The twilight clouds hung low, and the deputy privy envoy Li Guorui was removed from the Privy Council.

He was originally a general, born in a family of generals, but he was a Wenjinshi who was admitted with the support of his family, and he took the career of a civil official. This road was originally not easy to follow, and the civil official family and the Jiangmen family were not too harmonious...... The clan can marry with a civil official family or a Jiangmen family, both of which are the best choices for the clan, but the civil official family rarely chooses Jiangmen, and Jiangmen will not take the initiative to make friends with civil officials...... Although it cannot be said that the two are inevitable, they are also distinct.

When Taizu founded the country, there was originally a national policy, and officials should be able to be civil and military, and the distinction between civil and military did not have to be so clear, but under the rush of two hundred years, the current situation of Great Wei still deviated from Taizu's hope.

Li Guorui transferred to the military with martial arts, but it was quite difficult to be promoted, from the county lieutenant to the county cheng, and then to the county, the state judge, the state with the state, the state, the state, almost one step at a time, when he was more than forty years old, he was still in the position of the governor, if it was not for the military talent shown when he pacified the group of thieves in Qingzhou, Shandong, and made great contributions, I am afraid that he is now in his fifties, or in the sequence of the state capital, and it is a fool's dream to enter the level of pacification, let alone enter the two governments and become one of the rulers.

Li Guorui's opportunity comes from Liu Zhiyuan's appreciation, when he was Zhizhou, Liu Zhiyuan served as a pacification envoy on Hebei East Road, and then Liu Zhiyuan entered the court as a privy deputy envoy, Liu Zhiyuan was promoted all the way to the pacification envoy of Hebei East Road, last year's victory over Donghu, plugged the mouths of doubters, and then Li Guorui was introduced into the court by Liu Zhiyuan, who had already served as a senior counselor, and worshiped as a privy deputy envoy.

This time, no one questioned the promotion, and even covered the suspicion of Liu Zhiyuan's party, even the left minister Han Zhong did not make things difficult for Liu Zhiyuan's appointment, and after entering the dynasty, Han Zhong even expressed goodwill several times.

The reason is also extremely simple, among the envoys and deputy envoys of the court, Li Guorui, who is in the prime of life and has not yet reached 50, is recognized as the most knowledgeable marshal, and any prime minister or senior staff member who wants to make a military presence has to rely on Li Guorui.

Li Guorui is also smoothly concurrently serving as the secretary of the Ministry of War, and at the same time knows the weapons supervisor, even if the imperial court is still hesitating and arguing on the Northern Expedition, but the support for Li Guorui is unanimous...... The imperial court really can't afford to be hurt, Donghu has entered the country several times in a row, the northern roads are dilapidated, the displaced people are as many as a million, the local land is ruined and taxes are not collected, and they have to give relief and appease the displaced people, and the losses of the forbidden army are not small.

However, when Li Guorui got on the horse, he still shook his head, is the proposal of the Northern Expedition really feasible?

Liu Zhiyuan had faintly revealed his huge Northern Expedition plan to Li Guorui, which surprised Li Guorui, and even felt that Liu Zhiyuan was crazy.

Mobilize millions of troops and people, carry out this risky move, once it fails, the Great Wei will even lose all the capital to turn the tables, and Donghu will come in again, not only will it destroy the northern state capitals, but Yanjing is also very dangerous!

Once the weakness of the imperial court is known to the Northern Prisoners, the next time it comes in may be the combined forces of the Northern Prisoners and Donghu!

When 300,000 or even 400,000 cavalry entered, what would they use to stop them?

Once this is the case, Liu Zhiyuan is certainly a sinner through the ages, but what about Li Guorui?

As soon as he thought of this, it was inevitable that Li Guorui was depressed in his heart, and even felt out of breath. On the one hand, Liu Zhiyuan's kindness, as well as the expectations and pressures of the Son of Heaven, on the other hand, is the madness of knowing that things cannot be done, Li Guorui himself does not know, how will he decide on the major affairs of the Northern Expedition, and which side will he stand on?

In contrast, Han Zhong's cautiousness made Li Guorui agree even more, although he could not be passively beaten and make the situation of Donghu's entry continue, but comparatively speaking, it was the most correct choice to wait and see the defeat, highlight several strategic defense points, and minimize the losses.

But can you really do everything according to your heart?

The news of the assembly of the Jinwu Guard and the Halberd Lang had already spread, but here in the Privy Council, there was nothing they could do about it.

The palace Lang Wei is not under the privy command, if he is a meritorious and highly qualified general, he can be crowned as a lieutenant, and he can ban all soldiers and horses inside and outside the court, and with the prestige of the meritorious general, he can deter all illegal things.

