Macross Empire

After taking a deep breath, Yuan Kai, who calmed down, showed his true colors as an old fox, and warned Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, who were also full of anger and fear, with some hesitation in his tone.

Now, Yuan Kai is still not sure whether Li Yuan and Li Zisheng, the chariot generals, will really do such a thing that pushes all the aristocratic families into a corner. The idea of ​​"fisherman's profit" is deliberately provoking, all he can do now is communicate with other families and prepare for it...

Chapter 402 Northern Expedition and Opportunity

Yuan Kui's hope with a trace of fluke soon came to nothing!

After he communicated with the leaders of other aristocratic families and made certain preparations, Li Yuan quickly put forward a suggestion in the court that made Yuan Wei and other aristocratic ministers tremble in their hearts.

"...The fathers and elders in the north have suffered from the Xiongnu and other nomadic peoples for a long time. Gaozu was still surrounded by Baideng and regarded it as a great shame. During the reign of Emperor Wu, the Xiongnu was destroyed and there was a little peace for less than a hundred years. Now, after the Xiongnu and other nomadic peoples have recovered a little bit, they will return to the north. The land became more and more rampant as a hunting ground, and the year before last, the Wuheng tribe openly supported the rebels in an attempt to provoke the prestige of the Han family!

Chen led his troops, Gongsun Inspector, and Liu Inspector to attack the Wuheng and Xianbei tribes in the year before last and last year, temporarily removing the grassland threat facing Youzhou and Bingzhou.Now only the northern Huns, who directly threaten Bingzhou and have more than [-] people in control, are the great enemy of the Han family, and the many Qiang tribes in Liangzhou should not be underestimated.

Therefore, for the folks of the Han family in the north, I implore the Queen Mother to authorize the formation of the Northern Expedition Army, completely destroy the threat of the Northern Huns and Qiang tribes, and eliminate the great danger of the frontier fortress for the Han Dynasty! "

In just a few days, Li Yuan, who was standing in the main hall, sang high-profilely to the others in the court meeting with neither red face nor heartbeat. People who don't know about the experiences they have experienced in the world of "Xiu Xiu" can't understand Li Yuan's inner thoughts at all.

However, even if they don't know Li Yuan's plan, these old foxes in the hall will not easily believe Li Yuan's words, let alone Empress Dowager He, Yuan Kai and others have seen what Li Yuan deliberately threw out.

[Sure enough!Do you really want to use military merit as a bargaining chip to implement the military merit Tianjue system? ! 】

[This child's grade is not too high, but if according to his thinking, after Beizheng defeated the Xiongnu, he proposed to restore the military meritorious title system, which must be to let the warriors return to their hearts! 】

【Never let Li Zisheng's plan succeed...】...

Hearing Li Yuan's words, no one in the hall spoke or responded for a while, and no matter whether it was the Empress Dowager He sitting at the top of the hall, or Ding Yuan, Yuan Kai and others on the side, all kinds of different meanings flashed through their hearts. Pretty much the same idea.

Empress Dowager He did not expect that Li Yuan would come up with the idea that he casually said on his bed and the intention of presenting several memorials so quickly.This made Empress Dowager He, who had already made up her mind, a smile of triumph appeared on her face after seeing the performance of Li Yuan, Yuan Wei and others.

——When discussing with Ding Yuan before, Empress Dowager He confirmed from Ding Yuan's mouth that if Li Yuan followed his action steps, the aristocratic family would have to be played to death slowly, so the aristocratic family had no choice but to fight now!

In contrast, when Ding Yuan saw the imposing Li Yuan and the faces of the ministers of the aristocratic family, Ding Yuan was secretly relieved and also sighed a little, feeling that Li Yuan, a cruel and merciless guy, had already had an After a well-prepared family, whether they will realize their dreams is another matter.

Compared with the leisurely attitude of members of the royal family such as Empress Dowager He and Ding Yuan, the ministers from aristocratic families such as Yuan Wei had extremely complicated moods, and they all looked at Li Yuan with rather unkind eyes.

If it is said that, before Li Yuan stated his intention of the Northern Expedition, Yuan Wei and other ministers of the aristocratic family were still skeptical about whether Li Yuan would carry out the actions on the few blank sheets of paper, now Li Yuan took the initiative to propose the Northern Expedition Afterwards, this possibility changed from a guess to a half-to-half—don’t think that Yuan Wei and others are out of their minds. Although Ding Yuan’s news is amazing, Yuan Wei and others are not stupid, and they did not directly choose to confront Li Yuan. , but be prepared to decide!

"Accurate! The Ai family also understands that the Xiongnu are the great enemy of the Han family, and the chariot and cavalry generals must win the Northern Expedition in order to sacrifice and capture the Taimiao!"

After a few seconds of silence, Queen Mother He spoke slowly, speaking in a very supportive tone.

Well, Queen Mother He certainly supported it. Anyway, seeing the faces of Yuan Wei and others below and looking at each other, she knew that the news that she asked Ding Yuan to carefully send Yuan Wei was confirmed!

Now, in the face of Li Yuan's request for the Northern Expedition, Queen Mother He, who had made a decision long ago, of course would not object, and even publicly agreed with Li Yuan's proposal for the Northern Expedition, otherwise if Li Yuan disagrees, There are conflicts among the aristocratic families, how can she take charcoal for her son Liu Bian...

"My minister agrees!"

