Your Majesty, she doesn't want to flip the brand

Zhou Xingzhi didn't say anything, just sat on the dragon chair and looked at Liao Xian, the servant of the Ministry of War.If the report today was not about the destruction of the city but the invasion of the Huns, Zhou Xingzhi might have given Liao Xian a chance to lead his troops to the battlefield.

It's a pity that there is no if. Cangnan City seems to be broken because of the negligence of the generals, but in fact it is because of who will become like this. Smart people can see some clues.

The soldiers on the frontier have never been short of military pay in recent years, and those stationed outside are all veterans who have served in the army for four or five years. If someone hadn't issued a wrong command, it would certainly not have caused such a large number of casualties, let alone Even the city is lost.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to issue a military order. After arriving at the border, I will drive the Huns out of Cangyue City within seven days, and repel the Huns within three months!" Seeing that Zhou Xingzhi did not respond, Liao Xian said ruthlessly.

"Liao Shilang, Marshal Zhong is here at the border, so you don't have to worry too much." Zhou Xingzhi glanced at Liao Xian lightly. This man is good, but he hasn't broken up with Prince Jia yet. She won't take risks at this time of.

"I have ordered that the seven state capitals close to the border, each state capital send two thousand elite soldiers to reinforce Marshal Zhong." Zhou Xingzhi barely calmed down now, seeing Liao Xian who was still kneeling on the ground, he let go, " Since Liao Shilang is so concerned about the front-line war, I will appoint you as an imperial envoy to investigate the reason for the collapse of Cangnan City, and if the main general abandons the city and fled, kill him!"

Zhou Xingzhi gave Liao Xian a chance to choose. If he killed the generals that Prince Jia had placed on the border, he would have chosen Zhou Xingzhi's side.If he was just helping to fool or excuse Prince Jia, no matter whether he was a general or not, Zhou Xingzhi would not give him a second look.

Liao Xian opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but he was not an idiot, he more or less guessed that the border affairs had something to do with Prince Jia, and after much hesitation, he could only choose to kowtow to accept the order.

It's good that he accepted the kindness of Prince Jia's promotion, but he is also a soldier and general with blood and bottom line, and he hates this kind of thing the most.

The news of Cangnan City's destruction ruined Zhou Xingzhi's good mood. After the Great Court Meeting, she was still sullen, and she kept rubbing her fingers against Mrs. Tang in her hand, wondering what she was thinking.

"Your Majesty, are you going to the Imperial Study now?" Wei Zhong asked cautiously.

Zhou Xingzhi closed his eyes and exhaled, "Where is Ning Xuan, is she in the imperial study?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the empress went to the imperial study after breakfast, and she said that she helped His Majesty finish processing the memorial earlier." Wei Zhong said in a low voice.

Zhou Xingzhi slowly opened his eyes, suppressing all his emotions.The court's affairs are the court's affairs, and she doesn't want to bring Ye Ningxuan's emotions that she shouldn't have.

After arriving at the Imperial Study Room, Zhou Xingzhi signaled the unrelated people to back down, and walked to Ye Ningxuan's side step by step, and slowly sat down on her left.

"Did you go to court?" Ye Ningxuan's gaze still stayed on the memorial, "Today is the last court meeting, so it shouldn't be a big deal, right?"

Zhou Xingzhi didn't speak, but just looked down at Ye Ningxuan's profile, then hugged her from the side, and buried his head in the crook of her neck.

"What's wrong?" Ye Ningxuan put down the memorial, turned around and faced Zhou Xingzhi, "Did something happen?"

"Ning Xuan, Cangnan City was taken by the Xiongnu..." Zhou Xingzhi said sullenly, "A total of more than [-] soldiers and civilians died."

Ye Ningxuan froze for a moment, followed by anger, Cangnan City is a border city, if she remembers correctly, the generals stationed there seem to be Prince Jia's people.Prince Jia, are you crazy?He actually used the land and the lives of the people to dig a hole for Zhou Xingzhi!

"Xingzhi, it's not your fault." Ye Ningxuan didn't know how to comfort Zhou Xingzhi, so she could only touch her head and comforted her bluntly, "The general who is stationed is Prince Jia's man, he should be planning What."

"Well, but he shouldn't have done this. Those people and soldiers are innocent..." Zhou Xingzhi rubbed Ye Ningxuan's neck with the tip of his nose to keep his words from being angry. The reinforcements passed by, and Liao Xian wanted to lead troops to fight back against the Xiongnu, but I just appointed him as an imperial envoy to investigate the affairs of Cangnan City."

"That's good too. After all, Liao Xian was promoted by Prince Jia. It's always good to be more prepared." Ye Ningxuan patted Zhou Xingzhi's back lightly, "Marshal Zhong is a veteran, and he will definitely deal with border issues." It's done."

Zhou Xingzhi raised his head, his nose was a little red, "Ning Xuan, do you know how... the second emperor brother passed away?"

Ye Ningxuan hesitated for a moment and nodded, "When the first emperor was seriously ill, there was another war on the border, and the second prince happened to be nearby, so he volunteered to be the commander-in-chief."

