"Your Highness has arrived just in time. This is the best Biluochun in Qihuai County in the southeast.
"Every piece was picked by an unmarried girl with her mouth. Your Highness is in for a treat today." "Left Prime Minister Lu Zeng said to Yong'an Prince Chen Su with a smile.
The current emperor of Liang, Chen Xun, ascended the throne at the age of eighteen, and it has been exactly thirty years since he became emperor.
However, Chen Xun was a devout Taoist and devoted himself to practicing Taoism. He had ignored state affairs for twenty years and focused on becoming an immortal in the harem. This led to the entire Liang government being controlled by the left prime minister Lu Zeng and the right prime minister Fan Ziyong.
Prince Yong'an Chen Su and Emperor Chen Xun were brothers from the same mother. Emperor Chen Xun also trusted Prince Yong'an Chen Su very much and handed over all the military power of the imperial guards to Prince Yong'an Chen Su.
This also led to a three-way confrontation in the court of Liang State, with Prince Yong'an and the two prime ministers, and the relationship between the three parties has always been like water and fire.
"Prime Minister Lu is still in the mood to study the tea ceremony at this time. I really admire him!" Prince Yong'an Chen Su said coldly.
The Left Prime Minister Lu Zeng said with a smile: "I can't be so scared that I have to crawl under the table!"
Yong'an Prince Chen Su walked over to sit down opposite the Left Prime Minister Lu Zeng and asked, "Prime Minister Lu, how are you going to resolve this matter?"
The Left Prime Minister Lu Zeng still maintained a smile and said, "Today's incident was caused by my son's mischief. Now that Prince Yong'an has come forward, I will not pursue the matter any further.
Besides, that Minister of War has hundreds of thousands of Zhenxi troops behind him, and I don't want to embarrass the court."
Yong'an Prince Chen Su curled his lips and said, "Prime Minister Lu, your fourth son is almost becoming a bully in the capital. You'd better take some time to discipline him.
This prince has already mobilized 200,000 Zhenxi troops to enter the pass, and at this time, I can only let Prime Minister Lu suffer some losses."
"Suffering a loss is a blessing, and it doesn't matter to me if I suffer a little loss.
But there is one thing that Your Majesty had better make plans for early.
As far as I know, the total strength of the Zhenxi Army under the Zhenxi Protectorate has reached 370,000, and there are more than 300,000 garrison troops in the entire Xizhou, and all the military power is in the hands of the Zhenxi Protectorate.
The size of this army has far exceeded that of any other vassal state in Daliang.
Furthermore, Xizhou's taxes also fell into the hands of the Zhenxi Protectorate. If Sun Hao were to rebel in the future, it might even shake the foundation of the country."
Although there were many conflicts between Yong'an King Chen Su, Left Prime Minister Lu Zeng and Right Prime Minister Fan Ziyong, the three of them were still able to maintain consistency in maintaining the Liang court.
Yong'an Prince Chen Su suddenly sighed, "Prime Minister Lu, to be honest, when I appointed Sun Hao as the Grand Commander of the Western Regions Protectorate, it was just a spur-of-the-moment decision.
No one expected that Sun Hao's power would expand so rapidly. Not only did he annex the Gule Kingdom, one of the five major powers in the Western Regions, but even the Wensu Kingdom, one of the five major powers in the Western Regions, has now become the territory of the Zhenxi Protectorate.
Furthermore, the heavy cavalry and heavy infantry of the Zhenxi Army are extremely powerful. Even if the Eight Garrisons of the Imperial Guards were to face the current Zhenxi Army, I am not entirely sure of victory."
Left Prime Minister Lu Zeng smiled slightly, "I believe that Your Highness will find a way to subdue the Zhenxi Army.
The entry of the 200,000 Zhenxi Army into the pass should be a very good opportunity for the prince.
The imperial court has too many expenses these days. If Xizhou's taxes could be brought into the national treasury, I wouldn't have to worry about where to raise disaster relief funds from the northern states."
Yong'an Prince Chen Su nodded and said, "I understand Prime Minister Lu's intention, but it was a fluke that I was able to easily eliminate Yuan Xiandao of the Tiansu Army.
This time, we are going to clear out the bandits in the northern states, and our main focus is still on clearing out the bandits. As for whether we can... subdue the Zhenxi Army, I will act according to the circumstances."
In the end, the incident of Cui Xiumei angrily breaking into the Left Prime Minister's Mansion ended with the Minister of War Sun Zhe paying 20,000 strings of cash as compensation to the Left Prime Minister's family soldiers who were killed or injured. Because of this incident, Cui Xiumei was nicknamed "Mother Dragon" by the people of the capital.
On the fifth day after New Year's Eve, Prince Yong'an Chen Su led the imperial guards Jingwu Town and Chaowu Town to suppress the rebellion, and the first stop of the rebellion suppression army was Meizhou.
The north of Liang State generally refers to the five northwestern states and the four northeastern states. Meizhou is one of the five northwestern states and is adjacent to Zibo, one of the four northeastern states. It has six counties and thirty-four counties under its jurisdiction, and its capital is Mengyi City.
Although the number of bandits in Meizhou is not as large as that in Zibo and Yizhou, there are still hundreds of thousands of them. And they have formed groups just like the bandits in Zibo and Yizhou.
At this time, hundreds of thousands of bandits from Meizhou had already captured nine county towns and were besieging the county seat of Shouqing County - Wuyang City.
If it were not for the Nankang Army in Meizhou, which sent two brigades of border troops to garrison Wuyang City, perhaps this county town with a population of over 400,000 would have been captured by the bandits in Meizhou long ago.
King Yong'an Chen Su chose Meizhou as the first stop for his army to suppress the rebellion, hoping to lift the siege of Wuyang City and, ideally, wipe out the main force of the bandits in Meizhou in one fell swoop.
The Nankang Protectorate, where the Nankang Army was located, was also one of the 19 border protectorates set up by the Liang court.
The Bai family of Sucong City currently controls the Nankang Protectorate.
The Nankang Army had four guards under its jurisdiction, with a total strength of about 80,000.
In addition to the Nankang Army, the Bai family of Sucong City also formed 30,000 heavily armored cavalry to serve as the Bai family's family soldiers, known as the Bai family's Iron Cavalry.
After bandits appeared in Meizhou, the Nankang Army had been trying to clear them out. Unfortunately, due to years of drought in Meizhou, the number of bandits in Meizhou increased, causing the Nankang Army to lose a lot of soldiers.
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