Yao Chong also felt that he was a little too impatient, and he said with some embarrassment: "Young Master Lu is right!"

"It stands to reason that in order to fight against the outside world, one must first settle the inside. But the current situation cannot be settled in a day or two. To balance the two, we should fight against the outside world first and then settle the inside."

Yao Chong felt the same way and asked modestly: "Master, do you have a plan?"

"Whether it's fighting outside or keeping peace, I can't do it, and you can't do it either!" Lu Xiaoxian said mysteriously, "You can rely on two pieces to solve it!"

When he heard "two pieces", Yao Chong's face suddenly darkened. He despised Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong. How could he rely on them?

Lu Xiaoxian knew that Yao Chongyi would be wrong, so he explained with a smile: "These two pictures are not the other two. The two pictures I am talking about are named Zhang Jianzhi and the other named Zhang Renyuan!"

"Zhang Jianzhi?" Yao Chong exclaimed.

"Did someone recommend him to you?" Lu Xiaoxian guessed.

"Exactly!" Yao Chong nodded and did not hide it, "Princess Taiping once recommended him to me!"

As expected, Zhang Jianzhi has formed an alliance with Princess Taiping. In this case, let some things take their course.

"That's right!" Lu Xiaoxian nodded slightly, "Originally, I still wanted you to continue to be the Prime Minister, but in order to protect you, it is imperative that Zhang Jian be promoted! This matter of An Nei will be decided by

Let him do it!”

"Why is this?" Yao Chong asked strangely.

"Mr. Yao Ge, there is no need to ask any more questions. As long as you understand that I am doing this for your own good!"

Whoever sits in this position now will be the target of public criticism. It seems to be a great place, but in fact it is extremely dangerous. Of course, Lu Xiaoxian cannot tell him what a tragic end Zhang Jianzhi ended up with.

Yao Chong originally wanted to ask again, but he remembered the note Di Renjie gave him before his death, so he changed the subject: "There is Zhang Jianzhi in An, what is the situation with Zhang Renyuan?"

Lu Xiaoxian asked: "Has Zhang Renyuan ever made a memorial to the court to build three cities in the Turkic territory on the north bank of the Yellow River to defend against the Turks moving south?"

Yao Chong became more and more curious. Zhang Renyuan's memorial had only arrived the day before yesterday and he hadn't had time to report it to His Majesty. How could Lu Xiaoxian know about it?

"That's what happened!" Yao Chong nodded.

"What do you think, Mr. Yao Ge?"

"I have had preliminary discussions with the prime minister of the Political Affairs Hall. Since the arrival of the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains army has relied on the natural dangers of the Yellow River for defense. If we build a city in the Turkic territory, it will not only cost a lot, but may eventually be occupied by the Turks. Therefore, we will not

It is recommended to adopt Zhang Renyuan’s opinion!”

Before the Tang Dynasty, the Great Wall was built by successive dynasties mainly to deal with the cavalry of the northern nomads. With the existence of the Great Wall, there were certain obstacles for the nomads to invade the south on a large scale.

However, after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there was no major repair of the Great Wall to deal with the nomads in the north. The reason was that the Tang Dynasty adopted a head-on policy in dealing with the nomads in the north. As long as you dared to act recklessly, you would be wiped out.

The formulation of this strategy is directly related to Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. He insisted on actively attacking and therefore did not bother to build the Great Wall. In the eyes of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the best defense is to attack, attack, and attack again until the enemy is defeated.

Earth, this is active defense. Building cities and forts is definitely not the best way.

Tang Taizong's actual actions proved that active attack is the best strategy for protection. A great and powerful country does not need to use the Great Wall as a cocoon.

"I understand what you all mean, but I think Zhang Renyuan's suggestion is right!" Lu Xiaoxian analyzed, "Times have changed and things are different now..."

Compared with the military strength of the early Tang Dynasty, the current military strength of the Great Zhou Dynasty has suffered a serious decline. The sudden rise of the Tibetan army, the resurgence of the Turkic forces, and the resurgence of the Khitan have become a major foreign invasion. In the face of serious foreign invasion, the blade of the Great Zhou Empire is no longer sharp.

Especially the Turkic Khan Mochui. His tactical thinking is similar to that of the Qin Dynasty general Bai Qi during the Warring States Period. The gains and losses of one city or one place are not based on the tactics of big fish eating small fish. The Turks under Mochuo's rule continue to grow and have become

It poses an absolute threat to the hinterland of the Central Plains.

With the deaths of famous generals such as Pei Xingjian, Cheng Wuting, and Wang Fangyi, the imperial court no longer had talented generals like Li Jing, and could only rely on national strength to fight the Turks.

During Di Renjie's expedition, Zhang Renyuan was the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army. He repelled the invasion of the Turks in Youzhou. Zhang Renyuan was also injured in the battle. Over the years, Zhang Renyuan has been in charge of defense in Youzhou and has profound thinking and understanding of border defense strategies.

Now, Zhang Renyuan was transferred to Bingzhou as the chief historian, which was the main channel for the Turks to invade the Central Plains. In the early Tang Dynasty, Li Ji served in this position for sixteen years.

He thought of a way to build three surrender cities on the Monan grassland north of the Yellow River and south of the desert. The surrender cities were called surrender cities, which were transfer stations for various forces within the alien race to defect to the Central Plains. They were also where the Tang army gathered strength to attack the enemy.

Exit the base forward.

Although the construction of three surrender cities that can echo each other is not as good as the construction of the Great Wall, it also witnessed the low point of the Great Zhou Empire. It must be said that Zhang Renyuan's suggestion played an extremely important role in the border security of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Lu Xiaoxian's discussion made Yao Chong look sideways. It turned out that he was also very good at military affairs.

