Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Situation
Dasheng, Liao and Western Xia stand together. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoAmong them, Dasheng is the most extensive and rich, Western Xia and Liao are nomadic people, and their advantage is that they can fight and are very good at war.
The Western Xia has been invading the northwest border of the Central Plains for generations, although the northwest is the territory of Dasheng, but it has been under the jurisdiction of the Pingxi King since the Taizu period. The imperial court needed the valiant Han army to defend against foreign enemies. In the northwest, there is the king of Pingxi to guard the town. failed to make the party members bargain.
Although the Liao State is ambitious, since the Fu family captured the third prince of the Liao State in the First World War twenty years ago, that is, the current Liao Emperor Ye Luxian. Dasheng and the Liao State finally ended the war for twenty years.
Now the king of Pingxi is gradually gaining power, and the people in the northwest only know the Han family but not Dasheng. And Dasheng has long been a strong country, and the idea of holding the northwest into the imperial power has been there since the previous emperor. However, Emperor Taizu had decreed that the Han family could guard the northwest for Dasheng for generations, and the first emperor did not dare to disobey the will of Taizu clearly, and secondly, the Han family army had a very set of military training, and it had always been known as the tiger and wolf division on the battlefield. The first emperor did not dare to act rashly.
Now with the momentum of thunder, he first took care of the Zhu family, who was watching and helping the king of Pingxi, so that this generation of the king of Pingxi lost the help of the court. After weighing the pros and cons, King Pingxi had to send the prince to the capital to appease the emperor's heart.
This time, the Western Xia united with the Liao State to attack Dasheng from the northwest, although the king of Pingxi had been concealing the Liao army's suppression, but the court's spies in the northwest still sent the news that the Han army was fighting with the Liao army.
Such a once-in-a-lifetime good opportunity, Fan Zuoxiang believed that the imperial court only needed to wave its army into the northwest after the Han army was exhausted, drive away foreign enemies, and stabilize the northwest was just around the corner.
In order to prevent the imperial court from sending reinforcements, the king of Pingxi concealed and did not report the alliance between the Liao army and the Western Xia. lest the northwest be attacked on three sides, and the king of Pingxi will not even have a foothold.
However, the imperial court intended to spread the news, and once the king of Pingxi suffered a defeat, the charge of concealing the military situation would make the king of Pingxi never turn over.
And now the king of Pingxi didn't know what to do, so that the Liao army retreated, at this time Fan Zuoxiang still proposed that Chen Si lead the army into the northwest, and its purpose was self-evident.
But Zhou Youxiang believes that the king of Pingxi has a merit in protecting the border, and if the court intrigues with it again at this time, the king of Pingxi will be forced to be in a hurry, and the garrison of Sichuan and Shaanxi will be empty. The first thing he thought of would be to lure the Liao army into the country. After all, when the northwest was in danger, the king of Pingxi was still able to persuade the Liao army to retreat. The relationship between the two parties can be seen.
And, is the Han family army of the King of Pingxi really so easy to deal with?
This tug-of-war between the imperial court and the king of Pingxi has just begun.
On this day, the two parties quarreled again in the court.
The left and right prime ministers are like hanging rivers, and they have their own views. But when it came time to retreat from the dynasty, there was still no result. Emperor Chengshun, who was supposed to say that he would retire from the dynasty after another day, said today: "Yesterday, I summoned the prince of Pingxi into the palace and asked him for his opinion on this matter. He agreed that Chen Si would lead the army to help in the battle. ā
Hundreds of civil and military officials: "......"
Agreed?
Wrong!
Now that we've agreed, what are we arguing about?
"But... Han Maodian made four requests to me. ā
The civil and military officials nodded, this is as it should be, such a big thing as luring a wolf into the room, King Pingxi is right to slander the court. If it's not false, then there are ghosts.
"I'm afraid it's hard to do that. Zhou Youxiang thought.
"First, the army must not disturb the people, otherwise it will be dealt with according to the military law of the Han family. "Chengshun Emperor.
