Chapter 523: Monarch and Minister
On the surface, the border pass patrol is the emperor's heavy responsibility for Lian Yufeng, but in fact, the border guard is not even in the same vein as the royal wind, and even the royal wind can't be used there, as a guard, it will take at least two or three years to establish a relationship of trust with his generals and control the army in his own hands.
The situation between the DPRK and China is just the opposite, people are going to tea and cooling, new regulations are constantly rising, and after a period of time, some people will not be able to grasp it.
The emperor thought that after a year and a half, he would recall Lian Yufeng again, and his voice in the court was bound to be very weak, and the little connections that he might have just established in the army would be broken.
Such repetition can restrain Lian Yufeng, so that he will not be deterred by the imperial power, and it will not appear to cross the river and tear down the bridge, besides, after all, the court still needs capable ministers.
Although even Yufeng also has royal blood, but it is not a branch, in terms of the right to inherit the throne, dozens of descendants will not be able to take his turn after the bloodline, if you really want to completely suppress even Yufeng because of a little suspicion, you must support a new minister, and the new minister may not be more loyal than the old minister.
If the emperor wants to be a wise monarch through the ages, he has to think more and rely on capable ministers.
This time the matter is too tricky, if the opportunity can be grasped, it is the best thing that the emperor has done since he ascended the throne, and it will help him become a wise monarch through the ages.
After all, after he ascended the throne, everything went wrong, natural and man-made disasters continued, and natural disasters were just overcome, and it was impossible to prevent them, and it was beyond the reach of manpower. And the biggest stain on the emperor's accession to the throne is the battle against Dajing a few years ago.
took the initiative to attack, suffered numerous casualties and finally returned with a miserable defeat, almost shaking the throne, at that time, fortunately, even Yufeng once again made suggestions and implemented various new policies for the benefit of the people, which turned the tide.
The emperor asked himself if he was not a mean and unkind person, but as an emperor, he should still be guarded against, but suspicion also has the disadvantage of suspicion, and something urgent happened. There is no reliable person to consult.
I want to be at the beginning. In the battle of Yunzhou, even Yufeng once persuaded that Dajing was internally unstable, but the foundation was still there. And Da Zhou has recuperated after more than ten years. Although the national strength is strong. But in the end, there are still some shortcomings, and it is only inappropriate to attack rashly, so it is better to wait. When the internal chaos of Da Zhou is a little more chaotic, it is not too late to plot after the internal friction is almost over.
The emperor at that time was anxious to want a great achievement to calm the doubts of the courtiers, and he was also a first-time treasure, ambitious, and did not listen to the persuasion of Lian Yufeng, but listened to the words of other generals who wanted to make meritorious contributions in a hurry.
Dajing has just finished the battle with the fierce clan, and his vitality is greatly injured, and the chance of attacking is greater when they are unstable, if they wait for a few years, Dajing is almost recuperating, and the court situation is stable, there will be no more chances, after all, Dajing's so-called internal troubles are just a few restless courtiers jumping up and down, this kind of internal fighting has little to do with the people, and it does not affect the fundamentals.
In the end, the emperor listened to the advice of the main battle faction and suddenly raised troops without warning.
But I never thought that they would not be able to attack Yunzhou for a long time with only one Yunzhou, before the spies came to report, the Yunzhou guard is not an outstanding person, his reputation is not obvious, and he is still very young, he is said to be born in a family and relies on his father's shadow to take the position, there are not many defenders in the city, and it should be easy to gather a large army to attack quickly and take it quickly.
However, Yunzhou, which seems to be easy to capture, was actually not captured, and there was nothing wrong with the investigation in advance.
The only thing they have wrong is people, the general who is rumored to rely on his father's shadow is very strong, he would rather die than give in, and he is forced to defend the lonely city without reinforcements, and in the end, he is even more ruined, leading the Great Zhou army into the city, starting street battles, and finally miraculously turning the situation around, and killing the general who attacked the city first.
Da Zhou suffered heavy casualties, and he could no longer fight hard, so he could only clean up the remnants and retreat.
It's really disgraced, the emperor realized how correct Lian Yufeng's words were, Lian Yufeng said that he lived in Dajing for a while, according to his observation, Dajing men seem to be weak, but there is still a hard spirit in their bones, and it is easy to intrigue in peacetime, but once they encounter difficulties, there will be many capable people who take the opportunity to rise.
