In the Xuanshi Palace, Emperor Qianyuan Wen Heng was furious in his study.
The emperor's name was Wen Heng, and he was honored as the Emperor of the Most Pure and Good God.
Currently thirty-nine years old.
Since he came to power, Wen Heng believed that he had worked hard to govern, obey the voice of heaven at the top, obey the people at the bottom, and improve the appearance of the people, so that the world would be peaceful and the people would be prosperous and healthy.
But in recent years, the world's rituals and music have collapsed, and there are more and more rebellious officials and traitors who do not follow the rules and commit crimes below.
Doing treacherous and unethical things will destroy the peace of the Qianyuan world.
"The Wanping Sect wants to rebel against me!"
"The Qiang people are also here to join in the fun!"
"Xizhou is in chaos, Anzhou is in emergency, and Liangzhou is in emergency?"
"Then fight!"
The emperor was angry and threw the books. All the books on the desk were pushed down by the emperor.
The three princes, the left and right prime ministers and the generals were all there, and the most powerful civil and military ministers in the center all knelt down in front of the emperor, trembling with fear and not daring to speak.
Except for a few ministers, there were only a few eunuchs kneeling aside in the study.
These are the emperor's confidants, the people who accompany the emperor on a daily basis and are also qualified to listen to politics.
"How dare you harass a mere Qiang person?"
"Do you really think that our Qianyuan Kingdom is easy to bully?"
The emperor was furious, and a man was talking to himself over there, but no one dared to answer.
When news of the Xizhou Rebellion reached the imperial court.
The emperor was even more angry than before when the Wanping sect rebelled.
The main reason is because the emperor also "looked down" on the Qiang people.
The Wanping Sect's rebellion was at least an internal struggle, and the Qiang people's rebellion, I heard, also brought several small families from Anzhou with them. It was like the most despised poor bandits came out to slap them in the face.
This made the emperor very angry. Perhaps he thought that the combat effectiveness of the imperial army was worthy of recognition after putting down the Wanping Rebellion in three years.
This time the emperor was extremely determined and must fight.
Throughout the ages, all dynasties have taken pride in opening up new territories.
Wen Heng remembered that when he was a child, his father, the old emperor with the temple name Zhenzong after his death, was still able to kill the Qiang people thousands of miles back when he was nearly sixty years old, and set aside the large Anzhou as the name of the Qianyuan Kingdom.
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And now, these Qiang people are here again, do you think they are easy to bully?
When the emperor was angry, no one dared to object.
It was not until the emperor's anger gradually subsided and calm gradually returned that the right prime minister, the leader of civil servants, stood up and accepted the emperor's inquiry.
The right prime minister refers to the prime minister standing on the emperor's right hand, also called the main prime minister; the left prime minister refers to the prime minister standing on the emperor's left hand, also called the deputy prime minister.
Right Prime Minister Yu Wenyi is an old man with white hair on his temples, and he is very trusted by the emperor.
Yu Wenji was also the number one scholar in the imperial examinations at that time. He served as a judge in Dali, a direct lecturer in the Imperial Academy, a minister in daily life, and a minister under his disciples. He enjoyed a high reputation in scholars and schools, and was a role model for scholars all over the world.
The old prime minister heard the emperor's inquiry.
The emperor asked him if he could support a new war.
Yu Wenji was very embarrassed and looked embarrassed.
"Your Majesty, the bandits in the south have not yet been completely subdued. Yuan Zong is still fighting in the south. The national treasury... I am afraid that it cannot support another 100,000 people in the war..."
The emperor was stunned. He had been talking about his ambition for so long, and he was almost ready to conquer it himself.
As a result, I was thrown cold water on the first substantive question I asked.
Yuan Zong hadn't finished the fight yet, which made the emperor sound a little uncomfortable, and he also felt a little dissatisfied with Yuan Zong.
After the Battle of Lushan, everyone in the world could see that the Wanping Rebellion had almost subsided, and there was no need to worry about the bandits in the three states of Ruping. Unexpectedly, Yuanzong still delayed it for so long.
