Now Emperor Hong Xian has to admit that his father may become more and more stupid as he grows old, and his ruling skills are becoming increasingly weak, and he no longer works hard to govern the country, but at least he is much better than him in reconciling the complex contradictions of his family, country and government affairs, and he will never become such a mess now.
The disastrous defeat in the Battle of Huaian became a watershed. The Millennium Empire had previously adopted a defensive stance against the Jurchen Jin Kingdom and the strategic pattern of maintaining an offensive against the Sky Eagle Rebels was completely broken. Now, facing the aggressive offensive of the Sky Eagle Army, he has also been clearly at a disadvantage. At this point, the Millennium Empire has been on the defensive stance in both the internal troubles of the Western rebels and the external troubles from the northeastern frontiers, and has almost no counterattack against the Sky Eagle!
Even if you take a defensive stance, you must have strong military support and make good arrangements. Emperor Hong Xian had to urgently order the Ministry of War to build fortresses at various passes in Taihang Mountain to station heavy troops and deploy defenses, and frequently dispatch troops to the Guanzhong area to strictly prevent the Xuande army from taking advantage of the victory. It was a big worry and could no longer care about the grand blueprint for the revival of the empire in his mind. At present, just diversion of limited troops in his hands is enough to plug loopholes everywhere!
After making the above-mentioned huge efforts with great effort, he still could not effectively curb the pace of the War Sky Eagle Rebels' further expansion of their power to the surrounding areas!
Now, he has no choice but to fight against the Sky Eagle Rebels. The only thing that can make him feel a little more at ease is the greater threat from the Jurchens in the northeastern border. He has the ability to resist him.
Yes, he was unwilling to share the power of the government with this half-sister, but he had to rely on his wise and powerful elder sister to resist the army's rushing forward for him and the Jurchen Iron Cavalry was eyeing him.
And it seems that this is not enough now. After the several armies he sent were eaten by the fierce Zhan Tianying, he had to rely on his eldest sister to distract himself to help him deal with Zhan Tianying, which seemed unsightly but was also very difficult to deal with.
So he came to Kunning Palace to visit the former crown princess. Nowadays, Empress Gao, who is so busy that he often doesn't even have to eat, and he can't remember how long it has been since Empress Gao's place.
Emperor Hong Xian took the time to come today not to reunite with his always loving wife, but because Greyho is here to accompany his aunt.
He discussed with Tier about her grandmother, former Empress Yang as Empress Cixian, that was nothing more than hoping that Tier would pass on a message and express kindness to her eldest sister
After hearing Gingti talk about this, Zhao Fengyin knew that the emperor's brother was making up for her again. She was very moved. The royal family affection was thinner than paper. Both the father and the emperor and the son were the same. Whenever they could use her, they would be better for her biological mother.
She naturally wanted to be respected as the queen mother, but the emperor's brother had clearly posthumously named his biological mother, Concubine Guo, Empress Dowager Xiaozhang. In this dynasty, there has never been a precedent for the concubines in the yin and yang worlds to be divided into the empress dowager. Moreover, she felt it was not auspicious, so she had to refuse the emperor's good intentions.
But as Zhao Fengyin once said to Wuyue, since the day she solemnly took over the Imperial Iron Army military talisman from her father's hand, she has shouldered the important responsibility and sacred mission of defending her country. No matter how dissatisfied or willing she was with the emperor's brother, she must do her best. She may not help her brother, but whether it is to safeguard her own major interests or to speak louder for both the country and the people, she must stand up!
However, when dealing with the Zhantianying army, she felt as powerless as the emperor's brother. The only force she could use was Tianmen. The traditional sphere of influence of Tianmen was the Southern Wulin. The base of the Zhantianying rebels was in the Yunzhong area of Shanxi. After the incident, it moved to Shanxi and Hetao areas for a long time. At present, its sphere of influence is infiltrating the North China Plain and gradually approaching the core area of the Millennium Empire's rule.
All the above areas belong to the Northern Wulin, which was originally controlled by the Rakshasa Sect. Tianmen lacks the foundation for public support in the local area, which is really beyond the reach.
Ironically, it was precisely because Emperor Hong Xian, who was the prince at that time, advocated the extermination of the Rakshasa Sect under the instigation of Zheng Tianen that the Hetao area in Shanxi became a vacuum zone for the forces of the rivers and lakes. After the war against the sky eagle rebelled, the farmers in this area with constant famine and plague rose up one after another and responded in groups, which made the news more and more powerful.
