After listening to Xue Ju's words, Zhang Guozhang was also greatly impressed, and secretly said in his heart: As a courtier of Great Qin, he opened his mouth for the sake of Qin and closed his mouth for the sake of Great Qin. But judging from today's events, his so-called strategy almost ruined the future of Great Qin.

Thinking of this, Zhang Guozhang hurriedly stood up and bowed to Xue Jushen and said, "It is really a blessing for the Qin State to have a holy monarch like Your Majesty. The old minister is stupid by nature, and he said some unthinkable remarks above the court before, and I hope that His Majesty will not take it to heart. This is also an unintentional move by the old minister, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me. ”

Xue Ju saw that Zhang Guozhang was sitting well, and suddenly got up coldly at this time to apologize to himself. He was also startled, and he later realized from Zhang Guozhang's words that Zhang Guozhang apologized to himself for disobeying your own wishes in the early dynasty, so he quickly stood up and helped Zhang Guozhang up and said:

"What are you talking about? Openness is the basic national policy of my Qin State, and I wish there were more officials like Guozhang in this court who really think about my Great Qin. Where can I blame you? What's more, putting aside business, we are a family in private. If we don't talk to each other as a family, can it be said that my father-in-law can really pit me? In this world, only parents hope that their children will be well, but I have never heard of any parents who are looking forward to their children going to prison. ”

Zhang Guozhang saw that Xue Ju was not worried about the affairs of the early dynasty, and he was relieved in his heart. He was well-informed, and knew that as the emperor of the country, respect was purely out of courtesy. If you really regard yourself as the number one person, you can't let the emperor get off the stage above the court. Don't say that it is the position of the ruler of the country, I am afraid that my little life will not be saved. After all, the emperor tried all kinds of ways to clean up the affairs of the national ruler, and he had seen a lot, so he had seen a lot, and he was less courageous.

In fact, as a national abbot, Zhang Guozhang is also well aware of the difficulties. The position of the abbot seems to be infinitely beautiful, under one person, above ten thousand. It seems that there is endless glory and wealth, and it seems to have supreme power that covers the sky with one hand. But it's only when the body actually sits in this position that you know the difficulty. As the ruler of the country, the emperor will be suspicious when he gets close to the ministers; When they get close to the emperor, the ministers will be suspicious. The slightest extravagant behavior in living and traveling will be immediately impeached by the court officials. If you live in a simple house, if you are dressed in burlap, in addition to the fact that the official will impeach him for losing the prestige of the country, even the current emperor will order to be questioned. In fact, the reason for the question is very simple, that is, since you are the emperor's father-in-law, and the things you eat and wear are not even as good as those of ordinary poor families, isn't that equivalent to slandering the emperor for being unfilial?

Looking at Zhang Guozhang, who said goodbye to the departing Zhang Guozhang, Xue Ju shook his head with a smile, so he turned around and returned to his desk to continue to review the official documents. Xue Ju has been very busy these days, after all, the transfer of 30,000 troops is not a small number. The weapons, logistics, camp tents and other materials involved in the 30,000 people need to be asked one by one, although this matter was only brought to the court today to discuss, but Xue Ju actually had a decision in his heart a long time ago. At this time, it is just a form of passing motion, which is generally similar to this kind of major troop dispatch. Xue Ju will first go to the forces that support him behind him to negotiate, and only after the results of the negotiation will he take the matter to the court and pretend to discuss it. Moreover, among the officials above the court at this time, nearly seventy percent of the officials were loyal to Xue Ju and those forces who supported Xue Ju, so they were not afraid of the ministers changing their hexagrams when they were discussed in the court.

After spending a long time reviewing the official document, Xue Ju stood up with a sigh of relief and straightened his waist. Then he looked at the map hanging on the wall behind him, and his heart was mixed. This map was given to him by Li Wenyuan, and it was not a little better than the map in his hand that only marked the villages and towns in vague directions and indicated the mountains and rivers in an extremely abstract form. The map given to him by Li Wenyuan is a topographic map drawn by Li Wenyuan's military lords after several months of surveying and field investigations, and this map can be said to be the most detailed map in the world so far.

Xue raised his hand and summoned the servants outside the house and said to him, "Let Zong Luohu come to see me." ”

Not long after, Zong Luohu came to Xue Ju in a robe. However, at this time, before Zong Luohu saluted Xue, Xue Ju opened his mouth and asked: "This time, you led the army to rush to the aid of Wuwei County, and some of them can be fought in a tough battle, how about it, do you know it in your heart?" ”

"As a general, it is necessary to be confident in every upcoming battle in order to win a hundred battles, and the people who rushed north to aid Wuwei County this time are naturally no exception." Soon after Zong Luohu saw Xue Ju asking himself, he did not hesitate to say directly about leading his troops north to aid Wuwei County.

"You are the most powerful general under me, so at this time I sent you to fight this most important war for my Great Qin State. What's more, you were recommended by Li Wenyuan, and you have some friendship with Li Wenyuan. Therefore, at this time, you were sent to be the commander of the expedition, firstly, to avoid discord between the generals of the two forces, which would lead to meaningless friction between the two armies; The other is that even if the war is not going well, you can return safely with the soldiers and horses, and with Li Wenyuan's friendship with you, he should not be difficult for you. Xue Ju said to Zong Luohu in front of him.

"Your Majesty, do you mean that I will not contribute to the work of going north this time?" Zong Luohu didn't understand the meaning of Xue Ju's words at the first time, so he frowned and asked Xue Ju.

"That's not what you mean, Zong Luohu, you're thinking too much about it. Personally, I'm very optimistic about the outcome of this fight. If nothing else, just for my trust in Li Wenyuan's mind. But there is always a chance in everything, in case the war goes badly. I will allow you to withdraw your troops directly back to Jincheng County, and I will arrange a large army on the border to receive you from or return from Wuwei County. Xue Ju knew Zong Luohu's temper very well, so he didn't feel that Zong Luohu's words had other meanings at this time, so he carefully explained his thoughts to Zong Luohu.

"Your Majesty can rest assured, no matter what, I will not bury the name of our Qin State, this expedition, I will never return to the dynasty without breaking the Hulu." Zong Luohu swore to Xue Ju and assured.

(End of chapter)