King Zhao also nodded slightly, he could understand Xu Ziwei's hatred, but he didn't feel that he needed to wait until his grandson succeeded to the throne to deal with Xu Zixian...... In fact, the first time the envoy arrived in Jiangling, he met with King Zhao and presented a secret letter from the Son of Heaven.

For his biological father, the Son of Heaven has the most unreserved trust and reliance.

The Son of Heaven did not mention much about his father's performance on the battlefield, but he mentioned his layout in the north.

In the eyes of the Son of Heaven, the Northern Expedition mainly depends on whether the civil and military officials are really willing to contribute, although the Donghu people are strong, they will never be the opponent of the 300,000 elite forbidden army.

As long as the Northern Expedition wins, the Son of Heaven plans to withdraw the forbidden army of several armies from the north, and then transfer the Hongdu and Jiangling forbidden armies to form a box capital of more than ten armies, and send famous ministers and generals to lead them and go straight to Fuzhou to sit in the town.

For Xu Zixian, find an excuse to exempt him from opening the mansion, and then drive him back to the Eastern Domain......

The secret letter of the Son of Heaven is also mentioned here, and there is an unfinished meaning underneath, and King Zhao also fully understands it.

If you want to get rid of the lord, it is impossible to arrest Xu Zi first, the imperial court will send tens of thousands of forbidden troops into Fuzhou to regain control of the southeast, and there will not be too many opponents. After all, Huaxia has a great unified inheritance, and any forces that may cause division, especially clan forces, are actually on guard.

Now Xu Zixian has become the pillar of the southeast and the prince of Kaifu, the main reason is that the deployment of the imperial court in the southeast is too empty, and after there are rogues for trouble, the Son of Heaven and the two governments have to rely on Xu Zixian, grant the title of King of Qin, give the qualification to open the mansion, and even make Fujian Road a feudal town, the reason is so.

But as long as the Northern Expedition wins, and a dozen or so armies are dispatched to form a fleet of about 30,000 people, and the strength is enough to defend the southeast, when the edict comes, if Xu Zixian does not obey the edict, he will be a chaotic minister and thief, and if he loses his righteousness, the Son of Heaven can be responsible, and the two governments will not support it, and the local officials and gentry on Fujian Road will not be able to cooperate as they are now.

But it can only be done first, the Eastern Domain has its own pattern, the imperial court can't reach in, and the water division all fell into the hands of Xu Zixian, although the Son of Heaven is full of ambition and wants to revive the Great Wei, but King Zhao also knows that the so-called Zhongxing territory of the Son of Heaven has never revived the Great Wei Water Division.

Donghu, Beiyu, Xiqiang, plus various natural disasters, the place is ruined, and the people's hearts are not attached. There are also many troubles such as the competition between the kings, local centrifugation, etc., the Son of Heaven is already thirty-five or sixteen, according to the average life expectancy of the Son of Heaven in the Great Wei Dynasty, the time that can be spread may be less than ten years, how can it be done to revitalize the sailors and re-enter the South Seas?

Thinking of this, King Zhao said in a deep voice: "What about Ziwen, where are the others?" ”

"He's not that hopeless?" Xu Ziwei said hatefully: "Always say those frustrating words!" ”

King Zhao reprimanded: "Ziwen has already repented when he was in Fuzhou, and he has seen more things than you do. Last time, he told me that the situation of the Northern Expedition was not very good, and I was angry for a while and didn't listen carefully, so you quickly call him back, and I want to hear his truth. ”

Xu Ziwei pouted, he was not very convinced, and he was not too in awe of his father, and his father was not remarkable, but he gave birth to a son of heaven, what is this, his two sons may be the son of heaven, according to the tradition of the Great Wei, ordinary princes may not be crowned kings, and the heirs who are raised into the palace, one is the emperor, and most of the others are crowned kings, because the children of foreign sects are generally very good in their upbringing in the palace, and it is easy to become the virtuous king of the country.

"My son will go right away." Xu Ziwei clenched his fists and walked away.

……

Xu Ziwen was dressed in a moon-white robe, holding a folding fan, standing indifferently outside the Jiangling Water Pass, looking at the mighty river, his expression was thoughtful, when Xu Ziwei arrived, Xu Ziwen just glanced at it, and didn't care too much.

The disobedience, anger, and even resentment of his father and eldest brother are all very meaningless things in Xu Ziwen's opinion.

Zhao Wangfu suppressed Nan'an Hou Mansion, and even Wenzong's veins, except for Chengzong, who had no heirs, all veins were suppressed by Zhao Wang's lineage, Xu Zixian's revenge was just a rebound after the suppression, everyone had shot, how to talk about right or wrong?

Besides, if you lose, you lose, and the man's husband will not be unable to accept it, like the resentful woman in the village, who obviously loses completely, but still cries and refuses to admit it.

It's just boring.

