Chapter 888: The Battle of Dongyong (4)
That night, Zhao Hongxuan, the king of Huan, couldn't sleep with excitement. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
First, Zhao Hongli, the prince of the East Palace, told him during the day that he wanted to support him to become the commander of the Northern First Army, although Zhao Hongxuan served as the deputy commander when he was in the northern Xinjiang, and he was also the deputy commander with some rights, but in the final analysis, the commander and the deputy commander are different after all.
Second, he thought that he had persuaded his own brother, Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, who was raised by his mother, to finally say something like "let me think about it".
In Zhao Hongxuan's view, this is equivalent to agreeing to this matter.
The combination of the two made Zhao Hongxuan toss and turn on the couch at night, making it difficult to sleep.
Finally, he couldn't hold back the joy in his heart, and saw that he didn't feel sleepy anyway, so he simply got up and wrote some rules and regulations and restructuring guidelines for the Northern First Army in the study of King Huan's mansion.
His sect guard chief Zhang Biao couldn't stop his Royal Highness, so he had to stay in the study with him.
But what should be said, as the head of the sect guard, Zhang Biao still has to say it.
"Your Highness, the Northern First Army...... Are you really sure you can control this army? With all due respect, this army is not easy to grasp......"
It's not that Zhang Biao doesn't believe in the talent of his Royal Highness, in fact, Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan is also a very talented prince, although he does not have the talent as Rui Wang Zhao Hongzhao and Su Wang Zhao Hongrun, but he is diligent and studious, and he is the prince who has stayed in the palace school for the longest time, and he is also the most popular student among the scholars in the palace school.
Because he was just smart enough to understand the knowledge imparted by the scholars in the palace school, but not to the extent that the scholars in the palace school felt very stressed.
In all fairness, the "Qilin'er", who was famous all over the Liang, Zhao Hongzhao, the king of wisdom, was actually not the favorite student of the scholars in the palace school, because this highness was so smart that he sometimes drew inferences and bypassed the analogy, so that the scholars in the palace school felt very pressured to teach this highness knowledge.
And the once famous palace bully, Su Wang Zhao Hongrun needless to say, this son's intelligence is not inferior to Zhao Hongzhao, the king of wisdom, and the personality is even worse, skipping class, perfunctory class, if the palace bachelor is investigated, depending on the severity of the situation, he will retaliate, which makes the palace scholar see this His Royal Highness often walks around.
I have to say that as a teacher, you don't really need a student who is too smart, as long as the student can understand the knowledge they impart, and is humble and courteous, diligent and studious, this is the standard "good student".
And Zhao Hongxuan, the king of Huan, is a "good student" in the palace school, so that most of the bachelors in the palace school are happy to teach this highness, even if Zhao Hongxuan's understanding ability is slightly inferior to Zhao Hongzhao and Zhao Hongrun.
And all this, Zhang Biao, the chief of the sect guard, knows it well, he doesn't think that his Royal Highness will be inferior to other highnesses, it's just that sometimes Zhao Hongxuan looks weak and shy, which makes people misunderstand, thinking that this His Royal Highness King Huan is a temperless person, but in fact, only his brother Zhao Hongrun and the brothers' Zongwei know that King Huan Zhao Hongxuan is only introverted, but in terms of stubbornness, the brothers are almost the same.
For example, now, because of the failure to lead the army for the first time, most of the other people will listen to their brother's advice and re-form an army that is completely obedient to him, but Zhao Hongxuan is not, since he has fallen in the Northern First Army, he has to stand up again in the Northern First Army.
"Not sure?"
After listening to the advice of Zhang Biao, the head of the sect's guard, Zhao Hongxuan was not angry, and said with a straight face: "At the beginning, my brother surrendered to the 50,000 Pingxuan army with more than 20,000 Junshui troops and 10,000 Yanling troops (later Zhaoling army...... Although the personnel of the Northern First Army are complicated, they dare not rebel after all, and now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince supports me, as long as I rectify the military discipline and prohibit the order, no matter who is behind those people, I can slowly reince up the military power......"
In fact, Zhao Hongxuan also knew in his heart that the composition and background of his Northern First Army were extremely complicated, and it was full of people from the Donggong Party, the Yongwang Party, and the Xiangwang Party, but he didn't mean to target any of the forces, if he insisted on saying who he was going to target, then it was against those who did not obey the commander's orders, regardless of whether the other party was the Donggong Party, the Yongwang Party or the Xiangwang Party.
Zhang Biao wanted to speak and stopped.
He wanted to remind His Royal Highness: Even if the crown prince Zhao Hongli supports you, he will obey you before the Donggong Party, let alone the Yongwang Party and the Xiangwang Party.
But after thinking about it, Zhang Biao felt that this was not bad, anyway, in his opinion, if he was as tough as His Royal Highness to prepare to rectify the Northern First Army, he would inevitably be excluded from within the Northern First Army. If the exclusion is severe, maybe His Royal Highness will be as disheartened as the crown prince Zhao Hongli and disappointed in the Northern First Army.
And in this way, he can persuade his Royal Highness to leave the Northern First Army and re-form an army - with the brother of Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, Zhao Hongxuan, wants to rebuild an army that is completely under his orders, not too easy. Equipment, military salaries, this is not a problem.
Of course, this is the last retreat, and it would be even better if His Highness could really control the Northern First Army.
In Zhang Biao's opinion, if His Royal Highness can do this, I believe that Wei Tianzi and the imperial court will look at His Royal Highness differently, after all, it is not easy to completely control the Northern First Army.
