"Your Majesty, the war at Poyang Lake is stalemate, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to go north at this time, right?" Duanmuyang said worriedly.

"Duanmu, it's not that I'm in a hurry to go north, but Quan Xi's current situation is very troublesome, and the letter says that the Donghai people and Beimu are putting pressure on him, and at this time, if we force him again, Youdu will stop talking about it when he bows his head." Xiao Yu's fingers tapped on the dragon chair, looking confident.

"Your Majesty, what if Daxuan joins the war at Poyang Lake? They can't do it, but if we attack Xizhou with all our might, we will be attacked from the back. Duanmuyang thinks that it is not a good time to make enemies on all sides at this time.

"Duanmu, don't worry, Chengdu is in a mess, the Yeling Incident, the Xiaogushan Incident, and the Zhuge clan in western Sichuan, with Meng Yan's character, he will not easily send troops until the civil strife is resolved, of course, I have asked Wen Jun to go to Luochen to talk to Zhong Rouxuan in person, and she is hurt by Hanzhong's injury."

Duanmuyang's heart calmed down a little when he heard this, as long as Zhong Rouxuan was willing to send troops to contain Daxuan, the war between the north and the south was not a big problem for Daning, there were Yu Qingwu and Xiao Ze in the south, and Teng Han and Gan Ming in the north, this is Daning's strongest combat power.

"Your Majesty, Quan Xi is young, most of the people he appoints are young people, Chu Cheng and us still maintain a good friendship, we can work on Chu Cheng in both ways." Duanmu Yang stroked his beard and said with a smile.

"Duanmu, what do you think of Chen Zhuo?"

The Chen family, who has been in the cold for so long, has also sunk a lot in recent years, and the name Chen Shuo was still used when he fled to it, and later the Chen family changed the name of the head of the family to Chen Shuo in order to avoid the pursuit of the Ling Dynasty, and he was fooled, and this name continued to be used.

After the "Qinhuai Blood Night", the Chen clan has divided a lot, Chen Zhuo has also grown a lot in recent years, and Xiao Yu plans to reactivate the Chen clan and reach a balance with the newly rising Sun clan.

"Uncle Xiaoguo has been good in the past few years, and the response to his local position has been good, it's time for Jinling." Duanmuyang also thought that the Sun family had risen in recent years, and its power in the court was getting bigger and bigger, and the ancient family that could compete with the Sun family was now only one Yingchuan Chen family.

"Well, but Duanmu, you have to know that the people of the family will climb up the pole if they give them a chance, and I hate such an existence the most, so Duanmu, you go and talk to the Chen family." Xiao Yu didn't want to give Chen too much face.

"Chen understands, Your Majesty, I will let the Chen family understand what you mean." Duanmu Yang immediately began to think in his heart.

On the evening of the second day after Xiao Yu and Duanmuyang talked, Duanmuyang personally visited the Chen family, and the whole city knew that all the officials in Jinling were wondering why Duanmuyang, who had always been low-key, went to visit the Chen family with great fanfare.

And at this moment, the Sun family in Jinling began to be nervous, I thought that the Sun family was about to become the first family in Daning, who would have thought that the dying Chen family was about to resurrect again, Duanmuyang was so swaggering to the Chen family, it seems that His Majesty did it intentionally, and he had to write a letter to the old master to explain the situation.

Chen Shuo dragged his seriously ill body out to greet Duanmuyang, and it was Chen Shuo's youngest son Chen Song who supported him on the side, Duanmuyang looked up and down, and said that Chen Zhuo was the only one in the Chen family, and now it seems that Chen still has a hand, and this Chen Song's demeanor is better than Chen Zhuo.

"Xiangye came to the Chen family in person, and the old man was far away." Chen Shuo's respectful attitude is really unimaginable.

Duanmuyang can't put up a fight, no matter how to say that the Chen family is kind to His Majesty, and it is His Majesty's mother's family, when the imperial court chased and killed His Majesty, Chen Shuo changed his name to Chen Shuo with the respect of his uncle, although it was a bit far-fetched, but in the era when the family was rampant, the officials of the Ling Dynasty also pinched their noses and recognized it, which allowed His Majesty to escape to Dongyang smoothly.

