my wife is mulan

Hua Mulan was invited to a side hall. She found that there were several people in the side hall. These people were all generals and schools who participated in the Eastern Expedition. Moreover, these people were still at home and had no new duties. Mulan feels weird.

Among these people, Wei Juan had the highest official position and title. When he saw Hua Mulan coming in, he stood up and clasped his fists: "General Hua is here, please take a seat!"

Several other generals also stood up and greeted each other with fists cupped. Hua Mulan returned the salute one by one with a smile.

At this time, servants and maidservants began to bring food and wine, which was very rich.

Not long after, Yuan He hurried in and clasped his fists to everyone: "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, everyone, there are too many guests, and I didn't finish my work until now, come here, Yuanmou respects everyone! "

He went to the main seat and poured a cup of wine, then signaled to everyone, and then drank it all in one gulp. Most of these generals were bold people, and they all drank it in one gulp.

Yuan He sat down again and greeted everyone: "Eat the vegetables, eat the vegetables, please forgive me for the poor greetings!"

"Brother Yuan, you are being polite!" All the generals shouted one after another.

When a cat pissed on its stomach, people started to talk more.

"Hey, we've been back for more than half a month, and we're still unemployed at home, and the court doesn't talk about rebuilding the Zongzi Army. It's not a big deal if we stay idle like this!" Yuan Zongzi Army Deputy General Wu Liansang looked bitter. explain.

He Ruoqing, the former Sima of Wangshijun, also sighed and said, "Who said it wasn't? By the way, General Wei, don't your guards have plans to rebuild?"

"Why not? I have written to the imperial court to request the rebuilding of the guard army, but the imperial court has not approved it for a long time. If the imperial court does not approve, allocate money, food, weapons, armor, bows, crossbows, etc., how will the guard army be rebuilt?" Said while shaking his head with a frown.

Yuan He said to Hua Mulan at this time: "General Hua, all of us have written to the imperial court to request the restoration of the organizational system, but the imperial court has not approved it. How can your right wing army be able to recruit troops as soon as they return to Pingcheng? The imperial court provides both money and food. Materials, recruiting is full in just a few days, do you have any connections?"

Hua Mulan shook her head: "Where do I have any connections? When I led the army back to Pingcheng, I wrote to the court to ask for money and food to replenish the soldiers. I didn't expect to get the approval the next day. I don't know how it happened so quickly!"

Yuan He, Wei Juan and the other generals all looked at each other after hearing this, what is going on?Isn't it because of Zong Ai's special care?

Seeing this, Hua Mulan comforted everyone and said: "Everyone, I don't think you need to worry. Maybe the court has considerations from the court, just like my army on the right side. Coupled with the support of money, food, ordnance and supplies, an army can be formed soon! But your armies are different. Your organizational system has been wiped out. Rebuilding requires not only the support of money and ordnance and supplies, but also the support of A large number of generals, military officers, civilian officials, clerks, etc. have rebuilt the framework, but it is not an easy task to get these people together, and there are no ready-made ones that can be directly appointed, and they need to be transferred from other armies. But the imperial court has its own rules for employing people, and it is impossible to appoint someone to a new official position casually, it still needs to be inspected, right? It will take time to do this!"

Yuan He, Wei Juan and others admitted that Hua Mulan had some truths, but they all felt that things were not that simple.

Seeing that the crowd was silent, Hua Mulan said, "Everyone, the Empress Dowager Dou is now in charge. Since you have not responded to the letter, why don't you ask to see the Empress Dowager?"

Chapter 556

Hua Mulan just said a few comforting words casually, but she didn't expect that the speaker had no intention of listening, and after the banquet was over, Yuan He ordered the servant to go to the palace overnight with the treasures from the mansion to see the Empress Dowager Bao. ---- Fast update, no anti-theft ---

That night, except for the family, no one knew that Yuan He went to the palace to meet the Queen Mother, nor did they know what Yuan He said after meeting the Queen Mother.After going to court the next day, in the main hall, Yuan He was appointed as the Minister of the Palace. Ever since the former Minister of the Palace, Baba Kehou and General Yanpu of the Neidu Building were killed, these two positions have been vacant. filled this gap.

The ministers understood that Yuan He must have hugged Empress Dowager Dou's thigh tightly, or Zong Ai was speaking for him.

As for Weijuan and others, the generals who fled from the Liaodong battlefield are still at home, and the army system they commanded before has not been restored, and they still only have the name of empty.

Zhu Xiuzhi, who killed Tuobajian and the ministers accompanying the army in Longcheng, led hundreds of people to hide in Liaodong for more than a month before appearing to contact the Yan State. The generals didn't pay much attention to it. It wasn't until the Southern Dynasty sent an envoy to announce the decree that the monarch and ministers of Yan knew that Zhu Xiuzhi had a high status in the Southern Dynasty, so they treated Zhu Xiuzhi and his generals with high standards.

In the blink of an eye, in the spring of [-] A.D., Zhu Xiuzhi and his generals returned to Jiankang in the south of the Yangtze River on board the Southern Dynasties Navy Warlord.

Zhu Xiuzhi was appointed as the Minister of the Yellow Gate by Liu Yilong, the emperor of the Southern Dynasty. He stated to Liu Yilong the current state of chaos in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Liu Yilong felt that this was an opportunity to invade the North, so he decided to appoint Yanzhi as the commander of the Northern Expedition Army to lead [-] troops to attack Wei .

But when Yanzhi's eye disease broke out and his body was sick, he refused to accept it.

Song Emperor Liu Yilong then appointed Tan Daoji as the commander-in-chief to launch the Northern Expedition, and the North-South War started again for a while.

