After coming out of the Daming Palace, Zhao Ziliang said to Ma Lan and Wang Tian: "Now the defense of Hexi and Longyou troops is empty, it is very dangerous, this matter must not be taken lightly, the ancestors and my generation of soldiers have worked hard in Hexi and Longyou for several generations to have today's situation, it is not easy, how many soldiers and soldiers have thrown their lives there?" If we know about this bad situation and don't make efforts, once something goes wrong in Hexi and Longyou, how can we meet those martyrs underground? Tomorrow morning, the two of you will take turns to play the empty defense forces of Hexi and Longyou, and I will hand over a piece of Chen Zhang, and the emperor will have a reason to let the ministers discuss this matter, as long as the national policy of Tubo and Nanzhao is determined, the rest will be easy to do! ”

Ma Lan and Wang Rare both hugged their fists and agreed: "Don't worry, Dashuai, this matter is within my share!" Do your best! ”

Duan Xiushi saw that Zhao Ziliang had arranged tasks for Ma Lan and Wang Rare, and did not assign him things, so he hugged his fists and said, "Dashuai, what will you do in the end?" If you have something, just ask! ”

Zhao Ziliang asked Duan Xiushi's shoulder: "How many soldiers and horses did you bring this time?" How many infantry and cavalry are there? ”

Duan Xiushi said: "Three thousand infantry, two thousand cavalry, a total of five thousand men and horses!" ”

"How many of these people have fought mountain battles with Gao Xianzhi?"

"Dashuai, these 5,000 men and horses have all followed General Gao to fight Xiao Bolu and Jieshi Guo, and also followed General Feng Changqing to fight Da Bolu, that year and the Great Food Army fought in Hengluos, these people and horses have all met with Dashuai, they all know Dashuai!"

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Okay, now only your army and horses on our side have enough experience in mountain combat, and your task is to let your soldiers and horses strengthen their training and maintain the best state and morale at all times, and this commander may use you at any time!" Under the command of this commander, as long as you have meritorious battles, no one can snatch you away, and it is not a problem to be promoted and make a fortune! ”

Duan Xiushi hugged his fists and said, "Take the order!" ”

As a few people were talking, the pro-soldiers and generals of these people came up one after another, and one of them, a tall and strong man about thirty years old, who looked like a tiger's back, came over and saluted several people with his fists and said, "I have seen the commanders and generals!" ”

This person attracted Zhao Ziliang's attention and interest, and asked, "What's your name?" How to recognize Ben Shuai? ”

Duan Xiushi hurriedly introduced: "Dashuai, his name is Wei Boyu, the official to the general of the guards, he is a cavalry general under the command of the last general, commanding two thousand cavalry!" When he was young, he was armed with force, and after joining the army in Anxi, he went through several major battles and was promoted to the rank of general of the guards with his military merits! ”

"Oh?" Zhao Ziliang looked at Wei Boyu, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Yes, his body is quite strong, his arm strength is not small, and he is a strong general!" ”

Wei Boyu looked so excited that he hugged his fists and said, "Thank you for your praise!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said again: "Follow Duan Xiushi to work hard, now that the imperial court is employing people, it is necessary for generals like you who can fight through the war to quell the rebellion and defend the safety of the Tang Dynasty!" ”

Wei Boyu hurriedly said: "The last general will definitely live up to the high expectations of the handsome!" ”

"Haha, good!"

Zhao Ziliang returned to his home in Chang'an City that night and worked hard to write the book all night, until the middle of the night to write the chapter of tomorrow's court, although he has been practicing calligraphy hard all these years, but most of the time is spent on military affairs, this word is written a lot better, but if it comes to literary style, then even he himself does not dare to compliment. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"It seems that I have to find a knife and pencil to catch a knife for me, otherwise I really can't handle this piece!" Zhao Ziliang looked at the note he wrote, Chen couldn't help but shake his head, and thought about it, and the court would submit it like this tomorrow, and look for the knife catcher later.

August 15th, this day is the Mid-Autumn Festival, in previous years today, Chang'an City can be described as lively, but this Mid-Autumn Festival the whole Chang'an City seems to be depressed a lot, this is the result of the war, the rebels entered the city after the Chang'an City ransacked again, now Chang'an City is poor in materials, prosperous is no more, many foreign businessmen and domestic businessmen have long fled, Chang'an City is no longer as dazzling as before, every festival is crowded.

Before dawn, Zhao Ziliang got up, practiced martial arts in the courtyard for an hour, practiced until he was sweating profusely, and when he was about to wash up, he took a few months of cakes in his arms, and hurried to the direction of the imperial city with his own soldiers and guards.

At the gate of the imperial city, the civil and military ministers had already arrived in a large group, and they all gathered together in small and small groups to discuss in low voices, and some people gathered together to talk loudly.

Zhao Ziliang jumped off the horse and handed over the war horse to the soldiers, at this time, Ma Lan, Wang Rare, Duan Xiushi, Zang Xiyan, Wang Chengye, Chen Xuanli and other generals came over and saluted with fists and greeted: "Morning, handsome!" ”

Zhao Ziliang hugged his fists and smiled politely: "Early, early generals!" By the way, have you eaten them all? Today is the first great court meeting for the Holy Emperor to return to Chang'an, and the time will definitely not be short! ”

The generals shook their heads.

