Chapter 351: Court Dispute

On the morning of May 20th, Yang Zhengshan led his troops to the battle, and directly entered Qinghua Prefecture from Tenglongwei, aiming at Qinghuafu City.

The King of Qing received the news at the first time, but he was not panicked. After all, this was what they expected.

On May 21st, the army of Tenglongwei arrived at the city of Qinghuafu.

At the same time, the news that King Qing and Ji Feiyu colluded to rebel also reached Kyoto.

The news was reported by the Secret Guard, and Yang Zhengshan also submitted a memorial, but he could not use the 800-li urgent memorial, so his memorial was one step slower than the Secret Guard.

In the afternoon, in the Taiji Hall of the Imperial City, the Crown Prince, King Cheng, King Gong and important officials of the court gathered.

The Crown Prince, King Cheng and King Gong sat under the throne, and the officials stood in the hall.

At this time, the Crown Prince's face was full of fatigue that could not be concealed. He did not expect the situation to become what it is now.

He had just taken over the state, but the Wuliang army invaded Liaoxi, and Prince Qing colluded with Ji Feiyu to rebel. At this time, he felt heavy pressure.

He had always longed for the throne, and now was the closest time for him to the throne. At the same time, he also felt the huge pressure from the throne.

"What suggestions do you have for the situation in Liaodong and Chongshan Town?" The prince asked in a deep voice.

Prince Cheng and Prince Gong sat on both sides, looking at the ministers in the hall.

These two were not simple characters. They could fight with the prince in the court for more than ten years, which was enough to prove their ability and strength.

In fact, whether it was the prince, or Prince Cheng and Prince Gong, they were all old.

The old emperor was sixty-five years old this year, and the prince was nearly fifty, and Prince Cheng and Prince Gong were both around forty years old.

It was no wonder that the prince felt aggrieved. He had been a prince for nearly thirty years. How could he not feel aggrieved?

The key was that he had a strong emperor like Emperor Chengping on his head, who made him live in the shadow of Emperor Chengping for thirty years.

The prince of thirty years, if Emperor Chengping does not die, the prince will probably die before him!

"Your Highness, I think the most urgent task is to select a new governor and general for Chongshan Town, to take charge of the overall situation of Chongshan Town and suppress the rebellion of King Qing!"

Li Siyuan stood up and said.

"I second the motion!"

"I second the motion!"

Everyone seconded the motion in agreement.

Upon hearing this, the prince's expression changed slightly, and he asked, "Who do you think can take on this important task?"

Selecting a new governor and general is a big deal, involving the military power of the entire Chongshan Town.

Although the situation in Chongshan Town is bad now, it does not prevent the prince from wanting to take Chongshan Town into his own hands.

He also has the same idea as King Cheng and King Gong.

Li Siyuan bowed and said, "I think Liaoyuan Governor Pang Tang can be the governor of Chongshan Town, and Tenglong Guard Yang Zhengshan can be the general of Chongshan Town!"

The prince frowned when he heard this and said, "I remember that Pang Tang has never been in charge of military affairs!"

Although the governor is not a frontier official, he is also an important official in the local area.

Being in charge of the affairs of a province is also a high position of power.

However, the governor does not take charge of military affairs.

Pang Tang has served as county magistrate, prefect, prefect, and councilor, and has indeed never taken charge of military affairs.

Li Siyuan said, "Pang Tang is good at government affairs and acts maturely and prudently. Although he is not good at military affairs, he can stabilize Liaodong!"

Li Siyuan's words are very obscure, that is, Pang Tang only needs to stabilize Liaodong and does not need to intervene in military affairs.

Why do border towns have to set up governors? Isn't it to curb the generals?

If it is peacetime, the governor is in charge of military affairs and is above the generals, but if it is wartime, the governor must cooperate with the generals.

Previously, Lu Chongde and Liang Chu of Chongshan Town handled this very well.

The governor is a civil official, and the general is a military general. How can a civil official compare to a military general in commanding operations?

Therefore, the governor of Chongshan Town selected at this time does not need to have military talent, but only needs to be mature and prudent to ensure the logistics for the troops fighting in the front.

And Pang Tang is the governor of Liaoyuan. He knows the situation in Liaodong best and can mobilize the resources of Liaodong to ensure the logistics of the troops in the front.

Now Pang Tang must not go to Chongshan Town to take office. Chongshan Pass has fallen into the hands of Ji Feiyu. Chongshan Town does not even have a governor's office. Pang Tang wants to handle the affairs of Chongshan Town. It is more appropriate for Liao'an Prefecture.

