Chapter 111: Bing Xian Rising

It is conceivable that Gu Zhen was angry when he heard what Queen Mother Yuan said.

In her opinion, what Empress Dowager Yuan meant was that she didn't want the third prince, the king of Chu, and the tenth prince to all end well, so she just took care of the eighth prince honestly!

"The loving mother Empress Dowager raised His Majesty with one hand, isn't Your Majesty's heir the grandchildren of the Loving Mother Empress Dowager?!" Gu Zhen asked the emperor at that time, "Is there any reason to frame other grandchildren for the sake of the Eighth Prince?! Could it be In the eyes of the loving mother Empress Dowager, only the heirs of His Majesty's blood have nothing to do with her, and only the heirs of Yuan's blood are her darlings?!"

These words hurt the relationship between the mother and the son of the Tian family, but Chunjia was silent for a while, after all, she didn't blame the queen, but said slowly: "It's just a bastard, just raise it like the third prince. Your hard work is in my heart." I also know. But the queen mother is the queen mother after all."

"What if the concubine is Concubine Min?" Gu Zhen asked with a sneer, "Will Your Majesty let the concubine continue to work hard?"

Chunjia glanced at her, and said calmly: "The noble concubine will never trouble me with such trivial matters."

Gu Zhen was so angry that he couldn't speak, but the emperor thought so sincerely. He felt that if the empress had Yunfenghuang's means of the city, how could she be afraid of the empress dowager's hand?

No, if the empress had the level of a noble concubine, the empress dowager would probably not find ways to cram the eighth prince into the Chongchang Hall.

In short, Chunjia still has feelings for Queen Mother Yuan, which may not be as good as the previous two years, but at least it is still higher than Queen Mother.

He decided to pretend to be confused and followed the Queen Mother Yuan's plan, but it would be fruitless for Gu Zhen to get angry again.

This first month, the atmosphere in Yanfu Palace is very bad, all the palace people are cautious in their words and deeds, and they dare not show their atmosphere.

After all, everyone knew that the queen was in a bad mood.

However, misfortunes never come singly. At the end of the first month, another bad news came from the frontier: after years of conquests, Hele has already recruited, suppressed and suppressed all the tribes in the grassland.

At present, the only resistance that has any form is the two tribes of the Mu'e mother clan and the wife's clan. Because the relationship with Mu'e is too deep, they have even mixed up with Hele's entrapment before. Le Qiuhou settled the score, so he could only bite the bullet and carry it to the end.

The two sides had clashed several times last year, and because of the advent of winter, they had to withdraw their troops temporarily.

Spring hasn't really started yet, but everyone is gearing up to prepare for the battle.

If there is no accident, after three or two months, there will be a formal battle to the death.

For this reason, these two tribes are frequently contacting Dingbei Army and Guochao, hoping to get assistance.

After all, if they rely on themselves, they will definitely lose.

After receiving the news, Chunjia was still negotiating with the important ministers, but in the end she received another 800 li urgently.

He Le may be afraid of interference from the imperial court, so he took the initiative to attack Yanzhou at night!

Dingbei Army is the most elite and most valued army in the country. Although the soldiers have not suffered heavy losses, but...

Most of the grain and grass were burned!

Even the villages near Yanzhou had many people taken captive.

This kind of loss is something that the country has never experienced in the past few decades. The commander of the Dingbei Army, Zhaowu Bo Gu Fangshu, is duty-bound and must be responsible for it!

If only this is the case, the Gu family can still be stable, because Guochao has no other capable fighters in the past two years. If Gu Fangshu is replaced, let alone whether the others can win the battle, they may not be able to command the North in the first place. military.

So even if the loss is huge, if the emperor gets angry again, he must let Gu Fangshu continue to sit in his seat and make amends.

The Dingbei Army's loss this time was mainly because they were unprepared. When they come to their senses, relying on their strength and strength, they may not have a chance to avenge their shame.

When the time comes to accumulate credit, everyone will quickly forget the previous failures, and the court will not be able to punish them severely.

The problem is that after Chunjia was furious, Ouyang Yanran calmed down for a while, and then suggested that Gu Fangshu's subordinates seemed too tired, and it was time to send a supervising army to supervise him!

I don't know if it was the emperor's instruction, or Ouyang Yanran's own cunning guessed the holy will. In short, he took the lead, and the royalist courtiers said a lot of "supplementary strategies". The idea is that the Dingbei Army can no longer be controlled by Gu Fangshu.

Because the bloody facts are in front of him, Gu Fangshu can't do it, and a saint must make mistakes. Gu Fangshu is very powerful and loyal, but he can't cover everything after all, and he still needs to work together to fill in the gaps for him.

