"Who is leading the troops in front to fend off the Japanese pirates?" Ren Ning asked.
In previous years, when Baekje encountered Japanese pirates, they retreated at the first touch and then retreated again.
If it weren't for the fact that the ancestral capital city couldn't be moved, even Li Chengde would probably run to the Yunchui border.
"Wu Siyuan."
Ren Ning nodded, "So it's him."
Since he was going to send troops to Baekje, Ren Ning naturally had a careful understanding of the generals of Baekje and the Japanese pirates.
Speaking of which, Wu Siyuan was not familiar to him, but he was not unfamiliar either.
Four years ago, Ning sent Ling back to his hometown, and was finally summoned to Xingji City by Emperor Changxing. Later, he even went to the Prince of Qin's Mansion as a guest.
At the school grounds of Prince Qin's Mansion, he met Xiao Gang, who was being ridiculed by others, and his brother-in-law Tie Le, and even beat Sun Sanjian Shen of Cheng En's Mansion to doubt his life.
There were also some international students from other countries there at that time.
Wu Siyuan is one of them.
"Wu Siyuan returned from studying abroad in Yunchui and became Baekje's consort. He has also done some practical things in the past few years..."
Prince Consort?
Ren Ning's heart moved.
Chen Xiujian, the seventh prince who led the team to quell the civil unrest in the four western counties and the current Prince Ming, almost became Baekje's consort.
It's just that the beauty of the Baekje princess who traveled thousands of miles to Yunchui was ill-fated and fell into the sword before she got married. Chen Xiujian lost this identity.
"How is King Ming doing now?" Ren Ning asked.
The guards nearby looked at each other.
Lei Erxiao: "If you don't know, General, then we don't know even more."
Yunchui, Xingji City, Prince Ming's Mansion.
Chen Xiuzhu's maternal ancestor was Luo Ken, Minister of Industry, but his Qi Prince's Palace was still upgraded from the previous Prince's Palace.
Compared with Chen Xiuzhu, Chen Xiujian has no roots or foundation.
His Ming Palace is naturally no exception.
From the outside, it seems that the regulations of the palace are high enough.
However, after entering the mansion and passing the main hall where people and things are received, it was desolate not long after walking. But it was not even as good as General Xuanwu in Yong'an Hutong.
main hall.
Chen Xiujian's father-in-law, Xi Zeyu, was happily instructing his servants to place the newly delivered antiques on the antique shelves.
"Mingwang Yue's family..." Xi Zeyu couldn't help but feel happy when he thought of this title.
He is different from Taishifu.
The Taishi Mansion overtly or covertly prohibited the main line from marrying the royal family.
For Xi Zeyu, the fact that his daughter could fly up a branch and become Princess Ming, and that the Xi family had a blood relationship with the royal family, was no less than a golden pie smashed in the sky.
Therefore, even though he was very strapped for money, he still worked hard to move things to Prince Ming's Mansion to show off to his son-in-law.
"With such a big palace," Xi Zeyu touched his chin, "you should make some money..."
At this time, Chen Xiujian was not greeting his father-in-law in the main hall, but in the study at the back.
In addition to him, there were several staff members in the study, all of whom were found or recommended during the war in the west.
Mr. Wu, who originally proposed redistributing land to the people in exchange for quelling the chaos as soon as possible, was also among them.
"Everyone, according to my estimation, the battle on the Baekje Peninsula in the east will be extremely fierce."
"The Starfall Army, the garrison troops from Beihaiguan and the three northern counties, the navy from Pinghai County and even the Central Army outside Xingji City may participate in the battle."
"With so many generals who are good at conquering and fighting gathered together, it is a good time to get to know them. Please think of a way for me to go to Baekje as soon as possible. It is best to fight side by side with them."
"This..." The staff looked at each other, with expressions of embarrassment on their faces.
Without an edict, it would be difficult for the princes to leave Xingji City, let alone go to war-torn areas to contact major generals?
"Your Highness," Mr. Wu, who had been silent all this time, said bluntly, "King Qi is in Baekje right now. Your Majesty is unlikely to send another prince there."
boom!
