Bo Junren talked about Murong Yanzhao's invincible deeds of running rampant in Hehuang.
People from all over the world were excited after hearing this.
The "Royal Daily" constantly publicized the glorious achievements of the frontline generals.
The purpose is not simply to make the people listen enthusiastically and have more to talk about.
Instead, by publicizing the heroic deeds of his country's frontline generals, the common people subtly developed a proud sense of belonging.
This sense of belonging was strongest during the Han and Tang Dynasties.
In today's world, the king's flag changes every ten years and the emperor changes every few years, so there is no sense of belonging at all.
If the people of a country do not love their country and have no sense of belonging to their country, no matter how powerful or wealthy they are, it will be of no use.
Luo Youdu's purpose was to use the "Royal Daily News" to arouse the patriotic enthusiasm of the people bit by bit.
Murong Yanzhao's rampage in Longyouhehuang is the best publicity example.
After the people cheered, a strange sound came from the table.
"It's so shameful that Murong Jie, the handsome and invincible hero, has a deputy general who is greedy for money and holds him back. How shameful!"
"Commander Murong Jie defeated countless enemies, and used more than a thousand cavalry to rampage in Longyou, defeating the powerful enemy and taking Lintan. However, deputy general Kang Yanze was too late to attack the city, and he missed the opportunity."
"Kang Yanze was born as a general, but he did all the work of civil servants. When he was fighting against the Northern Han Dynasty, he followed Han Bushuai to get some military exploits. How could he have the courage to attack the city?"
"Kang Yanze is famous in Bianjing for being greedy and stingy. I heard that he even accepted money from the Tibetans, so that's why he didn't attack the city."
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Various versions of the rumors are becoming more and more intense and mysterious.
Finally, it reached Luo Youdu's court.
Luo Youdu looked at the two problematic versions about Kang Yanze in front of him, and said to Wei Renpu, Song Qi, and Zhao Pu in front of him: "What do you three think about this matter?"
Wei Renpu said: "This matter is now known to almost everyone in Bianjing. Someone should deliberately spread rumors in an attempt to confuse the public. However, it is true that Kang Yanze has not attacked the city. As for the reason, the Privy Council has not received the information."
Song Qi said: "The momentum of the imperial court is unparalleled, and people from all directions who are slightly hostile will not help but add fuel to the flames. The rumors are getting more and more mysterious, and the ministers have already picked out a lot of false news, but it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity of these two."
Luo Youdu looked at Zhao Pu.
Zhao Pu said: "It is difficult for me to judge this matter. The only thing I know is that the matter first spread among the army. I'm afraid there is no smoke without fire..."
Luo Youdu closed his eyes and meditated, thinking about two situations that the Privy Council considered reliable:
Kang Yanze was incompetent and could only fight with the wind, but could not stand alone. He was timid and did not dare to attack the city. He could not handle the relationship between superiors and subordinates well and could not convince the masses. The generals were alienated and did not listen to orders, so they missed the opportunity to fight.
Kang Yanze was greedy for money and stingy, and had close contacts with the powerful people in Hezhou City. He took money and deliberately gave the powerful people in Hezhou City a chance to breathe.
Luo Youdu finally understood why there were many cases in history where emperors from the rear interfered with frontline generals.
Something happened and came to the attention of the emperor. The emperor had to make the right decision from all kinds of misleading and wrong information.
This is not an easy task.
Take the Kang Yanze incident as an example. The news came from the frontline army.
To say that it is definitely a rumor and false is impossible.
There must be a reason for this.
But if it is true, it is a mistake in the decision-making of personnel. It needs to be corrected at the last moment, or direct intervention, ordering Kang Yanze to attack the city, or other means.
As the emperor at the rear, he did not understand the situation on the front line and gave random orders, which was likely to be the beginning of failure.
But if there is a problem and you don't make a decision, you will miss the opportunity.
If he were on the front line, Luo Youdu believed that he could make the most correct choice based on the situation.
But now he is at the rear and has limited information. Even if he starts an investigation, it will take six or seven days to send the information back and forth.
What's more, the investigation of the commander and deputy general of the army will greatly damage the morale of the investigation in the open, and God knows how much time it will take to investigate in secret?
In a war, there is no time to waste.
It has been some time since the news reached Bianjing.
A decision must be made as soon as possible.
Can't delay!
Wei Renpu suggested: "How about sending a supervisory army to investigate the situation?"
"No!" Luo Youdu flatly refused. Supervising the army is indeed beneficial. It makes it easier for the rear to control the frontline troops, but it is also more likely to cause bad things.
A layman should guide an expert, which is a taboo for military strategists.
Luo Youdu thought about it carefully and thought of Murong Yanzhao. If Kang Yanze was really too timid to fight, given his temper, he would not be able to fight around without worry. Thinking of this, he immediately made a judgment and said: "Kang Yanze is my
Now that I have chosen the general, I believe he will not disappoint me, and this matter ends here."
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Hezhou Daying.
Kang Yanze grabbed Yuan Zhi's chest and cursed: "You and my brother, it has been fifteen years, and you are stabbing me in the back?"
A trace of fear flashed across Yuan Zhi's face and he said, "I don't know what you are talking about!"
Kang Yanze said angrily: "You can just say that I am incompetent. I won't care about you. You also leaked the information about my dealings with the wealthy people in Hezhou. If you really want to ruin His Majesty's important affairs, even ten lives will not be enough for you to compensate."
His eyes were almost bloodshot.
Regarding the situation in Hezhou, everything is under his control.
Tubo is a semi-cultivating and semi-pastoral nation, part of which is farming and part of which is animal husbandry.
Murong Yanzhao's raid on Hezhou City failed, but the raid was still effective.
Most of the people around Hezhou who were closely related to the Zhangmi people in Hezhou went to Hezhou City to escape.
This time is urgent and we cannot prepare too much food.
All tribesmen entering the city need to eat.
The wealthy farming families are responsible for the food they eat.
How can any wealthy clan be willing to supply their clan’s food for free?
Conflicts arose from time to time.
Kang Yanze planned to take advantage of this contradiction to instigate rebellion against the wealthy families in the city.
Yuan Zhi turned pale and realized that the problem was serious.
He was older than Kang Yanze and joined the army three years earlier than Kang Yanze. Kang Yanze had always been under him. However, in the battle to destroy the Northern Han Dynasty, Kang Yanze got a good opportunity and defeated Qinzhou City, and his status suddenly surpassed him.
became his immediate boss.
The contrast in status made Yuan Zhi jealous. Now that he had the opportunity to take charge of his own affairs, he couldn't accept it and said a lot of bad things about Kang Yanze behind his back.
He didn't know why things started to cause such a big fuss.
Kang Yanze let go of his hand and said, "Go and explain to His Majesty yourself!"
He turned and left the camp.
Yuan Zhi was sweating profusely and collapsed to the ground.
Kang Yanze walked out of the camp and saw Murong Yanzhao walking angrily.
Kang Yanze quickly stopped him and said, "Jie Shuai!"
Murong Yanzhao suppressed his anger and said, "How is the situation?"
Kang Yanze said solemnly: "The situation in the army has been brought down and everything is still under control..."
He didn't dare to say anything. Now the success of the entire strategy was no longer in his control, but whether he could make the right decision and suppress the matter later.
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