I think to my father and brother

The mind of revenge, although Xu Ziwen understands, he also has the mind of not participating.

After operating in Fuzhou for 30 years, he is not Xu Zixian's opponent, and he is embarrassed to Jiangling, but he is bent on revenge, isn't this a big joke?

Of course, the eldest brother is pinning his hopes on the two sons who are going to be brought into the palace, and Xu Ziwen is not optimistic at all.

When today's son doesn't want to deal with Xu Zixian, he still obediently confers the title of King of Qin in Xu Zixian, the eldest brother's ability is not as good as his father's, even if he is the biological father of the next generation of Son of Heaven and confers the title of king and official, can he be Xu Zixian's opponent?

Besides, can Dawei survive to the next generation?

Xu Ziwen's face was full of cold smiles, and when he saw Xu Ziwei coming, he just gave up his hand slightly.

"Congratulations, big brother." Xu Ziwen put down his hand and said: "The subordinate who came to me has already said that the middle envoy is here, and the two nephews will teach the group to practice the envoy into the palace......"

"Now that you know, why don't you go home?" Xu Ziwei said dissatisfiedly: "You have been saying those frustrating words, now look at it, my Zhao Wangfu is still the first clan of the Great Wei, when the news spreads, what kind of attitude do you see towards those bastards in Jiangling Mansion towards us, and see what will happen to them?" ”

"At most, people will say that the seat of the Son of Heaven is not the private property of Zhao Wangfu, so privately giving and receiving, bringing the son of the sect into the palace to be raised, and so on, if it is adopted by the people, how can there be such a casual reason? This matter spreads, big brother, no matter where you go, I'm afraid there will be more people who look at you coldly. ”

Xu Ziwei's body was shocked, knowing that what Xu Ziwen said was the truth, and the establishment of an heir is a major matter for ordinary people's families, not to mention a private matter and a national affair?

Privately taught and received, this matter spread, and there is no doubt that it is another heavy blow to the image and prestige of the Son of Heaven.

The people set up stepsons and heirs, and they are still so strict and careful, let alone the heirs of the kings of a country?

From Xuanzong to Chengzong, there are certain rules for the upbringing of heirs, and they need to be carefully selected among the close branch sects. Back then, King Zhao suppressed the Nan'an Hou Mansion, creating a lot of absurd images of the old Nan'an Hou, and suppressing Xu Yingbin and Xu Zixian, mainly from the matter of establishing an heir to the clan.

Now the Son of Heaven is more than 30 years old, although Chengzong has no heirs, South Korea has no heirs, Xu Zicheng was executed, but although King Zhao has children and grandchildren, Xu Zixian also has a wife and concubine pregnant, and the Son of Heaven has not yet reached the time of aging and dying, so he should not urgently bring the son of King Zhao into the palace.

Even if Xu Zixian has no children, it is only right that he can be widely selected among the descendants of the Wuzong lineage.

"As long as the Northern Expedition is victorious and the faith of the Son of Heaven is restored, these are all trivial matters." Xu Ziwei's face turned pale, and he said: "Time passes, decades later, people only know that I am the biological father of the Son of Heaven, who still remembers this?" ”

Xu Ziwen looked sneering and said, "Big brother, you are still dreaming, do you think the Northern Expedition will inevitably win?" ”

"The forbidden army is already building Jinzhou." Xu Ziwei is not a pure straw bag, he is also very clear about the situation ahead, and immediately replied: "Jinzhou City, Ningyuan City, these two cities have been completed, and then build military forts in Songkou, Xingshan, and Tashan, and the forbidden army will defend according to the city, and the Northern Expedition can be declared successful, and you can use Lubu to report victory on the 23rd Road!" ”

Xu Ziwen's heart is bright, whether it is the Son of Heaven, or Xu Ziwei in front of him, and many people in the court, including Han Zhong, it is estimated that they all have such plans.

If you are familiar with the topography of western Liaoning, you will understand, the old Jinzhou in the Tang Dynasty is Jinzhou is located in the throat of inside and outside the Guan, the old road of western Liaoning in the north, and the corridor of western Liaoning in the south.

Jinzhou, located on the north shore of Liaodong Bay in the Bohai Sea, is closely related to the formation of the Liaoning West Corridor.

The strategic goal of the Northern Expedition was, of course, to weaken and attack the Donghu people, but although the Son of Heaven was confident, the recruitment ahead made Li Guorui and many important generals quite heavy, and after a few months, Li Guorui only advanced more than 200 miles away from the Chongqing Pass, and built Ningyuan City and a number of camped military forts at the junction pass of Shoushan and Cave Mountain, and then began to advance more than 100 miles under strict orders, ready to start repairing the old Jinzhou.

If Jinzhou is repaired and garrisoned, its side is a continuous mountain range, in front of the city is Yushui, which is later called the big and small Ling River, and then to the west is the Bohai Bay.

