In the land east of the river, there is a faint bloody atmosphere, coming from all directions, and countless corpses are scattered.

In the Yan army camp, Murong Ke and other middle and high-ranking military officials sat together, their faces full of smiles.

Because the battle in Hedong went more smoothly than they expected, there was a feeling of "I haven't used my strength yet, why are you falling".

The combat effectiveness of the Wei soldiers was not weak.

The arrows fired by the Wei soldiers were powerful, the stones thrown by the soldiers defending the city were equally powerful, the armor was also excellent, and when the small army met, the elite of the soldiers was also brave, and it seemed that everything was fine.

But under the appearance of normal, it is the Hedong War of Wei that has not won a battle until now!

How wrong this is, anyone can see why this is so, there is only one sentence, one will be incompetent, exhausting the three armies.

Murong Ke coughed lightly, and was about to speak, when the tent was suddenly lifted, and Murong Ke walked in from outside the tent, walking in a tiger's step.

The fourteen-year-old boy was full of sharp energy, and when he saw him walk in, Murong Ke in the camp was full of smiles, and the rest of the people lowered their heads one after another, as if they were hurt by the piercing eyes of the cold murderous aura.

In the months of the Battle of Hedong, Murong Chui shone brightly, quickly growing from a young general who could only lead a partial division to the vanguard of the Yan army.

As we all know, the vanguard is usually the strongest in an army, and the vanguard officer has the heavy responsibility of charging into battle and capturing the flag.

Murong Chui was able to overwhelm the Hu Han generals of the Yan Kingdom, and he won this honor because of his outstanding military achievements, which made people have to be convinced.

Not only is he good at commanding small-scale armies, but he also has a big picture and can counsel military affairs.

Almost all the plans of the war have his suggestions, and this scene makes people involuntarily think of Murong Ke's sudden rise in the Yan State Army.

Murong Ke has become the god of war in just a few years, so Murong Chui took advantage of the power of Murong Ke Zhuyu in front of him, which made people dare not look directly.

Previously, Murong Ke sent Murong Chui to attack the counties in Hedong along the Fenshui all the way north, and he attacked all the way south, which was not only to supplement the army, but also to fight against the Wei army.

I didn't expect Murong Chui to come back so soon.

When he saw Murong Trai carrying a package that was oozing blood in his hand, he knew that Murong Trai must have a surprise waiting for him, so he asked him, "Seventh brother, did you return so quickly?" ”

Murong Chui walked into the camp, with excitement on his face, he knelt directly on one knee on the ground, threw the bloody head wrapped in cloth in his hand directly to the ground, clasped his fists and saluted, and then said directly: "Brother, my brother has sent you a gift, this is the general of Wei to rescue Hedong, Cao Dao, Marquis of Fenyang, he is the auxiliary minister of Wei, he came with an army of 30,000, and was known by his younger brother, and then defeated in the battle of Fenshui West, chased and killed all the way for more than 80 miles, killed a river of blood, beheaded more than 20,000, took off Cao Dao's head, and our army suffered casualties, It's just about 2,000 people. ”

Murong Ke's whole person was stunned, not only him, but everyone in the camp had the same expression, Murong Chui went north with 5,000 cavalry and 3,000 foot soldiers, and encountered 30,000 Cao troops, and he was able to achieve such a big victory.

Murong Ke just said that the combat effectiveness of the Wei soldiers is not bad, but the commander is incompetent, but this incompetence is relative to Murong Ke, and it is the incompetence of the large corps, not the incompetence of small-scale battles.

After Murong Ke was stunned for a short time, he immediately raised his head and laughed, he stepped forward to pull Murong Trai up, sat on the top spot, first carefully checked whether Murong Trai was injured, and saw that there were no injuries, then he asked with a smile: "Good boy, brother really didn't misunderstand you, for brother, the title of the god of war of Dayan, it seems that he will be a boy in the future."

Tell me, what happened, there was such a big result, how did you fight with the army that came to help in Guanzhong? ”

Murong Chui said happily: "Brother, according to your order, my younger brother led Eight Thousand Erlang all the way to the north, and wherever he looked, the troops in the various counties that tried to go south to rescue were defeated.

