minister still has to speak his mind."

Having said that, he looked up at the emperor with a hoarse voice.

"Your Majesty, whether there will be a fight in Northern Xinjiang, the old minister is not sure, but the chance of a fight is very high. No matter what crimes the Ye family has committed at this time, they should not change their generals. Besides..."

Chong Xuantong smiled wryly and said: "Besides, even if you want to change generals, you have to do it slowly. If His Majesty wants to send someone to Jimen Pass, you should let him go to familiarize himself with it for a few years. Such a sudden change of generals will destroy the morale of the Northern Army. Not to mention instability, the general will not know the soldiers, and the soldiers will not know the general, and the combat power will be greatly damaged..."

The old general bowed his head and kowtowed.

"The old minister implores Your Majesty to let one of Ye Guogong or Ninglinghou return to Jimen Pass!"

"Even if it's just for them to be lieutenants..."

Chapter 981 The old boy

Collusion between frontier troops is the biggest taboo. Since Emperor Wu, the Ye family and the Zhong family have jointly defended the frontiers of the Jin Dynasty. It has been more than 40 years. During these 40 years, the two families have not even exchanged a single letter.

At least not on the surface.

In addition, the generals in the capital sometimes intermarry with each other. As the top two generals in the Jin Dynasty, they have never had any marriage involvement in the past 40 years. The family didn't pay much attention to the old Duke.

Throughout the generations, the Zhong family has always been very cautious.

Among them, the contemporary patriarch, Zhong Xuantong, was an official in Dajin cautiously. When Li Xin was a school lieutenant, he went to Yunzhou City to deliver things. Zhong Xuantong was polite to him and refused to accept Li Xin's favor. Favor, and give away the sword that he had when he was young.

At this time, as long as he has the slightest selfishness, it is impossible to speak for the Ye family in front of the emperor. It is the situation in the north that makes this old general very worried, so he can recommend the Ye family to the emperor so frankly in front of the emperor.

Emperor Yuanzhao frowned deeply.

In fact, he was also very embarrassed. At this time, even a ten-year-old child can figure it out. Of course, it is better for the Ye family to guard the customs in the north, but Li Xin went to Ningling and met with Ye Lin and Ye Mao. Everyone has met each other. If Li Xin and the Ye family really reach an "agreement", then letting the Ye family take charge of the army is tantamount to handing over the Northern Army to Li Xin!

What's even more frightening is that if the Ye family deliberately let the Ministry of Yuwen enter the customs, and the southwest becomes chaotic again, under the attack of the north and the south, the Jin Dynasty's Guozuo may come to an end!

It was precisely because of this risk that the emperor took the risk of completely offending the Ye family, keeping both his uncle and nephew, and instead sent a clan to take over Jimen Pass.

But now Zhong Xuantong is kneeling in front of him, this is a serious veteran of the three dynasties, and a general who has been in charge of the army for three consecutive dynasties, even the emperor can't directly refute his face.

Thinking of this, the emperor stretched out his hand to lift the old general up from the ground, let him sit on the chair, and then the young Dajin emperor said slowly: "Of course I understand what the old general said, but the current situation in the southwest It's also very bad, the old general can't just focus on the northern border, but not the southwest."

Zhong Xuantong let out a long sigh.

It has been several years since the Southwest and the imperial court have officially opposed each other. For such a long time, even though Zhong Xuantong is in Yunzhou, he doesn't know the specific details, but he knows the general situation. The old man has already trembled a little With white eyebrows, he shook his head slightly.

"In the early years, the old minister had contact with Taifu Li a few times. At that time, he was still a high-spirited young man. I didn't expect that the old minister had not been in the capital for more than ten years, and Taifu Li had come to this point."

He looked up at the Son of Heaven, and said, "Your Majesty, even if there is a relationship between the Ye family and Taifu Li, it will not go to the point of betraying the imperial court. When Grandpa Ye conquered the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he already had the power to establish a country, but he did not. , it is impossible for the Ye family to betray the imperial court for Li Changan!"

