The rise of the prince

Chapter 503 The Emperor's Question

Chapter 503 Questioning the Emperor
At the end of the palace banquet, many young siblings came to greet him and toast him under the instigation of their parents.

They were about the same age, with no more than five years of age difference between them, but these children looked at him with admiration and love, as if they were not of the same age group.

"Young and mature, treacherous and cunning, I'm talking about you." Shiyu whispered.

Li Xingzhou just smiled: "Take care of you at night."

After the dinner, everyone accompanied the emperor and empress to the garden, and Li Xingzhou followed with poetry.

From time to time, the emperor would come up with a few sentences for the juniors in the school examination, such as "Snow plums are the same color" and "Heshan in the courtyard".

Li Xingzhou naturally kept a respectful distance from this kind of exchange activities between cultural people. It would be fine if Gillian was there, but he would take the lead if Gillian was not there. Even if he copied it, he couldn't think so much at once.

The emperor was not as serious as before, he seemed very happy to communicate with his juniors, which was rarely the case before, because he always had a cold face.

The emperor is really old.

In old age, people will cherish and cherish family affection even more.

The queen held Shiyu's hand and asked some questions from time to time, she answered decently, and he didn't get involved in women's affairs.

In addition to the school exam, the emperor also asked Li Xingzhou some questions, such as how to deal with the affairs of the Liao Kingdom.

Now that things are up to now, what can Li Xingzhou think.

The battle between Liao and Jin is almost a foregone conclusion. If you lose Shangjing, you will lose the qualification to attack from both sides. Xijing will be difficult to defend. Next spring, when the warm state of Jin will launch a general attack, Liao will definitely not be able to support it.

"It's useless to think about it now, but Nanjing must be in your hands." Li Xingzhou said categorically that Nanjing of the Liao Kingdom, which is the future Beijing, has important strategic significance, and Nanjing of the Liao Kingdom cannot be let go no matter what.

"Why." The emperor asked as he walked, the imperial garden was full of colorful lights, which had nothing to do with it, and he was more focused on the conversation at hand.

"Nanjing has mountains on three sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is an important city for defending against foreigners in the north. The most important thing is that it is the middle and lower reaches of the Dajiang Plain, the East China Plain, and the center of the Northeast Plain. It is a strategic location." Li Xingzhou said, as a later generation , most understand the importance of Beijing.

Not just an outpost to defend against the north, but most importantly, with Beijing as the center and connected to the Bohai Sea, as long as the navy is strong enough, it is easiest to radiate influence to the Korean Peninsula, the Northeast, and even Japan.

At the beginning, when Su Lie destroyed Baekje, he just killed Baekje from the Bohai Sea, advancing both land and water, and wiped out the hostile forces on the Korean Peninsula cleanly.

"Northeast Plain? East China Plain?" The emperor was puzzled.

Only then did Li Xingzhou realize that it was not called that way now: "It is the Liaodong Plain, and the Jingbei Plain."

Only then did the emperor nod his head: "You think in the long term. Only half of the Jingbei Plain is in our hands, and the Liaodong Plain is even more so. It used to be the land of the Liao people, but now it has changed hands to the Jin people."

"Even if you can't get it, you can resist the foreigners in the north with Nanjing."

The emperor nodded, "Then how much do you think it is appropriate to send troops?"

"How much can the court pay?" Li Xingzhou asked.

"With your million taels of silver, it's not a problem to send out one hundred thousand troops." He said confidently.

The emperor is a reliable person, since he said so, Li Xingzhou also believes it.

But he has a worry in his heart, that is Yelu Dashi.

He didn't know if Yelu Dashi was in Nanjing. He had to know that Yelu Dashi was a fierce man who defeated the 20 Northern Song army only by relying on the rout he gathered.

Even if Emperor Tianzuo didn't listen to him later, he fled west to the west of Tianshan Mountain, still relying on hundreds of cavalry to start a business, annexing many tribes and countries one after another, establishing a powerful Western Liao Empire, defeating the Central Asian overlord Seljuk, Huara Zimo and other countries became the largest country in Central Asia in one fell swoop.

He is humanistic and martial arts, and bravely crowned the three armies. It can be said that he is evenly divided with Wanyan Agu. Unfortunately, although he has the blood of the Liao Taizu, he is only a collateral line after all. The one who inherited the Liao Dynasty is Emperor Tianzuo, and Emperor Tianzuo died. not to him.

Otherwise, the battle between Liao and Jin might be fought back and forth.

"I'm still a little worried." Li Xingzhou said.

"What worries?"

"Among the generals of the Liao Dynasty, there was a man named Yelu Dashi who was very difficult to fight. He was proficient in military aircraft and strategy, and he was skilled in bow and horse. He was brave and difficult to deal with." Li Xingzhou said, he just wanted to remind the emperor.

"Is there such a person in the Liao army? How do you know." The emperor asked curiously.

"Wei Yubai told it." Li Xingzhou could only make up a random reason, and he couldn't say that he knew it from reading history books.

"Wei Yubai?"

"The daughter of Wei Chaoren, the governor of Guanbei, is the one who offered the prisoners on my behalf today." Li Xingzhou explained.

The emperor nodded: "Wei Chaoren had a very good relationship with King Xiao at the beginning. You stayed in Guanbei for a while when you were young. Speaking of which, Wei Yubai is still your childhood sweetheart. But this matter has to be decided by the person in charge. When the time comes I will remind him."

As he spoke, he asked, "In your opinion, who can be in command?"

Speaking of being in command, Li Xingzhou suddenly thought of Zhong Daoyu, he was probably the person who took the most command in Jingguo, but he has been ignoring the government for almost half a year because of his illness.

"Yang Hongzhao, the commander in front of the palace." Li Xingzhou said, he suddenly thought that Yang Hongzhao, who was still in the Sulu area to stabilize the situation, may not be as good as Zhong Daoyu, but he is mature and cautious, and has experience.

"What about other than that?"

"Wei Chaoren, or Yang Wenguang." Li Xingzhou said: "The two of them have been at the border all year round, fighting with foreigners a lot, and they are experienced, but..."

"But what?" asked the emperor.

"It's another matter whether the emperor trusts or not." After all, foreign generals and commanders, no matter which emperor would be worried.

"What if you are handsome?" the emperor said suddenly.

Li Xingzhou was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed: "If I were handsome, there would be no need to fight."

The emperor also had a rare smile: "This is where you are better than the prince. You can always be clear-headed and win without arrogance."

Of course Li Xingzhou has self-knowledge, so he can manage the new army if he is asked, but commanding a large-scale army of 10,000+ people in battle cannot be learned in a day or two, and requires experience on the battlefield.

The emperor slowly asked some more questions. He asked Li Xingzhou and said that in general, he actually had a lot of ideas, but he didn't tell the emperor.

Finally, the emperor reminded him to stay away from Chen Yu and get closer to people like Meng Zhiye and Cheng Jin, which would benefit him a lot.

Li Xingzhou nodded in agreement on the surface, but he didn't take it to heart.

He knew the differences between Chen Yu and Meng Zhiye. Li Xingzhou understood why the emperor chose Meng Zhiye and hated Chen Yu, because Chen Yu seemed like a nerd who always talked about sages, but he really represented those tough literati .

In their world, the roads are all straight, no detours, no compromises.

(End of this chapter)

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