Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be overlooked! Sun Tzu's Art of War proposes to be cautious in the use of soldiers, because this is related to the life and death of a country, and it cannot be played with.

And this sentence couldn't be more appropriate in the current Dayan court.

Because at the beginning of the dynasty early today, Emperor Yan asked everyone to discuss the matter of sending troops to recruit Beirong, which caused a quarrel among the ministers.

The main content of the quarrel is the number of troops, where to recruit the army, who is the general of the army, how to deal with the generals of the defeated army such as Wei Quanxing and Xu Zizhang, the commanders of the Northern Liao camp, and then the problem of grain and grass, how and where to solve it, after all, the discussion is too big, and it is winter, and transportation must be a big problem.

In addition to the chief officials of the various ministries, Prime Minister Pei Wenju and the chief of the Privy Council, there were also princes, this is the will of Emperor Yan, after all, it involves war, and Emperor Yan does not want his sons to show submissiveness in this regard. However, to everyone's surprise, among the princes, they did not find the newly promoted Northern Liao King Ji Qingchen.

For this reason, Emperor Yan also sent someone to the palace to pass on Ji Qingchen. But the people who came back told him that the king of Northern Liao was not in the palace, which made the ministers even more surprised, and also made Emperor Yan quite unhappy.

However, at the beginning of the meeting, everyone put their minds on the war against Beirong.

Just like Bai Xiangcheng said to Ji Qingchen, the biggest disagreement is the issue of the commander of the army. Because of the four famous generals of Dayan, Dragon, Fox, Leopard and Tiger, the dragon general Bai Jin and the fox general Li Muzhidu are over sixty years old, and they are old, and it is no longer suitable to lead the army to be conscripted, and the leopard general Jiang Rengui wants to guard Yizhou, the purpose is to house the jackal-like Lingnan Yi tribe, and the tiger general Liu Donglou must sit in Ningzhou, because Beirong invaded Dayan, it is impossible for the country located in the northwest to leave the country without knowing the news of Lu Dao, once they have a move, if they want to send troops south, they will transfer Liu Donglou to the front line of Caozhou, and when they leave the country Ningwuguan Iron Cavalry to go south to Ningzhou, it will definitely make Dayan suffer from the enemy on both sides.

In addition, there are many generals in Dayan who are brave and good at fighting. Like Su Jian, the deputy general of the Yulin Cavalry, and the captain Bai Yang, the commander of the guards, King Ji Xing, the deputy commander, Wang Zhao, the deputy commander, and Cheng Qianfan, the deputy general of the Long Xiang Army, etc., they are all veterans who have followed Emperor Yan to conquer in person, but a few of them are okay to be generals of one side, if they are the commanders of the three armies, they will be a little more than enough and not enough, after all, they have not been able to command more than 100,000 troops alone, and they have won a big victory.

This is the negative impact of Emperor Yan's personal conquest. Because Emperor Yan is the commander of the three armies every time he personally conquers, coupled with the fact that there is a big Yan to lead the armies, so that some of the remaining generals can only charge into battle, and there is no opportunity to lead the battle alone.

Another reason is that no one in this situation recommended the right person to lead the north.

The reason is very simple, in the battle of Yanmen ten years ago, 100,000 elite soldiers of Dayan were killed by 30,000 iron horsemen of Beirong, and Ji Chengqian, the prince of Dayan, died in battle.

This Great Yan Qunchen left a shadow in his heart, even if Emperor Yan was conquered in Beirong three years ago, and at a stop before Yanmen Pass, Xiang Ziyu, the Great Yan God Bow, shot Ashina, the Great Khan King of Beirong? Nuhachi, but that time was also a crushing victory, and the army suffered great losses. So this time Beirong poured out of the nest, 200,000 iron horsemen went south, it was terrifying to think about, who dared to recommend a suitable general at this time, if it was defeated, it would be better to say, maybe he would get a reward for recommending meritorious service, but he was defeated? It's a mistake in the recommendation, it's the charge of negligence, who can afford this crime?

