Traveling through the emperor, overthrowing the empress dowager at the beginning

When Ye Chen arrived at Kunning Palace, he saw Su Mengjiao already sitting in the courtyard.

He walked forward and sat directly next to Su Mengjiao. Su Mengjiao said to him, "Emperor, why did you suddenly come to my place?"

"Queen Mother, I heard some bad news."

Ye Chen said with a serious expression at this moment.

"what news?"

Seeing Ye Chen's serious expression, Su Mengjiao also became serious.

"The powerful ministers have already sent people out of the capital, and their target should be the northwestern border of Jing State."

"Then, what do you think Yang Dechang wants to do?"

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes and asked.

"this."

Su Mengjiao hesitated for a moment, a look of panic flashing across her pretty face. She asked, "Could it be that Yang Dechang wants to send reinforcements? Just like sending Cao Chang here?"

Hearing this, Ye Chen nodded.

"Queen Mother, I think so too."

Then, a sharp look flashed in Ye Chen's eyes, and he said, "But who do you think Yang Dechang will transfer?"

Ye Chen has not yet officially taken charge of the government, and most of the important affairs of the court are still handled by Su Mengjiao.

So when it comes to which reinforcements Yang Dechang would dispatch, Su Mengjiao should naturally know better than Ye Chen.

"this."

Su Mengjiao frowned, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Your Majesty, I think that if it is the northwestern border, the troops Yang Dechang is most likely to mobilize should be his confidant, General Kou Yu!"

Hearing this, Ye Chen raised his eyebrows.

"Queen Mother, what kind of person is this Kou Yu?"

"Your Majesty, you don't know that Kou Yu's family wasn't originally a powerful one, but under Yang Dechang's cultivation, he rose rapidly to prominence. Now he's a general in the frontier army, and he's made outstanding military achievements."

Su Mengjiao sighed softly, her expression complicated as she spoke, "He's truly a talented individual. His military exploits are undeniable. I've tried to win him over before, but he's ignored my advances and only listened to Yang Dechang's orders."

"Emperor, this Kou Yu is the most powerful general in the Northwest Frontier Army. The 30,000 troops under his command are the elite of the frontier army. If Yang Dechang really transferred this army here, I'm afraid we would have a hard time dealing with it!"

Hearing this, Ye Chen frowned and felt that the situation was a bit tricky.

Thirty thousand elite border troops!

Ye Chen thought about the military force he controlled. Even if he counted the imperial guards in the palace and the army led by Di Gui outside the city, there were only 10,000 people at most.

This is the result after taking into account the military and government officials in the city.

This number of people can definitely not be compared with the 30,000 elite border troops.

Ye Chen could also understand that the reason why Yang Dechang acted like this was because he was gradually losing the upper hand in the confrontation with Ye Chen.

Ye Chen has even begun to control the army outside the capital.

This made Yang Dechang feel threatened.

That's why Yang Dechang transferred Kou Yu over.

"Empress Dowager, it seems that the commander of the Beijing Camp will be selected soon. I also want to quickly recruit those soldiers from the Beijing Camp!"

Ye Chen snorted and said, "There is one more thing. There are over 100,000 troops on the northwest border. Kou Yu leads 30,000 elite troops. I think he is the commander of the northwest border defense line, right?"

"If Kou Yu leads his troops away from their posts, who will lead the northwestern border troops? Will there be chaos on the border?"

Ye Chen's tone became a little heavy.

The northwest border suddenly lost 30,000 elite soldiers. Will the Qiang people outside the border suddenly rebel?

Ye Chen was somewhat worried.

You must know that if the Qiang people take action, the Tatars in the north will definitely not miss this opportunity.

Don't let him fight with Yang Dechang politically, otherwise he would bring in foreign enemies.

"Emperor, you don't have to worry too much. Even if we lose these 3 troops, we still have nearly 10 troops on the Northwest Frontier. With this amount of troops, we can still defend the border."

Su Mengjiao said.

"Then if Kou Yu leaves, who will be the commander of the northwest border?"

Ye Chen asked again.

"Well, Your Majesty, according to Dayu's system, the northwest border was originally guarded by several generals in their respective areas. However, Kou Yu had too many elite soldiers and held such a high position that he was able to command all the border troops."

"And if a general on the border is suddenly transferred, the area he is responsible for will be divided up by several nearby generals, who will then redeploy the defenses."

Su Mengjiao said so.

Hearing this, Ye Chen raised his eyebrows.

"Empress Dowager, are those generals on the northwest border from noble families in the court?"

"That's not the case. Many of the generals leading the troops on the border are from the sons of local aristocratic families. Only when troops are needed will they be sent from the court to command the border troops."

Su Mengjiao paused and added, "Under normal circumstances, the imperial court would only send loyal generals to lead a group of elite troops to garrison at the border."

Hearing this, Ye Chen nodded.

The practice of letting local nobles serve as generals leading troops on the border was mainly due to Dayu's system of selecting filial and honest officials.

Many local officials would only recommend their own family members, and this kind of official position was passed down from generation to generation, forming a family of officials and wealthy families.

Therefore, many of these generals leading troops at the border naturally came from local wealthy families.

"Empress Dowager, it seems Yang Dechang is truly anxious. He placed Kou Yu at the northwest border with the intention of controlling the hundreds of thousands of troops there. I'm sure he's been inserting a lot of people into the border troops over the years."

"Now, Kou Yu has been transferred back by Yang Dechang, which is equivalent to him giving up control of the Northwest Border Army."

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes, analyzed the situation, and said, "This situation is actually an opportunity for us."

"what?"

Su Mengjiao was slightly stunned, and looked at Ye Chen with her pretty eyes wide open in surprise.

But she didn't understand at all, what did Ye Chen mean?

Kou Yu brought 30,000 people to the capital, which was clearly a big trouble, but Ye Chen actually said it was an opportunity.

Su Mengjiao didn't understand.

Facing Su Mengjiao's gaze, Ye Chen smiled slightly and began to explain.