Even Empress Dowager Gao couldn't sit still, so she could think about her attitude towards the government and the public.

The Political Affairs Hall is facing tremendous pressure.

I don’t know how many people wrote a letter to express their deep concerns about the court’s battle with the Xia people at all costs this time, “carefully urged” the court to “take the people as the key”, “weapons are weapons, and saints do not do it”, “the war will not overflow, and it will only consume the people’s wealth and ointment”, etc.

The impeachment of Zhang Dun and others has also continued to increase, and there is no time for Kaifeng City to calm down.

A few days later, a carrier pigeon from Huanqing Road flew into the confidential room again.

Zhao Xu hurriedly came out of the Chuigong Hall and sat in the confidential room to wait.

Before the letter arrived at the confidential room, Su Song, Zhang Dun, Cai Bian and Zhao Xu arrived, waiting.

After the three of them greeted each other, they sat down at Zhao Xu and waited anxiously.

The encirclement of Huanzhou is a huge "loss". If the Xia people continue to move south, they may really threaten Kaifeng!

Zhao Xu and the current court are betting on this battle. Once they win, they will gain the upper hand in the government and public opinion and can promote reforms more vigorously!

But if it fails, the attack on Zhao Xu and the court will be unimaginable.

First of all, the two leaders of the reform faction, Zhang Dun and Cai Bian, have no face to establish themselves in the court!

This was a huge blow and setback to Zhao Xu's plan to strengthen the country!

Soon, the note on the carrier pigeon was sent, and the doctor of the Ministry of War also held another long piece of paper with undried ink and said, "The official family has translated it, please check it out."

Zhao Xu quickly brought it over. Su Song, Zhang Dun, and Cai Bian couldn't help it and stood behind Zhao Xu and stared at the notes.

This was written in secret language. After translation, Zhao Xu breathed a sigh of relief and looked at him with wide eyes.

‘I am above, Huanzhou has not been lost, Mubo Town is firmly guarded, and there are ambushing troops from all walks, which is a strategy to lure the enemy into the deep. The other walks are safe and sound. Please be content with your Majesty, the Xia people will definitely not be able to break through Huanqing Road.’

Zhao Xu and others carefully examined the content of the letter with different expressions.

Zhao Xu didn't feel much more content. Zhang Yue's letter was not full, and there was only one "tempting the enemy into the depth" as the key point.

Su Song, Zhang Dun, and Cai Bian looked at each other, then glanced at Zhao Xu's silent face. Su Song was the former Privy Councilor, and said silently: "Officials, since Zhang Feng is in his mind, there is no need to worry. Zhang Feng is not a big talker. He has more than 200,000 troops, and he will act cautiously and will not be defeated."

Zhang Dun was dissatisfied with Su Song's words, raised his eyebrows and said, "Official family..."

Before Zhang Dun finished speaking, Zhao Xu suddenly said, "Jiang Xu is on Xihe Road, right? Does he have any letters?"

Su Song and Zhang Dun were stunned, but the doctor of the Ministry of War said, "When he returned to the official home, Secretary Xu approved several affairs of the Ministry of War, but there was no single word about border affairs."

Cai Bian pondered and said, "The official family is coming with great force. Xu Shangshu is obeying the official family's instructions. He should not want to have any impact on Zhang Jinglue's strategy."

Zhao Xu let out a sigh of relief and looked at the letter again. Although Zhang Qing didn't say much, he gave some advice and it was not a failure to be surrounded by Huanqing Road.

Zhao Xu thought for a while and said, "Don't comfort me. At this point, there is no reason to retreat. You go, don't write to Zhang Yu and put pressure on him out of thin air. I guess that there should be a result in three or five days at most."

The war has been in operation for nearly half a month. The Xia people are attacking fiercely, and Zhang Feng is luring the enemy into depth. A head-on battle may be right in front of him.

