"And ......" Han Zhong muttered: "I think Xu Zixian is not the kind of person who is eager for quick success, most likely he will continue to run his Eastern Domain, recruit soldiers, recruit workers, and emigrate, these things are called Lin Douyao to cooperate with him, there are too many people on Fujian Road, and it is also a good thing to move hundreds of thousands, millions to the Eastern Domain." ”

"I understand what Xiang Gong means." Yang Shidu said: "The students also admire Nan Anhou very much, this letter is drafted by the students, and the students want to write a private letter to Nan Anhou in the name of the minister, reminiscing about the past, and also paying a little tribute to the great credit this time." ”

"And rightfully so." Han Zhong said with a smile: "The old man didn't plan to protect him, for fear that he would come and take away the old man's phase. ”

Many staff members looked at each other and smiled, the louder Xu Zixian's reputation in the sect, the deeper the jealousy and fear of the Son of Heaven will be, after all, the position of the Son of Heaven in the Great Wei is not a utensil that can be given to each other privately, an emperor dies, an emperor stands, if there is a prince, of course, there is nothing to say inside and outside the sect, if there is no prince, it is to choose the virtuous in the sect, of course, this virtuous is also selected in the close branch of the clan.

The ancestral law, but it was not said that one more son and nephew must be chosen among the brothers of the Son of Heaven to be the heir, in terms of reputation, ability, and bloodline, Xu Zixian is obviously more qualified.

"I'm afraid the Son of Heaven won't be able to sleep tonight." Yang Shidu had personally seen Xu Zixian's performance in Beijing, and he was amazed by the achievements of the Eastern Domain, but he was also convinced that the Nan'an Hou that night could do this, and he could completely do what was in the urgent report.

"We can't sleep anymore." Han Zhong motioned for the maid to come over to serve the bath and change clothes, and he said to the staff: "Everyone also go and wash up, and then we will sit down and discuss the matter, and when the old man arrives at the political hall, the Son of Heaven will definitely go to the small hall of the inner east gate to preach to me, I can't go to see the Son of Heaven without preparation." ”

"What do you mean by Sangkook?"

"Yes." Han Zhongdao: "The news will spread all over the Beijing Division tomorrow, the Northern Expedition is imminent, this is a good thing, and the old man will also let people post a post at the nine gates of the Beijing Division, and announce it to the world." By the way, the head of Yan Qi used six hundred miles to urgently send an order to the past, and it was transmitted to the Jingshi, and the head was displayed to the public. The Jingguan by the sea is called to draw and hang together with Yan Qi's head. In addition to Jingshi, Yunzhou, Shanhaiguan, Yanzhou, Ganzhou, each important military state, take turns to pass. ”

"Yes," Yang Shidu agreed, but then smiled: "But the student thought he could wait for two days...... It is estimated that when the urgent delivery comes, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Fuzhou Mansion, Quanzhou Mansion, the Punishment Envoy Division, and the Patrol Envoy Department will all have official documents to be submitted, and at the same time, the captured pirate military flags and Yan Qi's head will be sent over together, so we don't need to rush with the urgent delivery. ”

"That's what I said." Han Zhongyou's maid combed her gray hair and said with emotion: "The old man is either too careless or unnecessarily meticulous now, and today the world should look at the young people." ”

"Xianggong, is this lamenting Xu Zixian's martial arts?" Yang Shidu said with a smile: "To be honest, the students are really shocked!" ”

"Beheaded more than 20,000 level ...... in World War I" Han Zhong squinted and sat upright, Yang Shidu felt for the first time that the powerful Xiangguo in front of him was really old, his face was wrinkled, and his eyes were a little dazed.

Everyone had nothing to say, after Han Zhong finished cleaning up, everyone went out of the inner house to the outer house of the Prime Minister's Mansion to sit down and settle the matter, and there were maids and maids who brought snacks, tea and hot towels, and everyone wiped their faces with hot towels and drank strong tea, which was very energetic for a while.

"Lin Douyao, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and the military states have no merit, there is no need to discuss anything, Lin Douyao, as the chief envoy of the pacification envoy, is not ugly at all." Han Zhong spoke first: "Give him the honor, add one level to each rank, to reward his merits, it's enough." ”

Everyone has no objection, Lin Douyao is the supreme officer, and there is no direct credit, only a merit, a rank, and it is over.

King Zhao, Yang Shiwei, Zheng Liqi and others all praised in the hall and gave some face.

