I run a newspaper in ancient times

Ming Zhengdian

Zuo Xiang handed a portrait to Emperor Yan, and said, "Your Majesty, do you know this person familiar?"

Emperor Yan unfolded it, thought for a moment and said, "Could it be..."

Prime Minister on the left nodded: "It's Fan Zhiyuan's master. He entered the capital early this morning, and now he's settled in Prince Yi's mansion. He claims to be the prince's master. Do you think he looks like the old eunuch back then?"

Master Yun has a very distinctive appearance, although now he has a dirty beard, but the raised eyebrows are unforgettable, and Emperor Yan recognized him at a glance: "It should be him. "

But after thinking about it in a blink of an eye, Emperor Yan asked again: "After hiding in northern Xinjiang for so many years, why did you suddenly go to Beijing? Could it be that you found out about you?"

The left minister spread his hands and said: "Maybe, maybe not, but I heard that the enemy came to the door, so I had to come and hide with the prince, and I probably won't leave for a while."

"The left minister looks very happy?" Emperor Yan said while sitting on the chair, reached out to take a cup of tea from Zhang Banban, and took a sip.

Zuo Xiang said: "Your Majesty, this is our chance. This old eunuch actually knows a lot of people. Many old people in the palace have seen him. He is the best witness. We must seize this opportunity."

Zuo Xiang was now unscrupulous and dared to say anything, but Emperor Yan just lowered his eyes and took another sip of tea.

Concubine Yu's death did not make them turn against each other, but Concubine Gui's death brought them closer. This situation has to be said to be ironic.

Prime Minister Zuo was not in a hurry. He knew where Emperor Yan was weak, so he continued: "The northern border has already started fighting. With the generals of Daxia, if there is no accident, they will not be able to fight against Fan Zhiyuan anyway. Your Majesty, are you waiting for me?" Fan Zhiyuan won a big victory, and will he make further contributions to make him a Marquis? At that time, Prince Yi might have millions of soldiers rallying in unison, and he was expected by everyone, not the regent, but more like the regent."

His words may be painless after hearing too much, but the next sentence made Emperor Yan lose his face.

"It's only a matter of adding a yellow robe, so I can probably do what the Queen Mother wishes..."

"Ahem..." Emperor Yan suddenly had a itchy throat and coughed violently.

His gaffe made Prime Minister Zuo feel relieved, and he waited with his arms folded, with a smile on his face, knowing that Emperor Yan would definitely agree.

However, the cough seemed to reach the lungs, not only did not stop, but the cough became more and more intense, Emperor Yan's entire face flushed, and even the tea in his hand fell to the ground.

Zuo Xiang's smile also froze on his lips, something seemed wrong.

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Banban hurried in when he heard the voice, and under Zuo Xiang's suspicious gaze, he quickly took out a porcelain bottle from his waist, poured out a pill, helped Emperor Yan to swallow it, and hurriedly took another pill at the table. After pouring a cup of tea, Emperor Yan took two sips with his hand, and then he calmed down slowly.

Finally Prime Minister Zuo asked: "What's the matter? The emperor's dragon body is in trouble, isn't it all right?"

Zhang Banban replied: "Ever since the emperor was overwhelmed by the lord, he has been in a bad mood. In addition to the dry autumn, he has a dry cough and chest tightness."

"Look for a doctor to take a look."

Emperor Yan waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's already much better, Prime Minister Zuo doesn't need to worry."

Prime Minister Zuo's gaze paused on Emperor Yan's flushed face due to a dry cough, with a trace of doubt and worry. At this time, Emperor Yan must absolutely not have any accidents, otherwise the success will be in vain.

"Please also take good care of the dragon's body, Your Majesty, the Great Yanjiang Mountain is still tied to you alone."

Emperor Yan nodded: "I know." He calmed down while speaking, he didn't know if the medicine was effective, or it was really just caused by the dryness in autumn, as if the gaffe just now was just an illusion.

"That proposal just now..."

Emperor Yan took a deep breath, with determination in his eyes, he stared at Zuoxiang with gloomy eyes and said: "I was forced to do nothing, so I made this bad plan. If I enter the spring in the future, I will be in front of the ancestors of the Li family. Plead guilty."

