The emperor suddenly felt a little angry. His father had been in Fujian for many years and even assassinated another prince. With the support of the emperor, King Zhao did a very bad job in Fujian.

King Qi passed away, and King Zhao mastered stronger power, but the pirates violated the ban this time, but their performance was really bad.

The emperor was angry. Han Zhong was taking advantage of the situation and deliberately doing it. The ministers were different in their minds, and no one really stood on the side of the emperor.

Looking around, the emperor really felt what a lonely person is at this moment.

"Official positions and households can be given." The emperor said to Han Zhong: "It is absolutely impossible to open a government for a while. The country has not set up a government for more than a hundred years. As for the prince, should we take a step back and give Nan'an Hou some room for improvement and be granted the Duke?"

"I think it's not possible." Han Zhong took a step forward and looked at the emperor who was above him. At this moment, he seemed to look straight to the emperor, or even look down at the emperor.

These days, Han Zhong was used as a mule and horse envoy, and everyone felt that the Northern Expedition was over, or when the winter quarantine period was in the winter, the emperor would do whatever he wanted to exchange for the magistrate and drive Han Zhong and his important gangs out of the court.

This fatigue, humiliation, and unwillingness made Han Zhong feel unspeakable at this time.

What are the great victory in the Southeast and the plan of the Northern Expedition? How can one have his own power and the pleasure of revenge at this moment? Han Zhong has reached a tacit understanding with an old prime minister like Xu Xiashang, so why should he be afraid of the emperor at this moment?

Han Zhong said in a deep voice: "The Northern Expedition is about to be imminent. The soldiers abandon their wives and children, and are willing to shed their blood. In addition to being loyal to the emperor, wouldn't they win the favor of their wives and children? Your Majesty is unwilling to give them a generous reward, and even the close branches of the royal family are stingy with the reward of famous titles. Will hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Northern Expedition be frustrated when they hear the news and lose their hearts to the army?"

The emperor was shocked when he heard this. The facts may not be as Han Zhong said. But what the emperor feared was not this, but if the Northern Expedition was really unfavorable, all officials could blame the emperor for the loss and blame the emperor for the loss!

"Your Majesty!" Han Zhong said sternly: "The old minister has served the emperor for three dynasties. Those who are the world are the world of the people. Those with famous titles are the most noble things in the world. They are not the tools hidden by the emperor. I don't know what Your Majesty is hesitating about?"

Han Zhong's appearance was like a palace, but the ministers present seemed to have never seen it.

Deng Ming served outside the hall by his sword, and the rest of the Langwei were not in the hall. How could the eunuchs dare to argue?

The two Hanlin bachelors were not worth enough, and Daguan and ruled, both agreed with Han Zhong's words. At least in the matters in the southeast, the emperor was too selfish and difficult to gain support.

The virtue and talent of King Zhao are not enough to be in the southeast. If there is no unexpected candidate, King Zhao will be enough as the emperor's biological father. However, if Xu Zi appears first, Xu Zi is naturally the first candidate. King Zhao can only lean on the side, and the emperor cannot do things to please.

"You can't open a mansion, you can be granted a king, you can be a fake yellow axe, and you can be given a real official household, the chief navy, etc., as the prime minister said coldly, and stood up, his figure seemed to be trembling slightly.

"The emperor sets off."

The eunuchs around hurriedly surrounded him, and the ministers stood up to worship. When the ministers stood up again, the emperor had already left the hall and returned to the inner court.

Han Zhong smiled slightly when he saw this, while the other ministers looked different, with doubts, fears, and indifferent.

After the ministers left the hall, Xu Xiashang said: "Suang Han has done a little bit of this."

"Don't worry about the old prime minister," Han Zhong pressed his hand and said, "Interrupting the layout of the official family on Fujian Road is a great situation for the royal family and the overall situation of the government. Even if the official family is dissatisfied with something, are we really willing to keep going for fame and fortune?"

Xu Xiashang didn't say much about Han Zhong's words, and he had no selfish intentions to do this. At that moment, he could only sigh and bow and part with each other.

Zhang Guangen said to Han Zhong: "I'm afraid that the officials will ignore the Southeast and concentrate on the Northern Expedition from now on, which will make things worse."

Han Zhong said: "Someone beat him up, and I foolishly thought that the progress of the Northern Expedition was indeed too slow. It would be a good thing to ask the officials to hit those arrogant soldiers and generals."