"Now it's going to be the hardest thing to discuss." Han Zhong looked around and said: "The imperial court has always rewarded the great military merits richly, and this dynasty cannot say that it is a country established by force, but it is Taizu who led a million troops, living from Liangguang Yungui to clean up the mess at the end of the Tang Dynasty, defeat the northern captives, and kill a bloody road." Therefore, in this dynasty, civil officials have to work hard for many years, and they can only be knighted when they are in power, and those who have military merits among civil officials are much easier to confer knighthoods. The rest of the titles, except for the clan, can be awarded to ministers who have received military merits. Today, Xu Zixian can slash more than 20,000 levels and solve the crisis in the southeast, and in the future, the two governments can only rely on him in the safety of the southeast...... The title is discussed first, and the gentlemen speak freely. ”

Yang Shidu sat with his head down, and did not answer for a while.

Han Zhong's meaning is quite obvious, Fujian Lu Lin Douyao can't do it, and neither can King Zhao, and the prime minister doesn't have anything great to hand over Fujian to Nan'an Hou Xu Zixian for the sake of the safety of the southeast...... The most important thing is that sentence, the safety of the southeast can only rely on the Nan'an Hou Mansion.

If you think about it, it really is.

Needless to mention, if the Nan'an Hou Mansion has the financial resources, it is not difficult to increase the number of troops by one or two times. The key point is that Xu Zixian's martial arts and training, leading troops, lining up formations, and charging and killing the enemy have already convinced Han Zhong.

It has strong troops on land and water, especially the naval division, and the imperial court has neither the heart nor the ability to rebuild a naval division, so if you think about it, it is already logical for the Nan'an Hou Mansion to sit in the southeast.

"I understand what Xianggong means." Yang Shidu said: "I don't think the Son of Heaven will oppose it fiercely...... Xianggong can play and ask for the king, add Huang Yue, and give the opening of the mansion to hold the festival, how the Son of Heaven decides, that is the matter of the Son of Heaven. ”

Han Zhong thought for a moment, looked up and laughed, and said, "You want to roast the Son of Heaven on the fire." ”

Yang Shidu smiled slightly and said: "The officials of the Southeast Dynasty have been quite dissatisfied recently, so this is just a good time to calm down public opinion. ”

"The official family is not a generous person," Han Zhong sighed: "The old man will have to go to work sooner or later." ”

Everyone present nodded, and everyone understood that Han Zhong would definitely go to work next year at the latest, and there was no basis for trust between the Son of Heaven and the Prime Minister of Authority, and now it was just that the Son of Heaven was subservient to the general trend, but with the heart of the Son of Heaven, the time for this kind of patience was quite limited.

The Northern Expedition was supposed to be presided over by the two provinces, but the Son of Heaven often crossed the two provinces and directly issued orders to the generals in front.

As for the appointment and dismissal of local officials, the dispatch of money and grain, and the collection of taxes, these matters are often decreed by the Son of Heaven and are becoming more and more tough.

The civil officials represented by the imperial power and the prime minister will definitely have conflicts and disputes with each other, but as the current son is like today, the ugly appearance of brazenly encroaching on the prime minister's power is also a very small minority among the Great Wei Emperors.

Han Zhong and Yang Shidu chatted in private, both lamenting that Chengzong died too hastily back then, and when today's son was brought into the palace in a hurry, he was enthroned as emperor in a few moments.

The princes are all strictly educated, and the heirs are passed down from generation to generation, balancing power, consolidating the throne, and having their own set of practices, even if it is a mediocre Emperor Chengzong, he is much stronger than today's son in this matter.

Today, I have not received the education of the heir, which is the biggest shortcoming, and outside of education, it is nature.

Yang Shidu obviously wants to dig a pit for the official family, with Xu Zixian's identity, bloodline, and such a great achievement, Prince Feng is not too much at all, and there is no lack of precedent for the prince to sit in the local area.

The opening of the mansion is somewhat excessive, but with the current situation in the southeast, it is also a reason for the prince to open the mansion.

It is conceivable that the Son of Heaven will have a headache when he sees this reward given by the two governments.

"After the title is talked, let's talk about the official position." Han Zhong took a sip of tea and said quite comfortably: "Now Xu Zi is first in charge of the Eastern Domain's Ma Zheng, the Nanyang Naval Division's Observation Envoy, and the Eastern Domain's Observation Envoy. ”

"Yes, the Xianggong remembered it well."

"That's good." Han Zhong said: "I heard that the horse administration of the Eastern Domain is also doing well, there is a large ranch with a radius of several hundred miles, thousands of Tianfang breeds and horses have been released, and a large number of high-quality mares are still being purchased. ”

"Ma Zhengzazi of the Eastern Domain, students have seen it." Mingzhou's staff interjected at this time: "There are not thousands of Tianfang horses, I am afraid that there are four or five hundred, and they will be purchased one after another, reaching more than 10,000 horses, so that within ten years, they can be bred to a scale of more than 100,000 horses." Because of the lack of urgency, Nan'an Hou Mansion is buying some selected Hetang horses, which are higher than or equal to five feet, and those below five feet are not needed. A batch of mares bought in this way, with taller and bigger horses, even if they are not as good as thoroughbreds, after good breeding and training, after three or four years, there will be tens of thousands of horses available. ”

In Xu Zixian's view, after all, it is still limited by the climate and geographical environment, and the scale of raising tens of thousands of horses is almost the limit, which is still based on the premise that the economy is abundant and can give the war horses enough concentrate, including beans, eggs, oats and other feed, and then there are enough people to take care of the washing, and training.

