Gao Tingshu did not pretend to be profound and kept him in suspense. He slowly said, "Yongzhou Provincial Governor Tian Zong, Yangzhou Deputy General Dong Gong Huang, and Qingzhou Navy Governor Wei Dong. It seems that the court has the intention of adding an assistant minister to our Ministry of War to deal with military affairs in the capital. Simply put, it is to take back some military power from some of the generals of the four towns and four levels. If nothing goes wrong, Dong Gong Huang will take up this position. Although it is only a promotion from the lower third rank, it is still a promotion from the second-in-command of the local army to the assistant minister of the Ministry of War who is in charge of the military in the capital. As for Provincial Governor Tian Zong, he will most likely be transferred to the position of assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice that Han Lin left behind. However, we all know the situation of Minister Liu of the Ministry of Justice. Tian Zong's future is great, not inferior to Official Dong, and may even be better. As for why Wei Dong, who was supposed to stay in the Qingzhou Navy and assist Chen Zhibao, suddenly left Guangling, and what position he will take, after all, there is no seat in Taian City suitable for a navy general to sit in. I cannot understand. "
Kong Zhenrong thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps he came to the Ministry of War and the court. He will definitely be promoted, but he will quickly return to Guangling Road and become the governor of the Guangling Navy. At the same time, he may take on his old position."
Gao Tingshu thought seriously and then nodded. He smiled and said, "That is indeed the case. Brother Kong is wise!"
This assistant minister of the Department for Purging Officials did not let Kong Zhenrong see that his hand instantly clenched and unclenched.
The two chatted about some unimportant matters of the Ministry of War. Gao Tingshu, who rarely had time to rest, said that he needed to return to his room to deal with government affairs.
In the corridor, two young men of similar age and rank walked with their backs to each other.
After Gao Tingshu had walked for a while, he turned his head to look at the tall figure. When he turned his head again, he said to himself, "Oh, so he is not really stupid."
Kong Zhenrong did not turn around, his face expressionless.
This young man, who had been sternly reprimanded by his father last night and was not allowed to go to the Demawei Post Station, the assistant minister of the Department of Transportation with a bright future, rubbed his face hard.
Brother Nian.
The four brothers of the past. Yan had become the uncle of the Emperor. Just as he had wished when he was young, he had peacefully started to study.
I, Kong Wuchi, will also be an official.
He and I are still brothers.
Li Hanlin, who used to be the most afraid of death, was now the Commandant of the crossbowmen outside the Liangzhou Pass.
I'll follow you into battle to kill the enemy.
You're still brothers.
I just want to know, are we still brothers with you?
Brother Nian, I've collected more than sixty sets of military books for you in Great Peace City, are you still willing to take them?
— —
Just as Gao Tingshu and Kong Zhenrong had said and thought, Tian Zong, Wei Dong, Dong Gong, and Huang Rong had bypassed the Ministry of War's review and quietly entered the capital. Their path of promotion in the officialdom was just like that.
Tang Tieshuang took the three of them for a stroll. He didn't talk about any national affairs or military affairs. He only talked about some trivial local customs. He didn't even mention their mutual benefactor, the great pillar of the country, Gu Jiantang.
The Yongzhou Provincial Governor, Tian Zong. Back then, when the old Southern Tang was destroyed, he took the first credit for crossing the river.
The deputy general of Yang Province, Dong Gong Huang, was the same as Tian Zong. He did not follow the general into the capital, but stayed in the local area. When he took office, he beat the third young master of the Gumu Xu family to death and married the daughter of the Jiangnan Yu family.
Wei Dong, who had become in-laws with the current Qingzhou Provincial Governor, had a close relationship with the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Wen Taiyi, and the Qingzhou General, Hong Lingshu, who had entered the capital earlier than them.
If one added on Cai Nan, who was already the Huai Provincial Governor, and the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War, Tang Tieshuang, who stood beside the three of them.
It was enough to make the officials of the capital, who saw this scene and thought of this, feel a thick chill.
Gu Lu was gone, but Gu Jiantang still controlled the largest Liyang Border Army in the Liyang Dynasty. Unlike Xu Xiao, Gu Jiantang had entered the Ministry of War alone. His old subordinates had been scattered long ago. But other than these four people with high authority, there were many other trusted subordinates who had not surfaced.