Wang said with a bitter face: "At the end of last night, the general waited to inspect all parts of the barracks, and he didn't fall asleep until he was ugly, and he was woken up by his own soldiers before he slept for two hours, and he hurried over for fear of delaying the time of the court!" ”

Wang Tianyuan, Ma Lan, Duan Xiushi and others This is the first time in their lives to go to the court, and it is also a big court meeting, how dare they slack off, so they are very nervous, and several of them are nervous and haven't slept all night.

Zang Xiyan teased: "General Wang, isn't it because he didn't sleep all night because he was nervous because he went to court for the first time?" ”

Wang rarely smiled bitterly: "Isn't it, I'm worried that if I make a mistake in the court, it won't look good if I lose face when the time comes!" ”

Duan Xiushi said at this time: "Listening to Dashuai say this, I'm really hungry, if this dynasty will continue until noon, then my old Duan will not starve to death?" I'm a pot-bellied man, and I have to eat five catties of meat and five flatbreads to barely be full."

Zhao Ziliang took out a pack of moon cakes from his arms and gave one to each person, while saying: "I brought a pack of moon cakes and planned to fill my hunger on the road, but I forgot it for a while, since all the generals have not eaten, then we will give a share, one for each person, it is better to pad a belly!" ”

Seeing this, the generals said: "This dare is good!" ”

So each of the generals took the unpacked oil paper of the moon cake and began to gnaw it, and the other civil officials next to him felt hungry when they saw it, but at this time they could no longer run home to eat, so they could only hold on.

As soon as the time came, the gate of the imperial city opened, and the hundred officials lined up in two teams according to the official position and walked neatly into the imperial city, and walked towards the Daming Palace under the leadership of the eunuchs.

Waited at the door of the Hanyuan Hall of Daming Palace, learned that the emperor had not come, the eunuchs did not dare to open the palace gate, the ministers could only wait outside the palace, and the ministers waited until the sun was on the pole, the ministers were hungry one by one, some of the ministers with stomach problems were so hungry that they vomited sour water, and some were so hungry that they could only squat on the ground with their stomachs.

Hanyuan Hall is the place where major ceremonies and great court meetings are held, and it is generally not open on weekdays, which is only held here on big days like today.

After the sun rose, the temperature rose sharply, and the ministers outside the hall were all roasted and sweaty, hot, hungry and thirsty, but fortunately, the eunuchs brought a few waters, and some thirsty and hungry ministers went to grab water and drink water to quench their thirst regardless of their status.

After a period of commotion, the door of Hanyuan Hall finally opened, and the ministers walked in in a neat line and stood on the left and right.

Soon Xuanzong walked up to His Majesty Dan through the side door, and a eunuch shouted: "The emperor has arrived——"

The ministers visited the worship and shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Xuanzong sat down on the throne, raised his hand and said, "All the kings are flat!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Waiting for the ministers to stand in the two seats, Xuanzong said happily: "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, a rare day of joy in the year, I originally thought that I would spend this year's Mid-Autumn Festival in Ma Weiyi, but I didn't expect Zhao Qing's family to repel the invading rebels so quickly, and Zhao Qing's family has contributed a lot to this battle!" ”

Zhao Ziliang hurriedly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, this battle is not all the work of the ministers, it all depends on the lives of the soldiers!" ”

Xuanzong waved his hand and said: "The merits of the soldiers, of course I will not forget, it just so happens that the 100,000 horses of Chuncai Shu brocade provided by Chengdu have arrived, and I have sent a decree to reward all the soldiers in front, so that they can have a good festival!" ”

Zhao Ziliang hurriedly said: "Weichen on behalf of the soldiers in front of you, thank Your Majesty for the reward!" ”

Xuanzong nodded and continued: "Today is a holiday, then we will speed up the handling of court affairs at this court meeting, and let Zhuqing go back to celebrate the festival with his family as soon as possible, I don't know what Zhongqing's family has to do?" ”

Prime Minister Fang Xuan held the board out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, after the start of the An Lushan rebellion, many people in Hedong, Hebei and Henan fled everywhere to escape the war and military disasters, and now the number of people who have fled into the Guanzhong area has reached as many as two million, and I don't know how long the counterinsurgency will last, the longer the rebellion lasts, the more refugees there will be, plus there is a steady stream of displaced people from all over the south of the Yangtze River and the Central Plains, these refugees and displaced people have reached as many as three million, they lack food and clothing, and have no place to live, In the past few days, local governments in Guanzhong have sent songs one after another saying that there have been displaced people and refugees starving to death, and if you don't find a way to solve it quickly, the refugees and displaced people will definitely have an incident! ”

Xuanzong frowned when he heard this: "Since the refugees and displaced people have nothing to eat, then order the local governments to open warehouses for disaster relief, or give porridge to feed them to satisfy their hunger, and the people can't be starved to death, right?" ”

Fang Xuan smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, now the grain in Guanzhong has basically been taken away by the counterinsurgency army as military rations, and now the national crisis is at the head, the price of grain is rising steadily, many grain merchants and landlords are hoarding grain and grass to be sold at a price, and the local government wants to calm the price of grain to buy grain from grain merchants and landlords, which needs to cost several times the price, and the imperial court will also bear a lot of financial pressure for this!" Now the imperial court is in ruins, and money is needed everywhere, and the local government and the imperial court can't come up with too much money! ”

Xuanzong looked at the other ministers and asked, "What is the solution to this matter?" (To be continued.) )