King Zhao also nodded slightly. He could understand Xu Ziwei's hatred, but he did not feel that he had to wait until his grandson succeeded to the throne to deal with Xu Zixian... In fact, the first time he went to Jiangling, he paid homage to King Zhao and presented the emperor's secret letter.

The emperor has the most unreserved trust and reliance on his biological father.

The emperor did not mention his father's performance on the battlefield, but he mentioned his layout in the north.

In the eyes of the emperor, the Northern Expedition mainly depends on whether the civil and military officials are really willing to contribute. Although the Donghu people are strong, they will never be the opponent of the 300,000 elite imperial guards.

As long as the Northern Expedition was victorious, the emperor planned to withdraw several imperial guards from the north, and then transferred the imperial guards of Hongdu and Jiangling to form a ten-army army, and sent famous ministers and generals to lead them straight into Fuzhou to take charge.

For Xu Zixian, he found an excuse to prevent him from opening his palace, and then drove him back to the East Vanguard...

The emperor's secret letter mentioned here, and there was an unfinished meaning below, and King Zhao also fully understood it.

If you want to be exempted from titles, you can't arrest Xu Zi first. The court sent tens of thousands of imperial guards to Fuzhou and regain control of the southeast. There will not be too many opponents. After all, China has a unified inheritance, and any forces that may cause division, especially the royal family, are actually on guard against.

Now Xu Zixian became the pillar of the southeast and the prince of Kaifu. The main reason is that the imperial court's deployment in the southeast was too empty. After the bandits were at risk, the emperor and the two governments had to rely on Xu Zixian to grant the title of Qin and give the title of Kaifu, and even if Fujian Road became a vassal state, the reason was that this was the case.

But as long as the Northern Expedition wins, more than ten troops will be drawn to form a one-house capital of about 30,000 people, and the strength is enough to protect the southeast. When the edict arrives, if Xu Zixian does not obey the edict, he will be a traitor. If the emperor loses his righteousness, the emperor can blame him, and the two governments will not support him. The officials and gentry in Fujian Road will not cooperate like this.

But we can only do this first. The Dongfan formed its own pattern, and the court could not reach the point, and the navy was all in the hands of Xu Zixian. Although the emperor was full of confidence and was determined to revive the Great Wei, King Zhao also knew that the emperor had never revive the Great Wei Navy in the so-called territory of the revival.

The Eastern Hu, Northern Hu, Western Qiang, and various natural disasters, local destruction and people's hearts are not attached to each other. There are many troubles such as fighting between kings and local diversion. The emperor is already thirty-five and sixty. According to the average lifespan of the Emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty, the time it can be deployed may be less than ten years. How can we revitalize the navy and go back to Southeast Asia?

Thinking of this, King Zhao said in a deep voice: "Where is Ziwen, where are others?"

"Isn't he that look so useless?" Xu Ziwei said hatefully: "Always say those despairing words!"

King Zhao rebuked: "Ziwen had already repented when he was in Fuzhou. He saw more things than you knew. Last time he told me that the situation in the Northern Expedition was not very good. I was angry for a moment and didn't listen carefully. You should call him back quickly, and I want to listen to his truth."

Xu Ziwei curled his lips, not very convinced, and he was not too awe of his father, and his father was not very great, but he gave birth to a son of emperor. What is this? His two sons may be the emperor. According to the tradition of the Great Wei Dynasty, ordinary princes may not be granted the title of king. One of them is the emperor, and the other ones are mostly kings, because the children of foreign sects generally have excellent education in the palace and are easily become wise kings.

"Son will go immediately." Xu Ziwei clasped his fists and left in disappointment.

...

Xu Ziwen was wearing a moon-white robe and holding a folding fan in his hand. He stood outside Jiangling Water Pass with a calm expression. Looking at the vast river surface, his expression was thoughtful. When Xu Ziwei arrived, Xu Ziwen just glanced at it and didn't care too much.

In Xu Ziwen's opinion, his father and eldest brother's dissatisfaction, anger, and even resentment were all meaningless.

The Zhao royal family suppressed the Nan'an Marquis Mansion and even the Wenzong's veins. Except for the Chengzong who had no heirs, all the veins were suppressed by the Zhao royal family. Xu Zixian's revenge was just a rebound after the suppression. Everyone had taken action, so how could they talk about right or wrong?

Besides, if you lose, you lose. The man’s husband will never be unable to accept it. He is like a resentful woman in the village. He obviously lost completely, but he still cried and refused to admit it.

