Two days later, the wind and sand stopped, Zhang Xiaowu and others set off again, and arrived in Mucheng a day later, Xiao Kai prepared a banquet for everyone. Everyone thought that after Zhang Xiaowu drank a glass of wine, he would tell everyone about the experience on the road and the curiosity of Longdu City, and they were also curious why Ruan Qingwen and the others were not here, and there were fifty fewer guards who returned, but when Zhang Xiaowu took out the holy decree that he was dismissed from his post as the commander of the ghost guard.

"Come on, come on, have another drink." After Zhang Xiaowu handed the holy decree to everyone to circulate, he said with a smile.

"Your Excellency has been dismissed?" Xiao Kai and the others were dumbfounded, and it was hard to believe this result, but the content was clearly written on the holy decree, covered with a jade seal, and there must be no fake.

Guan Cheng jumped to his feet in anger and said, "What does this little emperor mean?" We worked hard in Saibei, but we ended up today! He's unloading the mill and killing the donkey! ”

Hu Sanwan reminded: "Hey, hey, hey, who is the donkey?" ”

Guan Cheng hurriedly said: "I didn't mean that, I mean, the cunning rabbit is dead and the lackey cooks!" ”

Hu Sanwan said: "Why do I feel that he is still scolding us." ”

Ni Erchun immediately said: "He's scolding us for being dogs." ”

Guan Cheng immediately covered his mouth and said, "Yes, I won't say it, but it's not mine." ”

"What kind of wine are you drinking, this wine is angry!" Cao Li shook his head and said, "I went to Longdu as a general this time, met the emperor, and will get rich, who would have thought that he would cross the river and tear down the bridge." The Inuyi people are running away, but they are not dead, they are licking their wounds, and they are waiting for a comeback! ”

Li Yuan shook his head and said, "The court is confused! Confused! If the adults were spared, wouldn't Inuyi die of joy? The Wuhuan people, the Ya people, the Tatar people, the Beiyi people, the Uzi people, the ambition is about to resurge, and the north is in danger. ”

"Don't worry." Wang Yijin said, "It's not bad news that the general was dismissed......

Jin Sheng asked, "Could it be that you have been promoted?" ”

Guan Cheng took Wang Yijin's hand and asked, "What other good news?" Wang Yijin smiled and said nothing, Guan Cheng said angrily: "You are talking, talking, you kid, now you have learned badly." ”

Ni Erchun said: "I was shocked, I was scared to death." ”

Feng Kui smiled: "The general shouldn't have become the commander of the legion, right?" ”

Xun Bu said: "That's too fast." ”

When he came back, Zhang Xiaowu discussed with Wang Yijin and gave everyone a surprise, what is called a surprise, it must be surprised first and then happy, and there is no surprise where the joy comes, so he winked at Xia Ming, sighed, pretended to be pathetic, and said helplessly: "Did I just say good news?" The removal of the general is not bad news, because there is worse news. With that, he took out the documents of the military department and the holy decree, lest the people did not understand, so he explained them himself.

The second holy decree demanded that the ghost guard be reduced from 10,000 David to 3,000 small guards, cut 7,000 border troops, and appoint Xiao Kai as the second commander of the ghost guard. But David is different from Xiaowei, the new Ghost Guard Commander General is only from the third rank, one level lower than the Wolf Guard General, and the deputy general of the Ghost Guard is only the fourth rank. Compared with the forbidden army, the new ghost guard is half more than the 2,000 people in a battalion, but it is two-thirds less than the regiment. The new Ghost Guard will only retain six formations and will no longer have battalions, so everyone will be demoted by one level and will need to cut 7,000 border troops.

The most troublesome thing was to dismiss the 7,000 frontier troops, but the holy decree did not announce how to arrange the 7,000 returnees, how much money to pay them to their hometowns, and how to arrange their future work. Therefore, the resettlement of the 7,000 returnees is the biggest problem in Mucheng, and even a bad arrangement will lead to mutiny. Although there was no rebellion caused by the resettlement of soldiers in the history of Shenghan, there was no one-time request for 7,000 people to return to their hometowns.

Xiao Kai slapped the table and said angrily: "No, absolutely not!" The ghost guard can't be dispersed! Never scatter! The court doesn't raise them, general, let's raise them ourselves. Although you have been dismissed, you are still a general in our hearts. ”

Wang Huaili said: "Yes, general, you stay and continue to lead us." ”

Peng Biao said: "General, you must stay." ”

Pei En said: "General, you can't abandon us. ”

Wen Ruyu said: "General......"

"You guys!" Wu Song shook his head and said, "You see that the adults look at ease with the old gods, that is, the adults have already had a countermeasure, why are you in such a hurry, listen to the adults' methods - there is really no way, let's do the opposite." ”

"That's right! Listen to the military advisor! Several officers were busy.

Guan Xiang also saw that the general had definitely made plans a long time ago, so he said: "We have refined salt in Saibei, and refined salt alone can already guarantee that we will not starve to death." If the court can't give us the money, we don't need to worry, right, General? ”

Zhang Xiaowu shook his head with a smile, took out the third holy decree, and said: "The imperial court has rebuilt the silver guard, and I have been appointed by the imperial court as the new commander of the silver guard. Three years ago, the Silver Guards rebelled, and many people were killed and exiled, resulting in no one in the Silver Guards, so after the 7,000 ghost guards were abolished, these 7,000 people will be taken by me to Longdu and replenished into the Silver Guards. Therefore, our ghost guard is not disbanded, but divided into two, one of the brothers is still guarding the north, and the other part is going to Longdu to do things. The ghost guard is still a ghost guard, and the silver guard will also be a ghost guard in the future, and the ghost guard has only expanded, not decreased, and has not disappeared. ”

"Huh?!"

This news made everyone even more stunned, everyone paused for a long time before they reacted, and hurriedly asked, but there were too many people asking and saying too much, so that Zhang Xiaowu didn't hear a word clearly. He hurriedly stretched out his hand and shouted, "Stop! Kill me! Asked one by one. Hu Sanwan, you look ugly, you say it first. ”

"Okay, I'm ......," Hu Sanwan said angrily, "Why am I ugly?" ”

Guan Cheng said: "Then you don't say I'll talk about it, I'll ask first, I'm ugly." ”

Hu Sanwan immediately said: "Hey! Do you have me ugly?! I don't care about you! Don't rob me, I'll ask first. My lord, what does the emperor mean by this, why didn't I figure it out. ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "I will explain this problem to you, there is a party in the imperial court that controls the military power, and there is a Zhang party that controls the power, so that the imperial power becomes extremely small. A few months ago, His Majesty accidentally fell into the water, and the ministers actually discussed the establishment of a new emperor after the emperor's death, and the emperor also had a prince, but they rejected it. The emperor felt cold, even if the ministers who supported him to seize the throne, he was jealous, knowing that he was just a puppet of the ministers. In order to get rid of being a puppet in the hands of others, the emperor dismissed Wang Cheng, the right minister who had been with the mud, and forced the courtiers to be afraid of the emperor, and then exiled the king of Jin to guard the royal hunting ground, and finally, let me kill the queen mother's mother. ”

"You killed the Queen Mother's grandmother?" Everyone was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Why did you kill him?" ”