Just as Xue Chongxun was a little irritable, Liu An laughed. Xue Chongxun frowned and said, "What's so funny? ”

Liu An smiled: "Then the friendship between Cui Shilang and the young uncle is comparable to Xue Lang?" I heard that Cui Shilang was not very kind to the doorman at the beginning, and the young uncle left Cui's mansion because Cui Shilang's wife had a woman's temper. Because of such a trivial matter, I can't see how much kindness Cui Shilang has to the young uncle. Even so, now the young uncle also thinks of the old friendship, regardless of the implication and rebellion, to pay tribute to the deceased, why? ”

Liu An said again: "Cui Shilang was born in a family, from Beijing to the locality, how many old friends!" Now that it is scattered, it is too late for people to clear up the relationship, who will speak for him? And who will pay tribute to him? People are warm and cold, and in the end, the person who dared to cry for him in public turned out to be just a doorman who was once swept away! Since the young uncle can be so affectionate and righteous to Cui Shilang, he and Xue Lang are both the main curtain and friends, and Xue Lang still can't trust him? ”

Xue Chongxun was stunned for a moment, and soon smiled: "At first, that Li Ghost came to make me a little angry, so I didn't think much about it, Liu Shilang reminded me like this, but I suddenly understood, haha, that's true!" ”

After Wang Changling came back, Xue Chongxun didn't mention it, and the two reconciled as before. When Bao Cheng was recruiting soldiers, Liu An was checking the money and grain in the Yellow River Warehouse and Luoyang Treasury, Yuwenxiao Wang Changling and others were customizing the primary files for capturing civil and military generals, and Xue Chongxun was also asking about personnel, and there were still a lot of things, and there was no arrangement to return to the dynasty for the time being.

At this time, Chang'an came to the official document, asking Xue Chongxun to return to the dynasty as soon as possible so that the meritorious soldiers could accept the reward, but Xue Chongxun wanted to take advantage of the temporary power vacuum in Luoyang to install his own people and expand his power, so he used the excuse of dealing with the post-war problem and delayed it again and again.

As a result, some people in the Chang'an court are still faintly worried: the king of Hedong has tens of thousands of elites in his hands, and there are also descendants who control the army, and the generals stationed in Tongguan to manage the logistics line are also from the Taiping party. With a heavy army in hand, he has been delaying the transfer of military power, what does he want to do?

Naturally, most people don't think that Xue Chongxun will rebel, it is neither necessary nor easy to succeed, why should he take risks? But the heavy soldiers at the gate of Guanzhong always make people's hearts flutter......

Everyone naturally hoped that Xue Chongxun would return the military power to the military department as soon as possible and dismiss the army and station it in various places. At this time, an official said in front of Zuo Xiang: "The king of Hedong broke the enemy by 100,000 and made a great contribution to the court, but the court did not say how to reward him, and he may not be convinced." ”

Zuo Xiang Lu Xiang was a kind person first, and after hearing this, he blurted out: "Xue Lang is already the county king of 5,000 households, how can he seal it?" Do you want to crown the prince with a different surname and the marquis of ten thousand households? ”

The speaker said: "When it comes to rewarding meritorious deeds, everyone will reward them, but they will not ask or ignore the Lord, how can they be convinced?" ”

Lu Xiangxian muttered: "Although Xue Lang has been married to the royal family for three generations, he has a different surname after all...... I'll go to the government hall to talk about this matter, and listen to the opinions of the ministers. ”

The seven prime ministers of the political hall have never been able to twist into a rope, and major events are always ripping off, and the left prime minister Lu Xiang is prestige first, but he is not bold enough to make decisions, and the prestige and strength of others cannot convince everyone. It's the same thing, some are against it and some are in favor.

Fortunately, the elders of the Xianggong Pavilion are sensible, and no one said that Xue Chongxun was threatening the court by supporting the army, because everyone understood that it was impossible for Xue Chongxun to rebel against the court at this time. He has almost reached the peak of a non-Li prince in terms of merit and status, and no one wants to deal with him, so why is there any need to gamble?

Everyone couldn't talk about it together, and the title of king and marquis should have been the emperor's final say, so in the end they had to go to the book. Li Shouli didn't care, he had to let Dou Huaizhen go to the palace to ask Empress Gao.

Empress Gao originally had the intention to participate in the affairs of the court, but this would be a tricky issue, and she couldn't make up her mind, so she didn't express her position for a long time.

Everyone speculated that Empress Gao's mind should be afraid that Xue Chongxun would be a master of high power, and there would be no one to check and balance after her status was too high. At this time, Yu Liben found another opportunity to speak.

At the beginning, Empress Gao thought that Yu Li was talking about Xue Chongxun, but he looked left to talk about it and talked about something else: "Last time, I heard that Zuo Xiang mentioned the prince in the political hall, and all the ministers were very much in favor of it, do you know about it?" ”

Queen Gao remained silent, nodded her head to show her understanding, and did not say anything but listened to what Yu Liben wanted to say.

Yu Liben bowed down and stood on the side of the throne, looked left and right, and the palace people were standing far away under the railing, so he whispered: "If the country is established, it must be the head of the country, not to mention that Niangniang has no heirs." The King of Song (Li Chenghong, the prince of the title last year) is older and should be the crown prince, even if he is not the king of Song, there are many princes and county kings who have names. The princes wanted to urge His Majesty to determine the prince, but they wanted to let the prince supervise the country and stabilize the situation...... At that time, the prince's biological mother was pressed by the mother, but she was convinced? How do Niangniang and the prince get along? ”

Queen Gao's eyebrows were a little moved, but she couldn't see Mi Duan in the blink of an eye, she opened her mouth slightly painted with vermilion like blood, and wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say a word.

