Why marry someone when you are reborn?

The war is about to start.

The southern court did have the intention to go to war, so as soon as Emperor Zhou Ding arrived, the war began immediately.

Before His Majesty Zhou Ding arrived, he had already sent Luo Zhan and another veteran general, Chen Jian, to quietly lead elite cavalry to bypass the defense line and enter the southern city.

As soon as the war breaks out, they will carry out guerrilla warfare and harass small towns in the rear.

Fight to support the enemy. If you can't win, run away.

This is not for the purpose of capturing the city.

But it was to disrupt the Southern Court's frontal battle plan.

Luo Zhan then secretly delivered the thing given by Xu Yun to the prime minister of the Southern Court.

Now, the Southern Court was in turmoil again.

There's no way, it's not that Xu Sanlang is that important.

But these letters of Xu Sanlang involved too many people.

Several of them were the prime minister's mortal enemies - and the prime minister happened to be a petty-minded person who held grudges the most.

Probably because of the lack of money, the prime minister confiscated the property of several families.

Although the Xu family was not among them, Xu Sanlang was also dismissed from his post. He was also disliked by other members of the Xu family.

It can be considered as a little retribution.

However, even with the cooperation of Luo Zhan and Chen Jian, the battle between the two armies did not end quickly.

After conquering three cities in a row, the war became stalemate.

Even Luo Zhan and Chen Jian were called back. When the two teams were returning, they encountered an ambush, and Luo Zhan's team was almost surrounded. Fortunately, Luo Zhan realized something was wrong early and changed his route.

But even so, Luo Zhan almost couldn't come back.

He was hit by an arrow in the chest. If it hadn't been for his armor blocking the arrow and only penetrating a little, he would have died there.

Of course, Xu Yun and the others in Peking City didn't know any of this.

Xu Yun fell seriously ill and could not even go to the Ministry of Revenue, so he took leave and stayed at home to recuperate.

In a daze with a high fever, I dreamed of many things from my past lives. I was so confused and conscious that I didn't have much time every day.

Xie Wanqing, Hongyu and others were frightened.

Fortunately, after the third day, Xu Yun gradually got better. But he had lost a lot of weight and looked a little pitiful.

However, although he has lost weight, he is still in good spirits.

Others don’t know what Xu Yun has been through, but Xu Yun herself understands it - probably because she died at this time in her previous life, so it is not so easy for God to let her survive this time.

But...she still made it through.

I also vaguely felt that if I could get through this stage, I would truly have escaped the fate of my previous life.

Xu Yun rested for another two days and then returned to the Ministry of Revenue to report for duty.

Her absence during these few days did not have any impact, and everyone continued to do what they were supposed to do. Especially the Patrol Department, with Luo Li watching over it, there was no trouble at all.

However, the recent war has cost a lot of money, and Zhou Xin has a few more white beards, and he looks more haggard.

Even so, Zhou Xin still showed concern for Xu Yun and said, "If you are not fully recovered, take a rest for two more days. If you ruin your body when you are young, you will suffer when you are old."

Xu Yun felt that this was probably Zhou Xin's own feelings.

Zhou Xin waved his hand: "Go ahead, now that you're getting better, find a way to make more money."

As a result, Xu Yun was summoned into the palace in the afternoon.

Her Majesty Jiang Miao's complexion was not very good. She had been very worried recently, and she was also worried about Her Majesty Zhou Ding, so she had been enduring all this time.

Xu Yun didn't know why His Majesty Jiang Miao asked him to enter the palace, so after paying his respects, he waited for instructions.

His Majesty Jiang Miao was also very straightforward: "The war started too quickly. Much earlier than expected. If we continue like this, we will be dragged down."

Xu Yun was a little confused: "You tell me this——"

"Do you have any good ideas?" Emperor Jiang Miao looked straight at Xu Yun.

Xu Yun was silent.

I really shouldn't ask her this question!

But since His Majesty Jiang Miao asked, Xu Yun had to answer: "I don't have any good ideas. The war has reached this point, and other things may not be useful."

However, His Majesty Jiang Miao seemed unconvinced and just stared at Xu Yun.

Xu Yun almost smiled bitterly: "I really have no other choice. After all, a centipede will not die even if it is cut into pieces. The Southern Court is indeed stronger than us. However, they do not have any useful generals——"

His Majesty Jiang Miao said calmly: "Speak to the point."

"Why not send someone to persuade those generals? Don't worry if this place is deadlocked, just besiege them. Then find the generals of other cities and send them to persuade them. You don't need to use people who are good at speaking, just send wandering monks. Let them talk to these generals about how we can treat the people, scholars, and military generals preferentially."

"We are so peaceful and prosperous here."

"The most important thing is to make them understand that after they surrender, we will not do anything like "once you are disloyal, you will never be disloyal again". Anyway, as long as they do their job well, loyalty or not is not that important."

After all, no one else can be a true confidant now.

That was a treatment that only those who had followed the imperial couple from an early age could enjoy.

His Majesty Jiang Miao was a little surprised: "Don't you think it's a bit funny?"

"People in the south believe in Buddhism." Xu Yun said truthfully, "They will meet famous monks if they visit them. Besides, they will not kill monks. Unless they are crazy."

Jiang Miao seemed to be thinking about something.

Finally, she looked at Xiao Zheyue beside her: "What do you think?"

Xiao Zheyue was also somewhat speechless, but in the end, he said with a complicated expression: "It can be considered a solution that is not a solution -"

But how useful it will be, no one can say.

Xu Yun smiled slightly: "As long as one person opens the city gate and surrenders, the rest will be easy."

Morale is something that is difficult to boost, and once it is lost, it is basically impossible to raise it again.

The reason why the South is still so calm now is simply because they can still fight a stalemate with their army - this allows them to see the dawn of counterattack and regain lost territory.

But once a traitor appears and the traitor is treated well, how many other generals will be able to remain focused and fight for their lives?

If only two or three more appeared...

Then this war cannot be fought.

Whose life is not life? How many people are truly loyal and righteous? And those loyal and righteous people, seeing the people suffering, won’t their hearts be shaken?

Sometimes, this is what destiny means.

As long as the opponent feels that he cannot win and that surrender is a better outcome, then there is no point in fighting this battle.

Even if someone doesn't want to surrender directly, he can fire a few feints during the confrontation and then surrender - his reputation and face can be saved, right?

What Xu Yun wants to say now is that this "destiny" is artificially created.

As long as the people of the world think that China is a good country, it won’t take too long to conquer the world.

Xu Yun thought for a moment and said, "What all scholars aspire to have is a wise ruler, and the power that comes with studying, so that they can realize their ambitions. Why don't we build another library and tell all the scholars in the world that everyone can go in and read books for free for three days every month."

"Then, there are three questions every month. Those who can answer all three questions can get a million gold or an official position—"

Xiao Zheyue subconsciously said: "How can we afford that kind of money now?"

"I understand." His Majesty Jiang Miao suddenly laughed: "Xu Yun, you are indeed a good candidate for an official position."