In Chongzheng Hall, Zhao Zhen looked at the generals in front of him and frowned slightly. These days, they asked people to blow the air in their ears through various channels. They must ask the people above the hall, and they thought they would know that there would be no good things.

Chongzheng Hall was originally named the Hall of Martial Arts Hall. It was renamed during the Taiping Xingguo period. The change in the name can show the changes in social atmosphere. However, many functions of this hall were inherited, including martial arts performance, and seeing generals were even here.

The commander of the four wings of the Pangri Tianwu, Ge Huaimin, and the commander of the four wings of the Longshen Guard, Ren Fu, led the generals to come forward and sang the promised salute, and took his subordinates to stand on both sides, looking at Zhao Zhen above.

Zhao Zhen coughed lightly and said, "There are many things happening in the three yamen recently, and many people have changed. People speak a lot. However, it does not involve you soldiers, you just need to do things with peace of mind and don't care what others say."

Wang Xin, commander of the right wing of the Longwei, said: "The official is very relaxed, but since the incident of cheating the capital bank loan last year, everyone in the capital said that we are greedy for money and illegal, which is extremely unpleasant. God is pitiful. It is all the troubles caused by the minor official Feng Shiyuan colluding with some incompetent commanders. How can we know? We are scolded for nothing!"

Zhao Zhen had no choice but to comfort him: "The clear ones are clear, and the turbid ones are turbid. The court has already investigated the case clearly, and the main culprit has been killed. The past is over, so you don't have to take it to heart."

Guo Neng, commander of the First Army of the Cavalry, said: "The emperor is busy with all kinds of things every day. Although we martial artists don't know the matter, we know that we cannot disturb Your Majesty because of a small matter. But the days have been really hard recently. If we continue like this, we don't have to wait until we serve the court, and we will be ashamed to death."

"You can tell me what the hell is. The imperial guards are the army of the emperor, and they all rely on your control. If you have any words to tell me clearly. Whether it is right or wrong, I will never blame you. Don't just complain in the palace."

Ge Huaimin shook his head repeatedly: "People's words are terrifying! People's words are terrifying!"

Ren Fu crossed his hands: "The officials, because the imperial guards owed the capital bank a hundred million guan last year, now, no matter the officials and civilians in the capital, they say that the imperial guards are corruption and illegal. They cannot fight against the outside world, but they can only find ways to greed for money. How can they hear this?"

You must be patient when speaking to these people. Never think that people who don’t study are less sensible. In fact, these martial artists are all kinds of tricks when they get power. Zhao Zhen didn’t know anything else. The empress dowager and queen in the palace were close to the favored eunuchs and seeking official positions. These people did much more bluntly than civil officials. They kept saying that it was because of the case that started last year, which involved them being scolded by the people and life was hard. Zhao Zhen didn’t believe it because they came to him because of such a thing.

It is a kind of style for military generals to not study and to be proud of being crude and unwritten. If they are mixed among them, they will be rejected if they do not put down the book. For example, Wang Hanzhong, a famous general in the dynasty of Emperor Zhenzong of Taizong, was born in the Taizong vassal residence and was a serious general. He has been very brave since he was a child and has made his first success in the Battle of Taiyuan. His military achievements are much better than those of the generals. Because he loves reading, he will be rejected by other generals. Of course, according to the generals, he is too proud, so no one likes it.

He spoke plain words, but his true meaning was around. This is the norm for these middle and high-level generals to compete with each other.

After complaining for a while, Guo Chengyou, the commander of the Left Xiangdu of the Pangri, made his true intention: "Because of the several copper coins from the capital bank last year, the imperial guards were looked down upon by the officials, and thousands of people were transferred from Lingnan. The southerners have always been weak, unable to wear armor, and cannot open a bow, let alone driving on horseback! The transfer of these people was the kindness of the officials, and we didn't say anything. But the people in the capital were lying around and said that the three yamen imperial guards could not protect the security of the government, so they transferred the Lingnan troops into the capital. This is not a shameful killing! Since the Imperial Guards have been defeated by Yizu, they have never been defeated, and when will they be despised like this!"

