Han Xuandao said very calmly: "Report to the emperor, this year's treasury income is indeed quite abundant because the family property of the two tribes is confiscated, but there are indeed a lot of funds allocated this year. The expenses of various departments and departments are allocated to be investigated... Especially the Ministry of Works, this year, the Daxu River Dike of Yichun, and the people affected by disasters have to be resettled, and a large amount of silver has been allocated...!"

The emperor smiled and stopped and said, "Han Aiqing, I am not checking the accounts. I feel relieved when you do things. The Ministry of Revenue is the foundation of the country's finances and is related to the people's livelihood in the world. If you hadn't been able to hold on for these years, you wouldn't have been so relaxed, but thank you for your hard work."

The officials in the court had different expressions. The emperor was kind and looked at Han Xuandao. There seemed to be some strange information in the middle, but the court officials could not taste what it tasted.

Some ministers were thinking in their hearts: "Now the Han family is at its peak, the Grand Master Xiao has left, and Su Guanya is dead. In terms of qualifications and strength, Han Xuandao is already the chief minister of the cabinet. The emperor is so kind, I am afraid that the Han family's power is also afraid of the power."

"This is all my duty." Han Xuandao said calmly, in the court, humble and polite: "It's just that although the national treasury is full, I have to take advantage of urgent needs!"

"Immediately needed?" the emperor smiled and said, "Where does Han Aiqing mean that the urgent need?"

Han Xuandao immediately said: "Report to the priest, I have heard that the situation on the border has become worse and worse. Just recently, the Wei army launched several attacks on the Qing army. What is even more surprising is that according to the Northwest Military Daily, there were actually detailed works by the Wei people in Linyang Pass...!"

I was in an uproar.

The emperor had already frowned, his eyes flashed, and his eyes turned to Fan Yunao, the Minister of War.

Fan Yunao had already stepped out and bowed and said, "I have heard from the emperor, this is indeed the case."

"The Wei people sent me to Linyang Pass to do something in detail. What do they want to do?" An official immediately stepped out and said, "Master, the Wei people are ambitions. We value peace, but they are provoking troubles at will, so we have to be careful!"

The emperor looked at Fan Yunao with a serious expression and said seriously: "I don't know what's going on?"

Fan Yunao replied: "It was also learned two days ago that General Han sent a military newspaper from the northwest flying pigeon. Not long ago, the soldiers guarding the pass found several suspicious people in the pass, and then arrested them. They found the map of our deployment from them. The deployment of our army was very detailed. General Han felt that it was of great importance, so he reported it." After a pause, he saw that the emperor looked a little ugly and continued: "It was because Concubine Shu gave birth to the prince and celebrated the whole country. He did not dare to disturb the emperor's mood with this matter. I am preparing to report to the emperor again today!"

"The Wei people sent a detailed investigation into the deployment of our Northwest Army's troops?" The emperor's expression became cold.

Fan Yunao nodded and said, "That's right."

"Does the Wei people still dare to have bad intentions towards me, Da Yan?" Emperor Yan clenched his fists and sneered: "They dare to invade the territory of my Da Yan without even occupying the land of the Qing people?"

Fan Yunao said solemnly: "In addition, I also learned another extremely important piece of news."

"What news?"

"A few days after the new emperor of Qing Kingdom ascended the throne, the Qing people sent a delegation to the Northeast front to negotiate with the Northern Barbarians." Fan Yunao said slowly: "After many inquiries, our people finally confirmed that the Qing people ceded the land of Zhongshan, Gaoyang and three of the five counties in Yangping to the Northern Barbarians. Moreover, starting this year, they will hand over one million taels of silver and one hundred thousand pieces of silk to the Northern Barbarians in the name of favorable gifts to the Northern Barbarians in exchange for the Northern Barbarians not to attack the Qing Kingdom!"

As soon as these words came out, a bolt from the blue and the court exploded.

"Shameless, extremely shameless. How can I, a Chinese figure, cede land from the barbarians to seek peace?"

"The Qingren is crazy. Can the Northern Barbarians force them to do such a shameful and humiliating thing?"

"I used to call myself a lion, but now I beg for peace from a wolf. How can the Qingren be so cowardly? This is the misfortune of China, and the face of the Central Plains has made the Qingren lose all the face...!"

There were waves of scolding in the court, some people were heartbroken, while others were clenching their fists and swinging them.