Therefore, the ministers chose to remain silent, and even the two bigwigs of the Privy Council, Bai Jin and Li Muzhi, were silent, because the two did not have a suitable general in their hearts, after all, this time Beirong 200,000 iron cavalry went south, and Dayan wanted to defeat Beirong, without 300,000 troops, they could not lead 300,000 troops, they fought in their lives, and they only once led such a huge army.

However, when the national disaster was at hand, the two also asked Emperor Yan to fight, and wanted to personally lead the troops to the north, but Emperor Yan was not allowed, and told them a lot in private, which persuaded the two not to go their own way.

In this way, there was a brief silence in the Taiji Hall!

The atmosphere suddenly fell into a stiffness.

"Father, the son is willing to lead the troops to fight against the barbarians!" Suddenly, at this moment, the crowd on the side of the generals walked out of the battle road.

Everyone took a look and found that he was the third prince Ji Hongchang.

"Father, the son is also willing to lead the army north and fight Beirong to the death!" Similarly, a person from the crowd on Wenchen's side said loudly, this person is the eighth prince Ji Qian.

Among Emperor Yan's ten sons, there are not many who can fight well, including the late crown prince Ji Chengqian, the third prince Ji Qingchen, the eighth prince Ji Qian and the old ninth Ji Qingchen. However, although the number is small, these people are like Emperor Yan, as long as they get on the war horse, they are a brave general.

Let's just say that the crown prince Ji Chengqian, when he was supervising the army at Yanmen Pass, a horse lance stabbed to death many Beirong generals, and was praised by Beirong as the first lance in the Central Plains, and it is for this reason that Ji Chengqian's army was defeated and surrounded, and the Beirong cavalry angrily killed him under the horse, and he was not captured alive, which shows how deep the anger and hatred are. Besides, the third prince Ji Hongchang, his name sounds weak, like a scholar. However, he joined the army at the age of sixteen, followed Emperor Yan to fight in the south and the north, and made great achievements, and his force was not inferior to that of the crown prince Ji Chengqian. Even if the eighth prince Ji Qian has never led troops to fight, he is proficient in all kinds of bows and horses, and he is very skilled in eighteen kinds of weapons, and he has won the first place in the army competition several times, and he is definitely a fierce general.

Therefore, as soon as these two people asked for a fight, they broke the silent atmosphere of the Taiji Palace!

Immediately, the second prince Ji Ping and the fourth prince Ji Wen came out one after another to ask for battle. Although Ji Ping and Ji Wen are not ashamed of the art of war, as the son of Emperor Yan, they have been practicing bow and horse salvos since they were children, and now their kung fu is not bad, enough to be a Confucian general. Besides, there will be a situation in the Great Yan Army where the prince supervises the army, and their invitation to fight is also in line with the current situation.

The ministers were scared one by one, but the children of the royal family wanted to go north one by one, and this was why the Taiji Hall seemed very abrupt.

Sure enough, they were infected by the princes, and the generals led by Bai Jin and Li Muzhi got up and knelt down to ask Emperor Yan for battle.

The atmosphere in the main hall suddenly became gloomy!

Emperor Yan, who was high above, quietly looked at the ministers in the main hall, his gaze swept from the body of the third prince Ji Hongchang, and then moved to the body of the eighth prince Ji Qian, and then moved from the second prince Ji Ping and the fourth prince Ji Wen to the ministers, and he couldn't help but sigh deeply.

Because he found that at the critical moment, when Dayan was facing a crisis, no one who was known as the cornerstone of Dayan, Wenchen and military generals, was willing to come forward, but it was a few of his sons who were fighting for the throne who were not afraid of life and death, and wanted to go north to fight against Beirong.

Suddenly, at this moment, Emperor Yan's heart changed, and he made up his mind that he wanted to do one thing immediately, that is, the idea of setting up the four major governors in Dayan and letting the children of the royal family serve as governors.

Before, the reason why he was hesitant in this regard was that he was afraid that the children of the royal family would become big after serving as the governor and controlling the military power, and then the self-respect of the army would threaten the imperial court. Now seeing that the ministers are prevaricating in order to fight against Beirong, and the children of the royal family are enthusiastically asking for battle, he feels that Dayan is the world of the Ji family, since this is the case, why not let the Ji family guard it by themselves? Shouldn't you borrow someone else's hand anymore? Wouldn't you see the ugliness of the courtiers?

