Zhao Zhi frowned, looking at the five things on the table, a book of folds, it was a joint performance of the five major festivals of Hebei, and his tone was extremely humble and respectful, one was to ask for the title of the king of the county, and the other was to ask for a concubine to go to Fengjing to serve the imperial court.

A roster, with hundreds of names, is the positions and names of officials at all levels in 25 prefectures and 79 counties in Hebei Province.

The last one is a small map, the map is rough, vaguely marked with the deployment and number of troops of the five major jiedu envoys, a total of more than 357,000 people, including 120,000 cavalry and 230,000 infantry.

Looking at these three things, Zhao Zhi was silent for a long time.

Honey and sticks, compromises and threats.

"Your Majesty, Qin Anming, Liu Zhigu, He Zhongkai, and Xiao Hui are asking to see you."

A eunuch pushed open the door of the temple, walked in, fell to his knees, and spoke in retribution.

Zhao Zhi shook his head slightly, and said lightly: "Let them in!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The eunuch got up and stepped back.

A moment later, the four ministers of the political hall entered the main hall.

"See Your Majesty."

The four bowed.

Zhao Zhi nodded and said lightly: "Let's be flat." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Everyone thanked and stood up straight.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what is the matter here?"

Qin Anming glanced at the desktop in front of Zhao Zhi, what were the few things there, and the few people present knew that these things had passed through the hands of the political hall first, and then passed on to Zhao Zhi.

They came here at this moment to find out Zhao Zhi's intentions.

After the end of the Battle of Longyou, Zhao Zhi wantonly dispatched troops, transferred most of the main forces back to Fengjing, and continued to increase troops in Hedongdao, which made the total strength of Guannei and Hedong more than 300,000, what did Zhao Zhi want to do? Many people are speculating that the outside is temporarily stable, and Zhao Zhi is very likely to be ready to attack the inside, and judging from the current situation, the five major feudal towns in Hebei are likely to be Zhao Zhi's first target.

Qin Anming arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the matter of Hebei Province, I don't know what Your Majesty's plans are?" ”

Zhao Zhi frowned and said: "These are the issues that you need to consider in the political hall, you have a preliminary consensus, and then convey it to me, I am making a decision, so bluntly ask me, what use do I want you to be a minister?" ”

Qin Anming's eyelids jumped slightly, Zhao Zhi has always been calm and calm to people, rarely tautology, and is very polite to the ministers in the political hall, but now, his tone is a little heavy, Qin Anming has been working under Zhao Zhi for so many years, and it is rare to see it.

Qin Anming lowered his head and hurriedly confessed: "It's the minister's mistake, please punish Your Majesty." ”

Zhao Zhi glanced at him and shook his head slightly, Qin Anming is a talented person who is also very sincere to himself, but his personality is too weak, and he lacks generosity and calmness.

Liu Zhigu opened his mouth at this time and said: "Your Majesty, the Political Affairs Hall has discussed this matter and has some conclusions, but it still needs to be decided by Your Majesty. ”

After that, Liu Zhigu took out a notebook from his bosom and presented it with both hands: "This is the opinion made by the nine ministers of the political hall after discussion, and I also ask Your Majesty to look at it." ”

Mu Gong took the fold and put it in front of Zhao Zhi.

Zhao Zhi took the fold and watched it carefully, and the opinion of the political hall was very unified, that is, to treat the five towns of Hebei with gentle means.

Since the rebellion of the White Turban Army, in recent years, although the situation in the world has been relatively stable, few people dare to stand up and make trouble, small things are not, but big things have happened, such as the Battle of Jiangnan, and the Battle of Longyou, the outbreak of these two large-scale wars can be said to affect the nerves of everyone in the world.

The victory of the two key wars pushed the prestige of the imperial court to the top, and the envoys of the major feudal towns in the world were all frightened and frightened, and expressed their greatest respect, Zhao Zhi has succeeded to the throne for so many years, and has never had such a scenery.

But the victory in the war does not represent everything, it can only represent one aspect, that is, the current imperial court, its military strength is indeed very strong, so strong that everyone is afraid of it, from the attitude of all parties to the imperial court, it can be seen one or two.

This is the strong side, what about the weak side?

That is the financial problem, before the outbreak of the White Turban Army Rebellion, after Zhao Zhi's years of hard work, the imperial court in all aspects such as military and financial resources, has made great progress, internally, there are Liu Wei, Yang Daosi and others to dominate the national government, the situation is stable, externally, there is Li Zhong sitting in Anbei, the power of the Quartet, all aspects are very balanced, after the outbreak of the White Turban Army Rebellion, although the time is not long, it was soon forcibly suppressed by the imperial court by thunderous means, but the harm he brought is extremely huge, directly under the central forbidden army of the imperial court, Heavy losses, Zhao Zhi had to seek the help of the local feudal towns, Hedong, Henan two affected very deep, thousands of miles of red fields, after the end of the war, the imperial court had to come up with a lot of money, to reward those feudal towns who sent troops to help, accumulated many years of inventory, once dispersed most of it.

Subsequently, the outbreak of the Battle of Jiangnan and the Battle of Longyou was victorious, but the finances of the imperial court were also completely empty, and now the imperial court, the military strength, can not cover up his internal weakness and untruthfulness, Zhao Zhi in order to maintain the status quo, in just two years, has been five times to levy taxes in the Jiangnan region, which has caused many people to be dissatisfied, in the long run, I am afraid that there will be a big chaos, such an obvious problem, the ministers of the political hall, how can they not think of it, can't see?

On the issue of the five major feudal towns in Hebei, the nine ministers of the political affairs hall are not only considering military victories and defeats, but also considering whether the imperial court still has enough material and financial resources to support the war.

Liu Zhigu said: "Your Majesty, the soldiers who surrender without a fight, the good ones who are good, the envoys of the five major festivals of Hebei, now take the initiative to give in, and are willing to hand over the local administrative power, we don't need to mobilize a soldier and a horse, we can achieve such results, for us, this is the best thing." ”

After Liu Zhigu finished speaking, He Zhongkai, the head of the household department, was about to continue speaking, but Zhao Zhi nodded, threw the fold in his hand on the table, and said: "You are very right, I also think the same, so let's do it according to the opinion of your political affairs hall." ”

Yes!

The words in He Zhongkai's mouth were forcibly swallowed back, and several other people were also a little stunned, before they came, they thought of too many words, but they didn't expect that just for a while, in a few words, Zhao Zhi gave up his thoughts.

"The Emperor Shengming!"

Although there were doubts in his heart, Zhao Zhi followed the will of the people after all, this is a good thing, everyone has nothing to say, bow down and worship.

The people quit and left.

Zhao Zhi was silent, after a long time, he stood up, turned to look behind him, on the wall, there was a huge map, which was the national map of the Jin Dynasty, Zhao Zhi's eyes were silently looking at Shudi, what was his inner thought, who could understand? Everyone thought that he was going to make a move on Hebei, but who could have guessed that the first person Zhao Zhi really wanted to do was Shudi? 2k reading web