In the fifth year of the battle with the Donghai and Beimu people who invaded the Central Plains, the situation was very different from the embarrassment at the beginning, especially the strength of the Donghai people was greatly damaged after the decisive battle in the south of the country, and they were unable to go deeper into the Central Plains at all, and the Daxuan and Daning dynasties encroached on the territory occupied by the Donghai people, and now they basically have an advantage in the face of the Donghai people, and the Western Regions of the Beimu soldiers and horses have been stabilized, and now they are preparing to go north to expel them from the Central Plains.

Meng Yan was in a good mood, and specially summoned all the high-ranking generals and important ministers to Changsha, while Chengdu only left the prince and his subordinates, first, the prince could not easily leave Chengdu, and second, Meng Yan also wanted to try to let the prince handle government affairs independently, and see how he had grown in recent years.

"Yan Gong, I haven't seen you for a few years, my beard is white, it's hard work!" Meng Yan looked at Yan Que and said.

"Your Majesty, the old man has long wanted to say goodbye to his old age, and he has been a little powerless in the past few years!" Yan Que also responded with a smile.

"You save it, except for the white hair of your father, everywhere is black, let me ask you, what does it mean to deduct military pay every day, are you greedy!" Yu Geng laughed and teased.

"How come the old horseman is still alive, can he still get on the horse to fight? I'm afraid I'll have to wet my shoes if I pee. Yan Que responded.

"Two, isn't it okay to be presumptuous in front of the emperor?" Gu Yanfeng stood up and said with a smile.

"Zheng Guogong has been young in the past two years! I heard that Ling Gongzi is about to be transferred back from the southwest? Happy, right? Yu Geng said with a smile.

"Whether the dog can come back or not depends on the decision of the tiger handsome!"

Looking at the jokes of the people below, Meng Yan didn't care about their foul language, it's good, they can joke like this, they have confidence in the future.

After the court meeting, Meng Yan deliberately asked everyone to rest in Changsha for three days before letting them leave, but what was surprising was that Meng Yan not only let Chen Zhiqing stay, but also left Yanlan, and Yuan Huaiying handled the affairs of the cabinet.

"Gong Yan, how have you handled Ye Bohuai's forces in the past two years?" Meng Yan summoned Yan Lan alone.

"Your Majesty, Ye Bohuai doesn't have much power left, after I and Princess Changsha's treatment, Ye Bohuai hasn't cultivated too many useful people for so many years, and now they have almost been cleaned."

"Well, he still has feelings for us, how is the tracking of 'Zhu Yan' in my court?"

Yan Lan sighed and said helplessly: "The old minister is incompetent! After more than a year of tracking, no trace of them was found, and Princess Changsha was also quite distressed. ”

"It's okay, you continue to investigate, they have been hiding deeply, Ye Bohuai's defection and the pressure of the Zhong clan make them dare not show their heads easily, let's take this opportunity to deal with the affairs of the Central Plains."

"Your Majesty is planning an all-out counteroffensive?" Yan Lan immediately guessed Meng Yan's intentions, he did not object to this, the stability of the business road benefited the two imperial courts in the Central Plains, at least they would not worry about the grain and grass, of course, the most benefited should be the Zhong sisters, most of the grain and grass in the Central Plains were supplied by them, not so much that the Zhong family was a court, but that the current Zhong family was more like an armed businessman.

"Yes, this time the court meeting was held to prepare these people, and there was news from Luo Chen's side that Xiao Yu had sent someone to contact Zuo Qing in private."

"Zuo Qing? Hehe, this Xiao Yu is really what he can eat, Zuo Qing killed Yu Qingwu, can he bear it? Yan Lan scoffed.

"Zuo Qing has become big now, the people of Donghai can't control him anymore, his strength is the strongest in Jiangdong except for Jinling, Xiao Yu's careful thinking I know too well, he just wants to hurry back to his lair so that he can deal with us." Meng Yan said helplessly, after solving the invasion of the enemy in the Central Plains, the two families will definitely face an endless situation, of course, everyone knows that this time is the best opportunity to unify the Central Plains, not only Xiao Yu, Meng Yan also intends to seize this opportunity.