This is too boring.

Think about father and brother

Although Xu Ziwen understood the idea of ​​revenge, he did not have the idea of ​​participating.

Isn't this a big joke to be Xu Zixian's opponent in Fuzhou for 30 years?

Of course, the eldest brother was hoping for the two sons who were to be brought into the palace, and Xu Ziwen was not optimistic at all.

Don’t you want to deal with Xu Zixian today? You are not obediently awarding the title of Xu Zixian to open the Qin King. Your eldest brother’s ability is not as good as your father. In the future, even if you are the biological father of the next generation of emperors, can you be Xu Zixian’s opponent?

Besides, can the Great Wei last for the next generation?

Xu Ziwen's face was full of a cold smile. When he saw Xu Ziwei coming, he just gave in.

"Congratulations to my elder brother." Xu Ziwen put down his hand and said, "I have already said that the servant who has just found me. The middle envoy has arrived. The two nephews were appointed as the group training envoy and entered the palace..."

"Since you know, why don't you go back to the mansion?" Xu Ziwei said dissatisfiedly: "You have been saying those despicable words. Now, my Zhao Palace has always been the first clan of the Great Wei Dynasty. When the news spreads, what are the attitudes of the bastards in Jiangling Palace to us? What will happen to them?"

"At most people will say that the throne of the Emperor is not the private property of the Zhao royal family. They are so privately taught and brought their sons into the palace to educate them. If it is adopted by the people, how can there be such a casual reason? This matter spreads. No matter where you go, there will be more people who look at each other coldly."

Xu Ziwei was shocked and knew that what Xu Ziwen said was a fact. Establishing an heir is a major event for ordinary people's families, let alone the Tian family, which is private and state affairs?

The matter of privately entrusted and received is undoubtedly another heavy blow to the image and prestige of the emperor.

If the people establish step-sons and heirs, they are so rigorous and careful, let alone the emperor of a country?

From Xuanzong to Chengzong, there are certain rules for establishing inheritance and education, and they need to be carefully selected from the relatives of the royal family. At that time, King Zhao defeated the Nan'an Marquis' Mansion and created many absurd images of the old Nan'an Marquis. Suppressing Xu Yingbin and Xu Zixian mainly considered the matter of establishing inheritance by the royal family.

Now the emperor is over thirty years old. Although Chengzong has no heirs and Han Gong has no heirs, Xu Zicheng has been executed, although King Zhao has descendants and Xu Zixian is also pregnant with wives and concubines. The emperor is not yet in aging and dying, so he should not urgently bring the descendants of King Zhao's lineage into the palace.

Even if Xu Zixian has no son, it is reasonable to choose widely among the descendants of the Wuzong lineage.

"As long as the Northern Expedition is victorious and the emperor's faith and hope will be restored, these are all trivial matters." Xu Ziwei's face turned pale and said, "Time goes by, decades later, people only know that I am the emperor's biological father. Who still remembers these things now?"

Xu Ziwen looked sarcastic and said, "Brother, you are still dreaming. Do you think the Northern Expedition will surely win?"

"The Imperial Guard is already building Jinzhou." Xu Ziwei is not a pure fool. He is also very clear about the situation ahead. He replied: "The construction of Jinzhou City and Ningyuan City has been completed. Then build a military fort in Songkou, Xingshan and Tashan areas. The Imperial Guard defends the city. The Northern Expedition can be declared successful. You can use Lubu to report victory in the 23rd Route!"

Xu Ziwen's heart was so clear that no matter the emperor, Xu Ziwei in front of him, and many people in the court, including Han Zhong, probably had such plans.

If you are familiar with the terrain of western Liaoning, you will understand that the old Jinzhou in the Tang Dynasty was Jinzhou located at the critical moment inside and outside the pass. It is located in the north and the Liaoxi Corridor in the south. It has a very important strategic position and is a place that military strategist in history must fight for.

Located on the north bank of Liaodong Bay, the Bohai Sea, the establishment of its strategic position is closely related to the formation of the western Liaoning Corridor.

The strategic goal of the Northern Expedition was of course to weaken and attack the Donghu people, but although the emperor had sufficient confidence, Li Guorui and many generals were quite persistent. After several months, Li Guorui only advanced more than 200 miles outside Yuguan, and built a number of Ningyuan City and Xiuyingzhai Forts at the junction of Shoushan and Kulongshan. Then, under strict orders, he began to advance more than 100 miles and prepared to start restoring the old Jinzhou.

