It has been three and a half months since the Loufan people attacked Xian Tang City, a full hundred days, but they still have not been able to capture Xian Tang City.
For them, in fact, the best opportunity has been missed. Emperor Loufan has failed half of his more than ten years of planning.
The only effect of this plan was to break through the northern border of Dongbo and destroy the northern defense line that the Dongbo people had worked hard to build for ten years.
This line of defense not only took the hard work of Dongbo people, but Dayu also paid a lot for it.
At that time, after the Northern Xinjiang defense line was built, the King of Dongbo wrote a letter to Emperor Jade, saying that this line of defense was indestructible and that Lou Fan could not break it even if he tried his best.
But since ancient times, every country has had two lines of defense.
One is outside, guarded by the frontier soldiers, and the other is inside, guarded by the heart of the nation.
The most terrifying thing is that the defense line at the border is still there, but the internal defense line has long been breached and is riddled with holes.
Such is the situation in Dongbo at this time.
If Dongbo had not been relying on Dayu, Dayu would not have stood idly by at the most critical moment. I am afraid that the city of Immortal Tang would already be in the hands of the Loufan people, and Dongbo might have been destroyed, let alone Immortal Tang.
Emperor Yu wants to teach the people of Dongbo a lesson. Otherwise, if Dayu takes action earlier, the situation in Dongbo may be better.
After this battle, the Dongbo people may not dare to get close to the Loufan people again within a few decades.
A weak person, if you give an apple to a strong man today, he will not hit you, but will praise you for being smart.
Tomorrow you give him a pear, the day after tomorrow you give him a watermelon, and the day after tomorrow you feel that the relationship has been established and you don’t want to give him any more, he comes over and gives you a slap in the face...
After Dongbo suffers this loss, he will firmly embrace Dayu's thigh in the future.
Because Dayu doesn't need Dongbo to give anything, if Dayu is licked well, Dayu will still give something.
The emperor's destruction of Lone Bamboo was also a wake-up call for the people of Dongbo.
Use "Destroying Lone Bamboo" to tell the people of Dongbo that you exist because you are useful. You are useless, just like Lone Bamboo, you can be destroyed at any time.
Loufan people can destroy you, and Dayu can also destroy you.
Moreover, after the destruction of Guzhu Kingdom, Dayu garrisoned troops in Guzhu, and Dongbo was even more trapped, leaving no possibility of struggle.
The war lasted for three and a half months, and the two sides were in a stalemate. The fighting lasted from winter to spring.
Emperor Jade has always been in Yunzhou and has not left for Dongbo.
The spring in Yunzhou is beautiful, and the emperor has been moving around more recently.
Within hundreds of miles to the north of Yunzhou, there are the fields of Beiye Army, and the emperor came here specially to have a look.
Gu Xiujin stood next to the emperor, looking at the endless farmland, and couldn't help but take a deep breath of the air with the smell of crops.
"Sage, you see, Yunzhou's fertile soil is truly worthy of its reputation. This farmland was only cultivated a few years ago, and the harvest in the past two years is enough for Yunzhou's needs."
He said: "The grain in the fields will be used to raise troops and be collected in granaries. The grain produced by the people will be more surplus. In less than ten years, the people in the thousands of miles north of Lanjiang will be rich."
Oil flowing."
"Ha ha ha ha."
Emperor Jade laughed heartily after hearing what Gu Xiujin said.
"You can see what I'm thinking and understand what I'm doing. If you don't work in the palace, I want you to be a border official. You should be no worse than Ning Weimo."
Gu Xiujin said quickly: "With this little thought, I will try my best to make His Majesty happy, but I cannot make the people of the world happy."
What he said made the emperor's heart tremble slightly.
"Xiao Gu, just this sentence is enough to make you a feudal official."
The Emperor said: "It is easy to coax me to be happy, but it is difficult to coax the people of the world to be happy. I have been watching for twenty years and I have not seen many people who think like you."
He looked into the distance.
"Officials all think that it is easy to fool the people, but it is difficult to fool me... That is fooling. It is easy to fool the people because the people dare not speak out, dare not scold, and dare not resist. If you fool me, they will
I'm going to lose my head."
He turned back to look at Gu Xiujin: "They all say that I am cruel, do you think I am cruel?"
Gu Xiujin replied: "It is a great kindness for a saint to save the people of the world. It is also a great kindness to be ruthless to save the people of the world. If you are not ruthless in dealing with the great evil people, you will not be able to deal with them."
The emperor smiled: "Flattery that hides truth in its flattery is a good flatterer."
Gu Xiujin said: "I am not humble anymore. Even Lord Ning is inferior to me."
The emperor laughed.
He had laughed enough and fell silent again.
After a long time, the emperor said: "I have been exerting my strength for twenty years. In these twenty years, I have used the word ruthless to the extreme, and I have almost exhausted my strength."
Gu Xiujin quickly said: "The sage was at his peak in the Spring and Autumn Period..."
Before he finished speaking, Emperor Yu shook his head.
"There is no need to say these flattery words. There is nothing new at all. Human energy is limited. You always call me a saint. Don't say that I am not a saint. Even if it is true, a saint is also a human being. He also has birth, old age, illness and death."
He looked at the vast expanse of green crops, and when he said these words, there was no hint of desolation.
"I'm actually happy."
He said: "Do you know why you called me a saint and I didn't stop you?"
Before Gu Xiujin could speak, the emperor smiled and said, "Because I also think that I am really amazing."
He smiled and turned around.
This fertile land north of Yunzhou was cultivated by Tuoba Lie through hard work.