Thinking of this, Zhang Biao said in a deep voice: "If Your Highness insists on this, then, I hope Your Highness will temporarily put down your kindness, His Royal Highness King Su once said that an army can only have one voice." Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince supports His Highness as the commander of the Northern First Army, then this army can only exist in the voice of Your Highness...... Those who do not obey will be chased or killed, and the rest will be shocked with a fierce force! ”
After listening to Zhang Biao's words, Zhao Hongxuan, who was originally full of confidence, couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive.
Because of his Northern First Army, there are too many selfish people, if you really do what Zhang Biao said, then I really don't know how many people will be killed.
After thinking about it, Zhao Hongxuan felt that he should say hello to the crown prince Zhao Hongli first, at least let the people of the Wang clan stand on his side first, otherwise, if even the Wang clan is unwilling to recognize him, then he, the boss, is just a puppet at best.
In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Hongxuan, the king of Huan, who had some gains and losses, had breakfast in his Huan Wang's mansion and went to the palace with all the guards.
He went to Ningxiang Palace first, like his mother Shen Shufei to ask for peace and excuse himself, after all, he didn't go to Ningxiang Palace with his brother Zhao Hongrun yesterday.
Sure enough, Concubine Shen Shufei was very dissatisfied with yesterday's incident, but fortunately, Zhao Hongrun did not reveal any reason yesterday, otherwise, Zhao Hongxuan really didn't know how to explain.
All in all, after some kind words and coaxing, and agreeing to all kinds of conditions that "I will go to Ningxiang Palace to accompany my mother more in the future", Zhao Hongxuan finally saved the day and left Ningxiang Palace in a cold sweat.
After leaving Ningxiang Palace, Zhao Hongxuan went straight to the East Palace, preparing to tell the crown prince Zhao Hongli about the plan for the restructuring and rectification of the Northern First Army.
In the side hall of the East Palace, Zhao Hongxuan carefully told Zhao Hongli, the prince of the East Palace, about his proposition, but for some reason, the prince Zhao Hongli seemed a little distracted, although he nodded from time to time, and occasionally said "Uh-huh", but no matter how he looked at it, it didn't look like he had listened to it.
This made Zhao Hongxuan, who had been preparing for the night, a little frustrated and resentful.
may have noticed that Zhao Hongxuan's face was a little unpleasant, the crown prince Zhao Hongli sighed, cheered up and said to Zhao Hongxuan: "Hongxuan, this palace said that it would support you, and it will support you." Yesterday, the palace had already greeted the Wang family and asked them to stand on your side, so you can do it. …… Don't worry about making the Northern First Army worse, in the eyes of this palace, the Northern First Army can't be worse! After that, he patted Zhao Hongxuan's shoulder and said apologetically: "Looking at your complexion today, you won't stay up all night to write this, right?" I'm sorry, but I'm really not in the mood today, so I can calm down and listen to what you say......"
After listening to the explanation and apology of the crown prince Zhao Hongli, Zhao Hongxuan felt a little better, and he asked suspiciously: "Your Royal Highness the prince, what's wrong with you?" If it's not a confidential matter, why don't you talk to Brother Wang? ”
The crown prince Zhao Hongli was silent for a moment, and then said with annoyance: "It's not a secret matter, it's King Yong'......"
Zhao Hongxuan suddenly realized when he heard this, and said tentatively: "Could it be the incident that King Yong attacked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the Xuanzheng Palace yesterday?" ”
The crown prince Zhao Hongli nodded, and scolded hatefully: "The second child has always been ruthless, and this time it is even worse...... He asked Shi and others to hand over all the gains from northern Xinjiang to the imperial court, and then secretly sent people to spread the matter throughout Daliang, and now the entire Daliang is preaching, saying that King Yongwang is selfless and righteous for the country. …… Right now, the government and the opposition are looking at the palace to make a statement, if there is no movement on the side of the palace, a large group of people will definitely jump out and accuse the palace......"
scolding in his mouth, he still didn't understand the hatred in his heart: How much did the Yongwang Party gain in Northern Xinjiang? Can it be compared to his East Palace party?
Zhao Hongxuan thought about it when he heard this, and asked hesitantly: "What will happen if you don't donate?" ”
"The people's hearts will be biased towards King Yong." The crown prince Zhao Hongli said: "In addition, some young scholars and local officials will favor King Yong. At that time, King Yong will be able to attack the palace from the two points of virtue and loyalty. ”
"Then if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also donates the income in Northern Xinjiang to the imperial court? Can it be recovered? ”
"It's irretrievable." The crown prince Zhao Hongli shook his head, and Zhengse said: "He will donate first, and I will donate later, the court and the opposition will only remember that King Yong is the first, but they will not think about how much the so-called 'all' he donated to the court is worth." ”
"What if the truth is revealed? I mean, the "all" donated by King Yong to the imperial court will be calculated as a result......"
"It's useless." The crown prince Zhao Hongli shook his head, and said: "Actually, the government and the opposition don't care about those things, but a heart, or honor, do I lack land in Dawei?" No, you forgot, after your brother and the Qi King Lu Xi invaded Chu last year, the Chu State once compensated the "Gulingyi" to my Great Wei, this land is greater than the lost land recovered by my Great Wei in the Northern Frontier Campaign, which is greater? But the father and the imperial court still did not hesitate to return it to the Chu people, as the place of exile of the Chu family surnamed Qu...... The lost land recovered in Hedong and Shangdang is actually not so significant, but these lands were once robbed by Korea, so our Wei people want to take it back, that's all. …… Sometimes, it's not about the amount of the matter, it's about the meaning. ”
As the crown prince Zhao Hongli said, the matter of "Yongwang Hongyu handed over all the income of the northern Xinjiang to the imperial court" quickly spread throughout Daliang, which made Yongwang Hongyu's reputation in Daliang suddenly rise to an incredible level.
At the same time, it also forced the East Palace Party to the precipice. (To be continued.) )