Dongyu Imperial Palace

Xiang Hongxuan sat on the top of the main hall, and the one sitting in the dark curtain behind him was his mother Queen Mother, who had to ask about everything, the young Xiang Hongxuan raised his eyes and swept the hundred officials in the hall, just now he said that he wanted to conquer Xihua in the west, and the Queen Mother said that the world was peaceful, and this group of courtiers who saw the wind and the rudder admonished him one after another, not a treasury deficit, but those great truths that cost the people and money, in short, it means one thing, not to let him fight this battle.

said that he was to let him be in power, and this Dongyu Kingdom was still up to his mother, the Queen Mother, and his mother planned to make him the emperor for the rest of his life. Thinking about it, he was angry with Xiang Hongxuan, and as soon as he flicked his sleeves, he strode out of the Golden Palace angrily.

Xiang Hongxuan, who returned to the Flying Feather Palace, still had nowhere to vent his anger, and the servant Xiao Dezi next to him looked at it, and estimated that his master would not be able to live in peace all day today. He has served Xiang Hongxuan since he was a child, and he knows his temper too well, if he wants to do something, there is nothing he can't do, otherwise it will be turned upside down.

Who called him the emperor, from Xiang Hongxuan's accession to the throne at the age of 12 to now, it has been almost ten years, and the queen mother has been listening to politics for ten years. Xiang Hongxuan's big wedding has only been in power for 3 years, and the court is full of the queen mother's cronies, and no one dares to respond to Xiang Hongxuan's holy will. Moreover, Dongyu has the practice of the queen mother's auxiliary government, which means that as long as the queen mother does not give up power and retire to the harem, Xiang Hongxuan will always be the emperor.

With a bang, a crystal clear white jade tea cup was slammed to the ground by Xiang Hongxuan, and Xiao Dezi was startled and quickly knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty is angry."

"Go and pass Dr. Yan into the palace." Xiang Hongxuan said loudly.

Yan Qing walked quickly into the inner hall of the Flying Feather Palace, only to see Xiang Hongxuan wearing a cheerful dragon robe and open shirt, lying on the steps next to the dragon bed. Xiang Hongxuan held a wine glass in one hand. In one hand, he held a piece of music sent by the Ministry of War. Yan Qing frowned, I am afraid that Xiang Hongxuan is still worried about the fact that the queen mother in the palace did not allow him to send troops to Xihua this morning, so he borrowed wine here to dispel his sorrows.

Yan Qing cautiously walked in front of Xiang Hongxuan and respectfully knelt down and saluted.

"Old minister, meet Your Majesty."

"Teacher, please get up." Xiang Hongxuan supported his slightly drunken body, raised his hand to signal Yan Qing to be exempt, and he handed the piece in his hand to Yan Qing.

"Teacher, take a look, this is the piece sent by the Ministry of War yesterday, and there are signs of troops in the 6 towns on the border of Xihua."

Yan Qing hurriedly took the chapter with both hands, he knew about this, Ye Zhiyuan, the secretary of the military department, gave him a pass before, and it was obvious that Xihuaguo wanted to make trouble on the border. Of course, it is also because after Xiang Hongxuan ascended the throne, Dongyu cut off border trade with Xihua.

Now it seems that Emperor Kangqing of Xihua Kingdom just wants to use force to suppress the territory and force Dongyu Kingdom to open border trade again, and Xihua Kingdom should have no intention of attacking Dongyu territory, and this war can be fought or not.

"Your Majesty, when the first emperor was alive, he made several expeditions to the south, and although he destroyed three of the four southern kingdoms, it also put the Dongyu Kingdom on a heavy burden on the treasury. After His Majesty succeeded to the throne, the Queen Mother decided to stop the war to recuperate, which was indeed the best choice. All Xihua wants is to exchange trade, and even if His Majesty wants to fight, this battle may not be able to be fought. Moreover, if there is a suspicion with Xihua, when Beirong comes to invade, maybe Xihua will take advantage of the chaos to invade and occupy the territory of Dongyu. Yan Qing said cautiously, he looked at Hongxuan, he had to remind this young emperor that this battle could not be fought.

