Just when Wei Fu was full in his stomach and put down the chopsticks in his hand, there was a rush of footsteps outside the hall.

At this time, the Baohe Hall was extremely noisy, and the sound of so many people chatting and talking to each other did not suppress the footsteps, so you can imagine how loud the footsteps were.

The people in the hall couldn't help but fall silent.

Knowing that there was a palace banquet in the Baohe Palace, and daring to break in like this at this time, it is conceivable that something big must have happened, so what could it be?

Is it a good thing or a bad thing?

The ministers couldn't help but speculate in their hearts.

Wei Fu and Jiang Heng glanced at each other.

Seemingly......

The surprise that Jiang Heng said before, this is coming.

Soon, I saw a palace man running in, in this cold winter, but the palace man ran out of sweat on his forehead, which shows how important the matter he wants to report is.

Only the various voices made by this palace man could be heard in the Baohe Palace.

Falling to the ground with a thud, the palace man took a deep breath, and then spoke: "Holy Lord, there are people at the border gate......

Because his breath was still a little uneven, his words were sudden.

And the ministers in the palace couldn't help but feel a sudden burst in their hearts.

There are people at the border pass, is it possible, what happened to the border pass?

Without waiting for the ministers to think about the worst, the palace man finished the rest of the words in one breath: "...... General Wei sent the first batch of Sui tribute presented by Xiyi to Beijing! ”

After hearing this, the ministers couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it wasn't an accident, but a good thing.

But......

Isn't Xiyi's annual tribute only accepted after the beginning of spring, why has it been sent to the capital at this time?

Moreover, there is clearly some mystery in this matter.

When did the team that escorted Sui Gong into Beijing arrive in Beijing?

If you have arrived in Beijing a long time ago, why would you wait until this time to report it, if you have just arrived in Beijing, it is already so late, and the palace gate has already been locked, this is not very urgent news, and how did it come to the palace so quickly?

It happened to be reported in the middle of the palace banquet.

It all seemed to have been planned for a long time.

Thinking of this, all the ministers held down to stop thinking about it.

As a courtier, the most important thing is to be interested, even if they see something, as long as the saint doesn't want them to say it, then they just have to shut up.

And Emperor Jingwen, after hearing the news, was first surprised, and then overjoyed: "Oh? Has the person in charge of escorting him entered the palace, bring people in quickly! ”

The people of the palace were ordered to retreat.

Not long after, a soldier wearing armor walked in with the palace, and when he saw Emperor Jingwen, he knelt on the ground: "The last general saw the saint, General Wei specially collected the annual tribute from Xiyi in advance, and ordered the last general and others to step up the escort of the annual tribute into Beijing, just thinking of sending this New Year's gift to the saint before the arrival of the new year, congratulating me on the prosperity of the Jing Dynasty and the longevity of the saint!" ”

"Hahahaha......" Emperor Jing Wen laughed loudly after hearing this.

In the eyes of the ministers, Emperor Jingwen is a person who is very deep in the city, and rarely shows his joy and anger like this, so it can be seen how happy Emperor Jingwen is at this time.

"Good, good, good!" Emperor Jing Wen said three "good" words in a row, "Aiqing is flat!" Aiqing escorted the Sui Gong all the way to Beijing, which is indeed meritorious, and should be rewarded! ”

"There is also Wei Aiqing, who has also made great contributions to the peace negotiations between the two countries, and he deserves to be rewarded!"

Hearing Emperor Jingwen say this, the ministers in the palace couldn't help but secretly look at Jiang Heng.

If you want to talk about merit, no one's merit can have the town and the country.

It was this time that the two countries negotiated peace, and it was also because Zhenguo Gong single-handedly suppressed the entire Xiyi and did not dare to raise swords and soldiers, so he had to negotiate peace as a last resort.

If you really want to talk about it, this is still the credit of Zhen Guogong.

The person who originally presided over the peace negotiation at the border pass should still be the one of Zhenguo Gong, and the Bisheng Shengshang never mentioned the matter of letting Zhen Guogong return to the border pass, but ordered General Wei to preside over major events at the border pass.

Now that General Wei has made a contribution to peace, isn't this credit snatched from the hands of the Duke of Zhenguo?

Thinking like this, the ministers naturally gave birth to various thoughts in their hearts.

However, no matter what they thought in their hearts, on the surface, the ministers still got up together and congratulated Emperor Jingwen in unison.

And Emperor Jingwen is full of red light, so that people can see how happy he is now just from his face.

The ministers looked at Jiang Heng again.

What they can all think of, Zhen Guogong shouldn't be unable to understand, but from beginning to end, Zhen Guogong didn't have any superfluous expressions on his face, even when he got up to congratulate, the smile on his face was so sincere.

It's like......

I didn't think about anything else at all.

The ministers couldn't help but admire.

Not to mention anything else, at least the city of Zhenguo Gong is no worse than anyone else.

This palace banquet ended in the different minds of the ministers.

Riding the night all the way back to the Guogong Mansion, Wei Fu instructed the children to go back to the courtyard to rest quickly, and then went back to the main courtyard with Jiang Heng.

"Sheng Shang deliberately let people act in such a play, is he trying to promote General Wei?" Wei Fu asked.

Jiang Heng nodded.

Emperor Jingwen has long been afraid of Jiang Heng, so he also urgently wants a person in the army who can compete with Jiang Heng, and this Wei Changzheng is the most outstanding one among the generals over the years, and it is also the one that Emperor Jingwen has placed high hopes on.

Originally, Emperor Jingwen wanted to promote Hu Wenyu, with Hu Wenyu and Wei Changzheng, two confidants, Wen Yiwu, it would be easier to balance Jiang Henglai, but he didn't expect that Hu Wenyu's hiding and not being exposed was exposed, and in the end, Hu Wenyu could only be demoted to a commoner and never hired.

Under such circumstances, for the rest of the Wei Long March, Emperor Jingwen naturally had some urgent hopes to bring him up.

If Wei Changzheng can establish his prestige in the army, then Emperor Jingwen will definitely have a lot less obstacles when he solves Jiang Heng's trouble in the future.

This is Emperor Jingwen's calculation.

Merely......

"The Holy One is doomed to be in vain." Jiang Heng said lightly, "Wei Changzheng is a bit smart, but he is not smart enough, after talking about the army for so many years, I thought he was a real genius in the army, and he didn't need anyone to fight him, just a real war to make him show his original form......"

Speaking of this, Jiang Heng couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

It's not that Emperor Jingwen's vision is poor, but that the talents among the generals have withered over the years, and Emperor Jingwen can only choose a taller one among the short, and it is not surprising that Wei Changzheng will be selected.