It is no longer a secret that His Royal Highness Prince Yu has the ambition to compete for the throne.
Therefore, if another prince succeeds to the throne, he will inevitably be suspicious of the officials who originally belonged to Northern Xinjiang because of King Yu.
The border is the gateway to the Great Li, and it must be placed in the hands of trusted people. When the time comes, a major change of blood will be absolutely inevitable.
In order to avoid being liquidated, they could only stand on the side of His Royal Highness King Yu and support him in his fight for the throne.
Moreover, His Highness Prince Yu's performance in recent years is indeed worthy of their following.
Because of this, last year, after the news of King Cheng's supervision reached Northern Xinjiang, many people couldn't sit still.
Among them is Anjun Mountain.
Supervisor, this position is usually created for the prince.
Although His Highness King Cheng has not yet been established as the crown prince, the fact that he was first given the responsibility of supervising the country by the emperor is undoubtedly a clear signal.
After becoming Wang Jianguo, in the eyes of many people, he is undoubtedly the next crown prince.
The same is true here in northern Xinjiang.
When An Junshan made this judgment, he almost thought that his official career was coming to an end.
If King Cheng succeeds to the throne, as the commander-in-chief of Northern Xinjiang and one of His Highness King Yu's deputies, he will definitely be the first group of people to be liquidated.
Even with innate cultivation, the most it can do is protect him and his family from death, but don't think about anything else.
If he is struggling to his death at that time, no matter how strong his cultivation is, he will not be able to protect himself and his family.
Unless His Royal Highness King Yu's achievements in this expedition are great enough, even if he succeeds to the throne, King Yu cannot be easily touched.
Only when King Yu is fine can officials like them in Northern Xinjiang be safe and sound.
But now it seems that the situation is not as pessimistic as he thought.
After returning from His Royal Highness Prince Yu, An Junshan did not see the slightest trace of despair on his face, as if Prince Cheng's supervision of the country had no influence on him.
If this can be explained by the forced maintenance of composure.
But Liu Jiande was actually a member of His Royal Highness Prince Yu in private. This already showed that His Highness Prince Yu not only did not give up the throne, but also did not think that he was destined to lose.
Even if he becomes the king and supervises the country, he still has his own strategies.
The lost light in An Junshan's eyes lit up again little by little.
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Outside the north gate of Yanque Pass.
Di Xin didn't explain much about Liu Jiande to An Junshan, letting him know the result before he could continue talking about the rest.
"Let's not mention Liu Jiande's matter for now."
Di Xin said: "You must arrange these 10,000 private troops properly and make sure no one notices anything unusual about them."
"yes."
Anjunshan surrendered.
Since Liu Jiande's 10,000 private troops are here, it means that the 10,000 soldiers from Northern Xinjiang who disappeared are now at the eastern border.
Although they don't know what His Royal Highness Prince Yu gave them, it is obvious that once the identity of this private army is exposed, the mission of the 10,000 soldiers will be greatly affected.
"but……"
After hesitating for a while, An Junshan said: "Your Highness, what should I do with the rewards from the imperial court?"
This is a big problem.
Since these 10,000 troops are Liu Jiande's private army, they logically cannot receive rewards from the imperial court. Otherwise, when the 10,000 soldiers who stayed at the eastern border return, what should they be given?
Once the hearts of the soldiers are chilled, no matter how high the price is, they cannot be restored.
But in the eyes of outsiders, the expeditionary force has all returned. If the rewards are not distributed, it will definitely arouse others' suspicion?
Whether it is suspicion that these officials are enriching their own pockets or something else, the possibility of these 10,000 private soldiers being exposed will eventually be raised.
Di Xin pondered for a moment and said: "Distribute it as usual."
"That……"
An Junshan was about to ask, but he saw Di Xin wave his hand and said: "Don't worry about some money. When those soldiers return, I will make up for their rewards."
An Junshan's eyes widened and he asked in shock: "Your Highness, are you planning to use your private property..."
All money and materials in the official treasury are recorded, and a small amount is enough. It can be explained by errors, but when it comes to rewards for 10,000 soldiers, that is not a small amount.
The money given to the private army will definitely not be taken back at that time, and the money in the official treasury cannot be moved at will. Therefore, there is only one way to come up with enough rewards for 10,000 people.
That is, King Yu took out enough from his own money bag to make up for it.
This amount, even based on His Royal Highness Prince Yu's current private property, is still a level that is enough to break one's muscles and bones.
From this we can also see the determination of His Royal Highness King Yu.
And how important the mission carried by the 10,000 soldiers this time is.
After seeing Di Xin nod, An Junshan didn't do anything to persuade him.
From this point of view, although His Royal Highness King Yu has countermeasures in mind, the influence of King Cheng's supervision of the country is not without influence on him.
It's a matter of the throne. If you don't advance, you will retreat.
There is still a possibility for them to regret it, but His Royal Highness Prince Yu has no chance to withdraw midway, so he can only make a desperate move.
Since it is a desperate move, then as His Highness King Yu said, a little money is nothing.
"I'll leave the rest to you."
Di Xin waved his hand, turned around and took Xizi into the carriage.
He is not worried about his ability to do things.
If An Junshan couldn't handle even this small matter well, he wouldn't have been able to serve as the commander-in-chief in Northern Xinjiang for so many years.
With that old fox Shen Qianhua here, even if he is not a systematic person, if he does not have enough ability, he will not be allowed to jointly manage Northern Xinjiang with him.
And Anjunshan did not live up to his expectations.
After handing out the rewards, he cited the expeditionary force's hard work and merit and did not arrange any garrison tasks for them in the short term.
Not just the 10,000 private troops, but all the expeditionary forces have arranged this.
Then the 30,000 expeditionary force was divided into several military camps and stationed in different places for rest and recuperation.
During this period, in a way that no one noticed the abnormality, he first replaced the garrison of one of the two new cities on the grassland with a part of the real expeditionary force, and then replaced all the remaining garrison with Liu Jiande's private army.
military.
In the end, after the real expeditionary force was transferred away, only 10,000 private troops were left to garrison the new city.
When one of Anjunshan's most trusted teams settled in, they not only supervised the private army but were also responsible for the handover between the private army and other armies, completing the separation from the Northern Xinjiang Army.
The other new city closer to Yanque Pass has all been replaced by a real expeditionary force.
In this way, with the expeditionary force as a barrier, the secrets of the private army were hidden.
It was during this time that some news also spread from the eastern border.
In this expedition, apart from northern Xinjiang, the eastern border is the biggest winner.
Although Liu Jiande, the capital commander, was reprimanded by the imperial court for his private actions, in view of the contribution of the eastern border gate in this expedition, the imperial court also awarded him a reward.
The key point is that because of the demise of the Goguryeo and Uighur tribes, the eastern border areas, like the northern Xinjiang, no longer have the suspicion of intrusion by foreign enemies.
As a result, the eastern frontier followed the example of northern Xinjiang, greatly increasing the benefits of trade.
Suddenly, there was an endless stream of experienced merchants, like sharks smelling blood.