As soon as Xiang Hongxuan heard Yan Qing's words, he drank the wine in the wine glass in one gulp, and casually threw another piece of music beside him to Yan Qing's side.

"The teacher thinks that if Xihua can force Dongyu to agree to the exchange of markets if the army presses the border, then he will send Dongyu troops to Nanxi in the future, and Xihua will not take advantage of the chaos to rob Dongyu's land?"

Yan Qing picked up the chapter, this is a secret recital of Nanxi a few days ago, Nanxi new monarch Chen Shubao succeeded to the throne, the chapter said that this Chen Shubao loves singing and hunting, and wantonly established a goulan workshop and hunting paddock in the capital of Nanxi Kingdom, not like a promising king. Yan Qing had seen this piece at the Queen Mother's place in the morning, could it be that Xiang Hong announced that this was the idea of attacking Nan Xiguo?

"Your Majesty, although the new monarch of Nanxi is greedy for pleasure, but Nanxi has a natural risk of the Dongjiang River to protect the country, and Nanxi is rich and has sufficient troops, when the first emperor was alive, he did not cross the Dongjiang River several times, Your Majesty wants to use troops against Nanxi, I am afraid that the odds of victory are not high."

Yan Qing also knew that his words were a basin of cold water, which made Xiang Hongxuan, who was already a little unhappy, even more unhappy, but it was true that the use of foreign troops at this time was not conducive to the stability of Dongyu Kingdom, especially the attack on Nanxi Kingdom. If Dongyu can't destroy Nanxi in one go, then the non-stop Xihua, as well as the Beirong that is eyeing the tiger, will make Dongyu fall into a protracted foreign war, not to mention being able to destroy Nanxi and unify the south.

Yan Qing was also a little puzzled, Xiang Hongxuan in front of him was not at all like the little emperor who was very scheming and very patient, Xiang Hongxuan could bear to marry Liu Manzhi, the niece of the queen mother, and give up the power of the queen's relatives to the in-laws of the Wang family, why was Xiang Hongxuan so irrational, and he had to set off a protracted war with a very risky foreign country?

"I'm afraid there is no Nan Ji in Dr. Yan's house, I heard that the Southern Song Ji is gentle and talented, if there are these Song Ji as companions during the banquet, I am afraid that the spring is infinite." Xiang Hongxuan drank another glass of wine and looked at Yan Qing with a smile.

"Your Majesty, don't make fun of the old minister, it's enough for the old minister to have a good wife, I don't like these warblers and Yanyan." Yan Qing said flatly.

"Then if Dongyu Country spends a lot of money to buy Nanxi Geji, as well as those rare birds and beasts in Nanxi Kingdom, how many years do you say, teacher, there will be more women than men in Nanxi Kingdom, and there will be more hunters than soldiers?" After speaking, Xiang Hongxuan also looked at Yan Qing proudly.

Yan Qingcai suddenly realized, it turned out that Xiang Hongxuan wanted to add the fire of the dead country to the pleasure of Chen Shubao, the new monarch of Nanxi, and the heavy purchase of Dongyu will inevitably lead to the people of Nanxi to sell singers and rare birds and beasts to Dongyu Kingdom, when the people of Nanxi give birth to daughters to be singers for heavy money, and then sell them to Dongyu Kingdom for hunting, the people of Nanxi will waste their troops and farming, which will completely crush Nanxi's military strength and national strength, which is a good plan by surprise.

"At most, it will not be ten years, and Nanxi will have no troops to resist the army of my Dongyu Kingdom."

