Chapter 360: Night Banquet in Jingtai Palace

A group of generals of the Guards made a noise in the office of the General's Governor's Office, and were eventually suppressed by Yue Fei. They told them that five days later, Deng Sheng would hold a banquet in Jingtai Palace and personally explain the issue of the list to them. This was the first time since the creation of the world that a king personally explained to his ministers, so Yue Fei warned these people that if anyone dared to have any disrespect to Deng Sheng at the banquet, he would be rude.

As the general of the current dynasty, Yue Fei's prestige in the army was higher than that of Deng Sheng. Although these guard generals were like this, they would be whispering in the army on weekdays, but when they came to Yue Fei, no one dared to act rashly.

Just when Yue Fei was suppressing these generals, in the Wancheng Royal Palace and Ganyang Palace, Cui Hao was standing at His Highness with a respectful look on his face. Deng Sheng was now reading a book with his back to Cui Hao. After a long time, Deng Sheng put down the book, turned around, and said to Cui Hao: "Have they all arrived?"

Cui Hao nodded and said, "Yes, the king, we have arrived. And just now, the general of Jinwu Guard Deng Qiang, general of the Angry Guard Zhou Yu, general of the Angry Guard Zhang Liao, general of the Shence Guard Murong Chui, general of the Shenwu Guard Murdue Guard Deng Zhong all broke into the office of the General Governor's Office and had a fight there, but was stopped by General Yue!" Cui Hao told Deng Sheng about the situation of the General Governor's Office.

After hearing this, Deng Sheng sighed. This matter was indeed a bit troublesome, but Deng Sheng believed in Yue Fei. Since Yue Fei suppressed these guard generals, he would tell them what to do and what not to do. Deng Sheng said: "Cui Qing, do you think they will listen to my explanation?"

Cui Hao replied: "King, as the king of a country, he personally held a banquet to explain to his ministers for one thing. This is the first time. This shows the king's importance to them. When the king gives, they have to accept it. This is the way for the king and his subjects. If anyone dares to refuse to give up, then he is not worthy of continuing to sit in that position!"

Cui Hao has always taken the ruling and ministerial approach very seriously. Cui Hao also knew that Deng Sheng did something wrong, but what could he do? Deng Sheng is the king of Deng State. No matter what decision he made, he could only obey as a minister. As the saying goes, thunder and rain are all kindness of the king. In Cui Hao's opinion, Deng Sheng did not need to explain to the generals of the guards at all, but in order to quell this matter as soon as possible, Cui Hao could only agree to let him down. However, if there was any ungrateful guy at the banquet who was not open to his eyes, Cui Hao would not mind pulling him down.

Deng Sheng nodded, and was very satisfied with Cui Hao's statement. In fact, when he decided to hold this banquet, Cui Hao and others also disagreed. After all, as the king of a country, Deng Sheng explained to his ministers condescendingly, which was not in line with the rules. However, Deng Sheng still insisted, and there was nothing else. Although there was a systematic existence, Deng Sheng was not afraid of betrayal of his subordinates, but he could not disappoint them. Therefore, in order to appease the generals, Deng Sheng resolutely decided to invite the generals.

Five days later, Deng Sheng personally invited the General's Office and the General of the Twelve Guards in Jingtai Palace. After three rounds of wine, Deng Sheng said to everyone: "You guys, everyone's mood is not very high tonight. Even if you don't talk about it, I know that you have many questions in your heart. If that's the case, then I will listen carefully. Who will come first?"

Everyone below looked at each other, and no one wanted to be the first to be the first. After a long time, Deng Qiang, who was closest to Deng Sheng, stood up and bowed and said, "King, I have no malicious intentions. I just have some questions in my heart. I hope the king can answer it for me after seeing that I have fought for the Great Deng for many years. If I have any words that have collided with the King, I hope the king can forgive me!"

Deng Sheng looked at Deng Qiang with a smile. I have to say that Deng Sheng said this beautifully. As soon as he opened his mouth, he said that they had been in the bloody battle for Deng State for many years, and suddenly stood at the commanding heights of morality, making it difficult for Deng Sheng to get angry with them. Deng Sheng smiled and said, "If you have anything Deng Qing might as well say it directly, I will listen!"

"Since the king asked me to say that, I will be arbitrarily!" Deng Qiang said: "When there is a matter of the Northern Expedition to start the spring of next year, which guards originally chose to go to the expedition is the right of the King and the General's General's Office. But this time, the Yulin Guard suddenly appeared on the list, and I thought it was inappropriate!"

