The next day, Zhao Yuan summoned Cheng Xin, Luo Dao, Cui Qi and other ministers to the Xuande Palace. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Yuan ordered Luo Dao to immediately take charge of recruiting troops throughout the country, recruiting people with high martial arts skills with military treatment five times higher than usual, and this matter should be made with great fanfare, claiming to recruit 200,000 people, but in fact, he only sought high skills, not numbers.

After the 15th, the list can be issued to inform all localities that all the people have been recruited.

As for Cheng Xin, Zhao Yuan gave him the Fuhu Talisman and ordered him to select 50,000 soldiers from each of the 100,000 soldiers stationed in Youzhou and Baicheng who were about to expire their service and transfer them.

The reason for the claim was that since the court had recruited 200,000 new soldiers, it was necessary to call 50,000 soldiers from each of these two places for recruit training. When these people arrived at their destination, they were sent to another place on the grounds that all the recruits had not yet arrived.

This strategy can only be regarded as a stopgap measure, but it can solve the current problem. Claiming that the new recruitment of 200,000 soldiers can make the veterans who are about to retire feel at ease, and select 50,000 veterans from the northern and southern frontiers to be transferred, which can make the original team disintegrate.

In addition, such a large effort to recruit troops and horses, and send troops to train and drill, is also a threat to several major pillar states in the south, making them think that Qi has really summoned 200,000 new soldiers. If there is really a day when the soldiers meet each other in the future, although the Qi State only has an army of 200,000, it can carry the power of an army of 400,000.

After Cheng Xin got the will, he was faintly surprised in his heart, because this matter was originally reported by him to Zhao Yuanyu, and he was the privy envoy of the highest official of the military general, and the matter of recruiting troops should have been handled by him with full authority.

But the emperor just pulled Luo Dao in, with Luo Dao's qualifications and the grade of the first assistant of the dynasty, Cheng Cheng had to be trusted everywhere, which made Cheng Cheng have to think more.

"Does the emperor already know about my cronies in the construction of the summer palace and the underground palace? Last time, the emperor stopped the two palaces under construction. This time, Luo Dao led this conscription, clearly to divide the power in my hands. ”

Thinking of this mileage, cold sweat was already pouring down his forehead. He knew that with his abilities and knowledge, he could not have attained such a level. But he is a brother who was born and died with Zhao Yuan, he saved Zhao Yuan on the battlefield, and Zhao Yuan also saved him. It is this kind of feeling of sharing hardships and hardships, coupled with Zhao Yuan's trust in him, that he can be a good one.

If Zhao Yuan starts to doubt him, it means that his peak era is about to pass.

So how can you make the emperor trust himself again? Cheng Xin thought about it, but he just kept his head in obscurity.

So he didn't have nothing to do as usual, but always took the opportunity to step on Luo Dao twice. Instead, he said very cooperatively: "The emperor is sage." Prime Minister Luo has rich experience and will definitely be able to handle this matter well, and Wechen will do his best to assist Prime Minister Luo and will live up to his mission. ”

Luo Dao was very surprised when he heard Cheng Xin's words, but he quickly restrained his expression and said modestly: "Privy Envoy Cheng is usually in charge of national defense affairs, and after the old minister receives the order, he will inevitably ask him for advice or two. ”

Zhao Yuan looked at the two of them with interest, and the corners of his mouth provoked a little smile: "The two Aiqing are so kind and humble, it really makes me feel a lot more relieved." ”

After saying this, Zhao Yuan's tone changed, and he said to Luo Dao with some seriousness: "Although the recruitment affairs are not complicated, there is no room for mistakes, so I entrusted it to Aiqing." ”

"You can do this with Cui Aiqing. His essay is good, and he used to be the first place in the Jixian Hall exam. He could have drafted all the documents used in this conscription. ”

When Luo Dao and Cheng Xin heard this, their faces changed slightly. Luo Dao immediately bowed his head and responded: "Emperor Xie is compassionate, the minister is old, the old eyes are dizzy, and he needs the help of young people." ”

Zhao Yuan saw that things had been arranged, so he waved his hand and motioned for them to retreat.

Out of the Xuande Palace, Cheng Xin first turned around and said to Cui Qi: "It is rare for the emperor to appoint Lord Cui to help Prime Minister Luo. Master Cui must be a talented and young man with outstanding ability. ”

Cui Qi immediately bowed deeply: "The privy envoy has won the award, and Cui is terrified." ”

Cheng Xin pouted and said, "You don't have to be afraid of me, where is your serious teacher?" His eyes swept to Luo Dao, and he said with a smile: "Prime Minister Luo, the emperor has appointed Master Cui to be your protégé, and you will have to use your strength to help you in the future!" ”

Luo Dao frowned, and said in his heart: "This reckless man has always spoken so rudely. He arched his hand: "For the pillars of the country, the old man has the obligation to carry it!" ”

Cheng Xin glanced at them, didn't say much, and left with a smile.

Luo Dao watched him walk away, so he turned his head and looked at Cui Qi, only to see that this man was in his early thirties, with a medium build, good facial features, and a righteous look in his expression.

Luo Dao nodded secretly in his heart: "The person appointed by the emperor really looks extraordinary. The emperor asked him to help me do things, so naturally he asked him to join me, so that I could pave the way for him in the court in the future. ”

"I heard that this person was recommended by Concubine Yi. The concubine is in full bloom, and the emperor has also begun to arrange people who are beneficial to her in the court, and it seems that the emperor has a long-term plan. ”

"The emperor is in his prime, and the birth of the concubine is a noble world, if a prince is born in the past few years, twenty or thirty years later, if he can inherit the unification, the several pillars in the south will be convinced, and there will be no more trouble. When the time comes, this Master Cui will become the pillar of the court and play a pivotal role. ”

"The emperor has placed such an important person by my side, which shows his full trust in me. If Cui Qi is really a talent who can handle great responsibilities, after a hundred years, the Luo family will also rely on him to shade him, so in public and private, this person must be treated carefully. ”

Cui Qi saw Luo Daozheng looking at him with a smile, and immediately gave the student's big salute to the teacher: "Cui is a shallow learner, and I will ask Luo Xiangguo to correct him in the future." ”

Luo Dao immediately helped him up, and said with a kind smile on his face, "What did Master Cui say?" The emperor asked you and me to deal with the conscription, and we can only unite and work together to do things for the emperor, so why be polite. ”

"There is a night banquet in my house today, and some officials close to me in the DPRK and China will be present. If Master Cui has nothing to do, you might as well go home with the old man and have a few drinks with like-minded people, what do you think? ”

Although Cui Qi has not been an official for a long time, he naturally understands the rules of officialdom. Luo Dao invited him to the night banquet, which was to announce to the hundred officials of the court that Cui Qi was his person, and if Cui Qi encountered any unfavorable situation in the future, it would depend on the thin face of Luo Dao, the head of the court.

And no matter how prosperous Cui Qi is in the future, he must admit that he is from Luo Dao's disciples. It was Luo Dao who introduced him into officialdom, and he was a student of Luo Dao for life, out of morality, he must take care of Luo Dao's people in many ways, this is the rule of officialdom.

"Thank you, Lord Luo, for your love!" Cui Qi agreed to Luo Dao's invitation without thinking about it. Luo Dao was also very happy to see him so happy, and the two went to the Prime Minister's Mansion hand in hand.