Li Deshan followed Ying'er into the Chengqian Palace.

In the main hall of Chengqian Palace, Xue Baochai had already paid all his makeup and was waiting there.

Li Deshan entered the main hall with the holy decree high, and did not salute Xue Baochai, but said to Xue Baochai: "Long live the Lord has a decree, and the noble concubine Xue accepts the decree." ”

Xue Baochai hurriedly took the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace to kneel on the ground.

"Concubine Xue Baochai, the leader."

Next, Li Deshan opened the holy decree and read: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: Concubine Xue, virtuous and virtuous, intelligent and agile, dignified and wise, respectful and cautious, long-serving palace, sensitive and wise, and courteous." Immediately entered the imperial concubine, temporarily took the queen's phoenix seal, and took charge of the harem. Chin this. ”

After Xue Baochai listened to Li Deshan's proclamation, a stone finally fell to the ground in his heart.

"Concubine Xue Baochai received the order, thank you Lord Longen, long live my emperor, long live long live."

Next, Li Deshan put the holy decree in Xue Baochai's hands, and then hurriedly stepped forward to pick Xue Baochai up.

"Congratulations to the minion."

Xue Baochai was also full of smiles, like the warbler next to her, and the little maid immediately took a bag from the palace person next to her and put it in Li Deshan's hand.

"It's a little meaning, Gonggong Li took it back and drank a few cups of tea."

"Then the minion is disrespectful."

Next, Li Deshan and Xue Baochai had a few polite words, and then retreated on the grounds that there was still something to do in the Heart Cultivation Palace.

After Li Deshan left, Xue Baochai changed into civilian clothes again and came to the main hall of Chengqian Palace again.

At this time, Xue Baoqin also hurried over and congratulated Xue Baochai.

Xue Baochai nodded at Xue Baoqin, and then said to Ying'er on the side: "Although the palace is divided into imperial concubines by the emperor, there are also the queen mother and the two queen mothers, you tell the palace maids and eunuchs below, don't be proud." From now on, we must be more cautious. ”

When Ying'er heard this, she was poured a basin of cold water, she thought that Xue Baochai was now the boss of the palace in the right name, and the people under their hands should also tremble.

Unexpectedly, Xue Baochai was already an imperial concubine, and she was still so cautious and cautious.

Not to mention that Xue Baochai is here to teach the palace maids and eunuchs.

Besides, at this time in the upper study, Jia Zhi, the king of Chu, heard the news that Xue Baochai was named the imperial concubine, and he was angry.

And his teacher Li Wenbin also frowned, and at the same time, Li Wenbin felt a chill coiling behind him.

When he was in the study just now, Li Wenbin put the emperor on the table, and Jia Ke's face was still full of smiles at that time, as if he didn't take this matter seriously.

As a result, as soon as Jia Ke returned to the Heart Cultivation Palace, such a will was transmitted, and the meaning was already very obvious, which was very dissatisfied with the matter of forcing the eunuch to write the living path just now.

At the same time, it is also a warning to Jia Zhi, the king of Chu.

Li Wenbin sighed when he thought of this, and sure enough, he was like a tiger. He originally thought that he had already understood Jia Ke's temper, but he didn't expect Jia Ke to be moody now.

The news that Xue Baochai was named the imperial concubine soon spread in the capital.

This time, the military ministers, these old foxes, have already seen what Jia Ke meant, and this is dissatisfied with Jia Zhi, the king of Chu, jumping up and down during this time.

So the few civil and military forces who had some contact with Jia Zhi, the king of Chu, immediately died down and never contacted Jia Zhi again.

In this way, the court just set off a little wave, and it was gently resolved by Jia Ke.

And it also let the ministers of civil and military affairs see that he Jia Ke is still in the prime of life, and he doesn't want to canonize the crown prince, and these civil and military ministers below are also honest for a few years.

Then, after this matter subsided, it was still the matter of Jia Ke's Northern Expedition.

Now the court has sufficient food and salary, the soldiers are also well-equipped, and most of the officers and soldiers on the nine sides have also replaced with flintlock pistols.

Jia Ke was also in the capital, and issued several holy decrees in succession.

First, he ordered the Liaodong Jiedu envoy to lead 100,000 infantry, and 50,000 cavalry immediately rushed to Xuanfu Town to rendezvous.

Second, order the Manchu Eight Banners, each with 30,000 cavalry, to exchange money in Xuanfu Town.

Third, Datong Town, Shanxi Town, Yansui Town, and 50,000 infantry each were ordered to meet in Xuanfu Town.

After Jia Ke issued these three orders, he immediately ordered Jia Yu Village, the head of the household department, to raise grain and grass for the northbound army, and ordered it to recruit farmers and immediately transport the grain and grass to Xuanfu Town.

As soon as Jia Ke gave these orders, the entire capital and the border gates were busy. Armies from all walks of life continued to gather in the town of Xuan'fu, and everyone knew that this trip north was a decisive battle for the Tatars.

For so many years, the Central Plains has been on the defensive against the Grassland Dynasty, and now Jia Ke's Northern Expedition is to turn defense into offense.

After Brother Jia passed on the holy decree, he began to arrange the affairs of the capital.

Now the most important thing is who will preside over the major events in the capital after Jia Ke leaves the capital.

As for this matter, Jia Ke already had a case in his heart, and after a day, Jia Ke issued an order again.

The first holy decree: Xue Baochai, the imperial concubine, temporarily holds the emperor's treasure in order to supervise the country.

