Just when Zhang Huan recovered Anxi and Beiting, seized the broken leaves, and the prestige of the Tang Dynasty was in full swing, Cui Xiaofu couldn't sleep; When she set up a new young emperor and held one-third of the power in the world, Zhang Huan's threat to her was also increasing day by day, which was an irreconcilable contradiction between water and fire, she was a woman after all, and in her tireless pursuit of power, while poisoning the emperor with her iron heart, she also occasionally revealed a trace of a woman's unique sensibility: she ignored the request of many ministers to hold a grand ceremony for Zhang Huan, and brazenly issued a decree prohibiting the imperial court from holding any welcome ceremony for Zhang Huan.

This is undoubtedly an extremely unwise decision, not only contrary to public opinion, but also exposed her narrow-mindedness, under the repeated persuasion of the confidant minister Li Mian, especially pointed out that her move is very likely to affect a group of middle and low-level officials who are still undecided, Cui Xiaofu reluctantly agreed to meet Zhang Huan in person.

At this moment, Cui Xiaofu sat in her Luan car and had faintly seen a large group of officials in front of her, Pei Jun and other cabinet members came out to greet her, she didn't care, after all, Zhang Huan is one of the ministers of the military department and one of the first assistants of the cabinet, maintaining the apparent affection is conducive to the stability of the imperial court, as for Zhang Potian, Yuan Zai and others, Cui Xiaofu just smiled coldly, but the more than 100 middle and low-level officials such as Lang Zhong, Shaoqing, and Secretary Lang made her very uneasy, what is power, power is the ability to live and kill, and power is to be able to order the government order to be unimpeded, In the Daming Palace, she Cui Xiaofu is full of words, but what about leaving the palace gate? She has neither Pei Jun's right to draft edicts, nor the right to refute the high-level officials of various provinces, the only thing she relies on is connections, and her orders must be listened to and executed. can show her queen mother's authority, this is a relatively ambiguous status quo, and she Cui Xiaofu has nominal power. can participate in the decision-making of major matters in the DPRK and China, but her decision-making power is not given by God, but by the right minister Pei Jun, to put it bluntly, she is just a puppet of Pei Jundi, and Pei Jun is forced to give her a certain range of power under the pressure of Gangchang.

And the size of this range needs her to fight for it in person and win people's hearts, the clan wants to take her boat, Wei Ge wants to borrow her ladder, Li Mian has common interests with her, but he has no strength, all kinds of reasons. The loyalty of these middle- and low-level officials is also the key to whether she Cui Xiaofu can become bigger and stronger, and now that nearly 100 people have spontaneously come to greet Zhang Huan, how can she be happy.

The car continued to move forward, Cui Xiaofu had already seen Zhang Huan, Zhang Huan was also looking at her from a distance, her expression was calm and soft, a trace of coldness flashed in her slender phoenix eyes, but this coldness disappeared in an instant, and then it was replaced with a kind of motherly kindness in the world, and her eyes, which were already slightly old, revealed her praise for the hero.

Luan drove slowly to a halt in front of Zhang Huan. Zhang Huan took a step forward, gave a deep salute, and said loudly: "Chen Long's right section makes Zhang Huan see the queen mother."

There was a crisp sound of footsteps, the car door opened, Cui Xiaofu walked out with the support of the two palace maids, and all the officials on both sides bowed down together, "The ministers see the Queen Mother!" ”

"Zhang Aiqing is exempt!" Cui Xiaofu smiled at the corner of her mouth, and she beckoned to the officials again, "Everyone, Aiqing, flat down!" ”

"Thank you, Queen Mother!" Zhang Huan stood up straight and glanced at the soldiers behind him. One of his own soldiers immediately ran to the horse and fetched a clay pot.

Zhang Huan took it, stepped forward and offered his hands to Cui Xiaofu and said, "This is a special gift from Weichen to the Queen Mother." ”

Cui Xiaofu saw that the clay pot was crudely made, and her brows couldn't help frowning slightly. Surprised, he asked, "What is this?" ”

"This is the soil of the Broken Leaf Military Town, which the minister brought from thousands of miles away, and specially dedicated it to the Queen Mother."

