Guo Rong left after explaining the matter, Zhang Yue had to sit and wait in the side hall, and after a while, the melodious bell and drum music sounded outside, and the officer on duty guided the courtiers into the hall, and the court meeting officially began.

Fortunately, this is the Chang Dynasty, mainly the Shangshu Province left and right servants shot the six high-ranking officials to participate in local affairs, and the Zhongshu Provincial Ministers were rejected by the Menxia Province after the approval. Then there are more than five grades, the officials below the three provinces make up for things, after the emperor decides, the Chinese scholars, the knowledge system or the record, or the court to draft the edict, and then by the provincial officials under the door to review and sign the name.

After all the matters were discussed, an official finally came out to make up the matter of the state party. Emperor Guo Wei didn't say a word, waved his hand and asked the eunuchs to take out Shi Yi and Yang Tingzhang's reports and distribute them, and after the ministers took turns to watch, they were silent.

After Wang Jun's death, the position of the privy envoy has been idle, and Zheng Renxue, the envoy of the Xuanhui North Court and the deputy privy envoy, has been transferred to the envoy of the Lanzhou Jiedu, and the current privy deputy envoy is Wang Renhao, the general of the right guard, and the envoy of the Xuanhui North Court and the deputy privy envoy. This person is also a veteran minister of the Four Dynasties, with the merit of being a dragon in Lanzhou, and is now more than 50 years old.

Sent Xue Juzheng to preach Liangzhou, Hexi, add Shen Shihou, and trade war horses, this matter was proposed by Guo Rong, the king of Jin, and after the accident, he supported the use of troops to seize Huizhou, Wang Renhao naturally knew how to stand, and immediately suggested sending troops. Now that it's on this, what else is there to say, the courtiers unanimously expressed their intention to second.

"That being the case, the Privy Council drew up a strategy of war as soon as possible. Proposed purpose: Zhao Xuanhui Southern Yuan envoy and sentenced Yongxing Military Government to raise 50,000 soldiers' military food and grass as soon as possible. Ordered Shuo Fang Feng Jiye, Jing Difficult to Break Cong Ruan, and Changyi Shi Yi actively prepared for the war. Guo Wei made a formal decision.

But how to fight the battle and who is the commander is actually decided by the emperor, Guo Wei is the son of heaven immediately, although the privy envoy Wang Renho has the right to nominate and advise, but he is only a courtier, and often can't keep up with the emperor Guo Wei's ideas. The efficiency of the pilgrimage meeting on this day was quite high, and the speed was also very fast, and it ended at about ten o'clock in the middle of the day.

Guo Wei left surrounded by eunuchs, and the courtiers also withdrew from the Jinxiang Palace. The low-ranking officials stood behind, and at this time they had already descended the steps and returned to their respective offices in groups. The officials above the third rank wore purple robes, some left, and some were still discussing what had just happened under the eaves of the main hall.

"Humph! This initiator caused such a big incident, but I want to see who he is, and he has to be protected by His Royal Highness King Jin. Shangshu Zuo Servant, Men Shilang, Tongping Zhangshi, and Supervisor of the History of the State were very unhappy, and said indignantly, and when they saw Li Gu coming out later, they asked again: "Weizhen! I heard that you had seen this chapter Yuanzhen in the old years? ”

"Exactly! Fan Xianggong doesn't need to be angry, all the good horses in the world are in Hexi, and everyone knows that the forbidden army lacks horses, if you want to buy a horse, something will happen one day, but sooner or later! Li Gu, the secretary of Zhongshu, Pingzhangshi, and the third division of the judgment laughed dumbly when he heard this, he supported the use of troops in Huizhou, and the benefits of opening up the Hexi trade route were not too much, and the finances of the three divisions would be much easier.

"That's it! Let's go and see what this person explains, right? It is said that this Zhang Yue is the person who gave the table the word by the emperor, and Fan Zhen did not want to be deliberately embarrassed, his face softened slightly, and he turned around and walked along the eaves of the main hall to the east side hall.

