After Li Xiaofei sent someone to report to Chen Hongyi about the levy and arrest of people from various counties in Hebei Province, Chen Hongyi stroked his beard and said: "Good means, good means, but I have not only a knife but also a pen in my hand!" Chen Hongyi ordered the army to join the army chief secretary and others.

Immediately write a notice to inform all states, counties and counties that all expenses and labor for building the Monolithic Fortress and repairing the Great Wall will be borne by Chen Hongyi, and no localities will be required to levy salaries and arrests.

Chen Hongyi signed and sealed thousands of notices and sent them to government offices across Hebei and posted them on city gates. Suddenly, chaos spread across Hebei. Vice General Zhao took this opportunity to lead his men to capture dozens of county towns.

, recruited three thousand troops and entrenched themselves in the Taihang Mountains.

A large number of impeachment documents and documents requesting help from all over Hebei were sent to Jinling every day. Xiao Shan and others were so angry that they were so angry that they directly accused Emperor Liu Xuan of punishing Chen Hongyi for resisting the imperial decree. Liu Xuan was very happy, but

His face was very ugly, and he clapped his hand on the throne: "It's the opposite, it's not bad, come here, send people to Xiangguo to arrest Chen Hongyi, send him to the capital, and hand him over to Dali Temple for strict interrogation and punishment!"

No one in the hall responded. Although Xiao Shan and others wanted to convict Chen Hongyi, the tens of thousands of people under Chen Hongyi were the elite troops of Liang Guosui, especially the original Chen Jiajun team. Who dared to arrest Chen Hongyi? What if Chen Hongyi

If we create a Qingjun side and fight back to Jinling, I'm afraid no one will be able to escape.

Seeing that no one in the courtroom responded, Liu Xuan leaned on the throne and sighed: "Alas, are all the important ministers and ministers so afraid of Chen Hongyi? Do I want to go on a personal expedition to punish Chen Hongyi?"

Xiao Shan spoke quickly: "I am awaiting the death penalty. Although Chen Hongyi resisted the decree, he did not commit rebellion. I think he sent a general to lead the troops and pass down the edict that confiscated Chen Hongyi's salary for three years and severely reprimanded him. I believe Chen Hongyi will also read it.

and His Majesty’s merciful confession and repentance.”

Liu Xuan almost laughed, but he still held it back. He saw through Xiao Shan's mind. These civil servants were afraid that Liu Xuan would conquer Chen Hongyi in person for free, but instead let Chen Hongyi hold the emperor hostage and rule the world. Liu Xuan pretended to hesitate: "

Then according to Prime Minister Zuo's idea, which general should be sent to do the job?"

Xiao Shan already had a candidate in mind, so he reported back: "Your Majesty, I recommend Zhong Zhiming for this post. This person has made great contributions to pacifying Huainan and pacifying Hebei. I didn't report his military exploits last time because I wanted to avoid suspicion, but this time the country is hiring the person."

As a plan, it is better to let Zhong Zhiming serve as the general manager of the march in the Hebei provinces and promote him to the post general, which can not only pacify the bandits in the Hebei provinces, but also restrain Chen Hongyi."

Liu Xuan thought to himself that Xiao Shan was indeed an old fox. He pushed his own generals forward by retreating, and could also contain Chen Hongyi. However, this was exactly what Liu Xuan wanted to see. If Chen Hongyi and Xiao Xie and Wang Yuan were in the same spirit, they would join forces with each other.

If he falls in love with the world, then his life as emperor will be in danger.

Liu Xuan glanced at the other ministers: "Dear ministers of the imperial court, do you agree with Prime Minister Zuo's proposal? I think it is feasible."

Xiao Ding, Yuan Kang, Xie Rui, Wang Guan and others all agreed unanimously. Liu Xuan was satisfied and immediately issued an edict, worshiping Zhong Zhiming as his general, commanding the military forces in Jizhou, Youzhou, Qingzhou and Yuzhou, conquering the rebels in Hebei, and reprimanding Chen Hongyi for resisting the imperial decree.

When Zhong Zhiming received the edict, everyone congratulated him. Zhong Zhiming smiled: "Brothers, the court just threw a bone to me Zhong and asked me to bite people. If I don't handle it properly, my reputation will be ruined."

, and it will plunge the country into civil war again. It’s not easy to do this.”

An aide next to him said: "To defeat the traitor Kou Yi, but to rebuke Chen Hongyi, the veteran of the Five Dynasties and the powerful hussar general in China, this is clearly asking General Zhong to die."

"But the imperial court has issued an edict. If we don't rebuke them, we will be disobeying the order," another aide also said.

