It's getting a little colder.

But it was not cold in previous years.

For example, among today's big cities, Jicheng is the northernmost one, backed by Yanshan, with a barren taste.

But no one can ignore this, hundreds of years ago, this was the capital of the Ji surname Yan, and hundreds of years later, it was the capital of the Yan family and the Murong family, and they all had the same name called Yan.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, Yan Guo was the first in the world by virtue of his courage for more than 100 years, making Yan State another top king in the hearts of the people of the world outside Qin, Jin, Qi and Chu, surpassing Han Zhao.

If you talk about the political center in Jicheng, it is naturally the palace on the surface, but it is actually the palace of Murong Ke, the king of Taiyuan.

When the new emperor had just succeeded to the throne, the will left by the first emperor was the auxiliary minister of "Situ, Sikong, and Lu Shangshu", but after succeeding to the throne, after eliminating another auxiliary minister who was plotting to cause rebellion, Murong Ke became the chief regent.

After making frequent meritorious contributions to the Han State and the most important Wei State in the Hedong War, the current Murong Ke is "a captain, a general, a Situ, a Sikong, a Lu Shangshushi, and a governor of the internal and external military".

He has basically reached the top in terms of official positions, but even so, he still treats the little emperor respectfully, this attitude is simply a clear stream in the Yan Kingdom, and he is called "Little Wen King" by the people of the Yan State and even other countries.

This is the premise that Wei is ready to use counter-plots, the relationship between Murong Ke and the emperor is indeed very delicate, and the continuous usurpation of power has caused the political trust in the world to fall to an extremely serious level.

The mutual trust mechanism established in the three hundred years of the Han Dynasty was basically lost, and after Luo's departure from the Central Plains, even the last fuse was gone, and there was still a person who could be trusted in the world before, that is, Zhaogong, who had a reputation of 1,400 years from generation to generation, but now this person is gone.

Taiyuan Palace, the decoration is not very luxurious, it is a very normal palace, especially compared with other nobles in Yan Kingdom, Murong Ke, a high-ranking and powerful king, lives in many people, and even a little shabby.

Murong Ke himself didn't think so, he felt that his living conditions were already very good.

No matter from which aspect, he is a quite perfect person, almost invincible in battle, so far in addition to small-scale battles have failed, large battles have not been defeated, and now Yan State can overwhelm Wei and Han with the power of a country is his credit, if according to the system assessment, he is definitely a genius of more than 390 military figures.

The strongest thing is that he is also very strong in terms of civil governance, and he basically has no shortcomings in terms of private morality, so it is not surprising that there is such a person ruling the Yan Kingdom, and the Yan Kingdom can flourish.

Even people like Luo Youzhi, who have high eyes, have a high opinion of Murong Ke, saying that he is a master who gets on the horse and looks like a man when he gets off the horse.

However, Luo Youzhi thinks that Murong Ke's only drawback is that he is too tolerant of his subordinates, which is different from Luo Youzhi's cognition, he belongs to the kind of person who is more strict with his subordinates.

Even though the night gradually shrouded, Murong Ke's study was still lit with lights and candles, and he was still dealing with the government affairs, all the time, especially after the incident of the Wei State, he summoned Murong Chui back as soon as possible.

On the second day, after dawn, Murong Chui and his cronies came to his mansion, these people came from the Taiyuan Kingdom, where Murong Ke's feudal kingdom was, and the king of Taiyuan County was Murong Ke's complete title.

The brothers of Murong Chui and Murong Ke are both sons born to the Gao family, and Murong Chui is the only person in the Yan royal family who is truly related to Murong Ke.

Murong Ke has always been very concerned about his younger brother, but what really shocked him was the third battle of Hedong, Murong Chui, who was only thirteen years old, was extremely brave, and he could command an army of 1,000 people to fight at a young age, and his sense of smell on the battlefield was like a natural god of war.

This made him think of focusing on cultivating Murong Trai, and even cultivating Murong Trai as his successor, so that after his death, he could let the Yan Kingdom continue to prosper.

After the people entered the palace, they sat down in order.

Murong Ke asked first, "Seventh brother, how is Jinyang?" ”

Jinyang has always been the key city of the state, is the county of Taiyuan County, and further, there is the starting place of Bang Zhou Zhao Guo, located between the two basins, it is the location of the Chong, the left is the Taihang Mountain, the right side is the Luliang Mountain, and the Fen River crosses, it is really a good place to build the capital.

