Unparalleled Concubine

This little eunuch himself was not seriously bombed, mainly because when the clay pot exploded, the splashed pottery fragments cut him in one or two places. Fortunately, this "cottage version" of Tianlei, Compared with the thunder from the southwest, its power is far less than that of the thunder from the southwest, and the scratches on this eunuch Xiao were only minor injuries, nothing serious.

Emperor Yuanzhao frowned, looked back at the general who was in charge of prison, and said with some displeasure: "This level is far from the level that can be used on the battlefield. This person is only slightly injured in civilian clothes. If it is a soldier wearing armor on the battlefield, there will be basically no damage!"

The general was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed to the emperor, and said, "Your Majesty, this is the most powerful medicinal powder that I have produced in the past few months, although it is still inferior to the thunder in the southwest. But the supervisor has already found his direction, and I believe that after a while, he will definitely come up with a medicinal powder comparable to the Southwest Tianlei!"

The emperor gave the commander a cold look, and said coldly: "I don't have much time, and neither will you. I will give you another three months. After three months, I will see that it can be used by the military." Otherwise, everyone will be imprisoned, and everyone will suffer!"

After all, the emperor snorted and walked away.

The general who will be the prisoner will kneel on the ground and send the emperor away respectfully. After the emperor leaves, he gets up and looks back at the circle of craftsmen around him. He smiled wryly and shook his head: "Everyone, you have heard what your majesty said. For three months, none of you should leave, let's find a way to get this thing out together, otherwise I'm afraid you will all face the disaster of killing yourself."

After all, the commander led dozens of craftsmen to leave.

From the beginning to the end, no one paid attention to the little eunuch who had been lying on the ground crying.

After the Son of Heaven returned to Weiyang Palace from the General Supervisor, Xiao Zheng, the eunuch, immediately sent over the army report from Northern Xinjiang. He bent over and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, news from Northern Xinjiang?"

At this time, it had been more than three months since Li Xin left the customs to defeat the enemy and returned to the customs. Everyone in the court knew that the northern border was safe for the time being.

The emperor cleaned his hands and reached out to take the document sent by Beijiang. After a brief glance, he frowned: "Yu Wentao from the Helan Department of Beijiang, do you want to have an identity with me?"

He then looked down, and then frowned even deeper.

"He said that it was promised to him by the Taifu on behalf of the Jin court."

Emperor Yuanzhao snorted: "My teacher is really generous to others."

From the beginning to the end, he just talked to himself, and Xiao Zheng didn't interject even half a word.

After the emperor muttered to himself, he let out a breath slowly.

"Forget it, I won't compete with these northern barbarians for the time being."

He turned his head to look at Xiao Zheng.

"Go to make it, give this Yu Wentao a general, and add a Marquis."

Xiao Zheng bowed his head respectfully.

"The slaves obey."

Chapter 1030

During this period of time, the atmosphere in the capital has been very bad.

Last year, Xianbei Yuwen made a big fuss in northern Xinjiang, not only breaking through Jizhou City, but also smashing the entire Zhenbei army to pieces. After the news spread to the pass, Dajin, who had been invincible for more than 40 years, was severely slapped.

But at that time, the imperial court could not send reinforcements to the north, and could only watch the Yuwen clan show off its power in the northern border. Well, for the sake of the royal family's face, imperial concubines are generally not given to death, so this imperial concubine Yuwen was imprisoned as a matter of course in Caixiu Palace, a well-known cold palace in Dajin.

In addition, the imperial court sent four additional Zhechong mansions northward from the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army, and then there was no further movement.

A few months later, although the fighting in northern Xinjiang subsided for the time being, the Xianbei tribe also withdrew from Jizhou City, gave way to the Xiongguan in northern Xinjiang, Jimen Pass, and returned to the outside of the pass, but the common people in the pass would not know that it was Li Xin who came out. Regarding the split Yuwen tribes, the imperial court would not promote Li Xin in this way, so the common people can only see that the people from the Yuwen tribe retreated on their own initiative, not because they were repulsed by the master Wang of the Jin Dynasty!

In the eyes of the common people, these northern barbarians broke into the pass involuntarily, almost destroying the Zhenbei army that Ye Shuai worked so hard to build, and then returned to the pass leisurely after looting around Jizhou!

You must know that more than 40 years have passed since the era of Emperor Wu in today's Great Jin Dynasty. In this era when the average life expectancy is generally not high, almost all Jin people who have experienced the Northern Zhou Dynasty have returned to ashes. Today's Dajin When a person is born, it is almost the most glorious time of the Jin Dynasty, and the current Jin people are also the most proud generation of Jin people.

Now the face of Dajin was slapped firmly by the northern barbarians, but the imperial court chose to endure the slap, and has not taken any revenge on the northern barbarians so far, so that the capital, including the vicinity of Gyeonggi and all the people in the big cities of Dajin , without exception.

During this period of time, even Emperor Yuanzhao, who was in Weiyang Palace, felt the pressure of public opinion from the people.

However, in the face of this era, the father's will is obviously higher than all public opinion. Emperor Yuanzhao just pretended that he did not hear the voices of these people, and still devoted himself to tinkering with his own heavenly thunder medicine powder.

He had been tossing about as an eunuch all day, and when he had just finished reading the documents sent by Beijiang in Weiyang Palace, and was about to lie down and rest for a while, it was Xiao Huai, the eunuch in purple clothes, who walked away from the outside with small steps. When he came in, he knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, Zhu Guo's General Zhong Xuantong begs to see you..."