"It turned out to be a symbolic land, Zhang Shangshu's mind, and the mourning family received it." Cui Xiaofu took the heavy clay pot, sighed with emotion, and handed it to the eunuch beside her, and said to Zhang Huan: "Thank you Zhang Aiqing for your hard work." This jar of dirt mourners will keep it in their garden. And will plant a peony on it with his own hands. ”

With that, her face turned grim. He said loudly: "Zhang Huan listens to the seal!" ”

Zhang Huan took a step back and slowly knelt down, "The minister is here." ”

Cui Xiaofu glanced at Pei Jun from afar, and said in an unwilling, but helpless tone: "The king of Zhangye County, the secretary of the military department, and the Longyou Jiedu made Zhang Huan serve the country with his fists, and led 100,000 loyal and brave people to go to Anxi generously to recover the hometown of Anxi and Beiting for my Tang Dynasty. ”

"Thank you for the grace of the Queen Mother!" Cui Xiaofu added Zhang Huan, she didn't pay attention to Pei Jun and others, and went back to the palace directly, at this time, Pei Jun stepped forward and said apologetically: "It stands to reason that there should be thousands of rewards for you and the soldiers, but you also know that the imperial court is financially constrained, and if you take less, you will be ridiculed, and if you take more, you don't have the ability, so I discussed with the cabinet and the queen mother, and the reward in kind will be given by you Longyou yourself, and the court will give meritorious soldiers the title of official, and the specific roster and official title will be reported to the Ministry of War by you, and I will approve it." ”

Speaking of this, Pei Jun patted Zhang Huan's shoulder again and joked: "You Longyou are a rich land, and you have taken the wealth of Tubo and the Great Food Army in Anxi, you will never cry to me for poverty!" ”

"Does Sangkook think I'm going to Anxi to dig for gold?"

Zhang Huan spread his hands and said with a bitter face: "The war is actually about money and grain, and the money and grain consumed by the 200,000 army for nearly half a year, how much can Xiangguo calculate?" Now I have not been paid for a year, and my family is so poor that I don't even have the money to burn charcoal, so I expect the court to come up with a sum of money to reward the three armies, but Xiangguo wants to pay the bill, this is absolutely not good, if Xiangguo refuses to take the money, I will take my wife and children to Xiangguo's mansion to occupy a house for dinner today.

Zhang Huan's true and false words made everyone laugh, Pei Jun pointed at Zhang Huan and sighed to everyone again and again: "Listen to this guy's drinking, others don't understand my relationship with him, and think I owe him a lot of favors, when he married my daughter, he didn't even give a penny of financial gifts." "Isn't Xiangguo also married for a penny and didn't come out?"

Lu Qi, who had been silent, stepped forward. smiled at the two of them and said, "How about I be an intermediary mediator?" ”

Pei Jun saw that it was him who spoke, and couldn't help but be stunned, Zhang Huan's words were true or false. He Pei Jun's words are also false, and it is true that he doesn't want to pay money to reward the three armies, but he wants to see how Zhang Huan's attitude towards the imperial court will change after taking Anxi, and Zhang Huan also wants to know how much concession Pei Jun will have to himself, so the two use the army to test each other.

Laying down Anxi and Beiting was nominally to restore the Tang Dynasty, but in fact it was the continued expansion of Zhang Huan's power. Whether it is the control of the territory or the number of troops, Zhang Huanjun surpassed Pei Jun in one fell swoop, and what he lacked was only the strength and political influence of the court, how could Pei Jun laugh at this.

Therefore, Pei Jun has been observing the subtle changes in everyone's attitude towards Zhang Huan, if it was Chu Xingshui to be the mediator, he would not be surprised, but now it was his henchman Lu Qi who jumped out, and he had not discussed with him beforehand. At this moment, a trace of vigilance flashed in his eyes, but he still smiled and said, "It is best for our God of Wealth to mediate." ”

Lu Qi didn't seem to feel Pei Jun's vigilance, he sighed and said to Zhang Huan: "The recovery of Anxi and Beiting is a major event celebrated by the whole country, if you don't give the soldiers a certain reward, it is unreasonable to say that this responsibility is unshirkable to the imperial court, but what Xiangguo said is also true, the imperial court really can't take this reward money." Although Cao Yun sent some money and rice to Xiangyang, many places have suffered a catastrophe this year, and there are many places where money is used, and a lot of money and grain were spent on repairing the tomb of the first emperor last month. The imperial court's finances are really beyond their means, so this money is still advanced by Longyou first, and the imperial court can compensate Longyou in other aspects. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Qi bowed slightly to Pei Jun again, "What does the right minister think about the suggestion made by the humble position?" ”

On the surface, Lu Qi was speaking for Pei Jun, but in reality, it was not, and Zhang Huan's army captured Anxi and Beiting. It only nominally belongs to Datang. Therefore, the imperial court also gave some nominal rewards, such as official titles and so on. This is the principle of equivalence, this reward money Pei Jun will not come out anyway, just talk about it, he Lu Qi will not know this, but he stood up to mediate, saying what to compensate Longyou from other places, thinking deeply, Lu Qi is actually helping Zhang Huan.

