Liu Yan was quite satisfied with Chu Bingde's advice. He secretly observed Xun Mou and saw that his face was expressionless, so he followed Chu Bingde's words and asked, "What do you mean?"
Chu Bingde continued: "Wouldn't it be better if Gao Yun was still in command, more reinforcements were sent, and General An Shiqing led another team of troops to support."
"But the rebel military advisor is Lu Zuo, and he and General An are related by marriage. Is it appropriate to send him there?"
"Your Majesty, isn't Uncle Pingyuan still in Kyoto? I don't think General An would dare to do anything against the imperial court."
So Liu Yan could order An Shiqing to prepare 50,000,000 troops to support Gao Yun's army.
In the study room of Duke Wei's mansion, Xun Yu and his son had a look on their faces. They were very worried about what happened in the morning meeting today. They originally wanted to take Gao Yun down, but they didn't expect that Chu Bingde would stand on Gao Yun's side and speak.
"This old fox, Chu Bingde, didn't expect to become a stumbling block for us!" Xun Mou said angrily.
Xun Yu sat at the top and drank tea slowly. Although his face was ugly, he still pretended to be calm, "This is also expected. During the reign of the late Emperor, we were all His Majesty's people. In order for His Majesty to inherit the great treasure, we will definitely fight together. Now that your Majesty has successfully ascended the throne, there are still a few people in the dynasty who dare to oppose us. Now among the veterans of the late emperor's dynasty, only I and Heping Yuanbo Anyuanshan are left. Anyuanshan is still an earl today. If it hadn't been for him all these years If he had not participated in the government affairs, he would have been dead long ago. Now only Bingde still has some power in the court. He is not only the Minister of the Ministry of War, but his daughter is also the current queen. Naturally, many people will stand on his side. The emperor must also I will recognize him as one of my own, and I will listen to him more or less."
Xun Mou thought deeply for a while and then said: "According to my child's opinion, it won't be long before the court will be headed by Chu Bingde. Today, Chu Bingde is so anxious to refute our opinions. He will definitely find a way to get rid of us Xun in the future." Home."
"Hey..." Xun Yu suddenly sighed with emotion, "The situation in the court is changing, and people's hearts are unpredictable in an instant. The reason why my father was able to serve three dynasties without falling was due to neither Anyuanshan's deafness nor his obedience. De is related to us, and this old guy Bingde wants to get rid of us now. He is really ambitious. If we don't give him some color now, we are afraid that the Xun family will have no place in the court in the future."
"Dad, do you mean to get rid of Xu Bingde now?"
"Easier said than done? Xu Bingde's daughter is the current empress of the palace."
"Then let's start with his daughter first, except..."
Before Xun Mou finished speaking, he heard the housekeeper calling anxiously outside the door: "Master..."
"come in!"
The housekeeper trotted into the study in a panic, and Xun Yu couldn't help but curiously asked: "Did something happen?"
The housekeeper came closer and whispered, "The old queen is dead!"
Xun Yu and his son asked in surprise at the same time: "Seriously?"
"It's absolutely true, news from the palace. Master, do you think we can prepare a car for you?"
Xun Yu said resolutely: "Go quickly."
The housekeeper left after receiving the order, leaving Xun Yu and his son alone in deep thought.
Xun Mou said: "Now that the old Queen Mother has passed away, no one will stop His Majesty from making his biological mother Li the Queen Mother."
Xun Yu said with an embarrassed look on his face: "He had this idea before, but the old Queen Mother was still here, so he didn't dare to act rashly. Now that the old Queen Mother has passed away, he will definitely do this. Now we will definitely be in the dilemma. . If we support his decision, we will win the favor of the Emperor, but we will offend a group of conservative forces. If we do not support it, we will directly offend His Majesty."
Xun Mou thought for a moment and said, "I think there are people who are more nervous than us now."
"You mean Queen Xu?" Xun Yu said without hesitation, "That makes sense. It's good to have someone in charge of Queen Xu, otherwise his father will get carried away."
