For Chen Anzhi, this is earth-shattering news.

He was silent for a moment, looking directly at his friend in front of him, and didn't say a word.

For him, Xu Minglang won the trust of the emperor and was the emperor's number one confidant, single-handedly helping the emperor achieve the current power structure. It was the other party that provoked the civil and military disputes and the internal disputes within the family, acquiescing in the expansion of the scale of the imperial examination every year, and conniving at the prosperity of the Hanmen.

For the emperor, Xu Minglang has made great contributions, and his status should be iron-clad. Before Xu Minglang took the family to frame the Zhao family, many people thought that Xu Minglang would fall silent, but Xu Minglang was immortal. It was also from that time that many people thought that the position of this emperor could not be shaken.

But now, someone told Chen Anzhi that Xu Minglang's end had come.

If it was someone else who spoke, Chen Anzhi would inevitably be extremely disdainful, but it was Zhao Ning who spoke at this time.

Since Zhao Ning came out, what he has planned has not been unsuccessful. In the past two years, the Tianyuan Army, which defeated the Longyou Army, was once beaten by Zhao Ning and the Yanmen Army in Fengming Mountain.

In the winter of the seventh year of Qianfu, the Tianyuan army attacked the west of the Green Ridge, and the emperor ordered the Longyou army to attack, but it was defeated by the Tianyuan army in the mountain pass, and the loss of tens of thousands of soldiers was lost. After that, the Longyou Army regained its strength and fought again, but it still could not win.

In the eighth year of Qianfu, a number of small countries in the Western Regions that submitted to the Great Qi rebelled and attacked the Longyou Army in various places, but the Longyou Army could not be controlled, and the situation in the Western Regions suddenly eroded. In May of that year, the emperor set up the Longyou Regiment to train envoys to recruit and train new troops, and ordered them to rush to the front line in the Western Regions to fight and suppress the rebellion.

Since then, the Longyou Army and the new army of the regimental training envoy have fought fiercely against the rebels of various countries in the vast territory of the Western Regions, and after years of endless battles, although the Wang Division has won many battles, it has never completely eliminated the rebels.

Some time ago, there was a rumor in the imperial court that the emperor was dissatisfied with the war situation in the Western Regions, and planned to promote the Longyou regiment to train the envoy to the Jiedu envoy, command all the armies of the Western Regions, and gather the financial resources of the people in Longyou to ensure the resolution of the war in the Western Regions.

If this matter is confirmed, then the military flag of the Great Qi Long Right Army will disappear.

To this day, although the Tianyuan prince Mengchi did not admit that he was killed, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the reason why those small countries in the Western Regions dared to betray Daqi, as well as the military strength that had been fighting with Wang Shi for a long time, was supported by the Tianyuan army.

Up to this point, who would dare to say that in the battle of the northern frontier in the seventh year of Qianfu, the Zhao clan and the Yanmen army were unfavorable in battle? Who would dare to criticize the Yanmen army for losing too much at that time, even though it was victorious?

The 120,000 Longyou Army has now been beaten to only three or four percent, if it weren't for the emergence of a group of elite generals represented by Wei Wuxian in the Wei Clan, who have won quite victories recently, I am afraid that the formation of the Longyou Army has been completely replaced by the new army trained by the Longyou Regiment!

You must know that the new army in the Western Regions is now as many as 100,000, which is twice as large as the Longyou Army!

Some time ago, Chen Anzhi specially collected information on the battle of Fengming Mountain, and his understanding of the battle situation was extremely detailed, and Zhao Ning's outstanding performances left a deep impression on him. It was only then that he realized what kind of talent the friend who was a child and mixed with him in the market.

Now that Zhao Ning said that Xu Minglang's end has come, then this matter is definitely not untargeted.

Even if Chen An couldn't understand it for a while, he was only worried about why he couldn't understand, instead of questioning the accuracy of Zhao Ning's assertion.

