"Your Majesty, do you have to have Wu Xun as the Grand Governor of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion?"

Pei Yue's words were very plain, but they made Emperor Kaiping's expression change slightly.

He raised his eyes and looked at the tall young man standing not far away, and said in a complicated tone: "Do you know that if others hear this idea, those martial arts nobles will regard you as an enemy?"

Pei Yue said calmly: "Your Majesty, after all, civilian officials cannot cultivate power in the army like Wu Xun, and the biggest advantage of doing so is to prevent someone from controlling military affairs. Instead of constantly forcing Wei Guogong, it is better to solve the problem from the root. This court Xun

The reason why Gui is strong is simply because the Military Governor's Office of the Five Armies has always been in charge of military personnel, so it can independently control food, grass and weapons. The Ministry of Revenue is only responsible for allocating money, and the so-called supervisory power of the Ministry of War is not worthy of the name."

He calmly faced the scrutinizing gaze of Emperor Kaiping and continued: "The habits developed in the past hundred years cannot be easily reversed, but it is better to let a civilian serve as the governor than to forcibly separate the governor's office of the five armies from the Xifu. This yamen is still in place.

Under the jurisdiction of the Xifu, the civil servants must also be controlled by Wei Guogong and Guangping Marquis, so as not to cause too much trouble."

Emperor Kaiping stared in deep thought.

Pei Yue smiled and said: "Furthermore, there was an example before. Li Bingzhong was transferred from the Minister of War to the Governor. Could it be that the Duke of Wei can do this, but His Majesty cannot? I don't know who dares to stand out against Your Majesty. In fact, in my opinion, right now

It’s the most appropriate time.”

The imperial investigation made the civil servants in the capital miserable, and the rebellion of King Yan made many nobles sit on pins and needles. It was difficult for the DPRK to create much resistance.

Emperor Kaiping finally nodded, acknowledging Pei Yue's suggestion.

But he didn't know that Pei Yue did this not only because of those past events, but more importantly because of the elusive person Wang Pingzhang.

When confronting Liu Zan in Beicheng that day, Wang Pingzhang never did anything inappropriate and did not even give Liu Zan a good look. You must know that Emperor Kaiping has been continuously reducing his authority in the past few years. In addition to Xiying and Wang Jiuxuan, the Wang family

Most of the cronies in the military lost their powerful military positions in exchange for a title of leisure and wealth.

Pei Yue thought about it more than once, if he were Wang Pingzhang, he would probably not be able to bear it and would always find an opportunity to do something.

However, facing the situation where Liu Zanming had the upper hand, Wang Pingzhang did not waver at all.

This kind of person is really scary.

Therefore, Pei Yue ostensibly tried to dissuade Emperor Kaiping, but in fact he gave Wang Pingzhang a sap in a roundabout way.

In Wang Pingzhang's view, it doesn't matter whether the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion is one of his, as long as he is a distinguished member of the military. However, after he gave up Li Bingzhong, his prestige in the military had already taken a hit.

If a real civilian official takes charge of the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army, he will inevitably be questioned by the nobles.

Pei Yue was not Emperor Kaiping, and he did not have such extremely conceited thoughts.

Wang Pingzhang has long been on the hostile side, and since this person killed Pei Yue's biological parents, there will be a reckoning sooner or later, so Pei Yue wants to destroy his status in the army as soon as possible.

Emperor Kaiping didn't seem to think too much. He changed the topic and said: "As the new coach of the Kyoto garrison, I am determined to have Xiao Jin, the Marquis of Xiangcheng, take over."

Pei Yue was relatively calm this time, because he had repeatedly thought that there were not many generals who could take over the Kyoto garrison, and they had to prepare for the subsequent attack on Zhou Dynasty, so the scope of candidates was even narrower. Xiao Jin, the Marquis of Xiangcheng, was born

In the Duke Xiang's Mansion, his background, qualifications and abilities were more than enough to take over the Kyoto garrison.

Pei Yue thought for a while and asked: "Your Majesty, who will succeed the Marquis of Xiangcheng?"

It is self-evident that Xiao Jin controlled the camp in Hucheng. Although the battle in Xiwu last year was so severe that he lost a large number of veterans and could not recover for seven or eight years, this was Hucheng after all.

Emperor Kaiping raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "What do you think?"

Pei Yue lowered his head and said: "I guess it is Qi Yunhou Yinwei."

Emperor Kaiping smiled faintly, acquiescing to Pei Yue's guess.

"After Pei Cheng returns to the capital with Xiao Jin, I will let him join the Imperial Army to command a unit. You will not be able to bully him by then," Emperor Kaiping said seriously.

Pei Yue secretly wondered why I bullied him? He is not an idiot like Pei Rong or Pei Yun.

Looking at Emperor Kaiping's slightly tired look, Pei Yue sighed in his heart. He originally wanted to ask the generals of the Forbidden Army, especially the Marquis of Hejian Li Zi, but he hid it in his heart. Now that the situation between the DPRK and China has become increasingly clear, Liu Zan launched a coup.

