Drunk Yangzhou

After that night, Fu Yiting was no longer so close to Xiao Ge, and his feelings were covered by strong anger, and Xiao Ge was originally cold-faced and warm-hearted, and he would never reveal his heart when the other party was no longer enthusiastic. According to the previous agreement, the Golden Buddha was given to Fu Yiting, and then retreated south to Yundian.

Fu Yiting took Dunhuang, just as Yin and Ye won the victory in Huijiang, the army gradually marched eastward to the Abahanar area.The contact between the two of them has also become less and less, from once a month to once a season, what they said was also about the current situation of war strategy, and there was no personal relationship revealed. Deep affection, but they tacitly estranged from each other, gradually drifting away.

At the turn of spring and summer in the 26th year of Xiping, the Great Xia court, which had been resting for more than a year, finally launched an active attack on Fu Yiting. The court also knew that it was suffering from the enemy, so it went out of its way to contact Xiaoge to fight against Qin together.

Xiao Ge hated the imperial court to the bottom of his heart and ignored it. Instead, he sent a letter to Fu Yiting. The two put aside their previous suspicions for the time being, and jointly formulated the final plan to overthrow Daxia.

The Wu army marched from the north to the south in two routes, Xiao Ge led the east route, and went straight from Suzhou, Shangqiu, and Hebi to southern Hebei, while the Qin army divided into three routes from the north to the south, and Fu Yiting led the west route, leading the imperial troops from Linxi to Shuozhou. With the annihilation of 18 elite soldiers, coupled with the rebellion of Lu Yanqing's subordinates, the chances of winning in Yundu first are extremely high.

From the two years of lukewarm acquaintance, Xiao Ge guessed that Fu Yiting might turn against him, so he used a trick to get rid of his shell, pretending to leave some soldiers and horses in Xingtai, and made enough ambushes. At that time, he brought most of Wu's army south to guard Guangling, but he never expected that Qin's army would come in such a menacing manner, completely revealing his intention to destroy Wu... Xiao Ge was glad that he escaped, and his heart was endlessly cold.

Fortunately, Fu Yiting also realized that this is not the best time for a duel, so they each rested their troops, and the Chen Guang clan in the southwest was in a safe corner, and was restrained by Xiao Ge, without any wind and waves. So far, Wu and Qin ruled across the river from north to south.

Qin Chentian's second year

In the midst of the rain, the waves are slightly rippling, and a light black-covered boat is floating on the river, and the two sides of the bank are half-damaged. Fu Yiting has forgotten how he came here, and only stretched his hand into the river, feeling a familiar coolness Dip in from fingertips.

"Fresh lotus seeds are rare in Qin Bei. I don't know if you can get used to them." The man sat on the bow, peeled a few lotus seeds and threw them to him. His brows and eyes were not very clear, and his silver fox fur also covered his eyes. The graceful outline of his body was revealed, but Fu Yiting knew it was him.

"Huai Jie, is this 'throwing lotus seeds across the water for no reason'?" Fu Yiting reached out to take those lotus seeds and held them in his palm.

The man blushed, but turned his head away and looked towards the bow of the ship.Fu Yiting was agitated by him, so he stepped forward and leaned on his lap, "It was just a joke... I have never eaten fresh lotus seeds, Huai Jie peeled some for me."

The man smiled lightly, lowered his head and fiddled with the lotus pod, "You are the emperor now, what orders do I dare not listen to?"

"Then I want you to return to Daqin..." Fu Yiting lazily opened his eyes, and reached out to caress the man's soft cheek, "Stop fighting with me, can't you? Do you know how much I have missed you these years?"

"How much do you think?" The man changed his composure, and pressed his face closer to his hand.

Fu Yiting's eyes were already shaking, he sat up and put him under him, kissed him and said, "All the time, day and night."

At this time, the sky was getting darker and the rain was getting more and more crazy. The two of them were entangled in each other and were waiting to enter the port, but the man suddenly pushed him away and said coldly, "I would rather die than you. I won't be with you either!"

Fu Yiting woke up suddenly on the dragon couch. It was late at night, and the chime clock was ticking slowly and rapidly. He sat in a daze for a moment, his heart was cold, but his body was hot and hot. He got up and slowly walked out of the inner tent, pushed away the Through the window, snow like crane feathers poured in all of a sudden, only to hear the iron horse being ding-dong sounded by the winter wind, the owl on the eaves of the opposite palace kissed the moon, the pavilions were silent, the long snow fell, and Fu Yiting stood in a daze I don't know where my mind went.

Eunuch Wei, the eunuch in the outer room, felt the wind and woke up from the cold, so he opened the curtain quietly, saw that the emperor was standing in front of the window, and hurriedly walked over and said, "Long live...it's just four o'clock, you wear It’s so thin, I’m afraid I’ll catch a cold if I stand in the wind..."

"When did you see that I was exposed to wind and cold..." Fu Yiting replied, "I am only afraid of heat, not cold." He went straight to the outside, and Eunuch Wei paused for a moment before he dared to close the door and open it. window.

