Shu Chen

Chapter 428

The birds are singing and the butterflies are dancing, the vegetation is thriving, and the white clouds rise to the distant Xiu, swaying into the clear sky.

The scenery of Chengdu in early summer and April is really charming. Zheng Pu, who has been used to the grass and clouds in Longyou for a long time, and the tail of cattle and sheep, rode his horse slowly at the western foot of Longquan Mountain.

However, when he was stretching out his hand sideways to pull out the bamboo flute on the side of the saddle, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Fu Qian and his meritorious disciples winding the bow strings behind him, so he let it go.

It has been nearly ten days since he returned to Chengdu, and Zheng Pu clearly felt that both the government and the public were in an atmosphere of high morale.

It can even be said to be hyperactive.

The reason is that Ni Wei mobilized tens of thousands of troops to attack and returned without success, Jiangdong secretly attacked Hefei, but Ni Wei Cao Rui could not take it back, which made the government and the public feel that Ni Wei is already in decline!
There is nothing to be afraid of!
Therefore, everyone is racing to seek to follow the customs in the future.

It is in stark contrast to the situation in which the wealthy clan rebelled in Nanzhong after the Yiling War and the family was unwilling to serve the Han Dynasty.

If it was in the past, this kind of united will is what the prime minister expected.

But now Zheng Pu felt that there was a hidden danger.

Without him, too much is too late.

These people in Chengdu only saw the victories and defeats since the Northern Expedition of the Han Dynasty, and the countless lands restored, but they didn't know that the prime minister was walking on thin ice every time he used troops, lest he make a wrong step and lose all his previous achievements.

Gein didn't allow defeat because of the great Han's war background.

Yes, the strength of the Han and Wei Dynasties is still not comparable.

Not to mention the extravagant hope that "Guanzhong can be decided in one battle" as imagined by the ruling and opposition officials.

After Zheng Pu returned to Chengdu, he was busy for a long time to welcome and see him off, out of the necessity of being sophisticated in the world.When I had a discussion with them, I could see from their speech and demeanor that their confidence gradually underestimated the enemy.

Perhaps, it is because they seldom have the opportunity to face the corpses on the battlefield, so they dare to talk lightly about military affairs and show their heroism in berating Fang Qiu.

Only Xiang Chong, the leader of the Central Committee, did not have that impatience.

During the banquet with Zheng Pu, he asked about many matters of the Northern Expedition in detail, and also asserted that the battle to "restore the old capital" might be protracted, and it was definitely not the result of the first battle.

Those who have never been out of Sichuan to Longyou have such a recognition, and they have won countless people.

As for why he took the lead in asking for orders to follow the expedition, it was because Xiang Lang returned to Chengdu to guard Shangshutai after he returned from the post of general.

The uncle lives in the center of the government and the nephew and nephew supervise the soldiers inside and outside the capital. Even if the emperor, the prime minister and other officials have never doubted the loyalty of the Xiang family, he himself wants to avoid the suspicion of melon fields and plums.

From his mouth, Zheng Pu also learned why Zhang Bao thought he would be transferred back to Chengdu~
Today's Central Guard Army, Xiang Chong's deputy, Zhao Tong, is no longer able to take over the responsibility of guarding inside and outside the capital - he was transferred by the emperor to be the supervisor of the new army.

Correct!
After the prime minister promoted the government to the public, the emperor Liu Chan began to prepare for the formation of a new army.

It's not like emulating the emperor Wudi of the former Han Dynasty who "feared that the power of the lieutenant would be too heavy, and set up Yulin and Qimen in Guangluxun, and then the two armies of the north and the south will be equalized" and choose good sons to form the army.Instead, the prime minister ordered Jiang Wan, who was changed to the governor of Yizhou, to submit a form, asking the emperor to select good ones from the orphans of the soldiers who died in the Northern Expedition in recent years to raise them as officials of Habayashi and teach them five soldiers.

On the one hand, this move can reflect the virtue of the court and the heart of the soldiers.