"Later, it seemed that the second prince acted as a vanguard in order to boost morale, and in the end... an accident happened." Ye Ningxuan said, hiding part of the story.

Zhou Xingzhi nodded and said, "Actually, the queen mother told me the details of this incident. At that time, the father was seriously ill, and he had already written the imperial decree in advance for the second brother to succeed. If the second brother did not have any accidents, the successor would It's him, and it should be an idle prince."

Ye Ningxuan frowned, "Xingzhi, what you mean is that the death of the second prince may have something to do with Prince Jia?"

Zhou Xingzhi continued to nod, "Four years ago, Liao Xian was a general at the border. According to Prince Jia's character, he would definitely not win over just one person. I have a bold guess that Prince Jia will definitely make moves in the future. He probably wants to use tricks Do it again, force me to go to the border, and then attack me."

"I remember that four years ago, the Xiongnu successively broke through three cities, and the casualties reached tens of thousands." The expression on Ye Ningxuan's face became a little ugly, "If Prince Jia wants to repeat the same trick, more people will die this time." More."

Zhou Xingzhi hummed, and said, "So, Ning Xuan, I have an idea, since..."

"No, you are not allowed to conquest yourself." Before Zhou Xingzhi finished speaking, Ye Ningxuan interrupted directly, and asked angrily, "Since you know that Prince Jia dug a hole for you, why do you still plunge into it? "

"There are a total of 30 elite soldiers on the border, 12 are under the command of Prince Jia, and the remaining 18 will be under my command, so I should have a better chance of winning, right?" Zhou Xingzhi didn't expect Ye Ningxuan's reaction to be so big, "I won't be like The second brother is also on the front line, and at most I will sit in the back and suppress those generals who are messing around."

"If I don't go, other people will definitely die." Zhou Xingzhi added.

Ye Ningxuan didn't speak, but kept her original posture and stared at Zhou Xingzhi, as if she wanted to see through her.

Zhou Xingzhi rubbed his nose and continued, "Thanks to the iron ore discovered by Tsing Yi, the Imperial Forest Army kept near the imperial mausoleum is almost fully armed. Speaking of which, it has been more than half a year of training, and they have formed a certain combat effectiveness. When the time comes, they will If you bring them all, there should be no problem, right?"

Ye Ningxuan still didn't speak, and continued to express her dissatisfaction with her eyes.With so many generals in the Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Xingzhi was no less important.Moreover, she is already the only one in the royal family, even if she agrees, all civil and military officials will definitely not agree.

"Okay, I won't go, I just mentioned that." Zhou Xingzhi sighed in his heart.It's a pity that it was too late when I thought of the artillery. According to the current research progress, the artillery will be released in the first half of the year.Otherwise, what fear is there for the mere Huns, a few shells will be solved.

The loss of Cangnan City made everyone feel a lot heavier. It was not until New Year's Eve that Zhou Xingzhi and Ye Ningxuan relaxed a little.

In the past few days, the reinforcement soldiers have already set off, and Liao Xian, the servant of the Ministry of War, has also brought a batch of supplies and set foot on the road north in the name of the imperial envoy.If he traveled day and night, he should be arriving at the barracks soon.

"Your Majesty, are you still worried about the border affairs?" Zhong Qingyi walked in with a wooden box in his arms, and after realizing that Ye Ningxuan was not there, he sat down in a seat separated from Zhou Xingzhi.

"Well, I don't feel in the mood to celebrate the New Year when I think of the people on the border without clothes and food." Zhou Xingzhi said, exhaling whitely.

According to the habits of the Huns, it may not take much effort to recapture Cangnan City, but the materials in the city must have been looted by the Huns.

Now it is the end of the year, and generally speaking, people will put the whole year's harvest at home, which can be regarded as the most prosperous time.But it happened at this time that the Huns came in, and the things that the people at the bottom had worked so hard for a year were gone.

Although Zhou Xingzhi asked Liao Xian to bring food and supplies to keep out the cold, those things were estimated to barely maintain the food and clothing of the people for more than ten days, and a large sum of money would definitely be appropriated in the future.

"Your Majesty, I have made some money recently. Your Majesty will see what the people in Cangnan City lack, so I can buy something and send it to them." Zhong Qingyi knew nothing about leading troops to fight, so she could only contribute selectively. A force that belongs to oneself.

As Zhong Qingyi said, he put the wooden box in his hand in front of Zhou Xingzhi, "The money is not much, just 5 taels, Your Majesty, just use it as you see fit."

Zhong Qingyi earned a lot of money in the past six months, but she also invested a lot of money. Opening new stores, hiring employees, building workshops, and researching materials all cost money.

Based on the dividends the two received, Zhong Qingyi would earn 7 to 5 taels of silver in a year.Now that she took out [-] taels in one breath, she probably took out her old bottom.

Zhou Xingzhi stared at the wooden box for a long time, and finally heaved a long sigh, "I have a heart."

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