The emperor's frown made Lieutenant Rong, one of the three princes, jump out and read Yuan Zong's book.
"Your Majesty, the three states of Tongruping could have been easily pacified, but Yuanzong has always been slow to advance. Does he want to wait for someone to fall from the sky to deal with the Wanping army?"
General Yang Ming glared at Lieutenant Rong.
This old immortal...
But at this moment, Yang Ming could not find anything to say to defend Yuan Zong.
After hearing what Captain Rong said, the emperor was very angry and slammed the table angrily.
"What does Yuan Zong want to do?"
"We have hundreds of thousands of troops and horses, but they can't even move?"
Seeing that the effect had been achieved, Lieutenant Rong said no more.
The emperor was so angry that no one dared to speak for Yuan Zong.
The emperor said angrily: "Everyone, what do you think we should do?"
At the end of the day, you have to ask your ministers for advice.
None of the courtiers below made a sound. Even Rong Taiwei, who had just joined Yuan Zong's book, didn't say anything. He seemed less eager for quick success and quick gain.
But he didn't say anything, and the emperor took the initiative to find him.
"Taiwei, tell me, you are the leader in charge of the world's military affairs."
Lieutenant Rong was called upon by the emperor, and then he walked out nervously, and reminded the emperor awkwardly: "Your Majesty, although Yuan Zong's progress is slow, there may be unspeakable secrets. I suggest that we should focus on supervision and not be too harsh."
Zhonglang kept Lin Xiao's matter close to his eyes, and the emperor never forgot it.
Originally, Yuan Zong had a close relationship with the Emperor, and the Emperor also trusted him very much.
If he dealt with Yuan Zong in excitement, the emperor would definitely regret it when he regained his composure later.
If the emperor regrets it, it will definitely not work, so whoever made the blind comment in the first place will definitely be punished.
Now the Taiwei used one move to retreat and advance, which can be described as a clever move.
"Your Majesty can send a supervisory army to supervise the war against Yuan Zong in the name of rewarding the former troops. In this way, when the supervisory army comes back, he can truly report the frontline battle situation to Your Majesty."
After hearing the Taiwei's suggestion, the Emperor felt very satisfied and accepted it happily.
He immediately decided to send the eunuch from the palace next to him as the Huangmen Minister to reward the front troops on behalf of the emperor.
This is not the first time that the emperor has done this. After the Battle of Lushan, the emperor also sent Huangmen Shilang to reward the army that suppressed the rebellion.
It's just that this time the Huangmen Minister has another secret mission.
The Yuanzong issue is easy to solve, but what should Xizhou do?
The emperor turned his gaze back to General Yang Ming.
Yang Ming could only stand up and offer a plan to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the Qiang people in Xizhou are rebelling. We can put down the rebellion with a three-pronged army."
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Yuwen Ji's beard almost turned over in anger.
If you can’t raise the money and food for a first-line army, how can you build a third-line army?
Yang Ming didn't care about Yu Wenji's cannibalistic look, and said to himself: "The whole road can be the Twelve Border Army Towns. Although Anzhou is in chaos now, the Twelve Frontier Army Towns are not in chaos yet. The Twelve Frontier Army Towns are not in chaos yet.
With 200,000 tigers and soldiers, we can turn into a large army on the spot to fight the Qiang people. This road is also the main road. If this road can be completed, the other two roads may not be used."
Where did the 200,000 troops from the Twelve Border Army Towns come from? This Yang Ming really came out of his mouth.
Yu Wenji knew the situation. The Twelve Towns of the Border Army had been deprived of money all year round. Qin Hu had taken away a group of people before and merged them into the current Forbidden Army. The Twelve Towns of the Border Army could now collect 70,000 to 80,000 yuan.
It scares people to death.
Moreover, these 70,000 to 80,000 people are the weak soldiers left by Qin Hu. Can they defeat the wolf-like and tiger-like Qiang cavalry?
The emperor didn't know the situation, but after hearing what Yang Ming said, he suddenly became happy.
He quickly said: "Ai Qing said it well, but what about the second route?"
