After sitting with my demented brother for a while, when I left the courtyard, the sky was getting darker, but the festive atmosphere in the houses on the roadside was getting stronger, and the fragrance of the stove-sacrifice food wafted from every house.

Getting on the carriage and driving towards the mansion where she now lives, Lou Shuwan recovered from her short-term weakness. However, when she was only two streets away from the mansion, she saw another group of carriages and horses coming this way, a decent-looking middle-aged man.

The young man got off his horse, waved his hand, and stopped the carriage.

The car slowly came to rest on the snowy roadside. Lou Shuwan opened the curtain and looked at the middle-aged general who was walking over: "The evil tiger is blocking the road. What's going on, General Yu?"

"I just came back from entertaining in the military camp. I went over to look for you. When I saw you weren't there, I thought you were celebrating the New Year in the palace. I didn't expect to meet you here."

Coming from the front was Yu Yulin, Lou Shuwan's long-time partner in Jin. This general was not considered the most outstanding person under Tian Hu's command, and Lou Shuwan did not necessarily have to deal with him at first.

Later, he got closer to Lou Shuwan under Tian Hu's command, and later the two formed an alliance. By the time Tian Hu was destroyed, he had become Lou Shuwan's strongest ally.

In the next few years, as he raised his troops to fight against the Jurchens in the Jin region, this general who was not a first-class talent has now become one of the most powerful figures in the Jin region. In the eyes of some people with evil intentions,

After Tian Shi's death, he was the only one who could compete with Lou Shuwan in the political arena of Jin. Even because of his identity as a man, he held military power. If he wanted to, most people believed that he would become the new king of Jin.

However, in the past few years, Lou Shuwan and Yu Yulin have been both civil and military, but there has never been much of a rift between the two. Yu Yulin seems to have no ambitions for power and has never really challenged Lou Shuwan's dominance over Jin.

Yu Yulin's de facto command was one of the most important reasons for the stability of Jin's political power. Many people were frustrated because they could not understand Yu Yulin's choice, and from time to time there would be news that Lou Shuwan had an affair with him.

And only a few people know that Yu Yulin's peace of mind actually comes from the shadow that was planted during Luliang Mountain's trip. After witnessing the chaos between Lou Shuwan and the overbearing businessman, the Chinese army overcame the enemy.

The fiercer the fight, the stronger the alliance between him and Lou Shuwan became. It was also because of this understanding that from now on, his achievements would have been limited due to his low qualifications. He finally passed through countless storms and even experienced the Jurchen war disaster and became a leader.

A hero in everyone's eyes.

At this moment, the two powerful people in Jin Dynasty met on the street. Lou Shuwan got out of the car: "It's such a big day today. If General Yu doesn't go back quickly to prepare, why do you want to see me?"

Yu Yulin spread his hands forward, and the two of them walked slowly along the snow-covered road: "We are officials in the same palace, and we are partners. I am afraid that you are too busy today, so I want to come over and invite you home to celebrate."

The custom at this time is that men do not worship the moon and women do not worship the stove. The Stove Lord is a god of the yang genus, while women are yin. Therefore, men do not worship Chang'e on the Chinese Valentine's Day, and women do not worship the Stove Lord on the New Year. At this time, as a single person

Although Lou Shuwan has a high and powerful position, he can celebrate the new year in a fashionable way, but he is somewhat lonely when he is young. When he came here at this time, he took this into consideration.

Lou Shuwan smiled slightly: "Reunion in the new year, at this time of year, General Yu invited me home. Could it be that he likes me, a widow?"

"I don't dare. Yu is not talented, but he still has beautiful wives and concubines at home, and there are also a lot of maids waiting to be spoiled. If you come in after a female prime minister, they will not be able to survive, and they will die one by one, which will hurt their moral character.

"

"In your eyes, do I think I am so ignorant?"

"Naturally, female figures are aware of the general body. It's just that they won't die when the time comes. It's because they don't know the general body. So...how about we treat you and me as brothers today and come to our home to have some fun in time?"

