Dugu turned his head to look at Daizong, only to see Pei Mian walking in front of Daizong under the leadership of a eunuch and saluting, she gritted her teeth and said, "You go and bring tea to Your Majesty and listen to what they say!" Attention, don't be too deliberate, and don't be noticed by Pei Mian and His Majesty that you are listening, be smart! ”

Xiaolian immediately agreed: "Yes, Niangniang!" ”

At this time, Pei Mian came to Daizong under the leadership of the eunuch, bowed down and saluted: "The old minister greets Your Majesty!" Your Majesty Jin'an! ”

Dai Zong raised his hand: "Let's die!" Come on, sit down! ”

"Your Majesty, thank you for your compassion!" Pei Mian got up and sat on the stool brought by the eunuch. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Xiaolian brought tea in a timely manner, and her movements were very slow. She was the personal maid of the Dugu clan, and Daizong did not guard against her, and asked Pei Mian: "Pei Qing, what are you doing today?" ”

Pei Mian said: "Your Majesty, I don't know if Your Majesty knows what is happening outside?" ”

Dai Zong was surprised: "What's the matter?" ”

Pei Mian was stunned for a moment, and then said: "All the armies of the imperial court have now completed their training, and their establishment has been formed, but some of the main generals of the various armies have not yet been appointed, and Zhao Ziliang is appointing generals and colonels at all levels these days!" ”

Daizong was puzzled: "So what?" This is normal! ”

Pei Mian was anxious: "Your Majesty, is this normal?" If it is the appointment of ordinary officials of the imperial court, it is fine, but in the appointment of the general in the army, why does Zhao Ziliang have to report to His Majesty, and His Majesty will decide, right? If everything in the court is handled by him, who is the emperor in the end? In this way, isn't Your Majesty only the name of the emperor and not the actual emperor? His Majesty did entrust him with all the military and political affairs, Zhao Ziliang, but not everything is up to him, right? If Zhao Ziliang continues like this, I am afraid that it will not be long before the officials and generals of the DPRK and China will only have him, Zhao Ziliang, the regent, in their eyes, and there will be no His Majesty! When the time comes, won't Your Majesty speak without an edict? ”

Dai Zong said: "The day before yesterday, the regent came to the palace to report this matter to me, I thought it was no problem, so I let him watch it himself, what should I do, is there a problem?" ”

Pei Mian slapped his thigh, "Oh, my majesty, this is the problem!" Zhao Ziliang just routinely reported to you, not asked you to make a decision, that is to say, he let you know about this matter, but Your Majesty, you don't know the specific details of this matter, and the appointment of the general in the army is not decided by you, but by him. You just know that there is such a thing, so in this way, the promotion, honor and disgrace of those generals in the army are all in the hands of Zhao Ziliang, not in your hands, of course, the generals in the army only listen to him, not you! ”

When the original emperor appointed Zhao Ziliang as the regent, he did not clarify the scope of Zhao Ziliang's responsibilities and powers, and only wanted to throw all the troubles in the court to Zhao Ziliang, and he hid in the inner palace to enjoy the blessings. More than half a year has passed, and he has indeed spent most of his life in the inner palace for more than half a year, but after a long time, no court ministers have come to report to him and ask him to adjudicate because of political affairs, and he has begun to feel empty in his heart, and there is always something wrong with his body, which is the feeling of losing power.

Dai Zong listened to Pei Mian's words and seemed to feel the seriousness of this matter, he couldn't help but stand up, walking back and forth around, thinking about it, his heart was irritable, he turned to Pei Mian and said: "Okay, I know, you go back first, I will announce you if I have something!" ”

"Your Majesty・・・・・・ yes, the old minister is retiring!" Pei Mian had been by Daizong's side for a long time, and he knew that he couldn't eat hot tofu if he was in a hurry, so he got up and left.

Daizong thought for a long time in the pavilion, he regretted appointing Zhao Ziliang as the regent and letting him have full authority to deal with the military and political affairs of the DPRK and China, his original intention was just to let Zhao Ziliang deal with the troubles inside and outside the court, but not to let Zhao Ziliang empty his rights, and now Zhao Ziliang is emptying his rights, which makes him begin to feel that danger is approaching, if it weren't for Pei Mian coming to remind him several times, he has been kept in the dark.

After Xiaolian left, she came directly to Dugu's dormitory and told Dugu what she heard as it was, and Dugu said after hearing it: "It seems that this Pei Mian wants to use His Majesty to deal with the regent!" If this matter is not done well, His Majesty will be at odds with the Regent! ”

Xiaolian said: "Yes, Niangniang! Even the slave maid, a little girl who stays in the palace as a whole and doesn't understand the world, knows that now the Tang Dynasty can't do without the regent, otherwise the generals of the feudal towns who cut off the alleged king in various places still don't regard the court and the emperor like a mustard? How many factions will the DPRK and the Central Committee be divided into? Look at the situation since the regent presided over the court, the situation has stabilized, and the slave maid doesn't even dare to imagine what the world will become if the regent no longer cares about the affairs of the court! Pei Mian and these old ministers know that they are alarmist in front of His Majesty all day long, and if His Majesty does not do what they think, they will use all kinds of reasons to intimidate His Majesty! ”

