imperial psychologist

Chapter 279
In the blink of an eye, the day arrived on April [-]th.

In the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the morning, the courtiers from the early court had already dispersed. Except for Emperor Jianxi, who was gloomy on the throne, only the cabinet members and Prince Gong were still standing on the two sides of the hall.

In the center of the hall, Guan Shan, who had just rushed back to Pingjing last night, was standing there with a tired expression.Even though he bathed overnight and trimmed his beard and hair, compared with the cabinet ministers around him who had been pampered in the center of the empire, he was still as rough as a savage.

Guan Shan is now Chang Sheng's confidant, and he was also single-handedly promoted by Song Na.However, Song Na at this time was surprised in his heart—Guan Shan was about the same age as him. He was still a handsome young man when he went north to join the army, but now he looks like a man over fifty, with a face full of vicissitudes and ravines.

Ordinarily, the job of joining the army is to give advice on military affairs, and it can be regarded as a civilian job in the army. You don't need to go to the front line, and you don't need to do any coolies. Why has he tossed himself into such a look after a few years?

Just behind Guan Shan, the two palace servants slowly unfolded a erected map of the northern territory - the lower third of the map is the border north of Ruyang in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the upper two thirds are the borders of the third year of this year. Yuexin's map of the Kingdom of Jin.

Everyone looked at the map quietly, waiting for the answer brought back by the soldier.

These days, everyone has been trying to speculate on one thing—why the news of Arslan’s recovery of the Seven Departments came at the same time as the news of his coronation on the banks of the Lure River? Arslan's four-sided conquest was unaware, and the news was not known until the opponent's battle was over?

They just watched helplessly as each other occupied Qibu and remained indifferent?
And the seven parts that were annexed never asked Da Zhou for help, and they became Arslan's dead ministers directly?

From the beginning to the end, this incident is extremely absurd.

"Your Majesty, please step up and take a look." Guan Shan's voice was as rough as his appearance. Emperor Jianxi narrowed his eyes and walked down the steps without taking his eyes off the map for a moment.

"Of the seven tribes recovered by the Arslan this time, only two have actually confronted each other." Holding an arm-long bamboo knot in his hand, he clicked on two places in the northwest corner of the map. "The Langxi department here and the Weiwu department here are actually far away from our border. Moreover, the Langxi department and Uwei department have changed masters six times in the past two years alone, and they have always been In the midst of war."

"Of the remaining five tribes, three of them mutinied at the same time on the night of March [-], killing their respective leaders in response to Arslan, and the other two directly surrendered to Arslan a few days later. Before and after Adding it all together, it took only five or six days. The martial law was strictly enforced in all ministries, and all the envoys we sent were slaughtered. General Chang was aware of some changes at the time, but he could only slightly strengthen the border defense. When he learned that Arslan The coronation had already taken place on the banks of the Loire, near Longcibe, at the end of March.

"We still don't know how this incident was planned. Because for months, we always thought that Arslan's main force was dealing with our army in the area of ​​the Red River in the north... plus The rebellion of refugees in the four continents of the north in the past few months, General Chang, is really at a loss..."

Guan Shan pointed to the map and carefully described the situation of the four northern states since the end of this year.

Everyone was shocked.

In fact, in the past ten years, the situation in the northern border has always been a mess, but there has never been any major disaster. Every year, food from all over the country is continuously sent to the front line, and good news is also continuously spread. Come, it seems to have become a habit, but the war has never really ended.

"Guanshan." Song Bozong said with a heavy expression.

Guan Shan bowed to Song Bozong, and softly called out "Ge Lao."

"Why did Chang Sheng say in the scriptures that there will be a major invasion after this autumn?" Song Bozong frowned, "Even if the Arslan tribe occupied the other seven tribes, these seven tribes may not all agree with him, even if they If you really have wolfish ambitions, you have to wait at least two or three years before you can go south again."

Zhang Shouzhong also looked at Guan Shan—this was also his question. At this time, the Jin people had just unified, and there should still be civil strife. How could they have the energy to coordinate the army and send troops south?

"Old Man Ge," Guan Shan said with a painful look on his face, "You don't understand Jinren."

"……what?"

"Golden people live by water and grass, and they go south every autumn and winter. The reason why the tribes adjacent to the four states in the north of my country were able to live in peace is because they are relatively weak, and there is internal friction and containment among each other. If they want to go south to plunder, they must be wary of other tribes taking advantage of their confrontation with our army to reap the benefits. Therefore, except for the Arslan tribe who has been hovering in the northernmost and has no worries at all, no one else dares to ask us shot."

Speaking of this, Guan Shan's voice suddenly turned cold, "Now that the Jin people are unified and all belong to Arslan's command, this restraint will disappear, so this autumn, they will definitely invade the south in a large scale."

……

In the yard in the alley, Bo Ling was alone at home.

After these days, she has returned to her previous life of hardly ever going out of the house, but unlike before, Wei Shishi never came back.

Did Emperor Jianxi interrogate him?What on earth was he appointed to do?After being grounded, what is the outside world doing?
Berlin has no way of knowing.It was also during this time that she really realized that without Fourteen, she would be like a person whose eyes and ears were suddenly covered, and she could neither see nor hear.

But it is precisely because of this invisibility and inaudibility that during this period of time, Berlin lived a life of normal work and rest, and three meals on time.

Today, the Imperial Hospital took a rest, and because of his book revision, Bai Shijun got up early in the morning and went to the library of the Imperial Hospital to look up information. Bai Yi also went to see Anhu with Zeng Jiuyan and the others.

Ordinarily, if you were someone else, at this time, in order to avoid suspicion, you should not get close to Zeng Jiuyan and the others, but after the two brothers and sisters discussed it, they felt that this was an opportunity—it was too late to draw a clear line at this time, since So, why not accept the invitation of Zeng Hou Shizi calmly?

She washed the dirty clothes to dry in the yard, patted the folds on the flat clothes, and at this moment the yard door rang.

The sound of knocking on the door was very special. It was more like the sound of metal—such as a sword hilt—lightly tapping on a wooden door than a human hand.

Bai Ling was taken aback, because she was familiar with this kind of knock on the door. Fourteen just liked to hold the scabbard like this, and then hit the door with the hilt.

She hastily turned around, wiped her wet hands on her clothes indiscriminately, and said "Come on!" while quickly walking to open the door.

However, after removing the latch, Bai Ling's expression turned cold instantly.

——She did know the person standing outside the door, but it wasn't Fourteen.

Almost a moment later, Bo Ling smiled as usual, and said softly, "Why is Mr. Han coming to the humble house when he is free?"

Han Chong didn't answer right away, he glanced at the empty courtyard of Bai's house, "It seems that Bai Siyao is at home alone today."

"It's not considered alone." Bai Ling replied, "Aren't the imperial guards sent by the emperor guarding the alleys on both sides?"

Han Chong smiled dumbly, "What can they defend?"

"So Master Han is here today...?"

"Minggong wants to see you." Han Chong said straight to the point.

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