"PS: There was a serious BUG in the last chapter. The aide of King Xiang Zhao Hongjing was Liu Jie instead of Zhang Qigong. The author misremembered it and it has been revised. Those who subscribe to the original book may wish to go back and read it again. I am really sorry."
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The King of Yan, Zhao Hongjiang, indeed chose to side with Zhao Hongxuan.
Neither Zhao Hongxuan nor Zhou Min, nor Zhao Hongrun were surprised by this result.
After all, King Zhao Hongjiang of Yan, the fourth brother, is a person with an upright temperament and acts based on personal preferences. To put it bluntly, if he likes you, even if you are white, he will treat you as a guest; but if he looks at you
If you are not pleasing to the eye, even if you are a prince or a noble, you will still not be looked at seriously.
For example, when Zhao Hongli, the crown prince of the Eastern Palace, was in charge of the Northern First Army, King Zhao Hongjiang of Yan did not take him seriously at all. If Zhao Hongli, the crown prince of the Eastern Palace at that time, had not recommended Zhao Hongxuan, the Prince of Huan, as his deputy commander, he would serve as an intermediary between him and King Zhao Hongjiang of Yan.
As a bridge between the two, King Yan Zhao Hongjiang would never let Zhao Hongli off easily.
Who made Zhao Hongli, at Zhou Min's suggestion, use the righteous move of King Yan Zhao Hongjiang and King Su Zhao Hongrun to "take the initiative to conquer the border" and attempt to use this matter to attack King Yong Zhao Hongyu?
Maybe the idea of King Yan Zhao Hongjiang is very simple: he hates the former prince Zhao Hongli extremely; he has never had any dealings with King Yong Zhao Hongyu and King Xiang Zhao Hongjing in the past. Although they are brothers in name, there is really no relationship between them.
In contrast, King Yan Zhao Hongjiang is naturally more inclined to side with the brothers Zhao Hongrun, King Su, and Zhao Hongxuan, King Huan. After all, he admires Zhao Hongrun very much, and he and Zhao Hongxuan have also had a period of joining hands to resist Xu, the deputy general of the Shanggu Army.
Historical friendship.
After learning about this, Zhao Hongrun acted as the host and his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan as the companion. They invited Zhao Hongjiang, the fourth brother of Yan King, to come over. The three brothers drank Korean wine while discussing how to operate the "Qixian Border Market".
Originally, King Yan Zhao Hongjiang strongly requested to give Zhao Hongrun a share, because in the opinion of this upright brother of the fourth king, Zhao Hongrun contributed the most to the Wei army's successful counterattack on South Korea and forced the surrender of the Korean royal family. However, in the end, Zhao Hongrun gave up the share.
profit.
It's not that he is pretending to be arrogant, the problem is that he and Zhao Hongxuan are close brothers. If the two brothers were to reach out to the border market of Qi County, it would be too ugly.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun decided to give up his share, or to put it simply, give his share to his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan.
After all, his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan had neither a fiefdom nor a way to make money. It can be said to be a very difficult task to support the 60,000 to 70,000 troops of the Northern First Army with only the small amount of military expenditure allocated by the Ministry of War.
What's more important is that Zhao Hongxuan took charge of the Northern First Army for the first time. Although there were many sect guards serving as generals, in Zhao Hongrun's view, the Northern First Army still did not recognize Zhao Hongxuan highly. Since Zhao Hongxuan could not use his own achievements to intimidate him for the time being,
subordinates, then the only option is to buy military morale with money and silk.
Just like what Zhao Hongrun did to the Shang Shui Army and the Yanling Army, he distributed a lot of money to his soldiers to buy land, settle their families, and relieve their worries.
In this era of "a man who knows his friends will die", the idea of the soldiers is actually very simple: If you make me and my family live a prosperous life, I will work hard for you.
It is precisely because of this reason that whether the Su Wang Army was trapped in Shangdang Weiqiu or the heavy casualties suffered in the decisive battle with the Korean army in the Gaoqiang area, the military morale of the Su Wang Army officers and soldiers was never shaken.