The only problem was that Hedong was not in the hands of Yan State, which caused Jinyang to be too close to the front line.

Murong clenched his fists and said: "Brother, Jinyang has a large population now, and the population that migrated a few years ago has gradually made Bingzhou prosperous, according to your requirements, some palaces have been built in Jinyang, as well as official offices, but brother, you are no longer in charge of Jinyang, why do you want to do these things in Jinyang?" ”

Murong Ke explained: "Now my Dayan is the capital of Jicheng, but this is just an expedient measure, this is actually not the capital of a big empire, the location is too remote, and the land is not particularly fertile, if my Dayan wants to compete for the world, then sooner or later I will have to move the capital, and Jinyang is the new capital chosen for my brother and my Dayan." ”

Murong Chui was even more strange when he heard this, he was young and didn't know much about politics, but he still knew some things, and asked suspiciously: "If you want to move the capital, then why attack the Han State and then move the capital to Yecheng or Handan?"

Although the younger brother is young, he also knows that Yecheng and Handan are big cities in Hebei, which used to be the capitals of a big country and one of the most prosperous cities in the world today. ”

Murong Ke glanced at Murong Chui and said with a smile: "Since you asked today, then Brother Wei will give you a good explanation, why Brother Wei did this, you have to remember that moving the capital is not just a matter of choosing the capital, it is actually choosing a direction for the development of the country in the future."

My Dayan moved the capital from Liaodong to Jicheng, what was this for?

This is because my Dayan has set his sights from the grassland to the Central Plains, and if my Dayan is still in Liaodong, then we should now go west like the Hu people and compete for the hegemony of the grassland.

But the ancestors chose to return to the Central Plains, so we are now the Central Plains country, which is the result of choosing Jicheng as the capital.

Now give up Jicheng because the goal of entering the Central Plains has ended, and now our Yan State has a new goal, after capturing and merging the state, our Yan State has two ways to go, one is to compete with the Wei State, the other is to compete with the Han State, and even break through Jizhou, and directly drive the Han State to the north of the Yellow River.

With the strength of my Dayan, if we attack the Han State with all our might, the Dayan, which has the geographical advantage of Taihang, cannot be resisted by the Han State, and they will lose the entire Jizhou and the entire north of the Yellow River. ”

Murong Ke said this, Murong Chui and the others puffed up their chests proudly, this is all the confidence brought to them by Yan Guo's iron cavalry, Yan Guo has not suffered defeat for too long, and the stronger he fights, it is to describe Yan Guo.

Murong Ke smiled confidently: "Then do you know why Brother Wei chose to attack the Wei State instead of the Han State?" ”

Murong Chui and the others, you look at me, I look at you, and said tentatively: "Is it because the Wei State is better than the Han State?" ”

Murong Ke shook his head and said with a smile: "Naturally not, it's because of the Liang State, if my Yan State hits the Han State hard, it will be to give Qingzhou, Yanzhou and other places to the Liang State, and the Liang State that owns these lands, if it takes Sizhou again, it will be the mortal enemy of my Great Yan."

Use the Han State to contain the Liang State, this is my Dayan's national policy, before my Dayan has overwhelming strength, this national policy can not be changed, unite the Liang State to destroy the Han, this plan can only be said, but it can't really be done, you can do it, you can do it, but you can't really destroy the Han State.

If the Han State has misbehaved towards our Great Yan, then teach it a lesson, and when it understands that Great Yan is invincible, let it attack the Liang State and weaken the two countries, that's all.

Use the rope south of Jizhou to control the Han Kingdom, you have to remember this, seventh brother, you have to remember. ”

Murong Ke's words made everyone suddenly realize, Murong Chui hurriedly nodded to show that he knew, and Murong Ke continued: "Since we are not at war with the Han State for the time being, and we are not ready to attack the Central Plains, then there is no need to establish a capital in the Central Plains.

My plan is to conquer Hedong first, completely collect the land of the Jin State in the past years, and then move the capital to Jinyang, empty the army of Wei in Hedong, and then directly attack Guanzhong, seize the land of Sanqin, and have 800 miles of Qinchuan, plus the old land of Jin Yan, is there anyone in this world who can stop my Dayan?

At that time, attack Jizhou, drive the Han State to the north of the Yellow River, and even cross the Yellow River to kill the Han State, and then hunt with the Liang State in the land of Heluo, and win the battle, the world can be decided, and the north will fight the south, and the victory is in me.

