"To be honest, I really didn't expect you to choose such a ban."

The Grand Tutor, the Left Pushe of the Shangshu Cui Yunqing, looked through the plan to reinforce the Northeast and said that it was in the public room of Cui Yunqing in the Shangshu Provincial Yamen of the Wangcheng Shangshu Province.

"Although Dezhao is smart, he is a concubine after all, and now he is only eight years old. It is too early to make him the crown prince at this time." Li Jing, who was sitting behind Cui Yunqing's case, replied with a wry smile. Just today, he had decided to ask Li Deyu, the legitimate son born to Yu Youniang to be granted the title of the Prince of Henan. He had already written the memorial and was about to send it to Chengdu. Whether Li Yan would agree or not, it was just a form. However, he also knew that the legitimate son, and the title of the Prince of Henan, would definitely cause controversy.

The eldest son of the concubine, Li Dezhao, was named Prince Lanling, and the eldest son of the legitimate son was named Prince Henan. It is obvious that the prince of Henan is much more noble than the prince Lanling, which is obviously more inclined to the eldest son. Even if Li Jing only gave the prince to the legitimate son, he did not say who was the prince this time, but he would still give his subordinates such a signal.

Cui Yunqing put down the official documents in her hand, couldn't help but stroke a few strands of long beards, then put his fingers on the table and tapped them gently, looking at this disciple who had received the New Year in his early years with a very interesting look. After getting along over the years, he knew very well that this disciple's way of thinking was always different from that of ordinary people. He didn't believe that Li Jing's mind was really just thinking about problems like establishing a legitimate and establishing a eldest son, and establishing a wise man. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so anxious to give his son a few months old title to the Prince of Henan.

Cui Yunqing felt that she could see his thoughts, and Li Jing was always balancing. Whether in the official system or in the army, employed people, his balance strategy was reflected everywhere. Even in Li Jing's harem, the same was true.

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

In order to suppress those who held Li Dezhao's banner to expand their power, Li Jing granted his legitimate son less than one year old as the Prince of Henan. However, in order not to expand the power of the Yu family too much, Li Jing only appointed Li Deyu as the Prince of Henan, but he unclearly established his position as the prince. It can be seen that Li Jing used such a method to avoid conflicts and avoid greater internal conflicts and divisions. After all, the Qin vassal is still very young, and it has been expanded in less than ten years. Although it has expanded very quickly, its foundation is insufficient and cannot withstand internal struggles. Li Jing's seemingly mixed means actually have great effect. He gave the two relatively large factions within the Qin vassal today. Both of them left hope, allowing them to temporarily put aside internal struggles and unanimously go against the outside world.

"In ancient times, we have established a crown prince, but not a eldest son, and no wise men. This is the fundamental way to stabilize the country. Otherwise, breaking this foundation may be the source of chaos. The Qin Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty were both two great empires that unified the world and divided the world, but they all died in the second lifetime. The reason is largely because they abolished the eldest son and established the young, which caused the country's foundation to shake. Even at the beginning of this dynasty, Emperor Taizong killed his brother and forced his father to take the throne, and with his heroic and wise nature, he could

This has also been greatly criticized and caused several rebellions. When you respectfully call me a teacher, I will say a few more words: The Princess of Qin had no legitimate son before, and His Highness was not allowed to be named Prince Lanling. But now that he has the eldest son, why not just take advantage of the opportunity of adding Prince Henan to the title of Prince Henan to announce the establishment of Prince Henan as the prince of Qin? In this way, wouldn’t the idea of ​​others early and the foundation should be decided early to eliminate future troubles?”

"To establish a legitimate or a chief, or a virtuous person, is indeed a question." Li Jing nodded, "If I declare Deyu as the prince now, no one would object to it. But think about it on the other hand, is it really appropriate to establish Deyu as the prince now? Deyu is only less than one year old, and he is appointed as the prince just because he is a legitimate son. Who knows what kind of morality and ability he will do in the future? The prince is the crown prince of the entire Qin vassal, which is very important. It is easy to establish today. If it is not suitable in the future, and if he wants to abolish his son and re-establish his son, that is the real fundamental thing to shake. To be honest, if the legitimate son and the eldest son are both virtuous, then he will definitely be a legitimate. But if the prince is much more virtuous than the legitimate son, then I may not have to establish a legitimate. Now that the children are too young, it is too early to talk about the heirs. Maybe there will be more virtuous among the sons in the future."

There is a saying that Li Jing has not yet said. Moreover, if you want to establish a prince now, no matter which one you are appointed, it will likely hit the other side. This is not good for Qin Fan, who is facing many foreign enemies. If you do not establish a prince for the time being, you can better unite the hearts of the people and work hard to the outside world.

Li Jing did not intend to discuss the issue of the prince again. This issue was a bit early. His goal was to the world and he also believed that he would seize the world sooner or later, and would not be just a king of a vassal state in troubled times.

"Our army's operation against Chengde seems to have worked. The lurking spies in Zhenzhou sent back the news, and Chengde has begun to change its attitude. Although Wang Rong once said in the festival that we were just a bluffing trick, Wang Jingyin and Wang Jingzhen were scared by us. They have changed their original tough attitude and planned to ask for peace from us."

"What is the bottom line for their sum?"

