Qin Zhao sat in the generals of Secretary Ling Gongsun Changming, waiting for Li Ze's call.

As the general who led the Zuo Xiaogu, Qin Zhao was about to lead his troops to his garrison Dizhou. Before leaving, he should have resigned, but now the one who actually holds the power of the court is Li Ze, and this object naturally became Prime Minister Li Ze.

The autumn harvest has begun. All areas under the imperial court have entered the extremely busy autumn harvest. What is unfolding with the autumn harvest is the annual tax collection of rents and taxes. Everyone is busy, and this is even more so for Li Ze, as the prime minister.

The water in the cup had been added and began to become a little dull. Qin Zhao stood up and walked to the window with a bored look at the hall outside that belonged to the secretary's supervisor.

Although it was getting late, the entire secretary's prison was still brightly lit.

In the hall, there were small rooms with wooden boards, which made Qin Zhao feel a little strange that these partitions were only half a person tall. As long as the person sitting inside stood up, he could see what the people in the other room were doing. The ten rooms were composed of Secretary-General Zhang Xun and Deputy Secretary-General Ling and Nine Secretary-General.

Gongsun Changming had an independent room, but this room did not have an external window. A row of windows were opened in the hall. Standing in his hall, and when he opened the window, the actions of the secretary men in the hall were clearly visible.

The entire hall was filled with a breath of youth. The nine secretary men were all young people in their early twenties. Even Zhang Xun was only a little over thirty. Compared with Qin Zhao, who was already in his forties, felt that he was really old.

He touched his neatly trimmed beard on his chin with some self-deprecating slightest and old figure, and then he felt a little more balanced.

As if he realized that Qin Zhao was looking at him, Gongsun Changming looked up, looked at Qin Zhao and smiled, saying, "President Qin, please sit down. These days, Li Xiang is so busy that he can only sleep for two hours every day! There are too many things to deal with."

"I understand, understand." Qin Zhao nodded and said, "I'm not in a hurry."

Gongsun Changming smiled and put down the pen in his hand, took out a box of snacks from the cabinet on one side, placed it on the coffee table beside Qin Zhao's seat, and said, "General, drink some tea first, eat some snacks to fill his stomach."

"Thank you, Mr. Gongsun." Qin Zhao bowed his hand with some gratitude. He had been waiting here for almost an hour. The food he ate tonight had long since disappeared. To be honest, he was really hungry.

While eating, he looked at Gongsun Changming, who wrote hard after returning to the big case. Qin Zhao's feelings for this person were a bit complicated. In Xue Ping and the others' eyes, this person was both admirable and annoying, and at the same time the most difficult guy to deal with.

Qin Zhao sometimes couldn't figure out what a person like Gongsun Changming wanted to live?

Back then, he was able to assist in fighting the Khitan for more than ten years in Lulong, and destroyed the Khitan, which had just had the momentum of revival. In Lulong, this person was successful and famous. Zhang Zhongwu rebelled. If he was willing to follow, a high-ranking official and generous salary would not be able to escape. However, this person slapped his butt and ran away, and he became Zhang Zhongwu's most troublesome enemy.

He said he was loyal to the Tang Dynasty, but now he is Li Ze's most trusted military advisor, which made Xue Ping and the others grit their teeth but helpless.

He doesn't seek fame.

He was not found among the high-ranking officials and nobles in the court. Most people didn't know what the position of Secretary Ling was? But Gongsun Changming was as content as he was.

He doesn't seek profit.

In Wuyi, this person has no acre of land and no shop except for a small courtyard.

He doesn't ask for sex.

There was not even a maid and concubine in the house who served the people. Until now, only a few guards who protected him were taking care of his daily life.

A man in his fifties doesn't even have a family.

Qin Zhao shook his head, unable to understand or see through it. Anyway, he felt that he was not the same as Gongsun Changming.

After just finishing the snack, someone came in from a side door of the General Office and whispered a few words in Gongsun Changming's ear. Gongsun Changming nodded and looked at Qin Zhao with a smile and said, "General Qin, Xiang Li let you in."

Qin Zhao patted the crumbs on his hand, stood up, tidied up his clothes, bowed to Gongsun Changming, and followed the guard through the back door and walked inward.

It turns out that there is a passageway from the Secretary-General to Li Xiang’s General Office!

Qin Zhao, who was walking on this semi-enclosed corridor, suddenly realized. Looking at the solemn and fully armed guards outside the corridor, he couldn't help but look back at the secretary behind him. Li Xiang seemed to value the secretary's prison very much, and the defense was so strict.

