Chapter 536 Let Wentai spend the rest of his life in the cell
"From a geographical point of view, Hou Cang is to the Southern Zhou Dynasty as Ye Dan is to Dajing, but the actual situation is not the same."
Wen Tai continued his analysis: "Houtang is a small country that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Their leaders and people are accustomed to living a comfortable life and have no interest in going north or east. Therefore, the rear of the Southern Zhou Dynasty was not invaded, only the sea
The bandits were fighting each other. But Dajing, for the past few years, has been sandwiched between Ye Dan and the Southern Zhou Dynasty. Whenever there was a war, the military was exhausted and the people were miserable."
"The reason why I say Your Majesty is overconfident is because Southern Zhou has been developing with peace of mind, while I, Dajing, have just breathed a sigh of relief."
"Your Majesty wants to have fun, I have no problem with it, but I can't let the entire empire relax its vigilance along with Your Majesty!"
Yuan Xiu pointed at Wen Tai's back and shouted: "Wen Tai, you are alarmist!"
Wen Tai suddenly turned around, looked directly into Yuan Xiu's eyes, and said sternly: "Even if your Majesty does not have the ambition to dominate the world, he cannot allow the Southern Zhou Dynasty to take away his land during his reign! In that case, how can your Majesty be inferior to Jiuquan?
See the late emperor?"
"Wentai!!"
"The guilty minister speaks from the bottom of his heart. If you want to kill or behead him, let your Majesty handle it." Wen Tai bowed deeply to Yuan Xiu.
Wei You quickly walked up to Yuan Xiu and stroked his back, saying: "Your Majesty, calm down, calm down..."
"Walk!"
Yuan Xiu shouted sharply, like an angry child, without even looking at Wen Tai again.
Wen Tai's expression remained as usual. After watching Yuan Xiu leave, he sat down again with his back to the cell door, just like when Yuan Xiu first came, as if he had fallen asleep while sitting up.
…
evening.
Since the Yuxin Palace was built, Yuan Li was invited by Yuan Xiu to have dinner in his palace for the first time. In fact, Yuan Xiu had never invited anyone before.
After the food and drinks were served, only brothers Yuan Xiu and Yuan Li were left in the room, while Wei You and Jin Hu were sent out.
After the two brothers drank some wine and chatted about family matters, Yuan Xiu said, "I went to see Wentai."
Yuan Li was not surprised and asked: "How will the emperor deal with him?"
Yuan Xiu did not answer, but asked: "What do you think of the current Dajing army?"
Yuan Li thought about it seriously and said: "Dajing has a large number of troops stationed in various military locations, and there are also a small number of local garrisons. All in all, Dajing's military strength is strong."
"Where's the combat effectiveness?" Yuan Xiu interjected and asked.
Yuan Lidao: "Frankly speaking, the most effective troops in Dajing at present are only the troops commanded by Wang Ren and Yuan Zhang's Zhennan Frontier Army, especially the three northern guards of the Zhennan Frontier Army, which are powerful weapons to restrain the Southern Zhou Army. As for the Southern Zhou Army,
As for other troops, Chengdu's Zhenhai Battalion is extremely powerful along the coast, but it only deals with rabbles like pirates. If it were a different opponent, it wouldn't necessarily be as strong in combat effectiveness."
Yuan Xiu nodded with satisfaction and said: "Fifth brother, your analysis is very pertinent. Based on this calculation, Dajing is not yet capable of unifying the world, and our military strength is still lacking."
Yuan Li put down his wine glass, clasped his fists at Yuan Xiu and said, "Brother Huang cares about the world and has great ambitions. I am willing to spare no efforts to assist Brother Huang and promote the great cause of unification as soon as possible!"
Yuan Xiu touched the wine glass in front of Yuan Li and drank it in one gulp.
"Although Dajing lacks combat-effective troops, it does not lack people to lead them. You see, the Right Prime Minister, even if he stays at home to take care of himself all year round, every time I ask him to come out, he can quickly improve the cohesion of the army and give full play to his abilities.
Superb combat skills. There are also cultural guards. Judging from his previous combat experience, he is also a master of leading troops, and is better than his uncle in this regard. There are also Feng Jing and Cai Qiong. Although these people are not as good as the emperor's uncle
and right prime minister, but can be used immediately."
"Even Xiao Luofeng, Yuan Qi, Wang Yuluan, Chengdu, Zhang Dalian, and He Zhi beside the right minister... As long as these people are tempered, they will all grow into outstanding generals in the future. To deal with the Southern Zhou Dynasty
, we don’t lack people, we just lack time.”
"So..." Yuan Xiu tapped the table with his fingertips and said, "We must stabilize the morale of Dajing's army. When we strengthen our military strength, Dajing's army cannot be in chaos."
Yuan Li realized that Yuan Xiu had brought his words back, and asked tentatively: "In other words, the emperor doesn't intend to deal with Wen Tai?"
"It's fine as it is now."
Yuan Xiu set the tone and said: "Wen Tai has lost his power in the civil service system of the imperial court. Even if he escapes with wings, the only way is to incite a rebellion in the relations between the army and the army. But as time goes by, he and the army
The relationship between him will only become weaker and weaker, and the longer time goes by, the less likely anyone will respond to him."
"Then, let Wen Tai spend the rest of his life in the 'Han' cell."
"Remember, food and clothing should not be harsh."
Yuan Li nodded and said: "Brother, don't worry, this matter will be properly arranged."
Yuan Xiu personally poured wine for Yuan Li. When the brothers were alone together, Yuan Li was not polite. After hesitating for a moment, Yuan Li said: "Brother, I have something that I am confused about, and I am unhappy about it."
"you say."
"Is this person Wen Gu sincerely seeking refuge with?"
"This shouldn't be your only doubt." Yuan Xiu smiled slightly, picked up the wine glass and said, "Wen Hu has taken refuge with me for a long time, and before he took refuge with me, I had been observing him for a long time. Don't worry about what I think, just tell me
Look, what do you think of him?"
Yuan Lidao: "An ambitious person."
"Then what?"
"Bold and ruthless."
Yuan Xiu nodded and said: "It is not surprising that such a person would betray his father for glory, let alone betray his uncle? But it is precisely this kind of person who, when used well, is the sharpest knife in his hand."
"My brother has learned a lesson."
At this moment, the voice of Jin Ke came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Sha County has arrived."
Yuan Li asked: "Brother Huang invited him?"
Yuan Xiu flipped up his long hair and said to the door: "Invite him in."
The door opened, and Wenhu handed the golden sword to the golden pot before walking in, kneeling and saying: "My lord, I am walking on the central platform with a sword, to bow to His Majesty! To bow to His Highness King Xin!"
Yuan Xiu waved to him and said, "No need to be formal, come sit down and eat together."
"This..." Wen Hu stood up and did not sit over.
Yuan Xiudao: "I asked you to come here to drink with King Xin."
"Yes!" Wen Hu then sat down.
Yuan Xiu took the lead and had a drink with the two of them before continuing: "Fifth brother, I heard from Wen Hu that there is a master with superb martial arts beside you?"
"Ah..." Yuan Li glanced at Wen Hu and immediately said: "There is someone whom I met when I was in Xuzhong County. She is a woman. She usually disguises herself as a man and pretends to be a guard by my side. I don't know... Sha County
How did Hou know?"
Wen Hu cupped his fists at Yuan Li and said, "Your Highness, don't be surprised. I didn't investigate this matter deliberately. It's because this girl Gong Xue is too famous."