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.

When Deng Ming arrived, Han Zhong had been laughing with Zhang Guangen and others for a long time. When they saw the old lieutenant being summoned, both of them stopped talking and nodded to the old martial artist in front of them.

"You have worked hard to rule." Deng Ming and his beard were all white, but his back was straight, and his eyes were still sharp as before. He smiled at Han Zhong and said, "Thank you for your hard work in the prime minister. After a while, the guards would come over with their poles and stick away those noisy cicadas."

Han Zhong smiled and said, "Old man, I understand what you said. There is no noise outside the hall. I will stop talking."

Deng Mingran smiled peacefully and said, "When the last general was appointed commander of the Xiangdu and the guard of the Jinwu, the prime minister was appointed as the censor of the palace, responsible for the correction of the instruments. Today, he looked at the manners of the demeanor, no less than that of the past."

Deng Ming said, then pressed the sword and walked inward. Zhang Guangen looked at his back and smiled and said, "The official family put Li Jian in the Northern Expedition Army to train. It is still a wise move to keep this old man."

The qualifications of civil and military officials are not the same, but Deng Ming's qualifications are too old, similar to Xu Xia's Shang qualifications among civil officials. Even if the priest is in front of him, Deng Ming can still say a few words.

Han Zhong and others laughed outside the inner east gate. How dare the ordinary guard lieutenant come over and talk? That is, Deng Ming relies on his old qualifications to ramble.

Han Zhong's face was as usual, but those who knew him could clearly see the coldness deep in his eyes.

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Deng Ming strode forward, and a group of Langwei had to trot before following him. This Su Zheng was appointed as the army during the Wuzong period, and was already the commander of the Xiangdu during the Wenzong period. During the Chengzong period, he was the Weiwei, the General, and the Jiedushi. He was originally left to the next Taiwei, but after he ascended the throne for more than ten years, he remembered that it was too slow to make this veteran general the Taiwei.

Fortunately, Deng Ming did not mind. He served the monarch for several generations and was also a general and goalkeeper. Regarding his loyalty, those civil servants were afraid that they would not be able to catch up with him.

While walking, Deng Ming did not forget to say to the people around him: "No gathering outside the inner and eastern gates, no noise, and ministers are not allowed to meet privately. Now ministers really do not follow the rules of their early years."

This statement will definitely be passed into Han Zhong's ears. This is exactly what Deng Ming means. As a Taiwei, what if he hates the prime minister? Although the prime minister is respected and the Privy Councilor is in charge of the conquest, the Taiwei is always the leader of the warriors. How much Han Zhong really treats Deng Ming? The general in the north is afraid that he will be the first to jump out and refuse to agree.

But the old lieutenant was not afraid, but the generals in the Langwei did not dare to respond. Han Zhong was unhappy and asked them to go to Leizhou to be the commander of the Xiangjun, so he couldn't even cry.

"I've seen the official family."

The emperor sat alone in the hall, and Deng Ming entered the hall with a special sword. After entering the hall, he bowed deeply.

The emperor had already known about the matter outside the hall, but he had no intention of telling this matter at this time and had not given him a seat. The emperor with black eyes said to Deng Ming directly: "The Marquis of Nan'an killed more than 23,000 pirates, and the Taiwei knew about Gong Cheng Jingguan?"

"I already know."

"Taiwei, you are an old general. Can you tell if this matter is false?"

Deng Ming was stunned and realized that the emperor called him over, but it turned out to be an inquiry.

Thinking about it for a moment, Deng Ming said: "In ancient times, few people won many battles, and I don't know what it is. If Your Majesty asked me whether the Nan'an Marquis's achievements were true or false, I was not in Fujian and I dare not speak nonsense. If there were countless wars where thousands of people defeated tens of thousands of people, Your Majesty would have read history books and should know that there are not only such things, but also too many."

The emperor was silent for a moment. After a long time, Fang said: "The Taiwei is a general of the Great Wei Dynasty. If he gave the Taiwei three troops to the imperial guards, he might be able to fight against tens of thousands of pirates?"

Deng Ming said with gala: "If I am in Yanzhao, I will be able to defeat the enemy if I am in the land of Yanzhao. But on Fujian Road and on a deserted island, the northern army is not good at water battles. First, the northern people are not used to the climate in the south, and second. The northern army is not familiar with geography and human feelings, and this is not convenient for the local area, and third. There are these three disadvantages, and I will hurry to go south, so I dare not guarantee that I will win."