So they began to hold on to the city, and I knew that I had too few men to storm the big cities, so I bypassed the fortified cities, conquered the small ones, and ate the enemy, and made a great disturbance in the north-east part of the river, and laid a trap for them to attack my grain troops, and I led my army against these armies that went out of the city.

During the battle, I caught a Wei man's detailed work, tortured to extract a confession, knew the route that the Wei army coming to help would pass, and tried many ways to prove that it was true, and then I set up an ambush there.

I knew that a surprise attack by a large army was impossible, so I placed most of the army on the path of retreat.

Sure enough, the Wei army appeared, and I waited quietly for them to be sleepy and tired, and when they began to march and repair, they suddenly led a thousand elite horsemen to kill, although the Wei army was thirty times larger than mine, but it was only pigs and sheep to be slaughtered. ”

Hearing this, everyone was already shocked and inexplicable, a thousand people rushed to a camp of 30,000 people, and it was normal to simply rob the camp, but if you really want to fight down, the most important thing is not at night, but during the day, this is something that normal people can do?

Murong Ke smiled slightly, and deliberately asked for the others: "Seventh brother, a thousand people dare to rush the camp of 30,000 people, it's not night, aren't you worried about being killed?" ”

Murong Chui laughed loudly and said: "If the camp is robbed at night, the Wei army will definitely be heavily guarded, and how many people can rob the camp successfully, brother, I will not bet that the general of the Wei State is a waste who is completely ignorant of military affairs."

The reason why I dared to choose it in the day was because my younger brother had already inspected the terrain of that area, the west was hilly, and the east was a river, and fog often rose during that time period. ”

Murong Ke looked around and smiled, "Do you understand?

This is the difference between ordinary generals and victorious generals, although my seventh brother is still young, but he has already achieved great things, this time the Hedong war is over, and I can hand over the matter of my Dayan campaign to him in the future.

Seventh brother, you go on. ”

Everyone was very convinced of Murong Ke's words, the most convincing and powerful person in the army, Murong Ke's record was there, from the first time he participated in the war, whether it was a big war or a small war, there was no defeat.

This is an achievement that even Murong Ke has not achieved, and Murong Ke has lost some inconsequential battles.

Murong Chui has admired Murong Ke since he was a child, and now that he has been recognized by Murong Ke, he doesn't know how excited he is, and then continued: "My Great Yan Erlang Divine Soldier descended from the sky, and the Wei army fled in a hurry, and I chased and killed all the way behind.

Then they got into the trap I had set up, and I had the sergeant set a fire in the mountains, and I had the horses run back and forth with the branches of the trees, raising up countless dust, and faking the feeling of the army, and the sun was setting in the west.

The Wei army panicked to the point that it had no fighting spirit at all, and died in batches with little resistance.

Brother.

Among these people, there are at least thousands of elite armor soldiers, I saw it in the Wei army camp afterwards, among them there are a large number of symbols of the Wei State Guards, and a battalion of tiger and leopard cavalry, this group of troops is the elite of the Wei State! ”

Praetorian Guard, Tiger and Par Ride!

As soon as these two words came out, there was another burst in the camp, and the Wei guards were put aside for the time being, after all, the emperor of Wei had not been on a personal expedition for a long time, but the tiger and leopard cavalry had been the most elite army of Wei from beginning to end.

After the Wei State established the capital in Chang'an, the choice was the Liangjiazi of the six counties, which was established in full accordance with the Yulinwei regulations of the Han Dynasty, although the large counties of Tianchu and Chengluo have been renamed and replaced, but the traditional range of the six counties still exists.

At this time, even Murong Ke couldn't sit still, and after asking Murong Ke a few more questions, such as the number of beheadings, he suddenly realized that even if Hedong was not captured in this battle, the results would far exceed imagination.

