"Your Highness, why did you say this!" Listening to Liu Rui's words, the three people below were all shocked, and Chong Shao asked anxiously.

Liu Rui's eyebrows were full of despair, and he sighed: "Chen, Tuesday Wang, are staring at Gu in the future, and they can't replace him!" On the father's side, he is becoming more and more cold to Lonely! ”

Chong Shao and Yang Xiu glanced at each other, and they both saw the melancholy in each other's eyes, Liu Rui's state was a little worrying. This is just a small setback, so frustrated, the words of the abolition, casually said.

The two also understood that in the past year, Liu Yuan was staring at the top, and Chen, Zhou, including Zheng Wang were staring, and Liu Rui was very hard and under great pressure. This is a manifestation of insufficient background and not much experience, Liu Rui is qualified and indeed smart, but this mental endurance is a hard injury from the perspective of the past two years.

But seeing Liu Rui's expression, Chong Shao also had to say comfort: "Your Highness, how can the crown prince's throne be abolished lightly, as long as His Highness does not make mistakes, why be afraid of the actions of the three kings!" In the opinion of the ministers, His Majesty is just testing His Highness and tempering His Highness's character. A qualified prince should be indestructible, His Royal Highness must not say this again, if it reaches His Majesty's ears, how can His Royal Highness live up to the expectations of His Majesty and the Queen? ”

Chong Shao is not young, and he has a bit of a sense of relying on the old and selling the old, but it is extremely useful to Liu Rui, who urgently needs to be comforted. took a deep breath and saluted Shao: "Lonely knows!" ”

"Your Highness, the imperial examination system is being tried on a trial basis, no matter what Your Majesty's attitude is, but for Your Highness, you must seize the opportunity?" Yang Xiu's eyes were blazing, and he looked at Liu Rui and said.

When Liu Rui heard this, his eyes showed a little suspicion, and he looked at Yang Xiu.

"In the autumn, the heroes of the prefectures, counties and counties of Great Xia gathered in Chang'an, and His Royal Highness should take the opportunity to promote talents for his own use. These people can be recommended by officials in various states, counties and counties, and if they are not talented, they are not ordinary. If you can choose some useful people from among them, it will only be good for Your Highness! Yang Xiu had a confident smile on his lips.

Hearing this, Liu Rui's eyes rolled, and he felt a sense of sudden enlightenment. He had always regarded this matter as a way to please Liu Yuan, but he didn't think of using it for his own benefit, so he fell into a misunderstanding. It can be imagined that in the imperial examination in the autumn of this year, the elites gathered in Chang'an must be the elites of Great Xia, and it must be a huge treasure trove of talents.

"Why didn't Dezu mention it earlier!" Liu Rui couldn't help but smile.

Liu Rui finally recovered, and the depression in his heart receded a lot.

"Yang Feng!" When Chong Shao and Yang Xiu breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, Liu Rui suddenly called Yang Feng in a cold voice.

Yang Feng had been patiently listening to the conversation between the three of them before, this kind of opportunity was not common, and to be called here was to enter the smallest circle of the crown prince's family.

I was looking forward to it, but when I heard Liu Rui's cold voice, I couldn't help but feel worried in my heart. Don't look at Liu Rui's "weakness" just now, but in the heart of a courtier like him, he is still full of majesty.

"Your Highness!" Yang Feng stood up and pouted his hips, very respectful.

"My father has already issued an edict, and ordered the Ministry of Punishment to thoroughly investigate the occupation of Tuntian by the nobles and scholars. This time, my father is murderous! Liu Rui stared at Yang Ding coldly: "You should understand the meaning of loneliness!" ”

With a chill in his heart, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and Yang Feng knelt down directly: "The minister is guilty!" Please rest assured, Your Highness, the ministers will take care of it! ”

Obviously, Yang Feng was one of the people who boldly encroached on Xia Tuntian.

This person is sincere to Liu Yuan, and he is quite old, but his ability is there, and in terms of unifying the army and brave martial arts, he can also be ranked in the middle of the Xia Kingdom. The position of Prince Wei was also obtained by him with great difficulty.

