Chapter 72 The Wind rises

The second day of April, Song Jingda Liang.

This is the best season of the year. The uncold and hot temperature, the warm spring breeze, and a drizzle from time to time can make people feel the comfort of spring. In this month at the turn of spring and summer, it is also the busiest time for farmers in the fields. The people are full of expectations for this year's year, and everyone's faces are smiling.

However, Xu Wanyou, who was in the government office of the Ministry of War and was the most important of the nine ministers, only felt the heat in this rainy spring morning and was about to get angry. The reason why he was so angry came from a good news report that had just been sent from the southwest fast horse - Wang Chong's army in the Western Expedition had won an unprecedented victory, and the first dangerous barrier of the barbarian land that had prevented the Central Plains army for hundreds of years was actually captured by them on March 21 before 10 days ago!

When he saw the news, Xu Wanyou's first reaction was that he didn't believe it. He thought he was dreaming. But after trying to pinch his thigh and finding that everything was true, his face immediately turned pale! As the secretary of the Ministry of War, one of the nine ministers, he knows too well what this matter means. Through this great victory, Wang Chong's reputation among the government and the opposition is bound to be greatly boosted. At that time, this person's threat to the seven people will be too great.

This did not make Xu Wanyou really lose his temper. What's more serious is that he is still worried about the other companies' reaction in the face of this matter. Will they let the Wang Chong family rise to the center of the court in order to attract this newly rising force? Once this happens, the impact on the Xu family, which also has a military side*, will be huge, and the position of secretary of the military department will be dangerous. The more he thought about it, the more uneasy Xu Wanyou became, and even came up with the idea of hiding the good news.

But in the end, Xu Wanyou still dispelled this unrealistic idea. He was very clear about the distribution of power in the middle, and it was impossible to hide this matter. Now the only way is to quickly pull everyone to your side to resist the possible rise of Wang Chong.

It was not easy for Xu Wanyou to calm down, called the librical to copy more than a dozen copies of the good news, and then ordered people to send it to the surrounding government. He dares not delay such a big event, which is also to show everyone that everything I do is based on the interests of everyone.

After sending out all the copies of the good news, Xu Wanyou read the original again, and suddenly his eyes fell on the name of the first hero emphasized by Wang Chong - Xu Jinghong! This strange and familiar name shocked Xu Wanyou again. He was shocked by the sudden receipt of the news before. He did not look at it carefully, but now he found that there was still something about Xu Jinghong.

"It's broken, now this boy has a day to come out!" Xu Wanyou looked even more ugly. He can still clearly remember the scene two years ago. The teenager's determined gaze was also chilled by himself. If Xu Jinghong is really his words, I'm afraid it will definitely not be a good thing for the Xu family and himself. This made Xu Wanyou regret it. Why didn't he look carefully before and find it? If you cross out the name when copying the good news, there will be no such trouble, but at this point, things can't be changed.

Looking at this familiar name in a frenze, the only thing Xu Wanyou can do is to comfort himself: "There are so many people with the same name in the world. He is just a teenager who is only 16 or 17 years old. How can he appear in the army so soon? It must be another person with the same name!" Although he comforted himself so much, this pimple had been stuck in Xu Wanyou's heart, making him not know what to do and what to say for a while.

After a long time, Xu Wanyou suddenly came to his senses because of the impact and suddenly said, "Come on!"

Those officials who withdrew from the office because they saw their Shangshu in a bad mood hurriedly came in: "What do you have to order, Lord Shangshu?" Their questions were careful, because they could see that Lord Shangshu was in a bad mood.

"When did Lord Yan leave?" Knowing that the matter was urgent, Xu Wanyou did not beat around the bush.

"Lord Yan..." Everyone was nervous and couldn't react for a moment. After a while, they remembered that what he said was Lord Yan, the right servant of the Ministry of War. Previously, the seven people reached a consensus that they sent people to order the Western Expedition to return to the division on the grounds of the lack of food in the imperial court, and it was the right servant of the Ministry of War who went to the southwest to convey this order. In fact, with the position of the right waiter, it was not necessary to go this way, but in order to deter Wang Chong enough, the seven finally decided to send this person.

Several officials figured out everything and hurriedly replied, "Lord Yan was ordered on the 27th. It has been five days since he left Beijing the next day!"

