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"Gao Xu!"

"The last general is here!" Gao Xu stood up and clasped his fists in agreement. This was the first time he had publicly appeared in front of the generals at all levels of the Youzhou Army.

Zhao Junsheng said: "I appoint you as the commander of the garrison army. For the time being, you will take the 2 cavalry to train the more than [-] garrison troops. Especially in terms of military discipline, you must be strict and strict, and you must not relax!"

Gao Xu clasped his fists and agreed: "Obey!"

Zhao Junsheng looked at one of the few civil servants present among the generals and schools: "Huang Shiyan!"

"The subordinate is here!" An official in his thirties stood up and agreed. He was the county magistrate of Lu County in Yuyang before, and he is very proficient in the management of farmland affairs. The cultivated area of ​​Lu County is only in the middle of the entire Youzhou. level, but the county magistrate Huang relied on his own talents to make Lu County's grain production rank first in Youzhou.

Zhao Junsheng admired Huang Shiyan very much. The key point is that Huang Shiyan was born in a poor family. He understood his new policies thoroughly and implemented them well. So Zhao Junsheng transferred him to the governor's office as a civil servant for three months to join the army. He is in charge of the state's cultivation and storage affairs, and he has done a good job since he took office.

Zhao Junsheng said to him: "This general will recommend you to the imperial court as Yuyang County Prime Minister, and appoint you as Yuyang County Prime Minister and Youzhou Tuntian Ambassador to take charge of the garrison affairs of the 2-strong Tuntian Army. Xu Guan drills, the two of you have separate duties and responsibilities, the garrison army will do farm work when there is farm work, and conduct military drills when there is no farm work!"

Huang Shiyan cupped his hands and promised: "Thank you, General, for your support, and I will do my best to fulfill my duties, and I will live up to the general's support!"

Zhao Junsheng said to Dongfang Chen again: "Dongfang Changshi, how are the [-] households brought back by our army from Yan Kingdom?"

Dongfang Chen stood up and clasped his hands and said: "All of them have been settled properly. The foundation of the house, the farmland and the first month's food have been distributed to each household. Various farm tools and livestock will also be distributed to them one after another. At present, they are following the instructions of the governor. Build houses in the style and size prescribed by the government!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded and said: "Very well, the weather has turned cold, and the food relief for them has to be distributed regularly every month! After they build their houses, the land is already frozen, and even if they want to dig the soil and plant seeds, they will miss the season. At that time, the men among them can be hired in the name of the government to repair the city walls, passes and roads that have been in disrepair for a long time!"

"Especially the roads, some roads need to be widened, the roadbeds need to be tamped and reinforced, and if conditions permit, they must be paved with gravel, and warm clothes and cloth are used as wages for hiring them!"

Dongfang Chen stroked his beard and said, "This is a good way for the envoy, not only did they not let them spend the winter idle, but also let them earn clothes for themselves and their families to keep out the cold in the winter!"

At this moment, Cao Jiao stood up and clasped his fists to Zhao Junsheng and said, "General, my subordinates think that we need to build a pass at Jieshi Mountain on the Binhai Road. The terrain of that place is dangerous. If we build a pass, it must be impenetrable!"

Zhao Junsheng thought about it and said

: "The general will think about this matter. After a few days, the general will inspect the siege of the dredging and reinforcement of the embankment in each river section, and then go to the border pass inspection. Then go to Jieshi to check on the spot before making a decision!"

In the next few days, Zhao Junsheng inspected the river clearing and embankment reinforcement and attacked the city in various river sections. After the inspection, he was preparing to go to the border areas to inspect the passes. Suddenly, he received a report from the governor's office that the relevant yamen of the imperial court had sent official documents. He asked the governor of Youzhou to send someone to escort Kou Qianzhi to Beijing for trial.

