In fact, Zhao Degou, the crown prince of Daxing Kingdom, had already thought of this method of framing Qian Shenzheng. After all, Qian Shenzheng has been involved in the court of Daxing Kingdom for so many years. How could he not come up with such a method? It's just that for him now, it's simply not the right time to do so. He has his own overall view.
The most important thing for him now is to cultivate his confidant Wu Dong. He must give his confidant Wu Dong enough room for growth no matter what, so that he can successfully establish enough influence in the army of Daxingguo. of prestige. This is what he needs most.
This is because, although the army of Daxing Kingdom is not limited to Feng Yucai. But Feng Yucai, this soul figure, cannot be dissatisfied by any Daxing army. After all, he has a high prestige, so he can become the number one military member of Daxing, and therefore his words and deeds can represent the Daxing army. *The whole army.
For Qian Shenzheng, the way to break this situation now is to let his confidant Wu Dongduo win the battle and gradually establish his authority in the army. Only in this way can Feng Yucai's position be completely replaced, so now he must swallow his anger and wait for the opportunity.
At the same time, Prime Minister Zhang Chengwei and General Feng Yucai came and made a deal with him. And he agreed to this deal because it was also beneficial to him. General Feng Yucai wants to march north to Pengcheng, but the battle is not easy to win. It would be easier to send his general Wu Dong to fight in the Southern Dian Kingdom, at least he thought so.
Therefore, he also very much agreed with this deal, and he readily agreed to Prime Minister Zhang Chengwei's plan to march north to Pengcheng and promised that he would not oppose it in any form. At the same time, he was frightened by the prestige of General Feng Yucai at this time. Before his family general Wu Dong established his own prestige, he also made up his mind to try not to make General Feng Yucai dissatisfied, at least to stabilize him.
Otherwise, if General Feng Yucai is attacked by his forces now, the soldiers who followed his general Wu Dong in the Southern Dian Kingdom will most likely launch a mutiny. Then his plan to help Wu Dong and establish his prestige went bankrupt in an instant. This does not include the attitude of other armies of Daxing Kingdom.
Therefore, his most important method now is to stabilize Prime Minister Zhang Chengwei and General Feng Yucai. However, he didn't expect that the restless prince Zhao Degou would do something that would make him unable to step down. He couldn't help but feel annoyed. But now that the matter has come to this, he can only work hard to get over this matter.
Yes, he did not intend to continue to make things worse at this time, but was thinking about how to resolve the matter. After all, he did not want to get into trouble with the military just yet. Therefore, he did not immediately agree with Crown Prince Zhao Degou's opinion, but remained silent and watched the situation.
However, before everyone could come to their senses, Zhao Guangzhou, the second prince of Daxing Kingdom, went out and asked:
"Brother Prince, what do you mean by this? General Feng Yucai has always been the cornerstone of our Daxing Army. He has repeatedly performed extraordinary feats in resisting foreign enemies, and now he is leading troops to fight against foreign enemies. Why is Brother Prince attacking him now?" , if this incident causes disadvantages to foreign wars, how will the prince and royal brother bear the responsibility?"
At this time, Prime Minister Zhang Chengwei also went out to ask Zhao Degou, the crown prince of Daxing Kingdom:
"Your Highness, what do you mean by this? Is there any evidence for what His Highness said? His Highness is the crown prince of the country and should set an example in everything. Therefore, it is best to provide strong evidence for anything His Highness says. Otherwise, His Highness So, really
You are ridiculed by the world. "
However, Zhao Degou, the crown prince of Daxing Kingdom, said:
"What other evidence is needed? The account book in front of me now is the evidence..."
With that said, the Crown Prince of Daxing Kingdom, Zhao Degou, took out the account book he had prepared and handed it over. And continued:
"Father, please see, this is how much our Daxing Kingdom has spent on foreign troops and silver in the recent period. Father, please see, the expenditures of each army here are very normal. Why is there no expenditure for the Feng Family Army's troops? It's so strange. , so huge. Could it be said that the Feng Family Army's war expenses are so high? It is more than dozens of times that of other armies."
After hearing this, Prime Minister Zhang Chengwei returned and said:
"I say to Your Highness the Crown Prince, even if we are fighting a war, we should treat our soldiers with compassion. If nothing else, just take Hezhou
In terms of battle. General Feng Yucai annihilated millions of Liaogu Kingdom troops with an army of 700,000. Moreover, countless ordnance and horses were seized. Isn’t this what it should be? "
When Zhao Degou, the crown prince of Daxing Kingdom, heard this, he was caught off guard. Because he actually forgot, how many enemies were wiped out by the Feng family army? But after thinking about it, he said:
"Is it necessary to spend so much money to achieve great results? Is it true that General Feng Yucai has fought many victorious battles in the past, so why are his expenses not as high as now? Although the results this time are far better than in the past, the expenses are too high, right? Even according to the same proportion, this kind of expense has been spent in the past, dozens of times."
Prime Minister Zhang Chengwei said in a neither humble nor overbearing tone:
"His Royal Highness, do you not understand the actual situation? You just checked a lot, why is there no tea lady? In the past, General Feng Yucai also won battles, but while annihilating a large number of enemies, We also suffered a lot of losses, and many soldiers were buried on the battlefield..."
