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Chapter 51 This is a trick

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Imperial Street was cleared early in the morning, and in the afternoon, fallen leaves floated from the brick floor. The capital was covered with cloudy clouds. Just looking at the sky, it was hard to tell whether it was morning or afternoon.

Ministers walked towards Fengtianmen one after another. Huang Zicheng sorted out the table, straightened the black hat with both hands, got up and went out, and headed for Fengtianmen.

This afternoon, the emperor summoned the ministers to discuss the pacification of Yan's rebellion. The most important thing was to decide the new commander of the army to replace Geng Bingwen, who was killed in Zhending.

Huang Zicheng is still unable to determine who to choose.

The emperor has been waiting for the opinions of all the ministers these days. Huang Zicheng has always wanted to recommend Li Jinglong. The Minister of War Qi Tai opposed it and strongly recommended Guo Ying; Xu Huizu once again recommended Sheng Yong... Those who put forward the proposals have their own opinions and are difficult to tell.

Huang Zicheng was walking to the Imperial Street when suddenly a shout came from behind him: "Master Huang, Master Huang..."

Huang Zicheng stopped and turned around. The person who came ran over quickly and spoke in Huang Zicheng's ear.

"Take it serious?" Huang Zicheng glared.

The visitor hurriedly took out a memorial from his arms and said, "The report from General Zhending has just arrived at Tongzhengsi."

"Okay, I will go to meet the saint first." Huang Zicheng nodded.

When they arrived at the Imperial Gate, all the important ministers in the court arrived. After a while, when the emperor sat on the throne, everyone bowed to him. After the ceremony, everyone stood on the floor tiles in order.

Obviously, there will be a lot of disputes in the imperial court this time, but no one spoke for a while, as if they were preparing to do something big! The hall was quiet for a long time.

Huang Zicheng looked around calmly and finally stood up first, politely and said, "I have something to report."

"Say." A voice came from the upper throne.

Huang Zicheng said: "The Tongzheng Department just received a report from the front that the Yan rebellious envoy Wang Fu was discussing peace with the Zhending Marquis of Wuding Guo Ying. After Guo Ying refused in public, Wang Fu met Guo Ying secretly again! There were secret reports from soldiers in the central army, and Wang Fu talked about relatives with Guo Ying..."

"Ah!" Several people made a sound in surprise.

The relationship between Guo Ying and King Yan was so troublesome that many court officials didn’t know at all!

Huang Zicheng continued: "The second son of Guo Ying, Wuding Marquis Guo Ming, married Xu; the father of Xu was the uncle of King Zhongshan (postally named Xu Da). The wife of King Yan, Princess Xu, was the daughter of King Zhongshan (Xu Da). The King of Yan and the Marquis of Wuding Marquis married the Xu family..."

Xu Huizu said with anger, "The King of Yan is the son of Taizu, and it is not very common for him to have kinship with the nobles in the court? Then the King of Yan is still my brother-in-law. Am I not loyal to the court? What is this all about? What can the envoy say when he sees Guo Ying? Just telling me how this relative got married, it will take a long time to make it clear!"

Huang Zicheng faced Xu Huizu and said, "Since relatives are unreliable, why did Guo Ying privately meet with the Yan envoy Wang Fu? Changxing Hou was in danger. It was decided that the internal and external armies would be at peace and discuss peace. What's going on?"

"Oh..." Suddenly, Qi Tai sighed.

Sure enough, the emperor spoke, but his voice remained the same, but his tone was anxious, "I can't delay any more when the troops were dispatched again."

Guo Ying recommended by Qi Tai is gone, and the person recommended by Xu Huizu is even worse...

At this time, Huang Zicheng immediately bowed: "I recommend Duke Cao Li Jinglong, who is loyal and strongly advocates the reduction of the vassals, and will never make peace with Yan. Duke Cao was born into a noble family, and his generals were passed down from the military strategy of Hu Zi, and his reputation was very high. He ruled the King of Zhou, was brave and good at planning, and took the strange soldiers in one fell swoop. This is the talent of the general!"

The emperor's voice said: "Authentication."

...

Outside Zhending City, the King of Yan and his confidants were discussing affairs in the central army's tent.

At this time, the adviser Jin Zhong walked out of the tent. After reporting, Jin Zhong walked in with dust and looked at him. Although Jin Zhong was covered in dust, he smiled and calmly clasped his fists and said, "Prince, the court is going to send a new coach, it is Li Jinglong."

"Hahaha..." King Yan suddenly slapped his palm on his thigh, raised his head and laughed.

The King of Yan has always been polite. Except for pretending to be crazy, he would hardly lose his composure. Even if he had laughed since the rebellion, he would have been so happy. He has not been so happy for a long time.

Most of the generals were unclear, so they had to laugh for a while.

King Yan smiled so hard that he leaned back and forth, covering his stomach and said, "Good nephew! Who is not good to send? Send Li Jinglong, hey, I guess this is a plan!"

The generals hurriedly asked, "The prince tells me, what strategy?"

King Yan smiled and said, "I just want to use this trick to make me laugh to death! Then Jingnan is not needed?"

"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed out loud. Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help laughing, but he didn't expect that the cheap dad had a bit of humor.

Everyone burst into laughter for a while, and then King Yan said, "I know this Li Jinglong. Many soldiers in the Jingying camp also know him. The soldiers will not accept him at all. At that time, he will definitely be surrounded by stingy villains.

This man has no strategy, no ability to command troops, and no experience in leading troops to fight... but he is also stubborn and self-righteous, never listens to others, and is jealous and mean to others. If he is not stubborn and without self-knowledge, how could he be happy to be this great task?"

