The emperor sighed, "The old Marquis of Jin Yang I was wise, but he kept on his inner curtains, so that a good pillar of the country was ruined by his wife." ”

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it's not completely ruined. This Song Gaocen also taught a good son and let his son serve the court. ”

The emperor nodded, and his gaze fell back to Song Huaiyu, there was no dislike, only satisfaction.

"He looks good, he is young and handsome, and if his literary talent is not bad, he is very suitable to be a tanhualang!"

The ministers glanced at each other, knowing that Song Huaiyu's future had been decided.

Because of guessing the test questions, Song Huaiyu's answer sheet is naturally well prepared, and his words are substantial, and his writing is also good, and he belongs to the top grade in the answer sheet, even if there is no emperor, he can enter the top ten with his answer sheet.

The emperor was satisfied after reading Song Huaiyu's answer sheet, and felt that he had vision, and the person he liked at a glance was talented, and he did not embarrass himself. As a result, the title of Tanhualang naturally fell on Song Huaiyu's head.

At this moment, the threshold of the Song family's gate was trampled on. In addition to the people who came to congratulate, many of them were matchmakers, and the objects of their relatives were extraordinary. In the palace test, the emperor's fancy for Song Huaiyu can be seen by the ministers with eyes, and Song Huaiyu himself is young and promising, and there is no mess at home, and there are no concubines to have a room, so he is simply the best son-in-law candidate. Everyone who has daughters in the family wants Song Huaiyu to be their son-in-law.

Song Taishi was dazzled by his son's choice of daughter-in-law, these ladies have their own advantages and disadvantages, Song Taishi compares and compares, I really don't know which one to choose. asked Song Huaiyu for his opinion, but this kid had no opinion at all, and ran away with the sentence "father is in charge", which made Song Taishi hold his breath.

But soon Song Taishi didn't have to have a headache, and the emperor helped him solve this problem. The emperor took action himself and recruited Song Huaiyu as his son-in-law. Song Huaiyu became a concubine, and his status was higher than that of the Marquis of Jinyang, ah, not the Baron of Jinyang, which made the people of the Baron Mansion of Jinyang jealous!

Married and entered the Hanlin Academy...... After a series of events, a year has passed. Song Huaiyu suddenly thought one day:, forget to remind the emperor that Da Liao might attack Da Zhou. Da Liao should be about to show his fangs, right?

Song Huaiyu pretended to leak his mouth in front of the princess, showing his concern for the Zhou-Liao border. When the princess entered the palace on the second day, she inadvertently said it, and it reached the emperor's ears. The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. The emperor immediately summoned Song Huaiyu into the palace for questioning. Song Huaiyu told the emperor according to the analysis given to him by Song Taishi. After hearing this, the emperor attached great importance to it, summoned several important ministers into the palace to discuss, and sent General Luo back to the northeast border on the second day.

After this incident, Song Huaiyu was even more valued by the emperor. The emperor transferred him out of the Hanlin Academy and walked into the cabinet. Everyone could see that the emperor was training Song Huaiyu to the cabinet.

Although General Luo returned to the Northeast Army, he actually did not believe in Song Huaiyu's words. He thinks Song Huaiyu is a scholar, how can he know how to fight? Da Liao was subdued by him more than ten years ago, how could he dare to attack Da Zhou. Moreover, his army is the most powerful in the Great Zhou, and even if the Great Liao comes, they will easily beat him back to his hometown.

It was precisely because of his disapproval that when the Great Liao army came, General Luo was defeated. When did Da Liao become so strong? General Luo was caught off guard, lost three border cities in a row, and the Luo family army was defeated, and if General Luo was not for the desperate protection of his own soldiers, he would have died in this battle. But even if he didn't die, General Luo's situation would not be better. As the commander-in-chief, he was beaten by the enemy and lost his armor and lost three cities, if the emperor pursued it, his head would not be saved.

Contrary to the fiasco on the northeast front, on the northwest border, the Sun family army had already been prepared, both in terms of troops and armaments, and was fully prepared, so they blocked the sneak attack of the Great Liao with ease and labor, defeated the Liao people, and counterattacked into the territory of the Liao State. The greatest credit for this battle was the vanguard officer Luo Xingguang, who captured alive the commander of the Liaoren Western Front and completely quelled the battle on the Western Front.

The Liao lord asked for peace, and the Great Zhou Emperor had to accept the peace of the Liao people in view of the fact that the three cities had fallen into the hands of the Liao, and put back the marshals and prisoners of the Liao's western front. The Liao withdrew from the border of the Great Zhou and returned the three cities to the Great Zhou. However, the materials looted from the territory of the Great Zhou will not be returned.

In this battle, the northeastern border of the Great Zhou suffered heavy losses.

The emperor flipped through the battle reports on both sides, angry for a while and happy for a while, his face kept changing, and finally stopped expressionless.

"Everyone, Aiqing, this Luo Yongtao was escorted back to the capital, who do you think will replace him and lead the border army in the northeast?"

Several ministers took the floor and put forward a few names, but they were all vetoed by others.

A minister said: "The Luo family has a lot of connections and prestige on the northeast border, and no one sent there can subdue all the border troops. ”

Another minister suggested: "It is better to send Luo Xingye to take over his father's position." ”

The emperor snorted coldly, he was already afraid of the Luo family's power in the northeast, how could he send the Luo family again.

