According to the official system of the Qi Dynasty, the privy envoy is the first product, the general and the governor of the border army are the first product, and the general is the second product.

The marquis on Lu Shen's body is already a superb, this second-grade general seems to be unimportant, but it is a crucial step for him to become a powerful general in the army.

In short, after serving as the general of the Southern Ya, Lu Shen's resume can add a solid stroke, and he may be released as the governor of the border army all the way in the future.

There is also a premise in this, Lu Shen must not have problems in this position, at least not to cause internal turmoil, that is to say, he must be able to suppress the three commanders under his command and a large group of old fritters of the Beijing army.

The north yaguan of the Beijing army is in the northeast corner outside the palace, and the south yamen is in the southeast corner, not far from the six yamen.

After the former general Li Jingda brought the Zhenwei army to Dingzhou in the north, there are now eleven armies in Nanya, Guo Congyi and Hou Yu each led four armies, and only three armies were handed over to Lu Shen.

In the Nan Ya Ming Bamboo Hall, the three middle-aged generals sat a little casually, looking at each other with different expressions, they were Lu Shen's nominal subordinates.

The military general who sits in the first place on the left is nearly forty years old, his name is Le Minghong, and he is now the commander of the mighty army in Nanya Town.

He was born in Xingshan Lejia, Jiangzhou, and was an uncle and nephew with Hubu Shangshule Qinyi.

Among the nine families in Jiangnan, the Jinlin Li family focuses on the way of civil servants, and Li Daoyan never interferes in military power.

The De'an Guo clan and the Yongxin Wang clan are dedicated to developing contacts in the Beijing army, and now the two helmsmen are serving as privy envoys and generals respectively, and their forces are intertwined within the Beijing army.

The other six families had their own strengths, possessed a lot of resources in different fields, and together with the various high-ranking clans attached to the wings of the Nine Great Families, they formed a powerful interest group, which was enough to compete with the weak imperial power after the Yuanjia Revolution.

Le Minghong is tall, with an angular face, and quite arrogant.

Sitting below him was Zuo Yushan, the commander of the Chongwei Army, who was thirty-five years old at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve, and was the son-in-law of the Chen clan of Boyue in Huzhou.

Compared with Le Minghong, who is more emotionally exposed, Zuo Yushan obviously knows how to be restrained, and he is sitting there quietly and gently at the moment, giving people a feeling of harmlessness to humans and animals.

Coupled with his handsome face and calm temperament, he is more like a civil servant who quotes classics than a military general who gallops on the battlefield.

Le Minghong glanced at Zuo Yushan and said lightly: "Brother Zuo is calm. ”

Zuo Yushan smiled and said, "What does Brother Le mean by this? ”

Le Minghong sneered and said: "The new general has made it clear that he wants to do something for His Majesty, and you can still be as stable as a mountain, I have to admire your brother's firmness." ”

This is a bit explicit.

Fortunately, the three people in the hall knew the roots, and they were all their henchmen and soldiers outside, so they were not worried that these conversations would get out.

Zuo Yushan nodded lightly when he heard this: "This general is indeed not an easy person, a prince of the prince with a weak crown, and a powerful general with a heavy army. Look at other people and look at my generation, I am afraid that this gap will not have a chance to catch up in my lifetime. ”

These words made Le Minghong's face slightly gloomy.

He originally wanted to provoke the other two people's disgust and resistance to Lu Shen, even if he didn't fall out with Lu Shen directly, he had to set aside the third general of Nanya personally appointed by the Son of Heaven.

It's just that Zuo Yushan is slippery by nature, and he is obviously unwilling to take over this conversation.

Le Minghong looked at the third person sitting opposite, Yan Bing, the commander of the Liwei Army, and asked, "Commander Yan doesn't seem to be worried at all?" ”

Yan Bing is not from the Nine Families, he is a native of Yongjia, and the Yan family can only be regarded as a little famous locally.

Perhaps because of the weakness of his background, Yan Bing has always been cautious among the arrogant generals in Nanya, and at this moment, facing the question that Le Minghong didn't seem to be very good, he hurriedly replied: "Brother Le, although General Lu has the favor of His Majesty, but he has no foundation in the Beijing army, and he can't even call the name of the lieutenant below, so he doesn't seem to need to worry too much?" ”

Le Minghong snorted lightly and said, "What's the matter if he can't call it, he can replace it with his own henchman." ”

This understatement made Yan Bing's face change in an instant, and even Zuo Yushan, who was indifferent next to him, frowned.

According to the military system of the Qi State, the first army has jurisdiction over four regiments, with four commanders in charge of the regiment, and one regiment has jurisdiction over three to four battalions, which are commanded by the captain in charge of the battalion.

Le Minghong pointed out a very realistic problem, Lu Shen may not be able to do it directly against the three of them, but as long as the captains and captains of the three armies of Zhenwei, Chongwei, and Liwei are replaced, he can hold these nearly 40,000 people in the palm of his hand.

This may seem like an unbelievable assumption, but it is very likely to become a reality.

The Son of Heaven did not hesitate to invite Han Lingfu, the Duke of Jingguo, to split the military power of Nanya, and Lu Shen would not come to Nanya to be a clay puppet statue on this trip.