Prime Minister Zuo laughed immediately, and complimented: "The emperor is trying his best. Everything is for the orthodoxy of the country. I believe that all the sages will understand."

Emperor Yan laughed at himself lightly, but did not speak.

As soon as Prime Minister Zuo left, Emperor Yan faced the empty inner hall and said, "I will drive to the Changqiu Palace tonight, you bring the medicine here."

Zhang Banban hesitated for a moment: "Your Majesty is not feeling well, why don't you just rest up for a few more days, because taking too much medicine makes you feel bad?"

Emperor Yan sneered, with disgust in his eyes: "If I don't go, the old fox Zuo Xiang will become suspicious."

Now Zhang Banban has nothing to say.

It was very late when Prime Minister Zuo returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, but he still wrote a secret letter overnight and handed it to his confidant: "Send it to Qinghua Tower."

"Yes, my lord."

Zuo Xiang stomped a few steps in the study, feeling a little uneasy in his heart, then practiced calligraphy for a while, and it was approaching midnight, and finally waited until his confidant came back.

"My lord, Miss Qingqing has made arrangements. She has already sent people to set off. She will sneak out of the city as soon as the city gate opens tomorrow morning."

Prime Minister Zuo slowly put down the last stroke, and suddenly asked, "Is there anyone following?"

"Yes, the martial arts are not weak. If it wasn't for my lord's foresight, I would have sent someone to watch in the dark, but I still can't find it."

"To the lord, you must not let your guard down." Prime Minister Zuo nodded, and he took out another letter and handed it over, with a calm expression on his face. "I heard that a new batch of Yunshu paper has arrived in Shanhaishuge. I'll buy some tomorrow. I'll try it out."

"Yes."

"By the way, is there any news from the palace?"

The confidant said: "The emperor will stay overnight in Changqiu Palace tonight, and will order water later."

Hearing this, Prime Minister Zuo let go of his uneasiness, "Very good, come here, let's arrange it."

He left the study in a good mood, and went back to bed dressed in stars.

When two countries go to war, especially a big war, when the weaponry is similar and the number of people is similar, the outcome of the battle will not be determined overnight, even if one side has an outstanding general.

Xia Guo is a big country after all, it took Fan Zhiyuan nearly four years to repel the Xia army little by little, and took back the land of the five states, which shows that it was not easy.

As long as Daxia is not a bunch of people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, this battle will be fought.

The four princes of Daxia led the army for victory, and obviously they would not run away after meeting each other like the Shen family army of Dayan.

Several times of hand-to-hand combat, it was a test.

However, just these few times, he also experienced the power of Fan Zhiyuan, just looking at the number of corpses left on the battlefield can tell who is better.

Although he was very unwilling, he was not an impulsive person, so he held back.

"Your Highness, the capital is here."

The fourth prince who was wiping the sword didn't look back, a trace of disgust appeared in his eyes, but he still said: "Let him in."

The people around him reminded, "I'm afraid they came to urge His Highness."

The fourth prince snorted coldly: "Emperor Dayan is not a thing, but his power has been emptied. Prince Yi controls the government with one hand, and Fan Zhiyuan stands behind him. He will give him what he wants, and he has no worries. But behind this king, there is a The bastard who is helping the hind legs, just waiting to see me lose the battle, huh, how do you fight this?"

The few princes in Beijing wished their brother would die on the battlefield so that they could take over his power. The fourth prince couldn't restrain the irritability in his eyes when he thought about it.

"Your Highness, calm down."

The fourth prince took a deep breath and nodded.

The envoy was an eunuch, and he didn't know which brother he was on the side of, but it wasn't his. With that shrill voice, he said the words that made the fourth prince angry with a smile on his face.

"Your Highness, it's already autumn. Affected by this year's severe cold, the tax revenues in various places are terrible. The treasury has been scraping together to make up enough military rations. It is really not enough for the hundreds of thousands of troops of Your Highness. The emperor wants to delay this winter. The people will be dead."

General Huwei next to the fourth prince stared at the words, patted the table and said: "What is idle time? Fighting depends on the timing, and you don't even look at who is opposite. If you don't care about it, you are courting death!"

