Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 980 The old general

   New year and new look.

For more than 40 years in the Great Jin Dynasty, except for the battle against the West in the early years of Taikang, there were almost no major wars. After years of peace, the capital has long been a peaceful and prosperous age of singing and dancing, except for a few generals. Besides, few people have a sense of urgency.

Soon, the time arrived on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month in the fifth year of Yuanzhao. The time for the imperial court to rest and rest was over. The yamen slowly restarted and returned to their daily state. At this time, the old general who had been stationed in the northern Xinjiang for decades. Chong Xuantong returned to the capital.

  Because he has been in poor health for the past two years, he wrote to the court a few years ago, and handed over the affairs of Yunzhou City to his eldest son, Zhongwu, and returned to the capital to retire by himself.

The court always agreed with the Chong family's presentation, as long as it was not excessive, so the old general Chong rushed to the capital in November, but the road was blocked by heavy snow in the north, and he was delayed on the road for a while. Came back years ago.

  After returning to the capital, the old general rested at home for a day, then changed into a court uniform and went to the palace to face the holy.

He has been the general of Yunzhou since the Chengde years. In the early years, the emperor of Chengde also transferred him back to Beijing to control the Gyeonggi forbidden army for a period of time. In terms of qualifications, he is higher than Ye Ming, and he is in his 60s this year. Naturally It was easy to enter the imperial city, and greeted by several eunuchs, to the Weiyang Palace.

The **** Xiao Zheng personally greeted him at the entrance of Weiyang Palace. The **** in red bowed his head to salute Chong Xuantong, and said helplessly: "The old general is here early, Your Majesty has not got up yet, please ask the old general. Wait a minute."

  Chong Xuantong raised his head silently, glanced at the sky, and said, "Eunuch Xiao, it's already the hour of the hour."

  Xiao Zheng coughed and said, "The old general doesn't know anything. Since last year, His Majesty will get up early except for court meetings, and will get up a little later on other days.

  Chong Xuantong shook his head and said nothing.

He is the head of the kind family. Although he is not in the capital all the year round, he still knows a little about some things in the capital. When he was in the first two years of the government, he was still very diligent. The prime ministers learned how to govern the country. Later, after sitting in the position of the emperor for a long time, he sat firmly, and he was not as focused as before.

   Last year, a group of beautiful women were selected in the palace. One of them was a woman surnamed Zheng who was very popular with the emperor. After entering the palace for a few months, she was personally designated as a noble concubine by the emperor, and she slept in Zheng Guifei’s palace every day.

   That's why I get up late.

However, these are all matters of the harem, and it is not convenient for foreign ministers to ask about it, not to mention that the emperor is now in his twenties, and it is when his blood is full. Sleeping in the brothel Chu Pavilion?

   Even Chong Xuantong was like this when he was young, so it's easy to understand.

   He waited in the Weiyang Palace for half an hour before being invited in by Xiao Zheng. After seeing the Son of Heaven, the old general knelt on the ground respectfully and said, "Chen Chong Xuantong, see Your Majesty."

   In the face of such a meritorious minister who has been on the frontier for decades, Emperor Yuan Zhao still knew how to respect it. He first rubbed his eyes, then hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to help the old general up from the ground.

   "You're welcome, the old general, come on, Xiao Zheng, bring a chair for the old general."

   Eunuch Xiao hurriedly moved a chair and put it behind Chong Xuantong, Chong Xuantong hesitated for a moment, and then sat down.

   "When did the old general return to Beijing?"

  Chong Xuantong lowered his head and said, "I went back to Beijing yesterday afternoon. After resting for a day, I went to the palace to face the saint."

   "The old general worked hard."

The emperor said with emotion: "The old general has been guarding the frontier of Dajin in Yunzhou City since the fifteenth year of Chengde. It has been more than 20 years, and he has also earned 20 years of peace for me in the northern border of Dajin. I want to replace two generations. The first emperor, and the hundreds of millions of people in the Great Jin Dynasty, Xie Yi Xie is the old general."

   "Your Majesty has been awarded."

   After hearing this, Chong Xuantong was still quite relieved, he lowered his head and said, "This minister is in charge of his own affairs."

   "Since the old general is not in good health, he will take a good rest in the capital in the future. When he recovers, even if he does not go to Yunzhou City, he can enter the Grand Governor's Mansion to do things for the court."

These words are purely polite words. Although the Zhong family has been favored by the imperial court for generations, but for more than a hundred years, there has not been a single family head of the Zhong family. Entering the Grand Governor's Mansion to do things in a critical yamen, Zhong Xuantong also knows that the emperor is painting Dabing, he still got up from the chair, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to thank him: "Chen, thank you Your Majesty Long En."

   Because he didn't sleep well last night, Tianzi couldn't help yawning.

   "The old general doesn't need to be polite, just get up."

  Chong Xuantong knelt on the ground and didn't get up. He lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

   "The old general is getting old, so he just sits and talks, he doesn't need to kneel."

Chong Xuantong shook his head, but didn't get up, he still knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, since our ancestor Ming Yigong followed Emperor Taizu and founded the country, it has been more than 150 years since the generation of ministers. , is already the seventh generation, and for more than a hundred years, the Zhong family has never done anything that is sorry for the Jin and the court."

  The emperor frowned, he sat up from the dragon chair, walked to Chong Xuantong, and said, "The Chong family has been loyal and good for generations, I naturally know that."

   "Your Majesty, please listen to the minister."

Chong Xuantong kowtowed again and said slowly: "During Emperor Taizong's time, among the Eight Great Generals of the founding of the country, several other generals rebelled. Go, my family has never had even a half-word alliance letter with any general, and I dare not have the slightest disobedience to the court."

   Emperor Yuanzhao heard some mysterious meanings, and he frowned deeply: "If the old general has something to say, he might as well say it directly."

  Zhong Xuantong bowed his head, his voice a little hoarse.

"Your Majesty, when the minister was in Yunzhou City, the Xianbei Department in the northern Xinjiang had spied on my Dajin border defense more than once at the border, and the Yuwen Qigui Department had also invaded my Dajin border several times. more serious."

   "Northern Xinjiang is not peaceful..."

The old general gritted his teeth and said, "There is no communication between the Zhong family and anyone or any family, and I also understand in my heart that this old minister speaks for the Ye family who are also guarding the northern border. Suspicious."

   Having said that, Chong Xuantong let out a long sigh.

"I have always had a cautious temper in my entire life. In the past, I would never do such a thing, and I would not even say a word, but today, no matter what the court and His Majesty think, for the sake of the Jiangshan Sheji of the Great Jin Dynasty. , the old minister still has to speak his mind."

   Having said this, he looked up at the emperor, his voice hoarse.

   "Your Majesty, whether there will be a fight in the northern border, the old minister is not sure, but the chances of a fight are very high. At this time, no matter what crimes the Ye family has committed, they should not change their generals. Besides..."

Chong Xuantong said with a wry smile: "Besides, even if you want to change generals, you should take it slowly. If your majesty wants to send someone to Jimen Pass, he should first let him get acquainted with them for a few years. Such a sudden change of generals will make the army of Zhenbei feel more confident. If you are not stable, the generals will not know the soldiers, and the soldiers will not know the generals, and the combat power will be greatly damaged..."

   The old general bowed his head.

   "The old minister urges Your Majesty to let either Duke Ye or the Marquis of Ningling return to Jimen Pass!"

   "Even if they can only be deputy generals..."

   (end of this chapter)