Huaiyu is slightly cool

"The latest news: This time the Qiang Kingdom took the initiative to invade our border, and the attitude of the court was tough, and everyone was clamoring 'Fight for righteousness, and those who jump on the beam will be killed even if they are strong'. The excitement of the crowd, the prince refused to admit that he had encouraged him before. When the general sent troops to the Northwest, he said that "to fight against the outside world, we must first secure the inside" and insisted that the 5000 troops who attacked the two cities in a row were anxious about the border war situation, but the general's foreign military orders were not accepted. The prince asked the Lord Huai to send the captured generals The sergeants and others were all returned to the imperial army for custody and brought back, and the imperial court will investigate the matter.

Later, when he received the news that the army was cut off from the rear and fled towards Yunzhou, he changed his words and accused Huai Yuan of deliberately failing to send the official letter of the imperial court to attack Qiang through the northwest through the Northwest to Huai Zhu. As a result, a misunderstanding occurred after the generals defending the city did not receive the pass order.The prince ordered the remaining [-] troops to return to the south for recuperation within a limited period of time as a condition, and demanded that Lord Huai compensate the solatium for the dead and disabled as soon as possible, as well as a batch of grain and weapons, so as not to cause turmoil, otherwise If the fleeing stragglers cause trouble in the northwest, the imperial court will ignore it.Regarding the dispatch of wounded soldiers and compensation, the Crown Prince will hand over the full responsibility to the Eldest Princess, and the Eldest Princess will discuss with Master Huai.

As for the Yanzhou incident, after the news was sent back to the court, many ministers wrote letters admonishing them, attributing all the blame for the bloodshed in Yanzhou to Huai Lord's reckless use of military force.The prince took the opportunity to quickly issue an edict to the world, trying to force you to hand over all the affairs of Yanzhou to the envoys with the righteousness of the monarch and ministers. "

When Wu Guisi said this, his fists were already clenched, but when he saw Zhou Huai who was playing Go alone calmly while listening to his report, he calmed down, and continued to take out another piece of compiled information and began to report: "About Zhou Huai Rumors that Hao Zhou's son is the grandson of the former emperor have spread wildly. The court is discussing to send an article to the people all over the world asking for the Zhou family's theft of the country. Those soldiers who went to the front line but died in the northwest seek justice.

Although the prince did not order the conscription, he went to the ancestral temple several times to worship, and cried to the ministers that the soldiers who died died for the country.He also pointed at Sang and scolded Huai at the banquet, saying that Huai Lord is a wolf with ambitions and his desire to split Jingguo is obvious.

Because of this, many students from the south were molested by people with intentions, and some students from the north were excluded from going to the capital to take the scientific examination. Although there was Miss Fang in the capital to take care of them, there were already several incidents of quarrels and fights among the students.In the imperial court, there were also fierce factional struggles between parties, and Ms. Fang's business was even affected.Ms. Fang's urgent letter: The dispute between the North and the South has intensified, and there may be changes before and after the next spring test. "

Zhou Huai nodded slightly, staring at the chessboard with frowning eyes.

Wu Guisi took a careful look at Zhou Huai's expression, and continued to report the information to Zhou Huai in a simple and clear manner: "Dean Shen has also sent a letter, and the crown prince still ordered the army to advance after receiving the letter with the private seal of Master Huai. , rather than turning back or standing by for orders, and our city defenders verbally insulted and provoked when blocking, so the two sides have escalated from a small team fight to a big battle."

Zhou Huai still had a move in his hand, looking at the black and white sides on the chessboard, his brows were deeply furrowed.

Wu Guisi's eyes quickly glanced at the chessboard, and then at the foot-high piles of documents that needed to be reviewed and signed by Zhou Huai on the table next to Zhou Huai, and continued without showing any expression on his face: "This time, the fourth prince sent another Someone sent a letter to negotiate, wanting Lord Huai to pretend to be invincible and let the Qiang army enter the pass. This time the other party seemed really anxious, saying that as long as Lord Huai is willing to make a condition, everything can be negotiated.

