The news that Xiao Yao successfully took Xuzhou and recovered Huaibei was transmitted back to Jinling City in time on the first day of the Lunar New Year, which immediately made Chen Guo cheer and celebrate! The people took to the streets to celebrate, and Zu Yuan, who successfully regained control of the General Casino, immediately set off a large string of firecrackers in front of the General Casino, and also found dragon and lion dancers to perform in front of the door to celebrate, attracting a large number of people to watch.

And after the New Year's banquet, Emperor Chen Xu also gathered a group of confidants and ministers to come to the imperial study to discuss the good news written by Lu Guangda himself!

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, this mighty general Xiao Yao really lived up to his holy hopes, and after only one month of his expedition, he successfully defeated that arrogant and hateful Gao Changgong, captured Xuzhou for our Dachen, and recovered Huaibei! On the first day of the first lunar month, at the beginning of the new year, I heard such good news, this year, under the wise governance of His Majesty, our Chen State must be in good weather, the country and the people are safe, maybe we can defeat the Qi State in one fell swoop and recover the Central Plains! An official patted Chen Xu's ass.

"That's right! The reason why we were able to recover Huaibei was because His Majesty had the wisdom to recognize the heroes and the magnanimity of the mind, not only did not care about the sin of this unruly and arrogant Xiao Shilang who did not respect the imperial power, but also let him return to the army, and finally fully supported him to rebuild his forward brigade, which allowed this Xiao Shilang to defeat the Qi State so easily and make great achievements for our Dachen! Therefore, we still rely on Your Majesty's wise and martial decision-making to recover the Huaibei region, which has been taken away by foreign races for more than a hundred years! Another minister also patted Chen Xu's sycophant and said.

"Haha, good! This Xiao Shilang is really my lucky star, and he is also our Da Chen's deputy general! It was only less than a month after the expedition, and through a fierce battle, he defeated Gao Changgong entrenched in Xuzhou in one fell swoop, not only avenged the 30,000 Chen soldiers who were killed in Xuzhou before, but also beat this Gao Changgong to abandon the city overnight, ran more than 200 miles, and fled to North Xuzhou, so that Xiao Yao's forward brigade was stationed in Xiapi County without blood, and Lu Guangda took advantage of Xiao Yao and Gao Changgong's decisive battle to easily break through the gate of Xuzhou City, so that in just two days, this was occupied by foreign races for more than 100 years. Huaibei, which the previous dynasties have not been able to recover, has regained the hands of our Han people, which is really happy! This Xiao Yao, I decided to reward him heavily! Lu Guangda, a veteran, also said in the good news, although this Xiao Yao is young, but he is both civil and military, and he was praised as the god of poetry by the people of Jinling City before, and now he has made such a great contribution to our Da Chen, so he specially begged me to appoint this Xiao Shilang as the assassin of Xuzhou! Chen Xu said with a satisfied expression.

Because letting Xiao Yao serve as the official position of Xuzhou Assassin was originally a condition that Xiao Yao had negotiated with him before he set out on the expedition! But if Chen Xu directly appoints Xiao Yao as the assassin of Xuzhou now, although under the premise that Xiao Yao has made such a great contribution, those ministers will not dare to oppose it openly, but they must also be dissatisfied, and even very jealous! After all, Xiao Yao is too young, and he is not from a royal family, or even a child of a scholar family, you must know that four years ago, Xiao Yao was just a little blacksmith wandering the rivers and lakes!

So now Lu Guangda, a veteran, proposes to appoint Xiao Yao as the Xuzhou Assassin, which makes these opponents even more unable to refute, after all, Lu Guangda is also a famous general in Chen Guo, and now even he supports Xiao Yao as the Xuzhou Assassin, which will definitely be able to block many people's mouths!

However, when they heard that Emperor Chen was going to appoint Xiao Yao as the assassin of Xuzhou, some of the ministers immediately objected: "Your Majesty, please think twice!" Thorn Shi is the governor of a state, with a high position, and Xuzhou is connected to Qi in the north and Huainan in the south, which is the land of four wars! This is a very dangerous strategic location for us Dachen! Moreover, the people there have been ruled by foreign races for more than a hundred years, and the people's hearts are also erratic, so it is necessary to have a calm and experienced person to be qualified for the position of Xuzhou Assassin! Although this mighty general Xiao Yao is very talented in leading troops in battle, and his eloquence is not bad, but governing a state cannot only rely on these, the assassin must be diligent in serving the people and loyal to his duties in order to benefit the people! Xiao Yao is too young, has no experience in governing places, and acts arrogantly and domineeringly, he really can't take on this big responsibility! ”

Some people took the lead in opposing it, and the other officials of the prince's camp naturally seconded it! Therefore, the ministers on King Xing's side also immediately stood up and retorted: "Governing a state does require experienced people, but everything is not left to the assassin alone!" General Wei Lie is young and has little experience in governance, but we can send some old ministers to help him! And most importantly, as you said, Xuzhou is a battleground for soldiers, so we must have a fierce general sitting there, just ask who in the Chen State now, who can make the Qi State feel more feared than the Wei Lie General! Even their god of war Gao Changgong was beaten by General Weilie and fled, if General Weilie served as the assassin of Xuzhou, I don't think the Qi country will dare to covet the land of Huaibei anymore! In this way, isn't Huaibei more stable in our hands? ”

So these two groups of people began to fight for this matter, and finally made Chen Xu annoyed, and then slapped the table hard, so that the entire imperial study was quiet, and scolded fiercely: "Noisy and noisy, you know that you are arguing here!" Lost the battle in Xuzhou before, you were arguing, now you have won, you have won Xuzhou, you are still arguing, what will you do besides quarreling! ”

"When a general lays down a new place, this general is the supreme administrator of the place, so that he can pacify the people and stabilize the situation more quickly! Didn't Wu Mingche also make him the assassin of Southern Yanzhou after he conquered Shouyang City, and Xu Jingcheng laid down Supre County, so he let him serve as the assassin of Anzhou! Originally, I wanted Lu Guangda, a veteran, to defeat Xuzhou, and then he would be the assassin of Xuzhou! As a result, he was defeated by Gao Changgong, and finally hid in Renzhou and kept asking me for help! When I was going to send troops to reinforce Huaibei, why didn't you recommend some fierce generals to me? I didn't dare to lead my troops north to reinforce at all! As a result, I could only go to this Xiao Shilang, and then after agreeing to him various conditions, he was willing to lead the forward brigade of only 5,000 people to Huaibei! Chen Xu pointed at the ministers who didn't dare to raise their heads and scolded fiercely, because the thought of returning the General Commercial Bank to Xiao Yao made the treasury lose a large amount of income, which made Chen Xu feel very painful!

"Fortunately, this Xiao Yao is still quite capable, and he did not disappoint me, in the battle of Xiao County, he not only defeated Gao Changgong and avenged the defeat of Linying County last year, but also let Lu Guangda's remnants who hid in Renzhou and did not dare to fight take the opportunity to capture Xuzhou City, and made him a veteran to save face! Isn't it normal to let Xiao Yao serve as the assassin of Xuzhou now? Even Lu Guangda emphasized on the good news that Xiao Yao must be appointed as the assassin of Xuzhou, so as to better stabilize the situation in the entire Huaibei, because that Gao Changgong also led a remnant army that cannot be despised to hide in Northern Xuzhou! Lu Guangda didn't dare to serve as the assassin of Xuzhou, so who do you think is more suitable for the post of Xuzhou assassin than Xiao Yao? Chen Xu asked in a determined tone.