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Chapter 351 Strength of Support

In the early morning of the next day, excerpts from all over the world flocked to the court.

Not long after the court opened, it was piled up into a hill.

Emperor Changxing casually picked out a few books with no expression on his face, and flipped through them.

It either politely asked about the exact battle situation in Xijiang, or directly suggested that the court send troops to support.

Seeing Emperor Changxing's ugly face, the conscientious minister stood up immediately.

"Your Majesty, I have something to play. The governor of Xiyu recently reported that the southern coast is flooded with red tides, and various aquatic products have suffered heavy losses..."

This person tried to bring up other matters to divert the topic, but after a few rounds, he would be brought back to the issue of Western Xinjiang by other important ministers.

"Master Zhang, every year in June and July, the red tide in Xiyu County will be flooded. Didn't the court warn them early this year? They even asked them to fish in advance so as not to affect the battle in Dingxi County."

"Yes, the fortress and Dingxi are more important. The west is restless, and Yunchui is restless."

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Emperor Changxing looked at the courtiers below who were discussing a lot, his face sank like water.

Without this newspaper, he didn't even know that there were so many courtiers speaking to the government of Zhen Guo...

"Your Majesty?" Chang Lu coughed lightly.

Emperor Changxing came back to his senses, and when he saw the situation in front of him clearly, his face was strange for a while.

The king of Qin, who had always been so quiet, stood up at some point, his mouth opening and closing, saying something with righteous indignation.

The tone seems to be quite fluent.

It's so rare...

Chang Lu next to him saw that his master had lost his mind again unknowingly, so he quickly picked up his teacup, "Your Majesty, it's a hot day. Drink ginseng tea to moisten your throat."

Emperor Changxing came back to his senses, took a sip in a concealed manner, and finally heard his eldest son's eager voice.

"...Father, although Yun Chui is big, it was beaten down by the blood of the ancestors bit by bit, and not an inch can be lost. My son is willing to lead the army to support Dingxi County, so that the people of Xiliang will never return. , keep me, Yunchui Dadi, safe and sound!"

Before King Qin finished speaking, Luo Ken, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, stood up.

"Your Majesty, as His Royal Highness King Qin said, the whole country is now very concerned about the safety of the western border, and the imperial court sends troops to support it without delay. In order to repel the invading enemy as soon as possible, so as to relieve the worries of the people of the empire. The old minister thought that he should send troops who are familiar with the battlefield to win the battle. The fierce general Confucianism led the troops to the west..."

While talking, Luo Ken glanced at King Qin, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Soon it was you and me going back and forth, arguing over who should be sent as the leading general.

Emperor Changxing was in a trance for a while.

He looked at the old eunuch next to him suspiciously.

It's all about the leading general, did he just agree to send troops to support Xijiang?

Should not be ah.

Even if Imperial Concubine Qing rushed to the Imperial Study Room in anger yesterday, he did not let go.

As expected of someone who accompanied Emperor Changxing for most of his life, Chang Lu suddenly understood his question and shook his head gently.

Emperor Changxing heaved a sigh of relief, and while drinking tea, he casually watched the commotion below.

Sure enough, no definite conclusion was reached until the retreat of the court.

Luo Ken hurried back to the Shangshu Mansion and found his housekeeper.

"Where is Prince Qi now?"

The butler was taken aback, and immediately replied: "Master, the imperial order for His Highness to return to Beijing should have just arrived in Yumu County."

Therefore, it is still far away from the Golden Dragon Beach where Chen Xiuzhu is.

Moreover, the Baekje Peninsula is now very windy and rainy. If the post road is damaged, it is unknown when the imperial decree will arrive at Jinlongtan.

"Master, I don't know what happened early?"

Luo Ken didn't hide from his old housekeeper, "In the early court, King Qin suddenly stood up and wanted to lead troops to support Dingxi County!"

hum.

The old housekeeper snorted, "It should be Cheng Enbo's idea. King Qin wants to turn around based on this?"

The last time the prince experienced in the frontier, King Qin brought back a pair of concubines and two concubines.If he can lead the troops west this time, who knows what he will bring back.

