Chapter 0113: King Jin's thoughts
"The last general will meet His Royal Highness the King of Jin!" Zhang Yue hurriedly got up and saluted respectfully, Guo Rong is now the king of Jin, the school Taibao is inspected, and the Kaifeng Mansion Yin is actually no different from the prince. And now the biological heirs and relatives are lost in the Qianyou Rebellion, Guo Rong's surname is Chai, although he is the nephew of Queen Chai, and he is the only close relative blood of today.
There is also a Li Chongjin who is the grandson of Jinshang, but he is a typical martial artist, arrogant and scheming, rigid and difficult to do big things, and is not the ideal choice of the lord in the eyes of the ministers. And Guo Rong, the king of Jin, is in the prime of life, with a dignified appearance, knowing military strategy, good at riding and shooting, reading history, doing things calmly, and speaking cautiously. Before Guo Rong was in Shanzhou, the ministers didn't know much about him, but now they have begun to agree.
It stands to reason that it is too early to hug the thighs, and His Royal Highness the King of Jin sent an envoy to Xuanfu Hexi, and the ministers all supported it, but now that something has happened to advocate the use of troops, the ministers should continue to support it. However, it costs a lot of money to use troops against Huizhou, and last year's revenue from Tangzhou's gold mines made the finances just improve, but this year the Yellow River flooded and it was spent again.
Moreover, the renovation and expansion plan of the outer wing city in Tokyo has been put in the hands of the Ministry of Industry for a long time, and construction will have to start next spring, which will cost money. Now if troops are used against the northwest, these things will have to be put on hold, and of course the ministers are unwilling. The important ministers led by Feng Dao and Fan Zhen were the most opposed, and Zhang Yue had already heard a little rumor from Zhang Yongde.
"No need to be polite! Sit down and talk! Guo Rong sat down a few times after being shorter, and when he saw Zhang Yue turn around and sit down, he smiled again: "Things are not as terrible as you think, Feng Taishi and Fan Xianggong have come to visit in person, and they will definitely not be embarrassed anymore." You only need to repeat what you just said tomorrow after the court meeting, when Your Majesty summons you, and state the pros and cons of recovering Huizhou, understand? ”
"The last general understands!" Zhang Yue suddenly realized, it seems that Guo Rong is still in Taoguang and obscurity, only fighting in the open, but he is unwilling to actually participate in it, so as not to be afraid of the emperor, this is much more clever than not expressing his position in the open, but secretly operating his affairs, presumably Wang Pu's idea. This is also the dilemma of the prince. Such a victory would increase his prestige, and defeat would have no effect on him.
"You can double the Yanzhou household registration and finance and taxes, you are no longer a simple martial artist, you should be called Weichen in the future!" Guo Rong smiled and said: "Since you want to use soldiers, you should have a chance of winning, in your opinion, how about the military strength of the two towns of Jingnan and Shuofang?" Does it work? ”
"The Shuofang army is acceptable, but under the command of the Jingnan Army, the soldiers of Ning and Qing are almost in combat strength, so I don't know how the Jingyuan Army is?" Zhang Yue was overjoyed when he heard this, King Jin said this, it seems that there is a possibility of knowing state affairs in the future, but he is a soldier, and he still thinks that it is easy to call the last general. However, in this battle, if the Jingyuan Army can attack the Qingtang Party from the southeast, it will be much easier.
"Li Qiong in Ningzhou and Zhai Congen in Qingzhou are both civilian officials, and it is normal for the army to be lawless, as for the Jingyuan Army, so Yang Shufei's brother-in-law, Yang Tingzhang, the envoy of the guest province, went to announce the decree, and he was the commander of the soldiers and horses when he went to war, and now he is waiting for his news. With these three towns as the main force, the forbidden army is the eight commands of 4,000 people under your command, and it depends on whether it is the envoy of the Neike Province to Xun, or the commander of the Baoyi Festival in Shaanzhou, Han Tong, the main general, the 8,000 forbidden army should be enough to supervise the three towns. ”
When Guo Rong said this, it can be regarded as a preliminary deployment of troops. The so-called sending Yang Tingzhang to Jingyuan to announce the decree and ordering Shi Yi to send someone to the Qingtang Party Department in Huizhou to negotiate may be just for show. After all, there are too many benefits to conquering Huizhou, and the impact on his personal prestige is also very important.