Yan Bing said worriedly: "Two brothers, it's not like this, right?" ”

Le Minghong said quietly: "You and I both know that the Marquis of Shanyang returned to the capital with two thousand cavalry this time, and perhaps there are enough middle-level generals hidden here." At the previous court meeting, the Marquis of Shanyang took the initiative to propose a plan for the transfer of middle and lower-level military attaches in the Beijing army and the border army, but in the end, His Majesty only approved the posts of 15 people, so that it did not cause large-scale turmoil within the Beijing army. But who knows if this is a deliberate arrangement by His Majesty, just to help the Marquis of Shanyang completely master these three armies. ”

"It's not impossible."

Zuo Yushan put away his previous slightly leisurely posture and said slowly: "Actually, I have been thinking about a question before, why didn't Your Majesty transfer the Dingwei Army to the command of the Marquis of Shanyang?" ”

The other two couldn't help but bow slightly.

Two years ago, the Dingwei army commanded Xu Wen to cooperate with the enemy and treason was investigated and punished, and the Son of Heaven took the opportunity of twelve border army generals to enter Beijing and handed over the Dingwei army to Chen Lanyu, the oldest senior.

In the past two years, Chen Lanyu gradually controlled the authority of the Dingwei Army by virtue of his silent water grinding work.

If he and Dingweijun were transferred to Lu Shen's command this time, it was believed that it would be extremely beneficial to Lu Shen's plan to take power, but the Son of Heaven did not do so, indicating that Lu Shen might take more direct measures.

The faces of the three of them were not very good-looking, and Yan Bing asked first: "Two brothers, if General Lu really wants to do something to the generals of the military departments, how should we deal with it?" ”

Le Minghong was silent at the moment.

Zuo Yushan glanced at his cold face, and said in a deep voice: "The Marquis of Shanyang can't cover the sky with one hand, this kind of major matter must be approved by the Privy Council and the Zhongshu." ”

Le Minghong asked, "What if the Marquis of Shanyang cuts meat with a blunt knife?" What if you change one person today, change one person tomorrow, and change another person in half a month? ”

"This ......"

Zuo Yushan was slightly suffocated.

That's the power of the right thing.

The Son of Heaven took the most difficult first step with the help of Han Lingfu, and the follow-up was only a matter of time.

Lu Shen, as a general in charge of Zhenwei and other armies, doesn't he even have the power to investigate and remove a small lieutenant under his command?

He is not a fortunate person, but a great hero who has successively won the victory of Guangling, the victory of Yongquan, the victory of Wanting, the victory of Lei Ze, the victory of Heluo, and assisted Xiao Wangzhi to recover the entire territory of Dingzhou.

What's more, all three of them commanded the envoy to know that the people below could not stand up to scrutiny.

In such a prosperous place as the capital, it is not an exaggeration to call it a drunken gold fan, not to mention that the captains, captains and even the lowest level of the chief and the chief of the army may be able to have a relationship with the gate lord family.

Once Lu Shen made up his mind to investigate from top to bottom, all the middle and lower-level generals would definitely be wronged, but if they were caught one by one, there would inevitably be fish that slipped through the net.

"Now, you're in the same boat."

Seeing that the time had come, Le Minghong said bluntly: "Now that the people outside are looking at us, if we want to gain a firm foothold in front of Shanyang Hou, we can only make our position clear from the beginning." If he wants to investigate the generals of the Beijing army, then we will make a big deal out of it. How can you just check these three armies? The remaining Eighth Army and the Sixth Army of the Northern Ya in the Southern Ya, including the thousands of forbidden troops guarding the palace, have to be investigated! ”

Zuo Yushan hesitated: "Wouldn't this be too much?" ”

Le Minghong sneered: "Brother Zuo, now is not the time for us to be willing to keep a low profile. If you want to continue to sit in the position of the commander of the Chongwei army, you have to do as I say. If you two refuse to do this, I can't force it, I just hope that you can give an explanation to those who come after you when the time comes. ”

Yan Bing hurriedly smiled and said, "Brother Le, where are you talking, of course Brother Fool will obey your arrangement." ”

Zuo Yushan finally nodded and said, "According to the words of the world brother." ”

Le Minghong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and at this time, a subordinate official walked into Mingzhutang quickly, and said: "The three generals of Qiqi, the general has appeared in the north of the royal street, and will soon arrive in the south ya." ”

Le Minghong asked, "How many people did he bring?" ”

The subordinate officer replied: "There are only about 20 personal soldiers. ”

The expressions of the three of them involuntarily relaxed a little, and they got up one after another and said, "Let's go, let's go to meet the general." ”

When they came to the outside of the yamen with a group of subordinate officials, Le Minghong's eyes immediately narrowed slightly.

I saw more than 20 high-headed horses coming slowly, although they did not deliberately make a posture of slaughter, but these cavalry followed Lu Shen to fight in Jiangbei for two years, I don't know how many Yanjing soldiers have been killed, and they naturally have a fierce momentum.

The sunlight is slightly harsh.

Lu Shen was dressed in a dark red marquis, holding the reins in one hand and twisting the horsewhip in the other, and rode his horse to the side of the steps, looking up slightly at the plaque of Nanya.

Behind him, more than 20 pro-soldiers reined in their horses at the same time, their movements were uniform, and a murderous aura arose.

After a short silence, Le Minghong, Zuo Yushan, and Yan Bing stood in a row, and the other subordinate officials stood behind in an orderly manner, saluting the young prince on the horse and said, "The last general will see the general!" ”

To their surprise, Lu Shen did not give everyone a dismount, and he did not even have the arrogance of a new official.

All they heard was a warm voice.

"Fellow comrades don't have to be polite."

Lu Shen looked at these subordinates with a smile, like a fledgling good man with a peaceful nature.

The warm smile matches the bright sunshine today.

(End of chapter)