Chapter 647: Peace
Xie Jue understands Feng Yu and her temperament. Over the years, he has truly loved and cared for Feng Yu as if he were one of his own family members. In the past, his father, brother, and mother were all around.Xie Jue is almost aloof from the world at home. If he doesn't like to talk, he doesn't have to talk. If he doesn't want to socialize, he can stay quiet. As long as he wants to, he can hide in the mountains and forests without being seen for a few days and no one will care about him. He doesn't have to care about the world, and Don’t worry about who has a headache or fever in your family and no one will take care of them.

But when he was in Ningzhou in the past few years, he knew that Feng Yu was weak and Xie Xun was busy with military affairs. As long as the hunters came into the mountains with tonic medicinal materials, or there were rare medicinal materials secretly traded with the northern barbarians on the border, he would send them to Xizhou. I wish Fengyu good health and a long life.

Every year at the end of the year, as long as he and Xie Xun were free, they would travel to Xizhou through mountains and rivers. He would not let Feng Yu rush on the road in the cold winter. He treated Feng Yu as a younger sibling and loved her as a younger sister, and he would not let Feng Yu feel sad.

If it weren't for his own special situation, there would be no harm in agreeing to Xie Xun.

If you fall in love with someone, it's the same for anyone you marry. There are only one or two girls in the backyard who can eat and drink well and serve you, and you don't need to worry about it. There is no difficulty, but Xie Jue doesn't want to.

"The princess is looking for you to get married. What's the use of looking for me." Xie Jue said, "The high priest has a clear goal. Is it possible that my child will inherit the throne in the future?"

"Why not?" Xie Xun pursed his lips, "Fengyu and I may not have our own children. If we are lucky enough to have a child, I would not want her to suffer from pregnancy again. What if it is a girl? Naturally, I will choose the second brother. Children. Ruyi is still young, so I have to work hard for my second brother. If we have more children, we will choose the smartest ones."

Xie Jue couldn't tell for a moment whether Xie Xun was deliberately gloating about his misfortune. He suspected that Feng Yu had said something to Xie Xun and that he deliberately came to talk to him about the child to test his bottom line.

But looking at Xie Xun's sincere eyes, he felt that maybe he was overthinking.

Xie Xun has hinted several times that it's time for him to get married.

As the only prince of the Beining royal family, many people are watching his marriage. Every woman of the right age in the capital wants to become Princess Yan. Even if they know that Ruyi is the eldest daughter, she is not only loved by King Yan, but also by Xie Xun. not give a damn about.As soon as Xie Xun ascended the throne and made Xie Jue the crown prince, Xie Jue asked to make him the crown prince. Xie Xun even showed his love and affection and directly made Xie Jue the county king. Ruyi was the confirmed heir apparent.

Even if there are children in Prince Yan's Mansion in the future, they will never be better than Ruyi.

"You and Ayu try harder, don't count on me!" Xie Jue looked at Xie Xun's earnest eyes and coldly rejected his expectations.

Xie Xun did not dare to scold his second brother. He only scolded someone as a vixen in his heart.

"...Okay!" Xie Xun sighed, "Our Beining royal family is withering away. It's really pitiful."

Xie Jue, "..."

It was already midnight after the cabinet and others finished talking with the high priest. It was past midnight and some things had not been settled yet, so they had to leave. The high priest also had to discuss with Dugu Jing again.Lin Heli had a sore throat and was smoking. He sat in the hall and drank a cup of herbal tea to soothe his throat. Just as Zhang Boju was about to say something, Xie Jue and Xie Xun came over.

Lin Hongyuan and others couldn't stand it anymore and went back to rest early. Only Lin Heli and Zhang Boju were left in the palace. They stood up and were about to salute. Rest in the palace, if there is any shortage, just tell the supervisor directly and they will prepare it."

Jinhua Palace is right next to it. Nowadays, most of the palace palaces are vacant. The palace is divided into inner palace and outer palace. Officials discuss matters in the outer palace. Feng Yu ordered people to clean up the palace in the outer palace. If the officials are busy late, they will stay in the inner palace. To rest, you don’t have to work hard to run back and forth. Especially in winter, when there is heavy snow and wind and cold, running back and forth can easily catch wind and cold, and you can’t rest at night. "Yes, thank you Your Majesty!"

