In fact, Ji Qingchen sat in Kunshan for a night, and he thought about a lot of things this night, recalled a lot of happy lives in the past, and also decided a lot of decisions that he had hesitated before. So the next day, when the people sent by Zhang Rang found out and told him that His Majesty had announced that he would go to the Taiji Hall to participate in the court meeting, he hurriedly returned to the palace and changed into court clothes and hurriedly came to the Taiji Palace, so he was still late, so when he heard the "Xuan" outside the Taiji Palace, he forgot to untie the saber on his waist and handed it to the inner attendant at the door, so he walked up to the main hall with the saber.

In fact, the chamberlain at the gate of the Taiji Hall had the intention to be careful that he took off the saber, but when he saw the murderous King of Northern Liao, he thought that Ji Qingchen seemed to have the experience of going to the palace with a saber before, so he couldn't help but say nothing.

In this way, when the ministers in the Taiji Hall saw Ji Qingchen, they saw Ji Qingchen wearing a black python robe and a wolf blade at his waist, and strode into the Taiji Palace.

His outfit, coupled with his handsome appearance and the awe-inspiring murderous aura exuded from his body, made the ministers in the hall have to convince him of the overlord aura.

"Son-in-law, see father!" Ji Qingchen walked to the center of the main hall and knelt down to salute Emperor Yan.

As soon as Emperor Yan saw his son going to the palace with a sword, and then thought that he would not participate in the court meeting for no reason, he sent someone to find it and pounced on it, so he was angry, but he still held back the anger in his heart and said coldly, "Flat!" ”

However, Ji Qingchen didn't get up, only to see him take out a book from his sleeve and respectfully put it in front of him, and said loudly, "Father, the sons of the emperor are willing to go north to fight against the barbarians, this is the petition of the sons and the soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and I also ask my father for permission!" ”

Yes!

The ministers in the hall were shocked again! Why is it another prince who asks for war, and he also pulls a vote for the children of the family in King's Landing?

This is no wonder the ministers in the hall, because there are many children of their family in the Xiaoqi camp, if Emperor Yan really grants Ji Qingchen's invitation to fight, then the children of their family Ji have to follow Ji Qingchen to the north and let the children of their family go to death, which they do not want to see. It's just that Emperor Yan hasn't expressed his position yet, so they naturally don't dare to take the liberty of admonishing, so they can only wait and see what happens! But Ji Qingchen's actions still made the shock in their hearts too great, and their breathing was a little short.

After Ji Qingchen finished speaking, he put the music in front of him with both hands to his forehead. Emperor Yan signaled, Wei Zhongxian walked down the steps to take the chapter, walked a few steps to Emperor Yan, and handed the letter of invitation to Emperor Yan.

Emperor Yan didn't take another look at Ji Qingchen, but opened the letter of invitation that Wei Zhongxian handed him. However, when he saw the battle book for the first time, his expression changed, and a red tide of excitement suddenly appeared on his face when he was still angry just now, and he didn't look at it at a glance and ten lines, but read it word by word. It took a whole cup of tea for Emperor Yan to finish reading this letter of invitation, took a deep breath, and said to Ji Qingchen, who was still kneeling in the main hall, "You get up and speak!" ”

"Thank you, Father!" Ji Qingchen got up.

"Wei Zhongxian, read the war invitation to everyone!" Emperor Yan handed the letter of invitation to Wei Zhongxian and said.

"No!" Wei Zhongxian took the order. Holding the petition with both hands, he took two steps forward and stood still, and then began to read out the contents of the petition in a low tone.

"Rong barbarian invasion, bullying my people of Dayan, Northern Liao Wang Ji Qingchen and Xiao Cavalry Ying Erlang asked His Majesty to fight!" Wei Zhongxian read out the beginning. The ministers think that such a petition is nothing, there is no need to let His Majesty be so excited, right? However, they were shocked when they listened to the previous statement and continued to listen to Wei Zhongxian's words read out below. Because they heard a vow from the depths of the man's heart, fighting to the end: men should kill, kill mercilessly, immortal karma, all in killing. In the past, there were rich men, and they were righteous and promised. The eyes are murderous, and the body is lighter than a feather. There are also heroes and tyrants, killing people like hemp, galloping around the world, only boasting about swords and guns. Now I want to find this kind of thing, in vain I fish for the moon shadow, you don't see it, the Confucian bee raises the strong man to die, and Shenzhou has praised benevolence and righteousness since then. Once the Central Plains was chaotic, the scholars ran to the cowardly people and wept. I want to learn from the old style and regain my heroic spirit. Fame is the same as dung, and those who disdain benevolence ridicule. Wearing an iron sword, he kills in a fit of rage. Cut the shares and drink wine, talk and laugh. Kill the enemy for thousands of miles, and be willing to spend ten weeks. Specializing in the light of the field, and the knot of the dark love. Heading out of the west gate, the twilight people turned back. The god was tired and slept, and the battle horn suddenly blew. Simon said goodbye to his mother, but his mother was not sad. The body is sweaty, and the boy will not return.