The two have been partners for a long time. Lou Shuwan occasionally joked, and Yu Yulin could parry it at will. When he said this, he paused slightly:

"The past few years have not been easy. When we talk about this stall in Jindi this year, every household has breathed a sigh of relief. You see, in this small year, thousands of households have some surplus food. When I went to the military camp, they all said

There is finally some hope for this day. You have been the steward of the house for the past two years. To put it bluntly, you have increased revenue and reduced expenditure, attracted businessmen from all over the country to rebuild Weisheng, and attracted Southwest to join in the construction of the new East City. These are all your contributions. This has been the New Year.

Just relax and come to my house to offer sacrifices to the stove. I will thank you on behalf of the people of Jin."

"When I go to your house at this time, it will be said in Jindi tomorrow that I am your aunt and you want to thank me. Why didn't you go to my house to worship the stove?"

"If you dare to say this, I will drag your family over later?"

"...I should really nod my head to see if you can get off the stage."

Lou Shuwan rolled her eyes at him, and then both of them laughed.

After a while, Yu Yulin said: "...Actually, I originally thought you would spend the New Year with Shan'er in the palace."

The two of them walked forward. Lou Shuwan was silent for a moment and sighed: "I have a mean face and too much murderous intent. I can't get along well with children. Tian Shan is afraid of me. He's older than me, so please let them go."

"...This is a time when you shouldn't be indecisive, but you are so merciful."

"Tian Shi is a good person. If he were alive, Jin would have a lot less things to do."

"He is dead after all. In the past two years, although there are not many people, there are still people who want to take advantage of the child. If you let it go, you will harm him in the future."

"I hate children." After Lou Shuwan said this, she was silent for a long time. Then she looked at Yu Yulin and sighed, "Brother Yu, when I look at Tian Shan... I don't like him..."

At this moment, what she was talking about was not politics, but personal feelings. Yu Yulin opened his mouth and his eyes became a little complicated. Lou Shuwan shook his head and continued to move forward: "Besides, maybe I am too busy, and I don't

Spending so much time treating him as a child and getting closer to him... Sometimes I see the way he is afraid of me, and the way the two of them are afraid of me while having to please me, I feel...disgusting."

"Forget it, how big of a deal it is..." Yu Yulin also sighed, "You are only six years old. If you want to be used as a banner, you have to wait for a few years... The situation will be stable in two years.

, think about how to arrange it, and send them away. Yasuda Minoru offers some incense."

"Well, that's what I thought too."

"You really don't want to go to my house?"

"Actually, I have already planned it. I have a place to go."

"……Um?"

"I originally planned to go at night, but since we met, it's still early, let's go together." Lou Shuwan looked at Yu Yulin and said with a smile, "I guarantee you can go home for dinner."

"……where?"

Lou Shuwan raised her head.

"Tianji Palace."

"..."

Yu Yulin was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Let's go."

He spoke simply. He came on horseback. At this time, he got into Shuwan's carriage upstairs. He drove the other party's carriage driver aside, whipped and drove forward. The group of carriages drove through the ice and snow city, towards the high ground of the city.

Go past.

The Tianji Palace was originally in the most powerful place, and it was already in ruins. But in front of the ruins, in a place where you can see the city scenery, a small forest of steles was built using the scraps of the palace. This is

The martyrs' mausoleum was built according to Southwest's creativity. Tian Shi's tombstone is the largest piece in front of the mausoleum. In addition, there are many cenotaphs of the victims standing here.

The New Year is not a festival to pay homage to the dead, but Lou Shuwan had nowhere to go, so he had already made plans. In the car accompanying him, he had already prepared some sacrifices. At this time, a group of people came here through the snow.

While the two were talking, they lit the torches placed around them.

"A few days ago, someone told me that you mentioned it to the Ministry of Household Affairs and that after the Chinese New Year, you were considering moving people to Liaozhou or Fenzhou, or even moving the capital there. Is this true?"

"Well, there is such a thing."

"What do you think?"

"Now it's just a rumor to let outsiders guess... Brother Yu, Wei Sheng is not a good place. It's just that the Tiger King happened to choose this place when he rebelled. Later, he fought everywhere, and he didn't have time to move the capital. In fact,

Liaozhou, Fenzhou, and Taiyuan are much more convenient than here. If it weren't for my uncertainty, I would really want to rebuild Taiyuan City."

