During this period, the atmosphere in the capital has been very bad.

Last year, the Xianbei Yuwen made a big fuss in northern borders, not only conquering Jizhou City, but also shattered the entire Zhenbei Army. After the news spread to the pass, the Dajin, who had been invincible for more than 40 years, was slapped hard in the face.

But at that time, the court could not send more reinforcements to the north, so it could only watch the Yuwen family show their power in the northern border. At that time, the only thing Emperor Zhao did was to take off his anger with Yuwen's concubine Yuwen Que. Of course, for the sake of the royal face, the imperial concubine would not be sentenced to death. So the imperial concubine was naturally imprisoned in Caixiu Palace, the famous cold palace in the Jin Dynasty.

In addition, the imperial court sent four Zhechong Prefectures from the imperial guards in the capital to the north, and then there was no movement.

A few months later, although the war in the northern border was temporarily quelled, the Xianbei tribe also withdrew from Jizhou City, gave up the Xiongguan Jimen Pass in the northern border, and returned to the outside of the pass, the people inside the pass would not know that it was the Yuwen tribe that Li Xin had left the pass and split, and the court would not promote Li Xin like this. So the people could only see that the people in the Yuwen tribe took the initiative to retreat, not being defeated by the royal army of the Great Jin Dynasty!

In the eyes of the common people, these northern barbarians broke into the pass without saying a word, causing the Zhenbei Army that Marshal Ye to build was almost destroyed. Then, after plundering the Jizhou area, they leisurely returned to the outside of the pass!

You should know that the current Great Jin Dynasty has been more than 40 years since the era of Emperor Wu. In this era when the average life expectancy is generally low, the Jin people who have experienced the Northern Zhou Dynasty have almost returned to dust. When the people of Great Jin were born, it was almost the most glorious time for the Great Jin Dynasty. Now the Jin people are also the most proud generation of Jin people.

Now the face of the Great Jin Dynasty was slapped hard by the Northern Barbarians, but the court chose to endure the slap. It has not taken any revenge on the Northern Barbarians so far, causing the people in the capital, including the capital near the capital and all the cities in Dajin to discuss it.

During this period, even Emperor Yuan Zhao, who was in the Weiyang Palace, felt the pressure of public opinion from the public.

However, in the face of this era, the will of the king and the father is obviously higher than all public opinion. Emperor Yuan Zhao just thought that he had not heard these folk voices and was still thinking about tinkering with his own thunder medicine powder.

He was struggling to work as a prison all day. When he had just finished reading the documents sent from the northern border in Weiyang Palace and was about to lie down and rest for a while, the eunuch Xiao Huai, still in purple, walked in with small steps outside. He knelt on the ground and bowed his head, "Your Majesty, General Zhuguo Zong Xuantong asked for a visit..."

Zhong Xuantong is old and returns to the capital to retire from Yunzhou. He retires from a front-line position. The title of the general of the pillar country was also added to him by Emperor Yuan Zhao after his "retirement".

At this time, Emperor Yuan Zhao had not closed his eyes for almost two days, but the minister of Zhong Xuantong's level asked for a meeting, but he was not very happy to see him. So the emperor took a deep breath and said to Xiao Zheng beside him: "Go and make a basin of cold water for me."

Xiao Zheng quickly lowered his head and went down to fetch water.

The emperor said to Xiao Huai again: "Please come in with the old general."

Xiao Huai immediately retreated and led Zong Xuantong into the hall. After Emperor Yuan Zhao had just washed his face with cold water, Zong Xuantong just stepped into Weiyang Palace in one step. The Zong family had always been very lawful. When they saw the emperor, the old general would kneel down and kowtow to salute.

Emperor Yuan Zhao raised his hand and said lightly: "There are many veterans, no need to be polite. Xiao Zheng gave the old general a seat."

Zhong Xuantong lowered his head and thanked him. The emperor yawned a big yawn and asked, "The old general came to the palace to see me, don't you know?"

