New year, new atmosphere.

More than 40 years of Chengping in the Great Jin Dynasty, except for the battle of the expedition to the west in the early years of Taikang, there is hardly any particularly big war, after years of peace, the capital has already been a peaceful and prosperous era of singing and dancing, except for a few generals, few people have a sense of distress.

Soon, the time came to the fifteenth day of the lunar month of the fifth year of Yuan Zhao, the time of the imperial court was over, and the yamen slowly restarted and resumed their daily state, and at this time, the old general Chong Xuantong, who had been stationed in northern Xinjiang for decades, returned to the capital.

Because he was in poor health in the past two years, he wrote a book to the court a year ago, handed over the affairs of Yunzhou City to his eldest son Chongwu, and returned to the capital to retire by himself.

As long as it is not too excessive, the imperial court has always agreed, so the old general rushed to the capital in November, but the heavy snow in the north closed the road, and he was delayed for a period of time on the road and failed to come back before the year.

After returning to the capital, the old general rested at home for a day, and then changed into a court robe and went to the palace to face the saint.

He has been a general of Yunzhou since the Chengde period, and in the early years, the Son of Heaven in Chengde had transferred him back to Beijing to take charge of the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army for a period of time, and his qualifications were higher than Ye Ming, and he was already over sixty years old this year, so he naturally easily entered the imperial city, and was greeted by several eunuchs to the Weiyang Palace.

The great eunuch Xiao Zheng personally greeted him at the gate of Weiyang Palace, the big eunuch dressed in red, bowed his head to Chong Xuantong, and said helplessly: "The old general has come early, Your Majesty has not gotten up yet, please wait for the old general." ”

Chong Xuantong silently raised his head, glanced at the sky, and said, "Gonggong Xiao, it's time now." ”

Xiao Zheng coughed and said, "The old general doesn't know, Your Majesty has been getting up early since last year, except for the court meeting, he will get up a little later on other days, and he can't get up until the end of the day." ”

Chong Xuantong shook his head and didn't say anything more.

He is the head of the family, although he is not in the capital all the year round, but some things in the capital are still known, when today's son has just been in power for the first two years, he is still very diligent, often run to Shangshutai early in the morning, and the prime ministers learn how to govern the country, and then the emperor's position sat for a long time, and sat firmly, so he was not as attentive as before.

Last year, a group of show girls were selected in the palace, one of whom was very popular with the Son of Heaven, and a few months after entering the palace, she was personally named a concubine by the Son of Heaven, and slept in the palace of Zheng Guifei every day.

That's why I wake up late.

However, these are all matters of the harem, and it is not convenient for the foreign ministers to ask, not to mention that the Son of Heaven is now in his twenties, and it is the time when the blood is strong, which of these official eunuchs in the capital is in his twenties, and he doesn't sleep in the Qinglou Chu Pavilion all day long?

Even when he was young, he was like this, so it's still easy to understand.

He waited for half an hour in Weiyang Palace before being invited in by Xiao Zheng, and after seeing the Son of Heaven, the old general knelt on the ground respectfully and said: "Ministers Xuantong, knock to see Your Majesty." ”

In the face of this kind of meritorious man who has been on the border for decades, Yuan Zhao Tianzi still knows how to respect, he first rubbed his eyes, and then hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to help the old general up from the ground.

"The old general is polite, quick, Xiao Zheng, bring a chair to the old general."

Eunuch Xiao hurriedly moved a chair and placed it behind Chong Xuantong, who hesitated for a moment and sat down.

"When did the old general return to Beijing?"

Chong Xuantong bowed his head and said: "I returned to Beijing yesterday afternoon, rested for a day, and then entered the palace to face the saint." ”

"The old general is hard."

The Son of Heaven sighed: "The old general has been in Yunzhou City for the Great Jin Dynasty since the fifteenth year of Chengde, and it has been more than 20 years, and he has also earned 20 years of peace for my Great Jin Dynasty. ”

"Your Majesty has won the prize."

After hearing this, Chong Xuantong was still quite pleased, he bowed his head and said, "This minister is in charge of internal affairs. ”

"Since the old general is not in good health, he will recuperate in the capital in the future, and when his body is well, even if he does not go to Yunzhou City, he can enter the Dadu Governor's Mansion to do things for the imperial court."

This sentence is pure kind words, although the family has been favored by the court for generations, but for more than a hundred years, there has not been a head of the family who has entered the key yamen of the Dadu Governor's Mansion to do things, and Xuantong also knew that the Son of Heaven was painting a big cake, he still got up from the chair, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to thank him: "Minister, thank Your Majesty Longen." ”

Because he didn't sleep well last night, Tianzi couldn't help but yawn.

"The old general doesn't need to be polite, just get up quickly."

Chong Xuantong knelt on the ground and didn't get up, he bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has something to do." ”

"The old general is old, just sit and say, there is no need to kneel."

Chong Xuantong shook his head and didn't get up, he still knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, since the ancestor Ming Yigong followed Emperor Taizu to open the country, it has been more than 150 years, and the generation of ministers is already the seventh generation, and for more than 100 years, the family has never done anything sorry for the Great Jin Dynasty and the imperial court. ”

The Son of Heaven frowned, he sat up from the dragon chair, walked to the side of Chong Xuantong, and said, "The Seed family has been loyal and good for generations, and I naturally know it. ”

"Your Majesty, please listen to the minister."

Chong Xuantong kowtowed again, and said slowly: "During the period of Emperor Taizong, among the eight major generals of the founding of the country, several other generals rebelled, and my family did not participate. ”

Yuan Zhao Tianzi heard some kind of mystical meaning, and he frowned deeply: "The old general has something to say, you might as well say it directly." ”

Chong Xuantong bowed to the ground, his voice a little hoarse.

"Your Majesty, when the minister was in Yunzhou City, the Xianbei Department of Northern Xinjiang had already spied on my Dajin border defense on the border more than once, and the Yuwen Qigui Department had also intruded on my Dajin border several times, and the old minister felt that Jimen Pass would only be more serious."

"Northern Xinjiang is not peaceful......"

The old general gritted his teeth and said: "The seed family does not have a half-word communication with anyone, any family, and I also understand in my heart that the old minister speaking for the Ye family, who is also guarding the northern frontier, will definitely make Your Majesty and the court suspicious." ”

Speaking of this, Chong Xuantong let out a long sigh.

"The minister has been a cautious person all his life, this kind of thing will not be done in the past, and he will not even say half a word, but today, no matter what the court and His Majesty think in their hearts, for the sake of the great Jin Dynasty, the old minister still has to say what is in his heart."

Speaking of this, he looked up at the Son of Heaven, and his voice was hoarse.

"Your Majesty, whether there will be a fight in the northern Xinjiang, the old minister is not sure, but the probability of a fight is very high, no matter what crime the Ye family has committed at this time, they should not change generals on the spot, besides, ......"

Chong Xuantong smiled bitterly: "Besides, even if you want to change generals, you will take your time little by little, Your Majesty wants to send someone to Jimen Pass, and you should let him get familiar with it for a few years first, so that if you suddenly change generals, the Zhenbei Army will not be unstable, not to mention, the soldiers will not know the soldiers, the soldiers will not know the generals, and the combat power will be greatly damaged......"

The old general bowed his head and kowtowed.

"The old minister implores Your Majesty to let one of Ye Guogong or the Marquis of Ningling return to Jimen Pass!"

"Even if it's just for them to be lieutenants..."