I haven’t felt this way for a long time, and I didn’t even have a dream. I slept for five hours at a stretch before being woken up by the urge to urinate.
As soon as there was a movement in the room, a figure flashed in. She was wearing a long scarlet silk skirt and a thin silk-length armor on the outside. Her eyes were filled with surprise, mixed with a little expectation and happiness, and her brows were condensed.
The joy almost overflowed.
"Master, are you awake?" It was Yun Shang.
I have to say that this girl Jin Chuan'er is indeed capable of causing trouble. On the first night when she came back, she asked Yun Shang to stay on duty.
Not to mention anything else, this intention alone must be remembered by myself and Yun Shang.
This girl Yun Shang is almost sixteen. She hasn't seen her for half a year and has changed a lot.
The ladies and aunts were so happy last night that they made the young master drink a few more drinks during the meal. In addition, he was tired from the journey, so the young master finished washing and went back to his room and went to bed, where he has been until now.
Just holding this girl in his arms and gently stroking Yun Shang's black hair, Feng Ziying half-squinted her eyes, enjoying this rare comfort.
Although there are several more girls in the house, this girl who grew up with him is different. He has a special affection for Yun Shang.
Even though this girl is not the smartest, nor the most capable, she always has a place for him in his heart.
After more than half a year of hard work, I finally got over it. I rode horses here and there all day long. The palms of my hands had already become rough and had calluses, and the tender meat between my thighs had long since worn away into hard skin. Once they fell off, I could ride horses without any problems.
This is probably the biggest gain from this experience. In terms of equestrian skills, he has fully reached the level of an ordinary cavalryman.
Yun Shang seemed to have sensed Feng Ziying's inner emotions. She slowly calmed down and snuggled into Feng Ziying's arms. It took a while before she came back to her senses. Then she said "Yeah", blushed and struggled to get up.
Feng Ziying was just kind-hearted and had no intention of doing anything excessive.
"Has anything happened at home in the past six months?" Feng Ziying got up from the bed, moved her body, and let Yun Shang dress herself.
"No, it's just that the young master is gone, and my wife and concubine have been thinking about it, so the atmosphere in the house is not as good as before. It would be nice now that the young master is back." Yun Shang said happily: "The master's people over there in Yulin a few days ago
They sent back a few horses and some other things, saying that the young master might be back soon, and the wife and concubine cried for a while..."
Feng Ziying also knew about this. Several good horses were brought back by Bu Shitu from the West Sea and were given to his father. His father chose a few horses and arranged some things to be sent back.
And sent it back from Yulin.
Accepting gifts from Tatars shouldn't be so blatant, but Feng Ziying knew that her father was measured in this regard.
These matters were intentionally made known to Long Jinwei and the Censor in advance, and they were considered as a report.
This is related to the relationship between the Tatars and the Great Zhou court. In addition to official contacts, some private contacts are also needed in order to deal with some matters that are not on the table. This personal relationship is obviously more conducive to handling and dealing with it in the future.
"What about the others?" Feng Ziying put on her clothes and then went out to wash up. Warm soup and soft face towels, this leisurely and comfortable feeling had not been enjoyed for a long time.
"The girls at Rongguo Mansion often send people to ask about the situation. Sisters Jin Chuaner and Xiangling also have to go back there every once in a while..."
"Oh, which girls?" Feng Ziying raised her eyebrows.
"Zicuckoo is definitely the one who comes the most. Ying'er and Shishu have also come many times. Well, Miss Yun and Cuixi and Siqi who are next to the second girl have also come to ask. Jin Chuan'er said back to Jia
When I was at the house, I also met Second Master Lian and Second Master Bao and asked them by the way. Grandma Zhu also asked. Second Master Lian also personally sent someone to the house to ask. Third Master Huan also came to ask in person.
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Whoever has asked and how often can tell something.
Feng Ziying nodded silently, knowing it in his heart.
Lin Yatou is probably the one who worries about her the most. As for Baochai, I'm afraid she also worries about her, but she is definitely more stable than Lin Yatou. But Tan Yatou is also like this. I don't know if it's because of the fire fox fur hat.
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"Students have met the two cabinet elders." Feng Ziying saluted without being humble or overbearing. This is the east hall of Wenyuan Pavilion. The cabinet usually discusses affairs here. Currently, there are only two cabinet elders in the cabinet. Ye Xianggao has now succeeded him.
The first assistant, Fang Congzhe, is the second assistant, but the other group assistants have not been filled in yet.
This is also the norm in this dynasty. According to convention, the number of cabinet ministers should be three to five. In addition to the first assistant and the second assistant, the number of cabinet members, also known as group assistants, is generally three. However, since the tenth year of Guangyuan in this dynasty, the cabinet has never been
If you really make up for five people, even if you make up five people, generally speaking, there will be vacancies in the cabinet within a very short period of time. Normally, there will be three to four cabinet members.
