June is the hottest time of the year, and the capital Luoyang City is also hard to bear. However, whether in the officialdom or the people, everyone's enthusiasm is not affected by the hot climate. They are talking about the war in the northern border, and they imagine that they can fight out the northern border and break into the northern desert, give the Guirong people a head-on blow, and revenge their previous hatred.

Yes, the current attitude of the government and the opposition towards the war in the northern border has changed by 180 degrees a few months ago. There is no longer the panic before, and there is a lot of optimism about defeating the enemy and even entering the desert. Because not long ago, the front line had sent many good news, which were all news of winning killing hundreds or even thousands of enemies. Especially when Cui Shuangcheng won the news of Bazhou and was sent back, this sentiment reached its peak. Even in the civil servant group, which always advocated peace of mind, many younger generations began to support the generals, proposing to take advantage of the victory and break into the grassland.

Taking advantage of this east wind, the party members of the Prince's Eastern Palace also began to make efforts, secretly connecting with the ministers, hoping to find the title of commander of the entire Northern Expedition for the Prince. They also received the support of nearly half of the court officials. Hundreds of corresponding memorials were sent to the palace, causing a lot of noise in the officialdom.

It was also until this time that many people realized that the power of the prince's party had expanded to such a point without realizing it, and they actually meant to suppress the two prime ministers.

This is actually reasonable, because as King Yong lost power, the prince in the court has no rival. This naturally made many officials who were hesitant to watch or on both sides of the head and rat quickly turn to his side. In addition, some officials in the Yongwang Party who were implicated but still retained their official positions and urgently needed a backer to change their families. So in just a few months, the power of the prince's party was amazingly expanded, making him truly an existence under one person.

Of course, both the prince and his close staff members knew that although the situation was very good, it was also the most dangerous time. Because of this, they would inevitably be taboo by the emperor. If something went wrong, they would inevitably face backlash. Therefore, in order to stabilize the prince's power and to accumulate the prince's reputation and fame, they could only turn their minds toward military merits, that is, this battle in the northern border.

Since the Battle of Northern Xinjiang is coming to an end, it is rumored that the court intends to fight the north in the world, they naturally want to seize the opportunity to accumulate rare military achievements for the prince and make up for the last puzzle to succeed the throne in the future. As for what the emperor would think, the group of people who had already sent the arrows were not caring about it. Anyway, the emperor is old and no one among the princes is the prince's opponent, so they simply move forward.

However, after these memorials were sent to the palace, there was no explanation for a long time. The emperor seemed to want to use that trick to deal with their momentum. This made many ministers feel dissatisfied. After waiting for a while, he finally decided to clarify the problem at today's court meeting.

At this time, as a minister retreated, Wei Tang was about to step forward and asked the ministers if there was anything else to report the report. He saw the senior prince's supporter, Yu Wanyou, the Minister of Rites, had already walked out of his post and saluted the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I have this report."

The emperor frowned slightly, but nodded: "Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, from the previous good news from the northern border, it is already a matter of defeating the enemy of the invading Guirong. What the court should do next is to take advantage of the situation to fight the northern expedition and give these foreign thieves who boldly invaded our border to a head-on attack.

"With the view of me, it is not easy to raise troops to fight the north. Even if there are many veteran generals in our northern border, no noble person who can intimidate the audience to coordinate everything. If several armies each entered the northern border of the Mobei area, it would be difficult to achieve their full achievements, and it may even repeat the losses of the previous Song Dynasty. Therefore, I thought that I should send people with enough ability and identity as the commander of the three armies to go to the northern border.

"And I feel that there is no one else to be the candidate except the crown prince. So I would like to ask Your Majesty to allow the crown prince to be the commander of the three armies in the northern border, and lead the troops to the north to strengthen my great power and strengthen my country for thousands of miles!"

As he finished speaking, he bent his waist deeply, and the officials behind him also decisively followed a large number of ministers, and said loudly: "I and others agree that no one can take such an important task now except the crown prince. I hope that your majesty should place the country and the crown prince as the commander of the three armies in the northern border..."

This momentum is really great. Almost half of the ministers in the palace stood up and made clear their positions. The remaining half of the officials were all surprised and didn't know how to react for a while. They really didn't expect that the prince's power in the court could expand to such a level now.

Not only them, but also the emperor was shocked by this scene, and his face changed even more, and his eyes first fell on the prince: "Crown Prince, is this your idea?"

