Chapter 667: Marshal Dingbei
Li Chongjiu left the court class and was about to speak, but suddenly he heard Li Yan say, "Crown Prince, what books have you read recently?"
Li Chongjiu said, "I don't know what kind of books he read?" How old is he? He is already past the age of being better than the father's exam. Besides, when he was studying, Li Yan was still exiled in Zhenxi, so it is impossible for him to get better than him!" What's wrong now? Is it possible that Li Yan wants to do his best to be a father and take the more exams to get better than his son's homework?
He was not a person with wise mind at first, and was immediately stopped by Li Yan's sudden question, but he actually forgot to defend Wu Youren!
At this time, the imperial guards had already called the imperial physician to rescue Wu Youren. Of course, they could not rescue him in the Golden Palace, but were carried to the side hall to treat Wu Youren there. So what Li Chongjiu wanted to say was that Wu Youren could not hear. Otherwise, seeing that Li Chongjiu was asked what to read, he would forget him, the former Minister of Personnel, and Wu Youren would have to faint again.≧
Li Chongjiu was stunned for a moment and said, "My son is reading, reading, reading "The Analects of Confucius"!"
Almost all the ministers laughed out loud. How old are they and are still reading the Analects of Confucius. Could it be that they have just passed the elementary school years?
Li Chongjiu didn't read much. I remember that he, a down-and-out prince, could not have a very knowledgeable teacher taught him to study. Moreover, he was in danger. What's the use of reading more books? He didn't need to take the imperial examination. Since no one taught him, would he still expect him to take the initiative to study? He is not a diligent person!
Li Yan frowned again. He had never asked Li Chongjiu about his homework before. He thought his son was so old and he should have read all the books he should have read. How could he have read "The Analects of Confucius"?
Li Yan said: "You are the prince, and you don't need to do academic research, and you don't need to take the imperial examination. But reading more books is always beneficial. Since you have lost so much homework, you have to find a way to make it up. Well, reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. It seems that you have to understand the world more and practice it!"
After hearing this, the ministers all nodded. What the emperor said made sense. Even those who read old books had to go to various places to experience it. Especially before becoming an official, understanding the situation in the world is a necessary step, so it is the right way for the emperor to let the prince go out for experience it.
However, the crown prince is the crown prince of the country. Can he leave the capital at will?
But the ministers didn't say anything. Anyway, it wasn't their turn to say something like this. It would be better to be silent and listen to what others say!
Yang Ze didn't say anything. He knew how things would develop, so why did he say something? Just listen to the result directly.
Li Chongjiu was happy and went out to experience it. Could it be that his father wanted him to leave the capital? That would be great. He wanted to leave the capital, but he didn't know where to go to experience it. If it was Taiyuan, it would be great and perfect.
At this moment, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince completely forgot all the former Minister of Personnel. Wu Youren defected to him, which was really the wrong person.
Li Yan said: "Taiyuan is the place where I go to Longxing. It is very suitable for you to go there to experience it. And since you want to experience it, you have to do something."
Li Chongjiu was very happy. It seemed that his father still loved him very much, so he actually agreed to his request. However, why didn’t he tell him directly yesterday? He had to wait until now to go to court to say that, which made him stayed in a hurry all night and didn’t sleep well.
Li Yan said: "It has not been only one day since I ascended the throne. The death of the late emperor is a major national event. But suddenly I feel that it is my brotherly country of the empire, but I have not come to the funeral for a long time. I don't know why, may they want to go south to invade my empire again?"
This was a question, asking the ministers below about their opinions, but the ministers all understood the meaning of the words. The emperor was dissatisfied with Kujue, and was looking for excuses to question the Kujue Khanate.
Although the ministers in the court were not officials of the ministry before and were all promoted, no one did not understand the situation between the countries.
In the past, the Khanate of Chuju was respectful to Dafang, and the two countries were called brothers. That was because the Khanate of Chuju was uneasy and the war was endless on the grassland. Under the rule of Queen Dugu, the national strength of the Dafang Empire increased, so the Khanate of Chuju temporarily bowed to the Dafang Empire.
In fact, I suddenly realized that peace between the Khanate and the Dafang Empire was always short-lived, and attacking each other was the norm. After so many years of peace, the Dafang Empire has changed its emperor. Then the Khan on the grassland will definitely find a way to send troops to test the current attitude of Emperor Li Yan. If it is easy to bully, of course it will be bullied. If it is very tough, then it might as well continue to be brothers and brothers. This is inevitable.
