Gao Han's then gave Gao Chen's general explanation, the more Gao Huan listened, the tighter his brows wrinkled, and finally Lou Mingchun pinched his hand, he came to his senses, only to hear Lou Mingchun say: "Mother doesn't have to worry about this kind of thing, I always think that what silver can do is not a big deal, and the starting point of Brother Chen's matter is still good, but there are some inappropriate places in the middle process that need to be corrected." ”

"It's still Ming Chun who can understand my old woman's heart." After that, he took Lou Mingchun's hand and kept stroking it, looking at her with a smile on his face. Lou Mingchun said to Gao Hanshi embarrassedly: "Mother, look at what you said, but we are all a family, although Brother Chen has not done a good job, there is no reason why we don't help him solve the problem, but we can't do this nonsense again in the future, we still have to find Brother Huan more if there is something." ”

Gao Huan originally wanted to be angry with Gao Chen, but he was deceived by borrowing money to buy officials, how stupid can he do? But looking at the Gao Han clan in front of him, he couldn't bear it, no matter how angry this kid was, he was also his own brother, and his blood was thicker than water. So at the moment, he could only say: "I can help Brother Chen solve this matter, but this is the last time, and if there is such a thing in the future, I will not forgive." After that, he turned his head to look at Gao Chen and said loudly, "Did you hear what I said?" ”

Gao Han also said: "Why don't you hurry up and thank your eldest brother?" When Gao Chen heard this, he immediately knelt down for Gao Huan and said, "I heard it, thank you big brother." I will never dare to do it again in the future, please rest assured that my brother and sister-in-law will not do it. After saying that, he saluted the two of them.

This made Gao Huan very passive, so he could only step forward to help him up. He persuaded him with good words: "Come to me at any time if you have anything in the future, why bother to go through these side doors, the eldest brother put you in the Yushitai just to hone and hone your will." Besides, what kind of place is Yushitai, supervising hundreds of officials, an important department of the governor of the people of the world, you exercise there and work hard, which department you can't be a big official in the future, why be in a hurry? ”

Gao Chen also tearfully repented: "Big brother, I was wrong. I really won't be so confused in the future. The two brothers hugged each other, it was obvious that this bitter love scene was played for Gao Han's family, Lou Mingchun also smiled and comforted the old lady and said, "Don't you see that your two sons are as good as ever?" You can rest assured. It must be okay to leave this matter to the king. Gao Han looked at the two brothers hugging each other and crying bitterly, and he also wiped his tears and said with a smile: "I just believe in you, I believe in you." ”

Afterwards, Gao Huan asked Gao Zhongming to call Xu Er to Beppu, he didn't want to come forward in person. asked Gao Zhongming to take the silver ticket of 300,000 taels and ask Xu Er to destroy the IOU on the spot. Xu Er originally wanted to ask Gao Zhongming for interest, but when he saw the righteous guards behind him, as well as his domineering appearance, he didn't have the confidence and courage to ask for it, so he had to knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, and this matter was easily resolved.

But what made Gao Huan upset was far more than this, according to the latest information report, Chen Xianda, the assassin of Yanzhou in the north of Liang Guo, took advantage of the drought and flood in Xuzhou and southern Qingzhou in the Eastern Wei Dynasty to incite the people to rebel, and the Xuzhou assassin was killed. Southern Xuzhou has completely changed banners, and Southern Qingzhou has also fallen into chaos. Hundreds of thousands of hungry people who rebelled even entered Yanzhou, Jeju, and Qingzhou, looting official rations and killing officials everywhere, and for a time the whole of Shandong fell into war.

Li Erhu, who was guarding Jizhou, couldn't resist the rebellion of so many displaced people at all, and he was anxious for a while, and Chen Xianda's army, which took advantage of the weakness, was even more powerless to parry, so he had to ask the central government of the Eastern Wei Dynasty for help.

Gao Huan has been enjoying peace for a while, but he didn't expect that there would be people rebelling under his rule, and the area of Nanqingzhou, Xuzhou that rebelled is not too far from his Yecheng, is this considered a fire in the backyard? Gao Huan hurriedly gathered everyone together to discuss countermeasures.

