"And..." Han Zhong pondered: "I think Xu Zixian is not the kind of person who is eager for quick success and instant benefits. Most of the time he will continue to manage his Dongfan Island well, recruiting soldiers, recruiting workers, and immigrating. These things are asked by Lin Douyao to cooperate with him. There were too many people on Fujian Road, so it was a good thing to move hundreds of thousands and millions to the Dongfan."

"I understand the meaning of my husband." Yang Shidu said: "The students admire Nan'an Hou very much. This letter is drawn by the students. In addition, the students want to write a private message to Nan'an Hou in the name of my husband to reminisce about the past, and also pay a little respect to the great contribution this time."

"It should be done." Han Zhong smiled and said, "I didn't care about him, afraid that he would take me off."

Many staff members looked at each other and laughed. The more famous Xu Zixian was in the royal family, the deeper the fear and fear of the emperor. After all, the position of the emperor in the Great Wei Dynasty was not an object that could be given privately. One emperor passed away and the other emperor was established. If there was a prince, of course there was nothing to say inside and outside the royal family. If there was no prince, he would choose a virtuous person in the royal family. Of course, this virtuous person was also selected from the virtuous family.

The ancestors' laws and regulations did not say that they had to choose a son and nephew among the emperor's brothers to be the heir. In terms of reputation, ability, and bloodline, Xu Zixian was obviously more qualified.

"I'm afraid the emperor will not be able to sleep tonight." Yang Shidu had seen Xu Zixian's performance in the capital with his own eyes. He was amazed at the Dongfan's record and believed it. The Nan'an Marquis that night could do this and could do everything in the urgent report.

"We are not going to sleep anymore." Han Zhong signaled the maid to come and serve the bathing and changing clothes. He said to the staff: "Everyone will go and wash up, and then we will sit down to discuss matters. When I arrive at the Political Affairs Hall, the emperor will definitely go to the small hall of the Nei East Gate to see him. I cannot go to see the emperor without any preparation."

"What does the prime minister mean to discuss merit?"

"Yes." Han Zhong said: "The news will spread throughout the capital tomorrow. The Northern Expedition is imminent. This is a good thing. I will also send someone to announce the notice at the Nine Gates of the Capital and declare it to the world. By the way, the head of Yan Qi will be sent to the capital with a speed of 600 miles, and will be sent to the capital, and the head will be hung on the public. The Jingguan by the sea is asked to be drawn and hung with Yan Qi's head. In addition to the capital, Yunzhou, Shanhaiguan, Yanzhou, and Ganzhou, all the important military prefectures will be transferred in turn."

"Yes," Yang Shidu agreed, but then smiled, "But the students thought they could wait for two days... I guess when they were urgently handed over, the Grand Governor's Office, Fuzhou Prefecture, Quanzhou Prefecture, the Execution Envoy, and the Inspector's Office would have official documents, and at the same time, they would also send the captured pirate flags and Yan Qi's heads together, so we don't need to use urgent handing over to urge them."

"That's right." Han Zhongyou's maid combed her gray hair and sighed: "I'm either too rough or unnecessary meticulous now. Today, I should look at the young people."

"Is this my husband sighing about Xu Zixian's martial arts?" Yang Shidu smiled and said, "To be honest, the students are really shocked!"

"Beheading more than 20,000 levels in one battle..." Han Zhong sat upright with his eyes narrowed. For the first time, Yang Shidu felt that the powerful prime minister in front of him was really old, with deep wrinkles on his face and a little confused.

Everyone had no choice but to say anything. After Han Zhong finished packing, everyone left the inner house and went to the outer house of the prime minister's mansion to discuss matters. A maid and servant brought snacks, tea and hot towels. Everyone wiped their faces with hot towels and drank strong tea, which made them feel energetic for a while.

"Lin Douyao, the Grand Governor's Office, and the military prefectures have no contributions, so there is no need to discuss anything. As the chief envoy of the comforting envoy, Lin Douyao said at all, and it is ugly." Han Zhong said first: "It is enough to add one level to his honor and rank to reward his merits."

Everyone had no objection. Lin Douyao was the highest official and had no direct contribution. He only added a merit and was one level, which was overwhelming.

King Zhao, Yang Shiwei, Zheng Liqi and others all praised them in the letter and gave them some face.

"The most difficult thing to discuss is to discuss below." Han Zhong looked around and said, "The court has always given great military merits. This dynasty cannot be said to establish a country with military power. However, Taizu led a million troops from Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou to clean up the end of the Tang Dynasty, defeat the Beilu, and fight for a bloody way. Therefore, the civil servants have to work hard for many years to be granted before they can be granted titles until they are in power. Among the civil servants, the rest of the titles, except for the royal family, are nothing more than ministers who have obtained military merits. Today, Xu Zi can kill more than 20,000 levels to resolve the dangers in the southeast. In the future, the two governments can only rely on him for the safety of the southeast... First discuss the titles, and you will speak freely."

