Chapter 256: Factions
King An nodded, turned around and went back to the study to repair a book, then handed it to Ah Niu, and said, "You take this letter to Shaolin and personally present it to Master Wuxian, if you see Xu Guerrilla, you can also show it to him!"
"Yes! My subordinates understand!" said Ah Niu.
"Well, then you pack up and go as soon as possible!" King An raised his hand and motioned for Ah Niu to retreat. Ah Niu immediately bowed goodbye, turned around and retreated.
After dealing with this matter, King An tidied up his clothes again, and walked towards the flower hall. Although he was still extremely worried about Wan'er in his heart, he was afraid that something would happen to her.
But he can't, now that the war is over, there are thousands of things, as the king of Ningxia, where does he have time to take care of his children's affairs, he can only deal with the affairs of Ningxia as soon as possible, and then send people to various places to explore Wan'er's whereabouts.
Thinking about his heart like this, King An slowly paced to the flower hall, and heard Sun Jingwen and Xu Guangzuo talking and laughing there from a distance.
When he came to the door of the flower hall, King An laughed and said, "Haha! Xu Guogong is busy with military affairs, why do you have the leisure to come to this king's mansion today?"
After finishing speaking, King An had already entered the flower hall and bowed to Xu Guangzuo.
Xu Guangzuo also didn't hold it up, stood up and saluted King An with the courtesy of a courtier, and then said: "I have been disturbing the prince in Ningxia for a long time, how can I be busy with official business, and I have never been empty to talk to King An."
Today, I heard a report from the patrol officers under my command, Xu Guerrilla seemed to have something urgent, and entered the Anwang Mansion in a panic, I thought if it was Xu Guerrilla or Your Highness, did you encounter something? This put aside military affairs and came to consult a detailed account or two for His Highness or Xu Guerrilla!"
Xu Guangzuo didn't beat around the bush, and directly explained the reason for coming to King An's Mansion.
King An was stunned when he heard this, and then pulled Xu Guangzuo to sit down with a wry smile, and ordered his subordinates to serve tea, before saying: "Xu Guogong has a heart! This king has thanked Guogong for Zilong for his love here!"
"It's okay!" Xu Guangzuo waved his hand slightly, then looked at King An suspiciously, and asked, "Why didn't you see Zilong?
"This ......" King An looked embarrassed, judging from his performance in recent days, Xu Guangzuo appreciated Zilong very much, so he treated Zilong like this.
But now Zilong, for the sake of Wan'er's safety, was not here when Xu Guangzuo came to look for it, which is really a little hard to say.
But Wan'er is King An's beloved daughter after all, and he can't say that Zilong is not good at doing this.
When he was embarrassed, Sun Jingwen saw King An's embarrassment, and immediately said: "Back to Xu Guogong, Xu Guerrilla left our palace because of some important matters!"
"Oh, I came here today because I have good news to tell Zilong, he has something important to leave, His Royal Highness King An, isn't it convenient for you to tell me?"
Hearing this, Xu Guangzuo continued to ask, he came today, not only to talk to Zilong and King An, but also to discuss with Zilong, now that the main lord is not there, how can he not be in a hurry.
"This ...... The night before yesterday, at the celebration banquet, the prince announced on the spot the marriage of Xu Guji's and the prince's beloved daughter, Miss Wan'er, this Xu Guogong should be clear!" Sun Jingwen knew that it was inconvenient for King An to say this, so he stiffened his head and let him say it.
Xu Guangzuo was old in the officialdom, so he could naturally see King An's embarrassment, and he didn't think it was a pestle at the moment, and chatted with Sun Jingwen: "Well!
Now there are many military generals in the vicinity of Ningxia, but half of them have stayed to attend Zilong's wedding! After all, this battle Zilong's merits are second to none, and everyone is looking at it!"
"But just the night before, Miss Wan'er had some awkward trouble with Xu Guerrilla, and now she is missing! Today, Xu Guerrilla came to the mansion to find our prince and ask Miss Wan'er's whereabouts!" Sun Jingwen said slowly.
After listening to what Sun Jingwen said, Xu Guangzuo looked strange and was speechless for a long time, and finally became sneering and said: "His Royal Highness King An, last time Zilong was in my big tent, in full view of everyone, he bumped into me and saved that Ma Fengyue, I thought he was the result of his mother's filial piety!
"What Xu Guogong said is!" Seeing Xu Guangzuo like this, King An couldn't help but put his mind at ease, knowing that Xu Guangzuo was only afraid that he was not really angry, and immediately said, "This Zilong can also be regarded as the growth of this king!" It is because he has a pure heart and values love and righteousness that this king vigorously cultivates him, and gives him the king's beloved daughter!"
"Haha! Such a young and affectionate young hero is really a blessing for me and a blessing for my society!"
Originally, Xu Guangzuo still complained about Zilong's neglect of himself, but at this time, he only felt that Zilong could be so affectionate, and he would definitely be grateful for his kindness.
In this way, in the future, if he is put on the throne, he will definitely return the favor and echo himself in the place, which is really good.
The more Xu Guangzuo thought about it, the more he felt good, and said with a smile: "Then what about the marriage after these eight days?"
"This ......" King An was stunned when he heard this, and then said curtly, "In this way, I'm afraid I can only postpone it!"