This is nothing, I have heard that Han Jiajun is disciplined. If Chen Si disturbed the people, it would make the people in the northwest resist even more.
"Second: Chen Si needs to escort the quartermaster worth one million taels to the northwest and give it to the soldiers of the Han family army who bravely resisted the enemy. Emperor Chengshun said slowly, as if he was reading an article, and finished speaking. He glanced around the subordinates again.
"There's nothing wrong with this, the northwest is short of materials, and if it's really silver, it may not be able to make it. Presumably, King Pingxi is eyeing the treasures donated by the officials and people on Concubine Min's birthday..."Zhou Youxiang raised his eyes and looked at Emperor Chengshun quietly, those things are still in the treasury.
"Second: The King of Pingxi is not responsible for all supplies of Chen Si's army. Even if it was a sleeping tent, Chen Si had to bring it himself. ā
"There's no problem with that, we can't defend each other. Who still manages to sleep in a tent or sleep in loess. Besides, Chen Si didn't dare to sleep in the tent they gave. Zhou Youxiang secretly calculated again.
Then this is difficult, it should be the fourth point, right? Emperor Chengshun didn't speak for a long time, obviously thinking about it.
"Fourth: The military needs to enter the country only after the military quartermaster arrives. ā
These words immediately exploded in the court.
This... Isn't this blatant slander?
Oh yes, he's slandering!
The court is not afraid of being falsely accused, but not long ago, the palace organized a military fundraiser. It's been a while, and the battle is almost over. The emperor didn't say that he would transport these things to the northwest. No one in the court dared to mention it.
This year, the Yellow River flooded, and the emperor ordered a major repair, which cost millions of taels of silver. Although the war broke out again, although it happened in the northwest, the imperial army also entered a state of readiness. The grain and grass have already been prepared, and everyone understands that sooner or later there will be a great war, either against the foreign enemy, or to calm the internal trouble.
In short, the treasury has almost been emptied this year, which is finally a little filled. Don't you want to put the money in the imperial court's money bag for two more days to attract wealth?
But the hundred officials didn't mention it, and the king of Pingxi mentioned it himself. It also makes sense.
Promise, I'm afraid that he will regret it, and if he doesn't agree, he will lose his trust in the world.
Fan Zuoxiang sneered, what is the king of Pingxi?
What about the conditions that were agreed to him? If the king of Pingxi was not desperate, would he have negotiated terms with the imperial court?
This military quartermaster worth one million taels, I'm afraid that he will have a hand to take it and lose his life!
The military quartermaster was sent to the northwest, and the army followed, what was so difficult?
At that time, the Han Jiajun was exhausted, and it was not normal for Chen Si's army to take over the northwest guards? It just so happened that there was no need to prepare the grain and grass for the 100,000 army!
"Your Majesty..."Fan Zuoxiang admonished.
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Nie Xiaofan looked at the gilded name of Mrs. Zhou in her hand and was worried, she didn't want to get involved in the entanglement between her aunt and grandmother and the mysterious old Mr. Liu, but Mrs. Zhou wanted to find him through her hand three times and twice.
Nie Xiaofan is not curious now, and it is not easy to make a difference.
"You go and find Dr. Liu with the old lady's name card, and pay attention to see how he reacts. ā
Liu Yu understood, and returned her firm eyes.
When Liu Yu didn't walk long, An's mother came.
She was holding a new dress in her hand.
The girl instructed the old slave to make a dress for the skillful girl, and the slave and maid hurried to work day and night to bring out one. Mother Ann said with both hands, and Fennel hurriedly took it. Nie Xiaofan said: "Mom has worked hard, you sit." ā
"Hey!" Mother An sat down and said, "The righteous sister that the girl recognizes is a good talent, and the old slave chatted when she measured her body, but she was only two months older than the girl. He was half a head taller than the girl. The girl has to learn more from her. ā
Nie Xiaofan smiled, in fact, the original owner's figure was thin but thin, about one meter six tall, not very short. It's just that Zhou Qiaoqiao is practicing martial arts, and her figure is comparable to that of a model, how can she compare?
(To be continued)