Therefore, the most suitable candidate for the governor of Chongshan Town is Pang Tang.

The prince glanced at Li Siyuan and felt a little complicated.

He wanted to compete for the position of governor, but for Li Siyuan's face, he finally compromised.

As for Prince Cheng and Prince Gong, they did not set their minds on the position of governor, because Li Siyuan's words made it clear that the military power of Chongshan Town would be in the hands of the general, not the governor.

"Although Yang Zhengshan is talented, he is only a commander of the Guards. Will he be unable to convince the people?"

"I think Jingyuan Hou is more suitable for the post of the general of Chongshan Town!"

This time, the prince did not give Li Siyuan a chance to speak, and directly spoke out his candidate.

His reason was not wrong. Yang Zhengshan was only the commander of the Tenglong Guard. There were many people in Chongshan Town whose official rank was higher than his. If he was appointed as the general, some people might not accept it.

For example, Tang Feihu and Niu Zhuang were both appointed as lieutenant generals with the official rank of the commander-in-chief of Chongshan Town, and their ranks were higher than Yang Zhengshan.

And if Yang Zhengshan was appointed as the general, his official rank would at least be promoted to the deputy governor of the Central Army Governor's Office.

"This king thinks it is inappropriate. Jingyuan Hou has no experience in serving in border towns and does not understand the affairs of Chongshan Town. How can he take on this important task at this time?"

Before Li Siyuan could speak, King Cheng jumped out to object.

Who doesn't know that Marquis Jingyuan is the prince's man, and they can't let the prince's men take charge of Chongshan Town.

"That's right, I think Nanyang Marquis Lu Baishu is more suitable. Nanyang Marquis is highly skilled and has gone to Liaodong many times to handle official affairs. He has a lot of knowledge about Liaodong and Chongshan Town, so he can take on this important task!"

"No, Nanyang Marquis is the commander-in-chief of the Xianwu Camp. How can he be transferred so easily?"

"Then let the prince of Changguo go. The prince of Changguo has both ability and political integrity, and is brave and good at fighting!"

"Brave and good at fighting! Brother Emperor, if I remember correctly, Sun Jizong should have never been on the battlefield!" King Cheng said with a disdainful smile.

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For a while, the prince, Prince Cheng, and Prince Gong began to argue with each other, all wanting to recommend one of their own to serve as the commander-in-chief of Chongshan Town.

The prince's face became increasingly ugly. Prince Cheng and Prince Gong were obviously united against him. They would jump out to oppose any candidate he proposed.

Seeing this, all the ministers in the palace remained silent, as if they had become mute one by one.

The prince's eyes swept over the group of ministers, and he felt secretly resentful in his heart.

Although the three of them were fighting happily, in fact the court was still under the control of Emperor Taiping.

From the cabinet to the six ministries to the governor's office of the five armies, they could not win over any of the powerful courtiers in the court.

The five ministers in the cabinet, the six ministries, and the left and right governors of the Fifth Army Governor's Office have never meant to take sides.

This is the power that Emperor Taiping has over the court. Even now that Emperor Taiping is in a coma, these important ministers still do not side with him as the crown prince.

The prince knew very well that as long as Emperor Taiping had not passed away, he would only be the crown prince.

Listening to the rebuttals of the two royal brothers, the prince's eyes fell on Ning Guogong Zhou Mao, and suddenly said: "I think General Zhou Lanzhou is more suitable. Ning Guogong, what do you think?"

Old guy, stop pretending to be dead and speak to me quickly!

After the prince finished speaking, the palace fell silent.

If you want to ask who is suitable to be the commander-in-chief of Chongshan Town, there is no doubt that Zhou Lan is the most suitable.

Liang Chu can't, because he is the commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army. Anyone can touch him at this time, but Liang Chu can't be touched.

The reason is very simple. Liang Chu was appointed by the emperor. Anyone who touches Liang Chu has evil intentions. Needless to say, the importance of the 12th Battalion of the Forbidden Army.

Changing the commander of the 12th Battalion of the Forbidden Army at this time was tantamount to putting a knife on Emperor Taiping's neck.

So besides Liang Chu, Zhou Lan became the most suitable candidate.

Zhou Mao sighed slightly in his heart, but had no choice but to stand up and say: "Your Highness, I think this is inappropriate. Although Zhou Lan is familiar with the situation in Chongshan Town, it will take at least ten days to get from Kyoto to Liaodong. Ten days is enough. The situation in Chongshan Town has become irreversibly bad!”