Zhang Guangen's expression changed and he said, "Secretary of Han, military affairs are changing rapidly, and you cannot control them from afar."

Han Zhong smiled and said, "We must not be careful when we are deceitful, and we must not be careful when we envoys."

Zhang Guangen knew that Han Zhong had always been worried that Li Guorui was once the deputy envoy promoted by Liu Zhiyuan. Li Guorui was famous for his military intelligence. Among the prime ministers in the capital, he could lead troops and had prestige. Looking around the ministers, only Zhang Guangen and Li Guorui were qualified to lead the army. Han Zhong had been eager to try, and the emperor always wanted to change the prime minister, but if the prime minister brought great achievements to the Northern Expedition, the emperor could take risks and disappoint the people of the world, dissatisfied the imperial guards, and exchanged his face in a bold manner?

However, when he was appointed as the commander, Li Guorui was highly recommended as the commander. Although Han Zhong was dissatisfied, he could only recognize Li Guorui as the recruitment envoy. After all, Li Guorui is famous for his military knowledge, and generals such as Yue Zhi and Li Youde were all from Li Guorui's disciples.

Unexpectedly, the vanguard has just left the door to close down and the speed of advancement is too slow. Even if there are tricks, it seems that Li Guorui can't use it anymore. He just plans to fight the Donghu soldiers near the door to close. Who would have to do this if he had such command?

Once the mind moves, it will be harder to press down.

This time, he pointed at King Zhao and vigorously promoted Xu Zixian. The transaction with Xu Xiashang was actually one after another. The emperor's character, temper, and direction of his attack were all expected by Han Zhong.

Zhang Guangen's heart was cold. He had worked with Han Zhong for many years. At this time, of course he understood that Han Zhong had made up his mind and it would not be easier.

In this beard,

In front of the commander who led troops on war many times during the reign of Emperor Chengzong, although the sun rose above the palace, it seemed like the sun set in the west. Under the twilight, there would be endless darkness.

The enemy is in the face of a great enemy, and the country is in a difficult situation, but the emperor and the prime minister are still fighting in an internal battle. Zhang Guangen and Han Zhong are allies, but at this moment, they just feel the coldness and sadness in their bones.

"It is actually a good thing to hand over the southeast to Xu Zixian." Han Zhong said to Zhang Guangen: "This son's clan is close to him, he can live with him, and has the ability to go against the will of heaven. Who else can he sit in the southeast?"

Zhang Guangen murmured: "It's good that there is Xu Zixian."

...

"Didn't it mean to be Prince?"

Looking at the latest copy of the mansion, Wang Zhi shook his head and smiled, saying, "I originally congratulated the children, but it seems that the letter of congratulations still needs to be recovered, so I have to give a discount."

The news of the Southeast Victory has passed in a flash. Compared to the joy in the south, the praise for Xu Zixian's military achievements is relatively quieter in the north.

After all, for people in the north, pirates are rumored characters, and they seem to be similar to those of the Er Laizi who are wandering at the entrance of the village. At most, they are a group of bandits gathered with weapons.

Thieves, thieves, bandits, and bandits are not the same for people in the north.

Only the words "Lu, Hu, and Iron Cavalry" will arouse fear and hatred in the bones of the gentry and people in the north.

Compared to the dullness of the people, the court is full of joy.

The victory in the southeast was the happiest official from southeast China, including Jiangnan, Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Guangxi.

Han Zhong indeed took advantage of this matter and made a big fuss and won the favor of many southern officials.

Although the battle Xu Zixian fought had nothing to do with Han Zhong, the prime minister acted decisively. The next day he argued with the emperor in the Neidongmen Hall, striving to reward him with great rewards, saying bluntly that Xu Zixian could conquer the southeast... The subtext is that King Zhao could not.

These things have won people's praise. After all, the prime minister is the prime minister. He can see the general trend clearly and know how to do it truly benefit the Wei Dynasty, rather than those ministers who only know the orders of the emperor, who know nothing about the general trend of the world and only know how to act according to the will of the emperor.

In addition to Xu Zixian, Han Zhong benefited the most. In addition to suppressing the emperor and consolidating his reputation and power, he also raised the image of King Zhao's incompetent and indirectly supported Lin Douyao.

Han Zhong's power was strengthened, and the image of a weak prime minister was reversed a lot, which was Han Zhong's biggest gain.

