"Seriously, I really didn't expect you to choose such a title."

Cui Yunqing, the left servant of Taishi and Shangshu, said while looking at the plan to send troops to reinforce the northeast, this is in Cui Yunqing's public house in the yamen of Wangcheng Shangshu Province.

"Although Dezhao is smart, he is a concubine after all, and he is only eight years old now, so it is too early to make him the son of the world." Li Jing, who was sitting behind Cui Yunqing's book, replied with a wry smile that just today, he had decided to give Li Deyu, the son of Yu Youniang, the title of the king of Henan County. He has already written the recital and will send it to Chengdu soon. Whether Li Yi agrees or not, it's just a formality. However, he also knows that this sister-in-law is a son-in-law, and he will be crowned king before he is a year old, and he will be crowned the king of Henan County, which will definitely cause controversy.

The eldest son Li Dezhao was named the king of Lanling County, and the eldest son was named the king of Henan County. Obviously, the king of Henan County is much more noble than the king of Lanling County, which is obviously inclined to the eldest son. Even if Li Jing only crowned his son-in-law as the king, and did not say who was the prince this time, he would still give his subordinates such a signal.

Cui Yunqing put down the official document in his hand, couldn't help but brush a few locks of long beard, and then put his fingers on the table and tapped gently, looking at this disciple who had been in the early years with considerable interest. After getting along with each other over the years, he knew very well that this disciple's way of thinking was always different from ordinary people. He didn't believe that Li Jing's mind was really just thinking about issues such as establishing a successor and establishing a virtuous person. Otherwise, he would not be in such a hurry to give his month-old son-in-law the king of Henan County.

Cui Yunqing felt that she could see his thoughts a little, and Li Jing had been balancing. Whether it is in the official system or in the army. Employment. His balanced strategy is evident everywhere. Even in Li Jing's harem. It's the same.

Balance seems to be the greatest embodiment of Li Jing's control.

In order to suppress those who held the banner of Li Dezhao and expand his power, Li Jing named his son-in-law, who was less than a year old, as the king of Henan County. But in order not to let the power of the Yu family expand too much, Li Jing only crowned Li Deyu as the king of Henan County, but did not clearly establish his status as the prince. It can be seen that Li Jing adopted such a method in order to avoid conflicts and greater internal contradictions and splits. After all. Now the Qin clan is still very young, less than ten years before and after, although the expansion is very fast, but the background is insufficient, and it cannot withstand the infighting. Li Jing's seemingly muddy method is actually very effective. He gave hope to the two larger factions within the Qin Domain, allowing them to temporarily put aside the internal fighting and unite with the outside world.

"In ancient times, they were all established but not long. This is the fundamental way to stabilize the country. Otherwise. Breaking this root could be a source of trouble. The Qin Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty were two great empires that unified the world and divided them, but the result was that they both died in the second dynasty, and the reason for this was largely because they abolished the elders and established the young, which led to the shaking of the country's foundation. Even at the beginning of this dynasty, Emperor Taizong Xuanwumen killed his brother and forced his father to ascend the throne, and he was very virtuous and virtuous, but he was also greatly criticized for this, causing several rebellions. You call the old man a teacher, and the old man will say a few words, the princess of Qin did not have a concubine before, and His Royal Highness was the king of Lanling County, which was also a no-nonsense thing. But now that there is the eldest son, why didn't His Royal Highness simply take the opportunity of this time to crown the king of Henan County and announce the establishment of the king of Henan County as the prince of Qin? In this way, wouldn't it be possible to put an end to other people's ideas as soon as possible, and to determine the root cause early in order to prevent future troubles? ”

"Standing up or standing long, standing long or standing virtuous, this is indeed a question." Li Jing nodded, "Now if this king declares Li Deyu as the prince, I think no one will object." But think about it the other way, is it really appropriate to be the son of the world now? Deyu is less than a year old, just because he is a son-in-law, he made him the son, who knows what his character will be in the future, what his ability will be? The prince is the prince of the entire Qin domain, and he is very important. It is easy to set up today, but if it is not suitable in the future, it will be abolished and re-established, and that is the thing that really shakes the fundamentals. Don't hide it from the teacher, if the sister-in-law and the eldest son are both virtuous, then they will definitely be established. But if the chief is much more virtuous than the chief, then I don't necessarily have to be a grandson. Now the children are too young, and it is too early to talk about the appointment of an heir. Maybe in the future, there will be more virtuous among the sons. ”

There is a sentence that Li Jing has not yet said, besides, if he establishes a prince now, no matter which one is established as a prince, it will probably hit the other party, which is not good for the Qin Domain, which is now facing many foreign enemies. If you don't set up a son for the time being, you can better unite the hearts of the people and work together to the outside world.

Li Jing doesn't plan to discuss the issue of the prince anymore, this question is still a little early, his goal is the world, and he also thinks that sooner or later he will be able to seize the world, and he will not always be just a king of the chaotic times.

"Our army's action against Chengde this time seems to have worked. The spies lurking in Zhenzhou sent back the news that Chengde had begun to change his attitude, although Wang Rong once said in the festival hall that we were just a bluff this time, but Wang Jingyin and Wang Jingyi were frightened by us. They have changed their hard-line attitude and intend to sue for peace with us. ”

"What is the limit of their summons?"

Listening to Li Jing's words, Cui Yunqing's eyes couldn't help but narrow.

"Wang Jingyin's bottom limit is that they can surrender to us, but they have to retain military power, and the biggest bottom limit is that they can send state and county civil officials to Chengde Town, but they will not let go of the army."

"What about the hostages?"

