Zhou An was rewarded this time, which can be described as extremely heavy!

He was previously sealed as the Marquis of Gaoyang County, with 500 households, but this time it was directly doubled! According to this trend, if Zhou An is rewarded again next time, he is likely to directly promote his title, and the county marquis will become the county marquis!

Zhou An was promoted to the first grade, which made him close to Kang Longji, when Zhou An set up the East Factory before, because the official title of the commander of the East Factory was set at the second grade, so Zhou An was promoted to the second grade at that time, how long has it been now? Zhou An has been promoted from the third product to the second product, and now from the first product, it will not take more than ten days!

This kind of triple jump promotion speed can generally only happen to petty officials and officials, but now it happened to Zhou An, a powerful eunuch who was already a third-grade before.

There is also a reward of 10,000 taels of gold.

This is incomprehensible, everyone knows how much money the court is short of, what does the empress think?

You must know that the Empress of Shendu has reigned for more than ten years, and she has been awarded countless officials, but she has never been rewarded with 10,000 taels of gold! A thousand taels of gold is over.

10,000 taels of gold, that's 100,000 taels of silver!

This kind of reward, it's not that it can't be given, but it's no longer necessary, the money reward is an addition, and the most important thing is to add an official to the knighthood, but the empress suddenly rewarded Zhou An with ten thousand taels of gold for some reason, which ...... What the hell is the reason?!

However, because the reward given to Zhou An is the expenditure of the internal government, not the expenditure of the treasury, it is not the turn of anyone to make irresponsible remarks, the empress's own money, not the money of the imperial court, she can give it to whoever she likes.

And if you really want to talk about it, the heaviest reward given to Zhou An is not the promotion of the title and official rank, nor the ten thousand taels of gold, but the new official position - the eunuch of the Qincha Inspector Tiance Army!

This is the full name of Zhou Anxin's official title, which can be referred to as "Tiance Military Supervision Army"!

This is not unusual.

But it is strange that the forbidden army in the capital will have a prison army!

What's more, it was not an ordinary forbidden army, but one of the most important forces under the empress, the Tiance Army, which was almost on an equal footing with the Shence Army! Since the Shence Army only has 3,000 people, there are too few people, so it can only be regarded as a guard and horse, while the Tiance Army is a legion!

This can be said to be the most important and powerful legion under the empress!

She actually asked Zhou An to supervise the army?!

What is this signal?

Does the empress want to further strengthen her control over the power of the military? Or does she no longer trust Su Chengguo, the commander of the Tiance Army?

The right to supervise the army is very large, he can assist in military affairs, and he can also supervise the generals, although he cannot directly command the Tiance Army in legal theory, but because of his rights, if the leader of the Tiance Army has made concessions, then he can indirectly command the Tiance Army, and even! If the prison army finds out that the commander of the Tiance Army has misdeeds, he can even cut it first and then play it!

That's ......

I can't figure it out.

No one can figure it out, what is this for, if it is just grace, this is too much, is not afraid that Su Chengguo will have a bad heart because of this?

What is the reason exactly?

Not to mention that the government and the opposition couldn't figure it out, even if it was Wu Xukuan, after he got the news, he didn't understand why.

Naturally, it was impossible for them to think that the reason why Zhou An became the supervisor of the Tiance Army was just to facilitate things, and also to prevent people from being suspicious because he often went in and out of the Tiance Army camp.

He didn't want to supervise the Tiance Army, but to select people from the Tiance Army, select the soldiers of the Heavenly Realm to come out, give them the Breaking Pill, and help them break the innate Heaven!

There are only 3,000 people in the Shence Army, but the lowest strength is also innate, and there is no need for the Breaking Pill.

And the Tiance Army is 20,000 people, although it is the most elite legion, but the average strength is naturally inferior to the Shence Army, among the 20,000 soldiers of the Tiance Army, the number of those in the innate realm and above is only 1,000, which is already a very terrifying ratio.

You must know that other normal non-elite forbidden army legions, out of 100,000 people, it would be good to have 1,000 innates, although the proportion of the acquired realm is not low, but it is by no means high, and most of the ordinary sergeants of ordinary legions are martial artists who have not even trained their internal strength, and they are not even considered warriors.

Although Dongqian's martial arts are prevalent, it has not reached the level of casually finding an army to pull a big-headed soldier out, that is, a martial artist in the acquired realm, it is not so terrifying, after all, cultivating martial arts requires talent.

