The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 910 Banquet
The Qian'an Palace was extremely quiet, and Zhao Yanxun was waiting for the ministers' answers.

The ministers objected to this in their hearts, but none of them dared to speak out, so everyone protested silently.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhao Yanxun also hesitated, and reflected on whether it was right to do so.

But it's okay if he doesn't want to. After careful consideration, Zhao Yanxun is more determined, he will go to the Northwest no matter what.

In order to ensure the stability of the northwest defense line, Zhao Yanxun will send more troops to the northwest, and he is really worried if he does not lead the troops in person.

"My lords, I have made up my mind, do you insist on embarrassing me?" Zhao Yanxun asked in a deep voice.

Seeing that everyone was still silent, Zhao Yanxun glanced at Chen Guan and the two, and said, "The Privy Council listens to the orders!"

This is the official decree, Zhao Yanxun has absolute authority, the two privy envoys had to salute and listen to the decree.

"The Privy Council will mobilize [-] troops from the capitals to go north to Tianshan County for defense!"

Nowadays, there are fifteen capitals under the imperial court. Except for the two capitals in Longyou, Beidi, the remaining twelve capitals have more than 37 soldiers.

Now that the crisis in the Northwest has reached the present, the strength of the enemy army has become more and more prominent. Zhao Yanxun finally couldn't help but mobilize troops today.

37 were transferred to 30, and there are still more than [-] troops stationed in the capitals of various places, plus the forbidden troops stationed in other places. In Zhao Yanxun's view, maintaining stability is not a problem.

Of course, the most important thing that prompted him to make up his mind to deploy troops was that the imperial court had better finances.

This is all due to the fact that after the autumn harvest this year, the imperial court can increase the tax that can be collected, which can mobilize more material and financial resources, and the domestic conflicts have naturally eased a lot.

"The minister waits for the order!"

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Yanxun added: "The guard station that was transferred this time will not be transferred to the Mingwu Division's training officer's department!"

Zhao Yanxun has to trust these "trained" people, so he wants to keep these people in place and watch out for those who have evil intentions.

As for those who have not received training, they will be transferred to the northwest for a while, and Zhao Yanxun feels that they will become trustworthy people.

"Chengqing..."

"The minister is..."

Tapping the table with his fingers, Zhao Yanxun said calmly: "Let go of the tax reform first. After you go down, gather all the ministries and prepare the food, grass and equipment needed by the army!"

"It is necessary to ensure that the materials stored in the northwest can maintain the army for at least three months!"

"The minister leads the order!"

Now there are four ministers in the cabinet, including Lu Chaowen and Cheng Wenguang in Beijing, but Zhao Yanxun obviously trusts the latter more.

"Okay, this matter is settled, in the future you will..."

After setting the tone, Zhao Yanxun ordered some more things, all of which he had to complete while he was still in Beijing.

Now it is late September, and the Privy Council will take almost a month to mobilize troops. Zhao Yanxun plans to leave for the north in November at the latest.

After sending away all the officials, Zhao Yanxun still has one thing to do now, which is, as Zhou Chengping said, to send an order to the Northwest Governor's Office and the generals of the Forbidden Army.

Putting the imperial pen in his hand, Zhao Yanxun immediately said: "Notify the empress that a banquet will be held in Qingsi Hall tonight, and the empress dowager and concubines in the harem will be invited to the banquet!"

Wu Hong quickly replied: "Your servant obeys the order!"

After Zhao Yanxun moved into the palace, the harem further developed a frugal model, so banquets were rarely held.

The last time a banquet was held was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it has been more than a month.

The reason why the banquet was held was that Zhao Yanxun wanted to use the banquet to announce his personal conquest.

He expressed his heart to the four confidant ministers, and all four of them objected. It is conceivable how much resistance he will encounter when he announces it in the court.

So in the next period of time, Zhao Yanxun will try his best to convince other people, including the respected Queen Mother.

The country governs the world with filial piety, and there is a saying that parents are not far away. If the queen mother also expresses her objection, it will be a big trouble.

Throughout the afternoon, Zhao Yanxun was flipping through the memorabilia, trying to learn as much as possible about the country's situation.

And following his decree, the entire harem was turned upside down.

The maids and eunuchs have to arrange the venue, the people in the imperial dining room have to prepare food, and the concubines spend all their time on dressing up.