With the flying pigeon secret communication between Wuyue and Queen Rakshasa, Zhao Fengyin learned more and more about the situation of the Rakshasa Sect. She knew very well that the Rakshasa Sect was also a potential huge threat to the dynasty, and she seemed to be born with an enemy of the Rakshasa Queen. Although they both loved Wuyue deeply, it was precisely because of this that they became incompatible rivals of water and fire, and had no hope of reconciliation. At least it seems that this is the case at present!
However, she repeatedly weighed the pros and cons, and after thinking about it for a while, she still planned to use this force in the martial arts world to check and balance the difficult Zhantianying rebels. It is unrealistic to expect the Rakshasa Sect to destroy the rebels, but at least it can appropriately weaken the current enthusiastic support of the rebels by the local people?
For this reason, she made a special trip to the capital and had a long talk with Emperor Hong Xian in Yixin Palace. On the one hand, she responded to her mother's affairs and politely rejected the emperor's kindness in a thankful tone. On the other hand, she also wanted to tell her own ideas.
For Emperor Hong Xian, agreeing to the eldest sister's measures is equivalent to completely denying his iron-fisted policy towards the Rakshasa Sect, and his worries are not without reason: I don't know if the emperor sister has ever thought about it. The battle of the Luokou in the northern suburbs of Jinan Prefecture was enough to prove the fierceness of the Rakshasa Sect. The signs later showed that Jurchens appeared from time to time in the Rakshasa Sect. Although there was no definite evidence that the Rakshasa Sect had a close connection with the Jurchen Jin Kingdom, after all, there were many Jurchens who were doing horse-trading business in the capital, and there were also many Central Plains merchants in the Jin Kingdom, but it was worth being wary of.
Zhao Fengyin nodded silently. As of now, she was almost certain that Queen Rakshasa is the overlord of Murong's territory, and the arrogant Rakshasa witch is the even more terrifying Princess Qi Tian!
But so what?
The mother and daughter's interest in the Jin Kingdom was obviously far greater than that in the Central Plains. At least that's right now. As for the Zhao family's country, the Zhao family's country will not fall for a thousand years?
That's just a myth. All she can do is do her best to delay the collapse of the Millennium Empire as much as possible!
In her opinion, there is never a so-called absolute good strategy that can be solved once and for all. Any crisis can only be solved by relatively more appropriate methods. This guiding ideology has always been carried out in her ideas for governing the country and military. As of now, the results are good
In contrast, the emperor's brother repeatedly took thunder actions to remove hidden dangers in one fell swoop, rather than removing the firewood from the bottom of the pot, and removing the root causes of these hidden dangers. The result was only counterproductive. Whether it was the encirclement and suppression of the Rakshasa Sect back then or the current counter-attack against Zhan Tianying, it would be better.
Emperor Hong Xian pondered for a moment and continued: Obviously, Zheng Tianen’s doubts back then made sense. The Rakshasa Sect was also a cancer. The emperor’s sister did this to attract a wolf into the house. There were great troubles. I’m afraid she had to think carefully.
Zhao Fengyin sighed: It seems that this is true at the moment. This sister Chen has also considered it repeatedly. Let's say that Rakshasa Sect is a poison, but at least the toxicity is relatively mild. Zhan Tianying is the imminent poisonous emperor. Actually, I understand that I hope that Sister Chen will come forward to deal with Zhan Tianying, at least curb his progress towards the North China Plain. However, the traditional sphere of influence of Tianmen is in the Southern Wulin, and it will not have much effect on fighting against Tianying.
Aren’t the emperor’s tent still two invincible iron troops? If half of the troops are divided and we will be able to go south, we will draw some troops from all over the country to help. There should be no big problem with the Zhantianying rebels, right?
Zhao Fengyin smiled bitterly and said: Since the defeat of the Huaian Battle, the current mobile forces that the court can mobilize is extremely limited, and the morale of the officials is poor. Liang Hongyu's ability to lead more than 300,000 elite troops to the battle, but it ended in a miserable defeat. This fully demonstrates this point. Please tell me that even if the emperor can gather 300,000 troops to go with him, it may not be of much help to Sister Chen. Moreover, once they have a fleeing situation like Huaian County, it will cause a heavy blow to the morale of the army.
It was Emperor Hong Xian's turn to remain silent. He was not a mediocre person. Liang Hongyu and other large number of loyal ministers and generals of the court were destroyed by the Huaian battle, which made him feel like a knife. He knew the root of his miserable defeat. The trouble was that he was unable to eliminate it at the moment, just like he could not eliminate the serious dissatisfaction of all classes in the Central Plains society with the court for a while. After all, it would not be a day for freezing!
