Chapter 507

It's very cold in November. However, it was cold outside and warm inside the palace.

"Next month, it's your birthday. Last year's birthday passed simply. This year, it can't be any more," said the princess The imperial concubine of Song Dynasty wanted to hold a birthday feast for the prince.

The prince immediately said: "the mother Princess, now the Treasury is empty, these empty ones will not be used." If he does what his mother and concubine want, he will get tens of thousands of liang of silver. He really forced the Minister of the Ministry of the household to take the money, but he didn't think it was necessary. The Treasury has no money. He also throws money into it for his birthday. What will the following ministers think of him as a prince. Surely I think the prince is incompetent.

But the imperial concubine of song disagreed and said, "how much can I spend on my birthday? There is no more money in the state treasury, but there is still a little money left? " Her son is a prince, a prince of a country. No one can treat her son badly.

At this time, the eunuch hurried in and said to the imperial concubine song and the prince, "your concubine, your highness, eight hundred miles northwest!"

The prince's face changed greatly and hurried out of the glass palace.

"Go and find out what's the matter?" said the imperial concubine Eight hundred Li in the northwest is in urgent need. Nine out of ten, there is war. In this winter, I don't know what kind of moth these northern savages are making..

Mother Ying came back soon, and said to the imperial concubine song, "Niang, Cao De, the imperial envoy, was killed by the brigands who were waiting for him."

The imperial concubine of Song Dynasty snorted coldly and said, "these brigands are really lawless. Even the imperial guards dare to kill them. We must let the emperor wipe them out. "

"Ying Ma immediately complimented:" Your Highness is wise and powerful. He will definitely kill these horse thieves It's as if the prince went to kill the bandits himself.

The imperial concubine of Song Dynasty was not interested in the horse thief, but when she talked about the northwest, she thought of Yuxi who had married to the Northwest: "Han's poor girl has been married to the Northwest for more than a year."

"It's almost two years," said Ying. Niang, it's strange to say that monk Liaotong said that Han's success brought failure, but he didn't expect that after marrying Yunqing, Yunqing not only didn't bring failure, but also made Yunqing prosper. Now Yunqing has become the second-class general! " Mother Tian, who was killed by Corydalis that day, is a good sister to Ying Mammy. She has always wanted to avenge her sister, but now she has the opportunity to take advantage of it.

Princess song frowned.

Ying said: "Niang, Yunqing is now the general of the border city, with 100000 troops in his hands. The Han family was married by your mother on that day. If she hated... " At this point, Mammy Ying doesn't go on.

The imperial concubine of Song Dynasty snorted coldly and said, "she dare!" The mouth said so, but the heart is still bottomless. Yunqing controls a hundred thousand troops. If he becomes rebellious at the instigation of Hans, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Mother Ying said:" Niang, where can the family members of the general of the border city follow. You see, Madame Tong has been in the capital with her son and grandson. " The generals of the frontier always stay in the capital for most of their wives and children. On the face of it, the imperial court settled their wives and children so that they could enjoy their happiness in the capital city without worrying about being afraid in the border city. In fact, they acted as hostages to guard against these generals' rebellion. However, in recent years, the imperial court's control over the following areas was not as good as before, and the following officials were not willing to send their families to the capital. But should mammy this words meaning is lets Yuxi return to Beijing to be the hostage.

The suggestion of Ying Ma is very vicious. She thought that Yuxi had only one daughter now. If she was taken back to the capital now, Yunqing would definitely take a concubine and have a son for the inheritance of her offspring. At that time, Yuxi will stay in the capital to keep the widow, and Yunqing will have a concubine and a son in Yucheng. Waiting for a long time, there must be no relationship between husband and wife, but only fame. After all, men must care more about the women and children accompanying them. This kind of revenge is better than killing Han directly.

The imperial concubine song thought about it and said, "it's really time for Han to return to Beijing." Yunqing has a feud with the Song family. Although Han family has always been harmless, he must be jealous. These two people can't be put in the same place at all. It's only after scoring.

The prince was furious to learn that the imperial envoy had been killed by the brigands. He immediately called Yu Xiang and song Huaijin into the palace and said to them, "the northwest brigands and brigands are too rampant. They must be exterminated."

It doesn't need to be discussed at all. If we don't order the suppression of bandits, what is the face and prestige of the court. So even if it's winter now, it can't be delayed. Yu Xiang didn't object, but asked: "Your Highness, bandits and horse thieves are rampant in Shaanxi Gansu area. Ji Xuan has been suppressing bandits and horse thieves for several years. Not only have they failed, but these bandits and horse thieves are becoming more and more rampant. Now even the Imperial Envoys dare to kill them. Your highness, the imperial court should send people down to suppress bandits this time. "

Song Huaijin snorted coldly and said, "I don't know who is the most suitable for Yu Xiang."

Yu Xiang, a veteran, said respectfully to the prince, "who is the most suitable? I believe that his royal highness already has a choice."

The prince really has a choice. Chen Yu is the natural choice: "Chen Yu is a military general from a family background, and he was trained by Taining Hou. He is most suitable for this task." In addition to Chen Yu, the prince of other people is not at ease.