The second holy decree: Fan Kang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is the auxiliary minister, commanding the civil and military officials, and assisting Xue Baochai.

The third holy decree: the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department, Sun Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, accompanied the military counselor of the military aircraft.

After Jia Ke issued these holy decrees, he issued a secret decree to Jia Yucun, the head of the household department and the commander of the Nine Gates.

This holy decree was left by Jia Ke to Jia Yucun, so that during the period of his absence, no one could deprive him of his military power without the holy decree written by Jia Ke himself.

Because among these people in the capital, Jia Ke trusts Jia Yucun the most, because the others are only loyal to Jia Ke according to their own interests, and only Jia Yucun is completely controlled by Jia Ke.

Although Jia Yucun has such and such problems, he will never betray Jia Ke, and let him take charge of the leadership of the Nine Sects after Jia Ke leaves, which is the most reassuring thing for Jia Ke.

After Jia Ke dealt with this matter, he went to the Ning Kangning Palace in the harem.

Jia Ke and Emperor Jia Zheng had a secret conversation in the Kangning Palace for an afternoon, and the main content was to let Emperor Jia Zheng of the Emperor. Pay attention to the movements in the court during this time, if everything is peaceful, Jia Zheng does not have to come forward.

But if there is chaos in the court, Jia Zheng will come out to preside over the overall situation and quell the turmoil in the court.

After arranging all the internal and external affairs in the imperial court, Jia Ke took a total of 100,000 horses from the Fenwu Battalion and the Xiaocai Battalion to the north, and Xuanfu Town joined the army.

When Jia Ke's army arrived in Xuanfu Town, they found that it had already fallen from the mountains of soldiers to the sea, and all the men and horses had arrived.

This time, Jia Ke can be regarded as having made a bloody investment, almost draining the elite in the court.

These include Feng Mo commanding 150,000 soldiers from Liaodong Town, Huang Baifeng commanding 150,000 soldiers from Xuanfu Town, Wang Zuo commanding 50,000 soldiers from Shanxi Town, Liang Ying commanding 50,000 soldiers from Datong Town, and Chen Qi leading 50,000 troops from Yansui Town.

In addition, the Xiaocai battalion personally led by Jia Ke, the Fenwu battalion has a total of 100,000 horses, and 250,000 iron horsemen from the Manchurian Eight Banners. In the regular army alone, Jia Ge dispatched nearly 800,000 horses this time.

Coupled with the strong men in the army, this time Jia Ke dispatched a total of nearly 1.2 million people.

Moreover, most of the horses and soldiers in these armies have completed the training of firearms, and this force can be said to be able to slaughter cities and destroy countries in the world at that time.

After the army rested for three days, Jia Ke convened a Chinese military council at the Chinese army's tent.

In the big tent, Jia Ke wore a golden helmet on his head, gold armor, and a yellow robe behind him.

After the generals kowtowed to Jia Ke, they stood on both sides and waited for Jia Ke to speak.

Jia Ke looked down, and then said: "The Tatars have invaded my borders and slaughtered my people for hundreds of years, which is unbearable. Now that the Celestial Empire is flourishing, it is the time to take revenge. This time, I led a million-strong army north, and it was necessary to annihilate the Tatars to eliminate the troubles. ”

After Jia Ke finished speaking, the generals gave up their hands together, "The ministers are willing to follow Your Majesty and go to the soup and fire, and they will not give up." ”

Jia Ke nodded, and then picked up an arrow from Zhu Shore, "Where is Xiao Yue, the leader of the Fenwu Battalion?" ”

Xiao Yue hurriedly stepped out of the queue and arched his hands upward, "Weichen Xiao Yue is here." ”

"I ordered you to be the pioneer of the front, open the road in the mountains, and build bridges in the water."

"Xiao Yue's order."

Next, Jia Ke said to Ji Rigla, the commander of the Yellow Banner in the Eight Banners: "You lead the cavalry of the headquarters and follow Xiao Yue to obey his arrangement." ”

Jizhigra hurriedly received the order.

Next, Jia Ke ordered: "Datong Town is the left wing of the army, Shanxi Town is the right wing of the army, and Yansui Town is the rear of the army." ”

The three envoys listened to the order and immediately gave it up.

"The others, following me as the middle of the army, set off north for the grassland in three days."

Three days later, a million-strong army slowly moved north from Xuanfu Town. Along the way, the trumpet was fluttering, and people were shouting and neighing.

After leaving Xuanfu Town, Jia Ke sent all the other cavalry of the Eight Banners and began to patrol around the army in search of the Tatar tribes and the main force.

And this time, Jia Ke had already decided to wipe out the Tatars, so he immediately swept away the Tatar tribes along the way.

Therefore, although the speed of the march of the army was not fast, almost all the 100 miles they passed through had been wiped out, and almost all the Tatars were wiped out.

And the news soon reached the royal court of Arslen Khan.

Arslen Khan was shocked when he received the news, and he was now trembling all over.

Arslen Khan was frightened, when he fought against Jako before, almost all of the Tatars had an absolute advantage in their forces, and although they were defeated every time, they were able to preserve the main force.

But this time, Jia Ke led a million-strong army north, of which the horse infantry army was very well equipped, and there were 400,000 cavalry alone.

This made Ars stunned how Khan could not feel frightened.

And after Meng He got the news, although he was also frightened, he had not lost the courage to fight.

After discussing with Meng He, Arslenhan decided to take his men and horses to meet with Jia Ke, and he must not flee without a fight.