Speaking of this, the King of Guilin said categorically: "This matter has been settled. Don't discuss it any more. Tell them to seize the time to capture Wuchang Mansion. Also, tell them to take the opportunity to capture Huguang North Road. The Fan family was also destroyed by Gu. There is no use in keeping a Fan family who cannot be used by Gu and still stands with that person to deal with Gu and kill Gu's envoy."
After the King of Guilin finished speaking, all the counselors present were shocked. The one who spoke before hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this must not be done. Although the Fan family is not as good as the Wangfu, its status in the north of the Yangtze River is no less than that of the Wangfu in the south of the Yangtze River. The Wangye has the overall situation of the world in mind, and he has no influence on the Fan family. You must not do this. Keeping the Fan family will be of great use to the prince in stabilizing the overall situation in Jiangbei."
After the counselor finished speaking, the King of Guilin sneered: "How useful? If you think too much, the Fan family is more of a threat to Gu now than a help. Don't forget, the Fan family is not only a business family, but also a martial arts family. An aristocratic family. There are many disciples in the family, and the family also has a lot of force. If you are rich and powerful, it is a threat. I don’t hope that there will be another Guilin County Prince’s Palace in this world. "
The coldness in the Guilin Prince's tone made the counselor who spoke couldn't help but shrink his neck. He didn't dare to mention anything about the Fan family. He glanced sideways and saw that the counselor who didn't dare to say anything, the Prince of Guilin, gave him a cold smile. He said calmly to the counselors present: "Now that Nanchang Mansion has been taken, it is not appropriate for me to continue to stay in Ganzhou. I am preparing to move to Nanchang."
As for the King of Guilin, who made up his mind to adjust the entire layout. Huang Qiong, who was in the Wende Palace in the capital, was approving the folding papers. He received lost folding papers from several important towns, but he didn't take them seriously at all. Huang Qiong was not surprised that the rebels had cannons. The cannons of this dynasty were all cast by the first generation of Guilin County Prince. It is certain that the Guilin County Prince's Palace will retain the casting technology.
My nominal father-in-law was determined to rebel and was able to secretly train 200,000 elite soldiers. With the financial resources of the Guilin County Prince's Palace, which is the most prosperous in the world, and its overseas trade. There is also the art of casting cannons. Is there any difficulty in buying enough copper cannons? Although Guangnan East-West Road does not produce sulfur and nitrate, the Guilin County Prince's Palace can purchase it from overseas, even from Dali.
According to the report from the three groups of rebels, except for a few senior military attachés, the mounts among the rebels were Tianzhu horses. In addition to some of the cavalry horses being Khitan horses and Goryeo horses, the rest of the army horses were almost all horses produced in Dali. Among the ordnance, Dali's ordnance and cowhide armor also accounted for a large part. So what is the difficulty in purchasing enough saltpeter and sulfur from Dali?
With copper, sulfur and saltpeter, as well as the casting technology, casting several thousand kilograms of expensive copper cannons was not a difficulty for the Guilin County Prince's Palace. These cannons weighed several thousand kilograms and destroyed the city walls of Nanchang Prefecture and Changsha Prefecture. Compared with the iron-bodied copper-core artillery that I sent to Jiangnan, most of them can only shoot loose bullets. Both the range and power are indeed much stronger.
It seems that I have to find an opportunity to settle the Shanchanhou Mansion's debt with them. Without the strong support of the Shanchan Marquis Mansion, no matter how rich the Guilin Prince was, he would not have the confidence to rebel. Is this Shanchan Houfu so powerful? If we don't take care of them, do we really think that while they are kings and hegemons in Dali, they still dare to reach out to Daqi so unscrupulously?
After he quelled the rebellion, there would be no need for the Shanchanhou Mansion to exist. As for Zhao Wushan's confession, Huang Qiong only approved and encouraged him to fight again, but did not impose any punishment. Putting down Zhao Wushu's confession, Huang Qiong pinched the bridge of his nose tiredly. Compared with the gathering of famous generals in Jiangnan, he is more worried about the north.
Standing up, Huang Qiong walked outside the door of Wende Hall and looked at the sunset in the sky. I remembered what I said to Yu Mingyuan when he left the capital before leaving the capital. If he was defeated, he would have to fight in person. In fact, during this expedition to Yanshan Mansion, Huang Qiong really wanted to do it himself. But now the old man is really letting go. The only thing he has done so far during this rebellion is to issue a self-incriminating edict.
The rest continued to do nothing. Huang Qiong had talked with the old man after he received the memorial from the Northern Liao invaders. In order to let the old man come out to control the government again, he personally led the troops to the Northern Liao Dynasty. But the old man pondered for a long time, and when he spoke, he once again talked with him about passing the throne in advance. Huang Qiong was so angry that he almost vomited blood on the spot.
The old man's state made Huang Qiong personally lead the army to conquer Yanshan at this time. In desperation, Huang Qiong could only send Yu Mingyuan to take charge of the overall situation. Before Yu Mingyuan led the army to the expedition, Huang Qiong had a long chat with him all night. Huang Qiong didn't mention a word about how Yu Mingyuan was going to fight. He just told Yu Mingyuan that he didn't need to worry about anything in the capital.
As long as he can win this battle, he can fight however he wants. He does not need to worry about food, grass and salary matters. All civil and military officials in Shanxi and Hebei Road are at his disposal regardless of their rank. He has the right to kill anyone who disobeys his general orders, ranging from pacification envoys, military envoys, frontier defense envoys, to civil and military officials at all levels. He will not send any so-called supervisory troops to supervise this battle.