Zhao Junsheng knew that there might be twists and turns in this matter. Kou Qianzhi's management in Pingcheng and the court these years is extraordinary. It is normal for someone in the court to protect him, but he doesn't know who is contributing. The weight of this governor of Youzhou is extraordinary. With General Zhendong and Duke Fan Yang as the governor of Youzhou, his words still have a lot of weight. How can ordinary court ministers dare to offend him so easily?

Besides, with Zong Ai's support in the imperial court, Zong Ai would definitely not fight with him. The identity of this forceful person is worthy of scrutiny.

When Zhao Junsheng was thinking about this matter, Zong Ai sent someone to send him a letter. He opened the letter and read it, only then did he realize that the person who wanted to save Kou Qianzhi turned out to be the Queen Mother Bao, and now the imperial court is the Queen Mother Bao The Dou family was in charge of the family, so it was no wonder that the relevant yamen of the imperial court would send people requesting that the Governor of Youzhou send people to escort Kou Qianzhi to Beijing for trial.

It turned out that the Empress Dowager Bao turned out to be a loyal fan of Kou Qianzhi. Dou heard that her idol committed a crime in Youzhou and was about to be sentenced to death. As the ruler of Wei, she exercised a small privilege to save her idol It doesn't seem like a big deal.

Zhao Junsheng put away the letter and said to the reporter: "Okay, let the postmaster send someone to escort Kou Qianzhi to the capital and hand it over to the relevant yamen!"

"Yes!"

Zhao Junsheng then sent someone to find Guo Yi and told him: "We were too slow to get news about what happened in the capital, so we sent people to the capital to set up a news collection point, and sent the news by letter eagle at a fixed location. Get the news as soon as possible!"

"Yes, General, this subordinate will go back and pick the right manpower to go to the capital!"

Chapter 555

When Zhao Junsheng was inspecting the frontier defense in the border area, and mobilized the local army and civilians to build the pass at Jieshi Mountain to survey the terrain, Hua Mulan had already returned to Pingcheng with the right wing army for more than ten days. ----Update fast, no anti-theft--

Her right-wing army suffered heavy losses in the East War and was almost destroyed. Fortunately, the establishment still exists. Based on the remaining 2000 people, with the support of Zong Ai, it took only seven days to recruit enough The full-staffed recruits, weapons, armor and food were quickly received, and then intense drills began.

Compared with Hua Mulan, Weijuan, Yuanhe and several other generals who fled back to Pingcheng in embarrassment did not have such good luck as her. Until half a month after returning to Pingcheng, they were still a bare commander.

Yuan He's right guard and Wei's guard originally had more than 1 soldiers and horses, and at least half of them were still there when they evacuated Longcheng, but almost the entire army was wiped out during the retreat. Only under the desperate protection of the soldiers can he escape back.

After the first few days of intense training, Hua Mulan had a rare day off, took a walk around the street with her own soldiers, bought a few boxes of rouge powder and came to Wan Yutong's tailor shop to see her.

Wan Yutong was very happy that Hua Mulan came to see her, and invited her to the backyard for tea.

"Miss Wan, the business of your shop should be better than before, right?" Hua Mulan asked casually while sipping tea.

Wan Yutong said, "It's been pretty much the same all the time. Wait, why did I hear that there is something in Mulan's words!"

"No, I asked casually!"

"No, although you asked the question casually, but you asked it subconsciously. Do you think that my father has been promoted and entered the rank, and there will be more people fawning on him, and the business here should be even better with me? ?” Wan Yutong.

Hua Mulan quickly waved her hands: "No, no, I definitely didn't mean that! But even this is normal, the world is full of people who follow power!"

Wan Yutong said: "You also know that my tailor shop is only for rich people. Most people can't afford the clothes I make, which keeps most people out, so I don't have any clothes in Pingcheng. There are only so many people who make custom clothes, and other people can't do it even if they want to curry favor with my father through me!"

After finishing speaking, Wan Yutong shook his head and said, "Don't look at my father's high official position and military power, but I'm actually very worried about him!"