A minister came out and said to Li Yan: "Emperor, the wolfish ambition of the Chuju Khan Kingdom will definitely send troops to invade the south when our dynasty is weak. Our dynasty will prepare early. If we can take the initiative to attack, give the Chuju Khan Kingdom a little color so that they cannot act rashly, that is the best."
The minister who said this was relatively young and looked in his forties. If he was placed in the court of Queen Dugu, it would be a young and strong sect, but in Li Yan's court, it belonged to the elderly sect. After all, the old ministers who were older were almost wiped out.
After hearing his words, the other ministers nodded. They all saw this. They had been dealing with the government affairs for too short and had not learned to be scheming. They all thought that since the sudden enlightenment could be a good fight, why didn’t Dafang beat him up in advance? You can’t let the other party take action and then lead the war to Dafang’s territory. The people who suffered were the Dafang people. If this battle could be fought on the sudden enlightenment territory and harm the sudden enlightenment herdsmen, wouldn’t that be better!
Li Yan looked at the performance of his ministers and was deeply satisfied. It seemed that everyone was quite enterprising and knew that once the war started, they would have the opportunity to make contributions. As long as they made contributions, their official positions would be steadily, at least in my court.
But at this moment, a minister jumped out, fell to the ground, and shouted: "Your Majesty, no, the emperor has just as much as the great treasure. The people are not determined. The people suffer for a long time, and the people live in poverty. Life is already difficult. If a large army arises at this time, wouldn't the people have to increase taxes and life will be even more difficult. In the foolish opinion of the minister, it is better to wait for the change. Even if the two countries are fighting, we cannot provoke the war first, but we have to wait for the sudden enlightenment..."
The ministers looked at this together, and everyone thought in their hearts: "Is this person's brain broken? If we don't go to have a sudden sensation first, we have to wait for the sudden sensation to come to our door. When will we become so cowardly?"
The Dafang Empire is not a cowardly dynasty. It has always been a matter of being unwilling to surrender to anyone who dislikes him. If he refuses to pay tribute to the Celestial Empire, then he will fight against him. In the past, he was peaceful about Tujue because Tujue's strength had not reached the point of destroying Tujue. However, after the rest and recuperation of the Dugu Empress, the national strength has been improved. Now he has fought with Tujue. The one who wins is Dafang and the time is ripe. Why should he be polite to the Hulu?
Yang Ze glanced at the kowtowing minister and saw that he was a servant who looked like a minister. He was not very old. He probably was a fool who was so stupid about studying. He actually said such a bastard. He wanted to gain reputation but could not use generous people to beat him!
Yang Ze said: "Your Majesty, I believe that even if you don't have sudden enlightenment, you should send troops to strictly guard the border. If there is any sudden enlightenment, we can respond immediately to minimize the losses of the people."
He turned around and pointed at the minister, and said, "It's not wrong to see what this person said, but he said that he had to wait for Sudden Awakening to take action first. This was a big mistake. Could it be that he had to wait for Sudden Awakening's troops to attack our country first and harm our people, so that we can fight back? This is not too unfair to take the lives of my generous people seriously. Such people are really not worthy of being an official in the court!"
The ministers also accused the minister of the Assistant: When did my grand empire become so cowardly? He still had to take action first before he could fight back. We are the country of the Celestial Empire, so how could we suffer such a loss?
But the minister was still dissatisfied with Hu Chai, saying that he should be polite to the Hu people and foreign countries. The Hu people do not understand etiquette and law. Do we also have to understand? It is better if people do not offend me, I will not offend people. This is why we have the demeanor of the great country of the Celestial Kingdom and should be educated first when dealing with Hu people.
Yang Ze cursed in his heart that it is neither the Song Dynasty nor the end of the late Qing Dynasty. What kind of education is to treat foreign countries? It sounds nice to say, be careful that others use a knife to chop you.
Yang Ze said, "Your Majesty, I think that since he likes to educate the Hu people so much, it is better to let him go to the border and be the leader of an inn. There are the most Hu people there, and many people coming and going, let him educate those businessmen. If he can educate the Hu merchants well, he will educate the Hu soldiers. Since he has proposed it, then the merits of education will be made."
Li Yan didn't want to waste his time. Besides, he didn't like others to sing against him. After listening to Yang Ze's words, he waved his hand and said, "As Yang Aiqing said, let this person go to the border, find him a post station, let him be a teacher in it, and specialize in educating people who are sudden."
