The ministers dispersed and went out of the temple.

"General Lu, congratulations! General Lu set out this time to set the flag and set the flag for victory, and made great contributions!" After leaving the court, many people who knew Lu Gao in Pingyueli came up to congratulate Lu Gao.

Although it was only a one-time expedition with troops, His Majesty was able to order Lu Gao to lead troops to the expedition, which was a political signal, that is, Lu Gao, these generals, could still integrate into the Dacheng Dynasty, and they had a future to speak of, and they were just snubbed.

Lu Gao was also very happy in his heart, and gave his hand again and again: "A few adults are polite, Your Majesty does not think Lu is incompetent, and is willing to give Lu a chance, and Lu will be a fool of himself to repay the grace of God!"

As they spoke, these people went out of the palace gate, talked a few more words, and dispersed.

There was a car outside the palace, Lu Gao saw his car parked in the distance early, and when he came out, the second housekeeper of Lu Mansion stepped forward to salute him, and saw that his master was very happy, although he didn't know what was going on, he still asked with a smile: "Master, what is so happy?"

"Hehe, I have an errand to do, I'll talk about it when I go back. Patting the second butler on the shoulder, Lu Gao said.

The second housekeeper of Lu Mansion had followed Lu Gao to the battlefield, although he had many ideas, he also knew that this was not the place to speak, and it was not the time, so he hurriedly helped Lu Gao to get into the carriage, turned over on the horse, and followed with several personal soldiers in the carriage.

Like the cars around him, he left the palace gate in the inner city and headed outside.

Lu Gao's mansion is based on the specifications of the three products, generous and magnificent, it was given by His Majesty, far away from the palace, and it took half an hour to arrive at the front of the mansion.

The gate had already been left open for Lugao's car to enter, and when the carriage had entered, the gate was closed again.

Because of Lu Gao's special status, he was in an embarrassing situation before, that is, he had the identity of the Zhengsanpin General Soldier (Military Gate) in Jinling, but there were almost no officials who had close contacts, and only some subordinates who were in the past were still in contact with him.

Lu Gao gradually settled down after getting through the confusion when he first came.

For him, the most important thing now is to keep the family and let the Lu family stay in Jinling for a long time.

As long as the Lu family is still there, and the roots of the Lu family are not broken, this is God's blessing.

When Lu Gao got off the carriage, he was still thinking about things, and when he saw the second housekeeper standing aside, he casually ordered: "Go and invite Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhu to my courtyard." ”

"No, the little one is going to ask the two gentlemen to come over. The second housekeeper didn't dare to slack off, and when he heard this, he hurriedly said.

The two people mentioned by Lu Gao are none other than the two senior civil officials under Lu Gao's account when he was still in Youzhou, one is named Zhang Tai and the other is named Zhu Ne.

Although these two are only middle-aged now, they have lost their desire to win a high position in the court, but they continue to serve as civil officials under Lu Gao's account.

The two lived in Lu Gao's mansion, and Lu Gao specially set up a separate courtyard for each of them in the front yard, and the courtyards of the two were next to each other, so that they could discuss some affairs from time to time, so as to avoid the trouble of going out of the house and entering the mansion.

Lu Gao entered his courtyard and waited for them in the study, and after a while, he heard the footsteps of the two coming from outside, without being informed by others, the two walked in, Zhu Ne walked in front, Zhang Tai walked behind with a smile, and as soon as the two came in, they saluted Lu Gao.

In particular, Zhu Ne, who had been with Lu Gao for the longest time and was a civilian officer in military affairs, had a deeper understanding of some things than Zhang Tai, and when he saw Lu Gao's face, he was already happy and said: "Your subordinates, you must first congratulate the general! If you can lead the troops out again, the general can turn over and be ready to go!"

Lu Gao sat down the two of them and looked at Zhu Ne at the same time: "Mr. Zhu heard about this? I still want to tell the two gentlemen about this, but I don't want the two gentlemen to be so well-informed." ”

"It's not that my subordinates are well-informed, I have heard about Lord Liu taking people to Luoyang for a long time, and I felt that Liu Man of Luoyang was afraid that he would not easily agree to surrender, and if it was like this, it would be strange. ”

"It is impossible to surrender, then sending troops to Luoyang or attacking Yanzhou is a sure thing, now Lord Liu's envoy group has returned, and the general has come to call the two of us to come over, looking at the look of the adult, there is a happy thing, except that His Majesty allowed the general to send troops, his subordinates really can't think of anything else that can make the general so happy......"

Zhu Ne's words made Lu Gao listen to it, laughed, and his mood became more and more cheerful.

"What Mr. Zhu said is true, at the court meeting, His Majesty did allow me to send troops, not only to do so, but also to serve as a pioneer!"

Zhang Tai is a civil official in internal affairs, Zhu Ne is a civilian official in military affairs, and the two are Lu Gao's confidants, and they have never said anything early or late, and Lu Gao invited the two of them this time to make more preparations before going on the expedition.

