Chapter 540 The news is absolutely reliable
One day, Mo Jiuye had just prepared dinner and was about to go out to call people over for dinner when Xiaobai came back with a handwritten letter from Mo Xing.
After Mo Jiuye opened the letter and read it, he didn't even bother to call anyone for dinner.
He took He Zhiran to Minister He's study.
"Father-in-law, my father's letter reported that the barbarians have gathered a large number of troops and are attacking our country's western border."
At this time, Shangshu He was checking the official documents on the table, because these were all given to him by Emperor Shunwu.
His resignation had been approved, but he had to deal with some matters in the government office before leaving.
Hearing Mo Jiuye's words, Minister He put down the brush in his hand and stood up suddenly.
"What did you say? The barbarians are attacking Dashun? Why hasn't the imperial court received this news yet?"
"Father-in-law, a few days ago I asked Xiaobai to take a letter back home to assure my family of safety. Xiaobai just came back with this news.
The court didn't know this because the messenger from the western border wasn't as fast as Xiaobai.
My father wrote the letter four days ago, two days after the barbarians had already begun their massive attack on the western border."
"In other words, the Western Territory has been in our palace for six days?" In the eyes of Minister He, this matter is very serious.
Although the Dashun Dynasty also sent troops to garrison the western border, these people would be unable to resist if the barbarians launched a large-scale attack.
"Jiuye, what do you think we should do about this?"
Mo Jiuye came here just to inform his father-in-law of the news and had no intention of letting him worry about it. Even if his father-in-law had no intention of resigning, how could he, a mere civil servant, solve this matter?
"Father-in-law, I plan to go to the Third Prince and tell him the news."
"Yes, yes, yes, we need to tell the Third Prince about this. After all, the information we obtained through a special channel is not available to be disclosed openly."
He Zhiran stayed here to accompany his father, while Mo Jiuye used his lightness skills to rush to Nanyu's mansion.
Now Nan Yu still lives in Fei Mansion. The emperor has fully recovered and resumed his morning court session. He also officially announced Nan Yu's identity in front of all the civil and military officials in the court.
At the same time, the Prince Qi's Mansion where Nan Qi once lived was granted to him to live in. However, there have been a lot of things happening in the court recently, and Nan Yu has not made time to move.
There is nothing wrong with giving the palace to one's own biological son to live in. What gave the court officials something to talk about was that the emperor gave the third prince a palace but did not name it.
What does this indicate?
This means that there is a high possibility that this mansion will be called Prince's Mansion in the future.
Nan Yu was reviewing official documents in the study. When Mo Jiuye arrived, he didn't say much and directly told him the news.
"Mr. Nine, is the news accurate?" Nan Yu did not ask Mo Jiuye how he knew about the barbarians' massive attack, because he knew that Mo Jiuye had a very human-like carrier pigeon in his hand. The reason he asked this was that he found this matter a little unbelievable.
According to Nan Yu's knowledge, the barbarians had always attacked Dashun in winter.
Winter is the time when they are short of food. If the attack goes smoothly, they can harvest some food from Dashun to last them through the winter.
It is indeed unbelievable to send troops in this season.
"The news is absolutely reliable. I estimate that the messenger from the Western Territory will arrive in about ten days."
It would take almost half a month to travel from the northwest to the capital by galloping, but Xiaobai only took four days. Therefore, the person delivering the letter from the western border would take at least ten days to arrive.
Nanyu stood up.
"Thank you for the information, Master Jiu. I will immediately go to the palace to meet with my father and discuss countermeasures."
Others didn't know that Emperor Shunwu was very satisfied with Nan Yu's talents, especially after comparing him with his three former sons, he looked at Nan Yu with even greater respect.
Emperor Shunwu had privately revealed to Nanyu his intention to abdicate and enjoy his retirement, but because of the affairs of the Queen's party, the current situation in the court was still unstable. If he rashly abdicated the throne to Nanyu, it might easily lead to changes.
Nan Yu was clear about this matter.
Now that the western border is being attacked by barbarians, for Nan Yu it is equivalent to seizing his kingdom. How could he allow such a thing to happen?
It must be taken seriously.
Nan Yu entered the palace, and it was unknown how he explained the source of the news. During the morning court session the next day, Emperor Shunwu mentioned the matter in the court.
In the past, the Dashun Dynasty had experienced large-scale invasions by foreign enemies. At that time, the Mohist family was there, and as long as Emperor Shunwu issued an imperial decree, the Mohist men would immediately lead their troops to set off.
Now, in such a huge court, he actually has no capable generals to use.
General Jin is old, and he was tricked by the Ninth Prince not long ago and was poisoned by the puppet Gu, almost losing his life.
Now the old man is still recuperating in the mansion, so even when the Queen's party caused a big trouble, he did not show up to get involved.
Now that the Mohist school was gone and General Jin had not fully recovered, Emperor Shunwu suddenly felt overwhelmed.
The great Dashun Dynasty did not even have a capable military general.
At this time, he first thought of the Mohist school, and also remembered some of the facts confessed by the Xue family to frame the Mohist school.
It was indeed he who wronged the Mo family, and it was also because he was too suspicious and feared that the Mo family would become more powerful than their master, so he did such a stupid thing.
If Mo Jiuye were still here, he wouldn't have to face the embarrassing situation of having no one available.
It’s not that there is no one available, at least there is a row of military generals standing in the court.
But Emperor Shunwu looked at this and that and felt that they were not talented at all.
"Yu'er, how do you think this matter should be arranged?"
Nan Yu also had a headache. He had just taken over the affairs of the court and was recently busy cleaning up some cancers in the court. He had not put any energy on the military generals at all.
However, when he had worked as an aide to Nan Qi, he had done a lot of homework and was familiar with the situation of the civil and military officials in the court.
His thoughts at this time were the same as Emperor Shunwu's, both of them felt that they had reached the point where no one was available.
Those military generals also knew that their abilities were limited. In the past, most of them followed Mo Jia or General Jin to go on expeditions. With the commander-in-chief around, they only had to obey orders.
What the emperor and the third prince need now is a talented general.
As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, they would not dare to take over rashly even if they had the intention.
If a commander is not good, losing his life is secondary, but if the battle is defeated, he will bear certain responsibilities.
No one wants to take the lead in such a thankless task.
Seeing that Nan Yu was slow to speak, Emperor Shunwu looked unhappily at the military generals standing in a neat row in the court.
"Is there anyone among you willing to lead an expedition to the Western Territory?"
The emperor has asked, so if I don’t show some sincerity, I will have been receiving salary for so many years in vain.
Some generals stepped forward reluctantly.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to serve as the vanguard in the expedition against the barbarians and will obey the commander-in-chief's orders."
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