Although Qi Zhun said this can't be said to be unexpected, it is also not easy for the rest of the people to deal with. The meaning of Father-in-law Yu and Father-in-law Long should be to let Lan and Qi compete for merit, and when the two sides are red-faced, the two of them come out to mediate, maybe Zhang Mingyue will also take the opportunity to intervene, anyway, they can increase the authority of the imperial court by doing so, and maybe there are other purposes, but it is not clear.

Lan Ziyi was reluctant to fight for this merit, but because of the forced by his father-in-law, he had to pretend, and the fact that someone at Du Ji's table just now also confirmed Lan Ziyi's thoughts, in the matter of instigating Lan and Qi to fight for merit, the interests of the inner court and the outer court are the same.

It's just that Lan Ziyi needs to sell face to Father-in-law Yu, but Qi Zhun doesn't have to sell face for anyone, maybe Zhang Mingyue can contain Qi Zhun, but now Zhang Mingyue has not expressed any dissatisfaction with Qi Zhun's behavior.

In this way, things are very embarrassing now, no matter how others pour oil on the periphery, as long as the parties don't light the fire, they can't quarrel.

After Qi Zhun said that, Lan Ziyi stopped the chopsticks in his hand, he first looked at Qi Rongxun, but Qi Rongxun kept twisting his head to the side, and Lan Ziyi couldn't see anything; Then Lan Ziyi looked up at Qi Zhun, and Qi Zhun also looked at Lan Ziyi with a faint smile.

Lan Ziyi didn't want to lose an unreasonable reputation on this occasion, not to mention that it had been decided that it would be Qi Rongxun's first merit today, and Lan Ziyi's righteous struggle was just a formality, so he was ready to speak out and push it together with Qi Rongxun.

Just before Lan Ziyi spoke, Gonggong Long saw some clues from Lan Ziyi's face, and he took the first step and said:

"I don't think Weihou and Taishi should continue to entangle, just rely on the power of Taishi to pour the southeast and rush to help, Qi Hou and Taishi should be tied for the first credit, and I don't think it's too much to go out to count Qi Hou's head merit."

Lan Ziyi wanted to laugh at him when he heard this, Father-in-law Long and Father-in-law Yu are really old slippery, when they are good people, one is more positive than the other, and the black pot will be left to Lan Ziyi to carry it, thinking beautifully!

So Lan Ziyi also said:

"The Taishi measure is amazing, and the tolerance is great, just by virtue of this, there is no need for the father-in-law to say more, Ziyi should also be given to Qi Hou."

When Gonggong Long heard the words "hehe", he sat down and said no more, while Zhang Mingyue said:

"You two towns in the east and north, one old and one young generals, one has the virtue of Feng Yi, the other has the beauty of Zhang Liang, the feudal town is harmonious, and he is as close as a brother, which is really my blessing of Taizheng."

Hearing this, Qi Zhun opened his mouth and thanked him:

"Lord Shoufu has won the award, and all the meritorious ones have come to the emperor's heavenly power, and the center is deployed, and we are just working hard to fight.

As for Lord Shoufu saying that I am in harmony with the Thousand Arrays,...., we are all soldiers of the imperial court, as long as the imperial court dispatches us, we will go to the battlefield, and whether the personal friendship is harmonious or not will not affect the matter of leading the troops. “

Lan Ziyi listened to Zhang Mingyue's words and felt bad in his heart, for the imperial court, if the feudal towns were combined, there would be a suspicion of collusion and chaos, Zhang Mingyue's words were clearly praised, but in fact, the Lan family and the Qi family were dragged out as targets. Fortunately, Qi Zhun was not confused, and forced Zhang Mingyue's words to describe the town of the domain to his personal relationship with Lan Qianzhen, which can be regarded as revealing the secret arrow of this plan. Didn't you say that the Qi family took refuge under Zhang Mingyue's wing? Why are they still secretly pinching each other?

Zhang Mingyue smiled when he heard this, nodded and stopped talking. At this time, Yu Gong openly opened his mouth and said:

"Good, good! This is the measure of integrity that my Dazheng soldiers should have. “

Qi Zhun heard what he said:

"My father-in-law has won the award. Come on, father-in-law! Let me give you a drink! “

When the other people at the table heard this, they all raised their glasses with Qi Zhun, and everyone drank together, and then laughed heartily.

After drinking, everyone chatted for a long time, and Father-in-law Yu proposed to add the title of Lord Qi Rong to the Pavilion Marquis, and wait with Lan Ziyi, and Lan Ziyi opened his mouth to discuss Zhang Yanwu's merits and sell a favor. It's always as if everyone has forgotten the fact that Lan Ziyi and Zhang Mingyue fought over each other before, chatting happily and happily.

After everyone was almost finished, the dishes on the table were about to be crippled, Lan Ziyi had never drunk much before, but now that he drank so much, his head began to feel a little dizzy, but his mind was still sober. It stands to reason that when it comes to this, as long as the host says a few more polite words, everyone can break up and leave, but today is not as good as before, Lan Ziyi knows in his heart that if he wants the Eastern Army to open the knife, it will be almost time now.

