Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 972 Northern Expedition

It must not be a trivial matter to be sent by Xiao Zheng himself, and it must not be a trivial matter. The emperor frowned, and turned to instruct the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works to continue to study Tianlei. He got into his own car and returned to Weiyang Palace from the school grounds.

It was the cold winter and the twelfth lunar month, and it was freezing cold outside, but there were quite a few stoves in the emperor's study, and it was as warm as spring. The emperor sat on his chair, took out the book from the envelope, and said: " Do you know what happened?"

   Xiao Zheng shook his head.

   "The emergency report from the frontier army was sent directly to the palace. Neither His Majesty nor the prime ministers of Shangshutai read it, so the servants naturally dared not read it."

  The Emperor did not speak, and after Zhanxin read it, he frowned.

   "The Yuwen Department is dishonest."

   He closed the book and snorted: "Near Yunzhou, there are a small group of Xianbei people looting on the border. It's approaching winter, and they have no food, so they come to rob my Dajin people."

  The Son of Heaven did not speak to Xiao Zheng, he was just talking to himself.

   He frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Go get the old sheep and the two ministers of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of War, please come to the palace."

  Xiao Zheng nodded immediately, and said respectfully, "This servant will go now."

It is now in the afternoon, and before the time to leave the shift, several prime ministers and court officials are in their respective yamen offices in the imperial city. Xiao Zheng went to Shangshutai in person, and sent a few eunuchs in blue to the military department to meet with him. The Ministry of Household, it didn't take long for the three court officials to stand at the entrance of Weiyang Palace. Zhou Yuan, the minister of the Ministry of Housing, and Xu Zhen, the new minister of the Ministry of War, first glanced at each other, and then bowed to Gongyangshu. .

   "Xiaoguan has seen Pushe."

  The Sixth Department is directly under the Shangshutai, and they are all subordinates of Gongyangshu. However, there are too many affairs in the court. The Shangshutai usually only takes care of the major matters.

   Gong Yangshu is now nearly eighty years old. Although there is no major problem with his body, his legs and feet are a little uneasy, and his ears are not very good.

   After listening to the words of the two ministers, he nodded.

   "The two ministers are polite. Your Majesty has summoned each other. Let's go in."

  The two ministers supported Gong Yangshu and entered the Emperor's study in Weiyang Palace. After entering the study, before he could kneel down, the Emperor waved his hands, indicating that they did not need to salute.

   "Xiao Zheng, bring three chairs here."

Soon, the three piers were placed under the buttocks of the three ministers, and the emperor reached out and handed the Zong family's memorial book to Xiao Zheng, and said, "Show Gongyang Pushe and the two ministers to have a look. "

  Xiao Zheng bent down and passed the memorial book to the old Yang Yang. Gong Yang Shu respectfully took it and read it slowly.

Just as he was flipping through the pages, the emperor said, "This is a military newspaper sent by the old general Chong and sent back to Beijing in a hurry. From October to the present, in less than two months, the Xianbei branch on the border of Yunzhou has already had several newspapers. The second incident of looting my people in Dajin happened, the old general Chong sent someone to write to King Yan to ask about the cause, the latter said that it was done by people from the Qigui tribe and had nothing to do with their king’s account.”

   Having said that, the emperor was a little angry.

"The Beggar Department of Yuwen's Department was swallowed by Yuwenzhao as early as the Xiandi Dynasty, but now it has been pushed on the Beggar Department's head. Yuwen Zhaoming surrendered to the Great Jin on the surface, but behind his back he didn't care at all. The court is in the eyes!"

   Having said this, the emperor said solemnly: "Since this kind of thing happened in Yunzhou City, then most of them will also happen in Jizhou City. How do you think this matter will be handled?"

At this time, Gongyangshu had already finished reading Chong Xuantong's memorial, and he handed the memorial to the other two ministers, then bowed his head slightly, and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, the Xianbei clan kidnapped my Dajin people, It is especially hateful, but it is already cold winter, and it is not easy to use troops, the old minister thought that His Majesty should order Yu Wenzhao to restrain his clan, and if he commits another offense, he will deprive the king of Yuwen."

  The Emperor frowned.

   "Shenzhen naturally wants to apply, but I still want to do more things."

