In the Qingliang Palace, the Son of Heaven had already woken up, and even in the garden of the palace, he had finished a circle of Tai Chi, sat quietly in the attic, and drank the freshly cooked corn porridge in small sips.

"Your Majesty......" The messenger ordered Guo Sui to walk cautiously to his side, and reported: "General Yingyang has arrived ......"

"Please go to the side hall and wait!" The Son of Heaven said softly, "I'll go over right away!" ”

"No!" Guo Sui immediately bowed down, he thought about it, and said boldly: "Your Majesty, the slave maid heard that when General Fang Cai Ying Yang was in the last court, he met with the prime minister by chance, and chatted for a while about the matter of Hexi......

"Huh?" The Son of Heaven raised his head, looked at Guo Sui, and said, "What does this have to do with you?" ”

Guo Sui was immediately frightened, and immediately knelt down and bowed: "The slave is talking nonsense, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive your sins!" ”

"Get up...... the Son of Heaven shook his head and said, "You slave, don't chew your tongue in front of me in the future!" ”

"Whether it's the prime minister or General Yingyang, it's not something that domestic slaves can talk about!"

As a king, the Son of Heaven has always been clear.

His heart is extremely sensitive.

In the middle and lower classes and even between Jiuqing, it is normal for others to make small reports and stuff black materials.

However, the three princes and the general are extremely sensitive.

The incident of Zhang Tang back then made him understand that the matter involved the three princes, and no matter what, he should not listen to it and believe it partially.

Otherwise, there will be no peace in this court!

Besides, he was not blind or deaf.

Just what happened in Weiyang Palace, can he still not know?

If so, then he is too incompetent as a king.

Guo Sui was so frightened that he was drenched in cold sweat, and he didn't dare to raise his head, so he had to kowtow and say, "The slave understands!" ”

"Let's go down!" The Son of Heaven waved his hand.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Guo Sui let out a long breath and retreated as if he had been amnestied.

The Son of Heaven looked at Guo Sui's back, shook his head, and sighed: "Even domestic slaves have two hearts, let alone ministers?" ”

The eunuchs and nobles in this palace have never worried about him.

Among them, the forces are entangled, the interests are entangled, and they are intertwined, if it weren't for the fact that he has strengthened the supervision of the palace in the past six months, and has authorized Wang Mang to expand the number of cavalry.

I'm afraid it's easy to be led by people and fall into suspicion.

Even so, inside and outside the court and up and down the court, there are still clouds and mountains and fog, just like that Guo Sui, the Son of Heaven can't judge, is this confessor Ling the person of Prime Minister Liu Quyu or Zhang Zizhong?

Or neither, but a pawn of a third person?

But it doesn't matter!

He stood up and commanded, "Prepare a change of clothes for me!" ”

A king doesn't need to know everything, he just needs to know everything, especially the rhythm.

Let the rhythm be in your own hands, rather than being led by the nose, so that you can always play power and courtiers between applause, and let them dance with their baton.

Just like this time, the Son of Heaven knew that he didn't need to know right from wrong.

You just need to know that you can support Zhang Zizhong.

Because, he only needs to make an appearance to stimulate Li Guangli, so that Li Guangli on the front line can give full play to his 120 percent ability.

When the time comes, Li Guangli will be brought up again.

In this way, the court and the military will form two competing teams.

And these two groups must rely on him as a son of heaven, and they must do everything possible to contribute to his grand cause, shine, and be cattle and horses.

That's enough!

Of course, if Li Guangli is stimulated like this, he will not be able to give a satisfactory report card.

Then, its loss of momentum and fall are naturally reasonable.

It's just that when the time comes, it may be necessary to readjust the plan and create a faction in the DPRK that can contain General Yingyang.

For this king, who has been sitting on the throne for forty-seven years, these methods are as simple as a child's schoolwork, and he can be skillfully operated with his eyes closed.

………………………………

Zhang Yue led the generals and went straight to the Lantai in front of the Xuanshu Palace.

Here, Zhang Anshi has been waiting for a long time.

"The subordinate greets the general!" When Zhang Anshi saw Zhang Yue from afar, he immediately greeted him with his subordinate officials and bowed his hand: "The general is well!" ”

"Brother is serious!" Of course, Zhang Yue didn't dare to accept his gift, so he immediately avoided it and said, "How dare the younger brother make the elder brother so respectful?" ”

When Zhang Anshi heard this, his heart was a little relieved.

Although the last time I sent a retainer to visit this little brother, I also got a good reply.

However, this knows the face but does not know the heart.

