The southeast of the empire is in chaos, Hebei is in chaos, and it has begun to spread to the territory of Fuhai Dao, and the middle of the Sichuan is also in chaos, although the strength of the righteous army in Sichuan is far less than that of Tianmen Dao and Qingtianwang, and they are fighting for themselves, but they still make the officers and soldiers in Sichuan anxious and unable to live in peace.

The northwest seems to be very calm, but everyone knows that the northwest has been a place of courage and ruthlessness since ancient times, and as long as the situation in the world is turbulent, it is impossible for the northwest to live in peace.

Now the three provinces in the northwest are full of strength, and many people know the way, the three roads are all in the army, maybe when they will fight, it seems to be calm, in fact, it is the most powder keg in the world, the imperial court has no ability to control the northwest, the heroes in the northwest, it is impossible to live in peace.

As far as the capital, the princelings and the Qi Wang Party fought each other, bloody and cruel, and the internal struggle was no less than the turmoil brought by Tianmen Dao and the Qingtian King.

If there is still a pure land in the world, it may be in Hexi Road.

Hexi Road and Hebei Province are bounded by the Canglan River, Hexi Road is located west of the Canglan River, but it is in the north of the empire, and Lingu Pass is the throat from south to north, which belongs to the southern gateway of Hexi Road.

As many people know, the four major Xiongguan in the world, Yanmen is the first, the Xigu Pass from the northwest is second, and the Lingu Pass is the third.

To the north of Lingu Pass, it is the land of Hexi Road, and the capital city of Hexi Road is north, in the territory of Baozhou, and is called Wuping Mansion.

The empire was in turmoil, and the emperor of the empire was in the Pure Land Wuhei Mansion at this time.

The world knows, the emperor's northern tour, many people know the road, the emperor's northern tour and the construction of the heavenly palace in Hexi Road has a lot to do with it, Hexi Road is a big construction, the governor Feng Yuanpo for the emperor to build the palace, the main hall of the Tiandao Hall has already been completed, the whole palace group, according to the number of Tiangang built, together with the Tiandao Palace, a total of 36 palaces are integrated.

The Tiangong group covers a huge area, only one Tiandao Palace, it is majestic and atmospheric, although the auxiliary hall is still under construction, but the palace group that has not yet been completely completed is already breathtaking.

The palace group is built in the south of Wuping Mansion less than 30 miles, and Wuping Mansion City is far away, less than 20 miles southwest of Wuping Mansion, it is the largest Beili Mountain in Hexi Road, its main peak Tianyou Peak rises from the ground, straight into the sky, like the sword of the sky that stands in the vast earth.

At the highest point of Tianyou Peak, the newly repaired Heavenly Pavilion is beautiful, which is to let the emperor overlook the fairy palace on the top of the heavenly pavilion, stand on the top of Tianyou Peak, and the scenery of the fairy palace is in full view.

The snow makes Beili Mountain seem to put on a set of white clothes, adding more to the atmosphere of the world, on the mountain road, a long procession is winding up the mountain, although the mountain road leading to the peak of Tianyou has been repaired, but to climb the mountain, it is really not an easy thing, except for the emperor and the empress in a sedan chair, the accompanying officials and guards are climbing on foot.

Xuanyuan Shao is the commander of the guards, and the leaders who lead the protection of the emperor are all carefully selected warriors in the guards, climbing the peak, it may not be much difficulty, but all the officials are tired enough, many people have not reached the halfway up the mountain, they are already tired and out of breath, if it is not for the emperor's order, no one wants to suffer such a crime.

The mountain road is not wide, so it can only be a sedan chair carried by two people up the mountain, in front of the sedan chair that the emperor sits, is the governor of Hexi Province, Feng Yuanpo personally carried the sedan chair, and behind it is a specially selected warrior.

The winter was cold and snowy, but Feng Yuanpo did not wear an official robe, only a thin black coat, although it was cold, but Feng Yuanpo had sweat on his forehead.

When climbing the mountain, I also rested a few times along the way, otherwise the officials would definitely not be able to hold on.

It is already difficult to climb on foot, not to mention that you have to carry a sedan chair to the top of the mountain, and among the officials who accompanied it, some people felt that this Feng Yuanpo was really a first-class loyal minister.

The emperor looked at Feng Yuanpo sweating profusely, and said with a smile: "Jing Zhonghou, let's change someone else." ”

"Holy Lord, that will never happen." Feng Yuanpo said with a smile: "In the past, the minister was in the northern Xinjiang, and his mind was sacred, but he couldn't serve by his side, which has always been a pity, but now that he has such an opportunity, the minister will never fake others." If it weren't for the saint, how could we have today's glory? Even if the minister climbs, he must also carry the saint up and climb up. ”

But once a person from a poor background has a will and a status, many people will draw a line of separation from the past, especially their former origins, and keep silent.

But Feng Yuanpo is different, he has never been taboo about his origin, and often laughs at himself for being a pig killer, but he got the emperor's favor and became the emperor's feudal official, so many people think that Feng Yuanpo is honest and straightforward.

The emperor stroked his beard and smiled, and when he arrived at the top of the mountain, it was already past noon, and although the scale of the Heavenly Pavilion was not large, it was more than enough to accommodate fifty or sixty people.