In this way, after a few years, there can be 20,000 to 30,000 excellent war horses, and the Eastern Domain has reached the limit.

If possible, Xu Zixian wants to find a better place to raise horses, expand the scope of pastures, and raise more high-quality war horses, but at present, there is no clue.

Even so, the Ma Zheng of the Eastern Domain went from having nothing, to establishing pastures, buying high-quality breeds and horses, and everything was carried out in an orderly manner, showing Xu Zixian's strong execution ability, and from this point of view, Han Zhong and others could not overstate their praise.

"Official, General Zhu Wei, Deputy Governor of the Fujian Road Metropolitan Governor's Office, in charge of the Fujian Road Ma Zheng, the Eastern Domain Defense Envoy, and the Nanyang Naval Division, is generally the same. Scattered officials, added to the general of the auxiliary country, added to the envoy of the festival, held the festival, honored, and pillared. ”

Above the generals of the guards, there are scholars of the palace, straight bachelors, and six servants, and then above, there are six books, and the commanders of the chambers, and the generals of the guards are not scattered officials, honors, and ranks, but actual positions. Further up, it is the governor of the political affairs, the privy deputy envoy, the Yuan retinue in the Beijing Division, with a cool umbrella on his head, and the military position is the Tai Lieutenant, which is the apex of the military officer.

Xu Zixian's actual position, General Zhuwei was originally to add deputy governors, Zhuwei was abolished early in the locality, and the officials were not ranks, but for the governors of all roads to add officials.

As for the Eastern Domain Defense Envoy, it is a step further than the Observation Mission, Chen Duzhong can be regarded as a formal dissolution, and the nominal Eastern Domain Defense Envoy does not have to do it anymore.

The head of Ma Zheng, changed the Eastern Domain to Fujian, which was convenient for Xu Zi to buy horses first, and if Xu Zixian was willing, he could collect horse donations in Fujian, and the local officials had no right to intervene.

Nanyang Sailors, the two governments know that they have fallen into the hands of the Nan'an Hou Mansion, this time it is justified, and it is directly entrusted to Xu Zixian.

In this way, Xu Zixian can be said to have monopolized power in Ma Zheng, Sailor, and Eastern Domain, and can also intervene in Fujian's defense...... After all, he is a general, deputy governor, this can be regarded as a political hall to give Xu Zixian a comprehensive solution, if this Nan'an Hou is willing, he can reach out to Fujian Road.

Han Zhong smiled: "Will Xu Zixian not be able to help it?" ”

Yang Shidu said: "Let's give him this opportunity, with Nan Anhou's character, most of them will not endure it anymore." ”

Han Zhong's eyelids blinked twice, slightly excited.

Han Zhong has been in charge of the government for many years, and the dispute with the official family has made the blood flow of the Beijing Division, how can there be no resentment in his heart? If he honestly asked the Son of Heaven to tell him to quit his old age, how could it be?

Yang Shidu is the person who knows Han Zhong best, the reward for Nan'an Hou, and the arrangement of Fujian Road, of course, is not that this minister really focuses on the overall situation, but to instigate Xu Zixian and King Zhao to fight early, and the Son of Heaven has to go down, and the focus of attention may be moved from the political hall to Fujian Road, Han Zhongfang has the opportunity to win in the chaos and continue to hold the country.

Most of the time, the staff has to deal with the lord, but Yang Shidu also knows that more often than not, he still has to have insight, giving Han Zhong the illusion of optimism, if something goes wrong in the future, who will Han Zhong's anger vent to?

"Alright." Han Zhong looked out the window, the dawn was slightly dewed, and the window covered with window paper was slightly white, and he immediately got up and said, "Let's go to the political hall first." ”

A staff member said: "The officials of the whole country, there is not one in ten thousand who get up at this time, Xiangguo upholds the national politics so hard, but the officials are not very sympathetic!" ”

Han Zhong smiled coldly, and Yang Shidu said on the side: "Don't worry, the official family got up earlier than Xiangguo." ”

……

When Han Zhong went to the political hall in the imperial city surrounded by more than 100 yuan, the Son of Heaven had already arrived at the small hall of the inner east gate.

This simple and unpretentious palace, with a narrow hall door opening, has no decoration inside, and even the pasting façade work has not been done in many places, directly exposing the blue brick floor.