He looked at the military judge and said in a solemn voice: "You immediately write a battle report to Jicheng, report the good news to Your Majesty and the Queen Mother, and at the same time please give a decree to reward Murong Trai and his subordinates, boost the morale of the whole army, and ask Murong Trai to be the king of Hedong, go quickly." ”

The military judge shook his head, saw Murong Ke's expression, and hurriedly left, Murong Chui asked a little stunned: "Brother, why now?" ”

He still remembered that Murong Ke said that after completely defeating Wei and defeating Guanzhong, he would be sealed in Guanzhong, why should he be sealed in Hedong now?

Although his credit is great, if he is rewarded in advance, it will definitely have an impact in the future, and Murong Ke will not be unaware of this truth.

The tent is all Murong Ke's cronies, all of them are the staff of the Taiyuan Palace, with Murong Ke's status, of course, he is the one who opened the mansion, and he did not shy away from it, and said directly to Murong Ke: "Your battle has made Brother Wei realize something.

First of all, the news of the Wei army you got is very weird, if one or two people know about the march of the army, it is normal for the brother, but you have arrested a few people, and they all know that this is not normal, how can such a major military aircraft be spread everywhere?

This can only show that this is deliberately passed on to you, this person is not our fine work, and it cannot be the fine work of other countries, most likely it is a big man in the Wei State.

guessed for my brother, it is very likely to be Cao Chenghe! ”

Militarily, Murong Chui is a strong man, but in terms of intrigue and trickery, he can't turn a corner, and asks suspiciously: "Brother, why do the big people in the Wei State do such a thing that hurts relatives and enemies are happy?" What's in it for him? ”

Murong Ke said softly: "The advantage is that I can get rid of Cao Dao, a political enemy, as for how did the saying that relatives are painful and enemies are happy?"

It is because this kind of thing has appeared endlessly in history, and because this kind of thing is so common that there are too many to count, and those people can even sell it for their own interests, and even the country can sell it directly.

At the end of the Warring States Period, the nobles of Qi directly surrendered to Qin, is this kind of thing something that normal people can do?

Seventh brother, you must remember not to think about what those people do with your own normal thinking, which will bind you.

Besides, the main envoy probably just wanted to block Cao Dao, so that he would not win so smoothly, or let him experience some defeats, but he never expected that Cao Dao would meet you, a natural god of war, and directly defeat such an elite army.

It can be said that people are not as good as heaven, and the organs are too clever to calculate, but they have mistaken national affairs. ”

Murong Chui was stunned when he heard this, and Murong Ke said again: "From this matter, we can see that the dumping in the Wei State is indeed very serious, and this is an excellent opportunity for my Dayan, and we have the opportunity to provoke internal fighting in the Wei State."

In addition, the elite of the Wei State has just suffered a big loss, if we can destroy all the elite of the Wei State in Hedong, it is very likely that my Dayan can directly cross the Yellow River and attack Guanzhong.

If we can get the nobles of Wei to lead the way, or even directly attack and destroy Wei, it is not impossible, in the face of such a huge opportunity, how can Brother Wei not change his plan?

After sealing you in Hedong and capturing Hedong, this is where the foundation of my Dayan's attack on Guanzhong is located, and you are the commander of the Guanzhong, do you think this plan should be changed? ”

Murong Ke's words made everyone's blood boil, and that wonderful prospect was simply exciting, not to mention that as the main member of this plan, Murong Chui.

He was the protagonist of this plan, and the great burden was on his shoulders, but the great glory was also waiting for him, and he couldn't help but rub the sword at his waist, and an awe-inspiring murderous aura had risen from his body.

"But the canonization decree must be approved by His Majesty and the Queen Mother, which is difficult to pass, and they have always been prejudiced against His Highness."

A voice came from the end of the tent, it was a scribe, seeing everyone looking over, the scribe continued: "The most likely thing for Your Majesty and the Queen Mother to do is to change the title of Generalissimo to you as the king of Hedong County. ”

There was silence in the tent, Murong Chui clenched the hilt of the sword, Murong Ke pinched Murong Chui's wrist, and then shook his head, Wei Guozhong was seriously tilted, and Yan Guozhong was not much better, but he was in power, and Wei Guo had not yet come to this point, and there was just a person who could control everything.

