The Son of Heaven suddenly had some anger in his heart, his father had been operating in Fujian for many years, and even assassinated another prince, with the support of the Son of Heaven, King Zhao did quite badly in Fujian.

King Qi died, and King Zhao mastered stronger power, but this time the pirates violated the ban, but their performance was not good.

The Son of Heaven was furious in his heart, Han Zhong was using the topic to play and did it deliberately, and the ministers had different thoughts, and none of them really stood on the emperor's side.

Looking around, the Son of Heaven really felt what it meant to be a lonely person at this moment.

"Official positions, official households, can be given." The Son of Heaven said to Han Zhong: "Fake festivals, opening the mansion, it is absolutely impossible." The country has not opened a mansion for more than a hundred years, as for the prince, it is better to take a step back and give Nan Anhou some room for improvement, and then he can be crowned? ”

"I don't think so." Han Zhong took a step forward and looked at the Son of Heaven who was high above, but at this moment, he seemed to be at the same level as the Son of Heaven, or even look down on the Son of Heaven.

These days, Han Zhong is being used as a mule and horse, and everyone feels that the Northern Expedition is over, or when it comes to the winter truce, the Son of Heaven will disregard the change of domination and drive Han Zhong and his important henchmen out of the court.

This kind of exhaustion, humiliation, and unwilling emotions made Han Zhong feel unspeakably happy at this time.

What is the great victory in the southeast, the great plan of the Northern Expedition, how can it matter if you have your own power position and the pleasure of revenge at this moment? Han Zhong has reached a tacit understanding with an old minister like Xu Xiashang, why is he afraid of the Son of Heaven at this moment?

Han Zhong said in a deep voice: "The Northern Expedition is imminent, the soldiers abandon their wives and children, and are willing to shed their blood. Your Majesty is unwilling to reward heavily, and even the close branches of the clan are stingy with the reward of the Lord, may I ask the hundreds of thousands of Northern Expedition soldiers, will they be depressed when they hear the news and lose the morale of the army? ”

The Son of Heaven was shocked when he heard this, the truth may not be as Han Zhong said, but what the Son of Heaven was afraid of was not this, but if the Northern Expedition was really unfavorable, the hundred officials could push this matter on the head of the Son of Heaven, and blame the Son of Heaven for the loss!

"Your Majesty!" Han Zhong said sharply: "The old minister has served the Son of Heaven in the three dynasties, the one in the world is the world of the people in the world, the one who is a celebrity, the most noble thing in the world, not the private collection of the Son of Heaven, the minister doesn't know what His Majesty is still hesitating about?" ”

Han Zhong's state is like a forced palace, but the ministers present are not seen.

Deng Ming served outside the palace according to the sword, and the rest of the Lang guards were not in the palace, how could the eunuchs dare to argue?

The two Hanlin scholars are not enough, and the great counselor, the ruling party, all agree with what Han Zhong said, at least in the southeast, the Son of Heaven is too selfish, and it is difficult to gain support.

King Zhao's virtue and talent are not enough in the southeast of the town, if there is no unexpected candidate, King Zhao is enough to be the biological father of the Son of Heaven, but if Xu Zi appears first, it is natural to take Xu Zixian as the first choice, King Zhao can only step aside, and the Son of Heaven can not do happy things.

"You can't open the mansion, you can be crowned the king, fake Huang Yue, add the real official household, the chief water master, etc., as Xiangguo played." After the Son of Heaven finished speaking coldly, he stood up, and his body seemed to tremble slightly.

"The Son of Heaven is driving."

The surrounding eunuchs hurriedly gathered around, and the ministers got up and bowed, and when the ministers stood up again, the emperor had already left the small hall and went back to the inner court.

Han Zhong smiled slightly when he saw this, while the rest of the ministers had different expressions, some were puzzled, some were panicked, and some were indifferent.

After the ministers left the palace, Xu Xiashang said: "Han Xiang has done a little too much in this matter. ”

"Don't worry about the old Xiangguo," Han Zhong pressed his hand and said: "Interrupting the layout of the official family on Fujian Road is a good situation for the clan and the overall situation of the government. ”

Han Zhong said so righteously, Xu Xiashang didn't say much, and he didn't have any selfish intentions in this matter? At the moment, there was only a sigh and goodbye to each other.

