Chapter 24 You must not spend money!
Backed by Yumen Pass and overlooking the Central Plains to the south!

This allowed the Beiliang Iron Cavalry to occupy the entire northern border of Dayang, forcibly turning it into a relatively independent area!

This will enable the Beiliang Cavalry to resolve the dilemma of being attacked from both sides to the greatest extent possible.

Xu Beichen understood Li Sisheng's intention and was full of admiration.

With Li Sisheng as an external brain.

Even without becoming a famous general, he can still conquer the world!
"Then according to the Holy Saint's opinion, our next step is to seize Yumen Pass?"

Xu Beichen asked, but he still looked smiling on the surface.

As if he had seen through everything!
The so-called way to control subordinates is to first not let them guess your true thoughts.

"Seizing Yumen Pass is just one of the moves I made for the prince."

Li Sisheng smiled again.

"The next step is to build momentum for the prince!"

"With your current prestige, if you can capture Yumen Pass and achieve unprecedented achievements in the past few decades, then you can be praised as the King of Beiliang based on the throne bestowed by the court!"

"In this case, why does Your Majesty need a title from the court?"

"Cough cough..."

As if due to talking too much, Li Sisheng coughed twice.

Xu Beichen didn't notice these things and was concentrating on thinking about Li Sisheng's plan.

This was the plan, in the event that the imperial court had not yet conferred the title.

Just let him become the King of Beiliang!
In fact, all the titles in the Dayang court had their own fiefdoms and estates.

Even if the Northern Liang cavalry occupied the entire Yumen Pass, they would have to have a legitimate reason to do so.

Then then.

As long as the people in the northern border call him the King of Beiliang...

The entire northern territory will be his fiefdom!
Li Sisheng calmed his breath and looked at Xu Beichen meaningfully.

"After that, should our Beiliang Iron Cavalry march north or south?"

"It all depends on what the general chooses!"

Obviously, he also has plans for the next few moves.

Xu Beichen smiled and looked at Li Sisheng.

Some things just need to be understood tacitly!
Now, he finally understood the path to take.

Capture Yumen Pass first!

Become the rightful Lord of the North again!

This way.

The Northern Liang cavalry can attack when advancing and defend when retreating.

As long as the Beiliang cavalry does not move, neither the Beimang nor the Dayang court will dare to act first!
But before that, there is a prerequisite——

forage!

And for this.

He and Li Sisheng had discussed this long ago.

"If Your Majesty is unwilling to personally collect grain and grass from the nobles..."

Li Sisheng obviously considered more.

"Generals Zhang Yunshan and Wang Wu can do it for you."

In the past, the prince was able to use strange tactics on the battlefield, but in the end, he was too upright and loyal.

It is also for this reason that for many years, the Northern Liang Cavalry has always been controlled by the imperial court.

His plan for the nobles' food and grass was a little sinister, and I'm afraid the prince would not want to do it himself...

however.

Xu Beichen thought about Li Sisheng's previous idea, but he did not feel any psychological burden.

In fact, in his opinion.

These noble families are fence-sitters and have been living on Dayang's salary for generations.

But if Beimang comes, they can easily surrender to Beimang.

The previous head of the Jinzhou Zhao family, as a relative of the Dayang royal family, actually publicly announced that Jinzhou City should belong to Beimang!
The reason why aristocratic families exist is because they dare to "eat people"!
Prosperity, people suffering, death, people suffering!
Looking through history books, which noble family's existence and prosperity did not rely on exploiting the people?
Seize food and supplies from the aristocratic families and attack Beimang.

This is much more satisfying than robbing the rich and helping the poor!

"For the sake of stability in the North, it's time to give the aristocratic families a hard time!"

Xu Beichen walked out from behind the desk with his hands behind his back.

He then whispered to Li Sisheng, "Let Wang Wu act first."

"I will personally meet with the leaders of other families!"

……

The Zhao family mansion in Jinzhou.

The leaders of the major families arrived one after another and took their seats in the reception room. Liu Ruyan sat on the main seat and glanced at everyone.

Everyone was looking at each other and gradually discovered something was wrong!

Today, in addition to the five major families in Jinzhou, some other relatively smaller families have also gathered here.

only.

As one of the five great families, the Chu family did not come...

At this time, Feng Xuejin looked at Liu Ruyan who was sitting on the main seat and said jokingly, "It seems that Mr. Chu has no intention of paying money today!"

Liu Ruyan responded with a light laugh, without making any comment.

The purpose of General Zhenbei summoning the leaders of various aristocratic families to gather at the Zhao family today is nothing more than to demand food and military pay from them!

How could the imperial court allocate grain and fodder when Prince Xu whipped Prince Cheng in public?

And looking at Chu Kang's attitude that day, she also knew that the Chu family would never be willing to be tied to the same boat with Xu Beichen!

While everyone was discussing, a calm voice suddenly sounded from outside the living room.

"It seems that all the noble families in Jinzhou have arrived. I am late!"

Outside the reception room, two figures were slowly approaching.

Xu Beichen was wearing a long gown and a white jade crown on his head. A gentle smile hung on his handsome face, like a rich nobleman.

Behind him, Lao Liu followed closely.

time.

In the entire reception room, everyone stood up and greeted Xu Beichen respectfully.

"I'll wait to see you, Your Majesty!"

Now the entire Jinzhou City is under the control of the Beiliang Cavalry.

Xu Beichen is the newly appointed king of the imperial court, and he almost holds the power of life and death over the entire Jinzhou City!

They didn't dare to offend Xu Beichen in public.

The ceremony is over.

Feng Xuejin approached Xu Beichen first and said with a smile, "Mr. Chu of the Chu family must be busy with work and has not arrived yet. If the prince has any instructions, I will pass them on for him."

Although the Chu family has not arrived today, they are unwilling to pay money to the Beiliang Iron Cavalry.

But the aristocratic families in Jinzhou are still related by blood, so we should help them when necessary.

however.

Xu Beichen waved his hand nonchalantly: "No need, I didn't invite the Chu family today!"

Ok?
Hearing this, everyone here was stunned.

Almost all the people from Jinzhou's noble families came, but the Chu family was the only one not invited?
No wonder...

Feng Xuejin and others understood instantly.

No matter how dissatisfied the Chu family is, they would never dare to openly disregard Xu Beichen's feelings!
But why did Xu Beichen not invite the Chu family?
But Xu Beichen did not explain.

He walked to the main seat in the reception room and slowly sat down.

He glanced at everyone before speaking slowly.

"Although our Beiliang Iron Cavalry has won the battle outside the city with the Beimang army, we have not yet recovered our old territory."

"This king will lead the army to continue the Northern Expedition soon!"

"It's just that we are running low on food and grass. I'm afraid I need your help to come up with some solutions..."

He went straight to the point without exchanging pleasantries with these people.

Hearing Xu Beichen's words, everyone's heart sank.

Now we have to ask them for food!

However, they had already anticipated the current situation.

Feng Xuejin, Liu Ruyan and others looked at each other and then spoke to Xu Beichen first.

"Since the prince is leading the army to war, we should give him our full support!"

"My Feng family is willing to provide food and fodder to support the Northern Liang Iron Cavalry!"

It is just like playing hard to get.

Even if they are unwilling to provide much food and supplies, they have to show an attitude!

But he had just finished speaking.

Xu Beichen shook his head again, looking serious.

"How does this work?"

"This king does not want you to spend money, so this matter must not be mentioned again!"

Ok?
This time, everyone was stunned.

The words that I had prepared were suddenly stuck in my stomach!

(End of this chapter)