The clouds were low in the evening, and Li Guorui, deputy envoy of the Privy Council, was appointed as the Privy Council.

He was originally a general and was born in a general family, but he was a civil servant who was under the support of his family and took the civil servant career. This path was not easy to walk, and whether the civil servant family and the general family were very harmonious... The royal family can get married with the civil servant family or the general family. Both are the best choices for the royal family, but the civil servant family rarely chooses the general, and the general will not take the initiative to get in contact with the civil servant... Although the two cannot be said to be in a state of power, they are also clearly distinguished.

When Taizu founded the country, there was a national policy, and officials should be both civil and military. The distinction between civil and military did not have to be so clear. However, after two hundred years of war, the current situation of the Great Wei still deviated from Taizu's hope.

Li Guorui was promoted to a civil servant with military power, but it was quite difficult to be promoted. From the county magistrate of Xia County to the county magistrate, then to the magistrate, the prefecture, the same prefecture, and the prefecture, they almost took one step at a time. When they were over forty years old, they were still relocated as the prefecture. If they had not made great contributions when they pacified the thieves in Qingzhou, Shandong, they were probably in their fifties, and they were still relocated in the sequence of prefectures. It would be a dream to enter the level of pacification envoys, let alone enter the two prefectures and become one of the rulers.

Li Guorui's opportunity came from Liu Zhiyuan's appreciation. When he was the prefect, Liu Zhiyuan served as the pacifier on Hebei East Road. Later, Liu Zhiyuan entered the court as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council. Liu Zhiyuan was promoted to the pacifier on Hebei East Road. Last year, his victory against Donghu blocked the mouths of doubters. Later, Li Guorui was introduced to the court by Liu Zhiyuan, who had already served as the Dashen, and was appointed as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council.

This time, no one questioned the promotion, and even covered the suspicion of Liu Zhiyuan's party. Even the left prime minister Han Zhong did not make any trouble with Liu Zhiyuan's appointment. After entering the court, Han Zhong even expressed his kindness several times.

The reason is also very simple. Among the magistrates and deputy envoys of the dynasty, Li Guorui, who was young and strong, and was under fifty, was recognized as the most famous general of military affairs. Any prime minister or great scholar who wanted to make some military progress must rely on Li Guorui.

Li Guorui also successfully served as the Minister of War. At the same time, he knew the weapons supervision. Even though the court was hesitating and arguing about the Northern Expedition, his support for Li Guorui was unanimous... The court could not afford to suffer any injuries. Donghu entered the country several times in a row, with the northern roads being destroyed, with as many as one million refugees, and local destruction taxes were not collected, and relief and comforting refugees were also required. The imperial guards suffered a considerable loss. The combined situations made the officials in the court believe that if such an invasion continues, it would be difficult for the Wei Dynasty to continue.

However, when Li Guorui got on the horse, he still shook his head. Is the Northern Expedition really feasible?

Liu Zhiyuan had already vaguely revealed his huge Northern Expedition plan to Li Guorui, which surprised Li Guorui, and even felt that Liu Zhiyuan was simply crazy.

Mobilize millions of troops and the people to take this risky move. Once the failure is made, the Great Wei will lose all the capital for the turnaround. When Donghu comes in again, it will not only ruin all the prefectures in the north, but also be very dangerous in Yanjing!

Once the court is weak and the Northern Captains know that they are all weak, the next time they come in may be the coalition forces of the Northern Captains and the Donghu!

What should we use to stop the entry of 300,000 or even 400,000 cavalrymen?

Once this is the case, although Liu Zhiyuan is a sinner for the ages, what should Li Guorui do?

With this thought, Li Guorui felt depressed and even breathless. On one side was Liu Zhiyuan's kindness of knowing and meeting the emperor, and on the other side was the madness of knowing things that could not be done. Li Guorui himself didn't know how to decide on the major events of the Northern Expedition and where to stand?

In contrast, Han Zhong's persistence and caution meant that Li Guorui agreed. Although he could not be beaten passively to make the situation of Donghu enter the country continue, in comparison, watching his defeat, highlighting several strategic defense priorities, and minimizing losses is the most correct choice.

However, can everything be done according to your original intention?

News of the gathering of Jinwu Guards and the Jilang has spread a long time ago, but the Privy Council is powerless to do anything about it.

The palace guards are not commanders of the Privy Council. If a senior general with great meritoriousness and qualifications are in the court, he can be granted the title of Taiwei and imposed the ban on all the troops and horses in the middle and inside and outside. With the prestige of the heroes and generals, he can shock all illegal things.