It has to be said that Zhao Hongjiang would never have made such a huge sacrifice if it weren't for his younger brother who he grew up with.
After all, "Qixian Border City" is not a one-time deal. Even if South Korea conquers Hexi for Wei in the future, and Wei returns Qiguan, Qixian and other places to South Korea in accordance with the agreement, as long as Wei and South Korea do not have bad relations and start a war.
, "Moyi Border City" and "Qixian Border City" will eventually be inherited by other border cities, such as "Wusui Border City", "Jixian Border City" and so on.
It is no exaggeration to say that if he had not recommended his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan, Zhao Hongrun would definitely have had a hand in such a lucrative matter. After all, although he made money quickly, he spent money faster.
In the construction of Shuiyi, as well as places such as Bolangsha River Port, Xiangfu Port, and Lianglu Canal, wherever the Metallurgical and Manufacturing Bureau was involved in the construction, Zhao Hongrun invested money.
On that day, the three brothers Zhao Hongrun, Zhao Hongjiang, and Zhao Hongxuan discussed and decided: Zhao Hongxuan's Zongwei "Gong Liangyi" will serve as the "right city captain" of Qi County's border city, and Zhao Hongjiang's Zongwei "Liu Xu" will serve as the "left city captain" of Qi County's border city.
"City Lieutenant".
As for who recommended the "Shuangwu Lieutenant" to the imperial court, Zhao Hongrun suggested that Wei Mu, the general of the Southern Yan Army, should submit the report.
Of course, since they want to gain the support of General Wei Mu, Zhao Hongjiang and Zhao Hongxuan will naturally have to provide some practical benefits, such as giving two cents of the annual dividend to the Nanyan Army.
In fact, this can be regarded as a disguised form of benefiting the general Wei Mu. After all, when he was stationed at the Wei camp in the west of Ji County, Wei Mu, a Wei man, was extremely enthusiastic about Zhao Hongrun, who was half a Wei man. This made Zhao Hongrun feel that,
There is a great chance to win General Wei Mu to his side.
With Zhao Hongrun's intervention, General Wei Mu happily accepted the proposal. After all, the Nanyan Army, like the other six garrison battalions, used to rely entirely on military expenses allocated by the Ministry of War, and its life was quite tight. Now that there is a money-making man
Wei Mu would naturally not refuse the opportunity to improve the conditions of his soldiers.
Wei Mu's nod means that the Shanyang Army, the Northern First Army, and the Southern Yan Army are united. Under this powerful military force, Zhao Hongrun believes that even Zhao Hongjing, the king of Xiang, who has the ability to interfere with the Ministry of Revenue, has to weigh it, and even more
What's more, he, Zhao Hongrun, supports this matter.
The only one excluded was the Wei Wujun of General Shao Hu.
It's not that Zhao Hongrun or others have any objections to Shao Hu or Wei Wujun. The reason is that Wei Wujun under General Shaohu is the direct subordinate town army of Daliang that has surpassed the sixth garrison battalion. If Shaohu is dragged to Zhao Hongjiang, Zhao Hongxuan,
In the small circle of Wei Mu, this is actually harming the general.
If you think about it, you will know that if the army that inherits the pride of the Wei people - the "Great Wei Wujun", will the Wei Wujun be short of money?
Not to mention that the Ministry of Revenue is not short of money now, even if it is in embarrassment, it will not and will not dare to deduct the military expenses of this army. Otherwise, the Ministry of Revenue will be scolded by the whole country.
Of course, for such a big matter, Zhao Hongrun must inform Shao Hu in advance.
Sure enough, after learning that the Shanyang Army, the Northern First Army, and the Southern Yan Army were united, Shao Hu smiled and had no intention of expressing any opinions on this.
However, in private, Shaohu was inclined to promote this matter.