Lan Ziyi thought that there would be a big battle at the end of this dinner, but he didn't expect that it was Qi Zhun who was the first to speak, so he only heard Qi Zhun say:

"Two fathers-in-law, my lords, this time to suppress bandits, our Eastern Army does not dare to say that they have contributed the most, but they can say that they have worked the hardest. In the first battle of Shouchun, the main force of the Jiangbei Eastern Army was wiped out, not to mention, returning to the capital, my 80,000 main forces in the south of the Yangtze River also lost more than half, and only a fraction of the 130,000 Eastern Army was left in the two battles, which was too great. “

Hearing this, Father-in-law Yu nodded and said:

"Taishi is right, just now we also discussed the issue of rewards for the Eastern Army, and the general thing is just like what I said, all generals and schools have promotions, and they are all rewarded. Although the specific matter has not yet been decided, the military department and the official department will not delay, the emperor attaches great importance to this expedition, and will not treat the Taishi and meritorious soldiers badly, the Taishi can rest assured. “

Qi Zhun pouted the muscles on his chin when he heard this, and said:

"Father-in-law, it's not that I don't think the rewards are uneven."

Hearing this, Father-in-law Yu smiled and said:

"Then what does the Taishi think is unfair?"

When Lan Ziyi heard this, his heart was shocked, and his energy was concentrated again, although Father-in-law Yu's tone was polite, the thorn in his words was very obvious, after his words, no matter what Qi Zhun said, he might be detained by Father-in-law Yu.

Qi Zhun didn't hear the sound of Father-in-law Yu, and the wry smile on his face proved his heart. But Qi Zhun still said:

"Father-in-law, the Eastern Army has lost its vitality and replenished its soldiers, and the funds for recruiting troops are not a small amount."

Hearing this, Father-in-law Yu nodded and said:

"What the Taishi said is true, but when it comes to money, the person who knows it in the court is not me, but Liu Zhongtang. You say yes, Nakado-sama? “

Saying that, Father-in-law Yu looked at Liu Zhan.

Liu Zhan didn't speak immediately after being asked, he first looked at Zhang Mingyue. Zhang Mingyue nodded unprecedentedly after seeing Liu Zhan's view, although he didn't know what Zhang Mingyue meant for the time being, but Zhang Mingyue said that it was after Father-in-law Yu, which is equivalent to saying that he had reached a tacit understanding with Father-in-law Yu and Father-in-law Long.

forced Zhang Mingyue to betray Qi Zhun, no wonder the Fish Guild stopped Lan Ziyi from continuing to bite Zhang Mingyue just now.

After Liu Zhan got Zhang Mingyue's affirmation, he said:

"Last year, my Taisho annual land tax, plus tea tax, salt tax, mining tax, and Lingnan City's customs duties, totaled no more than 8 million taels, but last year I spent 11 million taels for the whole year, and my Taisho treasury still owes 3 million taels of silver. Taishi is now saying that he wants to replenish personnel, and the cost of this military salary and equipment is really not something that the household department can handle. “

Zhang Mingyue nodded just now, and the expression on Qi Zhun's face was frozen, and the three of them, Father-in-law Long, Father-in-law Yu, and Zhang Mingyue, reached an agreement, which means that the matter has been decided, and Liu Zhan's words are clearly crying poor. But Qi Zhun didn't give up, he continued:

"Last year's deficit in the treasury was caused by the cowardice of the Northern Expedition of the Acting Prince, and this year's cowardice has been flattened, and the silver gap will be filled."

Liu Zhan shook his head and said:

"Although the north side is not fighting, the demon thief uprising has stirred up the hinterland of my Dazheng to the bottom. Several of the roads affected by the demon thieves and cholera are all rich places in the south of the Yangtze River and the north of the Yangtze River, and the city of Jiangdong is located from my Taisho Finance and Taxation Office, and now the remnants of the demon thieves have fled to the countryside, and I am afraid that there will be problems with the tax revenue in Jiangdong this year. Coupled with the severe drought in the north and the rain in the south since the beginning of spring, the documents of various disasters have been piled up like snowflakes in Wenyuan Pavilion. In my opinion, it will be difficult for the household department to maintain the gap of 3 million this year without widening, and it is really impossible to find money for the Eastern Army. “

As soon as Liu Zhan's words came out, not only Qi Zhun, but everyone else present was also overwhelmed, although everyone knew that the situation was grim now, but they didn't expect it to be so grim.

Qi Zhun sighed when he heard this, he looked at Zhang Mingyue, but he only got the cold face that Gu Bo was not surprised to respond, and Qi Zhun had to shake his head and accept his fate. He said:

"In that case, I'll take this person to the town, I'm afraid I won't be able to complete the military affairs of the defense area."

When the fish father-in-law heard this, he said:

"Don't worry, Taishi, there will be a forbidden army to assist in the defense of the vacated place, and the Eastern Army doesn't have to worry about defense.

And ......"

The forbidden army's occupation of the eastern military defense area is already a blatant act of cutting the feudal domain, but as a result, Father-in-law Yu still has a "and", with Qi Zhun's concentration, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, he asked:

"And what? Father-in-law, please. “

Yu Gonggong smiled:

"And the Taishi doesn't need to lead the team to the town, the Eastern Army that entered the city is just used to make up for the gap in the nine battalions of the Beijing Army, and the Taishi can return to the town by himself."