Hearing Gao Shengyan's words, Yang Mingkun couldn't help but smile secretly, if things were as simple as Gao Shengyan said, he wouldn't have to work hard. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

That's right, Datang has 16 guards, each with about 40,000 guards, and a total of 700,000 troops.

However, among the sixteen guards, the left and right guards, which have the most powerful combat effectiveness, nearly 100,000 people, are controlled by the Yuwen family and the Yuwen Heng brothers, and it is difficult for the imperial court to dispatch.

In addition, the left and right prison guards are respectively in charge of the third generation of the Yuwen family, Yuwen Xuanying, and He Chenxuan, a disciple of the He family, although the two control the left and right prison guards, not as close as the Yuwen family to the left and right guards, most of the generals of the two guards are loyal to the two families.

In the end, Zuo Qianniuwei was controlled by Gao Xiaoyun of the Gao family, and Zuo Wuwei was controlled by Zhang Xiaoming of the Zhang family, and these two armies were 40,000 people each, and like the left and right guards, they were two descendant troops.

Among the sixteen guards, the six guards were directly controlled by the four major military gates and became the descendants of the four families, and it was difficult for the imperial court to intervene.

More importantly, in addition to the Sword Pavilion Festival Envoy was cleared by the King of Shu, the remaining nine major Festival Envoys, Chen Anbiao and Han Xifan, who have been in power since the time of the first emperor, have been in power for more than ten years, and the two have paid tribute to the court on time, and have no longer obeyed the dispatch of the court to form an independent kingdom.

Therefore, what is the meaning of Gao Shengyan's words, in the Xuande Palace, the ministers know it well.

Yang Yue glanced at Gao Shengyan and secretly sighed that the other party was the secretary of the military department, and he was a bit of a private person.

According to his reading books for days and days, he learned that the current situation of the Tang Dynasty is not very good, when the country was founded, in order to appease the four major lords, the emperors of the past dynasties rewarded it heavily to form a military gate, and when it was noticed that the military gate affected the imperial power, it was difficult to eliminate the power of the other party.

In addition, in those years, to resist foreign enemies and set up Jiedu envoys, they were not only the highest local military and political chiefs, but also could set up their own deputies and staff, and then report to the court, resulting in the Jiedu envoys under the jurisdiction of the governors of the prefectures and counties, although they were appointed by the court, but obeyed the orders of the Jiedu envoys, which seriously weakened the authority of the imperial court.

He knew that the emperor's promotion of all princes was to weaken the military and to temperate the strength.

Gao Shengyan, as a disciple of the military family, refuted the emperor's words, he was very curious, how the emperor should solve it next.

Yang Mingkun didn't pay attention to Gao Shengyan, his eyes shifted to Yuwenshi, who had never spoken in the previous dynasty, and asked with a serious expression: "Zhongshu Order, what do you think about the formation of the Flying Cavalry Army?" ”

Since Yuwen Xuanwu's matter was personally suppressed by the emperor, Yuwen Shi expected that the emperor would definitely have something to exchange with him. Sure enough, he was waiting for him on the issue of the Flying Cavalry.

At this moment, if he directly refuses to form a flying cavalry army, it will inevitably affect the life and safety of Yuwen Xuanwu.

Huan Hai has been up and down for many years, and he has cultivated a shrewd mind and is good at judging the situation. At this moment, the emperor said that the formation of the Flying Cavalry Army was to defend against foreign enemies and clear up internal strife, but who dared to guarantee that it was not aimed at the four major military gates, especially the Yuwen family?

What's more, the emperor did not consult with the officials of the three provinces, and proposed the formation of a flying cavalry army alone, which must have made up his mind.

He bluntly retorted, aggravating the contradiction between the monarch and the minister, Yuwen Xuanwu would also be implicated, and after a little silence, Yuwen Shilang said: "Your Majesty, it is in the interests of the Tang Dynasty to form a flying cavalry army and expand the military strength of the imperial court, and Weichen fully supports the emperor's decision." However, the court is full of fierce generals and talents, and it may not be appropriate for King Yan to train the flying cavalry. ”

Even if he can't change the ending, he won't let Yang Yue get the position of general of the Flying Cavalry Army.

