After Li Xiaofei sent someone to report to Chen Hongyi on the matter of levying salaries and arresting people in Zhuzhou County, Hebei, Chen Hongyi stroked his beard: "Good means, good means, but this handsome not only has a knife in his hand, but also a pen!" Chen Hongyi ordered the chief secretary of the army to immediately write a proclamation informing the counties and counties of Zhuzhou that all expenses and labor for the construction of monolithic forts and the restoration of the Great Wall were the responsibility of Chen Hongyi, and that no local government was asked to levy salaries and arrest them.

Chen Hongyi signed and stamped thousands of proclamations and sent them to the government offices in various parts of Hebei and posted them at the city gates everywhere.

A large number of impeachment documents and requests for help from all over Hebei were sent to Jinling every day, and Xiao Shan and others were about to explode their lungs, and they directly asked Emperor Liu Xuanzhi to punish Chen Hongyi for resisting the decree at the court meeting. Liu Xuan's heart blossomed, but his face was very ugly, and he slapped his hand on the throne: "On the contrary, this is worth it, come here, send someone to Xiangguo to arrest Chen Hongyi, send him to Beijing, and hand it over to Dali Temple for strict interrogation and punishment!" ”

Although Xiao Shan and others wanted to punish Chen Hongyi, the tens of thousands of people under Chen Hongyi were the elite troops of Liang Guoxin, especially the original Chen Jiajun team, who dared to arrest Chen Hongyi, in case Chen Hongyi made a Qingjun side and killed back to Jinling, I am afraid that everyone would not be able to escape.

Seeing that no one in the court responded, Liu Xuan leaned on the throne and sighed: "Alas, are all the important ministers and ministers of the past so afraid of Chen Hongyi?" Do I want to take the royal family to cure Chen Hongyi's sins? ”

Xiao Shan hurriedly spoke: "The ministers are guilty of capital crimes, although Chen Hongyi resists the decree but will not rebel, I think send a general to lead the troops, and go to pass down the edict that confiscated Chen Hongyi for three years and severely reprimand, presumably Chen Hongyi will also remember His Majesty's leniency and confession of repentance."

Liu Xuan almost laughed, but he still held back, he saw through Xiao Shan's thoughts, these civil officials were afraid that Liu Xuan would give it to Chen Hongyi in person, but let Chen Hongyi coerce the Son of Heaven to order the world. Liu Xuan pretended to hesitate: "Then according to Prime Minister Zuo's idea, which general can be sent to be competent?" ”

Xiao Shan already had a candidate in his heart, so he reported: "Your Majesty, I recommend Zhong Zhiming to take on this position, this person has made great contributions to pacifying Huainan and pacifying Hebei, and the minister did not play his military exploits before because of avoiding suspicion, but this time the country is employing people, it is better to let Zhong Zhiming be the general of the march in Hebei Prefecture, and be promoted to the rear general, which can not only pacify the bandits in Hebei at present, but also restrain Chen Hongyi." ”

Liu Xuan thought to himself that this Xiao Shan was worthy of being an old fox, and he would push his family up by retreating, and he could also contain Chen Hongyi, but this was also the situation that Liu Xuan wanted to see, if Chen Hongyi and Xiao Xie Wang Yuan were in the same breath and light and dust, then his son of heaven would be in danger.

Liu Xuan glanced at the other ministers: "Ladies and gentlemen of the imperial court, can Prime Minister Zuo's proposal be approved?" I thought it would work."

Xiao Ding, Yuan Kang, Xie Rui, Wang Guan and others agreed in unison, Liu Xuan was satisfied, and immediately issued an edict, worshipping Zhong Zhiming as the general, supervising the military of Jizhou, Youzhou, Qingzhou, and Yuzhou, conquering the rebels in Hebei, and reprimanding Chen Hongyi for resisting the decree.

When Zhong Zhiming received the edict, he congratulated him left and right, and Zhong Zhiming smiled: "Brothers, the imperial court just threw a bone to me Zhong and let me bare my teeth and bite people. It's not easy to do."

A staff member next to him said: "Seeking peace with the thief Kou Yi, but reprimanding Chen Hongyi, the hussar general who shocked Huaxia, the old minister of the Five Dynasties, is obviously sending General Zhong to death."

"But the imperial court has issued an edict, and if we don't reprimand, we will be disrespectful," another aide said

Zhong Zhiming thought for a while: "You have to go, and the rebuke can't be ambiguous, it involves the decency of the imperial court."

