Xu Ziwei's face turned pale when he heard this. At this time, Xu Ziwen pointed to the empty river again and said, "If the warehouse is full, grain ships should be everywhere on the river. Grain ships enter the sea from the river mouth, or cross the river into the Grand Canal, and from the canal to Tongzhou, larger sea ships go directly to Dengzhou. There are Wang Zhi's ships in Dengzhou, which can be escorted or transported outside Yuguan to directly supply the army. Recently, due to the empty treasury, it is no longer enough to buy grain to enter the warehouse, and most of the nearby grain and sea ships have been suspended."

Xu Ziwei said: "The Tongzhou Dakuan still has at least six or seven million stones of grain. You are exaggerating."

Xu Ziwen smiled and said, "Brother, you are really ignorant! There are more than one million people in the capital, including eunuchs, officials, garrisons, monks and Taoists, and the people in the city, who are not engaged in production and have to rely on grain supply on weekdays. There are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers from Jizhou to Yunzhou who rely on grain transportation to make a living by transporting grain from Beijing. Now 300,000 imperial guards are out, and there are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of thousands of civilians along the way. The monthly food consumed is not enough. It has been more than half a year since the beginning of the summer of last year. The food consumed is probably more than tens of millions of stones, even if there is a supplement.

The grain warehouse is also seriously insufficient. It is difficult for the civilians to supply the Northern Expedition Army and the Xiang Army. There are more than one million people in the capital. What about the imperial guards in the towns? Moreover, transporting grain from Tongzhou, passing through Jizhou, Pingzhou, and Yuguan, and transporting grain for at least ten days is required. One stone is consumed half a stone. How could the court bear this consumption? It has been more than a month since my family arrived in Jiangling. There are only dozens of grain ships north, and the grain transported to the north is only tens of thousands of stones. It is useless. Therefore, I judged that the northern battlefield has reached the last moment."

"Nonsense... I don't believe it." Xu Ziwei was in a good mood and was so bad that he was thrown cold water from Xu Ziwen. You should know that Xu Ziwei's two sons were taken into the palace and regarded as crown prince. This is what Xu Ziwei's most excited about. If the war in the Great Wei Dynasty was unfavorable, leading to the destruction of the country, or the emperor lost his throne, then what is the significance of the two sons entering the palace? If the skin is gone, where will the hair be attached?

Xu Ziwen smiled slightly and said, "Of course my inference is to think about the worst. There may be a lot of food in stock, or the court may be able to grit their teeth... Now the situation is just to waste, and it depends on who can consume whom. I think Han Zhong and others will not be able to see it. Our elder brother is fucking Meng Lang's temperament, and the two palaces will never follow him to mess around."

Xu Ziwei was quite dissatisfied and said angrily: "I think you are a demon now. Since we are defeated by Xu Zixian, you have belittled yourself and raised others in everything. Now, you can even give up your own actions, just look down on your own people."

"I'm talking about the facts." Xu Ziwen spread his hands innocently and said, "I had a high opinion of myself before. Later, after going through the decline, I gradually realized that if I put aside my family background, bloodline, and status, I would be just an ordinary scholar, smarter than ordinary people. But compared to pure Confucian scholars like Wu Shizhong, and a saint like Wu Daozi, I am just a man of a man, or a little more than ordinary people. Our elder brother, in terms of talent and intelligence, is not a man of a man of a man of kindness, but he is afraid of being merciless and impatient. The court has been in chaos for more than ten years, and the court officials have been fighting in the internal struggle to the coup in the capital. The officials acted too urgently, and always liked to take on power and provoke the court officials to fight each other. This is the most important reason. As for our father, we don't need to mention it too much. In the battle of Jianzhou, our King of Zhao's lineage was all lost... If the father insisted a little, the final situation would not collapse to the present."

Xu Ziwei's face turned pale, knowing that everything he was happy about and the faint hope were shattered by Xu Ziwen in front of him with his words.

"Don't worry, don't worry." The brother looked ugly, but Xu Ziwen comforted him instead and smiled and said, "No matter what the situation is falling apart."

What kind of situation is that the north will not be protected for three to five years. With so long, it is enough for Xu Zi to run a navy that swept across the sea, and the invincible Lu army, and well, and cavalry. Our Great Wei will not be able to save the world. The worst situation should be the Southern Dynasties after the Constant Temperature captured Luoyang. Donghu and Northern Barbarians were Fu Jian's Qin and Murong's Yan, who established their own countries, but they had no choice but to the remaining forces of the Great Wei. Our Great Wei and the Xu family had at least a hundred years of luck. As for Liu Yu's attack on the north, completely destroyed the barbarian forces, restored China, or the Southern Chen structure, and was eventually destroyed by the Northern Dynasties.

It’s really hard to explain now. However, I can see clearly that within three to five years, the entire south will be ruled by Xu Zixian. Ten years later, only the two major forces of Donghu and Xu Zixian are left. They are to follow Taizu’s northern expedition, then drive the barbarians, or to settle in a corner, using the two Huai River, the Yangtze River, Hanzhong, and Sichuan as the boundary, and fight against the Donghu who entered outside the pass, occupied Guanzhong, Henan, Hebei, Qinfeng, and Hedong. I can’t see this at the moment. But with my understanding of Mingda, he is not the kind of person who is willing to be peaceful for his own selfishness. The so-called king’s profession is not the one who is not peaceful, and Mingda will fight the northern expedition."

Xu Ziwen said a lot, but kept praising Xu Zixian. Xu Ziwei in front of him didn't know what to say, but just stood there in a daze.