The other is that it is kindness from above, and it is a preparation for the emperor to control military power in the future.

These orphans of soldiers will also be assigned by the imperial court to guard various places or serve in the army according to their talents and learning, which is equivalent to the reserve service of middle and low-level officers in the Han army.

In this way, it is not surprising that Zhao Tong, who already had the duty of selecting generals, was transferred by the emperor to the post of commander of the Yubayashi New Army.

But this also disrupted Zheng Pu's plan.

When he responded to Zhang Bao's request, he planned to recommend Zhao Tong to guard inside and outside the capital.

Because from the perspective of loyalty, father's merits, and personal talents, the most suitable person to accept this responsibility is nothing more than the nephew of the former emperor Yuan Congguan, Zhang Zhao, and the three families.

Now, Guan Xing is in charge of Hanzhong, and he will be relied on as the country's fence to supervise the war in the future. Zhao Tong, who lives in Huben Zhonglang as an official, is naturally the most suitable candidate to take over Xiang Chong's duties.

If they are not promoted from the three families, others such as Ma Zhong, Mi Wei, Huo Yi and Pang Hong will have their own tradeoffs.

Among them, Mi Wei and Pang Hong, needless to say, have too little military experience and lack of prestige, and their fathers, Mi Fang and Pang Lin, are now serving in Wei and Wu respectively.

But Ma Zhong and Huo Yi cannot be easily transferred from Nanzhong.

Although the present-day Nanzhong is generally stable, after the old governor Li Hui died of illness and the clan moved to Hanzhong to settle down, both Xinggu County and Yongchang County had incidents of rebellion by natives and barbarian chieftains.

The scale is not large, and Ma Zhong and Huo Yi only conscripted the county soldiers and settled everything.

However, who can say for sure that transferring them to other people to go to Nanzhong to guard will not induce a new rebellion among the natives and barbarians?Out of the consideration that the stability of the rear is more conducive to the great cause of the Northern Expedition, the imperial court will naturally not give priority to the two of them.

Li Feng, the son of Li Yan who was transferred to Longyou, was also not a good choice.

Li Feng's qualifications are nothing to worry about, but Li Yan is now in the central hub where he is responsible for supervising and examining hundreds of officials, how can he order his son to guard inside and outside the capital!

Therefore, after all the calculations, the best arrangement is to transfer Zhang Bao to Chengdu.

Thinking of this, Zheng Pu, who had let go of Hengdi's idleness, focused on the words about his upcoming meeting with Emperor Liu Chan.

In the past few days after returning to Chengdu, Zheng Pu has never had a private banquet with the emperor, except that he met the emperor during the court meeting.Since the northern tour will take place in three days, the two of them will have many chances to chat with each other on the way, so the emperor is very considerate not to take up the time for Zheng Pu to greet and see him off.

But now send Fu Qian to lead Zheng Pu to the Yulin Army camp at the west foot of Longshou Mountain?
Before his departure, the Son of Heaven also ordered the meritorious children in Chengdu to use riding and archery skills as a comparison to select candidates for the northern tour.

It can be regarded as a means of encouragement.

It is only natural for Zheng Pu to be summoned for the joy of the monarch and his ministers.

In particular, when he was sent back by the prime minister to welcome him to the north, he must also shoulder the responsibility of dispatching guards and guards from various places along the way, and it was inevitable that he would discuss and finalize some details with the emperor and Xiang Chong before leaving.

However, Zheng Pu felt that with the emperor's honest temperament, he definitely would not have any temporary troubles, so he put all his thoughts on how to use the emperor to reverse the overly optimistic atmosphere in Chengdu for the Northern Expedition, and how to use the emperor to reverse the situation between the emperor and the prime minister. How to remove Zhang Bao from the duty of guarding Gyeonggi before meeting.

But what he didn't expect was that the emperor called him to attend the meeting, also out of other thoughts.

It's about the prime minister.

(End of this chapter)