"But Old Master Ye has already gone."

Emperor Yuanzhao said silently: "If the old man is still here, I will naturally trust the Ye family a hundred times, but the old man has gone, and even Ye Ming has gone. I can't leave the land left behind by my ancestors. It is entirely pinned on the loyalty of the Ye family."

With that said, the Son of Heaven sighed to Zhong Xuantong: "I hope the old general can understand me."

"Can……"

Zhong Xuantong frowned and said: "But the situation in northern Xinjiang is urgent. The old minister is worried that the general sent by His Majesty will not be able to deal with the wolves of the Yuwen tribe. If His Majesty is not willing to send Chen Guogong or Ninglinghou to Jizhou Go, that old minister implores Your Majesty, write a letter to the general you sent to Jizhou, and once a fight starts, ask him to try his best...to listen to the generals of the Zhenbei Army."

"It's natural."

The Son of Heaven said, "I will let Xiao Zheng draft the draft, and I will also issue an edict to the Xianbei tribe to warn Yu Wenzhao not to do anything wrong in northern Xinjiang."

Speaking of this, the emperor paused for a moment, and then said helplessly to Zhong Xuantong: "Old general, the situation in the north can only be like this now. Only when all the hidden dangers in the southwest are eliminated, can the imperial court be free to deal with the north."

Chong Xuantong smiled wryly: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, how should the situation in the southwest be solved?"

"Southwest can only drag."

Emperor Yuanzhao said slowly: "The old general may or may not know that the reason why the Southwest was able to confront the imperial court in a small corner is because they have a sharp weapon called Tianlei. Arrays are all first-class fetishes, and there must be a way to crack them in order to solve the hidden dangers in the Southwest."

"I have asked the Ministry of Industry to start imitating these thunders."

Emperor Yuanzhao said: "When the imperial court's sky thunder comes out, the hidden dangers in the southwest will no longer be hidden dangers, and Yu Wenzhao in the northern Xinjiang will not be a problem. long!"

Although Chong Xuantong had heard of Tianlei's name, he had never seen the real thing after all, and he didn't say much when he heard the words. He just sighed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, if the general of the Zhenbei Army can't be replaced by the Ye family , The old minister implores Your Majesty to allocate three or four people from the Zhechong Mansion from the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army to go north and station near Yunzhou and Jizhou, and be ready to support the two passes at any time!"

The Gyeonggi Imperial Army has a total of sixteen Zhechong prefectures. Each Zhechong prefecture has a different size, with a population ranging from 3 to 6. If four Zhechong prefectures can be sent northward, there will be about [-] people.

It was difficult for the emperor to refuse this opinion, he nodded and said: "Then according to the old general, who should be sent to bring these 6 people out of Beijing?"

Hearing the words of the Son of Heaven, a person immediately appeared in Zhong Xuantong's mind, that high-spirited Lord Jing'an.

If he was in the capital and brought a few Zhechong Mansions northward to support him, then the capital would certainly be able to sit back and relax, and the Xianbei tribe might also suffer a big loss from him!

But unfortunately, Li Xin was not in the capital.

Thinking of this, the old general sighed, cupped his hands to the emperor and said: "The old minister has not been in the capital for a long time and knows nothing about the people in the capital. Your Majesty will decide."

"Then I will discuss with the prime ministers later."

Chong Xuantong stood up, bowed to the emperor, and then exited Weiyang Palace respectfully.

Xiao Zheng personally sent him to Yonganmen.

When walking in the imperial city, the old general sighed faintly. He remembered the young man who brought many altars of Zhu Rongjiu to Yunzhou City to deliver letters to him during the Chengde period.

At that time, the young man was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and he wanted to use Zhu Rongjiu as a favor to the Zhong family for His Royal Highness Wei Wang.

Later, the young man made his fortune in the Taikang Dynasty and became the youngest general in the history of the Jin Dynasty. In the eighth year of Taikang, this general served as the general of Zhenbei and was ordered to march to the north. Yunzhou City wrote a letter.