Because of the importance of the position of the Tai Lieutenant, before Chengzong, the palace guards were often entrusted to the old and meritorious Tai Lieutenant, who had no problems in loyalty, to be promoted, and now he has not worshiped the Tai Lieutenant for more than ten years......

At the time of the release, there were many officials in the imperial city, the big officials rode in carriages or sedan chairs, the junior officials rode horses and even mules, and many officials changed into civilian robes and walked back in a car.

The population of the capital is about 1.5 million people, and even when a large number of displaced people pour in, it will far exceed this number, and in the evening, every avenue is full of people, and the flow of people is extremely dense, only the ruler can use a large number of instruments to open the road, and it will not be affected, and ordinary officials might as well walk back slowly and enjoy the magnificent scenery of Yanjing.

The weather gradually turned warmer, but Li Guorui's heart was cold, and there was already a noisy sound at the inner east gate, obviously the guards were gathering.

"Go home." Li Guorui's chest ached like a pinprick, if it was someone else, he might go to Liu Zhiyuan's mansion at this time, Li Guorui had a large number of Yuan Sui and elite generals who followed when he led troops outside, at this time of doubt, if he went to Liu's mansion to garrison, he would definitely win Liu Zhiyuan's favor, and the alliance between the two would go further.

But Li Guorui disdains this, even if the position of privy envoy is close at hand and within reach.

Li Guorui's mansion is in the Taipingfang on the south side of Zhuque Street, when Yanjing was built in this dynasty, millions of people were mobilized to build, and it took more than ten years to build, almost copied the original version of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, except for the slightly different names of the city gate and the palace gate, and there was no Xingqing Palace and Daming Palace, the rest of the places are almost identical.

People say that Emperor Taizu of the Great Wei may admire the Tang Dynasty very much, including Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, judging from the pattern and name of the market, Li Guorui feels that the rumors should be true.

The north end is the Privy Council, Taimiao, Honglu Temple, Guanglu Temple and other yamen, the south side near the Taipingfang is the place where the Chaotian Post is located, and then go east, it is the Good Relatives Hall.

This large area is either a pavilion or a mansion of dignitaries, and there are very few small courtyards where the common people of Beijing often live, not to mention ordinary commercial houses, and those who can gain a foothold here are undoubtedly high-ranking officials and giant businessmen.

On the way home, when Li Guorui passed by Pu's firm, he was blocked by Pu Shougao.

"I've seen the Governor."

The governor is called the Great Counselor, but the Privy Vice-Envoy is the ruling officer, which is also a special case of the officialdom of this dynasty.

Pu Shougao was dressed in a white robe, which was quite conspicuous in the crowd, but there were not many celestial merchants in the capital, so it was not shocking.

"It's the proprietor." Li Guorui nodded on the horse, of course, he had no intention of returning the salute or dismounting. If he returned the favor to a merchant, or dismounted, he would be impeached by the Imperial Historian the next day.

is too far from the status of a businessman, even if it is a big businessman like Pu Shougao.

"Tonight, we should get rid of Han Zhong." Pu Shougao's eyes were full of pride, this time the big turmoil was promoted by Pu Shougao, and even Liu Zhiyuan's money to buy the chamberlains was also provided by Pu Shougao, and he said to Li Guorui: "The ruling also has heavy troops, have you ever thought of going to Han Zhongxiang's mansion in person and making a final decision?" ”

It turned out that this businessman was not very relieved, afraid that something would go wrong, so he actually hit the idea on his head?

Li Guorui said coldly: "The great politics of the country, people who are not like Pu Dongzhu can interfere, please be cautious." ”

"Do you know anything about the government?" Pu Shougao pretended to be surprised and said: "I have already gone to the court, and I am willing to contribute millions of dollars to the Northern Expedition, as the capital to start...... The Great Ginseng has already played on its behalf. ”

Li Guorui's disgust in his heart was even deeper, and the state affairs were so far that he asked a foreign businessman to jump out and point fingers at the ruling dynasty, and take out money to provoke such a major event as the Northern Expedition?

But he can no longer reprimand, Liu Zhiyuan and Pu Shougao seem to be deeply connected, although Pu Shougao will not stand on Liu Zhiyuan's side openly, let alone take the people of the Pu family to Han Zhong's mansion to take risks, but he can already influence the court situation at the level of participating in politics and even the prime minister.

Speaking of which, the Pu family will spend more than one million yuan this time, but with a foreign businessman who can influence national politics to such an extent, the Pu family's money is quite worth it, it is simply worth it.