Of course, Pei Jun also knew that he was extremely unhappy in his heart, but he couldn't find the words to refute Lu Qi's seemingly superficial compromise plan for a while, so he glanced at him coldly, and then his smile disappeared, and he looked at Zhang Huan coldly: "I don't know what compensation Zhang Shangshu wants?" ”

"Hearing Xiangguo's fierce tone, where else do I dare to ask for compensation?" Zhang Huan snorted a haha to ease the atmosphere first, but his words immediately changed, and he smiled faintly: "If the court really can't come up with the money, I have no choice but to smash the pot and sell the iron first, and as for compensation, I will propose it to the cabinet." ”

An originally simple welcome ceremony at the gate of the city was complicated between the authorities' intention and unintentionality, and it took nearly two hours, when Pei Jun led everyone to leave and Zhang Huan began to officially enter the city, the sky had become dark.

Li Ding handed over the quasi-order of the military department to the soldiers stationed at Mingdemen, and the team of more than 3,000 people began to march into the city, at this time there were still many pedestrians on Suzaku Street, everyone first hid on both sides in panic, and gradually someone recognized this army, and the news of the return of the army of Zhengxi suddenly spread throughout the entire street like wings, and with Suzaku as the central axis, it was quickly transmitted to the neighborhoods on both sides.

The people are afraid of gone, swarms forward, cheering on both sides of Zhuque Street, more and more people help the old and the young, spontaneously from the squares to welcome Zhang Huan's army, cheers, applause, cheers, one after another, wave after wave, the people use their enthusiasm and smiling faces, to this army fighting for the honor of the Tang Dynasty to express their most simple respect, many elderly people recall the strength of the Tang Dynasty in the Kaiyuan Dynasty, they are so excited that tears in their eyes, With the support of his family, he knelt down to the army.

With the addition of thousands of scholars who participated in the imperial examination, the atmosphere on Suzaku Street became more and more enthusiastic, the procession was orderly, the queue drove slowly on the street, countless children ran with them, shouting happily and loudly, Zhang Huan was under the strictest protection of his own soldiers, frequently beckoned to the people on both sides, his face was full of gratitude, and the cheers of the place he passed were like a torrential rain, and suddenly resounded.

Pei Ying sat in the carriage, watching the grand scene on the street through the curtain, she felt the sincere cheers of the people with her heart, a kind of proud joy was born from the bottom of her heart, and she was proud of her husband.

"Mother, my master said that Anxi and Chang'an are thousands of miles apart, in addition to being able to play the role of the ancient silk road, in fact, there are no other advantages, the child doesn't understand, why these people are so excited, do they all want to go to the West to trade?" Zhang Huan's seven-year-old eldest son, Zhang Qi, didn't know why, so he raised his little face and asked his mother in surprise.

Pei Ying's face sank, "Didn't your master tell you why?" ”

Zhang Qi nodded, "My master said that in the past, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fought everywhere, spent national strength and money, and made hundreds of people lose their families and live in hardship, but in fact, it was just to satisfy his personal good deeds, and he also regretted it in his old age, so he never talked about the war lightly. ”

Pei Ying didn't expect her son to say this, she couldn't help but be a little surprised, she groaned and said: "Your master thinks about the people, this is right, but he is not completely right, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent troops to fight not completely for his own good and great achievements, he is also to eliminate the border troubles for a hundred years and make the Han Dynasty strong, but only the excessive use of troops will make the people suffer, if he can pay attention to the war at the same time, but also let the people recuperate, there will be no situation that your master said." ”

"I see." Zhang Qi screamed happily and interrupted her mother's words, "It's like I like to ride a horse, riding a horse can strengthen my body, but my body is weak, and riding too much will hurt my body." ”

Pei Ying saw that her son was very smart, she stroked his head lovingly and said with a smile: "You are still young, you have only been reading for a year, and you still don't understand some truths, a person, a nation, and a country must have a little blood, and you can't blindly swallow your anger and let others bully you in order to recuperate, in order to be able to maintain long-term peace and stability, you must be tough when you should be tough, and the blood that should be shed must be flowed, and the way to strengthen the country is to relax in civil and military affairs, do you understand?" ”

Seeing that her son still seemed to understand, Pei Ying smiled and hugged him, pointed to the cheering and excited people outside the window and said, "Have you seen it, although your father has not been with us for more than half a year, he has gone out to fight, brought hope and confidence to so many people, and is loved by so many people, you should be proud of your father." ”

Zhang Qi nodded heavily, "I want to be like my father when I grow up!" ”

Pei Ying smiled and said nothing, but she was thinking that it was time to change her son to a different master.

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