"No." Another minister objected, "Luo Yongtao lost the battle, the Luo family should be held accountable, how can Luo Xingye be in charge of the army, isn't that a?" ”

The ministers quarreled over the selection of candidates, and for a long time they did not find a suitable candidate. The emperor frowned, and when he saw Song Huaiyu, who was standing in the corner of the audience arguing, he looked unhurried, as if he was confident.

Then he asked, "Huaiyu, can you be a good candidate?" ”

The ministers stopped arguing and turned their eyes to Song Huaiyu, causing great pressure on Song Huaiyu.

Song Huaiyu suppressed the trembling little liver, pretended to be calm and said calmly: "Your Majesty, the minister recommends General Sun Zhihan." ”

"Lord Song, General Sun is the marshal of the northwest, how can he go to the northeast?" An official objected.

"Why not?" Song Huaiyu said, "It is precisely because General Sun is the marshal of the Northwest Army that he should be allowed to go to the Northeast to lead the army." Only when General Sun had the experience of commanding an army could he better gather the remnants of the army in the northeast and quickly stabilize the situation in the northeast. ”

When everyone heard this, there was some reason, and they began to discuss this possibility, and finally agreed with Song Huaiyu's opinion.

However, the emperor did not adopt Song Huaiyu's opinion on the spot, only said that he wanted to think again, and sent all the ministers away. Song Huaiyu walked at the back, and just as he was about to go out, he was stopped by the eunuch beside the emperor and brought him to the emperor's side.

"I just watched you speak, it seems that there is something unfinished?" The Emperor asked.

Song Huaiyu said: "The minister does have unfinished words, but he is afraid that after saying it, it will reach the ears of General Sun and the Luo family, so he did not say it." ”

The emperor said: "Now there is no one else, only me, you can say it." ”

Song Huaiyu spit out two words: "Change the guard." ”

"Changing guards? What is a change of guard? The Emperor asked.

Song Huaiyu explained to the emperor: "The garrison army will be transferred to the defense task and replaced by the newly transferred army. However, due to the large number of troops, it is possible to replace all of them, so only the main generals of each army and the personal soldiers they lead are to be exchanged with other armies. For example, if General Sun is transferred to the northwest, and then another general takes over the position of General Sun, and then he will be replaced back after three or five years, and if this rotation continues, the original connections of Luo Jiajun and Sun Jiajun will be disrupted, how can they still be loyal to the original general? ”

After listening to Song Huaiyu's explanation, the emperor immediately understood, and was able to imagine the scene in a few years or even more than ten years, and couldn't help laughing: "Okay, this method is good." Change the guard, haha, just change the guard. In the future, the issue of military power will no longer be an issue. ”

The emperor happily patted Song Huaiyu on the shoulder: "I didn't expect you, this kid, not only to be good at reading, but also to understand military affairs." ”

Song Huaiyu hurriedly said: "The idea of changing the guard was not thought up by the minister, and the minister does not understand military affairs. It was the minister who heard what the minister's father said. ”

"Your father? Song Gaocen? ”

Song Huaiyu nodded.

The Emperor sighed: "Your father is a talent, but he was killed by your grandmother. ”

Song Huaiyu pursed his lips, although he was very disgusted with Mrs. Marquis of Jinyang in his heart, he was the nominal grandson of Mrs. Marquis of Jinyang, and he couldn't speak ill of Mrs. Marquis of Jinyang, so he could only endure it.

The emperor asked: "Sun Zhihan is transferred to the northeast, so who will command the Northwest Army?" ”

Song Huaiyu said: "The minister recommends Luo Xingguang. ”

"Luo Xingguang? The Luo family? The emperor frowned, not very satisfied with the candidate proposed by Song Huaiyu.

Song Huaiyu said: "Luo Xingguang is indeed the Luo family, but General Luo's concubine is not valued by General Luo, and is suppressed by his mother and brother-in-law, even if he is more capable than his brother-in-law, he does not dare to show it." After his brother found out that he was not incompetent, Luo Xingguang had no choice but to flee the capital and join General Sun's army. ”

"Oh? He actually served Sun Zhihan? The emperor couldn't help but laugh, "Luo Yongtao will be angry when he finds out, right?" ”

"General Luo doesn't know yet." Song Huaiyu said, "After Luo Xingguang left the capital, his brother Luo Xingye faked an accident, saying that Luo Xingguang had been killed in retaliation, and there were no bones. Now on the genealogy of the Luo family, Luo Xingguang is a dead man. ”

The emperor sneered when he heard this: "The Luo family has such an heir, even if I don't deal with them, they themselves can defeat the Luo family." Originally, I wanted to take advantage of this incident to attack Luo Yongtao once, so forget it, so as not to chill the general's heart. ”

Unexpectedly, Luo Xingye's behavior also indirectly saved his father's life. What can Song Huaiyu say? can only say: "The emperor is wise." ”

The emperor said: "I think the name Luo Xingguang is a little familiar. I didn't hear it from you, but where did you hear it? ”

Song Huaiyu reminded him: "Northwest War Report." ”

The emperor thought about it and remembered: "Luo Xingguang is the vanguard officer who captured the marshal of the Western Liao Line?" ”