Tang Tieshuang suddenly fell silent.
The previous emperor of Liyang had scattered the Gu generals. The current emperor had gathered the old Gu generals and brought them into the capital.
It could not be said which of the two emperors was more skillful. It just depended on the time.
Solving the problem of Beiliang was equivalent to completing half of the great cause of removing the vassals.
Then, after cleaning up the forces left behind by the Gu generals, wouldn't it also complete half of the task of suppressing the local generals?
What really made Tang Tieshuang sad but would not reveal anything was not that the emperor wanted to use them to control the old civil officials of Zhang Lu, nor was it the emperor's intention to use them to intimidate and, to a certain extent, cut off the old officials of Yonghui and the new officials of Xiangfu. It was that in the early years, they could exchange lives on the battlefield.
Among the old brothers, perhaps other than Old Dong, Tian Zong and Wei Dong were all pleasantly surprised by this promotion. They were far more worried about the general's situation.
Tang Tieshuang quickly returned to normal and smiled.
This was the imperial court. This was the human heart.
They knew that it was lonely at the top, but people still walked to the top.
The many generals on the territory of Liyang, from Yang Shenxing and Yan Zhenchun, to him, Tang Tieshuang, had become chess pieces casually played by someone.
The civil officials did not have it easy either.
Zhang Julu's departure and Qi Yanglong's arrival was a complete change.
Following Lu Baijie, who had vaguely become the leader of the Gangnam-do scholars, went south, Xu Gong was also hidden at the border. The northern scholars, led by the Peng family of Liaodong, began to rise. Now, the Green Party, which had fallen apart, showed signs of recovery. The incomparably high arrogance of the Jiangnan tycoons in the past two years was immediately extinguished. There was also Yao Bai.
The likes of Feng firmly occupied a place in the center.
The chessboard, which was originally divided into different camps, was completely messed up.
The only thing that was not messed up was the chess player behind the scenes.
There was order in the chaos.
Tang Tieshuang did not know about this chess game. Among the previous emperor, the current emperor, Zhang Julu, and Yuan Benxi, Tang Tieshuang could not tell who contributed more and who put in more effort.
But, among the few chess players, except for the one surnamed Zhao, what happened to them?
Then, Tang Tieshuang thought of a young man and smiled happily.
A chess piece that was placed in a tight position could actually disgust the chess player one day.
Strange, strange!
How delightful!
— —
The lobby of the Ministry of War, where Tang Tieshuang was temporarily absent, was completely in an uproar after hearing a piece of news.
There was a confrontation at the Demawei Post House?!
Gao Tingshu muttered, "It's a pity that we can't kill people. But, a king who relied on his strength accidentally drowned in Jianghu. It's reasonable, right?"
As time went by, the Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Works, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Appointments, and Zhao Jiawen were all boiling with excitement.
Then, there were the two provinces under the Hall of Governmental Affairs, the Imperial College, the Hanlin Academy, and the six post houses …
Among them, Huan Wen and Zhao Youling coincidentally gave the word "nonsense".
However, Tantanon said that the young king's behavior did not match his status, while Master Zhao was annoyed that his youngest son, Zhao Wenwei, went to the Demawei Post to watch the show.
Only the head of the Hall of Governmental Affairs, Qi Yanglong, was indifferent and turned a deaf ear to it. The old man held the poetry book that was listed as a forbidden book by the imperial court in one hand, and read it with great interest. From time to time, he grabbed a few peanuts from the small plate on the table and ate them with great interest.
In the unsigned poetry book, the scholar surnamed Zhang, who had never entered Jianghu in his life, could write such wanton poems as "I have a three-foot sword in the box, where there is a flood dragon, I slay the flood dragon". He could also write such graceful poems as "I hope to see a white head in old age".
Huh? The plate was empty.
As for the person who wrote the poem, he was already dead.
The old man was disappointed.
— —
In a majestic hall in the imperial palace, there was no court meeting at this time, and there were no accompanying eunuchs, but a young man in a dragon robe was sitting on the dragon throne.
In the empty and quiet hall, the emperor sat in the north and faced the south. He said in a voice that only he could hear, "Do you know, as long as Dong Zhuo and 200,000 people die in Beimang, and 100,000 more people die in Beiliang, then the world will be peaceful and prosperous."
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