Zhou Hu and Zhao Zheng sat here and really felt like they were sitting on the hot kang, and now when they heard that Li Guanqi finally had a will, they hurriedly "brushed" and stood up together, promised "yes", and then without waiting for Li Guanqi to say anything else, they retreated in unison.

Looking at the backs of the two, Li Guanqi shook his head with a wry smile: "It seems that it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift, this is really not false at all." I have only been the emperor for less than a year, and now I am used to the respect of others everywhere, and I suddenly met people like Zhou Hu and Zhao Zheng who don't understand the world, but I feel fresh. Thinking about the discussion between himself and Xie Chen about everyone being equal, it was a little funny. ”

Because of the long distance of this tour and the need for a private visit, Li Guanqi did not bring a single woman, but only brought a few eunuchs to serve food, clothing. After Zhou Hu and Zhao Zheng left, Li Guanqi cleaned up the records of the conversations he had received with various yamen officials in the past few days, and then asked Xiao Ying, the great eunuch who came out with him, to take the sealed box and said, "Keep these seals for archiving and take them back to the capital." ”

After everything was cleaned up, Li Guanqi estimated that Chen Guangxi should also arrive, so he asked the eunuchs to take their court clothes and change them on. Because Chen Guangxi's Chinese army garrison is not far from his temporary palace, if he listens to his "verbal advice" and does not immediately get up to meet the driver, it will be a bit arrogant and excessive.

The emperor's court clothes were still very troublesome to wear, and he was busy for a long time, and after a while, he saw a nameless man running in and said, "Here it is!" ”

Before the words fell, I heard someone outside the door shouting in unison: "Chen Guangxi, the first-class Dingguo Gong, the commander of the Shannan soldiers and horses, has come to see His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

"It's not a small majesty! Okay, I'll give him face! Li Guanqi said coldly, then got up and stood under the dripping eaves, and said, "Please General Chen come in!" ”

"General Chen, please!" The guards under the porch shouted in unison.

In the shouting. Chen Guangxi strode in, followed by eight servants in military armor and swords.

"Bold!" He Ziming, who had been standing beside Li Guanqi, suddenly shouted, "Take off your weapon!" ”

The guards have always been above-the-top characters, and they are also dissatisfied when they look at Chen Guangxi's behavior, but because the emperor doesn't speak, they can't show it. Now that he saw his boss speak, he suddenly came to his senses, and after hearing the sound of swords unsheathed, everyone shouted in unison: "Remove the weapon!" ”

An imperceptible hint of panic flashed on Chen Guangxi's face, and then he quickly regained his composure, and looked proudly at Li Guanqi on the steps, with a look of nonchalance, as if asking what was going on.

Seeing this, Li Guanqi deliberately scolded He Ziming: "The weapons of General Chen's subordinates are used to protect me. It's not used to assassinate me, you don't know the reason, you just shout like this, what do you look like, and you don't retreat? ”

"Yes!" He Ziming agreed, bowed and retreated.

Chen Guangxi's eyes flashed with a trace of undisguised contempt, and then he slowly stepped forward and said, "The minister knocks to see Your Majesty!" As he spoke, he lifted his robe. Gesture is to kneel.

Li Guanqi's eyelids jumped imperceptibly twice, and he said in his heart: "Is this Chen Guangxi really anti-willing." Or is it so arrogant as ever? If you do this, aren't you afraid that you, the emperor, will be angry? ”

Others may not know what's going on, but in fact, since Chen Guangxi entered the door just now, this guy has been doing things to challenge the emperor's nerves.

In the feudal era, the biggest thing between heaven and earth was the emperor, although the ministers were extremely noble in front of the common people. But when it comes to the emperor, he has to pretend to be a grandson honestly. And as some old ministers or courtiers with great merit, the emperor will generally give them some privileges.

The highest treatment among these privileges is 'to see the king and not to be famous, and to go to the palace with a sword'. Among them, seeing the king does not tend to refer to the fact that you don't have to trot all the way to see the emperor. You must know that Abe trotted all the way when he saw Putin, let alone the courtiers in the feudal period who met the emperor?

These three privileges are not just something that can be given casually, since the founding of the entire Great Qian Dynasty, the only one who enjoys this treatment is Li Zhuo, the king of Rui.

But now this Chen Guangxi really came to meet Li Guanqi with a sword, and he walked slowly in front of the king, and he was called a minister! Moreover, looking at this posture, he is unwilling to kneel, otherwise how could he speak first and then kneel?

"Good! If you want to be majestic, I will give you enough majesty, and see what tricks you can use. Thinking of this, Li Guanqi hurriedly said with a smile on his face: "General Chen, you don't need to kneel, you are wearing armor!" ”

As he spoke, he wanted to step forward to help Chen Guangxi, but Chen Guangxi had already stood up at Li Guanqi's words.

Li Guanqi didn't take it to heart, still with a smile on his face, and said to Chen Guangxi: "General Chen, please talk in the room!" As he spoke, he turned sideways and made an inviting gesture.

Chen Guangxi had a smile on his face, let go of his waist, and followed Li Guanqi into the middle hall one after the other.

After Li Guanqi and Chen Guangxi entered the door and sat down, they thought for a moment in their hearts, and then said with a smile: "General Chen, you are a soldier, so I won't say those vain words." The main thing I did when I came to Shannan this time was to check the combat strength of your Shannan garrison. Shannan's strategic position, I think you know better than me.

Regarding the situation of the Shannan garrison, I have already talked to Bai Wuxian and others, and there are more than 312,800 soldiers on the register, and I am afraid that there are not a few who want to come to eat the vacant quota. I also flipped through the roster, some of the soldiers are seventy years old, and some are just teenagers, where does such an army have any combat effectiveness? I believe that it must be rectified. The first step is to remove the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled......"

Chen Guangxi sat on the chair, put his hands on his knees, listened to Li Guanqi's words without moving, and suddenly said: "The garrison in Shannan has always been in charge of the subordinates, and Bai Wuxie, as a local official, only knows a little about the affairs of the army, after all, he is not believable. ”

Li Guanqi's brows jumped slightly, and he continued to smile: "Then please ask General Chen to tell me what the actual situation is." ”

Chen Guangxi smiled and said: "After a long time of peace, the garrison camp affairs in Shannan Province are indeed a little lax, but Your Majesty, please rest assured, the reason why the minister did not come to see the driver immediately is to take the opportunity to rectify military affairs." In the past few days, the disobedient generals and ministers above the third grade have cut five, and if Your Majesty goes to review it now, you will definitely be satisfied. (To be continued......)