The Empress Dowager's passage of knowing is emotionally reasonable, so that I feel that there is no room for refusal after listening to it, not to mention that the reason why Yixian came in response to the edict is that he is already ready to take over as the prince of the country.

As the Empress Dowager said, although the Guozijian and the Taixue Hall have merged, this does not mean that the children of the scholar clan will be willing to live in harmony with the children of the Han family.

The words have already been said for this part, and Yixian has no right to refuse, so he hurriedly bowed and bowed to show his submission, and said:

"Yixian obeyed the dispatch of the Empress Dowager, did her best, and died!"

"Hmm. ”

Hearing that Yixian had promised to go out, the smile on the Empress Dowager's face really brightened. Then he looked at the eldest princess beside him with great relief, and said with great relief:

"It's all your fault!"

It can be persuaded that Yixian, who has long been dedicated to retreating to the mountains and forests and not asking about mundane affairs, will come out of the mountain again, and I am afraid that there is no one else in this world except Her Royal Highness the eldest princess.

Wan'er just smiled slightly, indifferent.

And my eyes sank slightly, but there was something wrong in my heart......

"Originally, I invited you here to gossip about homely things, but I didn't expect to talk about state affairs. As the saying goes, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, originally a family affair is a family affair, but in the royal family, this matter is also a state affair, how can it be separated, you say, is this the reason?"

The Empress Dowager put Xiao Jue'er down and handed it over to the aunts who were waiting around her to take care of her.

Yixian and I hurriedly nodded yes.

"Since we have already talked about the matter of Northern Qi, I also want to hear your opinions on this matter. ”

After the Empress Dowager finished speaking, her eyes were sharp, and her spirit was also lifted, she wanted to know what these two accomplished literati in front of her would think of the current situation in the court, this is really a rare opportunity!

Yixian and I glanced at each other, and our hearts were a little awe-inspiring, and I only felt that the Empress Dowager's words were a bit like letting Yixian and I each put forward our own opinions on the matter that is now arguing between the court and China, and it was good that we could win and lose here.

I was silent, but Yixian still smiled and calm, he took a step forward and bowed, and said to the Empress Dowager:

"Please forgive the Empress Dowager, Yixian has been neglected in the government for too long, and he has a lot of confusion about the affairs of the court, so he can't answer the Empress Dowager's questions exactly, and Weichen is terrified!"

"Well, it's not that you can't answer, but you don't want to compete with others, after all these years, Yixian is still the same Yixian!"

The Empress Dowager said this with emotion, and then turned her eyes to me and said:

"Chen'er, come and talk about it. ”

I bowed down and bowed again, and said:

"Imperial grandmother, the imperial grandmother has already discussed the matter discussed in the court today with the two ministers and several state and town governors, if the sons and daughters add more beaks, I am afraid that it will cause criticism!"

I am just an imperial historian now, and I can participate in the government but not interfere in the government, and this is the crux of the matter.

The Empress Dowager was silent for a moment, of course she could understand what I was saying, and she also knew the consequences of this matter, but these were not the Empress Dowager's concerns, she needed to hear different opinions and ways to deal with this matter, and more importantly, she wanted to see if the horse she had appointed for Wan'er was really worthy of the name and was a rare talent with both courage and strategy.

"It's okay, this is a family matter, the person who asked you is your imperial grandmother, but she is just talking about her own opinions, and it has nothing to do with the government. ”

The Empress Dowager is indeed a heroic woman, and her words are extraordinary, and she is very worthy of respect.

I looked at Wan'er, and Wan'er bowed slightly, which means that it can be said.

Now that I have Wan'er's approval, then I naturally don't need to keep silent anymore.

"In that case, let me tell you about my shallow opinion. ”

"Imperial grandmother, the matter that the courtiers are controversial about now is the issue of dealing with the Northern Qi Dynasty, whether to wait for work and strike later, or take the initiative and strike first, but the ministers think that the war between the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi is inevitable, in this case, whether it is a preemptive strike or a preemptive strike is not the main problem. ”

"Oh, go on!"

