As the saying goes: When the husband is angry, blood is splashed three feet, and when the son of heaven is angry, millions of corpses are ambushed. And if the emperor is secretly planning something, then this matter will definitely affect the whole country.

At this time, the capital of the Xia Kingdom was filled with this sad breath, and after careful inquiry, I learned that the source of this breath was: Qin Chuan, the king of the Northeast, died in battle. It stands to reason that the death of a commander in battle will not make the entire Yangcheng grief, but Qin Chuan is not an ordinary person.

Qin Chuan was originally a Qin family in Yangcheng, originally named Cao Chuan, the Qin family used to be a rich family, how could there be unforeseen circumstances, the Qin family's business failed one after another, and at that time, the head of the Qin family regarded gambling as crazy, so soon the Qin family was reduced to an ordinary merchant family, and the former house and servants also disappeared.

What's even more hateful is that the head of the Qin family at that time, that is, Qin Chuan's grandfather, sold his daughter Qin Yuan to someone else as a servant. At that time, she was bought to Princess Pingyang's house as a maid, Princess Pingyang was the sister of Emperor Xia, and because Qin Yuan was beautiful, she was occupied by Princess Pingyang's husband Cao Shou, and gave birth to Qin Chuan, who was named Cao Chuan at that time, and then gave birth to her sister Cao Chan. But soon after giving birth to Cao Chan, Qin Yuan passed away.

Later, the Cao family looked down on their brother and sister at all, and abused them as slaves and animals, and when Wei Qing was a little older, he and his sister fled from the Cao family, changed their name to Qin Chuan, and followed their mother's surname, and her sister also changed her name to Qin Chan, and then spent her days chopping wood in the mountains.

Once, Qin Chuan and his sister swept their mother's grave, and met Ke Min, the prince of Xia Kingdom, who was still a teenager at the time, Ke Min fell in love with Qin Chan at first sight. Qin Chuan and Qin Chan didn't know that Ke Min was the prince of Xia Kingdom,

Gradually, Qin Chan also fell in love with Ke Min, and then Ke Min revealed his identity, so Qin Chuan and Qin Chan followed Ke Min back to the Xia Palace to live. The following year, Qin Chan gave birth to Ke Yan.

When Qin Chuan arrived at the palace, because he had heard a lot of things Ke Yan had told him about his travels, he felt the weakness of the Xia Kingdom, so he began to read military books. After a few years, Ke Min ascended the throne and named Qin Chan the queen, and he also wanted to seal Qin Chuan an official position, but Qin Chuan had no merits, so he put Qin Chuan in the military camp and came back with some merits.

As soon as Qin Chuan went, the sea jumped with the fish, and the mountains were high and the birds could fly. His exploits came like arrows. First of all, hundreds of soldiers leveled the mountain thieves, and they fought Huacheng with strange plans. Then step by step, he rose to the position of general. Qin Chuan's army froze and did not demolish houses, starved and killed without captivity, and everywhere they went, the people all watched with joy, raised their hands to increase their quotas, and wept with admiration.

And Qin Chuan is also with the soldiers to share the joys and sorrows, treat people with kindness, often eat with the lowest soldiers, soldiers are injured and sick, Qin Chuan personally asked, the family is in difficulty, let the relevant institutions give more silver silk, soldiers sacrificed, and generously compensated. The army he led can be a hundred, and the world is shocked.

Subsequently, Emperor Xia ordered Qinchuan to guard Xuelun Mountain, and the feats here were even greater, at that time, how many commanders were defeated by the Mongolian State, and countless Xia troops and material resources were continuously supplied to hold on to the Mongolian army.

When Qinchuan was guarding the Xuelun Mountain, he proposed to wait for the enemy in the battlefield first, and in the battle, according to the formation and terrain characteristics of the Mongolian army, use spears to restrain the enemy's elite cavalry and strike first. And change the deployment in time, strengthen the two wings, first weak and then strong, and defeat the Mongolian army with two wing attacks, so as to defeat the Mongolian army in the Sharon Mountains in one fell swoop. Really took the Sharon Mountain.

After that, Qin Chuan began to reduce the garrison of Xuelun Mountain, and now it is about 100,000 soldiers with the number of soldiers in Mongolia. The two countries fought a few games in Mount Sharon, back and forth, and both won and lost. But it is already firmly on its feet in the Sharon Mountain.

Ke Min once praised Qin Chuan in public in the main hall: a natural general, a minister of society.

And the death of General Qin Chuan in battle is the death of the people and the country. It is not an exaggeration to say that the whole country is sad, but no matter how sad it is, the Sharon Mountains are now in dire need of a commander.

Now, Emperor Xia summoned all the civil ministers and military generals to convene a meeting of Mount Sharon in the main hall. There is only one issue: the re-election of the commander of the Sharon Mountains.