Yang Shidu sat down with his head down, but did not answer for a while.

Han Zhong’s meaning is quite obvious. Lin Douyao from Fujian Road, nor King Zhao. For the sake of Southeast Security, the Prime Minister gave Fujian to Nan'an Marquis Xu Zixian... The most important thing is that the safety of the Southeast can only rely on Nan'an Marquis' Mansion.

After thinking about it carefully, it turns out to be so.

There is no need to mention the Lu Division. If the Nan'an Marquis Mansion has financial resources, it is not difficult to double the number of the army. The key point is that Xu Zixian's courage, training, leading troops, placing formations, and charging to kill the enemy has already convinced Han Zhong.

It has strong troops both on the water and on the land, especially the navy. The court has neither the spirit nor the ability to rebuild a navy. If you think about it this way, it would be natural for the Nan'an Marquis Mansion to be in the southeast.

"I understand what my husband means." Yang Shidu said: "I don't think the emperor will object fiercely... My husband can submit a petition to be named king, add Huang Yue, and give him the palace to hold the throne. How can the emperor decide? That's the emperor's business."

Han Zhong thought for a moment, raised his head and laughed, and said, "You are going to put the emperor on the fire and roast it."

Yang Shidu smiled slightly and said, "The officials of the Southeast Dynasty have been quite dissatisfied recently, so this is just enough to calm down public opinion."

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The official family is not a generous person,” Han Zhong sighed, “I will leave sooner or later.”

Everyone present nodded, and everyone understood that Han Zhong would definitely leave his post next year at the latest. There was no basis for trust between the emperor and the prime minister. Now it was just that the emperor surrendered to the general trend. However, with the emperor's nature, the time for this patience was quite limited.

The Northern Expedition was originally the two presided over the two prefectures, but the emperor often passed over the two prefectures and directly issued a central order to the generals in front of him. If he was to be the generals, the Privy Councilor Zhang Guangen was extremely angry, and the other deputy envoys were quite dissatisfied.

As for the appointment and removal of local officials, the dispatch of money and grain, and the collection of taxes, the emperor often issued a central order and became increasingly tough.

The civil officials who represented the imperial power and the prime minister must have conflicts and disputes with each other, but like today's son, the ugly appearance of the invasion of the prime minister's power, is also a very rare among the emperors of the Great Wei Dynasty.

Han Zhong and Yang Shidu chatted in private, both of whom were sighing that Chengzong died in a hurry. When Zi was taken to the palace in a hurry, he ascended the throne and became emperor soon.

The princes were all strictly educated, among which the emperor had the masters' minds to pass on their own, balance the power of the emperor, and consolidate the throne. Even the mediocre Emperor Chengzong was much better than the one who was today.

I have not received any education from Sijun today, which is the biggest shortcoming. Beyond education, it is due to nature.

Yang Shidu obviously wanted to dig a hole for the official family. With Xu Zixian's identity, bloodline, and such great achievements, it would not be too much to be named a prince. He was in charge of Huang Yue's army and the prince was in charge of the place.

Kaifu was a little over, but with the current situation in the southeast, it would be a reason for the prince to be a tenable one.

It is conceivable that the emperor would have a lot of headaches when he saw the rewards given by the two palaces.

"I've finished talking about the title, let's talk about official positions." Han Zhong took a sip of tea and said comfortably: "Now Xu Zi first takes charge of the East Fence Ma Zheng, the South China Navy Observer, the East Fence Observer, and the Fifth-rank?"

“Yes, my husband’s record is good.”

"This is awesome." Han Zhong said: "I heard that the horses of the Dongfan are doing well. There is a large ranch with a radius of hundreds of miles. There are thousands of Tianfang breeds and horses, and they are still buying a large number of high-quality mares. In addition to Tianfang horses, they are breeding and hybrid war horses?"

"The students have read the letters of horses from the Dongfan." Mingzhou's aide interrupted at this time: "There are not thousands of horses in the sky, and they are afraid that there are four or five hundred horses, so that they will have to be purchased one after another, reaching more than ten thousand horses. In this way, they can breed more than 100,000 horses within ten years. Because it is not urgent, the Nan'an Marquis Mansion is buying some selected Hetang horses, which are higher than or equal to five feet, and those below five feet will not be allowed. The batch of mares bought in this way will be matched with taller and more majestic Tianfang horses, even if they are not as good as purebred horses, after good breeding and training, there will be tens of thousands of available horses in three or four years."