According to the report from the spies, the Qiang Kingdom contacted the crown prince and the fourth prince respectively after investigating the eldest princess many times. The idea should be that the prince's troops failed, so they secretly assisted the fourth prince and the prince in competing for the power to supervise the country. Jing domestic turmoil.According to Dean Shen's analysis, the main purpose of the Qiang Kingdom is to let Master Huai feel that there is an opportunity in the capital. Even if he does not take the opportunity to seize the Wu family, he may transfer the troops he sent to station in Yancheng to prevent Jing domestic turmoil.The news from the fourth prince was that he was ready to contact all the ministers to force the prince to issue an edict after the crown prince failed to take back the northwest. As long as Lord Huai was willing to cooperate, he could order a reduction of [-]% in taxes on the northwest for the next ten years. "

"There's nothing to talk about with annoying people." Zhou Huai finally spoke, but he didn't lift his head, just staring at the chessboard.After a long while, when the heizi who was hesitating in his hand fell, Zhou Huai looked at Wu Guisi who was frowning and puzzled, and said with a smile: "Do you think the fourth prince will be better than the prince? How can you allow others to lie on the side of the couch?" Snoring, sooner or later it will become life and death. In fact, except for the person in the palace, it doesn't make any difference to me who is in that position."

Wu Guisi shook his head, but his expression was not angry: "Then the soldiers will come to the city and scare those people, so as not to keep gesticulating there and hurt people who are disgusting."

"Why bother? They're nagging them, so what should we do!" Zhou Huai yawned and said indifferently.

Wu Guisi looked unwilling, opened his mouth but swallowed it back, but suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up and then turned dark, he asked: "It's fine to be a coward at the court, but what about the Qiang country? The subordinates don't understand, we are already strong and powerful, and our weapons and tactics are a hundred times better than theirs. Why do we let them invade our border, just drive them away and not pursue them? Obviously, with the current strength of the Northwest, even if we don't rely on any materials and troops from the court Even without the support of Qiang, the Qiang Kingdom is powerless to fight back."

Zhou Huai was stunned when he heard this, and looked up at Wu Guisi, but his expression gradually became serious: "If you don't understand, use your brain to think about it. If I really send troops to capture the territory of the Qiang Kingdom, will Xirong protect itself?" Let’s talk about what to do, let’s not talk about the right and wrong, just say what happens after I win? Besides, the Qiang Kingdom is only a tentative attack this time. It wants to be angry at the Yancheng Conference, and it will not invade with large forces. Everyone knows in their hearts that only the group of people in the court feel that they have lost face and called it fierce."

If the Qiang Kingdom was subjugated, Xirong would not be a concern. Although Mo Ziqi was the emperor of the Zhao Kingdom, it was already under Zhou Huai's control.But after that?

Zhou Huai, who has made the royal family like a thorn in his back, if he conquers the Qiang country or occupies a large area of ​​the Qiang country, he must break with the Jing country completely. He must either become king himself, or send troops south to seize the Wu family.

Although Zhou Huai was looking forward to a big war in his heart, it would ease the conflicts caused by the reform and the rise of emerging industries in the Northwest due to the conflict of interests and rights.

However, with Wu Mingtai watching, Zhou Huai didn't dare to make a big move.Secondly, Zhou Huai was worried about the protracted natural disaster that caused Jing Guo to starve to death in his previous life.There are also people and food that were consumed and damaged by the war, which made Zhou Huai worry that the economic recovery after the war would be slow and that she would not have enough time.So unless it was absolutely necessary, Zhou Huai didn't want to go this far.

At this time, the youthful Wu Guisi obviously didn't understand Zhou Huai's thoughts.The style of martial arts in the Northwest has always been at its peak, and he is the queen of the general family, and what he wants to do is to be a majestic general.Now that they have such an opportunity, of course they may not let it go. They try their best to promote the alliance with the Qiang Kingdom, thinking that as long as they win the war, they will naturally benefit a lot.

Seeing that Wu Guisi's expression was unclear, Zhou Huai wanted to speak, but she raised her hand to stop him, and changed the subject directly: "The matter in Yanzhou is almost the same, you take the army and escort the prisoners back to Huaiyuan first, and check the road by the way. safety."

