After returning to Luoyang, Zhao Changqing officially announced to the world and canonized Daji as Concubine Li.

The status is only below the four concubines of the harem.

Daji doesn't ask for any dignity, just thinking about His Majesty that he can give herself a name, and then she is satisfied.

After the canonization ceremony, Zhao Changqing has been immersed in government affairs.

Zhuge Liang has not been idle in the past few days, and after returning to the capital, there are many things to deal with.

For example, the post-war pensions, the mountains of government affairs, and so on, all have to be checked one by one.

The two of them were busy from morning to night in the Xuanzheng Palace, with little rest.

During this period, except for Queen He Ning who came to visit and brought some food and drink, no one came to disturb him.

Because Zhao Changqing had repeatedly ordered before, but when he was dealing with government affairs in the Xuanzheng Palace, no one was allowed to come to visit except the queen and the crown prince.

In the middle of the night, Zhao Changqing was reading a recital, which was written by Xu Ming, the secretary of the Ministry of War, to the effect that the details of the recruitment of troops in various places and the support of the garrison army in the war were carried out.

There's nothing wrong with this memorabilia in general, except that there are a few typos.

"This Xu Ming, how old is this year?"

Zhao Changqing closed the fold and asked Zhuge Liang.

At this moment, the latter is also looking through a large number of twists and turns in recent days, and has not slackened in the slightest, after hearing the emperor's question, he was slightly stunned, temporarily put down the twists and turns in his hand, took a sip of tea, thought about it, and said: "It should be the year of the sixtieth year, right?"

"Well, it's time to retire, and issue a decree to give him a thousand taels of gold, and go home to retire. ”

Zhao Changqing's sudden words made Zhuge Liang feel a little stunned.

Time to retire?

Is it so sudden?

"I don't know why Your Majesty suddenly made this decision?" Zhuge Liang asked worriedly.

This Xu Ming has never had a history of corruption in his life, and he can be regarded as a clean official.

Moreover, he has served as the secretary of the military department for many years, and has a good relationship with many military bigwigs.

If you don't give a reason, I'm afraid it's hard to convince the public.

"There are talents in the country, he will not give way, how can the latecomers come to the top? They are about to become a bad old man, at this time, they have to learn to protect themselves, he will agree to abdicate, go down and promulgate the will. "Zhao Changqing has already made a decision.

Zhuge Liang nodded and went to draft the holy decree.

The decree has been written, even if people are unwilling, how can they dare to resist it?

In the early days, there was really no one who dared to resist and disobey the order.

After writing it, I showed it to the emperor.

Zhao Changqing felt that there was nothing too wrong, so he covered this holy decree with a jade seal.

The holy decree worked, and when it was transmitted to the home of the military department, Xu Ming accepted the decree indifferently.

Feel good.

I was finally able to leave this officialdom.

It's not easy!

It seems that a few typos deliberately written and lying about being old and dizzy are still very effective.

also got a thousand taels of gold for nothing.

Earned.

Xu Ming saw through it anyway, even if he died, he could only be a military secretary.

It's better to retreat from the rapids.

Cao Cao, as a junior, is more proficient in business than me.

What else do you do in this position?

Even if you die, you can't earn this thousand taels of gold.

In the Xuanzheng Palace.

The decree has been issued.

The position of secretary of the military department is vacant, and someone has to be found to fill it.

"Your Majesty, who do you plan to let hold the position of Shangshu?"

Before, when Zhao Yun was in Luoyang, he hung up a false title of the secretary of the military department.

This Shangshu has no real power.

At this time, it is natural that Zhao Yun should be allowed to enter the main military department.

But Zhao Changqing had other plans, "I know what you think, Zilong is the secretary of the military department, and I have also considered it." But now Zilong already has the military power in his hands, and after a few years, the country will slow down, and he will definitely conquer the Tang State, and at that time, Zilong, as the general of the Five Tigers, will definitely go out with the army, so thinking about it, he is not suitable. ”

Zhuge Liang nodded.

Zhao Changqing continued: "Let Cao Cao, the squire of the military department, serve as the secretary. By the way, do you remember Old General Qi Dingyuan?"

