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On the 22nd, at the beginning of noon.

Chen Jingyan was invited to come to the Prince's Mansion in Sajin Lane. When he learned of his father's arrival, Ayu took Pan Shan Nian'er to see his grandfather.

After entering the courtyard on the third day, Nian'er stuck out her butt and made a milky sound while saluting, "I've seen Weng Weng before."

The little baby was growing up very fast. He seemed to have grown taller after just a few months. Chen Jingyan couldn't help but smile and picked up his grandson to tease him.

On the side, Ayu showed a rare smile.

Since the dispute between Chen Jingyan and Cai Yuan as prime minister of Qi was settled in June, Ayu may not have been back to her parents' home for a long time, even though she is only a few streets away from her parents.

Ayu has grown from an ignorant child to a smart girl and now a wife and mother. For more than 20 years, her strict father and loving mother have strictly disciplined her, but they are as tolerant and caring to her as any other parents in the world.

Especially when she was in Tokyo with her uncle, her mother clearly saw the signs, but she was willing to risk the family tradition and be accused by thousands of people to help her cover it up. In order to protect Ayu, her mother did not even bother her father. Dare to tell.

It wasn't until June this year that her mother approached her about her father's future. But afterwards, instead of being able to help her father, Ayu caused cracks in the newly eased relationship between herself and Cai Hua.

She hadn't returned to her parents' home for so many days precisely because she felt guilty.

Chen Jingyan pampers his daughter freely, and his daughter knows that Ayu has been very thoughtful and has been depressed since she had Nian'er. This year, due to the incident of Daqi Prime Minister, it is difficult for Ayu to stand between her husband's family and her natal family.

If you work too hard for your father, you will not only make Cai Hua disgusted, but also easily arouse the jealousy of the princess, and even worry about her uncle's displeasure.

But if she ignored her father, she would feel sorry for her father and mother's years of upbringing.
In short, during this meeting, Chen Jingyan could clearly see that Ayu looked much haggard, and he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart. When no one was around, he hurriedly said: "Ayu, because of daddy's affairs, Yuan Zhang neglected you?"

When Ayu heard this, she couldn't help but was stunned. She quickly shook her head and said, "No, the prince and the princess are both very nice. They treat me and Nian'er very well."

"Did Mrs. Cai Sanniang bully you?"

"No. Dad, please don't think too much. The Third Lady just said that she would go with us to the Qingyun Temple outside the city to play incense."

Ayu denied it repeatedly, but Chen Jingyan sighed silently. Although the Chen family in Yingchuan was in decline, the family never thought of letting their legitimate daughter be a concubine.

When Ayu was young, she learned all the skills of a wife, such as writing articles, poetry, and managing a household. No one expected that in the end, Ayu would marry into the royal palace, and not only would she have a princess consort above her, but she would also be firmly dominated by Cai Huan.

But precisely because of Ayu's presence, the Chen family gained the trust of the King of Chu and returned to being one of the famous families in the world in just a few years.

Thinking of this, Chen Jingyan couldn't help but feel guilty for his daughter. Just when he was about to say something else, he saw a tall woman walking out of the hanging flower door of the back house, holding a pink little girl.

The woman looked around, saw Ayu and her daughter, and came over.

Although he was not wearing royal attire, he had an air of demeanor that was different from ordinary people when he walked.

"Sister Ayu, I was ready to leave but I didn't see you. Sister Yunong asked me to come find you."

When Jiarou said this, she seemed to have seen Chen Jingyan. She hurriedly bowed and said to Mian'er: "Mian'er, please meet Chen Wengwen soon."

"Mian'er, I've met Chen Wengwen~"

Chen Jingyan was quite surprised. He had already heard about Jiarou moving into the palace, and he even knew about the existence of this little girl who had not yet had a name.

But it's one thing to know, it's another thing for Jiarou to personally bring her daughter over to pay him a tribute.

Furthermore, after all, this is the eldest princess in name only, with a distinguished status, but now she not only calls Ayu sister, but even Yu Nong, who has a humble background, also calls her sister. The posture of this eldest princess is enough It's too low.

"Your Highness, Chen Jingyan, has met with you."

Chen Jingyan returned the gift, and Jiarou quickly stepped aside, but took Ayu's arm and replied: "Uncle, Jiarou was hurt. After I came to Caizhou, it was thanks to sister Ayu's care that my sister and I share the same affection as sisters. My sister’s father is the elder Jiarou, how can I accept such a great gift from my uncle?”