After hearing Li Jing's words, Cui Yunqing couldn't help but narrow her eyes.

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

"Where is the hostage?"

"They are unwilling to send members of the Wang family to Yanjing as hostages."

Cui Yunqing tapped the table with his fingers, "It seems that our actions have indeed been effective. The Wang Jingyin brothers are the actual controllers of Chengde Town now. If they are scared, then it is very likely that they will bow their heads. However, it is not enough to not send hostages or hand over military power." As he said that, he suddenly asked, "I remember that Wang Rong, he is only ten years old. Wang Jingchong and Li Keyong made a marriage with their children, and it is this son."

"Well, that's right, Yunniang and Li Keyong's daughter were engaged to Wang Rong."

"This kid is only ten years old, how can he see through our plan? I guessed that it was Li Keyong who participated in this matter later? If Li Keyong also participated in this matter, I am afraid that things will still be variable."

Li Keyong is seeking the position of Hedong Jiedu. Although there is no result yet, according to the information collected by the Supervision Office, it is almost a foregone conclusion that Li Keyong will enter Hedong Town. Zheng Cong-yi will switch with Li Keyong and become the left-behind Dongdu. Li Keyong will soon become the Hedong Jiedu. His new home is east of Taiyuan, and through Jingxing, it is Chengde's Zhenzhou. He definitely does not want his neighbor to be Li Jing, and he will definitely be willing to be his son-in-law as a neighbor.

"This matter must be decided quickly and cannot be delayed for a long time, so as to avoid the long night and dreams. Li Keyong intervenes in." Li Jing said.

Yingjian, in the south of the Hejian Fortress, the most powerful cavalry unit of the Qin army, the 5,000 heavy cavalry of the Black Flag Army, the dragon cavalry of the Black Flag Army, were uniformly dressed in the "Dragon Cavalry Style" armor, holding a long spear and carrying a strong bow, and neatly arranged on both sides of the avenue outside the South City. A pair of black flying eagle military flags, as well as the iron armored tyrannosaurus dragon military flags and the Li-character flags flying in the wind.

The solemn military formation lasted for several miles.

Li Cunxiao was wearing navy blue carved armor and stepped on a big dark horse, standing in the military formation.

Beside him, the governor, governor, and the left and right governors, the left and right commanders, the left and right commanders, the Yingzhou governor, Sima, the chief officer, the other local officials, as well as the officers of the garrison in the Hejian Fortress, the garrison, the right and left and right commanders, the governors, Sima, the chief officers of Yingzhou, as well as the officers of the garrison in the Hejian Fortress, they stood in sequence according to their titles and ranks.

All the civil and military officials were wearing brand new and integrated armored robes, with great momentum.

This day was the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month of the first year of Zhonghe. It was only twelve days before the Qin Fan issued an ultimatum to Chengde Town, and only nine days before the Qin army attacked Chengde.

In just less than half a month, Chengde Town was completely scared. Eight cities were lost in seven days. When they set off on the eighth day, they lost two more. Until today, just on the way, Wang Jingqi received an urgent message from his brother, and they lost two more cities.

Twelve cities were lost in nine days, but this was due to the fact that they had already proposed peace talks.

After urgent discussions between Wang Jingyin and his brothers, the envoy sent this time was Wang Jingyin's brother Wang Jingjing. Wang Jingjing was the marching Sima of Chengdezhen, the number three figure of Zhao army on the surface, and the actual number two figure. Such a person came to discuss peace, showing great sincerity.

The Hejian side had already received a urgent letter from the Political Affairs Hall, asking them to welcome them with grand etiquette. At this time, the Hejian side's garrison received a letter written by the King of Qin, asking them to "see the power of the Qin army when the Zhao army envoys headed north!" For this reason, Li Jing also specially sent 5,000 heavy cavalrymen of the Dragon Cavalry, the Black Flag Army, which had just been formed in the past two years, to Hejian as a welcome team, to let the Zhao army deeply feel the strength of the Qin army and demonstrate to them.

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

Twelve cities were captured in nine days. Even if the Zhao army intentionally retreated to defend several big cities to gather, this speed also made the Zhao army's scalp numb. What's more, the Qin army mobilized 300,000 soldiers and civilians on the border hundreds of miles this time, bluffing and making suspicious soldiers. They approached the border across the board, which scared Wang Jingyin and others in the rear to sleep and eat.

In fact, it is no wonder that Wang Jingyin and others are timid. The bluff that Li Jing arranged this time was really too real.

After more than a year of quit, Li Jing also intends to take this opportunity to regroup the troops that have been dismissed for more than a year, especially those united soldiers, rural soldiers, militias, students, and road raising soldiers. This is an exercise, a national mobilization exercise.

The troops stationed in Hebei, Shandong and Beiping went out several ways, heading north and south. At the same time, they ordered the united troops of Hebei and Beiping, village troops, militia, school soldiers, and road-raising soldiers from Hebei and Beiping to gather together and send troops in separate ways. Immediately afterwards, Li Jing gathered the four armies of Wansheng, Changsheng, Black Flag, and Iron Cavalry to move towards Tianjin, and at the same time, the garrisons of Shandong and Jianghuai provinces and counties to draw troops north to Dengzhou.
Chapter completed!