Therefore, in addition to supervising the army, more people need to be sent to Dingbei Army, so as to ensure that the Dingbei Army is safe, the north is safe, and the people of the country are safe... Anyway, in the eyes of Gu and the regent Come on, this is the emperor taking advantage of the issue to openly intervene in the Dingbei Army.

Originally, an emperor who gradually regained his power should take back his military power. The problem is that the ten princes under the empress Gu Zhen's knees are only full moon. They don't know whether they can grow up safely or whether they can bear the responsibility of the prince. The key is not The prince with Gu's blood!

In this case, if Gu's military power is weakened, how can they rest assured?

However, it is an indisputable fact that Hele's raid and the food and grass were burned. The Gu family and the regent could not exonerate Gu Fangshu. Ke and other trusted children arranged to join the Dingbei Army under the banner of tempering to dilute Gu's influence.

"This can't work." Old Master Gu lost the composure he had when he heard about the accident, looked around at the children around him, and said in a deep voice, "At the beginning, the foundation of the Ji family still existed, but if he hesitated for a moment, he was quickly chopped off. It's settled. Now that His Majesty has openly attacked the Dingbei Army, once there is a change in the army, the government and the opposition, will there be a place for me, Gu Family?"

His second son has always been tired and weak, so he hesitated when he heard the words, and said in a low voice: "Father, didn't you say that after the nephew enters the East Palace, our family might as well give up the military power slowly, not only to win His Majesty's trust, but also to protect ourselves?"

The Gu family had no intention of rebelling. After all, the Ji family had been in power for three dynasties and was not confident in replacing the Gongxiang family, which was no big deal to the family and the country. The Gu family did not even have such an idea.

It is embarrassing to say that their family is passively involved in right and wrong.

At first, Gu Fangshu worked hard in the Dingbei Army, and was ordered by Xiaozong to take care of the regent. Later, Xiaozong failed to establish the emperor's younger brother, and died himself, and the Ji family supported Chunjia... Gu's so confused from the original The royalists became the party of the Prince Regent.

And because of the Dingbei Army, they couldn't openly support Chunjia and stick to their royalist position like Duke Yi did after Chunjia ascended the throne.

After all, although Yi Guogong's ancestor was also a military commander, by this time he was no longer in charge of the army.

But the supplies of the Dingbei Army are stuck in the hands of the Ji family, and the regent still has the strength to fight with the Ji family for this. Chunjia, who is fifteen years old, can't take care of himself. How can he manage the Shangding Northern Army?

The most important thing is that at that time no one expected Chunjia to turn over.

A clan son brought up by an orphan and a widow from a remote tribe, at the age of fifteen, he has a good reputation for being filial and kind. Who would have thought that he would have the later scheming and means?

In short, the Gu family has had the experience of shifting to the regent's faction, and even now they are a little unclear with the regent. Even if Gu's daughter becomes the queen, the mutual trust between them and the emperor is really not deep.

According to the previous agreement, the Gu family will return the military power step by step and step down with dignity when the prince under Gu Zhen's knees gradually secures his reserve position.

In this way, they can retire after success, and they can also try their best to keep the family rich and noble.

but now……

Old Master Gu said lightly: "This is what we think, how do you know what His Majesty thinks?"

What if Chunjia doesn't believe them?

What if Chunjia felt that instead of waiting for them to hand over power slowly, it would be better to grab it herself?

What if Chunjia hated them for supporting the regent, felt that they were in the same boat as Ji, and wanted to send them to see Ji?

It is related to the wealth, honor, disgrace, and even life and death of the entire family, and the old man Gu cannot be allowed to have any chances.

"But..." Gu Mi, the grandson of the Gu family, the third son of Gu Fangshu, who stayed in the capital with his mother and sister as hostages, asked hesitantly, "Grandfather, since the Sacred Heart is unpredictable, what should we do?"

These words made Old Master Gu and all the elders in the study silent.

how?

This is very embarrassing, Ding Beijun must be very important to Chunjia, otherwise he would not have made Gu Zhen his queen, and even sent two princes to Gu Zhen's knees to be his first sons.

But let's not say that the Gu family has no idea of ​​rebellion, nor the ability to rebel.

Especially for a monarch like Chunjia who pays attention to reputation, if he wants to oppose him as a courtier, his righteous reputation will not stand up.

But if you don't do anything, you seem to be sitting still...

Mrs. Gu hesitated for a long time, and decided to let his son retreat: "Why don't you let your father come to the table to plead guilty, and mention the matter of being discharged from the army and returning to the farm."

Test Chunjia's attitude.

It's just that the family letters between Gu's family and Gu Fangshu's family have not yet been exchanged, yet another big event happened to Wei He!

Moo is dead!

Unlike the previous misreported death news, this time Mu'e is really gone.

Guochao felt sorry for his absence this time, because Mu E actually persuaded his two nephews, Hele's son, to assassinate Hele in private!