"Your Majesty, dare to ask the old ministers who are left behind, do you want to start the layout of the war?" Yan Lan asked.

"Yes and no, let me tell you in advance, I plan to make you a master and let Qingshuai be a captain."

Yan Lan couldn't accept it for a while, not because he was greedy for power, but because he adjusted the center at this time, was he a little too anxious.

Seeing Yan Lan's hesitation, Meng Yan smiled and said: "You don't have to worry, the adjustment of the center at this time is to rearrange it, and you, Zheng Guogong and Qing Shuai as the third duke of my dynasty can better restrict these boys." ”

Yan Lan immediately understood that in the previous dynasty, the three dukes were only a fictitious position of ennial, but in the current emperor's layout, the position of the three dukes seems to be restored to the original intention of the establishment of the three dukes, the head of civil officials, in charge of the overall situation.

"Your Majesty, the minister is presumptuous, Qingshuai has become a captain, is it Hu Shuai who is in charge of the cardinal?" Yan Lan asked cautiously.

Meng Yan shook his head and said: "I don't plan to abolish the General Bureau, Hu Shuai is still the commander-in-chief, commanding the soldiers and horses of the world, and the cardinal platform can only be weakened. ”

Yan Lan's heart sank, Your Majesty is going to continue to divide the major forces, so that all the high-ranking people are restrained, and no one can make big waves, so that the entire court can be stable.

"Your Majesty, can you inform you of all the arrangements, so that the cabinet can analyze and compare them and provide advice to Your Majesty?" Yan Lan said without hesitation.

"It's got to be you! If it were Gu Yanfeng, it would definitely be that I didn't ask if I didn't say it, let alone Deng Gang and them. Meng Yan smiled.

"Your Majesty regards me as a confidant, and the old minister naturally wants to repay Your Majesty!"

"Okay, don't talk nonsense, everything is here, your cabinet is good at analyzing it, give me a detailed report." Meng Yan slapped a thick document on the table as he spoke.

"I'm a little tired, so I won't send it to you, you can copy a copy and go back to Chengdu, and discuss it with the prince and Fang and Yuan if you have more things."

Hearing Meng Yan's last words, Yan Que finally felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, His Majesty the Emperor seemed to be officially going to give power to the crown prince, and Fang and Yuan were the ministers of the prince's humerus, and old ministers like himself were probably really going to gradually retreat into the background.

Meng Yan is preparing to re-arrange, Xiao Yu is not idle, he is not in Meng Yan's mood, he is in a bad mood now, Gan Ming has become a big trend, and Teng Han's side is not very obedient, the two of them have written many times to ask for the release of Quan Xi, which is simply challenging his imperial power.

And the prince and King Ying also have a tendency to compete, which makes Xiao Yu a headache, he cultivated King Ying just to better balance the prince, but what he didn't expect is that King Ying is now bigger, and the ministers and generals who have been promoted in the past few years to fight against the East China Sea and Beimu have a lot of respect for King Ying.

At the same time, the party struggle between Chu Cheng and Duanmuyang also highlighted the clues, most of the people in Chu Cheng's family are former ministers of Youdu, these people occupy a lot of power in Sanjin and Xijing and the south of Youdu, and they can't move easily for a while, and Duanmuyang's side is developed by relying on the prince.

The entire Daning Dynasty seems to be harmonious, but in fact, the undercurrent is surging, Xiao Yu now no one believes in anyone, has been trying to balance the forces of all parties, in general, the Daning Dynasty now has four major camps, six forces, according to the ranking of the Jinyi Qilin is the prince line, Yingwang line, Teng Han system, left phase system, right phase and Gan Ming system, this left phase refers to Duanmu Yang, and the right phase refers to Chu Cheng.

