Neither humble nor arrogant, using power to overwhelm others.
These eight words can be used to describe King Yu's initial turmoil in the Ministry of Household Affairs.
A prince with no moral character suddenly broke into the household department and made a big fuss, and even beat many officials, including Yang Youxu, the favorite disciple of the current court elder.
At first glance, the fifth prince, Prince Yu, seemed a bit reckless and rude about this incident.
However, after careful review, you will find that he has always occupied the position of justice, speaks and acts with reason, and leaves no trace for others to be caught.
After hearing this, the old emperor's eyes lit up.
The fifth prince, King Yu, was smart and gentle in nature. Although he was born as a palace maid, the old emperor still liked this son when he was a child.
But after the struggle for the throne began.
King Yu hid in Prince Yu's palace and concentrated on studying. He never fought or was weak. Even if his salary and supply and demand items were withheld, he did not resist too much.
At best, this is called Taoguang's obscurity, but to be more direct is too cowardly.
If such a person ascends the throne, he will most likely be robbed of his power by the officials and become a puppet emperor.
Therefore, King Yu had never been regarded by the emperor as one of the candidates for the crown prince.
However, the big commotion in the household department made the old emperor see a different King Yu.
Although the methods used to recover the salary deductions from the household department were a bit flamboyant, the old emperor still preferred King Yu's current appearance compared to his previous weakness and bulliness.
This is the majesty that a royal family should have.
So, the old emperor, who was not so satisfied with King Cheng and King Jing, suddenly decided to give his fifth son a chance.
It also gives yourself one more choice.
But if you want to compete for the throne, the first thing you need to do is to build your own team.
But unfortunately, it took too long for King Yu to end this kind of self-protection, and his power in the capital was almost divided among all the princes and princes.
The only remaining ones are neutral and will not participate in the battle for the throne among the princes.
Therefore, even if King Yu wants to compete for the throne, if he stays in the capital, there will be no possibility of victory.
This is not what the old emperor wants to see.
At a time when external barbarians were constantly invading the border, the old emperor moved his heart and directly transferred Di Xin from the capital.
Compared to the capital, the border areas have a chance to build their own team.
Although the border land is too far away from the capital, information and other information will be delayed to a certain extent, and it is easy to be excluded from the capital's power circle.
From this point of view, it is not conducive to King Yu's fight for the throne.
But this was something the old emperor had already considered.
Although he planned to give King Yu a chance, he was not sure that King Yu was really the right candidate, so he could not give him too many conveniences at once.
Otherwise, a caring person may misinterpret the holy will and think that the emperor wants to support King Yu's ascension to the throne, which will affect the judgment of many people.
Therefore, what he gave him could only be this slim and obscure opportunity.
As for whether he can understand it or not, that depends on King Yu himself.
If he was willing to be ordinary after going to Northern Xinjiang, the old emperor would not say anything more, but would once again exclude him from the selection of the crown prince.
But what the old emperor didn't expect was...
King Yu, who had just arrived in northern Xinjiang, actually directly defeated a southern invasion of the Turks and wiped out 20,000 Turks soldiers, which was a great achievement.
However, while some were happy and others were worried, the old emperor, who had personally fought against the Turks when he was young, saw the hidden dangers of thwarting the Turks' southern invasion this time.
That's right, it was the annihilation of those 20,000 Turkic soldiers.
Unlike farming peoples like the Dali, as nomadic people, the young Turks are even more valuable. They serve as soldiers in wartime and are also the main force herding cattle and sheep in peacetime.
Now that we have lost 20,000 soldiers, that is 20,000 young men and women.
Without these two thousand young men, the Turks are very likely to have insufficient food to survive the winter before winter, and will inevitably launch another southward invasion of the Dali border before winter.
This second invasion to the south was for food and supplies.
This is also the reason why the old emperor used this merit to give a lot of food.
If Yanque Pass cannot stop the Turks' second southward invasion, then after the Turks have robbed enough food and supplies, the remaining food will be enough for northern Xinjiang to survive the post-war difficulties.
The old emperor had seen how ferocious the Turkic cavalry who lacked food could be.
The additional establishment of 20,000 people was because the old emperor saw that King Yu was not a person willing to suffer losses. Otherwise, he would not have ambushed the 2,000 Turkic cavalry who had sneaked into the country and then destroyed them by calculated and unintentional means.
Lost 20,000 soldiers from the Turkic Chen Bing border.
If northern Xinjiang is plundered by Turks, King Yu will definitely launch a counterattack when he recovers.
Even in the capital, he dared to find reasons to cause trouble in the household affairs department. The border land was far away from the emperor, so the old emperor did not think that his will could completely stop Di Xin.
Food and army establishment were the old emperor's precautions for this.
But what he didn't expect was that King Yu actually relied on these grains to take the initiative to resolve the Turks' southern invasion.
Although the food finally reached the hands of the Turks, the people in the border areas were spared a military disaster, and they also successfully provoked internal strife among the tribes within the Turks.
But what he expected was that his fifth son couldn't bear the depression of being repeatedly invaded by the Turks from the south.
After the spring of the following year, before the Turks had recovered from the internal strife and cold winter, they launched an active attack on the grassland.
The final result was that the grassland was successfully included in Dali's territory, and Dali's unparalleled achievements in opening up territory were accomplished.
Having achieved such great achievements in just half a year, coupled with the contribution of the coal furnace and various new strategies in northern Xinjiang, the old emperor became more and more satisfied with this casual chess piece.
Strong externally, gentle internally.
If he becomes the emperor with this attitude, then at least Dali will not decline while King Yu is on the throne.
But the old emperor still did not make a decision immediately.
Although it is worth celebrating for making such an extraordinary achievement, if one fails to stick to his original intention and becomes complacent, the consequences will be even greater.
King Cheng suggested that King Yu be allowed to temporarily manage the grassland affairs. The old emperor agreed because he wanted to take the opportunity to polish his temperament.
Only by being unfazed by favors and humiliations can one become an emperor.
And for more than a year, Yu Wang has performed well.
The two new cities built on the grassland not only formed a cornering force to protect the original northern Xinjiang behind them, but also included most of the grassland within their control.
When the imperial court's real arrangements for the grassland are finalized, those two cities will definitely be the top priority.