……

The Yan army took advantage of the defeat of the first batch of reinforcements of Wei and the time when the new reinforcements had not yet arrived, and stormed the counties of Hedong, and the major county towns fell one after another, and the loss of Hedong was only a matter of time in the eyes of most people.

The court of Wei received the news of the annihilation of Cao Dao's entire army, and this devastating north wind was like the most severe north wind blowing through the crowd wearing only single clothes, shocking everyone in Wei State.

Including the initiator Cao Chenghei.

Murong Ke's guess was not wrong, this matter was indeed done by Cao Chenghe, but he would never have thought that the 30,000 army would be wiped out, and there were thousands of armor soldiers among them, which was the most elite army of the Wei State.

It's just gone, and Cao Chengsi also feels a little flustered.

At the Great Dynasty Meeting, above the imperial court, facing the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, Cao Chengsi said loudly: "Cao Dao is incompetent, and the army is defeated!"

It's really a shame for my Cao family, this battle failed, that Cao Dao was stubborn and self-serving, obviously incapacitated, but arrogant, which led to this defeat, poor my soldiers of Dawei, died in vain on the land east of the river. ”

In any case, let's throw this pot out first, Cao Chengsi's hands and feet are very clean.

And I have to say that Cao Dao's 30,000 people have not beaten Murong Chui 1,000 people, and he was chased and killed, and he also fled to the encirclement and ambush circle, one ring after another.

Now Cao Chengsi is alive and righteous, Cao Dao is dead, he can't speak, his son and subordinates either died in that catastrophe, or they were criticized by Cao Chengsi and couldn't raise their heads at all.

After the Empress Dowager of Wei waited until Cao Chengsi finished speaking, she still couldn't stabilize her mentality, and asked in a panic: "Zhuqing, now that our army has been destroyed in Hedong, the Heluo defenders are at war with the Liang State, and the Hedong army is losing and retreating, what can I do about it?"

Could it be that you just watched the Yan Kingdom seize the land east of my river?

If you lose Hedong, won't the Yan army have to look at me across the Yellow River, and won't Chang'an always be under the iron hooves of the Yan people? ”

This is the Empress Dowager of Wei is a little unfounded, even if the east of the river is lost, Guanzhong will not be so simple to be captured, the problem of the grain route alone is not easy to solve, in the absence of water transportation, grain and grass for every hundred miles forward, the resources required will be several times more.

Thousands of miles away from the supply of grain and grass, and even maybe ten percent of the grain and grass on the road was eaten ninety percent of ninety, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fought the Huns, known as the war won by gold paving, is by no means a lie.

If Guanzhong can be conquered so easily, then Murong Ke will not have to let Murong Chui defend Hedong first, and then slowly try to do it, but if a war like the Battle of Fenshui comes two or three times and completely defeats all the fighting forces of Wei, then even a person like Murong Ke who seeks stability will probably seek to destroy Wei in a war.

Seeing that there was some chaos in the court, Cao Chengsi stood up and said loudly: "The Queen Mother doesn't have to worry too much, Cao Dao's incompetence does not mean that the rest of my Great Wei is incompetent, although his army is completely destroyed, my Great Wei has another army, fortunately, the minister has long been worried and did not hand over all the troops to him."

Now there is another main force of my Great Wei, there are nearly 10,000 elites in armor who are heading to Hedong, and tens of thousands of auxiliary soldiers are accompanying them, such a powerful force will definitely be able to hold Hedong, and will never let Yan Guo enter the danger of entering Guanzhong.

The Queen Mother, I am in the Great Wei Pass, and the country of the four stops is the most stable place in the world.

At the beginning of the Warring States period, all the countries attacked the Qin State together and could not enter it, but now there is only one Yan State, don't worry, no one can attack my Great Wei Pass. ”

The Empress Dowager of Wei, a woman in the deep palace, is not the kind of politician who can rule the world after Lu Hou, at this time, she can only believe in Cao Chengsi, and Cao Chengsi said that the oath is clear, well-organized, reasonable, and has to be convinced, and the existence of another army has also made many people gradually put their minds at ease.