Fu Yiting sat on the side of the arhat's bed and drank some tea. The bedroom was still extremely lonely, with several court ladies and eunuchs standing outside and outside, and they didn't hear a single human voice. He found out the memorial book and read it, and frowned after reading it for a while. Ming Chengwen, the governor of Youzhou, still hasn't got rid of his old problems. Holding a vermilion pen, I ticked off all the words that are gorgeous and carefully thought out, and only replied: Wengui Jane!

Here, there are figures of people swaying outside the door, as if there is a rush to play, the foreign eunuch guessed that the emperor is resting at the moment, and did not dare to enter boldly, Fu Yiting was making Zhu Zhu, raised his hand slightly, Eunuch Wei walked over, and opened the door a little Seam, softly said, "Send it in."

Fu Yiting raised his eyes, and the person who came was Xu Mo, the military doctor who was on duty at night.

"Your Majesty asks for your majesty's peace!" Xu Mo knelt down and submitted the document with both hands, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War hastened six hundred miles! The memorabilia of General Huwei Lin Yizhi came from Daxing'an League Prefecture."

Eunuch Wei presented the official document, and Fu Yiting unsealed it, thinking to himself, this is where the foreign race is just flattened in the west, so is there something bad going on in the northeast?

He opened it and saw that there was indeed a war.Lin Yishang reported that half a month ago in the Greater Khingan Mountains there were some bandits wantonly looting houses and disturbing public order. They had sent troops to suppress them. This matter is no small matter. Mao Zi has always been a factor of unrest in northern Xinjiang. A few years ago, when the Great Xia was still alive, he was ready to fight against the Qin army. Some Raksha stragglers who harassed the border were retreated, but it was March [-]th, the weather was severe cold, and some soldiers stationed in northern Xinjiang were always loose and casual. worried.

"Xu Mo, how many troops are stationed in the entire Northeast?" Fu Yiting asked.

"Returning to the emperor, there are currently about 12 imperial garrisons in the northeastern states, and a total of [-] garrison troops in each state."

"Such a large jurisdiction is really weak..." Fu Yiting stood up and paced, "This is absolutely impossible."

"Your Majesty, in fact, there were 25 soldiers in the former court, but only [-] were left after the reorganization..."

Fu Yiting nodded, "Nowadays, the north and the south are ruled by rivers. The people have just tasted the sweetness of a stable life, and they feel frightened when they hear the conscription. There were some villagers in Yuzhou Prefecture who were making trouble a few days ago. Recruiting troops can't recruit people, but it's okay. normal."

Xu Mo tentatively said, "Should we adopt the system of parallel government recruitment and send a few generals to assist Lin Yizhi? The pass is densely populated, and elite recruits are enough. The northern border is vast, and the government soldiers are temporarily reserved. If Rakshasa invades, maybe he can defend it."

Fu Yiting smiled, "Have you discussed this idea with Lu Shangshu?"

Xu Mo said awkwardly, "Not yet."

"After all, it's a scholar's opinion. It can't be implemented." Fu Yiting refuted mercilessly, "Soldiers are valuable. You don't understand how fierce Maozi is. In the face of a strong enemy, no matter how many soldiers go up, it's nothing more than killing them. From the bottom of my heart, I don’t want to make achievements, I have no fighting spirit inside, and I am facing a fierce attack outside, and there will be no second ending except defeat and defeat.”

Xu Mo broke out in a cold sweat, "Your Majesty is wise! I am stupid!"

"But you said just now that you sent generals there, it makes sense." Fu Yiting waved his hand, "Go down, let me think about it."

Xu Mo retreated in response. It was dawn at this time, and the breakfast was delivered. Fu Yiting was scooping up deer gum porridge while flipping through the roster of registered generals. He was always suspicious. After he ascended the throne, all new generals stayed by his side to observe. Only the veteran of the Qin Dynasty was willing to let him go. Seeing that there were no suitable candidates besides Lu Yanqing and Li Mi, he couldn't help being a little embarrassed.

Fu Yiting put the roster aside, finished his porridge in two or three bites, and asked Wei Gonggong, "How is Grand Master Li doing recently? Does the imperial physician's medicine help?"

Eunuch Wei responded, "Return to Your Majesty, I sent someone to look at it yesterday... I'm afraid it's not very good... Actually the Grand Master ordered not to mention it to Your Majesty... It's a slave talking too much..."

"You did the right thing." Fu Yiting got up and signaled the maid to change his clothes, "I heard that they were anxious in the morning, why don't you go and see the gentleman, and let the officials write the report if you have something to do."

Li Yuankai leaned on the soft couch, listening to the sound of snow outside, his consciousness was sometimes blurred and sometimes sober. He closed his eyes and thought about Qin's past events, current situation, and future strategies, but he felt that his mental strength was getting weaker and weaker. He knew He may not be able to survive this winter, so he has to go through everything he can think of, and try his best to keep the country of Daqin.

