The ministers dispersed and went out of the temple.

"General Lu, congratulations! General Lu set out on this expedition and set the flag to achieve victory, and made great contributions!" After leaving the court, many people who knew Lu Gao on weekdays came up to congratulate Lu Gao.

Although it was only a one-time expedition with troops, His Majesty was able to order Lu Gao to lead troops to the expedition, which was a political signal, that is, Lu Gao, these generals, could still integrate into the Dacheng Dynasty, and they had a future to speak of, and they were just snubbed.

Lu Gao was also very happy in his heart, and gave his hand again and again: "A few adults are polite, Your Majesty does not think Lu is incompetent, and is willing to give Lu a chance, and Lu will be a fool of himself to repay the grace of God!"

With that, these people went out of the palace gate, talked a few more words, and dispersed.

There was a car outside the palace, Lu Gao saw his car parked in the distance early, and when he came out, the second housekeeper of Lu Mansion stepped forward to salute him, and saw that his master was very happy, although he didn't know what was going on, he still asked with a smile: "Master, what is so happy?"

"Hehe, I have an errand to do, go back again. Patting the second butler on the shoulder, Lu Gao.

The second housekeeper of Lu Mansion had followed Lu Gao to the battlefield, although he had many ideas, he also knew that this was not the address for speech, and it was not the time, so he hurriedly helped Lu Gao to get into the carriage, turned over on the horse himself, and followed him with several personal soldiers in the carriage.

Like the cars around him, he left the palace gate in the inner city and headed outside.

Lu Gao's mansion is based on the specifications of the three grades, generous and generous, it was given by His Majesty, far away from the palace, and it took half an hour to arrive at the gate of the mansion.

The gate had already been left open for Lugao's car to enter, and when the carriage had entered, the gate was closed again.

Because of Lu Gao's special identity, he was a little inferior before, that is, he had the identity of the general soldier of Zhengsanpin in Jinling, but there were almost no officials who had close contacts, only some former subordinates, who were still in contact with him.

Lu Gao gradually settled down after getting through the confusion when he first came.

For him, the most important thing now is to keep the old family and let the Lu family stay in Jinling for a long time, as for the wealth in front of him, although it is not a passing cloud, but at least it is not as important as the family.

As long as the Lu family is still there, and the roots of the Lu family are not broken, this is God's blessing.

And the carriage entered the mansion and stopped in front of the courtyard where Lu Gao lived, and when Lu Gao got off the carriage, he was still thinking about things, and saw the second housekeeper standing aside, and casually admonished: "Go and invite Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhu to my courtyard." ”

"No, I'm going to ask the two gentlemen to come over. The second housekeeper didn't dare to slack off, and when he heard this, he hurried.

The two people mentioned by Lu Gao are none other than the two senior civil officials under Lu Gao's account when he was still in Youzhou, one is named Zhang Tai and the other is named Zhu Ne.

Although these two are only middle-aged now, they have extinguished their desire to win a high position in the court, but they continue to serve as civil officials under Lu Gao's account, although they are lower than their former official positions, but they are happy and happy.

The two lived in Lu Gao's mansion, and Lu Gao specially set up a separate courtyard for each of them in the front yard, and the courtyards of the two were next to each other, so that they could discuss some affairs from time to time, so as to avoid the trouble of going out of the house and entering the mansion.

Lu Gao entered his courtyard and waited for them in the study, and after a while, he heard the footsteps of the two coming from outside, without the need for others to report, the two walked in, Zhu Ne walked in front, Zhang Tai walked behind with a smile, and as soon as the two came in, they saluted Lu Gao.

In particular, Zhu Ne, because he had followed Lu Gao for the longest time and was a civilian official who consulted on military affairs, had a deeper understanding of some things than Zhang Tai, and when he saw Lu Gao's face, he was already happy: "Subordinate, I must congratulate the general first! If I can lead the troops out again, the day when the general will turn over is just around the corner!"

Lu Gao sat down and looked at Zhu Ne at the same time: "Mr. Zhu heard this? I still told the two gentlemen about it, but I don't want the two gentlemen to be so well-informed." ”

"It's not that my subordinates are well-informed, I have long heard about Lord Liu taking people to Luoyang, and I felt that Liu Man of Luoyang was afraid that he would not easily promise to surrender, and if it was like this, it would be strange. ”

"It is not possible to surrender, then sending troops to Luoyang or attacking Yanzhou is a sure thing, now Lord Liu's envoy group has returned, and the general has come to call the two of us to come over, looking at the look of the lord, there is a happy thing, except that His Majesty allowed the general to send troops, his subordinates really can't think of anything else that can make the general so happy......"

Zhu Ne's words made Lu Gao listen to it, laughed, and his mood became more and more cheerful.

"Mr. Zhu's is true, at the court meeting, His Majesty simply allowed me to send troops, but it can't be agreed, and he still bears the task of the vanguard!"

Zhang Tai is a civil official in internal affairs, Zhu Ne is a civilian official who advises military affairs, and the two are Lu Gao's confidants, and there is no sooner or later, and Lu Gao invited the two of them this time to make more preparations before going on the expedition.