Isn't Zhao Boyang, who defeated the Meng clan at the beginning, a new upstart who suddenly rose? Dajing's national strength is not weak, and it is also very profound, and many famous families pay attention to the cultivation of their children, and there may still be such a figure as Zhao Boyang, but most people do not have the opportunity to make a difference.
At that time, the emperor was not suspicious of Lian Yufeng, but Lian Yufeng's first princess was the lord of Dajing, I heard that their relationship between husband and wife was very good, after the county lord suddenly suffered an accident, Lian Yufeng also had a heavy reward to find someone, counting, Lian Yufeng can be said to be the son-in-law of the Dajing royal family, emotionally speaking, maybe he will be biased towards Dajing.
In addition, although Lian Yufeng said that he was against it at that time, his attitude was not resolute, unlike some die-hard civil officials, who also came up with a few tricks of risking death to admonish.
The big mistake has been made, and then Lian Yufeng rose again in the court, helping to stabilize the people's hearts and make suggestions, which can be regarded as doing his best, so that his momentum will inevitably go up to another level, making the emperor jealous again.
The most important thing is that I thought that Lian Yufeng married an inconspicuous concubine, and that Meng Ye made a mistake and was robbed of military power, and it was difficult to get up again, which was considered to cut off Lian Yufeng's way to further grow by marrying a family, and such an inconspicuous concubine must be difficult to get Lian Yufeng's favor, and the husband and wife are not together, which is also a disadvantage.
But he was a little wrong, maybe for a person like Lian Yufeng, who is really strategic, he doesn't need a wife who is too smart, smart people are easy to be mistaken by smart, but mediocre, as long as he can keep his duty, do the most basic responsibility of a woman, and what is the most important thing for a woman?
This is what the princess has done, even so many women in the backyard of the wind. plus the first two, they have always achieved nothing, and this princess Ding can actually get a man in one fell swoop.
This is also the reason why the emperor is even more jealous of the royal wind, a man, if he has no children, will be less ambitious, but if he has children, his thoughts may be very different.
Even Yufeng has only been at the border for a few months, and it is not very appropriate to urgently recall him at this time. But the matter is urgent. The emperor can't take care of it anymore, he needs someone to give him a good plan and fight a battle to turn over, if it goes well. You can be ashamed. Otherwise a hundred years later. There will always be a record in the history books of how he hastily sent a large army to attack Dajing, only to be defeated. When the reinforcements did not arrive for a long time, how did the opposing defender resist bravely, protect the people of one side, and save the country from danger, on the contrary, what is set off is the incompetence of the enemy country, and when the soldiers are strong and strong, he is stunned to lose, and he, the monarch, cannot escape the blame.
Recalling Lian Yufeng is the only shortcut.
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When the Great Zhou Emperor pondered carefully, Yan Chengxun was also quite uneasy.
Mongfu.
Mrs. Meng was distressed by her son's obsession, and she had no clue about the case.
Recently, it has been a mess, and Mrs. Quan Si is visiting at this time, and there will definitely be no good news, Mrs. Meng sighed, and still cheered up to entertain Mrs. Quan.
Mrs. Quan Si has eyes, unless there is something big, she will not visit easily, I don't know what it is for now, I hope it is not too bad news.
When she came to the flower hall, Mrs. Quan Si saw that Mrs. Meng's spirit was not very good, so she was concerned for a few words, and noticed that Mrs. Meng was not in the mood to gossip, so she stopped talking nonsense and went directly to the topic, saying: "Sister, I heard another news recently, and it is not a big deal, but I still tell my sister, didn't my sister pay attention to the affairs of the Dajing envoy group a few days ago?"
Hearing the news of the Dajing envoys, Mrs. Meng immediately relieved herself, she didn't care about the affairs of the Dajing envoys, what she really cared about was Xiaofu, now Meng is no longer a general, whether the relationship between Dajing and Da Zhou is bad or not, for people like them, it is actually very far away.
However, since Mrs. Quan Si came to visit, she didn't show too much interest, so she only asked, "What news?"
