Due to the excessive number of edicts he carried, one after another, Zhang Yongde, who was facing south and facing north, read it with a dry mouth. The edict ceremony could not be stopped halfway, so he had to lick his dry lips frequently, but the more he licked, the more thirsty he became.

Li Zhongyi, who was standing below Zhang Yongde, squinted his eyes slightly, waiting for Zhang Yongde to bring out the killer weapon of the imperial court!

Just now, Li Zhongyi heard very clearly that the imperial court's edict of reward to him did not mention anything about the aftermath of the Goryeo Kingdom in the future.

Li Zhongyi has been in the officialdom of the Great Zhou Dynasty for a long time, and of course he knows very well that since the imperial court has a great suspicion, it will inevitably leave behind.

For the time being, the strength of Li Zhongyi's control is basically divided into three major parts, the cavalry army and good horses in Lingzhou, the grain and clothing of the Goryeo Kingdom, and the elite infantry army of the Yulin Four Guards.

Li Zhongyi, the prime minister of the dynasty, when he crossed the sea to conquer Goryeo, he hung the title of ambassador for Haidong's disposal.

According to the practice of this dynasty, the real power of the ambassador is extremely heavy, and he is in charge of the army and pacifying the people. In Li Zhongyi's view, with Fan Qian's shrewdness, there is absolutely no loophole in the edict that no one presides over the situation of Haidong's aftermath.

Obviously, Zhang Yongde was worried that Li Zhongyi would be too irritated, so he adopted the strategy of suppressing the first promotion, and deliberately left the most important edict of the trip, which was drawn from the bottom of the kettle, to be read later.

Who is Zhang Yongde? That's a famous marshal who has been inspected in front of the palace, and the war is about money and food, and the truth of military morale, how can he not know it?

The world is fair, and there are gains and losses! Since the imperial court clearly rewarded the high position of the second minister, it became inevitable to take away the logistics base of the Li family.

Today's Li Zhongyi has soldiers, money, food, and horses, which can be described as full-fledged. Objectively speaking, he is no longer the little bureaucrat who needed to be worried about Chai Rong's heart and was at the mercy of the emperor.

What is the purpose of the imperial court's large-scale conferral of officials and knighthoods, Li Zhongyi is naturally clear. However, because the army building system is epoch-making and advanced, and it is by no means comparable to an ordinary warlord army, he has not considered the question of whether the Li Jiajun will follow him at all.

The picture is always poor, Li Zhongyi calmly waited for Zhang Yongde to uncover the mystery, as for the thoughts of the generals behind him, he was not interested in thinking too much.

When Zhang Yongde only had the last edict left that had not yet been read, Li Zhongyi curled the corners of his mouth slightly, the time to come is finally here, he wants to see what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of Empress Dowager Fu and Fan Zhen?

Liu Heyang looked very happy on his face, it was just a social skill that he had cultivated in the officialdom and lived in Kaifeng. Ever since he was unusually promoted to the county prince, Liu Heyang's heart has been cold, and it is getting colder and colder.

In the Li family's army, Liu Heyang's military merits are not as good as Yang Lie's, and his affinity is not as good as Liao Shanhe's.

Although he was a little nervous in his heart, Liu Heyang was not too flustered. Liu Heyang's time following Li Zhongyi's side is not short, and he knows Li Zhongyi's temper and temperament very well.

Objectively speaking, in addition to attaching great importance to military regulations, Li Zhongyi is quite tolerant of people, not only good at employing people, but also daring to use people.

Not to mention anything else, Liu Heyang and Ma Guangda were not the first old subordinates to follow Li Zhongyi, and in terms of qualifications, they were far inferior to the faction of the Hechi Township Army led by Yang Lie.

However, Li Zhongyi adhered to the logic of employing all rivers, not only did not discriminate against Liu Heyang and Ma Guangda, but entrusted them with the important task of being the head of the army, and their status in the army was second only to Yang Lie.

More importantly, Song Yunxiang, who only began to follow Li Zhongyi from Lingzhou and was not as senior as Liu Heyang and Ma Guangda, was also promoted to a high position at the head of the first army, which is enough to prove that Li Zhongyi did not look at them and used talents regardless of region and seniority.

Of course, Liu Heyang also knew very well in his heart that although the imperial court's edict was not explicitly stated, there was a strong sense of jealousy and vigilance.

"The court has lost its eyes!" Liu Heyang lowered his head and sighed secretly, Li Zhongyi knew everything about the thoughts of the imperial court, but the imperial court knew very little about Li Jiajun.

How can such an easy-to-understand method of sowing discord be hidden from Li Zhongyi's eyes?

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Liu Heyang was grateful for the court's generous reward and became dissent, under the strict monitoring and restraint of the pacification system and the military justice system, without the kind of military order with a password issued by Li Zhongyi himself, is it possible for him to mobilize every soldier and pawn?

Thinking of this, Liu Heyang subconsciously turned his head and glanced at his partner, Yang Huaizhong, who was kneeling beside him but had been silent.

Yang Huaizhong's qualifications are very old, as early as when Li Zhongyi first established the Hechi Township Army, he was already a senior. You must know that at that time, the regular officers and troops that Li Zhongyi completely controlled were only a few people.

Who would have thought that a small chief at that time would now be a military commander who really holds the real power of the Second Army?