Because the position of the Taiwei was important, the imperial guards in the palace were often entrusted to the old, highly meritorious and loyalty-free Taiwei to make an appointment with the Taiwei for more than ten years...

When the yamen was released, there were many officials in the imperial city. High officials were sitting in carriages or sedan chairs, small officials rode horses and even mules. Many officials also changed their casual robes and walked back as carriages.

The population of the capital is about 1.5 million, and even when large refugees are influx, it will far exceed this number. By the evening, there are crowds of people on each avenue, and the flow of people is extremely dense. Only the magistrate can use a large number of instruments to open the road without being affected. Ordinary officials might as well walk back slowly and enjoy the grand scenery of Beijing in Yanjing.

The weather gradually became warm, but Li Guorui's heart was cold. There were already noisy sounds from the inner east gate, and it was obvious that the Langwei and the guards were gathering.

"Go back to the house." Li Guorui's chest was as painful as a needle. If someone else was a man, he might go to Liu Zhiyuan's mansion at this time. Li Guorui had a large number of elite tooth generals who followed when he was leading troops outside. When he made a decision, if he went to the Liu Mansion to guard the garrison, he would definitely win Liu Zhiyuan's favor, and the good relationship between the two would go further.

But Li Guorui disdains this, even if the Privy Councilor's seat is already close to him and is within reach.

Li Guorui's mansion was in Taipingfang on the south side of Zhuque Street. During the construction of Yanjing in this dynasty, millions of people were mobilized. After more than ten years of construction, it almost copied the original version of Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty. Except for the slightly different names of the city gate and the palace gate, there was no Xingqing Palace or the Daming Palace, the rest of the places were almost exactly the same.

People say that Emperor Taizu of the Great Wei may admire the Tang Dynasty very much, including Emperor Taizong of the Great Tang Dynasty. Judging from the market structure and name, Li Guorui feels that the rumors should be true.

At the north end are the yamen such as the Privy Council, Taimiao, Honglu Temple, Guanglu Temple, etc., and on the south side, near Taipingfang is where Chaotian Post is located. Going further east, you can find Muqin Hall.

This large area is either a museum or a mansion for nobles. There are very few people living in the capital that enter the small courtyard, let alone ordinary shops. Those who can gain a foothold here are undoubtedly high-ranking officials and huge merchants.

On the way back to the house, Li Guorui was blocked by Pu Shougao when he passed by Pu's business.

"I've seen the rule."

The political affairs of the magistrate were called Dashen, but the Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council was in power, which is also an exception for the title of the officialdom of this dynasty.

Pu Shougao was wearing a white robe, which was quite conspicuous among the crowd, but there were not many Tianfang merchants in the capital, so it would not be surprising.

"It's Master Pu Dong." Li Guorui nodded immediately, of course he had no intention of returning the gift or dismounting the horse. If he returned the gift to a businessman or dismounted the horse and spoke, he would be impeached by the censor the next day.

The dignified priest is too far from the status of a businessman, even a big businessman like Pu Shougao.

"Han Zhong will be punished tonight." Pu Shougao's eyes were full of pride. This time the big storm was driven by Pu Shougao. Even the money that Liu Zhiyuan bribed the eunuchs was provided by Pu Shougao. He said to Li Guorui: "The ruler also holds heavy troops. Have you ever thought of personally going to the Prime Minister Han Zhong's mansion to make a final decision?"

It turned out that this businessman was not very relieved, afraid of something wrong, so he actually put his ideas on himself?

Li Guorui said coldly: "The country's major affairs are not the ones like Pu Dongzhu who can interfere, so please be careful."

"I don't know what to do in power?" Pu Shougao said in surprise: "I have submitted a memorial to the court and am willing to contribute millions of money to the Northern Expedition, thinking that it is a starting point... Dagan has already submitted a memorial on his behalf."

Li Guorui felt even more disgusted. At this point, a foreign businessman asked a slander to jump out and point fingers at the dynasty's rule and spend money to provoke such a major event as the Northern Expedition?

But he could no longer scold him. Liu Zhiyuan and Pu Shougao seemed to be in close contact. Although Pu Shougao would not stand on Liu Zhiyuan's side openly, nor would he take the Pu family to Han Zhong's mansion to take risks, he could already influence the court at the level of participating in politics or even prime ministers.

Speaking of which, the Pu family will spend more than one million yuan this time, but with a foreign businessman who can influence the national affairs to such an extent, the Pu family's money is quite worth it, which is simply worth it.

Just because of the good reputation he gained since then, the right to speak in the government, and various conveniences to the Pu family and the preferential treatment of Tianfang merchants, the Pu family's investment this time is quite worth it.