A huge Wei State is indeed not going to fall apart because of the defeat of a battle.

After all, the Wei State has been established for nearly a hundred years, and has experienced six generations of kings, which is far from being comparable to the kind of country that has established a generation.

Cao Chengsi walked out of the palace, this time he didn't dare to make any small moves, for fear that he would kill another army, but he would still keep an eye on the war in Hedong, if the war got better in a better direction, he would have to do something.

After he returned to the mansion, he got an extremely important piece of news, that is, about Murong Ke's reward for Murong Chui, Wei Guo's ability to work carefully is still very strong.

After Cao Chengsi learned about this, he knew that his opportunity to behave had come, "Murong Ke, Murong Ke, you are really smart, you are confused for a while, and you are too loyal to state affairs, so that you ignore yourself?"

Then I won't be polite to you, this is a knife you sent yourself, if you don't kill you, how can I be worthy of you? ”

……

The envoys who left from Hedong went all the way to Jicheng along the Bingzhou, and there were almost no obstacles along the way, Murong Ke experienced several years in Taiyuan, and his greatest achievement was to repair the roads in the Bingzhou and suppress the bandits.

The war in Hedong is now the top priority of the Yan Kingdom, and a steady stream of war reports have gathered in Jicheng, and any news about Hedong will be handed to the palace as soon as possible, after Murong Ke leaves the imperial court, it is naturally impossible for him to be his political enemy who stays here, and he is still his political ally.

Usually there are letters about Murong Ke, and there will be a reply soon, but this time the letters were backlogged, and Murong Ke's political allies didn't know what was written in the letter, and they were a little uneasy for a while.

In the palace, the emperor is still young and has never been in power, and when the queen mother saw this letter, she was furious, and she didn't care about the eunuchs and palace ladies who were left and right: "If you want to reward your brother, Murong Ke will not allow it, but now he is seeking such a big position for his younger brother."

Yu's relatives have merit to the country, what about Murong Chui, with the merit of his brother, he wants such a high status, Murong Ke has made merit himself, but he doesn't want it, but he wants to give it to Murong Chui, what does he want to do?

Can the country's military merit system be corrupted in this way? ”

The emperor was by the side of the Queen Mother, read the letter, and with the same look of anger, he rarely expressed his dissatisfaction with Murong Ke and said: "Uncle Wang really shouldn't do this, the country's military merit system can't be destroyed at will, Uncle Seven Wang should make meritorious service himself, he is his grandfather's own son, if he really has great merit, even if he rewards a prince, he should do it, but he can't do it." ”

The eunuchs and palace ladies in the palace faced the angry queen mother and the angry emperor, they had already fallen on the ground, and they didn't dare to come out, only to feel a cold feeling all over the hall, I am afraid that the thing they regret the most now is to stay here.

The Empress Dowager and the Emperor of the Yan Kingdom didn't believe in Murong Trai's military exploits at all, they all thought that Murong Ke had given his credit to Murong Trai, after all, Murong Trai was only fourteen years old now, who could believe that he could kill more than 20,000 Wei troops and thousands of elite armor soldiers.

The Queen Mother didn't want to give Murong Chui such an important county as Hedong at all, let alone the prince, and from the bottom of her heart, she still resented Murong Ke for hindering her from rewarding her relatives.

The emperor knew that Murong Chui was the prince of the Eight Classics, not to mention the king of Hedong County, even if he was a prince, there was no problem at all, but the emperor himself did not want to reward Murong Chui for Hedong, and let Murong Chui lead a Liaodong.

Yanguo Liaodong has long been an empty shelf, and the current Liaodong cannot be the same.

Or that all the states and counties are not the same now, just as Wei made Heluo's piece a state, and Liang's state turned Nanyang's piece into a state.

The state has gone from being a behemoth like the thirteen states to being big or small, and some states are not even as big as a county, because that state was a county before.

Nowadays, many states and counties are much smaller than before, and there are many reasons for this, but one of them has something to do with the title, since the two titles of county duke and county king have been common, it is destined that the county will definitely become smaller.