Zhang Guangen said to Han Zhong: "I'm afraid that the official family will ignore the southeast from now on and concentrate on the Northern Expedition, which will be a bad thing." ”

Han Zhongdao: "Since someone has resisted him, and he foolishly thinks that the progress of the Northern Expedition is indeed too slow, it is also a good thing to ask the officials to beat those arrogant soldiers." ”

Zhang Guangen's face changed, and he said: "Han Xiang, the military aircraft is changing rapidly, and it cannot be controlled remotely." ”

Han Zhong smiled and said: "The people's hearts are deceitful, and they must not be guarded against, and the cardinal envoys must not be unnoticed. ”

Zhang Guangen knew that Han Zhong had been worried that Li Guorui had been promoted by Liu Zhiyuan as the deputy envoy, Li Guorui was famous for knowing the soldiers, and the commander of the Beijing division could lead the troops and have prestige, looking around at the ministers, only Zhang Guangen and Li Guorui were qualified to lead the army, and Han Zhong has always been eager to try, and the Son of Heaven has always wanted to change the prime minister, but if the prime minister returns to Beijing with the great success of the Northern Expedition, can the Son of Heaven take the liberty of disappointing the people of the world, dissatisfying the forbidden army, and brazenly changing his appearance?

It's just that when he worships the commander, Li Guorui is the head coach that everyone pushes for, although Han Zhong is dissatisfied, he can only recognize Li Guorui as the envoy. After all, Li Guorui is famous for knowing soldiers, and generals such as Yue Zhi and Li Youde are all from Li Guorui's disciples.

Unexpectedly, so far, the forward has just come out of the gate, and the speed of advance is too slow, even if there are tricks, it seems that Li Guorui will not need it, but he is just planning to fight with the Donghu soldiers near the gate.

As soon as the mind moves, it is difficult to press it down.

This time, the sword pointed at King Zhao, pushed Xu Zixian, and the transaction with Xu Xiashang, in fact, one ring after another, the personality, temper, and direction of the Son of Heaven were all expected by Han Zhong.

Zhang Guangen's heart was cold, he had worked with Han Zhong for many years, and of course he understood at this time that Han Zhong had already made up his mind that it would not be easier.

In front of this cardinal envoy who has white eyebrows and has commanded troops many times during the Chengzong period, although the morning sun is rising above the palace, it is like the sunset on the western mountain, and under the twilight, there will be endless darkness.

At present, the great enemy, the national fortune is difficult, but there is still internal strife between the Son of Heaven and the Prime Minister of Authority, intrigues, Zhang Guangen and Han Zhong are allies, but at this moment, they only feel the coldness and sadness in their bones.

"It's actually a good thing that the southeast is handed over to Xu Zixian." Han Zhongyu said to Zhang Guangen: "This sub-clan is close to the branch, reliable, trustworthy, and has the ability to defy the sky, sitting in the southeast, who else is it?" ”

Zhang Guangen muttered: "It's good that there is a Xu Zixian." ”

……

"Didn't you mean Prince Feng?"

Looking at the latest copy of the mansion, Wang Zhi shook his head and smiled, and said: "Originally, I congratulated the children, but it seems that this congratulatory letter still has to be recovered, and it has to be discounted." ”

The news of the great victory in the southeast has passed for more than half a month, and compared with the jubilation in the south, the praise of Xu Zixian's military exploits is much calmer in the north.

After all, to the people of the north, pirates are rumored figures, and they seem to be similar to those Erlaizi who wander around the village, at most a group of armed mountain bandits.

Thieves, thieves, bandits, are not the same thing to the people of the north.

Only the words "captive", "Hu", and "iron horseman" went south, and these words would arouse the fear and hatred of the gentry and common people in the north.

Compared with the plainness of the people, the court is full of jubilation.

The great victory in the southeast was the happiest for officials from the southeast, such as Jiangnan, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangzhou.

Han Zhong really took advantage of this matter to make a big splash and won the favor of many southern officials.

Although Xu Zixian's battle had nothing to do with Han Zhong, the prime minister acted decisively, and the next day he argued with the Son of Heaven in the small hall of the inner east gate, striving for a generous reward, and bluntly said that Xu Zixian could be in the southeast of the town...... The subtext is that King Zhao can't.

After all, the prime minister is the prime minister, who sees the general trend clearly and knows how to do what is really beneficial to the Great Wei, rather than those ministers who only know the will of the people, who know nothing about the general trend of the world, and only know how to act according to the will of the Son of Heaven.

In the matter of the southeast, in addition to Xu Zixian, Han Zhong benefited the most, in addition to suppressing the Son of Heaven and consolidating his prestige and power, he also erected the image of King Zhao's incompetence and indirectly supported Lin Douyao.

Han Zhong's power has been strengthened, and the image of the weak prime minister has been reversed a lot, which is Han Zhong's biggest gain.

In addition, Xu Xiashang and Lao Xiangguo also add a lot of points, the officials from the southeast believe that they are the result of the old Xiangguo's struggle, Han Xiang is just pushing the boat down the river, and the right minister's mansion is like a city, many southeast officials are sincerely grateful and come to thank him, but Xu Xiashang is a belly of bitter water nowhere to pour...... As soon as the apportionment was announced, I don't know how many officials and gentry jumped to their feet and scolded their mothers, and Xu Xiashang no longer had the position and capital to fight for Fujian Road.