Mrs. Quan Si lowered her voice, "The Dajing envoy group has been attacked again, I heard that it is more serious than the last time, and many people have died, the previous attack has been prepared, and a team of troops from the local defenders has been borrowed to guard, but the result is still heavy casualties, the blood is stained all over half of the hillside, it is very scary, I heard some local villagers say, there are hundreds of people dead." ”
Hundreds of people, Mrs. Meng's eyelids jumped, this is really a big deal, unprovoked, how can so many people die? This is in the territory of the Great Zhou, it is impossible for the sneak attackers to bring too many people, and the Dajing envoy group was attacked before, and the imperial court has been convenient again, and it must have mobilized more troops to escort it.
Who is this? Do you have to put so much effort into putting the Dajing Mission to death? If you really want to sow discord between the two countries, there is an easier way and less risky.
Mrs. Meng couldn't figure it out for a while and didn't want to think about it anymore, but she remembered a question related to herself, and hurriedly asked, "Is this King Guojun okay?"
The Meng family and the Guojun Wangfu are about to get married, if something happens to the Guojun King at this time, his daughter Lewen will have to keep the filial piety for three years.
This has a lot to do with the Meng family, Mrs. Meng doesn't know if she wants King Guojun to have an accident, if King Guojun really has three long and two short, three years after the family affairs, no one knows what the situation will be after three years, and anything can be buffered.
However, as a mother, she always hopes that her son can start a family as soon as possible, so that she can hold her grandson as soon as possible.
"I haven't heard of this, King Guojun should be fine. Mrs. Quan Si comforted, "Sister, don't worry, if there is anything really going on with the king of Guojun, the imperial court will definitely send another official to go, and now I haven't heard the news, it's just fine." ”
"yes. Madame Meng sighed and said, "I don't know who those people are? Why do you have to rob and kill the envoys, isn't it good that the war between the two countries has subsided now, you have to fight and kill." ”
"Who's to say it's not?" Mrs. Kwon Si also agreed, if the two countries re-concluded an alliance, it would also have many benefits for semi-business people like them.
"Sister, do you want to tell Princess Ding about this?" Mrs. Quan asked casually.
Mrs. Meng was stunned for a moment, a little puzzled why Mrs. Quan asked like this, it's not a big deal, if you really want to say it, just say it, do you need to ask her opinion?
Mrs. Quan Si explained, "That's the case, sister, I went to Dingwang's Mansion a few days ago, and the maids said that the princess was a little unwell, and she didn't see any guests, so I didn't know how it was now, I thought that this matter was not a big deal, but the princess was also quite concerned before, but if the princess was really unwell, it was not good to disturb it too much, the princess was fine, right?"
"It's okay, it's just a little cold. Mrs. Meng didn't want outsiders to know that she and Xiaofu had turned their faces, and she couldn't say that she didn't know anything, so she casually perfunctory, "This matter is really not a big deal, I don't think there is any need to deliberately say it, in a few days, Xiaofu will be better." ”
"That's what my sister said. Mrs. Quan Si was slightly disappointed, she wanted to ask the princess for help with something, or she wanted to ask the palace to come forward, since this was the case, it was inconvenient to disturb, and then think of other ways.
Mrs. Meng's face showed a little tired, she didn't want to continue this topic, thinking that Mrs. Quan Si had always been well-informed, or the rumors about the death of the moon in the water, she could know more, so she sighed: "Now the Meng Mansion is also a lot of things, and some things can't be taken care of, it's really a hundred years old and often ninety-nine years old." ”
Mrs. Quan Si was also prepared for this problem, and said: "Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, sister doesn't have to worry too much, wait for a while, the matter will pass, young people, for these love and love things, they will definitely not be so persistent." ”
"I hope so. Seeing that Mrs. Quan didn't take over the topic, Mrs. Meng knew that she might have something taboo, so she didn't ask anymore.
In fact, many people are taboo about this matter, for fear that they will not be able to tell it if they get involved, after all, it is related to a Qinglou woman, if there is a lot of news, wouldn't it show that it has anything to do with those Fengyue Fields, so Mrs. Meng went to check it herself at the beginning, and she didn't get rid of Mrs. Quan, but now she just wants to know if Mrs. Quan Si knows something she doesn't know, and it seems that there is no.
Some of the advantages are really not to be taken advantage of, I thought that I could book a high-ranking lady for my son, with the support of the Yue family, my son's future will be more secure, I didn't expect it to be like this, it is better to honestly book a low-door woman for my son. (To be continued......)