Mu Chengxin's reasoning is irrefutable, Mu Zhengyi really has no time to go to Gu's house at the moment, although the conscription edict has been issued, but the household department is reluctant to pay money, these two days temporarily on behalf of the military department to seal the letter Gu Daxue and Lord Wang are fighting with Lin Xiangyi in the court day by day.

Although Jiang Wenbin, the newly appointed squire of the Ministry of War, was dedicated to doing things, he had no choice but to have a lot of things to do in the Ministry of War, and the recruitment needed to be stepped up, so Mu Chengxin specially wrote a letter of request to let Mu Chengxin, the general of Youzhou, and Mu Zhengyi, the captain of the Cloud Cavalry, join the military department to supervise the recruitment matters.

Of course, it is better for the northern border general to personally supervise the conscription, and the emperor agreed without much hesitation, so in the past few days, Mu Chengxin and Mu Zhengyi have been busy in the military department every day, even on the days when Mu Zhengyi and Gu Yilan had a ceremony, Mu Zhengyi, who did not need to attend in person, also worked overtime in the military department until midnight, and Mu Chengxin hurriedly went to Gu Xue's mansion, and after the full number of courtesies, he didn't even have time to go home to change clothes, so he hurriedly ran back to the military department in a dress.

Rong Di's two major tribes had begun to unite, and the border situation seemed to be stable on the surface, but in fact it was like a dangerous egg, so An Guo Gong was anxious, and after the New Year, he wrote a letter, asking Mu Chengxin to send 5,000 recruits to the north by the end of March.

An Guogong also asked Mu Chengxin to think of a way in the court to serve the emperor to continue to increase troops. Things are good but difficult to do, Lin Xiang's attitude is tough, as soon as the emperor speaks, he immediately buckles the big hat of the poor soldiers, at the end of last year, the new budget reported by the Ministry of War, although Lin Xiang reluctantly signed and approved, but now it has dragged on the first month, and the money has not yet arrived.

The secretary of the military department is absent, and the joint palm seal of the Gu scholar and Lord Wang is just an agent, and when there has been repeated friction with Lin Xiang for the increase of troops, he is not willing to continue to offend people for the unpaid money, so he is not active in asking for money.

Why Lin Xiang is like this, in fact, An Guogong is very clear in his heart. He was going to trade the military spending in the north for what he thought was a worthy political resource. The soldiers can be increased in large numbers, and the money can also be given generously, but he Lin Xiang wants to control the position of the secretary of the military department.

What Lin Xiang wants is that An Guogong openly supports his chosen successor.

But the generals are not stupid, they know very well that if they really compromise with Lin Xiang for the sake of the current increase in troops and military spending, then the future will be even more difficult. The military department and the household department are all in the hands of Lin Xiang, and then there will be no one to contain him, and he can strangle the throat of the northern border alone, and in the future, the affairs of the northern border will be decided by him Lin Xiang alone, and he can casually refute any demands of the generals guarding the northern border.

Can An Guogong take such a risk for the sake of the matter at hand? Obviously not!

And the current Scholar Gu and Xie Xiang obviously used the same brains as Lin Xiang, and they began to show the capital in their hands. For Gu Daxuelai, the granddaughter who is married to the Mu family is one of the capitals.

However, there is one thing that Mu Chengxin is clear, and Scholar Gu is also clear, that is, Gu Yilan's "capital" is actually not very useful, Scholar Gu asked Gu Yilan to come to the door at this time, not to make a request to the Mu family, this game is not for the Anguo Mansion to see, and their Mu family really doesn't need to care.

Since the third uncle is like this, Mu Hongsheng didn't talk much nonsense, and went directly to his grandmother with Gu Yilan's letter, Mu Zhengyi actually wanted to follow and listen to his grandmother's opinion, but he was too busy and had to go to the military department.

Gu Yilan wanted to come to the door to ask for peace, but Mrs. Mu really didn't think much about it, and happily agreed. Or, Old Madam Mu didn't bother to think about it at all, no matter what, this girl would be their Mu family in a few days, and now what did the Gu family want to do when they sent Gu Yilan over, Old Madam Mu didn't care at all.

Mrs. Mu is not theoretical, and others naturally do not theorize, Duchess An Guo and Second Lady Mu happily responded to the post, and booked February 19 to invite Gu Yilan to come to the door as a guest.

"Say hello to the third child, let Zhengyi go home early that day," Mrs. Mu said in a good mood: "Since the beginning of the discussion, these two children have not had a chance to meet!" ”

"No," Second Lady Mu immediately objected: "The conscription has started recently, and there are a lot of things, and the conscription has to help his third uncle, and it can't be done by his third uncle alone." ”

"It's just a day, don't worry." Mrs. Mu San immediately smiled and said, "The first time a girl came to the door, the clothes didn't look like anything. It's here to say hello to us, according to me, it really doesn't matter if we can't see it, it's important to let Zhengyi and his fiancée have an empty private conversation. ”

"That's right!" Old Madam Mu laughed when she heard this: "People deliberately go on a trip, they can't just take a look at me, an old woman, right?" ”

However, on the day of February 19, the ninth sister of the Gu family went to the Anguo Mansion to ask for peace, but it was not a gossip worth discussing in the circle of honors and nobles in Beijing. Because it was also on this day, Shangshu ordered Mrs. Wang Darao to be a big matchmaker and went to Xie's house to propose marriage. Xie Xiang and his wife nodded happily and promised to give Xie Shuyi, the third sister of the Xie family, to Wang Darao's eldest grandson.

"Heh......" After Gu Zhengze, who was sitting at home, heard the news, his beard curled, sneered, and commented: "Old fox! ”

I don't know if Gu Zhengze's comment was given to Xie Xiang or Wang Darao.

"I knew that I wouldn't let the ninth sister go on purpose." Mrs. Gu couldn't help but complain: "Who would have thought that Xie Xiang and Lord Wang would actually choose this day to discuss their relatives." ”

"It's not a bad thing." Scholar Gu stood up, looked at the color, and suddenly smiled: "Our ninth sister ordered it to the Anguo Mansion, and Xie Xiang sent a congratulatory gift as soon as possible. It's still early, you immediately back up the gift, even a congratulatory letter from me, and send the fourth child to send it to Prime Minister Xie's mansion in person. ”

"What about Lord Wang's house?" Mrs. Gu asked: "The king of the family and the Xie family are married, what is the reason why you only congratulate the family." ”

"Don't worry about Lord Wang," Scholar Gu replied, "I will congratulate him in person when I go to court tomorrow." ”

"Really." Mrs. Gu reluctantly stood up: "Who would have thought that these two families would be in-laws quietly." I also saw that the eldest son of the Wang family was good, and he was the same age as the seventh sister of our family, and I thought that when the marriage of the ninth sister was completed, I would also ask someone to come to the door to mention it. ”

"Nope." Gu Zhengze shook his head: "It's useless for you to mention it." Wang Zhixiu will not agree. That old man, shrewd and tight, the right person in Beijing, he is afraid that he has already weighed it all, if he wants to be in-laws with you, where is the need for you to come to the door to mention? For him now, Xie Xiang is a more suitable in-law than us. ”