In the office in front of the palace, Lu Fei, Xiang Xun, Hu Yanzan and others, as well as Xiang Du's commander and envoy level, were reading the official document issued by the Privy Council...... Beforehand, the soldiers were to be rewarded with detailed accounts of their money. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Maybe the lower-level soldiers are more concerned about money, the small soldiers are poorer than the generals, and the family members need money for all kinds of livelihoods. But Hu Yanzan and other generals don't care much about this yellow and white thing, they don't lack much; The generals only cared about the attitude of the new court of the Tang Dynasty and the queen mother.

Especially Hu Yanzan, who has been cautious recently, doesn't even speak as loudly as before, in the past, he could be proud of his sweat and blood for the Great Song Dynasty, but now he is just an ordinary senior general, that's all.

The Imperial City's Praetorian Guard is also subordinate to the front of the palace, at this time is being commanded by Lu Fei's righteous brother Tie Hammer as the commander of all classes in the inner hall, in recent days, the capital is becoming more and more calm, he has always been active and hot-tempered, where is he able to be honest in the imperial city, these days as soon as he is free to go to the front of the palace to make up, this person is many, lively, and can be called brothers and sisters with the cattle people he wanted to know but were not qualified to see, which made him feel very happy, although most of these people look down on him, a big old man, but climb faster than anyone else, If you want to have a background or no background, you have to have no qualifications, and you have to rely on being Lu Fei's cronies to get promoted.

Tie Hammer was illiterate, and when he saw this group of people circulating the reward list there, he listened to them silently read out a string of names, but said coldly: "The Great Song Dynasty is dead, and it is best to be assisted by Lu Dianshuai, the former secretary of our palace, to assist the Queen Mother in power, and what is not rewarded, whether it is promoted or lowered." ”

When he heard this, he was full of jealousy, because he had not heard his name read it.

Lu Fei remained silent on the side, casually looking at the information of the border armies he borrowed from the Privy Council, the forbidden army had been preliminarily decided, and the next step was to solve the hidden dangers of the border army.

Xiang Xunyi, who was half-squinting at the list, heard Tie Hammer's words, and snorted disdainfully: "Tie Du is the first to get the moon near the water, with your relationship with Lu Dianshuai, your position is drought and flood protection, you don't have to worry." ”

Qian pounded on the table and said with a smile: "Ten years in Hedong, ten years in Hexi, Xiang Lao General should not have even heard of me in this world a month ago, I think of the lobby of the front division of this palace, I never even thought about being able to sit here, hehe, how do you say that, yes, ability is secondary, it mainly depends on the right person, Xiang Lao General didn't choose a tree in time to have such a scenery today, isn't it also my eldest brother Lu Dianshuai's ......"

Ahem!

Before Tie Hammer's words were finished, Lu Fei, who was looking through the file in front of the bookcase in the hall, coughed and interrupted Tie Hammer's words.

"Hey, hey!" Tie Hammer turned his head to look at Lu Fei, and saw that he didn't look up, but he also understood what it meant, and even touched the back of his head and laughed a few times, then stood up and straightened out the armor on his body and said: "Yes, I am in military affairs, and I have to go back to the palace to patrol duty, hey, this capable person works hard, and I am also a busy person, hehe, say goodbye." ”

Watching the iron hammer leave proudly like a nouveau riche, he made the generals of this hall so angry that their expressions were extremely rich, and they really responded to the reckless man's words just now: To be a man and do things, ability is secondary, and following the right talent is the main thing.

Lu Fei admired Tie Hammer's style of acting without fear of heaven and earth, and wanted that all the generals in front of the palace were thunderous figures, and he really didn't dare and shouldn't tear his face with them in front of the court, just right, let Tie Hammer also suppress their arrogance of selling old qualifications, and let them know that now that the dynasty has changed, once a son of heaven and a courtier.

Not long after the iron hammer left, Lu Fei slowly raised his head and said to the generals: "If the generals have no objection to the reward of the imperial court, they will be sent down today, the Tang Dynasty can settle down so quickly, the generals have made great contributions, the queen and the imperial court will not treat you badly, let alone forget those soldiers who died for the founding of the Tang Dynasty. I hope that everyone will not disappoint the intentions of the court and the queen, and will serve the Tang Dynasty wholeheartedly in the future. ”

When everyone heard this, they all stood up in unison, raised their hands, and replied, "Obey orders in the lower ranks." ”

Lu Fei nodded, waved his hand, and said: "If there is nothing to do, let's disperse today, go back and write a note of thanksgiving, and hand it over to me in the morning three days later, and I will help you hand it into the palace." ”

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but glance at each other, it stands to reason that the court has a reward, as the rewarded person to the court to write a thank you Shu that is a matter of course, and it is not understandable to be handed into the palace by the chief officer of the front division of the palace, but everyone can hear another meaning from this, this time there is a thank you Shu is not just to write a few polite words for the new dynasty, at least in the words more or less to mention Lu Dianshuai a few strokes, otherwise people carry their heads to make a rebellion, how can they only feel at ease to do a palace inspection, And this seat also has extraordinary significance, the founding emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Jiong, did it before he became emperor.

