Zhao Dongting said: "I have made meritorious contributions in leading the army to pacify the Yue Li Army and Dali, and I am now named the second-rank mighty general, the Tianji Army, and then the Marquis of the Divine Eye, hoping to continue to establish immortal military merits for the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Zhang Hongwei kowtowed to the ground, "The last general, Zhang Hongwei, thank the emperor for his grace!" ”

Zhao Dongting helped him up with a smile, "I personally promoted him when I was in Jinzhou, and I saved my life." If it is a personal relationship, I should give a more generous reward, but I am the emperor, so I can't favor one over the other. Any reward must be judged by military merit. With qualifications, in fact, it is not impossible to be the marshal of the Dali Military Region, I only hope that I can understand my painstaking efforts. ”

"The emperor is serious."

Zhang Hongwei heard the words and said: "The last general has never read a book, and he knows that the art of war and strategy are far from Marshal Liu. Now that he can win the trust of the emperor as the commander of the Tianji Army, and he has to be named the Marquis of God's Eye, the last general is already grateful to Dade in his heart, and he will never dare to be dissatisfied with the emperor. ”

Zhao Dongting nodded, "In this way, I will be relieved." ”

Saying that, he patted Zhang Hongwei on the shoulder, "Actually, I should have given the pardon a long time ago, but it was still in Dali, and I had never established the Dali Military Region, so it was not appropriate to directly announce that I would be transferred to the Xingguo Military Region." That's why I've dragged this matter on until now. ”

In fact, Zhao Dongting didn't have to say these words.

With his character, he may not want to say these things.

It's only now that the Great Song Dynasty is gradually becoming stronger, Zhao Dongting, the emperor, has to be careful like a woman.

Because he knew very well that the slightest negligence might make the civil and military generals below dissatisfied.

And once this discontent arises, it may become a time bomb in the future.

It is said that it is easy to seize the country, but it is difficult to defend the country.

With the current national strength of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Dongting was not worried about any other country that could pose too much threat to the Great Song Dynasty.

No matter how strong a country is, it cannot withstand internal disintegration.

Therefore, he must now show more care and care for these civil servants and generals than before.

After Zhang Hongwei retreated, Zhao Dongting announced several generals in the Tianji Army in turn.

Each of these people was rewarded, and when they got out of the car, they were all overjoyed.

And after Zhao Dongting finally stopped announcing people to come in, Le Chan finally couldn't help but say: "The emperor seems to be extremely kind and polite to these generals today. ”

In the past, although Zhao Dongting was good to the Chinese military generals of the DPRK, it was by no means like today.

"Alas......"

Zhao Dongting sighed lightly when he heard this, "Chan'er has ever thought about why there was often civil strife after the founding of previous dynasties?" ”

Le Chan and the girls were slightly moved.

Zhao Dongting then said: "The meritorious deeds of the past dynasties have been conquered by the founding monarch of the country, and in terms of friendship, in fact, their friendship with the monarch is not under me and Yue Peng, Zhang Hongwei and others. In the end, it turned against each other, mostly because of uneven distribution. The state is a cake, and it is normal for them to shed blood and sweat for the country, but in the end they do not get the status they deserve, or they are suspicious of the king, and it is normal for them to be dissatisfied. And now I am parading in Lin'an, which is actually equivalent to announcing to the world the official liberation of the Great Song Dynasty, which is no different from the founding of the country. Therefore, the more I am at this juncture, the more I need to show my care and trust for these civil and military generals, so as not to chill them. No matter how powerful a country is, it cannot withstand the consumption of civil strife. ”

Le Chan hesitated slightly, "That's all...... Will you lose your majesty? ”

"No, it won't."

Zhao Dongting shook his head and chuckled: "I am the emperor after all, no matter how polite I am to them, no matter how much I have a fight, I am still the emperor." In their hearts, they should just be grateful. ”

Hearing him say this, Le Chan didn't say anything anymore, just smiled.

The army continued to march towards Lin'an Mansion.

And so it went on for nearly ten days.

Zhao Dongting and his party had not yet arrived at Lin'an Mansion, but Zhongsun Guge's reply was sent back to Zhongxing Mansion in Western Xia with an expedited 800 miles.

He made a long speech in his heart, mostly criticizing Zhao Dongting for his wolf ambition and arrogance.

even risked offending Li Xiushu, and euphemistically said that the alliance between Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty was a mistake, and it was a plot with the tiger.

