Chapter 554

"Lu que, are you ok?" After Yu Yuanpu, the king of Zhongyang, left, Gu Qingcheng looked at Lu que with concern. After all, it's one thing for Lu que to hand over the ten Fenghuang guards to Bai Yi, Marquis of Wu'an, and to hand over the army's back roads and supplies to Zhongyang king. It's another thing for the emperor's will to let Zhongyang King supervise the army in southern Xinjiang, and then promote Yu Tianxiang to be commander of Fengxiang army, so as to control Lu Que's military power.

Since ancient times, there are two ways for kings to employ people. One is to use people without doubt, and the other is to use people with doubt. Gu Qingcheng thought that the emperor was the former, so he entrusted the military power of millions of troops in southern Xinjiang to Lu que, so that he could do it without any constraints. However, after several months of layout, even zhennanguan was built into ruins in a bloody battle. In the danger of the animal tide in Fangping, the emperor began to restrict the military power of Lu Qian, which made Gu Qingcheng very dissatisfied.

Just when Zhuge Yan read out the emperor's will, if Lu que didn't have a look in his eyes, he would like to take action. If we want to guard against these meritorious officials, why should we use them to attack Nanli and directly transfer them back to the capital.

With Gu Qingcheng's intelligence and the dialogue between Lu Que and Zhongyang Wang, she can naturally understand the cause and effect after she calms down. But this does not mean that she can accept it. At this time, she can't help feeling a little frustrated. Lu que is the commander-in-chief of Southern Xinjiang, the brain and soul of millions of troops in southern Xinjiang. The imperial capital chaotang has doubts about his reputation and military power. At the same time, he is questioning the loyalty of the generals under Lu que to Da Qian.

Looking back on this year, she led her troops from Nanhai County, the southernmost tip of Tianxing, all the way to zhennanguan to fight against the beast tide, either on the way or in the battlefield where the two armies were fighting. Originally, she thought that it was a great honor to go back and forth with a long sword in a red robe on the battlefield and make contributions to her country. But now, she only felt that everything she advocated was just like chicken ribs. It was so tasteless to eat and a pity to abandon.

In particular, the power struggle and factional strife in the domestic court directly affected the army in southern Xinjiang, which made Gu Qingcheng feel a little angry at the same time. The soldiers in the front line fought with blood, so that the superior emperor and the aristocratic family living in Chengping could cheat and fight with each other?

"I'm fine." Feeling the fluctuation of Gu Qingcheng's breath, Lu que got up and went to Gu Qingcheng, poured a cup of tea for her and said, "sister Qingcheng, you and I are all familiar with history books. Such things are common in history."

Seeing that Gu Qingcheng slowly picked up his tea cup and sipped it lightly, Lu que sighed and continued, "with sister Qingcheng's insight and wisdom, it's not difficult to guess what's going to happen in the court. People often say that we can learn from history. It can be seen from historical records that in the eyes of the imperial power, the aristocratic families who controlled the local power and the powerful ministers who controlled the real power of the imperial court were all their enemies, and the meritorious ministers who were excluded, exiled or even killed in history were unknown. Similarly, in the eyes of powerful officials who have all powerful powers, imperial power can also be manipulated, and even the emperor can be abolished at will. "

"Do you mean the abolishing emperor and the mourning emperor in the late Dali period, as well as the quality emperor and the mourning emperor in the late Da Xuan period?" Gu Qingcheng frowned and said, "weak monarch and strong minister is the way to chaos the country, but we are different. The emperor is in charge of the Changqing army, the royal family is in charge of the Fengxiang army, and the commander of the badminton army is only the emperor's confidants. He has three legions to guard the imperial capital. In addition, he has all the guards in front of the imperial court. No matter how powerful the power of the officials is, he can't dare to make mistakes."

"Sister Qingcheng, the three legions of Changqing, Yulin and Fengxiang are all under my command." Lu's face showed a strange smile and said intentionally or unintentionally.

"But that's not the reason why your majesty and the imperial officials are afraid of you. In that case, why did you give the general power to you at the beginning?" Gu Qingcheng said.

"Alas ~" Lu que also felt depressed in his heart. After thinking for a long time, he handed his mother the silk book to Gu Qingcheng through the white feather jackdaw.

Gu Qingcheng looked at Lu que suspiciously, then opened the silk. When she saw the contents on the silk, her eyes widened, and she looked at every word on the silk with an unbelievable face. Gu Qingcheng didn't expect that, in the eyes of the world, although he attached great importance to military power, Emperor Xuan, who was lazy in government affairs and indulged in pleasure, had such a deep plan. In 40 years, two successive generations of emperors pushed the family out of the army a little bit, and then Tianxing and beast tide were destroyed one after another. When the Royal prestige reached its peak, he chose to do it.

Such scheming and forbearance, such decades of layout, all let Gu Qingcheng heart cold. What's more, the royal family's attack is not only aimed at the world, but also at the local Marquis and county Marquis who have great influence and use these influence to grab benefits.

Gu Qingcheng can foresee that before long, the tripartite pattern of Tang Xun GUI, aristocratic family and poor family will be broken, and the decline of aristocratic family has become inevitable. The only way for the aristocratic family to survive is to give up the extension in Korea and other places, give up the land hoarded and merged by various means, and transform into a commercial family like the Duanmu family of Hanhai, and become a huge rich party.

The xungui faction will not be prosperous because of the suppression of several levels of county and township marquis. The thirty-six civil and military marquis will be changed every generation. As the top xungui government, because the number of people is too small, it will be difficult to support itself. It has become inevitable for the poor students to fill the Imperial Hall and realize the real rise of the poor family. The poor family has a shallow foundation, In order to realize the ambition, we can only rely on the imperial power. In this way, the imperial family and the emperor in Ziji palace achieved the goal of power collection and centralization.

What a careful mind, what a terrible mind. It has been laid out for 40 years. Once it was launched, it carried out the country's righteousness, counted the birds with one stone. The name of justice, the power of the place, and the interests of the aristocratic family were all returned to Ziji hall. Moreover, the eldest princess obviously wants to use the imperial power and the law as the sword, and use the military guards of the state to wipe out everything at one stroke. This kind of quick and violent means is not like a right struggle between factions and classes at all, but the royal family takes the aristocratic family as the enemy and wants to get rid of it quickly.

Thinking through this layer, Gu Qingcheng could not help but fall into silence, while Lu que stood quietly, looking at the spring outside the door through the shadow of the hall, not knowing what he was thinking.

It took a long time for Gu Qingcheng to say, "the heavenly family is really full of talents. Eight generations of Mingjun, we all underestimate Emperor Xuan."