The minister was shocked when he heard this. He just wanted to be independent. When others said it was OK, he said it was no. In order to increase the emperor's attention to him, he never thought about being demoted or being demoted to a post station on the border. This was too dangerous. Even if he could go, what would his family do? Will he suffer with it? If the two countries really fight, wouldn't he become the first unlucky guy to beheaded by the Hu people?
The minister was excited for a moment and fainted with a loud voice. The imperial doctors came over quickly, dragged him away, dragged him to the side hall, put him together with Wu Youren, and rescued him together.
Li Yan waved his hand and signaled the ministers to calm down. He said, "I decided to let the Grand Marshal Yang Ze lead 30,000 troops to leave Beijing and guard the border. If there is any abnormal movement there, you should take the lead and you cannot let the Kuaishen enter the generous territory."
Yang Ze curled his lips slightly and thought to himself: "It's only 30,000, which is the size of the two imperial guards. Then add some auxiliary soldiers. It seems that the emperor wants to leave the army to Li Chongjiu!" He knelt down and received the order.
Li Yan said again: "Where is the Crown Prince Li Chongjiu?"
Li Chongjiu was confused. What happened? He didn’t send me out of the capital, but Yang Ze led his troops to the battle. What should I do? Are I going to Taiyuan? But Yang Ze’s military power has not been cut off!
Li Chongjiu said: "My son is here!"
Li Yan said: "I have appointed you as the Marshal of Dingbei University, to control the troops of Taiyuan and all the prefectures and counties north of Taiyuan, to support Yang Taiwei, to be responsible for the transfer of food and grass, and to support Yang Taiwei to guard the border."
After a pause, Li Yan said again: "You should serve as the Taiyuan left behind again. The former Taiyuan left behind is temporarily the deputy left behind. After the sudden respite, you will return to Beijing and the deputy left behind will be restored to his post."
Li Chongjiu was overjoyed and quickly knelt down to receive the order. He couldn't sleep last night, so he still read some information about Taiyuan. There were about 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers in Taiyuan. Although they were not as elite as the Imperial Guards, they could not resist the number of people. If the troops from all the prefectures and counties north of Taiyuan would probably reach 200,000. The places north of Taiyuan were large, and there were many prefectures and counties too!
After Li Chongjiu kowtowed, he stood up and couldn't hide his joy. He believed that his military power had surpassed Yang Ze. He looked at Yang Ze proudly and thought to himself: "You only have 30,000 soldiers, but I have 200,000. Even if your 30,000 soldiers are elite, your fists are hard to beat four hands. A hero cannot resist the number of people. I will hit you with 200,000 people, and I will hit you with 30,000 spree!"
Yang Ze was neither happy nor irritable, but thought to himself: "From the number of people, Li Chongjiu is indeed more people than me. He can control at least 200,000 troops. Unfortunately, these 200,000 troops are scattered in various prefectures and counties and cannot be used in centralized use. Besides, even if it can be used in centralized use, he really thinks that the number of people in war depends on who has more people?"
Li Yan's two decrees were just a rough idea. The specific matters must be discussed by the ministers and then made detailed plans. However, this has nothing to do with him, the emperor, and he is not interested. He is just concerned about whether he can settle the matter between Yang Ze and Li Chongjiu.
Li Yan looked at Li Chongjiu and saw his son looking gloomy. When he looked at Yang Ze again, he was thinking. He didn't know what he was thinking, but he didn't act angry. This was enough. Li Yan felt that this matter was settled. It would not only allow Li Chongjiu to be trained, but also let Yang Ze understand without sacrificing Yang Ze's face, but also let Yang Ze understand that the world belongs to the Li family, which is enough.
Li Huo said: "After all your dear friends go down to make a plan to send troops! Well, what else is there? If it's okay, then leave the court!"
He said this, but he didn't wait for the ministers to say something was wrong, so he stood up, shook his dragon robe, and went back to the harem.
The ministers knelt down and sent Li Yan away, then stood up, hugged the crown prince Li Chongjiu together, and began to curry favor with him. Some people even wanted to recommend their children and nephews to Li Chongjiu, wanting their children and nephews to get married with Li Chongjiu.
Li Chongjiu was overjoyed. He didn't expect that as soon as he obtained his military power, it was less than half a quarter of an hour before the ministers' direction changed and he began to flatter him. This was really a surprise.
Yang Ze looked at Li Chongjiu, who was like stars holding the moon, snorted and said loudly: "Your Highness, why bother to have a new person but forget the old person?"
Li Chongjiu was slightly stunned when he heard the shout, thinking: "What new and old people are you talking about? What are the bastards surnamed Yang? "
Chapter completed!