It's a cold day in November. However, it was cold and windy outside, but inside the palace was warm as spring.

Song Guifei said to the prince: "Next month, it will be your birthday, last year's birthday was simply passed, and this year it can't be like this anymore." "Song Guifei wants to hold a big birthday banquet for the prince.

The crown prince immediately said: "Mother, now that the treasury is empty, these empty things are no longer needed." "If it is done according to his mother's wishes, he will get hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. really forced Hubu Shangshu to come out with the money, it's not that he can't make up the money, but he doesn't think it's necessary. The treasury has no money, and he still throws money into it for his birthday, how will the courtiers below look at him as a prince. I must feel that this prince is incompetent.

Song Guifei disagreed, and said: "How much can it cost for a birthday? If the treasury has no money, can it be missing?" Her son is the crown prince and the prince of a country, and no one can treat her son badly.

At this time, the eunuch outside hurriedly walked in and said to Song Guifei and the prince: "Guifei Niangniang, His Royal Highness the Prince, the northwest eight hundred miles is delivered urgently!"

The prince's face changed greatly, and he hurried out of the Liuli Palace.

Song Guifei said to Mama Ying beside her: "Go and inquire, what do you see?" Eight hundred miles northwest is urgent, and nine times out of ten it is a war. In this winter, I don't know what these northern captives are doing......

Mama Ying came back soon and said to Song Guifei: "Niangniang, it was Qin Sent Cao De's followers and others who were killed by horse thieves. ”

Song Guifei snorted coldly and said, "These horse thieves are really lawless, and even Qin Cha dares to kill them." We must let the emperor wipe them out. ”

Mama Ying immediately complimented: "Your Highness is wise and powerful, and you will definitely be able to exterminate these horse thieves." "It was as if the prince himself had gone to suppress the bandits.

Song Guifei didn't care about horse thieves, but when she talked about the northwest, she remembered Yuxi who married to the northwest: "Han's declining girl has been married to the northwest for more than a year. ”

Mama Ying said, "It's been almost two years. Niangniang, it's strange to say, the monk said that the Han family was destined to decline, but he didn't expect that after marrying Yunqing, not only did he not bring Yunqing to decline, but instead made Yunqing prosperous, and now Yunqing has become a general of the second grade!" She has always wanted to take revenge on her sister, and now that she has the opportunity, she can't help but take advantage of it.

Song Guifei frowned.

Mama Ying said: "Niangniang, Yunqing is now a general in the border city, and he has an army of 100,000 in his hands. This Han family was married by you that day, if she is jealous ......" Speaking of this, Mama Ying stopped talking.

Song Guifei snorted coldly and said, "She dare!" said this, but she still didn't know the bottom in her heart. Yunqing controlled an army of 100,000 people, and if he rebelled at the instigation of the Han clan, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Mama Ying said: "Niangniang, where can the family members of the city general here follow with you." You see, Mrs. Tong has been in the capital with her son and grandson all the time. "The generals of the frontier led troops to fight abroad, and most of their wives and children stayed in the capital. On the surface, it was said that the imperial court had settled their wives and children, so that they could enjoy happiness in the capital without worrying about fear in the border city, but in fact, they were acting as hostages to prevent the rebellion of these generals. It's just that in recent years, the imperial court's control over the following has not been as good as before, and the feudal officials below are unwilling to send their families to the capital. And what Mama Ying meant by this was to let Yuxi return to Beijing as a hostage.

Ying Mama's construction yì is very vicious. She thought that Yuxi had only given birth to a daughter now, and if she was taken back to the capital now, Yunqing would definitely take a concubine and have a child for the inheritance of her heirs. When the time comes, Yuxi stays alive and widowed in the capital, and Yunqing gives birth to a child in Yucheng's Namei concubine. After waiting for a long time, there will definitely be no affection between husband and wife, only the name, after all, men must care more about the women and children who accompany them. This kind of revenge is more relieving than directly killing the Han family.

Song Guifei thought about it for a moment and said, "It is indeed time to let the Han family return to Beijing." "Yunqing has a grudge against the Song family, although this Han family has always been harmless, but he must be jealous in his heart. These two people must not be put together, they have to be separated.

The prince was furious when he learned that Qin Cha was killed by a horse thief, and immediately summoned Yu Xiang and Song Huaijin into the palace, and said to the two: "The northwest bandits and horse thieves are too rampant and must be exterminated. ”

There is no need to discuss this matter at all, if you don't order the suppression of bandits, where is the face and prestige of the imperial court. Therefore, even if it is winter now, this matter cannot be delayed. Yu Xiang didn't object, but just asked: "Your Highness, bandits and horse thieves are rampant in Shaanxi and Gansu, Ji Xuan has suppressed bandits for several years, not only has it not worked, but these bandits and horse thieves have become more and more rampant, and now they even dare to kill Qin Cha." Your Highness, this time the suppression of bandits should be sent by the imperial court. ”

Song Huaijin snorted coldly and said, "I don't know who Yu Xiang thinks is the most suitable?"

Yu Xiang was an old fritter, and said respectfully to the prince: "Who is the most suitable, the old minister believes that His Royal Highness the prince must have a candidate in his heart." ”

The prince really has a candidate, and this candidate is naturally Chen Yu: "Chen Yu is from a family of military generals, and he was trained by Tai Ninghou, so he is the most suitable to take on this important task." Except for Chen Yu, the other princes were not at ease.

Chen Yu knew that the prince asked him to suppress the bandits, not to mention how excited he was. When he returned to the Hou Mansion, he happily told Taining Hou the good news.

Tai Ninghou was not happy, this errand was full of dangers.

