"Of course it's a good thing. Zhao Yan replied: "Your Majesty, think about it, who is the person with the strongest ability to command the army in our dynasty now?" ”

"Does that need to be said? Of course, it is Ye Wang Yang Shihou. Zhu Youzhen replied without thinking about it.

"So who has the most troops in their hands?"

"Naturally, it is also Ye Wang Yang Shihou."

"Among the local envoys, who has the most abundant money and food?"

"This, I'm afraid it's also Yang Shihou." Zhu Youzhen's expression was a little ugly.

"yes. Ye Wang Yang Shihou's ability to command troops is the strongest in our dynasty, and the troops in his hands now are also the strongest in our dynasty, coupled with Wei Bo's rich money and grain reserves, this strength in his hands, if he is willing to use it to resist the invasion of the Jin army, it is good; But if he has any thoughts, I'm just afraid ......" Zhao Yan didn't say any more.

Zhang Hanjie said: "If this person has any thoughts, as long as he leads troops to cross the Yellow River, I am afraid that the country of this Liang will be surnamed Yang!" Your Majesty, don't forget, Kaifeng Mansion is not far from the Yellow River. ”

Zhu Youzhen's face was gloomy, and there was no one else around at this time except for him, Zhao Yan and Zhang Hanjie, so they had fewer scruples when they spoke.

Speaking of Yang Shihou, his eyes couldn't help but reveal a deep sense of jealousy.

Indeed, Yang Shihou is not a good person, not to mention the things that Yang Shihou did when he seized Wei Bo, but the things he did after sitting in the position of Wei Bo's envoy also made Zhu Youzhen deeply dissatisfied.

Although there are only six states under the jurisdiction of Wei Bo Jiedu, the land of these six states is an extremely prosperous area, densely populated, developed agriculture, and extremely rich in products, and it is precisely because of this that Wei Bo Town can compete with the imperial court for a long time during the Tang Dynasty.

After Luo Shaowei's death, Wei Bo completely fell under the control of the Liang State, and the affairs of the Jiedu Embassy were controlled by people sent by the imperial court, and a large amount of money, grain, and taxes were also supplied to the imperial court every year; But now that Yang Shihou has sat on the Jiedu Envoy, he has privately withheld taxes and reorganized the tooth soldiers to "Silver Spear Effect Jiedu".

These actions all show the great ambition in this person's heart, even if he needs to keep Yang Shihou to guard against the threat of the Northern Jin Kingdom, Zhu Youzhen has to take some precautions against Yang Shihou.

At this time, he heard Zhang Hanjie mention that Kaifeng was too close to the Yellow River and only separated from Wei Bo by a big river, which made him wake up, it turned out that Yang Shihou's threat was so close, and he didn't expect this before.

For a while, Zhu Youzhen's face was cloudy, and after a long time, he asked, "Are you here to look for me?" ”

Although he changed the topic, Zhang Hanjie and the others knew that he already had a certain idea about moving the capital in his heart, at least he would not be as disgusted as before.

"Jing Xiang, Li Zhen, the two of us can only help so much, but you can't forget what you promised." Zhang Hanjie thought in his heart. If it weren't for Jing Xiang's later promises, Zhang Hanjie and the others would not have taken the initiative to persuade Zhu Youzhen.

After talking about moving the capital, Zhang Hanjie and the others said some other things, but they were not very important, and after discussing for a while, they left and left.

On the other hand, although Jing Xiang and others failed to make a final decision on the relocation of the capital, they were able to make Zhu Youzhen promise to move the capital after the Battle of Xuzhou, which was also a major achievement, so the two naturally had a smile on their faces.

"If the capital can be moved to Luoyang, then when the situation changes in the future, there may be an opportunity to move the capital again and move the capital to Chang'an. When the time comes, I will sit in the land of Guanzhong and laugh at the successive battles between the Wu State and the Jin State, this is the only way out for my dynasty. Jing Xiang thought to himself.

Some ministers who were originally in favor of moving the capital, but did not know the plans of Jing Xiang and others, were also extremely happy at this time, and they congratulated each other, and for a while everyone seemed to have won the battle.

……

On the Xuzhou side, Yang Wu's mood was not so happy, not because of the war during this time, but because of the news from Jinling.

In terms of warfare, Yang Wu originally did not plan to defeat the Liang army by strong attack, after all, the strength of the Liang army was also very strong, and there was no problem in command, and it was not easy for the Wu army to defeat it.

Therefore, the method adopted by Yang Wu is to hold on to each other and wait for change.

Anyway, the current situation in Wu is stable, there are no major enemies on all sides, and the domestic treasury reserves are abundant, so naturally there is time and Liang military consumption, so there is no need to be anxious.

For example, in history, Li Cunmiao and the Liang army held on to the line along the Yellow River for three years, and never found a way to break through the defense line of the Liang army, and finally had to take a risk.

