Before dawn the next day, Jang Hyun got up early and walked on the deck with his hands in his hands, the big ship was very quiet, and no other officials could be seen except Jang Hyun.

It's not that the officials didn't get up, on the contrary, all the ministers hurried to the front of the Son of Heaven Dragon Boat to attend the court meeting.

Waking up early before dawn is a necessary habit for Great Sui officials, otherwise they will not be able to adapt to the heavy court affairs.

But the magistrate is much better, although the imperial court also requires that the magistrate's office must be opened at the same time, but the magistrate can still be lazy and sleep for a lazy night, which is also considered the welfare of the magistrate.

"Why is the virtuous nephew here?"

A low voice suddenly came from behind him, and when Zhang Xuan turned around, he saw a middle-aged man standing not far behind him, who turned out to be Li Yuan, which was unexpected by Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "See uncle!" ”

Li Yuan looked surprised, he obviously didn't expect to meet Zhang Xuan here, and Zhang Xuan explained with a smile: "The junior is here to report on his work. ”

"Oh! I see, what a coincidence, I'm also here to report on my work. ”

In Zhang Xuan's memory, Li Yuan always appeared in the capital, either reporting on his work or visiting relatives, it seemed that he missed home very much and wanted to return to the imperial court, but Zhang Xuan knew that this was a means for Li Yuan, indicating that he had no interest in Taiyuan and wanted to return to the imperial court, but the more he looked forward to it, the more stable he sat in Taiyuan, and he successfully deceived Yang Guang's suspicion of him.

This is also where Li Yuan's methods are superb, showing mediocrity and covering up his ambitions.

It's a pity that he can't perform in front of Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan has already seen through him, and Li Yuan's biggest secret was discovered by Zhang Xuan.

"Uncle, are they okay with Jiancheng and Shimin?" Jang Hyun asked with a casual smile.

Li Yuan's expression was a little panicked, he found an excuse to come to Jiangdu to report on his work, but he actually came to the imperial court to find out the truth. His son Li Jiancheng defeated Yang Qing in Wagang, and Li Yuan was very afraid, lest someone reveal the details of the construction to the imperial court.

But he didn't expect to meet Jang Hyun on the big ship, and Jang Hyun was one of the people who had mastered the details of the building.

He hurriedly pulled Zhang Xuan aside and said apologetically to him: "At the hero meeting, my son Xuanba was reckless and rude. I have offended many virtuous nephews, and I have made amends here! ”

Zhang Xuan smiled and waved his hand, "How could I take that kind of small thing to heart, why didn't my uncle go to the court meeting?" ”

Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "Only the big court meeting on the first day of the new month will require all officials in Beijing to participate, and we don't have to participate in this kind of ordinary small court meeting." Otherwise, the virtuous nephew will also participate. ”

"I see, I said how could no one inform me."

Zhang Xuan smiled again and asked, "Did my uncle come to the court because of the matter of the Holy Lord's inspection?" ”

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, "What inspection?" ”

"Doesn't Uncle know? The Holy Lord will go north to Mayi County next spring to meet with the Turkic Khan, and he should visit Taiyuan by the way. ”

Li Yuan was taken aback, he didn't know about such an important matter, and he asked anxiously, "Is the news reliable?" ”

"It was Pei Shangshu who told me that this is also the reason why the imperial court returned north early, I thought my uncle would know."

Zhang Xuan saw Li Yuan's expression. He obviously didn't know about it, which made Jang Hyun a little strange. This kind of thing should not be secret, and most high-ranking officials will know about it, otherwise Pei Ju would not have said it so casually.

But Li Yuan didn't know if he didn't have any connections in the imperial court, or that the Guanlong nobles were wiped out in the imperial court, but it was impossible to think about it.

Jang Hyun couldn't figure it out. Why didn't Li Yuan know about this?

Li Yuan saw Zhang Xuan's doubts, so he had to explain: "I really don't hide it from my nephew, I went to Chang'an and visited my in-laws in Xingyang, so I only got on the boat yesterday." A lot of things are not known. ”

Zhang Xuan realized that Li Yuan must have gone to Xingyang to see Li Jiancheng.

In fact, the Wuchuan Society has been disbanded, and there is no need for Li Jiancheng to stay in Wagang, but Li Yuan still let his son stay there, which can only show that Wagang is profitable, and it is very likely that Li Jiancheng has mastered a force.

Zhang Xuan suddenly had a realization that although the Wuchuan Society was disbanded on the surface, and the Guanlong nobles were also at a low ebb, in fact, the Guanlong nobles must be secretly training the army, so Li Yuancai always came back to report on his work and visit relatives, and he was very likely to use this opportunity to secretly meet with Dou Qing and others.

At this time, a eunuch hurriedly came and saluted Zhang Xuan and said, "General Zhang, Your Majesty has summoned you." ”

Zhang Xuan hurriedly smiled at Li Yuan and said, "I can't chat with my uncle for the time being, the juniors will go first." ”

"Go ahead! The Holy Lord's summons cannot be delayed. ”

Zhang Xuan saluted and followed the eunuch to leave quickly, Li Yuan stood on the side of the ship and looked at Zhang Xuan in the distance, but he was thinking about Yang Guang's northern tour, he needed to make a lot of preparations, Yang Guang came to Taiyuan to understand his situation in Taiyuan, Li Yuan thought about his still many loopholes, he was anxious for a while, and he couldn't wait to rush back immediately.

