King Donghu was self-defeating, thinking that he would succeed by sending envoys to scare and scare Zhao Ce, but as a result, the Great Liang court was angry, and in the end he didn't even give tribute.

At the beginning, there were still some objections, everyone thought that the emperor's words could not be counted, but with the support of Wu Yiyin and others, the emperor still tore up the treaty, and planned to gather troops and take advantage of the sixteen states of Yanyun to carry out a large-scale northern expedition.

But this time, the Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao State did not agree to the request of the soldiers to borrow the way, and her attitude was much tougher than before.

Empress Dowager Xiao said: The Liao Dynasty has always been very friendly to the Liang Dynasty, and stationed the same number of troops between Mozhou and Youzhou for the benefit of the two countries. How can the so-called aisle walk ensure that the goal is not suddenly changed? Please ask the emperor of the Liang Dynasty to think twice, if he makes such a request again, it will be regarded as declaring war on the Liao State, and he will bear the consequences.

Empress Dowager Cao recently ignored the government affairs, and this incident happened, and the Empress Dowager was furious, and called Emperor Zhao Ce and the eight-thousand-year-old Tang Su into the palace together, and scolded them together.

After scolding the emperor, he scolded Tang Su and said: "Emperor Zhao Ce is young and ignorant, and he has lived in the palace for a long time and does not know the sword soldiers, you once served as a general stationed in the border, and also served as the deputy marshal of the Western Expedition, and personally felt and fought on the battlefield, how can you support the emperor to do anything wrong?" Even if you want to fight Mobei, you don't have to go to the sixteen states of Yanyun, send troops from Datong Mansion, can't you? ”

Tang Su was silent for a moment, and said: "At this time, the Donghu people are different from the past, if you go to Datong Mansion, the distance is too far, and the consumption on the road is simply more than fighting a Hanzhong war, not to mention the matter of the grain road." We must win every step in order to reach the Wolf Juxu Mountain, otherwise if we make a little mistake, we will be easily killed by the Donghu people in the desert. If you want to completely eliminate Donghu, you must send troops from Datong and Yanzhou, and the two route armies will work together to not give the Donghu people any way out. At the same time, it is necessary to inform the Golden Horde and the New Outer Khanate to prepare for the eastward advance, and the three armies can work together to complete the complete elimination in the vast steppe, otherwise with their flexibility, they will not be able to uproot at all. ”

"Isn't it possible that the Donghu people can't be reformed?" The Queen Mother said.

Tang Su said: "They have an unruly personality, just like Annanguo, even if they fight once, it won't take long to rebel, unless they are all killed, there is no good way." ”

Hearing Tang Su's words, Empress Dowager Cao's back was cold, but she didn't expect that the fifth son of the Tang family, who usually looked quiet and quiet, would be so ruthless and resolute in his heart, and he was very belligerent, it was better to let Tang Zhen support the seventh son Tang Xiao to become eight thousand years old.

Now it's okay, the hard-liner emperor cooperates with the militant eight thousand years old, they can do the same hatred of the enemy, wanton killing, and to put it bluntly, the emperor used to be because there were no good generals around him, he didn't know how to fight, but now with the support of the military officers sitting on one side, his waist is still stiff.

No, you can't let Tang Su always be with the emperor, this matter must be redefined by Tang Zhen.

Tang Zhen was not in good health and had difficulty moving, so the Queen Mother took the Lu family and several old eunuchs to take the initiative to come to the Tang family.

Once Empress Dowager Cao threatened to never leave the palace, but since the last time Ximen Zhensen broke into Luoyang, she broke this rule, the last time she came to the Tang family to save her life, this time it is actually similar to saving her life.

The Queen Mother came, and the Tang family was also received according to the highest specifications, and the old Prime Minister Tang Zhen was supported to see the driver.

The Queen Mother asked: "Tang Su discussed with the emperor and wanted to attack Mobei through the sixteen states of Yanyun, did he ever tell the prime minister about this?" ”

Tang Zhen was stunned for a moment, and after a little thought, he said, "There is such a thing?" It's just nonsense. It's no wonder that the Liao Congress agreed. ”

"It seems that the prime minister does not know." The Queen Mother was pleased.

"The fifth son saw that I was getting old, and he was worried that I was overworked, so there were some things that he didn't tell me anymore, but I had to take care of this matter. You can't let their juniors come nonsense. Tang Zhen said solemnly: "Please rest assured that this kind of thing will not happen again in the future." In order to prevent the emperor and the 8,000-year-old army from becoming reckless, it is better to increase the military department's authority to contain them, and the appointment of the military department should be decided by the queen mother, and I think it is the most appropriate. ”

The Queen Mother was overjoyed and said: "The prime minister works hard for the country, it is really moving, since you and I have reached an agreement, tomorrow we will abolish the official position of Shangshu Lang Xiaoyan of the Ministry of War, and let him go home to retire." ”

"Well, I'll see it." Tang Zhen smiled secretly in his heart.

The Queen Mother left, and Tang Su came to see his father.

"Tang Su, the Queen Mother really fell for it." Tang Zhen smiled, stood up and walked half a circle, in fact, he was not sick at all.

Tang Su smiled: "I can't hide from my father's calculations for anything. Empress Dowager Cao's complete deprivation of the emperor's military power is of great benefit to us. ”

"Of course." Tang Zhen said: "In the past, the emperor did not dare to disobey his mother's orders, but in the past few years, he has begun to gradually infiltrate the military department, and he has also arranged two divisions around Tang Yuan. In the future, above the court, you will continue to support the emperor, no matter what ridiculous decisions the emperor makes, you must fully support it, so that the emperor thinks that you are of the same mind as him. In doing so, you can maintain a good relationship between you, and as for the checks and balances, you can all blame Tang Xiao. Now Tang Xiao is the Duke of Chang'an, and he is also the eldest princess of the dynasty, he is stationed in Chang'an, and the emperor wants to move him, it is impossible. Your brothers should be in harmony with each other, one singing black face and the other singing white face, which is very suitable. ”

There was an undercurrent in the court, and Emperor Zhao Ce was played with by the Queen Mother and Tang Zhen, in fact, Zhao Ce also noticed that his situation was not good, and it was not so ridiculous to make decisions by himself before, but why did he always feel a little radical recently?

He sat down quietly, thought alone, and found that the reason why he was so excited and radical recently may have something to do with Tang Su's support, when he used to make his own decisions, Queen Tang Qi could always say two words to calm himself down, but now he doesn't go to the queen much, and he can't hear her words.

And the Qian family and the Fan family are both masters who speak according to the emperor, and they oppose the emperor in small matters, which are all flirting and scolding, but when it comes to military affairs, they never express their opinions.

It seems that before the Qian family and the Fan family entered the palace, the old men of the two families had been entrusted, and they reached a highly consistent state.

Zhao Ce suddenly felt so lonely, in this world, everything about him was arranged by others, and he seemed to have made many decisions, but those decisions seemed to be thought of by others in advance. If you really take yourself willful once, the consequences are so serious.

So what does it mean to be the emperor?

Late at night, the emperor walked into the queen's bedroom for the first time in two months.