Li Guorui looked at the person in front of him with disgust. Pu Shougao could no longer hide his compliment. Of course, there was no shortage of Li Guorui in front of Han Zhong's mansion. Pu Shougao just pretended to be a pretentious move and wanted to put a clear mark among the senior officials of Liu Zhiyuan's faction.

Not long ago, the Pu family caused a big mess in Nan'an, Fujian. Although they were well covered up, no one in the court knew that the Nan'an Hou was fighting back in Nan'an in Nan'an, or the thieves and generals of the Pu family's Zhaoluo?

Everyone thought the Pu family was covered in dust. When Pu Shougao was about to be buried for a long time, this person brought millions of dollars to Beijing to operate the current situation...

"The big thing has been decided..." Pu Shougao has always been very deep, and he is serious in front of his peers and even elders in his family, making people unable to see his cunning image as a superior.

In the eyes of foreign Tianfang merchants, Pu Shougao is a representative figure of Tianfang merchants. He has a wealth that is as rich as a country, extraordinary connections, and the force mastered by the Pu family. In addition, Pu Shougao's cautiousness and scrupulousness, ordinary Tianfang merchants are trembling in front of Pu Shougao and dare not speak much.

The situation at this time was that Pu Shougao couldn't help but feel proud. In fact, what he wanted to see now was Xu Zixian.

Thinking about Xu Zixian's face loss in Nan'an, and then became the center of attention on Fujian Road. Pu Shougao could only be a human being with his tail between his tail and met Xu Zixian at the banquets of several Dukes and Marquis' mansions. At that time, he wanted to rush over and bit Xu Zixian to death... Of course, Pu Shougao would not do this, it was just a joke.

There are not enough jokes from the Pu family?

Because of the war in Nan'an, Pu Shougao was also questioned within the clan and his authority was greatly affected. This trip to the north was originally not within his plan. But during the Chinese New Year, when Pu Shougao came to the Zhao Palace to visit, King Zhao set up a quiet room. The two chatted for several hours and analyzed the overall situation in the court. Finally, they concluded that Han Zhong could not rely on the idea that Liu Zhiyuan, who was eager to take office, could only rely on the idea of ​​Liu Zhiyuan who was eager to take office.

As for involving Xu Zixian in the dispute over the throne, it was of course the proposal of King Zhao.

How could an outsider Tianfang merchant have such keen political intuition?

Li Guorui pressed his hand on the sword at his waist, wishing he could kill the merchant in front of him and quickly?

But he could only hold back this impulse emotion. If he had changed to his beloved general Li Youde, he was afraid that the person named Pu had already fallen to the ground...

One of Pu Shougao's followers suddenly shouted: "Master, Xu Zixian, is Xu Zixian?"

Suddenly a large group of knights appeared on the street on the east side. The crowd on the avenue dodged in a very embarrassing manner. Pu Shougao looked around and saw that it was Xu Zixian who was the one who led it?

"It's him!" Pu Shougao shouted out of control: "I can recognize it even if it turns into ashes!"

Li Guorui turned his head and looked over. He also admired the young heroes in the royal family and had long wanted to meet him. However, after Xu Zi first entered Beijing, he had not been to the Privy Council, and there was no reason for the two sides to meet.

At this time, I saw a young man in his twenties wearing a hat, a fair face, a determined face, thick eyebrows, and a pointed chin. He looked like an ordinary nobleman, not like a general who was skilled in riding and shooting, dared to charge and lead troops to fight with others. However, he had a pair of sword eyebrows, slightly high cheekbones, and calm and resolute eyes, which made his temperament quite outstanding, which made people impressed at first sight.

"Okay, okay." Li Guorui said without realizing it: "This is a good son of the royal family."

Pu Shou said sharply: "Shu Li, what do you think he is going to do?"

"I am ordered to fight the thief, and the idle people will avoid it!" Zhang Huchen, a burly and red-faced man with a curly beard, held a horse in front of him and said loudly: "Liu Zhiyuan and Duke of Wu Xu Zicheng have colluded with rebellion, and have made ill plans. We are ordered to suppress the rebellion!"

Zhang Huchen's image is like the image of a heavenly king in the Longmen stone carving, with a solemn expression and majestic appearance. Although he is not wearing armor, he is only wearing a short robe of a martial artist. However, when he shouts, he is like a tongue thunder, which makes people feel a sense of majesty and murderous aura.

This time Li Guorui did not speak out, but the appreciation in his eyes was quite obvious.
Chapter completed!