The little fat man knelt in the Houde Palace, holding the Book of Heaven, carefully checked, since the situation in the palace was set, he took the Book of Heaven from Dong's family, and pondered day and night, but the more he looked, the more he had a different flavor, he often thought Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan and others were his opponents, and at the same time learned the way of his subordinates as kings, among them, Cao Cao's means, deeply understood.

After he pacified the court, there was nothing important for him to deal with personally, and many new officials were in full swing for the annual meeting, and this year was naturally not as busy as the previous year, but, because of the death of Dou Wu and others this year, there were more things to record and write, and these things were recorded by these party members, and they were thought to be written later.

The little fat man didn't get involved, and he didn't pay attention to their records, what image he would be, the big husband fought for a while, not for a lifetime, as long as he didn't fight for power with himself, he would do it with them.

As things gradually settle down, the little fat man is becoming more and more enthusiastic about those famous ministers and generals in the Book of Heaven, but those famous ministers and generals are still young, even if that Zhang He has not set up a crown, even if these children are summoned, what can they do? And if it is peaceful today, he will not be able to recruit some warriors, because he will be given an official position because of his bravery, and he has a headache in this matter.

In addition, with the fall of Dou Wu, the harem Dong family also couldn't sit still, he wanted to sit in the position of the Empress Dowager Dou, in her opinion, she was Liu Hong's biological mother after all, and Dou Wu made such a big mistake, but she saw with her own eyes how Dou Wu attacked Weiyang Palace, and how did Empress Dowager Dou continue to be the Empress Dowager? Only the little fat man understands that the Empress Dowager Dou is the only weapon in the court that can be used to limit the party's right to speak.

If you take the liberty of replacing it with the Dong family, I am afraid that the Dong family will not be able to suppress those party members.

When the time comes, won't this temple become a hall of words for the party?

He comforted the Dong family for a long time, and he said a lot of words, but he couldn't say it too clearly, his mother has always been impulsive, if he couldn't bear it for a while, and leaked it to others, where is the majesty of the Son of Heaven?

Before he thought of a solution to these things, Duan Cheng led the northern army back, Zhang Huan took back the northern army, and he was alone again, entered the palace, and served as a speaker again, but the little fat man summoned him alone in the Houde Palace.

Duan Cheng was happily returning, but suddenly heard that Dou Wu and others were dead, and heard that Hou Lan and others were also dead, coupled with what the Son of Heaven said, he would never stand in the middle of the permanent service, which made Duan Cheng, who claimed to be a eunuch, a little frightened, and there was no help from the DPRK and China, and the party refused to accept him, so when he came to meet the little fat man, he looked extremely haggard, and he couldn't see his appearance on the battlefield at all.

"Duan Jun is in poor health? I haven't seen you for a few days, how did you become like this? ”

The little fat man asked with a smile.

Duan Cheng looked up at the young Son of Heaven, but there was a faint anger in his heart, in his opinion, this Son of Heaven was simply a fool who was stunned by the party, didn't he know that the eunuch was the private slave of the Son of Heaven, but the party wanted to fight with you for power, every generation of the Son of Heaven is to train domestic slaves to fight against the party, and you will cut off your arms as soon as you come to power? He had a grudge in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it.

Leaned over and said: "However, the minister is old and weak, and it may be difficult to occupy a high position again, and I hope that Your Majesty will have mercy and make the minister return to his hometown and take care of his sick body." The little fat man suddenly sneered, approached Duan Cheng suddenly, and said in a low voice: "Duan Jun is suffering from heart disease? Could it be that Dou Wu's head can't cure Jun's disease? Seeing the little fat man say this, Duan Cheng was really taken aback!

He looked at the menacing and fierce Son of Heaven in front of him, and for a while, he suddenly bowed down and said, "The minister is guilty!" The little fat man suddenly laughed again, helped him up, and said, "What is the general's crime?" Breaking the enemy for the country is not a crime but a meritorious service! The little fat man said with a smile: "I want to add a lord and a king, and give Xinfeng County Marquis, how about it?" ”

Duan Cheng's eyes widened, Xinfeng County is the former residence of Emperor Taizu Gao, the weight of this place is indescribable, and the Marquis of Xinfeng County is undoubtedly the one who stabilizes any county marquis, not to mention the county marquis, you know, just a few days ago, when he walked into the temple excitedly, he was greeted by definitely not a smile, among the three dukes, only Taiwei Liu Ju and Situ Qiaoxuan reciprocated kindness to him.

And the rest of the officials were watching his jokes, probably wondering what else he could do after losing the support of the eunuchs.

Duan Cheng suddenly wept, wiped his tears, and said to the little fat man: "The country loves me very much, I don't know how to repay it, I am willing to die for the country!" The little fat man smiled, stretched out his hand to stroke Duan Cheng's back to show his love, and then said: "Jun's merit is high, and he deserves this reward." ”

The two talked for a long time, mostly talking about the war, at this time, Duan Ying was the real little fat man a little amazing, Duan Ying led more than 10,000 people in the northern army, only brought 15 days of food, marched from Pengyang, pointed directly at Gaoping, and fought with Xian Ling Zhuqiang in Fengyi Mountain.