The staff were ready to dissuade, Zhong Zhiming waved his hand: "This matter is so decided, we must follow the will of the imperial court, by the way, you write me hundreds of proclamations and send them to the local government offices and General Chen, the content of the proclamation is that I, Zhong Zhiming, have been ordered to go to reprimand General Chen, so that everyone knows."

The staff were taken aback, it was almost impossible to do this, and it was still a bit possible to discuss pretending with Chen Hongyi in private, but now that it is known to the world, I am afraid that I will not be able to get off the stage on the spot. But Zhong Zhiming has made up his mind, and everyone is not easy to refute.

Just when the monarchs and ministers of the Liang State were secretly fighting, a major event happened on the Mobei grassland, but it was just a drinking game at that time. One day in the summer of the ninth year of the Xianchu period, Hu Gao, the national teacher of the Black Flag Khanate, took the white wolf king Ju Wuzhi to the Green Flag Khanate to meet the Great Khan Tubili of the Green Flag Khanate.

This Ju Wuzhi was originally the right captain, and he was named the White Wolf King because he risked his death to report that he saved Pajaqili, and this person's resourcefulness was much stronger than everyone else, and even Hu Gao called him a person who could chat on the grassland. The two men had come to the Green Flag Khanate to discuss an alliance, and Pajachili did not have much hope for this, after all, the two families had been fighting for the throne for hundreds of years. Hu Gao and Ju Wuzhi insisted on going to the Green Flag Khanate, so they brought 30 cauldrons and 100 barrels of fiery wine, hundreds of cattle and sheep, and 500 people.

Tubilly didn't take it seriously at first, but when he saw the cauldron, his eyes lit up, this iron pot is a strange commodity in the grassland, Tubilli smiled and said: "Your department went south last year, and you can still grab such a good thing, and you can still send it to us, it seems that you have a big problem to ask me."

Hu Gao smiled: "What kind of rarity is this iron pot, we are here today to drink our fire wine with the Khan and reminisce about the old relationship."

When Tubili heard Hu Gao call him Khan, he was very happy: "It seems that your Pajaqili is admitting that I am the orthodox, not bad."

Ju Wuzhi took over: "You are the Great Khan, and our Pajaqili is also the Great Khan, is it orthodox, let's not fight first, Khan, you won't let us stand here and drink wine and eat meat, right?" ”

Tubilli beckoned: "Come, prepare our roasted camels, they are all guests, they have brought the best gifts, and we must not be stingy." Zuo Du Wei Ahe went to call dozens of beauties to help the fun"

Ah Ah was also nimble, and after going out for a while, he came to invite Tubili and them to the court. The people of the Green Flag Khanate enjoyed it more than the people of the Black Flag Khanate, and they dug up the grass early in the morning, and burned them into shapes over a large fire for parties. Tubili sat alone on an earthen bench in the west, the table in front of him was full of grapes, watermelons and other fruits, Hu Gaoju Wuzhi was on the south seat, and the same was placed in front of him, the north seat was the high priest and deputy khan Zadar of the Green Flag Khanate, and in the east were dozens of women in thin skirts dancing. In the center, a charcoal fire roasts camels, and the oil drips into the charcoal fire, squeaking and emitting a puff of white smoke.

Hu Gao's saliva was confiscated, and some of it flowed from the corners of his mouth, and Tubili clapped his hands: "Bring the wine from the Western Regions to the guests to taste."

The wine was quickly served, and Hu Gao and Ju Wuzhi took a few sips together, feeling a little sour, but still took a drink. Tubilli asked them, "How is this wine?" “

Ju Wuzhi was hesitating, Hu Gao smacked his tongue: "Sour, not very good, this wine should be paired with some beef and mutton."

Tubili smiled: "It is worthy of being a national teacher, knowing the goods and knowing the goods"

The high priest spoke: "Yes, the national teacher has a lot of knowledge, I think it is better to stay and be the national teacher for us."

Hu Gao pretended to be deep: "Hey, I'm afraid of offending your eagle god, I'm a good drinker, greedy for glasses, and I have a bad temper."

