"Don't worry about it", this sentence was like a hammer, smashing into Zhang Yansheng's heart, even if he was prepared for this situation.

Immediately, Zhang Yansheng lowered his body in the Zichen Hall and began to cry.

The emperor raised his eyebrows, knowing that this person was particularly fond of Zhan, so he continued to ask him: "I asked Zhang Gong, if Xifan and Dangxiang are connected to Kou, the capital is in danger; Huaixi and Ziqing Fangzhen are eyeing the tiger and threatening Caoyun; Huainan, Zhejiang, East and West and other provinces robbed the river and thieves were rampant, rebels rose one after another, the state was poor, and the soldiers were short of food and clothing. With such a tricky situation, what is Zhang Gong's good strategy? ”

For these questions, Zhang Yansheng is speechless, stiff as a wooden chicken, although he has the right to know the Zhongshu Shilang, which is equivalent to the country's ruler, but these problems are rarely involved in weekdays, in the past, in Huainan, Jingnan, Xichuan successively served as the Jiedu envoy, his main achievement is to work hard to govern the management, and timely tribute to the imperial court, at this level of ability he is qualified; But if it is said that to pacify the unruly Fang Town, reduce the anti-rebellion forces, manage the border areas of the imperial court, and coordinate the country's financial plans, this level of ability has obviously exceeded his limit.

According to the original plan, after overthrowing Li Mi, Gao Yue, Wei Gao, etc., his business strategy was to assign specific work to his henchmen.

But since the Holy Lord asked, he couldn't help but answer, so he muttered a few words: "There is a wealth of Zhejiang and things......

But the emperor interrupted him mercilessly, saying: "There are 500,000 households in Xuanhui Pond, more than 1 million households in Zhejiang and East and West, and the wealth accounts for more than half of the world's share, but the military government, the patrol court, the transfer hospital, the Changgang, etc., the officials used are not less than tens of thousands, after the death of the Duke of Han Jin, the people's hearts are scattered and fall apart, how should these tens of thousands of people be used, and how should they be collected?" ”

Zhang Yansheng's tongue suddenly knotted.

The emperor asked him again: "Lingnan Festival made Du You have a song to fly to, saying that in the past, every fixed month, Fanbo would go to Guangzhou to trade, from which the profit was very rich, but in the past two years, Fanbo seven or eight out of ten, but they all went to Annan to moor, the transaction profits, and was robbed by Nanzhao merchants, how to solve it?" ”

On weekdays, Zhang Yansheng thought carefully and could come up with a suitable answer, but at this time, he was in a hot mood and in a cold sweat, and he couldn't deal with it at all.

The emperor asked him again: "Xiji robbed the alliance, the large-scale invasion of Xifan is imminent, the cost of expenditure is not sufficient, and the transportation in Jiannan, Jingxi, Shuofang and other places is inconvenient, and it is very difficult for soldiers and horses to reinforce each other, what is the good strategy of Zhang Gong?" ”

At this time, Zhang Yansheng squeezed out: "Please reduce the number of officials in the world by one-third, and fill and reduce the saved officials and subordinates to see the border army." ”

The Emperor sneered, "One-third? Zhang Gong breathed a big sigh, such a cut, I am afraid that officials everywhere will go to be thieves. ”

"The minister is guilty!" Zhang Yansheng completely collapsed, so he could only lie down again and wait for processing.

Because he felt that the emperor's eyes looking at him had explained everything, that is, "can he be worthy of the position",

The incense burner in the hall was smoking, and the emperor hummed for a long time, and his tone became gentle, and he was also admonishing Zhang Yanxian: "Recently, Zhang Gong should know about the matter of the Beijing Division, Zhang Gong should know that Wu Yuanheng, the former head of the Eastern Capital, beat the wooden drum in the south of the city, gathered more than 1,000 people, and cried in front of the tomb of Zhu Taiwei. Alas, if I continue to use Zhang Gong as my minister, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the world! I will settle Zhang Gong, the eastern capital of Luoyang is still missing, the position is idle, in addition to the official salary, there are also 10,000 'hall seals' every year. Isn't it beautiful for Zhang Gong and his family to enjoy the excellent landscape? As for this country, I really don't worry about Zhang Gong's responsibility, Zhang Gong's son Hongjing has also passed the ministry election, and he has the beautiful job of Dali Temple Judge, and he can be a foreigner in a few years, please Zhang Gong don't worry. ”

What the emperor means by this is that your children and grandchildren will not have to worry about prosperity and wealth in the future, and I will also treat your people preferentially, so get acquainted with each other and hand over the position of ruler! Don't tear your face between the monarch and the minister, then the gain outweighs the loss.

