At the beginning, I became a county magistrate with greed of 500 million. The empress asked me to be

As soon as Xu Miao's words came out, everyone's eyes were focused on Xu Miao.

Although Xu Miao was only a third-rank official, he was known as the Little Cabinet Minister both inside and outside the court, and the power he actually possessed was not inferior to that of most people present.

"According to the regulations of our Daliang Dynasty, if the court wishes to establish a new local governor, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel must jointly discuss and come up with a plan, and then report it to Your Majesty for implementation."

"Your Majesty has not followed the ancestral system of the Liang Dynasty and disregarded the court's rules for employing people. You have rashly promoted Xia Yun, who has only been in office for four years. This is not a matter of factional disputes, but a threat to the country."

"I beg you to lead the ministers to make a memorial in the name of the cabinet chief to rectify the government of our Liang Dynasty. If you are unwilling, I will also make a memorial to Your Majesty as I wish."

Xu Miao spoke one after another, his voice was sonorous and powerful, and every word he said was well-reasoned and well-founded.

Even Xu Jinsong, who was usually quite disappointed with Xu Miao, couldn't find any loopholes in Xu Miao's words for a moment.

"Hey……"

Until a long time later, facing the expectant gazes of the people in the lobby, Xu Jinsong did not answer, but a sigh came from his mouth.

At the same time, an extremely complex and deep light was flowing in Xu Jinsong's pair of dry pupils.

……

Under the thoughtful arrangement of Zhili Governor Zhao Gongming, the empress and Xia Yun and his entourage received excellent hospitality in the Governor's Mansion.

One night passed.

The next morning.

The empress and her entourage, who had fully recovered physically and mentally, left Changshan City early under the escort of Zhao Gongming.

As Zhao Gongming told Xia Yun yesterday, Zhao Gongming did not plan to go to Beijing with them.

The empress seemed to have expected this. When she learned that Zhao Gongming had stayed, there was no surprise on her face.

At the same time, out of the 600,000 troops that Xia Yun brought from Zhejiang, nearly 400,000 were left in Zhili.

This is because these 400,000 soldiers were originally under the command of Zhao Gongming.

Therefore, the total number of soldiers and horses that followed Xia Yun out of Changshan City was about 200,000.

"Xia Yun, it's at most half a day from here to the capital."

"These 200,000 troops cannot all enter the capital. You can send a general to lead 200,000 troops to the Wolf Altar Camp, and then lead thousands of soldiers into the city."

On the way to the capital, Xiao Yan said to Xia Yun.

"Zhao Xinlei."

"The end will be here."

"You will immediately lead an army of 200,000 to the Wolf Altar Camp outside the capital."

"The last general takes command!"

Xia Yun and Zhao Xinlei talked and answered each other.

Among the 200,000 troops under his command, about 130,000 were brought by him from Nanzhili and Fujian provinces.

The other 70,000-plus troops were from the Zhejiang Camp commanded by Lei Zhenning, the former governor-general of Zhejiang.

With Lei Zhenning's promotion to the position of Minister of War of the imperial court, the troops of the Zhejiang camp naturally came under the command of Xia Yun.

After Zhao Xinlei received the order, Xiao Yan sent out an escort to lead the way. At the same time, he took off his own prince's badge and handed it to Zhao Xinlei.

Zhao Xinlei then led an army of 200,000 and set off from the Langya camp.

……

Time flies, half a day has passed

It was around two o'clock in the afternoon.

Although it is already autumn, the sun in the sky seems particularly scorching at this moment.

Xia Yun, the Empress and her entourage, as well as thousands of elite cavalry under Xia Yun's command, finally arrived in the capital.

When everyone was still hundreds of meters away from the city gate, they could already see it from afar.

The city gate was wide open at the entrance, and a group of civil and military officials had already come out of the city respectfully to wait for the welcome.

There is no doubt that these civil and military officials were waiting for the empress to return victoriously.

Although almost all ministers opposed the empress's direct appointment of Xia Yun as the first Governor-General of Jiangnan.

But this time the empress led the army in person and wiped out the Japanese pirates.

However, all the civil and military officials saw it clearly.

Even looking at the hundreds of years of history of the Daliang Dynasty, there were not many emperors who could have achieved the same achievements as the empress.

"Your Majesty, I, Xu Jinsong, respectfully welcome your majesty back to the court in triumph

"Long live your Majesty, long live, long live your Majesty!"

When the dragon sedan chair carrying the empress arrived at the city gate, Xu Jinsong, the chief minister of the cabinet, stood at the front of the team and was the first to speak words of great respect.

Immediately afterwards, all the civil and military officials knelt down in front of the dragon chariot.

"Your Majesty is welcomed back to the court in triumph. Long live His Majesty, long live His Majesty, long live His Majesty!"

There was a uniform welcome at the scene.

Then, the empress slowly walked down from the dragon sedan chair.

"Everyone loves you."

The empress flicked her sleeves lightly and spoke.

At this moment, she was no longer the Xiao Ling'er that Xia Yun knew, she had turned back into the empress of Daliang who dominated the world!

"I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness!"

Xu Jinsong and others spoke again in unison and then stood up from the ground.

"During the time when I was on the expedition, Elder Xu has been working hard to supervise the government on my behalf."

The empress then cast an affirmative look towards Xu Jinsong.

The reason why she dared to sneak out of the capital before was because Xu Jinsong was in charge of the court.

In addition, Xu Jinsong was loyal, so she had no worries.

"I have only made a small contribution, so I dare not say that I have worked hard."

"Your Majesty personally led the army this time and wiped out hundreds of thousands of Japanese pirates. This is truly a blessing for our Daliang Dynasty and our ancestors!"

Xu Jinsong remained calm and spoke calmly about the empress's achievements in front of everyone.

This made the empress very satisfied.

But then, the empress waved behind her.

Xia Yun and Lei Zhenning then walked up to the empress.

"I guess this must be the famous Lord Xia Yunxia in Jiangnan."

Without waiting for the empress to explain, Xu Jinsong's eyes were first fixed on Xia Yun.

At the same time, Xu Jinsong's face showed a very kind smile.

"Meet Mr. Xu."

Xia Yun nodded immediately.

Before arriving in the capital, he had already obtained a portrait of Xu Jinsong.

Therefore, he recognized at a glance that the white-haired, wrinkled-faced old man in front of him was the Prime Minister of the current Daliang Dynasty!

This is the first meeting between the two!

"It's better to meet in person than to hear about him for a long time. Lord Xia Yun is indeed young and promising. No wonder Your Majesty thinks so highly of Bazhuo. It's true that young people are to be feared."

Xu Jinsong praised repeatedly.

"Mr. Xu, thank you for your compliment."

Xia Yun smiled and clasped his hands together. Beneath the seemingly harmonious surface between the two of them, undercurrents had already been surging.

Both of them were watching each other's every move carefully.

Just as the atmosphere was gradually revealing a hint of seriousness.

Suddenly, Lei Zhenning spoke.

"Teacher, long time no see...I hope you are well."

There was a complicated look in Lei Zhenning's eyes when he looked at Xu Jinsong.