The young emperor said slowly: "My idea is that the Ministry of Households will pay, and the Ministry of War will also help, and move the people of the Great Jin on the northern border into the territory for a hundred miles, so that Yunzhou and The two passes in Jizhou protect the country gate, and the people of the Xianbei Ministry will not be able to kidnap my Dajin people."

   What an ethnic group lacks the most is people, so nomads enter the border to loot, not just for money and food, but also for women and men to strengthen the ethnic group.

Gong Yangshu and the Minister of Hu looked at each other, the latter put down the book in his hand, and smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, some of the people of the Great Jin border on the northern border, some are military households, some are local herdsmen, merchants in the customs go to Businessmen in the north also need to rest in border towns, and moving to the interior is indeed useful, but it is too expensive and time-consuming.”

   Zhou Yuan bowed his head and said: "I thought that the Ministry of War could think of a way to add more troops to the border beacon. The two frontier troops in Yunzhou and Jizhou should also actively protect the border people. As for the migration..."

Zhou Yuan was silent for a while, then opened his mouth and said: "This matter can be done slowly, but it cannot be done overnight. The northern border of the Great Jin Dynasty stretches for thousands of miles, and the local yamen is responsible for the relocation and resettlement. empty."

   In this era, there is no demolition fee. The biggest difficulty in relocation is resettlement, and re-zoning and building houses for these people. This kind of work is not thankful, and the Ministry of Household is definitely unwilling to do it.

   The young emperor frowned and stood up from the throne.

  The emperor got up, and the three ministers did not dare to sit, and stood up one after another.

   Emperor Yuanzhao thought about it for a long time, and finally looked back at Gongyangshu and asked, "Does the old Xiangguo think that the Yuwen Department will be a hidden danger for me?"

   "Naturally it's the hidden danger of my great Jin."

The old sheep bent his body, stood behind the emperor, and said slowly: "In the past few years, the old minister has sent people to inquire outside the customs. After Yuwenzhao unified the Yuwen Department, the population of the Yuwen Department has increased a lot in recent years. There's more than a million."

The old sheep sighed: "More than a hundred years ago, when Beizhou went south to destroy the former Qi, there were about 1.5 million people. Today's Xianbei Ministry is not much different from the Beizhou before entering the customs. "

   Having said this, the old prime minister paused and continued: "Of course, the former Qi had internal and external troubles, the imperial court was corrupt, the national strength declined, the frontier army refused to contribute, and the country's fortunes were exhausted, and it was far inferior to today's Dajin."

   Emperor Yuan Zhao grunted.

   "I'm a big Jin, why isn't it a matter of internal and external troubles?"

   He clenched his fists hard.

   "Hateful, I have to put one hand in the southwest now, otherwise the 100,000 troops in Hanzhong plus Pei Jin's 50,000 people will be transferred to the northern Xinjiang. No matter what, Yuwenzhao will not dare to move!"

   Gong Yangshu was silent.

More than 40 years ago, the Yuwen Department was divided into four, and it was only gradually unified a few years ago. A few years ago, the imperial court had a great opportunity to use troops against the north, at least to severely damage the Yuwen Department. However, it is a pity that due to a series of internal reasons, This has never been done.

  The Son of Heaven opened his mouth slowly.

"I passed on my will, and ordered Yuwenzhao to be sent to him, and told him that if the Xianbei Ministry dared to kidnap my people again, not to mention depriving the king, after the spring of next year, I will definitely use troops in the northern Xinjiang, so that the Yuwen Ministry can see me. Great Jin Master!"

   Having said that, the emperor paused and continued.

   "Shangshutai draws up another decree, sends it to Yongzhou, and tells Taifu that there is a change in the northern border, and I want to invite him to return to Beijing for the northern expedition."

The content written in the first few chapters is a bit controversial. Let me explain it here. First of all, Li Xin had to take the initiative to go north more than once to destroy the hidden dangers of alien races, but in the end he could not do it. , Li Xin just said that if the Yuwen Department stormed Jimen Pass, and the Jimen Pass could not be defended, don't hold on to it, save a little living force, and then join forces with the imperial court, and then clean up the Yuwen Department.

   Li Xin did not become a traitor because he did not have much control over the north.

   If the readers feel that Li Xin should take Tianlei now, and lead the Southwest Army to bypass Hanzhong to help Jimen Pass, defend the country for the country, and even let his home be stolen, then the author has nothing to say...

   (end of this chapter)