"The founding emperor slaughtered the world and shared it with heroes, and then the prosperity of the Great Xia is now."

Liu Yi sighed: "Chen Chong's ability is already a bit worthy of a king. The only pity is that the decisive battle in the river is about to be held, but Chen Chong can only sit in Luoyang. This is the duty of the prince. Chen Qianli, the general who gallops across the northern border, will rarely show his might in the future."

"It's hard to achieve both things." Chen Xuan nodded and sighed, "You can't have both fish and bear's paw."

Not only Chen Chong, but Chen Xuan also felt a little regretful. With the efforts of the Xia Kingdom, hundreds of thousands of troops gathered in the river after more than a year of preparation, and prepared for the destruction of the Roma Turks. The first wave of Xia Kingdom cavalry that entered the rear of the Roma Turks alone had 80,000. In this battle, Chen Xuan originally planned to go to the river to supervise the battle, but General Zhang Shanfu, the General of the Marine Department, opposed Chen Xuan's visit to the front line in person. The Marine Department made a full estimate of the cruelty of the war. The army of the Roma Turks and the Dashi princes were mostly good at cavalry attacks. If Chen Xuan was too close to the front line, the Marine Department would instead divide troops to protect His Majesty the Emperor...

"A person who is an emperor cannot do anything happy." Looking at the mountain and lake scenery outside the window, Chen Xuan sighed.

"Your Majesty thinks like this, it is a blessing for my soldiers and civilians in Daxia." Liu Yi bowed, but he felt regretful.

When he and Chen Xuan galloped across the northern border and fought side by side, many of them were promoted to generals and generals, but Chen Xuan stopped at the lieutenant. The Xia State had the most lacking in elite soldiers and generals. After the founding of the country, a convention gradually formed. The emperor served as the commander of the Longya Army, and the crown prince's military post was at most at the level of the lieutenant. Although the Xia State did not formulate great etiquette laws like the Song State, some of the conventions were also different from the great etiquette laws in Kanto under the insistence of the five prefectures.

For example, no titles cannot be taken together, no fiefs without military merits, the prince will not be appointed as a general, the relative clan will not be appointed as a general, and the fiefs must be thousands of miles apart, etc. The reason why Chen Xuan supported Prince Chen Zhong as the Luoyang Governor's envoy was to make up for some of the regrets of the past in his son. Strictly speaking, the envoys of the various regions were civil servants, and Chen Zhong as the Luoyang Governor's envoy was not considered a challenge to the court's convention that had been followed for a hundred years...

Chen Xuan considered the pros and cons and finally decided that the imperial guards would only go to Kangguo, and the departure time would be set three days later.

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In Luoyang, the Tuanlian Envoy Mansion, Chen Chong received a reply letter from Linquan Palace.

The emperor asked Chen Chong to make a comprehensive consideration of the situation in Kanto, and then submit a memorial to the Prime Minister's Office.

This is the benefit of the prince's identity. If an ordinary tutor was an ordinary tutor, he would never have the opportunity to participate in the entire Kanto layout, but His Majesty already had the intention of abdicating, so he hoped that the prince would be familiar with political affairs. If the Guardian government did not object, the inheritance of the throne would be strict, and there would be no room for struggle between brothers. Chen Chong's generation of princes, only Chen Kang, was adopted by King Kang as the crown prince, and there was no suspense to ascend the throne. The emperor of the Xia Kingdom had a practice of abdicating at an old age. Therefore, before the emperor abdicating, the emperor asked the prince to participate in more state affairs, which was also the default practice of the court, and the five governments would not criticize the royal family to disrupt the government affairs.

However, Chen Chong's approach was different from what His Majesty expected. He did not report the matter alone, but invited several of the most powerful figures in Luoyang to discuss it together. General Wu Jie, the commander of the Huguo Mansion, and Yuan Xingzong, the commander of Luoyang, the memorial proposed by these four people after discussion was the voice of the entire Guandong front line, which was different from Chen Chong's personal memorial. Regarding the virtues of the prince, the Huguo Mansion valued not personal abilities, but a harmonious attitude.

The sun shines into the study through the carved windows. After the host and the guest sit down, the servant takes the tea and leaves.

Wu Jie walked with his hands in front of a huge mountain topographic map hanging on the wall.

The State of Song was temporarily unable to go west, and his eyes fell on the Meerbo tribe entrenched in Yunzhou, slowly swept eastward, and finally fell on the former Zhao Xingde's former troops and Han army occupying Jingdong Road of Song. "The army in the Hezhong period is unable to go east. Within a year, we must stabilize the situation in Guandong." Wu Jie pondered, "It is better for the Han family to attack the Liao Kingdom and hold the Khitan people, but Han Ningshuang is not a fuel-efficient lamp. In just a few years, she has cast a chess and placing pieces, occupying the edge and occupying corners, and the foundation has been established. If she is allowed to attack Hebei, it is easy to enter the Central Plains. At that time, it may be replaced by Liao Kingdom and become a major disaster in the northeast."

"Then..." Chen Chong also walked to the territory topographic map and asked, "What does the general mean?"

"Since Han Ningshuang also said she wanted to attack Goryeo, she might as well agree to her, but the soldiers should be specialized rather than divided."