Zhao Fengyin sighed: In this case, not to mention that half of my sister divided the troops, even if they all took the Xuan Liao army and the main force of the Xuanfu cavalry to go south and fought with the Zhantianying rebels, they could only slightly suppress their fierce flames and protect the North China Plain. But what should the Jurchen Jin Kingdom do, which is also eyeing covetously?
Emperor Hong Xian's face changed and he said in surprise: Has the situation deteriorated to such a degree? Even the emperor's sister was helpless with the war against the Sky Eagle Rebels!
Zhao Fengyin's mood was in a state of decline. What else can we have to fight for now? My sister said the truth today, and there is no false statement. So at present, it seems that using the power of the Rakshasa Sect and its wide influence in the Northern Wulin to use poison to fight against the infiltration of the Zhantianying rebels into the North China Plain by poisoning and fighting the infiltration of the Zhantianying rebels into the North China Plain is the only way!
Emperor Hong Xian pondered for a while and frowned and said: But there are still many problems here. First, is Queen Rakshasa willing to deal with Zhan Tianying? Secondly, even if she is willing, she may not be able to fight against the rebels that even the imperial army cannot destroy?
Zhao Fengyin said: As long as the Queen of Rakshasa returns, no matter whether she is willing to deal with Zhan Tianying or not, there will inevitably be a conflict of interest between the two sides in Shanxi and Hetao areas; in addition, the areas where the Zhan Tianying are active belong to the traditional sphere of influence of the Rakshasa Sect, and the branches of the Rakshasa Sect have a considerable base for support from the people in various places. As long as the branches of the Rakshasa Sect resume public activities, they will naturally become a force that restricts the continuous development and growth of the Zhan Tianying rebels according to the current trend.
Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire
Mount Tai Jade Emperor's Top Lingxiao Villa, in the luxurious inner room, goose yellow brocade tent, mandarin duck embroidered couch
Wuyue was already in love with the peerless beauty. After several times of the spring breeze, she saw the flushed phoenix roaring rapidly, her chest gradually calmed down, and her breathing was no longer so fast, and she looked satisfied. He smiled and said: Listen to Greyti, His Highness, the eldest princess, has been worried about the country and the people, and she has been busy every day. This time she summoned the grass people to serve. It wouldn't be just for this matter, right?
The disastrous defeat in the Battle of Huaian became a watershed. The Millennium Empire had previously adopted a defensive stance against the Jurchen Jin Kingdom and the strategic pattern of maintaining an offensive against the Sky Eagle Rebels was completely broken. Now, facing the aggressive offensive of the Sky Eagle Army, he has also been clearly at a disadvantage. At this point, the Millennium Empire has been on the defensive stance in both the internal troubles of the Western rebels and the external troubles from the northeastern frontiers, and has almost no counterattack against the Sky Eagle!
Even if you take a defensive stance, you must have strong military support and make good arrangements. Emperor Hong Xian had to urgently order the Ministry of War to build fortresses at various passes in Taihang Mountain to station heavy troops and deploy defenses, and frequently dispatch troops to the Guanzhong area to strictly prevent the Xuande army from taking advantage of the victory. It was a big worry and could no longer care about the grand blueprint for the revival of the empire in his mind. At present, just diversion of limited troops in his hands is enough to plug loopholes everywhere!
After making the above-mentioned huge efforts with great effort, he still could not effectively curb the pace of the War Sky Eagle Rebels' further expansion of their power to the surrounding areas!
Now, he has no choice but to fight against the Sky Eagle Rebels. The only thing that can make him feel a little more at ease is the greater threat from the Jurchens in the northeastern border. He has the ability to resist him.
Yes, he was unwilling to share the power of the government with this half-sister, but he had to rely on his wise and powerful elder sister to resist the army's rushing forward for him and the Jurchen Iron Cavalry was eyeing him.
And it seems that this is not enough now. After the several armies he sent were eaten by the fierce Zhan Tianying, he had to rely on his eldest sister to distract himself to help him deal with Zhan Tianying, which seemed unsightly but was also very difficult to deal with.
So he came to Kunning Palace to visit the former crown princess. Nowadays, Empress Gao, who is so busy that he often doesn't even have to eat, and he can't remember how long it has been since Empress Gao's place.
Emperor Hong Xian took the time to come today not to reunite with his always loving wife, but because Greyho is here to accompany his aunt.