Zhang Yue understood after thinking about it, nodded yes: "That's good!" The last general has nothing to worry about. ”
"Let's talk about private matters when we're done with business, you're nineteen years old, right? I heard that you have two concubines, one is a director at home, and the other is with you, and you have a good life! It's time to think about life's events! Guo Rong smiled.
"Huh...... My father came to Tokyo and ran back to Hebei, and the last general often traveled on business, so he hadn't thought about these things. "In these years, marriage matters pay attention to the orders of parents and the words of the matchmaker, and the emperor Guo Wei gave the words, there is the righteousness of teachers and students, and the etiquette of the monarch and ministers must be kept, which makes Zhang Yue's marriage a little complicated.
Guo Rong said with a smile: "Gu married the eldest daughter of the king of Huaiyang as her stepfamily last year, and when this battle is over, let the princess pay attention to it for you, she can know a lot of young ladies from the handsome family." ”
"Thank you first!" The superior often gives marriage, gives words and names, or accepts righteous children and fake children, etc., to attract young talents for their own use, which is the custom left by the evolution of the Tang Dynasty, and the wind is the strongest in the later Tang Dynasty.
Zhang Yue has long understood, otherwise, how can he let others decide his marriage. But having said that, not everyone can get the opportunity to be given a word and marry by the superior, mainly because he has no family background and no foundation, which is easier for the superior to use.
Otherwise, look at Zhao Kuangyin, Qianyou voted for Guo Wei in the second year, and he is only a direct military envoy so far, his family background is too complicated, and Guo Wei is not very interested in him. Obviously, this marriage gift is a hint from Emperor Guo Wei, which can be regarded as cultivating a team of henchmen for King Guo Rong of Jin.
Next, the three of them chatted about some recent events in the court, Zhang Yue then took his leave, Guo Rong sentenced the Kaifeng Mansion affairs, obviously taking the time to return to the house, so he did not stay, let Wang Pu send him out, and then also took a car into the palace.
Zhang Yue went all the way home, Yang Junping got the news in advance, and led the servants to wait in the front yard, and when he saw him enter the door, he took the servants to greet him together. Zhang Yue suddenly remembered that he was going to buy some small gifts for Yang Junping, but he forgot about it, and reached into his arms with some embarrassment, grabbed a handful of gold coins and stuffed them into the hands of the housekeeper Meng An, and laughed: "Take it and divide it, those who see it have a share, one for each person!" You can use it for food, drink, and flowers. ”
"Thank you Ah Lang for the reward!" Meng An thanked him with great joy, turned around and waved his hand, and the people were stunned for a moment, and soon understood, giggling and running away in a blink of an eye.
Yang Junping was a little embarrassed when she saw this, and stomped her feet angrily and smiled: "You guys...... This dead butler! What do you do? Arrange for someone to serve lunch quickly......"
"It's delicious! The lady is my lunch! The corners of Zhang Yue's mouth curled, and he blinked warmly and laughed.
"Look at you! This is not good, besides, it is noon......" Yang Junping glanced at him resentfully, pursed her lips and chuckled, her pretty face unconsciously dyed red.
"Ahem! I haven't seen it for half a year, and the lady's figure is a little out of shape, but she's a lot fatter! I'm afraid that my husband's long arms won't be able to hold your waist. Zhang Yue coughed dryly, and stepped forward to speak seriously, but the thief's eyes flashed with an obscene evil light, scanning back and forth on his own woman.
"I think I'm a little fatter, but it's not so exaggerated, right?" Yang Junping was stunned, looked down left and right in surprise, and unexpectedly Zhang Yue rushed over with an arrow step, bent his legs with both hands, and hugged him with a back, and suddenly exclaimed, charming and shy, and buried the head of the mantis into his arms with a smile.