"Then... let's wait for news about my husband at home."
Long Chen insisted not to let Zhang Qian and the others follow him. There must be Long Chen's own considerations, so Zhang Qian no longer insisted.
The other four people said nothing more.
"Okay, it's such a cold day, let's go to sleep."
Long Chen lay down and Zhang Qian smiled and said: "Jia Li, Chu Chu, you two have great bodies, you are on both sides."
Dugu Jiali smiled and said: "I don't, you are next to me, your big one."
Wu Chuchu also smiled and said: "I can't be around. You know his virtue. If I were around, you would have to get up and change the quilt at night."
Long Chen smiled and said: "Don't think of me so badly, okay?"
Bai Tingting said: "Every time Chu Chu is around, you say you want the scent of perfume. You are shameless. Who is to blame?"
Long Chen smiled and said: "Tingting has sharp teeth and a sharp mouth. She is next to her."
Wu Chuchu immediately hugged Bai Tingting and said with a smile: "My husband has appointed me, why don't you hurry up!"
After fussing for a while, I slowly fell asleep.
When he got up the next day, Long Chen changed into court clothes and rode out.
Walking on the street, the cold wind blew on my face, which still made me feel very cold.
There is no snow on the streets, but there is still snow in the dark corners and in the shade of the roofs.
Melted snow dripped down the eaves and the streets looked damp.
It was particularly cold when the snow melted. Everyone wore thick clothes and put their hands in their sleeves and did not dare to take them out.
When they arrived at Fengming Palace, the maid at the door saw Long Chen approaching and immediately bowed: "King Wu."
"Is the Holy One here?"
"Yes, I will report you right away."
The maid informed inside, and Long Chen walked directly in without waiting for the maid to come back.
When they arrived at the imperial study, the empress was talking to Duan Shuangshuang about the treasury taxation.
"The humble minister pays homage to His Majesty."
When the empress saw Long Chen coming in, she smiled and said, "Has King Wu come out of seclusion?"
The empress knew that Long Chen was training troops in Linglong Pavilion, so she said this deliberately.
"Yes, I have just been released from seclusion for a winter."
The empress said to Duan Shuangshuang: "That's it, you retreat first."
Duan Shuangshuang bowed to the empress: "Wei Chen, please retire."
He turned around and bowed to Long Chen again, then walked out of the imperial study room.
"sit down."
The empress put down the accounts of the household department and leaned on the phoenix chair.
Long Chen thanked him and sat down opposite the empress.
"How is the training of Linglong Pavilion's new army?"
The empress looked at Long Chen and asked.
Long Chen replied: "I am already proficient. I have asked Gongsun Linglong to be the commander without permission. This matter has not been reported yet. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Although Long Chen has the right to appoint his own commander, the empress still has a word for it.
The empress said: "Linglong is a nice person. She forged all the firearms. She is also the granddaughter of Lao Zhuguo. It is appropriate for her to be the leader."
Long Chen said: "Wei Chen also thinks about it this way."
The empress paused and asked, "Is it okay for Lingyi to train there?"
Sure enough, the empress knew that Emperor Lingyi had gone to Linglong Pavilion.
Long Chen was thick-skinned and didn't feel embarrassed. He replied: "It's good. It helped a lot."
"Although the new army uses long-range firearms, they still need to learn close combat. The third princess teaches sword skills in Linglong Pavilion."
The empress smiled meaningfully and said, "Oh, there is Linglong on the mountain. Can they live together?"
Long Chen immediately replied: "Yes, they live together, Wei Chen lives alone."
As an empress, she is not ashamed to ask such a question.
Is it necessary for Long Chen to say: Your Majesty, your daughter actually sleeps with me at night, and we sleep very happily.
The corners of the empress' lips raised slightly and she asked, "Has the name of the new army been decided yet?"
Long Chen replied: "Originally, the minister planned to call it the Thunder Fire Battalion, but after discussing it with Princess Linglong, the new army was called the Thunder Fire Legion, which consisted of two or three battalions, two musketry battalions, one artillery battalion, one commander, and three
A school captain."