The emperor's true meaning is that King Zhao has several imperial guards, but he closed the city gates and ordered martial law, and regarded the military and civilians outside the city as nothing.

This is what was stated in the emergency delivery of the Jujie. Of course, Lin Douyao was not inconvenient to impeach King Zhao after the victory, but his dissatisfaction with the Grand Governor's Office and his distrust of the ability of King Zhao were vividly revealed on paper.

If Deng Ming excused King Zhao as the Imperial Army Grand Marshal, he would be quite powerful, but how could Deng Ming be so kind?

This old grand marquis, who is both white and white, is loyal to the Great Wei and the country, but is not loyal to the current emperor. In this regard, the emperor is also well aware of this.

"I understand." The emperor could not hide his disappointment and said to Deng Ming: "The Grand Marshal is waiting outside the hall, and the priests should come in."

"I'll leave first."

Deng Ming sighed secretly, but had to press the sword out and look outside the hall gate. The slaughter and Hanlin scholars who were wearing Zhan's head, purple robe, belts, gold nails and leather belts, hanging goldfish bags were already waiting outside the hall.

Among the two prime ministers, three participating in politics, three sects and deputy envoys, two Hanlin and one Taiwei, ten of the eleven important officials were wearing purple robes. Among the two Hanlin, one of them had already added the Grand Secretary of Guanwen Hall, and also had purple robes.

After the ministers gathered together, a high-ranking troupe came forward to lead the way. After all the ministers entered the hall, a minister said, "Please get up as the prime minister."

The emperor stood up on the golden platform, nodded slightly, and the ministers bowed down.

"The prime minister and the ministers pay homage to the emperor."

The Emperor Chongde said: "Thank you for your hard work, and all the ministers will work hard, so I will be given a seat."

Many eunuchs have been prepared for a long time.

More than ten people held chairs and placed them on the left and right sides of the head of the Jintai. After thanking the ministers, they sat down calmly.

When Han Zhong sat down, he looked at each other with the sirens Zhang Guangen, and both of them showed a slight smile on the corners of their mouths.

The emperor's appearance was indeed as expected, and he looked completely exhausted.

"Yongping, close the door, what new news is there?"

The emperor asked clearly that the emperor had asked. The government had less than 400 miles from Yongping to the capital and closed for more than 400 miles. Every day, urgent envoys would report the latest military information from Jizhou, Yongping and the closed office. Both governments and the inner court had their own offices, and the military dispatch, civilians, logistics, and expenses were all well aware of.

Han Zhong bowed and replied: "Yesterday it was still a whistle cavalry battle, but the Donghu cavalry was getting bigger and bigger. Yue Zhi's memorial said that the Donghu cavalry mostly gathered in the Linghe area of ​​the Big and Big Linghe area, and the generals and soldiers should judge that if their main force gathered in the Old Jinzhou to Dalinghe area, if so, it would be the place where the main force fought."

All the people here are important officials and are quite clear about the details of the entire Northern Expedition.

From the northwest, Hedong, the Central Plains, Shandong, and even Jiangling, as well as the capital to Jizhou, there were more than 150 imperial guards mobilized, led by nearly 30 commanders of the wings. The military flags floated eastward from Guanmen to Yunzhou.

Now the main force of the imperial guards has basically arrived inside and outside the Guanmen. Large warehouses are set up in Jizhou, Yongping, Guanmen and other places, and multiple transfer commanders are responsible for transporting grain and grass and other military equipment.

More than 10,000 large vehicles and tens of thousands of small vehicles were mobilized. The civilians went from Yanzhou to Yunzhou to Jizhou, Dengzhou to Laizhou to Zhending and the capital, and then arrived at Guanmen. It can be said that the entire north was making preparations for this war.

Now the accumulated grain exceeds one million stones, and there are still civil servants who keep transporting supplies every day. The materials consumed by hundreds of thousands of troops are quite amazing every day. Many prefectures and counties are complaining that the transportation pressure is too high, and the materials consumed by civil servants themselves are astronomical. At this time, it can be seen that the court did not prepare for this large battlefield... The copper coins accumulated by the emperor were just copper coins, grain, military weapons, armor, vehicles, medicinal materials, cotton cloth, and these corresponding materials were not prepared in advance. Instead, they were hastily mobilized the transportation of strong men from various prefectures and counties. After the summer is the busy farming season, many civil servants have fled and have to order the fugitive soldiers from all over the official road to capture fugitives. There have been bandits who kill soldiers and rebels. If they continue, there will definitely be more and more such things.

