The favorite wife of the black-bellied prime minister

Chapter 224: The Turks Go South (2)
"Turks are barbarians in the north. They have lived on nomads for generations. For more than a hundred years, they have gone south to cause troubles. Most of them are dry and wild. In the wild winter, they took risks when they were desperate for survival. After calculation, since the 11th year of Jingyuan, Daxing and Western Qin were united. Fight against the Turks. After the Helan Mountain victory drove the Turks to the north of the Helan Mountains in the 13th year of Jingyuan, only a few Turkic aliens occasionally made troubles on the border in the past four or five years, and no such large-scale war was launched. Listening to the front-line battle reports, in just a few days On that day, the Turks broke through the border town of Yingcang, and they were on the verge of crossing the Changbai Mountains and capturing Jizhou and Beijunfu."

As soon as Xie Yan, Minister of the Ministry of War, finished speaking, he was picked up by Yang Hong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials: "In the past few days, there have been several bloody cases in Shengjing City, and the princes and nobles were selected as the targets, and the methods were extremely cruel, causing panic. The barbarians are attacking east and west to confuse our Daxing army and people's hearts, please make a decision as soon as possible!"

Uncle Li Guo had always been at odds with Yang Hong, so after hearing this, he snorted and said, "How can the affairs of the border town be confused with the affairs of the capital? How can the barbarians have the guts to make trouble in my Shengjing city? The old minister thought, Some people confuse Sheng Ting!"

"Uncle Li Guo!" Yang Hong glared angrily.

There was chaos in the imperial study room, Emperor Jing Yuan listened silently, now he had a headache from the noise, and dropped the booklet in his hand on the table, and everyone fell silent immediately.Emperor Jing Yuan frowned, instead of looking at the arguing people, he looked at Situ Zhengye who hadn't said a word: "I want to hear what Marshal Situ has to say."

Official Situ Zhengye worshiped the general of the world's soldiers and horses, and was in charge of most of the military power in the south of the Yangtze River. His younger brother Situ Junyan has been stationed in northern Xinjiang. Situ Zhengye himself has been on the border for many years. It can be said that the entire Situ family, including the current queen Situ Shan , there is no one who has not experienced the tempering of a frontier general.As for the Turks, the Situ family paid a heavy price—Situ Zhengye's son, Situ Rui, was ambushed and killed in a war with the Turks five years ago, and his body was hung on the tower for three days and three nights.

Therefore, when Emperor Jing Yuan said this, the imperial study immediately fell silent. Indeed, no one is more qualified to talk about Turks than Situ Zhengye.

Situ Zhengye upheld his usual composure and the tenacity of a general, and calmly said: "Turkic people usually live in groups, the tribes are chaotic, and the northern and southern Turks are not at odds. Even if they send troops south, they are like a mess. Vigorousness, defeating the enemy is only a matter of time. However, it is clear that the Turks this time are very different from the past. They chose to attack Daxing in a season of lush vegetation, not because they had to support their families. It can be seen that they are fully prepared. At present, I don't dare to judge the war lightly, but I can be sure that Situ Junyan and others on the northwest border will prepare for the battle and do their best to protect the people in our city. As for the Jizhou area of ​​Changbai Mountain, it belongs to the foreign domain Jinyang King. This is the first gate of the southern attack, His Majesty should tell the King of Jinyang not to neglect, this is also the duty of the King of Jinyang."

After finishing speaking, Situ Zhengye fell silent.

When mentioning King Jinyang of the foreign feudal clan, Emperor Jing Yuan didn't know where to look, as if he had nothing to say, he closed his eyes and leaned on the dragon chair for a long time, waving his sleeves outward: "I'm tired, you go first!" Back off."

Everyone retreated in unison, and most of them were worried. Uncle Du Li Guo didn't feel uncomfortable at all. After stepping out of the threshold, he still taunted Yang Hong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Yang Hong was so angry that he even stepped forward to make a move. , Divide into two roads and go separately before giving up.

