Hong Zhi didn't feel strange about Yang Yi's question, after many days of contact, he knew that although Yang Yi was smart, he didn't know much about many things.

So Hong Zhi also sat down and explained: "When Daguang opened the country, Emperor Taizu established a permanent army in the north in order to resist the invasion of the northern barbarians, and named it the Northern Army. ”

"The Northern Army was not the most elite army in Daguang at the earliest, but with the passage of time, the soldiers in other parts of Daguang were gradually weakened because of the perennial lack of war, only the Northern Army became more and more fierce because of the perennial war with the barbarians, and later became the most warlike army in Daguang."

However, although the Northern Army made great contributions to Daguang's defense of the Northern Frontier, because Taizu had a training back then, the Northern Army must be stationed in the North forever, and it is not allowed to enter the Central Plains, nor is it allowed to participate in any internal struggle. So it is not so much the army of Daguang that the Northern Army is the army of the Han Chinese. Therefore, the Northern Army has been a special existence in the past dynasties, and it has also been controversial, and it has been criticized by court officials several times and almost abolished the military system, but I don't know why it can survive every time. ”

Hearing this, Yang Yi also felt very strange, no emperor wants to have such a powerful army that does not listen to his orders, and the contradiction is undoubtedly huge.

"Then what does this Qi Jingshan have to do with the Northern Army?"

"He's the commander of the Northern Army." Hong Zhidao: "The commander of the Northern Army is very special, the successive commanders are basically selected and promoted by themselves within the Northern Army or appointed by the previous commander, but there are very few sent by the imperial court. Qi Jingshan was appointed by the previous governor. ”

"So?" Yang Yi became more and more surprised, this northern army can appoint officials by itself, how can the dynasty allow it? What's even more surprising is that there have been no problems in hundreds of years.

Hong Zhi saw Yang Yi's question, and said: "Although the Northern Army is militarily independent, they have no logistical material support, and they are stationed in the wilderness all year round, and all supplies are deployed by the national dynasty. ”

Yang Yi suddenly realized that the dynasty was dragging the lifeblood of the Northern Army in his hands, no wonder he was so bold and dared to put a tiger on the side of the couch.

"Qi Jingshan came back this time because of the fierce Di attack, and he returned to Beijing to be questioned by the emperor."

Yang Yi nodded, no wonder this Qi Jingshan is so confident, he dares to scold the military department and dare to call himself a nine nerd, it turns out that there are 100,000 elites behind him, who dares to offend.

There is another point that Yang Yi is very interested in, now that the matter of seizing the heir is becoming more and more intense, can the Northern Army, as a military force that cannot be ignored, really stay out of the matter? He absolutely did not believe that many forces would dare to ignore the existence of the Northern Army.

The answer, of course, is no.

In the palace----------

Emperor Yang Lu took the iced silver pear handed over by Zhao Gui, took a sip to remove the heat in his heart, and took a deep breath to make his dull mind a little clearer.

The repeated events in the imperial capital in the past few days made Yang Lu feel very tired. He is the emperor, the central point of the storm, and all things, good or bad, must bypass him.

"What is Qi Jingshan doing these days?" Yang Lu sucked a piece of ice pear and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, Qi Jingshan has never been anywhere in the past few days except for going to the military department every day to report on his work."

"Have you seen anyone?"

"There are many people who go to his house to ask to see him, but Qi Jingshan refuses because of fatigue." Zhao Gui thought for a while and said, "But he saw His Royal Highness the Ninth in the military department. ”

Yang Lu put down the bowl and said, "Huh? Did he see Lao Jiu? What was said. ”

When Zhao Gui heard this, he made clear what Yang Yi and the three of them said in the military department, and even Yang Yi's changing expression was not omitted.

After listening to Zhao Gui's speech, Yang Lu thought for a long time before slowly nodding: "This Qi Jingshan is really the same virtue as Lu Xuan." ”

"Your Majesty..."Zhao Gui wanted to say something.

