Jiuxi

Chapter 361 Chapter 359 [The visitor is not good]

According to the official system of the Qi Dynasty, the privy envoys were of the first rank, the generals and the commander-in-chief of the frontier army were of the first rank, and the generals were of the second rank.

The Marquis in Lu Chen is already of the highest grade. This second-grade general may not seem important, but it is a crucial step for him to become a powerful general in the army.

In short, after serving as the general of Nanya, Lu Chen can add a solid resume to his resume. In the future, he may be promoted to the commander-in-chief of the border army.

There is another premise here. Lu Chen cannot cause problems in this position, at least not cause internal turmoil. In other words, he must be able to control the three commanders under his command and a large group of veterans of the Beijing army.

The North Government Office of the Beijing Army is located in the northeast corner outside the palace, and the South Government Office is in the southeast corner, not far from the six government offices.

After the former general Li Jingda took the Zhenwei Army to Dingzhou in the north, Nanya now still has eleven armies. Guo Congyi and Hou Yu each led four armies, and only three armies were handed over to Lu Chen.

In the Mingzhu Hall of Nanya, three mature military generals were sitting slightly casually, looking at each other with different expressions. They were Lu Chen's nominal subordinates.

The military general sitting first on the left is nearly forty years old. His name is Le Minghong, and he is currently the commander of the Weijun Capital in Nanya Town.

He was born in the Le family of Xingshan, Jiangzhou, and had an uncle-nephew relationship with Le Qinyi, the Minister of Household Affairs.

Le Minghong snorted and said, "It doesn't matter if he can't scream, he can replace him with his confidant."

Le Minghong is tall, has an angular face, and looks quite arrogant.

Compared with Le Minghong, who was more emotionally exposed, Zuo Yushan obviously knew how to restrain himself. At this moment, he was sitting there quietly and gently, giving people a feeling of being harmless to humans and animals.

Among the nine great families in the south of the Yangtze River, the Jinlin Li family focused on being a civil servant, while Li Daoyan never interfered with military power.

Le Minghong sneered and said: "The new general has made it clear that he wants to do something for His Majesty, but you are still as stable as a mountain. I have to admire your determination, brother."

This is a bit explicit.

Sitting below him was Zuo Yushan, the commander of the Chongwei Army. He was thirty-five years old and the son-in-law of the Chen family in Boyue, Huzhou.

Le Minghong glanced sideways at Zuo Yushan and said calmly: "Brother Zuo is quite calm."

Zuo Yushan smiled and said, "Brother Le, what do you mean by this?"

Perhaps because of his weak background, Yan Bing has always been cautious among the arrogant generals in Nanya. At this moment, faced with Le Minghong's seemingly uncomfortable question, he quickly replied: "Brother Le, although General Lu He has His Majesty's favor, but he has no foundation in the Beijing army and can't even name the captain below, so he doesn't seem to need to worry too much?"

Hearing this, Zuo Yushan nodded lightly and said: "This general is indeed not an easy person. He is a young and weak prince, but he is a powerful general with a heavy army. Look at others and look at my generation. I am afraid that this gap will last a lifetime. No chance to catch up.”

Coupled with his handsome face and calm temperament, he is more like a civil servant who quotes classics than a military commander galloping on the battlefield.

Le Minghong looked at the third person sitting opposite, Commander Yan Bing of the Liwei Army, and asked, "Commander Yan doesn't seem worried at all?"

His original intention was to provoke the other two people to resent and resist Lu Chen. Even if they did not fall out directly with Lu Chen, they would still have to sideline the third general of Nanya who was personally appointed by the emperor.

The De'an Guo family and the Yongxin Wang family are dedicated to developing connections in the Beijing army. Now the two helmsmen serve as privy envoys and generals respectively. Their forces within the Beijing army are so intertwined that even Qin Zheng, the Sutra Weaving Secretary, may not be able to fully understand these two The details of the family.

This understatement caused Yan Bing's face to change instantly, and even Zuo Yushan, who was indifferent next to him, frowned.

These words made Le Minghong's face look slightly gloomy.

Yan Bing is not from the Jiu Family. He is a native of Yongjia, and the Yan family is only slightly famous in the local area.

Fortunately, the three people in the hall knew each other well, and they were all close friends outside, so they were not worried that these conversations would spread.

The other six families each have their own strengths and control a large amount of resources in different fields. Together with the various high-ranking noble families attached to the wings of the nine families, they form a powerful interest group that can compete with the weak ones after the Yuanjia Incident. Imperial power contends.

It's just that Zuo Yushan is slippery by nature and obviously doesn't want to take up this topic.

According to the military system of Qi State, an army has four regiments under its jurisdiction, with four captains in charge of the regiments. Each regiment has jurisdiction over three to four battalions, commanded by the captain in charge of the battalions.

Le Minghong pointed out a very practical problem. It might not be convenient for Lu Chen to attack the three of them directly, but as long as he changed the captains and captains of Zhenwei, Chongwei, and Liwei armies, he could kill nearly four of them. Thousands of people are in the palm of your hand.

This inference may seem unbelievable, but in fact it is very likely to become reality.

The emperor did not hesitate to ask Jing Guogong Han Lingfu to split Nanya's military power. Lu Chen's trip would not be to be a clay statue in Nanya.

Yan Bing said worriedly: "Brothers, aren't you like this?"

