There was a strong smell of medicine in the room, and coughing could be heard from time to time.

The person who coughed was none other than Xie Mingshun, the prince of An Guo, who is now in power.

Although An Guogong is a military general and has always been in good health, he is old after all.

Since last month's illness, I have not fully recovered.

For his illness this time, the Xie family was very nervous.

Now that the situation is unstable, it is an eventful time, in case something happens to An Guogong, who is the pillar, the people below may not be able to control the situation.

It's not that the Xie family is unavailable, but An Guogong is too strong. Whether it is the means or the city government, including his second son Xie Yuheng, no Xie family member can take his place.

Xie Mingshun, the sick-looking Duke of Anguo, continued to look at the battle report in his hand after coughing for a round.

His second son, Xie Yuheng, and his three grandsons all stood respectfully and waited.

These three grandsons are Xie Changfeng, Xie Changyu, and Xie Changcheng, all of whom are Xie Yuheng's own sons, and they are all concubines.

Xie Yuheng's wife only gave birth to a daughter, but she injured her body during childbirth and has never been seen again. Therefore, Xie Yuheng has no sons-in-law, and the three sons are all concubines born to concubines.

On the other hand, An Guogong's eldest son Xie Yukun has two sons-in-law, namely the deceased eldest son Xie Changzhi and the second son Xie Changting who became a concubine, and a nine-year-old concubine Xie Changyin.

Among them, An Guogong has the greatest expectations for his eldest grandson, Xie Changzhi, and even took him with him to teach carefully since he was a child.

But he never expected that this eldest grandson, whom he had high hopes for, would die under the sneak attack of the Hu people.

And the second grandson Xie Changting is different from his brothers, he is completely a scholar who only likes to read and does not like to practice martial arts, so he was selected by An Guogong as a candidate to serve as a concubine, which is equivalent to giving up this second grandson.

Since the death of Xie Yukun, the head of the big house, and Xie Changzhi, the eldest son, the big house of the Guogong Mansion has inevitably declined.

After all, the remaining second son, Xie Changting, is a useless scholar, and the concubine Xie Changyin is only nine years old this year, and neither of them can support the door beam of the big house.

On the other hand, on the side of Xie Yuheng in the second room, not only Xie Yuheng himself is still alive, but also his three sons are also serving in the army.

Compared with the two, it is natural that the second room has the advantage.

If there is no accident, the one who will be able to inherit the Anguo Mansion in the future will only be the second room.

Xie Yukun was also very clear about this, and he was overjoyed, but he didn't dare to show it in front of his father An Guogong.

After a while, after reading the battle report in his hand, An Guogong said with a calm face: "What are you going to do with the rebellious people over there in Jiangdong?" ”

Xie Yuheng replied: "When I go back to my father, I naturally want to make an example of him." It's just that the chaos and the people are strong, and I don't know where to transfer troops to suppress it for a while. ”

An Guogong thought for a moment before saying: "Transferring 30,000 people from the five military camps in the capital, plus the defenders of the local guard station, we should be able to put together a group of about 70,000 or 80,000 men and horses."

It is certainly not enough to recover the entire Jiangdong with these people, but it should still be possible to curb its momentum.

After the recruited recruits are trained into the army, it is not too late to recover Jiangdong. ”

Xie Yuheng's youngest son, Xie Changcheng, suddenly asked: "Grandfather, instead of waiting for the new recruits to form an army, why don't you directly transfer elite troops from Jiangnan to suppress it?" ”

An Guogong looked at him with meaningless eyes and said, "Oh, what do you think? ”

Seeing his grandfather's question, Xie Changcheng suddenly felt happy in his heart, and quickly replied: "In the past few years, the northwest and northeast have been busy with governance and shrinking together, obviously planning to be in a corner of peace.

Sun Er was thinking that instead of suppressing a large number of elite troops to garrison in Jiangnan, it would be better to allocate some troops to quell the civil unrest in Jiangdong.

