The current emperor is the kind of person who, once he makes up his mind, will not give up until he achieves his goal. If he wants to do something, or believes in something, he will not give his ministers a chance to refute, unless you hand over your official hat. But this official title was obtained by working hard for decades and stepping on countless colleagues. If you hand it over so easily, who would really do that?
On the one hand, it is the extremely unreasonable request of the British King, and on the other hand, it is the habit developed by the emperor for more than 20 years. The King of England now indeed holds great power and is favored by the Emperor. But no matter what, isn't he still the emperor now? No matter how obvious the King of England's gesture was, he could only stand on the Emperor's side. And in addition to the fact that the emperor is also the king of a country, there is another point that is very important to these two people.
That is to change it as much as possible, to the extent that you can do it. Anyway, you are not going to the battlefield with those dudes. His own children are all literary students. Except for the Minister of War and a distant nephew, there are no children of his own among the Eight Imperial Forest Army. As the saying goes, a Taoist friend will die, but a poor Taoist will not die. You, the King of England, take these guys to the battlefield, and it is up to you how they end up.
The one who wants to send these dandies to the battlefield is your own father, the emperor. This group of dandies failed to live up to expectations on the battlefield, and even hindered the fight against the rebellion. The initiator was your biological father, and had nothing to do with you, the two ministers. Although both the emperor's request and the King's request were excessive. But the lesser of the two powers harming each other, the emperor still can't afford to offend him at the moment.
By siding with the emperor, the king of England would at best suffer for himself in the future. But if you stand on the side of the King of England and refuse the emperor's request to mobilize the Eighth Army, you will really lose your official title. As for the King of England, do your best to run errands. Although it is really difficult, it can only be done so far, whatever it is. Therefore, the final choice of these three people still disappointed Huang Qiong.
After the three people left, the emperor put down the book he had been using to show off, stood up and walked outside the study door. Instead of looking at Huang Qiong, who looked aggrieved, he turned his attention to the eunuchs, maids, and servants who were busy arranging for the wedding tomorrow. After a long silence, he said: "As the saying goes, there are no useless soldiers in this world, only inactive generals. Whether soldiers can be trained depends on the generals, not the soldiers."
"Back then, the King of Guilin County was able to turn a group of defeated troops with no fighting spirit into elites who could fight in a hundred battles, and swept through Chenzhou with more than 100,000 elite soldiers from the former Tang Dynasty. These imperial troops I gave you are better than those defeated troops back then. I have decided that these five thousand troops and horses drawn from the Royal Forest Army will be your personal troops from now on. As for whether these personal troops I have given you can be trained, it depends on your own ability."
It was obvious that not only the three important ministers heard the intention of Huang Qiong's requests, but also the emperor. And when he saw Queen Yong covering her mouth and snickering, Huang Qiong understood the meaning of her words. After a long time, it seemed that except for King Song, who had a jealous face, and the rest of the people present who were confused, Everyone heard it.
Even King Yong could hear the meaning of his words. With the old man's imperial skills, how could he not hear it? Although the old man didn't point it out directly, there was something in his words that made Huang Qiong's face somewhat embarrassed. But what the old man said later made Huang Qiong, and King Yong and King Song on the side change their expressions slightly.
Huang Qiong's face changed slightly, because he didn't understand what the old man really meant by doing this. After these three thousand cavalry are trained, they will be assigned to serve as personal soldiers. These are members of the Eighth Army of the Imperial Forest. Is the old man planning to pass on the throne in advance? With the old man’s desire to control power, this is almost impossible? But what is the old man's real intention in doing this? Huang Qiong couldn't figure it out for a moment?
You know, the prince's bodyguards and personal troops only number three hundred. Even if you want to increase the number of guards when you go out, you still need to request an order, and the Palace Front Secretary will select them from the Eighth Army of the Royal Forest. Even the Royal Guards guarding the palace only numbered 1,500 people. If the old man wants to allocate three thousand cavalry to him as a personal army, or the army horses he has led, isn't the old man afraid of his own intentions?
Huang Qiong, who didn't understand the old man's real intention for a while, made random guesses in his mind about the old man's true intention. King Yong remembered something and shook his head slightly at Huang Qiong, signaling him not to say anything more. As for King Song, he looked jealous and unwilling. There are three thousand personal troops, including the prince, including the prince, since the founding of the Qi Dynasty.
Even at that time, Emperor Taizong, who was the prince's supervisor outside, had only a thousand troops and horses around him, including the bodyguards and the front army. With three thousand pro-army troops, I am afraid that on the day my ninth brother returns from Longyou in triumph, the old man may pass the throne in advance. How could this make the King of Song, who was bent on competing for the position of crown prince, so jealous that he almost went crazy?
Regarding the changes in the expressions of the three sons behind him, the old man, who was actually like a mirror in his heart, pretended not to know. Looking at the busy servants in the yard, he was silent for a long time before saying: "After you get married, move to the palace I prepared for you. Since someone has been thinking about you in this British palace , just give it back to him, and my ears will feel better."
After the words fell, the old man suddenly turned around and stopped Huang Qiong who was about to say something. But his eyes fell on the screen in Huang Qiong's study that he had given Liu Gongquan as a reward when he left the palace. Then he glanced at Queen Song again, and said something unexpected to the three sons: "Stay closer to me. You are away on war, so I can take care of your family."