Chen Xiujian punched his right palm heavily and said bitterly: "Father is so partial."
It was obviously Chen Xiuzhu who resisted the imperial edict in Baekje and refused to return. As a result, not only was he not punished, he finally had the opportunity to meet a bunch of generals.
It simply made him furious.
I thought that I had made a lot of achievements in quelling the chaos in the west, but with the call to return to Beijing to get married, half of my achievements were lost out of thin air.
If he still stayed in the west, although he would not be able to contact the famous army of the empire, Xingluo, he could at least contact the passing Yanhui, Yingling Legion, Dingxi County garrison and even the Yankuo Fortress.
As a result, when he returned to Star City, he had nothing but a prince.
"If you really can't go to the north, you can go to the west." Chen Xiujian didn't mind.
Mr. Wu stroked his beard thoughtfully, "Your Highness, although it is not easy to go to the west, it is still possible if you think of a way..."
Chen Xiujian perked up and looked over kindly, "May I ask, sir, what should I do to leave the west side of Xingji City?"
"Your Highness is so so..." The voice in the study soon became lower.
Star City, Imperial City, Kunning Palace
The King of Qin and his wife were listening to the Queen's instructions.
"Son, Your Majesty has been in declining health recently. I heard that he fainted when he was approving the memorial a few days ago. He almost scared the imperial doctors to death."
"You are the eldest son, and you should have been established as the crown prince. However, His Majesty has been hesitant and delayed in establishing the crown prince. Do you know the reason?"
King Qin had mixed feelings when he heard this.
He was already married and had children, but at this moment his face was full of dejection.
"It's because my sons and ministers didn't do well enough that my father couldn't make up his mind for so long. I really feel ashamed of my father and mother for their cultivation."
well.
The Queen let out a long sigh, "We, mother and son, are flesh and blood. If you have anything to say, you can just say it directly."
"There are both your own factors and my own reasons for this."
After hearing this, King Qin's face became even darker.
He looked talented on the outside, but as soon as he came in front of Emperor Changxing, he inexplicably changed.
I can only look forward and backward, and sometimes I can’t even speak clearly...
Two years ago, the princes went to the frontier for training, and every prince gained something.
For example, Chen Xiulan, a fat man who went to Guangxin in the south to train, has lost at least half of his fat, and now he finally looks somewhat more handsome.
King Qin went to Yanhui County in the north, and he also gained a lot when he returned to Xingji City.
In the long motorcade, there were several more charming concubines and two newborn concubines.
For the royal family, having more women and children is not a bad thing, on the contrary, it is a good thing.
Therefore, neither Emperor Changxing nor the Queen raised any questions, or even took it to heart.
It was just that Emperor Changxing looked at the border records presented by the accompanying eunuchs.
Although it was full of praise, his attitude towards his son was a bit cold.
The queen comforted her for a while, then raised her head and looked outside.
"Your maternal grandfather's family has indeed gone too far in recent years. I have repeatedly advised them to stop when they are ready and not to cause anger and resentment. However, they still act recklessly..."
The central and eastern parts of Yunchui are full of rich, high-class counties. Most of the land in them is owned by famous flowers, and the owners behind them are powerful and Cheng Enbo can't move.
So over the years, he aggressively enclosed land in the western counties, forcing the people who had lost their land to sell/become slaves. In the end, the people were deprived of their livelihood, and even more so, it triggered a civil uprising.
It still makes Emperor Changxing’s head as big as a bucket.
Even the medicine fields and medicine shops in Baihua and Canglan counties in the south have faint traces of their Sun family's handiwork.
But when Wei Junqian came to the south and killed everyone no matter who he was, Uncle Cheng En had no choice.
But Emperor Changxing was not blind either.
If it hadn't been for the fact that when he was still an unknown prince, the Sun family had been supporting him and even married his legitimate daughter, otherwise the Sun family would have been attacked long ago.
The result was that Emperor Changxing now looked down upon the Queen and saw something was wrong with the Yue family. He even entered Kunning Palace less often than Concubine Jing's Qingyun Palace.