Step on a branch

Chapter 329 Victory Without Fighting
Seeing that the old master remained silent for a long time, Dong Shilang urged: "You must immediately send this paper to the imperial study, and let the emperor know that the old Hou Ye and the others are really loyal to Da Zhou, and the old Hou Ye's paper stating his innocence , and every sentence is true.”

Grand Master Huang raised his head and looked at Dong Shilang.

How do you say this?

Doesn't the emperor know that Marquis Yongning is loyal to Da Zhou?Don't you know that Marquis Yongning and Lin Fan want to fight Xizhou wholeheartedly?

The emperor is very clear!
But the more words in the self-reporting paper were true, the more unhappy the emperor looked.

Fan Taibao pondered for a while, and said to Taishi Huang: "Give me the booklet, and I will go."

Taishi Huang raised his eyebrows and asked Fan Taibao with his eyes.

Such unlucky things, Fan Taibao actually took the initiative to take care of them today?

Since Fan Taibao was willing to go, Huang Taishi did not refuse, after all, he himself had just returned from the imperial study and was urged repeatedly.

Fan Taibao took the military newspaper papers, walked a little tighter, and went into the palace.

Walking outside the imperial study, he met Deng Guoshi head-on.

The bruises on Deng Guoshi's face had faded long ago, it was just a shame, and he has become more and more arrogant recently.

Hold it higher, no one dares to speak in front of him.

As for the muttering behind his back, Deng Guoshi was helpless.

All I can do is keep my ears to myself and not bother me, and bear with my temper for a while, and wait for the future to settle the score slowly.

The two sides met each other and saluted each other.

Fan Taibao said: "National Teacher, please stay and wait for a while, the Emperor may be looking for you later."

Deng Guoshi lowered his eyes and looked at the little old man in front of him: "What does the Taibao mean by this?"

"It means to let the national teacher take a few steps less." Fan Taibao smiled cheerfully, and when Eunuch Ji came out, he followed him into the imperial study.

Deng Guoshi stood in the corridor, frowning.

Fan Taibao went forward to salute the emperor, and the general submitted the report.

The emperor opened it and his eyes widened.

What did he see?
Xizhou City, surrendered?
It was a letter from Li Jie that made Yu Bai surrender, and it was Lin Fan who persuaded Li Jie.

Fan Taibao acted as if he didn't see the emperor's expression, and said slowly: "After taking Xizhou City, we not only solved the predicament in the western region, but also turned back the Xiliang army. This time we can win a big victory, which shows our strength." Great Zhou Xiongwei, the emperor should reward the three armies."

The emperor gritted his teeth and never took his eyes off the notebook.

From the beginning to the end, what he watched was "victory without fighting".

When was the last time he saw these four characters?
How old is it?

These four words have appeared again and again, and in his mind, they are undoubtedly like nightmares.

Between the third and fourth years of Jianlong, the crown prince Zhao Lin went to two prefectures and six prefectures, and the military newspapers delivered to Beijing were full of tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers from several cities and towns.

He remembers clearly the word that ministers uttered the most when they praised him, "people's popularity".

Soldiers who don't fight without fighting.

What is needed is not only the suppression of troops, but also absolute popularity.

Now, more than twenty years later, Zhao Li saw these four characters again.

This time, it was Lin Fan who knocked on the city gate.

Qin Yin's old man knows how to poke his heart, so this military newspaper writes just like that.

There is also the self-proclaimed innocence, every sentence of "Da Zhou", there is no trace of falsehood, it is so true that it is disgusting.

Big week big week.

Obviously he is the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The Da Zhou whom Qin Yin said he swore allegiance to the death was not his Da Zhou.

What a joke, what a cruel heart!
Fan Taibao said what he needed to say, did not try to persuade him one more word, and bowed and resigned.

Walking out of the imperial study, as expected, Deng Guoshi stood outside.

Fan Taibao waved his hand at him, and continued to move forward, leaving the palace.

Deng Guoshi looked at Fan Taibao's back, and then, the emperor's heavy cough came from the imperial study.

Eunuch Ji hurriedly went along with the emperor.

The emperor coughed for a long time before he could barely stop, panting, and kept pressing his neck.

Just at that moment, maybe something was aroused, sour and astringent.

"You don't need to call the imperial doctor," the emperor ordered Ji Gonggong, "Go and invite the national teacher."

Eunuch Ji agrees.

Guoshi Deng came in and saw the emperor staring at him, he explained: "I met Mr. Taibao earlier, and he asked my minister to wait."

A trace of displeasure flashed in the emperor's eyes, but he didn't say much, and only asked Deng Guoshi to read the military newspaper.

Deng Guoshi took it over and took a look. In the scorching summer, his whole body was icy cold.

To the emperor, the way of winning, the winning characters, and the little joy of winning Xizhou City are not worth mentioning at all.

"According to Guoshi's opinion," the emperor looked at Deng Guoshi and asked, "How should I deal with it?"

Deng Guoshi couldn't answer.

Before, they could pin their hopes on the Xiliang people's ruthless attack, but now that Xiliang was defeated, who could hurt Lin Fan?
Moreover, with such a big victory, the soldiers at the border will be united, and it is even more impossible to detain Lin Fan and Marquis Yongning.

There is no doubt that the emperor is at a disadvantage.

The previous attack by Beijing Central Committee also eliminated the path of delay such as "falsely entrusting the snake".

Under the imperial decree of "rebellion", it was inevitable for the emperor and Lin Fan to draw their swords against each other.

"I don't know what to do right now," Deng Guoshi braced himself and tried to keep his voice steady, "I ask the emperor to give me some time so that I can think about a solution."

On the one hand, Deng Guoshi lowered his head, not daring to look at Longyan.

After finishing speaking, the emperor did not comment for a long time, Deng Guoshi waited so tremblingly that he finally said "get out".

He didn't dare to stay any longer, and after paying all the courtesy, he withdrew.

Eunuch Ji sent him out of the imperial study perfunctorily, then turned around and went back to serve him.

Deng Guoshi stared at Eunuch Ji's back, hatred burst out in his eyes, he gritted his teeth, waved his sleeves and left.

Since Eunuch Xu's accident, Yuqian has been controlled by Eunuch Ji.

If it is said that Eunuch Xu obeyed Deng Guoshi's words, then Eunuch Ji was extremely prevaricated to him.

As a result, Deng Guoshi could no longer easily grasp the various moods and conditions of the emperor as before.

He even vaguely felt that under the instigation of the eunuch surnamed Ji, the emperor's trust in him gradually decreased.

This is bad.

He must figure out a way to turn the situation around.

Since the military report arrived in Beijing in the evening and was sent directly to the imperial study by Fan Taibao, no one else in the palace received the news.

It was not until the morning of the second day that the empress dowager heard about the situation.

Leaning on the pillow, in a trance, the Empress Dowager seemed to hear the late emperor's voice.

"It's really a good skill to fight without bloodshed."

"City after city, this son of mine is more capable than me of conquering mountains and rivers."

"I'm old and I can't do what I want. After all, this world belongs to their young people."

……

All the words were said by the late emperor when he praised Zhao Shiji.

Looking at it now, it can also be applied to Zhao Lin's son.

Talented people come out from generation to generation.

And she is old too.

So old that even her own son refused to listen to her.

Although her heart is cold, as long as she has a breath, she has to solve the emperor's worries and problems.

"Send someone to the Imperial Study Room to deliver a message," the Empress Dowager told Nanny Xia, "I invite the Emperor to come and have dinner with Ai's family today."

(End of this chapter)