Please, let me be a fool

Chapter 176 Yan Wang: It is the blessing of Wei to have the emperor brother! 【Ask monthly ticket】

But Shen Wuhou is very clear.

With the current level of understanding of the grassland by the imperial court, it is still far from being able to do this.

Unless someone can draw a map of the entire grassland, let him know clearly where the water sources are distributed.

That's right, the source of water.This is the most important thing in marching and fighting, even the grassland army is no exception.

As long as the distribution of water sources can be grasped, the movement of the grassland can be determined.

But unfortunately.

For a long time, whether it was the Great Wei or the previous dynasties.

There is almost no active attack on the grassland, let alone a map of the grassland.

The enemy is also well aware of this, so the grasslands also attach great importance to the people in the Central Plains, and they are not allowed to walk around indiscriminately.

It is precisely because of this that the Central Plains has always been curbing the idea of ​​​​initiating a war on its own initiative.

After all, fighting this kind of thing is time-consuming and labor-intensive.

If you can't get the effect, it's better not to be big.

Especially for a famous general like Marquis Shenwu, it is indeed a pity that he has never been able to take the initiative to attack the grassland for his entire life as a soldier.

He thought, maybe there is no chance in this life.

"That's right, Lord Hou."

At this time, a general suddenly spoke up and said: "The last general received news before that Yandi in the northern border was also very active during this period. The support of the clan is now recruiting troops, and this matter was informed by a friend in Yandi, who said that the officials of Yandi also handed over the booklet to the court."

"It's just that the imperial court hasn't responded at all. I think that although Yandi is far away from Dezhenbei Pass, it is still in the north after all. If King Yan is restless when the grassland army is approaching the city, I will worry. "

Although he didn't continue to speak, it was obvious that Marquis Shenwu already knew what the other party meant.

Facing the prairie army, Zhenbei Pass was already under great pressure.

Ruoyan had another problem at this time.

It's never a good thing for them.

In fact, Marquis Shenwu had also heard about King Yan's recent actions, but he didn't care because it had nothing to do with him.

But the current situation is very sensitive. If Yandi wants to do something, the prefectures in the northern border must respond.Originally, the garrisons in the northern provinces were all in preparation for dealing with the grassland tribes.

If it is impossible to separate troops because of Yandi, the impact on Zhenbei Pass will be very great.

Marquis Shenwu understood the worry in the general's heart, but he didn't say much, he just said: "What King Yan does has nothing to do with us. Our duty is to prevent the grassland army from going south. Apart from that, nothing else is necessary. need to care."

"Let's leave this matter to the imperial court. Also, don't send anyone to inquire about Yandi, remember?"

King Yan is the brother of His Majesty, the heir of the late Emperor, and the royal family of Wei.

And Marquis Shenwu is the No. 1 military general of the Great Wei Dynasty today, and he has inherited Wei Yunyi's will to control all soldiers and horses in the northern border for the Marshal of the North.

The identities of both parties are extremely special, so no matter what, it is best not to have the slightest contact, especially for a person like Marquis Shenwu, who is most suspicious of the court and His Majesty when he holds military power.

Right now, he only thinks about how to defend the prairie army, but he doesn't think about anything else.

Unless it is His Majesty's decree, Marquis Shenwu will not contact Yan Wang.

This is the ancestral precept of Shenwuhou Mansion all the time.

Don't support soldiers' self-respect, don't be arrogant and domineering, and don't go beyond the rules.

And this is an important reason why the Shenwuhou Mansion has been able to stand tall since the time of Emperor Taizu Gao.

The generals below had followed Zhao Yanye for many years, so they naturally knew what the other party was thinking, so they nodded without saying anything at the moment.

Not long after, after discussing all matters concerning the defense of the grassland army, everyone left.

Soon, only Marquis Shenwu Zhao Yanye was left in the handsome mansion.

He looked into the distance with a serious expression, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

Perhaps he was worried that King Yan would really cause trouble at this time.

Or maybe, they are thinking about how to deal with the attack of the prairie army.

Marquis Shenwu had a premonition in his heart that this battle would be difficult, and it might affect the future direction of Great Wei and the Grassland.

In the next period of time, Zhenbeiguan began to prepare enough food and grass, inspected equipment at the same time, and raised security.