The Empress Dowager finally heard a different remark, and couldn't help but be full of interest and anticipation.

"The main problem should be the commander of the army!"

As soon as the words came out, the Empress Dowager did not hide her appreciation, and the smile on her face was even worse.

"As the saying goes: a thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find. And generals who can command hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses at the same time are even rarer, please forgive the guilty ministers for their courage and dare to ask the emperor's grandmother, if it is this expedition, who will you appoint as the commander of the three armies to sit in the Chinese army?"

The Empress Dowager was slightly surprised, she really didn't expect that the concubine she had appointed would be so sharp, had he already seen through his desire to go east?

"If you have the intention of going on an expedition, Dugu Xuan, the governor of Xiangzhou, is a veteran of the battlefield, and the experienced and experienced troops are even more well-organized, so he deserves to be the commander of the three armies!"

Although the Empress Dowager proposed Dugu Xu, I know that the Empress Dowager will never use him as a handsome, the reason why such a rhetoric is just a pretense of temptation, it is conceivable that today in the apse and several courtiers to discuss the matter, Dugu Xue must be the main force to fight, and Mao recommended himself as the marshal of the three armies!

I shook my head and said bluntly:

"General Du Gu is indeed brave and good at fighting, but he can't be the commander of the three armies, because he is the head of the state town!"

The governor of the state and town already has his own army, and if they are allowed to take charge of the Eastern Expeditionary Army alone, the consequences will be unimaginable.

I've been so outspoken, I just hope that the Empress Dowager won't beat around the bush and talk about him left and right.

The Empress Dowager saw that my courage was commendable, and with this insight and courage, she also felt that there was no point in trying it any longer, so she simply said bluntly and said:

"As for who to become the commander of the three armies still needs to be agreed, but if this battle is successful, my Northern Wei troops will have to divide the troops into three routes, the north and south roads respectively to intercept the garrison of Rouxuan Town, the northern military town of Northern Qi, and the south to open the way for the Chinese army, sweep the capital in the south of Jinyi, and the Chinese army will go straight to Jinyi, if you can take the young son of the Northern Qi in Jinyi, you can complete the battle, if he is lucky to escape all the way back to Shangdu, then the north and south roads still have a chance to intercept it, if it can't be stopped, then the eastern crusade will be considered a failure!"

The Empress Dowager said that the essence of the competition for the soldiers, although the soldiers are divided into three ways to disperse the troops, it is also the most stable tactic, but for the two marshals who lead the north and south, it will be a very difficult battle, and the Chinese army goes straight to Jinyi, and it is more necessary for the brave and fearless generals to charge into battle, and the three armies cooperate with each other to achieve victory in this war.

First of all, let's talk about the difficulties in the north and south, the military town of Rouxuan in the north, just like the Huaishuo military town in the Northern Wei Dynasty, is an important military town to defend the frontier and resist the Turks going south, and the soldiers inside are extremely brave, which is a well-known thing. There were two such important military towns in the northern frontier of the Northern Qi Dynasty, one was the town of Rouxuan, and the other was the town of Yuyi, which was close to Jinyi and Yuyi was close to Shangdu (Kyoto of Northern Qi).

If there is a change in Jinyi, the nearest Rouxuan will divide troops to rescue, so the main purpose of the Northern Route Army is to intercept and destroy this rescue force from Rouxuan.

Among the important towns distributed on the southern line of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the eight floors and above were all under the command of Yu Wenyi, the backer of the Northern Qi Dynasty, that is to say, the world-famous Feiyun Iron Cavalry was responsible for the defense of the south and most of the territory bordering the Northern Wei Dynasty. In other words, if the Southern Route Army of the Northern Wei Dynasty wanted to pave the way for the Chinese army, it had to face the threat of the Feiyun Iron Cavalry!

