Qin Wan felt a little uneasy, and quickly asked, "How is the battle in the north now?"
Seeing Qin Wan's expression, Yan Chi knew that she was worried about Qin Chaoyu, so he held her hand and said, "The Marquis of Anyang and King Cheng led the troops to the north, and now they have met in Chongzhou and Fengzhou. The queen and prince went to Fengzhou, Zhao You went After leaving Chongzhou, he planned to divide his troops and attack. When the Marquis of Anyang heard the news, he only sent 20,000 troops to defend Chongzhou, and then took the remaining 80,000 troops to Fengzhou, intending to capture the queen and prince in Fengzhou. Come to break the situation, now, the Marquis of Anyang may have arrived in Fengzhou."
Qin Wan was terrified when he heard that, since ancient times, siege battles have been extremely difficult. The Marquis of Anyang only sent 20,000 troops to defend Chongzhou, obviously to delay the time, and the remaining 80,000 troops went to Fengzhou, clearly to outnumber the troops. To suppress the queen, the queen and the prince are passive in attacking the city, not to mention that the number of enemies is twice as large as themselves.
"The queen is too anxious." Qin Wan sighed.
Yan Chi nodded, "I learned that the Marquis of Anyang led the Northern Expedition, and the queen wanted to divide the troops into two groups to attack the city, but I didn't expect the Marquis of Anyang to be good at fighting and lead the troops with great speed. I'm afraid the situation this time will be bad." After a pause, Yan Chi continued. Said, "The empress ordered Ge Yang to be the commander of the Western Expedition, but the food and grass have not been paid for a long time, I am afraid that the trip will not be able to take place temporarily, so we will have a chance to recuperate..."
Qin Wan felt relieved, "Now we can only take care of ourselves."
Yan Chi responded, and said again, "After lunch, I'm going to go to the government office. Now Shuoxi has changed, and many things are piling up."
In the past, Shuoxi belonged to the Great Zhou Dynasty, but now, Shuoxi has almost become Yanchi's fiefdom, and he has to worry about the administration of Shuoxi.
The two talked for a while and then Yan Chi left the palace. When he arrived at the Yamen, he saw many people waiting in the Yamen. Yan Chi entered the back hall from the side corridor, and as soon as he entered, Dong Shuwen came forward and said with a smile, "Your Highness ! When His Highness entered, did you see the people outside?"
Yan Chi nodded, and Dong Shuwen smiled and said, "Since the recruitment order was issued the day before yesterday, there have been people recommending themselves every day in the past few days. Many of them came from Dingzhou and Liangzhou, and a few were from Jinshi in the early years. , our civil servants don’t have to worry about it.”
The Recruitment Order is what Yan Chi meant. Now that Shuoxi is self-reliant, he needs a brand new bureaucratic organization, which naturally requires more manpower. Yan Chi used to only manage military affairs, so he didn't have that many people available. The idea of this recruiting order.
Seeing that the results were good, Yan Chi said, "Leave this matter to you and Mr. Qi. When someone is elected, I will see you again."
Dong Wenshu agreed, and Yan Chi discussed with Dong Wenshu and others about the new yamen to be established, and then left the yamen and left the city after they had a countermeasure.
There are now 5,000 troops stationed in the big camp outside the city, and they are all in charge of the defense of the west side of the city. Yan Chi came here this time to expand the camp.
The general here has been on duty for two years. It is just a general from the sixth rank Zhenwu. Because Shuoxi's independent battalion was re-divided, when Yan Chi returned a month ago, he handed over the camp here to Gu Ling. Gu Ling is a few years older than Yan Chi. He is a poor boy who was discovered and brought up by Yan Lin. He is also one of Yan Lin's trusted generals. To embrace Xilin City as the king, the guards of Xilin City are extremely important. He stayed here and is about to increase his troops, just to ensure the safety of Xilin City—
As soon as he entered the camp, Gu Ling came out to greet him with his troops. After entering the tent of the Chinese army, Gu Ling said, "Your Highness told the general to be fully prepared. Please look, Your Highness, there is a mile away from here to the north." It is in a depression, facing the river with the back wind, it is an excellent place to camp, and this is the only way to go to Mengzhou. The general thought that now there are battalion headquarters in the west and east, but the defense in the north is still lacking. In the past, Mengzhou was under the jurisdiction of Xilin City, but now Mengzhou is a place we want to defend, so we have to be careful."
Yan Chi laughed loudly when he heard the words, "I came here today to talk to you about this matter, but you thought of it first, and this king also has this intention, not only to guard against Mengzhou, but also to guard against the first-hand soldiers. From next month, we will set up sentry camps in the north, and patrol them like the White Wolf Pass."