Moving the capital to Jinyang is the first time to move the capital, but it is not the last time, Chang'an and even Luoyang will be the capital of my Dayan in the future, it depends on how far my Dayan can go, do you know? ”

Murong Chui felt quite shocked just by listening, and looked at Murong Ke with admiration.

Since ancient times, people who can make top-level plans for a big force are the most outstanding talents, and people who can see the general trend are the strongest masterminds, and Murong Ke is such a person.

He's not just a god of war.

Murong Chui nodded heavily and said: "Brother, take my younger brother with me in the Battle of Hedong, I want to continue to learn the art of war, and in the future, I will charge for my Dayan, and lead the Dayan Iron Cavalry to fight all the territories under the sun." ”

After listening to Murong Ke's previous words, several people naturally knew that Murong Ke was going to continue to launch the Battle of Hedong and defeat the Wei State.

Murong Ke said slowly: "The Battle of Hedong was fought three times before and after, in fact, in the second time, I was able to capture all of Hedong, but in the end, I withdrew my troops and fought the third Battle of Hedong, do you know why?" ”

Several people shook their heads, but Murong Droi's eyes lit up, and he said loudly: "Brother, I know that you are trying to kill and injure the soldiers of the Wei State in Hedong as much as possible, because Hedong is closer to my Dayan's land, and grain and grass are easier to transport, and fighting in Hedong is equivalent to fighting on the mainland." ”

Murong Ke never expected that it would be a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy who understood himself, but these veterans who had followed him for so many years did not react.

He looked at Murong Chui with more and more satisfaction and said, "Seventh brother, you are really a genius, and Da Yan may have to rely on you to support you in the future."

That's right.

I just want to consume the strength of Wei as much as possible in Hedong, rather than after conquering Hedong, I will go on an expedition in Guanzhong and fight in Guanzhong at the risk of being cut off from food, it is better to fight in Hedong.

The strength of Wei is strong, they are not afraid of my Yan country, these three battles of Hedong, Wei has been fighting with my Dayan field, the second battle of Hedong, I think the strength of Wei is not seriously weakened, the most elite Praetorian guards and tiger and leopard cavalry of Wei have not been hit hard, so I withdrew and waited for the third war.

In the third war, the forbidden army of Wei suffered heavy casualties, and its strength has been weakened a lot, and now I have decided to launch the fourth battle of Hedong, this time Wei should not fight with our army in the field, they are no longer qualified.

But even the siege war, in our purpose, can still consume the last elite of Wei in Hedong, this battle to capture Hedong, force Chang'an, and force Wei to move west. ”

Several people know that Wei will not fight a field war with Yan again, and it must be based on the city, but even if it is based on the city, it is the same for Wei to defend any city, but it is different for Yan State.

The loss of attacking Hedong to Yan was quite small, and the loss of attacking Guanzhong was quite large, and Murong Ke's goal was to inflict large losses on Wei at a small cost as much as possible.

"Wei Guozhong's current political turmoil is also a major benefit for my Dayan, it is really a godsend, the only worry is that Liang may take this opportunity to attack Shu, if it is only to attack Shu, it is okay, I am worried that they will attack Heluo directly.

If Liang State captures Heluo, then my Yan State will border Liang State in advance, and it will inevitably be hostile, and I am worried about affecting the war in Jizhou.

However, there is no perfect thing in this world, Wei still has huge strength in Heluo, and Liang may not be able to succeed, I will take Hedong first.

Now there is another thing that worries me more, that is, the killing of the monarch by Wei Guozong. ”

Murong Chui was taken aback and asked, "Brother, have you already determined that it was the clan relatives who killed the monarch?" ”

Murong Ke shook his head and said: "Naturally, there is no definite news, but eight or nine are not far from ten, Wei Guo has been trying his best to deny it, that must be the truth."

This matter reached the ears of the emperor and the queen mother, and now my Dayan is also a member of the Dafeng clan, which is not a good thing for my Dayan, and now the queen mother is ready to vigorously use her relatives and those scholars, which is obviously affected by the affairs of the Wei State. ”

There are no isolated systems and individuals in this world, and anyone's actions may have an impact on people and things thousands of miles away.

People's influence on fate and general trends is different because of different identities.

The Emperor is clearly the biggest of them all.

Cao Chao's death, whether he wants it or not, he will influence other countries to the greatest extent, Xiao Yan of Liang State has Luo Xianzhi, and he is a little worried that the power of the clan is too great, not to mention Yan Guozhong, who also began to guard against the clan relatives, these people are afraid that they will hate Cao Chengsi and Cao Lin to death.

