Invincible son

Chapter 686 685 [Go to the country for thousands of miles]

"Your Majesty, is it necessary for Wu Xun's relatives to serve as the governor of the five armies' governor's mansion?"

Pei Yue's words were very plain, but Emperor Kaiping's expression changed slightly.

He raised his eyes and looked at the tall and straight young man standing not far away, and said in a complicated tone: "Do you know that if you let other people hear this idea, those martial nobles will regard you as an enemy?"

Pei Yue said calmly: "Your Majesty, after all, civil servants can't cultivate power in the army like martial arts, and the biggest advantage of doing so is to prevent someone from controlling the military and government. Instead of constantly persecuting Wei Guogong, it is better to solve the problem at the root. The reason why you are so powerful is because the five military governors' mansions have always been in charge of military personnel, so they can independently control food, grass and military equipment. The household department is only responsible for distributing money, and the so-called supervisory power of the military department is not worthy of the name."

He calmly met the scrutinizing eyes of Emperor Kaiping, and continued: "The habits developed in the past hundred years cannot be easily reversed, but it is better to let civil servants serve as the governor, than to forcibly separate the governor's mansion of the five armies from the West Mansion. This yamen is still in existence. Under the jurisdiction of the West Mansion, civil servants are also under the control of Wei Guogong and Guangping Marquis, so there will not be too much trouble."

Emperor Kaiping stared in thought.

Pei Yue smiled and said: "Besides, there was an example before, Li Bingzhong was transferred from the Minister of War to the Governor of the Ministry of War. Could it be possible that Wei Guogong can do this, but His Majesty can't? I don't know who would dare to be such an early bird to oppose His Majesty. In fact, in my opinion, at the moment It's the most opportune time."

The Jingcha made the Chinese officials in the capital miserable, and the King Yan's treason case made many nobles feel like they were sitting on pins and needles, so it was difficult for the court to form too much resistance.

Emperor Kaiping finally nodded, as he recognized Pei Yue's suggestion.

It's just that he didn't know that Pei Yue did this not only because of those past events, but more importantly because Wang Pingzhang was elusive.

When confronting Liu Zan in Beicheng that day, Wang Pingzhang never did anything inappropriate, and he didn't even show Liu Zan any kindness.You must know that Emperor Kaiping has continuously reduced his power over the past few years. Except for Xiying and Wang Jiuxuan, most of the Wang family's cronies in the army lost their real military positions in exchange for a leisurely and wealthy title.

Pei Yue put himself in the shoes of himself more than once and thought that if he was Wang Pingzhang, he would probably not be able to bear it, and would always look for opportunities to do something.

However, facing the situation where Liu Zanming had the upper hand, Wang Pingzhang did not waver in the slightest.

This kind of person is really scary.

Therefore, Pei Yue ostensibly dissuaded Emperor Kaiping, but in fact he turned a corner and gave Wang Pingzhang a sap.

In Wang Pingzhang's view, it doesn't matter whether the governor of the five-army governor's mansion belongs to him or not, as long as he is a noble in the army.However, after he gave up Li Bingzhong, his prestige in the army has been hit. If another real civil servant is allowed to take over the Five Armies Commander's Mansion, he will inevitably be questioned by the nobles.

Pei Yue is not Emperor Kaiping, he doesn't have that kind of extremely conceited thoughts.

Wang Pingzhang has long been on the hostile side, and this person killed Pei Yue's biological parents, there will be a liquidation sooner or later, so Pei Yue wants to destroy his position in the army as soon as possible.

Emperor Kaiping didn't seem to think too much, he changed the subject and said, "I am determined to be the new head coach of the Jingdu garrison division, and Xiao Jin, Hou of Xiangcheng, will take over."

Pei Yue was relatively calm this time, because he had thought over and over again that there were not many generals who could take over the Jingdu garrison, and he had to prepare for the great cause of attacking Zhou later, so the scope of this candidate was even narrower.Xiangcheng Hou Xiaojin was born in the Xiangguo Duke's Mansion. With his background, qualifications and ability, it is more than enough to take over the Kyoto garrison.

Pei Yue thought for a while and asked, "Your Majesty, who will replace the Marquis of Xiangcheng?"

The importance of Xiao Jin's self-control as a Hucheng camper is self-evident. Although Xiwu was injured in the battle last year and lost a large number of veterans in the army, none of them could not recover in seven or eight years, but it is Tiger City after all.

Emperor Kaiping slightly raised his eyebrows and said, "What do you think?"

Pei Yue lowered his head and said, "I guess it's Yin Wei, Marquis of Qi Yun."

Emperor Kaiping smiled lightly, acquiescing to Pei Yue's guess.

"After Pei Cheng returns to the capital with Xiao Jin, I will let him join the Forbidden Army to lead a section. Then you can't bully him with your power." Emperor Kaiping said seriously.

Pei Yue secretly thought, why am I bullying him?He is not an idiot like Pei Rong or Pei Yun.