There are no antique utensils to play in the hall, only simple tables and chairs, outside the hall is a thatched house, there are no flowers, only bamboo forest, turf, from the corner gate of the courtyard not far from the place where the political hall is located, the Son of Heaven wants to pay homage to the prime minister, see Hanlin, summon the university scholar, the straight bachelor, or the captain, the commander of the chamber, or the patriarch of the clan such as the Korean Gong, generally meet here.

Only when there is a great court meeting, or if there is a military state that requires a large number of courtiers to attend the meeting, it will choose to be in the Xuanzheng Palace.

Tianzi is only in his thirties, but his temples are already gray, and his thin face is also full of wrinkles. Due to long-term insomnia, the spirit of the Son of Heaven has always been very poor, but today there are more obvious dark circles under his eyes, apparently last night, the Son of Heaven has hardly slept all night.

The eunuchs standing around all peeked at the official family and knew that the official family was in a bad mood, so everyone was a little more careful.

Trouble, it's a big trouble.

When the sky turned bright, a eunuch brought breakfast, and the Son of Heaven moved a few chopsticks sullenly to make people withdraw from the meal.

Next, the Son of Heaven felt that the imperial city came to life, and in the middle of the night, the palace city and the imperial city were silent, and irrelevant people had to leave, only the guards, eunuchs, and the officials on duty in the political hall stayed behind, but they could not move around and talk at will.

In the middle of the night, no sound could be heard in the court, except for the sound of the guards walking and patrolling.

At dawn, the bell and drum tower will beat the drum, and then there will be a chicken man, that is, the eunuch shouts loudly to tell the time, which is a kind of inheritance.

The Son of Heaven was distraught as he flipped through these important military and political affairs, and before that, the Son of Heaven could watch it for a long time and would not be bored, on the contrary, he would watch it with relish and enjoy it.

Those boring government affairs, written in classical Chinese, have not yet been read, soldiers, food, money, valleys, water conservancy, roads, bridges, local style, people's feelings, culture and education are all-encompassing, for the layman to look at these things is torture, for the Son of Heaven, these government affairs documents are much more beautiful and brilliant than those gods and monsters.

A few words from the Son of Heaven and a random decision may affect hundreds of thousands or even millions of people, or even hundreds of millions of people in the world.

When I put pen to paper, I feel a hearty feeling of refreshment that people who have never held power can not imagine at all.

"Official, it's two o'clock." A eunuch stepped forward gently, the emperor sat on the golden platform, that is, the three-storey platform and then placed the imperial chair, in fact, it was a slightly larger official hat chair, the left and right sides of the golden platform stood a few tall and strong eunuchs, full-time guards, outside the hall is the Lang guards are responsible, two copper cranes are lined up on the left and right sides below the golden platform, the copper crane is hollow, there is a cigarette wafting around, and the hall is full of the smell of incense.

The Son of Heaven was startled, opened his godless eyes, thought for a while, and said: "Xuan left minister, right minister, all political participation, deputy envoys, and Hanlin bachelors have entered. ”

"The slave and the maid will go."

It is not even eight o'clock at the second quarter of the hour, if the prime minister is lazy, on the one hand, he will only be on duty in the political hall after the last quarter of the hour, and Han Zhong was originally the same, and he was already diligent in terms of the prime minister.

There is an urgent delivery of 600 miles in the middle of the night today, and the Son of Heaven knows that Han Zhong will definitely arrive early, and the rest of the prime ministers will receive the news at dawn, and they should also be waiting outside the inner east gate.

"By the way, the Taiwei Deng Ming will also be summoned."

"Yes, the slave will send someone to the Taiwei's mansion."

The Northern Expedition was very important, the four lieutenants had Yue Zhi, Li Jian, Li Enmao and Deng Ming, and now there were three people in Beijing, 300,000 forbidden troops, in addition to the privy deputy envoy, there were still two pacification envoys, patrol envoys, punishment envoys and many other officials were in the army, or appointed as deputy envoys, or observer envoys, observation deputy envoys, and the lieutenants were appointed as the general manager of a certain road, commanding the commander of many roads.

Deng Ming was originally going to be sent out, but his old illness invaded him, and he began to cough and wheezing after entering the summer, so it was difficult to bind his armor and go out, so he could only stay in Beijing.

It is also a good thing for the Son of Heaven, Li Jian and Xu Ziwei went out separately, many of the Beijing Forbidden Army and General Lang Wei were transferred out of Beijing, plus Xu Zi broke the Great Counselor's Mansion first, and a large number of forbidden troops did not dare to fight with them.

At the end of the solstice, the ministers outside the small hall on the top of the green tile hall all knew that there were two ministers, three political participants, three envoys and deputy envoys, plus two Hanlin and one Taiwei, ten of the eleven important ministers were dressed in purple robes, and one of the two Hanlin scholars had already been added to the Wendian University and was also wearing purple robes.