Killing the world, the tragedy shocked the underworld. Kill one person in three steps, and your heart stops. The blood flowed thousands of miles, and the corpse pillowed Qianxun Mountain. The strong man fought and slept with the corpse of the enemy. In the dream, there is still murder, and the smile is bright. Daughter Mo Xiang asked, why is the man fierce? Ancient benevolence and virtue are exclusive to people, morality has never been true, you don't see it, the lion and tiger prey has gained prestige, who has pity for the poor elk? The world has always been strong and weak, even if it is reasonable, it is in vain. Jun Xiu asked, men have their own men.

Men should be violent. Things and benevolence do not stand. Men are in the killing arena, as bold as a bear and as a wolf. If you are born as a man, you will kill people, and you will not teach a man's body to wrap a woman's heart. Men never show mercy to themselves, and they laugh at their opponents. There are 100 battlefields in the field of revenge, and there are weeds everywhere. The man does not tremble, there is a song to listen to: killing one is a crime, and slaughtering ten thousand is a hero. Slaughter 9 million, that is, the male of the male. The male is the male, the way is different: see through the thousand-year-old name of benevolence and righteousness, but make this life majestic. Good name does not love bad name, and murder is not punished. It is better to teach 10,000 people to grit their teeth and hate them, and not to teach them to scold me. Looking at the world for 5,000 years, where heroes don't kill!

This was originally an impassioned, enthusiastic and proud letter of invitation, but now it was read out by Wei Zhongxian's sharp and loud voice, floating in the huge Taiji Hall, the echo was buzzing, and the blood was surging in the hearts of the ministers. After Wei Zhongxian finished reading, the ministers in the main hall were still deeply trapped in the death oath of the war petition and could not extricate themselves.

In particular, the generals on the large group had already been enthusiastic, and they were eager to immediately return to Caozhou and slaughter the Beirong barbarians.

Even Emperor Yan, who had already seen it once, still showed excitement on his face when he heard Wei Zhongxian read the battle petition for the second time.

After a long time, Emperor Yan came back to his senses, he looked at Ji Qingchen in the center of the hall with burning eyes, and asked a question that made the ministers tremble, "How many soldiers and horses do you need to go north to resist the enemy?" ”

When the ministers who were still enthusiastic heard Emperor Yan's words, they were like a bucket of water poured under the sun, and they couldn't help but shiver. Because they know too well the meaning of Emperor Yan's words, it is obvious that Emperor Yan wants Ji Qingchen to be the general of the army and go north to fight against Beirong.

"Returning to my father, if you want to prevent Beirong from breaking through the Caozhou defense line, you need an army of 200,000, and if you want to destroy Beirong in one battle, drive the barbarians out of Yanmen Pass, and recover the lost territory of Yanmen Pass, you need a large army, at least 300,000." Ji Qingchen replied aloud without hesitation.

"It only takes 200,000 to stop Beirong from going south?" Emperor Yan was calm enough, but when he heard Ji Qingchen's answer, he was still a little surprised and asked.

"Yes!" Ji Qingchen replied, and explained for himself Emperor Yan's incredible answer, "Father, the defeat of Yanmen Pass in the first battle was not due to the disadvantage of the Great Yan soldiers, but due to the discord among the generals. Now the Beirong army is hoarding troops under the city of Caozhou, wanting to take advantage of the momentum of the battle of Yanmen to break through Caozhou and move south. If Dayan wants to stop the enemy, he must first fight, break the enemy's morale, and gather his own military heart. Only then can we stabilize the situation in Caozhou, and then slowly figure it out. ”

Emperor Yan nodded slightly, he was very satisfied with Ji Qingchen's explanation, because Ji Qingchen's answer was exactly what he was thinking.

"Then I think it will take to stop Beirong from going south? How long will it take to regain Yanmen Pass? Emperor Yan continued to ask questions.

"If you want to completely curb the 200,000 iron cavalry of Beirong to the south, it will take at least a year, and if you want to completely recover Yanmen Pass, Erchen thinks it will take at least four years." Ji Qingchen didn't dare to hold it up, so he could only conservatively say one year.

With an army of 200,000, it will take a year to stop Beirong from moving south! With an army of 300,000, it will take four years to regain Yanmen Pass! This answer seems conservative, but in front of the two bigwigs in the Privy Council, the two of them also feel a little incredible. Because even if the two of them were the first and second people in the Dayan military, they felt that they couldn't do this in the face of 200,000 Beirong Iron Cavalry.

