It seemed that the situation in the Snow Country was not good. This first letter from King Heng made the emperor's heart go cold.
Li Jingxing looked at the empty room and ordered, "Let King Che, the Minister of Hubu, the Minister of War, the Minister of Ling and Prime Minister Mu discuss matters in the imperial study."
"Yes." The eunuch immediately left the palace door.
During the days when King Heng was on his mission to the Snow Kingdom, Li Junche was training troops at the camp in the eastern suburbs.
Before the weather warmed up, he was training the soldiers' ability to withstand the cold.
The war with the Snow Country will definitely come, and then the climate of the Snowfield Glacier will become the biggest resistance to the Beidi Kingdom's army.
When the Minister of Household Affairs received the summons, he was calculating how much tax money would be collected from various places after the spring planting this year.
Although the plan to attack Beidi Kingdom was temporarily suspended, the emperor's pressure on the Ministry of Revenue did not decrease at all.
The pair of dragon eyes were staring at You Zhicheng all the time, wishing that he could conjure money out of thin air for the first time.
"My father-in-law, do you know what is going on? Who else has the emperor summoned?" After You Zhicheng stood up, he asked his servant to stuff the eunuch with ten taels of silver.
The eunuch who was ordered to summon said: "I don't know what's going on, but a letter from His Royal Highness King Heng was delivered to the palace today. The Emperor also summoned King Che, the Minister of War, the Minister of Ling, and Prime Minister Mu."
You Zhicheng felt a little dizzy, it must have been from the war.
Could it be that the news from King Heng was bad.
You Zhicheng hurriedly packed up and entered the palace.
The air pressure in the Imperial Study Room was extremely low. Li Junche came from outside the city, so he was the last to arrive.
Others had already read Li Yuheng's letter to the emperor.
When the eunuch at the chamberlain saw Li Junche standing, he quickly presented the letter with both hands.
Among the people present, Li Junche may be the only one who knows the things about Snow Country the best.
After all, Li Yuheng was on the mission openly and honestly. There were some things that he couldn't see, but Mu Mingqian checked them all.
After Li Junche read the letter, he said, "The cooperation between Snow Kingdom and Linyue Kingdom is not strong. If they fool the emperor like this, they may have other ideas."
Shangshu Ling raised his eyes and boldly speculated: "Their previous plan was that once the war started, Linyue Kingdom and Xue Kingdom would attack the city at the same time to spread our military strength. However, if Xue Kingdom wanted to capture Linyue Kingdom and Beidi Kingdom at once, they might wait until Send troops when both sides lose."
Prime Minister: "Since they all intend to attack, this battle is unavoidable. It depends on how to fight with the highest winning rate."
The Secretary of the Ministry of War knowingly handed over the number of garrison troops and the names of the generals stationed in various cities in Beidi Kingdom, especially those close to the snowy fields and glaciers.
You Zhicheng really wanted to be invisible. Originally, it was just right to face the Linyue Kingdom. Now the two sides started fighting at the same time, and more troops and horses were mobilized. The pressure of the required food, grass and money was again on him.
After Li Jingxing read the list handed over by the Minister of the Ministry of War, he already had an idea in his mind, "Master of the Ministry of Hubu, how far has the food and grass that I asked you to collect years ago come to?"
You Zhicheng hurriedly said: "One year's salary and food for the three hundred thousand troops have been prepared."
Li Jingxing looked serious. At the same time, he mobilized more than 300,000 troops to face Snow Country.
He looked at Li Junche and said, "King Che, excluding the 100,000 new soldiers recruited by the Ministry of War last year, how long will it take for you to take the original 50,000 soldiers and horses from the eastern suburbs camp to the border to capture Linyue Kingdom?"
Originally, Li Jingxing wanted Li Junche to lead 300,000 troops to attack Linyue Kingdom, but now he had to withdraw one-third at once, which greatly increased the difficulty.
Li Junche frowned, "Father, the number of Linyue Kingdom's soldiers and horses plus the private soldiers raised by Wen Mingting exceeds 300,000. If I only give my son an army of 200,000, this battle may be difficult to fight."
"I just want to ask you if you have any chance of winning?"
Li Junche replied: "Yes, but the time will be longer."
These words were all used by him to fool Li Jingxing. His princess had a big killer weapon in her hands, and it was only a matter of words to take over Linyue Kingdom.
But the emperor was still on the throne at this time, and Li Yuheng came back safe and sound. He did not intend to ascend to the throne in the same way as Wen Mingting.
He has other options.
The emperor's voice was like a copper hammer striking a wooden fish, sounding both low and firm, "Okay, I order you to lead troops to the border at the end of the Western month to attack Linyue Kingdom."
Then he summoned Wei Ming, the general of Zhenguo, and asked him to lead the army to garrison in the isolated city.
The soldiers and horses of the western suburbs camp, plus the 100,000 recruits transferred from the eastern suburbs camp, totaled 180,000.
Yuebei City Wan Weixin still has Xi Wan's army in hand.
The location of Gucheng is behind Yuebei City.
Shangshu Ling was a little worried, "Your Majesty, there are only 50,000 imperial guards left in the capital."
"If King Che and General Zhenguo are defeated, how can the capital city escape? I believe in their strength. What foundation can a country that has only been founded a hundred years have?" Li Jingxing wanted to unify the mainland during his reign. Very strong.
After returning to Prince Che's Mansion, Li Junche was silent for a moment in the study, then picked up his pen and wrote a letter to Wen Jinhe.
The cross-river dam project was about to be completed, and Wen Jinhe wrote a letter to inform Li Junche that she would leave for the capital in mid-May.
But at this time Li Junche thought that maybe the capital was not as safe as Nancheng.
Although the garrison in Nancheng was small, no more than a thousand people, they could not be attacked easily.
The most important thing is that Nancheng is full of Wen Jinhe's own people, and her prestige in the thirteen northern cities is now higher than that of the emperor.
It might be no problem for them to rise up with an order.
Man Qiu was talking to Sun Fugui in Zhujingfang, when Butler Li sent someone to call her back.
In the study, Li Junche stared at Man Qiu and asked, "Starting from the new year, the money from the Capital Store will no longer be sent to Nancheng, right?"
Man Qiu had some doubts in her heart. In fact, Li Junche rarely asked about his princess's private property, unless he had something to do and couldn't make a decision. "Yes, the princess said that there is no shortage of money and food in Nancheng, so there is no need to send more, and the prince may need it when he goes on an expedition." money."
Li Junche told the emperor that all the profits from the eight imperial merchants were sent to Nancheng to build the cross-river dam. In fact, he was lying to him, so that Li Jingxing would not always keep an eye on Wen Jinhe's private property.
"You sort out all the silver that is temporarily unused, exchange it for silver notes and send it all to the princess." Once he leaves, if the treasury is short of silver, the emperor will definitely attack the emperor's merchants.
Man Qiu looked at Li Junche in astonishment, "My lord, didn't you say that the princess will be back in mid-May?"
Li Junche said: "I will lead the troops to attack the Linyue Kingdom at the end of the west. When King Heng comes back, the general of the Zhenguo will take him to Gucheng, and the capital will be empty. I will write to the princess and tell her not to leave for the time being. Go back to the capital and come back after everything settles down."
Man Qiu Shou stood there in a daze, unable to react. The news came suddenly.
The emperor is sending both princes out, and the defenders of the capital are going to fight.
Man Qiu handed over all the liquid silver to Li Junche within two days, and the letters were sent to Nancheng by the secret guards.
