Chapter 1312 Old 3... What a Talent

Speaking of the northern barbarians, Tuohuan immediately showed a disdainful smile.

In fact, there is no big situation among the northern barbarians.

The northern barbarians suffered a severe blow in the winter of the year before last, and later they became involved in internal strife due to the struggle for power.

According to reliable sources, Lou Yi has basically taken control of the power of the northern barbarians, but there are still a few tribes within the tribe that are dissatisfied with Lou Yi and are resisting.

But those tribes are unlikely to amount to anything.

The northern barbarians are actually extremely weak now, and most of their troops have retreated to more remote and cold places.

Only a few people are still sneaking around near the territories of Beihuan and Guifang.

With the small number of troops of the northern barbarians, it would be impossible to cause any big waves if we fought against them openly.

Not to mention Yun Zheng, even Mundo can easily defeat the northern barbarians.

In fact, Lou Yi should also know this.

Therefore, Lou Yi did not dare to organize a large army to attack.

But Lou Yi is still a bit cunning.

Since they were unable to organize a large army to attack, Lou Yi wanted to attack from within their own ranks.

The people from Beimoduo that Lou Yi contacted secretly were actually all those who had contact with him when Lou Yi was still the prince of Dayue Kingdom.

Lou Yi knew that those people wanted to replace Zulu, so he helped them to come up with ideas, hoping to use Yun Zheng to kill Zulu and let those people take over.

In this way, Lou Yi was equivalent to planting a nail on the front line of Shuobei.

Moreover, if Yun Zheng killed Zulu, it might cause concern among Bei Huan and Mondo, making them worry that they would follow in Zulu's footsteps and thus start to rebel against Yun Zheng and eventually form an alliance with Lou Yi.

This will not only provide new opportunities for the northern barbarians, but will also cause trouble for Yun Zheng and even plunge the entire north into chaos.

Of course, the following information was not obtained by Tuohuan from the spies in Beimoduo, but was his own judgment.

Yun Zheng touched his chin and nodded slightly.

Tuohuan’s judgment still makes sense.

It is indeed unrealistic for Lou Yi to organize a certain amount of troops to attack Beihuan, Beimoduo or Dongguifang now.

But Lou Yi certainly doesn't want to see himself continue to grow.

Therefore, as long as there is a chance to cause trouble for himself, Lou Yi will definitely not let it go.

If he were Lou Yi, he would definitely make the same choice.

"This Lou Yi is quite capable."

Yun Zheng smiled, "We still have to find a chance to kill him! Otherwise, he might pop out and bite us someday."

It goes without saying that Lou Yi must hate him to the core.

There was absolutely no possibility of reconciliation between him and Lou Yi, and he had never thought of using Lou Yi for his own benefit.

It is more practical to kill such people!

I'm not afraid of thieves stealing, I'm afraid of thieves thinking about it!

Tuo Huan nodded and smiled, and replied: "Your Highness may want to let the Eighteen Ghost Riders do this."

“I actually thought about that a few days ago.”

Yun Zheng took a sip of tea and smiled, "But then I thought, sending the Eighteen Ghost Riders to assassinate Lou Yi is a bit of a waste of talent! I'll arrange this matter later!"

Tuohuan smiled and said nothing more.

"By the way, how is Chi Yan?"

Yun Zheng asked again: "Didn't Xiqu contact him?"

"I don't know about that." Tuo Huan shook his head slightly. "From what I can see so far, Chi Yan seems to be quite well behaved and hasn't made any big moves! Of course, it could also be that he doesn't dare to make any big moves..."

The Western Ghost Party ruled by Chi Yan is now struggling to survive in the cracks.

Whether Chi Yan takes action or not depends on what he thinks.

If Chi Yan was content with the status quo and just wanted to protect himself and live a few days of peace, he would not have turned to Xiqu.

After all, Yun Zheng’s battle record is there.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see who is stronger between Yun Zheng and Xiqu.

As long as Chi Yan does not rebel, he can continue to be the King of Western Ghosts.

But if Chi Yan wants to restore the glory of Guifang, or take back the territory from Mondo, or want to seek revenge on Yun Zheng, then he has no choice but to turn to Xiqu.

As for what Chi Yan was thinking, Tuohuan didn't know either.

Yun Zheng thought for a moment, then asked Tuo Huan: "What do you think if I send someone to inform Chi Yan to follow me to Jishan?"

"of course can!"

Tuo Huan answered without hesitation: "This is a good opportunity to test Chi Yan! If Chi Yan has nothing to hide, he should come! But if he makes excuses, Your Highness will probably have to send people to investigate more secretly."

"Yes, that's what I think too."

Yun Zheng nodded slightly, "Then I will send someone to inform him later!"

Before dealing with Xiqu, he must first resolve these internal problems to avoid being stabbed in the back when launching a large-scale military campaign against Xiqu.

Afterwards, Yun Zheng talked to Tuohuan about the situation in Fuzhou this year.

The drought in Shuobei has not affected Fuzhou.

Overall, Fuzhou has had good weather this year!

The soldiers who settled in Fuzhou also reclaimed a lot of wasteland, but it would probably take another one or two years to cultivate those wastelands.

Fuzhou's grain output this year increased by 40% over last year, reaching the highest grain output in Fuzhou's recorded history.

However, the grain production reported by Tuohuan to the court was reduced by nearly half.

After all, the court only exempted them from last year's taxes, so they still had to pay this year's taxes as usual.

There are still tens of thousands of troops stationed in Fuzhou.

The imperial court did not provide food and wages for their tens of thousands of troops, so he could only do something about taxation to supplement the food and wages.

"By the way, Your Highness, do you know who the new governor of Minzhou is?"

While speaking, Tuohuan suddenly asked again.

"This, the King really doesn't care."

Yun Zheng shook his head gently, "Who is it?"

Tuo Huan laughed: "An old acquaintance of your Highness!"

Old acquaintance?

Yun Zheng was slightly stunned, and then looked stunned, "Could it be Sun Ji?"

If the third brother lets Sun Ji be the governor of Minzhou, he will have to find a way to ask Yuan Cong for some thank-you gift.

"no no……"

Tuo Huan quickly shook his head and stopped keeping the secret, "It's Zhou Daogong!"

"what?"

Yun Zheng was stunned again.

Zhou Daogong?

Yunzheng's face twitched.

This was really beyond his expectations.

The third brother actually let Zhou Daogong be the governor of Minzhou?

Could it be that the third brother was planning to have Zhou Daogong train elite troops in Minzhou, and then lead his troops with Zhao Ji to launch a pincer attack on Fuzhou?

Well, this is probably what the third brother was thinking.

After all, in the eyes of the third brother, he and Zhou Daogong had a deep hatred.

This is great!

It seems like the third brother is really determined to be a financial official!

Who knows, the third brother might want to take advantage of the opportunity of his trip to Muzhou to let Zhou Daogong and Zhao Ji work together to capture him!

"The third brother... is really a talent!"

Yun Zheng shook his head and smiled, then instructed Tuo Huan: "Alright, I will have someone arrange a place for you to stay, you can take a rest first! Tomorrow I will have some discussions with the people in the cabinet, you can come along!"

"Yes!"

Tuo Huan readily agreed...