"Yes." Zhao Jiu stood with his hands behind his back and spoke to the other party very straightforwardly.
"After suppressing the rebellion, should we integrate the Western Army into the Imperial Camp?"
"yes!"
“Should we clarify the old and new parties and re-establish academia?”
"yes!"
"Should we work together as one, serve the government as if it were our own arm, and implement the new policies?"
"Yes!" Zhao Jiu was still straightforward.
"I understand." Xu Jingheng bowed his head. "I would like to resign and let you take over."
"Do the work of granting land to the meritorious officials of the imperial camp in Henan for me, and then resign on the grounds of illness. We, the monarch and the minister, must see things through to the end." Zhao Jiu still stood with his hands behind his back, without the slightest hesitation. "And we, the monarch and the minister, deserve to see things through to the end, both in terms of merit and virtue."
"I understand." Xu Jingheng looked calm and bowed.
Zhao Jiu nodded and took the initiative to ask again: "Do you have any questions?"
"I have a question and a discussion." After thinking for a moment, Xu Jingheng took the initiative to respond.
"Tell me."
"Sir, I'm sorry to ask you how Mr. Lu is doing."
"Prime Minister Lu has made outstanding contributions. He should be appointed as prime minister and take charge of important military and national affairs!" Zhao Jiu said without any hesitation.
Xu Jingheng was immediately relieved, and bowed again: "That's good, but I have one more thing to say... Lu Yihao cannot be used!"
Emperor Zhao was stunned for a moment, but didn't say anything. He turned around and walked out. Mr. Xu didn't say anything more either, and followed him away.
But when the two of them walked out of the statue, passed in front of the hall, pushed open the door and were about to go out, Xu Jingheng suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and before Emperor Zhao stepped out of the door, he bowed and said, "Emperor!"
"What?" Zhao Jiu stopped in surprise.
"Just now in the straw hut in the camp, I was not joking just to make a sarcastic remonstration, but speaking from the bottom of my heart." Xu Jingheng bowed to the bottom in the surprised eyes of the ministers at the steps in the distance. "Your Majesty has achieved the achievements of Guangwu with the spirit of Zhaolie, but in the future, please keep the virtue of Guangwu and the righteousness of Zhaolie... Not only should you be consistent with me, but you should also be consistent with yourself."
"I will never forget what Mr. Xu said today." Zhao Jiu was silent for a moment, but responded solemnly.
In this way, the king and his minister went out of the door and slowly returned to the camp. At this time, the sun had already set and hid behind Yao Mountain, but the red rays of light shone through the mountains, still illuminating the military camp on the mountain and the Huangyuan battlefield below the mountain, which were both colorful and fascinating.
Zhao Jiu originally wanted to return to the camp, but when he saw this scene, he stopped and pondered for a moment.
Zhang Jun saw that Emperor Zhao and Minister Xu were both calm, and knew that they didn't know how to end it, but he couldn't help but stepped forward to join in the fun: "Is your Majesty thinking of poetry?"
"That's right." Zhao Jiu couldn't help but laugh. "Thinking of the great battle that day, and seeing that the battlefield had been deserted after just ten days, I really couldn't help but want to write a poem, but I was at a loss for words..."
The people present were not only several high officials, but also many of the attendants and the military scholars who followed the army were experts. When they heard the words, they wanted to take the opportunity to write a few poems to suit the occasion. However, when they thought of those "Old Works of Yi'an Jushi" and "Qingyu Case", they gave up the idea of writing poems one after another and kept silent.
I was just accompanying this official, looking at the colorful battlefield and thinking for a while.
Following Emperor Zhao's gaze eastward, we headed eastward for more than a thousand miles. There were soldiers on the mountain and a man sitting in a pavilion by the mountain, gazing at the sight and sighing.
It was none other than the fully armed commander of the front army of the imperial camp, Yue Fei, Yue Pengju, and beside him was the sullen-faced commander Tang Huai.
"Brother, don't you want to go take a look?" Even though Tang Huai was always serious, he couldn't help but speak up. "Go down the mountain from this pavilion and you will find Tang Yin."
"Where are we going?" Yue Fei, wearing armor, looked at the plains on the east side of the mountain. There were countless soldiers and horses there, marching south in an orderly manner. They were the troops of the Imperial Camp who had withdrawn from the west side of the Yellow River in Daming Prefecture. "It would only make me sad if I went there. I can just look at them."
Tang Huai frowned when he heard this: "Although the Central Plains is in trouble and Jingxiang is in chaos, you gentlemen are pushing us too hard. Talai is hiding in Daming Prefecture and dares not go south. Wuzhu's 20,000 soldiers are in Longde Prefecture (Shangdang in later generations). If we can lure them out, we may be able to win a great victory."
"It's useless. Wanyan Wushu came here in a hurry just to stabilize the 20,000 troops and prevent them from going out to fight." Yue Fei narrowed his eyes and sighed. "As for you saying that the ministers are pushing too hard, it's even more unfair to them... After the emperor won a great victory, Minister Lu just told me the difficulties and took the initiative to ask me how to deal with it, but didn't push me."
"So this provincial decree is fake?"
"It's true!" Yue Pengju finally narrowed his eyes and looked at his confidant brother. "But it was because I submitted a memorial to the capital and the Guanxi officials..."
Tang Huai was puzzled: "Brother, are you asking to withdraw your troops?"
"good."
"Why?"
"First, to resist foreign aggression, we must first stabilize the internal affairs. The victory of our army at Yaoshan means that the Jin army can no longer easily move south. We should turn around and put down the rebellion of Zhong Xiang and the Miao people in Wuling, and restore the economy and people's livelihood." Yue Pengju answered calmly. "Second, if we want to go to Hebei, we should first cut off the two wings, recover northern Shaanxi and eastern Beijing, and weaken their power. Third, if we want to settle Hebei and take Yanyun, we should first take Hedong, recover Taiyuan, live in Shanxi, control Yanmen, rely on Taihang, and sweep North China from a high position. Fourth, if we want to attack Huanglong directly, we should first settle Yanyun, then restrain the Mongols and divide Goryeo, so that we can succeed in one fell swoop!"
Tang Huai nodded: "Brother, are you proposing a plan to the emperor?"
"good."
"That makes sense." Tang Huai sighed. "But isn't it sad that my brother has to die again and again in his hometown?"
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