Zhao Dongting said: "You led your army to pacify the Li army in Yue. Dali has made contributions. I now give you the second-rank mighty general, to govern the Tianji army, and to be named the Divine Eye Marquis. I hope you will continue to establish immortal military achievements for the Song Dynasty!"

Zhang Hongwei kowtowed to the ground, "Last general Zhang Hongwei thanked the emperor for his kindness!"

Zhao Dongting smiled and helped him up, "You promoted me personally when I was in the Bianzhou and saved my life. If you are a private friend, I should give you a stronger reward. However, I am the emperor and cannot favor one or the other. Any reward needs to be judged by military merit. With your qualifications, it is not impossible to be the marshal of the Dali Military Region. I just hope that you can understand my efforts."

"The emperor is so serious."

Zhang Hongwei heard this and said, "My general has never read a book, and he knows that his military strategy is far from Marshal Liu. Now he can be trusted by the emperor as the commander of the Tianji Army and the Marquis of the God-Eyes. Mo general is already grateful in his heart and dare not be dissatisfied with the emperor."

Zhao Dongting nodded, "I will feel relieved."

As he said that, he patted Zhang Hongwei on the shoulder, "Actually, I should have given you a pardon, but you were still in Dali at that time, and I had not set up the Dali Military Region. It was not appropriate to directly announce that the transfer of you to Xingguo Military Region was transferred. Therefore, this matter has been delayed until now."

In fact, Zhao Dongting didn't need to say these words.

With his personality, he may not want to say these words.

But now the Song Dynasty is gradually becoming stronger, but Zhao Dongting, the emperor, has to make careful considerations like a woman.

Because he understood very well that a slight negligence might make the civil and military officials below dissatisfied.

Once this dissatisfaction arises, it may be a time bomb in the future.

It is said that it is easy to seize the country, but it is difficult to defend the country.

With the current national strength of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Dongting was not worried about any other country that could pose too much threat to the Song Dynasty.

No matter how powerful a country is, it cannot withstand internal collapse.

Therefore, he must now show more care and care for these civil and military officials.

After Zhang Hongwei retreated, Zhao Dongting successively announced several generals from the Tianji Army.

These people were rewarded and were all happy after getting off the chariot.

After Zhao Dongting finally stopped Xuanren coming in, Le Chan couldn't help but say: "The emperor seems to be extra kind and polite to these generals today."

Although Zhao Dongting was good to Chinese civil officials and military generals in the court in the past, he would never be like today.

"well……"

Zhao Dongting sighed softly when he heard this, "Chan'er, have you ever thought about why civil strife often occurred after the founding of the country in previous dynasties?"

Le Chan and the girls were slightly moved.

Zhao Dongting then said: "The meritorious deeds of all dynasties have been conquered by the founding kings. In terms of friendship, their friendship with the king is probably not inferior to me, Yue Peng, Zhang Hongwei and others. They turned against each other in the end, mostly because of uneven distribution. The country is like a cake. They shed blood and sweat for the country, but in the end they did not get the status they deserve, or were suspicious of the king. It is normal for them to become dissatisfied. Now that I am parading in Lin'an, it is actually equivalent to announcing the official restoration of the Song Dynasty to the whole world, which is no different from the founding of the country. So the more at this moment, the more I need to reflect my care and trust for these civil servants and military generals, so as not to feel heartbroken. No matter how powerful the country is, it cannot withstand the consumption of civil strife."

Le Chan hesitated a little, "It's just that... will you lose your majesty as the emperor?"

“No.”

Zhao Dongting shook his head and chuckled, "I am the emperor after all. No matter how polite I am to them and have no airs, I am still the emperor. They should be grateful in their hearts."

After hearing what he said, Le Chan stopped saying anything, just smiled.

The army continued to march towards Lin'an Prefecture.

This has passed nearly ten days.

Before Zhao Dongting and his group arrived in Lin'an Prefecture, Zhongsun Guge's reply was sent back to the Zhongxing Prefecture of Xixia in an urgent manner for 800 miles.

He often criticized Zhao Dongting for his long and arrogant attitude.

He even risked the risk of offending Li Xiushu and tactfully said that the alliance between Xixia and the Song Dynasty was a mistake, and he was trying to make a fuss with the tiger.