Many of the things involved in the army are inseparable from the maneuvering and preparation of the civilian officials, Zhang Tai and Zhu Ne discussed themselves, and after listening, Zhu Ne pondered for a moment and said: "Three thousand out of 30,000 are cavalry, and with the sailors, it is of course not enough to attack Luoyang, but it is more than enough to capture the three counties of Yanzhou." ”

"Look at the emperor's intentions, the general sent troops this time, if he can attract the main force of Luoyang, it is a great achievement, if not, the hearts of the people in the three counties are in turmoil, and they can't resist the general's army at all, so it is said that the advance is meritorious, and the retreat is also meritorious, which shows that the emperor has no malice, but he has a holy family. ”

Zhang Tai also arched his hand and said: "General, what Mr. Zhu said is good, if you think about it, this is the opportunity given by the emperor to the general to integrate into the Dacheng Dynasty and make contributions, and it is indeed a holy family." ”

When Lu Gao heard this, he was silent for a long time before he spoke: "I think the same way, but in my heart, this holy family is really inexplicable, and I don't know where it came from. ”

"General, you are too worried, no matter where this holy family comes from, it is always a holy family, I heard that the title of Dacheng Dynasty is very valuable, as long as the general fights for a marquis, he will have a hereditary title and a knighthood, this kind of reward, I have not seen it for several dynasties, and the general cannot mistake himself. ”

Lu Gao smiled to himself and said, "Indeed." ”

Lu Gao asked people to set up a table of wine and food in the small flower hall, and invited the two to dine with him.

"Mr. Zhu, what do you have to say? There are no outsiders here, but it doesn't hurt to say it. As Lu Gao spoke, his eyes swept over the maid who was standing and waiting, and when several girls saw this, they didn't understand, they were very obedient, and they bowed their heads and retreated.

Zhu Ne pondered for a moment and opened his mouth: "General, there was nothing wrong just now, but I thought about it, and there is still room for negotiation in the details. ”

"Only these 30,000 people, although it is not difficult to take the three counties of Gunzhou, but now the troubled place of Gunzhou, not to mention Liu Man in Luoyang, even the Hu people in the north are also eyeing each other, I am afraid that the general will not easily occupy it. ”

"Don't forget, the Hu people have won the annexation of the state, in fact, they can already command the army to Shuofang, and the army can refer to Luoyang, which is just a Hanoi county south of the Yellow River, but I am afraid that it may not sit idly by. ”

"If the Hu people send troops to disturb each other when attacking Gunzhou, and even form an alliance with Luoyang, there will be 30,000 people, how can they be the enemy?" Zhu Ne said contemplatively.

If it is said that the sailor division is going up along the Yellow River to cut off the Hu people, but it also needs unified command, and the vanguard division is fighting this battle, but with the official position of a general, it is now a third grade, although it is not a henchman of His Majesty, but there are few generals in name to compare, and the vanguard division has sent a general to lead the troops, and who will command the army behind it? If it is Fan Shuai, who will lead the Longxiang Mansion and the general of the auxiliary state from the second grade, he can command both in name and substance, but in my opinion, the emperor will not let him fight Luoyang again. ”

Lu Gao also thought about this, and groaned in his heart, everything in the court is the most important thing.

Even if he is not His Majesty's confidant, on the surface, at least he is a third-grade general, at the highest point of the leading class, even with such an official position, he still only commands 30,000 people as a vanguard officer, so who is the commander of the army behind him?

Could it be that His Majesty failed to conquer the expedition?

Shaking this thought out of his mind, Lu Gao said: "Your Majesty is unpredictable, there must be arrangements, with Your Majesty's actions, which time has you neglected these?"

"Your Majesty's Imperial Expedition?" Zhang Tai was silent for a while, and then he spoke.

Lu Gao and Zhu Ne were both stunned, Zhu Ne thought about this possible surname, but Lu Gao was a little hesitant: "Although Your Majesty had several personal expeditions before ascending the throne, now it is different from the past, as Emperor Dacheng, how can you put yourself in danger? ”

Zhang Tai just guessed, and he didn't insist on this.

This time, they came to discuss the expedition, who will be in command later, and they can't decide, and the most important thing is that their own team can win the victory.

At the banquet, the three of them avoided this topic, added to the matters discussed, and after eating, they were already busy.

This is the case in Lu Mansion, and other generals who have been ordered to go on the expedition are also busy.

This matter was done with great speed and preparation, and the next day, the army had already set off for Gunzhou.

In front of the study of the imperial palace in Jinling, several ginkgo trees, thick and embraced, long and luxuriant, the sun is shining, and a small tripod rises with fragrance, so that the study is clear and clear.

At this time, Wang Hongyi and Zhang Youzhi were playing against each other, and the sun was shining brightly, and at this time, a guard stepped forward to tell him, and Wang Hongyi's "snap" fell on the sunspot, and the victory was finally decided.

"I won this set. ”

"Your Majesty's chess skills are becoming more and more superb, and the ministers are ashamed of themselves. Zhang Youzhi said with a smile.

Wang Hongyi shook his head and said, "Fei Zhen's chess skills are superb, and you have something in your heart today, so you can't concentrate on it." ”

Zhang Youzhi's expression remained unchanged, but what he said was a little contrary to his expression: "The minister does have something in his heart right now, but His Majesty knows what the minister is worried about, you are now the king of a country, why bother the minister?"

Wang Hongyi was not annoyed by what the other party said, but stopped his movements, took the towel handed over by the chamberlain, wiped his hands, looked up at the prime minister, and asked, "Oh, why did I embarrass you?"

"Your Majesty is now the king of a country and the son of Dacheng, but he still has to drive the expedition in person, isn't it a difficult minister?" Zhang Youzhi also put away his smile at this time, saluted and said, but he admonished.

Wang Hongyi said lightly: "It's not that you don't understand the significance of this battle, although Dacheng is established, the world has not yet been pacified, and now that I have ascended the throne, how can I be a prince of peace? ”

(To be continued)