As for the grassland tribes outside the pass, there seemed to be no movement, but according to the news detected by the scouts.

It was also found that the enemy was making various preparations.

The battle between the two sides.

It seems that the next moment, it will explode.

It's just that before that, both the garrison at Zhenbei Pass and the grassland army outside the pass kept quiet, and this further confirmed the thoughts of Marquis Shenwu. Perhaps this event was the largest, The most brutal battle ever.

Northern Territory, Yanxun Mansion.

As the most core area of ​​Yandi.

In terms of prosperity, it may not be comparable to the big cities in the Central Plains and Jiangnan.

But if you look at the whole Great Wei, it is ranked first in all aspects.

After all, there are many wealthy families here.

What's more, the Sun family, which is not inferior to the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, so in terms of economy, only a few wealthy places such as Jiangnan can compete.

Therefore, Yan Xun's mansion in the north can be regarded as the absolute core, especially the current mansion of King Yan is also located here.

Yandi is the fiefdom of King Yan, so King Yan has great power here.

Even the chief officials of each government are subject to its restraint.

originally.

Whether it is the powerful families in Yandi or the local officials, they all agree.

Even though the first emperor used the land of Yan as the fiefdom of the king of Yan before his death, but thinking about it, His Majesty the current emperor does not allow the king of Yan to be a vassal, so the nobles of the land of Yan are in charge of their own affairs, and the local officials, as usual, muddle along.

Because the Great Wei has been established for more than 100 years, the imperial court has never had a real strong control over Yandi.

Some low-level officials may be fine, but if it is a high-ranking official like the prefect.

Arriving in office is almost just a formality, and he will be transferred soon.

But beyond everyone's expectations.

His Majesty the Emperor actually let King Yan go, and there was no warning in advance, so he let go as soon as he said it.

And this, for the local officials, does not have a big impact, because these people are already under the control of the court, and the King of Yan will not have much impact, but the wealthy families in Yandi have different ideas.

Originally, in the past so many years, the influence of the Sun clan has gradually shrunk, especially since the previous head of the family had no male heirs, only an only daughter.

It made the rich and powerful from all sides feel that the power of Yandi will be reshuffled from now on.

Although in the end, the Sun family wanted to stabilize their influence.

Choosing the head of the family directly among the peers made some people put away their thoughts a little.

But Sun Kejian, the son of the current head of the family, has nothing to do every day and is not good at business, which made a lot of jokes.

It also makes people feel that the Sun family is dead.

just.

After hearing that the king of Yan was going to be a vassal, the wealthy families in Yandi had a bad feeling, fearing that it would make the situation even more chaotic.

After all, everyone knows that King Yan has the blood of the Sun family and is the son of the Empress Dowager. With his status as a relative of the emperor, he can definitely do a lot of things.

In particular, those wealthy families were worried that he would inherit the Sun family's influence and then integrate all forces in Yandi.

But the fact is, as expected, that King Yan is the queen.

There was almost no pause, and soon began to integrate the complex forces of all parties in Yandi.

Originally, it was very difficult to do this kind of thing, but King Yan's methods were very fierce, and his status was special, he had private soldiers under him, and more importantly, he also got the support of the Sun family.

In this case, even if some giants wanted to resist, they couldn't.

After all, in the eyes of many people, this is not some external force.

First of all, the Sun family can be regarded as one of their own.

As for the King of Yan, he can be regarded as half a native of Yan, so if he chooses to submit and obey, it is actually nothing.

Therefore, due to various reasons, the powerful forces from all sides were quickly subdued by the King of Yan. Of course, there were still some who resisted, but their strength was too small to make any trouble at all.

It is precisely because of this that even though he has only been here for a few months, the king of Yan can already be regarded as one of the best in Yandi.

The people of Yandi didn't care much about this, but the officials of the various prefectures were terrified by it.

They were totally predictable.

With the power of King Yan at this time, I am afraid that he may not obey the orders of the court.

Especially recently, some officials heard that King Yan was recruiting troops, so they immediately reported to the court, hoping that the court could exercise restraint on King Yan at this time.

At this moment, in the Palace of King Yan.

Yan Wang Wei Yuanchuan is dealing with some recent official duties.

