Chapter 1302 The Silly Old Mr. Xing and His Family

For food, grass and weapons, most of the taxes have been collected. Once the Ministry of Household Affairs allocates money, food, grass and weapons will not be a problem.

If you put the soldiers and horses together, you can form a huge army. The only difficulty is choosing the leader.

The ministers were quarreling in the court because of this choice.

At the end of the quarrel, Mr. Shangguan Ge actually risked angering the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, I think that now is not the best time to attack Da Rong. Da Rong now has strong soldiers and horses, and the Rong people are cruel by nature. On the battlefield, Just like ferocious beasts and evil spirits, on the other hand, we in Dachu have only a few elite troops available. For the current plan, we should recharge our batteries and train generals who can break the enemy camp, and then plan to attack the army in ten years. thing."

He didn't say anything about the continuous disasters in Dachu and the increase in taxes that caused public resentment. He was already talking nicely.

But Emperor Jingyuan still had a dark face. With a loud bang, he hit the handle of the dragon chair with his palm, and angrily scolded Mr. Shangguange: "Shangguancong, I asked you to recommend the commander who will lead the army to attack Da Rong. I didn't ask you to come and cause trouble." ! Are you dissatisfied with me because you exaggerate other people's ambitions and destroy your own prestige? Are you dissatisfied with Da Chu? Or do you want to defect to Da Rong?!"

Shangguan Ge was shocked. He didn't expect the emperor to say such words. He knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I am a humble minister who eats the king's salary. I am only willing to die for the great Chu in this life. I have no second thoughts." ah!"

Emperor Jingyuan snorted coldly: "I'm sorry you don't dare."

After saying that, he ignored the elders of the Shangguange and looked at the ministers, saying: "Who can be recommended by the ministers to be the commander-in-chief of this expedition?"

Well, most of the ministers in the palace wanted to shrink into the ground to prevent Emperor Jingyuan from seeing them.

Emperor Jingyuan's face was grave, and he was cursing in his heart. A group of people with only white-collar salaries. After he destroyed Da Rong, the next step was to clean up the imperial court and replace all these people who had no job!

Emperor Jingyuan turned his eyes and looked at the Minister of War.

The Minister of War, whose surname was Dai, had only taken office six years ago. He was far inferior to his predecessor. Seeing Emperor Jingyuan, he was furious. He was afraid that his position would not be guaranteed, so he could only bite the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, I think that this The commander-in-chief of Cifarong is none other than Mr. Xing."

He added: "Lao Guogong Xing is one of the six founding princes of the country. He has outstanding military exploits. Five years ago, he led the army to quell the war in various provinces and stabilized the northwest army. He will definitely be qualified to be the commander-in-chief of this expedition."

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall fell into silence.

"What did you say?!" Emperor Jingyuan stared at the Minister of War with murderous eyes. Is this Dai a fool? How old is Mr. Xing? He was ill last year. Let alone letting him go on an expedition. Even if he wears heavy armor, he might die midway. How dare a man named Dai recommend him?

Five years ago, he asked Old Duke Xing to take command to quell the rebellion because Old Duke Xing and Old Duke Wei were old friends for decades. They were both among the six founding fathers of the country and followed the imperial grandfather to conquer the world. , the Northwest Army is the old army of Old Duke Wei, and will sell the face of Old Duke Xing.

But now, conquering the Rong and quelling the rebellion of the Northwest Army are not the same thing at all.

Useless things!

Emperor Jingyuan cursed in his heart, looked at Yingge Lao, and said: "Master Yingge, you are a minister of the Great Chu Zhuguo. What lofty views do you have, but it doesn't matter."

When Ming Shaoqing saw his daughter-in-law's grandfather being named, he didn't even move his eyebrows. It was because of his master's ability to handle such things with ease.

Sure enough, Boss Ying said humanely: "Your Majesty, I have three candidates."

Three choices?

Emperor Jingyuan was overjoyed: "My dear, please tell me!"

Mr. Ying said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Yuan Guo is also one of the six founding princes. He is good at conquering and fighting. Mr. Yuan Guo has grown up in the army since he was a child. He also made great military exploits when he was young. Let Mr. Yuan Guo lead the army. Take command to defeat the Rong."

Emperor Jingyuan's originally smiling face darkened.

The Yuan Guo Gong family is indeed good, but the Yuan Guo Gong family is the queen's natal family and puts nearly a million troops under the command of a relative. Can he still sleep at night?

Mr. Ying knew very well that Emperor Jingyuan would not choose the Duke of Yuan Dynasty, and said: "The second candidate is Duke Ying. The British Duke is also one of the six founding Dukes. The British Duke and his children and grandchildren are all good at martial arts and can also take command. Go to war."

However, the British Duke and the Wei Guo Gong family were once related by marriage, and the relationship between the two families was very good. This time, the Conqueror Army was stationed in the northwest. The Wei Guo Gong family has been guarding the northwest for three generations. Who knew that so many soldiers and horses would be handed over to the British Duke? Will he turn around and avenge the Weiguo family? !

Emperor Jingyuan was suspicious by nature. After returning from the disaster in Dayong, he became even more sensitive and suspicious. There was no way he would let this happen, so he didn't say anything.

Mr. Ying understood and continued: "There is another person who is General Xu. General Xu accompanied Old Duke Xing on an expedition to quell the rebellion five years ago. This man is extremely capable and has many military exploits... Although he is not old, His qualifications are still relatively young, but he is not incapable of taking command and going on an expedition."

After hearing this, Ming Shaoqing laughed in his heart. Mr. Ying Lao was really powerful. Among the three candidates, the emperor could only choose General Xu.

When he was young, General Xu had been praised by Duke Wei in the camp in the west of Beijing. The emperor was not confident about letting General Xu take command. The most likely thing was that he would let Duke Xing take charge and General Xu would take the lead. .

And this time, unless the divine soldiers descend from heaven, they will definitely lose. General Xu is not a fool, he is very smart. When the time comes, everyone will listen to Old Duke Xing... Old Duke Xing is getting old quickly. He has been buried. He will definitely bring his two sons with him on this expedition. It is very likely that his two sons will have the final say at that time.

His eldest son and second son are both incompetent and will definitely misjudge military aircraft. As long as General Xu obeys orders, and after defeat, he can put the blame on Old Duke Xing and himself by saying "do as ordered". Pick it out.

So in the end, only Mr. Xing Laoguo’s family was used to offer sacrifices to heaven.

Mr. Ying Lao was not wrong. He recommended General Xu, not Mr. Xing.

It has to be said that Ming Shaoqing had already figured out Emperor Jing Yuan's temper very clearly. After Emperor Jing Yuan was silent for a moment, he finally said: "Xu You is indeed good, but he has never been a commander. This war against Rong is related to the foundation of Chu. Don't ignore... your fate, Duke Xing is the commander-in-chief of the army, and Xu You is the commander-in-chief of the army, and we will attack together!"

The choice of coach was decided, and Mr. Ying personally went to Xing Guogong's mansion to issue the edict.

When Duke Xing received the order, he burst into tears: "I will not betray your majesty's trust, and I will make that Rong traitor pay the price for conquering Longshan Mansion!"

The two foolish sons of Duke Xing also happily accepted the order and thanked him. They all wanted to go out to fight now and destroy the Dajong.

Mr. Ying smiled on his face, but he also smiled in his heart: Hey, one of the six founders of the country is not as good as one. I originally thought that Old Mr. .