Therefore, it is very important whether the northern and southern armies can resist the Rouxuan reinforcements and the Feiyun Iron Cavalry, and whether the Chinese army can quickly conquer Jinyi will also play a decisive role in the victory of the war!

In the final analysis, this is a duel between the commander and the commander, and the key to determining the outcome is never the number of people, but the most solid military quality of the commander!

Therefore, how to choose the division marshal of the three armies is very important, and the generalissimo who commands the three armies and sits in the middle army is even more important!

Because this generalissimo must not only have the ability to command hundreds of thousands of soldiers to fight, but more importantly, he must be able to suppress the three marshals under him!

......

When the Empress Dowager said this, she paused, and then continued:

"Therefore, the most critical point of this battle is to do your best to select the marshal candidate for the north, south and central roads, Chen'er, in your opinion, who do you think is suitable for the marshal of the three roads?"

I pondered for a moment, and then said:

"Erchen thinks that since the governor of the state and town cannot serve as the generalissimo, he can let them serve as the marshal of the South Road against the Feiyun Iron Cavalry of the Northern Qi, and the governor of the state and town has fought against the Feiyun Iron Cavalry for many years, and each has its own victory and defeat, I believe that they can only deal with it!"

The Empress Dowager nodded silently, and then continued to ask:

"What about the mid lane?"

I paused first, but still said this person, and said:

"Gao Wei can take on this heavy responsibility!"

When the Empress Dowager heard this, the corners of her mouth rose unconsciously, and her smile was very peculiar, and she asked rhetorically:

"Gao Wei, but your brother!"

I hurriedly clenched my fists and said:

"The imperial mother, what you asked is who can take on this important responsibility, the son is just telling the truth, not to mention, the virtuous do not avoid relatives, whether Gao Wei is talented because of this, the imperial grandmother has her own conclusion in her heart!"

In a few words, the doubts in the empress dowager's heart suddenly disappeared, and she seemed to have a different understanding of the big horse in front of her.

"Then who do you think should be used for the North Road?"

The Empress Dowager's words made me fall into a dead silence, the candidate for this North Road happened to be the general I had been looking for, but it was a pity......

Seeing that I was silent, the Empress Dowager laughed heartily a few times and said:

"The marshal of the North Road, the mourning family, has a suitable candidate in his heart......"

Hearing this, I couldn't help but cast a curious look at the Empress Dowager.

"It seems that the mourning family can also decide who the generalissimo of the three armies should use, the commander of the Yanyun Dragoon Guard in Huaishuo Town, Shuo Wang Xiao Tang, with this old general in charge of the three armies, I believe that no one in the army dares to oppose it!"

Hearing this, my face turned pale, the things I least wanted to see, the things I didn't want to think about, after all, happened!

No, no, no, I can't accept this happening!

"Empress Dowager, the Yanyun Dragoon Guards have been guarding the frontier and resisting the Turks, and the merits are remarkable, if you rashly use the Yanyun Dragoon Guard, I am afraid that the Turks will take the opportunity to go south at that time......"

"Hey, the mourning family has already heard clearly, and the Turkic tribes are now too busy to take care of themselves, but I am afraid that they will not have the heart to go south for the time being. Therefore, the meaning of the mourning family is to let Xiao Jue, the young marshal of the Yanyun Dragon Cavalry Guard, become the marshal of this northern road army!"

When I finally heard the name "Xiao Jue" come out of the mouth of the Empress Dowager, I only felt that the whole person was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, staggering back a few steps, and the next moment I was going to faint on the spot......

It turns out that this is the case, what is the meaning of the Queen Mother's words "if you can't afford it, you have to be able to afford it"......

As for Wan'er, Wan'er suddenly punished me by sleeping in a separate room, it turned out that it was a helpless preparation for today's resolution, right?

Wan'er, she is about to leave me and go to Northern Qi!

Looking at Wan'er's resolute but somewhat worried look at me, I don't know what to do!

Who can sue me, what should I do, and what can I do?

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