Then, Prime Minister Zhang Chengwei continued:
"But now, how many people did Feng Jiajun lose in the Battle of Hezhou? I wonder if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knows? If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't know, then I can answer you. In this Battle of Hezhou, Feng Yucai In order to annihilate the millions of Liao Ancient Kingdom troops, the general has already lost hundreds of Feng Family Army soldiers who were killed or seriously injured, but the cost is a little higher..."
Although some people have known it for a long time, they are still shocked at this moment. And those who didn't know were even more shocked. You have to know when the number of enemies annihilated reaches this much. It is simply a miracle that its own losses can be kept so small. However, after everyone thought about it again, they no longer seemed surprised that the Xidu North Blockade was Zhang Desen's performance.
However, the Crown Prince Zhao Degou had just ignored this point after understanding various situations before, because in his impression, if so many enemies were wiped out, his own side must also have suffered great losses. But now he found that he seemed to have forgotten to check many things, and he couldn't help but feel secretly annoyed.
And at this time, he looked at the direction of the wind in the court room, and it seemed that it was gradually starting to go against him, and he couldn't help but feel very annoyed. He just turned his attention to Qian's participation in politics, which had always been on his side. It was also a hint to him to speak for himself immediately, but Qian Shenzheng saw this situation and suddenly felt even more annoyed.
As for Zhao Xinglong, the emperor of Daxing Kingdom who was sitting on the dragon throne, he was confused at this time and didn't know what to do.
What decision. Therefore, he had no choice but to ask Qian, who had been silent until now, to join politics. So he turned around and looked at Qian Zhengzheng, who had been silent all this time, and said:
"Qian Aiqing, you saw what happened just now. Why are you standing there like a wooden man? You usually talk a lot. What's wrong now?"
At this time, Qian Qi, who was involved in politics, saw that Emperor Zhao Xinglong of the Daxing Kingdom had directly started to question him. He couldn't help but feel even more annoyed, but now that the matter was over, he had no choice but to bite the bullet. That is to say, while he was away from work, he continued to work hard to organize language for himself. And as he stood there, he answered:
"Your Majesty, our army is at war with the enemy at this time. It is not appropriate to move the frontline generals rashly. From the perspective of a veteran, it is better to do this. Your Majesty can immediately send the imperial envoy to the front line. Let General Feng Yucai from the direction of Pengcheng give the imperial envoy a reasonable explanation. Of course, you can also send an imperial envoy to the South Dian Kingdom and ask Wu Dong, the commander-in-chief of the expedition, to explain his military expenditures. I think this is very good!"
When Prime Minister Zhang Chengwei heard what his old enemy Qian Shenzheng said, he couldn't help but curse the old fox in his heart. However, he secretly praised his delaying strategy. And what I have to admire is that this Qian Shengzhi does have his overall concept and knows when to stabilize political opponents and when to go to war with them.
In fact, what Qian Shenzheng said was also a reminder to Zhao Degou, the crown prince of Daxing Kingdom, that the prestige of his general Wu Donghai has not yet been cultivated, and it will take time. Please put the overall situation first. As for whether Zhao Degou knew it or not, there was nothing he could do.
As for the other generals, when they heard what Qian Shenzheng said, they didn't know what to say for the time being and could only keep quiet. As for Prime Minister Zhang Chengweihe or the civil servants of Qian Shenzhen's line? They all felt very strange, but they didn't say anything.
However, when money is involved in politics,
When he quietly glanced at the eyes of Zhao Degou, the crown prince of Daxing Kingdom, whom he had always supported, something as expected happened. The way Zhao Degou looked at him was filled with endless storms of terror and terrifying questions, which made Qian Shenzheng feel very helpless.
However, the crown prince of Daxing Kingdom, Zhao Degou, thought again and continued to say to his father, Emperor Zhao Xinglong:
"No matter what my father says, it is a fact that General Feng Yucai spent a lot of money. He should come back and explain clearly no matter what. Before this is over, we cannot supply him with any more military supplies."
And this time, the entire court was shocked. The most anxious thing was of course Qian's participation in politics. He was worried that Prime Minister Zhang Chengwei would also use this sentence to suggest that Wu Dong's military investment should be stopped. He had no choice but to immediately rush to say:
"The army is out on an expedition, and the logistics cannot be stopped under any circumstances. If you really want to bring people back, you only need to know the main people. Everything else should remain as usual as much as possible."
Looking at the courtiers with different expressions, all looking at their own money to participate in politics, I felt very aggrieved at this time, but there was nothing I could do. As for how to explain it to Zhao Degou, the crown prince of Daxing Kingdom, that was a matter later. At this time, no matter what, this is what we have to do.
When Emperor Zhao Xinglong of the Daxing Kingdom heard what Qian Shenzheng said, he had no choice but to issue an edict:
"The decree is passed that Zhang Aiqing and Qian Aiqing will immediately draft the candidates for the imperial envoy and report them to me in the afternoon. We will set off immediately without delay. This is it!"
Then he immediately ordered the court to disperse, and all the ministers had to retreat.
