The hustle and bustle in the court of Chengdu continued until the personnel of the Snow Wolf Marshal's Mansion returned to Beijing before they were diverted, and Lu Ping swaggered and sat on the horses offered by Gao Shuoren and waved to the people of Chengdu with a smile, so not majestic.

followed by Di Xin and others, who naturally kept a distance from Lu Ping, but the difference was that Di Xin and others were not too ostentatious, but only returned to Beijing to report on their work.

The three of them set foot in the Central Plains for the first time, and the prosperity of the Central Plains overwhelmed them, and the three of them had a common understanding after seeing the scene of Chengdu, and belonging to the Central Plains was the wisest choice in this life.

After passing the inner city gate, Di Xin felt a different atmosphere, the two sides of the inner guard stood to greet him very solemnly, and the group of people led by the prince waited outside the palace gate early.

Meng Jingyan saw Lu Ping and greeted him with a smile, but Lu Ping didn't seem to understand anything, so he let the prince lead the horse for him, until he found that the people behind him had dismounted early and knelt down on one knee to worship him.

Meng Jingyan kept smiling, holding Lu Ping's hand and asking for warmth, but the people on the side were all frightened, and let the prince lead the horse to fall, which was death, lying on his side in the carriage Meng Jingyi ate fruit, eating heartily, until Meng Jingyan and Lu Ping came to see him after greeting him, he didn't get up.

Meng Jingyan said with a cold face: "I asked you to go back to Beijing earlier, but I didn't listen, I had to suffer on the grassland, so that my father and queen mother would worry!" ”

Meng Jingyi was not afraid at all when he heard the eldest brother's reprimand, and said with a hippie smile: "Hehe, I'm not good!" There is no lack of arms or legs. ”

"Still laughing! Go back to the palace to your father and queen mother, please go, don't blame me for not reminding you, the queen mother has a bad temper in the past two days! Meng Jingyan was really helpless about this younger brother.

"Big brother, I heard that the queen mother gave birth to a sister to us, where is it?" What Meng Jingyi was most afraid of was Gu Qingfeng's anger.

"You come less! Hurry up and ask for peace, the little girl has time to watch, the third child is waiting for you at the side door, get out! ”

Seeing that there was no room to turn around, Meng Jingyi's face immediately collapsed, I was afraid that he would not be able to run away from today's reprimand, and suddenly he found something, and whispered: "Big brother, it's not right!" Why didn't my father come? ”

Meng Jingyan smiled at the corner of his mouth and said, "Just remembered? You have played a role through the secret report sent to your father by the Ming Jian Division, and it is no wonder that this Lu Shuai does not know how to restrain himself, don't care so much, the matter of Haiqingcheng is still waiting for you to talk about it in detail. ”

Meng Jingyi smiled slightly, and it was estimated that the queen mother would not be too embarrassed by him, so he gave the eldest brother a grateful look, and hurriedly let people leave the team and turn to the side door to enter the palace, the movement was slight, and only Yan Lan and Gu Yanfeng noticed among the courtiers outside the palace gate.

Gu Yanfeng glanced at Yanlan and muttered quietly, "See?" His Royal Highness King Yong has entered the palace, and our good days as a handsome man have come to an end. ”

"Who said no, knowing that His Royal Highness King Yong dared to insult the Gaoshuo royal family in the army, knowing that the prince welcomed him personally, and letting the prince lead the horse and fall off, this is simply death!" Yan Lan responded in a low voice.

Under the auspices of the Department of Etiquette, it was close to noon after the completion of the etiquette procedures, and although it was already autumn, it was still very hot at noon in Chengdu.

Gu Yanfeng, Yan Lan, and Da Xi Qianbi, as the leaders of civil and military affairs, led the people who had been entitled, and walked towards the main hall, and the rest of the soldiers were placed in the inner acropolis waiting for their own rewards.

Entering the main hall, the courtiers and the kings of each division and above were on both sides, and Meng Yan sat on the dragon chair waiting to pay homage.

