That night, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan was so excited that he couldn't sleep.
Firstly, Prince Zhao Hongli of the Eastern Palace told him during the day that he would support him in becoming the commander-in-chief of the Northern First Army. Although Zhao Hongxuan served as the deputy commander when he was in Northern Xinjiang and was a deputy commander with considerable power, in the final analysis, the commander-in-chief and the deputy commander-in-chief
It is different after all.
Secondly, he thought he had convinced his biological brother, Prince Su Zhao Hongrun, who was raised by the same mother, so that the latter finally said something like "Let me consider it."
In Zhao Hongxuan's view, this is equivalent to agreeing to this matter.
The combination of the two made Zhao Hongxuan toss and turn on his bed at night, making it difficult to fall asleep.
Finally, he couldn't hold back the joy in his heart. Seeing that he was not sleepy anyway, he simply got up and wrote some regulations and restructuring guidelines for the Beiyi Army in the study room of Prince Huan's Mansion.
Zhang Ao, the chief of the imperial clan, could not stop his highness, so he had to stay with him in the study.
But what should be said, as Zong Wei Chief, Zhang Ao still has to say it.
"Your Highness, the First Army of the North... are you really sure you can control this army? I'm sorry to say this, but it's hard to control this army..."
It's not that Zhang Ao doesn't believe in the talent of His Highness. In fact, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan is also a very talented prince. Although he is not as talented as King Rui Zhao Hongzhao and King Su Zhao Hongrun, he is diligent and studious, and he is a good prince in the palace.
The prince who has stayed in the school the longest is also the most popular student among the bachelors in the palace school.
Because he is just smart enough to understand the knowledge taught by the scholars in the Palace Academy, but not to the extent that the scholars in the Palace Academy feel a lot of pressure.
To be fair, Qilin'er, Rui Wang Zhao Hongzhao, whose fame spread all over the country, was not actually the favorite student of the scholars in the Palace Academy, because His Highness was so smart that he would often draw inferences from one instance and draw inferences from another, so much so that he taught His Highness knowledge.
, the scholars in the Palace Academy felt very stressed.
Needless to say, the once-famous court bully, Su Wang Zhao Hongrun, was as smart as Rui Wang Zhao Hongzhao, and his character was even worse. He skipped classes and was perfunctory. If the bachelor of the palace school pursues him, it will depend on the severity of the case.
To retaliate, the bachelors in the Palace Academy often walked around when they saw this.
It has to be said that as a teacher, you don't actually need students who are too smart. As long as the student can understand the knowledge they teach, be humble, polite, diligent and eager to learn, this is the standard "good student".
Prince Huan Zhao Hongxuan was a "good student" in palace studies, so that most bachelors in palace studies were happy to teach his highness, even if Zhao Hongxuan's understanding ability was slightly inferior to Zhao Hongzhao and Zhao Hongrun.
Zhang Ao, the chief of the imperial family, knew all this. He did not think that his highness would be inferior to other highnesses. It was just that sometimes Zhao Hongxuan looked weak and shy, which made people misunderstand that this Prince Huan
His Highness is a man with no temper, but in fact, only his brother Zhao Hongrun and the brothers' clan guards know that King Huan Zhao Hongxuan only has a reserved personality, but in terms of stubbornness, the two brothers are similar.
Just like the current situation, because the first army expedition failed, most others would listen to their brother's opinions and reorganize an army that is completely obedient to him, but this is not the case with Zhao Hongxuan. Since he fell in the First Army of the North, he must
The First Army in the North stood up again.
"Not sure?"
After listening to Zhang Ao's advice, Zhao Hongxuan was not angry and said seriously: "At the beginning, my brother surrendered 50,000 Pingyang troops with more than 20,000 dredging troops and 10,000 Yanling troops (later Zhaoling troops). They are both from Chu people, and they are also subordinates of Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo. This is difficult to control... Although the Northern Army has a complicated personnel, they dare not rebel after all. Now His Highness the Crown Prince supports me, as long as I rectify military discipline. , make orders and prohibitions, no matter who is behind those people, slowly the military power can be gathered..."