After all, the former liehou was just a county, how could it be possible to give the prince's fief to a county now, then it could only change the size of the county, turn the county into a small county that could only accommodate two or three counties, and then seal the county duke and the county king, then it would be fine.

Just as the kings of Chu, Liang, and Zhao in the Han Dynasty were actually only equivalent to a county, and the kings of the Bang and Zhou dynasties were completely different, which is the same reason.

After the Empress Dowager Yan Guo vented, she looked at the letter in her hand again, and hesitated a little, now Murong Ke is leading the troops outside, and he has an outstanding reputation, especially if he does not invite credit for himself, if he refutes it, it will be too ugly, and the Empress Dowager of Yan Guo is actually a little afraid of Murong Ke.

Murong Ke has always been very respectful, without the slightest arrogance of other powerful ministers, but the more this is the case, the more frightened the Queen Mother feels, she always feels that Murong Ke is the kind of person who has a treacherous heart in his heart, although he is a good gentleman on weekdays, but a change will lead the soldiers and horses to rush into the palace and execute her and the emperor.

Murong Ke is a powerful minister of this status, there will naturally be no shortage of gossip, when Ji Zhao was regent back then, there were also gossips, until he came back from the Eastern Expedition and proved that he could overthrow King Zhou Kang's position as the Son of Heaven at any time, this kind of gossip stopped.

Because Ji Zhao has already proved with facts that he really doesn't want the position of the Son of Heaven, not that he can't ask for it.

Murong Ke doesn't care about this, he takes King Luo Wen as an example, it can be said that he is famous all over the world without persuasion, and the world is not discouraged, he believes that time will prove everything, and the rivers and rivers will prove his sincerity.

Emperor Yan was very smart, he saw his mother's hesitation, and knew what she was thinking, so he said: "Queen Mother, King Taiyuan's letter should still be replied to, just put it in the court meeting to discuss, such a big matter, always let the courtiers know." ”

This is not a way to do it, from the bottom of her heart, the Queen Mother knows that she can't refuse, and there is a feeling in the dark that she can't refuse, otherwise something unfortunate will happen.

The matter was put down for the time being, and then discussed at the court meeting, and the next court meeting was still four days later, and the queen mother was still uneasy when she was dressing up, so she summoned her own people into the palace and told them about the matter, wanting to get some opinions.

The elder brother of the Queen Mother is also considered to be a high position in today's Yan Kingdom, but he has no power, because he is a second-generation gentleman who does not learn and has no skills, and he is disliked by Murong Ke.

When the queen mother's brother heard this, he complained: "Murong Ke is just a hu..., cough, he is not the prince born to his ancestor, and he doesn't know why he dares to be so rampant, this Murong is not Murong, it's really annoying." ”

He originally wanted to scold Murong Ke for being a mongrel of the Hu people, but he took it back, he couldn't say this in the Yan Kingdom, and the last emperor and grandson who said this were now demoted to concubines, and he saw that there was no chance to recover.

And he himself also has the blood of the Dugu clan, not to mention the eldest brother, the queen mother said in a deep voice: "I'm not here to listen to you complain, what to do now, always have to discuss a countermeasure, I mentioned to Murong Ke some time ago about giving you an official position, but then the battle of Hedong broke out, which has not been implemented yet, but he first asked for a position with Yulai, which is really indignant." ”

What the Queen Mother is saying now is her biggest dissatisfaction with Murong Ke, in her opinion, it is normal to have a huge Yan Kingdom, one of her sons to be the emperor, and the other sons to be crowned kings is not too much, and then give some princes to her relatives, which is also a normal thing.

But Murong Ke didn't agree to use those big truths to pressure her, saying that now the territory of Yan State is not large enough, the population is not large enough, if all of them are given to the kings and princes, plus the hidden household registration of the scholars, then the court will have very few soldiers to use, which is not good for the country's society.

This made her very indignant, she was just asking for fiefs for her sons, what was wrong with this, and there was a huge Yan country, how could it be that there would be no land and population if there were a few kings.

Besides, after being crowned king, her sons can still lead the army to fight against Dayan, and if it is not after the seal, they are not the people of Dayan, and now it is no longer the kind of land and territory that was divided in the Bangzhou period, just a domain.