The high priest smiled: "The Eagle God will bless those who believe in him, as long as the national teacher also believes in our Eagle God, there is no offense to the Eagle God"

Hu Gao nodded and squinted: "High Priest, what kind of divine power does this Eagle God have, if it is really powerful, I can consider it"

The high priest took a sip of wine with great pleasure: "The supreme eagle god, omnipotent and omniscient, there is nothing he cannot do"

Hu Gao smiled: "Really? Then I ask the high priest, can this eagle god make a stone that he can't pick up? “

The people were stunned, and no one had ever asked this question, and the high priest was about to answer, but he was silent. Some ordinary priests around him spoke: "The eagle god is omniscient and omniscient, of course he can"

Hu Gao picked up a watermelon: "This eagle god can find this stone, but he can't pick it up, doesn't it mean that the eagle god is not omnipotent?" “

The other ordinary priests said, "It can't be made," and just as he finished speaking, he covered his mouth again.

The high priest bowed his head and was silent, but Ju Wuzhi immediately spoke: "Our national teacher loves to joke, high priest don't care, come and taste our fiery wine"

The high priest also got off the donkey: "Yes, yes, yes, or taste the fire wine of your department."

Hu Gao's guards gave a bowl of fiery wine to all the people who were sitting and standing, and carried three barrels before the high priest of Tubili and Hu Gao. Tubilly laughed when he saw this fiery wine: "Why is your department so cold, the wine is gone, treat the mare's milk as wine, hahahaha", everyone in the Green Flag Khanate on the field laughed.

Hu Gao raised the bowl unhurriedly: "Please also ask the Great Khan, the High Priest and all of you to swallow this fiery wine slowly and taste it carefully."

Although Tubilli didn't want to drink, it was not good to dismiss the guests in public, so he took a small sip, swallowed this small sip and raised the bowl to his nose and smelled: "This is indeed wine, and it is milk, and it tastes unique when you drink it."

Everyone also took a big sip of it, and the sound of smacking their lips was loud, and soon, the man who was out of wine in the bowl ran to the bucket in front of Tubilly to grab it. When Tubili saw that this was too undignified, he was about to scold, but Ju Wuzhi clapped his hands, and his men sent ten barrels of fiery wine to distribute to everyone. At this time, the slave who turned the camel reported to Tubili: "Great Khan, the camel and the sheep are roasted"

When he had taken the roasted camel out of the belly, a wild goose was revealed in the belly of the sheep, and when the wild goose was peeled off, there was a pheasant, and in the belly of the pheasant was some eggs. Hu Gao and Ju Wuzhi were stunned, and Tubili thought that this time he could be regarded as having a longer face, so he asked Hu Gao: "What does the national teacher think of this roasting camel technique?"

Hu Gao's eyes rolled: "The Great Khan is wise, this roasted camel is indeed the best in the world, the Central Plains people have a saying that governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, and can make this collection of delicious food in one of the best plus food, presumably the vision of the Great Khan must be much higher than the world." Only by concentrating all our strength can we accomplish great things, and today I have benefited a lot from the Great Khan. At this moment, eating the food given by the Great Khan and drinking the fiery wine, I am thinking that we are both fire dragons, and if we unite our forces like roasted camels, then we will definitely achieve great things."

Tubili was defenseless, he didn't expect this Hu Gao to tell the true purpose of this trip by praising this dish, he also thought about uniting, but he has been entangled because of this orthodoxy. Since Hu Gao has broken his words, Tubili has no scruples: "It's okay to unite, but there can only be one Great Khan, and the people of the Central Plains also say that there are no two masters in the sky and no two people."

Hu Gao reacted quickly: "Our dish has not yet reached the stomach, this roasted camel has camels, mutton, geese, pheasants and bird eggs, if we argue about whether this dish is mainly camel or mutton, I am afraid that in the end no one will be able to eat it." Only when you eat meat first, those who love camels get camel meat, and those who love mutton get mutton, each has its own place, can everyone have a way out."

Deputy Khan Zadar also took over: "What this national teacher said is reasonable, the matter of fighting for the Khan position will be put aside for a while, let's divide the fat of the Central Plains first, and it will not be too late to fight for the Khan position at that time."

Ju Wuzhi also reacted: "In fact, no matter which of you is the Great Khan, you are all descendants of the White Wolf King, and others are not qualified to be the Great Khan, and our princes and generals are still loyal to your family."

The high priest was serious: "The matter of the Khan position can be put down first, but everyone is a fire dragon person, and there should only be one god to believe in."

Hu Gao quickly replied: "There are currently no gods in the Black Flag Khanate who can be trusted to worship, and if the high priest can make the Eagle God acceptable to everyone, we have no opinion."