"Isn't it right? What's wrong? The Yulin Guard is also one of the twelve guards of my Great Deng, and he also has the responsibility to expand territory for Great Deng. Why can't we participate in the Northern Expedition?" After hearing Deng Qiang's words, Deng Sheng asked again.

"Master, please forgive me for being rude!" At this time, the general of the Angry Dragon Guard, Zhou Yu, stood up and said, "Although the Yulin Guard is one of the twelve guards of the Great Deng, the Yulin Guard is even more the imperial guards of my Great Deng. Their most important task is to protect the King and Wancheng. Now they suddenly participate in the northern expedition, which is to sacrifice the foundation and chase the end. The king and the king do not care about it!"

As soon as Zhou Yu said this, Deng Ai, who was sitting beside him, immediately came out to explain, but was stopped by Deng Sheng. Then he smiled and said to Zhou Yu, "Zhou Qing will sit down for the time being!" Then he said to everyone, "I know what Zhou Qing said just now, this is what most of you said. Yes, the responsibility of the Yulin Guard is to protect me and the capital. I shouldn't have gone to this Northern Expedition!"

Speaking of this, Deng Sheng stood up, came to Deng Ai, pulled Deng Ai up, and said to everyone: "But I can't bear it. I feel guilty. This is Deng Ai. You all know him, but do you know that Deng Ai is over 40 years old this year. He has followed me since he was in his early twenties, and has worked diligently for the capital for me for twenty years. As a general, he has never been to the battlefield. Do you think this is fair?"

After saying that, Deng Sheng pulled Deng Ai to Xue Rengui, the General of Yingyang Guard, and said to him: "Xue Qing, you, Deng Ai and Gao Shun, rescued me from the hunting ground together. I have always been grateful to you. Tell me, is this fair?"

At this time, Xue Rengui's thoughts seemed to have returned to the autumn twenty years ago. He remembered Deng Ai, who was in his prime, and closed his eyes and replied: "It's not fair!"

Deng Sheng nodded with satisfaction, then looked at everyone and said, "Then do you think, is this fair? What will happen to you if you sit in Deng Ai's position? Will you kneel in Ganyang Palace like Deng Ai, regardless of the dignity of a warrior, and ask me to give Yu Linwei a chance?"

Everyone was also worried after hearing this. Yes, as a general, the highest honor was to be a bloody battlefield and a corpse, but Deng Ai had been guarding Wancheng for twenty years, wasting twenty years. When they were all powerful and killed on the battlefield, Deng Ai was still guarding this city. If it were them, they would have been crazy long ago. Now they seemed to have nothing to say.

Seeing that everyone had nothing to say, Deng Sheng knew that this was done, but there was still some lack of time. So Deng Sheng struck while the iron was hot and said, "To be honest, you all have to thank Deng Ai. Without Deng Ai stationed in Wancheng all year round and solved your worries, how could you gallop on the battlefield? Now Deng Ai just made a humble request to me as a general. If I can't satisfy him, then what kind of face would I have to dominate the great Deng? So after thinking about it, I felt that I owe Deng Ai and the generals of the Yulin Guard, so I granted 10,000 Yulin Guards to join the Northern Expedition Army. This is my compensation for Yulin Guards. I don't know what you are thinking, but this matter is settled, and I will never change it!" After that, Deng Sheng sat back on the throne!

Deng Sheng's words made the generals blush and feel very ashamed. They feel that they judge a gentleman with the heart of a villain. Thinking of Deng Ai's efforts over the years, they feel that Deng Ai's request is really not an exaggeration. The army is not like the court, and everything must be followed by rules and systems. There is a lot of friendship in the army. This is the friendship accumulated by everyone from the battlefield. So at this moment, they no longer have any objections to the Yulin Guard going to the war with the army.

General Zhang Liao, the general of Shence Guard, stood up with shame and said, "Master, I know that I am wrong, but I am narrow-minded!" Then he bowed to Deng Ai and said, "General Deng Ai, thank you for your hard work over the years!"

"General Deng Ai, thank you for your hard work!" Seeing this, everyone stood up and bowed to Deng Ai and said.

Seeing this, Deng Sheng laughed secretly. The matter was finally resolved. Deng Sheng had to admire his wit.
Chapter completed!