So the Queen Mother felt that this was Murong Ke deliberately targeting her, especially after the incident of Murong Chui, she was even more angry, it turned out that you Murong Ke was not unwilling to be crowned king, you were unwilling to give outsiders the title of king, and when you gave your own brother the title of king, you were very willing.

Hedong County!

A Hedong county is richer than a merger state, more population than a merger state, and the geographical conditions are also superior to the extreme, such a good place, plus Murong Ke's Taiyuan county king, Murong Chui can enter the east and merge the state into a separatist trend, the west can enter the Guanzhong, and become the trend of the West Qin, it can be said that it is blessed, what heart do you Murong Ke'an?

Although the Queen Mother did not say these words explicitly, she thought so in her heart, doubts, deep doubts, and doubts about anyone who might seize the throne.

Seeing that the Queen Mother was really angry, her brother arched the fire and said: "Queen Mother, it is better to send an order to Hedong, saying that it was a divination some time ago, saying that it is not good for my Dayan's national situation to use swords and soldiers now, and it may even affect my Dayan's national fortunes, and then call Murong Ke back."

In this way, Murong Ke cannot continue to make meritorious contributions in Hedong, and Murong Ke's merits can also be divided among several people, or the position of the king of Hedong County can be reduced, in short, they cannot be allowed to occupy Hedong County.

Now the Wei State is struggling to support in Hedong County, vulnerable to a single blow, anyone who goes can win, and when Murong Ke is called back, the minister is willing to lead a large army to conquer Hedong County, and he will definitely be able to make great contributions, at that time, we have to see what Murong Ke still uses to hinder us.

And the queen mother, you can still seal the second son and the third son of the emperor in Hedong, one is the king of Jin, the other is the king of Hedong, plus a county prince of my family, but I want to see what waves a mere Taiyuan county king can make.

After a few days of the court meeting, the ministers will find someone to oppose this matter, and the queen mother does not have to worry. ”

Not only him, but the eunuchs close to the Queen Mother also assisted in a timely manner, Murong Ke has some good character in the political arena, so he will naturally provoke a group of people, which is not even up to him to decide.

The Empress Dowager Yan is not a very smart person, and people like her are too common.

It is easy to believe rumors, it is easy to be emotionally aroused, it is easy to identify a fact, it is easy to believe those seemingly logical words, this kind of person, at any time, will only be the cannon fodder and tools of those smart people, to accomplish one thing after another that others want to use.

In these voices, the Empress Dowager Yan Guo was already a little unable to think rationally, and her last concern was Murong Ke's prestige, which made her finally hesitate and say: "Let's wait for the court meeting to see what the rest of the ministers say, the big war is not so easy to stop, I am a woman, how can I understand this?" ”

Having said that, her spirit has long been shaken, and this point is naturally grasped by others, and the eyes of the treacherous plan that will succeed appear in everyone's eyes, with a trace of ruthlessness, Murong Ke, Murong Ke, aren't you invincible in the world?

Aren't you so proud that you look down on us people?

When you're in prison, I'll see how you put on your face and look at me with those contemptuous eyes.

The shadow falls on every part of the palace, whether it is the Wei State or the Yan Kingdom, the legend says that the palace is the most glorious place in the world, but if you look closely, you can only see countless filths and conspiracies from here.

……

The time for the great court meeting has finally arrived, and the ministers originally thought that it was a relatively normal court meeting, starting from the war in Hedong, basically the major events revolved around this war, until Murong Ke's letter was revealed to the world at the court meeting.

The ministers were first excited that Murong Ke had achieved such a great victory in Hedong, but then they were shocked by Murong Ke's reward later, if this credit was really made by Murong Chui, the ministers thought that this reward was very normal.

After all, Murong Chui is not Murong Ke, a pseudo-clan relative, he is the son of Murong Chengguang, the founder of the Murong Yan Kingdom, the son of Emperor Murong Chengguang, the brother of the first emperor, and the uncle of the current emperor.

