It's very cold in November. However, it was cold outside, but warm inside.

Song Guifei said to the prince, "next month is your birthday. Last year's birthday was simply passed. This year can't be like this any more." Imperial concubine song wants to host the birthday banquet of the prince.

The crown prince immediately said: "mother Princess, now the Treasury is empty, these empty will not be used." If it is done according to his mother's wishes, it will cost several hundred thousand taels of silver. It's not that he can't collect the money, but he doesn't think it's necessary. The Treasury has no money, and he still throws money in for his birthday. What will the ministers below think of him as the prince. Surely I feel that the prince is incompetent.

But the song imperial concubine disagreed and said, "how much can it cost to have a birthday? If the Treasury has no more money, can it still be short of it? " Her son is the prince and the crown prince of a country. No one can treat her son badly.

Just at this time, the eunuch outside came in in a hurry and said to the crown prince, "your concubine, your highness, the urgent delivery is 800 miles northwest!"

The prince's face changed greatly and he left Liuli palace in a hurry.

Imperial concubine Song said to mammy Ying beside her, "go and find out what happened?" Nine times out of ten, there will be war. In this winter, I don't know what these northern barbarians are doing..

Mother Ying came back soon and said to Princess song, "lady, it's Cao de who was sent by the emperor to follow and wait for a group of people to be killed by horse thieves."

The imperial concubine of Song said coldly, "these horse thieves are so lawless that they dare to kill even imperial guards. We must let the emperor wipe them out. "

Should mother immediately compliment way: "Your Highness is wise divine force, can certainly exterminate these horse thief." It seems that the prince himself went to suppress the bandits.

The imperial concubine of song was not interested in the horse thieves, but when she talked about the northwest, she thought of Yuxi who had married to the Northwest: "the poor girl of Han family has been married to the Northwest for more than a year."

Mother Ying said, "it's nearly two years. Niang Niang, it's strange to say that monk Liaotong said that Han's hit rate was bad, but he didn't expect that after he married Yunqing, he didn't bring Yunqing down, but made Yunqing prosper day by day. Now Yunqing has become a general of the second grade! " Mother Tian, who was killed by Corydalis that day, was a good sister to mother Ying. She has always wanted to take revenge on her sister. Now she has the opportunity to take advantage of it.

Princess song frowned.

Mother Ying said: "Niang Niang, Yunqing is now the general of the border city, with 100000 troops in hand. This Han's that day is empress you bestow marriage, if she grudges... "Speaking of here, should mother no longer say.

"How dare she?" she said That's what I said, but I didn't know. Yunqing controls 100000 troops. If Han instigates him to rebel, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Mother Ying said: "madam, where can the family members of the general of the border town follow me. You see, Mrs. Tong has been in Beijing with her son and grandson all the time. " Most of the generals in the frontier fought outside, and most of their wives and children stayed in the capital. On the face of it, the imperial court settled their wives and children so that they could enjoy a happy life in the capital without fear in the border city. In fact, they were taken as hostages to guard against the mutiny of these generals. But in recent years, the control of the imperial court was not as good as before, and the feudal officials were not willing to send their families to the capital. And the meaning that should mother this words is to let jade Xi return to Beijing to be hostage.

Mother Ying's suggestion is very vicious. She thinks that Yuxi only has a daughter now. If she is taken back to the capital now, Yunqing will surely take concubines and have children for the sake of inheriting her children. At that time, Yuxi stay in the capital to live widows, Yunqing in Yucheng Na Mei concubine gave birth to a son. After a long time, there must be no relationship between husband and wife, leaving only fame. After all, men must care more about the women and children who accompany them. This kind of revenge is better than killing Han directly.

Song Guifei thought about it for a while and said, "it's really time to let Han return to Beijing." Yun Qing has a grudge against the Song family. Although Han has always been harmless, he must be jealous in his heart. These two people can't be put together. It's only by scoring.

The prince was very angry when he learned that the imperial envoy had been killed by the horse thieves. He immediately called Yu Xiang and song Huaijin into the palace and said to them, "the bandits and horse thieves in the northwest are too rampant and must be eliminated."

There is no need to discuss this matter at all. If we don't order to suppress the bandits again, what's the face and prestige of the imperial court. So, even now it's winter, it can't be delayed. Yu Xiang didn't object. He just asked, "Your Highness, bandits and horse thieves are rampant in Shaanxi and Gansu. Ji Xuan's suppression of bandits and horse thieves for several years has not been effective. On the contrary, these bandits and horse thieves are becoming more and more rampant. Now even Imperial Envoys dare to kill them. Your highness, the imperial court should send people down to suppress the bandits this time. "

Song Huaijin snorted coldly and said, "I don't know who Yu Xiang thinks is the most suitable?"

Yu Xiang is a veteran, respectfully toward the prince said: "who is the most suitable person, I believe that his highness must have a candidate."

The crown prince really has a candidate. Naturally, the candidate is Chen Yu: "Chen Yu was born in a military general's family, and was trained by Taining Hou. He is most suitable for this important task." In addition to Chen Yu, other people are not at ease.

Chen Yu knew that the prince asked him to suppress the bandits, not to mention how excited he was. When he returned to Hou's house, he happily told the good news to Taining Hou.

