Huo Tu heard that Jia Ke was here to hand over the order, so he personally let Jia Ke to the lobby of the Ministry of War, and then wrote a document and stamped the seal of the Ministry of War and handed it to Jia Ke.

After Jia Ke took it, he carefully put it away in his arms.

After completing the formalities, Huo Tu said to Jia Ke: "Lord Jia can rest at home these days, and when the reinforcements from all departments arrive, the emperor will appoint a chief general to lead the army to a decisive battle with the Tatars, and then it will be up to Lord Jia to show his skills." ”

"I don't have any ability, it's just that the soldiers use their lives, so I can make some small contributions, Lord Huo don't lift me up." Jia Ke replied humbly.

Huo Tu touched his beard and said to Jia Ke: "Jia Hou Ye is too modest, others don't know about me?" For several years, the border passes were at war with the Tatars everywhere. Only Hou Ye Jia guarded Xuanfu Town safely, and other places were not breached a lot in a year. ”

When Jia Ke heard his praise, he hurriedly said a few words of modesty, otherwise, he would be considered proud of his achievements. Besides, this person keeps getting close to himself, I'm afraid he has something to ask for himself. But after all, he is the secretary of the military department, and it is probably a great deal to be able to ask for himself, so he must be cautious now, and he must not fall into the hands of others.

Huo Tu saw Jia Ke's attitude was very good, and then said: "The emperor is very old today, and if he says something disrespectful, he may control Bintian at any time, what are the plans of Marquis Jia in the future?" ”

Jia Ke was a little stunned when he asked this. Jia Keke had never thought about this issue, he was now thinking about being loyal to the emperor for the time being, and he had never taken anything else to heart. I didn't expect Huo Tu to ask such a question.

When Huo Tu saw Jia Ke there, he didn't know how to answer, so he said step by step: "Today's prince is virtuous and benevolent, why don't you go to meet Hou Jia?" In this way, after the crown prince ascends the throne, Jia Houye will also be able to soar. ”

Jia Ke was a little panicked after hearing what he said, what does Huo Tu mean by this? dared to win over the imperial generals so boldly. Is it really blind to be the emperor's secret agent? Or did the emperor already have an arrangement and deliberately arranged a way back for the prince.

Where did Jia Ke dare to express his stance at this time? He arched his hand and said to Huo Tu: "Thank you Lord Huo for your love, Jia Ke has no other skills, just a martial artist." In the future, I will only listen to the emperor's orders. I don't think about anything else. ”

Huo Tu was a little displeased after hearing Jia Ke's words, but he didn't say anything excessive. So everyone diverted from the topic.

The two chatted a few more words, and Jia Ke left the military department and returned home to wait quietly. Jia Ke was still jumping in his heart on the way home. He had a premonition that something big was about to happen.

When Jia Ke returned home, he put the matter with Hotu aside, after all, it was not something he could touch. As long as you hold a heavy army in your hands and wait and see what happens, no matter what happens, your glory and wealth can be preserved.

For the next few days, the capital was uneventful, and instead of attacking the city, the Tatars plundered in all directions. And the army of this dynasty also defended in the city and did not go out of the city to stop it.

Originally, with Jia Ke's troops, at this time he should have sent cavalry to constantly harass them, and at worst, he should have sent fierce generals to challenge, and he must not let the Tatars plunder everywhere peacefully. It's a pity that he doesn't have this decision-making power in the capital, so he can only let the military department arrange it, and then follow the order.

On the next three or five days, reinforcements from all over the country continued to arrive, and Fan Kang also dared to go to the capital with 30,000 foot soldiers.

At this time, the capital had gathered three or four hundred thousand horses, of which the reinforcements brought by Shi Xie Hu of Liaodong Jiedu were almost more than 100,000 at most. And these centaurs are all elites, so it can be said that he brought all the people who can fight in Liaodong Town.