In the Yan Kingdom, bloodline and military exploits are the most important, which has always been the rule.

But half of the courtiers in the court lowered their heads and didn't speak, they really understood too well why the queen mother and the emperor wanted to take this matter to the court to discuss, which was obviously unwilling to give, but it was not good to refuse directly, so someone had to find a reason for them, and then they refused on the grounds that someone disagreed.

But who would dare to take this matter?

Those officials who are neutral between the Queen Mother and Murong Ke will never wade into this troubled water, no matter who it is, they can't afford to offend, so it's better to watch the two sides fight.

In fact, this kind of major event at the court meeting, that is, a demonstration of the strength of various factions, the officials on Murong Ke's side of course agreed with this proposal, and the reason was very simple, not to mention that this was what Murong Chui deserved, but to say that this big reward was on the front line, which could greatly boost morale and greatly benefit the conduct of the war.

But at this time, the Queen Mother's people came out to object: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the minister has a word, please listen quietly."

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that meritorious deeds are rewarded, but they are all rewarded after the war, and how many of them are rewarded before the war?

The war in Hedong has not yet ended, and at this time, the king of Liaodong County was rewarded, and the ministers thought it was inappropriate.

Although it is suspected of growing the ambition of others to say this, the minister still has to say that if my Dayan suffers a failure and the king of Liaodong County fails, should the king of Hedong County, who was rewarded to him, take it back?

The dignified position of the king of the county, in a short period of time, the reward was withdrawn, isn't this a desecration of the position of the king of the county?

Isn't this child's play with the state system?

The minister thought that he could not be rewarded, and all the merits would be calculated and rewarded together after the war, which was a little shallow opinion of the minister, but he was full of fists, and asked His Majesty and the Queen Mother to personally appreciate it. ”

Empress Dowager Yanguo's eyes were full of surprise, she didn't expect her brother to find such a sharp person, these words are reasonable, it is really an excellent step to go down.

Seeing this, the officials on Murong Ke's side naturally couldn't admit defeat, and of course there were great flaws in these words, since ancient times, rewards abound in wartime, especially in order to boost morale, most of them are paid directly in front of the battle, which can't be called child's play at all.

As for the king and the knighthood, is there still less such thing?

There are meritorious rewards and punishments, this is not only not child's play, but it can make people have a sense of awe of the national system, even if the princes and kings have to obey this regulation, not to mention other people, it can effectively deter other magnates in the Yan Kingdom.

But as soon as they wanted to open their mouths, they were interrupted by another person who came prepared, and it was the supervisor of the heavens, who said: "Queen Mother, the ministers watch the sky at night, and there are glowing stars moving westward, which is a bad omen." ”

The Queen Mother secretly said in her heart: "It's here, it's here." ”

But he asked in a loud voice, "Bad omen?" Is there an explanation? ”

The supervisor of the Heavenly Prison was bowing down and said solemnly: "Empress Dowager Qiqi, after the minister's calculation, the Glowing Star moved westward, and it should be in this war with the Wei State, after the minister's divination, the hexagram he got is that this war in Hedong, even if it is the final victory, will be very harmful to my Dayan, and will usher in disasters for my Dayan, and even affect my Dayan's national fortune." ”

"What!"

There was already an uproar in the hall, and the Queen Mother asked in disbelief, "Are you sure?" Will it really affect my Dayan's national fortunes? ”

The supervisor of the heavenly department was still solemn and said: "The minister can't be sure, but the hexagram shows it like this, and the minister is only because the queen mother and His Majesty should be made aware of it, so he informed." ”

The Queen Mother stood up directly and looked around at everyone: "The divination is a big matter, immediately go west to the generalissimo, Murong Ke, the king of Taiyuan, issued a golden order, led the army, and returned to Jicheng!" ”

Return to Jicheng!

There was silence in the hall for a while!

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Wei has an heir, so there is the defeat of Fenshui, and almost the loss of the country; Yan has a traitor, so there is a golden order to urge, unfinished work, since ancient times the monarch fainted and the sage, how many, the ruler, the country is also big. - "Di Fan"

(End of chapter)