Taining Hou is not happy, this job crisis.

Chen Yu's dream has always been to lead soldiers to fight. After learning the good news, he was happy, but he didn't think of the crisis behind it. After listening to Taining Hou's words, the meeting calmed down and said, "Dad, you mean Ji Xuan will get in the way."

Taining Hou nodded his head and said, "if Ji Xuan doesn't send you elite soldiers and only gives you some disabled soldiers, do you think he can succeed in suppressing bandits?" The prince just asked Chen Yu to suppress the bandits, not to lead his troops. Therefore, the initiative is still in Ji Xuan's hands.

Chen Yu's heart was awe inspiring. He went to suppress the bandits to make contributions, not to be cannon fodder. After thinking about it for a while, Chen Yu asked, "Dad, Ji Xuan is from the Song family. We have no intimate relationship with the Song family." If Ji Xuan wants to cooperate, song Huaijin can only speak. It's not easy to make song Huaijin speak, unless they are willing to take refuge in the Song family, but this is absolutely impossible.

Taining Hou said: "think about it for yourself, how to break this situation?"

Chen Yu wanted to come for a long time and said, "if you don't want to be subject to Ji Xuan, you have to use the northwest army. The court doesn't worry. I'll ask the prince for the next secret order for Yunqing to send troops. The prince will certainly agree. It's just that I'm worried that cloud engine won't agree to send troops. "

Taining Houdun asked: "if Yunqing is willing to send troops, what are you going to do?"

Chen Yu said: "the commander of the northwest army fought with the northern captives in Nian, and his fighting capacity was very strong. If we really use the northwest army, only 5000 people will be able to wipe out the bandits in Gansu. "

Taining Hou shook his head and said, "the idea is good, but you've overlooked one of the most important issues. No matter how brave the northwest army is, it will be in vain if they do not obey your instructions. " If the soldiers don't listen to the dispatch, no matter how fierce the general is, he can't succeed in suppressing the bandits.

Chen Yu was stunned for a moment and said, "Dad, do you mean I can't control these people?" Chen Yu is very confident in himself.

Taining Hou said: "it's not that your ability is not good, but that although the northwest army is brave, these people are also very strong. In the early spring, so many people died in the battle in Yucheng, the imperial court didn't even pay the pension, and the widows and orphans had no means to live. In this case, the northwest army would not listen to the dispatch of the generals who were parachuted down by the imperial court. " The court will not suck up the force. The officers and men below will not obey the court's orders. This is a normal thing.

Chen Yu said silently after a while, "can't the northwest army be used?" Chen Yu felt it a pity that if he could lead the northwest army to suppress bandits, he would get twice the result with half the effort.

Taining Hou said: "even if the northwest army wants to send out troops to suppress bandits, only the generals sent by Yunqing can do it." After a pause, Taining Hou said: "the northwest army has a great responsibility to defend the border town. Unless it is a major event that endangers the safety of the country, they can be dispatched. Small things like suppressing bandits can't bring the northwest army to work. " When the country is in danger, there will be only rebellion.

Ji Xuan could not be relied on, nor could the northwest army. He could not lead his troops to the northwest to suppress bandits. Chen Yu was baffled. After thinking for a long time, Chen Yu said, "although Ji Xuan is the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, the governor Zhang Wenjie has always disagreed with him." At the beginning, Chen Yu wanted to transfer the northwest army, but he didn't want to get involved in the local fighting. The fight below is no less than that in the imperial court. He just went down to suppress the bandits and gain military merit, but he didn't stay in the local area all the year round. It was very troublesome to get involved in their fight. But now, it's no use not to get involved.

Looking at his son's dilemma, Taining Hou said: "this time the prince sent you to the northwest to suppress bandits is an opportunity and a test. If you succeed, you can go one step further. If you fail... "What about failure, Taining Hou didn't say.

Chen Yu nodded and looked a little heavy.

Taining Hou said: "although Cao de has talent, he is too eager for quick success and instant benefit. If the prince had listened to our advice on that day and not sent Cao De to investigate the Xu family's case, it would not have led to today's situation. " On that day, Taining Hou said that it was inappropriate to send Cao De to Yucheng, but the prince didn't listen and he couldn't help it.

The result of Cao De's eagerness for quick success and instant benefit is that Yunqing took the opportunity to kill Geng Jichen, Kang Donglin and other hostile forces, and now the 100000 troops of Yucheng are in his hands. Now that Yun Qing's wings are abundant, even the prince is pacifying him. "

Chen Yu immediately said: "I think the biggest mistake he made was not to be eager for quick success and instant benefit, but to belittle the enemy. He underestimated Yunqing and Han." Belittling the enemy is a great taboo of military strategists. He would never make such a mistake.

Taining Hou nodded and said: "when you get to the northwest, you should not only guard against Ji Xuan and Zhang Wenjie, but also be careful of Yunqing. There is something strange about Cao De's being killed. " This means that Cao de was killed by Yun Qing.

Chen Yu shook his head and said, "Dad, Cao de can't be killed by Yun Qing." No matter who it is, it's always profitable to kill. Killing Cao de will do no good to Yun Qing.

Taining Hou didn't refute Chen Yu's words. He just felt that Yunqing was suspected, and he was not sure: "when you go to the northwest, you should be careful."

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