"I have already made arrangements for you over there. There is no shortage of imperial doctors and female officers. Didn't Duan Ruren react very well after she got pregnant? There are imperial doctors and experienced female officers in the palace. I believe they can help you take care of one. There is still no problem for pregnant women. What’s more, when you move there, there is just a wall in the palace. It is also more convenient for He Ruren to enter the palace to visit the child. "
When the old man said this, his tone was very gentle, but his attitude was non-negotiable. Faced with the old man's firm attitude, Huang Qiong could only smile bitterly and nod. He knew that by doing this, the old man was not only worried about his own expedition, but also that Prince Teng was making some moves that would end badly. Putting your family under his nose, no one would dare to harass them.
Another thing is that the old man is not at ease with Situ Huanshuang, or the Prince of Guilin behind Situ Huanshuang. The mother knew Situ Huanshuang's true life experience, but the old man did not. He had always thought that Situ Huanshuang was the biological daughter of the Guilin County Prince. He was worried that Situ Huanshuang would keep in contact with the Guilin County Prince in private and do something detrimental to the court or even himself.
Moving his family members to Shangyang Palace in the former Tang Dynasty was both protection and surveillance. In this way, I feel much more at ease when I go on an expedition. Just thinking about it, what would Lin Hanyan do if he moved to the palace? Will the old man allow her to move to the palace with him? Even though the old man has now isolated it, it is still within the scope of the palace.
It turns out that Shangyang Palace, built in the former Tang Dynasty and facing Ziwei City across the imperial city, had been abandoned as early as the reign of Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Muzong of the Tang Dynasty, as the former Emperor of the Tang Dynasty no longer came east, only ruins were left. At the beginning of this dynasty, there were continuous wars in Henan Road. The Shangyang Palace built in the former Tang Dynasty, which was famous for its elegance, was almost gone.
When Emperor Taizong moved eastward and renovated Ziwei City in Luoyang City as a royal palace, he also expanded the original Shangyang Palace of the former Tang Dynasty. On the site of the Shangyang Palace of the former Tang Dynasty, a group of elegant and compact palaces were built, which were originally used as a palace for his cultivation in his old age. However, after the repairs were completed, Emperor Taizong did not live there even for a day until his death while visiting the Western Capital to pay homage to Taizu's mausoleum.
Later emperors of all dynasties only used it as a summer resort because the palace complex located to the west of the palace city was close to the Luo River and there were many lakes. Or a place for fishing and entertainment when you have nothing to do. When I came to Huang Qiong, the emperor, I had almost never set foot there, either because I was busy with state affairs every day, or because I had those unpleasant memories from my childhood.
Because he was born in that palace complex. Before leaving the palace, he and his mother lived a difficult life there. He has an unforgettable memory of that palace. Although after he truly took over the power, the whole court, both inside and outside the palace, regarded it as the place where Longxing's late residence was, and they made many repairs. But the old man remained the same, never taking a step forward.
Now, no one expected that the palace complex of his Longxing Qian Mansion would be designated as the new Prince of England's Mansion. It's just that Huang Qiong is thinking about Lin Hanyan and doesn't want to live under the old man's nose, so he still doesn't want to move. But facing the emperor's firm tone, which even did not allow for discussion, he could only nod helplessly.
Looking at Huang Qiong's face, although he nodded, he was a little hesitant. The emperor, who knew what he was thinking, just smiled mysteriously and said nothing more about this matter. After looking at the preparations for Huang Qiong's wedding and seeing the officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry who were busy, the emperor nodded with satisfaction.
He went to He Yao again, looked at the child, and left with King Yong and King Song. It was as if he came to the Prince's Mansion this time just to inspect Huang Qiong's wedding scene. Looking at the old man's back as he left, Huang Qiong was confused. He really didn't understand the old man's true intention of coming to him this time. Is it just to order him to move?
Huang Qiong felt a little dizzy when she thought of the strange look in the old man's eyes before he left. For Huang Qiong, moving to live with the old man. Although he was a little uncomfortable, it was a good thing to send his family under the old man's nose after he went on the expedition. At least Prince Teng would not come looking for trouble. But the question is, how should Lin Hanyan be placed?
If the old man doesn't allow it and takes Lin Hanyan and his daughter there, how should he arrange them? If Lin Hanyan and Hua Hua were sent back to their original resettlement place, Huang Qiong would not even be willing to kill them. While others didn't feel sorry for the helpless mother and daughter, he still felt sorry for his own woman and adopted daughter. He is the only person they can rely on.
He didn't want his woman and his children to suffer from the snarky mother of the eldest son of the King and the cowardly concubines of the King of Shu all day long. Especially the flowers, they are so cute and sensible, they are the children that even the old man and the mother love very much, but it would spoil the child to be so angry. He didn't care where Princess Shu would be placed.
Anyway, he didn't plan to touch Princess Shu. He didn't want to worry about where this woman would be placed by the old man in the future. At most, he could just give her some more compensation afterwards. And this woman is also a smart person. Even if she returns to the original place, she still knows very well what should be said and what should not be said. What's more, this matter also involves her own chastity.
