Chapter 122: Interlude

But is nothing really happening?

Naturally not.

What Zhang Xuan saw was the Luzhou battle report. The Qing army brigade attacked Luzhou from Jiangbei, and the defenders of Luzhou, Yang Shenzu, were in a hurry.

Yang Shenzu is a person, how can Zhang Xuan not know?

Yang Chengzu ascended to the sky and became the head of the Great Xia generals, while Yang Chengzu could only be suppressed. is not only Luo Yulong's decision, but also Yang Chengzu's decision. After all, it is impossible for the two Yang brothers to be in power together. can only be wronged by one person.

Therefore, Yang Shenzu has been serving as a guard in Luzhou and guarding Luzhou.

Exited the core decision-making circle of Great Xia.

Of course, no one in Luzhou dared to underestimate Yang Shenzu. Because everyone knows that Yang Chengzu cannot always be in the position of the Privy Councillor, once Yang Chengzu leaves this position, then Yang Chengzu will definitely be compensated

Even if you can sit on the cold bench for a few years. But the future will not be bad.

It's just that I never thought that people are not as good as heaven. The defeat of the Northern Expedition affected the fate of many people, including Yang Shenzu.

When the army was defeated all the way back from Shandong, Yang Shenzu did not think about coming out and rescuing, but he did not have enough troops at hand. Moreover, the Qing army swept Jiangbei in a big way, only attacking in two ways, all the way south from Yangzhou and all the way south from Xiangyang, ignoring Luzhou for the time being.

In a sense, it was not Yang Shenzu who held Luzhou, but the Qing army ignored it.

After Zhang Xuan came to Wuchang, it was not that he did not use this old man. It's just that things are busy, and secondly, many people don't have a good evaluation of Yang Chengzu. The reason is very simple, Yang Chengzu, as the privy councillor of Great Xia, is in charge of the military and political affairs of Great Xia, even if Luo Yulong is personally on the expedition, he should also fulfill the responsibility of a courtier and persuade the emperor. It shouldn't have been such a big defeat.

Yang Chengzu was said to be a criminal by almost everyone.

This is also an unspoken rule of ancient times. The emperor is always not wrong, and those who are at fault are ministers, plus Luo Yulong was also martyred. Naturally, I have to be ashamed of His Holiness. Luo Yulong couldn't say. Then in this Northern Expedition, someone must be responsible.

Yang Chengzu is not responsible, who is responsible. It's the same even when you're dead.

Regarding such public opinion, Zhang Xuan also felt that the promotion of Yang Shenzu should be slowed down, at least not in vain, which is easy to fall into the mouth. He also believed in Yang Shenzu's strength, and during the Eastern Crusade, he would definitely be able to make contributions.

It's just that he didn't expect that his side would not go on the expedition, and the Qing army had already come to the door.

Zhang Xuan almost instantly thought of why the Qing army came.

It is for Anqing City.

Anqing is a battleground on the Yangtze River, and during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Taiping army was lost

Anqing, which led to the Qing army's battle line directly pushed to the city of Nanjing, can see the importance of Anqing, whether it is Zhang Xuan's eastward march or the Qing army's westward expedition, Anqing is a battleground for battle.

The Qing army was obviously under Luzhou, detouring back to the west of Anqing, cutting off Anqing's land connection with Wuchang. Want to strike first. Even Zhang Xuan felt that the Qing army might not have other arrangements, but now there was only this piece of news.

It is indeed urgent, and it cannot be delayed.

However, in an instant, Zhang Xuan also calmed down. There is no trace of clues from between the eyebrows. Zhang Xuan came over with so many winds and waves. The city government has already been trained. And the reason why he is like this is also because he can trust Yang Shenzu.

Jinhua City was able to defend for several months, and it was unable to fight several times. Yang Shenzu is in Luzhou City, and there will be no danger for a while. Zhang Xuan was just worried that the Qing army would go around the city. However, even if you are worried, you know that such a big event, with the reaction speed at this time, is not much different from one hour earlier and one hour later.

But if there is a mess on such a major ceremony, it will affect the morale of the army. Even if you are in a hurry, you must deal with the matter in front of you first.

After Zhang Xuan sat down, he gestured slightly.

Wen Anzhi stood up tremblingly, opened a scroll of holy decrees, and said: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: Heaven has no relatives, but virtue is an auxiliary ,----."

In this edict of enthronement, he first thanked the two emperors for their kindness and pursued Luo Yulong as Emperor Zhuangzong.

