Lin Xiaoyu pondered for a moment and said, "As a concubine, the concubine should not have discussed the government and interfered with the official's handling of military affairs. It's just that this matter is related to the safety of the Great Zhou Society and the life of the royal family, and the concubines can't take care of that much. The official family and the concubines thought that if they only dealt with a spot check, dismissed him from his military position, and seized his military power, I am afraid that this 'black wood Wei' matter would be a symptomatic but not a cure. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Xiaoyu paused slightly, peeked at Chai Rong, and found that although the other party had a serious face, he did not mean to be angry or stop himself from continuing, so he continued: "One, what is written in the 'Black Wood Guard' is 'Check to be the Son of Heaven', and there is more than one person in my official position in the Great Zhou Forbidden Army who has the word 'spot check' now. There are both the front of the palace and the deputy of the front of the palace. However, the black wooden sign did not say whether it was 'all checked' or 'sub-checked'. If it is handled wrongly, not only will it not be able to break the prophecy contained in the 'Kuroki Prophet', but it will clear the way for the rebels who are truly ambitious and want to usurp the throne.

Second, although this 'Kuroki Weiwei' states that it is 'inspection to be the son of heaven', it does not say whether it is the current 'inspection' or the successor's 'inspection'. After all, even if the official family removes the two 'spot checks', I think they will still appoint other generals to replace the two of them, and they will still do the duties of the chief and deputy 'spot checks'. If what this prophecy is talking about is the 'inspection' of the successor, wouldn't this painstaking transfer of the official family be in vain? ”

Since seeing "Kuroki Wei" to the present, Chai Rong has always locked the target person who may fulfill this prophecy on his brother-in-law, the current palace front to check Zhang Yongde - this is not to say that Chai Rong had any suspicion or distrust of Zhang Yongde before - otherwise he would not have given him such an important position to sit - but because of Zhang Yongde's identity as the son-in-law of Taizu, his meritorious achievements, his extensive temperament, and his strength in military power, if he really wants to replace his nephew, I'm afraid I won't encounter much resistance. But at this time, after listening to his beloved concubine's words, his heart began to waver and hesitate.

However, vacillation and hesitation are just a self-soothing emotion that may have been wrong in one's previous judgment, and it does not help the real problem to be solved. What Chai Rong needs to do now is not to review his previous mistakes, but to come up with a way to crack the "Kuroki Wing" and solve the current problem. So, after nodding his head in agreement with Lin Xiaoyu's analysis, Chai Rong was speechless for a long time and fell into deep thought.

Although Chai Rong is a generation of wise men and wise martial arts, what he needs to solve is a problem that has not been effectively solved for more than a hundred years. After all, since the Tang Dynasty, what the whole society has advocated is "martial arts and strength". Everyone has always believed that whoever has the biggest fist will be the master of the house and who will reign in the world, but they will not ask what the person was from before, what he has done, and what means he got the throne. The military system formed since the late Tang Dynasty has made the soldiers and horses of all units, feudal towns, and even various imperial courts, especially the most powerful soldiers and horses, usually in the hands of one or several generals with outstanding military achievements and outstanding meritorious achievements, thus providing the necessary conditions for these military generals with heavy troops to usurp and kill the king, making their ambitions for power more likely to swell, and their coveting of the throne more urgent. This is also the reason why since the death of the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains and even the entire land of China have changed dynasties frequently. Not to mention anything else, even the throne of Guo Wei, his adoptive father of Chai Rong and the Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, was taken from the hands of Liu Chengyou, the Emperor of the Later Han Dynasty - even if Liu Chengyou was suspicious of it first and killed Guo Wei.

It's just that it's one thing to know about the drawbacks, it's another thing to really fix it. Chai Rong knew very well that if he wanted to crack the prophecy of "Kuroki Yuwei", the most effective way was to vigorously reform the imperial military system. Not only should the positions of the palace front inspector and deputy inspector be abolished, but the commander of the same as the guard pro-military division should be the supreme commander of the palace front division, and the strength of the palace front division and the guard pro-military division should be balanced as much as possible. Moreover, while selecting suitable candidates to divide the two divisions into two divisions and make them check and contain each other, it is also necessary to drastically reduce the functions and powers of the directors of the two divisions, so that they will gradually change from actual posts to virtual posts, so that the military power will be firmly in the hands of the imperial court and the emperor. In this way, even if the commander of a certain division has a bad intention, he will not only be unable to mobilize the main force of soldiers and horses under his jurisdiction, but will also have to face another army of equal strength to contend with it, so that the court and the emperor can calmly deal with the usurper ministers, and will not be as powerless as before.

However, it is one thing to think of a solution, but it is another thing to actually implement it. On the one hand, the reason why Chai Rong established the Palace Front Division in the first place was because the soldiers and horses of the Guards and Pro-Military Division had low combat effectiveness and could not effectively complete the tasks he wanted them to complete. If it is to dilute the strength of the soldiers and horses of the two divisions in order to prevent one family from becoming dominant, it will inevitably lead to a decrease in the overall strength of the Great Zhou army, which is contrary to the original intention of establishing the palace front division, and it is not conducive to pacifying the world in the future.