Li Xiushu was "furious" after reading Zhongsun Guge's letter in the imperial study.

She even threw out the jade cup on the desk in anger and shouted to the old eunuch beside her: "Go and send all the military generals to the old master and ministers of the two ranks or above in the court! No matter what they are doing at this time, as long as they are in Zhongxing Mansion, they must rush to the hall to see me within half an hour!"

Even though the old eunuch was deeply trusted by Li Xiushu, he couldn't help but feel trembling when he saw Li Xiushu suddenly getting angry.

He could probably think of what was going on, and he could also think of how angry the emperor was in his heart.

He didn't know, but in fact, Li Xiushu was smiling secretly in his heart.

Zhao Dongting actually made Zhongsun Guge so angry that she was a little curious about what Zhao Dongting was doing in front of Zhongsun Guge.

After the old eunuch left the imperial study room, Li Xiushu also left and rushed to the palace hall angrily.

Not long after, all the civil and military officials in the Western Xia Dynasty rushed to the hall.

Just as he was about to kneel down, he heard Li Xiushu on the throne say angrily: "Don't kneel! Heliancheng, where is Qu Rujian?"

Heliancheng, Qu Rujian and the others hurriedly stepped out, "The last one is here!"

Li Xiushu said again: "What's wrong with me asking you to train troops?"

Helian Chenglian replied: "Back to the emperor, the general and General Qu are already stepping up their training at these ends of time!"

Li Xiushu snorted coldly, "When will the army go on the expedition?"

Heliancheng said with a little bitterness on his face: "Our army in various places is still being deployed. If we want to go to war, it will take two months."

"Two months!"

Li Xiushu said angrily: "The Song Dynasty has bullied us. Do you want me to wait for another two months?"

Heliancheng wanted to speak but stopped, "The emperor forgives the crime. It is not easy for soldiers from all over the country to prepare well."

Li Xiushu narrowed her eyes slightly and said quietly: "Is it because the soldiers from all over the country who are unwilling to obey your arrangement?"

She has been temporarily granted the title of the National Marshal of Military Forces and Horses.

Li Xiushu knew in his heart that even though Heliancheng was the Grand Marshal of the Army, he only had some control over the Helian family's army and the Xixia Imperial Guard. The private armies of the other major families would not be so easy to listen to his arrangements. After all, although the main figures of each family are in Zhongxing Prefecture, their army is still on their respective territory.

She said this on purpose, which also meant to force many families to express their opinions.

Zhao Dongting once said that he didn't mind taking this opportunity to help her eliminate certain forces in the Western Xia territory.

Therefore, Li Xiushu had to let those families send large troops to attack Song.

After saying this, several of the heads of the house in the hall had slightly changed color.

Of course they understood what Li Xiushu meant, which was saying that they were lying and disobeying.

But if they were sent to attack Song, not to mention whether they could defeat the Song army, they were even more worried that Li Xiushu would treat their private soldiers as cannon fodder.

As it is, their strength has been damaged, so there is no room for competition with Li Xiushu from now on, and they can only be eaten up by Li Xiushu step by step.

But when they were hesitating, Li Xiushu spoke again and said, "Heliancheng, which military officer is the troops of which military commander are unwilling to obey your arrangement?"

In an instant, the eyes of the heads of the family fell on Heliancheng.

If Heliancheng bites out whom, then the family will inevitably bear the emperor's anger.

Now Heliancheng is clearly the empress, so of course they have such concerns in their hearts.

Heliancheng looked back and swept the hall, feeling a little embarrassed.

Their Helian family turned against the Empress, which made the big families that were originally in alliance with them extremely dissatisfied with them and regarded them as traitors. If they brought out any family at this time, the Helian family would only be more in power with those families.

Finally, his eyes fell on He Liandong.

Now it is time for the Helian family to make a complete decision.

If you open your mouth, you will completely turn to the empress.

If you don’t speak, it will only be considered a good match for both sides. It may reduce the hatred of the big families, but it will inevitably offend the empress because of this.

"cough!"

He Liandong felt his son's gaze, coughed softly, and said, "Cheng'er, the emperor is asking you! You'll be honest."

This is equivalent to expressing one's opinion.
Chapter completed!