The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 603 Return from Observation
The snow was getting heavier, and the rewarded civilians and soldiers could go inside, and Chang Shisi arranged a sumptuous lunch for them.

After lunch, they will be escorted home by the guards. It is no problem to rush home before New Year's Eve.

The officials who participated in the ceremony will return to their respective posts, and there will only be more errands as the end of the year approaches.

Those with the highest rank had already arrived outside the Jinshen Hall at this moment, and followed Zhao Yanxun into the East Side Hall.

There is an air conditioner in the Jinshen Hall, and it was very warm after entering. Zhao Yanxun took off the Wushayi Shanguan and handed it to Huo An who was accompanying him.

Entering the east side hall, Zhao Yanxun sat on the throne directly, and he also avoided the salutes of several ministers.

"Just now, this king received a report saying that the Imperial Army escorted to Ningyang mutinied, and two hundred people died and fled..."

The Guards Army is responsible for escorting the Imperial Army, but now the Guards Office is under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council. Hearing this, the two Privy Councilors immediately knelt down.

I only heard Chen Anmin say: "Your Highness...the minister has neglected his duties!"

Chen Anmin was in charge of the specific troop deployment, so it was up to him to speak at this time.

Zhao Yanxun raised his hand to signal the two to stand up, only to hear him say: "I'm not telling you about this matter to ask you to plead guilty..."

"After all, the Forbidden Army has just surrendered, and it is normal to have rebellion. As for whether the guard sergeants who are escorting are at fault or not, we have to check carefully..."

It is normal for the Guards Army to be hostile to the surrender of the Forbidden Army, after all, the two sides had only fought one battle.

If it wasn't for Zhao Yanxun's absolute authority to suppress them, these Forbidden Army soldiers would definitely have been abused, and then more mutiny incidents would have occurred.

"Two days ago, Luo Lun sent back news that Ding Hong, the commander of the Longyou Capital Division, was willing to join... How should we deal with this matter? Can you discuss a countermeasure?"

Zhao Yanxun started a new topic. The words just mentioned are just a reminder to the two members of the Privy Council.

After a few moments of silence in the hall, Guan Hetai said: "Your Highness... the two ministers have discussed this matter in detail. If they want to join, they have to go to Bei'an Mansion first. I'm afraid the Northern Governor will not be willing!"

"One more thing, even if the Northern Commander and the Forbidden Army don't make trouble, this matter will not be easy... After all, the road is far away, and there are endless monsters in between!"

Although the truth is so, in Zhao Yanxun's view, it is too wasteful to gather too many troops in the Northland, especially since he is short of troops now.

"What do you mean, this thing can't be done?"

Guan Hetai bit the bullet and said: "Your Highness, this matter can only be done if the capital of the Northern Region is taken back, and the two thousand households of the Bingma Division cannot be allowed to escort them full-time..."

The main task of the two thousand households of the Bingma Division is to deter the northern capital and the forbidden army. Their movement may disturb the entire situation in the northern region, and it is not impossible to break the immediate balance.

At this time, Cheng Wenguang said: "Your Highness, although we can't take back the capital of Longyou right now, but since they intend to join...they can still do things for the palace in the north, and they can do more useful things!"

"Do those things?" Zhao Yanxun asked.

"First of all, let them lobby other capitals to join the palace. They are all their own people, and they must be easy to talk to each other!"

"Secondly, they can help the Palace contain the Forbidden Army and the Northern Capital, and they can cooperate in combat if necessary!"

Speaking of this, Cheng Wenguang smiled and said: "If they are willing to do these things, it will also prove His Highness's loyalty to the palace!"

Zhao Yanxun nodded, Cheng Wenguang's method is indeed operable.

Looking at everyone, Zhao Yanxun asked: "What do you think of this plan?"

Everyone nodded, yes, there is no better way at the moment, so it's not bad to do it this way.

"Since they are willing to submit, they have to accept the dispatch of the palace. The Privy Council can choose to send several officials to the Longwei Mansion to deliver the king's order!"

Only Guan Hetai replied: "Follow orders!"

Picking up the teacup, Zhao Yanxun took a sip of the hot tea, not to mention how beautiful it tasted.

Glancing at Huo An who was standing next to him, Zhao Yanxun laughed and cursed: "Huo An, show some lovers tea, there are too many things to discuss today... Do you want to exhaust them to death?"

"Slave and maidservant, let's prepare now, the prince forgives me..."

There are indeed many things to discuss next, the recent dispatches of the palace, the transfer of supplies from various places, the New Year's situation of the soldiers and civilians in various places...

The matters to be discussed vary in size, but they are not bad in importance and necessity.

While the discussions in the Jinshen Hall continued, several middle-aged men were brought out by a small official from a certain warehouse in Longqianfang.

Walking out of the gate of the warehouse, I only heard the little official ask: "Guys, I've finished reading here. There are still a few warehouses in the next door. Do you want to take a look again?"

"Thank you, no need!" Pang Guoxing replied, he was very humble at the moment.

The clerk nodded and said: "Then...you go around on your own, I still have something to do!"

"Brother, please go ahead!"

After the little official left, Zhou Qing, who had been silent all the time, couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "This is really... amazing!"

He is a warrior, and he can't think of fancy adjectives, so he can only express his surprise with the word "powerful".

Cai Yongkun continued: "It's really amazing... In more than a year, with a single city in Yuanyang as the foundation, the entire county and town of Longshouhou can be included in the pocket, which is simply beyond human power!"

Pang Guoxing said with emotion: "King Yong is very human, he upholds the destiny, he is a saint in the world!"

"People talk nonsense without knowledge, and you too..."

Before Zhou Qing could finish speaking, Pang Guoxing interrupted: "If that's not the case, how can we explain everything in Longyou? As Lao Cai said, these things cannot be done by humans!"

"The food and military equipment piled up in the warehouse can be said to be human-powered, but how do you explain the miraculous things such as high-level soldiers, telephones, flashlights and searchlights?"

Those words left Zhou Qing speechless.

Why didn't he know this, but he didn't want to admit it, because of the only trace of self-esteem.

Cai Yongkun said at the right time: "If it is not a saint in the world, how can we win the support of the army? Such a person, not to mention these sergeants who are deeply favored by him, even I want to follow King Yong!"

Hearing this, Pang Guoxing immediately echoed: "That's right, follow King Yong... Maybe we can really break into Zhenxi Pass!"

"You also know that monsters are rampant in Zhenxi Pass now, following King Yong to clear up the troubled times... In the future, we may also be famous in history!"

In the few days after the surrender, the three of them were not separated, let alone imprisoned, but were sent to various places to observe.

People live in the prefectures and counties, and soldiers practice in the barracks. As long as it is not too confidential, they have read it all.

After this trip, they had a more comprehensive understanding of Prince Yong's Mansion, and made them feel admiration for Zhao Yanxun.

This is also Zhao Yanxun's purpose. It will be easier to use them if they have to get rid of the arrogance of these three people.

In fact, while they were observing various places, the spies sent by Lin Quan were also staring at them.

All the words and deeds of the three of them will be reported to Zhao Yanxun.

The three of them were silent for a while, but they heard Zhou Qing say: "After reading this, we should also go to the palace and pay respects to King Yong!"

Hearing this, the other two were shocked for a while, and their expressions changed complicatedly.

"Exactly!" Cai Yongkun sighed.

At this moment, he actually felt a little nervous, and even a little guilty.

Taking a long breath, Pang Guoxing said, "Let's go!"

The three of them have access tokens and can enter the palace at any time, which shows Zhao Yanxun's courtesy to them.

(End of this chapter)