"Taiyuan is a strong city. After it was destroyed by the Jurchens, it should be picked up. But it is too close to the Jurchens. On the main road, if the golden dog goes south again, it may not be able to hold it first. Secondly... even if it can be held

I’m afraid Jin’s property will also be involved..."

"That's the truth... But the man from the southwest is right, we should take a broad view. Brother Yu, whether we think about it or not, it's time for us to be qualified to compete in the world. If we want to compete in the world, sooner or later, one day,

We must have the possibility to defeat the Jurchens on our own. To expand our strength to the north, we must first control the south of Yanmen Pass. This is something we must do sooner or later. We cannot fight with our troops, but can train them. If Taiyuan City cannot be defended, we can retreat. As long as we hold on steadily.

In the rear, we can still retreat into the mountains in the future, but if we don’t dare to go out, we will never have hope.”

The north wind blew in the forest of steles at a high place. The two of them walked leisurely and lit torches. The words in their mouths were calm, but the content in them also had a thrilling power.

Yu Yulin smiled: "Although she is a woman, she has the courage to conquer the world. I am not as good as me."

"It's just big words, but in practice, how to fight in the future still requires the responsibility of Big Brother. Next year, I think this way. On the one hand, I will conquer the northwest with General Wang for military training. On the other hand, Liaozhou and Fenzhou

Or Taiyuan, we need to choose a place as the focus of development..."

"...I learned something from Ning Yi. As long as we are willing to give up some benefits, there will be speculators who will help us one step ahead. I spread the news just to see what's going on outside in advance. But Brother Yu

The worries you just mentioned are also the worries of many people. Once the Jurchens go south again and cannot defend there, everything will be in vain. But even if they risk their lives to hold on, it will mean that the Jin Dynasty has exhausted its wealth to prevent disasters for the world.

…”

"So at the beginning, people's livelihood farming comes second. Let the world see that we in Jin are determined to fight against the Golden Dog. On the other hand, I have always wanted to attract the Chinese army in Liangshan to join the army. I just need to tell others that in the future the Jurchens will fight

Come here, Liangshan Zhu Biao, Liu Chengzong's Department, and the Guangwu Army will coordinate with Taiyuan, and then our pressure will be much less. I think there will be many people who want to get a share of the pie in Taiyuan, a place that is connected in all directions.

.”

Yu Yulin nodded: "I understand, even if we first set up a military camp and just run business, it would be good."

"Well, the initial investment is to prepare for the war. No matter how long we can actually hold it, the place must be ours. One day, our soldiers will be tempered there. Even if we can't defeat it, retreating is better than hiding here and not getting out.

It’s better to just pursue perfection…”

When she said this, she paused slightly: "Besides, I have a feeling that Jin Gou's Western Route Army will not be able to fight."

"how……"

"The information I just received is that more than ten days ago, Jin Wushu led his troops into Yunzhong, and in front of Nianhan, they ransacked the home of Gushen Wanyan Xiyin, and the whole family was imprisoned."

"I heard that Xiyin committed a crime in the first half of the year, and finally the results came out?"

"The most important thing is that Nianhan tried to protect Xiyin, but failed to do so. He fought against the Dongfu in the past, and now he has no stable control over the power of the Xifu in Yunzhong... In addition, Gao Qingyi, an important minister of the Xifu, is now involved in the case and is under investigation. Wanyan

After I went up, it seems that I have joined forces with Zong Pan and Zong Qian to deal with Nianhan first. Once the veteran is gone, the trouble caused by Xifu will be much less..."

"Golden Dog's family was originally said to be very united, but in the end they also engaged in such power-based strife..."

"It is inevitable that the Jingo family belongs to a family. Zong Pan is the son of Wu Qimai, Zong Qian is the son of A Guda. Who is Zong Han? He is just a powerful minister. When A Guda and Wu Qimai are still there, the old comrades can control the east and west mansions.
To be continued...