"The second route can be the second school of the Forbidden Army. Now that the city of Shen is stable and 300,000 of the Forbidden Army are stationed in the city to defend it, we can actually form two schools and gather an army of 60,000 to 70,000, numbered 100,000, to go to Xizhou to suppress the rebellion."
"Our Forbidden Army are all elite divisions. If we go on an expedition to Xizhou, we will definitely make our name known as the Forbidden Army and shock the world."
After the emperor heard about the division of the imperial army, he felt that it was not as good as the first approach.
But it is indeed unnecessary for so many people from the Forbidden Army to gather in the divine capital.
Nowadays, most of the chaos in the Qianyuan Dynasty occurred in other states. With Shenguan Pass and Xiguan Pass guarding it, Shendu City is still very stable.
It was just the explosion and riot planned by the Wanping Sect in Shendu that made the emperor somewhat worried.
"This plan works, but if both schools go, the price is too high. The Qiang people only have one hundred thousand cavalry in total. We don't need to mobilize such a large number of troops."
After the emperor said this, Yang Ming immediately echoed: "What your majesty said is absolutely true."
"So this third route is the preparation order that His Majesty has issued in other states before, relaxing the establishment and ordering troops from all over Xizhou to prepare for defense. Xizhou has had strong folk customs since ancient times, especially the troops of Anliang and Liangzhou.
Extremely majestic.”
"After the defenses were prepared in various places in Xizhou, the strength of the troops increased, and the volunteer divisions attacked one after another, forming this third army."
"Three armies came out together, and the only money and food they paid was the Forbidden Army, and the Forbidden Army is now... ahem, it's the end of March..."
After Yang Ming finished speaking, it was obvious that he was helping the emperor save money.
After hearing this, the emperor was indeed very happy.
He was able to raise an army of hundreds of thousands for nothing, and the general was indeed much more reliable than Prime Minister You, and he was a man who knew military matters.
At this time, Ouyang Zeng, the left prime minister, couldn't help it anymore and stood up to advise the emperor: "Your Majesty, as the world is not peaceful and the national treasury is tight, can the construction of Xiyuan be slowed down for a few days?"
Construction of Xiyuan is slowing down?
Do you dare to say such a thing?
Yang Ming and others were shocked. They were racking their brains here to save money for the emperor, wasn't it just to not affect the progress of Xiyuan?
If we don't build this luxurious Xiyuan, why would we need to be so picky?
Sure enough, after the emperor heard this, his expression changed.
Staring at Ouyang Zeng very angrily.
Ouyang Zeng was usually a bit stubborn. This time he advised the emperor to slow down the construction of Xiyuan because he couldn't stand it anymore.
This country is like a tree withered in the wind, withered and ruined, yet it still has to carry out such useless projects that waste people and money.
He didn't want Qianyuan to collapse like this, so he hoped to remonstrate again and change the emperor's thinking.
The emperor did not speak, and the atmosphere in the study became more solemn.
Several civil servants and generals all know that what Zuo Xiang said is right, but if the emperor wants to do this, what can you do?
They didn't speak, and the emperor glanced around.
I just crossed over this topic without thinking too much about it.
"This matter will be discussed later. The first thing to do today is to suppress the rebellion."
Ouyang Zeng wanted to say something else, but Yang Ming beat him to it.
"Your Majesty, so our second group of troops, is it the first school or the second school?"
"One school!"
"A mere 100,000 Qiang people rebelled, and they were just farmers. Do we need so many elite disciples to travel so far? One school is enough, no more are allowed!"
"The twelve towns of the frontier army and the imperial order were prepared. Zhongshu Sheng immediately drafted the edict and sent it to Xizhou tomorrow. There must be no mistakes."
"Also, during this expedition, Huangmen Shilang will accompany the army!"
The emperor said in a stiff tone.
On a whim, I want to send high-level supervisors.
The people below noticed that the emperor's mood had deteriorated again, and they quickly lowered their heads.
Ouyang Zeng finally sighed helplessly, and knelt on the ground under the emperor's gaze, saying no more.
The emperor snorted coldly and walked away.
In the study, only the central civil and military ministers were left.