After Xie Xun and Xie Jue sat down, the palace people also presented food to Lin Heli, Zhang Boju and others. They were all hot pasta, which warmed the stomach and filled the stomach.

After Lin Heli and Zhang Boju thanked them again, they ate slowly. Xie Xun often left these young cabinet officials to discuss matters, so they were used to talking while eating. This was their habit when they were in Ningzhou.

Lin Heli, Zhang Boju and others were not used to it at first, but they gradually got used to it.

The two brothers drank hot tea and looked at the terms recorded in the negotiations between the two parties. Most of the terms had been negotiated. Lin Heli and Honglu Siqing cooperated very well. Beining got everything he wanted, including the precious red sand mine. Getting up is not as difficult as before.

Xie Jue looked at the red sand mine marked by Lin Heli with mixed emotions. If it hadn't been for the red sand mine, Yu Wenjing might not have been able to kill his eldest brother back then.

As expected, the in-laws were not settled, and they were specially marked. The fiefdom, and the number of soldiers and horses were not settled either.After Lin Heli and Zhang Boju had finished their meal, the palace servants removed the bowls and chopsticks and served hot tea.

Xie Xun asked impatiently, "The Northern Barbarian King still wants fiefdom autonomy?"

"Yes!" Lin Heli took a hot towel to clean his hands and said slowly, "The fief wants to increase the garrison in Ningzhou from [-] to [-]."

"Impossible!" Xie Jue refused before Xie Xun could veto it. "The garrison can be increased to [-]. The fiefdom cannot be Ningzhou, or even the north. A fiefdom can be divided into Zhongzhou or the Twelve States. Give it to him, Ningzhou is a military fortress, and Ningzhou cavalry is stationed there. If there are ten thousand Northern Barbarian troops in Ningzhou, and the two sides have been feuding for many years, even if they surrender, conflicts are inevitable and governance will be very difficult."

Lin Heli nodded, "We have always insisted that the Ningzhou fiefdom cannot be divided and must be governed by the Ningzhou cavalry. The high priest insisted that this should be proposed by Dugu Jing. He can't make the decision. From the tone, he wants to go back and discuss with Dugu Jing. .”

"It's so troublesome to ask Dugu Jing to come and talk. I'll ask him what he wants. It's a waste of time to send messages like this." Xie Xun frowned, feeling unhappy.

Xie Jue and Lin Heli paused subtly at the same time, and both drank tea in tacit understanding. Zhang Boju said, "Your Majesty, the Northern Barbarians also want to save face. Dugu Jing is here to talk. This does not mean that the Northern Barbarians are soft and willing to surrender. What will happen next? No matter how you talk about it, they are all weak."

"Now that he doesn't come, we also know the attitude of the Northern Barbarians. What's the difference? It's better to be more honest and secretive." Xie Xun was a little confused. If the high priest didn't want to talk, he wouldn't have come to talk in the first place. It's weird to want benefits and attitude.

"When negotiating with great powers, you always have to show off your posture, and you cannot reveal your trump card all at once." Zhang Boju said with a smile, "The willingness of the Northern Barbarians to surrender has a lot to do with the weather. I heard a soldier from the Northern Barbarians said that the weather has been extremely cold in the past few years. The areas that were originally used for farming and animal husbandry are covered with ice and snow. Every year, cattle and sheep freeze to death, and some people freeze to death. The Shaling Tianshan Mountains are like a barrier, blocking the severe cold outside Beining. The bad weather becomes more extreme every year. If If we don't move, we may be annihilated. If not, the Northern Barbarians won't be in a hurry to cross Ningzhou to live. Now that we can't defeat them, we can only compromise for the survival of the people."

Xie Jue has been to Beiman and knows about the bad weather there. It was obvious back then that although they are separated by the Tianshan Mountains, Beiman and Ningzhou are two different worlds in winter.When the winter snow is severe, houses can be flooded overnight. It is not easy for the Northern Barbarians to survive on that land for so many years with a brave and capable army.Now that ice and snow have encroached on the land suitable for survival, their living space has been squeezed. They desperately want peace. If they can't solve it by force, they can only give in.

(End of this chapter)

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