After hearing this, the generals bowed and said, "Where is Li Jinglong the prince's opponent?!"

The King of Yan was in a good mood and encouraged the generals, "Li Jinglong is half our person, and we will deal with the treacherous ministers in the court together. Please work hard, we have already made half of it killing the treacherous ministers and clearing the king!"

At this moment, Jin Zhong bowed and said, "Master Daoyan asked Xiaguan to bring a few words."

When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he immediately felt that Jin Zhong was Yao Guangxiao's man.

King Yan said: "None of them are outsiders, just say that."

Jin Zhongdao: "Master Daoyan said that the founding of the Ming Dynasty for more than 30 years, and the people are free from hunger and cold. Now the treacherous ministers are in power, and the court has only the military households to fight, and the people are avoided. There are limited military households in the world, and all regions must cultivate land and guard, and the number of military households can be recruited. The King of Yan does not have to worry about the gains and losses of a city and a pool. It is advisable to seize the opportunity of the commander of the Southern Army being incompetent, and to cut and weaken the strength of the official army..."

Zhu Gaoxu kept listening, and when he heard this, he suddenly felt that Yao Guangxiao was quite knowledgeable, not conservative, and was relatively advanced. Although Yao Guangxiao has always been inclined to the prince and was not very harmonious with Zhu Gaoxu in private, when Zhu Gaoxu heard his knowledge, he had to appreciate and respect him.

Jin Zhong continued: "In the past, Emperor Taizong of Song attacked the land of Youyun in the north, and was lured by the Liao army to penetrate deep into the land, gathered and annihilated it. The Song army's military strength was greatly reduced and it was unable to recover. Now Li Jinglong is even worse than Emperor Taizong of Song. The King of Yan can follow the laws of the Liao army and lead him to the land of Yan and look for an opportunity to gather and annihilate it!"

"Good!" King Yan quickly agreed, "I'll order the entire army to return to Peking tomorrow."

The generals bowed and said, "The last general will be ordered!"

Jin Zhong took two steps forward and said, "The prince is really a helper! It may not be Li Jinglong's turn after the death of Changxing Marshal. Qi Tai, the Minister of War of the Central Committee, recommended Guo Ying. He knew that Huang Zicheng wanted to recommend Li Jinglong, and he opposed it very much.

Because Huang Zicheng was the emperor's teacher and was extremely favored, Qi Tai actually secretly reported that Huang Zicheng colluded with the harem and interfered in the emperor's private affairs, and wanted to alienate the emperor and Huang Zicheng, so as to stop Li Jinglong from becoming the commander.

Unexpectedly, someone in Zhending secretly reported that Guo Ying and the Yan army had a peace talk, and even privately saw the envoys visiting each other. Qi Tai was originally recommended Guo Ying, but the emperor was furious and suspected that Guo Ying and Qi Tai... So Huang Zicheng won again, and Li Jinglong would take charge of the Northern Expedition!"

"Ha!" After hearing this, the King of Yan turned his head, looked at Zhu Gaoxu, and said with a smile, "Although Gao Xu's idea did not win over Guo Ying, he had unexpected achievements!"

Zhu Gaoxu was also stunned for a moment. He really didn't expect that there would be such an operation! The Nanjing court was very complicated, like a manure pit. How did Zhu Gaoxu know the ins and outs of the complicated relationship? This matter was completely "a blind cat hit a dead mouse."

He quickly said, "The official army in Zhending cannot be defended. Seeing that his father was worried, he only wanted to share his worries for his father, but there was no good way, so he had to come up with a bad idea. Let's try it out, but he didn't expect it to be effective. Congratulations to the father, this is not as good as the heaven's calculation, and heaven also helps the father!"

King Yan smiled and said, "Gao Xu is my blessing, and he has brought me good luck and good fortune."

Everyone congratulated and agreed.

Zhu Gaoxu accidentally saw Yuan Gong next to him... A few days ago, Yuan Gong actually said that the person who came up with that plan was not as good as a three-year-old child! Now Yuan Gong didn't say anything, his eyes dodging, for fear that others would notice him.

At this moment, Yuan Gong also cast a look and accidentally looked at Zhu Gaoxu. Yuan Gong's expression suddenly became extremely awkward, blue and white, very ugly. If he didn't know the inside story, he would have thought that he had just eaten something dirty, so he would have such an expression!

Yuan Gong must be very unhappy... Zhu Gaoxu suddenly realized, did I offend him?

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly exclaimed in his heart that he was wronged. He came up with a plan that was not very clever and did nothing else. He offended people? Then Yuan Gong was also a weird person. Why did he come up with a comment? If he didn't accept it, he wouldn't have a plan done?

Yuan Gong was born as a prime minister. Like the monk Yao Guangxiao, he was either a presiding official in the imperial examination, or he was not sure what his relationship with Yao Guangxiao was.

Zhu Gaoxu thought that it would be a good thing to offend people less. He had to look at the situation first and then find a chance to clear the misunderstanding with him.

After everyone finished speaking in the tent, the King of Yan said he would part. The generals clasped their fists and said, "Let's say goodbye!"

Zhu Gaoxu also walked out of the tent and went back first to prepare to convey the military orders of the King of Yan, and would lead everyone to escape tomorrow morning.

He returned to the tent and drank a cup of cold boiled water. After taking a breath, he calmed down and thought, and suddenly felt something was strange again... Before Li Jinglong left Beijing, the news had reached Zhending. It was not surprising that his fourth uncle Xu Zengshou might be an insider! But even the little Jiujiu in Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng were known in private, Yao Guangxiao?
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