Her Highness Doesn’t Want to Work Hard Anymore

Relying on the superiority of numbers, the counter-insurgency army does not pay attention to the local people.

A very violent conflict broke out between the two sides.

The counter-insurgency army quickly suppressed the people who tried to stop the burning of the mountain, and there were inevitably casualties in the process, and there were quite a few of them.

This led to even more resentment among the people.

Their ancestors have lived in the local area for generations, and the relationship between relatives and friends has already spread to the surrounding villages and towns.

Soon people from other villages and towns also rushed over, and the number of people gathered increased, and the incident became more and more troublesome.

Stimulated by hatred, many of them threw themselves into the rebel army regardless of their own lives.

This not only indirectly strengthened the momentum of the rebels, but also caused the court's image in the hearts of the people to plummet.

When Li Ji heard this, he couldn't help but sneer.

How stupid it is to play a good hand of cards poorly!

Chen Wangbei said seriously.

"General Xuanwei said that the suppression of the rebellion will probably not be successful, and it may even help the rebels gain a foothold in the local area. Even if the subordinates stay in Lingnan, it is useless, so they came back to report to the prince."

Li Ji nodded slightly: "You have worked hard during this time, go down and have a good rest."

"It's all the job of the subordinates, and I dare not say it's hard work."

Chen Wangbei cupped his fists and saluted, turned and left the study.

Li Ji propped his forehead with one hand, and looked down at the letter paper in the pen sink that had been completely blurred.

He was still a little puzzled at first, why would General Xuanwei suddenly ask someone to deliver a letter to him at this time?

At this moment he finally understood.

General Xuanwei said in the letter that he wanted to see him, but he was actually implying that he hoped that he could find a way to win the task of leading the army to quell the chaos.

As long as he can get the emperor's permission to lead troops to Lingnan to quell the chaos, he will be able to meet General Xuanwei in Lingnan as a matter of course.

Li Ji tapped his knee lightly with his index finger.

"Lingnan..."

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What happened between the counter-insurgency army and the local people was written into the memorial by the local county magistrate, and submitted to the Zhongshu Province, and then transferred to the emperor through the Zhongshu Province.

After the emperor read the memorial, he was furious on the spot.

"I let them put down the chaos, not add to the chaos!"

Someone committed a rebellion, and the emperor sent people to quell the rebellion.

This matter is well-known and reasonable.

However, being so disturbed, the imperial court became an unreasonable party, and the reputation of the emperor and the imperial court in the hearts of the people was completely lost!

All the people in the imperial study room lowered their heads, not daring to take a breath.

In the end, an old official stood up and suggested that the generals leading the army should be replaced as soon as possible, and that the magistrate of Lingnan County, together with the famous local clan elders, try their best to appease the people who lost control of their emotions and try their best to resolve the conflicts between the court and the people.

The emperor took a deep breath to calm himself down.

He accepted the old minister's proposal.

So here comes the problem.

Who else in the DPRK can lead the army to quell the chaos?

The emperor thought of Li Ji again.

But soon he pushed the thought down again.

Li Ji's accumulated reputation in the army is already high enough, it is really inappropriate to let him return to the army.

Another veteran came forward and proposed that General Xuanwei take over the task of calming the chaos.

The emperor was silent.

The reason why he sent General Xuanwei to guard Lingnan at the beginning was because he valued General Xuanwei's talent on the one hand, and on the other hand, he wanted to restrain Lord Zhen Guo.

At that time, the Duke of Zhen Guo continued to make meritorious service on the battlefield and became a hero admired by the army. This made the emperor inevitably feel a sense of crisis. He wanted to take back the military power from Duke Zhen, but I can't find a suitable opportunity for a while.

It happened at that time that Duke Zhen and General Xuanwei had a falling out.

The emperor then sent General Xuanwei to guard the south of the mausoleum, and handed over the 50,000 Tianwei Army to General Xuanwei's command.

There are many mountains and forests in the south of the mausoleum, and there are many ethnic minorities living there. It is a very important but extremely difficult place to govern.

Originally, some people in the court felt that General Xuanwei could not suppress those tough ethnic minorities.

But after so many years, Lingnan has been safe and sound.

This is enough to illustrate the ability of General Xuanwei.

It stands to reason that it should be no problem for General Xuanwei to take over the quelling of chaos.

But the emperor still had some doubts in his heart.

When he heard the news that General Xuanwei and Duke Zhen had fallen out, he sent General Xuanwei to Lingnan without much thought.

Over the years, doubts gradually grew in the emperor's heart.

The timing of the falling out between General Xuanwei and Duke Zhen was too coincidental, it happened to be at the time when the emperor was trying to take away the military power from Duke Zhen.

The emperor has always been not stingy about keeping people from thinking about the worst aspects.

He now has some doubts, are General Xuanwei and Duke Zhen Guo acting on purpose?

Since he had doubts in his heart, the emperor would not let General Tianwei take over the military power.

Seeing the emperor, the veterans did not speak, knowing that the emperor was dissatisfied with General Xuanwei, although they were puzzled, they did not dare to ask further questions.

The emperor asked if there was any other suitable leader?

How shrewd are the veterans?

They saw that the emperor did not trust those generals.

So they mentioned a civil official named Wu Shufeng.

Although Wu Shufeng became an official through the imperial examination, he has no power to restrain a chicken, but he has been familiar with military books since he was a child, and he can memorize the art of war of various schools.

His chess skills are also extremely superb, he can integrate the art of war into the chess game, no matter how difficult the chess game is, he can solve it, he can be called a genius in the art of war.

If he can be put on the battlefield, he may become a generation of Confucian generals.

As the saying goes, seeing a hundred things is worth hearing a hundred times.

The emperor summoned Wu Shufeng into the palace, and confronted him with a few problems that he would encounter when marching and fighting, and wanted to test and teach Wu Shufeng.

As a result, Wu Shufeng answered fluently, and the answers he gave were all close to perfect, with almost nothing to criticize.

The emperor appreciated this quick-witted young man, and quickly made a decision to let Wu Shufeng take over as the commander of the counter-insurgency army, and let General Xuanwei assist him.

Wu Shufeng has talent in the art of war, General Xuanwei has actual combat experience, and is quite familiar with the local area.

There should be no problem with the two working together.

As for the two generals who failed to succeed but failed, they were urgently recalled to Beijing, and what awaited them would be severe punishment from the saints.

The next day Hua Manman and Li Ji went out and saw a shop located in the center of Kaiyang Street.

The two are very satisfied with this shop.

The decoration and recruitment are arranged by the people under King Zhao.

Hua Manman doesn't need to worry, she just needs to speak out her request.

After viewing the shop, the two went to sit in the nearby tea house for a while.

They were taken to a private room on the second floor.

As soon as Hua Manman and Li Ji sat down, they heard laughter coming from the private room next door.

The sound insulation in this private room is not very good, even though the voices of the people next door are not very loud, Hua Manman and Li Ji can still hear them clearly.