In fact, Zhao Hongxuan also knew in his heart that the composition and background of his Northern First Army were extremely complicated. It was filled with people from the Donggong Party, Yongwang Party, and Xiangwang Party. However, he did not mean to target any force. If he insisted on saying that, he Whoever we plan to target, then, is to target those who disobey the commander's orders, regardless of whether the other party is the Donggong Party, the Yongwang Party or the Xiangwang Party.
Zhang Ao was about to speak but stopped.
He deliberately wanted to remind His Highness: Even if Prince Zhao Hongli supports you, the Donggong Party will not obey you, let alone the Yongwang Party and the Xiangwang Party.
But after thinking about it, Zhang Ao felt that this was not bad. Anyway, in his opinion, if His Highness was so tough in preparing to rectify the First Army of the North, he would inevitably be squeezed out by the First Army of the North. If the exclusion was severe, maybe his own His Highness will be as disheartened as Prince Zhao Hongli and disappointed with the Northern Army.
In this way, he could persuade His Highness to leave the First Army of the North and reorganize an army. With King Su Zhao Hongrun as his brother, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan wanted to reorganize an army that was completely obedient to his orders. Don't be too relaxed. Equipment , military pay, this is not a problem.
Of course, this is the last resort. It would be better if His Highness can really control the First Army of the North.
In Zhang Ao's view, if His Highness could do this, I believe that Emperor Wei and the imperial court would look upon His Highness in a different light. After all, it is not easy to completely control the First Army of the North.
Thinking of this, Zhang Ao said in a deep voice: "If your highness insists on doing this, then I hope that your highness will temporarily put aside your kindness. His highness King Su once said that an army can only have one voice. Since your highness supports your highness, you will serve as Beiyi If you are the commander-in-chief of the army, then this army can only exist with your voice, Your Highness... Those who do not follow will be expelled or killed, with a fierce force to frighten the rest!"
After listening to Zhang Ao's words, Zhao Hongxuan, who was originally confident, couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
Because there are too many people with selfish motives in his Northern Army. If he really does what Zhang Ao said, he really doesn't know how many people will be killed.
After thinking about it, Zhao Hongxuan felt that he should say hello to the prince Zhao Hongli first, and at least let the Wang family people stand on his side. Otherwise, if even the Wang family is not willing to recognize him, then he, as a coach, is no good at best. It's just a puppet.
Early the next morning, Prince Huan Zhao Hongxuan, who was quite worried about gains and losses, had breakfast at Prince Huan's Mansion and then went to the palace with all the clan guards.
He first went to Ningxiang Palace to pay his respects to his mother, Concubine Shen Shu, and to apologize. After all, he did not go to Ningxiang Palace with his brother Zhao Hongrun yesterday.
As expected, Concubine Shen Shu was very dissatisfied with what happened yesterday. Fortunately, Zhao Hongrun did not disclose the reason yesterday. Otherwise, Zhao Hongxuan really didn't know how to explain it.
All in all, after some good words and agreeing to various conditions that he would come to Ningxiang Palace to accompany his mother and concubine more often in the future, Zhao Hongxuan finally saved the day and left Ningxiang Palace in a cold sweat.
After leaving Ningxiang Palace, Zhao Hongxuan went straight to the East Palace, preparing to tell Prince Zhao Hongli about his plan to restructure and rectify the Northern First Army.
In the side hall of the East Palace, Zhao Hongxuan carefully explained his ideas to the Crown Prince of the East Palace, Zhao Hongli. However, for some reason, the Crown Prince Zhao Hongli seemed a little distracted. Although he nodded from time to time and occasionally said "Hmm," it didn't look like it.
It looked like he listened.