A Wupin general who has the right to know the affairs of the military state, if he reports on his work, normally there is no need for the ministers to ask, since Fan Zhen opened his mouth, Li Gu did not lose his face, so he followed at the moment.

The two of them entered the side hall one after the other, and saw that there were already Zuo Shilangzhong, Chong Zuo Counselor, Chong Privy Counselor Jing Fan, Horse Duwei, Zhang Yongde in front of the palace, and Yu Dechen, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and Yu Dechen, the three of them were seated at the top, and the debriefing had begun.

First of all, Jing Fan took out the chapter and files for the first half of the year, and questioned on behalf of the Privy Council: "General Zhang has already made meritorious contributions to the inspection of the two prefectures of Yanqing, but after knowing Yanzhou, he actually expanded the army without authorization, and then reported to the front division of the palace, which is against the court system, but Yanzhou is not peaceful, and it is reasonable to be in charge of border defense as an inspection." But the thieves invaded, Zhang Kuangtu died of illness, and Zhang Guangren died in battle, what is the explanation for this? ”

"This matter was reported truthfully, and the DPRK and China also rewarded the war exploits after giving their approval, and there is nothing to explain!" Zhang Yue's heart suddenly changed, Zhang Kuangtu's death was indeed a trouble, there are still capable people in the court, and he can see the strangeness of this matter!

"That's it! Your Majesty has awarded you the title of General Dingyuan, and the war in Yanzhou has ended, does Zhang Juma have any questions? Jing Fan turned his head to look at Zhang Yongde, but Zhang Yongde looked at the door.

"It turns out that the two prime ministers have arrived! Please! The three of them stood up and greeted each other. Zhang Yue turned his head to look, so he had to stand up and salute.

"Go on! Let's just sit in and listen! Fan Zhen waved his hand and sat down with Li Gu to listen.

The Privy Council and the Imperial Cabinet went through the motions and symbolically asked the Emperor that this was the procedure for the foreign military attaché to go back to Kyoto. Zhang Yongde smiled and said: "Zhang Dingyuan has sent someone to send back the actual number of soldiers and the roster, as well as the process of expanding the army, and the front division of the palace has approved it, so there is nothing to ask!" ”

Yu Dechen, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, had been looking at the stacks of chapters and documents on the case in front of him, then raised his head, coughed dryly, and said: "General Zhang's Quan knows Yanzhou, and he has entered the Ministry of Officials for the record.

It's just that...... I heard that there were large-scale caravans in and out of Yanzhou continuously, transporting a large number of green salt and goods, and General Zhang did not pay the commercial tax to the household department. He also sent a caravan to Shuofang to buy more than 800 good horses, and even purchased a large-scale industry in Yanzhou, but is there such a thing? ”

it! Zhang Yue was shocked, he almost wanted to scold, he had been on every precaution, he was very careful, and sure enough, someone still participated in his own copy! But now that this question has been raised, we can't help but answer it.

"It's true!" Zhang Yue didn't dare to be ambiguous, he recognized it first, thought quickly in his mind, and then replied: "Because the Gao clan is extremely bad at governing Yanzhou, there are ten commanders in the name, but the actual number is less than 3,000 people, the whole army, the repair of the official office, and the three commands of the retinue to ban the army of grain and grass, and also transferred to Gyeongju to arrest Guo Yanqin and Zhang Jianwu, stabilize the price of salt, and redefine the tax quota, all of which require a large amount of money and grain, so naturally it is necessary to requisition the official offices of the two states, as well as the confiscated private property of the criminals to fill it.

Not long ago, the robbers attacked Yanzhou, and the reorganized Yanzhou town soldiers were not strong enough, so they expanded the army. The robbers destroyed the three counties of Strike, Jinming, and Fenglin, and the refugees all needed to be resettled, which was a large expenditure, so they sold some of the robbers' booty and bought food to appease the refugees. ”

"Clever words!" Fan Zhen frowned when he heard this, and scolded.