Zhao Zhen said quietly: "The common people are ignorant and don't need to worry about them."

Ge Huaimin said: "In life, we can only fight for that breath! We can't let go of being arranged like this!"

Guo Chengyou paused with his feet and looked heartbroken: "Since the ancestors, he has followed the ancestors of Yi, and fought countless wars, and made many famous achievements! When the country was peaceful, he was despised so much. How could he bear the love? How could he bear the love!"

When they came out of this way, the emotions in the hall immediately became aroused, and the crowd was infuriated. I don’t know if they were talking about whether the people in the capital were not reasonable or whether the Yongzhou army, who hated, entered the capital and stole their limelight.

Guo Chengyou was the descendant of the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, Guo Congyi. He was originally from Shatuo. He married the daughter of Zhao Yuanwei, the seventh son of Emperor Taizong. He was barely considered a relative of the foreigner. In fact, Zhao Zhen’s first empress, Empress Guo, was the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, Guo Chong, and also from Shatuo. Guo Chengyou was kind and well-behaved since childhood. He knew how to climb up and had a relationship, and had a good career. But Guo Chengyou’s most powerful thing was to speak bad things behind his back. There was no one he didn’t interfere with in the court and outside. He was called the “military censor”. It was his ability to slander people. Moreover, he had another relationship with Zhao Zhen, that is, when Zhao Zhen was the crown prince, he served in the East Palace.

Zhao Zhen just comforted them with kindness and told them not to think too much. Compared with his grandfather, Song Taizong, Zhao Zhen was really not good at dealing with these people, and just wanted to persuade these people out as soon as possible.

"Respecting culture and suppressing martial arts" was promoted by Emperor Taizong of Song, but he always held the civil servants and did not trust them in his bones. Once a minister was demoted, he would ask someone to ask if the demoted people cried bitterly at home, crying and regretting. Even the top scholar Lu Mengzheng, who he promoted, he would ask Hanlin scholar Qian Ruoshui when he was demoted, and when he asked whether Lu Mengzheng cried at home. As a result, Qian Ruoshui told him that Lu Mengzheng was not surprised by his favor and disgrace, and as usual, he did whatever he should do, which disappointed Emperor Taizong of Song. Compared with civil servants, Emperor Taizong of Song trusted military generals more, especially those who followed him before he ascended the throne. Perhaps he felt that these people were not as sensible as him, so it was easy to control.

Zhao Zhen was completely different from Emperor Taizong. He was much more calm when dealing with civil officials. He treated him with courtesy and showed him with sincerity, and there were not so many twists and turns. However, it was impossible to deal with military generals, and he always felt that there was a gap.

Seeing Zhao Zhen’s perfunctory attitude, Guo Chengyou knew that he would not be able to say ruthless words, so he crossed his hands and said, “When the official family was the prince, I was with him in the East Palace. I was loyal to him. Who can compare with him? Now, I am just a commander of the Yao County. Sang Yi relied on catching a few thieves in the countryside and the grace of the official family to make him a county lieutenant. As a result, he relied on fighting with Jiaozhi in Yongzhou and capturing and killing a small barbarian chief, and also led Yao County as a commander of the Xiang County. Not to mention these, when he arrived in the capital, he was domineering and rude and did not take us, the generals of the imperial guards seriously. How about this?”

Zhao Zhen said: "Sang Yi once taught in Kaifeng Prefecture. He read poetry and books at a young age, and was humble and polite. How could he not take you seriously?"

When Guo Chengyou heard this, he stopped doing it: "The official family said that he looked down on us in his heart, but he just didn't say it. The scholars read two books and were full of ghost ideas. Sure enough, they couldn't believe a word! If the official family retreated and had strong enemies to settle the world, they would still have a spear and a big halberd. Can those scholars with fur awls be able to retreat with powerful enemies?"
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