In the newly formed Gun Casting Department, there were one hundred and twenty newly cast iron cannons. Seventy mountain-splitting cannons with iron bodies and copper cores of 800 kilograms, plus thirty newly cast bronze general cannons of 3,000 kilograms, as well as a large amount of lead, powder, and other firearms made, together with the newly trained three thousand The gunners were all assigned to him. As for how he allocated it specifically, Huang Qiong never asked about it.
Huang Qiong's almost unconditional trust, as well as the deployment of almost all the firearms except Jiangnan, would have felt very stressful to anyone else. But for Yu Mingyuan, who has experienced huge setbacks in the past, there is pressure, but more importantly, motivation. But if it were anyone else this time, they would definitely trust him with fear. Yu Mingyuan didn't say anything, just nodded heavily.
When Yu Mingyuan's army left Beijing for the expedition, Huang Qiong even wore a Kowloon dress and personally beat the war drum on the stage set up outside the north gate of the capital to cheer him up. This kind of treatment can be said to be unconditional trust. Even Yang Jiyuan, who succeeded Yu Mingyuan and took up the post of Privy Councilor, acted as Privy Council minister. Although he didn't say anything, he was quite envious in his heart.
But even so, Huang Qiong is most worried about the north. More specifically, the army further north, commanded by Zhou Zhiyuan, consisted of 3,000 elite troops selected from the Xijing Camp, the Longyou Army, and the Qingtang Tibetans who had completed the alliance flag system, with a total of 20,000 cavalry. The team that raided Beiliao and went to Beijing. During the long march, there were countless nomadic tribes in the deserts, grasslands.
Yu Mingyuan led the main force of the two battalions and went north to Yanshan Mansion with great fanfare. In fact, it was more for the sake of momentum. Cover this time without rear penetration and detour. As for the outcome of this raid, he didn't know whether he would win or lose. The last time, the Jin Iron Cavalry sent out surprise soldiers to go deep into the desert, breached the Northern Liao Dynasty and went to the capital to make the Liao Emperor angry to death. With the lessons learned from the past, Beiliao may not be unprepared.
Habitually pinching the bridge of his nose, although he was always worried in his heart, Huang Qiong knew that the only thing he could do now was to ensure the supply of supplies for the northern and southern battlefields and the supply of food and wages, and the rest was to wait patiently. As for the old man, Huang Qiong has completely given up. It has been a full month since Mingyuan went north, and he has not taken a step to listen to Xuexuan again.
It's just that Huang Qiong is too lazy to look for the old man today, but he didn't expect that just when he was about to return to Xiyuan, the old man came to see him. The old man came to see him just because he wanted to tell Huang Qiong clearly. Now that all the power has been handed over to Huang Qiong, all the seals and treasures have also been handed over to Huang Qiong. Now that he stayed in the palace, it really didn't mean much, and it was time to make room for him.
Therefore, the old man has decided to move to Yongfu Palace with his mother, Huang Qiong's little daughter, Jing Niang and others. It was cleaner there, where he and his mother could retire in peace. As for the other concubines, the old man will not take them with him. In the old man's words, he has failed his mother for eighteen years. For the rest of his life, the old man's only thought was to stay with his mother.
I heard that the old man actually wanted to move the palace at this time. He also left all his wives to himself, which made Huang Qiong feel even more headache. Moreover, the old man today obviously did not come to the Wende Hall to discuss with him, but to tell him after confirmation, which is basically equivalent to an ultimatum. Huang Qiong was very dissatisfied with the old man's move of adding insult to injury.
Although he did not show his dissatisfaction on his face, Huang Qiong's tone had a hint of it: "Father, this is the most difficult time for Da Qi in the more than 100 years since its founding. You have done more than 20 years of work. The Nian Emperor is a little tired now and wants to cultivate well. My sons and ministers don't understand. The question is, you can cultivate in the same way in the palace, why do you have to move to Yongfu Palace to cultivate? "
"If you move out of the palace at this time, what will the people in the world think of you? At least one father and son will not be able to escape if they don't get along. This will not only make the rebel king and Beiliao laugh, but also give them a certain degree of freedom. We can take advantage of this opportunity. Father, if you want to take a rest, my sons and ministers know that they cannot stop you. The world of the Qi Dynasty is not just for your son, but now you are also the king of this country."
"Even if it's not for my sake, even if it's for the inheritance passed down from my ancestors, I'm begging you. Just hold on for a while. Even after the rebel king is completely wiped out. Where do you want to go and what do you want to do? I promise that you can do it. Don't stop me. Even if you want to dethrone your son as the crown prince, I promise to leave immediately without saying a word. But now, it's really not the time."
"Nowadays, the imperial court is suffering from internal and external troubles. There are rebellions against the king in the south, and large-scale incursions from the Northern Liao Dynasty in the north. The Tubo and Uighur tribes in the west have only been stable for a few years, and no one knows whether there will be trouble. What's more, there are still troubles in the west. There is a man. I don’t know when I will lead the army to go on an expedition. You will move to Yongfu Palace at this time. If I go on an expedition, who will be in charge of the government affairs of the court? "
Huang Qiong had no idea about the old man's proposal to move to Yongfu Palace to live elsewhere at this time. I never thought that the old man wanted to take over the overall situation again. In his opinion, the old man's move was simply to provide for his old age. But the question is, it’s okay to have this idea, but not at this time? How many people's attention will be attracted by Tianjia's every move?
Especially, you are still the emperor now, not some overlord who needs to take care of himself in old age. At this time, move to Yongfu Palace and know what you want. If you don’t know, you’d think that I, the son, would chase you away. You have also been an emperor for more than 20 years. Don't you know that this will make people in this world panic? This is simply adding insult to injury. How could it be done by a father?
