Qing Jialu

The cabinet also received the news of King Xiou's death, but Shen Jia's news was a day later than Wei Mo's.When he hurried to the Hall of Mental Cultivation with the urgent report from the border, and reported the matter to His Majesty, Xiao Yi already knew about it.After glancing at the military newspaper, he asked directly: "Changqing, the eldest prince or the second prince, who do you think is better to be the king of Xiou?"

"I'm not clear about the situation in Xiou, I have to ask General Wei and the Ministry of War about this matter." Shen Jia replied cautiously.

"You have also stayed in Qingshui County for several years. Although it is far away from the border, you can still hear a few words from there." Xiao Yu didn't believe that Shen Jia really didn't understand, "Besides, I have been paying attention to Xiou all the time. Now, do you really know nothing in the cabinet?"

Seeing that she couldn't be fooled, Shen Jia had no choice but to say: "What I said may not be right, it might even be better than you knowing the inside story of Xi'ou."

"Tell me." Xiao Yi asked, "I want to hear."

"Okay, then let me just say it, and you just listen." Shen Jia analyzed, "I heard that Ouyang Yu, the eldest prince of Xiou, is cruel and cruel, and he treats his subordinates without hitting or scolding. Picking up trouble at the border."

Xiao Yi nodded, expressing his agreement with this view, and signaled Shen Jia to continue with his eyes.

Shen Jia continued: "Because the second prince Ouyang Xing was born of a female slave, he was not loved by the old King Xiou since he was a child, so he was thrown into the army to be raised. I heard that he has been keeping his own law and order all these years without making any noise."

"Stay safe?" Xiao Yi couldn't help but want to laugh after hearing this. It turned out that in the eyes of outsiders, Ouyang Xing turned out to be a man who kept his own law.

"I'm not sure what I said is right, I was just thinking about it." Shen Jia said depressedly, "Weiming, you already have an idea in your heart, why do you still ask me?"

"You're right, I think it's better for Ouyang Xing to succeed to the throne than the overjoyed eldest prince." Xiao Yi sighed, "But now that Ouyang Xing is almost cornered by his elder brother, do you think he can make a comeback? ?”

"I don't know." Shen Jia said truthfully.

Xiao Yi asked again: "Shall we help him?"

"How to help?" Shen Jia asked in surprise, "It's not easy to interfere in other countries' internal affairs."

"What if Ouyang Xing sent a letter to help?" Xiao Yi finally released a shocking news.

"What?" Shen Jia was shocked, "Why, the cabinet didn't receive any letters?"

"Ouyang Xing to..." Xiao Yi turned his lips and did not say that he wrote the letter to himself, but said, "He wrote a private letter to General Wei, saying that Ouyang Yu wanted to invade our country's borders and earn some money. Military exploits. Ouyang Xing wants to borrow soldiers from me to stop the eldest prince. Changqing, do you think you should lend them to him?"

"Borrowing troops?" Shen Jia was still in shock, "It would be better for His Majesty to call the cabinet and the Ministry of War together to discuss such a major matter. I dare not discuss it rashly."

"Now it's private, speak freely, and the speaker is innocent." Xiao Yi encouraged, "Changqing, I want to know your true thoughts."

"If they are only fighting for the succession, we don't have to intervene. But now that the safety of the Daliang border is threatened, then we can't ignore it." Shen Jia expressed her position tactfully.

"I understand what you mean." Xiao Yi said lightly, "Changqing, call the important ministers to the Hall of Mental Cultivation tomorrow, and discuss together."

"Minister, obey the order." Shen Jia replied solemnly.

The next day, a group of people gathered in the West Nuan Pavilion of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.There are the chief assistant of the cabinet Shen Jia, the second assistant Xu Rui, the elder Ma Tao of the cabinet, the commander of the Jinyiwei Cao Suyuan, the Tongzhi Wei Hanming, the admiral Wei Mo of the Shenji Battalion, the chief inspector of ceremonies Bingbi and the admiral of the East Factory Kapok, and the secretary of the Ministry of War Wu Ming .

At this time, the atmosphere in the Xinuang Pavilion was a bit oppressive. After the adults came in, none of them had any intention of greeting.They all sat in their seats with sullen faces, waiting for His Majesty's arrival.

Prior to this, Shen Jia had already told everyone present.Therefore, they were all thinking about how to answer His Majesty's question later.

After His Majesty came in with the help of Eunuch Qin, leaning on a cane.Everyone stood up immediately and saluted His Majesty.

"My dear friends, please be flat." Xiao Yi said, sitting on the dragon chair, and glanced at everyone, "Sit down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shen Jia took the lead to answer, and then everyone took their seats.

"Since I was ill, I haven't come to the court for a long time. I'm calling you here today, and I think you all know the reason." Xiao Yi went straight to the point, "Western Ou has always been a serious problem on the border of our dynasty. Now that the king of Xiou has collapsed, the internal The battle for the heir apparent is intensifying. The second prince of Xiou borrowed troops from our court, what do you loves think?"