"Why?" Hua Mulan couldn't help but wonder. ----Update fast, no anti-theft--

Wan Yutong knew that Hua Mulan was not an outsider, and she was not a person who likes to gossip, so she said, "You should know how my father got promoted. Now he is a member of the Zongai party. I actually don't know Zongai. Keep an eye on him, this person is too vicious, he doesn't leave room for anything, and his structure is too small and narrow-minded, I'm afraid he won't last long if he gains power, if you say that if he falls, wouldn't my father be able to stay out of it?"

Hua Mulan said: "Zong Ai is indeed narrow-minded, and I know all this. You said that he acted viciously and left no room for mercy. Why do you have such an evaluation of him?"

Wan Yutong was quite surprised: "You don't know?"

Hua Mulan looked at a blank face: "Know what? What happened? I have been staying in the barracks for more than ten days to practice soldiers, and I have never been out. I really don't know what happened in the court and the public!"

"It's no wonder!" Wan Yutong sighed, "You should know that although His Majesty the four-year-old Emperor is young, he has six brothers, but three of them died one after another in these days, and one of them was killed by the emperor. Zong Ai executed them on the grounds that they offended the emperor with their words. What do you think a three-year-old child knows? He doesn’t know what is taboo! The other two died inexplicably, and one fell into the imperial garden drowned in his pond; another died of poisoning while eating, and now the ruling and opposition parties are discussing this matter, and many people believe that the two little

Zong Ai also sent someone to kill the child secretly, because no one else had this motive except him, and the emperor was only four years old, so it couldn't be the emperor's order, right? "

After hearing Wan Yutong's words, Hua Mulan couldn't help gasping, she didn't expect such a big thing to happen in the palace after only ten days without leaving the barracks.

If the drowned little prince and the poisoned little prince were both secretly instigated by Zong Ai's subordinates, Zong Ai is indeed a bit too vicious, but after all, this is just a rumor among the people, and no one knows whether it is the truth or not. sure.

Hua Mulan knows that Zhao Junsheng has a deep connection with Zong Ai. If Zong Ai plans to coerce the emperor to command the princes to control the court and order the world, he is afraid that he will be attacked by the nobles of Xianbei. People, but he is a Han after all, and the emperor is too young, if the Xianbei military nobles get rid of him in the name of the Qing emperor, can he resist it?

After Hua Mulan said goodbye to Wan Yutong, she returned to the military camp with worries, but she quickly adjusted her mood. After all, the connection between Zhao Junsheng and Zong Ai was secretly, and she would not have known about it if not for her relationship with Zhao Junsheng; Besides, it is the Empress Dowager Bao who has the highest say in the court, and Zong Ai is now at best a vicious dog.

"General, Yuanhe sent someone to invite the general to the banquet tonight!" The female soldier Fan Da Niu came up to Hua Mulan and reported to Hua Mulan. She is a strong but flexible woman with great strength and can eat. It's the fierce kind among women.

"Oh?" Hua Mulan took the invitation from Fan Daniu and opened it, and it turned out that today is Yuan He's second son's first birthday.

"Big girl, the second son of the Yuanhe family is one year old today, you go prepare some congratulatory gifts, we can't go empty-handed when we go to drink!"

Fan Daniu agreed: "Okay, General!"

Hua Mulan washed up, didn't eat dinner, and rode to Yuanhe's mansion with a few soldiers.

"General Hua is here, Yuan is here to welcome you!" Yuan He stood at the gate and said to Hua Mulan with a smile and cupped fists.

"They are all officials in the same dynasty, and they are comrades who have fought together. General Yuan is too polite!" Hua Mulan cupped her fists in return, and said to the gift in Fan Da Niu's hand next to her, "Little congratulatory ceremony is not a respect!"

"Please come in!"

There were quite a few guests, many of whom were court ministers and military generals. After all, Yuan He is not an unknown person. Although his current situation is not good, a thin camel is bigger than a horse. , but I don't want to offend him. Now that the imperial court is employing people, it is uncertain when Yuan He will be reused.