The prince, who had been suppressed by his father for a long time and had been cautious, felt that his hair was standing up on his body, and he obviously felt the pressure brought to him by his father. But at this point, as the backbone of these people, he could not give in, so he took a decisive step forward and said to his father's eyes: "When I say to my father, I am the crown prince of the Great Yue, and I also hope to make contributions to the country. Now the three armies in the northern border are indeed missing one person who can command the entire army. I think that besides my father, there is only this person who can take charge of the central army and dispatch hundreds of thousands of border troops."

Seeing the emperor's expression even more unhappy after seeing the prince's words, Wang Han coughed dryly and walked out. He knew very well what the purpose of being able to sit in the right prime minister was, so even if doing so would offend the prince and offend many people in the court, he would not care about it: "Your Majesty, I think the prince's loyalty and filial piety are worthy of praise, but this matter is still worthy of discussion.

"Sun Tzu said: War is a major event of the country, a place of life and death, and a way of survival. As the chief general of the three armies, his responsibilities are even more extraordinary. Although the crown prince is extremely talented and cannot be compared with me, he is not a general in the army after all. After all, he is not a general in the army. If he rashly holds important positions, he will be criticized by the frontline soldiers and even bring unnecessary trouble to our army. So I think..."

"The King's words are different. Although the prince has never led the army alone to fight, he has been training in the northern border for three years. I dare not say anything else. He is very familiar with military affairs and has many friendships with the soldiers of the border. In addition, his noble status, it is much easier to make the three armies obey orders and obey orders." Yu Wanyou quickly retorted without waiting for Wang Han to finish his words.

Then others followed up, all supporting the prince, thinking that the position of commander of the three armies was the only one. This is true. For example, in addition to the emperor, the prince can take on the responsibility of the emperor. But the emperor was old and as a king, how could he leave the capital at will, so he was naturally excluded. So in the end, the prince was the most suitable candidate.

When the emperor heard these remarks, his face became more and more gloomy, and he wanted to issue an order directly to disperse the court. He would never agree to this matter.

Now the prince's power is getting stronger and stronger, and almost all of them are threatening his authority. If he is really allowed to under the leadership of the Northern Frontier and make several military achievements, he may have to abdicate himself, the emperor.

Just as the emperor was about to speak, the assistant minister Tang Qianwen took another step forward: "Your Majesty, I think it's not possible!"

"Well? Do you also think it's wrong to let the prince take the risk to the northern border?" The emperor asked hurriedly. When he asked, the other ministers didn't dare to speak again, but many people looked at Tang Qianwen with some annoyance, and even the prince stared at him fiercely.

"Your Majesty, this is only one aspect. The crown prince is the crown prince, so he should not take the risk of leading troops. As the saying goes, a son of a thousand gold medal cannot sit in the hall, and a gentleman does not stand a dangerous wall, let alone the crown prince?" Tang Qianwen bowed slightly and said, and after a pause, he added, "But what I really want to say is that now is not the time to use troops to the north. Because after this battle in the Northern Frontier, all parts of our country, our country has been more or less damaged, especially in the homes of the people, which has caused difficulties in making a living due to the urgent mobilization of military rations and recruiting troops.

"If we launch the Northern Expedition desperately at this time, we will be very detrimental to the strength of our Great Yue. Even if we can really put down the troubles of the Guirong tribes in the northern part of the Mobei, it will probably be more than worth the loss.

"Your Majesty, my great masters, we naturally want to ask the Guirong people about the affairs of the Northern Frontier, but we do not need to hurry up. Now that the rebellion in the Northern Frontier has subsided, we as court officials, the most important thing we should do is to appease the local area, reward the army, and then accumulate strength. After three years of reserves and five years of preparation, we will take the Northern Expedition to benefit both the country and the people!"

After these words, the ministers who were already ready to fight were suffocated, and many people fell into deep thought. Then, officials from the Ministry of Revenue, Transportation Department and other yamen also came forward to report, bluntly stating that the court now has problems with food and other materials. When it comes to sending troops to the north at this time, they might have to increase taxes from the people. At that time, the people will be in trouble and it is hard to say that they will not cause any chaos.

These statements are well-founded. Even military generals like Guo Ang who strongly advocated the Northern Expedition were not easy to object, let alone those civil officials who only know how much they should prepare for the Northern Expedition.

Therefore, as these questions were listed one by one, the emotions in the hall finally calmed down. Only the prince and others could not help but feel unwilling to refute.
Chapter completed!