Looking at Emperor Kaiping's slightly tired expression, Pei Yue sighed in his heart. He originally wanted to ask the generals of the Imperial Army, especially Li Zi, Marquis of Hejian, but he kept it hidden in his heart.Now that the situation in the DPRK and China is becoming more and more clear, Liu Zan's coup d'état helped Emperor Kaiping see the hearts of many ministers. It will not take long for the government to return to the right track and continue to invest in the preliminary preparations for the attack on Zhou.

He bowed his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I will leave."

Emperor Kaiping hesitated to speak, and finally just nodded slightly.

……

Tiancang River starts from the Cangwu Mountains in the west and enters the vast and angry sea in the east.However, after leaving Daliang Yuzhou, the Tiancang River gradually calmed down, as if suddenly becoming extremely docile.

This world-famous river separated Liang and Zhou, and most places were bounded by river water.

More than a hundred miles northeast of Chengbei Daying in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, within the territory of Muyang Mansion, Mengli Ferry.

Two large ships were moored on the shore, a group of officials from the Southern Zhou Dynasty were boarding the ship, and soldiers led horses into the cabin on the bottom floor from the other side.

Under a willow tree by the roadside, Fang Xie Xiao, the Duke of Zhenguo, dressed in ordinary clothes, stood facing north. Beside his three sons, there was also a middle-aged civil servant with a calm temperament.

"My lord, please send me off in person, I am ashamed to be an official," said the civil official, clasping his hands.

Fang Xiexiao shook his head slightly, and said with emotion: "We haven't seen each other in the capital for two years, why should Ziping see you?"

The name of this middle-aged civil servant is Xu Ziping, who is the cousin of Xu Huiyan, the chief assistant of the Southern Zhou cabinet, and is currently the Minister of Rites of the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

Xu Ziping sighed softly when he heard the words: "Your Majesty has listened to and rejected Beihou's proposal this time and wants to make peace with Beiliang. The court has long been divided into two factions that cannot be tolerated. They have been arguing endlessly in the court hall all day long, and Huiyan can't persuade him." Your Majesty. If the Duke was in the capital, there would be no such embarrassing things as marriages."

Rejecting Beihou is the famous general Xian Chunqiu who defected from Beiliang more than [-] years ago. After he came to the Southern Zhou Dynasty, he assisted Fang Xiexiao's father, and he was evenly matched with Wang Pingzhang.So even though he was a surrendered general, the two emperors of the Southern Zhou Dynasty had great trust in him, and would often listen to his advice.

Fang Xiexiao stared at the torrential river, frowned and said: "Your Majesty's body and bones are not comparable to the one in the north."

There are too many deep meanings hidden in this sentence, and it is not simply talking about the emperor. Although Xu Ziping is not as good as Xu Huiyan, he is not mediocre.He is bold, careful, and eloquent, so he was selected as the envoy of the mission to Beiliang.

Xu Ziping shook his head, and then said: "Grandpa, I personally select the attachés of the mission, and there is no influencer from various forces, so the number is not too large. Please also ask the Duke to cut some good players and come with me. Go north."

Fang Xiexiao was stunned, and then said softly: "Ziping, you don't need to deliberately inquire about news this time going north, after all, there is Mo Moyun sitting in Beiliang Capital, if you act forcefully, you will definitely give someone a blame."

Xu Ziping said sincerely: "The country is in a difficult situation, and the marriage is also absurd. It is not beneficial to the current situation. If I can find out the secrets of Beiliang, my trip will be of some use. The emperor of Beiliang is a man who values ​​face. He will never send someone to cut off the head of me, an envoy, so what else is there to be afraid of?"

Fang Xiexiao raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "It's not a bad thing to get married, at least it can buy us a year or two. When I take back the three cities of Jiangling and destroy the Beiliang Dingzhou Navy, Her Royal Highness will be here Life in the north will not be sad."

Xu Ziping was depressed at first, but after hearing these words, he couldn't help feeling ambitious and proud, and said with a smile: "Master Guo has always followed his word, well, even if I risk my life, I still want to make this marriage happen!"

Fang Xiexiao shook his head and said, "Desperation is the bounden duty of us warriors, you have to keep your head on your neck, otherwise who will explain those interesting allusions to me in the future?"

The two looked at each other and smiled, Fang Yuntian standing next to him was holding a tray with two wine cups on it.

"With this glass of water and wine, I wish Ziping a smooth journey!"

"Please!"

"Please!"

After about a stick of incense, the two large ships crossed the Tiancang River and stopped on the north bank. Then they disembarked under the watchful eyes of the Beiliang Frontier Army, and after tidying up their chariots and horses, they meandered northward.

Fang Xiexiao stood there for a long time, until there was no one left on the northern bank, he said softly: "Yunhu."

"Yes." Fang Yunhu replied with a tall and straight figure.

Fang Xiexiao hesitated, and after a moment of silence, he said: "Start investigating that person, remember, you must be careful."

A flash of excitement flashed in Fang Yunhu's eyes, and he bowed and said, "Yes!"

(End of this chapter)