Chapter 80
When asking this question, the emperor kept examining Yan Qing carefully.

In his opinion, it was too abrupt for a young man like Yan Qing who had become famous and had a bright future, and once had bold words and lofty aspirations, to suddenly resign and say that he would go back to reunite with his family and end his retirement for the elderly.

It's just that Yan Qing kept his head down, and he couldn't see the change in Yan Qing's expression, but Yan Qing, who answered all questions without hesitation before, hesitated for a moment this time.

After a short silence, Yan Qing spoke again, his always indifferent voice was a little more sincere.

She said: "Nowadays, the Qiang family is in turmoil, the Xirong is eyeing, the situation in the southern border is unclear, and the county king has been in charge of the western border for a short time. It is time to build fame and gain more power. The minister is in a dangerous situation, and the humble minister has nothing to repay, and with such a humble name, I hope I can help the county king once or twice."

Yan Qing's answer made the emperor a little unexpected, but he felt that it was reasonable, like what the Yan family would say.

It's just that this storyteller and opera singer has nothing to repay but a promise with her body. Now someone is asking for a promise with her body, but she has become a person who sacrificed her life for her fame and fame.

The emperor's mood was delicate for a moment, and he was a little worried about his nephew: "You never thought about it..."

The emperor was a little curious, whether Yan Qing really didn't know Meng Shulan's intentions, or pretended not to know, but he paused halfway through the question, and finally swallowed the words back.

It's okay if Yan Qing understands this question, but if he doesn't understand, an outsider like himself will pierce the window paper, fearing that something bad will happen, and Meng Shulan will find out later, but he doesn't know how to make a fuss with him.

Thinking of Meng Shulan's sharp mouth like his elder sister's, the emperor thought it was better to pretend not to know.

Let the juniors handle the matter of the juniors themselves, and don't meddle in it.

In his mind, the emperor's heart had turned thousands of times, so the words on his lips changed to: "Haven't you ever thought about returning to Xijiang? With your familiarity with Xijiang, if you are an assistant , wouldn't it help Shu Lan to do a better job as the commander of the Western Xinjiang?"

The emperor asked casually, but seeing Yan Qing raised his head solemnly, he asked instead: "What do you think the situation in northern Xinjiang is like now?"

The emperor was taken aback for a moment, and thought along Yan Qing's words.

Northern Xinjiang is now headed by Guo Youning, except for Qin Mang, who guards the northern pass, none of them can be regarded as completely loyal to the royal family.

They are loyal to Zhenbeihou - Guo Youning.

As for Guo Youning and Xu Xiangfeng, they supported the third child as the crown prince, how deeply he was involved with Xu Xiangfeng, and how loyal he was to the royal family, these are all unknown.

In general, the situation in northern Xinjiang is not optimistic.

Thinking of this, the emperor couldn't help but think of the only peaceful eastern border now, and only felt that one head and two big.

He knew that he had taken over a mess from the late emperor, but why did the mess suddenly become so bad that Sanjiang was obviously at a disadvantage?

"So when you go back to northern Xinjiang, you want to take over the Qin family army under the command of your grandfather, Old General Qin?"

The emperor rubbed his eyebrows and asked Yan Qing.

"Yes and no."

Yan Qing answered ambiguously.

The emperor raised his eyes: "How do you say?"

Yan Qing pondered for a moment before saying: "Your Majesty should know that Old General Qin has an adopted son, who is also the nominal uncle of this official, who is the successor trained by Old General Qin. If Old General Qin passes away, the Qin family army should be under the control of this official." Uncle takes over."

Speaking of this, Yan Qing paused for a moment, his eyebrows frowned slightly, as if he had something to say, but before the emperor asked, Yan Qing continued, "Xueyuan has been suppressed for a long time, if it counterattacks, It must be well-prepared, I privately think that the soldiers and horses in the Northland may not be enough to defend against the enemy."

"Therefore, Wei Chen wants to second the troops of the Northwest United Defense Battalion."

Although I don't know why Yan Qing said it so affirmatively, this is indeed something he didn't consider before, so that when Yan Qing talked about it, the emperor's heart suddenly became a little more serious.

Wu'an had just fought a tough battle with Xirong, and also experienced a civil strife. It can be said that the house was leaking and it was raining overnight, and there were troubles everywhere, but there was not enough manpower.

All the ministries in Xueyuan were killed by Qin Mang more than ten years ago, and their vitality was severely injured. It would be considered a matter of surrendering Baili to hand in the surrender letter, so they were particularly afraid of the old general Qin.

But that happened more than ten years ago, and Qin Mang is no longer a vigorous young man in his prime. It is hard to guarantee that after recuperating, the various ministries in the snow field will not start thinking about making a comeback.

In other words, they may have already prepared first.

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, remembering the snow stone powder that Wen Zhemao used to poison him and Xiao Liu.

Snow stone powder is unique to Xueyuan. Because it is colorless and tasteless, it is unconscious and unintentional when it is put into food, and it is extremely harmful to people. Therefore, the entry of snow stone powder has been expressly prohibited in Wu'an.

But this kind of thing can still be scattered in the imperial court, it can be seen that some high-ranking officials in this court have taken the line of Xueyuan.

I just don't know if the boss is the only one who got on this line, or there are other people in hiding.

If there are internal thieves in the court, then Xueyuan really has to guard against it!
"The mobilization of soldiers from the Northwest United Defense Battalion requires the orders of the commanders of both Western Xinjiang and Northern Xinjiang to be mobilized."

The emperor asked Yan Qing in a deep voice, "Are you sure you can get the troop dispatching order from Zhenbeihou?"

You must know that the Northwest United Defense Battalion is an important military base, and soldiers in it cannot be easily transferred. It is almost impossible to ask Guo Youning to give the order to transfer troops based on guesswork.

The emperor was thinking about whether to give Yan Qing some special orders. After all, even if he was an emperor with little real power, he was still an emperor. The emperor's order was issued, even without Guo Youning's order to dispatch troops, it would be no different.

As for whether it works well, it depends on how Guo Youning trains his soldiers.

However, the emperor's heart was heavy, but Yan Qing raised his lips and smiled: "The Northwest Joint Defense Battalion is composed of soldiers from the western and northern borders. There is no transfer order from the Marquis of Zhenbei in the northern border, but there is no transfer order from the western border. Weichen believes that the brothers in Xijiang are still willing to give Weichen a face."

The emperor was taken aback for a moment, never expecting that Yan Qing had this idea.

But she, a courtier, in front of her own emperor, said that she could dispatch troops just because of her face, did she not take him as an emperor too seriously?

But Yan Qing's next sentence made him not bother to worry about face and power. After all, if Wu'an was gone, his emperor would be just a display.

She said: "If it's really time for Xueyuan to counterattack, Xueyuan must have already made full preparations. If at that time, if you ask the Marquis of Zhenbei to send troops, I'm afraid that the defense line in the north will already be lost."

The emperor himself had fought on the front line, so he naturally understood the truth that soldiers are expensive and fast.

Sometimes, it is really a split-second choice that may determine the success or failure of the entire battle situation.

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