Speaking of the holy decree that Liu Yan gave to Xue Boren, in fact, he himself chose one of the dilemmas. Xue Boren's worries were echoed by Wu Sicheng, but the long-term delay in the major affairs of Liaodong put the country of silk in danger of fighting on two fronts. Last year coincided with the Abichilir Division's western expedition to Anbalturi Khan, although the battle was relatively easy to win, but after all, the two sides also consumed considerable human resources, coupled with the success of Xue Boren's light division in attacking Dragon City, which gave the Tuqi a double blow. Because of this consideration, coupled with the fact that the national strength of the Goryeo Kingdom had been greatly reduced due to the three-year raid and harassment policy, many factors came together to be a godsend, and Liu Yan felt that the time was ripe to take Goryeo in one fell swoop, and then turned his head to concentrate on dealing with Tuqi.

The first point that Liu Yan didn't expect was that he miscalculated the strength of Abiciel, originally thought that he would recuperate for a period of time before going south, at least there would be no large-scale battles, but who would have thought that he would still come, and as soon as he made a move, he aimed at Liaodong, where the defense force of the Silk Country was the emptiest, and then went south to Youzhou to try to cut off the connection between Liaodong and Youzhou.

To this day, Xue Boren's troops are besieged in the city of Ulzhou, and the Taiyuan direction has lost its commander. In the face of Abiciel, who did not know what to do next, the top priority was to stabilize the situation in Taiyuan first, because once Taiyuan was lost, Abicil might cross the Yellow River south and directly enter Chang'an.

But now the question is who will lead the troops to save the crisis in Taiyuan? An Jingbian, the secretary of the military department, is a suitable candidate, but unfortunately he is sick in bed and cannot be a director, let alone ask for a levy. At present, although there are Manchu civil and military forces, it is difficult to find generals who can stand alone, and most of the candidates submitted by the Ministry of War are in Fengzhou. Linzhou, Lingzhou, Yanzhou area for many years deployment of generals. It is more than enough for these people to be solely responsible for the defense of a state capital area, but a defense area as large as Taiyuan Province is not a concept at all, and since the beginning of the use of troops against Goryeo, there has been little precedent for the transfer of military generals from here, because these military generals are still in the middle and upper echelons in terms of martial arts and warfare. But he lacks the ability to respond to emergencies, otherwise why would he be responsible for the defense of a state and a government all the time?

It seemed that Liu Yan was not satisfied, and finally summoned Wu Sicheng alone to discuss.

If Wu Sicheng was not so fair, selfless and shrewd, then it was entirely possible for him to become a traitor to the government and the opposition, and Liu Yan's rule might have presented a different scene. It's a pity that history can't be assumed, in fact, Wu Sicheng has always been diligent and thrifty throughout his life, never striving for merit and favor, and Liu Yan's trust in him has become a good thing to celebrate. It was Wu Sicheng's existence that prevented many mistakes from happening. Although Liu Yan's actions have abound with evil consequences in history, they didn't happen to him, I really don't know whether to say that he was lucky or some other factor.

Facing the emperor's question, Wu Sicheng pondered for a long time, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped. Liu Yan couldn't help but get anxious when he saw it: "When did you become so spittering?" ”

Wu Sicheng said with a difficult face: "It's not that Weichen doesn't want to say it directly, it's just that it is up to Weichen whether he can do it or not depends entirely on Your Majesty's personal thoughts, and Weichen really doesn't dare to pack tickets in this matter." ”

"Come on, don't leave yourself a way back. It's not like you. If I continue to talk like this, I'm afraid that there is no way out now. Where else is there to stay? Liu Yan said impatiently.

Wu Sicheng looked left and right to make sure that there was no one else around, and then lowered his voice and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, there is a ready-made general in the capital, but he has a special identity, and Weichen is afraid that His Majesty will not be able to fully trust this person, so he hesitates to recommend this person." ”

"Who?"

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten that this person was originally born in Taiyuan. Have you been acting as an agent for a while and staying in Taiyuan? ”

The words "Taiyuan stayed" suddenly made Liu Yan wake up. The so-called Taiyuan left behind this position originally referred to the emperor's uncle Liu Qian, the king of Jin, and later Liu Qian was deceived into rebellion and led troops south, at this time his son Liu Xianzhi lied to stabilize Taiyuan, earned his father's military talisman and controlled the Taiyuan Mansion to take Liu Qian's nest. This made the rebellion of the Jin King quickly quelled. Afterwards, Liu Xianzhi obediently handed over the military power and returned to Beijing to wait for the fall, so he was not rewarded by his father Zhulian, but was rewarded by the king of Zhongyi County for his merits, and he was only fourteen years old at the time.

However, it is precisely because of Liu Xianzhi's move that he is called the righteous annihilation of relatives, but in fact he betrayed his father nakedly, and Liu Yan did not like this brother. In addition, he is the son of a traitor after all, and Taiyuan is the territory that his father has operated for many years, and those who were loyal to the King of Jin and refused to obey Liu Xianzhi's orders were all deceived by Liu Xianzhi to behead, and most of the Central Plains people in Taiyuan Jingluo Mansion are all subordinates who obey Liu Xianzhi's orders. It is really difficult to say whether it is a blessing or a curse to be appointed to such an important position that he does not like and distrust, and at the same time is at such a critical juncture, and his old department and influence are so great.

After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Yan came out and said: "He, no problem, right?" ”

It's a nondescript question, but there's so much in it. Wu Sicheng shook his head with a wry smile and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, if you want to talk about ability, Wei Chen feels that this person is unfathomable, but it is precisely because of this that Wei Chen is not sure that he can really be trusted." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Your Majesty, this person has been in the capital for nearly four years, but he has never shown any dew, except for the Yellow River flood last year, he suddenly came to offer advice, never easy to go out, and I have never heard of him having any dealings with any powerful people, and he is just sending someone to give a gift during the New Year's holidays. However, such a person who is usually sick knows the affairs of the entire Chang'an and even the whole country well, which shows that he has a huge intelligence network behind him, and even the county prince's mansion cannot have the financial resources to support so much information for him. This shows two things, first, he has very strong behind-the-scenes financial resources, and second, his personnel are quite capable, so he can save costs. And either of these two is enough to show that the person who can control these two must be extraordinary. On this point, we can understand one or two by looking at the flooding of the Yellow River last year and the measures he offered when he rectified the rule of officials.

What's more, Weichen didn't pay much attention to the Zhongyi County King before, and since last year's proposal, Weichen began to conduct a secret investigation against him. It turned out that he could not fully grasp his intelligence network, and only found that he had contacts with many local officials, but it was impossible to find out who he was. It can be seen that this person is indeed not simple, and as for what is the purpose behind his doing, Weichen does not know. Therefore, I have to ask Your Majesty to decide. ”

After hearing this, Liu Yan touched his beard under his chin and said, "In this way, last year he strongly advised me not to take those officials seriously, but I am afraid that there is also his old eyeliner in it, right?" Hey, that's kind of interesting. Since you can't find it out, it's useless to think about it, so why not just summon him into the palace to ask for clarification? ”

Wu Sicheng nodded and said, "Your Majesty Mingjian." (To be continued......)