Cao Cao served as the secretary of the military department, and there was no problem at all.

As the saying goes, don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha.

Relying on Cao Shen's residual prestige and dealing with the army, Cao Cao will be much easier.

"That old general who deserves to enjoy the Martial Spirit Palace?" Zhuge Liang asked rhetorically.

Zhao Changqing nodded.

Zhuge Liang had already remembered, "Remember, why did Your Majesty suddenly talk about him?"

Zhao Changqing rubbed his head and said: "He has a son, named Qi Jiguang, who has made a lot of contributions in the Great War and has been acting as my personal guard, but this is a bit overkill, I plan to let him go to the military department to temper and temper to see the after-effects, if not, let him serve under Chen Qingzhi." ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

The emperor has spoken to the fullest.

He really couldn't find a reason to refuse.

It's just that he doesn't trust a fledgling general to serve as a confidential task for the country.

Others don't know, but Zhao Changqing knows.

Let Qi Jiguang serve as the squire of the military department, which is really overkill.

It's just that there are no vacancies in the current positions, so we can only do it first.

"Regarding the matter of Liangdi, after thinking about it, I plan to support Xiang Yu and let him and Chen Qingyi work together to govern Beiliang. ”

Zhao Changqing said another idea of his own.

There is nothing wrong with that.

Although the wars in the past few years have left one out of ten young people in the Beiliang realm, the folk customs are there after all.

If one of Chen Qingzhi and Xiang Yu is allowed to completely save the northern coolness, this matter is a bit big.

Zhuge Liang understood the emperor's concerns, and said: "This matter, Weichen fully supports it, but His Majesty intends to support General Xiang Yu?"

"This is simple, I sealed him as the envoy of the Northern Liang Festival. ”

As soon as Zhao Changqing finished speaking, Zhuge Liang understood the intention of such an arrangement.

Xiang Yu did the Beiliang Festival, and Chen Qingzhi, who had most of the military power, could not meddle in the government affairs of the Beiliang territory.

"Now the main focus of Jinyiwei is on the supervision of the Tang State. I heard that because of this war, the finances of the Tang Kingdom also had a big problem?But later, the Song State gave the Tang Kingdom a sum of silver?" Zhao Changqing asked.

Zhuge Liang replied: "This matter has not been confirmed at present. ”

"Eighty percent of it is true. Zhao Changqing snorted coldly and said: "If you want to pacify the Tang Kingdom, I have roughly calculated, it is estimated that at least two million troops are needed, according to the strength of our Great Wei, when will we be able to raise all the materials used by the two million army to go on the expedition?"

Zhuge Liang frowned and thought, "I'm afraid it will take at least five years." ”

"Five years?"

The time is a bit long.

"Three years!"

Zhao Changqing cut the railway.

Zhuge Liang was taken aback.

Five years is still the shortest time.

That's an army of two million, and the baggage, salaries, and pensions alone are a huge financial output.

"Your Majesty, three years" Zhuge Liang wanted to speak and stopped, revealing his embarrassment.

"You are the prime minister of my Great Wei State, I know that you will have a way, now the territory of our Wei State is extremely vast, three years is enough!"

Now the territory of Wei alone is already several times that of Zhao Changqing's previous life in Huaxia.

With such a large territory, the main reason why it still faces financial problems from time to time is policy.

Wei's policy towards the current Chu and Jin lands was very relaxed, mainly to avoid unnecessary disasters after the war.

If the two places follow the same taxes as the Wei state, three years is enough.

It seems that His Majesty does not intend to continue to adopt the principle of "one country, two systems".

The general strategic policy has been set, and that is to continue to expand military power.

Dominate the world, only fight day and night, time is not waiting.

"By the way, I've worked hard these past few days to help me pay attention to whether there is a little girl waiting for the middle of the court. Zhao Changqing commanded.

Zhuge Liang suddenly became interested, "Your Majesty wants to take a concubine again?"

"It's Hiroyoshi. Zhao Changqing shook his head and smiled.

(End of chapter)