Yang Lu lightly raised his wrist and interrupted him: "Forget it, the Northern Army has been guarding the border for so many years, and it has long developed the habit of being unruly, and it is precisely because of this that I can feel at ease, except for barely listening to my words, no one else has the courage to mobilize them." ”

"But this Qi Jingshan is still very angry about Lu Xuan's affairs back then. Let him stay in the capital for a while, and when he is obedient, I will see him again. ”

Zhao Gui nodded, and seeing that the emperor didn't seem to continue to discuss what Qi Jingshan meant, he asked, "Your Highness, Your Highness..."

"Let him stay first, it's not necessarily a good thing to let him out at this time. Did you find any clues? ”

Zhao Guidao: "The slave ordered the imperial secret guards to closely monitor the government and the opposition, and most of the people have not moved in recent days, only the Third Highness has moved more. ”

Zhao Gui's words didn't seem to surprise Yang Lu, so he only heard him say coldly: "Keep an eye on the third child, and once you find out that he has something to do with these things, inform me immediately." ”

Yang Lu's fingers rubbing his temples increased a little, and he found that the situation was now a little out of his control, which was bad news.

Also feeling uneasy is Nanguo Marquis Li Cen, at this time in the Nanguo Marquis's mansion, Li Yu is helping her father hammer his shoulder, and she also found that her father is a little haggard these days.

It stands to reason that now that Wang Yi has been demoted out of Beijing, the military general's power is not as good as before, and the eldest prince is under house arrest again, the situation is very favorable to his side, but Li Cen can't see half of the joy.

"Why is my father worried?" Li Yu still couldn't help but ask.

Hearing this, Li Cen waved his hand lightly to signal Li Yu not to beat it anymore, and said, "Yu'er, for my father, I ask you, what do you think of the current situation in the court for us?" ”

Li Yu didn't think about it and said, "It's a good image." ”

Li Cen's disappointed look flashed in his eyes when he heard this, and he sighed and said, "This is also what worries me. ”

"What does Father mean?"

"It went so well!"

"Too smooth?" The clever Li Yu seemed to have thought of something.

Li Cen nodded and said, "Yes, it's too smooth... From the attack of the fierce Di people, the transfer of Wang Yi from the capital, to the attack on the princes and the house arrest of the eldest prince, everything seemed too smooth, as if all this was arranged for us. ”

Li Yu pondered for a moment and said, "The Third Highness's side..."

"He didn't tell me anything."

"Could it be that someone else is helping him? Or is it... He deliberately alienated his father? ”

Li Cen stood up and paced to the window with his hands behind his back, looked at Mingyue Ning in the pool and said, "I can't think of any reason why Yang Qi did this, it's not a good thing to be too rushed." ”

Li Yu couldn't figure out what the key was, and asked, "Father, what should we do now?" ”

Li Cen sighed and said, "Since you have already boarded Yang Qi's ship, you have to go to the end with gritted teeth." ”

"Yu'er, let the housekeeper go to Jiangnan in person, and tell your eldest brother to be ready for the next changes, Jiangnan is our foundation, and there can be no mistakes."

Li Yu nodded and fell into deep thought, she had never seen her father so worried, but the originally good form was a fog in Li Cen's eyes.

"What has Yang Yi been doing lately?" Li Cen suddenly asked.

Li Yu was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect his father to suddenly ask about the nine nerds, shook his head and said: "The family general reported that he was in the military department and the embroidery village every day, and had never been to other places. ”

"Your eldest brother said a word to me when he left, saying that this nine nerd Yang Yi is very human, what do you think of Yu'er?"

Li Yu didn't expect his eldest brother to have such a high evaluation of Yang Yi, remembering the scene when Yang Yi and his party said goodbye in China that day, but he sneered: "Fox friends and dog friends naturally can't see the high and low. ”

"You seem to have a lot of preconceptions about that nine-nerd." Li Cen also smiled.

"Father laughed, what prejudice do I have against that kind of shameless person!"

"Huh? Since there is no prejudice, then another day you will go to explore the truth of your father again. ”

"Father..."

Li Cen turned to look at his daughter and said, "Don't be in a hurry to refuse, didn't your eldest brother ask you to help him take care of the embroidery village before leaving?" There's my Li family's share of it. ”

Seeing this, Li Yu had no choice but to salute and say, "Yu'er knows." But I unconsciously came up with that smiling face, but it was extremely annoying.

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