However, Emperor Yan was very satisfied with Ji Qingchen's answer, because Ji Qingchen's answer was exactly what he thought, and his bottom line was to stop Beirong from going south within one year and recover the lost territory of Yanmen Pass within four to five years. After all, the cost of money and food for three hundred thousand troops for four years is definitely an astronomical amount, and no matter how long time passes, Yan's finances will definitely not be able to bear it. Of course, it was not that there had been no situation of conscripting 300,000 troops to attack and leave the country before, but the time was only half a year, unlike the current war that is four years.

"Why do you have such confidence?" Emperor Yan continued to ask, his voice was empty and deep, as if he was about to break out of the main hall and rush out of the imperial city.

"The majestic swallow will never fall! The blood is inexhaustible, and the fight to the death is endless! Ji Qingchen roared loudly, "Dayan Erlang's body is bleeding like the bronze blood of his ancestors who fought to the end, Da Yan will not fall, and the iron sword is still there!" ”

His voice was not high, but it was sonorous and powerful, and it was equally profound, giving the unspeakable heroism of the ministers in the main hall and the full trust in him.

"Good! Good! Good ——! Emperor Yan got up suddenly, said three good words loudly, and glanced around at the ministers in the hall with a cold and domineering gaze, before slowly sitting on the dragon chair. Pondering slightly, he was like Wang Zeng, the Chinese scholar who drafted the edict under the main hall, and said, "Wang Zeng drafted an edict-"

Wang Zeng immediately went out of the ranks, and the chamberlain on the side of the main hall immediately put the pen, ink, paper, inkstone and desk that had been prepared in front of Wang Zeng, Wang Zeng knelt in front of the desk, and heard Emperor Yan say, "The first holy decree is to abolish the marching camps of Ningzhou, Liaozhou, and Yizhou of Great Yanzhou, and replace them with a new governor's mansion." The establishment of the Xizhou Governor's Office, the Governor's Office is in charge of the military affairs of Xizhou and Xining Prefecture; The Ningzhou Governor's Mansion was established, and the Governor's Mansion was in charge of the military affairs of Ningzhou, Suzhou, and Fenzhou; The establishment of the Nanyi Governor's Mansion, the Governor's Mansion is in charge of the military affairs of the Yi clan and Luzhou; The Northern Liao Metropolitan Governor's Office was established, and the Metropolitan Governor's Office was in charge of the military affairs of Yingzhou, Liaozhou, Yunzhou and Shangzhou. ”

"The second holy decree-" Emperor Yan pondered for a moment and continued, "Jin named Ji Qian as the king of Pingnan, and actually awarded the position of governor of Nanyi Governor's Mansion Zheng Sanpin, changed the head of the Yizhou march to the deputy governor of the Nanyi Governor's Mansion, and assisted Ji Qian in rectifying the camp army of Yizhou. Ji Hongchang was appointed as the governor of Ningzhou Governor's Mansion Zhengsanpin, and Liu Donglou, the head of the Ningzhou march, was changed to the deputy governor to assist Ji Hongchang in defending against the invasion of the northwest country. Ji Wen was appointed as the governor of the Xizhou Governor's Mansion and immediately established the Xizhou Governor's Mansion to prevent the Xishu rebellion. Jin Feng Jiwen was the secretary of the Guozijian and cooperated with the Guozijian and the Ministry of Rites to jointly preside over the imperial examination. ”

"Son's Command!" The second prince Ji Ping, the third prince Ji Hongchang, the fourth prince Ji Wen and the eighth prince Ji Qian immediately came out of the queue.

Emperor Yan's authorization made them happy, because this was a real governor of the third grade, and it was not a casual official who was usually rewarded with only grades and no real power. However, the happiest thing in this is Ji Ping, a prince who is not treated very well by Emperor Yan, or who is not like the queen and the noble mother of the four noble concubines, suddenly received the same treatment as the prince born to the queen and the four noble concubines, how can this not make him happy?

However, there are still some differences in this, that is, there are ready-made elite armies in Ningzhou and Yizhou, as long as it takes about a year for the third prince Ji Hongchang and the eighth prince Ji Qian to take office, they can master this army, and they can be worthy of the name of the governor of Zhengsanpin. And his Xizhou Governor's Mansion is newly built, the source of troops and generals still need to be transferred by the Ministry of War, the army still needs to be trained, and the generals still need to be selected, and the army of the Governor's Mansion cannot form combat effectiveness in a short period of time, which is very unfavorable to him when Dayan is preparing to start a big war with Beirong, and it is not possible for Xishu to suddenly send troops to Xizhou or Xining Prefecture. However, in any case, this is also an opportunity, and if we don't grasp it now, we won't have such a good opportunity in the future. So even if he knew that there was danger in the Dao, Ji Ping gladly accepted it.