After all, in Shaohu's view, if nothing goes wrong with the Shanyang Army, the Northern First Army, and the Southern Yan Army, these three armies will become the main force to prepare for northern wars in the future. Therefore, the richer these three armies are, the more powerful they will be.
With strong troops and strong horses, the Wei State became less and less afraid of South Korea.
Of course, the premise is that the person in charge of the army must be a trustworthy person, otherwise it will become a problem.
As for Zhao Hongjiang, Zhao Hongxuan, and Wei Mu, the first two are the biological sons of Emperor Wei, and the latter is a general who is deeply trusted by Emperor Wei and was promoted by Emperor Wei. Looking at the Wei State, there are few people who can compare.
Are these three trustworthy?
Otherwise, Shaohu would even want to help them and report to the court on their behalf.
In the last few days of late August, the general of the Southern Yan Army, Wei Mu, went to the Daliang Chui Gong Hall. In the preface of the memorial, he praised the various benefits of "opening border markets", but at the end he pointed out that the order of border markets was a serious matter.
It may be difficult for a military officer to take care of both, so he should be set up as a "left and right city commander".
Along with Wei Mu's memorial, there was also a memorial from King Su Zhao Hongrun. In the memorial, Zhao Hongrun strongly praised the contribution of the Shanyang Army and the Northern First Army in this northern Xinjiang campaign, and emphasized that: It might as well be based on Shanyang Army
Army, the First Army of the North was stationed in the border city of the town to intimidate the border Xiaoxiao.
As a result, the Liang court also understood.
But no one put forward their opinions on this matter. The reason is very simple, because the Ministry of Revenue clearly wants to bring border cities under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue, but this matter itself is justifiable, and other government offices are not even close to talking about it. Although they know very well,
The person behind this incident is most likely Prince Xiang Zhao Hongjing, and Hubu was just used as a shield by His Highness.
But even if they were wise, they couldn't get hold of Prince Xiang Zhao Hongjing.
As for the troops from Northern Xinjiang garrisoning the border cities, this matter is justified. Therefore, the imperial court remained silent and watched the confrontation between the two forces - the Northern Xinjiang Army and the King of Xiang.
If these two forces reconcile and reach a tacit understanding, then no one else will get involved. But if these two forces fall out, then others will have an excuse to get involved.
On the same day, after learning about the incident, King Xiang Zhao Hongjing invited his staff Liu Jie to ask him how to deal with it.
At this time, Liu Jie had been recommended by Zhao Hongjing, the king of Xiang, as the official of the household department. After being asked by the former, he smiled and said: "This is easy!... The general of the Southern Yan Army, Wei Mu Qianjiao, suggested that the court set up a left and right
"Shiwei", King Su then recommended King Yan and King Huan. Your Highness, do you think this is a coincidence?"
"How is that possible?" King Xiang Zhao Hongjing said with a smile.
After hearing this, Liu Jie smiled and said: "That's it. General Wei Mu and King Su both presented the report, but King Su recommended King Yan and King Huan. This fact itself explains a lot of problems... Shan
The Yang Army, the Northern First Army, the Southern Yan Army, and King Su's Army, I believe that Your Highness will not be willing to be an enemy of our great Wei army, which accounts for at least 30% of our military strength."
Hearing this, King Xiang Zhao Hongjing couldn't help but smile bitterly.
It's no wonder, after all, the three armies of Shanyang Army, Beiyi Army, and Nanyan Army are united, plus the support of King Su's Army, this military force puts too much pressure on him, as Liu Jie said
Yes, he didn't dare offend him at all.
Seeing the expression of King Xiang Zhao Hongjing, Liu Jie added: "Since you can't object, why not support them with all your strength and sell them a favor?...I think that these four military leaders are not currently in opposition to His Highness, so why not make good friends for the sake of it?
King Yong? As far as I know, His Highness King Huan has never dealt with King Yong..."
"..."
Prince Xiang Zhao Hongjing thought for a moment and nodded.