"No!" The generals came out.

After a while, Kou Zhun and Zhang Jiang, the chief bookkeeper of the Japanese army, walked in, and saw that there was only Lu Fei in the hall of the plain and majestic palace at this time, Zhang Jiang was a little careless, and looked around casually: "Big brother should be in charge of all opportunities, you are on duty alone today?" ”

Lu Fei didn't care about these casual temperaments, if it weren't for their temperament, he wouldn't know how long he would have to think about before he dared to act, everything seems to have a bad side, and his personality is the same.

"Sit down!" Lu Fei smiled and pointed to the chairs where the generals had just sat and said, "How is the city defense?" ”

Although Zhang Jiang is not as respectful and afraid of Lu Fei as those generals, he is a little cowardly in the end, and he is always lacking in his heart when he speaks, so he smiled and said: "I just took over, it's a mess, and I can't start a lot of things, do you want to consider arranging another deputy general for me." ”

Zhang Jiang is now in charge of the entire Bianliang city defense military affairs, the same as the iron hammer, the rocket-like promotion speed makes him a little powerless, he used to be at most the level of commanding thousands of people, which at first let him do the errand of the capital garrison general, but it is a little difficult for him, but Lu Fei has no one available, the talented and virtuous people in front of the palace grasp a handful, but Lu Fei does not trust them, at least when the chaos has just subsided, he does not dare to let others get involved in these important military positions.

Lu Fei nodded and said slowly: "Don't worry, take your time, I have also considered the matter of the deputy general, but there is no suitable candidate, so let's do it, among the middle and junior officers in the front division of the palace, you can choose it yourself, I only have one request, you must be trustworthy." ”

A hint of joy appeared on Zhang Jiang's face, and he said again and again: "Chengcheng, I have the bottom of the big brother's words, I will pick someone to go when I turn around, and let the eldest brother check it when I find it." ”

Lu Fei hummed and turned his gaze to Kou Zhun who had not yet sat down, and Kou Zhun hurriedly arched his hand and said, "The lord called me to come here for something?" ”

"Sir, sit down and talk!" Lu Fei left the main hall and walked to the side of the two, motioned for them to sit down again, and then walked back and forth in front of the two with a black line on his head.

Kou Zhun said: "The lord has something on his mind? ”

Lu Fei looked at the little officials and soldiers who seemed to be very busy back and forth outside the door, they don't have to think about whether the world is the Tang Dynasty or the Great Song Dynasty, anyway, no matter who sits in the world, these people are just trying to make a stable fortune, and they also responded to that sentence, and sought their own politics in their positions, the top priority at the moment is to appease the generals of all parties, and the second is to pull up an army exclusive to themselves as soon as possible.

Lu Fei said: "Since the last mutiny, although it was successful, it was also a very fluke, on the other hand, the forbidden army at that time, the reason why they lost so quickly was not because of how high our ability was, but because of the people's hearts, the forbidden army has been reorganized again and again by Zhao Jiong over the years, the centripetal force of the military heart has become very fragile, and even has slowly given birth to factions in the army, and the purpose of dispersing military power has been achieved, but the disadvantage is that military power is not something else, it will always inadvertently find an authority to take the lead, This has also become the situation today, the four main forces of the forbidden army are in charge of each other, and they all want to preserve their strength or strength, which makes it possible for us to take advantage of it to break through one by one. ”

Kou Zhun said with a smile: "There are pros and cons to everything, since the lord understands the power of this, what are you going to do, do you want to start reorganizing the forbidden army?" ”

"No!" Lu Fei shook his head and said: "At this time, it is inevitable that there will be a suspicion of unloading the mill and killing the donkey, I don't want to lose the reputation of a bird hiding the bow, I don't plan to move the forbidden army, even if I want to move, it is not now, I have another plan." ”

"What does the lord want?" Kou Zhun looked excited, as if he had guessed what Lu Fei wanted to do.

Lu Fei snorted and said: "Whether it is imperial power or financial power, in this troubled world, no power is as good as military power, the relationship between the front division of the palace is complicated, many people are grass on the wall, Da Zhou Li is subordinate to Da Zhou, Da Song Li and Da Song Dynasty, and now they have become the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, this person's heart is unpredictable, I plan to form another team of people who only belong to me." ”

Kou Zhun stood up suddenly, nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "Lord, this matter is very good, in fact, I wanted to say this to you a long time ago, but I was afraid that this statement would arouse the disgust of the generals in front of the palace, so I was stuffy in my heart, and today the lord proposed, since it was after some careful consideration, what does the lord want to do?" ”

Lu Fei said: "I want to reorganize the Tang Tiger Army, the Tiger Army, originally the Tang Dynasty Guards, its prestige has been passed down for hundreds of years, and then it died out with the fall of the Tang Dynasty." ”

Kou Zhun frowned and thought for a while, and said: "It's okay, but where did the soldiers come from, and now they are drawn from various departments of the forbidden army?" I'm afraid it's not right, right? ”

Lu Fei said with a smile: "Of course it's not proper, I plan to send someone to Li Tang's hometown in Jiangnan to recruit another person, and I can trust the children of my hometown." ”