"I hope so!" Liu Rui waved his hand: "You step back first!" ”

"Wechen retires!" Yang Feng wiped his sweat and respectfully retired.

"Your Highness, this person is lowly, cunning, and not of great use, so why keep it?" Yang Xiu has always looked down on Yang Feng, a vulgar general from Baibo, and he is very disdainful of Liu Ruidao.

"Dezu's words are wrong!" Before Liu Rui could speak, Chong Shao retorted: "Although Yang Feng has shortcomings, he has surrendered to Great Xia for many years, and he is also a general in the army. ”

At that time, Great Xia was invincible in Guanzhong, and there was no threat to the east. According to Hangu, it is impossible to defend the pass! "Yang Xiu and Chong Shao are on the bar.

"Alright, Dezu!" Liu Rui spoke out to dissuade: "In the past two years, I have a small foundation in the DPRK, but I have little influence in the army. ”

"The three imperial brothers, needless to say, King Chen almost rose in the army, and his prestige in the Great Xia army was not low. King Zhou, he has the support of the Lan clan and other clans, and how many Hu generals are active in the army, the two of them also know it. Besides, King Zheng also has the Tuoba brothers as minions in the army. Only Lonely, guarding the East Palace Guard, led more than 1,000 people, Li and Wang San, two generals. Liu Rui was a little distracted.

Yang Xiu looked at Liu Rui in surprise, he never thought that Liu Rui had already seen the army, which he also wanted to mention to him in his heart.

Yang Feng has no talent, and he values some of the people behind him. Yangwu general Li Le, with Bai Bo, was deeply trusted by his father. There is also Dingxi General Xu Huang, this is a real good general, in Liangzhou over the years, he has conquered countless Qiang people. ”

Yang Xiu was silent, thinking in his heart, Liu Rui said that these two are not so easy to woo. At least with the relationship of Yang Feng alone, he will not pull these two generals in charge of the army into the camp.

But seeing the expectation on Liu Rui's face, he couldn't bear to blow. After thinking about it, he arched his hand and said: "The army of Great Xia is not a foreign army. The Chinese army guards the three assistants in the pass, and there are many lords and ministers, and most of them are personally interrogated by His Majesty, so His Royal Highness is really not good to interfere. ”

Hearing Yang Xiu say this, Liu Rui's expression froze again, this is really nothing easy to do.

"Lone is really interested in the army!" Liu Rui put one hand on the case and looked at the second minister: "Where to start?" ”

"Frontier Army?" Yang Xian wanted to speak, so he heard Liu Rui's self-questioning and self-answering.

"That's right!" Yang Xiu looked like he was holding a pearl of wisdom: "In the past few years, there has been a truce in the north, a recuperation in the Great Xia, and a lot of national strength has recovered. In the four realms of Guanzhong, the east and Zhao Wei hold each other, and they cannot be suddenly plotted. Yizhou in the south, the road to Shu is dangerous, if there is no good opportunity, it is difficult to go south. Only this Liangzhou is the time to use troops, with the strength of Great Xia, but Han Sui has been allowed to divide this person for so many years! ”

"With Your Majesty's talents, you will never allow such a hidden danger to exist in the west. When the Three Kingdoms invaded the summer, it was in Liangzhou! Chong Shao also stroked his beard at this time.

"I will go to the table on the lonely day and promote the west to Pingliang!" Liu Rui's face was full of determination.

Later, he showed doubts: "This is a cool matter, if you want to use force in the west, you need to be able to command the army." However, there is really no one available in the lonely hand, do you want to send Li and Wang? Or Yang Feng? Liu Rui himself shook his head as he spoke.

"Your Highness, there are two ministers for reference!" Chong Shao calmly stroked his beard and looked at Liu Rui.

"Please speak up!" Liu Rui was a little looking forward to it.

"General Huangfu Chen, Brother Huangfu Li!"

Liu Rui's eyes lit up: "Is it the clansman of Huangfu Yizhengong?" ”

Even if Huangfu Song died of illness for many years, Liu Rui has heard of this famous general who left a strong mark in the history of the late Han Dynasty.

