At the beginning of October, in the Zhangtai Palace, the ministers were discussing state affairs with the emperor, and Shi Tianjian, that is, Mu Sheng's father-in-law, saw that he had a happy face and presented the chapter to the imperial case.

Mu Sheng flipped through it and said with a smile: "It's really a good thing!" This bumper harvest in Guanzhong is indeed a good year. ”

Tian Jian said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the harvest in Guanzhong is indeed an unexpected joy, this year's autumn harvest is also a good year in all parts of the country, the report from all over the country shows that the counties and counties across the country have collected a total of 67 million stones, more than double the previous years, it is really unprecedented, unheard of, when the first emperor was alive, the best time in the country, it was only about 40 million stones, and now Guanzhong is a rare bumper harvest, I am afraid that the warehouse will not be able to collect so much grain and grass, The minister suggested that a granary should be built to facilitate the storage of grain and grass. ”

Mu Sheng smiled when he heard this: "Okay, it's really good, what the Qing family played is very good." ”

Mu Sheng turned his head and asked Prime Minister Huo Zheng and said, "What does Lord Xiangguo think?" ”

Huo Zheng said: "Your Majesty, such a bumper harvest is indeed a great thing, the minister suggested that Your Majesty set up a platform to sacrifice the land before going out on patrol, thank God for giving the people food, in order to bless the peace of the country and the people of our dynasty, and issue an edict, so that the salty envoy hears it." ”

Huo Zheng's subordinates were dog-legged, the guard was tall and heavy, and Shaofu Zou Dan and the two also stepped forward to express their support.

Mu Sheng smiled all over his face, and said with his chin bowed: "Quasi-play, what Xiang Guo said is extremely true." ”

Of course, Mu Sheng was very happy to hear about this, and the occurrence of a bumper harvest in the whole country, and during his reign, it was enough to strengthen the legitimacy of his succession to a certain extent.

Mu Sheng is very clear that people in this era are mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, basically relying on food, this kind of bumper harvest can be extremely rare, and it will be difficult for this year to appear for many years to come.

Mu Sheng and Zuo Prime Minister Huo Zheng dealt with some important government affairs and then retreated, as the emperor is the ministers finished playing, he was asking Zuo Prime Minister Huo Zheng what he meant, and then the matter can be decided. can be the real person of this dynasty is Prime Minister Huo Cheng, Mu Sheng as a son is very similar to Liu Chan, the queen of Shu, the court all depends on the meaning of Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng, if he wants to really sit down, I am afraid that he will have to survive until the end of Huo Zheng's natural life span before he can really get power, and it may not be able to survive that, Huo Zheng will deal with him first, and he will not be the next abolished emperor.

In the early morning of the next day, the emperor's honor guard went out of the city to climb the platform to perform the sacrifice ceremony, and hundreds of civil and military officials came with each other, and the procession was mighty.

Mu Sheng was dressed in a grand crown and ascended to the altar of worship, and with the bronze tripod and the green smoke, I don't know if he really received the sincerity of the mortal sacrifice ground.

After the sacrificial ceremony, on the way back to the palace, Bian Hu, the prosecutor captain behind the honor guard of the entourage, called the guard Le Qi and ordered: "Le Qi, did you remember what I did just now?" ”

Le beggar bowed his head and said, "Captain Bian, I remember." ”

Bian Hu did not dare to find the emperor directly, but found the emperor's trusted imperial guard Le Qi to report to the emperor, as the head of the spies, he had already noticed that the cronies of Huo Zheng, the prime minister of Zuo, had begun to monitor him, the leader of the Tsing Yi envoy, and he also understood that he could not report to the emperor at every turn, and could only convey the news on behalf of others under the pretense of others.

Le Qi was proud to follow An Lehou to secretly engage in intelligence work in his early years, and now he is specially hired by the emperor as a royal guard, he knows very well that he has a bright future, and he is naturally more loyal to his master.

Le Qi received the task, he secretly found Yang Jin, the head of the inner court, bowed his head sideways and whispered: "Gonggong Yang, I have something important to ask to see Your Majesty today." ”

Of course, Yang Jin knew that the stakes were high, and said, "Go back to the palace again." ”

In the Zhangtai Palace, Le Qi privately begged to see the emperor, and Mu Sheng waved away the surrounding palace people before letting him in.

