Hairpin Phoenix - Chapter 684

   Chapter 684 Loyal Minister (2)

  The fact that all the ministers fainted one after another soon came to Lu Mingyu’s ears.

  Lu Mingyu couldn’t help twitching the corners of his mouth.

   Puyang Hou made a “good start”. If a courtier didn’t cry once or twice, he would not be loyal enough.

   Forty days have passed since the wake, and the last few days are left. The courtiers had to show their loyalty, and they had to follow them. Anyway, it won’t last a few days.

   One night, Li Jing came back with another bad news.

   “The news of the father’s death has spread to all parts of Great Wei.” Li Jing tightened his brows and whispered: “The remnants of Yan and Chu are restless when they know that the father has passed away.”

  Emperor Yongjia led troops to conquer Yanchu and conquered Yanchu in more than a year. Most of the Yanchu royal family died, and those who surrendered were also imprisoned.

   However, a hundred-legged worm is dead but not stiff. There are always some who fled to the deep mountains and forests or overseas places. Now that they heard that Emperor Yongjia passed away, these people suddenly felt that the opportunity had come, and they began to make waves again.

  Lu Mingyu also frowned and asked in a low voice, “Is it from Yan or from Chu?”

   “All of them.” Li Jing’s face was solemn: “The remaining soldiers of Yan State are about 10,000, and the soldiers of Chu are slightly less, and there are also 10,000.”

   These forces are not a big threat to Wei, who has a large number of soldiers. However, after Emperor Yongjia won the battle, only 10,000 soldiers were left to guard the land of Yanchu. Yan and Chu people are now in chaos, and once they converge in one place, it is a great threat.

   Moreover, once a war begins, the Great Wei, who has been pacified for four years, will start a war again. The people were just gasping for breath, and couldn’t bear the tossing at all.

   Going a step further, Li Jing, as the crown prince, is about to take the throne. At this critical time, Yan Chu’s remaining evildoers are in chaos, which is not a good sign.

   must pacify Yanchu as quickly as possible.

  Lu Mingyu’s thoughts turned, and he gave Li Jing a deep look: “Do you want my father to lead troops to Yanchu?”

   is a question, but the tone is very positive.

Li Jing sighed helplessly: “The Marquis of Guangping is dead, and the Meng family’s nine clans will be beheaded. Only the Xingyang army and the Zhao family’s army are left. Erlang is still too young, and the Royal Forest Army can’t be dispatched easily. It’s just to trouble my father-in-law.”

   The Xingyang army was famous and famous, even in the land of Yan and Chu.

  Lu Lin led his troops forward, which was a powerful deterrent to the remnants of Yanchu. When you fight, you will get twice the result with half the effort. The rebellion will surely be put down soon.

   It’s just that he always works hard to trouble his father-in-law. As a son-in-law, he is really guilty.

  Lu Mingyu was silent for a moment, then said softly: “As soon as my father leaves, the capital in the capital is not strong enough, who can deter the Marquis of Puyang?”

  Li Jing obviously thought about it for a long time: “Let the second brother lead the troops back to Beijing.”

  Lu Fei was still in the Jiangnan barracks with 50,000 Xingyang troops. As long as Lu Fei came back, the Marquis of Puyang would continue to hide his head and pretend to be a quail as a loyal minister.

  Lu Mingyu nodded slightly: “This is also the way. You can take your own advice on important matters in the courtroom. Don’t worry about me.”

  Rationally, this is the safest course of action right now.

   From an emotional point of view, she certainly did not want her father to lead troops to Yanchu.

  Li Jing took Lu Mingyu’s hand apologetically and said in a low voice, “Actually, before I came back, my father-in-law had already volunteered to fight with me. The Marquis of Puyang also made a generous statement, saying that he would die for the great Wei.”

   “I didn’t say anything at the time, I just said I’d think about it overnight.”

  Between King Xingyang and Marquis Puyang, Li Jing trusted his father-in-law the most.