If Jinzhou is restored and stationed, there will be continuous mountains on the front and back of it. In front of the city is Yushui, which is later called the Little and Small Linghe River, and further west is Bohai Bay.

If the Donghu wanted to attack the Great Wei, it would pass through many mountain ranges such as Yushui and Yushan, and reach Yuguan directly. This was the closest route. The current Liaoxi Corridor is different from the Qin and Han dynasties. The sea water had long receded and the land was enough to pass the carriages and horses.

But Yu Pass is a major pass built at the most steep pass in the Yanshan Mountains. It was an important pass to defend against the Huns, Turks, and Xianbei from the pre-Qin and Han dynasties. Countless Hu cavalry have been spying on this pass for thousands of years, without exception, but ended in failure.

Such a powerful pass cannot be conquered with force. Therefore, the Donghu people invaded the Nei Town of the Great Wei for many years, and had to set out from Liaozhou and Yingzhou, crossed many mountains from the northeast of Jinzhou, entered the grassland area, cooperated with the Northern Lu to detour to Jizhou in the north of the Great Wei, and attacked the entire northern border from Jizhou to Yunzhou, and even Ganzhou and Suzhou. Although the Great Wall and countless cities, military forts, and camps guarded, the Wei army lacked cavalry and its power was not good. When the Donghu and the Northern Lu gathered 200,000 to 300,000 people and entered, it was difficult for the Wei army to form a heavy army group at the first time and counterattack.

When the Hu cavalry first entered the country, the Wei army could only let it burn, kill, loot, and the small Wei army could not fight back. At least one to two or three months of assembly, the Wei army gathered a group of heavy troops of tens of thousands of people. After the local pacification department or the imperial court sent a move to fight, they gathered heavy troops, rely on the strong cities in the territory, dispatched infantry and cavalry, and fought with the Hu cavalry.

Due to lack of mobility, even in its territory, the Wei army was easily defeated by the Hu cavalry. Since Emperor Wuzong, the war against Donghu was mostly lost and won. A few years ago, Li Guorui, Yue Zhi and Li Youde defeated Donghu's troops on Hebei Road and beheaded more than a thousand, which was regarded as the first victory against Donghu. Li Guorui therefore entered the two prefectures as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council. Yue Zhi was appointed as the Grand Marshal, and Li Youde was also in command of the Xiangcheng.

If the Wei army restored Jinzhou, it would be very close to Yingzhou of the Donghu people, and could form strategic suppression of Donghu outside the pass. If the Yu River flows upward and builds another city to the Xianzhou area, the Hu cavalry's route to detour directly from the western side of Liao would be blocked.

"Brother, don't you think there is really a chance and hope for the Northern Expedition?" Xu Ziwen stood on the shore. Although it was nominally spring, the weather was still very cold, especially the area near the river, which made people feel particularly cold and wet. Xu Ziwei couldn't stand, but Xu Ziwen looked at Xu Ziwei who was ruthless. Looking at Xu Ziwei who was hunched, Xu Ziwen frowned and said, "Since the Northern Expedition, the imperial treasury has become empty. Last month, the Privy Council and the Ministry of War published an article and sent people to Jiangling Arsenal to extract 5,000 iron helmets, more than 100,000 long helmets, 4,000 shields, 5,000 horizontal swords, and more than 100,000 arrows. This is the third time to extract. Jiangling Arsenal was established to stabilize the south. Now tens of thousands of iron helmets, long swords, shields, arrows, wars, iron gloves, mesh boots and other debris were also extracted."

Xu Ziwei said impatiently: "What are you saying this?"

Xu Ziwen laughed in silence and said, "Brother, you are really stupid... My brother's meaning is very obvious. The court has been fighting with all parties for decades, and the arsenal reserves have been used up. The weapons supervision payments are insufficient, the craftsmen are insufficient, the raw materials are insufficient, the speed of manufacturing weapons can no longer keep up with the loss, and he can only move the arsenal that has been accumulated in decades in various places. During this Northern Expedition, the arsenal of the capital has been completely removed, and now it is Jiangling's turn. What if Jiangling's arsenal is empty?"

"Just to prevent problems before they happen." Xu Ziwei said disapprovingly: "The military equipment has always been several times more to prevent any out of time, and it is not really a weapon or arrow."
Chapter completed!