He discussed with Tier about her grandmother, former Empress Yang as Empress Cixian, that was nothing more than hoping that Tier would pass on a message and express kindness to her eldest sister
After hearing Gingti talk about this, Zhao Fengyin knew that the emperor's brother was making up for her again. She was very moved. The royal family affection was thinner than paper. Both the father and the emperor and the son were the same. Whenever they could use her, they would be better for her biological mother.
She naturally wanted to be respected as the queen mother, but the emperor's brother had clearly posthumously named his biological mother, Concubine Guo, Empress Dowager Xiaozhang. In this dynasty, there has never been a precedent for the concubines in the yin and yang worlds to be divided into the empress dowager. Moreover, she felt it was not auspicious, so she had to refuse the emperor's good intentions.
But as Zhao Fengyin once said to Wuyue, since the day she solemnly took over the Imperial Iron Army military talisman from her father's hand, she has shouldered the important responsibility and sacred mission of defending her country. No matter how dissatisfied or willing she was with the emperor's brother, she must do her best. She may not help her brother, but whether it is to safeguard her own major interests or to speak louder for both the country and the people, she must stand up!
However, when dealing with the Zhantianying army, she felt as powerless as the emperor's brother. The only force she could use was Tianmen. The traditional sphere of influence of Tianmen was the Southern Wulin. The base of the Zhantianying rebels was in the Yunzhong area of Shanxi. After the incident, it moved to Shanxi and Hetao areas for a long time. At present, its sphere of influence is infiltrating the North China Plain and gradually approaching the core area of the Millennium Empire's rule.
All the above areas belong to the Northern Wulin, which was originally controlled by the Rakshasa Sect. Tianmen lacks the foundation for public support in the local area, which is really beyond the reach.
Ironically, it was precisely because Emperor Hong Xian, who was the prince at that time, advocated the extermination of the Rakshasa Sect under the instigation of Zheng Tianen that the Hetao area in Shanxi became a vacuum zone for the forces of the rivers and lakes. After the war against the sky eagle rebelled, the farmers in this area with constant famine and plague rose up one after another and responded in groups, which made the news more and more powerful.
With the flying pigeon secret communication between Wuyue and Queen Rakshasa, Zhao Fengyin learned more and more about the situation of the Rakshasa Sect. She knew very well that the Rakshasa Sect was also a potential huge threat to the dynasty, and she seemed to be born with an enemy of the Rakshasa Queen. Although they both loved Wuyue deeply, it was precisely because of this that they became incompatible rivals of water and fire, and had no hope of reconciliation. At least it seems that this is the case at present!
However, she repeatedly weighed the pros and cons, and after thinking about it for a while, she still planned to use this force in the martial arts world to check and balance the difficult Zhantianying rebels. It is unrealistic to expect the Rakshasa Sect to destroy the rebels, but at least it can appropriately weaken the current enthusiastic support of the rebels by the local people?
For this reason, she made a special trip to the capital and had a long talk with Emperor Hong Xian in Yixin Palace. On the one hand, she responded to her mother's affairs and politely rejected the emperor's kindness in a thankful tone. On the other hand, she also wanted to tell her own ideas.
For Emperor Hong Xian, agreeing to the eldest sister's measures is equivalent to completely denying his iron-fisted policy towards the Rakshasa Sect, and his worries are not without reason: I don't know if the emperor sister has ever thought about it. The battle of the Luokou in the northern suburbs of Jinan Prefecture was enough to prove the fierceness of the Rakshasa Sect. The signs later showed that Jurchens appeared from time to time in the Rakshasa Sect. Although there was no definite evidence that the Rakshasa Sect had a close connection with the Jurchen Jin Kingdom, after all, there were many Jurchens who were doing horse-trading business in the capital, and there were also many Central Plains merchants in the Jin Kingdom, but it was worth being wary of.
Zhao Fengyin nodded silently. As of now, she was almost certain that Queen Rakshasa is the overlord of Murong's territory, and the arrogant Rakshasa witch is the even more terrifying Princess Qi Tian!
But so what?
The mother and daughter's interest in the Jin Kingdom was obviously far greater than that in the Central Plains. At least that's right now. As for the Zhao family's country, the Zhao family's country will not fall for a thousand years?
That's just a myth. All she can do is do her best to delay the collapse of the Millennium Empire as much as possible!