And the biggest winner in the eyes of people is, of course, Nan'an Hou Xu Zixian, who jumped to the king, although he did not get the festival, he was not allowed to open the mansion, the title, the official household, and the real power, all of which have grown greatly.

"The government has always been like this." Chen Zhou Assassin History, Deng Wenjun, the general of the Left Guard, sat on the left side of Wang Zhi, and said with a smile: "When I chatted with Mingda in Jinhai, my character of the official family was analyzed. ”

"Always be careful," Wang Zhi coughed for a while, his face turned from yellow to flushed, and then continued after a long time: "It's going to be rewarded, why bother to make such a hand, so that people look down on it." ”

"The handsome man is dedicated to the court, how can the Son of Heaven not know, isn't he also pretending to be stupid, afraid that people will say that the court uses the power of pirates." On the right side of the Runzhou Thorn History, Jin Wuwei General Lu Sihai said: "For the sake of a little fame, turn a blind eye to us, if it weren't for the fact that the marshal thought that he had harassed Mingzhou and Quanzhou, there were many looting, there were injuries to Tianhe, and there were things in Zhangzhou, although we were only helping in the periphery, but Zhangzhou killed too many people...... Da Shuai just suffered the loss of this temperament, and he wanted to make up for it, in fact, you see Kang Tianqi, Liu Dan, Pu Xingfeng and them, aren't they all very moist? ”

Wang Zhi's subordinates, at most, had five or six people included in the scope of his investigation, but in the end, he still selected the two people in front of him.

Deng Wenjun, a native of Mingzhou, is well-informed, decisive and wise, and benevolent, and is very respected in pirate circles. The political views are also roughly the same as Wang Zhi's, and they are also in favor of internal recruitment.

The disadvantage is that it is more civilized, the heart is not ruthless enough, and the hands are not black enough, which is actually taboo in pirates.

And Lu Sihai is as his name, single, bright and righteous enough, his martial arts are outstanding, he was once blocked by foreign pirates on the ship to fight, Leng is in dozens of people with an axe to kill a bloody road, when he killed to the side of the ship, people thought that he was going to escape from the sea, but he took a breath for a while, and killed back with an axe.

In the end, it was the people who surrounded him who were forced to jump into the sea, and after the news spread, Lu Sihai really became famous all over the world and became one of the famous pirate leaders.

Wang Zhi chose a successor, and gradually excluded many people, and in the end, he was stuck on the two candidates Deng Wenjun and Lu Sihai.

Both of them have their own forces and supporters, and although the personal relationship between the two leaders is not bad, it is impossible to get them to take the initiative to back down and surrender to the other.

Wang Zhi didn't leave for a while, of course, there were other reasons.

The Northern Expeditionary Army needed logistics bases in Jizhou, Pingzhou, Jinzhou and other places, and the manpower, grain and grass, and various military supplies requisitioned from all over the north were continuously transported to these places by carts and horses, and some materials assembled in Shandong and Hebei were transported by Wang Zhi's fleet from Jinhai or Dengzhou to Pingzhou and Guanmen.

This is at least a few million yuan of expenses saved for the imperial court!

The fleet is running non-stop at sea every day, the Bohai Sea is relatively calm, and the fleet has no risk, but the fleet has always been overloaded to do these things, and the pirates are used to it, and they don't get up early without profit, and it is not much more comfortable to lie down from morning to night every day than to run back and forth on a ship? If it weren't for Wang Zhi's prestige holding down the fleet, the pirates would have been unwilling to do this for the imperial court.

In the final analysis, more than seventy percent of these pirates are southerners, and less than thirty percent are seaside residents in the north, and they do not have a deep understanding of the dangers of the northern capture of Donghu, and the most important reason is that most of them are outcasts of the Great Wei Dynasty, and they lack a sense of identity with the Great Wei court itself, so they are naturally unwilling to work for the Great Wei court.

Wang Zhi attached, in addition to getting a fictitious title, there is no real job, the imperial court just gave some small islands such as Pingdao to Wang Zhi and his subordinates to station, Wang Zhi's fleet will not get money and supplies, their way to obtain money and grain is to control and monopolize the maritime trade in the north, they collect donations at sea, in fact, it is to collect taxes, and collect iron and porcelain from the northern merchants, of course, there are cotton, raw silk and other popular Dawei specialties at sea, send ships to trade, and obtain profits.