Pingyuan Bo Anyuanshan has been unable to calm down in the past few days. Unexpectedly, the emperor ordered his son An Shiqing to support the Western Expedition army, which made him even more difficult to calm down. Anyuanshan was pacing back and forth in the hall, watching the moon gradually rising in the sky, but he still didn't see his son coming back, and he couldn't help but feel more anxious.
An Shiqing went to the Ministry of War to attend the expedition today. As soon as he returned home, he received an imperial edict from the emperor, asking him to support the Western Expedition. So he went to the Ministry of War to take care of matters for tomorrow's expedition. After ordering the troops and horses, it was already the second watch. Then he went home and hurriedly packed up some matters and asked his younger brother An Shilu and his younger siblings to take good care of the house. Then he led his younger brother and younger siblings to pay respects to his father.
When Anyuanshan saw his son An Shiqing, he couldn't help bursting into tears and cried bitterly: "Didn't you and Jingruo meet each other in battle during this Western Expedition?"
An Shiqing felt uncomfortable, but he still comforted him: "Dad, don't think too much. How can Jingruo, a woman, be able to go into battle, let alone fight in battle."
"Why not!" An Yuanshan was a little excited, "Isn't Gongfu the military advisor of the Lanzhou Army? That's not the same thing."
An Shilu said angrily: "Lu Zuo's betrayal has hurt our family. I don't know how my little sister is doing now. In my opinion, if the eldest brother really fights against each other, there is nothing to worry about. Anyway, the first offender is Lu Zuo They, the younger sister just couldn't help herself. As long as the elder brother makes a great contribution, I believe the younger sister will not be in any danger."
"Absurd..." An Yuanshan shouted, "You are talking about Lu Zuo. He is your brother-in-law. You are already married. How can you be so ignorant?" Then he ordered An Shiqing to say, "I don't care about this matter." Whether it's your sister or your brother-in-law, I won't allow them to make mistakes. Shiqing, you should know what to do. If there is any difference between the two of them, you don't want to come back to this family."
An Shiqing actually tacitly agreed and kept saying yes.
The new emperor Liu Yan wanted to honor his biological mother Li as the empress dowager. He originally wanted to go through the formalities of discussing it with the ministers in the court, but he was worried that some old ministers who did not know life and death would argue with their arguments, so he decided not to discuss it in the court and issued an edict. He directly asked the Ministry of Rites to do it, and the enfeoffment ceremony was scheduled to be held three days later. In order to prevent ministers from coming to admonish and obstruct it in the past few days, he also ordered to fast and worship Buddha for three days without seeing anyone, so as to avoid long nights and dreams.
When the ministers saw that Xun Yu and his son were extremely supportive, no one said anything. Even Xu Bingde did not dare to complain. Queen Xu Fang was in trouble for two days and was scolded several times by Liu Yan, so she went to her father Xu Bingde to cry. Xu Bingde persuaded her to endure it and not to be trapped by the present. After all, the future was long.
When An Shiqing led his troops to Lanzhou, Gao Jun and the rebels were still at a stalemate. When Gao Jun learned that An Shiqing was coming to support him, he went out of the camp for twenty miles to meet him. At night, the army followed him to the camp. Gao Yun prepared meals in the Chinese army tent to help An Shiqing wash away his troubles. During the dinner, Gao Jun clasped his fists and said, "General An is here with a lot of travel and dust. Today, I will prepare some food for the general to wash away the dust. Alcohol is prohibited in the army, so I couldn't prepare food and wine for the general. Please forgive me, General An."
An Shiqing waved his hand to indicate that he was welcome, "The marshal is strict in running the army, and An Mou has always respected him. It is particularly important to prohibit alcohol in the army, and An Mou understands it."
After several pleasantries, Gao Jun talked about the battle situation on the front line, and then respectfully asked An Shiqing, "I wonder if General An has any good strategies to defeat the enemy this time?"