Xie Yan, Minister of the Ministry of War, dragged Yang Hong along the way, and said with a smile, "Fortunately, Lord Yang and Li Deyong are not in-laws, otherwise wouldn't there be quarrels from court to home?"

Yang Hong said angrily: "Hey, even if the old man's daughter never gets married, she will never commit herself to Li Deyong, that old man's crooked son! It's hard for an actor to misunderstand the country, and it's hard for him to enter the elegant hall, but their Li family regards ugliness as an excuse. Beauty, shameless! If things go on like this, the country will be ruined!"

Seeing that he was agitated, Xie Yan hurriedly turned his head to look, but fortunately there was no one around, if his words were listened to, he might cause trouble again.While descending the long stone steps, Xie Yan lowered his voice and tentatively said: "Lord Yang, although we are not angry, there is nothing we can do about it. Today, the empress has no heirs, and the concubine Li is favored. Everyone knows that His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince will He is the crown prince in the future, but he doesn't have the status of a serious prince. The third prince, the fourth prince, and the fifth prince are not as qualified as His Majesty, and they have been suppressed by the Li family for many years. They only concentrate on having fun and don't study hard. Ah Dou who can't help... what should I do as an old minister?"

Yang Hong was asked about the knot in his heart, he was silent for a while, then sighed and said: "Master Xie's words are very true, I wait for the old ministers to only hope to solve the worries of the society and the worries of your Majesty, but the king cannot be a king, the country is in danger, it is true. Let this old man be heartbroken! I only hope that Lord Yiming can protect my great prosperity forever..."

Xie Yan smiled meaningfully, but didn't answer any more.

Zuo Prime Minister Mo Song has not recovered from his illness, and after he came out of the Zichen Hall to discuss government affairs, he was still groggy when he got into the sedan chair.He was weighing the letter Mowen sent him on the day of Duanyang.

He knew that retribution would come, sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to be brought by his sickly eldest son.The mute has been silent for ten years, ignored by him for ten years, and then quietly threatened his father ten years later?He lifted his old bottom from head to toe, not to mention the black gauze hat on his head, I'm afraid he might lose his head!
He thought that all the people in the clan were dead, how could he know that there was such a lingering debt collector left behind, what did he say he wanted?

He wants the title of eldest son.

In other words, he wants to inherit the family business of the Mohist family, and after a hundred years, he will inherit the official rank of Zuo Xiang.

Mo Wen was the eldest son of his first wife. He was originally a direct descendant. His request sounded understandable, but Prime Minister Zuo was not reconciled. How could a sick, half-dead mute climb onto his father's head?He can give the title of eldest son to whoever he wants, his family is big and his business is big, and he can squander his family business as much as he likes. What does it have to do with the dumb who has never made any credit?

It's fine to find someone to kill the mute, but it's just a missing son, and the secret will be gone with the wind.Zuo Xiang had thought about this earlier in the morning, but Mo Wen had already expected that he had murderous intentions, and gave him a piece of flimsy paper, which said that if he died, Princess Jing would be a widow, how does His Majesty view the affairs of Zuo Xiang's residence? Xiao, Princess Jing is in harmony with his husband and wife. If he is unfortunately killed, Princess Jing happens to have his heir, so why should the emperor's grandson be left anonymous? Even if His Majesty is willing, the Empress will definitely not.In the end, the emperor's grandson is still going to be the direct grandson of the Mo family, isn't it the same as his status as the eldest son?
Assuming the second situation, he is dead, Princess Jing is a widow, and they have no heirs. Could it be that he is so stupid that he dares to provoke his powerful father without any confidence?It is conceivable that he had a careful plan before he was willing to die. He said that as soon as he died, his father's secrets would be revealed to the world, and the entire Mo family would be buried with him. What is the trouble?
(End of this chapter)