There are three floors in the Heavenly Pavilion, which is beautiful, and it is located on the top of Tianyou Peak, like a pearl embedded in the peak.

After the emperor came to Hexi Road, Feng Yuanpo was careful from beginning to end, very proper, today climbed the peak to view the scenery, Feng Yuanpo also arranged a cook in the Tiange early, before the emperor arrived at the Tiange, the famous chef of Hexi Road has already begun to cook delicacies here, on the first floor of the Tiange, there are six or seven tables of wine banquets, and in the Tiange, the charcoal fire is booming, into the inside, warm as spring, and the cold outside is like two worlds.

"Holy Lord, this is specifically to let the Holy Lord overlook the Heavenly Pavilion of the Immortal Palace." Feng Yuanpo, who had already changed into an official robe, said respectfully to the emperor: "A meal has been prepared for the saint on the third floor, and the saint can eat while watching the scenery with the queen!" Speaking of this, he looked at the queen and said respectfully: "Niangniang ascended, I don't know if there is any discomfort?" ”

The queen is dressed in bright yellow brocade today, with a purple jacket on the outside, combing the palace bun, although she is over forty years old, but her skin is fair, and her beautiful face does not look old because of the passage of time, but is full of mature charm, exuding the motherly demeanor that is difficult for women in the world to have, and her beautiful face is integrated with mature and dignified charm, so that she is full of rare charm in the world.

"There is no discomfort, Jing Zhong has a heart." The queen didn't know if it was because of the cold weather, the skin on her face was slightly pale, and she smiled lightly.

The accompanying officials, in addition to the Beijing officials brought by the emperor from the capital, and some of them were local officials in Hexi Province, and there were a large number of them, so it was naturally impossible for all of them to climb the tower to enjoy the scenery.

After Xuanyuan Shao entered Hexi, he was protecting the emperor's safety day and night, and it can be said that he would not leave an inch during the day, even at night, he also sat in person outside the emperor's bedroom.

In fact, many officials know that the emperor's northern tour, safety is naturally extremely important.

The emperor's northern tour this time, the security work was naturally handed over to Xuanyuan Shao, and the six thousand royal guards, except for some who stayed in the capital, almost poured out.

At the time of the Qin state, the control of the army was very strict, except for the guards set up in each province, the only remaining were the three major border armies and the twelve tun guards stationed in Beijing.

Although it is known as the three major border armies, but in real terms, the two most powerful border armies have always been the Northwest Army and the Liaodong Army of Red Refining Electricity, Feng Yuanpo and his son guarded the extreme north of the empire, facing the barbarians in the north, but the establishment of the army has never been according to the border army.

Compared with the threat of Western Liang and Goryeo, although the scattered barbarians were fierce and belligerent, because the internal fighting was too fierce, many ministers of the imperial court did not approve of the establishment of a border army in the north at the beginning.

The supply of the border army, all borne by the imperial court, and the consumption of raising a border army is too great, when the country was founded, Feng Yuanpo father and son also asked the imperial court to play, hoping to arrange the border army in the north, on the court meeting, immediately met with countless opposition, in the early days of the founding of the country, all kinds of waste to be revived, the national strength was weak, the Northwest Army and the Liaodong Army two border armies have already made the imperial court burdened heavily, if the border army is set up in the north, the courage of the imperial court will be heavier.

For this reason, there is actually no real border army on the northern front, but although the threat of the barbarians is far from being comparable with Xiliang and Goryeo, it is also a disaster in the north after all, so the imperial court has not dared to ignore the defense of the north. There is no need to ask the military department, so as not to delay the fighters, so when the barbarians attack, the governor of Hexi Province can transfer the 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses in Hexi Province on the spot, which is also the only governor in the sixteen provinces of the empire who can mobilize all the soldiers and horses in the whole territory.

Of course, the conditions for mobilizing troops and horses can only be invaded by barbarians, and in addition, the governor of Hexi Province, like the governors of other provinces, cannot easily mobilize Hexi soldiers and horses.

Although the power is much weaker than that of the commander of the Northwest Army and the commander of the Liaodong Army, the people of the world still regard the soldiers and horses of Hexi Province as the border army to garrison the northern frontier.

In addition to the three major border armies, the most powerful corps of the empire was the 12 Tun Guards of the Gongwei Jing Division, except for the Wu Jingwei who was subordinate to the Right Tun Guard Army to defend the inside of the Beijing Division, the eleven Tun Guards were stationed on the east and west sides of the Beijing Division.

Once the twelve tun guards echoed from east to west, and the Beijing division was as stable as Mount Tai.

But now it is different from the past, the empire is full of civil strife, stationed in the Beijing division responsible for the garrison of the twelve tun guards, Han Santong led four of the guards to Hebei to quell the chaos, Lei Gu Hengping suppressed the southeast soldiers and horses, although mainly the southeast and from other provinces of the guard army, but because of the difficult war in the southeast, but also mobilized three tun guards to the southeast to participate in the war, so near the Beijing division, even Wu Jingwei, now there are only five tun guards left, in the east and west, each has two tun guards stationed, the total strength is only forty or fifty thousand people.

Even so, such a major event as the emperor's northern tour was to mobilize all the most elite royal guards from the capital to ensure the emperor's safety.