When the Qiang people were very strong, Duan Ying ordered the sergeants to hold a long arrowhead, Zhang Jin's crossbow, and a light cavalry on both wings, encouraging the soldiers to say that they are now thousands of miles away from home, and if they enter, they can succeed; If you retreat, you will die, everyone strives to move forward, strive for fame, and then take the lead, shouting and rushing into the enemy formation, and the soldiers then attacked, defeated Zhuqiang, beheaded more than 8,000 levels, and obtained 280,000 cattle, horses and sheep.

In January, Duan Ying pursued Xian Lingqiang with light cavalry, day and night, and broke the Qiang army in Luyanshui, Luochuan, Lingxianshui and other places, and then fought with the Qiang army in Lingwu Valley, and finally broke the first Lingqiang, Duan Ying took advantage of the victory and marched into Jingyang, so Xian Lingqiang was basically pacified, and its remnants of more than 4,000 fell, scattered into the valley of Hanyang County.

After another two months, Duan Ying continued to march, launched an attack on the Dongqiang scattered in the Hanyang area, won consecutive battles, and finally surrounded the Qiang people in the valley, Duan Ying ordered to ride Sima Tianyan, fake Sima Xia Yu led 7,000 troops, Sima Zhang Kai led 3,000 troops, divided into two ways to attack the Qiang people by night, and led the cavalry to attack the Qiang people head-on, so he broke the Qiang army, beheaded more than 19,000 people under the Qiang people, and obtained countless cattle, horses, livestock, tents and other things.

This feats are much more prominent than Zhang Huan, this is a big victory!

The little fat man was in awe, got up suddenly, and bowed: "Respect the courage of the general!" ”

Duan Cheng was a little at a loss, and hurriedly prostrated that he didn't dare.

Helping Duan Cheng up again, the little fat man smiled and said: "I want to rebuild the Southern Army, and I am willing to take the general as the lieutenant of the Southern Army, I don't know what the general wants?" Duan Cheng was stunned, the current peace is peaceful, why do you want to rebuild the Southern Army? It's just that the rebuilding of the Southern Army can be regarded as a general comparable to Zhang Huan in the world, so why don't you want to? Immediately said: "I don't dare to quit." ”

"The number of the northern army is 30,000, and the southern army does not need much, 5,000 is enough."

Duan Cheng nodded, making a look of listening to him, and the little fat man continued: "The position of the Southern Army is to protect Weiyang, but there are guards guarding Weiyang, I want to use the Southern Army as a school field, widely collect the heroes and warriors from the lower reaches of the world, take their youngest, and ask the general to train them, and in the future, they will be the Sima General of the Northern Army, just like the Tai Academy of Martial Artists, I don't know what Duan Jun thinks?" ”

Duan Cheng was a little discouraged when he heard that only about 5,000 young people were going to be levied, and he didn't participate in the battle, but then he thought that he wanted to train these young men, thinking that the generals in the future and the northern army in the future would not be my children? Isn't that appeal stronger than Zhang Huan's? Thinking about it, he might also become a figure like the Chinese Sect of the Fierce Warrior, and he was overjoyed in his heart.

Hurriedly agreed to the little fat man's request, he was simply excited to cry bitterly, prostrate and worship, or the little fat man comforted him for a long time, before he stopped crying, the little fat man let him do his own thing, and immediately summoned Shangshu Ling Liu Pet, specially issued an edict, worship Duan Cheng as the Marquis of the Southern Army, give the Marquis of Xinfeng County, and then give him 5,000 soldiers, his military baggage, funded by the imperial money, and then let Liu Pet find the three princes to discuss.

And Duan Cheng, sobbing out of the palace, vaguely reluctantly looked at the Houde Palace, even if he had come out, he still bowed and worshipped cautiously, until he walked out of the palace, his expression suddenly became indifferent, frowning, where was there still a little crying and gratitude, he shook his head, but in his heart he said: This son of heaven is really eloquent, it seems that he is right to protect himself.

When Zhou Jing, Qiao Xuan, Liu Ju, Yang Ci and other three princes of the court knew about it, they did not object.

Although they felt that Duan Cheng's title was a bit too high, but Duan Cheng's actual merits were there, and they couldn't turn a blind eye, as for the Southern Army, they didn't care at all.

After all, the Southern Army is now in name only, even if Duan Cheng is reorganized, the Southern Army's duty is only to defend the emperor, what role can it play?

In the eyes of Yang Ci and others, this is just that the emperor was frightened by Dou Wu's incident, so he wanted to reset the southern army and protect himself, and even the southern army's baggage and military supplies were privately subsidized by the emperor with imperial funds, so what else did they have to refuse?

As long as you don't have a permanent attendant, the Southern Army will be up to you.

The little fat man is overjoyed, the rangers and warriors from all over the world, I don't know how many of them are contained in the Book of Heaven?

Since they can't be recruited to give official positions, then use them to reset the Southern Army, on the one hand, to exercise their martial arts, and on the other hand, there is Duan Cheng, a good fighting guy, to train them, presumably these people can become the backbone of the Northern Army in the future, and the little fat man even thought of giving Duan Cheng the secret collection of the art of war in the palace, and using him to train those fierce generals in the future to be more perfect.

He thought about this for a long time, and finally decided at this moment, what made him decide was not Duan Cheng's outstanding ability, but the rejection of him by the entire temple, since he was not treated by the party, then he could use it with confidence, and he didn't have to worry about whether the generals and colonels would secretly have an affair with him in the future.

The little fat man knelt in the hall, looking at the heavy snow outside the house, his eyes full of anticipation.

I've been waiting for a long time.