The prince and the left are also known as the prince party, the relationship between the Yingwang family and the Teng Han family is good, and it is classified as the Yingwang party, the left phase is also known as the Youdu party, and the Gan Ming department is also known as the Xijing party.

"Your Majesty, the minister recently discovered that the people of the Youdu Party have contact with the Chengdu side." Xu Yu reported coldly.

"Chu Cheng has always regarded Meng Heng as a half-teacher, and he also admires some of Chengdu's policies very much, he did not hide his contact with Chengdu, don't touch them for the time being, how about contact with Zuo Qing? Is there a result? Xiao Yu was irritable.

"Your Majesty, the conditions proposed by Zuo Qing far exceed the bottom line of our dynasty, and all negotiations have been temporarily suspended."

"Well, what has Yu Qingyu been doing lately? Is there any change in the Qingwu Army? Xiao Yu suddenly asked.

Yu Qingyu's Qingwu army is a special existence in the entire Daning Dynasty, the Qingwu army is now only 70,000 soldiers and horses, but it is a force that cannot be ignored, this army has a strong combat ability, only obeys the orders of the imperial court, and will never participate in party struggles, it stands to reason that Xiao Yu is most at ease with this army of soldiers and horses, but the problem is that they are too clean, clean is incomprehensible, Xiao Yu will never believe that there is a clean existence, and there is no fish when the water is clear.

"The Qingwu army is quite stable, and it has been cooperating with the soldiers and horses of Jinan and Luzhou to fight against the people of the East China Sea in the past two years, but they have been keeping a close eye on Zuoqing's soldiers and horses."

"Well, you brocade-clothed unicorns will penetrate my mouth, I will be restructured in the army, you see their reactions, and then report back." Xiao Yu is determined to mess up the existing military system, he will not and cannot let people like Teng Han and Gan Ming become bigger.

Xu Yu's expression just moved slightly, and he didn't have too many facial expressions, and he was about to retreat after receiving the order, but he was suddenly stopped by Xiao Yu and asked, "What has Wen Jun been busy with lately?" ”

Xu Yu was stunned for a moment and said, "Commander Wen has been patrolling everywhere, and he has always dealt with the information on the East China Sea and Beimu. ”

"Where's the information in Chengdu?" Xiao Yu asked.

"Well, Your Majesty, the brocade-clothed unicorn has always had clear responsibilities, and the North Ya never asks about the affairs of the South Ya, nor does he dare to ask." Xu Yu felt danger coming.

Xiao Yu was quite satisfied with Xu Yu's answer, and said: "Yes, okay, you send a letter to Wen Jun and ask him to rush back before the end of the month, so that he can meet him secretly, understand?" Xiao Yu's last words were very heavy.

After Xu Yu retreated, he found that his inner lining was already soaked, and at this time, there were only two possibilities for Wen Jun to meet secretly, one was to do something to some people in the court, and the other was to use troops for a counteroffensive against Donghai and Beimu.

After the Battle of Sanmen Town and the Battle of Yumen Pass, the Beimu people shrank their defensive line and no longer attacked, and after the Donghai people suffered a devastating defeat in the southwest, they could only rely on the sailors, as for the land war, they had to rely on Zuo Qing and Quan Lang, Zuo Qing had always been yang and yin to the East China Sea people, and all the East China Sea people had no ability to launch large-scale battles in the Jiangdong area, and it was only a matter of time before the Jiangdong people were recovered, and Quan Lang, the puppet, was still dedicated to serving the East China Sea people. However, as a puppet, Quan Lang has recently rebelled against the East China Sea people, and some time ago, the ministers around Quan Lang were exterminated by the East China Sea people because they were dissatisfied with the control of the East China Sea people.

Daning is still imminent, but Xiao Yu must control all the power before returning the capital, even the prince can't snatch his power, Xu Yu secretly looked back at the majestic imperial city, and remembered Daxuan's Gu family, it is impossible to go back by himself, maybe his son can still have the opportunity to re-enter the ancestral hall.