Zhong Xuantong lowered his head and said, "I heard that Duke Chen Ye Mao re-enlisted Zhenbei Army near Jizhou City. His Majesty has issued an order to stop the recruitment of Duke Ye."

Speaking of this, Zhong Xuantong lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, the old minister has been in the northern border for most of his life. This time, the old minister looked at the military newspaper of the Xianbei army attacking Jimen Pass from beginning to end. If it weren't for the concerted efforts of the soldiers of the Zhenbei Army and fighting to the death, the Yuwen tribe in the northern border would not be as simple as conquering Jizhou. The chaos in the northern border would not be the one that the four imperial guards went north to the north and could be dealt with..."

Speaking of this, the old general paused and said, "To say something unceremonious, if the Xianbei troops used the cost-effective fighting method and attacked Yunzhou City instead of Jizhou City, then the Yunzhou army in Yunzhou City would probably not be able to achieve the same result as Jizhou..."

Zhong Xuantong stood up from the chair, knelt in front of the emperor, and lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, the Zhenbei Army fought to the enemy to fight to the death in order to guard the Great Jin gateway, and almost wiped out the entire army. Now that Duke Ye re-enlisted troops in Jizhou, it is not only a matter of course, but also the most important thing at the moment. After the Zhenbei Army is reorganized, he can still watch the Northeast Gateway of Great Jin. No matter what the reason, Your Majesty should not issue such an imperial edict..."

In the past few days, Emperor Yuan Zhao has been studying the matter of thunder and has hardly had a good sleep. He couldn't help but yawn, then rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked at Zhong Xuantong.

The emperor sighed slightly and said, "If you only focus on the Northern Xinjiang, what the old general said today will naturally be a good word, but the world is not the only Northern Xinjiang."

Emperor Yuan Zhao stood up from the dragon throne, glanced at Zhong Xuantong, and spoke: "I don't say what happened in the northern border a few months ago. Zhong Wu should have told the old general that the old general was clear about how the northern border was temporarily calmed down."

Speaking of this, the emperor slowly let out a breath and murmured: "My teacher only brought more than 10,000 people out of seclusion and some thunder. It took only two or three months to make the already unified Xianbei Yuwen immediately fall apart!"

The emperor looked up at Zhong Xuantong and said word by word: "What a terrible method is this?"

"After this matter was done, Master Li quickly disappeared from the sight of Tianmu Supervisor and Meihua Guard. When I received news about Master Li again, others were already in Jincheng, southwest."

Speaking of this, the emperor selected three or four books from his desk, and asked Xiao Zheng to send them to Zhong Xuantong, and then said, "The old general can take a look at what he did in the past month after Master Li went to the southwest."

"The originally chaotic power of the Southwest was used by Li for a few days to make it clear. Next, Li will establish the Southwest General's Mansion to take charge of all military affairs in the southwest."

In fact, Li Xin's series of actions after returning to the Southwest were all top-down. Many people in the Southwest and even the Mu family did not know what Li Xin did. On the emperor's desk, these things have been seen in words!

This shows that among the middle and high-level leaders of the Southwest Army, there must be spies from the court.

The emperor stepped forward to Zhong Xuantong, pointed his blood-covered eyes, and slowly spoke: "I'm not hiding the old general, I haven't closed my eyes for almost two days."

"I grew up in Master Li's mansion. I know a little bit about what kind of person Master Li is. Once Master Li wants to do anything, he can always do beautifully. This can be seen from the fact that he comes out of seclusion and quells the chaos."

The emperor shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said, "Tell the truth, I am not sure about facing Master Li."

"I have to work hard to make myself stronger and make Mr. Li weaker."

Speaking of this, the emperor looked up at Zhong Xuantong and spoke, "What is the Ye family's mind now? No one can tell whether the old general is willing to protect the Ye family?"

Zhong Xuantong took a deep breath and remained silent.

The emperor gently patted the old general on the shoulder and sighed quietly.
Chapter completed!