Le Qi stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, here's the thing, according to Lord Bian, in the past, when the emperor went out on patrol, Tsing Yi made the entourage count at least five hundred people to accompany the holy car, and under the inspection of the third queen, Huo Zheng, the old thing, waved his hand, and reduced our Tsing Yi entourage to less than one hundred attachés, and the accompanying 50,000 soldiers of the Northern Battalion, which is now reduced to 5,000 people, Weichen also listened, the soldiers of the Northern Camp were very dissatisfied, but Huo Xiangguo had already approved half of the reward and rewarded the Northern Army in advance in the name of the imperial court, Only then did the dissatisfaction be suppressed. ”

Le Qi glanced at the emperor's face and continued to report: "Your Majesty, now Prime Minister Zuo is like Dai Quan's plan to tour the east, but he doesn't know what he wants. ”

Mu Sheng thought for a while, and sighed: "It's nothing more than worrying about Tsing Yi, and worrying about his temporary inability to control the soldiers of the Northern Army, that's all." ”

Mu Sheng's eyes suddenly narrowed, staring at Le Qi, with his past performance, he was really suitable for being a spy in this school

Mu Sheng instructed: "Le Qi, from tomorrow, you go to Tsing Yi to take up a post and learn from Bian Hu, do you understand?" ”

When Le Qi heard this, he was overjoyed, he knew that this was the emperor who wanted to reuse him, and he didn't have to do it in the future, it must be promising.

Le Qi kowtowed and said: "Thank you for your trust, I will go to Tsing Yi to report today." ”

After Le Qi withdrew from the main hall, Mu Sheng leaned on the throne and fell into deep thought......

At this time, in Prime Minister Zuo's mansion, Huo Zheng found the third brother lieutenant Huo Qi and the second brother Lang lieutenant Huo Jun.

Huo Zheng turned to Lieutenant Huo Qi and asked: "Third Queen, it is the time for His Majesty to inspect, this time to the east, the 30,000 lieutenant troops under your command will be accompanied by the left and right, how are the soldiers and horses prepared?" ”

Lieutenant Huo Qi said in a deep voice: "Big brother, rest assured, I have served in the army for many years, and I don't have much experience in leading soldiers to fight. ”

Huo Zheng nodded again and again when he heard this, too, he was just parading, not going out to fight, and said: "Okay, very good, you have to protect the honor guard of the son on the eastern patrol." ”

Of course, Huo Qi understood what the eldest brother meant, and nodded in agreement.

Huo Zheng, the prime minister of Zuo, looked at the second brother Lang Zhongling Huo Jun again, and instructed: "This time I went on patrol, the third child's responsibility is to go with me, the inner court Lang Wei, the Southern Army Palace Guard under Gao Chong, and the prime minister are dispatching 10,000 county soldiers from various counties and counties, a total of 22,000 people, all of which will be handed over to you for command. ”

Lang Zhong Ling Huo Jun bowed his head and said: "Big brother, don't worry, I guarantee that there will be no problems in the capital, but unfortunately this time the new monarch is on patrol, I can't accompany you." ”

Without waiting for Huo Zheng's words, Lieutenant Huo Qi said: "Second brother, the family always has to stay spared, if all three of our brothers go out, the Jingshi will be empty, and I am afraid that there will be chaos, so we must not prevent it." ”

Lang Zhong made Huo Jun bow his head and said: "Well, reasonable, our Huo family is now in the middle of the day, but the court is not used to our Huo family, there are many people, I understand this." ”

Huo Zheng was relieved to see that Huo Jun knew him like this, and said with a slight bow: "Second brother, it's good that you understand, as long as the son is still in the hands of the old man, there will be no big incident, so let's go down and prepare." ”

Huo Jun and Huo Qi bowed and retired.

After a while, Wei Wei Gao came to the Prime Minister's Mansion to report his work.

Gao Zhong handed a letter to Huo Zheng and said: "Lord Xiangguo, this time I have mobilized a total of 60,000 soldiers and horses in various counties and counties in Guanzhong, of which 10,000 soldiers and horses have been deployed to Lang Zhongling's assistant defense Beijing Division, and the remaining 50,000 soldiers and horses have accompanied the Eastern Tour, plus 30,000 lieutenant troops, a total of 80,000 people, and the specifications of the sub-protection army are enough." ”

Huo Zheng was very satisfied with Gao Zheng's arrangement, and said with his head bowed: "Well, this is good, among them, 50,000 county soldiers will transfer 10,000 soldiers and horses to you, which will be under your direct command, and form a front army with the lieutenant army. ”

Of course, Gao Zhong understood the meaning of the Prime Minister's words, and said: "Rest assured, the lower officials will live up to the country."

A few days ago, Huo Zheng instructed Lang Zhong to order Huo Jun to take away part of his military power, in fact, he still has some resentment in his heart, and now it seems that Lord Xiangguo still trusts him.