Many of the things involved in the army are inseparable from the maneuvering and preparation of civilian officials, Zhang Tai and Zhu Ne discussed themselves, and after listening, Zhu Ne pondered for a moment: "Three thousand out of 30,000 are cavalry, and with the sailors, it is not enough to attack Luoyang, but it is more than enough to capture the three counties of Yanzhou." ”

"Look at the emperor's intentions, the general sent troops this time, if he can attract the main force of Luoyang, it will be a great achievement, if not, the hearts of the people in the three counties are in chaos, and they will not be able to resist the general's army at all, so it is merit to advance and retreat, which shows that the emperor has no evil intentions, but he has a holy family. ”

Zhang Tai also arched his hand: "General, Mr. Zhu is good, if you think about it, this is the opportunity given by the emperor to the general to integrate into the Dacheng Dynasty and make contributions, it is simply a holy favor." ”

When Lu Gao heard this, he was silent for a long time before he spoke: "I think the same way, but in my heart, this holy family is really inexplicable, and I don't know where it came from. ”

"General, I'm too worried, no matter where this holy family comes from, it's always a holy family, I heard that the title of Dacheng Dynasty is worth a lot, as long as the general fights a marquis of the earl, he will have a hereditary title and a knighthood, this kind of reward, I haven't seen it for several dynasties, and the general is not a mistake. ”

Lu Gao smiled to himself, "Simply." ”

Lu Gao asked people to set a table of wine and food in the flower hall, and invited the two to dine with him.

"Mr. Zhu, what do you have to say? There are no outsiders here, but it doesn't matter. As Lu Gao spoke, his eyes swept over the girl who was standing and waiting, and when several girls saw this, they didn't understand, they were very obedient, and they lowered their heads and retreated.

Zhu Ne pondered for a moment and opened his mouth: "General, there was nothing wrong just now, but I thought about it, and there is still room for negotiation in the details. ”

"Only these 30,000 people, although it is not difficult to take the three counties of Yuanzhou, but now in the troubled land of Yuanzhou, Liu Man in Luoyang, even the Hu people in the north are also eyeing it, I am afraid that the general will not easily occupy it. ”

"Don't forget, the Hu people have won the annexation of the state, in fact, they can already command the army to Shuofang, and the army can refer to Luoyang, which is just a Hanoi county south of the Yellow River, but I am afraid that it may not sit idly by. ”

"If the Hu people send troops to disturb each other when attacking Yuanzhou, and even form an alliance with Luoyang, there will be 30,000 people, how can they be the enemy?" Zhu Ne pondered.

If the sailor division goes up along the Yellow River, it is to cut off the Hu people, but it also needs to be commanded in a unified manner, and the vanguard division is fighting this battle, but with the official position of a general, it is now a third grade, although it is not His Majesty's henchman, but nominally there are few generals to compare, and the vanguard division has sent a general to lead the troops, who will command the army behind? If it is Fan Shuai, who leads the dragon and the mansion, and the general of the auxiliary country from the second grade, can be commanded in both name and substance, but in my opinion, the emperor will not let him fight Luoyang again. ”

Lu Gao also thought about this, and groaned in his heart, everything in the court is the most important thing.

Even if he is not His Majesty's confidant of tomorrow, in general, at least he is a third-grade general, at the highest point of the leading class, even with such an official position, he still only commands 30,000 people as a vanguard officer, so who is the commander of the army behind him?

Could it be that His Majesty failed to conquer the expedition?

Shaking off this thought in his mind, Lu Gao: "Your Majesty's Shengming Mo side, there must be a place, with Your Majesty's past actions, which time has you neglected these?"

"Your Majesty's Imperial Expedition?" Zhang Tai was silent for a while, and then spoke.

Lu Gao and Zhu Ne were both stunned, Zhu Ne thought about this possibility, but Lu Gao was a little wandering: "Although Your Majesty had several personal expeditions before ascending the throne, now it is not in line with the past, as Emperor Dacheng, how can you put yourself in danger? ”

Zhang Tai just thought about it for a while, and did not insist when he saw this.

This time, they came to discuss the expedition, and they couldn't decide who would be in command later, and it was the most important thing for their own team to take the Jieli side.

At the banquet, the three of them avoided this topic, made up for the things discussed, and after eating, they were already busy.

This is the case in Lu Fu, and the other generals who have been ordered to go on the expedition are also busy.

This matter was done quickly, and the preparations were thorough, and the next day, the army had already set off for the declining state.

Jinling, in front of the study of the imperial palace, several ginkgo trees, thick and embraced, long and lush, the sun is shining, and a tripod rises with fragrance, so that the study is clear and clear.

At this time, Wang Hongyi and Zhang Youzhi were fighting chess, and the sun was shining on their faces, and at this time, Shi Wei stepped forward to tell him, and Wang Hongyi's "pop" fell on the sunspot, and the victory was finally decided.

"I won this set. ”

"Your Majesty's chess skills are becoming more and more superb, and the ministers are ashamed of themselves. Zhang Youzhi smiled.

Wang Hongyi shook his head, "Fei Fei's chess skills are superb, and I have something on my mind today, so I can't concentrate on it." ”

Zhang Youzhi's face remained unchanged, but his words were a little contrary to his face: "The minister is simply having something in his heart right now, but His Majesty knows what the minister is worried about, you are now the king of a country, why bother the minister?"

Wang Hongyi was not annoyed by the other party like this, but just stopped his movements, took the towel handed over by Neishi, wiped his hands, looked up at the prime minister, and asked, "Oh, why am I embarrassed?"

"Your Majesty is now the king of a country and the son of Dacheng, but you still have to drive the expedition in person, isn't it embarrassing for the minister?" Zhang Youzhi also put away his smile at this time, and saluted, but he admonished.

Wang Hongyi said lightly: "It's not that I don't understand the significance of this battle, although Dacheng is established, the world has not yet been pacified, and now that I have taken the throne, how can I be a peaceful prince? I don't personally lead the army, how can I firmly control the situation in my hands? This battle seems to be a war, but in fact it is very dangerous, I believe Zhang Qing understands my hardships."