After being silent for a while, Chen Anzhi said: "How are you going to bring down Xu Minglang? The current situation of the Zhao family is not very good. Compared with Xu Minglang's position as prime minister, I actually think that the position of the governor is more dangerous. ”

In the past two years, the Western Regions have been unstable, and the Northeast has not been peaceful.

When the Wei clan and the Longyou army did not perform well in the war, the Sun clan and the mountain navy did not ridicule each other, and even the metropolitan governor Zhao Xuanji took it with them, saying that the other party was not able to supervise the world's soldiers and horses.

But just last year, the Jurchen Department in the Northeast suddenly seemed to be crazy, and for no reason they attacked and plundered Northeast Prefectures and counties in the autumn, and the other party broke through the defense line of the Great Wall and entered the Guannei, and the mountain navy reacted.

Then, although the mountain navy drove the other side out, but on the way to pursue, it was killed by the other side and returned to the horse pistol, and the field battle was defeated, and the loss was not small.

After that, the Sun family and the mountain navy became angry and sent a large army to conquer the Jurchen department, but they even fought a tie with the other party, and no one took advantage. However, the mountain navy went too deep, and the grain route was attacked by the Jurchen department, and in the end, there was no military rations, so they could only retreat in embarrassment.

To this day, the imperial court has set up a defense post in Shanhaiguan, which is also to recruit and train new troops.

Prior to this, whether it was the imperial court or the literati, they were all advocating how strong the peak of the Great Qi was, but in the past two years, the army first exposed the truth that its combat effectiveness was low and could not be compared with the founding of the dynasty.

And when the border army was damaged again and again, the source of the government soldiers could not be guaranteed, and the losses could not be made up in a timely and effective manner, and the courtiers were accusing the metropolitan governor Zhao Xuanji, saying that he did not command the world's military affairs and was seriously derelict in his duties. The new army of regimental training envoys and defense envoys took advantage of the situation and had the momentum of blossoming everywhere, but they were not under the control of the metropolitan governor.

"Although the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion supervises the affairs of the world's soldiers and horses, it actually doesn't ask about the soldiers' sources of grain and straw, which is the responsibility of the Ministry of War. The Metropolitan Governor is only responsible for dispatching troops and generals in wartime, making strategic and tactical deployments, and coordinating all parties. ”

Zhao Ning knew that Chen Anzhi, a descendant of the poetry and book heirloom, lacked understanding of the military affairs of Jiangmen, so he simply explained, "The courtiers criticized the metropolitan governor, but they only used the metropolitan governor as a target to cover up the fact that the government military system was destroyed by land annexation." Even if the Zhao family is affected by this, it is limited after all. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Ning paused, "In addition, it is not my Zhao clan that wants to bring down Xu Minglang, but the whole family. ”

"Overall?" Chen Anzhi was shocked again, "including those families who have a good relationship with the Xu family?"

"To this day, how can there be any family that has a good relationship with the Xu family? Xu Minglang has already become the target of public criticism. ”

Zhao Ning laughed, "When the battle between the Longyou Army and the Mountain Navy was unfavorable, the clansmen and officials of the Wei family, Han Shi, Sun family, and Shi clan were all brought into the Push Courtyard.

"The reason why the new army of Longyou and Shanhaiguan has not been greatly hindered is that the Jiangmen family is not able to fight on the one hand, and on the other hand, isn't it because Jiangmen is too busy to take care of himself and is unable to resist the arrangement of the imperial court?"

Chen Anzhi fell silent.

It is Tang Xing and Zhou Junchen who hold the real power in the Magistrate's Council, but the nominal leader is Xu Minglang, and the Magistrate's Council can be so unscrupulous, although it is secretly supported by the emperor, but on the surface it is to borrow the authority of the Prime Minister.

How hated the magistrate is, how annoying Xu Minglang is.

"This initiator who single-handedly provoked the civil and military dispute, and could not really defeat Jiangmen, and also let the power of the door decline, split the door internally, and made the family unable to form a group to exert its own strength when it was robbed of countless interests by the cold family, is now a real rat crossing the street. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Ning took a glass of wine and drank it all, "The Magistrate's Court has gone too far in the past two years, and the family members can't bear it anymore, I came back this time to see off the Magistrate's Court and Xu Minglang!"