Zhuang can also be regarded as a good name among the nicknames. There are soldiers and armor to make a village. Take the number sign as the strictest. Rui Yu overcame the village. Through the border, enable the service. Victory over the enemy's strong Zhiqiang said Zhuang. Indomitable, so win. Died in the wilderness. If it is not strict, why is it difficult to die? Repeatedly conquered and killed the village. to be strict. Wu but not then said Zhuang. Martial arts are not successful. All kinds of meanings, and Luo Yulong died unexpectedly, and his martial arts failed, which can be regarded as barely compliant.

Then it was announced that the name of the year was changed to Zhaowu. Take next year as the first year of Zhaowu.

On top of the year name, Zhang Xuan instructed the Hanlin Academy that there must be one: "Wu." "To show the meaning of martial arts. So there was this era name, Zhang Xuan thought it was good when he thought about it, so he used it.

Then Luo Yujiao was named the queen, Zhang An was the prince, and Xiaoya was Concubine Shu. These things are settled.

And then there's the reward.

The first to be enshrined were the Five Kings.

Li Dingguo, King of Dian, Zheng Chenggong, King of Wu, Yuan Shizhong, King of Wei, Cao Zongyu, King of Tang, and Wang Long, King of E.

Among them, for Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong, it is just a confirmation order. Speaking of which, Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong both have a little problem with their thrones, after Zheng Zhilong's death, Zheng Chenggong's accession to the throne was not confirmed by the Great Xia court, and when Li Dingguo was crowned king, Zhang Xuan was just in charge of the country in the name of King Zheng.

Some of them are not rightly named.

In order to supplement the two of them, Zhang Xuan simply allowed the two of them hereditary reckless power. For the Wei King Yuan Shizhong, and the Tang King Cao Zongyu, but Zhang Xuan promoted his team again. Although Li Dingguo is still loyal to Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan can't regard Li Dingguo as his own force, after all, Li Dingguo has the entire Western Army faction behind him.

Zheng Chenggong not to mention that he made the two kings, and hereditary disregard, more to appease and woo.

But among the high-level leaders, especially among the senior generals, Zhang Xuan couldn't sleep if he didn't promote a few people. Yuan Shizhong is an old qualification, and he is Zhang Xuan's sworn brother, who has been obedient to Zhang Xuan's words for a long time, how can Zhang Xuan give some remuneration. And Cao Zongyu, not to mention, is Zhang Xuan's real own person, and has a high prestige among Zhang Xuan's descendants. He promoted Cao Zongyu to appease his descendants.

After all, many people are waiting for Zhang Xuan to attain the Tao alone, and the chicken dog will ascend to heaven, if there are not a few of their own people who are crowned kings, all of them are outsiders in their opinion, and I am afraid that the people below will be unstable.

Whether Wang Lung is crowned king or not, Zhang Xuan really thought about it.

Whether it is Li Dingguo, Zheng Chenggong, even Yuan Shizhong, Cao Zongyu, abandoning other factors, just saying that they themselves can fight, Li Dingguo's record is needless to say, although Zheng Chenggong was defeated, but what victory or defeat does not mean anything. And Yuan Shizhong has been up and down for so many years, and he doesn't dare to say how powerful he is, but it is okay to lead tens of thousands of troops and stand alone. As for Cao Zongyu, in Zhang Xuan's heart, he is no less talented than Li Dingguo.

Of course, Zhang Xuan's evaluation of his own person is inevitably a little selfish, but Cao Zongyu's ability is better than Yuan Shizhong's, but there is no problem.

But Wang Lung couldn't.

Wang Lung is a talent for charging into battle, and he is a good hand at charging into battle, but he may not be able to lead an army alone. If you look at the battle of Chongqing, you can see that it was almost pushed down. Zhang Xuan felt that Feng Wanglong was in a high position, and I was afraid that he was a little unworthy.

But the rest of the Luo clan still has a lot of influence in the army, and treating the Luo family well is what Zhang Xuan has been doing, and it is almost a political label. It can't be easily changed. Wang Lung, as a relative of the Luo clan, naturally has to be treated well.

However, Zhang Xuan had already made a decision, he would never let Wang Lung go out to lead the troops, he decided to take Wang Lung with him, or be a general of the chamberlain, or serve in the Privy Council.

After all, intimacy is different.

In Luo Yulong's view, Wang Lung is his little hair, and he has been intimate since he was a child. Even if Wang Lung has some flaws, Luo Yulong is willing to let Wang Lung fight a few more battles and learn slowly. Many times there are wars, and it is not without such mystery.

As long as you play a lot, you will naturally know the trick. This is an empirical science.

But Zhang Xuan didn't mean to take his life to brush up on Wang Long's experience.