"Uncle Lao Guo's words are serious, he has been busy with official affairs in the next few years, and he almost died in Xiaogushan some time ago, and he couldn't go to the house in time to ask for advice, Uncle Wan Wangguo is no wonder!" Duanmuyang took Chen Shuo from Chen Song's hand, bent over and said.

After everyone greeted each other at the gate of Chen's mansion, it was estimated that everyone who wanted to see it saw it, and Duanmuyang pulled Chen Shuo into the door.

After everyone sat down, Duanmuyang took the lead in speaking: "Uncle Guo, Your Majesty will issue an order for Uncle Guo to return to Jinling in the next two days. ”

Chen Shuo's heart tightened, is his nephew going to do it to himself? No, if it is to do it, it should be Xu Yu or Wen Jun who will come to the door today, not Duanmuyang, after adjusting it for a while, he asked carefully: "Xiangye, Your Majesty has something for the Chen family to do?" ”

"Uncle Guo, the Youdu side is in a hurry now, Your Majesty means to take this opportunity to persuade Quan Xi to surrender, this matter is estimated to fall on Uncle Xiaoguo. Uncle Guo, what do you think? ”

Chen Shuo was a little surprised, the political affairs in the north were in charge of Yujun Hou Sun Mu, Gan Ming had never asked too much, at this time, let Chen Zhuo go to the north to negotiate, this matter is worth playing, but will the Sun family cooperate?

"Xiangye, it's not that the Chen family doesn't want to do their best, it's just that there are more than the marquis of Shandong Province, I'm afraid it's a little difficult to operate, right?"

Duanmuyang snorted coldly in his heart, and said in his heart: "The old fox is the old fox, what Your Majesty said is not wrong at all, it is their ability to climb along the pole!" ”

However, Mu Yang still has to get by, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty said that Uncle Xiaoguo will serve in the Political Affairs Hall after returning to Jinling, and His Majesty intends to rebuild the Six Ministries, and I am afraid that the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is none other than Uncle Xiaoguo." ”

Chen Shuo was overjoyed after listening, Xiao Yu was not clear about the delineation of the six ministries after the establishment of the country, most of the time the government affairs were personally controlled and then handed over to the political hall for implementation, which entered the political hall was actually the prime minister, but so far there is only one person in the political hall, Duanmuyang, if the six departments are rebuilt, and enter the political hall as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the revival of the Chen family is in front of you.

I saw Chen Shuo stand up tremblingly and arch his hand: "Thank you, Xiangye, the Chen family is grateful!" ”

"Uncle Guo, no! This is what His Majesty meant, the lower officials are just passing on a word, you have to know Your Majesty's good intentions, the Chen family is a relative, Your Majesty is not good to promote too much, I am afraid of chilling the hearts of the ministers! Duanmuyang had a serious attitude.

"Old decay understands! Later, the old decay will ask to enter the palace to thank you! ”

"Well, in the next few days, His Majesty will order Uncle Jin Xiaoguo to be the prince of Taizhou County, your old man can let Uncle Xiaoguo prepare, don't be too flustered and lose your manners at that time." The goodwill is still more obvious.

On the same day, Duanmuyang returned to the palace after having lunch in Chen's mansion, and talked with Xiao Yushang about leaving the palace at night, and after leaving the palace, Duanmuyang went back to the house directly and began to call sick until Chen Zhuo returned to Jinling.

After Chen Zhuo returned to Jinling, he thought that he was the only one, and he was happily accepting the congratulations of the ministers, and suddenly found that Xiao Han, the king of Anqing County, had also returned, could it be that the battle at Poyang Lake was over?