  Lu Mingyu felt a little heavy in his heart.

   This Great Wei Dynasty was conquered by Emperor Yongjia. The sudden death of Emperor Yongjia had a profound impact on the Wei Dynasty. Yan Chu’s remnant dared to come out and jump, and there might be others who were just about to make a move.

   Li Jing, the prince, is too young despite his reputation. Wanting to control the country, wanting to bring the ministers and the people to their hearts, is by no means something that can be accomplished overnight.

  …

  Li Jing’s mood is heavier than Lu Mingyu.

  In the past, Yongjia Emperor was responsible for everything. As the prince, he followed behind the emperor and could do what he ordered.

   Now that Emperor Yongjia is gone, these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains and thousands of people are like a heavy burden on him. Any decision he made was related to the transportation of the Wei Kingdom and the people of Liming, so he couldn’t help thinking about it again and again.

   Li Jing slept with his eyes closed for an hour, and when the fourth watch passed, he got up and went to the mourning hall.

Most of the    kneeling courtiers closed their eyes.

   This mourning hall is filled with ice basins, and the ice coffins have to be replaced every day.

  Emperor Yongjia’s corpse has been placed for so many days, no matter how much ice is placed, the corpse gradually rots, and the stench of corpse overflows from the coffin. Mixed with the smell of sweat on the ministers, the smell is too “ecstasy”.

   As soon as Li Jing entered the mourning hall, a white shadow came over.

   Kneeling courtiers all wear white filial attire. When they stand up, aren’t they just white shadows? Suddenly, it was really infiltrative.

   “His Royal Highness,” Bai Ying opened his mouth, his voice very familiar, it was Puyang Hou: “I want to have a few words with Your Highness in private.”

   During this period of time, the Puyang Marquis kneeled and cried the most energetically, and fainted three times. Anyone should praise Wei Zhongchen!

  Li Jing gave Puyang Hou a focused look, nodded slightly, and said in a low voice, “You come with me.”

  The Marquis of Puyang nodded and followed the Prince’s Royal Highness to the side hall to speak.

  The Marquis of Puyang is the nephew of the Empress Dowager Zhao, and Li Jing has been in and out of the Zhao family since childhood, and he is very close to each other.

   Right now, the Marquis of Puyang’s performance is remarkable and beyond reproach. Li Jing’s attitude towards Puyang Hou was also very mild: “What do you want to say?”

  The Marquis of Puyang said in a low voice, “Your Highness, I want to lead troops to Yanchu to pacify the chaos.”

  Li Jing didn’t move, looked at the Marquis of Puyang and said: “Your loyalty to the imperial court is obvious to all, and I know it too. However, I would like the King of Xingyang to go to the matter of Yanchu’s pacification.”

   “It’s not that I can’t trust you. It’s that right now, quelling the rebellion and stabilizing the situation is the most important thing. Before the emperor’s burial, the Great Wei will start a war, and I won’t be so secure when I ascend to the throne in the future.”

   “Furthermore, in terms of combat power, the Xingyang army is far superior to the Zhao family’s army. In terms of your ability to lead troops to fight, you are also slightly inferior to King Xingyang. Therefore, it is more secure for King Xingyang to lead troops.”

  The Marquis of Puyang: “…”

   Puyang Hou did not expect Li Jing to speak so directly. With the thickness of his face and the city government, he couldn’t bear it, and his face suddenly turned red.

  Li Jing slowed down his tone in time: “I’m anxious and anxious, so I’m more direct, you won’t mind!”

   I’ve said it all, so what can I do?

  The Marquis of Puyang swallowed a mouthful of old blood, and squeezed out a face of guilt and remorse: “I only wanted to share my worries for Your Highness, but I didn’t think about it that much. Since His Highness has already proposed, this minister will not say more.”

   Li Jingwen said: “I see your loyalty in my eyes. There will be a time to reuse you in the future.”

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