Gu Ling responded one by one, and ordered his side to join the army to record on paper, and discussed with Yan Chi carefully for a long time before deciding on many defenses. Yan Chi patrolled the camp again, and then returned to the city to prepare the official documents. It was originally planned to have 5,000 Zeng soldiers, but now it has become 15,000 Zeng soldiers. In this way, there are 20,000 troops guarding the west and north of the city.
Although Yan Chi left the barracks, there was always a map of Shuoxi in his study. Now he is not only guarding against the Rong people, but his thoughts are more thoughtful, and he is in a high position. The palace, however, is able to strategize on top of Shuoxi's grand layout, which is admirable.
Mr. Qi and Zhang Dongxuan are both in West Lincheng now. Seeing Yan Chi's defense of the entire Shuoxi in just over a month, I feel admiration in my heart, and the Chifengyuan camp in the east was also built under the care of Fan Xin and others. After getting up, the news was frequently sent back to Xilin City, and everything went smoothly.
Half a month later, the northern camp outside the city in the west was settled smoothly, and Gu Ling sent 2,000 troops to advance to the north, preparing to choose a place to build a sentry camp.
At the same time, there was nowhere to add yamen to the west of the city, and more than 20 civil servants were added, and a complete jurisdiction system was established. Although Yan Chi was good at military warfare, he was also proficient in government officials. , knowing a lot about the people's livelihood and folk customs, and after half a month, the Shuoxi Law, drafted by President Yan Chi and polished by his ministers, was promulgated. In this way, Yan Chi really made Shuoxi his own territory, and at this time, the capital city Also received the exact news that Yan Chi Yu Shuoxi became king.
In the Chongzheng Palace, Yan Han was furious. He threw Shuo Xilai's booklet down the hall, looked at the civil and military officials of the court and said coldly, "Did you see that?! This is Yan Chi! This is the consequence of letting the tiger go back to the mountain!" Shuoxi is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Shuoxi army is an elite that has been trained by our army for many years! Now that Shuoxi has become his territory, Yanchi, do you have a way to take back Shuoxi? Huh?!"
Yan Han took a deep breath, and the hostility in his eyes faintly emerged!
"Lin Xugui and Lin Xie have left without returning, and Yu Wenxian has nothing to do in Dingzhou. I want to send troops to the west, but each of you has thousands of reasons to stop me. Now, what a Prince Rui's mansion, what a Western Zhou Dynasty Prince Rui! The little imperial court has stood up! My face has been trampled under my feet!"
It was rare for Yan Han to be so furious, but the battle in the north was not as smooth as he expected, but Yan Chi in the west actually declared himself king. Now that the small court was established, everyone called Yan Chi the king of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and Yan Chi was the king of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Han couldn't help being furious! He wanted to march west, but was blocked by his own people.
Seeing that Yan Han was so angry, Ge Yang couldn't help but come forward, "Your Majesty, it's not that the ministers are blocking Your Majesty, it's because the military pay has not been fully prepared, and they dare not send troops easily. Although there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses everywhere, right now But it is a mess, and now the food and wages everywhere, whether it is delivered or in transit, add up to only three months, and it takes one month to travel on the road, so when we arrive in Dingzhou, there are only two months left. It can be used, when the time comes to fight, if the follow-up food and grass are not available, the morale of the army will be unstable. We have no advantage in numbers, and our combat power is not as good as Shuoxi's army. It is really difficult to win if we start rashly like this."
Yan Han's chest heaved violently twice, "Yan Ze! What do you think?!"
When Yan Han asked such a question, everyone's eyes also turned. The courtiers were all courtiers in official uniforms, but there was only one person in white clothes with awe-inspiring light robes like snow. This person was Prince Yi's son Yan Ze. Yanze, the son of the prince, had an eye disease, but was healed by the former princess Yongci, the wife of the traitor. In the new year, Yanze's eye disease of more than ten years was really cured. After the eye disease was cured, Yanze finally had bright eyes. To show others, not only that, he took the initiative to ask Emperor Yanhan to become an official.
Marquis of Anyang and King Cheng Yanqi led troops northward ten days after Yan Chi left the capital. Yan Chi deceived the emperor by using the pretense that the Beifu army went south that day, but the rebellion of the Beifu army was true. The emperor did not dare to belittle. Let's go, people in the court were panicked for a while, not only that, but during this Northern Expedition, various divisions of the Ministry of War and several young generals in the court went north together, and the court hall was empty for a while, and the emperor just let Prince Gong's son Yan leave After entering the court, the emperor had no choice but to quickly approve Yan Ze's invitation to be an official, but the emperor didn't know what position to give to Yan Ze at the moment, so he allowed him to be a guest in the court, while Yan Han At first, he didn't think that Yan Ze was not as weak and incompetent as he appeared on the surface.