"It is a blessing for the Weichen family that my little daughter can be close to His Highness."

Chen Jingyan said politely, but Jiarou said: "Uncle, you are too polite. Uncle also knows that my family is unlucky, and my two brothers..."

Speaking of this, Jia Rou's tone couldn't help but become lowered, "In short, Jia Rou is alone and helpless in this world. When he sees my uncle, he is like meeting my father. From now on, my uncle will regard Jia Rou as his junior. That's too polite." On the contrary, it seems raw.”

At first, Chen Jingyan felt uncomfortable when he heard Jia Rou talking about the "two brothers". The incident in Tokyo was almost planned by the Huaibei clique.

Even after the death of the late emperor, Liu Chi would not have dared to commit patricide without the instigation of military commanders Li Ke, Cai Yuan and others.

Although Jiarou didn't know about this, Huaibei and Jiarou were ultimately responsible for killing their father and brother. As a core figure in Huaibei, Chen Jingyan inevitably had a guilty conscience.

But what Jiarou said after that, "When you see your uncle, you feel like you are meeting my father" shocked Chen Jingyan. If an ordinary person expressed it like this, there would be no problem, but Jiarou's "my father" was the late emperor!
However, Ayu glanced at Jiarou strangely. The latter had indeed kept a low profile since entering the palace. On weekdays, apart from going to the Princess's Hanchun Hall to greet her, she would only sit and talk in Ayu's Rouzhi Garden.

But today, she acted too respectfully in front of her father.

Ayu thought for a moment, then interrupted the conversation between Jiarou and his father, and said, "It's getting late. I'm afraid Sister Cai and the others are waiting behind in a hurry. Let's go over."

After saying that, Ayu looked at her father, and saw that there were strands of silver threads on her father's temples. Then she thought of the prime minister in June. Ayu steeled herself, squeezed out a smile and said, "My daughter can't always Be filial to your father and take care of yourself."

Father and daughter have a spiritual connection, and Chen Jingyan can immediately see that his daughter feels guilty for not being able to help her, and wants to say something like, "Daddy never blamed you for this."

But because Jia Rou was by her side, she couldn't say it out.

After Ayu saluted, he took Jiarou and went to the back. When the figure was about to disappear at the Chuihua Gate, Chen Jingyan in the back finally couldn't help but said: "Ayu, please don't have any quarrels with your father and Yuan Zhang. If you encounter something unhappy, , then go home and live, your mother misses you."

At the end of the sentence, Chen Jingyan had some mood swings and his voice couldn't help but tremble.

Ayu turned her back to her father, her back stiffened for a moment, but after a brief pause, she quickly walked in.

She was afraid that she would cry in front of her father again, which would only make her father worried.

Ayu and Jiarou entered the Sijin courtyard. The former naturally let go of Jiarou's arm and picked up her son.

Jiarou held Mian'er's hand and winked at Nian'er in Ayu's arms, making Nian'er giggle and laugh. Jiarou rarely did this kind of mischief to tease children, at least this was Ayu's first time. See.

At this time, Jia Rou smiled gently and said, "Nian'er is smart, and with a grandfather as talented and virtuous as Uncle Chen, he will definitely have a good future in the future."

In the past, if Jiarou had praised her son like this, Ayu would have just smiled and said a few words of humility. But today, after being silent for a few breaths, Ayu suddenly asked: "Jiarou, just now you were with my father." If you say that you are alone in this world, then who do you think you are?"

This question was a bit pointed. Ayu thought that Jiarou would panic a little or explain that she said something wrong.

Unexpectedly, Jiarou looked at Yunong in front of him who was excitedly directing the children to get on the carriage, and said slowly: "To me, the King of Chu is my husband, my heart, and Mian'er's father." . But if Sister Cai is wronged, she can go to Cai Xiang for support. If Sister Ayu has something bad to do, she can go to Mr. Chen’s knees and return to her daughter’s house. Where can I go when I am troubled? Bar?"

On the second floor of Cuitang in the front house, Chen Jingyan felt a little distracted after a conversation because he had just met his daughter.

So when we were led to the second floor, we discovered that at the round table where wine and food had been set, in addition to Chen Chu, there was also a man named Kong Wu. This man had a bronze complexion and rosy cheeks, and he was from the military at first glance.

"Uncle, this is General Zheyan Wenzhe." Chen Chu introduced Chen Jingyan, who hurriedly took the lead and said, "Turns out he is the son of Marquis Zhonglie! How disrespectful!"

