Chapter 263: Reduction of the three armies

Soon after the holy decree of the reinstatement of the officials of the Shen Mansion arrived in the Shen Mansion, the Zhao Mansion also ushered in a holy decree, and the emperor adopted the recommendation of the former cabinet chief assistant and appointed Zhao Qidong as the first assistant of the cabinet.

Shen Ke returned to the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Military Capital, and Lu Yi'an's friend took over as the first assistant of the cabinet, and the emperor's attitude towards Shen Ke seemed to have lost its previous sharpness, and the ministers who could not judge what medicine was sold in the emperor's gourd thought twice and decided not to sway from side to side, and resolutely chose to watch this good show.

The beginning of the show was the day after Shen Ke and Zhao Qidong returned to the court.

Rao Su returned to the capital late last night, and entered the palace overnight to present the truth obtained from this trip to Suzhou to the emperor, but Rao Su did not appear in the morning of the second day.

To the surprise of the hundred officials, Shen Ke did a big thing in the court that undoubtedly caught everyone else off guard with suicide, and such a big thing, the emperor actually approved it without consulting the opinions of the six cabinet departments.

Cut the three armies! This is a good way for the current Shen Ke to express his loyal ears, but this trick is too ruthless! Even if you want to protect yourself, you can't drag down the other four armies! Many people looked at the first courtier, and Zhao Qidong, the new cabinet assistant, was silent.

The reduction of the three armies is also a good thing to be sympathetic to the people, even if there are opposition from hundreds of officials, it cannot cover the four words of the people's livelihood plan, and as soon as the dynasty came, several holy decrees were issued to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and the reduction of the three armies was officially implemented.

It is a good thing to reduce the three armies, but a reduction of 150,000 for a while will be harmful to the maintenance of law and order in various places, and the reduction of the power of the Governor's Office of the five armies will make the rapidly growing Jinyiwei and Dongchang lose the biggest clamp and break through the bottleneck of the capital.

King Chao's faction, Ning Zhiyuan's faction, and the faction thought a lot about the loss of the strength of the two sides, but Yan Xinglu thought about what his father said to him yesterday.

Liu Zhen slumped after the prince's incident, in addition to doing a good job in the court, Lu Yi'an resigned from the position of first assistant in January, Yan Xinglu withstood the test of no one in the cabinet and shouldered the burden of the cabinet, in just one month, he has established his prestige in the court, and no longer relies on the five words of cabinet scholar.

The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, when Yan Xinglu has stood in this position, what he has to consider is no longer his own firewood, rice, oil and salt housework, his words, deeds, actions, thoughts, and decisions can affect the people of the world.

Finally finished dealing with the affairs at hand, he took a sedan chair back to Yan's house for lunch, Yan Liu was drinking tea and playing chess with Rao Su in the courtyard, both were once Dali Siqing's master and apprentice friends, in the state affairs, has always been ten years as a day uphold their own justice with the word justice, the matter of Jinzhou Station, for Rao Su is a life and death catastrophe, but for the emperor he has no resentment.

The emperor left his life, which is an insurmountable and undefinished king, some justice cannot be served, and the few soldiers who died on the night of the thunderstorm were escorted, all he could do for them was to scatter his wealth to compensate their families.

Yan Liu has always been a role model for Rao Su in dealing with people, and he didn't go to the court to come here.

He needed someone to take him out of this labyrinth, someone to show him a path that would make him convincing. The emperor is a monarch and he is a minister, although the means done by the emperor are not bright, but they are also for the stability of the country, and there is nothing wrong with him running thousands of miles to uphold justice, but those who died are so innocent.

"You have always had more ideas than me, why do you need me to make up your mind for you at this time!" Yan Liu, who took off his official uniform, lived a leisurely and comfortable life after returning from Jingcheng, sleeping until three poles in the morning every day, eating and drinking tea, looking for old friends to play chess and chat, and following the housekeeper to wander around the capital, relaxing and comforting the hard work of the first half of his life, he enjoyed this kind of life very much, the only regret is that Yan Xinglu has not been able to determine the marriage.

Rao Su planned to resign from his official position and sell his property, and take his wife and daughter to personally go to the homes of these soldiers to apologize, but he still hesitated, now that the court is in charge, the voice of the upright man is not supported by preaching, this is the court he has been loyal to for more than ten years, he does not want to see it corrupt under his eyes.

"My lord, aren't you worried about the current court?" When it comes to loyalty to this country, Rao Su thinks that he is not as good as this half of the teacher, and the older generation has withdrawn from the court one after another, can they really enjoy their old age at the feet of the Son of Heaven with peace of mind?

"We're all old, and it's time to give young people a chance, right or wrong, they'll have a choice! Isn't the emperor clearing the position of young people now? ”

"But the current court!" Rao Su took a long breath weakly, reached into the chess box and twisted out a chess piece, the wound on his right hand touched the edge of the chess box, which made Rao Su rub his eyebrows, that night, as the secretary of Dali Temple, but he could only watch others guard him and die but could not administer justice for them, he was no longer worthy of wearing this black gauze hat.

"I told you ten years ago that you are not suitable to be an official, you are suitable to be a teacher, but you have to drill into it, now you should know that some things are not right or wrong!"

Yan Liu glanced at the wound on the back of Rao Su's hand, although it had already formed a scab, but from the blood scab lower than the rest of the back of the hand, it could be guessed that a piece of skin and flesh had been cut off here, Rao Su's toughness has always been above him, but unfortunately in terms of flexibility, Rao Su is very dull, and the reason why he has not told him the truth about the fire eleven years ago is because of this.

"We also came from young people, when I entered Dali Temple, I was not the same ignorance, but you and I are different or uphold our own justice for so many years, if you want to go, go with peace of mind! Leave Rao Jing behind, and I'll help you watch it, so that you don't stumble! ”

Rao Jing is Rao Su's only daughter, next year is the year of Jilu, Yan Liu's thoughts are thoughtful, although Rao Su does not have the needless constraints of those families on their children, but after all, he went with repentance to ask for forgiveness, and it is not a good thing that Rao Jing can stay by Yan Liu's side.

"Then it's troublesome for adults, Jing'er has a little temper, and adults don't need to care about my face, how you teach Xinglu how you teach Jing'er!"

Rao Su arched his hand towards Yan Liu, his hand raised his sleeve and slid down, revealing his arm, although there was no shocking wound on the back of his hand, but it was also scarred, Rao Su was a Confucian student, and the danger of that night could be imagined, but fortunately, the emperor still knew what was right and wrong, Yan Liu's sad eyes saw that Rao Su, who was about to leave, was full of anxiety and concern, and the hand he put down no longer had the heart to play the chess pieces.