The carved wooden door was opened by the attendants, and the wind and snow rushed into the room. When everyone saw the bright yellow dragon robe under the black cloak, they all knelt down to pay their respects.

"Your Majesty, the Grand Master is on the inner couch."

"En." Fu Yiting took off his cloak, and stood by the fire for a while, waiting for the cold to dissipate, and then went inside.

Li Yuankai opened his chaotic eyes and vaguely saw the handsome and tall figure. He was about to get up from the couch to salute, but he coughed violently again.

"Sir, don't move, rest at ease, I'm just here to take a look, there's nothing else to do." Fu Yiting hurriedly helped him to lie down.

"It's time to go to court at this time, and you stopped the morning court again, didn't you?" Li Yuankai raised his hand tremblingly and pointed at the emperor.

Fu Yiting smiled mischievously, but his heart felt sour. He didn't know how many times he had quarreled with Li Yuankai since he was a child, and how many times he had scolded him as an old man and old thing. Obviously it is the scene of the next life, but at this moment he feels deeply ashamed and sad.

He went to hold the old man's withered hand, "Sir, take care of yourself at ease, don't think about the affairs of the court for a while, the future will be long."

Li Yuankai also held that young and strong hand tightly, and sighed, "I know that I won't be able to survive this winter... I have something to say, so hurry up and say it now."

Fu Yiting knew that this was probably a farewell, so he nodded while holding back his tears.

"My majesty forgives me for my presumptuous words today..." Li Yuankai forced his eyes open, "Among the four children of the First Lord, you are the most talented, but the most difficult to discipline. You act too casually and love to move It's hard to define. Although I watched you being bullied when I was young, and took care of you from time to time, I didn't think you should inherit the great cause... In fact, I secretly promised the third child... That child is straightforward and free and easy, and has a bit of benevolence and righteousness , It's a pity that he doesn't have this blessing."

Fu Yiting couldn't bear it any longer, and wiped the tears on his face with his sleeve, so that the cuffs of the dragon robe were stained with tears. Li Yuankai was already in tears when he thought of the fate of the Fu family's sons, "It turns out that you The child is not bad, he can take on the great cause, especially since he came back from Dunhuang, he seems to be a different person, he thinks he has really grown up, it is because he is old and dull at that time... Although the great cause is not finished now, it still weighs five points on Xiaoge , no matter how the future ends, I am already content!"

"Sir, in this life, I will definitely defeat Xiao Ge and unify the north and the south!" Fu Yiting gritted his teeth.

"Weiwen! Don't rush into it...cough cough, don't take him too seriously. Victory is absolutely unavoidable. First, manage such a large Qin land well."

"He looks down on me." Fu Yiting said, his face turned pale, "I can't swallow this breath!"

Li Yuankai knew that he was still a young man in this regard, so he couldn't help laughing, "I remember that the emperor is the least scruple of other people's eyes. Why did he care so much when he came to Xiao Ge?"

Fu Yiting's face suddenly turned from white to red, and he was speechless.

"Si Min and Xiao Wenzhou met once, and you two are really natural enemies..." Li Yuankai sighed, and then said, "Listen, there are three things you have to take care of right now. The first is food, the people For the country's foundation and the grain for the people's life, the march in the northwest is especially heavy on grain. The northern border is vast, and the most feared is the shortage of grain and grass and the lack of transshipment. The southern grain production cycle is short and has natural advantages, but it is most afraid of floods. It is necessary to dredge the river and continue to control the water. In the north, locusts are mainly affected by drought and frost. These things have accumulated too much in the past, and everyone from the government to the people needs to work together, especially the Ministry of Households.

"Qishhao wrote it down." Fu Yiting nodded slowly.

"Cough cough cough! The second is to select candidates." Li Yuankai coughed for a while, and continued, "The territory is so large that there are only a few people available. This is not as good as in the south. Zhejiang, Hui, Jiang and Huai have always been recruited more people. In the end, they are outstanding people. The north is martial arts, although Qin can beat Wu in marching and fighting, but in the long run, the political class is empty, which makes people worry. It must be selected fairly and cultivated."

These words suddenly awakened Fu Yiting. He remembered the matter of the Daxingan League, and he couldn't help sighing, "Actually, generals are not available now, and it is difficult to recruit soldiers. I thought about raising the military salary again, but according to Mr. The system in the military, the channel for promotion is smooth, so that local talents with virtue and ability can serve in the army?"

Li Yuankai nodded, "The aristocratic families of the previous dynasty blocked the way to recruit talents and blocked people's hearts. It's time to change! With the pooling of human wisdom, you can reach thousands of troops. As for finances, I'm not worried. The treasury is still full. , You have always been sensitive to these things, and you can't tolerate sand in your eyes, if you have greed for ink, you will definitely be punished."

At this moment, the maid brought soup and medicine, and Fu Yiting fed Li Yuankai with a spoon. Li Yuankai said again, "The third thing is to start immediately. The world...you don't even have a complete family... Qishao, it's time to get married."

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