When Xie Yelan came to Yunzhou to become the city lord, he secretly planted many people to come in and try to take away the farmland.
But his superficial schemes were just a joke in Tuoba Lie's eyes.
What the emperor does is so direct.
When the emperor came to Yunzhou, he felt that this fertile land was really good, so he put it under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Husbandry, and the Ministry of War could send people to coordinate management.
The Jade Emperor was walking in the field and said to Gu Xiujin: "When I was proud, I felt that all the colors in the Jade World were painted by me."
He laughed as he spoke.
In this case, he would not mention it to any courtier.
"I was thinking at the beginning, how long would it take me to change this gray sky, this dark earth, and these people's hearts that cannot see colors?"
When he said this, his tone sounded very calm, but Gu Xiujin could really hear the pride hidden in His Majesty's heart from these words.
"I originally expected it to be thirty years."
The emperor said: "Now it seems that it will not take more than thirty years. I can rest five years earlier."
He said: "Ning Weimo is only forty years old this year. Five years later, he will be transferred back to Geling. After local experience, he will be more calm in the court."
Speaking of this, he looked at Gu Xiujin: "You also like Lin Ye very much?"
Gu Xiujin said: "I don't dare. I just feel that General Lin still has some rare simplicity in him."
"You fart."
The emperor glared at him.
Gu Xiujin was scolded, but he burst out laughing.
The Emperor said: "I use him because he is honest? How can you hide his eighteen thousand thoughts just by saying he is honest?"
Gu Xiujin said: "The wording I used may not be accurate. It is not honest, but..."
He hesitated for a while and then said tentatively: "My heart is firm."
The emperor hummed: "This sentence is quite close to what I said."
He said: "The vast majority of young people have their true intentions. They have been in official circles for more than ten years, so how many of them still have their true intentions."
When he said this, he fell silent.
After a long time, the emperor sighed.
"He and Liu Jigong are really alike...the only difference is that although Liu Jigong is as smart as him, he believes too much in feelings."
Gu Xiujin said: "General, he comes from a martial arts background, so he values righteousness."
The emperor hummed.
He asked: "Lin Ye has not come up with any memorials recently. If it were Liu Jigong, he wouldn't be so thoughtful."
"He does not interfere in local government affairs. He even leaves the task of suppressing the rebels to others. He is like a hands-off shopkeeper."
He asked Gu Xiujin: "I want you to guess what that guy thinks?"
Gu Xiujin said: "I dare not make random guesses."
The emperor said: "What I asked you to guess is not your arbitrary discussion of government affairs."
Gu Xiujin leaned over and said: "I feel that General Lin seems not to be concerned about local affairs. He wants to make the officials sent by His Majesty feel more comfortable and free to do their work."
"Furthermore, General Lin must abide by these rules and set an example. The general leads the troops true, but the general cannot interfere with the place. This is a rule set by the saint."
When he said this, he looked at Emperor Jade.
The emperor said: "What else?"
Gu Xiujin said: "I am stupid and can't think of anything else."
The emperor said: "You dare not say more."
As he walked, he said: "Lin Yeyi wants to set an example and set an example for his subordinates, so that they must abide by the rules."
"Second, he knows that he won't stay in Guzhu for long, so why bother having conflicts with local officials."
"Three, he is groping..."
The emperor smiled: "He knows that he will have more dealings with me in the future, so he is exploring my temper, character, and even my thoughts."
Gu Xiujin didn't dare to answer the call.
Because speculating on the divine will, if you say it is a good thing, it is also a good thing; if you say it is a bad thing, it must also be a bad thing.
Whether it is a good thing or a bad thing depends entirely on what the emperor thinks.
"Qin Junru and Yue Ji have done all the dirty work, but they still think about Lin Ye's benefits, thinking that Lin Ye helped them."
The emperor sighed: "How can a sixteen-year-old boy be so thoughtful?"
Gu Xiujin didn't dare to answer these words.
"Yesterday, Wanyulou told me whether I should give Lin Ye some reward."
What the emperor said was actually not talking to Gu Xiujin, but more like talking to himself.
Gu Xiujin has been with the emperor for so long, so he naturally knows when to answer and when to listen quietly.
"You are a general at the age of sixteen, and you have also been granted the title of marquis. It is indeed a meritorious service to destroy Guzhu. It is indeed courageous to go to the Guzhu camp alone. It is wise to let down the power and let everyone under his command do their best."
The emperor said: "Wanyulou praised him full of praise and said that he could be rewarded again. I thought, it would be better to waive it. I will reward him again when he is sixteen...I am afraid that he will drift away."
When Gu Xiujin heard this, he understood that in the next few years, General Lin would probably not improve significantly.
"I remember."
The emperor looked at the other person following him: "That sister Lin Ye is also from the royal family?"
The middle-aged man who followed His Majesty with Gu Xiujin was Ye Wanzhou, the commander of the Ouchi Guards.
He replied: "Back to Your Majesty, Yu Lingwei reported the news before, saying that the sister adopted by General Lin is indeed from the royal family."
The emperor hummed: "Send someone to Guzhu to convey the decree. Lin Ye will stay in Guzhu to suppress the rebellion and bring his sister to me. People from the royal family should learn royal etiquette and teach her well."
He paused.
"Write your name in first, and I'll take a look at the rest before talking about it."
Gu Xiujin and Ye Wanzhou looked at each other.
Both of them were shocked.
His Majesty said that he would no longer give forest leaf rewards, but bringing General Lin's sister to His Majesty is even more outrageous than giving a reward to General Lin.