Lu Ping was the leader, followed by Jing's father and son, Di Xin and others, Meng Yan smiled and said a lot of ceremonial words, and then Gu Yanfeng announced the reward on behalf of Shang Shutai, Lu Ping's face was cloudy when he heard that he was promoted to the Duke of Liangguo, he tried to seek Zhuo Baiqing's help, but Zhuo Baiqing kept talking to the people around him, completely ignoring him, and then Lu Ping realized that he was abandoned again.

After Lu Ping ate the celebration banquet in a daze, Meng Yan didn't embarrass him too much, and gave him the position of rotating governor to let him recuperate in Chengdu for a while, and comforted him to let him contribute to the future march into the Western Regions.

Lu Ping knew that this was the last time His Majesty would save face for him, and if he offended the reverse scale in the future, he might be the first high-ranking official to be executed since the founding of the Great Xuan Dynasty, because after the banquet, His Majesty only left Gao Shuo Yanxi and Di Xin to speak.

"Gao Shuo Yanxi, because the order was not timely, the Gao Shuo royal family suffered damage in Haiqing City, I am here to apologize to you." With that, Meng Yan got up and bowed deeply to Gao Shuo Yanxi.

This frightened Gao Shuo Yanxi, he quickly knelt down and sobbed: "Your Majesty is serious, the ministers don't dare, the Gao Shuo royal family dares to go against the court, they are self-inflicted." ”

Meng Yan stepped forward to help him up, and said: "The matter has happened, the imperial court will properly place the Gaoshuo royal family, but it will not be in Haiqing City, and I hope you can understand." ”

Gao Shuo Yanxi really admired Meng Yan's actions, and a generation of emperors actually gave up their bodies to apologize to a subordinate, his mind was blank, and it was already a great honor not to kill them all, so he hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty's grace, Gao Shuo people will be loyal to Your Majesty, and they will live up to it for ten thousand years!" ”

The effect was achieved, Meng Yan didn't say more, and changed the topic: "Di Xin, you can't stay in Chengdu for a long time, the war in Hanzhong has started, we can't do nothing, you are now in charge of the Snow Wolf Mansion, you must repair it as soon as possible, and send troops after the spring next year, as for when to send troops, you decide the timing yourself." ”

Gao Shuo Yanxi was stunned, he had never seen this kind of order live for so long, and the imperial court actually let go of the garrison and let the border master call the shots, but seeing Di Xin's calm expression, he understood that this matter was estimated to be common in Daxuan.

"The minister obeys the order," Di Xin hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the grassland in western Sichuan is too big, and there are still contradictions between various tribes. ”

Di Xin is smart, even if he doesn't say Meng Yan, he has to mention this matter, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will urge Santai and the cabinet to handle it as soon as possible, by the way, after the expedition, there is a secret report that can be directly transferred to the cabinet by the Mingjian Division, remember that non-important matters do not go to the cabinet, understand?" ”

Di Xin was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood the meaning of Meng Yan's words, Your Majesty wants to reuse the cabinet and limit the three Taiwans, but he also has his own questions, and when he still wants to ask, he only heard Meng Yan continue: "Normal exchanges are sent to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion for the record, grain, grass, baggage, military replenishment and training, and your Snow Wolf Mansion will negotiate with the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion yourself." ”

Di Xin suddenly remembered something, hesitated for a moment and bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, there is a matter for Your Majesty to decide!" ”

"Oh? Let's hear it. Meng Yan was a little surprised.

"Your Majesty, please divide the Snow Wolf Marshal's Mansion, and set up the three major generals' mansions of Jinchuan, Baima, and Haiqing from Jinchuan City to Haiqing City, and move the Snow Wolf Marshal's Mansion to Haiqing City, and ask Your Majesty to re-open the military mansion south of Jinchuan!" Di Xin was afraid that he would have too much power, and secondly, it was true that the Snow Wolf Marshal Mansion did not have the energy to manage the forces that reached Haiqing City in the north and Zhaonan in the south.