The situation was extremely unfavorable for the Northern Wei Dynasty. The Northern Wei Dynasty had just passed away the emperor. The new emperor had only been enthroned for a few months and was less than five years old.

The Empress Dowager Bao is a woman, although she is also a hero among women, but she is not the kind of decisive and courageous person. Facing this crisis, she doesn't know what to do, so Zong Ai suggested to reactivate Wei Juan and other generals.

In order to maintain the rule, Zong Ai and the Empress Dowager Bao, after discussing with the empress dowager, appointed the lieutenants to hold a fake Jieyue, serving as servants, governors of the two states of Yuluo and Hanoi, general Annan, Kaifu Jianya, and guarding Hulao. But it is equivalent to the emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty in the south of the Yellow River.

Some other generals who were idle at home also received appointments one after another, some were transferred to serve under the command of the Wei family members, and some were transferred to serve elsewhere.

In order to cooperate with the Northern Expedition of the Southern Dynasty, the Yan State also announced that it would send troops to the West to crusade against the Northern Wei Dynasty. ---- Fast update, no anti-theft ---

After the court of the Northern Wei Dynasty got the news, the Empress Dowager Bao panicked again, not knowing what to do. At the critical moment, Zong Ai resisted all opinions and appointed Zhao Junsheng as a fake Jieyue, a servant, the governor of the Youliao military forces, and the general who conquered the East. , Kaifu, Youzhou Inspector, and a little of Liaodong.

When Zhao Junsheng and Wei Juan dispatched troops to deal with the Southern Dynasty and Yan Kingdom in Youzhou and Luoyang respectively, Rouran and Beiliang in the west invaded the frontier respectively.

At this critical moment, Zong Ai made another attack one after another, dispatching Zhennan General Xijuan to attack Guzang, defeating the army that had just succeeded Juqu Mujian of Beiliang in one fell swoop, and stabilized the situation in the northwest; Zong Ai then appointed General Zhengbei to come to Daqian In order to supervise the military forces in the north, he guarded against Rouran's raids.

After Lai Daqian took office, he set up the government office in Huaishuo Town, strengthened the guard and patrol of the border post, and set up half a beacon tower in the direction of the Outer Great Wall to give an early warning. Once Rouran cavalry appeared, he immediately gave an early warning. It was discovered in time that not only did the looting not succeed, but the soldiers were lost, so they did not

Dare to send troops easily again.

Through this series of means, Zong Ai established his own prestige in the ruling and opposition parties, and won the right to speak, but it was suspected of overpowering the master. The crisis in the Northern Wei Dynasty was temporarily lifted, and internal strife began again. Slandering in secret, talking about Zong Ai wantonly meddling in military affairs, appointing the generals of the border town and the generals of one party are all decided with one word, and the Queen Mother is completely ignored.

Among those who spoke up were Qiuni Daosheng, Shilang Ren Pingcheng, Shangshu Zuopu Shelanyan, Shizhong Hedi, Xue Ti and others.

Empress Dowager Dou was afraid after listening to these people's advice, worried that Zong'ai would be difficult to control in the future, so when Zong'ai recommended an official to her again, she no longer agreed easily. Also began to gradually suppress.

Since then, the two hard-core allies have parted ways and hated each other, and the situation in Pingcheng became very tense for a while.

On the sixth day of February, at dusk, the mansion of Lord Shanggu.

Wan Dugui was dancing his sword in the backyard, and when he saw Wan Yutong and two maids preparing to go out, he stopped and asked, "Daughter, it's getting late, and dinner is about to come, where are you going?"

"Father, Mulan ordered two sets of clothes from me a few days ago. Now that they are ready, I will send them to her to see if they fit!"

"So are you coming back for dinner?"

"Father, you don't have to wait for me. You can eat by yourself first. I don't know when I will be back!"

"That's fine, come back early! Wanquan, send some people to escort the young lady there!"

"Yes, sir!"

Not long after Wan Yutong left, Wan Dugui finished his sword dance. After dinner, he was going to inspect the camp at the left guard camp. Hussar General Tuoba Shoule sent someone to invite the general to a banquet, saying that he had to discuss with the general about military matters!"

Tuoba Shoule was formerly General Yubayashi, he was the niece and son-in-law of the Empress Dowager Bao, and he made great achievements in supporting the Empress Dowager Bao and helping the prince Ren ascend the throne as emperor, so he was named the General of Hussars.

"We don't talk about military affairs in the daytime, really! Let's go, go to the Hushi General's Mansion!" Wan Dugui said as he walked and walked out of the mansion.

Not long after, Wan Dugui rode to the outside of General Hushi's mansion, and said to Wan Quan: "Send two people to follow me in, and you take the others to stay outside."

"Yes, General!"

Wan Dugui brought two personal soldiers into the Hushi General's mansion, Tuoba Shoule was sitting in the lobby, he walked into the lobby and cupped his fists at Tuoba Shou: "The last general pays his respects to the general, I don't know if the general called the end What military affairs do you want to talk about when you come here?"

Tuoba Shoule got up and asked with a serious face: "Wan Du Gui, are you guilty?"

Wan Dugui was taken aback for a moment, he soon realized something was wrong, remembering that Tuoba Shoule is Dou's niece and son-in-law, is it possible that the queen mother wants to attack him?His face changed: "I don't know what the general said? What crime did the last general commit?"

"Someone accuses you of plotting rebellion, and this general arrests you for trial under the order of the Queen Mother! Come, let me arrest you!"

As soon as the words fell, several soldiers rushed forward.

Wan Dugui realized that he had become a victim in the power struggle between the Empress Dowager and Zong Ai, and he was unwilling to let him go. He immediately drew his sword and killed the two soldiers in front, and retreated out of the hall while waving his sword to block.