The eunuch was sprayed with saliva all over his face. Although he didn't get angry because of the fourth prince's face, he was already unhappy. He raised his hand and said: "When your highness asked for orders to go out, he knew that the coach of Dayan must be Fan Zhiyuan. Most of the ministers in the DPRK objected, but His Royal Highness insisted on going his own way and promised the emperor that he would win the battle. The miscellaneous people still remember this scene."

He stopped back with the words, choking the general so that his face turned red, wishing he could draw out his sword and chop the pickled thing to death.

The fourth prince said coldly: "This is to avenge the second emperor's brother. If you don't even have this bit of bloody Daxia, it will only make the people of Yan look down on you even more."

The eunuch smiled humbly, but sneered in his heart, who doesn't know how the second prince died?

"That's right, so the emperor allowed His Highness to go to war. But seeing that winter is coming, His Highness, no matter how impulsive he is, he must first take care of the people's food! The Emperor was anxious, and the civil and military officials of the court were anxious, so the miscellaneous family came. Tell Your Highness, there is really no more food."

The fourth prince's eyes completely sank: "How long can you hold on?"

The eunuch pretended to do the math and said, "This... probably less than two months."

"What!" The faces of the surrounding generals changed, "At any rate, this winter will be over, the capital is rich and rich, it's not that I can't get it out!"

The eunuch laughed and said: "It's not that the court refuses, it's really gone. Of course, if the Fourth Prince has the charisma of Prince Da Yanyi to ask merchants to donate food voluntarily, that's another matter."

The fourth prince's face twitched, and his heart was stabbed hard.

If he had the right to say that Prince Yanyi is one and only, would it be the turn of those brothers to jump around like this?Already enthroned as emperor!

"Okay, since this king is going to fight, he must have the determination to win, two months will be two months."

The fourth prince said so bluntly, the eunuch couldn't help being suspicious, but he didn't dare to ask more questions, he bowed and then retreated.

When the eunuch left, several generals looked at each other, doubts unavoidable.

According to the current battle situation, let alone two months, even half a year, they would not be able to bite down on Fan's army, so they sent troops rashly, and instead gave the opponent a head.

"Don't panic, there will be a chance." The fourth prince swept his gaze and walked out of the big tent ahead of time.

After returning to his command tent, he ordered: "Go to the general and ask Jiang Qu to come and see this king."

The general who has been stationed here all year round is the father-in-law of the fourth prince, which is one of the reasons why he dared to go out to fight, but Jiang Qu is someone who the fourth prince dare not keep by his side, but he can't lose his sight, so he threw it to his father-in-law. Any insignificant general in the battalion led a few soldiers under his command.

Jiang Qu was over [-] years old, but he looked a little old, he saluted the fourth prince hastily with gloomy eyes, and waited for orders.

The fourth prince glanced at him, without beating around the bush, and said bluntly: "After so many trials, do you think Fan Zhiyuan has the shadow of the former Great Yan Ding Beihou?"

"He is Wei Lan." Jiang Qu affirmed.

"So sure, it can't be Dingbei Hou's old department?"

"The Wei family has its own set of military tactics and formations, which are only passed on to the descendants of the direct line, not to the outside world. I have seen it with Lord Hou. In the previous trial, Fan Zhiyuan really used it. It is calculated according to his age, so he can only be a Wei Lan."

Jiang Qu said with a dazed look in his eyes, and complex expressions on his melancholy face, nostalgia, regret, guilt, resignation... These emotions are intertwined, and finally there is no wave.

The fourth prince didn't seem to notice it, and said: "Very well, as soon as the news of your country's left minister arrives, prepare to let this Young Master Wei appear in the world."

Jiang Qu paused, and he asked: "Will Prime Minister Zuo agree? This is a serious crime to destroy the country."

"I can't help but he disagrees, even this king guesses that even the emperor of your country won't be able to see him return to Beijing triumphantly, and wish he could die here." The fourth prince burst out laughing when he said this, he looked at Jiang Qu and said, "Don't you think so?" I find it ridiculous, the one who wants to kill these loyal ministers the most is not the foreign enemy, but their emperor, this end will be the same as his father!"