Situations like the current situation of two-person cabinets or even one-person administration often occur.
"Sit down, Ziying, you have worked hard on this trip." Ye Xianggao sat in the official hat chair, with a warm complexion and an elegant demeanor, "Looking at you, you have tanned a lot."
"Lao Huige, the weather in Ganning Second Town is fine, so you can get used to it if you stay out all day long." Feng Ziying smiled, "But we would rather have fine weather, which is also conducive to the march of the army. If it encounters rain or snow,
Marching in the mud will be greatly affected."
"Well, Zhonghan and I have read the letters from Zishu, Xiuling, and your father. Well, we know that counterinsurgency work is really hard, but we didn't expect it to be so difficult..." Ye Xianggao said thoughtfully.
"Then Liu Dongyang's tribe is now entrenched in Suzhou and Gaotai, Zhenyi Suo and Jiayuguan. According to what your father said, if we want to defeat them, we will need to increase our troops by 30,000 to 50,000, and we may even have to pay the price of nearly 10,000 casualties."
Shu He Xiu Ling also meant the same. You have learned about the situation on the spot, do you think it is true?"
"Master Chai Yang and my father debated many times on whether to send troops to recapture Suzhou. In the end, they decided that it would definitely be possible. After all, the Liu tribe only has more than 10,000 people, and we did not even increase our troops and adopted a trapping approach.
, the Liu tribe is short of food and clothing, and it is estimated that they can last for up to a year before they will collapse on their own. Of course, there may be some stubborn people who can flee into Shazhou with them and become rogues..."
Feng Ziying was also prepared. In fact, he had practiced it many times on his own on the road. As long as he gave corresponding answers to the concerns of the princes in the court one by one, it would not be a problem.
"In other words, even if there is no increase in troops, the rebel Liu tribe will actually disintegrate on its own, um, in one year..." Fang Congzhe said solemnly.
"We analyzed and studied that as long as the route for obtaining food and grass is blocked, the troops can at most get a small amount of supplies from places like Hamisha Prefecture in the west, but that is a drop in the bucket and will not help, so it will only take a year, at most a year and a half.
It’s hard to support it.” Feng Ziying gave a very positive answer. In fact, the analysis result is that it is eight to ten months at most, and it is impossible to exceed one year, but these two people have to leave room for it.
"However, I am afraid that there must be no shortage of troops and horses in Ganzhou during this period, otherwise Liu Bu will inevitably make a desperate effort to fight to the death."
Fang Congzhe was a little disappointed.
He does not very much agree with this so-called strategy of driving away tigers and devouring wolves. Although it can recapture Suzhou, Gaotai and Zhenyi Suo without using weapons, and can also take Shazhou back, the subsequent supply of food and grass and military pay will increase.
Quite a few.
However, if we do not adopt this strategy and instead adopt a strong attack with more troops, it will also be an unimaginably big hole.
Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses have to march thousands of miles to fight in Suzhou. Not to mention whether the Mughals from the surrounding West Sea Mongolia and Yarkand Khanate will take advantage of the situation to attack. Just the cost of tens of thousands of additional troops to fight,
The rewards and pensions after the fight are also an astronomical figure, and the court cannot afford it.
At the moment, just the rewards and pensions reported by Chai Ke have already made Ye Xianggao and him frown. They won the battle, successfully suppressed the rebellion, and gained momentum, but only a few of them knew the pain inside.
"Ziying, if we adopt your strategy to coax the Liu tribe out of Shazhou and cut off their food and grass supplies, is it feasible?" Fang Congzhe hesitated before asking: "Soldiers are not afraid of deceit, and there is no need to talk about benevolence and righteousness towards such traitors.
,…”
"Master Cechai has also considered that the key point is that if we act like this, let alone the DPRK, they will know that Shazhou has just been recovered and forced the rebels to rebel, and falls into the hands of the rebels again, which will greatly damage the prestige of the imperial court, and
Liu Dongyang's tribe might become the vanguard of the Mongol and Xihai Mongolian tribes' invasion of Ganzhou, so in the end we rejected this proposal."
Chai and Yang had long thought that someone in the court would definitely pull this trick, but this trick would leave more sequelae, and the biggest problem was that the emperor would never agree, so there was no need to worry.
Fang Congzhe thought about it for a while. He was afraid that the glory of regaining the lost territory of the previous dynasty would suddenly be splashed with blood and turn into the territory of the rebels in the blink of an eye. Those censors would immediately burst into joy.
Even the emperor and the imperial court could not agree.