"It's a pity that now the Xihua Kingdom is stirring up trouble, and the Queen Mother is not allowed to use troops, I am afraid that the Xihua Congress will become a hidden danger to destroy the Nanxi Kingdom in the future." Xiang Hongxuan straightened up and asked Xiang Yanqing, "What does the teacher think?" ”

"The Queen Mother did not allow His Majesty to use troops, but she did not let Your Majesty not be able to garrison troops, Your Majesty can garrison troops in the 6 towns handed over to Xihua, if Emperor Kangqing does not move, we will not move, but once Emperor Kangqing sends troops, then the battle will be won or lost."

"Okay, just do as the teacher says," Xiang Hongxuan quickly walked down the stairs with a little excitement, but he suddenly thought of the Queen Mother again, and he was a little worried.

"But in case the queen mother doesn't let me fight, it is the mighty general Liu Sheng who guards the border of Xihua, he is the brother-in-law of the queen mother, and he may not listen to me at that time."

Yan Qing looked at Xiang Hongxuan, who was a little depressed, it seemed that Xiang Hongxuan was determined to fight this war, in addition to removing hidden dangers for the destruction of Nanxi Kingdom, he also wanted to establish imperial authority through a foreign war, overwhelm the authority of the Queen Mother in Dongyu Kingdom, and also wanted to release the military power from the queen's father Liu Sheng. In this way, Xiang Hongxuan will not be patient with the queen mother in the previous dynasty, and the dispute between the emperor and the queen is inevitable.

"Your Majesty, you can use a group of children of families who have not yet served the imperial court and arrange them to be the main generals in the six towns. If there is a war with Xihua, with the commanders of these six towns, His Majesty will definitely be able to fight if he wants to. In the future, among these people, if they can make great achievements, His Majesty can entrust them with important tasks, and then treat them differently, and the old minister believes that they will become loyal supporters of His Majesty in the future. Moreover, the queen mother's nephew Wang Bo has also reached the age of becoming an official in the court, and if Wang Bo is selected this time, the queen mother should not have an opinion on this. ”

Xiang Hongxuan suddenly came to his senses when he heard this idea, Yan Qing's idea was excellent, his mother couldn't wait to arrange Wang's relatives to be all over the court, Wang Bo would have held an important position if he wasn't too gentlemanly, let Wang Bo go to the Xihua border military camp to share his uncle's military power, and it can also make Wang Bo have a layer of glory on the battlefield, so that he can take over Wang An's right minister in the future It is reasonable, it is estimated that the Queen Mother and Liu Sheng will not have an opinion.

"Then let's do it, other candidates, do you have any recommendations from the teacher?"

"Lao Chen has a student Ye Muzhi, who is good at literature and martial arts, and is a general." Yan Qing said slowly, he knew what Xiang Hongxuan meant, most of the children of the family were related to the Queen Mother's family, and they had to avoid the relatives of the Wang family, and they also had talents, and the most important thing was to be able to let Xiang Hongxuan use it with confidence, there are really not many children of this kind of family.

"But Ye Muzhi's identity is a little embarrassing." Yan Qing paused slightly, he glanced at Xiang Hongxuan, it was not in line with the rules for a concubine with no merit to become the main general in Dongyu Kingdom, but Ye Muzhi was the most stable and skilled in the art of war among all his students, and he was reluctant to miss such a good opportunity in front of Ye Muzhi.

"Ye Muzhi is the son of Ye Zhiyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, but he is a concubine."

Xiang Hongxuan frowned, it is really not easy to do, Dongyu Guoshu can only start from a low-level soldier when he joins the army, and he will be the main general as soon as he comes up, and he will attract criticism from everyone. But he thought about it, Yan Qing can recommend this person like this, it can be seen that Ye Muzhi is also good enough, if Ye Muzhi is really a general, Xiang Hongxuan promoted him like this, Ye Muzhi will definitely die for Xiang Hongxuan, for Xiang Hongxuan, it is worth a try.

"That's him. I'll leave this to the teacher. However, Ye Muzhi went to the military camp in Xihua Border Town and only let him be a deputy general, but the border town he guarded could not have a main general. ”