Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

When Han Wei appeared in front of Lu Duoxun and said the sentence "Your Majesty asked me to bring you a sentence, do you know your mistake?"...

Lu Duoxun was so excited that he was trembling all over, with tears in his eyes, and said in admiration: "I know I was wrong, I really knew it..."

He is too clever, and the decisive battle with Khitan is the most important thing for the court.

After Luo Youdu ascended the throne, he regarded the Khitan invasion of the Central Plains as a national humiliation, and made it a national policy to avenge the Khitan invasion.

If Luo Youdu didn't think of him at such a critical moment, his life would be over.

If ordinary people were to be the top leaders in such an important town as Taiyuan, they would have already been satisfied.

However, for a person like Lu Duoxun, the only goal of entering the officialdom is Zaifu.

He was greedy for a while and cut off his way to be a minister, and he had already slapped himself several times behind his back in regret.

Now at this last moment, seeing the dawn of the night, I am grateful.

Han Wei said: "Since I know my mistake, I will arrange the matter in Taiyuan properly and go directly to Youzhou to pick up the driver, there is no need to return to Beijing to thank you."

Lu Duosun already understood that this was his last chance, so he hurriedly thanked him.

Han Wei returned to Bianjing and explained Lu Duoxun's situation to Luo Youdu in detail.

Luo Youdu didn't say anything, if Lu Duoxun hadn't made too much credit for the surrender of Yun Jiuzhou, he would have decided to demote him to Lingnan or Hehuang to be a governor for a few years to hone his training.

Originally, he planned to transfer Lu Duosun to the middle and lower states to serve as the governor after the heat in Yunjiu State subsided, punishing minor punishments.But in the past six months, he found that Lu Duoxun did not send people to Bianjing to manage things as before, and he did not hear any news from Lu Duoxun.

The situation from Taiyuan also shows that Ludoxun has done a good job in his long history.

Only then did Luo Youdu feel pity and give him more chances. Of course, he also wanted to find an opponent for Zhao Pu and one more person who took the blame.

Dou Yi and Xue Juzheng are gentlemen, Song Qi is not good at infighting, Han Xizai and Kou Xiang are straight ministers, so we can't let Zhao Pu do the dirty work all the time, right?
It would be embarrassing for Zhao Pu to be loyal to him and have made meritorious service to the country.

It is reasonable to share the blame.

During the few days when he was preparing to go north, Luo Youdu arranged a seat at the upper left of the Yanhe Hall, so that the ugly Luo Kangrui could listen to him receive officials at all levels, and at the same time deal with the memorials sent by the Council Hall.

He asked Luo Kangrui to process all the memorials, and then went over them himself.

When Luo Kangrui was dealing with matters, he would not give any suggestions and pointers, and he wanted to exercise the future prince's ability to make decisions independently.

As an emperor, in addition to knowing how to employ people, the most important thing is to make arbitrary decisions.

Things in the world are complicated, except for Zhu Hongwu's pervert, few people can handle every detail.I don’t see that after Zhu Hongwu abolished the prime minister, the subsequent emperors immediately created a cabinet system
What is the difference between the cabinet and the prime minister?
The prime minister is responsible for sorting out things, analyzing the situation, and giving suggestions, while the emperor holds the highest decision-making power and makes correct decisions based on the prime minister's suggestions.

This is a very good mechanism, let alone ancient times, even modern times use this model.

Therefore, how to make a choice from various opinions is a crucial job and power for the emperor.

Everyone has difficulty in choosing, especially when faced with a group of great talents expressing reasonable suggestions, it is even more torturous to choose a suggestion from among them.

Luo Kangrui's small faces were all pulled together, and he felt that Dou Yi's suggestion was very good, Song Qi's statement was very good, Xue Juzheng's idea was also very good, and Zhao Pu's remarks were also very sharp.
How to overcome yourself and choose advice from your heart seems easy, but it is not easy to do.

But no matter what the problem is, Luo Youdu will not interfere in advance, and let him make his own decision, let alone delay until tomorrow.

It wasn't until Luo Kangrui made a choice that he patiently explained and analyzed it.

Renming Hall.

Luo Youdu took a hot bath and returned to the bedroom,
He didn't see Fu Qing'er, knowing that she must go to visit Chou Chou, sat down on the edge of the bed, picked up a book and read it carefully.

After about a quarter of an hour, Fu Qing'er walked into the bedroom.

Luo Youdu unconsciously lowered his voice and said, "Chou Chou is asleep?"

A trace of distress flashed in Fu Qing'er's eyes, and she said, "I've already fallen asleep, and fell asleep as soon as I fell down."

Luo Youdu said: "It's really embarrassing him."