"That's right, among the young generation of generals in the imperial court, far from it, not to mention, in the court, the king of Shu, the generals of the left and right prison gates, Yuwen Xuanying, He Chenxuan and other generals, the talent of military training may not be weaker than that of King Yan.

Weichen proposed that in order not to disappoint the emperor Longen, the military ability of King Yan should be assessed, and if King Yan was defeated and failed to live up to the emperor's Longen, he could be selected among the younger generation of generals in the imperial court. He Hengrui, who was a little relieved, did not hesitate at this moment and took the opportunity to fall into the well.

When the ministers retorted, Yang Yue always stayed quietly and listened, his existence was destined to be regarded by many people as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh, and today he was promoted and suppressed by the military generals of Wenchen, which was expected.

However, no matter how many officials refute, in order to protect himself and grasp power, he is bound to win the position of general of the Flying Cavalry Army.

Turning his head and glancing at He Hengrui, Yang Yue asked tepidly: "Zuo Servant, how are you going to assess this king, you might as well say it and listen to it?" ”

He Hengrui snorted lightly and said, "Training recruits will naturally assess military ability!" ”

After that, he arched his hand to Yang Mingkun, who was sitting on the dragon chair, and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen suggests that two days later, in the martial arts field, the younger generation of generals in the army will compete with King Yan, and each will lead more than 1,000 people to simulate battlefield fighting and test King Yan's military ability. ”

I heard that Yang Mingkun was itching in his heart, when Yang Yue was in the Bohai Sea, the good news was frequently transmitted back to Chang'an, but he had never witnessed Yang Yue's battlefield ability, and now he chose to reuse him, taking the opportunity to assess, and also to test the military level of the other party.

It's just that Jun has no jokes, not long ago, he just announced that Yang Yue was authorized to form a flying cavalry army, if he retracted his order, wouldn't he go back on his word, where is the majesty of the emperor.

After hesitating for a moment, he asked Yang Yue, "King Yan, do you dare to accept the challenge?" ”

Yang Yue gave up his hand, almost never thinking about it, and said loudly: "Erchen accepts the test!" ”

After speaking, he was full of confidence, and the flying cavalry general had a look on his face, and proposed: "Father, the son has the confidence to train a strong flying cavalry army, however, Zhongshu Ling and Zuo Servant are suspicious of the ability of the son and raise the assessment, then, the son may also wish to make a suggestion, and the general who competes with the son must come up with a thousand taels of silver before participating, and after the son wins, it will be used as military resources to form a flying cavalry army!" ”

"That's great, I'm right!" Yang Mingkun said with satisfaction that this move can test Yang Yue's military ability, increase military spending, and reduce the financial expenditure of the imperial court, killing two birds with one stone.

After saying nothing for a while, Gao Heng announced his retirement from the dynasty.

The ministers walked out of the Xuande Palace, and the officials of the prince's faction, the king of Chu, and the king of Shu stayed away from Yang Yue one after another, as if they were afraid of sticking to the plague.

In addition, and a small number of officials, at the risk of offending the prince, the king of Chu, and the military gate, flocked to Yang Yue, and secretly expressed their allegiance.

was rejected by Yang Yue, and left with regret one by one.

At this time, watching King Wu, King Qi came up, King Wu smiled and said: "Sixth, congratulations, today is the king, but you can raise your eyebrows, at that time, you refuted He Hengrui, you were really happy, that old man was almost driven crazy by you." ”

"Yes, Sixth Brother, when did you become eloquent, I didn't find that you could speak well before!" King Qi tilted his head, very curious. Soon, he patted Yang Yue on the shoulder and said: "Forget it, don't talk about this, sixth, in a few days, the Phantom Sound Pavilion will hold a Qixi Poetry Party, are you interested, let's go for a stroll together, I heard that the Phantom Sound Pavilion is full of young women with good colors and arts, and the pavilion master is called a fairy, you must be interested!" ”