After careful consideration, the Dugu clan said to Xiaolian: "Lian'er, you immediately take the gold medal of the palace and go out of the palace to the regent palace and tell the regent about this matter!" Remember to be careful not to be watched, and come back as soon as you're done to tell the palace about the meeting with the regent! ”

"Yes, sis!" Xiaolian agreed, and said: "But Niangniang, if the regent asks the slave maid, why did Niangniang send the slave maid to tell him the news, how should the slave and maid answer?" ”

The divine light in Dugu's beautiful eyes flowed, and he quickly said: "You tell him that the regent is the pillar of the country, and the Tang Dynasty can't live without the regent, and the palace can't bear to be slandered and assassinated by traitorous ministers in front of the emperor, so I reminded him!" However, this matter has nothing to do with Your Majesty, Your Majesty was just deceived by the traitorous ministers and did not notice it for a while! Now that the prince is missing, the princes must have begun to think about it again, and I hope that the regent can stabilize the situation and determine the candidate for the prince for His Majesty as soon as possible, which is also good for the minds of some delusional people. If the regent is in need, if there is any news from His Majesty's side, the palace will be afraid that people will inform him in time! Remember? ”

Xiaolian nodded and said, "Don't worry, Niangniang, Lian'er has written it down!" ”

The generals who passed the examination successively received the appointment documents issued by the regent palace, and went to each army to take up their posts with the appointment documents. Zhao Ziliang spent several days inspecting the various armies and inspecting the overall quality, mental outlook, weapons and equipment, war horses, military supplies, grain, and grass of the various armies after passing the training.

After the generals and colonels took office, all the armies entered the stage of normal daily drills, all armies tended to be stable, the overall mental outlook underwent earth-shaking changes, and military discipline became extremely good.

Zhao Ziliang was satisfied with the results of the inspection, and he decided to send a part of the troops to reinforce Guo Ziyi after another month, when the lieutenant generals and colonels were familiar with the new military system and authority, and had reached a certain level of run-in with the lower-level regiments and ordinary soldiers.

In the main hall of the regent's palace, Zhao Ziliang asked Zheng San: "How are military expenses, grain and grass, weapons and equipment, and other military funds prepared?" Will it be possible to send 50,000 troops in a month? ”

Zheng San stood up and arched his hand: "Don't worry, the king may be a little stretched if you want to send 100,000 troops, but only 50,000 troops are more than enough!" In other respects, it is easy to say that the problem of grain and grass is a big problem. Now is the time of green and yellow, and the people in various states and counties have not been planting crops for a long time, and they will have to wait for several months before the harvest is harvested. However, at the end of last year, Weichen sent people back to Xiqin to convey the news to grain merchants from all over the country, and after the beginning of spring this year, there were merchants from Xiqin who successively transported large quantities of grain! Weichen is in the middle, and the military department trades with the grain merchants, and the grain and grass hoarded by the military department should be enough for the army to support the summer harvest! ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded, expressing satisfaction, he was still very relieved of Zheng San's efficiency.

Li Muchen stood up, holding a tray in his hand, on which were placed twelve talismans, shaped like various fierce beasts.

"The king, according to your orders, since the implementation of the new military system, there must be a new soldier talisman, which is a new talisman forged according to twelve kinds of fierce beasts, corresponding to the twelve guards of the imperial court, a talisman is divided into two halves, the master of each army will be divided into half, the other half is in the hands of the king, if you want to send troops, the king must send another piece of talisman to the army without personally giving an order, and the main general of the army, two deputy generals, and the supervising army will jointly inspect it, and the two halves of the talisman can only be sent if they match it, and the orders of others are invalid!"

After Li Muchen finished speaking, he handed over the tray, and a guard soldier came over and put the tray on the desk in front of Zhao Ziliang, Zhao Ziliang took a tiger-shaped talisman and looked at it, this talisman was forged vividly, it was first forged by the model, and then the details of the beast were carved through exquisite carving, and its material is very special, it is alloy casting, the formula is a secret, the weight after carving is no more than seven taels or six dollars, if you want to prevent it, if you don't know the formula of the alloy, it is basically impossible to imitate it successfully!

Zhao Ziliang looked at these talismans one by one, looked at them very carefully, and after reading them, he took out each half of the twelve talismans from the tray and put them in a brocade box next to him, pointed to the remaining twelve and a half talismans in the tray and said, "Okay, the talismans are very good!" That's it, noble, now you take someone to run in person, send these twelve half-pieces of talismans to the guards, gather the officers and colonels above the captain of each guard, show each half-piece of talismans, and reiterate to them the regulations of the new military system, this is the half of the talismans for them, which will be kept by the marching Sima. If you want to mobilize soldiers and horses, in addition to the king's personal order, there must be another half of the talisman that matches the half of the talisman in their hands, and during the verification of authenticity, there must be the presence of the main general, two deputy generals and two of the supervising troops! If the king's talisman is delivered and the military order is conveyed, and the main talisman is inspected, even if the main general is not there, the two lieutenant generals and the supervising army can send troops! ”

Gao Shang agreed: "Yes, Weichen will go!" ”