Zhang Xuan followed the eunuch on the dragon boat of the Son of Heaven, at this time the court meeting was dispersed, and the officials all got on several other floating ships to deal with court affairs, and the huge fleet was actually a moving imperial court, and each ship was equivalent to every official building.

Messengers from all the counties of the world boarded the ships one after another and went to various government offices to deliver local documents.

"May I ask my father-in-law, is His Royal Highness King Yan here?" Zhang Xuan asked the eunuch in a low voice.

The eunuch said in a sharp voice: "The imperial grandson has gone up to inspect Jiangnan on behalf of the saint, and he will not be able to return to Beijing until later, and he is not on the big ship at present." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, a little worried in his heart, Yan Wang Yang Qi was not there, so there would be one less person to say good things to himself.

After waiting for a moment in front of the imperial study cabin, the eunuch came out and smiled: "General, please!" The Holy One is waiting. ”

Zhang Xuan hurriedly tidied up his clothes, and walked into the cabin quickly, the cabin is also divided into two rooms, the outer room is sitting on the inner Shishe people, today is Feng Deyi on duty, his front and back are full of scrolls, inside is the imperial study, it does not look luxurious, but it is very spacious and bright, both sides are full of bookshelves, stacked with dense volumes.

There was a faint sweet smell in the cabin, Yang Guang was sitting in front of the lenient imperial case to review the papers, and a eunuch on duty was kneeling on the left and right, giving him ink and tea.

Zhang Xuan stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and gave a military salute, "Weichen Zhang Xuan sees Your Majesty, I wish Your Majesty long live Long live Long live." ”

Yang Guang glanced at him and said with a slight smile: "General Zhang is exempt from courtesy!" ”

Generally speaking, there will be a small ceremony for the formal debriefing, which will be held in the side hall, in addition to Yang Guang, the Son of Heaven, there will be a few people from the Xiangguo and the Ministry of War to participate, if it is a local civil official debriefing, that is, the Ministry of Officials participates, all officials will ask some questions, the Son of Heaven mainly listens, and occasionally asks a sentence or two.

But there are no such ceremonies today, which means that today is not a formal debriefing, but a temporary summons from the saints, thinking about this, Zhang Xuan's heart is a little nervous, and many times, this kind of informal summons often sets the tone for him first.

"General Zhang, go all the way!"

"Your Majesty, Weichen escorted 200,000 guan money and 10,000 taels of gold to the south, the speed was relatively slow, and he couldn't reach Jiangdu in time, and I heard that His Majesty had returned north in Suyu County, so he chased all the way, and the money and gold were behind."

A smile appeared on the corner of Yang Guang's mouth, Zhang Xuanzhen sent the money and gold, he nodded happily and said: "The general can first consider the imperial court and hand over the exchanged property, this attitude is worthy of appreciation, but if you win the battle, you should reward the three armies, and you can bring back those gold and copper coins, which can be regarded as a reward for the army." ”

When Yang Guang is in a good mood, the rewards are often extremely generous, as an emperor, he still can't look down on this bit of copper money and gold, but he cares about Zhang Xuan's attitude very much, and he smiled again: "In addition, General Zhang's plan to reward military merits with land, I also agreed, but it needs to be handed over to the Ministry of War for the record, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Of course, Zhang Xuan understands that in the final analysis, it is still a matter of attitude, as long as everything is reported to the imperial court, then many things are easy to discuss, if you conceal and make decisions without authorization, even small things will become bigger, Yang Guang doesn't care about what is rewarded, but cares about whether he reports to the imperial court.

Knowing this, Zhang Xuan knew that he had done the right thing to do by escorting the gold and copper coins to hand them over.

"Your Majesty's grace, Weichen is grateful, and he will definitely report to the Ministry of War in time."

Yang Guang nodded, and asked casually: "Is the general familiar with Jianghuai?" ”

Zhang Xuan's heart jumped suddenly, what he was most afraid of finally happened, Yang Guang actually asked if he was familiar with Jianghuai, was this to transfer himself to Jianghuai to suppress bandits?

He hesitated for a while, and had to answer truthfully: "Your Majesty, Wechen has never been to the south, and Yongcheng County is the southernmost place that Wechen has ever been." ”

"I see, I have lived in the south for many years, and the climate and water and soil in the south are indeed different from those in the north, and many northerners are not very suitable for the first time, but it doesn't matter after a long time, at least the winter in the south is much better than in the north."

Yang Guang seemed to be chatting with Zhang Xuan casually, but Zhang Xuan's heart was pounding, and he felt more and more obviously that Yang Guang had the idea of transferring himself to the south, didn't King Yan inspect in the south? Maybe he wanted to let himself assist King Yan to pacify the south.

But Yang Guang didn't immediately draw conclusions, he casually took a report from Xiao Huaijing, glanced at Zhang Xuan sharply, but asked casually: "I heard that you built a shipyard in Beihai County and also built a dock on the Yellow River, what's going on?" (To be continued.) )