In the entire harem, only Queen Xue Baojun and Lin Jingyu were relatively calm, one because they didn't need to fight and the other because they didn't want to fight.

Time passed quickly, and before the banquet began, the concubines came to Yanshou Palace to pay their respects.

The empresses and concubines were talking with Cao Miaoyin, and at the same time they were waiting for the emperor to arrive, and then went to Qingsi Hall together.

There was chatter in Yanshou Palace, Cao Miaoyin said anything casually, and the empress and concubine picked up the conversation and laughed.

Looking at everything in front of her, Cao Miaoyin's memory went back to more than ten years ago, when she tried her best to please the Queen Mother.

"The Emperor is here!"

Hearing the voice from outside, the concubines stopped talking, and after getting up one by one, they all turned their eyes to the outside of the palace.

It was already evening, and the light outside was a little dim, and everyone saw a dark shadow approaching in the distance.

"All blessings, Your Majesty!"

Under the leadership of Xue Baojun, all the concubines on the scene saluted, and at this moment Zhao Yanxun had stepped into the hall.

"Free gift!"

After saying these two words, Zhao Yanxun also came to the center of the hall, bowed to Cao Miaoyin and said: "My son greets his mother!"

"Xun'er doesn't need to be too polite, just sit down and talk!" Cao Miaoyin smiled lightly.

Because Zhao Yanxun is too strong, Cao Miaoyin no longer has any thoughts about going abroad, and now she only cares about her life in peace.

After talking about some things for a while, Zhao Yanxun took everyone to Qingsi Hall under Xue Baojun's reminder.

Since it is a banquet, it is not only for eating, but also for singing, dancing and dramas.

When the atmosphere became more harmonious and cheerful, Zhao Yanxun said to the queen mother: "Mother, in a few months, my son will go to the northwest!"

While watching the play intently, Zhao Yanxun's words brought Cao Miaoyin back to reality.

"Why go to the northwest?" Cao Miaoyin turned her head and asked.

Picking up the wine glass, Zhao Yanxun drank it down, and then said: "The situation in the Northwest is severe, and a big war is imminent. This battle is related to the survival of my Jin Dynasty. How can my son not go in person!"

Cao Miaoyin continued to ask: "But now there are many people with evil intentions inside and outside the court, so what if they start to make trouble after you leave?"

Although she was honored to support the harem, the news channels were not broken, and she had a deep understanding of the outside situation.

Putting down the wine glass, Zhao Yanxun took a breath and said, "It's just the lesser of two evils. Doesn't the mother believe in her son's judgment?"

Cao Miaoyin couldn't refute this sentence, because Zhao Yanxun never missed his judgment.

"You belong to the world, in case something goes wrong..."

As a mother, no matter how scheming she is, she is still worried about her son from the bottom of her heart.

Zhao Yanxun explained: "Mother, I didn't go to the front line in person, so you don't have to worry too much!"

"You are a person with ideas. The queen mother will not make things difficult for you. I just hope that you can protect yourself and don't show off your bravery!"

Hearing this, Zhao Yanxun breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that he had convinced the Queen Mother.

"Son, remember!"

On the side, the closest one is Queen Xue Baoyun, she heard all the conversation just now.

At this moment, she also has worries in her eyes, but it's not the time for her to speak, so she can only find an opportunity to warn her.

Next, the atmosphere of the banquet became more and more enthusiastic, and the concubines have changed their ways to make Zhao Yanxun happy.

Finally, after the banquet was over and the queen mother was sent back to the palace, Zhao Yanxun went to Lin Jingyu Palace.

Lying quietly on the bed, I drank a lot tonight, so that I was slightly drunk.

Actually, it’s fine if he wants to be sober, but he quite enjoys his slightly drunk state because he can stop thinking about annoying things for a while.

Looking at Lin Jingyu's back, Zhao Yanxun raised his head and asked, "My concubine, I'm leaving Beijing soon, don't you want to say something?"

At the end of the banquet, Zhao Yanxun directly announced the matter, so Lin Jingyu knew about the situation.

Lin Jingyu was taking off her makeup at the moment, she turned around when she heard this, and said calmly: "What the concubine wanted to say, they have already said it for the concubine!"

"In this case, let's wait for the emperor to return triumphantly, and the concubines will congratulate the emperor!"

Hearing this, Zhao Yanxun laughed. The concubines talked so much, but only Lin Jingyu was only looking forward to his return.

"I will return as soon as possible!"

(End of this chapter)