Who knows if he's telling the truth or a fool?

Zhang Anshi didn't dare to take it seriously!

Even now, he has doubts and uncertainties in his heart.

After all, this former little brother is now General Yingyang, a hussar, the second third duke, the highest general of the empire, the youngest general, and at the same time has countless halos on his body.

To put it mildly, the current little brother has grown into an existence that needs to be looked up to by Zhang Anshi.

No way, the Han Empire has the highest military merits!

If you have military merits, you can be cool and domineering!

In comparison, his Shangshu Ling seems to be noble, but in fact he is just a miscellaneous person.

It may be okay to scare others, but in front of a real general, it's just a small person!

Just look at the arrogant generals behind him, Zhang Anshi already has some B numbers.

Other generals, it is estimated that they can be on an equal footing with him!

Zhang Yue looked at Zhang Anshi's expression, and he could guess some.

So, he stepped forward and smiled, and said, "Won't my brother invite my younger brother in to sit down?" ”

When Zhang Anshi heard this, he hurriedly smiled and said, "Brother Xian, please!" ”

Since the other party took the initiative to renew the old friendship and still regarded himself as a 'younger brother', Zhang Anshi was of course happy to do so.

He invited Zhang Yue and his entourage into the side hall of the Shangshu Department of Lantai, and ordered someone to serve tea and snacks.

Zhang Yue and Zhang Anshi exchanged pleasantries.

recalls many old events, especially the friendship that Zhang Anshi gave up his attic to Zhang Yue at the beginning.

As a result, the atmosphere instantly became warm, and Zhang Anshi was no longer restrained, chatting and laughing with Zhang Yue, and even took the initiative to talk about some things in the past.

It's a pity that both Zhang Yue and Zhang Anshi understand it in their hearts.

No matter how warm the atmosphere is now, it can't change the fact that the relationship between the two can never go back to the past!

As General Yingyang, Zhang Yue is the hope and expectation of tens of thousands of generals and their families, in addition, there are the hopes of the entire Ram School and hundreds of thousands of people in Xinfeng, Lintong, Wannian and other counties.

In the future, it will carry the hopes and expectations of more people.

Hundreds of thousands of people are pressed on their shoulders, and their net worth and future are as heavy as a thousand pounds.

Just this weight, Zhang Yue can't do things according to his own temperament.

Zhang Anshi is also average.

He couldn't and couldn't do it, from the old big brother, to the change of leg hair.

He has his own ambitions and ideals, and he has his own goals and responsibilities.

But......

This does not prevent the two from working together now and in the future.

After the greetings, Zhang Anshi took the initiative to say: "Brother Fool heard that when Brother Xian returned triumphantly this time, he handed over tens of thousands of gold for gold alone!" What a joy! ”

Zhang Yue smiled slightly and said, "Thanks to Your Majesty's blessings, your ancestors bless!" ”

Zhang Anshi smiled, and then asked, "Brother Xian is here today, presumably to report the list of meritorious soldiers, right?" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Yue nodded with a smile: "I still have to worry about Brother Lao!" ”

"Don't dare to ......" Zhang Anshi asked: "Brother Xian, how many feudal monarchs do you want to report this time?" How many two thousand stones? ”

Although the Han family's military merit lord system has collapsed after a hundred years, the lower and lower classes are now not very valuable.

However, the high titles at the top, especially those that could not be purchased with five baht or obtained by buying a large number of civil titles, still had status and privileges comparable to those of the past.

So much so that the five doctors and above, the folk are called 'officials'.

In other words, only those who have the title of five doctors or more are worthy of being called Hanchen.

Specific to the national level, it is obvious that only those above the head of the left are considered characters.

Because, when the title reaches the head of the left, you can have a food and a title, commonly known as a feudal monarch, and become the real ruling class, the home of the gate!

And below the left chief, he does not deserve to have a name!

However, passers-by do not need to be put on the table to discuss.

The implementation of their status and treatment does not need Zhang Yue to take action personally, but only needs to be handed over to the ministry to deal with.

And when Zhang Anshi mentioned this topic, it was obvious that he wanted to test Zhang Yue's goal.

Zhang Yue listened and laughed.

Last time, Li Guangli returned from Dawan and reported to the court more than 70 candidates for feudal monarchs and more than 200 candidates for 2,000 stones.

And finally implemented most of them, so that the second division of the general line, in the next ten years, has always firmly controlled the important departments of the country, supporting the subsequent Tianshan Battle, Yuwushui Battle and a series of super battles.

Zhang Yue naturally wants to be benchmarked, and he can't lose to Li Guangli Group in terms of momentum.

