"Don't be nervous, the issue of the imperial throne is very simple, it has been made clear in the law, the eldest son will succeed to the throne. I don't have to worry about it, I can solve it myself. In two years' time I will abdicate and take the couple to live in Cape Town. His future is very broad, but he can't go into politics, I can't blame me for being ruthless, who made him his younger brother, this is fate! ”

The fear in Wen Nan's heart could be felt by Hong Tao. Although he has never really lived in the ancient imperial society, this kind of thing is about to be rotten in the history books. In general, whoever mixes in is unlucky, very, very cruel, and there is no winner in the end. But this kind of thing is said to be a kind of political wisdom, for the sake of his own son to succeed to the throne, killing the Manchu Dynasty civil and military frightened, the country is crumbling, I don't know which wisdom is counted Nima.

"Your Majesty, the abdication is not busy...... If you are brave, you can make an edict first...... "Wen Nan is the most reluctant to see Hong Tao abdicate, his foundation in Jinhe Country is the shallower, and even Cixi can't compare, all supported by Hong Tao. Once Hong Tao withdraws, he, the minister, will have to accept it. For the safety of his own family, even if he is afraid, he has to say two more words.

"A few more ministers, right? Lao Wen, you still can't jump out of the original mode of thinking, do you think that as soon as I close my eyes, I can fight those little guys and the forces behind them with a few ministers? Even if you can fight, it's a miserable victory, so why bother? Because of the position of a waste emperor, the whole country is uneasy? This matter is the internal affairs of the royal family, no one wants to interfere, and no one needs to interfere, before I close my eyes, the matter of the next emperor must be completely resolved. Hong Tao knew what Wen Nan wanted to say, but in this matter, it was useless for anyone to say.

"Then there is no need to be in such a hurry, Your Majesty's body is ......" Wen Nan is not unwilling to let Hong Tao abdicate, he just hopes that Hong Tao will be the emperor for as many years as possible.

"Oh, I see, you're afraid that you'll end up in the same fate as Cixi, right? Hey, hey, hey...... Lao Wen, are you scared too? Don't be afraid, you are different from Cixi, he made enemies everywhere because of his work. This job is destined to be bad for him in the end, and it is already my greatest ability to be able to get out of it all. You are also their teacher, as long as you don't violate the laws of the empire and don't play with power, they won't do anything to you. ”

"And don't forget, the Empire is not up to anyone, they are not monolithic, and you have enough interest to exchange them for. Don't look at you as a big family here, but your reputation among the Han people is very high, and no one dares to ignore this group. Speaking of which, you have to thank this system! It will always create great difficulties for you when you want to monopolize power, and if you don't have enough rights, you can't change this rule, and if you can't change this set of rules, you are doomed to no one having too many rights. This is a dead knot, which is difficult to untie, as long as everyone carefully maintains this system, it is everyone's greatest protector. ”

This time, Hong Tao understood what Wen Nan meant, and he was scared. In fact, there is no need, Cixi is hated by all people in the empire, but Wen Nan is a very prestigious guy, he is just not used to using this prestige to protect himself. It doesn't matter, you will get used to it slowly, it's still the same sentence, people always have to force him to move forward, if he doesn't force that part, everyone is a big lazy!

"Since Your Majesty has made a decision, then Nan won't say much......" Wen Nan didn't believe it all this time, but there was no other reason to refute it. Once Hong Tao thinks about something, it is difficult to convince without coming up with something real.

"Okay, tell me about Da Song, since he is not the prime minister, there is no Cixi, and it is not easy for me to know the exact news of Da Song. How did their Northern Expedition go? How are the three maritime merchants who opened their ports doing? Hong Tao didn't want to dwell on the throne issue, this matter is too big to be big, small but not worth mentioning, whether it is big or small depends entirely on how he does it.

Many emperors in history have failed to do this, but Hong Tao felt that he could, and it was not effortless at all. This is due to the benefits of the traverser, he doesn't really treat these people as living people, let alone any throne. For himself, all this is a passing thing, and what dynasty he will travel to in the next life is what he really cares about, but unfortunately it is useless to care.