Fu Qing'er said disapprovingly: "This is the responsibility he should bear. Born in the royal family, he has been well-clothed and well-fed since he was a child. Mr. Qi Meng is the number one Confucian in the world. He learns horse riding with the guidance of the palace commander, and learns martial arts with the horse commander to teach him If you have this kind of preferential treatment, you have to pay a corresponding price, and you can't be too lenient to him just because of his age."

Luo Youdu said with a smile: "Madam is so ugly and young. She has a heavy burden, but she didn't complain. Instead, she resisted with her young shoulders. At such a young age, with this awareness, Madam deserves the most credit."

With some excitement, he stepped forward and pulled Fu Qing'er to sit beside him, and said: "When Chou Chou was dealing with memorials these days, I found that his choice was neither benevolent nor righteous, nor strong, but rather It’s a bit like Xunzi’s combination of etiquette and law, and the feeling of being king and domineering. Hey, this kid may not be worse than his old man in the future.”

Thinking of Luo Kangrui's performance these days, he, a father, couldn't help being happy.

Fu Qing'er also smiled gratifiedly.

Luo Youdu said: "Chou Chou has this responsibility, and I am relieved. I have received news a few days ago that Xiao Hunian met the Eastern Khitan cavalry in the Monan Grassland. The two sides clashed and each other suffered casualties. Because of the accidental encounter, and There was no winner, seeing that they couldn't win each other, and fearing that the other side would reinforce them, they each retreated. I estimate that their harassment will become more frequent in the next period of time, so I decided to leave for Youzhou at the end of the month."

The Eastern Khitan's intentions were actually quite obvious, they didn't dare to rush into Yunjiuzhou, let alone forcibly enter the Yanshan defense line.

However, as the situation in Koryo and Wa on the eastern front of the imperial court became clearer, the rear of the Eastern Khitan became more and more dangerous. In order to avoid this situation, they were eager to fight this battle.

You can't attack directly, you can only force the court to fight through harassment.

This situation is exactly what Luo Youdu wants to see.

He was never afraid of a fight with Khitan, but he was afraid that if Khitan did not fight, he would shrink back like Goguryeo in the past.

How powerful was the Tang Dynasty back then, destroying the country was like playing games, 15 people stationed in the mountains fought against [-] people, more than [-] people were beheaded directly, and the reinforcements of Goguryeo were defeated, but finally they were blocked at the city of Anshi and had to retreat.

There are too many uncontrollable factors in this defensive battle.

Under their own persecution, the current East Khitan is far inferior to the Liao Kingdom with a vast territory in history, but their control over the Northeast is even better than the Liao Kingdom in history.

Historically, the center of gravity of the Liao Kingdom has always been developing towards the rich west, but Khitan was forced to expand to the east because of its separatist control, which was not as good as before. .

If Khitan's core main force is not disabled, and they go deep into the Northeast to fight directly, facing the current Khitan's control over the Northeast, the difficulty will increase geometrically.

Luo Youdu didn't want to procrastinate, and he couldn't.

The future of the imperial court lies in the west and sailing, so we can't spend too much time in the northeast.

Fu Qing'er had been prepared for a long time, even though she was reluctant to give up, she forced a smile and said: "Dad once said in his letter that the generals in our dynasty are strong and the armor is excellent, which has never been seen in ancient times. In addition, your majesty uses soldiers like gods, and will definitely can hit the ground running

"Accept the queen's auspicious words!"

Luo Youdu smiled, and stretched out his An Lushan claws.

The date of the expedition was set at the end of January. Luo Youdu spent the last time instructing Chou Chou in governing the country during the day, and overdrafted public food with his concubine at night.

Yongjing three years, January [-]th.

Luo Youdu put on the armor specially made for him by the armor inspector. Compared with Guo Rong's flamboyant golden armor, his armor is mainly black, which is less ostentatious and more solemn and murderous.

Luo Youduben
He tends to be weak, but the upper body of this armor, coupled with the scarlet cloak embroidered with dragon patterns, and the tall and dark war horse, looks extremely majestic.

Looking at himself in the mirror, Luo Youdu nodded in satisfaction.

Sure enough, people depend on clothes, and horses depend on saddles!

He glanced at the concubine Fu Qing'er and his son Luo Kangrui who came here specially to see them off, said goodbye to them, and said to Hu Yanzan and Wang Tingyi, the second Heng Ha generals beside him: "Let's go!"

As always, Wang Tingyi wore the iron bumps prepared for him by his father Wang Jing.

Hu Yanzan is also wearing heavy armor, but the most conspicuous thing is that he has an extra horse beside him. The horse's back is full of weapons such as jujube lance, array-breaking knife, magic pestle, meteor hammer, and iron folded upper scarf. , showing its own uniqueness.

Most generals are only proficient in a few kinds of long and short weapons, but Hu Yanzan is different. He is proficient in all eighteen kinds of martial arts, and he even invented some special weapons, each of which weighs about tens of catties.