As a result, he was angrily executed by Hele in public.

After Hele captured Mu'e, he used his name to take away the Dayan clan and his youngest son from the Dingbei Army, and then coerced many small tribes to join him, so it quickly became popular. Perhaps it was because Mu E was a prisoner and was still ill, looking like he was dying. After Hu Le humiliated him for a while, he gradually relaxed his vigilance towards him.

As a result, Mu E deserved to be the master who stepped on his elder brother and old Khan. He turned his head and didn't know how to persuade the two sons who were still favored by Hele. Halle was ruthless.

Although relying on the vigilance and reflexes cultivated in the army for many years, He Le narrowly escaped death, but he was also seriously injured.

The point is that this incident directly exposed the contradictions under Hele's command, and gave hope to Mu'e's mother clan, wives, and other tribes who did not obey Hele.

Of course, Mu'e's mother clan and wife clan would not let go of this opportunity, and publicized Hele's despicable shamelessness and cruelty, calling him a Khan killer. Disgusted, call on the whole grassland to crusade against him.

Of course, they did not forget to say hello to Guochao, and advised Guochao not to miss this opportunity. As long as Hele can be eradicated, they are willing to pay a lot of cattle, sheep and horses as reward... Anyway, if Guochao does not intervene, they will probably still lose. There is nothing, and you can't even save your life, so the asking price is naturally generous at this moment.

After discussing with the ministers, Chunjia felt that the opportunity must never come again, and then Gu Fangshu got the chance to continue his life.

After all, this kind of time cannot be delayed, and it is impossible to change coaches just in time.

"Then it's not appropriate for Fangshu to ask to be dismissed and returned to the farmland." Old Master Gu wrote to his son again hastily, "Otherwise, His Majesty might think we're taking Joe."

But halfway through writing the letter, he hesitated again, "This is too coincidental, when our family is in a dilemma... Do you think it is possible that His Majesty did it?"

There is no way, the mutual calculations between Chunjia and Ji before, especially the hand of Chao's witness against Ji, all the ministers still remember it vividly.

It's hard for Mrs. Gu not to be suspicious now.

"... Regarding the matter of the Weihe royal family, I am afraid that your majesty is powerless?" After thinking for a moment, he carefully put forward his opinion, "If not, why should we miss the opportunity?"

Which emperor doesn't want to expand his territory?

Especially for a young and ambitious owner like Chunjia.

Moreover, "If your Majesty can control the affairs of Mu E and He Le, even if you stand still because of the flood in the south, how can you let Mu E fall into the hands of He Le?"

Both Mu E and He Le will lose out in the fight, this is what Guochao wants to see.

It is also the most beneficial to the country.

Old Mrs. Gu thought about it, so he let out a sigh of relief and continued to write letters.

... These turmoil was fierce in the former court, but it was relatively calm in the harem.

Apart from the queen, only a few people such as Yun Fenghuang paid more attention.

Yun Fenghuang took advantage of the situation to force several brothers and uncles into the Dingbei Army, and found a reason to step on Luo Tieyi several times, implying that the emperor tried to get rid of this man.

She saw that Chunjia was determined to do something this time, and she was very worried in private.

It's not that she cared about the safety of those brothers and uncles who were stuffed into the army. After all, she was not a good person. Since she brought these people into the Dingbei Army, she just hoped that they could make contributions and add luster to herself.

As long as they make contributions to her and give her face, to be honest, they won't really care if some Yun Fenghuang die.

Anyway, there are many people in the tribe, except for a few who are particularly close, the rest will die, and it is a good thing that death is valuable.

She was a little worried about Qi Jiulu.

I don't know what's going on with this man's luck. In the beginning, he was the guest of the Prince Regent's father and son, and also caught Zhao Wubo's eyes.

As a result, Chunjia rose silently, and the regent and Uncle Zhaowu were unable to fight back. Now that the emperor wants to send people like Yunxike into the Dingbei Army, how can Qi Jiulu be good?

Yun Fenghuang could only try her best to focus the attention of the emperor's faction on Luo Tieyi. As for Qi Jiulu, she couldn't even mention it.

"...Do your best to obey the destiny." Concubine Min Gui stopped in the corridor, reached out to catch a snowflake, and thought silently.

This snow was brought over by the cold spring, and it will melt soon, and it will no longer be able to cover the growth of all things awakened by the spring breeze.

And war is imminent.

She turned her head to the north, in the direction of her hometown, and the neighing of the mount and the clanging of the sword seemed to be heard in her ears, but it was only a momentary trance after all.

There are still many palace walls and countless pavilions in front of you.

Yun Fenghuang rolled up his sleeves, turned his head and walked into the side hall where the Seventh Prince was housed.