Xiao Han smiled and came over to celebrate: "Congratulations to Uncle Xiaoguo!" ”

After all, it is a royal family, where did Chen Zhuo dare to put on a show, and immediately replied: "The county king is serious, is your return to Beijing is the end of the Poyang War?" ”

"There are General Yu, the king of Dongyang County and the king of Guangchang County in Poyang, don't worry, Your Majesty summoned me back to Beijing to estimate that it is also for the sake of the hidden capital." Xiao Han directly stated his intention, that is, to let Chen Zhuo understand that the matter of Youdu was not necessary for him.

Chen Zhuo's heart trembled, he was still not trusted! It is not easier for the wealthy family to survive in Daning than in Daxuan.

"What the county king said is that the matter is big, and it needs to be discussed by the group." Chen Zhuo's smile was a little ugly.

The two entered the palace hand in hand to accept Xiao Yu's summons, and as soon as they entered the main hall, they found that Duanmuyang, who was seriously ill, was sitting on the side drinking tea with a red face.

"Duanmu, do you think these two relatives are good?" Xiao Yu's smile was a little inexplicable.

"Your Majesty, the prince of the county and the uncle of the small country are both powerful ministers in the court, and the ministers congratulate Your Majesty!"

"Chen Zhuo, Xiao Han, don't be restrained, sit down, there are no ministers today, they are all their own people, let's talk about the affairs of Youdu."

The two sat down without knowing each other and waited for Xiao Yu to speak, they were puzzled, and they didn't understand what tricks Xiao Yu and Duanmuyang were playing.

"I intend to reorganize the six departments, Chen Zhuo, you come to take over the Ministry of Rites and enter the political hall to do things, Xiao Han, you have to work harder, you don't have to go back to the Zhenxi General's Mansion, take over as the secretary of the ministry, and select many talented people for the imperial court for our Daning Dynasty."

After the two got up to receive the order, Xiao Yu waved them to avoid kneeling, and let Xiao Han come back to take over as the secretary of the ministry in order to contain the political affairs hall, because the appointment and dismissal of the chief official of the ministry of the ministry has been called a heavenly official since ancient times, and it is a position that can be compared with the prime minister.

Duanmuyang's status is transcendent, in addition to being in charge of the political affairs hall, there is also the dignity of the Taifu, the entire Daning Dynasty is above 10,000 people under one person, the status is unshakable, and it is deeply trusted by Xiao Yu.

"That's the nonsense, what do you two think of Youdu and Kwon Hee?" Xiao Yu asked directly.

The two glanced at each other, then turned their eyes to Duanmu Yang, only to see that he was engrossed in studying the tea cup, completely ignoring the two of them.

After a period of silence, Xiao Han spoke first: "Your Majesty, Quan Xi probably didn't expect that the eldest brother he escaped from would collude with Beimu and Donghai to put pressure on him, and it is said that many people in Youdu have become dissatisfied with Quan Xi. ”

"Yes, the East China Sea has always maintained a close relationship with us, and at this time, the East China Sea used troops against Youdu because we wouldn't attack them, but who said that we couldn't make a move on the East China Sea?" Chen Zhuo followed Xiao Han's words and continued to expand.

"Therefore, I summoned you back to solve the matter of Youdu as soon as possible, and I will let Teng Han and Gan Ming contain it on the East China Sea, of course, this matter will only be carried out when Quan Xi is soft." Xiao Yu is very satisfied, it is good to be able to take the initiative to say his thoughts, and the two of them are still concerned about state affairs.

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to go to the secluded capital to discuss with Quan Xi." Chen Zhuo took the initiative to stand up and take on this task.

Xiao Yu nodded with satisfaction, and said to Duanmu Yang: "Duanmu, let's talk about the matter, the tea cup I will send you." ”

"Then thank you for the reward." Duanmuyang said with a smile, and then turned his head and said: "Chen Shangshu, the old man has established some contacts with Chu Cheng, all the things will be explained to you in detail when you arrive in Xuzhou, General Teng will explain it to you in detail, we have only one request for Quan Xi, surrender, as long as I am willing to surrender, I Daning can let him continue to be the king in Youdu, and we will not make a big move with his team." ”

"This? Wouldn't it be too much to give him face? Xiao Han objected.

"It's a hegemon anyway, and you still have to save some face." Duanmuyang smiled.