The emperor praised Xie Hu, the envoy of Liaodong Town, for his performance this time. I didn't expect him to be able to give up his hard work for so many years for the sake of the court. It seems that like Jia Ke, he is also a loyal court.

When the emperor saw that the army had arrived, he ordered the officers above the third rank to go to the Qianqing Palace the next day to discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy.

Jia Ke is a super product as the Marquis of Wuyang, and the envoy of Xuanfu Town is a first-class person, so he came to wait outside the palace early.

Jia Ke didn't ask anyone else this time, in his impression it should be like the early dynasty on TV, so before dawn, he came to the palace. His early arrival startled the guards in front of the palace.

So a group of people surrounded Jia Ke in the middle, interrogated carefully, and finally figured out Jia Ke's identity, knowing that Jia Ke was coming to the court, they couldn't cry or laugh, and finally after these people explained, Jia Ke knew that he was making a joke, and the emperor's court generally started at one o'clock. Before dawn, Jia Ke came to the palace to hang around, no wonder the Praetorian Guards wanted to interrogate him. Moreover, the Praetorian Guards had never heard of such a thing as the early dynasty.

Jia Ke had no choice but to wait in front of the palace gate, and in the end, he was the eunuch in front of the palace gate, seeing that he was a first-class member and a marquis of Wuyang, so he let him go to the gatehouse where he was resting, otherwise he would have to wait for another hour or two in the cold wind.

Jia Ke was bored in the gatehouse, so he chatted with the eunuch without a word, "I said brother, how long have you been in this palace just now?" ”

"I've been in the palace since I can remember, and my family is poor and can't support my children, so find me a place to eat to save me from starvation." The eunuch said sadly.

Jia Ke still sympathized with him, thinking that if he didn't cross over to Jia Ke, if he crossed over to a poor family, the result would not be much better, at most, he would rely on martial arts, be a big soldier, accumulate some military merits, and become a thousand households when he is old.

"Brother doesn't know the honorable name, let's talk today, and we will take care of each other in the future."

"You are a product of the dynasty, I am just a lowly eunuch, where do I dare to associate with you." The eunuch had some inferiority.

"Where did my brother come from, if you hadn't asked me to come in to escape the wind and cold just now, I would still be shivering in the cold wind." Jia Ke felt that he had received a little favor from this eunuch, asked his name clearly, and repaid him by the way in the future.

When the eunuch heard Jia Ke say this, he replied: "Before entering the palace, my family name was Li, but after entering the palace, I changed my surname to Zhao according to the rules, and my single name is a Kang character." ”

"Brother, I'll ask you something."

"If Master Jia has something to say, as long as I can say it, I will definitely tell the truth."

Jia Ke hesitated for a moment before asking embarrassedly, "Brother, haven't you really heard of such a thing as the early dynasty?" ”

After listening to Jia Ke's question, Zhao Kang smiled to himself, "I'm afraid that Hou Ye Jia has watched too many dramas, how can the emperor and the ministers get up on the third watch and go to the main hall on the fifth watch." Where is this early dynasty, it is simply tossing people. ”

Jia Ke was a little embarrassed to say: "This is the first time I have been to the court, and I am embarrassed to ask others." I'm afraid that others will say that I am short-sighted, and it seems that this time it is a joke. ”

Jia Ke and Eunuch Zhao chatted without a word, and soon the sky was bright, and the ministers of civil and military affairs came one after another, and when Jia Ke saw this scene, it was like Eunuch Zhao had said goodbye.

Jia Ke followed everyone to the Qianqing Gate, where there were already several officials waiting, Jia Ke was young and had a shallow resume and did not know them. So I can only stand by alone, bored waiting.