But things have happened, they can only be solved, the problem is that Murong Ke has not found any good solution now, his status in the Yan Kingdom is very ambiguous, he is a clan, but he is not a clan.

Everyone knows that he is not Murong Chengguang's son, but he is surnamed Murong, and he was raised by Murong Chengguang and the first emperor since childhood, and he has the younger brother of Murong Ke, so he can be crowned a prince.

The Murong clan regarded him as his own, but he drew a line for himself in his heart, that is, to be a courtier like King Luowen, he could do his best all his life, and he didn't have any thoughts about it.

In this matter, he is really not good at speaking, otherwise he will be attacked, although he has a monopoly on power, but in the Yan Kingdom, there are still quite a lot of opposition.

Murong Chui could feel that Murong Ke kept looking at him from the corner of his eye, which was a little strange.

After chatting about the war in Hedong, Murong Ke gave an order to expel the guests: "It's not too early, please go back to the house, when the time is right, I will enter the palace to let you see the emperor and the queen mother, and then lead the troops to Hedong, the seventh brother stays, your sister-in-law makes you some household things, and after eating at noon, you will bring them back to the palace." ”

A few people said goodbye, and Murong Chui was about to ask, but he saw Murong Ke with a calm face and said, "Seventh brother, do you know that a large part of the matter of suppressing the clan is aimed at you?" ”

"Huh?"

Murong Chui was dumbfounded, what did this matter to him?

Murong Ke sighed slightly: "It's because of me, you know that I am not my father's biological son, so the Queen Mother is still at ease with me, but not for you, you are my own brother, and one of my father's only three biological sons."

Now that I am in power again, they all know that I will not usurp the throne, but they are worried that I will pave the way for you, and they are worried that you will snatch the throne in the future, especially after the incident of Wei, they are more and more worried, and you know, our mother entered the genealogy of the Gao clan, and other people have been stirring up this matter. ”

Murong Chui was really a little insensitive to this aspect, and asked a little stunned: "What does this have to do with my mother?" ”

Murong Ke said very clearly before, he still understands a little, it is nothing more than that his brother has too much power, and he can even change the emperor, and he is his brother's own brother, so some people are worried.

But he didn't understand his mother.

Murong Ke explained: "Our mother was originally a branch of the Bohai Gao clan, and because of our brother's nobility over the years, the Bohai Gao clan recognized my mother back.

Mother is also very happy to let our brothers have the help of their mother's family, and those scholars under the command of my brother over the years are all related to the Gao family, otherwise where are those scholars so easy to be willing to be brothers?

These things are not good in the eyes of the emperor, my Dayan has always been repulsive to the scholars, and until now there have not been too many high-ranking lords who have entered the real high-level. ”

Murong Chui was a little puzzled and said: "My Dayan fights the world with bows and horses, why should we cooperate with those scholars, we can study by ourselves and let our children get rich." ”

Murong Ke said angrily when he heard this: "Don't have this kind of thought, the children of the Great Swallow naturally want to study, but the scholars must use it."

You remember that if you want to seize the world, the most important thing is to unite all those who can unite, so that you have more and more friends, and let your enemies have fewer and fewer friends.

Now my Dayan only has Youzhou, Merge Prefecture, and half of Jizhou, and the current officials can still govern, if I swallow Hedong and Guanzhong, can I still use a knife to go to every village and every town to force those ordinary people to pay taxes?

Do you want to let those soldiers who only know how to kill run the place?

Only by letting the nobles manage it can we get taxes from every one of the people, and the people who don't pay taxes, is that our people?

The strength of a dynastic country is not the vast land, not the desolate land, but the people living on the land, the people who can pay taxes, and without the help of the scholars, those people are not the people, but the bottomless pit that will waste money and food in vain.

Don't despise the nobles, do you remember? ”

Murong Chui had never seen Murong Ke like this, so he nodded hurriedly and said, "Brother, I know, I know, we must respect the scholars and the scholars." ”

Murong Ke patted him on the shoulder and said: "It's not for you to be quiet, this big Yan is my Murong clan's after all, they just do things for us, if you do well, you will be rewarded, if you don't do well, whether it is killing or punishing, it is up to us to decide, this is a cooperative relationship, of course, it is a cooperation led by us."

Just give these nobles what they want, and that's it.

These nobles can't threaten us, what really threatens us is the internal turmoil within the royal family, which is a fatal thing.

