Also "assigned" to the Western Regions, Deng Cui is still a rising star in the capital, almost everyone thinks that his departure is only temporary, and he will soon return to the emperor, with a bright future, while Zhang Yin, the Marquis of Biyuan, has fallen into a new trough, his grandson's sins have not been redeemed, and he has lived up to the emperor's trust, and he has done nothing at the most critical moment. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Two people with very different personalities are now on the same mission.

Zhang Yin is older, more qualified, and more experienced, but he has no sense of competition, and he is willing to live under others, and consciously walks behind when he enters the house.

Deng Cui was also not polite, after meeting the emperor, he had to answer all questions, and talked eloquently, with only one meaning: "For the general, adapt to the situation, arrange the troops and arrange their own officials, and there is no shortage of generals." ”

Deng Cui's several victories were quite lucky, but he did "adapt to the situation" and showed a very deep strategy, Han Ruzi couldn't underestimate him, and said with a smile: "However, didn't the general make any preparations before the battle?" ”

"Yes, I want soldiers, horses, money, food, and trust." Deng Cui counted them one by one with his fingers, exactly five, "In short, the more the merrier, the more these five, the more choices the generals will have, and the more calm they will be when they adapt to the situation, if there are too few, how powerful the generals will also be sent to death." ”

Zhang Yin was left aside, and he couldn't interject at all.

"The original General Deng Liao and Deng also did this?" Han Ruzi asked, although he felt that Deng Cui was worthy of being a general, he still felt unsteady in his heart.

"When the general was here, I was still a child, and I didn't have much contact, but I heard the elders in the clan say that the general is especially good at these 'five wants', and every time before the war, he must pester Emperor Wu, if he doesn't come more, he also needs to be more refined, 50,000 soldiers are equipped with at least 100,000 good horses, and countless people are transferred, and other generals often have nothing left after the war, and they need to return to the city as soon as possible to replenish, only the general often has surplus food."

It was the unique way of playing when Great Chu was the strongest, and it was difficult to continue in the later period of Emperor Wu, and when Han Ruzi ascended the throne, no war could make the Chu army act so rashly.

Han Ruzi smiled and shook his head, Deng Cui is indeed a general, but he is not a general that the imperial court can afford now, "What does Zhang Hou say?" ”

Zhang Yin looked up at the emperor, and thought for a long time before he spit out a sentence, and his mouth was even more unfavorable, "Minister...... Willing to be, willing to be the Lord...... Officer. ”

Han Ruzi didn't have that patience and said, "Zhang Hou should write a chapter." ”

"Written, written." Zhang Yin took out a stack of paper from his arms, "First draft, Your Majesty, Your Majesty forgive me." ”

Zhang Youcai stepped forward to take the paper and handed it to the emperor.

It was indeed the first draft, the paper was crumpled, and the handwriting on it had been revised a lot, Han Ruzi glanced at it and didn't look closely, "Deng Cui, the court is hard, the use is insufficient, and the soldiers, horses, money, and food can't be 'as much as possible', all I can give you is trust." ”

Another person will kowtow at this time to thank him, but Deng Cui showed a contemplative look, obviously calculating and measuring, and said after a while: "It's okay, but soldiers, horses, money, and food are all visible things, but trust this kind of thing is invisible and intangible, how can Your Majesty prove it?" ”

Zhang Youcai and several other eunuchs' faces changed, Zhang Yin, the Marquis of Biyuan, is an honest person, and based on this question alone, he is sure that the emperor has great trust in Deng Cui, far beyond ordinary courtiers.

Han Ruzi couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, he knew what Deng Cui was hinting at, so he smiled and said: "Then don't look at it, don't touch it, understand it carefully." ”

Deng Cui really thought for a while, bowed down and smiled: "The minister will understand a lot. ”

Seeing the two away, Zhang Youcai couldn't help but say: "This Deng Cui is really ...... Is...... It's hard to say. ”

Han Ruzi laughed, "A general who can't even guess his own people, it is conceivable that the enemy can't guess him." ”

"Your Majesty really wants him to be a general?" Zhang Youcai asked in surprise.