"I think Mr. Li Ge's proposal is more suitable. Commander Yang Zhengshan of Tenglong Guard can take on this important task!"

He brought the topic to Yang Zhengshan again.

Let Zhou Lan go to Chongshan Town?

No kidding!

Ning Guo Gong's Mansion cannot take the lead now. Ning Guo Gong's Mansion is already very eye-catching, and Zhou Lan must not be allowed to go any further.

As long as he doesn't retreat for a day, Zhou Lan can't go any further, otherwise Duke Ning's mansion will definitely become a thorn in the emperor's side.

Neither the current emperor nor the new emperor who will ascend the throne in the future can tolerate a powerful Ningguo Duke.

In fact, Zhou Mao didn't want Yang Zhengshan to serve as the commander-in-chief of Chongshan Town, because Yang Zhengshan was also a member of the Ningguo Duke's family, but it was better to let Yang Zhengshan serve than Zhou Lan.

As for Li Siyuan, he didn't care about the issue of Duke Ning's mansion. He just felt that Yang Zhengshan was the most suitable.

Although Zhou Lan is also suitable, Zhou Lan is in Kyoto and has left Chongshan Town for several years. His understanding of today's Chongshan Town is definitely not as good as Yang Zhengshan's.

After hearing Zhou Mao's words, the prince felt even worse.

His original intention was to show goodwill to Zhou Mao. Anyway, there were objections to the people he recommended, so he might as well show goodwill to Duke Ningguo. As long as Prince Cheng and Prince Gong were not allowed to take advantage, then it wouldn't be the worst.

But he didn't expect that Zhou Mao wouldn't appreciate his favor at all.

Li Siyuan spoke again: "I think Yang Zhengshan, the commander of the Tenglong Guard, can take on this important task. I hope that His Highness will put the overall situation first!"

What he said was a bit rude.

I hope Your Highness will put the overall situation first!

Doesn't that mean that the prince didn't put the overall situation first?

"I second the proposal!"

"Old minister seconded the proposal!"

Several ministers stood up and seconded their opinions, and even Liu Yuanfu, who had been closing his eyes to rest, also stood up and seconded his opinions.

Liu Yuanfu stood up, and Guan Wenshuo naturally followed suit.

Li Siyuan represents the opinions of the cabinet, Zhou Mao represents the Chinese Military Governor's Office and Xungui, and Liu Yuanfu and Guan Wenshuo represent the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Together with Wu Liangzai, the Minister of Rites, and Jiang Wei, the Minister of Industry, who came forward to second the proposal, the opinions of the ministers were basically unified.

Wang Lu, Minister of the Ministry of War, glanced at Liu Yuanfu next to him, and also stood up and said: "I second the proposal!"

Liu Yuanfu agreed with Yang Zhengshan as the commander-in-chief of Chongshan Town, not because he had any friendship with Yang Zhengshan, but because he felt that Yang Zhengshan was suitable.

Although in terms of official position, Yang Zhengshan is a little lower, in terms of ability, no one would doubt Yang Zhengshan's ability.

Yang Zhengshan's previous record is the greatest proof that his reputation as the God of Killing Butcher is enough to intimidate countless people.

However, Wang Lu, Minister of the Ministry of War, agreed because of the face of Li Siyuan and Liu Yuanfu.

Wang Lu didn't know much about Yang Zhengshan. He only knew that Yang Zhengshan was a powerful person, but he didn't have a clear idea of ​​how powerful he was.

Seeing this, the Crown Prince, Prince Cheng and Prince Gong stopped arguing.

How else can we fight?

To continue fighting would be to disregard the overall situation!

King Cheng and Prince Gong didn't feel much about this result. Anyway, their goal was to prevent the crown prince's people from taking charge of Chongshan Town. Now their goal was half achieved. As for the other half, their people also lost their control of Chongshan Town. opportunity.

The most uncomfortable thing was for the prince. He didn't get anything and didn't say anything. He was almost accused by Li Siyuan of not caring about the overall situation. He wanted to please Zhou Mao, but Zhou Mao didn't appreciate it.

Now he has the intention of compensating his wife and losing his troops.

"Then let's do this. Pang Tang, the chief envoy of Liaoyuan, is promoted to the governor of Chongshan Town and has the title of censor of Youqiandu. The commander of Tenglongwei is promoted to the governor of the Central Military Governor's Office, and is actually awarded the title of commander-in-chief of Chongshan Town!"

The prince said in a deep voice.

"Your Highness is wise!"

All the ministers called for wisdom.