"Well, then I'll go to the army and talk about it, just say that Miss Wan'er is sick and needs a period of recuperation, and this marriage will be postponed for half a year, how about it?" Xu Guangzuo looked at King An and asked.
"Everything is up to Xu Guogong!" King An was also very happy to hear that Xu Guangzuo was willing to come forward to complete the matter for himself, he actually had a headache, how to get married in eight days! Now that the bride and groom are no longer there, what will he do to hold the wedding, how to explain to those Qiu Eight Generals, now according to Xu Guangzuo's words, it is a way.
"Okay, this matter is settled!" Xu Guangzuo also didn't want Zilong to lose his trust to many generals, and it would be bad for him in the army in the future, so he suggested this, seeing that King An agreed, he was also quite satisfied, and continued, "Since this private matter is over, let's talk about business! Originally, it should be best to let Zilong be present, but he is not here now, so you and I can only discuss it!"
"Xu Guogong said bluntly, this is a secluded location in the palace, and there are many guards nearby, so there will be no leakage of secrets!"
"Okay, then I'll say it!" Xu Guangzuo nodded when he heard this, and told a story in Beijing.
In fact, this incident really has a lot to do with Zilong! The cause of this incident was that Zilong defeated the Tianwang faction and incorporated the Hetao grassland into the nominal territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Since ancient times, the Hetao grassland has been a key position in the struggle between the Central Plains Dynasty and the northern nomadic peoples!
Beginning with the pre-Qin period, the Central Plains Dynasty and the northern regime launched a fierce struggle and struggle in this area! The first time that the Central Plains Dynasty acquired the Hetao grassland was during the Qin Empire.
At that time, the Great Qin soldiers were mighty and unparalleled in the world.
The first emperor unified the Liuhe, swept the eight wildernesses, and was invincible. After the Great Qin unified the six countries, the general under his command, Meng Tian, led an army of 300,000 to attack the Xiongnu in the north, but the Xiongnu were more than 300 miles away, recovered Henan, and built the Great Wall! This is the historical record of the Central Plains Dynasty's first occupation of the Hetao grassland.
Later, when the Central Plains Dynasty was strong, it would control the Hetao grassland, thinking that it was a bridgehead against the northern nomads.
When weakened, the northern nomads would take the opportunity to advance into the Hetao grassland, and then use the Hetao grassland as a springboard to frequently attack the Central Plains Dynasty in the south.
After the founding of this dynasty, the Mongols were driven north for thousands of miles, but they also recovered the Hetao grassland.
It's just that the Hetao is lonely and suspended, and the grain and grass are inconvenient to transport, and it can still be maintained in the Taizong period.
However, after Taizong died, the defense of the Hetao was slowly handed over to the major local tribes to assist part of the Ming army in defending it.
In the Yingzong period, the change of Tumubao and the decline of the country, this Hetao has completely become the autonomy of various tribes, and the Ming army is a little out of reach of the Hetao. After the death of Emperor Yingzong and the period of Emperor Xianzong, the three Mongolian tribes went south to erode the steppe of the Hetao, intending to put the Hetao under the jurisdiction of Mongolia.
The Ming army was not angry, and divided into two armies to attack the Hetao, and finally won a big victory in Hongyanchi!
However, because of Xianzong's poor health, the government gradually tended to defend the system, so he sent a large number of officers to govern the Hetao, instead of taking the opportunity to garrison the Hetao.
Later, the Tianwang faction took the opportunity to rule the Hetao grassland, swaying between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongols, constantly grabbing benefits, growing up, and gradually getting out of control.
People of insight in the DPRK are also quite worried. However, Xiaozong is the lord of benevolence and filial piety, and he is only willing to live in the people's livelihood and refuses to raise a large army to conquer.
Therefore, this Tianwang faction finally became the last big trend, and this time it almost cooperated with Ordos and attacked the hinterland of Ningxia.
This is tantamount to a slap in the face, which has made several major factions in the DPRK and China realize the importance of the Hetao.
Because of this, after the news of Zilong's recovery of the Hetao came back, several major factions launched a fierce debate on the method of ruling the Hetao.
Among them, the civil official faction led by Li Dongyang felt that they should follow the policy of the Xiaozong period, but not interfere too much in the inherent rule of the Hetao, and only send big officials to govern and reconcile!
The noble faction headed by the Duke of England and the Duke of Chengguo advocated sending a large army to the Hetao and developing the Hetao into another military town to prevent the Mongols from moving south.
And the strange thing is the third faction, that is, the eunuch faction headed by Liu Jin!
This faction even supported the proposition of the noble faction for the first time, and sent troops to the Hetao to rule directly.
Speaking of this, King An couldn't help but interject and said: "Liu Jin is a person who is full of profit, he advocates that he is similar to the Duke of England and the Duke of Chengguo, but there should be no trickery!"
"Exactly!" Xu Guangzuo nodded and said, "Liu Jin's thoughts were actually exposed when the court was discussed!"
"Oh, but what's going on?" King An has been embarrassed with Liu Jin several times, which has long known in the Ming Dynasty and the opposition that King An is the vanguard against Liu Jin, and Liu Jin also wants to get rid of King An and then quickly, but King An's clan status, except for the major crime of rebellion, everything can be forgiven, Liu Jin is like a dog biting a hedgehog, and there is no way to start.
Now that I heard that Liu Jin had the same opinion as the Xungui faction, how could King An not be surprised!