Roads and bridges were all disrepaired, which was a sign of the dynasty's decline from prosperity. Even the stations that had been operating for a long time were seriously insufficient and lacked necessary personnel, which led to extremely unhappiness when recruiting troops and horses. It took a long time and the money consumed also doubled.

The emperor, the left prime minister and several important officials have secretly discussed that the soldiers, horses, food and grass are generally in place, and they can only collect more food and grass, horses, mules, donkeys, and carts, and constantly transport supplies to the front.

The money that is short of should be within the range of 20 to 30 million yuan. There is no other way, so you can only pay tribute to each other and urgently collect it among the people.

The emperor nodded and said, "When Li Guorui and others were ordered to enter and close the door in a hurry to prevent the enemy cavalry from suddenly coming to the city and gain the advantage."

There are many mountains in the north of Jinzhou, and there are mountains such as Song, Tower, Xing, etc. to the west, as well as Linghe Rivers of all sizes. The terrain is quite steep. If the Wei army takes the lead in building a city in the Daling River and Jinzhou, it is extremely difficult for the enemy to launch the main force between the mountains and rivers. If the battle results are unknown, we can tell.

If the Wei army delays further, the main force will not dare to go out lightly. The enemy cavalry crosses the Daling River and the old Jinzhou area. There are plains in front of the gate, with mountains and forests to the east and Bohai to the west. In terms of the situation of war, it is actually suitable for the Wei army to push it, but the geographical advantage is to share it with the enemy cavalry, which is not as advantageous as pushing it to the front line of Jinzhou and Daling River.

A sick flush appeared on the emperor's face, and he was obviously very excited.

After the emperor finished speaking, he glanced at Han Zhong again, and the meaning in his eyes was quite obvious.

The levy is difficult to avoid. Of course, the emperor hopes that Han Zhong will take on such a difficult task.

The officials from the south must be very dissatisfied. The court will attack in groups. Han Zhong doesn't care much about this matter. The levy is the emperor's idea.

Judging from the reactions of officials from Hebei, Henan, Hedong, and Qinfeng, of course, they would not strongly support the levy, but they always showed an attitude of understanding and cooperation.

After all, the entire northern army and civilians are mobilizing!

In Jiangling, the literati and officials are still living a life of luxury, chasing joy, laughing and laughing. The wars in the north seem to have nothing to do with the south.

So what if those officials who urged the statutes would be replaced by the cavalry of the Hu people?

The foolish people are not worth caring!

However, the Southern Dynasties need someone to suppress them...

Han Zhong turned his eyes to the emperor and bowed, "I want to congratulate Your Majesty. A while ago, a group of thieves flocked to the southeast. Your Majesty Zeng Yu felt uneasy, fearing that the thieves would poison the Fujian road. This morning, I saw an urgent military report in the Political Affairs Hall, and the pirates had been pacified!"

Han Zhong took the lead in standing up, and the ministers around him also stood up, and everyone said, "Congratulations to Your Majesty."

The emperor forced a smile and nodded, "It is indeed a happy event, and the court no longer needs to worry about the Southeast."

Zhang Guangen, the envoy of the Pushman, said: "Previously, there have been many ministers from the southeast who have made suggestions to the Pushman's office to transfer three or five imperial guards to Fujian Road. The minister replied that he was powerless. Now the imperial guards are cautious and careful in dispatching an army. The plan of the Northern Expedition is related to the foundation of the country. It is difficult to allocate troops in the southeastern places. Moreover, the sea is unstable, so the army can only set out from the land. Jiangling and other places must also prevent group attacks. They can only be allocated from the capital. When the imperial guards arrive in Fujian, it will take at least three months to slow down."

Zhang Guangen's tone was a bit desolate. He finally said: "I hope that the Northern Expedition can be successful and the court can free up his hands to pay attention to Southeast Guangdong and Guangxi. The thieves are rampant. Although this time he is defeated, he still has to be on guard against the next time."

Han Zhong took advantage of the situation and said: "With this victory in the southeast, we should encourage the morale of the military and civilians in the south, and also encourage the soldiers of the Northern Expedition."