"Don't be nosy." Han Ruzi picked up the paper left by Zhang Yin, strictly speaking, this is not a chapter, but a Zhang Yin with a sparse management strategy in the Western Regions, and a wooden mouth, but the pen is very smooth, writing twenty or thirty pages, sprinkled with thousands of words.

Han Ruzi watched it three times in a row, and couldn't help but sigh that there is no perfect person in the world, such as Zhang Yin, adding two or three points of "improvisation" ability, is a rare general in a century, but he is too cautious when he is in battle.

Soldiers, horses, money, food, trust, these five things, Zhang Yin did not ask for any in the song, his suggestion is to adapt measures to local conditions, use the power of more than 30 countries in the Western Regions to build a city for defense, what he needs is a cheap power, can be engraved in the Western Regions to seal the king, and then ask the court to posthumously, the second is to ask a group of people who are familiar with the affairs of the Western Regions to help.

In order not to make the court suspect that he wanted to monopolize one side, Zhang Yin will go to work alone, and his family will stay in the capital, including his only grandson.

Zhang Yanghao has returned to Beijing from the Broken Iron City, and he is not allowed to take a step at home to stay at home.

The group of helpers that Zhang Yin asked for was quite special, and they were all prisoners in the prison, but he didn't explain in detail.

Han Ruzi slept relatively early that day, and at dawn the next day, he met with the ministers in the Tongxuan Palace, which was a ritual, and soon ended, and the emperor moved to the nearby Qinzheng Palace, where he shared the government with several important ministers.

When Han Ruzi was the puppet emperor, he also sat here for a while every day, but he was far away from the ministers, and most of what he heard was buzzing discussions, and he could only hear some words clearly when he was arguing, and the prepared holy decree would not be given to him for a while, so he did not know much about the process and ideas of the imperial court in handling government affairs.

At the end of the first day, he found that it was not difficult at all.

The Qinzheng Hall was presided over by the prime minister, and most of the concerts of the major ministries and officials gathered here, and he discussed the content of the reply with several designated ministers, handed it over to the emperor for inspection, and after obtaining permission, it was handed over to the corresponding yamen, and only some of the more important pieces were approved by the emperor himself.

The normal reply to the chapter can be "read", and it will be handed over to the department for collection, and it may never be taken out again, while other pieces of the chapter raise various questions, such as a drought in a certain place, a flood in a certain place, a certain division to do something, and so on, most of the time, the prime minister's reply is to transfer the chapter to the corresponding yamen, and the department will put forward a clear opinion, and then the prime minister will approve it, and the back and forth can last for a few days or even months.

The Emperor's duty was to oversee the proper running of all this, and to hold the most crucial Treasure Seal, without which the Prime Minister's approval would be an empty phrase.

It is only in rare cases, such as a vacancy in an important official position, or the occurrence of a major event such as a Qi rebellion or an invasion by the Xiongnu, that there will be heated debates.

The whole process is one ring after another, the emperor can stop at any time and add his own opinions, but it is useless, Han Ruzi soon found that his ideas will not be better than Yousi's professional reply, rather than delaying the process, it is better to watch from the sidelines.

There was a lot of work on the first day, and there were a few things that did require the approval of the emperor himself.

The canonization of the emperor's biological mother as the second queen mother has been piled up for a variety of reasons, and it has even risen to the height of whether it is related to the stability of the Great Chu country.

This is the first thing that Han Ruzi wants to solve, Zhu criticizes the Ministry of Rites and Zongzheng Mansion to do it, and then sends it to Cishun Palace to ask the Queen Mother to look at it, this is etiquette and rules, and the emperor cannot bypass it.

Cishun Palace also reacted quickly, and sent it back in the afternoon, I don't know who did the pen, in short, the queen mother appreciated the emperor's filial piety, and asked the matter to be handled as soon as possible.