At that time, the Western Expeditionary Army had just gathered enough people, but the military salary was very scarce. At this moment, Yan Ze proposed the method of exchanging taxes for salary. The privilege of being in the prefecture and county is to raise military salaries from major banks, rice and grain banks and other merchants in the three prefectures and counties, and to issue tax credit documents. In this way, it is considered that seven cents of the tax money of these three states and counties has been advanced in advance.
In just two months, the rations and salaries raised were enough to increase the rations of the Northern Expeditionary Army for half a year, and the Western Expeditionary Army had more than three months.
Seeing that Yanze's method worked so well, the emperor thought highly of him for a while, and saw that he was very active in raising food and salaries, so he also wanted to ask him what he thought about the western expedition. The sign will work.
Yan Ze wore a white shirt, and he was as warm and bright as an orchid branch and a jade tree. He stood on the court hall, and the elegant demeanor and elegance of the cultural relics of the dynasty were all on him alone. When the emperor asked such a question, Yan Ze would go In the first half of the walk, "I think that what Ge Shangshu said is reasonable, and the Western Expedition cannot be done at this time."
Upon hearing this, Yan Han frowned, "You think the Western Expedition is impossible?"
Yan Ze nodded, "Although the method of exchanging taxes for salaries can solve the urgent need, it should not be overdone, otherwise, at the end of the year, the tax and money will be empty, so what will happen next year? The situation in the north is unclear, but the west is bound to be a bloody battle. Only after the victory in the war in the north can we go west, otherwise, if both sides delay and entangle, the winner may only be a traitor. Tell Your Majesty."
Yan Han pursed her lips, and waved her big hand, "Forget it! Although Yan Chi has established his own small court, he has not yet sent troops to the north, so I will bear with him for a while."
Ge Yang heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and Yan Ze also retreated. The most important thing now is the war in the north, and after discussing this matter for another half an hour, the court ended. Yan Ze saw the emperor called Ge Yang into the imperial study After discussing the matter, he turned around and went to Shoukang Palace.
After walking a few steps, he bumped into Yan Li who was also going to Shoukang Palace.
Seeing that he was also coming, Yan Li smiled and said, "Third brother, the emperor is so angry, but you are calm."
Yan Ze's eye disease has been cured for a long time, but Yan Li is still not used to it for some reason, looking at Yan Ze's bright eyes, he is clearly smiling, but Yan Li feels strangely that Yan Ze's smile is a little light, always not as good as Yan Chi gave him a sense of peace of mind like that.
The corners of Yan Ze's lips twitched, "If the Western Expedition is wrong, no matter how angry the Emperor is, I will say the same thing."
Yan Li's smile faded away, the former Major General of the Shuoxi Army and the son of Prince Rui, now he has become a traitor in everyone's mouth.
And every day, the court would bring up the matter of sending troops to conquer Yanchi.
Seeing Yan Li's expression, Yan Ze said, "What's the matter? Thinking of Yan Chi, I still feel bad in my heart?"
Yan Li let out a breath and said with a smile, "No, it's been so long after all, but knowing that Brother Seven has settled down in the west, I'm relieved from the bottom of my heart."
Yan Ze looked around, "Don't let His Majesty know about this."
Yan Chi provoked the emperor to be furious, if he knew this, the result could be imagined.
Yan Li shrugged his shoulders, and didn't speak for a while, his eyes fell on Yan Ze, but his heart was a little dazed. Yan Ze's eye disease for more than ten years made everyone in the royal family feel sorry for him, even Yan Li himself. But I didn't expect Yan Ze to be so radiant when his eyesight recovered. He was resourceful, not to mention the world, and he didn't feel alienated or rejected by the court, as if he was just like an ordinary person from the beginning. After practicing calligraphy and writing, I have acquired all the skills in my body, and now I can finally show my strengths.
Yan Li knows that even a blind person can learn to be rich, but Yan Ze seemed indifferent in the past. At that time, Yan Ze gave him the feeling that he would never be an official, and it was impossible to discuss such serious and anxious things as military supplies and rations. The affairs of the court.
Yan Li withdrew his gaze, feeling a little dazed in his heart, he was probably inaccurate in judging people, he always took it for granted, even when facing his own destiny, he always fantasized about a peaceful and peaceful illusion, but in reality, he Knowing that he was already in the vortex of the storm, he would sink deeply in just one step.
When the two of them arrived at Shoukang Palace, the entire Shoukang Palace could hear the sound of needles being dropped quietly. When they reached the gate of the palace, Nanny Chen came out with a serious expression on her face. Quickly asked, "What is the imperial grandmother doing?"
Nanny Chen sighed, "It's still the same."
After Prince Rui Yanchi defected and fled Beijing, the Empress Dowager fell seriously ill again. Several imperial physicians worked together to save her. Only then did she show a bit of anger. Many people said that the empress dowager was sick and stupid.
Yan Li's complexion sank, and he walked in with Yan Ze.