In Xu Zixian's opinion, the Dongfan Ma Zheng was still limited by the climate and geographical environment. It was almost the limit to raise tens of thousands of horses. This was based on the premise that the financial resources could be sufficient, including beans, eggs, oats and other feed, and there was enough man to take care of and clean and train them.

In this way, the Dongfan has reached its limit to having 20,000 to 30,000 excellent war horses in a few years.

If possible, Xu Zixian wanted to find a better horse farming land, which could expand the range of the ranch and raise more high-quality war horses, but at present, there is no clue yet.

Even so, the Ma Zheng of the Dongfan went from having nothing to building a ranch and purchasing high-quality species and horses, and everything went in an orderly manner, showing Xu Zixian's strong execution ability. From this point of view, it is not an exaggeration to praise Han Zhong and others.

"The officials were appointed as general of the Guard, deputy general of the Fujian Road Grand Governor's Office, general in charge of the Fujian Road Ma Zheng, Dongfan Defense Envoy, and also in charge of the Nanyang Navy. This is generally the case. The scattered officials were appointed as general of the auxiliary state, and the Jiedu Governor of the Junde, and the Zhengguo."

Above the generals of the guards, there are the Grand Secretary of the Palace, the Direct Scholar, and the Six Ministers. Further up, there are the Secretary of the Six Ministers, the Commander of the Xiangdu, and the Generals of the Guards are not scattered officials, honors, or ranks, but actual positions. Further up, there are the Deputy Envoy of the Privy Councilor, and there is Yuan Suiyi following in the capital, with a cool umbrella above his head, and the military position is the Grand Marshal, which is the pinnacle of the military position.

Xu Zixian's actual position was originally intended to be the deputy general of the guards. The guards were abolished in the local area, and their official positions were not a meritorious rank, but for the use of the various governors' offices. Only the Jinwu Guards and the left and right guards in the capital had actual positions. In fact, they were the doctor's orders, and the guards used them to increase their positions to facilitate the command of the palace and the guards to prevent the guards.

As for the Eastern Defence Commander, he went a step further than the Observation Commander. Chen Duzhong was officially unconstrained. The nameless Dongxian Defence Commander didn't have to continue.

The general manager of Ma Zheng and replaced Dongfan with Fujian, which was to facilitate Xu Zi to buy horses first. If Xu Zi was willing first, he could collect horses in Fujian, and the local officials had no right to interfere.

The Nanyang Navy, the two mansions knew it well, had already fallen into the hands of the Nan'an Marquis Mansion. This time it was legitimate and directly entrusted it to Xu Zixian.

In this way, Xu Zixian was able to take over the power of Ma Zheng, the Navy, and the Dongfan Island, and could also get into Fujian's defense... After all, he was the general and the deputy general. This was the Political Affairs Hall that gave Xu Zixian all-round relief. If this Nan'an Hou was willing, he could reach out to Fujian Road.

Han Zhong smiled and said, "Will Xu Zixian not be able to help it?"

Yang Shidu said: "Let us give him this opportunity. With Nan'anhou's personality, he will probably not endure it anymore."

Han Zhong blinked his eyelids twice, feeling a little excited.

Han Zhong has been in charge of major affairs for many years, and his dispute with the government has caused blood to the capital. How can he not have resentment in his heart? If he honestly asks the emperor to make him retire and resign, then

How is that possible?

Yang Shidu is the person who knows Han Zhong the best. The reward for Nan'an Hou and the arrangement of Fujian Road was certainly not because of this general situation, but because he wanted to encourage Xu Zixian to fight with King Zhao early, and the emperor had to leave. The focus of attention may be moved from the Political Affairs Hall to Fujian Road. Han Zhong's side has the opportunity to win in chaos and continue to hold the country's leadership.

Most of the time the staff should respond to the lord, but Yang Shidu also knew that more often, he should have insightful opinions and give Han Zhong the illusion of optimism. If something goes wrong in the future, who will Han Zhong vent his anger?

"Okay." Han Zhong looked out the window, and the dawn was slightly shining, and the window covered with window paper turned slightly white. He immediately stood up and said, "Let's go to the Zhengshi Hall first."

An aide said: "No one in the country has stood up at this time. The prime minister is so hard-working, but the officials are not very considerate!"

Han Zhong smiled coldly, and Yang Shidu said aside: "Don't worry, the official family has been promoted earlier than the prime minister."

...

When Han Zhong was surrounded by more than a hundred yuan to go to the Political Affairs Hall in the Imperial City, the emperor had already arrived at the small hall of the inner east gate.

This simple palace and pavilion, with a narrow hall door, no decoration inside, and even many places have not even been done with the papered facade, directly exposing the blue brick floor.