The next is the reduction of the tax in various places, Dachu has been fighting for many years, especially in Qi, Dai, Yan and other places, there are many damages, after Han Ruzi left Jincheng, he once inspected a circle, and there was amnesty everywhere he went, this time it was officially confirmed, and the time limit was extended according to the situation, ranging from one to five years.

Shen Mingzhi and other ministers suggested that the matter could be postponed for a while, and when the Queen Mother was crowned, a holy decree could be issued to show the Queen Mother's love for all people.

Han Ruzi agreed.

Further down is the post-war meritorious reward, the Ministry of War and other divisions have drawn up a plan, the cost is huge, but it can't be saved at all, the vast majority of people's rewards have standards, only Cui Hong, Chai Yue, and Deng Cui need to be determined by the emperor.

Han Ruzi remembered the queen's request, so he circled Cui Hong and Deng Cui as "to be determined", and only promoted Chai Yue to hussar general and Grand Sima of the Northern Army.

The hussar general is a fictitious title, and the great Sima of the Northern Army is the real position, but the Northern Army has suffered heavy casualties and has returned to the capital to recuperate, and Chai Yue is actually in charge of the whole army in a temporary capacity outside the Saiwai.

This is the practice of Da Chu, so that the frontier generals are separated from the real and the famous, so as not to support their own troops.

Han Ruzi deliberately looked for it, and the veteran Fang Daye was named the captain of the Northern Army, which is good.

After these things are done, it is almost evening, and Prime Minister Shen Mingzhi hopes to discuss it again tomorrow, but Han Ruzi asks to continue, because there is still a very important matter that needs to be dealt with urgently.

During the period when the emperor was trapped in Jincheng, a group of civil servants were martyred, and a group of civil servants made meritorious contributions.

In fact, when the emperor continued to patrol outside, the corresponding positions had been found to be replaced, and only when he came back to confirm the appointment, there was only one most important official position, which was not mentioned by the ministers, and there was no performance, so the emperor had to take the initiative.

The prime minister affirmed that it was time for him to be promoted to the real prime minister, and in his position, no fault was meritorious, and the emperor could not find a reason to continue observing.

Yang Feng's request had not yet been formally granted, so he remained in the Qinzheng Palace—as the middle palm seal, this was the first time he was in charge of the real treasure seal.

Seeing that it was getting late, Yang Feng glanced at the emperor, and Han Ruzi knew that he couldn't wait any longer, so he opened his mouth, praised Shen Mingzhi's talent, and decided to officially appoint him as the prime minister of Great Chu.

Shen Mingzhi kowtowed and thanked him, and the other ministers congratulated, and the first day of the discussion was over.

When Han Ruzi returned to the palace, it was nearly two watches, and when he found that the queen was not there, he was a little puzzled, and he asked Liu Jie to find out that he had sent a holy decree and the queen had returned to Qiuxin Palace to live.

Inside and outside the palace, there were rules and conventions everywhere, and Han Ruzi found that he hadn't done anything he wanted to do all day, and he never wanted to end the day with an empty room.

It was too late, and it was too late to issue an edict to summon the queen, and the rules came into play at this time, Liu Jie reminded that the emperor could choose any concubine's dormitory at any time to sleep.

Han Ruzi then lived in Qiuxin Palace.

Queen Cui Xiaojun was a little surprised, but also very happy.

Lying on the bed and chatting for a while, Han Ruzi asked, "Do you miss the Tired Hou Mansion?" ”

"Hmm." Cui Xiaojun didn't dare to answer directly, because she was so nostalgic that her heart hurt, if she had a choice, she would rather be Mrs. Tired Hou again, but this kind of thing is definitely not what the queen should say.

"I'm going to renovate the Tired Marquis Mansion and give it to you as a gift." Han Ruzi paused, "Give it to myself too." ”

Han Ruzi must find a place to get rid of the shackles of the palace and the imperial court, rules and conventions are very beneficial, but they are more suitable for mediocre emperors than emperors who want to achieve something. (To be continued.) )