Chen Yu's dream has always been to lead troops to fight, and he was happy after learning the good news, but he didn't expect the crisis behind it. After listening to Tai Ninghou's words, he calmed down and said, "Dad, are you saying that Ji Xuan will make a hindrance from this." ”

Tai Ninghou nodded and said, "If Ji Xuan doesn't send you elite soldiers, but only gives you some remnants of the defeated generals, do you think you can succeed in suppressing the bandits?" The prince just asked Chen Yu to suppress the bandits, and did not let him lead the troops. Therefore, this initiative is still in the hands of Ji Xuan.

Chen Yu's heart sank, he went to suppress bandits this time because he wanted to make contributions, not to be cannon fodder. After thinking for a while, Chen Yu asked: "Dad, Ji Xuan is a member of the Song family, and we have no deep friendship with the Song family. If you want Ji Xuan to cooperate, you can only speak to Song Huaijin. It's just that if you want Song Huaijin to speak, it's not easy to talk about, unless they are willing to take refuge in the Song family, but this is absolutely impossible.

Tai Ninghou said: "Think about it yourself, how to break this game?"

Chen Yu thought about it for a long time and said: "If you don't want to be controlled by Ji Xuan, you can only use the Northwest Army." The court is not worried, I will ask the prince to make a secret order for Yunqing to send troops, and the prince will definitely agree. It's just that I'm worried that Yunqing won't agree to send troops. ”

Tai Ninghou paused for a moment and asked, "If Yunqing is willing to send troops, what are you going to do?"

Chen Yu said: "The Northwest Army has been fighting against the Northern captives for many years, and its combat effectiveness is very strong. If the Northwest Army is really used, only 5,000 people can exterminate the bandits in Gansu. ”

Tai Ninghou shook his head and said, "The idea is good, but you have overlooked one of the most important issues. No matter how brave the Northwest Army is, it will be in vain if they don't obey your command. "If the soldiers don't listen to the dispatch, no matter how powerful the generals are, they can't succeed in suppressing the bandits.

Chen Yu was stunned for a moment and said, "Dad is saying that I can't control these people?" Chen Yu is still very confident in himself.

Tai Ninghou said: "It's not that your ability is not good, but that although the Northwest Army is brave, but in the same way, these people are also very strong. In addition, so many people died in the battle of Yucheng at the beginning of spring, the imperial court did not even pay pensions, and those orphaned widows and orphans had no place to live, in this case, the Northwest Army would not obey the dispatch of the generals parachuted down from the imperial court. "If the court is not strong, the soldiers below will naturally not obey the dispatch of the court, which is a very normal thing.

Chen Yu was silent, and said after a while: "The Northwest Army can't be used?" Chen Yu felt that it was a pity, if he could lead the Northwest Army to suppress bandits, he would definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

Tai Ninghou said: "Even if the Northwest Army wants to send troops to suppress bandits, only the generals sent by Yunqing can do it. After a pause, Tai Ninghou said again: "The Northwest Army is firmly guarding the border city, and the responsibility is heavy, unless it is a major event that endangers the safety of the society, they can be dispatched." Such a trivial matter as the suppression of bandits could not work the Northwest Army. "The safety of the society is in danger, and this situation can only be a rebellion.

Ji Xuan was unreliable, the Northwest Army was not successful, and he couldn't lead troops to the Northwest to suppress bandits, so Chen Yu was stumped. After thinking for a while, Chen Yu said: "Although Ji Xuan is the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, the governor Zhang Wenjie has always been at odds with him. "Chen Yu wanted to call the Northwest Army at the beginning, but he didn't want to get involved in local battles. The following battles are no less than those in the court, and he just went down to suppress the bandits and seek military merits, and he is not stationed in the local area all the year round, so it is really troublesome to get involved in their battles. But now, if you don't want to get involved, you can't do it.

Tai Ninghou looked at his son's embarrassed appearance and said, "This time the prince sent you to the northwest to suppress bandits, which is an opportunity and a test. If you succeed, you'll be able to go further. If it fails...... "What if it fails, Tai Ninghou didn't say."

Chen Yu nodded, his face was a little heavy.

Tai Ninghou said: "Although Cao De is talented, he is too eager for quick success. If the crown prince had obeyed our Jianyi that day and had not sent Cao De to investigate the Xu family's case, it would not have caused the situation today. On the same day, Tai Ninghou said that it was inappropriate to send Cao De to Yucheng, but the prince didn't listen, and he couldn't help it.

As a result of Cao De's quick success, Yunqing took the opportunity to kill Geng Jichen and Kang Donglin and all the forces hostile to him, and now the 100,000 troops in Yucheng are in his hands. Now that Yunqing has full fledgling, even the prince is appeased to him. ”

Chen Yu immediately said: "I think the biggest mistake he made was not to rush for quick success, but to underestimate the enemy, he underestimated Yunqing and the Han family." "Underestimating the enemy is a taboo for soldiers. He would never make such a mistake.

Tai Ninghou nodded and said, "When you arrive in the northwest, you not only have to guard against Ji Xuan and Zhang Wenjie's mediation, but you also have to be careful of Yunqing." Cao De was killed, and this thing is a little strange. The meaning of this is almost to say that Cao De was killed by Yunqing.

Chen Yu shook his head and said, "Dad, Cao De can't have been killed by Yunqing. "No matter who it is, it will kill people when it is profitable. Killing Cao De is harmful to Yunqing.

Tai Ninghou didn't refute Chen Yu's words, he just felt that Yunqing was suspicious, and he wasn't sure: "When you go to the northwest, you have to be careful in everything." ”R1148