This made Zhao Hongxuan, who had been preparing for the whole night, a little frustrated and angry.
Perhaps he noticed that Zhao Hongxuan's face was not very good-looking. Prince Zhao Hongli sighed, cheered up and said to Zhao Hongxuan: "Hongxuan, I said I would support you, and I will support you. Yesterday, I had a fight with the Wang family.
You have to ask them to stand on your side by saying hello, so you can go ahead and do it... Don’t worry about making the First Army of the North worse, in my opinion, the First Army of the North can’t get any worse!" After that,
, he patted Zhao Hongxuan on the shoulder and said apologetically: "Looking at your complexion today, you didn't stay up all night to write this, right? I'm sorry, I'm really not in the mood today. I can calm down and listen to you.
These……"
After hearing Prince Zhao Hongli's explanation and apology, Zhao Hongxuan felt better. He asked doubtfully: "Your Highness, what's wrong with you? If it's not a confidential matter, why not talk to Brother Wang?"
Prince Zhao Hongli was silent for a moment, and then said in annoyance: "It's not a secret, it's King Yong..."
Zhao Hongxuan suddenly realized after hearing this, and asked tentatively: "Could it be the incident that King Yong made difficult for His Royal Highness in the Xuanzheng Hall yesterday?"
Prince Zhao Hongli nodded and cursed bitterly: "The second brother has always been ruthless, and this time it was even worse... He asked Shi and others to hand over all their gains in Northern Xinjiang to the court, and then secretly sent someone to take this
The matter has spread throughout Daliang, and now the whole Daliang is spreading rumors, saying that King Yong is selfless and righteous for the country... At present, the government and the public are watching my statement. If there is no movement from my side, there will definitely be a lot of people jumping up.
Come out and accuse me..."
While cursing, he still couldn't understand the hatred in his heart: How much gains did the Yongwang Party achieve in Northern Xinjiang? Can it compare with his East Palace Party?
After hearing this, Zhao Hongxuan thought for a while and asked hesitantly: "What will happen if I don't donate?"
"People's hearts will be biased towards King Yong." Prince Zhao Hongli said seriously: "In addition, some young scholars and local officials will be biased towards King Yong. At that time, King Yong will be able to attack this palace from the two points of virtue and loyalty to the country.
.”
"Then what if, His Royal Highness, you also donate your income in Northern Xinjiang to the imperial court? Is it possible to recover it?"
"Irreversible." Prince Zhao Hongli shook his head and said seriously: "He donated first, and I donated later. The government and the public will only remember that King Yong was the first, but will not think carefully about all the so-called things he donated to the court.
How much is it worth?”
"Then what if the truth is revealed? I mean, the results of all the donations from King Yong to the court..."
"It's useless." Prince Zhao Hongli shook his head and said sternly: "Actually, the government and the public do not care about those things, but a heart or an honor. Does our Wei Dynasty lack land? No, you forgot, your brother and Qi Qi last year
After Wang Luxi and the Four Kingdoms attacked Chu, the Chu State once compensated the Wei Dynasty with the city of Guling. Compared with the lost land recovered by the Wei Dynasty in the Northern Xinjiang Campaign, which one is larger and which is smaller? But my father and the court still did not hesitate to give up the land.
It was returned to the Chu people as a place of exile for the Mi family of Chu State... In Hedong and Shangdang, the lost land recovered was not that big in fact. However, these lands were snatched by South Korea, so
, I, the people of Wei, want to take it back, that’s all... Sometimes, we don’t care about the quantity, but what matters is the meaning.”
Just as Prince Zhao Hongli said, the news that Yong Wang Hongyu would hand over all his gains in Northern Xinjiang to the imperial court quickly spread throughout Daliang, which made Yong Wang Hongyu's reputation in Daliang suddenly rise to an incredible level.
At the same time, it also pushed the Donggong Party to the cliff. (To be continued.)