Han Zhong continued: "There is Nan'an Hou guarding the Dongfan. This victory will be a reward for the court. I have just met. Nan'an Hou can be granted the title of Prince, and he will be granted the opening of the Fujian Road, and he will be given a yellow axe to specialize in the expedition. With this prince in the southeast, the court will no longer have any hidden worries. As for his promotion of the management of the Ma government, he may be quite effective. It is better to control the entire Fujian road to facilitate his duties. In addition, the defense of the Dongfan posts and the general manager of the Nanyang Navy should be justified. The rewards of money and silk are difficult to prepare, so we can only add more bans to subsidize them."

Before Han Zhong entered the hall, he had already discussed with Zhang Guangen and others. Everyone was not surprised. Only Xu Xiashang originally had a smile on his face, but after hearing this kind of reward, he also looked surprised and his white eyebrows frowned slightly.

The emperor did not expect Han Zhong to give such a reward pattern. He instantly understood the intention of the left prime minister of the Great Wei Dynasty. This was to turn the contradictions to the emperor, King Zhao, and Xu Zi first, and use the southeast trend to break the previous layout of the emperor and King Zhao!

Most of the ministers here have understood Han Zhong’s intention for a long time, and the Dashen and Privy Council were all silent.

Only two Hanlin looked at each other, and looked at the emperor who was originally yellow and turned red. He held the armrests of the imperial chair tightly with both hands, and his bodies seemed to be trembling.

Li Han, a Grand Secretary of Guanwen Hall, a direct bachelor of Duanming Hall and a Hanlin Bachelor of Han, stood up and said with a fist: "Secretary Han, Marquis of Nan'an, has made great contributions, but the opening of the palace, the promotion of the prince, and the granting of Huang Yue is somewhat beyond the reach. The reward is too much, and it is not a blessing for the ministers. I wonder if Han Zhao agrees?"

Han Zhong glanced at Xu Xiashang and smiled and said, "The bachelor's discussion on politics also depends on the overall situation. The court focuses on military affairs in the north and is unable to do the southeast. This is a decades of ills. Do the bachelor agree?"

Li Han hesitated and replied: "It is true, but the reward is still too much."

Han Zhong shook his head and said, "The Marquis of Nan'an is a very human being. The royal family is close to the blood relatives. With the way of kissing and great achievements, how can they be named Prince? Does the scholar think that the Marquis of Nan'an have done a mistake in breaking the family and training troops to fight against foreign aggression and solving hidden worries in the southeast for the court?"

Most of the scholars in Hanlin were the personal personalities of the emperor and were regarded as prime ministers by the outside dynasty. Therefore, the scholars and the two governments were natural rivals. However, at this moment, both interested people could see that the court situation was unstable. The emperor recruited many ministers last year, but many of them refused to take office. Li Han was born in a gentry in Hejian Prefecture and was famous for his kind personality. The Neo-Confucianism he studied under was the first, so the emperor's imperial edict arrived, and Li Han took office after he resigned three times.

Han Zhong usually didn't want to make things difficult for this honest man, but today is very different. He also forced Li Han to the corner and forced this famous scholar minister to his face and his ears to the point of being red.

Zhang Guangen also understood Han Zhong's deeper intention at this time. After pondering for a long time, he finally made up his mind and said to Xu Xiashang: "What do the old prime minister think?"

Xu Xiashang faintly understood at this time that Han Zhong's proposal of such excessive rewards was of course not just to embarrass the emperor... From what we know, Xu Zixian's path to rise was not small, in addition to the strong support of the King of Qi, Xu Xiashang's contributions were not small.

After Xu Zixian arrived in the capital, Xu Xiashang met with this descendant of the royal family many times and encouraged him a lot. His support for Xu Zixian was also regarded as one of the arrangements for the old prime minister to go to Fujian to retire.

In this way, even if Xu Xiashang and Xu Zi were suspicious first, and the old prime minister even used some unlucky means, the alliance between the two was still quite solid.

The government affairs department has implemented the matters such as Ma Zheng and other matters without any hindrance. The old prime minister certainly played a significant role in it.

Han Zhong and Xu Zi first cooperated briefly, but there was no such deep relationship as the old prime minister and Xu Zixian.

This matter is a great thing for Xu Xiashang, but if you give rituals to others, you will have something to ask for. The emperor and Han Zhong will have something to ask for. Xu Xiashang must weigh the pros and cons and see if you pick this big fruit first, or let’s talk about it.
To be continued...