At the beginning of the year, Fan Gongzhi, who was in charge of the northwest military, went westward. Among the many decrees he brought with him were the decrees to pursue Zhe Keqiu as Zhonglie Marquis and Tong Wei as Zhongyong Marquis.

Zhe Yanwen immediately guessed Chen Jingyan's identity and returned the greeting, "I have met Chen Jinglue."

It was the first time that the two met, and they couldn't help but wonder how Chen Chu organized such a bureau and invited two people who were incomparable to each other, one civil and one military.

After the three of them were seated as guests of honor, they heard Chen Chu say: "An hour ago, Ao Daochong and I met."

"Oh? What did Yuan Zhang want from him?"

The purpose of Aodao's rush to Caizhou was clearly to seek peace. Since Chen Chu was willing to see him, he thought he had already agreed on some conditions.

"I asked him for 50,000 Hequ horses and 30,000 soldiers. In the spring of next year, I will ask the Xixia soldiers to accompany our army to attack the Jinren's lair outside the Pass."

Chen Chu said it lightly, but Chen Jingyan was surprised. In the Battle of Tokyo last year, Xixia's hundreds of thousands of troops suffered all casualties. You must know that there are only a few million people in Xixia. How can they raise another 30,000 soldiers?

"Yuanzhang, just Xixia, can you still raise 30,000 people after a big defeat?"

Chen Jingyan asked his doubts, but Chen Chu said: "If you don't get enough, let the guards of the Dangxiang noble family come to me. If you still don't get enough, the Dangxiang nobles and the Xixia emperor will put me in armor and send me into the army!"

Zhe Yanwen on the side said with hatred in his eyes: "They were able to mobilize nearly 200,000 troops to follow the gold to invade our Daqi. Now these 30,000 people will be given to them regardless of whether they give it to them or not!"

In the battle last year, the northwest suffered the most serious damage, not to mention the revenge for killing my father.

Qi State is trying to squeeze out the last bit of Xixia's war capabilities.

Anyway, the current Xixia Dynasty is the same as the Lin'an Dynasty, either directly destroying the country, or feeding tigers with meat to fatten Qi State. The latter method will undoubtedly drink poison to quench thirst, but compared with the imminent disaster of annihilation, following Qi State to attack Jin State, but It has become the only way to survive now.

"Aodaochong agreed?" Chen Jingyan asked again.

"He has no choice. I will give him a reply before noon tomorrow, otherwise I will send an urgent military order of 600 miles and order Lord Fan, the commander-in-chief of the northwest, to attack the city immediately. When the city is defeated, whether it is a noble prince or a nobleman of the royal family, Send them all to Beijing for questioning!”

Listening to Chen Chu's murderous words, Chen Jingyan could guess with his toes what Aodaochong would choose.

Chen Jingyan nodded, and then said: "Now on the Daling River front line, we have our Huaibei Army, the Jin Kingdom's Nanjing-reformed Han Army, and the Jin Army. If we add the Xixia Army, who will be the leader of the front line?"

When Chen Jingyan said this, he looked at Chen Chu.

Indeed, with such a complicated organization, no one in Daqi except the King of Chu could be in charge.

Chen Chu said: "Not only that, if the Jin Dynasty is destroyed next year, the Lin'an Dynasty will also have to send me an army to help!"

Chen Jingyan couldn't help but take a breath. He was stationed in Caizhou all year round and was responsible for a lot of logistics matters. With such a complex force, each army has different standard equipment, arrow consumables, and rations and customs. For the organization and scheduling of logistics, , it was a disaster.

However, Zhe Yanwen considered it from a military point of view and said: "King Chu, those Lin'an Dynasty sergeants are very sneaky and sneaky. It's better not to take them with you! The final general only needs to lead the old Western Army and add 20,000 Huaibei strong troops to the big army." Linghe front line supports General Zhou, and the Jin Kingdom can be destroyed in two years!"

Chen Chu shook his head and said: "The battle to destroy the Jin Dynasty is not only about fighting on the battlefield, but also about the political impact. The coordinated march of the armies to the north is to let the Zhou army wave the flag and shout from behind, but also to give them a sense of participation."

