From the official road outside the city to the streets inside the city, the enthusiasm of the common people seems to be undiminished, and there is no trace of the atmosphere of the destruction of the country and the city.

You know, streamers and lanterns are still a bit scarce in this era, generally only people with good families can afford to use them, and the coarse linen clothes worn by ordinary people will not be dyed.

The whole atmosphere reminded Yang Mu of the scene of the New Year when he was a child, when the smell of the New Year was still very strong, and every household was like this, the difference was that there was no such thing as firecrackers in this world, and there was a lot less noise.

It seems that the discipline of the Cangjun army entering the city this time is very good......

Subconsciously, Yang Mu added impression points to Wei Zhongquan and other generals, in this era, it is really a seemingly simple thing to be able to restrain the soldiers under him from committing no crimes after breaking through the city, but it is actually difficult, especially when there are huge rebels and rebels in the middle, it is extremely rare to be able to do this.

An elite army of kings should do this, combining rigidity and softness, and strict discipline, so that the resistance encountered in the future when fighting will be much smaller.

Moreover, due to the special political status and geographical location of Zhengcheng, its scale and prosperity are several times that of Cangcheng, and it is also an important site for Cangguo to communicate with the outside world in the future.

This is equivalent to the strict discipline of the Cang army, which has invisibly created a huge value for the Cangguo.

About half an hour later, Long Yuan finally arrived at his final destination, the Zheng Guo Palace.

That's right, it's Zheng Guo's palace.

Now, although this palace is still the palace of Zheng Guo on the surface, and Zheng Kang also lives in it, the garrison force has been completely replaced by the Cangguo army, and even the palace maids and eunuchs who serve Zheng Kang are only a dozen or so, and their families are controlled by the Cang army.

Of course, as the emperor, Zheng Kang, although he still lives in the palace, he is not qualified to live in the bedrooms of the emperors of previous dynasties.

The reason is very simple, the emperors of the past dynasties lived in Zhengyang Palace, not far from the palace, and Zheng Yufan due to frail and sick, has not been to the court for many years, in order to facilitate recuperation and treatment, has been living in a dormitory near the back garden, Zhengyang Palace has been empty for decades.

After Zheng Kang succeeded to the throne, because Wei Zhongquan and others expected that Yang Mu would come in advance, as a puppet emperor, of course, he was not qualified to choose which palace he lived in, so he had to be arranged to live in the palace where his father was recuperating.

Long Yuan slowly entered the palace, Yang Mu took a look at it, just the first impression, he felt that it was much grander than the palace of Cangguo, pavilions, buildings and palaces, extremely luxurious.

It is worthy of being a country that has lasted for a hundred years, and the manpower, material and financial resources that can be used are not at all comparable to the imperial palace of Cangguo that was built one after another decades ago.

"Sooner or later, I can enjoy it and build a better palace than this!" Yang Mu was itchy to see it, and secretly made up his mind.

Even if it is to be thrifty, but after doing an emperor, this enjoyment should still be there, how to say that sentence, the Son of Heaven takes the four seas as his home, and he is not magnificent and powerful, and building a magnificent palace is not just for enjoyment, but also a political manifestation, and the advantages outweigh the disadvantages......

Yang Mu found an upright reason for himself in his heart.

At noon, Yang Mu settled in Zhengyang Palace, and before he arrived, he had been cleaned up inside and out, and there was no discomfort.

Except for Zhu Xi, who led the Xuanwu Legion to Anluo City, the rest of the high-ranking generals came to the palace to gather for the first time after the Northern Expedition to listen to the holy teachings.

Yang Mu sat on the dragon chair, looked at the excerpts written by the generals, as well as the battle merit list, and nodded with satisfaction.

Then, he said to Wei Zhongquan: "In this Northern Expedition, Aiqing is the biggest hero. ”

"Your Majesty is well-planned, and the old ministers have their responsibilities, and they don't dare to take great credit." Wei Zhongquan bowed.

Yang Mu then looked at Han Tong: "Aiqing led the army to attack, fortunately." ”

"For His Majesty's loyalty, for the great cause of the country, Weichen will never give up!" Han Tong bowed.

Yang Mu nodded and looked at the three leaders of the rebel army - Gu Fengnan, Gu Yi, and Yang Hong.

These three people, in this Northern Expedition performance is also remarkable, compared to the Zheng army of those generals who got positions in the bloodline, these three people are obviously much better, although Gu Fengnan and Yang Hong lost to the Dongda Camp outside Xin'an City, but it is reasonable to lose to the regular army, and the newly joined rebel army can also be properly managed and well organized, from this point it can be seen that the three are rare generals.

The only drawback is that the three of them are obedient because of the interests of the family, and in the future leaders and soldiers, it is inevitable that there will be some biased people from their own clan, although this is just a small problem, but it is also like a fish in the throat, which makes people uncomfortable.

Fortunately, this can be changed, Yang Mu believes that the two-pronged approach of culture and politics will definitely launch a powerful offensive for the future Cangguo, like snow washing the world, changing the social and political atmosphere of the entire country, and changing the thinking of these three people.

Thinking of this, he still decided to say a few words of encouragement, and said, "The three of you are very good, and you are deeply heartfelt. ”

Suddenly, the three of them were overjoyed and excited.

You must know that they have returned to Cangguo as generals, and it is already a gift to be able to stand here, and now they have received a word of praise and recognition from Yang Mu, which is equivalent to giving them a dignified identity, which means that in the future, in the Cangguo army, no one will have any prejudice or provocative actions towards them.

After all, in terms of the atmosphere in the Cangguo army today, ordinary soldiers also have status, and with a sense of self-confidence from the bottom of their hearts, they have some discrimination against these surrendered rebels, which directly affects their status in the army.

The emperor's words will directly eliminate this prejudice of the soldiers, so that they can really be accepted by the soldiers in the future.

The three of them secretly rejoiced, fortunately, they had always firmly supported Cangguo, and they did not change their position under the warning of the family, and they did their best every time they led the troops to fight, and sure enough, the gains they got were far beyond their expectations.

Yang Mu withdrew his gaze from the three of them and turned to Kong Shangxian.

As the only Wenchen present, Kong Shangxian should be regarded as an outlier.

However, no general dared to despise this middle-aged man who stood silently aside.

In terms of status, Kong Shangxian is the minister of the Ministry of Education, and he is considered to be the most advanced group of people in the court of Cangguo, and he has won the trust and trust of His Majesty the Emperor.

In terms of merit, to make a not so uniform analogy, Kong Shangxian's merits are greater than Wei Zhongquan's.

After all, from the formulation of the entire strategy to the implementation behind enemy lines, Kong Shangxian participated in the whole process and completed the task excellently.

Although many places, such as those involving Zheng Kang, cannot be made public, as the commanders of various armies, they know this very well.

Therefore, even Qu Yong, who has always been reckless and irritable, has changed his previous contempt for Kong Shangxian, and honestly stood behind Wei Zhongquan with a calm gaze.

Just when everyone was looking forward to how His Majesty the Emperor should praise Kong Shangxian, Yang Mu closed an excerpt and said: "The generals have been working hard for days, so go back and rest today, I will carefully review your excerpts, and someone will return them to you at that time...... By the way, Kong Shangxian, you stay. ”

Kong Sang-hyun stayed?

Suddenly, all the generals understood that His Majesty the Emperor had something to do with Kong Shangxian in private, and the next topic would have nothing to do with them.

Sure enough, he is a person who has won the favor of the saints......

The generals sighed in their hearts, and they all hugged their fists and said: "Yes, the ministers retire—" ()