Cao Yue's words made Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, and Gao Jie shudder. Although they are all older than Cao Yue, in front of Cao Yue, they do not have any age advantage, but are suppressed by Cao Yue's momentum. They are all people who have been on the battlefield and experienced countless battles, and they understand that Cao Yue has such a momentum, which has been trained in countless killings, and has been piled up with the blood and corpses of countless people.

Cao Yue's threats, they couldn't refute them, let alone ignore them, everyone listened carefully and thought seriously.

Soon, Huang Degong stood up and said loudly to Cao Yue: "I am willing to follow a hero like Lord Cao all the time, and I will never betray!" Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo were stunned for a moment, then they also stood up in a panic and expressed the same wish as Huang Degong!

"Okay, you have made the right choice, I hope you don't let me down," Cao Yue said, raised his wine glass, and saluted the three of them: "I hope we can level the world together, and return the Ming Dynasty to peace, so that the people can live a rich and stable life!"

"I must not disappoint Lord Cao!" Huang Degong, Gao Jie, and Liu Liangzuo immediately raised their wine glasses and bumped into Cao Yue.

As soon as the four of them craned their necks, they drank the wine from the cup, but only they knew what it tasted like.

The four of them sat down and continued to drink, and Cao Yue also changed his tone, and talked about some things in the DPRK and China in ordinary words, as well as the military reform plan. Since these people are allowed to serve in Beijing, it is necessary to let them know what to do, what to express, what not to do, and what not to say.

Cao Yue knew that this kind of coercive suppression could not have a good effect, and these people were likely to just take their hearts but not accept them, but he didn't care about them. He will seek out more useful people for his own use and promote them slowly. These people who have a relatively high prestige in the DPRK and have a certain amount of merit do not easily use the butcher's knife, unless they have evil ideas, but they will not easily reuse it. Give them actual power.

Cao Yue really hoped that someone would jump up and fight with him, so that he could play a show of killing chickens and monkeys, and sacrifice someone's head to the flag to scare others. Among Huang Degong, Gao Jie, and Liu Liangzuo, he really hoped that someone would stand up and contradict him, but unfortunately they were not as brave as he imagined, and finally chose to compromise with him and "loyal" to him.

Of course, Cao Yue could not have been stupid enough to believe their allegiance immediately, nor could he have entrusted them with actual power. Now it is just to let them sit in the position of honor, the actual affairs in the army are impossible for them to meddle now, he needs a period of observation before deciding.

There is power in the barrel of a gun, and Cao Yue believes in Mao Taizu's famous saying very much. Now it is also a fact that he has mastered the army, controlled Jinyiwei, and basically controlled the political situation in Nanjing. As long as he has more and more troops in his hands and more combat effectiveness, it will be in such a chaotic situation now. Everything is under control. And he knows a lot about this era, far more than anyone in the court, and he knows how to take advantage of the general trend of the world.

He also made good use of the weaknesses of the officials and took advantage of their feuds. Take control of them. Next, he will vigorously cultivate his cronies, and strive to replace these people who are not convinced by his mouth as soon as possible, unless these people are really convinced by him-

Another cold snap is coming, in the heavy snow. The year has come.

The weight of the Chinese New Year in the minds of the Chinese is extremely heavy, although it is said that the world is in chaos now, and the north is even more chaotic. Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty committed suicide and martyrdom a year ago, but for the southern people who have not experienced the baptism of war, the New Year is here, and it is time to put down all their work and relax their minds to celebrate the New Year. In Nanjing, although there is no lively festive scene, the people's homes are still preparing for the New Year.

The training of tens of thousands of newly recruited soldiers was also temporarily suspended, the yamen of various ministries also began to take holidays, and the whole of Nanjing began to enter the state of the Chinese New Year.

Cao Yue was also able to have a few days of free time and go back to the house to accompany his family.

In the past few months, he has hardly returned home, he is busy with things every day, and when he has the opportunity to go back, he just takes a look at his wife and children and leaves. Led the army to King Qin, personally led the division to Beijing, rescued Empress Zhou and Zhu Cijiong and others, and after returning to Nanjing, he was busy helping Zhu Cijiong to ascend the throne, recruiting and training new troops, and deploying so many military operations. Cao Yue, who was so busy with so many things, was so anxious that he wanted to tear himself in half.

During the Chinese New Year, although there are still many things to be busy, I can finally find a reason to be free and relaxed, and I can go back to my home to accompany my wife and children openly and spend a few days of leisure.

Cao Yue is busy every day, Zhu Yujiao has no complaints, and she also knows why Cao Yue is busy. After Cao Yue picked up her mother and several younger brothers back to Nanjing, she also took her children into the palace almost every day to accompany her mother and comfort the physically and mentally exhausted but still strong Empress Dowager of the Ming Dynasty. In these matters, Zhu Yujiao is very sensible, which also makes Cao Yue and Queen Zhou very much praise her.

Because of Zhu Yujiao's daily companionship and often talking about Cao Yue's strengths in front of Queen Zhou, Queen Zhou also appreciated the two of them even more. Empress Zhou expressed her greatest support for Cao Yue in many matters, including the appointment of the Grand Governor. She also often taught Zhu Cijiong to listen to Cao Yue's ideas everywhere and not to act privately.

During the Chinese New Year, Cao Yue also went to the palace with Zhu Yujiao to visit Empress Zhou and the little emperor Zhu Cijiong.

"Queen Mother, this time is too busy, I hardly have time to accompany Juan'er, and I don't often come to see you and Your Majesty!" As soon as they met, Cao Yue apologized to Empress Zhou and Zhu Cijiong, who was sitting on the side, "The recruitment of the new army is now the top priority, and the minister wants to train more soldiers who are good at fighting as soon as possible to avenge the emperor, and many things have not been reported to Your Majesty in time, and I ask Your Majesty for forgiveness." ”

"Brother Yue has worked hard," Queen Zhou looked at Zhu Yujiao, then at Cao Yue, and said warmly: "I am really fortunate to have you in this world, otherwise I really don't know what would happen now." ”

"The queen mother said seriously, this is the duty of the minister, no matter what day you don't dare to slack off, you must do your best, and then die. In some things, the minister has done a little ...... It has caused many people to complain, I hope the Queen Mother and Your Majesty will not blame!" Cao Yue knows that everything he has done is very domineering, many people can hardly imagine, and many people hate him to the core, there are many people who want to get rid of him, what he needs most now is the support of Empress Zhou and the little emperor, and today he entered the palace to seek support!

Coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, this is his current strategy! (To be continued.) )