Chong Xuantong is getting old, and he returned to the capital from Yunzhou to take care of the elderly. He is considered to have retired from a front-line post. The title of General of the Zhu Kingdom was also given to him by Emperor Yuanzhao after his "retirement".

At this time, Emperor Yuanzhao hadn't closed his eyes for almost two days, but it was not easy for him to be seen by a minister of Zhong Xuantong's level, so the emperor took a deep breath, and said to Xiao Zheng who was on the side: "Go and give it to me. , get a basin of cold water."

Xiao Zheng quickly lowered his head and went down to fetch water.

The emperor said to Xiao Huai again: "Please come in, old general Zhong."

Xiao Huai immediately withdrew and led Zhong Xuantong into the palace. After Emperor Yuanzhao had just washed his face with cold water, Zhong Xuantong just stepped into Weiyang Palace. The Zhong family has always followed the rules. Kneel down and kowtow to salute.

Emperor Yuanzhao raised his hand, and said flatly: "There is no need to be polite if you have a lot of veterans. Xiao Zheng is giving the old general a seat."

Zhong Xuantong bowed his head to thank him, the emperor yawned a lot, and asked: "The old general came to see me in the palace, don't you know?"

Zhong Xuantong lowered his head and said: "The old minister heard that Chen Guogong Ye Mao is re-enlisting the Zhenbei Army near Jizhou City. His Majesty has ordered Ye Guogong to stop the conscription."

Speaking of this, Chong Xuantong lowered his head and smiled wryly: "Your Majesty, the old minister has spent most of his life in northern Xinjiang. This time, the military newspaper of the Xianbei tribe's attack on Jimen Pass has been read over and over many times. If it wasn't for the Zhenbei Army The top and bottom soldiers are united, fighting to the death and never retreating. The Yuwen Department in Northern Xinjiang is not just as simple as taking down Jizhou. The chaos in Northern Xinjiang cannot be dealt with by the imperial army rushing northward with four troops..."

Speaking of this, the old general paused, and said: "To say something impolite, if the Xianbei tribe uses that kind of attack regardless of the cost, it is Yunzhou City instead of Jizhou City, then the Yunzhou City Most likely, the Yunzhou army will not be able to achieve the same results as Jizhou..."

Chong Xuantong stood up from the chair, knelt in front of the emperor, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the Zhenbei Army fought the enemy to the death to guard the gate of the Jin Dynasty, and almost the entire army was wiped out. Now Ye Guogong is in Jizhou Re-conscription is not only a matter of course, but also the most important thing at the moment. After the Zhenbei Army is reorganized, it can still guard the northeast gate of my Jin Dynasty. No matter what the reason is, His Majesty should not issue such an imperial edict It's..."

In the past few days, Emperor Yuanzhao has been studying Tianlei's affairs, and he hardly slept well. He couldn't hold back, yawned, then rubbed his sleepy eyes, and looked at Zhong Xuantong.

The Son of Heaven sighed slightly, and said, "If you only focus on Beijiang, what the old general said today is of course good words, but Beijiang is not the only place in the world."

Emperor Yuanzhao stood up from the dragon chair, glanced at Zhong Xuantong, and said, "I won't tell you what happened in northern Xinjiang a few months ago, Zhong Wu should have told the old general too, The old general naturally knows how the northern border calmed down for the time being."

Speaking of this, the Son of Heaven let out a sigh of relief, and murmured: "That teacher of mine only brought more than 1 people out of the customs, and brought some thunder from the sky, and in just two or three months, let the The interior of Xianbei Yuwen, which had been united, immediately fell apart!"

The Son of Heaven looked up at Zhong Xuantong, and said word by word: "What kind of terrible method is this?"

"After this was done, Master Li quickly disappeared from the sight of the Tianmu Supervisor and the Plum Blossom Guard. When I received news about Master Li again, he was already in Southwest Jincheng."

Speaking of this, the emperor selected three or four documents from his table and asked Xiao Zheng to send them to Zhong Xuantong, and then said: "Old general, you can take a look at this book after Master Li went to the southwest. For more than a month, what have you done?"

"It took Master Li a few days to manage the power in the Southwest, which was originally complicated and chaotic. Next, Master Li will establish the Southwest General's Mansion to take charge of all military affairs in the Southwest."

In fact, Li Xin's series of actions after returning to the southwest were all top-down. Many people in the southwest and even the Mu family didn't know what Li Xin had done. In the case of the emperor's table, these things have been seen in the text !

This shows that there must be spies from the imperial court among the middle and high levels of the Southwest Army.

The Son of Heaven walked up to Zhong Xuantong, pointed at his bloodshot eyes, and said slowly, "To tell the truth, the old general, I haven't closed my eyes for almost two days."

"I grew up in Master Li's mansion. I know a little bit about what kind of person Master Li is. Once Master Li wants to do something, he can always do it beautifully. This is from him. You can see it the next time you leave the customs to calm the chaos.”

The Son of Heaven shook his head and smiled wryly, and said, "To be honest, I have no confidence in facing Master Li."

"I have no choice but to try my best to make myself stronger and make Master Li weaker."

Speaking of this, the Son of Heaven looked up at Zhong Xuantong, and said, "No one can tell what the Ye family is thinking now, will the old general be the guarantor for the Ye family?"

Zhong Xuantong took a deep breath and remained silent.