"Now in my opinion, the only way to put down the rebellion is to transfer the troops guarding the north back to quell the rebellion, after all, Rouran and we have formed an alliance." He Batsheng was the first to express his opinion, but Sun Teng and Sima Ziru disagreed, Sun Teng retorted: "Although Rouran has formed an alliance with us, we can't be unguarded at all, the so-called defense of people is indispensable, and the delay in the marriage of the king and the princess has caused their dissatisfaction, in case Yu Jiulu takes advantage of the situation and we can't resist the attack from both sides." ”

"Then what do you say, big brother?" He Batsheng turned his head and asked Sima Ziru, Gao Huan also looked at him, wanting to hear his opinion, Sima Ziru pondered for a while, and then said: "This time the people of Shandong rebelled because the government did not manage the disaster well and deal with the lives of the victims. It is no accident that the people were instigated to rebel, and it must have been caused by the incompetence of the government in the early years. Then he turned his head to Gao Huan and said: "After replacing the Erzhu clan and taking Shandong, except for a few assassins, all the county-level officials below have not been replaced, and they are still the original people, continuing the evil government of the Erzhu clan, can this not be a problem?" Isn't it the root cause of the chaos that even the central government has no right to interfere in the detention of local officials? ”

"What Master Sima said is that the position of officials is monopolized, and even we can't get a needle into the water, but you can imagine what kind of miserable life the local people live, how can they not rise up and rebel? I agree with him, this time the king must be in charge. Xu Mingzhi also agreed.

"What do you think, old master?" Gao Huan turned his head to look at Murong Heng, he wanted to hear what he meant, every time he encountered something, the old master always had some special opinions that Gao Huan had to learn from.

The old man coughed dryly, opened his squinted little eyes, and his eyes were shining, and then he said, "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you say?" More than a dozen people in the room immediately quieted down, ready to listen to Murong Heng's high opinions.

"This time the Liang State took the opportunity to invade the boundary of Shandong, although it was accidental, but there is no lack of this is what they have been plotting for a long time, I want to come to the south of the Yangtze River in a corner of Liang for dozens of years, although their strength is not as strong as ours, but they have nothing to do without conquest, and the people are recuperating. The army drilled day and night, and there was plenty of food and grass. Therefore, in my opinion, with the current state of confrontation between us and the Western Wei Dynasty. It is necessary to avoid war with Nanliang as much as possible. The old master stroked his beard, and the old god was there, so why not take a sip of a cup of tea.

"What does the military advisor mean, we want to make peace with Nanliang and cede the counties of Shandong?" Gao Yue asked very suspiciously.

Murong Heng put down the teacup and smiled at him, and continued: "What is the premise of diplomatic peace, it is necessary to show off force, so before making peace with Nanliang, we must first destroy Chen Xianda's troops. And it is to annihilate them all, so that they can have the capital to negotiate with Nanliang, and not only that, but they also have to pay a symbolic tribute and cloth and grain every year. The quantity doesn't have to be large, the symbolic one does. In this way, Nanliang will not dare to take advantage of our war with Western Wei to harass our rear again in the future, and if we give them enough face, presumably the emperor of Nanliang is also an interesting person. ”

Gao Huan had to admire the old master's thoughtfulness in considering things. Ginger is really old and spicy. While the date of the dispatch continued. Li Erhu sent the latest war report in Shandong, Xuzhou and Nanqingzhou have been separated and self-reliant, a wealthy family named Wang Fadu in Xuzhou established himself as the king of Xuzhou in Pei County, Cao Xian, a native of Xiapi, also claimed to be the son of Huwei according to the city, and Xiahou Xiang, the inspector of Nanqingzhou, also accepted the canonization of Nanliang in Dongguan County, calling himself Shandong Xingtai, Xiaozuka Zai.

Gao Huan looked at these characters who took advantage of the fire to rob their heads, and thought that these ancients were also as popular as modern people. If others rebel, he will rebel, and he will try to become king. It's not Ha Han Ha Ri, this is a rebellion! It is a major event to kill the head and destroy the door, if it was so easy to become the emperor, he would have overstepped his responsibilities a long time ago.