Because there is nothing to doubt the original loyal clan relatives, it is too ridiculous, but this is the emperor's thinking, helpless, you have to be careful, I will protect you, and you will not suffer from unwarranted disasters. ”

Murong Chui only felt quite unlucky, he hadn't done anything, and as a result, he was suspicious, which made him immediately understand the saying that a companion is like a companion, and sure enough, every word that the sages said was reasonable, just to see when he could meet the application moment of these words.

Murong Chui asked a little dejectedly, "Brother, can I still go to Hedong with you?" If I make any more contributions to Hedong, what will I do? Will the Queen Mother be more suspicious of me? ”

After all, Murong Chui is still a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, he is naturally a little angry when he says this, if it weren't for Murong Ke here, he could even go directly to the Queen Mother to confront him.

Murong Ke said in a deep voice: "Naturally, I want to go, not only to go, I also want you to study hard, and become my Dayan's god of war in the future, if you have talent in this area, I will definitely not bury you."

Now that I am alive, I can still protect you, enough to protect you to grow up, I am not a few years older than you, as long as I am here, I can always protect you in the future, I will preside over government affairs in the court, you lead the troops to fight abroad, and we two brothers will support the Yan Kingdom together. ”

Murong Ke's words immediately made Murong Ke excited again.

"Yes, brother, you are a few years older than me, there is a brother, no one can hurt me, then I will study hard, and strive to be able to replace my brother as soon as possible to go out on the expedition and share some pressure for my brother."

Murong Ke is indeed quite tired of managing government affairs, which is quite a mentally draining thing, and he has to personally preside over the war, which is another quite consuming thing, the two things are superimposed, and Murong Ke even vomits blood.

If Murong Trai grows up and can share the affairs of foreign wars for him, he will be much easier, and maybe he will even be able to live longer.

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Murong Ke entered the palace of Yan Kingdom, he naturally came here often, the emperor is twelve years old this year, he is initially out of the age of not knowing anything, and he began to have his own ideas, the queen mother is a rather strong woman, she is dissatisfied with Murong Ke, someone once wanted to provoke the relationship between her and Murong Ke, and in the end, the emperor believed in Murong Ke, so he stopped the queen mother.

However, as Murong Ke's prestige has grown over the years, the Queen Mother's dissatisfaction with Murong Ke may have disappeared, and she never said anything before the matter of Wei.

Murong Ke still respectfully saluted the emperor and the queen mother.

The emperor's slightly shrill voice sounded with a little childishness, "Uncle, do you have something important to report when you enter the palace this time?" ”

The Queen Mother asked after the emperor: "King Taiyuan, why didn't you come to report what you said last time, the affairs of Wei are too bad, there must be no such thing in my Dayan, you must investigate the kings and clan relatives, and you must not let those with bad intentions occupy a high position, do not show favoritism and live up to Your Majesty's trust." ”

Murong Ke first said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the minister entered the palace this time to report to you on the political affairs of Hedong, after the end of the third battle of Hedong, the minister has been preparing for the fourth battle of Hedong, and now all kinds of preparations have been completed, just wait for an order, my big Yan Erlang will seize Hedong County for Your Majesty, and then attack Guanzhong." ”

The emperor naturally didn't understand what the meaning of this was, but when he heard about the war, he still knew that it was a big deal, so he said: "Then give it all to my uncle, and I will wait in the palace for the news of the triumph of the army." ”

Murong Ke saluted the Queen Mother again: "Queen Mother, the minister has started to investigate the clan relatives according to your requirements, and has not found anything wrong for the time being, perhaps because the Cao clan of Wei Guo has a chaotic situation, so there is today's disaster, and my Murong clan is mostly excellent people, so I have never seen it, the minister will continue to investigate, if there is any discovery, I will report to the Queen Mother as soon as possible." ”

Of course, the queen mother knew that she couldn't find out anything by checking like this, and her purpose was not like this, so she immediately said: "The weight of the world, the first is in the harmony of yin and yang, and the rule of the imperial court, the same is true, the clan is too heavy, and it is not beneficial to the country. ”

This is why the Queen Mother wants Murong Ke to promote talents other than clan relatives, only a person of Murong Ke's status can do this, he heard the words and hurriedly bowed down and said: "The minister obeys the order." ”

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Since the creation of the Murong family, it has been called the Eastern Xia, and its descendants are all heroic and heroic, born in the children and children, and the heavens are prosperous, who will abolish it! - "Northern History: Yan Benji"

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