Seeing that Zhao Xu's tone was gentle and there was no panic, Su Song, and Zhang Dun, all breathed a sigh of relief. Now, they were not afraid of something on the front line, but instead worried that Zhao Xu's attitude was repeated.

Zhao Xu said a few words, then left the confidential room and continued to handle political affairs in the Political Affairs Hall.

In the evening, Zhao Xu sat in the main seat of the Chuigong Hall, and two little guys were sitting below - the ninth brother Zhao Ji and the thirteenth brother Zhao Si.

Zhao Ji was caught by Zhao Xu because he ran to the fish pond to take a bath. Zhao Si almost hit someone up in the palace and was pressed by Zhao Xu.

Zhao Ji pursed his lips and bulged his face, practicing writing stroke by stroke.

Zhao Size's lips opened and closed and he didn't turn a page for a while.

The two of them looked up at each other from time to time, and then glanced at Zhao Xu quietly, not knowing what the hell was thinking.

Zhao Xu didn't care about their little actions and looked at the memorial in front of him.

This is the memorial from the prefect of Jiangning Prefecture, saying that "the flood disaster is very urgent, and it is severe in previous years. There are countless victims. Please exempt the three counties from money and food for one year."

In theory, such a thing is reasonable, and the court and Zhao Xu did not make any refutation, but Zhang Dun's instructions above were: No.

This made Zhao Xu think deeply.

Zhang Dun is not a person who ignores people's livelihood because of party struggles, which shows what is wrong with it.

Zhao Xu took out the map from the drawer and found Jiangning Mansion. He looked at the location of Jiangning Mansion and thought about other related memoirs. Soon after, he understood, his eyes were pounding coldly.

Jiangning Prefecture is the area around Nanjing in later generations.

If Jiangning Prefecture was flooded, it would definitely not be the three counties, not just Jiangning Prefecture. Zhao Xu remembered that there were several other prefectures in the upstream and downstream of the river that also had similar memorials.

However, what they called for was not asking for money and food, but asking the court to allocate money and food to help the disaster.

Zhao Xu looked at each location. Some of these locations were close, some were far away, some were high and some were low. If floods were flooded, it should have flooded a whole area, but it was separated by a few places, and the distance between them was also a "harvest" this year!

Zhao Xu understood and left the memorial with a cold expression.

As the sky gradually darkened, Meiren Liu appeared gracefully outside the gate of Chuigong Hall, holding a plate in both hands and laughed in, but when she saw Zhao Ji and Zhao, she quickly calmed down her demeanor and became calm and elegant.

Zhao Si and Zhao Ji looked at each other, and both of them stared at Meiren Liu.

Meiren Liu was uncomfortable when they saw her, so she saluted her a little, then walked towards Zhao Xu and said softly: "I have seen the official family."

Zhao Xu looked at the soup bowl in her hand and smiled and said, "No gift, I'm just hungry."

When the beautiful Liu was happy, he stepped forward and opened the lid, quickly gave it to Zhao Xusheng, saying, "Then the official family should drink it."

Zhao Xu smiled and just took it over, a yellow gate suddenly appeared at the door and said, "Report to the official family, Xihe Road will report."

Zhao Xu's face changed, he put down the bowl suddenly and rushed out quickly.

"Official family..." Liu Meiren was about to shout, but when she saw that Zhao Xu had already run out, she could only stomp her feet with a humming voice.

Zhao Xu came to the confidential room, and the doctor of the Ministry of War quickly handed a report to Zhao Xu and said happily: "The official family, the joint report of Shangshu Xu and Wang Wenyu, the governor of Xihe Road, three days ago, they repelled the invading Xia soldiers and beheaded more than 2,000."

Zhao Xu hurriedly took it, opened it and looked at it, and felt relieved. This was the first and only good news he had seen in such a long time!

Seeing General Xu's signature, Zhao Xu nodded secretly. There was nothing wrong with this, and a comforting smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

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Updates tomorrow.
Chapter completed!