At this time, Zhang Yanxian's lips trembled, his heart was like ashes, he could only cry, took out the elephant wat and put it under his hand, bowed respectfully to the emperor, and then held his sleeves and slowly retreated to the palace gate.

Just about to turn around, he heard the emperor call out, "Gong Zhang." ”

Zhang Yan was pleasantly surprised, and at this moment, he felt that he still had a play, so he hurriedly turned around.

Unexpectedly, the emperor said: "Duke Zhang is old, I am in the prime of life, and the prince is still young - don't be afraid of disaster, but rest assured." ”

Zhang Yansheng's old blood almost didn't spurt out.

Li Shi's words are very vicious and very suppressive: You are separated from the relationship between my father and son, don't say that I can kill you at any time, if the prince succeeds to the throne in the future, if you are still alive, there will definitely be no good end, so since you are old, then please die quickly, don't think about any moths, save yourself from living a long life, but you will eventually be ruined and ruined, affecting the family.

After leaving the Zichen Palace, Zhang Yanxian was dizzy, and slowly walked back to the political hall under the Zhongshu Gate against the still hot and sparkling sun in autumn.

At dusk, the bell rang at the Hanlin Academy in Youyintaimen, and then Zheng Qi's face was miserable, because he had a copy of the emperor's request for his answer.

This is exactly the recital of his father-in-law Zhang Yan's reward for "begging bones".

"The Holy Lord is done." In front of the door, the lieutenant who delivered the letter quietly reminded Zheng Qi to say.

"Minister, minister, you should answer with all your heart and live up to the favor of the Holy Lord." The moment he took over the song, Zheng Qi's throat rolled and he said in pain......

Within three days, Li Mi and Jia Tan were both announced by Bai Ma and quickly entered Beijing to perform their duties.

The emperor couldn't wait to open the pot in the Xiaoyan Ying Palace, and summoned several prime ministers such as Li Mi, Jia Tan, Lu Zhen, and Liu Congyi.

"The thieves are besieging Huating in a big way." The emperor got straight to the point, "I learned that Huating City is small, and the defenders are 2,000 archers under Fang Xianhe, the general of the Fengxiang Army, plus more than 1,000 people from the surrounding camps. But Huating can not be lost, if the passage between Longzhou, Fengxiang and Jingyuan is lost, it will be cut off, what is the good plan of the Qing, play quickly. ”

"Where is Gao Yue now?" Li Mi was the first to ask.

"A few days ago, he was out of Beijing, I asked him not to return to Xingyuan Mansion for the time being, and rushed to Fengxiang Mansion, and at the same time issued a seal to let the Xingyuan Supervisor make Ximen Cang, and the soldiers and horses of the capital Gao Gu pull out the Dingwu Army, go north to Fengxiang, and then be unified by Gao Yue to rescue Huating."

"This is very good, but then the Dingwu army will build a city in Fengzhou, and go out of Chencang Road to Fengxiang, day and night, it will take seven or eight days. The minister is afraid that Huating will not be guarded at that time, so please Your Majesty quickly send a noble person to rush to Fengxiang Mansion to be the military envoy of Yining Military Supervision to assist Gao Yue in unifying the order and first aid Huating. Li Mi suggested.

"How is Huo Zhongtang?"

Li Mi vetoed: "Although Huo Zhongtang is in charge of His Majesty's inner treasury, it is seen by outsiders as a slave. It must be a nobleman in the Daming Palace who has a wrist and is pure and capable. ”

"Then send Ju Wenzhen to go." The emperor was quick to make a decision.