Meng Yan was silent, pacing at the foot of the steps, and after a while, Meng Yan said: "The matter you said is not a trivial matter, but it is also reasonable, the main purpose of letting Zhaonan return to the unified command of the Snow Wolf Mansion that day was to pacify the grassland in western Sichuan, and now that the grassland has been decided, it is indeed necessary to make adjustments, in this way, you go back to rest first, tomorrow I will convene the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Santai, the cabinet and the grassland to discuss in the future, this is a national policy, I can't promise you as I want." ”

Di Xin is not in a hurry, just say the matter, this is his duty, and the specific solution is not something he can decide, His Majesty's caution basically reassured him, but what he didn't guess was because he would affect the entire government in the future, and at the same time, he wouldn't understand that just because his suggestion would save Daxuan from an internal crisis in the future.

Gao Shuo Yanxi did not fully accept such an enlightened monarch and such a reasonable court until he left the main hall.

He asked cautiously, "Di Hou, is Your Majesty really like this all along?" ”

Di Xin patted him on the shoulder and said, "Do you know why you are so strong and still defeated?" It's not because of how strong the Xuan army is, it's because we have a belief, a belief that His Majesty has given us by example, that is, all wars are for the people to live and work in peace and contentment, take your time, you will understand. ”

On the second day, Meng Yan did not mention Di Xin's suggestion, but only talked about the war between Yuzhang and Hanzhong, and arranged the war against Longyou in the coming year.

Everyone originally thought that Chaoqun's temperament must be nervous, but surprisingly, Chaoqun looked confident, and he even talked about the proportion of baggage, and there was still a balance according to his method, which made everyone look at him with admiration, and at the same time admired His Majesty the Emperor's employment even more.

The problem of baggage has been solved, and the next thing is the follow-up problem, Tu Shan Yinyuan, the secretary of the Civil and Commercial Division, patted his chest and assured that it will not be a problem in the next ten years, looking at Tu Shan Yinyuan's half of his white hair and still smiling and guaranteeing, everyone secretly gave a thumbs up to this guy who was full of copper smell, and he didn't know the price of firewood and rice, and the huge machine of Daxuan could run smoothly without people like Tu Shan Yinyuan and Chaoqun.

After the court meeting, Gu Qingfeng and Da Xi Qianbi led hundreds of civil and military officials to thank Tu Shan Yinyuan and Chaoqun, which was a great gift, and there were tears in the eyes of the two who had always been optimistic, cautious, and timid.

Gu Yanfeng smiled when he saw this: "Two, today's old man is the east, please invite the two of you to have a meal in Qingyanglou!" ”

"Haha! Gu Xiang said with a smile, where can I let you have a treat, isn't this a slap in the face of me, the secretary of the civil and commercial department! Tu Shan Yinyuan said with a rare hearty laugh.

As soon as such words were spoken, everyone laughed more than once, and this court meeting was relatively successful.

There was no time to eat, and before the group left the palace, His Majesty the Emperor asked An Cang to block everyone's way, leaving Gu Yanfeng, Yanlan, Da Xi Qianbi, Tu Shan Yinyuan, Chao Qun, Gu Siman, Gao Shuo Yanxi, Di Xin, Jing father and son and others in one go.

After everyone came to the bookstore in a daze, His Majesty the Emperor was coaxing his little daughter to sleep, and Chen Zhiqing, who had not been in the court for a long time, was sitting casually drinking tea.

Seeing that everyone was coming, Chen Zhiqing made a booing action, and then got up with difficulty and led everyone to the outside, his eyes were always on Gu Siman and Gao Shuo Yanxi, so that these two sweaty, legendary Daxuan figures, who were more mysterious than the emperor Lao Tzu, appeared, what a big deal it must be.

Chen Zhiqing's face was pale, but his spirit was good, and he said with a smile: "You don't need to be nervous, Your Majesty summoned you just to talk about the affairs of Western Sichuan, Southern Zhaonan and the Northern Plateau, Your Majesty thinks that the Snow Wolf Mansion is no longer suitable for taking charge of the military affairs of these three places, it is too big, and the Snow Wolf Mansion alone has more than enough heart and not enough strength!" You tell me? Dickson? ”

Everyone's eyes turned to Di Xin, who was stunned for a moment, and said with a little stammer: "Your Majesty, that, what you said, what you said is right, yes, yes..."

Gu Yanfeng gave him a roll of his eyes, and said respectfully to Chen Zhiqing: "Qingshuai, does Your Majesty want to reorganize the military system or divide the war zone?" ”