"Brother, you were completely ignorant in your eyes, but I am actually..." Xu Ziwen sighed softly and said with emotion: "But no matter whether it is a hero creating the current situation or a hero creating the current situation, now we have to face such a reality. With the suppression of the Nan'an Hou's lineage by King Zhao, I am afraid that Mingda will take revenge sooner or later in the future. He is such a person... He has no airs towards people and is kind and kind, but he will never be sympathetic under the rules. The father and you abandon the army and flee first on the battlefield. In Mingda's view, it is unforgivable for the sins. Unless our family changes its course now and no longer covets the position of the Supreme Emperor. Instead, we try to help the King of Qin and strengthen the power of the King of Qin's shogunate. We do more good deeds to redeem our previous sins. In this way, when Ming reaches Jiangling, we can maintain peace and enjoy decades of wealth in the future..."

Xu Ziwei's face became extremely ugly, and he immediately said, "You said you would study how Xu Zixian accomplished everything all day long, but the result was that? No matter what, my two sons will be sent to the capital, and no matter what, I will fight Xu Zixian to the end. My King of Zhao and his Marquis of Nan'an will never stop!"

Xu Ziwei left with his sleeves, and Xu Ziwen could only sigh and say nothing else. No matter what, Xu Zixian felt that his research was extremely correct. If the Zhao Wang family did not change their original intention, they would probably be taken away in the future.

If Xu Ziwen himself said that, he didn't care much about whether he was born or died. However, he had nephews and nieces, several young siblings, and his legitimate mother and concubine mother. Such a big family would be killed by the clan if they were not done well in the future.

Xu Zi first acted in a well-organized manner and made decisions. He would never hold back if he knew what he had decided. Xu Ziwen sighed, but he also had a unique persistence in his heart. No matter what, the King of Zhao's lineage must continue, and he was about to do his part. The ending was only up to God's will.

...

"Official family, the two team training team members have been given."

The two brothers Xu Shanwei and Xu Shanyong took less than ten days to arrive in Beijing by land.

Of course, the journey was quite hard. One of the two brothers was five years old and the other four years old. They were still young children. The hair on the top of their heads had not been left, only two small braids were left. This is the so-called age of the general horn.

After a few years, they will slowly grow their hair. When they are in their teens, the clan will send respected elders to add crowns to the two teenagers.

After winning the crown, you will be considered an adult.

Neidong Head

Zhang Wei, the official, also had a hard time. He looked like two sluggish children, but Zhang Wei still looked energetic. He led two group envoys of a few years old in the inner hall to pay respectful respect to the current official family and Emperor Chongde.

If Xu Ziwei could follow him, he would definitely be surprised and sighed.

The emperor has lost a lot more weight than a year ago. His cheekbones on both sides of his face, his chin is sharp, and his wide robe and big sleeves are almost giving people a light feeling, as if he can't suppress his robe and clothes. A gust of wind blew over him, which could blow the emperor into the air.

Over the past year, a lot of things have happened, among which the things outside Fujian Road and Yuguan are the most worrying thing for the emperor.

The country's fortune is not good, the world is in turmoil, disasters are frequent, and wars are constantly coming.

Xu Shanwei and Xu Shanyong, although they were young, were taught beforehand. The two children bowed together and said, "My minister Xu Shanwei, Xu Shanyong, pay homage to Your Majesty."

A smile appeared on the emperor's thin face. The two in front of him were his favorite candidates for succession. After he concluded that there was no queen, the best candidate would of course be his nephew.

"Get up." The emperor said warmly: "Do you know who I am?"

Both children were wearing a fifth-rank official robe with a tailored and fitted blue round neck robe, a small robe with a small flower, a plain silver belt, and a slim head. This little adult appearance made the emperor feel quite interesting.

Unexpectedly, both children were silly. After a while, Xu Shanwei said tremblingly: "The official family is the uncle."

The emperor felt disappointed. The child from the literati family was about five years old and had already started reading. He had finished reading some smart three-character classics or thousands of poems. The boy in front of him had his eyes dull and he was rude to answer. The other child was even more unbearable. He still dared not speak out, and he didn't know how Xu Ziwei taught him?

Xu Ziwei wanted to teach, but he was straightforward and uncivilized, and he didn't work hard on such matters. The royal family was extravagant and arrogant. Who could really teach the two young princes with his heart? King Zhao himself was both sensual and sensible, so how could he care about the education of his descendants? This is the difference between the royal family and the literati family.

The emperor patiently asked, "Is your grandfather okay in Jiangling?"

This time, Xu Shanwei answered much smoother, and shook his head and said, "My grandfather was not doing well in Jiangling. He had no customers and had no money to eat wine. He was unhappy with a stern face, cursing and beating people every day."

The emperor felt sad, and knew that his father was quite dissatisfied with the demotion of Jiangling. His family's wealth was deprived of clean by King Xu Zi of Qin when he left the country. After the news spread, the Yintai Department received many memorials that impeached King Zhao, and officials were not good at explaining it clearly, but the rumors in the market were mostly praise.

As the prince's commander-in-chief and the emperor's biological father, King Zhao abandoned his subordinates and fled first in front of the formation. His reputation was also inflicted upon this time.

The emperor glanced at the eunuchs beside him. Some of them were responsible for monitoring the ministers, and some were responsible for collecting public opinion reports from the public. In recent days, it is estimated that people are not only gloating about the loss of King Zhao, but also ordering the emperor to directly enthrone the two nephews and train them in the palace to educate them. I am afraid that there are also many discussions and many dissatisfied people.

"That's it." Emperor Chongde asked no more questions, and said with a look of his sleeve: "Take them down, have some snacks, and then send them down to take care of their daily life. Get up tomorrow morning and start studying in the study."
Chapter completed!