Zhong Zhiming thought for a while: "I have to go, and the reprimand cannot be vague. It involves the dignity of the court."

The staff were about to dissuade them, but Zhong Zhiming waved his hand: "This matter has been settled. We must abide by the imperial decree. By the way, you can write hundreds of proclamations for me and send them to various government offices and General Chen. The contents of the proclamations are as follows

I, Zhong Zhiming, was ordered to go and rebuke General Chen, letting everyone know that "

The staff were shocked. It was almost impossible to do this in the first place. If they had discussed it privately with Chen Hongyi and pretended it was possible, but now that it has become known to the world, they will probably not be able to get off the stage on the spot. But Zhong

Zhiming's decision has been made, and no one can refute it.

Just when the monarchs and ministers of the Liang Kingdom were fighting secretly, a major event happened on the Mobei grassland, but at the time it was just a drinking game. One day in the summer of the ninth year of Xianchu, the Black Banner Khanate's national advisor Hu Gao led

White Wolf King Ju Wuzhi went to the Green Banner Khanate to pay homage to the Great Khan of the Green Banner Khanate, Tubili.

This Ju Wuzhi was originally the right captain. He was named the White Wolf King because he risked his life to report the news and saved Pajaqili. Moreover, this man was much more resourceful than the others. Even Hu Gao called him the person who could chat with him on the grassland.

These two people came to the Green Flag Khanate to discuss an alliance. Pajaqili did not have much hope for this. After all, the two families had been fighting for the throne for hundreds of years. Hu Gao and Ju Wuzhi insisted on it.

I wanted to go to the Green Banner Khanate, so I took thirty cauldrons and a hundred barrels of fire wine, caught up with several hundred cattle and sheep, and took five hundred people with me.

Tubili didn't take it seriously at first, but his eyes lit up when he saw the big pot. This iron pot is a rare commodity on the grassland. Tubili said with a smile: "Your troops went south last year, and they were able to grab such a good thing."

You can still deliver things to us. It seems that you have something important to ask of me."

Hu Gao smiled: "What a rarity this iron pot is. We are here today to drink our strong fire wine with the Khan and reminisce about old friendships."

Tubili was very happy when he heard Hu Gao call him Khan: "It seems that your Pajaqili has recognized that I am the orthodox one, not bad, not bad."

Ju Wuzhi took the words: "You are the Great Khan, and our Pajaqili is also the Great Khan. Let's not argue about whether it is orthodox or not. Khan, you won't just let us stand here drinking wine and eating meat, right?"

Tubi waved his hand: "Come, prepare our roasted camels. All the guests are here, and they have brought the best gifts. We can't be stingy. Captain Zuo Ahe went to call dozens of beauties.

Come to add to the fun”

Ahe was quite flexible, and after leaving for a while, he came to invite Tubili and the others to take a seat at the venue. The people of the Green Flag Khanate enjoyed it more than the people of the Black Flag Khanate. They dug out seats on the grass early, had a stove, stage, etc.

It was fired and shaped by fire and specially used for gatherings. Tubili sat alone on the earthen bench in the west. The table in front of him was filled with grapes, watermelons and other fruits. Hu Gaoju Wuzhi sat on the seat in the south, and the same thing happened in front of him.

The seats in the north are the high priest and deputy khan Zadar of the Green Banner Khanate, and in the east are dozens of dancing women in thin skirts. In the center is a camel roasting over a charcoal fire, with oil dripping onto the charcoal.

There was a creaking sound and a puff of white smoke came out.

Hu Gao's saliva did not stop, and some flowed out from the corner of his mouth. Tubi clapped his hands: "Bring the wine from the Western Regions up to the guests to taste."

The wine was quickly served. Hu Gao and Ju Wuzhi took a few sips together. They felt a little sour, but still drank a glass. Tubili asked them: "How is this wine?"

Ju Wuzhi was hesitating, and Hu Gao smacked his tongue: "It's sour and not very tasty. This wine should be paired with some beef and mutton."

Tubi smiled: "As expected of a national teacher, he knows the goods well."

The high priest spoke: "Yes, the National Preceptor has a lot of experience. I think it's better to stay and be our National Preceptor."

Hu Gao pretended to be serious: "Hey, I'm afraid I'll offend the Eagle God of your department. I'm a promiscuous person, a drunkard and a drunkard, and I have a bad temper."

The high priest smiled: "The Eagle God will protect those who believe in him. As long as the national master also believes in our Eagle God, there will be no offense to the Eagle God."

Hu Gao nodded and squinted: "High Priest, what kind of power does this Eagle God have? If it is really powerful, I can consider it."