From inheritance and financial income, this fleet is quite independent, and being able to do so much for the Northern Expeditionary Army is nothing more than the kind of national honor and ethnic identity and pride hidden in the core of civilization that remains in the hearts of the Wei people.

Wang Zhi coughed a few more times, waved his hand and said: "There is no need for the official family and the imperial court to say more, you were also present when we took over those tasks, the privy deputy envoy Li Guorui sneaked into his clothes and came to Pingdao to ask me in person, Han Zhong has a private message, who are these people?" After I leave, is this favor worth more than hundreds of thousands of dollars? I don't want anything more, you have to live here forever, unless you want to go back to the open sea and continue to lick the blood. ”

Deng Wenjun nodded frequently and agreed with him, but Lu Sihai was silent and only said, "The brothers are a little tired and tired." ”

Wang Zhidao: "I know this, I will take out hundreds of thousands of yuan from my private pocket, and the brothers who have worked hard for a while will have at least dozens of yuan in reward!" ”

Lu Sihai said with some anger: "The marshal is running for the country, and he has to pay for it himself?" ”

Wang Zhi said with a smile: "Of course, this matter must be publicized, so that those who fight the idea of the old man's family assets can also have less anger in their hearts." ”

The two hearts and abdomen had a slight understanding, this Northern Expedition, the treasury of the imperial court was used with fine light, and the outer treasury in charge of the three envoys heard that it was already clean and could run mice.

Wang Zhi's fleet has been running non-stop at sea, so naturally there are attrition expenses, and the amount must be not small.

The court did not give a penny, and it spread that Wang Zhi paid for such a thing by raising a fleet, which was beneficial to improving Wang Zhi's image...... Even if Wang Zhi is attached, the people in the south naturally have a bad impression when they think of him as a pirate leader. Mingzhou is also a harbor city, and Wang Zhi has always been worried that after he recognizes his ancestors and returns to his ancestors, although he has the official rank and rank of a second-rank martial arts official, his hometown parents may not be able to accept him.

Serving the Northern Expedition of the Imperial Court, not to mention the hard work, but also paying out of his own pocket to help the war, helped Wang Zhi to raise his image, and spent hundreds of thousands of yuan, which was quite worthwhile.

This is also a method to whitewash the past, and the cost is not small, but for Wang Zhi, it is quite cost-effective, even for Deng Wenjun and Lu Sihai, it is also an excellent means.

The two big bosses have comprehended, and Lu Wenjun said: "I understand the hard work of the big handsome, and the subordinates of this money should also be a part." ”

Lu Sihai said: "It's also a good thing, it's better than asking someone to poke the backbone in the back, and I will pay for it." ”

Wang Zhi laughed and scolded: "I am explaining the matter of Dada, where did you take it?" Do you want to pay for this? Don't shame the old man to death, spread the word, and ask Kang Tianqi that old thing to laugh at me? ”

The two subordinates also knew that Wang Zhi would never ask them to pay, so they both laughed at the moment, Deng Wenjun took over the conversation again, and said with a smile: "The careful thinking of the Son of Heaven most of them likes to be used in such useless things, it seems to be smart, but in fact, it is the most stupid." The court has decided to confer the title of prince, and the ministers will choose a good title to confer it, and things are still done beautifully, and they also seem to be open-minded. If you want to do something about such an inconsequential matter, what will the minister think, and what will Mingda think? The titles are all given, why can't you do things more beautifully? ”

Lu Sihai asked: "Isn't the prince of Great Wei a single word, Mingda sealed a double word, or a prince?" ”

Deng Wenjun said: "It is said that it is the first prince, and it is appropriate to seal a small country, but it is still too disgusting to seal the double word, and Mingda's title is obviously under King Zhao, and the careful thinking of the Son of Heaven is not so easy." ”

Wang Zhidao: "What kind of Zhongshan King is this, and is he extraordinary?" ”

"Of course." Deng Wenjun smiled bitterly: "Zhongshan is a small country in the Spring and Autumn Period, and it was once strong, with a small country overpowering a big country, and Zhao had dealings, but it was finally destroyed by Zhao State. ”

Lu Sihai patted his leg and said, "Isn't this an insinuation to Xu Zixian?" The Eastern Domain was strong for a while, but after all, he still couldn't cover King Zhao, who was the father of the Son of Heaven? ”

Deng Wenjun sneered: "It's not useless to think carefully? Who is strong and who is weak, what more do you need to say? Playing this kind of small tricks and tricks is nothing more than making people look down on the father and son even more. ”

Everyone's reverence for the Son of Heaven has been worn out bit by bit, especially in the Northern Expedition, for the sake of the will of the Son of Heaven in a hurry, the pirates helped to transport supplies during this time, there are too many things to see, and the dissatisfaction with the Son of Heaven is also increasing day by day.