"Five days... Judging from their itinerary, there should be still some distance from the southwest!" At this time, Xu Wanyou calmed down a little and ordered, "I ordered people to catch up with me day and night immediately, and ordered Lord Yan to stop on the spot and have to move forward. Unless there is a new order from the court, this withdrawal order must not send him to the southwest!"

"Ye!" Several officials hurriedly agreed and went to arrange it. It was not until such instructions that Xu Wanyou exhaled heavily and leaned on the back of the chair. Obviously, this emergency made him physically and mentally exhausted. Fortunately, there is still time. If it is a few days later, the responsibility to be shouldered by the secretary of the Ministry of War ordered by himself is too heavy.

The government of the capital is not far away, and the people of the military headquarters are riding horses, so several manuscripts were quickly sent to those important people. Prime Minister Lv Zhonghe, Grand Situ Ye Mingyang, Grand Sima Wu Jingzi, and other senior officials of the six departments were surprised after reading the manuscript. They really didn't expect such a change.

As they expected, the Song army could really take down the Black Mountain Cliff and win a big victory, which was also a long-lasting thing, which was also the confidence that they dared to let the Western Expeditionary Army return. But this sudden victory obviously disrupted their deployment and made these big people feel unprepared.

No mention the reaction of other officials after learning about this matter, Ye Mingyang alone is restless because of this matter. He held the manuscript sent by the military department in one hand and has been walking back and forth in his office for half an hour, but his chaotic heart did not have any calm meaning: "It's really unexpected that Wang Chong still has such luck. The former Wu 100,000 army couldn't overcome for half a year, but he only took it down in less than half a month. , is it possible that he has immortals to help?

"It seems that our previous arrangement will change. I hope Xu Wanyou can understand the importance of it and quickly let the severity of the order come back. Otherwise, once things come true, people in the world will point to our backbone and scold!" Ye Mingyang suddenly stopped and wanted to ask someone to remind Xu Wanyou.

I didn't expect a familiar voice in front of the office at this time: "Master!" But his brother Ye Mingyuan came. After receiving this amazing news, Ye Mingyang was uneasy and needed someone to discuss with him, and this person was naturally the most suitable candidate for Ye Mingyuan.

"Come in!" Ye Mingyang quickly adjusted his mentality, and there was no previous urgency on his face. Even in front of his brother, Ye Mingyang must maintain consistent majesty and calmness. After letting him sit down, Ye Mingyang handed over the transcript in his hand: "Look, it's really not good."

Ye Mingyuan quickly finished reading the good news and frowned deeply: "It's really surprising. What method did Wang Chong use to remove the Black Mountain Cliff so quickly?"

"We don't have to delve into this. I came to you to tell you how we should deal with it. Wang Chong made such a contribution, can we still stop his rise?

"Master, I thought we still have a way!" Ye Mingyuan was silent for a while and said, "Since he won, why don't we let him continue to move forward?" The danger of the barbarian land is not only in the Black Mountain Cliff. If he can take a land, it doesn't mean that he can really ** in the barbarian land. Maybe he will fall down. So in my opinion, what we should do this time is to push him to continue to attack the barbarians. No matter what he needs, he can be satisfied!"

A satisfied smile appeared on Ye Mingyang's face: "It's really gratifying that you can find a way to deal with it so quickly. But have you ever thought about it? In this way, he has a much greater opportunity to make world-class contributions. What if he really gets the favor of heaven and calms down the barbarian land? So how should we deal with ourselves?"

"This is better. We can write to the emperor and make him a prince! It is normal to exchange the credit of expanding the territory for a prince, and then he will also become the emperor's confidant! I'm afraid that the emperor will want to eradicate Wang Chong as soon as possible!" Ye Mingyuan said again: "And I'm afraid he can't do anything. We still have Ye Hao to contain him. As long as there is such a person, he can't guarantee that he won't lose the next battle."

"Well, what you said is reasonable. However, what I'm worried about is also this Ye Hao. If Wang Chong sees a problem, I'm afraid that we will have a lot of trouble. After all, Ye Hao is not the one we trained ourselves. This loyalty is not enough.

"There is no need to worry about this. The owner, as early as when he was cultivated, I had already put people beside him. Once I found that he would be harmful to our Ye family, I would immediately eradicate him without leaving any future trouble!"

After hearing this, Ye Mingyang's eyebrows completely eased: "Okay, with your arrangement, I'm relieved. I will tell others about this idea tomorrow, and I hope the other six can work with us..."