Le Minghong said quietly: "You and I both know that Shanyang Hou brought two thousand cavalry back to the capital this time. Perhaps there are enough mid-level generals hidden here. In the previous court meeting, Shanyang Hou took the initiative to propose to the capital. In the end, His Majesty only approved the plan for the replacement of middle and lower-level military attachés in the army and frontier army, so it did not cause large-scale turmoil within the Beijing Army. But who knows whether this was a deliberate arrangement by His Majesty, just to assist Shanyang Hou completely controls these three armies."

"It's not impossible."

Zuo Yushan put away his slightly leisurely posture before and said slowly: "Actually, I have been thinking about a question before. Why didn't Your Majesty transfer the Dingwei Army to the command of Shanyang Marquis?"

The other two people couldn't help but nodded slightly. Two years ago, the commander of the Dingwei Army, Xu Wen, was investigated and punished for collaborating with the enemy and treason. The emperor took advantage of the opportunity of twelve border army generals to enter Beijing and handed the Dingwei Army into the hands of the oldest Chen Lanyu.

In the past two years, Chen Lanyu gradually took control of the power of the Dingwei Army by virtue of his silent water grinding skills.

If he and the Dingwei Army were transferred to Lu Chen's command this time, I believe it would be extremely beneficial to Lu Chen's plan to take power. However, the emperor did not do so, which shows that Lu Chen may adopt more direct methods.

None of the three people looked very good. Yan Bing asked first: "Brothers, if General Lu really wants to take action against the military generals, how should we respond?"

Le Minghong was silent at this moment.

Zuo Yushan glanced at his stern face and said solemnly: "The Marquis of Shanyang cannot cover the sky with one hand. Such a major matter must be approved by the Privy Council and Zhongshu."

Le Minghong then asked: "What if Marquis Shanyang cuts the meat with a blunt knife? What if it's one person today, another person tomorrow, and another person in half a month?"

"This……"

Zuo Yushan suffocated slightly.

This is justifiable power.

The emperor took the most difficult first step with the help of Han Lingfu, and the follow-up was only a matter of time.

As the general in charge of Zhenwei and other three armies, Lu Chen doesn't even have the power to investigate and replace a small captain under his command?

He is not a lucky person, but a great hero who successively won the victories of Guangling, Yongquan, Wanting, Leize and Heluo, and assisted Xiao Wangzhi in regaining the entire territory of Dingzhou. Such a person How could it be so easy to be ignored after taking over Nanya?

More importantly, these three commanders knew that the people below could not withstand investigation.

In a prosperous place like the capital, it is not an exaggeration to call it a life of wealth and wealth, not to mention that the captains, captains, and even the lowest-ranking commanders and corps commanders of each army may be related to powerful families.

Once Lu Chen makes up his mind to investigate from top to bottom, there will definitely be injustice if he captures all the middle and lower-level generals, but if he captures every other one, something will definitely slip through the net.

"Boy, we are in the same boat now."

Seeing that the heat was coming, Le Minghong said bluntly: "Everyone outside is watching us now. If he wants to gain a foothold in front of Shanyang Marquis, he can only make his position clear from the beginning. If he wants to investigate the Beijing Army General, then we will make the matter bigger. How can we just investigate these three armies? The remaining Eighth Army of Nanya and the Sixth Army of Beiya, including the thousands of forbidden troops guarding the palace, must be investigated!"

Zuo Yushan hesitated and said, "Is this going too far?"

Le Minghong sneered and said: "Brother Zuo, now is not the time for us to keep a low profile. I am a slave to others. If you want to continue to be the commander of the Chongwei Army, you have to do as I say. . If you two are unwilling to do this, I can’t force you to do so. I just hope that you can give an explanation to those behind you."

Yan Bing quickly apologized and said with a smile: "Brother Le, what are you talking about? Of course Brother Yu will obey your arrangements."

Zuo Yushan finally nodded and said: "I will follow Brother Shi's words."

Le Minghong secretly breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, a subordinate officer quickly walked into Mingzhu Hall and reported: "To report to the three generals, the general has appeared in the north of Yujie and will arrive at Nanya soon. "

Le Minghong asked: "How many people did he bring?"

The subordinate officer replied: "There are only about twenty soldiers."

The expressions of the three people couldn't help but relax a little, and they stood up one after another and said: "Let's go and greet the general."

When they arrived outside the Yamen with a group of subordinate officials, Le Minghong's eyes immediately narrowed slightly.

I saw more than 20 tall horses approaching slowly. Although they did not deliberately adopt a killing posture, these cavalry followed Lu Chen for two years in the north of the Yangtze River. They killed countless Yanjing soldiers, so they naturally had a fierce momentum. .

The sun is a little bit dazzling.

Lu Chen was wearing a dark red marquis uniform, holding the reins in one hand and twisting the whip in the other. He rode his horse to the steps and looked up at the plaque of Nanya.

Behind him, more than twenty soldiers reined in their horses at the same time, with uniform movements and murderous intent.

After a short silence, Le Minghong, Zuo Yushan and Yan Bing stood in a row. The other subordinate officials stood behind and saluted the young prince on the horse: "I will see you at last, the general!"

To their surprise, Lu Chen did not give everyone a warning, and he did not even show the slightest arrogance of a new official taking office.

They only heard a warm voice.

"Comrades, there is no need to be polite."

Lu Chen looked at these subordinates with a smile, like a good old man who was just starting out and had a peaceful nature.

That warm smile perfectly matches the bright sunshine today.

(End of this chapter)