And the 20,000 Tiance Army, there are 1,000 congenitals, and the rest are all acquired realms, and martial artists who do not have internal strength will not be selected into the Tiance Army, which is also the reason why the 20,000 Tiance Army is comparable to the ordinary 30,000 or 40,000 generals, or even more, it depends on the elite of the other party.

If it is the Zhongzhou Army, it is not a problem for the Tiance Army to beat him with 20,000 and 40,000.

And if it is an ordinary local army, 20,000 Tiance troops, it is not a problem to beat him 50,000 or 60,000.

This refers to the strength of head-to-head combat without the use of the art of war.

……

At noon, Qianyuan Hall of Qianwu Palace.

The Empress once again convened a closed-door meeting.

Those who were called to participate in the meeting this time included Gao Hong, the commander of the Shence Army, Su Chengguo, the commander of the Tiance Army, Yuan Shengshi, the commander of Jinyi Weidu, Zhou An, Kang Longji and others, naturally also participated.

What this "closed-door meeting" is going to discuss, of course, is about breaking the Dan!

This matter is top secret, and every step must not be wrong, otherwise, once it is leaked out, Wu Xukuan will definitely not give the empress enough time, and he will rebel.

That's why the empress has to summon someone to consult.

According to the empress's meaning, Zhou An will use a large number of alchemy pills in the future, this pill is mainly used in the Tiance army, if the Tiance army can be given thousands of more innate realms, then the comprehensive strength of the 20,000 Tiance army will be comparable to the 100,000 river army outside the city!

This, in fact, is not enough to make the empress turn the tables.

Because Wu Xukuan not only has 100,000 Sichuan River troops, but most of the soldiers and horses in Qianjing City are also controlled by him, and they are only the most elite part, in the hands of the empress, so even if this plan is successful, the empress will not be able to turn the tables, and Wu Xukuan still has an advantage.

However, if this step is completed, although the empress cannot turn the tables, she has the strength to confront Wu Xukuan, and the power comparison will not be so disparity.

even said that if Wu Xukuan really dared to rebel, the empress would already have the strength to break the net with him!

And as long as this step can be achieved, then the determination of those who follow Wu Xukuan above the court will inevitably be shaken, and the empress will strive for some support from other aspects, and she may turn the tables!

Wu Xukuan is not orthodox after all, he is too powerful, and many people are forced to follow him out of desperation, which has to stand in line.

They can get back on their feet, as long as the Empress gives them a chance.

Therefore.

To put it simply, regarding the step of breaking the Dan and raising soldiers, although the empress cannot be directly reversed, it is a key part of the reversal.

This is the hope of the empress, since she knew that Kang Longji was going to die, the empress has been very depressed, and the appearance of the broken Dan can be said to have ignited the flame of hope in her heart again.

“…… General Su, you don't need to mind, you are my confidant and favorite general, I sent Zhou An to supervise the army, just to facilitate the matter, not to have any suspicions with you, you are relieved, and after the matter is completed, Zhou An's post of supervising the army will be removed......" The empress said to Su Chengguo.

In fact, she didn't have to say this, the meeting had been going on for more than half an hour, and her intention of appointing Zhou An as the supervisor of the Tiance Army was already very clear.

But she said it anyway, just because she didn't want any unnecessary mess because of it.

"The Holy One does not need to say much, the end will understand! The last general will fully cooperate with Zhou Gonggong and live up to the trust of the saint. Su Chengguo hugged his fists.

"Well, good!" The empress nodded, and her eyes swept again, "There are all loyal ministers and good generals, eradicating Wu Xukuan's treacherous will be just around the corner!" I am very relieved! ”

The empress, who hadn't slept all night, looked very excited at this time, and she was not tired at all.

"Ladies and gentlemen...... What else can I say? The empress asked again.

When it comes to the matter, almost everything that needs to be said has been said.

The crowd was silent.

"Then ...... today," said the empress again.

"Holy!" Zhou An didn't know what he thought, and suddenly took a step forward and said respectfully, "The slave has an idea, I don't know if to say it or not." After saying this, he also glanced at Kang Longji behind the empress.

"Just say it." Empress Dao.

"The slave thinks that he can take the initiative to ......reveal the matter of the grandfather's ill health," Zhou An said.

As soon as his words fell, the hall fell silent.