The state of Qi was destroyed for a hundred years, and the four countries were separated. The state of Feng was different from the other three countries due to ethnic reasons. However, Wei Yanqing was both orthodox Central Plains culture. In fact, the Three Kingdoms still had a strong sense of identity with cultural belongings in their hearts. They all felt that the Three Kingdoms were the same root, the same language and the same species, but they were temporarily divided for some reason. However, their hearts always wanted to reunify the unity.

During the Qi Dynasty, the people in the northern barbarians were harassed by the northern barbarians, and the people in the northern region suffered endless disasters. The people of the Central Plains were full of resentment towards the northern barbarians. Later, Emperor Yong of Qi had all his strength to defeat the Northern Barbarians and drove them straight to the extreme north. Because of that heavy rubbing, the Northern Barbarians had not recovered their vitality for hundreds of years. They just stayed in the extreme north and did not dare to get close to the Central Plains again.

But more than a hundred years later, the group of wild wolves made a comeback and attacked the Central Plains, while the Qing people were cowardly cede lands and seek peace. How could the court officials not hate it?

In the hearts of the Yan people, the Northern Barbarians were not only enemies of the Qing people, but also the feud of the entire Central Plains people.

The emperor's face was unstable. He was in a very good mood today, but the news of these two things made him feel as if he had eaten a fly while eating a sumptuous food, and he was indescribably angry and disgusted.

The Wei people sent me a detailed task to enter the pass, and this matter was quite strange. The emperor did not believe it very much, but the Qing people ceded land and begged for peace, but such a big thing could not be reported by lies.

Seeing that the emperor's face was very bad, the voices of the ministers gradually became weaker.

Soon, there was no noise in the magnificent Taiping Hall, only the breathing of the ministers in the court could be heard.

"My dear friends, what do you think about this?" After pondering for a while, the emperor asked in a deep voice.

The courtiers did not speak for a while.

Everyone understands that the emperor asked this at this time not to make everyone condemn the cowardice of the Qing people on this matter, nor to scold the barbaric people of the Northern Barbarians, but to ask everyone about the next strategy of Yan State.

In fact, the ministers with a little knowledge knew that the Wei State had been lying on firewood and tasting gall for more than ten years and vigorously developing its military equipment. This war was a stalemate. The war between the Central Plains, the Western Wei and Beiqing were in full swing, and Yan State could not really completely avoid this war.

If Yan State sit idly by and watch, this war will be of no benefit to Yan State, whether it is the victory of Wei or Qing State. It is to watch one of the countries dominate.

To put it bluntly, the reason why Yan State has been slow to take action is to watch Wei Qing and continue to consume, let them fight to the point where they can get some benefits in the end.

Everyone knew that Yan State would sooner or later participate in this war.

However, the key question is, when it is time to send troops, should we maintain an alliance with the people of Qing, work together to attack Wei, or take advantage of the opportunity to enter, tear up the alliance and rush the army north when Qing's country is at its end?

Everyone has their own choices deep down.

...

The situation ahead changed drastically. Today, the Wei people sent a mini-joy to inquire about the deployment of the Yan army in Linyang Pass, and they said it from Han Xuandao and Fan Yunao. For a moment, their minds were a little more flexible and they could already feel the direction of the dispatch made by the cabinet.

But the courtiers did not expect the situation to change so quickly.

In most people imagined that the Wei people should have gone through hard battles, crossed the Longshan Mountains, and then fought with the Qing army on the land of Qing State. After countless bloody battles, the Qing people and the Wei people were exhausted. At this time, the Yan State suddenly sent troops to attack the Wei army from the rear, and attacked the Qing army forward and backward. If it went well, it was very likely that the main force of the Wei army would be wiped out. At that time, the two countries of Wei and Qing were exhausted, but the Yan army was still full of combat power. They could make a choice whether to take advantage of the situation to annex Qing State or to take Qing State hostage to fight Wei State.

This is the best situation that many officials who have never been on the battlefield are happy to see.

However, the war ahead was obviously not carried out according to their ideas. Now, the Wei people have been fighting for several months, but not only have they failed to cross the Longshan Mountains, but have been blocked by the Qing army in Linyang Pass.

The officials who didn't know that Sima Qingtian had passed away were really strange in their hearts. Isn't Sima Qingtian's Wei cavalry extremely powerful? Why is it now held down and unable to move? The two sides can only consume each other in the areas outside Longshan? With Sima Qingtian's ability and the strong combat effectiveness of the Wei army, even though he was burned by Shang Zhongli on Longshan before, he was fully capable of reorganizing the army to launch an attack on Longshan again. And according to normal circumstances, even if Shang Zhongli really had the tyranny of defending the Longshan Mountains with great power, the Wei army would not retreat to Linyang Pass. It should have been organized again and again at the foot of Longshan Mountain.

