1196: North Qi's Invasion 3

North Qi's Invasion 3

Few people were suitable to take over the mission.2

Those officers who were in charge of the offices could not possibly go to Jiayu Pass since they needed to stay in the capital. Prime Minister Chu could offer some advice, because he did boost the Crown Prince up at Li County a while ago. However, Prime Minister Chu turned down the Gu Family's marital proposal, so it basically meant that he was not supporting the Crown Prince. Therefore, the King could not put Prime Minister Chu in charge.

Among those officers that were in charge of the military… General Liu had the biggest power, and his daughter used to be the Prince Consort of Lord Ling. However, the Prince Consort of Lord Ling stood in opposition to the Crown Prince along with General Liu, who was the most suitable candidate for the mission at Jiayu Pass. So the Crown Prince would need to go to Jiayu Pass to watch over General Liu in case he made a mistake.

Well..

It was actually his fault that the court was in such a situation. Before he chose the Crown Prince, he focused upon keeping a balance.

He tried to balance the officers in charge of military and office, so that Prime Minister Chu was considered important and General Liu had the military power.

That used to be an excellent method, but it does not work now.

However, he could not dissolve the power of these two people within a short while, so right now, he was in an embarrassing situation.

It baffled the King deeply.

After he thought for a while, getting the Crown Prince and General Liu to take over the mission was the best arrangement.

When the Crown Prince left for the Pass, the Crown Prince Consort could stay in the capital and keep the situation in balance. The Phoenix Girl would stay in the capital to keep the capital safe, which should work best.

The King thought it through and was satisfied by his arrangement.

He nodded seriously. "Lord Huai, you have not had the experience of doing any serious business, and it is very important that we deal with Jiayu Pass well. Therefore, Lord Huai should remain in the capital and you can take over the errands that suit you. The Crown Prince will support the soldiers at Jiayu Pass, since you have done a good job at Li County and you are the Crown Prince."

"…"

"Therefore, the Crown Prince and General Liu will go to Jiayu Pass together. The Crown Prince will be in charge of Jiayu Pass whilst General Liu will bring the most excellent soldiers along."

"…"

"We must not delay this. Tomorrow morning, you should all start to head there," the King said seriously as he looked at the Crown Prince.

Then he looked at General Liu.

Both of them were on their knees and accepted the mission politely.

The errand with Jiayu Pass was settled…

The King had gotten frightened when he first heard the news, although the war at the border was not related to most of the ministers and officers in the capital. That was why he panicked and had all the ministers come to the hall. He had no other errands to deal with when he was done with making the arrangements, so he dismissed the morning session.

Only at this moment did everyone become calmer.

With General Liu and the Crown Prince combining forces, Jiayu Pass should be fine. Anyway, Jiayu Pass was very far away from the capital so they did not need to panic like this.

After the morning session was dismissed, everyone went out of the hall.

Zhou Huaijin was still wearing a very serious expression on his face.

Seeing how Zhou Huaijin looked, Zhou Huailing smiled, took a few steps forward and came to him. "Eighth Brother, what was the point of getting yourself humiliated, when you knew that you were never going to get the mission!"

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