On the other hand, not to mention that Chai Rong is now terminally ill, and there is no time to complete the reform of the military system on such a scale. Even if he is now in good health, not sick or sick, and wanting to reform the military system will not happen overnight. It will take as little as one and a half years, or as many as three or five years, and it will be possible to see some results. After all, now that the Great Zhou has not yet unified the country, there are still many pseudo-imperial courts and feudal towns in the whole world, and these leading generals are still needed to conquer and eliminate them one by one. If they are suppressed too much, it will inevitably affect the morale of the army and the enthusiasm of the battle.

Since drastic reforms are unrealistic, the only choice is to seek stability for the time being. After thinking about it for a long time, Chai Rong finally decided to give up the idea of immediately eliminating potential "Ying" characters, and instead used static braking and unchanged to respond to all changes. On the surface, no changes will be made to the two divisions, and no changes will be made to the former directors of the palace, and the previous pattern will still be maintained. Secretly, they sent trustworthy people to investigate the origin of the 'Kuroki Weft', or confirm its authenticity, or find out who forged the Weft and cut it off. At the same time, the generals of the two divisions, especially the departments in front of the palace, and even some military-level units, should be readjusted, and the wings of the commanders of the two divisions should be cut off as much as possible. In this way, even if a certain inspector wants to seek a usurpation of the throne, his generals will not gather and follow in groups, thus greatly weakening the foundation and capital of the usurpation of those who plot against him.

In addition to these upcoming series of precautions and adjustments within the imperial army, Chai Rong also set his sights on the Beiping army that was enough to make all shili in the world tremble. Although Chai Rong did not think that the Beiping Army would sincerely respect himself and even the future Great Zhou Emperor, and would sincerely submit to the jurisdiction of the Great Zhou court, through the various actions of the Beiping Army since its establishment, and through the current situation that the Beiping Army was gradually turbulent in the Great Zhou Dynasty due to his serious illness, he focused his attention on the north and prepared to wave his army to conquer the Khitan. What has always been coveted is the vast territory north of the Great Wall and the territory of the Great Zhou, and the future attempt is to replace the Khitan and establish a new dynasty in the north on an equal footing with the Great Zhou - as for the act of secretly aiding the puppet Han last year and finally taking the opportunity to annex it, it should be more out of the prevention that after the Great Zhou and the Khitan directly bordered, they will join forces to suppress the Beiping army, rather than coveting the barren land of the puppet Han and eight states.

In this case, if the series of arrangements he made in order to crack the "Kuroki Wei" did not work, this Shili, which was independent of the imperial court, had strong military force, and had no interest in the Central Plains and the Jiangnan region, could be regarded as a powerful foreign aid to fight against Jingjing, work hard to stabilize the country, and support the young master.

Of course, with the help of such a powerful and perverted shili, if you are not careful, you will be eaten by it and become a victim of its devouring world. At that time, not only will it not be able to rebel against King Qin, but it will cause the Great Zhou Dynasty to collapse in an instant and become the bag of the Beiping Army. Therefore, Chai Rong is still quite cautious and cautious on this issue. He neither told Lin Xiaoyu of his idea, nor did he reveal it to any important court officials in the court, but arranged the matter in a way that he thought was very safe, very safe, and at the same time able to be effectively implemented.

Because the conversation about "Kuroki Wei" was conducted privately by Chai Rong and Lin Xiaoyu after the husband and wife retreated, and Lin Xiaoyu believed that Chai Rong's handling of this matter was more in line with his own interests and did not harm the interests of the crossing team, plus Chai Rong adopted the method of blocking news and secretly investigating the "Kuroki Wei" incident. Therefore, it was not until the end of the fifth month of the lunar calendar that a spy from the inner room of the Kaifeng Branch of the "Dark Feather" Kaifeng Branch heard a conversation between two eunuchs who were assigned to participate in the secret investigation of the incident by very chance. After Ma Ping'an, the head of the palace who received the report, obtained Lin Xiaoyu's confirmation of this matter through various channels, especially through the corresponding channels, and then passed it to Zheng Zhiwei who was in the "Hidden Garden", it was already the 29th day of May in the lunar calendar. At this time, it was only three days before Chai Rong's death, and only two days before the Beiping Army sent troops to the north.

However, although the news was received late, a series of arrangements were made on the side of the Beiping Army. On the one hand, it stepped up the infiltration of the various shili of the Later Zhou court in order to grasp its various movements in time. On the other hand, we will make every effort to explore the ins and outs of the emergence of "Kuroki Wei", in order to find out who is behind the planning of this matter, and provide strong help for the implementation of "Jianye No. 1 Operation Jihua".