The high priest was very happy and took a sip of wine: "The supreme Eagle God is omnipotent and omniscient. There is nothing he cannot do."

Hu Gao chuckled: "Really? Then I would like to ask the high priest, can this Eagle God create a stone that he cannot lift?"

Everyone was stunned. No one had ever asked this question before. The high priest was about to answer, but was speechless. Some ordinary priests around him spoke: "The Eagle God is omnipotent and omniscient, of course he can."

Hu Gao picked up a watermelon and said, "The eagle god can find this stone but cannot pick it up. Doesn't it mean that the eagle god is not omnipotent?"

Several other ordinary priests said again: "It can't be made," and they covered their mouths as soon as they finished speaking.

The high priest lowered his head and said nothing, but Ju Wuzhi immediately spoke: "Our national master likes to joke, high priest, don't care, come and taste our strong fire wine."

The high priest stepped down and said: "Yes, yes, yes, let's taste the strong fire wine of your department."

Hu Gao's guards distributed a bowl of strong fire wine to everyone at the banquet, regardless of whether they were sitting or standing. They also carried three barrels and placed them in front of the high priest Tubili and Hu Gao. Tubili looked at the strong fire wine and laughed.

Laughing: "Why is your department so shabby? You have no wine and you treat mare's milk as wine, hahahahaha." Everyone in the Green Flag Khanate laughed loudly.

Hu Gao raised the bowl slowly and said: "Please the Great Khan, the High Priest and all of you slowly swallow this strong fire wine and taste it carefully."

Although Tubi did not want to drink, it would not be good to refute the guest in public, so he took a small sip. After swallowing the small sip, he raised the bowl to his nose and smelled: "This is indeed wine and milk."

, this tastes unique when you drink it."

Everyone also took a big sip, and there was a lot of smacking of tongues and lips. Soon, the people who had no wine in their bowls ran to grab it from the bucket in front of Tubili. This was too disgraceful when Tubili saw it.

, just as he was about to scold him, Ju Wuzhi clapped his hands, and his men sent ten more barrels of fire wine to distribute to everyone. At this time, the slave who was roasting the camels reported to Tubili: "Great Khan, the camels and sheep are all roasted."

Tubili asked his slaves to take down the roasted camels and cut them into pieces for everyone. The slaves broke open the roasted camel and revealed the whole steaming sheep. After taking the sheep out of the camel's belly, there was a lot of food in the sheep's belly.

Another wild goose was revealed, and inside the wild goose was a pheasant. There were some eggs in the pheasant's belly. Hu Gao and Ju Wuzhi were both stunned when they saw it. Tubili thought to himself that this time he looked a little longer.

So he asked Hu Gao: "What do you think of the skill of the roasted camel?"

Hu Gao rolled his eyes: "The Great Khan is wise, this roasted camel is indeed the best in the world. People from the Central Plains have a saying that governing a big country is like cooking small delicacies. To be able to make such a top-notch delicacy that combines all kinds of delicacies, I must be sweating.

His vision must be much higher than that of the world. Only by concentrating all the strength can we accomplish great things. I have benefited a lot from the Great Khan today. At this moment, I am eating the delicacies given by the Great Khan and drinking strong fire wine.

We are both fire dragons. If we unite our strength like a roasted camel, we will definitely achieve great things."

Tuo Li was unprepared. Unexpectedly, Hu Gao actually revealed the true purpose of his trip by praising this dish. He also thought about joining forces, but was always troubled by this orthodoxy. Now that Hu Gao has revealed the truth

, Tubili no longer had any scruples: "Uniting is possible, but there can only be one Great Khan. People in the Central Plains also say that there are no two masters in the sky, and the people have no two masters."

Hu Gao reacted quickly: "Our dish has not yet reached our stomachs. This roasted camel contains camel, mutton, wild geese, pheasant and bird eggs. For this dish, should we use camel or mutton as the main ingredient?"

Arguing, I’m afraid no one will be able to eat in the end. Only when the meat is eaten first, those who like camel will get camel meat, and those who like mutton will get mutton, and everyone will get their own way, can everyone have a way out."

Deputy Khan Zadar also took over the words: "What the Imperial Master said is reasonable. Let's put aside the matter of fighting for the Khan's position. Let's divide the fat meat of the Central Plains first. Then it will not be too late to fight for the Khan's position.

"

Ju Wuzhi also reacted: "Actually, no matter which one of you becomes the Great Khan, you are the direct descendants of the White Wolf King. Others are not qualified to be the Great Khan. We princes and generals are still loyal to your family."

The high priest was serious: "You can put aside the Khan position for now, but we are all fire dragons, so we should only have one god to believe in."
Chapter completed!