"Good!" Kou Zhun laughed, "It seems that the lord has already had this intention, if he can really form an army that is all composed of the children of Jiangnan, then the lord's momentum will be like a tiger, when does the lord plan to start." ”

Lu Fei said with a smile: "I called you here to discuss this matter, there are many things in the capital, I can't get out, I can't get out of the palace, I can't leave the important position of the palace guard, Luo Cheng is in Jiangnan and has not returned, Zhang Jiang and Cao Keming are also responsible for the important posts of the city defense of the nine cities day and night, I am really unavailable." ”

Kou Zhun understood when he heard this, and arched his hand: "The lord means that he wants to run down?" ”

Lu Fei was a little embarrassed: "If Mr. Kou comes out, I believe it will be twice the result with half the effort, but you and Miss Ruyue get along day and night, and if you don't see each other for a day, how can I bear to send you to Jiangnan to be separated from your little girl, I can't bear it, hehe!" ”

Ha ha!

Kou Zhun waved his hand and smiled, and said: "The lord is making fun of it, that's right, I have the intention to stay with Miss Ruyue in Zhongnan, but in the face of this major event, I can still distinguish it clearly, how can I worry about the children's private feelings, Ruyue will not have any complaints about the lord because of this, on the contrary, she will be grateful to the lord for giving him the opportunity to make contributions in the next one, lord, you can rest assured, this matter is incumbent." ”

"Okay, since that's the case, then you move quickly, this time you go to Jiangnan to recruit troops, you also know that the imperial court is newly established, and most of the money in the treasury is used to reward the ministers, and the military department does not have such a budget for large-scale recruitment, so I can't give you enough money, but you have to get me a full army back with a full number of soldiers, at least 10,000 people."

When Kou Zhun heard this, his face immediately froze, and he didn't have money to say anything good and it was, but after thinking about it, he still asked stubbornly: "How much military money has the lord allocated?" ”

Lu Fei was a little embarrassed and said, "500,000 guan." ”

"What?" Kou Zhun looked surprised, "500,000 Guan can't even buy 10,000 horses and 10,000 horses, not to mention that recruiting troops like this requires a lot of settling-in expenses, and it is conservatively estimated that the lord's elite army of 10,000 people will not be able to go down without 3 million Guan." ”

Lu Fei also looked embarrassed, and said, "I want so much money now, do I still need your resourceful Mr. Kou to run it personally?" ”

"What does the lord mean?"

Lu Fei said: "The area around Wuyue Kingdom in the south of the Yangtze River has not been harmed by the war for many years, and the people's livelihood is rich, I heard that the rich families there are richer than the royal relatives in the capital, and they live a luxurious life of drunkenness and dreams every day......

Kou Zhun immediately understood, and said with a smile: "The lord wants to use Jiangnan's money to recruit Jiangnan's soldiers?" ”

Lu Fei smiled and said: "Where to take it, where to use it, what is wrong, how to get money in Jiangnan is your business, you choose the candidates for your entourage, the sooner you leave, the better, you have also heard of it, the border generals still respect the Great Song Dynasty as Zhengshuo, and I must set up the Tiger Ben Army before they turn their faces with me." ”

Kou Zhunlian claimed that it was, and finally said: "Okay, I'll leave tomorrow, I've thought about the candidates, Brother Luo Cheng is not in Jinling City, I'll go to him to do this together." ”

"Please! Go back quickly, remember, don't do anything with the old soldiers, ruffians, scoundrels, etc., only recruit those who are from poor backgrounds and are honest men, and then pay a heavy reward to recruit some scholars to serve as generals in the army, after you leave, I will let the Ministry of Industry rush to buy new ordnance day and night, you have to go early and return early. ”

Kou Zhun could hear that the lord's words were full of infinite expectations, and he said with a sincere face: "I will live up to the trust of the lord, and I will go down to prepare for this." ”

As soon as Kou Zhun left, Zhang Jiang was a little proud, this time the eldest brother only called him and Mr. Kou to come to the front of the palace, Kou first went to Jiangnan to recruit troops to form the Tiger Ben Army, then it was impossible for him to be called just to observe.

Zhang Jiang was right, thousands of troops are easy to get, and it is difficult to find a general, who will lead the Tiger Ben Army in the future? Lu Fei is already inspected in front of the palace, definitely not, think about it, among the four brothers, Zhang Jiang has a rare sincerity, to put it bluntly, this new army is also Lu Fei's private army, there is no need to choose generals, the most important thing is loyalty, Zhang Jiang is naturally the most suitable candidate at the moment.

Lu Fei looked at Zhang Jiang with a silly look on his face, and said with a smile: "What are you smiling at?" ”

Zhang Jiang said, "Does the eldest brother want me to lead the Tiger Army?" ”

Lu Fei pretended to say: "I can't do it, do you have this ability?" ”

Zhang Jiang said with a smile: "No, I haven't figured out this matter in front of me yet, and I am really not qualified to unify the army alone." ”

Lu Fei just liked his sincerity, and said with a smile: "As long as you have self-knowledge, if I really hand over this team to you, how about you?" ”