In her opinion, there is never a so-called absolute good strategy that can be solved once and for all. Any crisis can only be solved by relatively more appropriate methods. This guiding ideology has always been carried out in her ideas for governing the country and military. As of now, the results are good
In contrast, the emperor's brother repeatedly took thunder actions to remove hidden dangers in one fell swoop, rather than removing the firewood from the bottom of the pot, and removing the root causes of these hidden dangers. The result was only counterproductive. Whether it was the encirclement and suppression of the Rakshasa Sect back then or the current counter-attack against Zhan Tianying, it would be better.
Emperor Hong Xian pondered for a moment and continued: Obviously, Zheng Tianen’s doubts back then made sense. The Rakshasa Sect was also a cancer. The emperor’s sister did this to attract a wolf into the house. There were great troubles. I’m afraid she had to think carefully.
Zhao Fengyin sighed: It seems that this is true at the moment. This sister Chen has also considered it repeatedly. Let's say that Rakshasa Sect is a poison, but at least the toxicity is relatively mild. Zhan Tianying is the imminent poisonous emperor. Actually, I understand that I hope that Sister Chen will come forward to deal with Zhan Tianying, at least curb his progress towards the North China Plain. However, the traditional sphere of influence of Tianmen is in the Southern Wulin, and it will not have much effect on fighting against Tianying.
Aren’t the emperor’s tent still two invincible iron troops? If half of the troops are divided and we will be able to go south, we will draw some troops from all over the country to help. There should be no big problem with the Zhantianying rebels, right?
Zhao Fengyin smiled bitterly and said: Since the defeat of the Huaian Battle, the current mobile forces that the court can mobilize is extremely limited, and the morale of the officials is poor. Liang Hongyu's ability to lead more than 300,000 elite troops to the battle, but it ended in a miserable defeat. This fully demonstrates this point. Please tell me that even if the emperor can gather 300,000 troops to go with him, it may not be of much help to Sister Chen. Moreover, once they have a fleeing situation like Huaian County, it will cause a heavy blow to the morale of the army.
It was Emperor Hong Xian's turn to remain silent. He was not a mediocre person. Liang Hongyu and other large number of loyal ministers and generals of the court were destroyed by the Huaian battle, which made him feel like a knife. He knew the root of his miserable defeat. The trouble was that he was unable to eliminate it at the moment, just like he could not eliminate the serious dissatisfaction of all classes in the Central Plains society with the court for a while. After all, it would not be a day for freezing!
Zhao Fengyin sighed: In this case, not to mention that half of my sister divided the troops, even if they all took the Xuan Liao army and the main force of the Xuanfu cavalry to go south and fought with the Zhantianying rebels, they could only slightly suppress their fierce flames and protect the North China Plain. But what should the Jurchen Jin Kingdom do, which is also eyeing covetously?
Emperor Hong Xian's face changed and he said in surprise: Has the situation deteriorated to such a degree? Even the emperor's sister was helpless with the war against the Sky Eagle Rebels!
Zhao Fengyin's mood was in a state of decline. What else can we have to fight for now? My sister said the truth today, and there is no false statement. So at present, it seems that using the power of the Rakshasa Sect and its wide influence in the Northern Wulin to use poison to fight against the infiltration of the Zhantianying rebels into the North China Plain by poisoning and fighting the infiltration of the Zhantianying rebels into the North China Plain is the only way!
Emperor Hong Xian pondered for a while and frowned and said: But there are still many problems here. First, is Queen Rakshasa willing to deal with Zhan Tianying? Secondly, even if she is willing, she may not be able to fight against the rebels that even the imperial army cannot destroy?
Zhao Fengyin said: As long as the Queen of Rakshasa returns, no matter whether she is willing to deal with Zhan Tianying or not, there will inevitably be a conflict of interest between the two sides in Shanxi and Hetao areas; in addition, the areas where the Zhan Tianying are active belong to the traditional sphere of influence of the Rakshasa Sect, and the branches of the Rakshasa Sect have a considerable base for support from the people in various places. As long as the branches of the Rakshasa Sect resume public activities, they will naturally become a force that restricts the continuous development and growth of the Zhan Tianying rebels according to the current trend.
Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire
Mount Tai Jade Emperor's Top Lingxiao Villa, in the luxurious inner room, goose yellow brocade tent, mandarin duck embroidered couch
Wuyue was already in love with the peerless beauty. After several times of the spring breeze, she saw the flushed phoenix roaring rapidly, her chest gradually calmed down, and her breathing was no longer so fast, and she looked satisfied. He smiled and said: Listen to Greyti, His Highness, the eldest princess, has been worried about the country and the people, and she has been busy every day. This time she summoned the grass people to serve. It wouldn't be just for this matter, right?
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