In addition, Xu Xia and Shang old prime minister also added a lot of points. Southeast officials believed that it was the result of the struggle between the old prime minister. Han Prime Minister just followed the flow, and the right prime minister's mansion was crowded with people. Many Southeast officials were sincerely grateful and came to thank him. Xu Xia and Shang were full of bitterness and had nowhere to fall... As soon as the levy was announced, I still don't know how many officials and gentry were swearing, but Xu Xia and Shang no longer had the position or capital to fight for Fujian Road.

The biggest winner in people's eyes is of course Xu Zixian, the Marquis of Nan'an, who was awarded the title of king. Even if he did not receive the rank of the emperor, he would not be able to open a government, title, official household, and real power. All of them have greatly increased.

"The government has always been like this." Chenzhou Governor and the left general Deng Wenjun sat on Wang Zhi's left and said with a smile: "When he was chatting with Mingda in Jinhai, his personality of the government was analyzed."

"You always have to be careful," Wang Zhi coughed for a while, his face turned from yellow to flush, and then continued: "It's all about to be rewarded, why do you have such a trick to be looked down upon."

"The Grand Marshal is dedicated to the court, how could the emperor not know? He is not pretending to be stupid, afraid that people will say that the court uses the power of pirates." Lu Sihai, the governor of Runzhou on the right, said: "For a little fame, we will ignore us. If the Grand Marshal had not thought about harassing Mingzhou and Quanzhou, there were many robberies, hurting Tianhe, and Zhangzhou, although we were just supporting the situation on the outside, Zhangzhou killed too many people... The Grand Marshal suffered this loss and was determined to make up for it. In fact, look at Kang Tianqi, Liu Dan, Pu Xingfeng and others, they all lived a very comfortable life?"

At most, five or six people were included in his inspection scope, but in the end they were selected.

Deng Wenjun, a native of Mingzhou, is knowledgeable, decisive, wise, kind, and very respected in the pirate circle. His political views are generally the same as those of Wang Zhi, and he also agrees with internal recruitment.

The disadvantage is that it is more literary, not ruthless enough, and not stern enough. This is actually a taboo among pirates.

Lu Sihai is just as famous as his name, a bachelor, and is loyal enough to the public. His martial arts are extraordinary. He was once blocked by pirates on the boat. He used an axe to fight among dozens of people. When he was killed by the boat, people thought he was going to jump into the sea to escape. Unexpectedly, he gasped for a while and killed him with an axe.

In the end, the people who surrounded him were forced to jump into the sea. After this spread, Lu Sihai became famous all over the world and became one of the famous pirate leaders.

Wang Zhi chose the successor and gradually eliminated many people, but in the end he was stuck on the two candidates Deng Wenjun and Lu Sihai.

Both of them have their own power and supporters. Although the two leaders have no personal relationships, it is impossible to ask them to take the initiative to surrender and surrender to the other person.

Wang Zhi did not leave for a while, of course there were other reasons.

The Northern Expedition Army needed logistics bases in Jizhou, Pingzhou, Jinzhou and other places. The manpower, food, and various military supplies recruited from all over the north were continuously transported to these places by carriages and horses. Some materials gathered in Shandong and Hebei were also collected by Wang Zhi's fleet.

Shipping from Jinhai or Dengzhou to Pingzhou and Guanmen area.

This at least saved several million yuan in expenses for the court!

The fleet is running around the sea every day, the Bohai Sea is relatively calm, and the fleet is risk-free, but the fleet has always been overloaded. The pirates are used to doing these things freely. They are not as comfortable as lying down from morning to night every day than rushing back and forth on a boat? If Wang Zhi had not held the fleet with his prestige, the pirates would have been unhappy to do this for the court.

After all, more than 70% of these pirates were southerners, and less than 30% were coastal residents in the north. They did not have a deep understanding of the harm of the Northern Hu. The most important reason was that they were mostly abandoned people from the Great Wei, and they lacked their sense of identity with the Great Wei court, so they naturally did not want to serve the Great Wei court.

Wang Zhi was attached to him that except for obtaining a false title, he did not have a real position. The court only gave Wang Zhi and his subordinates some small islands such as Pingdao to Wang Zhi and his subordinates to station. Wang Zhi's fleet would not receive salary and supplies. The way they obtained money and grain was to control and monopolize the maritime trade in the north. They collected donations at sea, which were actually taxed. In addition, they collected iron and porcelain from northern merchants, and of course cotton and raw silk and other specialties that were popular at sea, sent ships to trade and make profits.