Just because of the good reputation won since then, the right to speak in the government, and the convenience of the Pu family and the preferential treatment of Tianfang businessmen, the Pu family's investment this time is quite worthwhile.

Li Guorui looked at the person in front of him with disgust, Pu Shougao couldn't hide his pride, of course there was no shortage of Li Guorui to serve in front of Han Zhongfu, Pu Shougao was just pretending to make a gesture, and he wanted to make an obvious mark among the high-ranking officials of Liu Zhiyuan's faction.

And not long ago, the Pu family also caused a big mess in Nan'an, Fujian, although the appearance was very well concealed, but who didn't know that the Marquis of Nan'an was not fighting back in Nan'an, it was not a foreign pirate who fought back in Nan'an, it was a thief and a tooth general recruited by the Pu family?

Everyone thought that the Pu family was disgraced, and when Pu Shougao was about to lie dormant for a long time, this person came out of the current situation with millions of dollars......

"The big thing has been decided...... Pu Shougao has actually always been very deep, and he does not smile in front of his family peers and even elders, so that people can't see the image of his superior in the city.

In the eyes of foreign celestial merchants, Pu Shougao is a representative of celestial merchants, with a rich net worth, extraordinary connections, and the force mastered by the Pu family, coupled with Pu Shougao's cautious and serious, the city is deep, and the general celestial merchants are trembling in front of Pu Shougao, and they dare not say much.

At this time, Pu Shougao really couldn't hold back his smugness, in fact, what he couldn't wait to see now was Xu Zixian.

Thinking about Xu Zixian's loss of face in Nan'an, and then becoming the center of attention on Fujian Road, Pu Shougao could only be a man with his tail between his legs during that time, and he also met Xu Zixian at the banquets of several princes' mansions, when he wanted to pounce and bite Xu Zixian to death...... Of course, Pu Shougao wouldn't do this, it was just a joke.

Not enough jokes in the Pu family?

Because of the war in Nan'an, Pu Shougao was also questioned in the clan, and his authority was greatly affected, this trip to the north was not in his plan, but during the Chinese New Year, when Pu Shougao went to Zhao Wang's mansion to pay a visit, King Zhao opened up a quiet room, and the two chatted for a few hours, analyzed the overall situation of the DPRK and China, and finally came to the idea that Han Zhong could not be trusted, and could only rely on Liu Zhiyuan, who was eager to ascend to the throne.

As for the dispute over involving Xu Zixian in the storage position, of course, it is King Zhao's proposition.

How can an alien businessman have such a keen political intuition?

Li Guorui pressed his hand on the knife at his waist, eager to cut the businessman in front of him?

But he could only hold back this impulsive emotion, and replaced his love with Li Youde, I am afraid that this surnamed Pu has already fallen to the ground......

One of Pu Shougao's entourage suddenly shouted: "The proprietor, Xu Zixian, is it Xu Zixian?" ”

Suddenly a large number of knights appeared on the street on the east side, and the crowd on the avenue was quite embarrassed to dodge.

"It's him!" Pu Shougao shouted in a gaffe: "I also recognize it when it turns into ashes!" ”

Li Guorui turned his head to look over, he also admired the young man in this clan, and he had long wanted to meet him, but Xu Zi had not been to the Privy Council since he entered Beijing first, and there was no reason for the two sides to meet.

At this time, I saw a young man of about twenty, wearing a hat, with a fair face, a resolute face, thick eyebrows, and a slightly pointed chin. But he has a pair of sword eyebrows, slightly high cheekbones, and a calm and resolute gaze, which makes his temperament quite outstanding, which makes people impressed at first sight.

"Okay, okay." Li Guorui said unconsciously: "This is the best disciple of the clan. ”

Pu Shougao said sharply: "Envoy Li, what do you think he is going to do?" ”

"Ordered to beg for thieves, idle people, etc., to avoid!" The burly, bearded, red-faced Zhang Huchen held the political affairs hall in his hand, rode his horse at the front, and said loudly: "Liu Zhiyuan and Wu Guogong Xu Zicheng colluded in rebellion and plotted against each other, and we were ordered to put down the rebellion!" ”

The image of Zhang Huchen is like the statue of the king in the Longmen stone carving, the expression is solemn, majestic, although there is no armor, and he is only wearing the short robe of the martial artist's arrow clothes, but when he shouts, it is like a spring thunder on the tongue, which makes people feel a kind of majesty and murderous aura rushing to the face.

This time Li Guorui didn't say anything, but the look of appreciation in his eyes was quite obvious.

I don't think that Fujian, the southern country, can produce such a tiger general?