More importantly, after Li Zhongyi established the Lecture Martial Arts Hall, Yang Huaizhong was one of the protégés who graduated from the first phase of study.

For any self-motivated officer in the Li family's army, even if they think with their toes, they also know the decisive significance of being born in the martial arts.

According to the explicit provisions of the military law, all officers who are to be promoted to the rank of deputy captain or above must first enter the lecture hall for advanced study, and after passing the examination, they will be conferred the post of deputy chief of the inspection school.

Inspector, the meaning of the agent also!

After the expiration of the one-year term of the deputy team of the inspection school, after the comprehensive assessment and evaluation of the pacification envoy, the military justice department, and the command envoy, will they be officially promoted to the deputy team leader.

Since the establishment of the lecture hall, all the officers who have graduated from their studies are the protégés of Li Zhongyi, the mountain chief.

In fact, heaven and earth are nothing, Jun Grace is too far away, and the kindness of relatives lies in birth and cultivation, while the teacher's grace is to know and recreate life.

Li Zhongyi once famously said: A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier!

Popularly understand this sentence, that is, officers with ability are ambitious!

There is nothing wrong with ambition. Anyone who is not motivated will only be looked down upon by everyone, including relatives.

However, ambition must be controlled within a certain reasonable range, otherwise it is an arrogance of duty, and it will be struck by lightning!

The stalk that the generals of the whole army are all protégés of the lord is a hard hurdle that all careerists in the Li family army will never be able to bypass!

Li Zhongyi has been waiting for the last edict, that is, the last boot to land, but Zhang Yongde doesn't know what to think, as if he has forgotten the last edict.

After relieving the responsibility of the angel, Zhang Yongde walked quickly to Li Zhongyi, and bowed respectfully, "Meet Li Xianggong." ”

How could Li Zhongyi not understand in his heart, the last edict is likely to be extremely terrifying, Fan Zhen is only afraid that he has confessed to Zhang Yongde to act at the opportunity, lest he really tear his face and move his whole body, so that the situation can no longer be out of control!

"Haha, hug Yigong, you are the pillar of the court and an old-timer in the army, how dare a certain family be?" Li Zhongyi stretched out his hands to help Zhang Yongde, Zhang Yongde was not sincere in the first place, and took advantage of the situation to stand up straight.

Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, starting from Taizu Guo Wei, until now, he has been adhering to the path of emphasizing literature and suppressing martial arts. The imperial court gradually withdrew the military power in the hands of the generals in a planned and step-by-step manner, and paid special attention to the civil ministers, especially the political ministers at the head of the civil ministers.

Zhang Yongde's qualifications are much older than Li Zhongyi, when Li Zhongyi was still a milk doll, Zhang Yongde was already the deputy commander of the First Army.

Not to mention that Zhang Yongde is the attached horse captain of Princess Shou'an, you must know that Princess Shou'an, that is, the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom, is the only bloodline that Zhou Taizu Guo Wei has survived to this day.

As the saying goes, fortune and misfortune are unpredictable, and it is precisely because Zhang Yongde is the husband of the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom that the first emperor Chai Rong is particularly jealous of him.

After the battle of Gaoping, just because the inspection was just a small wooden card of the Son of Heaven, Zhang Yongde was afraid that he slipped down from the peak of glory in an instant, and was not only swept away by Chai Rong The military power of the front of the palace was checked, but also became a rich man with a famous position, rich but idle.

According to the rules of the imperial court, Li Zhongyi, the current minister of political affairs, has a much more noble status than Zhang Yongde, who holds the title of prime minister, which is also one of the main factors that Zhang Yongde must take the initiative to pay tribute.

"Hug Yigong, why didn't that edict be announced?" Li Zhongyi deliberately stimulated Zhang Yongde.

Zhang Yongde froze in an instant, he didn't expect that Li Zhongyi would actually press up step by step, could it be that Li Wuyi wanted to tear his face immediately, so he simply rebelled?

Thinking of this, Zhang Yongde couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, secretly complaining bitterly, regretting that he shouldn't have taken on this drudgery in the first place.

Li Zhongyi just wanted to test Zhang Yongde, seeing Zhang Bao's complexion change greatly, Li Zhongyi couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and said in his heart, maybe it is a rich man who has been working for a long time, Zhang Baoyi's ambitions in the past, but I am afraid that he has lost most of it!

Zhang Baoyi in history, after being severely suppressed by Chai Rong, threw himself into Boss Zhao's camp with anger. When Boss Zhao married his stepwife Wang and entered the door, if there was no 30,000 yuan borrowed by Zhang Yongde, I was afraid that he would not even be able to afford the dowry.

"Don't hide it, that edict is actually a missing edict for the crown princess, as soon as you sign and seal it, just wait for the princess to decide on the princess of Goryeo, and fill in the name according to the regulations." Zhang Yongde didn't care about the cold sweat on his vest, and carefully gave an answer that was not an answer.

"Oh, I see, haha......" Li Zhongyi glanced at his wide cuffs in front of Zhang Yongde, intentionally or unintentionally, and that different look made Zhang Yongde's heart furious.

Li Zhongyi guessed that the last edict that was publicly placed in front of people was just a cover to cover people's eyes.

The real secret edict of the imperial court was actually in Zhang Yongde's cuffs, but because of the special encounter on Jianghua Island that night, Zhang Yongde changed his mind and did not dare to take it out without authorization.

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