Chapter 984: The Emperor Leads the Army in Person

Not long after, one morning court.

An urgent war report came from the northeastern border.

There are still two counties in the northeast in the hands of Prince An. Shen Yao, the eldest son of Duke Qin, was seriously injured in the siege that just ended.

Duke Qin immediately stepped out and said, "I am willing to lead the troops to the northeast to recover the two counties in the northeast for the emperor."

Then several people stepped out and expressed their willingness to go to the northeast.

Xiao Yu did not comment, "We will discuss this later."

After the court session, Xiao Yu summoned Master Su to the Qianqing Palace and said seriously: "I plan to lead the army in person."

Master Su was shocked, "Your Majesty, absolutely not."

"Your Majesty is now the ruler of a country, how can you take risks easily!"

Xiao Yu shook his head, "The firearms for siege are in my hands, and I don't plan to hand over the firearms to anyone for the time being."

"With firearms, siege is not a problem."

"It has been two years since the establishment of the Great Qi Dynasty, and only one of the three counties in the northeast has been conquered. If this continues, I don't know how long it will take."

"The longer it takes, the more manpower and material resources will be spent."

Master Su also knew that the firearms had always been in Xiao Yu's hands. Xiao Yu was afraid that the firearms would leak out, and the arsenal was heavily guarded, because this thing actually did not have too many technical difficulties. As long as it leaked out, it would definitely be copied by others.

So Xiao Yu used it very carefully.

Su Taishi hesitated, "But, if the emperor leads the army in person, what should we do in the court?"

Xiao Yu said slowly, "Let the queen govern the country."

Su Taishi opened his mouth wide, "This, the queen is a woman..."

In history, there have been princes governing the country, princes governing the country, and ministers governing the country, but there has never been a queen governing the country.

What do people in the world think?

Xiao Yu smiled, "The queen is not an ordinary person. The queen is talented. I have nothing to worry about when the court is handed over to the queen and Taishi."

Su Taishi hesitated and said, "The queen is capable, I know, but the world does not know, the court officials do not know, and now that the emperor has been on the throne for a short time, I am afraid that the court will be unstable."

Xiao Yu waved his hand, "What's unstable? I believe in Taishi and the queen."

The troops and horses in the suburbs of Beijing are generally controlled by Duke Qin, and half of them are controlled by his confidants.

Most of the generals guarding the borders followed him to conquer the world and were promoted by him. There will be no problems for the time being.

In the court, the party of Grand Tutor Su and the party of Minister Chen of the Ministry of Personnel checked and balanced each other, and the emperor only had to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.

"I have decided to lead the army in person and take down the two northeastern counties within half a year."

Seeing Xiao Yu's firm attitude, Grand Tutor Su said helplessly: "If the emperor must go, this old minister can only do his best to look after the court for the emperor."

Xiao Yu nodded and smiled: "In this case, thank you, Grand Tutor."

Grand Tutor Su came out of the Qianqing Palace, looked at the sky, and sighed slightly.

Xiao Yu returned to the harem and hugged Gu Fei to tell her his thoughts.

Gu Fei pouted, "You have decided, why are you still asking me?"

Xiao Yu coaxed softly: "If you object, I won't go."

Gu Fei was a little happier, and thought about it, "You can go if you want to. It's not a big deal if the two northeastern counties are not taken down for a long time. Just promise me that you can't get yourself hurt."

Xiao Yu nodded seriously, "Of course." Then he kissed Gu Fei heavily.

Gu Fei added: "After we take the two northeastern counties, we have to take another place as well."

"But we can take our time there, and you are not allowed to lead the army in person again."