Nodding, Chong Shao said slowly: "These two people are both from Jiangmen families, especially Huangfu Li, who has gone through the battlefield, and in his early years, he followed Huangfu Yizhen to fight in the east and west. It's just that over the years of surrendering to Great Xia, there has been no way to rise, and now there is only an empty position as a general. If Your Highness can get the help of these two people, he will be there; Liangzhou is operated with force. ”

"Take some time, bother Shen Fu to take the second person to the palace, let me see you!" Liu Rui's expression told Chong Shao that he was tempted.

"No!"

The three of them enthusiastically discussed how to meddle in the army of Great Xia, but they didn't know, how to make a taboo?

......

Since many years ago, the lighting tools in the palace of the Great Xia Emperor have long been replaced by candles instead of oil lamps. Liu Yuan especially likes to cut candles, perhaps because he thinks that this move is very intentional and forced.

In front of him were three thick burning red candles, the flames were constantly flickering, holding a delicate small pair of scissors in his hand, the candle core was a little longer, Liu Yuan cut it by hand, and handled it very skillfully.

His expression was full of thought, and when the candle flame became brighter, Liu Yuan asked out loud: "Cao Cao wants to kill Zhao?" ”

There was a hint of skepticism in his tone.

There were a few people standing beside him, Zhongshu Ling Wang Rou, Li Ru and Jia Xu in the waiters, Wang Ze in Shangshu Youcheng, Liu Qiu in charge of the Military Intelligence Department of the Ministry of War, and Qiu Linju, who was in charge of the Military Intelligence Department of the Ministry of War.

Hearing Liu Yuan's question, Qiu Linju immediately said: "Back to Your Majesty, it has been determined that Cao Cao, the king of Wei, has gathered 40,000 elite troops in Suiyang, and there are also signs of troops and horses being transferred north in Yan and Xu Erzhou, and Cao Ren of Luoyang has also strengthened the defense of Henan!" ”

Liu Yuan's eyes were even more suspicious, and he pondered for a moment and asked, "What is Yuan Zhao's reaction?" ”

"Hearing the movement in the south, Emperor Zhao was furious and ordered Jianwei's general Yan Liang to command an army of 10,000 and stationed in Liyang to monitor the Wei army!"

"There's a problem!" Liu Yuan gave a comment.

"Although Zhao Wei has been in trouble in the past two years, it is far from the point of such a big fight. When they intersected at the age of two, the friction between the two sides in Qingxu was obviously restrained. With the shrewdness of Cao Cao, the king of Wei, how could he rashly launch a large-scale northern expedition? It's incomprehensible! Li Ru spoke while thinking.

"That's right! With my Great Xia in Guanyou, how could he Cao Wei dare to fight fiercely with Yuan Zhao, wouldn't this give me a chance for Great Xia to take advantage of the situation? Liu Qiu also didn't believe that Cao Cao would kill Zhao.

"It can be basically expected that Cao Cao's move is a superficial movement, and he must have other plans!" Liu Yuan bowed his head, put down the scissors in his hand, and suddenly opened his mind: "You say, will Cao Mengde attack Zhao openly, and secretly plot with Zhao State to plot against me in Great Xia?" ”

"Probably not!" There was also a hint of uncertainty in Wang Rou's tone. Liu Yuan's eyes expanded another line of thought for the courtiers.

Liu Yuan looked at Jia Xu, wanting to see what this old fox who hadn't said a word since he entered the hall and had an excessively calm expression had any thoughts.

Jia Xu said very naturally: "Cao Cao Ruoxi attacked my Great Xia, and Mo Ruonan attacked Chu Wu!" ”

"What's going on over there with Wu Chu? Is Zhou Yu still attacking Jingzhou? Liu Yuan turned his head sharply to look at Qiu Linju.