From inheritance and financial income, this fleet is quite independent. It is nothing more than the kind of family and country honor left in the hearts of the Wei people and the ethnic identity and pride hidden in the core of civilization.

Wang Zhi coughed a few more times and waved his hand and said, "The government and the court need not say much. You are also present when we take on those tasks. Li Guorui, deputy envoy of the Privy Council, sneaked in and went to Pingdao to ask me. Han Zhong had a private message. Who are these people? After I leave, this favor is not as valuable as hundreds of thousands of guan. I have nothing to ask for. You must continue to live here unless you want to go back to the sea and continue to lick blood on the knife."

Deng Wenjun nodded frequently and signaled to agree. Lu Sihai remained silent and said, "Brothers are a little tired."

Wang Zhi said: "I know this. I will pay hundreds of thousands of coins from my private pocket. The brothers who have worked hard these days all have at least tens of coins for rewards!"

Lu Sihai said angrily: "The general is running for the country, but he still has to pay for it himself?"

Wang Zhi smiled and said, "Of course this matter should be promoted. People who want to attack my husband's family will be less angry."

The two of them had a little understanding. During this Northern Expedition, the imperial court's money treasury was used completely. The external treasury under the command of the Three Divisions heard that it was clean enough to run away mice.

Wang Zhi's fleet has been running around the sea, which naturally has losses and expenses, and the rating must be quite large.

The court did not give a penny, and it spread that Wang Zhi paid for the fleet to do such a thing, which would be beneficial to improving Wang Zhi's image... Even if Wang Zhi was attached, the people in the south naturally had a bad impression of him when he thought of him as a pirate leader. Mingzhou was also a harbor city. Wang Zhi had always been worried that after he recognized his ancestors, even though he had the second-rank military vocational high-ranking officials, the elders of his hometown might not be able to accept him.

Not only did he work hard for the imperial court, but he also paid for the war out of his own pocket, which helped Wang Zhi raise his image and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars, which was worth it.

This is also a way to whitewash the past, which costs a lot of money, but for Wang Zhi, it is quite cost-effective. Even for Deng Wenjun, Lu Sihai and others, it is an excellent method.

Both of the big bosses understood it, and Lu Wenjun said, "I understand the hard work of the Grand Marshal. I should also make some of the money."

Lu Sihai said: "It's also a good thing. It's better than asking someone to poke the back on the back. I'll pay the money too."

Wang Zhi laughed and scolded, "I'm explaining what Da is going to do, where have you asked you to take? You have to pay this money? I won't let me be so embarrassed that I spread it, and ask Kang Tianqi to laugh at me?"

The two subordinates also knew that Wang Zhi would never ask them to pay. They both smiled. Deng Wenjun took the conversation again and said with a smile: "The emperor's little thoughts are mostly used for such useless things. They seem smart, but they are actually the stupidest. The court has decided to be named Prince, and the ministers will choose a good title and give it to the ministers. They are doing things beautifully and look generous. But they have to do something in such a small matter that is not important. What will the minister think and what will Mingda think? All the titles are given, why can't they do things beautifully?"

Lu Sihai asked, "Isn't the prince of the Great Wei a single word? Mingda has a double word or a prince?"

Deng Wenjun said: "It is said that he was the first prince and he should be granted a title to a small country. However, the word "Shuang" is still too disgusting. Moreover, Mingda's title is obviously under the King of Zhao. The emperor's little thoughts are not so easy to move."

Wang Zhi said: "What kind of Zhongshan King is there? Is there any special consideration?"

"Of course there is." Deng Wenjun smiled bitterly: "Zhongshan Kingdom was a small country in the Spring and Autumn Period, and it was once powerful. It was a small country that led to the great country and fought with Zhao, but it was eventually destroyed by Zhao."

Lu Sihai clapped his legs and said, "Isn't this an allusion to Xu Zixian? He was strong in the East Vanguard, but he could not cover the emperor's father's King Zhao?"

Deng Wenjun sneered: "Isn't it useless little thoughts? Whoever is stronger and weaker, and you have to say more? Using such small tricks and tricks makes people look down on the father and son even more."
Chapter completed!