The biggest taboo for border troops to connect with each other. Since Emperor Wu, the Ye family and the Zong family have jointly defended the border of Dajin. It has been more than 40 years since then. In the past forty years, the two families have not had even a single letter to each other.

At least it is not obvious.

In addition, the generals in the capital sometimes intermarry with each other. As the two top two generals in the Jin Dynasty, there has never been any marriage involved in forty years. Even when the old Duke Ye, who was respected by everyone in the Jin Dynasty, the Zhong family did not go to pay much attention to this old Duke.

The Zong family has always been very cautious in their dynasties.

Among them, the contemporary head of the family, Zhong Xuantong, was cautiously appointed in the Great Jin Dynasty. When Li Xin was a lieutenant, he went to Yunzhou City to deliver things. Zhong Xuantong was polite to him and refused to accept Li Xin's favor. He also gave him the sword he used to be when he was young.

At this time, if he had any selfishness, he would never speak for the Ye family in front of the emperor. The situation in the north really made the old general very worried. Only then could he recommend the Ye family to the emperor so frankly.

Emperor Yuan Zhao frowned deeply.

In fact, he was also very embarrassed. At this time, even a teenager could figure it out. Of course, it would be better for the Ye family to guard the pass in the north. However, Li Xin went to Ningling and met Ye Lin and Ye Mao’s uncle and nephew. If there was really a "agreed" between Li Xin and the Ye family, then letting the Ye family take charge of the troops would be equivalent to handing over the Zhenbei Army to Li Xin!

What's even more terrifying is that if the Ye family deliberately let the Yuwen tribe enter the pass, the southwest will become chaotic again, and under the attack of the north and south, the reign of the Great Jin Dynasty might be over!

It is precisely because of this risk that the emperor risked to completely offend the Ye family and kept both the uncle and nephew of the Ye family, and instead sent a royal family to take over Jimenguan.

But now Zhong Xuantong was kneeling in front of him. He was a serious old minister of the three dynasties and a general who had been in charge of the troops for three consecutive dynasties. Even the emperor could not directly refute his face.

Thinking of this, the emperor reached out to help the old general up from the ground and let him sit on a chair. Then the young emperor of Jin slowly spoke: "I understand what the old general said, of course I understand, but the situation in the southwest is also very bad now. The old general cannot only focus on the northern border and cannot see the southwest."

Zhong Xuantong sighed long.

The Southwest has been officially in opposition with the imperial court for several years. For such a long time, even though Zhong Xuantong was in Yunzhou, he didn't know the specific details, but he naturally knew what the general situation was. The old man shook his white eyebrows and shook his head slightly.

"I had contacted Mr. Li several times in my early years. At that time, he was still a young man with high spirits. Unexpectedly, Mr. Li had reached this point if the old minister was not in the capital for more than ten years."

He looked up at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, even if there is a connection between the Ye family and the Grand Tutor Li, it is not enough to betray the court. When Mr. Ye conquered the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he had the power to establish a country and had not yet established a country. How could the Ye family betray the court for Li Chang'an!"

"But Old Duke Ye has gone."

Emperor Yuan Zhao said silently: "If the old Duke is still there, I will naturally have one hundred trusted the Ye family, but the old Duke has gone, and even Ye Ming has left. I cannot place the country and country left by my ancestors entirely on the loyalty of the Ye family."

As he said that, the emperor sighed to Zhong Xuantong: "I hope the old general can understand me."

"Can……"

Zhong Xuantong frowned and said, "But the situation in the northern border is urgent. The old minister is worried that the general sent by His Majesty will not be able to deal with the members of the Yuwen tribe who are like wolves and tigers. If Your Majesty is unwilling to send Duke Chen or Ningling Marquis to Jizhou, then the old minister begs Your Majesty to write a letter to the general who sent you to Jizhou. Once the fight starts, let him try his best to... obey the opinions of the generals of Zhenbei Army."

“This is nature.”

The emperor said, "I will ask Xiao Zheng to draft it now. In addition, I will also issue an edict from the Xianbei tribe to warn Yuwen Zhao not to do anything wrong in the northern border."

Speaking of this, the emperor paused, and then said helplessly to Zhong Xuantong: "The old general, the situation in the north can only be like this. Only when the hidden dangers in the southwest can the court free up his hands to deal with the north."

Zhong Xuantong smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, how should the situation in the southwest be resolved?"

"The southwest can only be dragged."

Emperor Yuan Zhao said slowly: "The old general may know, or they may not know that the reason why the southwest can confront the imperial court in a corner is because they have a powerful weapon called Tianlei. This kind of weapon is a first-class magical object, whether it is defending the city or chaotic formation. There must be a way to break this thing to solve the hidden dangers in the southwest."

"I have asked the Ministry of Works to start imitating these thunders."

Emperor Yuan Zhao said, "When the court's thunder is in place, the hidden dangers in the southwest will no longer be hidden dangers, and Yuwen Zhao in the northern border will not be a problem. With this thing, we can ensure that our country's longevity will last!"

Although Zhong Xuantong had heard of the name of Tianlei, he had never seen the real thing after all, and he didn't say anything after hearing this. He just sighed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, if the general of Zhenbei Army cannot be replaced by the Ye family, the old minister begs Your Majesty to allocate three or four Zhechong Mansions from the imperial guards in the capital, and go north to station near Yunzhou and Jizhou, ready to support the two passes at any time!"

There are a total of 16 Zhechong Prefectures in the capital. Each Zhechong Prefecture has a different size, ranging from 10,000 to 20,000 to 30,000. If four Zhechong Prefectures can be sent north, there will be about 60,000 people.

The emperor was unable to refuse this opinion. He nodded and said, "In the opinion of the old general, who should I send to bring these 60,000 people out of Beijing to the north?"

Hearing the emperor's words, a person immediately appeared in Zhong Xuantong's mind, the energetic Marquis of Jing'an.

If he was in the capital and brought a few Zhechong Mansions north to support him, then the capital would definitely be able to rest assured, and the Xianbei tribe might also suffer a big loss in his hands!

But unfortunately, Li Xin was not in the capital.

Thinking of this, the old general sighed and bowed to the emperor: "The old minister has not been in the capital for a long time and knows nothing about the people in the capital. Your Majesty decides it."

"Then I will discuss it with several prime ministers later."

Zhong Xuantong stood up, bowed to the emperor, and then respectfully withdrew from Weiyang Palace.

Xiao Zheng personally sent him to Yong'anmen.

While walking in the imperial city, the old general sighed quietly. He remembered the young man who escorted many jars of Zhurong wine to Yunzhou City to deliver letters to him during the Chengde period.

At that time, the young man was only sixteen or seventeen years old, so he had to use Zhurong wine to make favors for His Highness King of Wei to the Zong family.

Later, the young man became famous in the Taikang Dynasty and became the youngest general in the history of the Jin Dynasty. In the eighth year of Taikang, the general was appointed as the general of Zhenbei and was ordered to fight north. When he reached Jimen Pass, he also wrote a letter to Yunzhou City.

The letter reads vigorously that as long as the Zhong family is willing to cooperate, it will completely defeat the Yuwen Department within three years!

Thinking of this, the old general shook his head and sighed faintly.

What a great young man.
Chapter completed!