"Zhou Yu, the governor of Wu, led the army and attacked Xiakou three times. Liu Bei refused to fight, and the two sides were still in a standoff. Jiangxia has restrained a large number of troops on both sides of Chu and Wu! ”

"That's right!" Liu Yuan slapped his palm: "With Cao Cao's shrewdness, I am only afraid that I really want to attack the north and the south, and plot against Chu Wu." Whether it is the southern yang of Chu or the northern jurisdiction of Wu Zhijiang, it can be drawn! ”

"Cao Cao is not afraid of being cocooned and self-bound, if he really provokes Yuan Zhao to move south, how will he deal with it?" Wang Ze asked.

"I heard that Yuan Shao is sick!" Li Ru sighed faintly at this time: "If it is as Wenhe said, Cao Cao's intention is in the south, and he is only afraid of the movements of Yan, Xu and Luoyang, and he is preparing for the imperial guard." ”

"It's all just our speculation!" Liu Yuan thought for a while, and instructed Qiu Linju: "Order the inter-country detectives to closely monitor the movements of the Wei State, I want to see what Cao Mengde means!" ”

"Obey the king's orders!" Chulinju surrendered.

"Spread the edict to Xu Rong, let him move, and put some pressure on Cao Ren in Luoyang!" Shaking his head a few times, Liu Yuan sighed: "I hope that Cao Mengde's northern attack on Yuan Zhao is true!" ”

Liu Yuan has always had the heart to go east, and he couldn't bear the loneliness last year, so he tried to order the Heluo garrison to attack Luoyang in the east, but he hit his head and bled and was defeated. Cao Ren has been guarding Luoyang for almost ten years, and with Liang Xi, they complement each other, which is really difficult to deal with.

"I summoned a few people today to discuss and calm the matter of Liangzhou!" Ordering the ministers to sit down, Liu Yuan said loudly: "Han Sui has been in Liangzhou for too long, and he has not been able to free up his hands due to internal and external pressure over the years. However, it exists in Liangzhou for a day, and it is the hidden danger behind my Great Xia. In the future, my Great Xia will confront the Zhao and Wei kingdoms, and I can't tolerate lying on the side of the couch, and someone is holding a knife at me! ”

Han Sui treated Hu Xia, although he was suffering from scabies, he could still pose a threat to Liu Xia. The embankment of thousands of miles collapsed in the anthill, Han Sui was such a big ant, Liu Yuan had already had the idea of getting rid of it, and the ministers quickly reached a consensus.

The ministers glanced at each other a few times, and Wang Rou spoke in support: "I have been recuperating in Daxia for many years, and my national strength has recovered a lot, and I can't go east in a big way, but it's no problem to destroy Han Sui!" ”

"Liangzhou is barren, the road west of Jincheng is long and narrow, and the transportation of grain and grass is only inconvenient, not enough to support too many soldiers and horses!" Wang Ze asked: "I don't know how many soldiers and horses Your Majesty is going to use!" ”

"Seven thousand people from the Lantian camp, and Liangzhou garrison, 15,000 troops marching westward, can Yong and Liang support it?"

Wang Ze pondered silently for a while, and raised his head to look at Liu Yuan: "If Your Majesty has no intention of going on an expedition to the Western Regions, it is enough!" And the counties west of Wuwei are also difficult to support too many soldiers and horses to fight! ”

He saw that Liu Yuan had the intention of taking advantage of the situation to take down all the countries in the Western Regions together, which was a dose of preventive injection in advance.

It's hard to hit Dunhuang, so don't think about the Western Regions for the time being.

Liu Yuan understood Wang Ze's subtext, frowned and thought for a moment, and said: "Then take Dunhuang as the boundary, as for the Western Regions, it depends on the situation!" ”

The monarchs and ministers discussed here, but they didn't take Han Sui's possible resistance to heart at all. The westward advance of the Xia army must be devastating, and it is not something that Han Sui, who guards the poor and remote areas of those counties, can resist. At this point, Liu Yuan and the ministers are very confident.

"Who does Your Majesty want to send to lead the army!" Liu Qiu asked the point.

Liu Yuan was silent for a moment, not that no one was available, but that there were too many people who could use it......

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asks to see you!"