"Okay!" Yao Chong accepted Lu Xiaoxian's suggestion and changed his mind, "I will try my best to convince the other prime ministers and then let His Majesty make the decision!"

"In addition to Zhang Renyuan's surrender of the city, I also want to capture Yan Zhiwei alive! Only in this way can we truly achieve the goal of resisting foreigners!" Lu Xiaoxian continued to say without surprising.

It was okay not to mention Yan Zhiwei, but whenever he was mentioned, Yao Chong became angry.

After Yan Zhiwei surrendered, he received the title of "Han Khan". Of course he wanted to make some achievements, so he served as a vanguard and led troops to attack Zhao and secure the two states.

The person responsible for guarding the west gate of Zhaozhou City was guerrilla general Chen Lingying. Yan Zhiwei made a message at the bottom of the city, asking Chen Lingying to surrender early, otherwise the Turkic soldiers would arrive and kill him without mercy.

Chen Lingying ignored him.

At this time, the Turkic brigade led by Mo Chuo arrived, and Yan Zhiwei hurried to greet them. He joined hands with the Turkic soldiers under the city and sang the song "Long Live Music".

Tage is a combination of song and dance. It is generally divided into palace step song and folk step song. It is a kind of dance.

Yan Zhiwei used cheerful singing and dancing to flatter the Turks, which was deeply despised.

Chen Lingying asked loudly: "As the Minister of the Zhou Dynasty, how can you surrender to the Turks and dance here without feeling ashamed?"

Yan Zhiwei defended himself and said: "I was also forced by the Fan people and couldn't help myself, so dancing was a last resort."

After Mochu's army surrounded Zhaozhou, Changshi Tang Prajna immediately became a traitor and opened the city gates to allow the enemy to enter the city during the attack.

The governor Gao Rui and his wife Qin took medicine and pretended to be dead. The enemy carried them to Mochu. Mochu showed them the golden lion belt and purple robe and said: "If you surrender, you will be promoted to an official. If you don't surrender, you will be executed!"

Gao Rui looked at his wife, who said: "Today is the time for us to repay the country's grace!"

So both of them closed their eyes and stopped talking.

On the second night, the Turks knew that they could not make them surrender, so they killed them both.

Later, they suddenly attacked Dingzhou. After the capture, the Turks killed the governor Sun Yangao and thousands of officials and civilians.

"What are you going to do?" Yao Chong said with a bitter look on his face, "I'm afraid the imperial court won't be able to send any more troops to help you!"

Due to the continuous use of troops, the national strength of the imperial court was greatly reduced, and there were no more troops to rush to reinforce the army that conquered the Turks.

"You don't have to worry about this!" Lu Xiaoxian said confidently, "Just wait for my good news!"

…

The "baptism ceremony" held by Li Chongjun was grand and simple. Apart from his own family, only one outsider was invited, Lu Xiaoxian.

"Three-day bathing" means that on the third day after the baby is born, the parents and relatives must solemnly hold the first ceremonial activity in the baby's life. Because the ceremony must include bathing the baby, it is called "Three-Day Bathing".

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"Xi'er" is a big happy event, so on that day, the child's parents will host a banquet to treat relatives and friends who come to congratulate and eat "soup cakes", so "Xi San" is also called "Soup Cake Party". Guests who come to congratulate the guests

, some copper coins should be prepared for the newborn as a gift to pray for blessings, which is called "baby money".

Li Chongjun was a good friend of Lu Xiaoxian. He was very generous and directly gave him ten specially made gold ingots with inscriptions on them.

After the ceremony, Lu Xiaoxian quietly called Li Chongjun out.

"You want to borrow Uncle Pei?" After hearing what Lu Xiaoxian said, Li Chongjun asked in confusion, "What do you want to do?"

Lu Xiaoxian did not hide anything and told her thoughts in detail.

After hearing this, Li Chongjun clapped his hands and said: "No problem, I'll lend it to you! If I hadn't been unable to leave Luoyang, I would have gone with Uncle Pei. I think back then, we black and white swordsmen killed many people in the world. Like Yan Zhiwei.

Those who have forgotten their ancestors will be punished if they find them."

"You must not kill him!" Lu Xiaoxian hurriedly waved his hand, "He must be brought back to Luoyang alive. I will let Zhang Meng, Xiaoyi and Uncle Pei go together!"

"When will we set off?" Li Chongjun asked.

"The sooner the better!"

…

On that day, when going to court, Fengge Minister Yao Chong and Fengge Luantai Pingzhangshi came out of the prime minister's class and respectfully said: "Your Majesty, my mother is old. She is old and sick, and has difficulty moving. I owe you the kindness of taking care of her in old age.

Since I was born in the Holy Dynasty, I would like to relieve you from my duties and go home to support my mother."

Wu Zetian looked at Yao Chong, a little unhappy, and said after a long time: "You want to abandon me and go to support another old woman?"

Yao Chong lifted his clothes and knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty has many virtuous ministers and good ministers waiting in front of you, but my mother only has one son."

"I finally got a good chancellor from you, how can I be released so easily?"

"There are many courtiers who are more talented and virtuous than the ministers."

"You don't need to say anything, sir," Wu Zetian leaned over and took a few breaths and said, "I can't violate my filial piety. I have given you a month's holiday and will suspend your knowledge of political affairs. You will return to participate in political affairs after the holiday is over."

Yao Chong did not dare to say anything more, so he kowtowed, thanked Your Majesty for your kindness, and retreated.

Yao Chong did this according to Lu Xiaoxian's instructions. Lu Xiaoxian made it very clear that it is impossible for you, Yao Chong, to resign if you don't resign three or five times. As expected, Wu Zetian's performance today was entirely due to Lu Xiaoxian's
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