Yu Liben shut up for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "There are many people in the palace from His Royal Highness (Princess Taiping), and now His Royal Highness is sick, and everyone hopes that His Royal Highness's eldest son Xue Lang can come forward to protect himself from being oppressed by others." At this moment, if Niangniang makes it clear that she is sincerely allied with Xue Lang, won't these people in the palace listen to you? Even if you set up a prince, how can you get a mother? ”

Empress Gao finally opened her mouth and said softly: "Father-in-law Yu is persuading me to support Feng Xue Lang as the prince?" ”

Yu Liben acquiesced, but fearing that it would be rude not to answer, he bent his waist lower and bowed down to show his attitude.

Gao said lightly: "I don't want to suppress Xue Lang, but I just faintly heard people say that the meaning of the prime minister, since ancient times, it is not necessarily a good thing to have a different surname as Prince Feng." That's why I hesitated. ”

Yu Liben said disapprovingly: "If you don't advance against the current, you will retreat, if Xue Lang can't stabilize the situation, then after our people wither, His Royal Highness will be speechless, and the safety of her old man is also worrying." Even out of filial piety, Xue Lang should establish a solid foundation, as long as His Highness wakes up, he can preside over the overall situation. Does he have any excuses? ”

…… Just after Gao's weighing, he once met with Brother Fen to meet the minister, and he told him about it and asked Brother Fen if he could, and Brother Fen naturally said yes. So the courtiers had no objections, and after some tossing in the court, Xue Chongxun in Luoyang suddenly got the news from Chang'an: he was actually going to be crowned the king of Jin!

His first reaction was of course very happy, although it was more dangerous to be in a high position based on the history books, but when the glory of promotion came to him, how many people could be so rational and calm...... Otherwise, there would be no such sentence: know how to advance, know how to retreat.

However, Xue Chongxun's advisers soon realized the coexistence of honor and crisis, and Wang Changling quoted scriptures to persuade Xue Chongxun not to get carried away, but to be more cautious.

Xue Chongxun accepted Jian Yì on the surface, but he was still happy in his heart. Before, he was still hesitating whether to be aggressive or obscure, but he would not think about the problem for a long time, and when he was in a dilemma, he generally chose one by one intuitively and went to the dark.

At this time, of course, his decision is to go all out, and the step that can be developed is counted.

Since the court wants to make the prince, no problem, the prince will be the prince, and the officials of the prince's palace are much larger, and the power and power that they can legally possess are also much greater, and when the time comes, he can even try to get the royal family to agree to the Flying Tigers as his official guard. With a cavalry of several hundred people in Chang'an, it is not easy for ordinary people to play yin against him.

At this time, Xue Chongxun wanted to return to the dynasty as soon as possible, so he immediately arranged personnel, let Liu An preside over the military administration of Luoyang Mansion, and Bao Cheng controlled the Luoyang garrison and the Yellow River Okura garrison; Li Kuiyong, commander of the Right Brigade of the Flying Tiger Regiment, was promoted to lieutenant and commander of the Left Brigade, and Gong Yecheng was promoted to commander of the Right Brigade. At the same time, most of the generals of the garrison near the left of the eastern capital came from the old department of the Flying Tiger Regiment, and Xue Chongxun recruited some strong men from Hedong to supplement the Flying Tiger Regiment.

While the world's attention was on the 40,000 troops in Xue Chongxun's hands, his important focus was on the military strength of the Flying Tiger Regiment. Unconsciously, the Hedong Military General Group has begun to become large-scale, and now the Shence Army, the Luoyang Army, and the Grain Protection Army are all controlled by this group. This kind of power is not comparable to letting a few of its own people hold military power, it is more intertwined, more complex and stable, even if the main general is changed, it may not be able to control the three armies.

At the end of the month, Xue Chongxun officially mobilized the army to leave the eastern capital, retreated to the west, and returned to the court. The army marched to Tongguan, and the military department came to transfer the order, so that the 40,000 rebel troops were scattered back to various places to station, and the Shence army was originally an army stationed in Tuyuhun Wangcheng, but at this time, the road was far away and was transferred to Gyeonggi Weinan City.

Xue Chongxun accepted the withering of the military department, dismissed the army, and led the Flying Tiger Regiment Guards and the generals of various departments to return to the court, and everyone wanted to be rewarded for meritorious deeds...... Naturally, you have to obey the order and disperse the army, otherwise you will lead tens of thousands of troops to Chang'an and say, "The class teacher will return to the dynasty and let the king parade", you want to scare the emperor to death?

New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year's Eve) They passed on the road, but there were some regrets, but after a few people and horses returned to Beijing along the post road, maybe they could catch the Lantern Festival and be happy and lively.

Everyone discussed it once, and they all thought of Chang'an for the Lantern Festival, so they hurried and finally arrived before the festival. After everyone entered the city, they did not meet the people who welcomed them along the way, it was the New Year's festival when people were busy putting up lanterns and reuniting, and Xue Chongxun and others had an atmosphere when they returned to the dynasty and had not yet entered Luoyang City.

However, the emperor opened a special dynasty in Hanyuan Hall to welcome the heroes, which is a great honor.

Everyone can't even go back to their homes first, first go to Daming Palace to face the saint, after dozens of generals enter the palace, Xue Chongxun rode a horse (last year he got the holy decree to drive in the palace), everyone walked, and walked to Hanyuan Palace. Everyone was wearing armor, but the ironclad group still looked so small under the magnificent palace. Huge complexes of buildings, wide roads, and people are as small as ants, and they can't help but feel a sense of awe for the imperial power. G