Ever since he integrated the powers of various wealthy families, his affairs have become more and more numerous.

After all, Yandi is his fief, and he has to take care of all aspects, making him very busy every day.

"My lord, this is the latest official document just sent from various places, please have a look at it." At this time, several personal guards came in respectfully, holding a bunch of brochures in their hands, which seemed to be a lot.

It's here again?
Wei Yuanchuan couldn't help sighing when he saw this scene, and motioned everyone to put it aside.

To be honest, he has no interest in dealing with official affairs. What he thinks about is either fighting wits with the forces of all parties, or directly leading troops to fight.

In fact, Wei Yuanchuan was very happy to fight with the major forces during the period when he just came back.

Because in his heart, he likes this feeling, and it is a lot of fun.

to the end.

When all the major forces are flattened and surrendered.

He began to deal with official documents every day, and Wei Yuanchuan suddenly couldn't get used to it. He felt that it was really troublesome, and instead he lost the original comfort.

Of course, he was just a little helpless in his heart. Since it was his fiefdom, he naturally had to take care of it.

But when Wei Yuanchuan saw those official documents again today, he couldn't help but shook his head again.

Because in his mind, he was thinking about a problem.

That is.

I manage a Yan land by myself, and I have to deal with various official duties every day.

What about Brother Huang?Books from all over the country have to be sent to the Imperial Study Room. How big is that volume? How long does it take to be busy every day?

In particular, he also heard that His Majesty's handling of memorials is basically done today, without delay.

For this, Wei Yuanchuan admired it very much, because he couldn't do it at all.

I still prefer to lead troops to fight.

shook his head.

He stopped thinking, but continued to deal with the official business in hand.

Although it is only a fiefdom, it faces many problems.

Whether it is economy or other aspects, there is a big gap with the Central Plains.But economically, at least there is Yanxun mansion, but in other places, especially in culture.

Wei Yuanchuan discovered a very serious problem, that is, there are very few Yandi academies, and Confucian classics are also rare.

Generally only among those rich and powerful families, or among the common people with better conditions.

And this finally made him understand.

Why is the imperial court still unable to control Yandi? There is little trade between the two sides, and there are some differences in culture. For the people of Yandi, they don't know the words of a sage at all.

Under such circumstances, how could the imperial court effectively govern Yandi.

So a few days ago, King Yan came down directly and invited some Confucian scholars from the Central Plains to open a private school, hoping to make the two places have something in common in this respect.

As for why the former Yandi officials did not do these things, it was naturally because of the obstruction of the major wealthy families, so that they could not do it.

Even Wei Yuanchuan encountered many problems when implementing it. If he was not strong enough, he would have died without a problem.

Of course, he also knew in his heart that he wanted Yandi to move closer to the Central Plains in all aspects.

It cannot be done overnight, but slowly.

At least in terms of reform, it needs to be moderate.

After all, my current position is the result recognized by the rich and powerful families in Yandi.

If something goes wrong, there may be chaos in Yandi, which is not what Wei Yuanchuan wants to see.

And because of this, he felt in his heart that he might really be inferior to that imperial brother.

For example, it is difficult for Wei Yuanchuan to make up his mind to carry out such a measure that seriously damages the wealthy gentry, even though he knows that doing so is beneficial to the common people.

But I also understand that I can't completely deter those people, so I have to be more stable.

Waiting for when the position is stable, the real one is the same.

It's time to learn from Brother Huang. It's time for reforms in Yandi. Now, we still have to be steady.

Therefore, every time Wei Yuanchuan thought that his imperial brother was able to withstand the pressure of the world's gentry and directly carry out reforms, and finally succeeded, he felt admiration in his heart.

I can't help but sigh, it is indeed a blessing to have such an emperor in the country of Great Wei, better than myself.

"My lord."

And when Wei Yuanchuan was thinking and handling official business.

A man in armor walked in. Unlike the guards just now, this man was a general at first glance.

When he came in, he knelt down on one knee and respectfully said: "Reporting to the lord, our plan has been very successful recently. We have raised a total of [-] horses and [-] soldiers. At the same time, we have also prepared all the food and grass."

"As long as your lord gives an order, you can set off!"

(End of this chapter)