The four best of the princes of Dayan were all rewarded, and they suddenly became powerful figures, and their power surpassed the six Shangshu, which made everyone very dissatisfied, but they were helpless. And now only the candidate for the governor of Northern Liao has not been determined, and then looking at the capable prince in the hall, only Ji Qingchen is left, that is, the ministers are unwilling, but they can only move their eyes to Ji Qingchen, and watch Ji Qingchen be awarded the post of governor of Northern Liao.

However, just when they thought that Emperor Yan would grant Ji Qingchen the post of Governor of Northern Liao, they suddenly heard Emperor Yan continue to speak, "The purpose of my establishment of the Governor of Northern Liao is to prevent Beirong outside Yanmen Pass from going south and invading my Great Yan Liao, Shang, Yun and other places, but now that most of Liaozhou, Yunzhou and Shangzhou have fallen into the hands of Beirong, what is the use of me setting up the Northern Liao Governor?" ”

The ministers in the main hall were stunned, they didn't expect Emperor Yan to say this, even Ji Qingchen didn't know what Emperor Yan meant by this, so he could only wait quietly.

Emperor Yan paused for a moment, and then continued, "The third holy decree is to appoint Ji Qingchen as the governor of the Northern Liao Metropolitan Mansion, and to supervise the military affairs of Yingzhou, Liaozhou, Yunzhou, and Shangzhou. ”

Emperor Yan's will came down here, and the ministers in the main hall breathed a sigh of relief.

Because they heard that Emperor Yan had conferred the title of Ji Qingchen as the governor of Northern Liao, but did he actually grant the post of governor of the capital. There is a big difference between Dayan's official position and actual award, and the seal is only a reward, which is the promotion of grade and title, and has no real power. Actual granting is different, it is a veritable granting of actual power. Therefore, the ministers were naturally overjoyed when they heard that Emperor Yan had only given Ji Qingchen the position of governor of Northern Liao and did not grant him the power of the governor's mansion. In particular, I want to be the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Wang You and Dali Temple Cheng Wang Wenhe father and son, especially the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate who impeached Ji Qingchen several times.

However, the ministers obviously underestimated Emperor Yan's courage, so they listened to Emperor Yan continue, "Change Wei Quanxing, the head of the Northern Liao Marching Army, to the governor of the Northern Liao Metropolitan Governor, change Xu Zizhang, the deputy head of the Northern Liao Marching Army, to the Northern Liao Metropolitan Governor Fa Sima, and actually grant Ji Qingchen the post of the chief manager of the Northern Liao Marching Army, and actually grant Cheng Qianfan, the deputy general of the Long Xiang Army, the deputy head of the Northern Liao Marching Army. Then ordered Ji Qingchen and Cheng Qianfan to recruit troops for ten days, and ten days later led the 100,000 troops of the Long Xiang Army to Caozhou to fight against Beirong to the south. ”

Yes!

The ministers in the Taiji Hall were shocked!

They never imagined that it would turn out like this! But after thinking about it carefully, they had to admire Emperor Yan's careful arrangement. Because now most of Liaozhou, Yunzhou, and Shangzhou have been occupied by Beirong, that is, the post of Governor of Northern Liao is actually given to Ji Qingchen, and he is also a bare-pole Metropolitan Governor without a single soldier, after all, the current Northern Liao marching army has to survive in order to resist the Beirong Iron Cavalry, because this war with Beirong requires at least 300,000 troops, and it seems a little inappropriate to command the national army in the name of the Northern Liao Metropolitan Governor's Office. Therefore, Emperor Yan sealed Ji Qingchen as a governor with no real power, but he actually gave Ji Qingchen a general manager with military power, which cannot but show that he made a very clever move.

"Son's Command!" Ji Qingchen replied immediately.

"The Fourth Divine Decree—" Emperor Yan continued, "the Privy Envoy and Deputy Privy Envoy Li Muzhi accompanied Ji Qian to the south to reorganize the army, and the Military Department and the Privy Council collected 300,000 troops from various kinds, and the Privy Council Privy Envoy Bai Jin unified training, and the Military Department fully supported the Caozhou front line money, food, and materials. ”

"The old minister's order!" Bai Jin, Li Muzhi, and Liu Pingyuan came out to receive the order.

"Do you have anything else to do?" After Emperor Yan made his will, he asked the ministers.

The ministers in the hall didn't expect such a big change in a court meeting, and now they are all ghosts, where are they still worried! was silent, and Emperor Yan no longer asked everyone to directly announce the Three Dynasties. The ministers on the main hall bowed their heads again, and then withdrew from the Taiji Hall in turn!