"Nan Chen has sent troops!" The new director of the Secret Service Department, Dingyuan Hou Zhang Jin, dressed in black light armor, stood beside Chen Pojun with a serious face and said-1-

Chen Kefu was not surprised to hear the news, it seemed that everything had been expected. He turned around and glanced at the former captain of the guard, smiled at him with some appreciation, and stretched out his hand to help him correct the rank of lieutenant general on his shoulder.

"You've worked hard all the way from Beijing to here. Is everything good in the capital? "Standing on top of the high cloud tower, you can easily see the smoke and fire in the distance and a scuffle, this is the fourth attack on Li Mi's camp. Wang Xuanying's Jianghuai Army was responsible for the main attack, the engineer battalion of the Hebei Army was responsible for fire support, and the Hebei light cavalry was on standby on both flanks, ready to respond at any time.

Zhang Jin is in the Hebei Army, belongs to the lineage of the Liaodong Army, and he was originally the captain of Chen Pojun's guard, so he is the lineage of the lineage. Before taking over as the director of the Secret Service Division, he was a general of the Zhuguo and Wucai Cavalry, and stayed in the capital. When Chen Pojun's order came to him, asking him to immediately take over as the director of the Special Services Department, and promote him to lieutenant general, Zheng Erpin, Shangzhu Guo, Zheng Sanpin, champion general, and Marquis from Sanpindingyuan, he still didn't believe it.

The director of the special services belongs to the fourth rank and belongs to the staff headquarters, and it seems that the grade is not high. But in fact, everyone knows that the four divisions of the Secret Service, the Investigation Division, the Gendarmerie Division, and the Police Division are of low rank but weight, especially the two Divisions of the Secret Service and the Investigation Division, one externally and the other internally, which are really positions of great power. Non-confidants of King Chen can't serve as henchmen, and although the directors of the four divisions are in the fourth rank, in fact, they can all be sealed.

As soon as he took over, Zhang Jin immediately went all the way south and rushed to Henan to meet King Chen.

Seeing that King Chen was still treating him as cordially as before, and had just helped him straighten his epaulettes, Zhang Jin immediately felt as kind as before. Excited in his heart, Zhengse said, "Back to Your Highness, everything is fine in the capital." Marshal Li and Mrs. Mao are in charge of the capital, and there are Fang Xianggong, Du Xianggong, and the eldest grandson Xianggong to hold the government, and there is also Princess Chen in the palace to preside over the harem, everything is very fine. Before Xia Guan went south, he visited everywhere, and everything was fine. When he rushed south to Qinghe County, he received news from Beijing that Princess Changsun gave birth to a little prince on the ninth day of the fourth month, and Princess Yang also gave birth to a prince on the tenth day of the first month. In addition, the envoy of the Turkic Tongye Hu Khan has escorted the concubine of the Tongye Protector Ayiguli to Beijing, and is waiting for His Royal Highness to get married, and they also asked the imperial court when the princess Yicheng will marry the Turks and complete the marriage with the Tongye Hu Khan. ”

"Both the eldest grandson and Izumo have already given birth to a son?" Chen Kefu turned around and asked in surprise.

"Although he saw the two princes in person at the end of the humble position, when he was in Qinghe, he saw the messenger who wanted to go south to report the news, and the humble office happened to go south, so he brought the good news with him. According to the messenger, the eldest grandson gave birth to a prince on the ninth day of the first month, and Princess Yang gave birth to a prince on the tenth day of the first month. The two princesses gave birth a day apart, and the messenger reported that the two princesses and the two princes were safe. ”

"Good, good, good." Chen Kefu's tone couldn't hide his joy. Although he knew that he had a son with the Silla princess Kim Seungman, he had never even met that son, and now he has become the heir of the king of Silla, with the nominal surname Jin not Chen.

"Okay, this king finally has a son, and I, Chen Kefu, finally have a successor." Chen Kefu didn't expect that the eldest grandson Wujian and Yang Ji'er were only one day apart, and they gave birth to sons one after another. The birth of these two sons is of great significance not only to Chen Pojun, but also to the entire Hebei Army. In the past, although Chen Pojun was loved by his subordinates, because Chen Kefu was too young and childless, and his relationship with the Chen family was complicated, so that there was no successor, which always made the people in the court and the central government extremely worried. …,

Even Li Benlei, Mao Xi, Lu Guangli and others once persuaded Chen Kefu that before he had a son, he might as well accept some righteous sons according to the traditional tradition. For example, Qin Qiong, Cheng Biting Jin, Daniel Zhang and other young outstanding young generals will be accepted as righteous sons to consolidate their status and avoid everyone's worries. Receiving righteous sons, this is also a common method used by generals and heroes who have no children or young children in the army in the past, firstly, to use a group of righteous sons to form the army into a family army based on clan relations, and secondly, it can also avoid the possibility of the collapse of one party's forces due to no successor due to accidents.

However, although the practice of collecting Yizi is an ordinary and universal method in this era, Chen Kefu does not have such an idea. Especially accepting those who are about the same age as him, or even older than himself, as righteous children, which makes him feel very weird. If it is said that he should take some young orphans and the like as righteous sons, this is still a bit of a past. However, Chen Kefu is only twenty-seven years old, and he has given birth to several daughters before, so it is not that he can't give birth, so he has never accepted the plan of accepting a child.

However, because of this, the Hebei court has always been very worried because there is no successor. Now that I have given birth to two at once, how I don't like this. What made Chen Kefu even more relieved was that the eldest grandson's child was the eldest son, although in Chen Pojun's opinion, the heir should be the best. But in this era, sometimes, the gap between the concubines is too difficult to cross.