Although the topic is to re-elect the commander of Xuelun Mountain, there are only so many people who can take on this important task, either Cai Ming, the eldest son of the Cai family, or Shen Zan, the second son of the Shen family, or Chen Tang, the king of the Southern Heaven, who guards the 100,000 mountains, and Qin Feng, the deputy commander of Xuelun Mountain. All candidates can't avoid these four people. Of course, there are countless soldiers in the Xia Kingdom, but only these four people can be appointed now.

The four have their own abilities, Cai Ming and Shen Zan have the support behind the family, and both of them are also perennial in the army, their military exploits and abilities are the best choice, Shen Zan is a military genius, and in the battle for the Xingling Mine, he captured the Xingling Mine with a force of less than 10,000 troops of the Mongolian army. It opened up a shortcut for the production of iron in the Xia Kingdom.

Nantian King Chen Tang rose step by step from a small soldier, without the help of his family, relying on military exploits one by one, his ability is absolutely extraordinary, followed by Qin Feng, the deputy commander of Xuelun Mountain, who has followed Qin Chuan for many years, and is also brave and strategic. It's just that under the light of Qin Chuan, it looks a little dim.

After all the major families were present, the meeting began, and this time because Shen Zan came to the imperial city to report on his work, he also participated in this meeting.

"Everyone, Qin Chuan died in battle, everyone must already know it, this is the shame of my Xia country, but everyone knows that the geographical location of Xuelun Mountain is too important, he is not only the strategic artery of the Xia country and the northern wolf clan, he is also the most glorious place of my Xia country. You can't go without a commander for a day, so anyone who feels like they can take on this important task can recommend it. ”

After Xia Huang Kemin finished speaking, there was a lot of discussion below, although everyone knows the purpose of this conference, but to really elect a person, it is necessary to be cautious.

At this time, Zhang Heng stood up, he was the representative of the Zhang family, and he was also the head of the Xia Kingdom, and the Zhang family had been a famous family in the Xia Kingdom for generations, but the interests of the family were all in business, and few people went to the army for training. Now is an opportunity for the Zhang family, as long as the Zhang family can defend the Sharon Mountain, then the family's power and influence will be greatly improved, and it will also have a share of the military power.

"Xuelun Mountain is very important, there is no room for loss, my Zhang family is willing to devote the strength of the whole clan to guard Xuelun Mountain, if Xuelun Mountain is lost, the world will be in my Zhang family. "Zhang Heng is willing to use the power of the whole clan to win a chance, this is understandable, without military power, businessmen can only be dependent, and there will be no real foundation. So he is willing to fight with the strength of the whole clan.

If it is somewhere else, it will be given, but Xuelun Mountain is absolutely sloppy, this person must not only have military talent, but also have the support of a group of people behind him, even if it is like Qin Chuan, it is Emperor Xia who will give support behind.

Ke Min didn't speak, he knew that such a military place would definitely not fall into the hands of a person who had not participated in the military, even if everyone below agreed, he would definitely not agree.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Heng finished speaking, Shen Zan of the Shen family stood up and said: "Xuelun Mountain is not an ordinary place, there can't be the slightest sloppiness, and a Zhang family can't reach Xuelun Mountain." If you haven't really served in the army, you can't be sent over, and there is no room for failure in Sharon Mountain. ”

Zhang Heng was speechless in one sentence, it is true that a Zhang family is never worthy of Xuelun Mountain, the Zhang family, the emperor can be extinguished, but Xuelun Mountain cannot be said to be lost.

"Who do you think is suitable?" Emperor Xia asked Shen Zan.

"I think it's Cai Ming, the son of the Cai family, who is suitable, Cai Ming, I know him, has military ability, and he became a general by virtue of his real military exploits, and we all know that the Cai family has the absolute strength to support Cai Ming, just talking about iron, the Cai family is in charge of nearly 20% of the iron production of the Xia Kingdom, as well as cotton clothes, salt, etc., which can definitely fully supply the early consumption of Xuelun Mountain. ”

In fact, everyone who came here had their own candidates in their hearts, and Cai Ming was definitely the top three among their candidates, but what Ke Min didn't expect was that the proposal to elect Cai Ming would be put forward by Shen Zan. Originally, Ke Min was worried that Shen Zan would recommend himself, so his plan might really not go on. Because Shen Zan's ability and the power of the Shen family are on par with the Cai family.

Hearing Shen Zan mention the Cai family, the speaker of the Cai family had to stand up: "As the people of the Xia Kingdom, our family has an unshirkable responsibility for the Xia Kingdom. But there is another person in our family who can also take on this important responsibility, and that is Cai Ming's younger brother Cai Yang. ”

Cai Yang is also from the army, and now he is the left commander of Yangcheng, Ke Min has seen this person, this person is extremely handsome, has the determination and loyalty to protect the country and the family, whether it is the shooting range training or the strategy in the chest, he is far away from other commanders, generals, but this person lacks the domineering and resoluteness that a king should have. He would be a good general, but he would not be a hegemon.