There are no antique tools in the hall, only simple tables and chairs, outside the hall, there is a thatched house, no flowers, only bamboo forests and turf. Not far from the corner gate of the courtyard is the place where the Zhengshi Hall is located. The emperor wants to worship the minister, meet Hanlin, summon the Grand Secretary, direct scholar, or commander of the Grand Marshal, or the commander of the wing, or the elders of the royal family like Han Gong, usually meet here.

Only when the dynasty meets, or when there are military and national affairs that require a large number of ministers to attend the meeting, will choose to be in Xuanzheng Hall.

The emperor was only in his thirties, but his temples were gray and his thin face was covered with wrinkles. Due to long-term insomnia, the emperor's spirit has always been very poor, but today there are more obvious dark circles. It is obvious that last night, the emperor almost didn't sleep all night.

The eunuchs standing around all looked at the official family and knew that the official family was in a bad mood, so everyone became more careful.

Trouble, it's a huge trouble.

It was getting brighter and a eunuch came to deliver breakfast. The emperor was so depressed that he moved a few chopsticks and asked him to withdraw the meal.

Next, the emperor felt that the imperial city had come alive. In the middle of the night, the palace city and the imperial city were silent. None of them had to leave. There were only the imperial guards, eunuchs, and the officials who were on the rotating position of the Political Affairs Hall, but they could not walk around or talk at will.

In the middle of the night, no sound could be heard in the palace except for the sound of the guards walking and patrolling.

At dawn, drums will sound on the bell and drum tower, and then there will be chicken people, that is, eunuchs shouting to announce the time. This is a kind of inheritance.

The emperor was furnished to read these military and political affairs. Before that, the emperor could watch for a long time and would not feel bored. On the contrary, he would watch with relish and enjoy it.

Those boring government affairs are written in classical Chinese, without any sentences. They have all the styles, people's emotions, culture and education, and they are all about the people's and cultures. For outsiders, they are tormented. For the emperor, these government affairs documents are much better and more exciting than those gods and monster novels.

A few words from the emperor and a casual decision may affect hundreds of thousands or even millions of people, and even hundreds of millions of people in the world.

When I picked up the pen, the refreshing feeling of pleasure was unimaginable to those who had never held power.

"Official family, it's the second time." An eunuch stepped forward gently, and the emperor sat on the golden platform. There was an imperial chair on the three-story platform. In fact, it was a slightly larger official hat chair. Several tall and strong eunuchs stood on the left and right sides of the golden platform, full-time guards. The guards were responsible for the outside of the hall. Two copper cranes were arranged on the left and right sides below the golden platform. The copper crane was hollow, and cigarettes were wafting. The hall was filled with the smell of incense.

The emperor was startled, opened his god-willed eyes, thought for a while, and said, "Xuan Zuo Prime Minister, the right Prime Minister, the political participation, the deputy envoy, and the Hanlin Bachelor."

"I'll go here."

It was less than eight o'clock in the second hour of Chen Shi. If it was a lazy prime minister, he would only go to the political affairs hall after the end of Chen Shi. Han Zhong was the same, and for the prime minister, he was already considered diligent.

There was a 600-mile emergency delivery in the middle of the night today. The emperor knew that Han Zhong would definitely arrive early, and the rest of the prime ministers would receive the news at dawn, and they should have been waiting outside the inner east gate.

"By the way, summon the Grand Marshal Deng Ming."

"Yes, I will send someone to the Taiwei's mansion."

The Northern Expedition was important. The four Taiweiser included Yue Zhi, Li Jian, Li Enmao and Deng Ming. Now three of them are outside the capital, with 300,000 imperial guards. In addition to the Deputy Privy Councilor, there are two lines of pacification envoys, patrol envoys, and prosecutors, all of them are in the army. They are either appointed as deputy envoys, or as observers and deputy envoys. The Taiweiser serves as general managers of a certain road and commands the commanders of many wings.

Deng Ming was originally going to be sent out, but his old age and illness invaded him. After entering the summer, he began to cough and asthma. He was really unable to take his armor to go out and could only stay in the capital.

It was also a good thing for the emperor. Li Jian and Xu Ziwei went out separately. Many of the imperial guards and generals of Langwei were transferred out of the capital. In addition, Xu Zi broke the Dasan Mansion first, and a large number of imperial guards dared not fight with him. After these things, the emperor relied more on the generals who had achievements in field warfare. Deng Ming stayed in Beijing, and the emperor was more at ease.

At the end of the Chen Dynasty, all the ministers outside the small hall on the top of the Qingtiao Hall knew that the two prime ministers, three participating in politics, three envoys and deputy envoys, plus two Hanlin and one Taiwei, ten of the eleven important officials were wearing purple robes. Among the two Hanlin, one of the Grand Secretary of Guanwen Hall had already added the Grand Secretary of Guanwen Hall, and also had purple robes.
Chapter completed!