Especially now when starting a business, the eldest grandson's family is a powerful descendant that Chen Pojun desperately needs, and Yang Jier is the daughter of Yang Guang, although it doesn't matter much if she marries her, but if her son is appointed as the heir, this will inevitably cause internal turmoil. For Chen Pojun now, internal stability is more important than everything, and now that the two children have just been born, there is nothing to see, and everything is best according to tradition at this time. The eldest grandson gave birth to the eldest son, which saved him many troubles.

Zhang Jin stood aside, looking at Chen Pojun's joy, and his heart was also very happy. The birth of the two little princes also gave them more hope for those who had been following King Chen.

"Your Highness, when the minister went south to meet Mrs. Mao, Marshal Li and the ministers, all the lords asked the ministers to bring a message to Your Highness."

"Oh? What do they have to say to me? ”

Zhang Jin looked left and right, saw that there was no one around, and said softly, "Mrs. Mao and Marshal Li have a message to the ministers, saying that now His Royal Highness has given birth to a little prince, and he will immediately appoint the son of the eldest grandson princess as the son of the world, so as to stabilize the heart inside and outside." In addition, several ministers of Du Fang asked his ministers to speak, saying that His Royal Highness is now deeply respected at home and abroad, and now that the Sui room has exhausted its strength, His Royal Highness has won the hearts of the people all over the world. At that time, His Royal Highness should conform to the trend of heaven and enter the position of the Son of Heaven, so as to reassure the hearts of the people, and also mix in one universe as soon as possible, unify the world, and return peace and tranquility to the people, so as to avoid needless fights between all parties. ”

Chen Kefu was slightly surprised, it was obvious that he would replace the Sui Dynasty as emperor in the future. Regarding this matter, the whole court in Beijing has long understood and made it clear. Originally, Chen Kefu established Yang Gao as the emperor, and the Sui Dynasty still had a lot of momentum, and Chen Kefu established Yang Gao as the emperor, which was also carrying the banner of the Sui Dynasty and was the most convenient.

But now, the Sui Dynasty is really over. And there are more and more people who call the emperor, Chen Shen called the emperor Chen Dynasty, Yang Xuan called the emperor, still playing the banner of the Sui Dynasty, or Yuwen Xu and called the emperor Xu Guo, Li Liang called the emperor Liangguo, Xue Ju called the emperor Qin State, plus Yang Hao, who was also called the Sui Emperor in Shuzhong, plus Yang Gao, even if he got rid of Hedong Yang Qi and Luoyang Yang Tong, who had just stepped down, there were still seven emperors. Among them, there are only three emperors left in the Yang family. In addition to what he mastered, there was only one piece left in the southwest corner, and the Sui Chamber had indeed come to an end.

If he becomes emperor too early, it will attract a counterattack from the remnants of the Sui Dynasty, and he will have to endure the strangulation of other anti-kings. …,

But if you don't claim the title of emperor all the time, you will lose the popular support that is gradually unified, and it will also affect the morale of the generals under your command.

At this time, being the emperor means orthodoxy and righteousness. has been under the banner of Yang Gao, and it is a little incorrect and unreasonable. When the whole world spurns Yang Sui, and still waving the banner of the Sui Dynasty, it will only make it difficult for the people to return to their hearts. The early change of dynasty is also a new dynasty and a new atmosphere, and it has won the hearts of the people of the world as soon as possible.

Now, it is indeed time for Chen Pojun to replace Yang Gao and ascend the throne as emperor.

However, Chen Kefu had considered this matter before. It's not that he's anxious, or that he's coquettish. But it's also a matter of people's hearts, and he can't be sloppy. Originally, he planned to defeat Li Mi, and after capturing Luoyang, he would move the capital from Beijing to Luoyang. With Luoyang as the capital, he ascended the throne in Luoyang, dominated the world with the Central Plains, and then swept away all parties.

However, the battle of the Central Plains has become bigger and bigger, not only Hebei and Li Mi are involved, but now Jianghuai Zheng Jun, Hebei Yanguo, Jiangnan Chen Dynasty, have all been involved, and even Yang Mian of Jianghan may participate at any time.

Li Mi is now at the end of his rope, and after this battle, his destruction is a certainty. But if you want to capture Henan and occupy Luoyang immediately, this is not an easy thing, after all, Luoyang is still in the hands of Wang Xuanying, but the Southern Chen Army has already gone north.

"Where are the soldiers and horses of Nan Chen? How many came? ”

Zhang Jin's face was a little solemn, "This time Nanchen is pouring out of the country, in addition to leaving a part of the defensive forces on the east and west sides, Nanchen has poured out of the country, and has gathered 300,000 soldiers and horses in Shouchun, an important town in Huainan. Within a few days, they would take the Zhonghuai River along the Yingshui River to Luoyang and reach the battlefield here. ”

"Three hundred thousand?" This number made Chen Kefu a little surprised, Nan Chen has been getting weaker and weaker in recent years, and 300,000 soldiers and horses can indeed be called a country to fight. "It seems that Nan Chen is going to make a desperate bet, but the timing they chose doesn't seem to be very good."

Chen Kefu sneered, Nan Chen came to fight, and the idea was nothing more than to join forces with Li Mi and defeat the Hebei army in the Central Plains. But they may not have thought that Li Mi, the overlord of the Central Plains, who is known as the overlord with the most soldiers and horses in the world, would be defeated so quickly, and in the blink of an eye, he would become a dead pig to be slaughtered from the overlord of the Central Plains. At this time, Nan Chen came all the way to help, but he was afraid that he had embarked on a road of no return without knowing it.