"Indeed, what General Cheqi said is true. The Huns are the great enemy of the Han family, and the Northern Expedition is inevitable!"

"Secondary! Han Jiaerlang is indeed going to sweep the grassland again!"

"However, the imperial treasury doesn't have much money and food at present..."...

When the Empress Dowager He spoke in agreement, her confidant Ding Yuan was the first to come out to express her support, and then more than a dozen ministers from the royal family also stood up to express her support.

Seeing this situation, Yuan Kui sighed slightly in his heart, and he also took the initiative to stand up to express his support for Beizheng, and then the ministers of the aristocratic families who stood up expressed their support for the proposal of Beizheng Xiongnu, which was absolutely politically correct in the Han Dynasty. Support, but it is not optimistic about the cost of the Northern Expedition.

Well, it is indeed a fact that there is no money and food in the treasury under the imperial court!

In fact, during the Luoyang Rebellion, the Youzhou Army led by Li Yuan basically directly captured the arsenals, large grain depots, Taimiao, the mansions of General He Jin and General He Miao, and the ten permanent residences around Luoyang. The mansion and property were under control, leaving only a few small private treasuries of various departments in Luoyang City for the ministers of the court to intervene.

But for the Northern Expedition, which needs to mobilize at least tens of millions of civilians and more than [-] troops, the amount of money and food that needs to be allocated by the army in advance is an astronomical figure, not to mention the horrible money and food that was spent after the start of the war (at the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty) , the combat consumption of the large army maintained on the grassland almost dragged down the entire country), anyway, the aristocratic families would never take out this kind of horrible consumption by themselves, and directly threw this big bottomless pot to Li Yuan .

Moreover, Yuan Wei and others also tried to use this method to make Li Yuan understand the unrealistic nature of Beizheng, so as to give up the idea of ​​suppressing the aristocratic family...

"Don't worry about money and food! The corresponding money and food have been prepared!!!"

Regarding the expectations of Yuan Kai and others, Li Yuan smiled and revealed a row of white teeth that reflected light like blades, and said with confidence: "I have already negotiated with Gongsun and Liu. They mobilized [-] Han The domestic cavalry is used as an auxiliary, and Liangzhou can also provide [-] cavalry, plus the more than [-] cavalry and infantry mobilized by Sili, the situation of the [-] army and the follow-up civilians are almost ready!"

Hearing Li Yuan's words, both the Empress Dowager He, Yuan Wei and the others all changed their complexions a little. They didn't expect that Li Yuan had already made preparations!

【Hey, I don't believe it, you can still sit still...】

Seeing the cold reaction in the hall, the smile on the corner of Li Yuan's mouth became more and more obvious.

Now, Li Yuan has already selected the relevant bait and started to implement it. Li Yuan expressed that he is looking forward to how the royal family and the aristocratic families will react!

……

A few days later, a school field outside Luoyang City.

In the school grounds, teams of well-equipped cavalry and infantry began to leave this barracks one after another, and with the support of a large number of animal-drawn transport vehicles and logistics supplies, they began to stride forward towards Bingzhou in the north , ready to assemble with the newly formed Bingzhou Army under Gongsun Zan's command, and launch a war to conquer the North against the Northern Huns.

It can be seen that in addition to the reorganized Youzhou Army (referring to the remnants of the original Liangzhou Army, Bingzhou Army, and Luoyang Army), there are also many rangers and warriors who have just passed the martial arts exam, and there are even some scattered rangers Follow the army, prepare to go to the northern grasslands with the army, and use military merits to give yourself and your descendants a birth-During the Han Dynasty, rangers and other civilian armed forces would follow the army for military merits. If you have achieved military merits, you may directly become an officer or even become a leader!

"Yuan, even Sister Estes sent out to command! It seems that you are planning to lure the snake out of the hole?!"

Seeing that the tens of thousands of barracks quickly became empty, Saeko Busujima rode up to Li Yuan on the hill next to the barracks, and asked Li Yuan with great interest.

"Of course!"

Hearing what Saeko Busujima said, Li Yuan, who was just paying attention to the departure of the barracks, nodded without hesitation, and said without deliberately suppressing his voice: "If the army and powerhouses in Luoyang don't drop to a certain level, how can those aristocratic families Have the guts to do some little tricks? And it's starting to connect!"

Well, facing Li Yuan's premeditated northern expedition plan, although the aristocratic family already felt anxious, Luoyang and Sili are now stationed by a large number of elite soldiers under Li Yuan's command, not even Dong Feifei, who has no foreign enemies. Dare to oppose, the aristocratic families who have lost their strength and do not have any advantages, would be so stupid as to directly rise up in Luoyang?That is a mockery of the intelligence of the heads of many aristocratic families in Luoyang City!

Now even Li Yuan has shown naked malice towards the aristocratic family, and the aristocratic family headed by Yuan Kai has obtained the new memorial from Li Yuan to the Queen Mother through various channels, as well as Youzhou, Bingzhou, Liangzhou and Si In spite of the situation in Li and other places, they did not choose to immediately jump out to provoke Li Yuan, who was holding a heavy army. On the contrary, they still seemed to agree with the war of conquering the north. To defeat the old enemy, the Xiongnu, and then quickly connect in private and do other small actions.

What made Li Yuan's eyebrows twitch a little was that besides the aristocratic family, the Empress Dowager He in the palace also gave orders to Ding Yuan, who used Ding Yuan as a link to win over other neutral and powerful factions in Luoyang City.