Chapter 266: Former Ministers, Offensive and Defensive Alliance

After the first court meeting of the new dynasty, Chen Huaian returned to the imperial study room to continue handling government affairs.

On the way back to the imperial study, Chen Huaian also summarized the process of this first court meeting in his mind.

Overall, it was both joyful and sad, touching and challenging.

What moved him was that generals like Chang Yuchun and Chen Qingzhi, who understood righteousness well, would take the initiative to return their military power to the Ministry of War (actually equivalent to returning imperial power) at the first court meeting of the new dynasty.

What makes him find it challenging is that although the new dynasty has ended its external conquests, the internal affairs of the court are not united and monolithic.

Take the transfer of military power between Chang Yuchun and Chen Qingzhi. These two dignified deputy marshals took the lead, but none of the other former surrendered generals came forward to express their opinions.

Even if it's just flattering, standing up and showing off makes Chen Huai'an feel good in his heart!

It's not really about confiscating their military power. Maybe if Chen Huaian is happy, he can move the note with their names on the list of princes and ministers.

However, there happened to be no one.

Of course, as the emperor, Chen Huai'an could also understand the wait-and-see attitude of these former surrendered generals on the issue of military power.

After all, before the list of rewards from the new dynasty came out, these surrendered generals from the previous dynasty were unwilling to hand over their military power even if they wanted to win the chance of becoming marquises.

With this army in hand, I feel at ease!

Originally, Chen Huaian didn't intend to care about this matter.

Because at the first court meeting of the new dynasty, he had no intention of letting these generals hand over power. He had no such consideration even before the enthronement ceremony.

The most elite 800,000 troops of the dynasty are all private soldiers who are absolutely loyal to the imperial power and loyal to the emperor.

How could Chen Huaian care about the few soldiers and horses in the hands of these former generals?

What made Chen Huaian angry was that even if the generals did not take the initiative to hand over military power, they actually dared to form a group in the court to persuade him and force him to get married and establish a queen.

This made Chen Huaian feel that the generals of Youyun Sixteen Prefectures, headed by deputy general Liu Ziyu, were a little bit offended.

You are not here to show your loyalty, but you should be the first to fight for benefits.

If it were the emperor, he probably wouldn't be able to bear the sai of his generals.

There is another thing that makes Chen Huaian furious the most!

That is, Guo Xiaoru, the Minister of Rites, even knew the contents of the letters between him and his mother, Xu Ruoyun! ! !

Even daring to peek into the letters of the Emperor and the Queen Mother, this is no longer daring, this is simply deceiving the emperor. He wants to receive a set of Nine Tribes Xiaoxiaole gift packs from Chen Huaian!

Therefore, the first thing Chen Huaian did when he returned to the imperial study was to summon Luo Yucheng, the deputy commander of the Longcheng Internal Guard, the intelligence agency of the new dynasty.

Chen Huaian got straight to the point and said: "Yucheng, go and check for me on Guo Xiaoru, the Minister of Rites, he can even hear the contents of the letters between me and the Queen Mother;"

"I would like to see what kind of place Guo Xiaoru calls this place!"

"My lord, I obey the order!"

Luo Yucheng immediately accepted the order.

Chen Huaian added: "By the way, before my enthronement ceremony is held, officials and generals from all over the country will be stationed in the capital. You should also give me all the spies and secrets you have;"

"I ask you to keep a clear picture of what these officials and generals eat, drink, eat, drink, sleep, and sleep while they are in the capital;"

"Focus on the surveillance of the proud and powerful generals led by Liu Ziyu, the general of Youyun Sixteen Provinces!"

"My lord, take the order!"

After receiving the emperor's order, Luo Yucheng immediately left the palace, released all the three thousand Dragon City internal guards lurking in the capital, and dispersed to collect intelligence for the emperor.

Speaking of which, Luo Yucheng was a deputy commander of the third rank.

In fact, none of the first-rank officials in the court may have as much power as Luo Yucheng.

Because, since the establishment of the Dragon City Internal Guard, there has been no official commander. It is equivalent to the former His Highness the King of Jin and the current new emperor Chen Huaian serving as the official commander.

Therefore, Luo Yucheng, a mere third-grade deputy commander, was one of the few courtiers in the court who had direct access to Tianting.

With the endorsement of Emperor Chen Huaian behind his back, the Longcheng inner guards under Luo Yucheng were able to handle cases in the capital like a duck to water.

Soon, the three thousand Dragon City internal guards were sent to every corner of the capital.

It really allowed them to master some vital information.

One of them is the news that the former dynasty's surrendered generals and former ministers decided to establish an offensive and defensive alliance to advance and retreat together after the first court meeting of the new dynasty.

An official inn in the capital was the inn where civil servants and generals from Youyun Sixteen Provinces stayed.

A group of civil servants and generals who had just attended the first court meeting of the new dynasty, after returning to the inn where they stayed after retreating from the court, were summoned to a place for drinking by Liu Ziyu, the leader of the military generals of Youyun Sixteen Provinces.

During the banquet, after three rounds of wine and five dishes, everyone will inevitably talk about today's court meeting.

Youzhou garrison Xiong Kai's face was red, and he said with the strength of wine: "Vice general, do you think that the emperor is in the court today, is it possible that he and the two deputy commanders Chang Yuchun and Chen Qingzhi are giving us these skills?" The general holding the military power performed a double act of surrendering the military power?"

"Then Chang and Chen were the earliest confidants who followed the emperor to conquer the world. There is no difference between the military power in their hands and the emperor's!"

"What's the point of handing over military power or not!"

"Yes, Deputy General, I think so too!"

Xiong Kai's words were immediately echoed by the other generals: "In my opinion, this is a show in the court for us, the surrendered generals of the previous dynasty;"

"Let us think that the deputy marshals of the left and right armies have taken the initiative to hand over their military power to the emperor. Shouldn't we also show our support and hand over our military power?"

"That's right!"

Someone else echoed: "Whether Chang Yuchun and Chen Qingzhi hand over their military power or not will not affect their acceptance of imperial titles at the award ceremony after the founding of the country;"

"Just based on the identities of the two deputy marshals of the army, they can easily start as dukes!"

"But for us, whether the emperor treats the princes, the deputy generals, or the entire Youyun Ten "The military and civil officials of the six states have not expressed any intention to be granted any titles!"

"Under such circumstances, do you think we can voluntarily hand over the military power?"

Someone else said: "Everyone, the emperor's prejudice against the civil and military officials of the sixteen states of Youyun is not only in the list of the new dynasty's nobility and ministers;"

"In the matter of enthroning the queen of the new dynasty, the emperor is obviously in favor of the bitch of the Western Region Huihe Khanate, and does not take our Princess Shujun seriously at all!"

"This is intolerable..."

"..."

Gradually, under the influence of alcohol, these arrogant soldiers and generals of the sixteen states of Youyun began to lose their control and complained about the new emperor Chen Huaian.

They did not notice that their conversation in the Tianzi room was heard by the waiter of the inn and remembered it in his heart.