Zhou Heng patted Jiang Ai's shoulder and said with a smile.
Zhou Heng was very satisfied that Jiang Ai could answer in this way. If Jiang Ai's answer was another answer, Zhou Heng must have a different attitude at this time.
A few days later, Zhou Heng left with the army.
"My lord, why did the emperor let you sit in the northern border? Can't we go to Xiyi?" the person next to Jiang Ai asked after Zhou Heng left.
He didn't understand, wouldn't it be better if they went to Xiyi?
"We are from Xiyi, although the emperor trusts us, do you think the emperor will let me become king in Xiyi?" Jiang Ai asked with a smile.
If your emperor treats him sincerely, he will treat you wholeheartedly. If you have any small plans, he will crush you without hesitation.
This is what Jiang Ai saw from Zhou Heng.
Zhou Heng won't let them go back to Xiyi. Jiang Ai knew about it when they came out of Xiyi.
"The cavalry?"
"Don't mention this matter again. What the emperor says is what he says. Eat the king's salary and take care of the king's worries. We don't need to take care of other things, we just need to take care of ourselves."
Jiang Ai interrupted the man.
Zhou Heng went all the way south.
Return to Chang'an.
After half a year, Zhou Heng pacified the Northern Wei Dynasty and Zhao State, and doubled the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
"Welcome to the emperor, the emperor's holy peace!"
All the officials in Chang'an came to the gate of the city to welcome Zhou Heng's triumphant return.
Zhou Heng smiled slowly.
"My loves, wake up. I'm not in Chang'an for this expedition, but I'm very relieved that you loves can work together and perform their duties."
Zhou Heng looked at the crowd and praised, this matter is indeed worthy of praise, because if there were no crowd, how could Zhou Heng conquer the Northern Wei and Zhao with such peace of mind.
Come to the palace.
Zhou Heng held a grand banquet to entertain all officials.
"Xu Xianghu!"
"The end is here!" Xu Xianghu immediately took a step forward.
"The last time you came from Xiyi, I didn't reward you well. Today, I canonize you as Marquis of Luoyang, who will sit in Luoyang and command the Longwei Army."
Zhou Heng said slowly that Zhou Heng trusted Xu Xianghu more than Jiang Ai, because Xu Xianghu and Jiang Ai had different backgrounds.
"Thank you Lord Ron."
Xu Xianghu said gratefully.
Now he can be regarded as a general and a marquis.
"Your Majesty, you marched north. During this period, the Southern Liang, Southern Chu, and Southern Tang alliances, they built a large-scale construction in our southern border, and built a city wall that stretched for thousands of miles to resist our Great Zhou."
Yu Shilin told Zhou Heng what happened.
"Maginot Line?"
Zhou Heng showed a faint smile.
"Horse what?"
Everyone was surprised and didn't understand what Zhou Heng was talking about, but Zhou Heng smiled and waved his hands, "It's okay, let them do it. Their large-scale construction will only weaken their national strength, so why not do it."
Zhou Heng seems to have taken this fortress seriously.
Back to Chang'an for the past month.
Bad people sent news from Northern Qi.
The Northern Qi Dynasty was in chaos, An Lujie and Shi Gang conspired against each other, An Lujie became the king in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Shi Qiang united with the surrounding Jiedu envoys to become the king, the Northern Qi was completely in chaos, and all forces were ready to move.
"Your Majesty, Northern Qi is in chaos!"
Qu Xu said.
"Well, I guessed it."
Zhou Heng said with a smile, this matter was planned by Zhou Heng himself.
"Do you think the Northern Qi royal family can withstand it?" Zhou Heng asked Qu Xu, Qu Xu shook his head, the Northern Qi royal family was weak, and Jiedu envoys had heavy troops in their hands. Now that they are self-respecting and enclosing themselves as kings, the royal family is already like a decoration.
"My minister is not optimistic about the Northern Qi royal family."
Qu Xu expressed his thoughts.
"Well, I don't like the Northern Qi royal family either." Zhou Heng nodded. He had met the Northern Qi emperor before.
It was expected that Jiedu envoys would revolt.
"It's just that I didn't expect An Lujie to rebel." Qu Xu said, he thought of many people in the Northern Wei Dynasty, but he didn't expect An Lujie to rebel.
An Lujie was loyal in the Northern Qi Dynasty and always supported the royal family, but he never expected that An Lujie would be the first to rebel and become king.
"This is knowing people, knowing their faces, but not their hearts. The more loyal people are, the more dangerous they are. They will hide their ambitions and only reveal their true colors when the time is right."
Zhou Heng said.
When Zhou Heng saw An Lujie at the beginning, he also felt that An Lujie could not rebel, but how is it now? An Lujie rebelled against him.
"Your Majesty, the Northern Qi Dynasty is in chaos, and I feel that this is a god-sent opportunity."
Qu Xu said that if they take the Northern Qi, the North of the Great Zhou can be pacified.
"I thought so too, but the teacher came out of nowhere."
Zhou Heng said with some annoyance that it might be inappropriate for them to suddenly intervene in Beiqi's own affairs, so Zhou Heng was also annoyed.
"That's true."
Qu Xu nodded, what Zhou Heng said was also reasonable, Da Zhou could only be anxious about this matter.
At this time, in addition to the Great Zhou, Southern Chu, Southern Liang, and Southern Tang were also paying attention to the affairs of the Northern Qi. Who would have thought that there would be civil strife in the Northern Qi at this time.
"Are all the Northern Qi dynasties?"
Zhu Houzhao said angrily, this clearly gave Da Zhou an opportunity to sneak in.
Zhao Guo and the Northern Wei Dynasty were annexed by Zhou Heng, and then the Northern Qi Dynasty. It is so obvious that there is still civil strife in the Northern Qi Dynasty. Isn't this what is it?
"The Northern Qi issue existed before, but now it just broke out."
Changsun You said, the Jiedu envoys in the Northern Qi Dynasty had self-respect and the imperial power in the Northern Qi Dynasty declined. In such an environment, such problems will arise sooner or later.
"Why."
Zhu Houzhao sighed.
"Why is there civil strife at this time?" Zhu Houzhao also knew about the problems in Northern Qi, but he still didn't understand why the civil strife happened at this time. The timing was too coincidental.
"Weichen thinks this matter has something to do with Zhou Heng."
Channing guessed.
"What's the meaning?"
Zhu Houzhao and Changsunyou looked at Qian Ning.
"I heard that Zhou Heng ceded more than half of the territory of the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Northern Qi Dynasty. Such a large territory fell from the sky, what will happen to the Northern Qi Dynasty?"
Qian Ning said that the things here are self-evident, and this is Zhou Heng's calculation.
"This Zhou Heng."
Zhu Houzhao said angrily
The Northern Qi Dynasty was in chaos, and the royal family was not humbled by history, so they gave up the capital and moved north.
"This history is tough. I even married my younger sister to him and made him my son-in-law of the Northern Qi Dynasty. He is an extremely human minister. Why is he not satisfied?"
The Emperor of Northern Qi said angrily that they married the princess to Shi Gang in order to win over, but they did not expect Shi Gang to rebel in the end.
"The emperor is not concerned with these things until now. An Lujie and Shi Gang conspired against each other. We must find a way to suppress them. If not, we will die without a place to die."
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