Chen Jingyan probably understood Chen Chu's thoughts and couldn't help but said: "Yuan Zhang wants to make preparations in advance to devour the Zhou Kingdom. Then the Jin Kingdom has enmity with me, Da Qi, so why not have any enmity with the Zhou Kingdom? By then, the Zhou army and I will The Qi army fights side by side, avenging the past humiliation. As long as Yuan Zhang can win over him a little more, the Zhou army will return to Jiangnan in the future, and I am afraid that his mind will not be stable. "

Speaking of this, Chen Jingyan frowned and continued: "If we really follow Yuan Zhang's vision, we will need to set up a yamen composed of officials from Daqi, Anfeng Dynasty, Lin'an Dynasty, Jin Kingdom Nanjing Road, etc. to coordinate the various Army, this is extremely difficult.”

"Yes!" Chen Chu personally poured a glass of wine for the two of them, organized some conversation, and then said: "I intend to set up an official office under the palace, with my uncle serving as chief historian and third-grade title, and in the middle to coordinate the logistics and government affairs. "

Normally, the long history of the prince's palace is from the fourth rank, but Chen Chu said that this long history is from the third rank, which is obviously beyond the qualifications, even half a rank higher than Chen Jingyan's third rank.

However, this kind of organization is usually a temporary setup, and you can imagine how much workload there will be in the future.

However, Chen Jingyan was in his prime, and if he could personally help Chenglong Kuaisu achieve the battle of annihilation of the country, he would naturally not shirk it.

Even the frustration caused by losing the competition in June disappeared in an instant.

Then, Chen Chu looked at Zhe Yanwen again. At this time, Zhe Yanwen knew that when the King of Chu invited him here today, he would definitely entrust him with an important task. He was burdened with the hatred of his family and the country, so he couldn't help but get up excitedly and said: "King of Chu , willing to drive for the horse!”

Chen Chu patted Zhe Yanwen on the shoulder, motioned for him to sit down, and said: "The government affairs of the government office will be handed over to Mr. Chen, but for the military affairs, I want to set up a staff department in the government office, and Yanwen will take office as the third-grade military consultant." , Recruit Feng Shuangyuan, Kuang Daogu and other veterans to serve as your assistants, is Yan Wen willing to take this job? "

Zhe Yanwen couldn't help but be startled. Judging from the third-grade military consultation and sacrificial wine, the official position was not small, but when he heard it, he knew that it was not the kind of job that actually led troops to fight.

Coupled with the veteran generals such as Feng Shuangyuan and Kuang Daogu, Zhe Yanwen immediately understood that the King of Chu was going to consolidate the military power of the Western Army!
For a time, Zhe Yanwen was at war with heaven and man in his heart, and the general naturally valued military power very much. However, the Western Army's invasion of the south in Jinxia last year damaged its foundation.

Even the conquest of the northwest this year relied heavily on the Huaibei Army as the main force.

It was too hard to resist. However, fortunately, his family was married to Qin Shengwu, the brother-in-law of the King of Chu. The other generals' children were also close to the King of Chu, and even had a sworn friendship.

If you follow the arrangements of the King of Chu, there will be no shortage of wealth and honor for several families in the future.

Thinking about it now, it seems that the King of Chu had arranged an honorable retreat for the generals of the Western Army many years ago. But if the King of Chu dared to use the military power of the Western Army at that time, there would definitely be a big disturbance, even if they were sworn brothers!

But now, the Western Army no longer has the capital to rely on its own troops.

As his thoughts changed, Zhe Yanwen suddenly stood up, lifted up his clothes and knelt down on one knee, "I will follow the prince to the death. I only hope to accomplish a great feat and leave a mark in history!"

"it is good!"

Chen Chu hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhe Yanwen up. Chen Jingyan saw this and said with a smile, "I don't know what Yuan Zhang plans to call the official office under the palace?"

Chen Chu poured more wine for the two of them, raised his glasses and said with a smile: "I'm too lazy to name it, so let's call it 'Tiance Admiral's Mansion' following the wisdom of our predecessors."

Chen Jingyan and Zheyan Wen both paused, looked at each other, and couldn't help laughing.

"Okay, let's call it Admiral Tiance's Mansion!"

"This name is extremely appropriate!"

Tiance Admiral's Mansion. It was built when Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was still the Qin Dynasty's latent residence.

The king of Chu borrowed this name, and the meaning it represents is self-evident.

This was probably to prepare Da Qi mentally.

Chen Jingyan secretly thought: No wonder Yuan Zhang mobilized troops from the Three Kingdoms and Four Dynasties to besiege the Kingdom of Jin!

The soldiers and horses of the Three Kingdoms are the common masters of the world! (End of chapter)