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Chongwen Temple.

Emperor Song Zhi laughed out loud with satisfaction after reading the fold in his hand.

"Your Majesty, why are you so happy, can you tell your concubine?" Behind the small desk next to him, Zhao Yujie, who was reviewing the other recitals, turned her head when she heard the sound. Song Zhi was very happy to be able to laugh, and if she wanted to share this joy, she naturally had to cooperate with her feelings.

"Shi Lushan personally led 3,000 new elite cavalry, attacked the Jurchen Department in Liaodong, and beheaded 2,000 ranks, which can be regarded as another fight for me. Song Zhi's smile did not decrease.

Shi Lushan, the defense envoy of Shanhaiguan, now has more than 40,000 displaced troops under the command of the other party, which is not much different from An Siming in Yanmen Pass.

Unlike An Siming, who had not made any meritorious contributions on the battlefield before, Shi Lushan has achieved good results in recent months by training in battle, and his position and influence in Shanhaiguan have been very stable.

Zhao Yujie blinked her innocent and innocent eyes, "General Shi is brave and good at fighting, and he has won many victories in the past six months, why is Your Majesty so happy this time?"

Song Zhi laughed and nodded at the tip of Zhao Yujie's nose from afar, "I know that I can't hide your exquisite temperament, when Shi Lushan won a big victory, the army of the Sun clan out of the pass was just defeated by the Jurchen elite cavalry, and it lost more than a thousand." ”

Zhao Yujie suddenly realized, and then made a statement of indignation: "These generals are really too incompetent, and it is really no longer appropriate to let them guard the border gates!"

These words made Song Zhi's eyes smile even more.

Zhao Yujie knew that her words reached Song Zhi's heart.

Others don't know, but she knows very well that the Jurchen Ministry didn't take the initiative to attack the border last year, and the battle was provoked by Song Zhi hinting at the Mountain Navy!

The Sun family and the Shi family, who were excited at that time, still happily thought that they had military merits, how could they have thought that they would be replaced by Shi Lushan now?

If there is no war, how can the cold forces in the army be able to raise their heads, and how can the new army develop so rapidly?

After the Battle of Fengming Mountain, Song Zhi realized on the one hand that Beihu was quite powerful and wanted to suppress it, so as not to continue to grow stronger; on the other hand, Song Zhi also felt that the combat strength of the Jiangmen Border Army had declined, so he had the idea of training with battle.

So, when he learned that the Tianyuan Army was marching westward, he decisively ordered the Longyou Army to attack.

Song Zhi did not expect the defeat of the Longyou army so badly, he was happy that he finally had the opportunity to weaken the Jiangmen family and gather power in the army, but he also felt that Beihu was too strong, and the combat power of the border army was too weak.

When sending new troops to the Western Regions to fight against the Tianyuan Army, Song Zhi took the initiative to provoke a war with the Jurchen Army, seeking to use the way of war to let the new army grow rapidly and form a real fighting force to protect the country, and at the same time encroach on the military power of the Sun family, Shi and other generals!

At this time, of course, the emperor would not think about it, the reason why the Jiangmen family was defeated in successive battles and was compared to the new army was because the land annexation was too serious, the government military system was tragically damaged, and most of the government soldiers in the army were not in a good situation, the armor was not repaired, and they had not been rotated for many years, and the soldiers had no heart to fight.

It was the strategy of the Song Dynasty to connive at the annexation of land in the world and support the landlords of the poor family to suppress the clans.

So after more than 100 years of land annexation in Daqi, in the case of the destruction of the Juntian system in a large area, there was a situation in which the government soldiers in the army were unsustainable, resulting in the Jiangmen family performing poorly in the war, and being pressed by the new army of the Hanmen generals to the result of not being able to raise their heads, is it not the "legacy" of the previous emperors of the Great Qi Dynasty to the Song Dynasty?