The most important Xia Huang did not have his role in this plan. But the purpose of this meeting is to ask the following generals to put forward a list of candidates, and whoever can come up with it for discussion. Although Xia Huang Kemin knew that it was not appropriate for him to stand up now, he had to stand up for the sake of his own plan. Just when Emperor Xia Ke Min wanted to stand up and oppose it, Shen Zan stood up earlier than Ke Min.

"Cai Yang, I also know, this person is indeed a rare military wizard, he will be a good general, but he can't become a hegemon, he can't make decisions, and he lacks the bearing to be a marshal. Shen Zan asked. Ke Min looked at Shen Zan and was surprised in his heart: Does this Shen Zan know his plan? But it is not easy to ask at this time. So he replied

"What Shen Aiqing said makes sense, I have met Cai Yang, this person is a talent, it is okay to lead troops to fight, but not to command the side. After Emperor Xia finished speaking, it proved that Cai Yang was no longer among the candidates.

The ministers were discussing, and at this time, Sima Wuqi of the military department stood up and said, "Nantian King Chen Tang is suitable!" Chen Tang, the king of the Southern Heavens, rose step by step from a small soldier to the generalissimo of the army, with outstanding ability, and the most important thing was that he was still relying on his own strength at that time, and he was already the most promising general in the south of Xia before he was 30 years old.

Later, Wu Qi, who was still the generalissimo of the southern soldiers and horses at that time, took a fancy to him and married his daughter to him. Now Wu Qi has returned to the imperial city to serve as the Sima of the Ministry of War, commanding the soldiers and horses of the world. His proposal should not be ignored by anyone.

But he was not in Emperor Xia's planning, and now even the military genius Shen Zan did not dare to disagree in the slightest, so now Emperor Xia himself could only stand up and say: "In fact, the first thing to consider is Chen Tang, Chen Tang goes, and Xuelun Mountain is worry-free." But as soon as Chen Tang goes, who will suppress the ghost Fang clan in the 100,000 mountains in the south. ”

Wu Qi stood up and replied, "The Ghost Fang Clan doesn't dare to take a step out of the 100,000 Mountains now, I think even if Chen Tang is not there, they won't be able to make any big waves." ”

Wu Qi is full of self-confidence, and it is true that the war in the south has not been as tragic as in the north, but there are too many races to face in the south, and various forces are intertwined, and if one is not handled well, it will also be a shocking war, and the war in the north is only Mongolia, and the two sides have fought back and forth, that is, relying on people, relying on tens of thousands of people to fill the hole of the war.

"Chen Tang must not leave the south, on the contrary, he must increase the number of troops there, because the next big war is likely to take place there. Ke Min's words were by no means for the purpose of centralizing power, but the answer obtained by referring to a lot of information and Chen Tang's letter.

When everyone heard this, they felt strange, there has been no major war in the south, and some high-ranking officials' children also went to the south to go to the south for training, and they always thought that the south was a rich place and a place to play. As for the war, I haven't heard of it for years.

"Chen Tang sent a letter a few days ago, asking for more troops, and I have agreed, in addition, gather craftsmen from all over the country to build the city wall fortifications. No one can slack off on this matter, and those who violate the order will be beheaded. All the southern armies were under the management of Chen Tang. The Emperor took this opportunity and gave an order. Then he continued: "Wu Qi, Chen Tang's letter to you is estimated to arrive in three or two days, you are fully responsible for the transfer of soldiers and horses from the south, and Zhang Heng, the head of the household department, you are responsible for the transfer of grain and grass, if anyone is delayed, the military law will deal with it." ”

None of you here know about this matter, but since Emperor Xia is conclusive, there must be something to do. Either such a big transfer, the consumption of grain and grass alone is the treasury income of Xia State for nearly a year.

This is the end of Chen Tang's matter, and then there are people who propose Qin Feng, except for Shen Zan, most of the others are against it, the reason is that you Qin Feng has no family support, his own influence is not good, and it is difficult to convince the public. In fact, the main reason is that such a big piece of fat is impossible for you to occupy as a "helpless" person. Even if he is like Chen Tang, he is backed by Sima Wu Qi of the Ministry of War.

After that, it is to discuss whether Cai Ming can take on this big responsibility, in fact, for Cai Ming, so there is no problem, he is the most suitable candidate, he has ability, financial resources, connections, and no one can put forward a reason to object, as long as the Cai family agrees, even if the Cai family does not agree, it will not work, because of the major affairs of the country, how can you allow a family to be around.

The Cai family is actually happy to see that it is Cai Ming, after all, if they can lead an army of 100,000, then the Cai family's power and strength will reach a new level. So the conference ended with Cai Ming taking office on the same day.

After the conference, except for Sima Wu Qi and Shen Zan of the Ministry of War, everyone left one after another, and there was no surprise to the two of them who left: Wu Qi stayed, he must have talked about his baby son-in-law, Shen Zan stayed, he was originally here to report on his work.