Chunjia nodded with a solemn look, he indeed doubted the North Army.
Due to Wei He's threat, the Dingbei Army has received great attention from the court since the beginning of the Dingding Dynasty.
All the commanders-in-chief of the past dynasties have always been loyal to the emperor.
Otherwise, if the imperial capital is in the east, how can we rest there
Not long after Xiaozong ascended the throne, he had a fierce conflict with his maternal family, the Ji family.
Since he was single and weak, he could not compete with the old and powerful Duke Xin, so Xiaozong could win over his courtiers and support his brothers at the same time.
Emperor Shenzong only had two sons. Although the regent who was born by the empress dowager and his concubine was indifferent, Xiaozong still made great efforts to cultivate the regent, such as sending him to the Dingbei Army for training.
Later, before Xiaozong died, he had no children, so he thought of relying on the power of the Dingbei Army to support the regent as the emperor's younger brother.
Is it because of the resolute opposition of the Ji family and the Empress Dowager... that the matter ended up being settled.
In Chunjia's opinion, that was a good thing.
It's not that if the regent becomes the emperor's younger brother, nothing will happen to him, but if the regent can control the throne with the help of the Dingbei Army, then... how can his current position be stable
It was also because the Dingbei Army had no way of interfering with the success of the succession of the throne. In Chunjia's eyes, that powerful army that had guarded the border for generations was considered its duty.
Not the kind of thing that needs him to worry about urgently.
However, the timing of this flood was so coincidental, just when the imperial court was preparing to send troops to the grassland to interfere in Wei He's foreign affairs under the guise of Mu'e Dahuan's mother and son...
That would be too suspicious!
After all, if the floods had not occurred, the Dingbei Army would have massacred Dalan's mother and son Chen Bing on the grassland. For such a major event, Chunjia would have to send his confidants to deal with it.
During that time, not only did the Wei family, who wanted to seize the opportunity to be ennobled, tried to marry the Gu family, but Chunjia also quickly decided on the marriage between Princess Minghui and the Yun family's son, and clearly told Yun Fenghuang that he planned to reuse the Yun family's children, so that When he entered the Dingbei Army, not to mention replacing the Gu family, at least he could compete with Uncle Zhaowu and his family.
If the children of the Yun family perform well enough, Uncle Zhaowu can even be appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Army.
Isn't that what it should be? After all, what normal emperor can rest assured if he doesn't have military power in his lap
However, due to the flood, the imperial court discussed Donglai and decided to give up sending troops. The marriage between the Wei family and the Gu family was immediately dropped. Although the eldest princess Minghui surrendered Yunxi guests from the east, the Yun family's children entered the Dingbei army. But no one even mentioned it.
It's not that Chunjia thought that since there was no war for the time being, he wouldn't let Yun's son go north, but he wanted to consider Uncle Zhaowu's mood.
Just like before, the imperial court decided to get involved in Wei He's external chaos. At that time, the emperor sent some cronies into the Dingbei Army to "sharpen", hinting that Gu Fangshu was good at cultivating. What was Gu Fangshu thinking in his heart? Just like Ouyang Yanran led Xie Wuzheng and others during the flood in the south, at least the scene was showing magnanimity. It was neither possible nor easy to refuse.
In this way, if he seeks support from the Yun family's children, he will naturally have the opportunity to make contributions. In the future, he will gain a foothold in the Dingbei Army, and then rise to the top, becoming Gu Fangshu's successor. It is logical.
But for example, although Wei He in the north of Ming Dynasty was fighting life and death, he did not interfere with the dynasty. The emperor did not deny the regent and had a close relationship with Gu Fangshu. If he unexpectedly sent a high-ranking disciple there, he would be very suspicious of Gu Fangshu. Suspected.
Although it was not known to everyone that Gu Fangshu had a profound friendship with the regent, he had never wronged the court or Chunjia for his disrespectful and disloyal behavior.
The emperor then began to doubt his words and let outsiders know about it. How could he not think that Chunjia was mean and ungrateful
The most important thing is that there is no one in Chunjia Ruming's army who is suitable to directly join the Bei Army. There is no benefit in rashly causing the army's morale to mislead him. Naturally, he cannot force Yunxi Ke and others to go to Gu Fangshu's army.
Well, so now the emperor can't help but think that the remnants of the Ji family caused that flood at that time... Could he deny that there are some secrets in the Northern Army that are not suitable to be exposed, fearing that he will know it or become suspicious
That's why the flood happened by chance.
It seems that the intervention of Wei He by the imperial court was delayed, but in fact, did he not allow himself to intervene in the Northern Army to prevent the Northern Army from being exposed
"Has Bi Dong ever asked the Imperial City Secretary?" Yun Fenghuang pondered for a while and asked.
Chunjia said: "I know that the Imperial City Division has only been in my lap for a few days. Before, they, like the Dingbei Army, were not members of the regent."
And the key point is that the Imperial City Department is under the control of the emperors of the past dynasties, and outsiders are not allowed to comment.
Xiaozong handed it over to the regent at the beginning, which was fine... but he didn't hand it over just before his death.
As for the Dingbei Army, when Xiaozong arranged for the regent to go to the battlefield, how could he have imagined that he would have no heirs and would need to establish an emperor's younger brother
Did he hope that the regent would grow up and become his right-hand man? How could he arrange the Dingbei Army to become the regent's private army
Therefore, although the Dingbei Army and the Imperial City Division could both be said to have had the power of the regent at one time, they were not different.
The Imperial City Division was once subordinate to the regent, and even the former regent Prince Gong Xiangxiao could give his orders. However, the Dingbei Army was not the case. It had never been subordinate to the regent, so it was because the commander-in-chief was waiting for him. The senior officials had a close relationship with the regent, and everyone knew that the regent had experienced in the Dingbei Army. The Dingbei Army in the East generally had a good impression of the prince... but they never denied that the regent was a subordinate of the East.
Therefore, when the regent is in power, even if the Imperial City Secretary keeps an eye on the Dingbei Army, he must not go too far.
Otherwise, if the Northern Army is in the east, it will not be a good thing.
Yun Fenghuang thought about this, sighed, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, I don't think it will happen in a hurry. After all, it has been a few months since the flood. Even if there were some people in the Dingbei Army at that time, It's true, I'm afraid Ru Ming won't be able to find out any clues. Since Mr. Ouyang is mature and prudent and has never spread the news, then there must be the real culprit behind the scenes, and I don't think of Dong Bi's insight! It's better to figure it out slowly. "
She has learned well now that at critical moments, she should first say something that makes little difference whether she said it or not.
Although it is not possible to change the gentle and virtuous person who is a gentle and virtuous person, Chunjia cannot at least make Chunjia think that she has become more serious and has many ideas.
Otherwise, God knows what the emperor will think of her in the future.
It's okay to make trouble once or twice. If it happens too often, Chunjia will be annoyed even if she doesn't.
"As long as Gu Fangshu's face is not what I asked for..." Chunjia pondered.
Although the floods in the south were fierce and affected a wide area, they could not withstand the size of the country.
And because when the Ji family took power before, there was fierce fighting between the DPRK and China, and everything was inefficient.