If Donghu wants to attack the Great Wei, it will cross many mountain ranges such as Yushui and Yushan to reach Yuguan, which is the nearest route. The current Liaoxi Corridor is also different from the Qin and Han dynasties, the sea water has long receded, and the land is enough for cars and horses.

But Yuguan is built in the Yanshan Mountains of the most precipitous pass of the Xiongguan Pass, or since the pre-Qin and Han Dynasty here is to defend against the Xiongnu, Turkic, and Xianbei important pass, countless Hu cavalry in thousands of years to spy on this pass, without exception is to end in failure.

Such a Xiongguan pass, obviously can not be conquered by force, so the Donghu people have invaded the town of Great Wei Nei, need to start from Liaozhou and Yingzhou and other places, from the northeast of Jinzhou, along the Yushui over many mountain ranges, into the grassland area, and cooperate with the Beiyu to detour to the direction of Jizhou in the north of the Great Wei to attack the Guannei, from Jizhou to Yunzhou, and even Ganzhou, Suzhou, the entire northern border line is thousands of miles, although the Great Wall, countless cities, military forts, camps guard, but the Wei army lacks cavalry, mobility is not good, When Donghu and Beiyu gathered two or three hundred thousand people to break through, it was difficult for the Wei army to form a heavy army group at the first time and counterattack.

At the beginning of Hu Cai's entry, the Wei army could only be allowed to burn and loot, and the small Wei army could not fight back. At least a month to two or three months of assembly, the Wei army gathered tens of thousands of heavy troops, after the local pacification department or the imperial court sent a recruiting envoy, gathered heavy troops, relying on the territory of the fortified city, dispatched infantry cavalry, and engaged Hu cavalry.

Due to the lack of mobility, even if the Wei army was in its own territory, it was easy for the Hu cavalry to form a situation where there were more and fewer fights. A few years ago, Li Guorui, Yue Zhi, and Li Youde defeated Donghu on Hebei Road, beheaded more than a thousand, and was regarded as the first big victory over Donghu.

If the Wei army regains Jinzhou, it will be very close to the Yingzhou of the Donghu people, and it can form a strategic suppression of Donghu outside the pass. If the Chongqing River is traced upstream, and another city is built in the Xianzhou area, the route of Hu Qi directly detouring into the customs from the western side of Liaoning is blocked.

"Big brother, don't you think that the Northern Expedition really has a chance and hope?" Xu Ziwen stood on the shore, although it was nominally spring, the weather was still very cold, especially near the river, which made people feel particularly cold and damp. Xu Ziwei couldn't stand, but Xu Ziwen looked like a peaceful one, looking at Xu Ziwei who was shrinking, Xu Ziwen frowned and said: "Since the Northern Expedition has risen, the imperial treasury is empty, last month, the Privy Council and the Ministry of War sent people to the Jiangling arsenal to extract 5,000 iron helmets, more than 100,000 long guards, 4,000 shields, 5,000 horizontal knives, and more than 100,000 bundles of arrows. This is the third extraction, and the Gangneung arsenal was set up to stabilize the south, and now tens of thousands of iron helmets and long swords, horizontal swords, shields, arrows, war, iron gloves, net boots and other miscellaneous items have also been extracted. ”

Xu Ziwei said impatiently: "What are you talking about? ”

Xu Ziwen smiled dumbly and said, "Big brother, you are really stupid...... The meaning of the younger brother is obvious, the imperial court has been at war with all sides in the past few decades, the arsenal reserves have been exhausted, the weapons supervision has insufficient funds, there are not enough craftsmen, there are not enough raw materials, and the speed of manufacturing weapons has not been able to keep up with the loss, so it can only move the arsenals accumulated in the past few decades in various places. In this Northern Expedition, the arsenal of the Jingshi division has been emptied, and now it is the turn of the Gangneung arsenal. What if the Gangneung arsenal is empty again? ”

"Just as a precaution." Xu Ziwei said disappreciatively: "The equipment in the army has always been several times more than that, just in case of emergency, and it is not really a weapon and arrow." ”

"The financial resources of the imperial court are really exhausted, big brother!" Xu Ziwen shook his head and said: "As soon as the arsenal is empty, the treasury has long been empty, and the income from the apportionment will be used to buy food, vehicles, and military supplies, and at the same time, it is necessary to pay the soldiers at the front." This month, the salaries of the Jiangling Forbidden Army have not yet been paid, let alone the Xiang army and ordinary officials. I asked the transfer envoy in Gangneung, and it was said that he would wait for the apportionment of Jiangxi Road to arrive before he could pay the salary. The imperial court coordinated the Northern Expedition first, then the Beijing Division, and then Jiangling, and now Jiangling has reached this point, how embarrassed is it to think about it? Nothing is enough, nothing is enough, the Son of Heaven is jumping in a hurry! Big brother, our Da Wei is like a giant who doesn't stop bleeding, and now his whole body is weak, tired and weak, and he can't stand anymore. ”