Li Xiushu was "furious" after reading Zhongsun Guge's letter in the imperial study.

She even angrily threw out all the jade cups on the bookcase, and shouted to the old eunuch next to her: "Go and announce the old lady and the ministers and generals of the court and the middle of the court!" No matter what they are doing at this time, as long as they are in the Zhongxing Mansion, they must rush to the main hall to see me within half an hour! ”

Rao is old eunuch has won Li Xiushu's trust, and when he saw Li Xiushu suddenly so bright, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

He can probably think of what it is, and he can also imagine how angry the emperor is in his heart now.

He didn't know, in fact, Li Xiushu was secretly laughing in his heart.

Zhao Dongting actually made Zhongsun Guge, who had a good temper, angry like this, she was really a little curious, what Zhao Dongting was doing in front of Zhongsun Guge.

After the old eunuch left the imperial study, Li Xiushu also left, and rushed to the palace hall angrily.

In a short time, the civil and military ministers of the Western Xia Dynasty also hurried to the main hall.

Just about to kneel, I heard Li Xiushu on the throne say angrily: "Don't kneel!" Where is Helian City and Qu Rujian! ”

Helian Cheng and Qu Rujian hurriedly lined up, "The end will be!" ”

Li Xiushu said again: "How is the training of the soldiers? ”

Helian Cheng replied repeatedly: "Back to the emperor, General Qu and General Qu have been stepping up their training these days!" ”

Li Xiushu snorted heavily, "When will the army be able to go on the march?" ”

Helian Cheng said with some bitterness on his face: "My army is divided into various places, and it is still being deployed. If you want to go on the expedition, I'm afraid it will take two months. ”

"Two months!"

Li Xiushu said angrily: "The Great Song Dynasty has bullied us, and I have to wait for another two months?" ”

Helian Cheng wanted to speak and stopped, "The emperor forgives the sin." It is not easy for the soldiers from all over the world to prepare properly. ”

Li Xiushu narrowed her eyes slightly, and said quietly: "Could it be that the soldiers of all regions are unwilling to listen to the deployment?" ”

She has already been temporarily crowned the generalissimo of the national soldiers and horses in Helian City.

Of course, Li Xiushu knew in her heart that even though Helian City was the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, he only had some control over their Helian family's army and the Western Xia Forbidden Army. The private armies of the rest of the major families are afraid that they will not listen to his deployment so easily. After all, although the main figures of each family are now in Zhongxing Mansion, their armies are still on their respective territories.

She deliberately said this, and she also meant to force many families to express their positions.

Zhao Dongting said that he didn't mind taking this opportunity to help her eliminate some forces in Western Xia.

Therefore, Li Xiushu must let those families send a large army to attack the Song Dynasty.

When she said this, several heads of the house in the hall were slightly discolored.

Of course they understand the meaning of Li Xiushu's words, this is saying that they are acting in accordance with their yang and yin.

It's just that if a large army is sent to attack the Song Dynasty, not to mention whether you can win the Song army or not. They are more worried that Lee so-sook is using their private soldiers as cannon fodder.

If it is true that their strength has been compromised because of this, then there will really be no room to compete with Li Xiushu in the future, and they can only be eaten away by Li Xiushu step by step.

But when they hesitated, Li Xiushu had already opened her mouth again, and said, "Helian City, which military commander's men and horses are unwilling to obey the deployment?" ”

In an instant, the eyes of those family masters fell on Helian City.

If Helian City bites out anyone, then that family will inevitably bear the wrath of the emperor.

And now that Helian City is clearly the empress's person, of course they have such worries in their hearts.

Helian Cheng looked back and swept through the hall, and was a little embarrassed.

Their Helian family's defection to the empress has made the big families who were originally allied with them extremely dissatisfied with them and regarded them as traitors. If any of the families are brought out at this time for the empress to operate, the Helian family will only be more on the same page as those families.

Eventually, his eyes fell on Helian Dong's body.

Now is also the time for the Helian family to make a complete choice.

If you open your mouth, you will completely fall to the empress.

If you don't open your mouth, you can only be regarded as a source of left and right. may make the hatred of the big families a little less, but it will inevitably offend the empress because of this.

"Ahem!"

Helian Dong felt his son's gaze, coughed lightly, and said, "Cheng'er, the emperor is asking!" Honestly, yes. ”

This is tantamount to a statement.

In the future, the Helian family will completely become a person of Li Xiushu's lineage.