"They also refused to send members of the Wang family to Yanjing as hostages."

Cui Yunqing tapped her fingers on the table, "It seems that our actions have indeed worked, Brother Wang Jingyin is the actual controller of Chengde Town now, if they are frightened, then it is very likely that they are willing to bow their heads." However, it is not enough not to give hostages and not hand over military rights. Saying that, he suddenly asked, "I remember that Wang Rong was only ten years old, Wang Jingchong and Li Keyong had a family affair with their children, and it was this son." ”

"Well, that's right, Yun Niang and Li Keyong's daughter are engaged to Wang Rong."

"This kid is only ten years old, how can he see through our plans? Guess nonsense, or is Li Keyong involved in this matter later? If Li Keyong is also involved in this matter, I am afraid that things will be variable. ”

Li Keyong is seeking to make the position of Hedong Jiedu, although there is no result for the time being, but according to the information collected by the Supervision Department, Li Keyong's entry into Hedong Town is almost a foregone conclusion, and Zheng Congyan will be transferred to Li Keyong and become the eastern capital. Li Keyong is immediately the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, his new home Taiyuan to the east, Jingcheng is the Zhenzhou of Chengde, he definitely does not want his eastern neighbor to be Li Jing, and he must want his son-in-law to be a neighbor.

"This matter must be resolved quickly, and it can't be delayed for a long time, lest there be too many dreams at night, and Li Ke will intervene in it." Li Jing said.

Yingjian, south of the southern city of the Hejian Fortress, the most powerful cavalry unit of the Qin army, the five thousand heavy cavalry of the Dragoon Army of the Black Flag Legion, uniformly dressed in 'dragoon-style' full-body armor, holding a long lance, carrying a strong bow, neatly arranged on both sides of the avenue outside the south city, a black flying eagle military flag, as well as the ironclad tyrannosaurus dragon's dragoon military flag and Li Zijiang flag hunting and flying in the wind.

The solemn military formation stretched for miles.

Li Cunxiao was dressed in navy blue carved battle armor, stepped on a big black horse, and stood in this military formation.

On his side, the governors, admirals, and governors of Hebei Province, as well as the left and right governors, the left and right envoys, and the left and right commanders, the local officials such as the assassins, Sima, Changshi, Beijia, and defense envoys in Yingzhou, as well as the officers of the garrison army in the Hejian Fortress, stood in turn according to their ranks.

All the civil and military officials were wearing brand-new and well-fitting armor robes, and their momentum was extraordinary.

This day is the twentieth day of the lunar month of the first year of Zhonghe, only 12 days have passed since the Qin Domain's ultimatum to Chengde Town, and only 9 days have passed since the Qin army attacked Chengde.

In less than half a month, Chengde Town was completely frightened. Eight cities were lost in seven days, and when they set out on the eighth day, they lost two more, and today, just on the way, Wang Jingyi received an urgent letter from his brother, and they lost two more cities.

Twelve cities were lost in nine days, and this was when they had already made peace.

After the urgent deliberation of Wang Jingyin's brothers, the messenger sent to seek peace this time was Wang Jingyin's brother Wang Jingyin himself. Wang Jingyi is the marching Sima of Chengde Town, the No. 3 person of Zhao Jun on the surface, and the No. 2 person in fact. Such a figure came to negotiate peace, showing great sincerity.

The river side had already received an urgent letter from the government hall, asking them to greet them with a grand courtesy. At this time, the garrison of Hejian received a letter from the King of Qin at the same time, asking them to 'see the might of the Qin army' when the envoys of the Zhao army went north! For this reason, Li Jing also deliberately sent the 5,000 heavily armed cavalry of the Black Flag Legion, which had just been formed in the past two years, to Hejian as a team to welcome the mission, so that the Zhao army could deeply feel the strength of the Qin army and demonstrate to them.

In fact, even if the dragoon army did not come at this time, Zhao Jun had already felt the might of the Qin army.

Twelve cities were captured in nine days, even if the Zhao army deliberately contracted and retreated to a few large cities to gather, but this speed also made the Zhao army's scalp numb. What's more, this time, the Qin army mobilized 300,000 soldiers and civilians on the border of several hundred miles, bluffed, made a lot of suspicions, and approached the border on the whole line, which had already scared Wang Jingyin and others in the rear.

In fact, it is no wonder that Wang Jingyin and others are timid, but the bluff arranged by Li Jing this time is too real.

After more than a year of truce, Li Jing also intends to take this opportunity to regroup the troops that have been disarmed for more than a year, especially those united soldiers, township soldiers, militia soldiers, student soldiers, and road maintenance soldiers. This is an exercise, a national mobilization exercise.

The troops stationed in Hebei, Shandong, and Beiping provinces went out in several ways, going north and south. At the same time, he also ordered to convene the united soldiers of Hebei and Beiping provinces, as well as the township soldiers, militia groups, student soldiers, and road maintenance soldiers, to assemble and send troops separately. Immediately afterwards, Li Jing gathered the four corps of Wansheng, Changsheng, Heiqi, and Tiecai, and moved to Tianjin, and at the same time sent troops and horses to the garrisons of Shandong and Jianghuai prefectures and counties to go north to Dengzhou.

For a time, all kinds of soldiers and horses of the Qin army were being mobilized, and the scale of the mobilization even exceeded the previous battle of Daibei. In the original Northern War, Li Jing did not mobilize the troops south of the Yellow River, but this time, Li Jing was not only transferring troops and horses from Shandong, but even from Jianghuai. This kind of action can be said to be the biggest action of the Qin army in the past three years. (To be continued......)