As long as we can call on the elite soldiers in Jiangnan, then we will not be overstretched and embarrassed in terms of troops. ”

Looking at his grandson Xie Changcheng, who was talking eloquently and eager to behave, An Guogong's expression gradually became gloomy, and then he scolded coldly, "Idiot." ”

Hearing his grandfather's comment, Xie Changcheng's face suddenly changed and he stood in place.

Xie Yuheng saw that his father was angry, and immediately shouted: "You rebel, don't you hurry up and ask your grandfather for guilt." ”

Xie Changcheng immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty: "My grandson is wrong, please don't be angry." ”

Xie Changfeng and Xie Changyu gloated as they watched this younger brother, who was favored by his father on weekdays, eat turtles.

An Guogong stared at Xie Changcheng, who was kneeling, and said coldly: "You said that the Ning family plans to be in a corner of peace?"

Do you know that over the past few years, more than 200,000 troops have been added to the northwest?

The reason why the Ning family seemed to be safe and disciplined was because they were training their troops on a large scale.

You actually want to transfer the heavy troops stationed in Jiangnan at this time, in case the Northwest Army attacks Jiangnan on a large scale at this time, how should you deal with it?

Am I wrong when I say you're stupid? ”

Xie Changcheng, who was scolded so embarrassed, hurriedly kowtowed and said: "It's the grandson who is blunt, grandfather didn't scold wrong, please forgive grandfather." ”

An Guogong didn't bother to worry about juniors like Xie Changcheng anymore, so he just admonished: "In the future, learn more from your brothers, think more about the consequences, and don't say anything reckless." Get up. ”

"Yes, grandfather, grandson will not dare next time." Xie Changcheng, who was reprimanded in public, stood up with an ugly face and stepped aside.

Especially when he saw his eldest and second half-brother looking at him gloatingly, Xie Changcheng was even more ashamed and annoyed in his heart.

After his son and grandson left, An Guogong immediately felt tired, and he felt tired.

He himself was able to inherit the Anguo Mansion through various means, and he was naturally clear about the thoughts of everyone in the second room.

Including the second son Xie Yuheng, although the descendants of the second room are also outstanding, compared with the deceased eldest grandson Xie Changzhi, they are still much worse in terms of scheming and means.

Xie Changzhi is the ideal family heir in his mind, and it has nothing to do with whether he is a son-in-law or not.

After all, An Guogong himself was born as a concubine, and he didn't care much about the distinction between concubines, what he cared about was whether the heir really had the ability to control the big ship of the Xie family.

But now that I look at it, except for Xie Changfeng, the eldest grandson of the second room, who is still a little worth looking forward to, others can only say that their qualifications are average and embarrassing.

In response to such a situation, An Guogong felt more and more powerless and dangerous.

Although the Xie family is already equivalent to the Hidden Emperor in the imperial court, with unlimited power and unlimited scenery, there are many crises behind it.

There are Hu people in the south who are in turmoil, and there are Ning families in the north, coupled with the continuous local civil unrest, which can be said to be worse.

Although the Hu people in the south were their confidants, it was the Ning family in the northwest who made him feel more dangerous.

It would be better if the Ning family continued to attack, at least they would be able to find out their reality and reality.

But in the past few years, the Ning family has not made any movement at all, but has been recruiting new soldiers, obviously accumulating strength, preparing to launch a large-scale attack as soon as the time comes.

The Hu people are like jackals, as long as they are fed, they can continue to deal with them for the time being.

But the Ning family is different.

An Guogong has already seen that the Ning family's plans, like their Xie family, are all in this world.

Since ancient times, the struggle for imperial power has always been the only way to live and die.

Therefore, compared to the Hu people, the Ning family is the real enemy of the Xie family.

Originally, the Northwest Army was already extremely strong, and if the Ning family trained the newly recruited more than 200,000 recruits into a strong army, the Xie family would definitely be difficult to match.

To break the game, you have to get out of one side and then concentrate on the other.

Otherwise, if they are caught between the two sides, the Xie family will only be dragged to death.

There is a way to settle the outside first, and it seems that it is time to adopt that strategy.

Thinking of this, An Guogong's eyes showed a sense of determination.

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