It took about half an hour, and at this time, there were more people in the court, and Jia Ke was bored, when he heard someone shouting: "Jia Shinephew, come here." ”

Jia Ke followed the sound and watched, only to see an elderly man in his fifties greeting Jia Ke with a smile. I saw that this person was wearing a pure white hairpin and silver-winged king hat on his head, wearing a white python robe of the five-clawed dragon of Jiangya Seawater, tied with a jasper red belt, his face was like white jade, and his long beard was on his chest.

Jia Ke saw that he still knew this person, and thought that when he was performing martial arts in Jia's tutoring field, this old man took care of him a lot, this is the old prince of Beijing. His family and the Jia family have had friendships for generations, and they also assisted each other in the court.

Jia Ke hurriedly trotted over and came to King Beijing and bowed, "Boy Jia Ke, I've seen the old prince." ”

King Beijing stepped forward to help Jia Ke, patted his arm and said with emotion: "When I saw you back then, I was still a teenage doll, but I didn't expect that after a few years, you have become a marquis, and you are the head of the town." ”

"I can't afford the praise of the old prince, Jia Ke only has a little merit, and I have been favored by the emperor, so I have today." Jia Ke said humbly.

The old king of Beijing laughed heartily, "You are now more humble than before, and it was really arrogant to perform martial arts in the teaching field back then." It seems that no matter how much you are outside, you still exercise people, and in just a few years, you have changed all the previous problems. ”

"The old prince praised it falsely, I didn't do much back then, but now I have been practicing outside for a while, and I know the ignorance of the year." Jia Ke replied with some shame.

While they were talking, the silent whip at the door of Qianqing suddenly sounded, which was to make the courtiers quiet and enter the palace gate in turn. And this silent whip represents the authority of the emperor, and in the ritual it means that you can whip the courtiers.

When King Beijing heard the sound of the whip, he said to Jia Ke: "The first time the virtuous nephew went to the court, he didn't understand some rules very well, and if you follow me closely after a while, I will take care of you." ”

Jia Ke is naturally grateful to this old prince, since the first time they met in the teaching field, this old prince has taken good care of himself, and it would be false to say that he is not grateful. It seems that he will be closer to this old prince in the future, and he will also have a foil in the court.

So King Beijing was in front, and Jia Ke followed closely behind, and entered the Qianqingmen Hall together. After entering the main hall, the civil officials are on the left and the military attaches are on the right, and they are arranged on both sides according to their ranks.

Jia Ke, as the Marquis of Wuyang, was unexpectedly ranked in the top few, and the other Jiedu envoys who came to reinforce were far away from Jia Ke.

After everyone stood up, they did not wait quietly as in the film and television drama, but whispered to each other, discussing how to retreat from the enemy, at this time Jia Ke heard King Beijing ask: "How do you think the virtuous nephew should retreat from the enemy?" ”

Jia Ke listened to the question of the king of Beijing, and it was not perfunctory, so he told the truth: "The Tatars came this time, one is to plunder the materials, and the other is to test the reality of our dynasty, if they don't give them a head-on blow this time, the Tatars are afraid that they will invade every year, and even have the idea of annexing the Central Plains." In my opinion, we should set up a battle and lead it to a showdown. And to win it. If this battle is won, the Tatars will not dare to look south for at least five years. ”

When King Beijing heard Jia Ke's words, he couldn't help but nodded. In the past few years, the Tatars have invaded the south every year, and the court has been in a hurry, if they do not take this opportunity to give the Tatars a powerful blow, I am afraid that they will become even worse. It's just that he was a little worried in his heart, the Tatars have always been fierce, and if the imperial army fights against them, I'm afraid they won't be able to win, but he thought of the day Jia Ke came, he led the cavalry to gallop back and forth among the Tatars, and no one was his opponent. If the military horses of Xuanfu Town are used as the central army, and other men and horses are used as auxiliaries, they can also fight with the Tatars in the field.

The reason why the king of Beijing thought so much was because the emperor had recruited him into the palace a few days ago, and had a proper discussion with him, and this time the battle against the Tatars would take him as the commander and lead the armies.