Luo Youdu once talked cheaply, telling him that with his supernatural power, even if he burned an iron weight, he could kill a person at once, and there was no need to be fancy.

But it turns out that if you reason with someone like Hu Yanzan, he will really pull you to his level, and then beat you with experience.

In later generations, Luo Youdu always thought it was a joke, but after meeting Hu Yanzan, he believed it.

Behind Hu Yanzan and Wang Tingyi is the young Qin Han, who is much more normal than the second general Heng Ha, wearing the bright silver armor given by Luo Youdu, and looks like a handsome young man.

After leaving Xuande Gate, the Imperial Camp lined up on the Imperial Street.

Pan Mei and Cao Bin are on the left and right respectively. As for the Dianqian Division and the Guards Division, they have already set off first.

As Luo Youdu's emperor's personal guard, the Imperial Army Division naturally wanted to go with him.

Pan Mei and Cao Bin, the two generals of the Yu Dynasty, played their own worth in Jiangnan and Lingnan respectively.

Compared with them who were unconvincing in history, the two of them in this era are more confident, with yearning to expand their territories in their eyes.

"Your Majesty! The Imperial Battalion Division Tianwei, Tianxiong, Shenwei, Longwei, Longxiang, Xuanwei, and Xiongwu have assembled."

As Luo Youdu's direct lineage, the Yuying Division has inevitably been supported by support over the years, expanding from the original Eighth Army to the Twelfth Army.

In this battle, the Imperial Camp Division dispatched seven of the armies, and the remaining five armies, led by Chang Side, a veteran of the Imperial Camp Division, continued to defend the capital.

Looking at the valiant and high-spirited elite soldiers in front of him, Luo Youdu drew out the sword from his waist and shouted: "Let's go straight to Linhuang Mansion, and I will drink with you!"

As soon as he finished his words, the Imperial Battalion Division shouted in unison: "Go straight to Linhuang Mansion!"

"Go straight to Linhuang Mansion!"

Their voices are too loud and spread in all directions.

What followed was a wave of "Go straight to Linhuang Mansion!"

"Go straight to Linhuang Mansion!"

"Go straight to Linhuang Mansion!"

.........

Luo Youdu is about to conquer Khitan himself, and the matter has already spread, in order to avoid confusion.

Early this morning, soldiers from Kaifeng Mansion and local streets implemented control over the road from Imperial Palace Street to Chengnan Wharf.

But this does not hinder the enthusiasm of the people.

When the Khitan entered the Central Plains, Kaifeng was the most injured, and the hatred was deep.

The Dayu Dynasty has always used newspapers to publicize the sense of national honor. At this moment, the Dayu Dynasty has passed the propaganda, coupled with the glory of constant victory and invincibility, so that the court has the cohesion of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

The common people recognized and admired the imperial court very much. When they heard the shout of the imperial court secretary, they couldn't help shouting along with it.

The sound spread from the Imperial Street at the beginning to the inner city, and then from the inner city to the outer city, and gradually spread like waves, until tens of thousands of people shouted "Go straight to Linhuang Mansion" over Bianjing. .”

Sending off the greatest emperor in their hearts with the most fanatical attitude...

In an exquisite courtyard close to the Imperial College in Bianjing, a person listened to the cry representing the will of the whole country with a complicated expression, showing various expressions of sadness and distress.

he is yeah

Law sage.

Ye Luxian had Khitan in his heart, and he fled to the Central Plains, naturally because he admired the Central Plains culture, but more because he realized that someone was flattering and killing him.

Yeluxian was keenly aware that someone was planning to push him out, taking advantage of Yelv's inadequacy of not being able to capture the hearts of the elders and nobles, and using himself to form a new force, creating friction for the second split of Khitan.

Yeluxian was not without ambitions, but the Khitan could no longer bear another split and was unwilling to stand out.But there are certain things that unless he dies or completely disappears, it is impossible for him to stay out of it as the number one heir of the year.

Even now Yeluxian still can't let go of Khitan and his own country.It's just that in Bianjing these years, he has had in-depth contact with the Dayu court, and seen all kinds of novel cultural systems in the Central Plains, all kinds of technologies that benefit the people, the cultural atmosphere, and all kinds of shocking changes

The more he understands, the more he understands the gap between each other
Yeluxian knew very well that what was shown in front of him was only a small part, and the real power would not be known to him.

But it's just that what he can see already makes people feel desperate.

Listening to the crazy cries of the people from all over the world and the scholars in the Imperial College, Yeluxian heard two words from their voices, "must be
win".

This is no longer pride, but self-confidence, unparalleled cultural self-confidence.

Thousands of words, all turned into a long sigh.

"Ugh!"
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