Therefore, after pondering for a moment, Zhang Yue smiled and said: "My military law, pre-war restraints, and the regulations of the Son of Heaven and His Majesty on military merit rewards in the past dynasties......"

"I would like to report to the court that there are 115 candidates for the feudal monarchs, including the captain Li Xiandeng, and request that 35 of them be worshiped as the Marquis of Guannei, and more than 300 candidates with 2,000 stones will be nominated......"

As he spoke, Zhang Yue asked someone to take a thick booklet, handed it to Zhang Anshi, and said, "This is the list of meritorious soldiers and their meritorious records in the past......

Zhang Anshi listened to Zhang Yue's words, and then looked at the booklet that was handed to him that was almost two inches thick, and was startled.

"Virtuous brother......" Zhang Anshi swallowed his saliva and asked cautiously, "Isn't this a little too shocking?" ”

Nominate so many feudal lords and two thousand stones in one go?

Is this to clean the court up and down once?

If it is really to be implemented, not to mention anything else, I am afraid that not only Li Guangli, the general of the Second Division, but also the entire real power department of Chang'an Jiuqing will change hands!

How many people have to be offended by this!

In Zhang Anshi's view, this is no longer a mockery, but a map cannon!

In particular, the nomination of the thirty-five Guan Nei Hou is simply a naked provocation!

The last time, when so many candidates for Guannei were nominated at one time, it had to be traced back to after the decisive battle of Mobei.

Zhang Yue straightened his waist, faced Zhang Anshi's eyes, and said without giving an inch: "Please understand, brother, this is already the maximum concession of the younger brother!" ”

"If the elder brother doesn't believe it, you can look at the military merit record, military merit will not lie!"

After listening to it, Zhang Anshi opened the booklet in front of him suspiciously.

Then, his mouth never closed.

Because the military exploits recorded on this are simply bugs!

Many people who were nominated for the Hou of Guannei, in the opinion of Zhang Anshi, are fully qualified to be the Marquis!

As for those who look like Zuo Shu or something, they are all blind military records!

Capture the flag, first-in-first-in, abound.

As for the king and the formation breaker, there are even more of them.

The tribal kings, clans, and Daxu of the Xiongnu seem to want money.

If this were the case, Zhang Anshi might still be able to find something to say, but the question is ......

The seizures recorded in the booklet left him speechless.

The record of seizing tens of thousands of cattle and sheep at every turn and arresting their people is already a routine operation.

"Get its Dawan horse, Wusun horse XX horse", "get its royal court collection of gold", "get pearl jade XX".

A series of records made Zhang Anshi almost lose his voice.

Although, there have long been rumors in Chang'an that Zhang Chiyou's capture this time is comparable to the capture of the general and the hussar general.

However, when these data really appeared in front of him, Zhang Anshi still couldn't believe his eyes.

He tried his best to calm his mind, then looked at Zhang Yue and asked, "How much did it cost Brother Xian to go on this expedition?" ”

Zhang Yue thought about it seriously, then turned around and asked Sima Xuan and Xu Xiangru behind him, and then said to Zhang Anshi: "Don't hide it from my brother, when I was ordered to send an envoy this time, Your Majesty allocated 20 million for military expenses, and as for Yanmen, from its arrogant and illegal theft, it was 30 million for the fee...... Counting the expenses of the Flying Fox Army, it is about 10,000, of which grain, grass and ordnance account for most of it......"

"That's it?" Zhang Anshi's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe his ears.

"Eight or nine is not far from ten...... Zhang Yue said with a smile.

Zhang Anshi was stupid.

The total cost of 10,000 yuan can support a 10,000-mile expedition of tens of thousands of troops, and win the battle?

He felt like his IQ was running out of ideas!

Originally, in the public opinion of Chang'an, many people believed that this expedition to Zhang Zizhong would at least empty most of the state.

Na Cheng thought, people didn't spend any money at all, let alone use any resources.

The only additional expense is the cost of requisitioning the Flying Fox Army out of the fortress.

But its income is dozens or even a hundred times the expense!

This is no longer a miracle, but a myth!

It's not that Zhang Anshi knows that Zhang Yue never lies, and since he dares to say so, there must be evidence.

In other words, these requirements put forward by people are really not embarrassing.

It's really the same as he said, and he has been very restrained and made great concessions.

If this is the case, the court still does not agree, and it is not allowed.

When this is spread, who is not chilled by the heroes of the world?

In the future, who will be willing to die as a lieutenant general and colonel?

But here's the problem......

So many places to find in one swoop?