Soon after Liang Jing left, Qi Yunzhang followed, and the kung fu of the front and rear feet did come faster. She thought about how to persuade this Lord Qi to suppress the matter of Liang Rui returning to Beijing without being edicted.

"The minister's left servant shot Qi Yunzhang to see the emperor, and the minister lived up to his mission, mobilizing all the rich households in Changzhou City to donate rice, grain, silver and silk, and return to Beijing to hand over the decree first." Qi Yunzhang knelt on the ground.

"Qi Aiqing has been tired all the way, please get up quickly. I am thinking about Qi Aiqing these days, and I think about Qi Aiqing every day The trip to Changzhou went well? She personally helped Qi Yunzhang up.

Qi Yun opened his eyebrows and smiled and handed her an excerpt: "Your Majesty, take a look." ”

She couldn't wait to take it, opened it and looked at it carefully, and described the specific situation in Changzhou in detail, and she closed it with satisfaction.

"Qi Aiqing, sit down and tell me how Changzhou is okay now?" She pointed to the stone bench opposite.

"Someone, serve snacks and tea." She shouted out of the pavilion.

"Your Majesty, after the war in Changzhou, there was a big pit one meter deep at the gate of the city, and later, according to the soldiers who witnessed it, I saw the sand and dust rise at that time, as if a stone suddenly fell from the sky, the thunder shook loudly, and as soon as the stone appeared, it fell directly into the pit. When the battle was over, the soldiers and horses besieging the city disappeared, and the enemy's soldiers and horses outside the city mistakenly thought that our army had been annihilated, so they withdrew outside the border and retreated. After that, General Liang was afraid that the pit would swallow people, and in order to prevent the enemy from climbing up again, he ordered people to fill it, surrounded the pits with a circle of stone slabs, and sent heavy troops to guard them to prevent people from wantonly destroying them. The situation is stabilizing. Qi Yunzhang carefully told her about the situation of this matter.

The chamberlain came up with tea and snacks, and after serving them tea, he withdrew.

"Come, Qi Aiqing, drink a cup of tea and moisten it, and we'll talk again." She personally poured Qi Yunzhang a cup of tea.

"This is going to torment the old minister." Qi Yunzhang was flattered.

"It's okay, Qi Aiqing continued." She wondered what happened.

Qi Yunzhang sighed and said: "When the minister heard about this, he felt strange, and he also went to see it on the spot in person, but there was still no strange movement. I just heard that this matter was strange, so I didn't bother to pay attention to it, so I started to work on the matter of money, grain and the northern expedition. didn't want me to give the holy decree of the Northern Expedition to General Liang, he raised questions on the spot, and also asked Wei Chen whether he wanted to give up my Changzhou City to the enemy when such a major matter as the Northern Expedition was raised at this time. The minister informed General Liang of the conscription, and she said that the matter was very important and that she would have to interview the emperor in person. The minister reminded him that the holy purpose was this, and it was a major event to return to Beijing without an edict, so he should not be reckless. Who knew that when the minister went to interview the rich family, he had already gone out of the city, and the chasing soldiers sent by the minister did not catch up, so they came back to resume their lives, hey, the emperor made such a careful deployment, so that such a general who did not obey the holy decree became the marshal of the Northern Expedition, and the minister was worried that this matter was very important, and whether the candidate would be re-elected. ”

She expected that Qi Yunzhang would definitely have a new candidate in her heart, and she didn't want to give him this opportunity to say it: "Qi Aiqing, the Northern Expedition is a battle between life and death, life and death hang there, and I will choose him." Changzhou is the top priority. Guarding Changzhou is equivalent to guarding the rear of the battlefield of the Northern Expedition of Ningfu. ”

"I understand." Qi Yunzhang hurriedly said yes.

"You will make a good calculation of this matter in the DPRK and the Ministry of Households, so that there must be enough surplus of soldiers, horses, grain and grass, if the Northern Expedition can win a big victory, there will be no enemies around us in the future, Aiqing is a great hero, and I will definitely be rewarded." She said this first.

"The minister wants to promote someone, I don't know if the emperor will feel that the minister is biased." Qi Yunzhang told the bottom line in the end.

"Just talk about it. Talent-only use. She promised.

"The minister's nephew Qi Deyi served as a lieutenant in Minzhou, and the minister had no children under his knees, and the minister's brother passed this nephew to the minister. In the past, he was ambitious, so he entered the military camp, and the minister wanted to protect this young son from the emperor. Qi Yunzhang said frankly.

She knew in her heart that Qi Yunzhang wanted to bring up his son, but he didn't understand why he wanted Liang Ruihe to be unsuitable to be the marshal of the Northern Expedition: "Qi Aiqing's heart is also excusable, it is the time when the country is employing people, I don't know what position Qi Aiqing wants Ling Lang to be in?" ”

"The minister knows that the war in the north is tense now, and the minister wants his nephew to go to the north to find an important position in the army." Qi Yun and Zhang Zhi are inserting their cronies into the army.

What a big deal the Northern Expedition is, she can be regarded as a thriller, and Qi Yunzhang arranged Qi Deyi into the Northern Expeditionary Army. According to his merits this time, how can he get a high position, and Qi Yunzhang, as an important minister, naturally will not look down on the position, and the target is Liang Rui's generalissimo of the Northern Expedition. Liang Rui, this kid, let him grasp the handle of not entering Beijing without being edicted, and she hindered Qi Yunzhang's ability to do things this time, which was difficult to ride.

This is the friendship between monarchs and ministers that she has just begun to see in her pro-government. She, the young emperor, is still a little tender.

"Qi Aiqing, the Northern Expedition is dangerous, you have no children under your knees, how can you let your son take risks. In this way, let Ling Lang come to the palace, and I will give him a Beijing official. Recently, Jingzhong is also selecting talents, and talents like Ling Lang stay at the feet of the Son of Heaven. How is it? In this way, he will always accompany you, the father, to fulfill his filial piety. She had to take a step back and say.

"Thank you, Emperor Longen." Qi Yunzhang was very satisfied, knelt down and kowtowed.

She helped Qi Yunzhang up: "I ordered the state government to hand over the documents and let him come to Beijing in a few days, okay?" ”

"Your Majesty, thank you..."Qi Yunzhang was about to kneel again.

"Qi Aiqing, you come and go to Changzhou, you have worked hard this time, you will go back to the house today to rest, and then you will be on duty tomorrow. I'm right. Go ahead. She took a leave of absence from Qi Yun.

"The minister thanked the emperor for his grace, and the minister retired." Qi Yunzhang was favored by grace and appreciation.

"Go ahead." Only then did she let go of the dullness in her heart.

"Your Majesty, the slave maid will change a pot of tea for you, you can sit in the pavilion for a while and see this good weather." The chamberlain observes the words and looks.

"Take it all away from the table and bring me a bowl of soup." She suddenly felt hungry.

"What kind of soup does the emperor want?" The chamberlain asked cautiously.

"Nourishing the spirit. By the way, if it's hot, you can't be warm. She specifically instructed.

"Yes." The chamberlain neatly cleaned up the table and went down.

She walked out of the pavilion, and the greenery in her eyes felt much more relaxed. She thought of going to Yufan's East Palace to have a look, so she walked around the pool and walked on the soft stone road to the East Palace.

She hadn't walked far before she saw Yu Fan running after a palace maid and running straight towards him.

She hurried up in the direction the two of them were running, and asked in a loud voice, "What are you doing?" ”