Emperor Yan made this decision, and the gloomy color on his face just now was swept away, and he said loudly, "Everyone, Beirong is hoarding troops in Caozhou, wanting to invade my Yunzhou and Shangzhou, and then go south to Hangzhou in one fell swoop, and the army will be under the king's city." In the battle of Yanmen Pass, the defense of 100,000 troops was unfavorable, whose fault was this? ”

Suddenly, when I heard that His Majesty the Emperor was going to ask the teacher for the crime, everyone suddenly fell silent!

"This is caused by the lax armament of the Northern Liao Xing Battalion and the discord among the generals!" Emperor Yan roared loudly, furious, "Since there is such a situation in Yanmen Pass, which guards the northeast gate of Great Yan, what about Ningzhou and Yizhou? Will this be the case? ”

The ministers in the Taiji Hall continued to be silent, they couldn't guess what His Majesty the Emperor meant by this sentence, and wanted to wait for the following.

Emperor Yan glanced coldly at the ministers in the main hall, and continued to reprimand sharply, "Therefore, I have decided to immediately abolish the military and horse camp system and set up a capital governor's mansion to replace it. ”

Airplanes!

As soon as Emperor Yan's words fell, the ministers in the hall were stunned for a few seconds and began to discuss with each other. The Taiji Hall has become what the vegetable market looked like just now.

Emperor Yan looked at the faces of the ministers from above, with a calm face. But anyone could see that his eagle eyes were murderous, and his gaze was as cold as an unsheathed sword.

"Dayan will set up four governors' mansions to supervise the soldiers and horses, armor, city gods, towns, and grain of several states, and judge state affairs. Xizhou set up the Xizhou Governor's Office, which was in charge of the military affairs of Xizhou and Xining Prefecture to prevent the Xishu Rebellion; Ningzhou established the Ningzhou Governor's Office, which was in charge of the military affairs of Ningzhou, Suzhou, and Fenzhou, and defended the north from the country; Yizhou set up the Nanyi Governor's Office, which was in charge of the military affairs of the Yi people and Luzhou to prevent the Lingnan Yi people from going north; Liaozhou set up the Northern Liao Metropolitan Governor's Office, which was in charge of the military affairs of Yingzhou, Liaozhou, Yunzhou and Shangzhou to prevent the Beirong army. Emperor Yan said his thoughts in a calm tone.

The ministers of the first three prefectures had no opinion, but when they heard that the establishment of the metropolitan governor's mansion in Liaozhou would be in charge of the military affairs of the four prefectures of Yunnan, Shang, Liao, and Ying, they were not calm. Because Yingzhou and Liaozhou are mostly pastures, they are the source of Dayan's war horses, and Yunzhou and Shangzhou are the two richest states in Dayan.

The ministers are all bent on putting their own family's interests first, and only then will they consider the interests of Dayan, when they hear Emperor Yan's setting, how can they be willing to have such a strong figure in Dayan to press on their heads again?

That's why you have to speak out against it!

But seeing Emperor Yan's cold eyes staring at them, they were shocked by the momentum of this emperor who had been a handsome emperor all his life, and they quietly swallowed what they wanted to say.

There was a brief silence in the main hall again!

Because the ministers had already decided on this matter when they saw Emperor Yan's expression, they had no need to discuss, so they could only put their minds on the position of the governor of Liaozhou, and retreated to the second most important thing to choose someone close to them to sit in the position of the governor of Liaozhou. And at this moment, Wei Zhongxian's sharp and loud voice suddenly shouted, "Your Majesty, I will meet you outside the palace of the King of Northern Liao!" ”

King of Northern Liao!

When the ministers heard this, they thought of Ji Qingchen, who did not attend the early dynasty today, and quietly waited for Emperor Yan to be furious.

Because Ji Qingchen did not participate in the court meeting, Emperor Yan also sent someone to the Northern Liao Palace, for an emperor, such a practice as Ji Qingchen is already a major crime of disobedience.

But Emperor Yan's words broke the expectation in their hearts, and they heard him say aloud, "Xuan! ”

Wei Zhongxian agreed, and then shouted "Xuan-"

"Xuan—"

"Xuan—"