However, Wu Guisi suggested: "There may still be people with ulterior motives hiding in this Yanzhou. I suggest hiring an escort agency to escort the prisoners. Then half of the [-] troops can be allocated to accompany the Lord Huai, just in case."

Zhou Huai nodded, but he only needed 300 people, two hundred as guards and one hundred as guard of honor.When Wu Guisi was about to object, he got up and gave Wu Guisi the brocade box containing the jade pendant and half of the tiger talisman on the bedside table, and told him, "Take this. I have notified you and dialed 1000 again." Ten thousand taels of silver goes to the manufacture of weapons. After you return to Huaiyuan, go to the military factory to supervise, personally supervise the production of guns, add people and machines, and make them for me day and night. I don’t ask for one in the army. , But □□□□ There are also the amount of pistols to be able to equip the number of 10 people. Also, Zhou Yan and Prince may have a big move, so that people will change the news from three days and one newspaper to one day. .Send another [-] blood-clothed guards to bring Fang Shuying and Wu Mingsheng to the northwest, if they encounter obstacles, kill them."

"Yes."

"Also, sort out the Northwest. Those who are loyal to their duties but are still loyal to Jingguo, let the people of Ruoshuimen closely monitor them. If there is any change, they would rather kill one by mistake than let one go! No matter how powerful they are, they will not obey my orders. , the whole family plus the person who recommended him, kill me!"

"Yes." Wu Guisi nodded again, and after seeing that Zhou Huai had no other orders, he called out, "Lord Huai?"

"Ok?"

"Those documents need to be signed as soon as possible."

Zhou Huai glanced at the mountains of official documents on the table, and his face sank: "..."

"Cough, this subordinate will leave."

When Wu Guisi and Zhou Huai came out of the courtyard after discussing the matter, it was already dusk.It's just that when he ran into the eldest princess on the way out of the mansion, Wu Guisi was still a little depressed, and this depression reached its peak when the eldest princess stopped him.

"After hearing that Mrs. Wu is the general, then I would like to persuade her for the peace of the world, not to kill a lot of people. After all, there are still many of those people who are just forced by the situation."

"Your Highness is probably looking for the wrong lobbyist. Guisi's lifelong wish is to be the sharpest knife of Lord Huai, to resist the enemy and stain the battlefield with blood."

"Even if she's wrong?"

Wu Guisi was silent for a moment, then looked at the eldest princess and said in a deep voice: "Master Huai is not wrong. Guisi also believes that the peace of the world is not something you ask for. And, before meddling in other things, please recognize whether you have the strength .”

After Wu Guisi finished speaking, he cupped his hands and walked away quickly. Only Princess Yu stood where she was, watching his back leave with a cold expression.

It wasn't until Wu Guisi disappeared that Xiao Yu turned out from behind the porch, glanced at the gloomy eldest princess and said, "The seven child prodigies of the Northwest are her loyal fans, and she has a high reputation among the teenagers and slaves in the Northwest." Prestige, they are all beneficiaries of her new deal."

Half of the common people's personal worshipers for Zhou Huai come from the awe that Wu Mingtai bestowed upon Zhou Huai as a saint;

The eldest princess was silent, and Xiao Yu added another fire: "In a few years, when a group of people who opposed her died, the Northwest students who had been re-educated grew up. At that time, the common people only heard about Zhou Huai and didn't know the scenery. country."

Xiao Yu's last sentence was already inaudible.The eldest princess heard every word he said clearly, laughed at herself, closed her eyes again, turned back to her yard and asked, "Have you seen Shi Yu, sir?"

"Your Highness, don't worry about Yan Zhou's affairs. The crown prince sent troops across the Canglan River. When we got the news, nearly half of the 5000 troops had been lost."

"When did it happen? Why did the news take so long?"

Xiao Yu smiled wryly: "Maybe he was wrong from the beginning. That person may have intentionally hanged us with tens of thousands of lives."

That's why they let all their actions go.They were devoted to benevolent government and winning people's hearts. After seeing that Hope was fully committed, they even planned and forced the envoys to travel thousands of miles to help day and night. It was too late to react to the news.

Xiao Yu's face was gloomy. He thought it was strange that the foreign aid came in such a timely manner. Fortunately, he went to check it out, but it was too late.