"It seems that the situation in Shandong has deteriorated very much, and we cannot delay it any longer, otherwise the war will burn all over the entire Hebei region for a time, which will shake our foundation." Gao Huan finally made a decision, after listening to so many opinions, in the end, it was he who had to pay attention, and he couldn't do these things for him, and he only had to carry some of the pressure and burden.

The main force of this dispatch was served by Murong Shaozong and Gao Yue, plus 30,000 troops directly under Gao Huan's personal guard, a total of 130,000 horses, Murong Heng stayed in Yecheng, Sima Ziru was the supervisor, Sun Teng was the grain officer, He Basheng led the headquarters to enter Luoyang to prevent the Western Wei Yuwentai from making moves, and the Gao Gao troops continued to be stationed in the Yanzhou area to see the Rouran in the north.

The date of dispatch and the route of the distribution of troops were determined, Gao Huan saw that the time was already late at night, so he said to everyone: "Let's get here first for today's deliberations, the situation is urgent, tomorrow everyone will prepare according to today's deployment step by step, where is the book of the military department?" Gao Huan asked loudly.

Yan Yi, the secretary of the military department, immediately came out and replied: "The lower official is here!" Gao Huan looked at him and said: "You are responsible for cooperating with the transfer of troops, and you must be equipped with good equipment and horses for the troops on this expedition, and there can be no differences, do you understand?" ”

"The next official has an order." Yan Yi immediately went out to prepare. Everyone gradually dispersed, Gao Huan rubbed his head, he was a little dizzy, a tiring day and not having a good rest made him feel that he was too old to stand up? Why do I have a feeling of exhaustion and weakness in my limbs now, I used to play games and watch movies all night without this reaction.

The attendant came up and asked softly and carefully: "My lord, the mother wants me to ask you if you want to go back to the palace tonight to rest." ”

Gao Huan rubbed his forehead, thinking about going home to take a hot bath and then let the maid massage it, maybe it would be better, he didn't want to get sick and feel unwell before the expedition, because now was not the time, so he immediately said casually: "Go back to the palace." ”

The attendant replied with a promise and hurriedly went out to prepare the sedan chair, Gao Huan sat on the sedan chair carried by six people and swayed towards the Qi Palace, and was stopped by the person in front of him after a while, Gao Zhongming, the guard, was startled, thinking that it was an assassin, and approached with a weapon in hand to see that the person who was blocking the way was Qingluo.

Qingluo sneered and said to Gao Zhongming: "Lord Gao, if I were an assassin, would you still be able to get close to me?" The implication is that if she assassinates Gao Huan, this Gao Zhongming will be knocked down a hundred meters away.

Gao Zhongming was a little embarrassed to put down the weapon in his hand, scratched his head and said, "Cough, who should I be, it turned out to be Miss Qingluo, what do you mean by this?" ”

"I've come to the king to say something, can you help me pass it on?" This little girl looks ghostly, Gao Zhongming doesn't know whether to pass it on or not, looking at Gao Huan's state today, he is already very tired, bother him again, Gao Zhongming is afraid of being scolded, but this difficult little girl in front of him also makes him feel embarrassed.

When the two were at a stalemate, they suddenly heard Gao Huan's voice in the sedan chair: "Who is blocking the way?" Gao Zhongming hurriedly trotted back to the side of the sedan chair and whispered to the sedan chair: "It's Miss Qingluo, she said that she wanted to see the king if she had something." ”

"Oh, you let her come." Gao Huanqiang cheered up, opened the sedan curtain, and walked out. Qingluo and Gao Zhongming walked towards him one after another, and Gao Huan asked curiously: "It's so late, you are not at home to take care of the children, why did you come here to block me?" ”

"I heard that you're going to Shandong to quell the rebellion?" This girl went straight into it single-handedly, Gao Huan hurriedly pulled her to a secluded place, and whispered unhappily: "How do you know about this state secret?" ”

"You don't care how I know, I have my own means, just say what I said is right." Qingluo looked at Gao Huan with a relaxed smile on her face.

Gao Huan was really in no mood to joke with her at the moment, so he said with a straight face: "This is not what you should ask, what are you looking for me, hurry up, I have to rush home." ”

"Did I say that?" Qingluo said more and more happily: "I want to go with you to quell the rebellion, you need my help." (To be continued.) )