Having said that, the two quickly fell silent.

The prince led the army just to go to Platinum to get a title and make friends with some generals, so naturally they don't need to dictate the war.

Therefore, although King Qin is useless, Emperor Changxing may really send him out.

After all, he was his eldest son, and he had the deepest affection and devotion.

And rumors would flow out from time to time in Xingji City that Emperor Changxing had always expected King Qin, which was why he did not establish a heir for a long time.

"Master, our lord will not be able to come back for the time being. Even if we can come back in time, it is estimated that His Majesty will not send him west again."

The old butler pondered for a while, "But King Qin is not the only prince in Xingji City, is it?"

Luo Ken nodded, and slowly raised his beard.

Zhen Guogong Mansion, Study Room.

The big study room was deserted as usual, only Princess Yiguang and Huo Qing's grandfather and grandson were sitting there.

There is a letter on the table.

The letter was written by Ren Rong from Taishifu.

Princess Yiguang held a magnifying glass, read the letter carefully, and passed it to her grandson next to her with a calm expression.

After Huo Qing finished reading, he directly put the letter on the candle and burned it.

"Grandmother, do you think His Majesty will agree to send troops to support Xijiang?"

"Yes." Princess Yiguang nodded slowly, "The newspapers have made the battle situation in the west known to the whole world, and everyone is staring at Xingji City. His Majesty will definitely agree to send troops to support."

It's just hard to say how many soldiers will be sent and how much support will be provided.

Thinking about it, Princess Yiguang's eyes fell on the Yunchui map on the wall.

Although the old eyes are dim, as long as they are far away, they will be blurred.But she still found the location of Luoxia Mountain.

This is a lofty mountain range running from north to south, and it is also a natural barrier.

It not only blocked the dry monsoon in the west, but also blocked the footsteps of Xiliang people going east, and even blocked the eyes of some Yunchui people.

In the thousands of years of history, the two countries have fought no less than a thousand times.Xiliang's most formidable attack was Luoxia Mountain, and almost crossed Miwu County.

In the end, although the Xiliang people were driven back to the grassland, the court and the court were all arguing about one thing.

That is whether to abandon Dingxi County and Yanzhen Fortress to the west of Luoxia Mountain, directly use Luoxia Mountain as the boundary, and rule against Xiliang people across the mountain.

For hundreds of years, this issue has always had both opposition and support.

The objection is simple.

As long as it is the land laid down by the ancestors with their lives and blood, there can only be more and not less.Even if it is barren and bitter cold, we must hold on to it.

Whoever dares to part with the land will cut off the souls of their ancestors and their own flesh.

There are many reasons to support it.

Dingxi County is too poor and too far away, and the taxation is basically hopeless, and even the central court has to pay money subsidies in turn from time to time.

Moreover, the west side of Dingxi is a plain, and there is basically no danger to defend.

Instead of spending a lot of money to send troops to garrison a rock fortress, it is better to retreat and guard the few main roads of Luoxia Mountain.It is enough to keep the Xiliang people in the west so that they cannot disturb the hinterland of Yunchui.

This saves worry and effort.

"Grandmother," Huo Qing felt a little chilled, "You mean that His Majesty will at most send troops to guard the main east-west roads of Luoxia Mountain. As for Dingxi County and Yanzhen Fortress, they can only rely on themselves?"

That is the people of a county plus a rock frontier fortress and two imperial legions.

Princess Yiguang nodded slowly, "Success is a newspaper, and failure is a newspaper."

There are so many ministers speaking for Xijiang in the court today, even though they may not all be on the side of the Zhen Guogong, in the eyes of Emperor Changxing, they are no different.

Originally, the Chen royal family was extremely afraid of them, but now Emperor Changxing will be more convinced.

Even Yingling and the Yanhui Legion, one is based at Yingling Racecourse, and the other can't win any games.

It is estimated that it was abandoned by Emperor Changxing long ago.

Huo Qing nodded, his eyes fell on the ashes that had just been burned, his face was full of thought.

(End of this chapter)