On the contrary, he helped Emperor Kaiping see clearly the hearts of many ministers, thinking that it would not be long before the government could get back on track and continue to invest in the preliminary preparations for the attack on Zhou.

He cupped his hands and saluted: "Your Majesty, I take my leave."

Emperor Kaiping hesitated to speak, and finally just nodded slightly.

…

The Tiancang River starts from the Cangwu Mountains in the west and enters the vast raging sea in the east, with a total length of more than 7,000 miles. Ships cannot pass through the steep places. However, after leaving Daliang Yuzhou, the Tiancang River gradually became calmer, as if it suddenly became extremely

docile.

This world-famous river separated the two countries of Liang and Zhou, and most places were bounded by the river.

More than a hundred miles northeast of Chengbei Daying in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, within the territory of Muyang Mansion, at the Mengli Ferry.

Two large ships were moored on the shore, and a group of Southern Zhou officials were boarding the ships. Other soldiers led horses into the bottom cabin from the other side.

Under a willow tree by the roadside, Xie Xiao, the Duke of Zhenguo, dressed in regular clothes, stood facing the north. In addition to his three sons, there was also a middle-aged civil servant with a calm temperament.

"My lord, please send me personally. I am ashamed to be a lowly official." The civil servant said with his hands raised.

Fang Xiexiao shook his head slightly and said with emotion: "We haven't seen each other since we parted ways in the capital for two years, why should Ziping see him outside?"

This middle-aged civil servant's name is Xu Ziping. He is the cousin of Xu Huiyan, the chief minister of the Southern Zhou cabinet, and is currently the minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

Xu Ziping sighed softly after hearing this: "Your Majesty listened to the advice of the Marquis of Bei and wanted to make peace with Beiliang this time. The court has long been divided into two irreconcilable factions. They have been arguing in the court all day long. Hui Yan can't persuade him."

Your Majesty. If the Duke were in the capital, there would be no such embarrassing thing as a marriage."

The Marquis of Jubei is Xian Chunqiu, a famous general who defected from Beiliang more than thirty years ago. After he came to the Southern Zhou Dynasty, he assisted Fang Xiexiao's father and was evenly matched with Wang Pingzhang. Therefore, even though he was a demoted general, he served as a general in the Southern Zhou Dynasty for two consecutive years.

Emperor Zhou had great trust in him and often accepted his advice.

Fang Xiexiao stared at the surging river and frowned: "Your Majesty's body and bones are not as good as the one in the north."

There are too many profound meanings hidden in this sentence. It is not just a simple talk about the emperor. Although Xu Ziping is not as good as Xu Huiyan, he is not mediocre. He is bold, careful and eloquent, so he was selected as the emperor.

The envoy of this mission went to Beiliang.

Xu Ziping shook his head, and then said: "Your Majesty, I personally selected the attachés of the mission. There are no informants from all parties, so the number is not large. I also ask Your Majesty to give up some good people and come with me.

Go north."

Fang Xiexiao was startled, and then said softly: "Ziping, there is no need to deliberately inquire for information when going north this time. After all, there is a silent cloud in the capital of Beiliang. If you act forcefully, you will definitely be punished."

Xu Ziping said sincerely: "The country is in a difficult situation, and the marriage proposal is ridiculous and will not be of any benefit to the current situation. If I can find out the secrets of Beiliang, my trip will be of some use. The Emperor of Beiliang is a man who values ​​face. He would not directly send someone to chop off the head of an envoy like me, so what else is there to fear?"

Fang Xiexiao raised his hand and patted his shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "It's not a bad thing if the marriage goes smoothly, it can at least buy us a year or two. When I take back the three cities of Jiangling and destroy the Dingzhou Navy of Beiliang, Her Royal Highness the Princess will be here Life in the north will not be difficult."

Xu Ziping was originally depressed, but after hearing these words, he couldn't help but feel ambitious and proud, and said with a smile: "The Duke of Guo always does what he says, well, I will make this marriage happen even if I risk my life!"

Fang Xiexiao shook his head and said: "It is the bounden duty of us warriors to fight tooth and nail. Your head must remain on your neck, otherwise who will explain those interesting allusions to me in the future?"

The two looked at each other and smiled. Fang Yuntian stood next to him holding a tray with two wine cups.

"With this glass of wine, I wish Ziping a safe journey!"

"please!"

"please!"

After about a stick of incense, two large ships crossed the Tiancang River and stopped on the northern shore. Then they disembarked under the watchful eyes of the Beiliang border troops, packed up their carriages and horses, and meandered northward.

Fang Xiexiao stood there for a long time, until there was no one left on the north shore, and then he whispered softly: "Yunhu."

"Here." Fang Yunhu said in a loud voice with a tall and straight posture.

Fang Xiexiao showed some hesitation, and after a moment of silence he said: "Start investigating that person, remember, you must be careful."

Fang Yunhu's eyes flashed with excitement, and he bowed and said, "Yes!"

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