At the beginning of December, the lord of Qingchuan returned to Beijing.

On the tenth day of December, Tiance Academy held a ceremony for strategists, and the lord of Ceqingchuan was the master of Tiance.

On the same day, the emperor issued an edict to make Li Yuzhen, the lord of Qingchuan, the princess of Jinyang.

This canonization is the practice of the royal family, all the royal family who enter the realm of the cave, whether it is a branch or a branch that has been far away from the five suits, the man must be crowned the king, and the woman must be crowned the princess - because of this, the martial arts of the royal family will become more and more prosperous, and it will develop to the point where it can compete with the three major martial arts sects of Daomen, Buddhism, and Sword Pavilion, and become the fourth sect of martial arts.

However, the title of the lord of Qingchuan County is Jinyang, which is unusual.

Jinyang is the land of the Li royal family's dragon xing. Zu Li Song raised troops from Jinyang, replaced the Northern Zhou, destroyed the Northern Qi, and finally went south to destroy the Liang and unify the Central Plains.

This county name is generally not knighted.

However, the emperor canonized Li Yuzhen with the name of Jinyang County, which shows that he attaches great importance to him.

And this emphasis is placed on the eldest daughter of the prince, which is an affirmation of the prince's status.

The family, which has always had a keen sense of smell, is already speculating that the prince's position should not be shaken.

If the edict "Jinyang" is just a signal, then the next few edicts express the holy will very clearly.

On December 15, the edict ordered Li Huaigu, the general of Zuo Shence, to be a member of the Privy Council of Wuyingge, and he was the second rank.

On December 16, the edict awarded Li Yuzhen, the princess of Jinyang, as the general of the left Shence, is the second product, and holds the Shence festival symbol.

The Shence Army is the most elite army of the Tang Dynasty Forbidden Army, and it is also the army directly under the emperor, and the unified army must be from the Tiance Academy, divided into two armies, each army commands 56,000 people, and the general is the head of the army, but the actual commander in charge of the army is the Shence Army, and the left and right armies are each placed with four people.

The emperor transferred Li Huaigu, the general of Zuo Shence, to Wuying Pavilion, apparently to move Princess Jinyang.

But the most important thing is the five words on the edict - "Holding the Divine Strategy". The festival symbol is the scepter and the order symbol, representing the power of the Son of Heaven to lead the army and kill the generals.

Li Huaigu is a royal family, but also a martial artist from Tiance Academy, very talented in military affairs, but he is old, and the saint is the same generation, five years ago he retired to the position of a general, and now he has been transferred to the Privy Council, although the job has not changed, but Wu Yingge is in charge of the country's military policy, and the Privy Council scholar is equivalent to the emperor's military adviser.

On December 17, the emperor issued another edict:

promoted Zuo Shence to unify the army Li Yichong as the general of Zuo Wuwei, and he was the third product;

Li Sihe, who commanded the army of Zuo Shence, was the general of Zuo Weiwei and was the third product.

Wu King Li Yichong is the son of the queen, the half-brother of the King of Qi, the Marquis of Xiangcheng Li Sihe is a clan, both of them are the faction of the King of Qi, since the Sanpin Shence unified army was promoted to the general of the Suwei of the Sanpin, the position was promoted on the surface, but in fact the power was reduced.

Because the Su Guards and the Divine Ce Army cannot be compared.

The army of the Tang Dynasty is divided into three categories: the forbidden army, the border army, and the government soldiers, the forbidden army is the army directly under the central government, the border army is the border army of the capital protectorate and the governor's office, and the government soldiers are set up in the prefectures.

In the forbidden army, it is divided into the northern forbidden army and the southern forbidden army, because the original official offices were in the north and south of the palace city respectively.

Among them, the Beiya Forbidden Army is the Eighth Army - the left and right Shence Army, the left and right Longwu Army, the left and right Yulin Army, and the left and right Tiger Army, which are responsible for defending Jinggi and the Quartet Expedition, of which the left Yulin Army is stationed at the gates of the capital, the right Yulin Army is responsible for guarding the north gate of the palace, the left and right Tiger Army are stationed in the northern and western suburbs of the capital, and the Shence Army and the Longwu Army are stationed outside Beijing, guarding the Beijing Division.

The Nanya Forbidden Army is the Su Guard, with a total of 16 guards, including the left and right guards, the left and right military guards, the left and right Xiao guards, the left and right Wei Wei, the left and right Jinwu guards, and the left and right Qianniu guards, which are responsible for guarding the capital and the palace guards, of which 12 guards lead the world to fold the government soldiers, but do not directly control.