As soon as the emperor's words fell, everyone looked at each other, wanting to wait for others to answer first, so as to find out what His Majesty said.

When everyone was silent, Commander Cao was the first to stand up, and said to Xiao Yi: "Return to your majesty, I feel that you can't borrow it. The wolf ambition of Xiou must be guarded against. And what the second prince Ouyang Xing said about breaking the border There is no news at the border. Whether it is true or not is unknown."

Xiao Yi was not surprised at what his cousin said.After all, Cao Suyuan grew up beside his grandfather when he was a child, and the teachers he hired were all old-fashioned Confucianists, and he also learned some orthodox Confucianism, so he is quite old-fashioned and traditional at bottom.

Xiao Yi didn't comment on this, and asked others, "What do you think?"

Wei Hanming thought about it, and chose to follow Commander Cao, "I also think that it is not allowed to borrow."

"Where's Wu Shangshu?" Xiao Yi asked by name.

Wu Shangshu of the Ministry of War stood up, stroked his beard and replied: "Your Majesty, I remembered the story of the false way to destroy Guo. Who knows if the two Xiou brothers are acting for us this time, deliberately pretending to seize the heir, to deceive us Where are my great soldiers and horses?"

Xiou has always been cunning, and the possibility Wu Shangshu mentioned is not impossible.

"Every elder, what's your opinion?" Xiao Yi looked at the three elders sitting in the front row.

Shen Jia didn't speak for a while, and indicated with her eyes to the other two to answer first.Seeing this, Xu Rui stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, I feel that I need to ask General Wei for his opinion on this matter. After all, I don't know much about military affairs, and I don't know much about the current situation at the border."

As soon as Wei Mo heard that the flames of war were drawn to him, he immediately said, "I'm a general, I don't have any opinions, and I will follow His Majesty's orders."

This was the safest answer for a military commander, and there was nothing wrong with it, but Xu Rui had to scold him for being slippery in his heart.

Xiao Yi wanted to laugh when he heard that, but he had already guessed Wei Mo's answer.Can't you tell from the way he has been taking sides when reading the letter?

The old Ma Tao of the cabinet said: "I also think that what Xu Ge said is right, we should let the person who knows the latest situation of the border to talk about it. However, General Wei Mo has been in the capital all the time, so naturally he has no opinion. It is better to ask the border guards. Old General Wei Wei, is there any change in Xiou?"

Old General Wei Wei is Wei Mo's father. Xiao Yi glanced at Wei Mo, nodded and said, "Yes. But before Old General Wei can reply, I still want to hear your opinions."

Seeing that His Majesty kept asking the bottom line and couldn't be fooled, Xu Rui and Ma Tao had no choice but to make their position clear.

Xu Cifu replied: "I feel that borrowing troops is too risky, so I can't do it."

"Senior." Ma Tao cupped his hands.

"I see, please sit down, two elders." Xiao Yi's expression was so light that the ministers sitting below couldn't guess what His Majesty was thinking.

"Your Majesty, my servant has a different opinion." Kapok, who was sitting in the last row, finally spoke. She stood up and said, "My servant thinks that we can borrow Xiou soldiers, but we have conditions."

"Oh? Tell me." Xiao Yi seemed to be a little interested.

"If I assist the second prince to successfully ascend the throne, should he pay us something? Or trade between the two countries, and then sign a non-aggression treaty, etc." Mu Mian only thought of these superficial things at the moment, and didn't go into details. .

But it is rare to come up with new proposals in such a short period of time.

"What Shen Bingbi said is very true." Elder Xu Ge couldn't help but praise.

"That's right, if you really want to borrow troops, it's not for nothing." Mr. Ma Ge also agreed.

I didn't expect a woman to have such insights, no wonder she was able to command the East Factory and the Supervisor of Rites.Everyone praised her as a little girl even more.

"Very good." Xiao Yi also praised her, and then asked Shen Jia, "Where is Shen Shoufu?"

"I feel that if what the second prince Ouyang Xing said is true, we can borrow troops." Shen Jia expressed his position, "The most urgent thing is to ask General Wei about the situation at the border. This matter."

As soon as the words fell, Wei Mo exploded immediately, shouting loudly, "No!"

Shen Jiaqi asked, "Why not?"

"Hmm... If Old General Wei leaves, who will be stationed at the border?" Wei Mo thought for a long time, and finally came up with a reason.

"General Wei Yuan is still here." Shen Jia said.

Wei Yuan is Wei Mo's elder brother and the only legitimate son of General Wei.

Hearing Wei Yuan's name, Wei Mo curled his lips, showing disbelief.But everyone else thought it was feasible and unanimously agreed to Shen Jia's proposal.

"All right." Xiao Yi actually wanted to meet Old General Wei and hear his opinion, so he said with a final word, "The cabinet drafted an order to call Old General Wei Wei to Beijing."

Everyone took orders, only Wei Mo was depressed.

He's going to see Dad again!