The original name was not suitable, so Long Chen changed it.
The empress nodded slightly: "This name is quite appropriate, so let's leave it at that."
"Do you have other things to do here today?"
Long Chen replied: "Wei Chen plans to go to Jade Buddha Pass in a few days. It is not that easy to destroy Xixia. We need to plan slowly. This battle may take several years."
After all, Xixia is a country with hundreds of thousands of troops. It is not that easy to destroy it.
The empress looked solemn and sat upright, no longer joking with Long Chen.
"Are you planning to transfer the Thunder and Fire Legion there?"
The empress thought that Long Chen was planning to take action after finishing his military training.
Long Chen said: "No, the Thunder and Fire Legion will continue to train. After a while, Wei Chen will let Linglong secretly sneak to the Jade Buddha Pass to rendezvous."
"Weichen plans to go to Jade Buddha Pass first to disrupt the situation in Xixia."
The empress asked: "It is not easy to destroy a country. What do you think?"
Long Chen replied: "Wei Chen once said that it is easy to defeat an army but difficult to destroy people's hearts."
"The most difficult thing about destroying a country is to destroy the people's hearts. As long as the people's hearts are still there, their resistance will be fierce."
"Even if Xixia is destroyed, if people's hearts remain intact, it is possible to restore the country."
"So, Wei Chen plans to disturb the people of Xixia first."
It is said that he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world.
Whatever people's hearts desire, sit on the ground and become the king!
At that time, the Qin Dynasty's army was so fierce that it swept across the six countries.
But as soon as Qin Shihuang died, the nobles of the six countries immediately raised troops to restore the country.
Because even though the Six Kingdoms were destroyed, the people's hearts are still there.
Although Chu has three households, if Qin is destroyed, Chu will definitely die.
As long as the hearts of the people do not die, the country will not be destroyed. Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu led eight thousand Jiangdong disciples to attack Guanzhong and burned down the Epang Palace. The Qin Dynasty collapsed and the Qin Dynasty suffered the consequences.
Long Chen planned to destroy Xixia, so he had to shake the people of Xixia.
The empress nodded and said: "Yes, for hundreds of years, the people of Xixia are not willing to become the people of Zhou Dynasty."
"Even if you conquer Shile, you can only annex the land. If you want to annex the country, the people of Xixia will not agree."
Long Chen said: "That's right, I have a countermeasure."
The empress looked at Long Chen, nodded slowly and said, "Okay, as long as you have a countermeasure, I won't ask you what countermeasure you have. Just think it's good for you."
"Will Zhang Qian and the others go with you?"
Long Chen said: "No, I will go alone, so I don't want to scare anyone away."
The empress said: "If you need anything, just tell me."
Long Chen bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
After the matter was finished, Long Chen said hesitantly: "Then... Weichen resigned."
Long Chen wanted to wait for the empress's reaction to see if the empress wanted to leave him alone to do something.
To be honest, the empress's domineering appearance made Long Chen full of desire to conquer.
An invincible empress with all the power in the world, crawling at her feet, that sense of accomplishment...
hiss...
It’s so exciting just thinking about it!
"uh-huh..."
The empress smiled and did not try to persuade Long Chen to stay. She had an expression as if she wanted to leave or not.
Long Chen felt a little disappointed in his heart, stood up and bowed: "Wei Chen, please retire."
The empress slowly leaned back on the phoenix chair, smiling as she watched Long Chen get up, and then walked towards the door.
Long Chen thought to himself: This mother-in-law is so heartless, she just let me go like this.
What happened last time was in vain?
"etc..."
When Long Chen was about to walk out of the royal study, the empress suddenly said something.
Long Chen was overjoyed: Pretend, pretend to be serious for me!
In the end, I couldn’t bear it anymore!
Long Chen was ecstatic in his heart, but his face was very calm, showing an indifferent look.
Turning around and walking to the opposite side of the empress, Long Chen bowed and said, "What else does your Majesty have to do?"