Due to the different positions, the number of commanders of the two forbidden armies is very different, the northern Ya forbidden army has the least number of left and right Yulin troops, but each army also has 14,000 people, while the southern Ya forbidden army has only 1,000 to 2,000 people per guard, although the "Nanya" is the Son of Heaven Su Wei, the reputation is good, but the power to command the army is greatly reduced, and Li Yichong and Li Siji's Su Wei generals are not consistent, and the actual commander of the army is still General Zuo Wuwei and General Zuo Weiwei.

Therefore, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Li Yichong and Li Siji's promotion from the Shence Unified Army to the General of Suwei was actually deprived of the military power of the King of Qi's faction.

And after these two "promotions", the emperor followed the edict, with Zuo Yulin Commander Li Yihu as the Zuo Shence Commander, and Zuo Longwu Commander Dugu Mou as the Zuo Shence Commander.

Li Yihu, the king of Deng, is the son of Zhu Xiurong and the prince's faction.

Dugu Mou was born in a family surnamed A, Dugu, and this family has always been loyal to the emperor.

Judging from the emperor's edicts, the meaning of weakening the power of King Qi and supporting the crown prince is already very clear.

After the king of Qi came down from the edict of the promotion of the king of Wu, he entered the palace to ask to see the sage, and left the palace after an hour, and it is said that the horseback riding after leaving the palace was a little unstable.

King Qi went to Princess Jinyang's mansion when he left the palace, and no one knew what the two talked about.

But when the princess sent King Qi out of the palace, King Qi said, "I'll look at you." Then he galloped away.

What am I looking at you?

Is this a cruel remark by King Qi after admitting defeat, or does it mean that "it is not yet known who killed the deer"?

Xiao Yu sighed after receiving the letter from Chang'an, "The King of Qi has been defeated. ”

The holy will has been decided, no matter whether King Qi surrenders or not, there is no possibility of turning over.

If Xiao Yu thought that "the position of the prince is difficult to say" two years ago, but since the county lord of Qingchuan practiced in the East China Sea Protectorate and destroyed the Yin clan in the South China Sea, he is no longer optimistic about the King of Qi.

There was a look of regret on his face, and he didn't know whether he regretted the defeat of King Qi, or regretted that the battle for the prince ended too early—maybe both.

"The limit of the saint should be this year, and it will be difficult to clean up if it is not settled." Ren Xun leaned on the ground with his big sleeves, even if he said that the emperor was going to die, he looked lazy and careless.

Gu Di half-squinted his eyes and sighed, "It's a pity." ”

Xiao Yu and Ren Xun both knew what he said about the pity, the descendants of the crown prince and the king of Qi and the families who supported them did not break their bones in this battle for the prince.

The Xiao family does not mix with the prince, no matter which emperor ascends the throne, they are afraid of the Xiao family, no matter how wonderful and moving the previous promise is, once they sit in that position, the face can be turned over at any time, and "Hexi Yongding" will only exist under the premise that the Xiao family is strong.

But this did not prevent the Shaw family from watching the fire from the other side and hoping that the fire would burn as big as possible.

The more fierce the fight, the greater the damage on both sides, and it is best to lose both.

But the sage's control has not diminished with his age, and this seemingly merry and somewhat ruffian emperor has in fact been holding the degree of competition for the throne - beyond this degree, no matter how strong you are, if you break the rules, you will be out.

Therefore, the party struggle between the DPRK and China is not fierce, because if the framed officials go too far, they are likely to step on the line and offend the "degree" of the saints.

The sage deliberately or unintentionally focused on the lord of Qingchuan - when she was fifteen years old, the imperial pen personally gave the word "Zhaohua" and praised "the eldest grandson Xiao Gaowu".

Who in the court doesn't know that the sage admires the most is Emperor Gao Zongwu?

Gao Wu word "Guanghua", what is the meaning of the sage to the eldest daughter of the prince "Zhaohua"?

If the county lord of Qingchuan is the "eldest grandson", what kind of grandson is the prince of Qi who is one year older than her?

Give the Qingchuan county lord this hatred value properly.

This affected the party struggle between the DPRK and China, and invisibly made the Qi Wang Party and the crown prince. The party felt that the gains and losses in the court were only the increase or decrease of power, but they could not play a decisive role in the battle for the throne, and as long as the lord of Qingchuan County survived, the sage had hope for the prince.

"This is the wisdom of a saint," Xiao Yu sighed, "to cut the court with one person." ”

"The most troublesome thing now is this 'one person'." Gu Di said with a calm face.

was set up in front of the saint as a target, pulled so much hatred value, lived well every year of assassination, and became an acquired grandmaster at the age of less than twenty, Gu Di felt that if he was the king of Qi, he would have to vomit blood.

Compared to the appearance of another Gao Wu in the future, Gu Di would rather be the King of Qi on the throne, and couldn't help but sigh again, "It's a pity." He felt that Xiao's "watching the fire from the other side" was still too conservative, and if he cooperated with the King of Qi to get rid of the Qingchuan County Lord......