Chen Yu knows that the prince asked him to suppress bandits. Don't mention how excited he was. When I returned to Houfu, I was glad to tell the good news to Taining Hou.

Taining Hou is not happy. The job is in crisis.

Chen Yu's dream has always been to lead the troops to fight. After learning the good news, he patronized happily, but did not think of the crisis behind it. This meeting listened to the words of Taining Hou, calmed down for a moment, said: "Dad, you mean Ji Xuan will interfere in it."

Taining Hou nodded and said, "if Ji Xuan doesn't send you elite soldiers and only gives you some disabled and defeated soldiers, do you think he can succeed in suppressing bandits?" The prince only asked Chen Yu to suppress the bandits, but did not let him lead the troops. Therefore, the initiative is still in the hands of Ji Xuan.

Chen Yu's heart was in awe. He wanted to make contributions to the bandits this time, not to be cannon fodder. After thinking about it, Chen Yu asked, "Dad, Ji Xuan is from the Song family, and we have no close relationship with the Song family." If you want Ji Xuan to cooperate, you can only talk with song Huaijin. Just want song Huaijin to speak, it's not easy, unless they are willing to join the Song family, but this is absolutely impossible.

Taining Hou said: "think about it, how to break this situation?"

Chen Yu wanted to come for a long time and said, "if you don't want to be subject to Ji Xuan, you have to use the northwest army. The imperial court is not worried. I'll ask the prince for the secret order to send Yunqing's troops next. The prince will definitely agree. It's just that I'm worried Yunqing won't agree to send troops. "

Taining Houghton asked, "if Yunqing is willing to send troops, what are you going to do?"

Chen Yu said: "the commander of the northwest army fought with the northern captives in the year of the war, and the combat effectiveness was very strong. If the northwest army is really used, only 5000 people can wipe out the bandits in Gansu. "

Taining Hou shook his head and said, "the idea is good, but you ignore the most important problem. No matter how brave the northwest army is, it will be in vain if they do not obey your orders. " If the soldiers don't listen to dispatch, the generals can't succeed in suppressing bandits.

Chen Yu was stunned for a moment and said, "Daddy means I can't control these people?" Chen Yu is confident in himself.

"It's not that you can't do it, it's that although the northwest army is brave, they are also very strong. In the spring, when so many people died in Yucheng war, the court didn't even pay pensions, and those widows and orphans had no place to live. In this case, the northwest army would not follow the orders of the generals from the court. " The court will not suck up the force. The officers and men below will not obey the court's orders. This is a normal thing.

Chen Yu Muran, after a while said: "the northwest army is not able to use?" Chen Yu felt that it was a pity that if he could bring the northwest army to suppress bandits, he would surely achieve twice the result with half the effort.

"Even if the northwest army wants to send troops to suppress bandits, only the generals sent by Yunqing can do it," said Taining Hou After a pause, Taining Hou added: "the northwest army is committed to the border city, and has a great responsibility. Only when it is a major event endangering the security of the country can they be dispatched. Such trifles as suppressing bandits can't work for the northwest army. " When a country is in crisis, it is only rebellion.

Ji Xuan couldn't rely on him, the northwest army couldn't succeed, and he couldn't lead his troops to the northwest to suppress bandits. Chen Yu was baffled. After thinking for a long time, Chen Yu said, "although Ji Xuan is the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Zhang Wenjie, the governor, has always disagreed with him." At first, Chen Yu wanted to call the northwest army, but he didn't want to get involved in the local struggle. The following battles are no less than those in the imperial court, but he only went down to suppress bandits and gain military skills. He did not stay in the local area all the year round. It was a very troublesome thing to get involved in their fights. But now, I don't want to get involved.

Looking at his son's distress, Taining Hou said: "this time, the prince sent you to the northwest to suppress bandits, which is an opportunity and a test. If you succeed, you can go further. If it fails... " How about the failure? Taininghou didn't say.

Chen Yu nodded heavily.

Taining Hou said: "although Cao De has talent, he is too eager for quick success. If the prince listened to our advice that day, don't send Cao De to investigate the case of Xu's family, it will not cause this situation today. " On that day, Taining Hou said that it was not appropriate to send Cao De to Yucheng, but the prince would not listen and he could not help it.

The result of Cao De's quick success and instant profit is that Yunqing took the opportunity to kill Geng Jichen, Kang Donglin and all other hostile forces. Now, the 100000 army in Yucheng is in his hands. Now Yunqing has plenty of wings. Even the prince is appeasing him

Chen Yu immediately said, "I think the biggest mistake he has made is not to rush for quick success, but to despise the enemy. He looks down on Yunqing and Hans." It is a great taboo of the strategists to despise the enemy. He will never make such a mistake.

"When you get to the northwest, you should not only guard against Ji Xuan and Zhang Wenjie's mediation, but also be careful about Yunqing. Cao de was killed. It's a little strange. " This means that Cao de was killed by Yun Qing.

Chen Yu shook his head and said, "Dad, Cao de can't be killed by Yunqing." No matter who it is, it's always profitable to kill. Killing Cao De is harmful to Yunqing.

Taining Hou didn't refute Chen Yu's words. He just thought Yunqing was suspect, and he was not sure: "when we go to the northwest, we should be careful."