Wu Jie clenched his fist right, placed it in the Denglai area of ​​Jingdong Road, and led it to the northeast: "Han Ningshuang and Goryeo have a grudge against each other, and have the opportunity to attack Goryeo and take revenge. He then gave the promise of splitting the soil and becoming king. He led the Han army's troops to the northeast, so that they could concentrate their forces to attack Goryeo, and then entered Tokyo Road with the people of Rubin, and inserted a knife behind the Liao people."

Yuan Xingzong pondered: "Han also accepted the enthronement of Song State on Jingdong Road. He sent troops to Goryeo. Will the Song Dynasty agree?"

"There is no need to worry about this." Wu Jie smiled proudly, "I didn't have time to tell you just now that the State of Song had just sent a secret envoy to contact our country to attack Liao. Deng Suyu sent Yue Peng to lead troops to attack Liao, not only to capture the hometown of Hebei, but also to attack Youzhou directly, so that Liao cannot both the east and west. The envoy of Song hopes that we will send troops to attack Liao's Xijing Road and drive away the Meerbo tribe entrenched in Yunzhou. After the matter is completed, the Song Dynasty will take the south of the Great Wall and our country will take the north of the Great Wall. I guess Han Ningshuang's request to attack Liao was also influenced by the Song Dynasty. However,... it is best not to let the Han army and the Song army be connected in Hebei, Henan, and Jingdong."

"Song State attacked Liao?" Yang Ren was surprised at first and was overjoyed, "God helped our dynasty!"

Chen Chong, Yuan Xingzong and Yang Ren were the first time they heard about this, and the three of them were overjoyed.

Some time ago, there were rumors that the Liao Kingdom sent secret envoys to Ezhou to make peace. Now that the rumors are undefeated, if the Song and Liao wars again, the situation in the east has stabilized by half. The three of them helped Han Ningshuang to attack Liao and left no discussion. They once again confirmed the decision of the Song and Xia attacking Liao with Wu Jie. Wu Jie explained that Deng Su was a secret envoy. When passing through the border, he went to the officers who were patrolling the border. He was still on the road. The border troops first reported to the Luoyang camp. When Wu Jie received the news, Chen Chong happened to ask the three to discuss the memorial, so he came with the military newspaper.

"Deng Su uses the Northern Expedition to consolidate the power of the prime minister," Yuan Xingzong said, "but this opportunity also helped us a lot."

"That's right," Chen Chong nodded and smiled, "If this is the case, it will be the right time!"

"The State Guardian should be named a marquis of Deng Su." Yuan Xingzong smiled, "What a pity, this man really made great contributions to the country."

The three of them laughed together, and the atmosphere in the study also changed from solemnity to much relaxation.

"It is better to be a Duke of Zhao Xingde than to be a marquis of Deng Su," Yuan Xingzong jokingly said half-jokingly, "It's a pity for the heroes of Guandong."

Hearing the word "Feng Gong", Wu Jie's face changed slightly and he said lightly: "It's not impossible to be named Duke Zhao Xingde. If the three generals of Jingdong Road and the Han Han army were used by me, there would be no need for many soldiers to be sent to Guanxi, and half of the Song Dynasty's river would be at your fingertips."

He sneered twice and walked back to his seat. Yang Ren's face was also a little embarrassed. Chen Chong and Yuan Xingzong looked at each other and both heard the heart-breaking intention in this sentence. Due to the decisive battle in Hezhong, the Prime Minister's Office restricted the expansion of the scale of the Kanto war. For the generals of the Eastern Expedition Camp, the battle was as uncomfortable as sheep pulling manure. In this limited war, Zhao Xingde became famous. In less than two years, he jumped from General Quan to General and was granted the title of Marquis of Kaiguo. He was elected as the Supreme Pillar by the people of Guandong, and his light overwhelmed all the generals of the Guandong camp. People are not sages, and if Zhao Xingde really gave the honor of "Duke of the Kingdom", it would make the generals of the Xia camp even more uncomfortable.

"General Wu is generous," Yuan Xingzong laughed dryly and said mockingly: "However, Zhao Xingde is still inexperienced, Prime Minister Liu, General Zhang, and General Xu are not yet granted a title of Duke, so how can these juniors in the court be given the exception? If you make an exception, you will not reward him, but put Zhao Yuan straight on the fire. It is not like Song State, who gave the princess a marriage to the generals to win over? It seems that he can only have a fief." He looked at Chen Chong and had no choice but to spread his hands.

"Mr. Yuan is careful. Zhao Xingde already has a wife," Chen Chong-smith said, "My mother and the princesses are not easy to mess with."

"If your highness still wants to use Zhao Xingde," Yang Ren also smiled and said, "You can't let him be a Duke of the Country to enjoy a peaceful life." "That's right," Wu Jie's face also eased a little, and he said with a smile, "Zhao Xingde is in his prime and still has to serve the country more." The four of them laughed, which was considered to have smooth things over. According to the convention of the Xia State, the ministers could only be granted the title of marquis when they were in power. Even if they had great contributions to the country, they could only be granted the title of Duke after retirement, which was a commendation of his life. For example, Kou Zhun, the Prime Minister of Jianzhang Dynasty, presided over the reconstruction of Chang'an, and he was also promoted to Duke of Qi after retiring. Therefore, in the eyes of the five prefectures, even if the Duke of the State is basically a "living dead" who withdrew from the political struggle in the court and returned home to retire, he would only wait for the final conclusion to be "living dead".

"No matter what, after Zhao Xingde gathered this group of pirates, his power in Kanto cannot be ignored."
Chapter completed!