"The situation in Guangzhou, Quanzhou, and Qiongzhou was relatively stable, and the maritime merchants did not want to excessively stimulate the imperial court, in addition to actively expanding their groups. The imperial court could not take care of the south at all now, and they were in great trouble in the north. A month and a half ago, the new army of the Northern Expedition suffered a defeat, a big defeat! That's why I'm back. According to the battle report, they encountered the main Mongol force south of Bianjing, about 40,000 men, most of whom were cavalry. The new army was surrounded by the other side and fought for 11 days, but as a result, it ran out of ammunition and food, and more than 4,000 new troops and more than 8,000 other troops did not return. As soon as he talked about his work, Wen Nan relaxed a lot, and sat cross-legged on the ground like Hong Tao.

"Besieged? And what about their backup forces? You can't just let these more than 10,000 people attack Bianjing, right? Could it be that eleven days will not be in time! But what he said made Hong Tao very uncomfortable. The New Army of the Southern Song Dynasty would definitely suffer losses, which Hong Tao had long expected, but he didn't expect that this time would come so quickly and suffer such a big loss, and half of the New Army of the Southern Song Dynasty would be wiped out at once.

According to the training method of the Imperial Army, the New Army of the Southern Song Dynasty should not suffer such a loss, because they would not break forward alone from the main force, let alone pursue the enemy. The enemy can run as long as he wants, and the new army is only responsible for attacking and defending, and will always advance slowly with the large army and baggage. With the military strength of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Mongol army was not capable of swallowing the new army in one bite, at most it caused some trouble for them and slowed them down. But the current situation is that the new army was really annihilated by the Mongol army, which made Hong Tao a little confused.

"The specific situation is not clear, but one thing is certain, the staff officers sent by the empire are safe, and they were escorted back to Xuzhou half a month before this battle." Wen Nan shook his head weakly, the military system of the Southern Song Dynasty was very complicated, even he was born as an official in the Southern Song Dynasty and sometimes couldn't figure it out, coupled with the poor means of communication and the consistent style of deceiving superiors and subordinates, if you want to see the detailed battle report, I am afraid it will take a long time, and in the end, it is still a question whether it can be seen by foreigners like Wen Nan.

"What? They deprecated our staff officers? Hahahaha...... Here it is again, here it is again, I just said, dogs can't change ****, but I didn't expect their tastes to recover so quickly. The commander of the Western Route Army is Meng Hui, right? I guess this famous general is now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river and it is difficult to protect himself, but with him, I am not worried that our staff officers will die. Even if there is no new army, he can lead the Western Route Army to stabilize the situation, at least he will not be surrounded and annihilated by others again. ”

After listening to Wen Nan's explanation, Hong Tao almost fell down with laughter. Needless to say, guess with the big toe, you can also know why the New Army of the Southern Song Dynasty suffered such a catastrophe. The Southern Song Dynasty court intervened in the front line again, and some people were not happy to see the new army win too many battles. The reason is not that stupid balancing measures, to prevent any army from becoming too strong, and not hesitating to let the opponent help kill their own army when necessary, which is the tradition of the Southern Song court.

"I have sent agents from the Ministry of Supervision to inform our staff officers on the east and west roads to stop advancing immediately, hold on to the spot if they can, and return directly to Xiangyang and Luzhou if they can't. Before we have a thorough understanding of the whole story of the encirclement and annihilation of the New Army on the Western Road, others can fight as much as they like, and none of our people can be sent to death in vain. Wen Nan no longer blushes for the faint tricks of the Southern Song court, although he still regards the Southern Song Dynasty as his hometown, he has completely cut off any connection with that court and has become a stranger.

"Well, that's good, I don't think the Mongol army will be able to launch a counteroffensive on all fronts. Let's spend so much first, and wait for our own intelligence officers to figure things out, and then we will go to the Great Song Dynasty to argue. The Northern Expedition is their business, and we don't need to rush to catch up. Hong Tao agrees with Wennan's handling method, this is the safest way. By the way, I also remind those people in the Southern Song Dynasty court, don't think that if you have a new army, you can be invincible in the world, they are still far behind.

(To be continued.) )