If it was really consumed like that, Yan State could continue to wait and see them exhausted, but the Qing State ceded land to Beihu to beg for peace, which made things complicated.

When the court officials were resentful of the cowardice of the people of Qing, they had to plan what to do next in Yan State.

After a silence, seeing that there was no movement in the court, the emperor frowned and asked Fan Yunao: "Fan Aiqing, you are in charge of the Ministry of War, what do you think?"

Fan Yunao bowed, thought for a while, and finally said, "Sir, the Northern Barbarians are barbarians and beasts. They do not understand education, so they naturally do not talk about shame and promise. I am just afraid that this peace talks are the wishful thinking of the people of Qing."

"Oh?" the emperor stroked his beard and said, "How to be wishful thinking?"

Fan Yunao said seriously: "I actually don't realize that the Qing people are really cowardly. If I ask me to judge, the Qing people will just avoid the edge for the time being." After a pause, he continued: "The Northern Barbarians' offensive is extremely strong, and the Northeast Legion of Qing Kingdom's Northeast Legion is extremely depleted. If I continue to hold on, there will be even danger of annihilation of the entire army. The Qing people proposed peace talks and ceded land to the Northern Barbarians. If they guessed it wrong, there are about three considerations."

At this time, the court officials all turned their attention to Fan Yunao.

"First, as Chen said, avoid the edge. If the Northern Hu people really accept the land and stop attacking, then the previous momentum will stop, and the courageous spirit of moving forward will suddenly fall." Fan Yunao said slowly: "The second is to delay time and give the Northeast Legion a chance to breathe and rest. The Qing people ceded the land, and the Northern Barbarians stopped attacking. With only 30,000 to 40,000 cavalry, how can they quickly accept nearly three counties? They will definitely migrate a large number of barbarians into the pass, and the time spent is enough for the Qing Kingdom to reorganize the Northeast Legion. Last point, I

I think it is also to break the private alliance between the Northern Barbarians and Wei. If the Northern Barbarians really stop attacking, there will be no war on the northern front line of Qing State and the pressure will be reduced, and they will have the energy to deal with the Wei State on the southwest. "A faint smile and said, "The Qing State's plan may be to stabilize the Northern Barbarians first and then repel the Wei State. As long as the Wei State withdraws its troops, the Qing State will concentrate its superior forces and retake the ceded land back. If the Northern Barbarians stop attacking for profit and wait until the Qing State concentrates its troops and attacks, the Northern Barbarians will definitely not be able to resist it at that time."

The ministers suddenly had different expressions and thought about Fan Yunao's words.

"This is not a random guess." Fan Yunao said calmly: "The people of Qing's country want to cede land, which will make them unable to accept it in terms of face. If they had not had such considerations, they would go back to deal with the Northern Barbarians. I am afraid that this proposal to cede land would not be so easy to form a unity within Qing. Moreover, the new emperor of Qing's country ascended the throne, but the power was in the hands of the Hou Party. The current empress dowager of Qing's country was also an ambitious person. It was not easy to make her bow to the barbarians!"

Upon hearing this, the emperor nodded and said, "What Fan Aiqing said is reasonable. But what do you mean by wishful thinking?"

"I think that the Qing people's abacus is very good, but the Northern Barbarians may not be so obedient." Fan Yunao said lightly: "The Northern Barbarians betrayed their faith and were famous throughout the world during the Qi Dynasty. Now, they may really agree to the conditions of the Qing people for the three counties, but I think that when the Northeast Legion withdraws from the three counties, they may continue to attack to gain more land and money!"

Han Xuandao bowed and said, "The emperor, what Mr. Fan said is reasonable. The Northern Barbarians have never been honest. The Qing people are probably wishful thinking this time. If the Northern Barbarians do not keep their promises and continue to attack after obtaining the three counties, then the Qing Kingdom will be in danger!"

The emperor frowned, pondered slightly, and asked, "Han Aiqing, then how do you think we should deal with it?"

"The lips are dead and the teeth are cold." Han Xuandao said solemnly: "If the Qing Kingdom really falls into the hands of the Wei people and the Northern Barbarians, their next target will definitely be my Dayan. At that time, my Dayan will face an unprecedented crisis. Therefore, I think that if I wait for the crisis to come, it is better to take this opportunity to turn the defense into an offensive!"

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