Xiao Yu shook his head slightly, "If the Xiao family moves, Tiance Academy will move." ”

Tiance Academy has never participated in the battle for the throne, but once the family participates in the assassination of the emperor, it will not be a struggle for the throne, and it will be regarded as a "rebellion". Before the Xiao family tore his face with the imperial court, he did not want to face up to Tiance Academy.

Ren Xun waved his sleeves and said: "Although the storage position has been decided, the king of Qi is also a big tail. The new monarch's ascension to the throne is still a trouble, unless the saint is ruthless and clears the road for him before the new monarch ascends the throne. But to clean, it's not so easy. ”

Behind King Qi, the three major families were involved. The mother clan Boling Cui clan, the wife clan Fanyang Lu clan, and the wife of the prince of Qi Wang came from the Xingyang Zheng clan. All three are families with the surname A.

"King Qi is not a person who is waiting to be killed." Ren Xun said again.

“…… Let's watch. Xiao Yu said slowly.

In the situation in Chang'an, the Xiao family can't act openly, but it can be done to secretly add fuel to the fire.

Gu Di was silent for a moment, and said, "The sage gave the Zuo Shen Ce Festival charm to Princess Jinyang, I'm afraid it is intended to be Tibetan. ”

Ren Xun smiled, "Isn't this expected?" ”

The assassination of the Qingchuan county lord in the Qingjia Mountains had already decided the war with the Tibetans.

Since Emperor Gaozongwu, the Tang Dynasty has been plotting Tibet, and now, this bureau that has been open for more than a hundred years is finally possible to end in the hands of the sage, how can it not be fought? "If you don't take Tubo down, the saint probably won't be down." Ren Xun said with a smile.

Xiao Yu and Gu Di had long been accustomed to his unconcealed speech, and they didn't even shake their eyelids.

The battle in Hexi was bound to be fought, and they had been prepared for a long time.

Xiao Yu didn't want to fight Tubo so early, his original plan was to take advantage of the civil strife in Tubo until both sides of Qingtang and Luo were almost out of breath, and then send troops to pick up the cheapest and take Tubo at the lowest cost.

But the saint couldn't wait.

Whether it was the saint's body that couldn't wait, or he was scheming to kill two birds with one stone—both to defeat Tubo and weaken the strength of the Hexi Army—it would not make this war between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo come too late.

Now, Hexi is on the line, and he has to fight without troops - the lord of Qingchuan was assassinated in the Jingnan army station, and the first battle had to start from the land of Jingbo.

He said in a deep voice: "It is estimated that after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the imperial court's edict to send troops should be sent to Hexi." "And the imperial court's troops from Xining Road and Jiannan Road will be after Hexi Road.

Hexi is the lead, he sighed in his heart.

Xiao Yu's eyes swept over the two henchmen and staff, and said: "I want to order Wei Huairui of the Weisheng Army to garrison Weizhou, and Zhang Yichao, the deputy general of the left, will lead 5,000 infantry to the south, set off on the 26th, and arrive at the Qiwu military camp on the fifth day of the first month. On the twelfth day of the first month, the Qiwu Army, the Xiao Cavalry Army, and the Weisheng Army marched out and headed for Jingzhou. - Can Ming Yun and Ming Yuan be supplemented? ”

He arranged Wei Yun, the lord of the Weisheng army, to garrison Weizhou, which is of course a proper arrangement, who knows if the Yan Zhou people will take advantage of the Hexi army to attack Tubo?

But Ren Xun and Gu Di both understood that there was another important reason that Wei Yun had been excluded from Xiao Yu's "cronies".

And the left deputy army advocates that the tide is the person who is supported by Xiao Yu's plan to replace Wei Yun's military master, and if he makes meritorious contributions in the Tubo war, it will be beyond reproach to succeed Wei Yun in the future.

Gu Di thought for a while and said, "Who is left behind in Hezhou?" ”

Xiao Yu said: "The eighth stay here." ”

He was talking about the eighth brother Xiao Ang.

The stay in Hezhou was mainly responsible for the supply of food and socks for the army, but if Yan Zhou attacked Weizhou while the troops in Hexi were empty, this left-behind officer would also have to be responsible for timely reinforcements - he must be a capable and trustworthy person.

Xiao Ang, the general of the rear army of the Qiwu Army, is a calm and resolute man, Xiao Yu arranged for him to stay in the Hezhou camp, and neither of them objected.

The author has something to say: Remarks:

1. Jinyang: The county number of Bingzhou, also known as Taiyuan County.

2. The Tang Dynasty did not have a tiger army, because of the avoidance of the Tai. Ancestor (Gao Zu Li Yuan's chase) Li Hu's obscurity. This article is overhead, so there is no such name to avoid.

3. The settings of the Shence Army, the Yulin Army, and the Longwu Army are also different from those of the Tang Dynasty, please do not completely substitute -

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