When he stepped into Li Ze's general, Li Ze was rubbing his face hard with a wet towel. When he saw Qin Zhao coming in, he threw the towel into the basin and smiled and said, "General Qin, I'm negligent, I'm negligent, am I impatient to wait?"

"Li Xiang was joking." Qin Zhao shook his head repeatedly: "Li Xiang was in charge of the overall situation and was busy with official duties. Qin Zhao could imagine it."

"Thank you for General Qin for understanding. General Qin please sit down." Li Ze said: "Do you know why I have to transfer your Zuo Xiaowei to Dizhou this time?"

Qin Zhao was stunned and looked at Li Ze who was sitting back and said, "The court has an order, so Zuo Xiaowei will naturally obey the order. Zuo Xiaowei is the army of the court. We will naturally go wherever the court asks us to go."

"I think Xue Ping and Han Qi must tell you that I transferred you to Dizhou to keep you away from Wuyi Zhenzhou, so as not to be disgusting under my nose!"

Qin Zhao suddenly became embarrassed. Xue Ping and Han Qi really told him this. The dispute between the two factions is something that everyone knows, but they always need to be able to pass the face. Qin Zhao really didn't expect Li Ze to say it casually.

"Li Xiang was probably misunderstood!" he said embarrassedly.

Li Ze waved his hand: "What do they say, I don't care. It's best if there is no one. Even if there is one, I don't care. But I need to explain to General Qin that transferring you to Dizhou is an extremely important task. General Qin, please come here."

Qin Zhao stood up and walked to Li Ze's case.

Li Ze took out a map from the desk, spread it flat onto the big desk, and pointed at a place with his fingers.

"Pinglu?" Qin Zhao's eyes contracted slightly.

"Yes, Pinglu! Hou Xiyi controls this Shandong Peninsula, I am slandering!" Li Ze said: "If we can hold this land in our hands as soon as possible, we can control the entire Bohai Bay. More importantly, General Qin, come and see. After taking Pinglu, we can open a passage with Jiangsu and other southern regions. Now our land contact with Jiangnan has been stuck by Zhu Wen, but if we have this place, we can reopen the land passage. Even if we walk on the sea, we will have to get closer. There are many good ports to use. Hou Xiyi is a fool, a waste of resources!"

Qin Zhao said hesitantly: "Suang Li, haven't we just reached an agreement with Zhu Wen's side?"

Li Ze curled his mouth and said, "Agreement is an agreement, is it another matter how to do it? If a war breaks out in a comprehensive way, it does not mean that there is no small friction. The army does not fight, it does not mean that there is no war in other aspects."

"What does Lee Sang mean?"

"Hou Xiyi is so scared to death now." Li Ze laughed: "I am already expanding my army and preparing for war, for fear that we will attack him. Since he is so scared, I will burn another fire. After General Qin went, he prepared his troops and carried out drills on the border every now and then, forcing Hou Xiyi to continue to increase his troops, recruit soldiers, and collect taxes."

Qin Zhao suddenly realized: "Outternal force prompted chaos within it!"

"External compulsion is only one aspect, and we will also have other actions inside. Of course, there is another person responsible for these matters. Pinglu was originally in a downturn under the rule of Hou Xiyi. Under such compulsion, this person will inevitably impose heavy taxes. Under the destruction of the people we sent out, internal chaos is inevitable."

Speaking of this, Li Ze laughed: "There has been chaos within the country, and Hou Xiyi wants to suppress it. As long as the chaos in Pinglu is in chaos, our chance will come. No matter when it is fought, we can get it."

"Li Xiang can plan. This plan has been implemented for a long time, right? There are already many of our internal supporters in Pinglu?" Qin Zhao said astonished.

"Yes, those wealthy families naturally refused to join us, but there are still many small and medium-sized landlords. They are already suffering. These people are mainly extorted by Hou Xiyi. These people have no resistance to our policies. They can't reach this number of 5,000 acres of land." Li Ze said with a smile.

"I understand." Qin Zhao nodded.

"All five thousand elite soldiers under Li Hao in Dizhou will be added to your Zuo Xiaogu, and with your headquarters, the Zuo Xiaogu's soldiers will have 25,000 troops, which will make Hou Xiyi's dormitory uneasy. The governor of Dizhou, Yang Wei and the chief Lu Guan, will strongly support your actions." Li Ze said: "And Shen Congxing is stationed in Cangzhou and will also give you support at any time. He is preparing for your follow-up troops. Once we officially start the war, with your Zuo Xiaogu and Shen Congxing's right-leading guard, it should be no problem to take down a Pinglu that is chaotic internally."

"yes."
Chapter completed!