Great Xia, the capital.

Inside the Xuanzheng Palace.

The officials talked a lot, and the whole hall was like a vegetable market.

At this time, the voice of a eunuch came.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

The chaotic sound in the hall disappeared in an instant, and suddenly became extremely quiet again.

Emperor Xia, who was wearing a yellow dragon robe, slowly came to the top of the dragon platform, he waved his sleeves, then sat on the dragon chair, and glanced at the officials in the audience with a sharp gaze, especially those officials of the family.

After a while, Emperor Xia spoke: "What do you think about the war between Dawu and Daxia? ”

Wang Chengshuo, the squire of the military department, stood up without hesitation and said directly: "Your Majesty, the Dawu army is fierce, and now the front line is scorching, and the imperial army has suffered countless casualties. ”

Hearing Wang Chengshuo's words, Emperor Xia's eyes narrowed slightly, he was not a fool, although Wang Chengshuo only mentioned the vassal king and did not name him, but Emperor Xia instantly guessed Wang Chengshuo's intentions.

At this time, Zhao Wenhan, the right minister, also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Wang Shilang said is not unreasonable. ”

"According to the battle report in front, in just half a month, the imperial court lost nearly 100,000 troops, it is obvious that Dawu is prepared this time, and they are still increasing their troops, this is obviously not just a small fight."

"Although the war seems to have been provoked by us, but Dawu has gathered so many troops in such a short period of time and quickly captured our two counties, it is obvious that they have long realized that there will be such a war, so the minister thinks that the war between the two countries broke out this time, someone is deliberately instigating, and the person who instigated this war is in Daxia."

Hearing Zhao Wenhan's words, Emperor Xia sneered, of course he knew that the people who instigated this war were within Great Xia, and it was clear that they were those families.

His shadow guards had already found out that the Chu family and the Dawu royal family had close contacts, and there was a high probability that the war this time was provoked by the Jiangnan family headed by the Chu family.

As for what their purpose is, there is no need to rush him to guess, soon they will say it themselves.

At this time, Emperor Xia said coldly: "Go on." ”

Zhao Wenhan continued: "The minister thinks that the one who instigated this war is very likely to be a certain vassal king in Great Xia, this person must want to let the army of the Great Xia Dynasty fight to the death with the Great Wu Dynasty, and when the elite of the imperial court is almost consumed, that person will directly rebel, and at that time, the imperial court will no longer be able to stop that person." ”

"Therefore, the minister thinks that in order to prevent those vassal kings from rebelling after the war, all the troops in their fiefdoms should be sent to the front."

Hearing Zhao Wenhan's words, Emperor Xia showed a smile on his face, and then said: "What Zhao Aiqing said is very reasonable, and it just so happens that I think the same thing, but such a random mobilization of soldiers in the territory of the vassal kings may cause dissatisfaction among the vassal kings." ”

Zhao Wenhan said: "As the vassal kings of Great Xia, it is their duty to defend Great Xia, Your Majesty is merciful, it was already very good for them to let them keep the army in the fief back then, if they don't want to send troops at this time, it will be equivalent to a rebellion." ”

At this time, Wang Chengshuo said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Northern King is brave and good at fighting, and has 50,000 heavy cavalry in his hands, which is the strongest military strength among the major vassal kings, as long as he goes to the front line, he will definitely be able to drive the Dawu army out of Daxia and raise the prestige of my Daxia country!" ”

"Moreover, the North King sent troops, which can be regarded as setting an example for other vassal kings, and other vassal kings will have to follow suit when the time comes."

Hearing Wang Chengshuo's words, Emperor Xia chuckled, no, the purpose of the family was exposed, and there was no need for him to speculate.

Emperor Xia had already guessed that there would be such a day.

After all, in the eyes of the family, he has 50,000 heavy cavalry in his hands, which makes those families sleepless all night, and if they don't disintegrate these 50,000 heavy cavalry, they will definitely not give up.

In fact, not to mention those families who couldn't sleep all night, even he himself was afraid of these 50,000 heavy cavalry, and he was also thinking about how to deal with these 50,000 heavy cavalry.

But for now, he doesn't want these 50,000 heavy cavalry to be dismantled, after all, he still needs to use the 50,000 heavy cavalry in Beijun to deter those families who want to rebel.

But looking at the appearance of these families, they probably can't wait.

At this time, Emperor Xia's gaze fell on Lin Gaoyuan.

Lin Gaoyuan naturally felt Emperor Xia's gaze, but he didn't immediately stand up and say anything.

After his son Lin Xiuming came back from Beijun, he told him everything about Beijun, and for now, Lin Gaoyuan is the one who knows most about Beijun in the entire imperial court.

Lin Gaoyuan didn't want to offend the king of the north, and he didn't want to get involved in this matter, after all, the right minister and the family faction both proposed that the vassal king might rebel, and he prevented the king of the north from going to the front line at this time, so didn't it mean that he was colluding with the king of the north.

Seeing that Lin Gaoyuan didn't speak, Emperor Xia frowned slightly, obviously very unhappy that Lin Gaoyuan kept silent.

At this time, Hubu Shangshu Wang Hai stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister knows that Beijun is poor and may not have enough food and grass when he goes out, so the minister has prepared an extra 100,000 troops in advance for half a year, which is enough for the 50,000 heavy cavalry of the Northern King to stay on the front line for half a year, so that the Northern King does not have to worry about insufficient food." ”

Emperor Xia looked at Hube Shangshu indifferently, without any expression on his face.

A few months ago, the 300,000 barbarian army went south, and asked the household department to prepare the grain and grass for the 70,000 army to go out, but the household department dragged on for more than a month and did not prepare.

As a result, the imperial court has not yet decided to let the Northern King transfer troops to the front line, and the household department has prepared half a year's grain and grass for the Northern King's army.

At this time, Emperor Xia looked at the military department Shangshu who had not spoken.

"Chu Aiqing, why is it that your military department is a squire? Don't you have any other opinions? ”

Wang Chengshuo, the squire of the Ministry of War, is the Wang family, and Chu Qinwu, the newly appointed secretary of the Ministry of War, is the Chu family.

At this time, Chu Qinwu stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Wang Shilang and the Right Prime Minister said is not unreasonable, the Northern King has a heavy cavalry far beyond the imperial court, and when Great Xia faces the invasion of foreign enemies, he should stand up." ”

"This is not only the idea of the ministers, nor is it just the idea of the ministers of the court, but also the expectations of the people, and now many people think that the court should send the king of the north to the front line and teach the invading enemy a hard lesson."

"And the soldiers on the front line also need a big victory to boost their morale."

After hearing Chu Qinwu's words, Emperor Xia glanced at the other ministers in the main hall, and then asked, "Do you Aiqing have any other ideas?" ”

At this time, the hall was extremely quiet, and no one spoke.

Neither the Eight Princes' faction nor the forces of the other princes wanted the 50,000 heavy cavalry of the Northern County to exist, so they were happy to see the 50,000 heavy cavalry of the Northern King being transferred to the front line.

Seeing that there was no minister to speak again, Emperor Xia snorted, and then said: "Draft, the king of the north is brave and good at fighting......"

Just when everyone was happy that the North King was going to be transferred to the front line, suddenly a soldier's voice came from outside the main hall.

"Northland Emergency !!"

(End of chapter)