Now Wu Jun and Liang Jun have only been fighting each other for three months, so Yang Wu is not in a hurry at all.

On the contrary, the Liang army may not take a long time, Li Cunmiao cannot let Wu Liang have the opportunity to fight, even if the Jin army needs to take a break, but it will not be long before he will go south to use troops.

At that time, it will be impossible for Zhu Youzhen to be as calm as she is now.

There is no need for Yang Wu to worry about the war, but several news from the rear made Yang Wu feel extremely heavy.

Two months ago, Zheng Guogong Tao Ya died of illness at the age of 53; Soon after, Liu Wei, the Duke of Song Guogong, who was close to Tao Ya, also died of illness.

These two veterans are heroes who followed Yang Xingmi's beginnings, and their achievements in life are not trivial, and they are important veterans in the Wu Dynasty, and their prestige and qualifications are second to none.

Although Yang Wu is in various ways, he has a certain degree of precaution against the two of them, and does not allow the two to have the opportunity to meddle in military affairs, but this kind of precaution is not only a necessary means, but also a protection for the two.

Imagine if the two of them have been holding the military power, when the time comes, the monarch and the ministers will be suspicious, but they are afraid that the possibility of an accident is greater, and if there is a sinister villain in the middle to provoke, the two will definitely be difficult to live in peace in their old age.

Now that the two have died of illness, it can be regarded as the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, so Yang Wu ordered the two to be posthumously crowned as the king of the county, and specially issued an edict to allow the eldest sons of the two, Tao Jingzhao and Liu Chongjing, to inherit the position of the prince.

Of course, their inheritance is only Yang Wu's special purpose to show his favor, and their descendants still have to follow the normal method of title succession, and gradually demote the knighthood, until the marquis becomes hereditary.

In addition, Yang Wu also ordered the second son of the two to be summoned to serve in the Yulin Army and was canonized as a viscount.

The posthumous title and various honors of Tao Ya and the others not only show Yang Wu's mind and benevolence to a certain extent, but also an explanation to those old ministers.

However, after Tao Ya and the others died of illness, the veteran Qin Pei died suddenly not long ago, which made Yang Wu deeply shocked and saddened.

Compared with Tao Ya and Liu Wei, Qin Pei is Yang Wu's own cronies, and he is also the first old minister to follow him.

When Yang Wu first led the troops, he was Qin Pei's deputy general, and crossed the river with Li Shenfu to attack Feng Hongduo, who rebelled in Shengzhou.

More than ten years have passed, and I don't want the tiger general to be gone now.

Holding the document in his hand, Yang Wu was in a sad mood and couldn't speak for a long time.

"Old, old!" Yang Wu sighed in his heart.

If it was said that Yang Wu took precautions and selected and trained young generals in advance, the purpose of which was to prevent no one from succeeding those veterans after they died, then now those veterans are really old.

When Huainan first established the forbidden army, there were only five governors, Li Shenfu, Qin Pei, Wang Maozhang, Li Chengsi, and Taimeng, and now in the blink of an eye, three of the five governors are gone, and the remaining Wang Maozhang is seriously injured and difficult to recover, and Li Chengsi serves as a privy envoy and cannot lead the troops alone.

Even among the five governors, Liu Cun and Zhang Xun have also died.

According to the average life expectancy of ordinary people in this era is less than 40 years old, or according to the average life expectancy of rich and noble families who are only in their fifties, these people are afraid that they will not live to the day of Wu's Northern Expedition.

It can be said that the many governors of Wu today are basically either second-level generals among Yang Xingmi's old ministers, or they are completely newcomers promoted and appointed by Yang Wu, and there is no one general who is really in charge of one side in Yang Xingmi's era.

This is a new era, an era of alternating between the old and the new, Yang Wu doesn't know if the current Wu State is ready to deal with it, but he believes that the current Wu army should be stronger than before.

In the final analysis, although the high-level generals of the Wu Army today may not be as experienced as those veterans who have experienced a hundred battles in the past, in terms of grassroots units, with the addition of batches of military cadets, the quality of the grassroots officers of the forbidden army will inevitably be improved to a certain extent.

In addition, with the state tax revenue increasing year by year, Yang Wu now has enough financial resources to improve the treatment of the soldiers, which also improves the morale of the soldiers to a certain extent.

Among the high-level generals, the remaining governors are all quite good, but it is enough to use them to lead the Northern Expedition.

"Prepare an edict to posthumously crown Qin Pei as a meritorious person of the Hubei State and order his eldest son to inherit the title......"

Yang Wu quickly made a placement for Qin Pei's death, and the titles and honors he received were generally lower than those of Liu Wei and Tao Ya, which was also a helpless thing, after all, Qin Pei was a little worse in terms of military merit and qualifications.