Just as Xue Chongxun was a little irritated, Liu An laughed. Xue Chongxun frowned and said, "What's so funny?"

Liu An smiled and said, "The friendship between Mr. Cui and Mr. Shao is comparable to that of Mr. Xue? I heard that Mr. Cui did not treat his disciples very well at the time, and Mr. Cui left Cui's mansion because Mr. Cui's wife was masturbating. Because of such a small matter, I can't see how kindness Mr. Cui has to treat her. Even so, Mr. Cui is thinking about his old friendship and goes to pay tribute to his old friends regardless of his involvement and plots. Why?"

Xue Chongxun was silent.

Liu An said again: "Cui Shilang comes from a family of Shilang, from the capital to the local area, how many old friends have been made! Now it's time to distract people from people, who can speak for him? Who can pay tribute to him? In the end, the person who dares to cry for him in public was just a guest who was swept out of the house! Since Shao Bo can value friendship and friendship so much to Mr. Cui, he is both the main and good friend of Xue Lang, and Xue Lang can't believe in his character?"

Xue Chongxun was stunned for a moment, and soon smiled: "At first, the Li Gui hand made me a little angry, so I didn't think much about it. As soon as Mr. Liu reminded me, I suddenly understood, haha, that's true!"

After Wang Changling came back, Xue Chongxun did not mention the matter, and the two reconciled as before. At that time, Bao Cheng was recruiting soldiers, Liu An was investigating the money and grain of the Yellow River Dagang and the Luoyang Treasury, Yuwen Xiao, Wang Changling and others were customizing the primary files for capturing civil and military generals, and Xue Chongxun was also inquiring about personnel affairs. There were still a little more things and there was no arrangement to return to the court for the time being.

At this time, the official article came to Chang'an, asking Xue Chongxun to return to the court as soon as possible to allow the meritorious soldiers to receive rewards. However, Xue Chongxun wanted to take advantage of the temporary power vacuum in Luoyang to install his own people and expand his power, so he used the excuse of dealing with the post-war problems and delaying them again and again.

As a result, some people in the Chang'an court were still a little worried: the King of Hedong had tens of thousands of elite troops, and his direct troops controlled the army. The generals stationed in Tongguan to manage the logistics line were also among the Taiping Party. He held heavy troops and refused to hand over military power. What did he want to do?

Naturally, most people do not think that Xue Chongxun will rebel, and it is neither necessary nor easy to succeed. Why did he take risks? But the heavy troops at the gate of Guanzhong always make people feel cold... Everyone naturally hopes that Xue Chongxun will hand over the military power back to the Ministry of War as soon as possible and disperse the army to various places. At this time, an official said in front of the left prime minister: "The King of Hedong defeated 100,000 enemies and made great contributions to the court, but the court did not say how to reward him, and he may be dissatisfied."

The left prime minister Lu Xiang was a kind man first, and after hearing this, he blurted out: "Xue Lang is already a prince with a 5,000 households. How should he be granted the title? Should he be granted the title of the prince of a different surname and the Marquis of Wanhu?"

The instructor said, "It is only for rewards, and everyone rewards them, but they only ignore the Lord and General. How can people convince themselves?"

Lu Xiangxian pondered: "Although Xue Lang married the royal family for three generations, he was a different surname after all... I went to the Political Affairs Hall to talk about this matter, what is my opinion?"

The seven prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall were unable to join forces, and they were always quarreling about major issues. The left prime minister Lu Xiang had enough prestige first, but he was not bold enough to make decisions. The prestige and strength of others could not intimidate everyone. The same is true for this matter, some people opposed and some agreed.

Fortunately, the elders of the Gonggong Pavilion are sensible. No one said that Xue Chongxun was threatening the court with his own troops, because everyone understood that Xue Chongxun could not rebel against the court at this time. Now, both his contributions and status have almost reached the peak of a prince who is not a surname in Li, and no one wants to deal with him. Why do you have to take a gamble?

Everyone couldn't say anything, and the emperor should have the final say in his title of a king and a marquis, so he had to write a letter in the end. Li Shouli didn't care, so he had to ask Dou Huaizhen to go to the palace to ask Queen Gao.

Empress Gao was originally interested in participating in major affairs in the court, but this might be a difficult problem, and she couldn't make up her mind and did not make any statement for a long time.

Everyone speculated that Queen Gao's mind should be afraid that Xue Chongxun's achievements would shock the master, and that no one would check or balance after his status was too high. At this time, Yu Liben found another opportunity to make a comment.

At first, Empress Gao thought Yu Liben was talking about Xue Chongxun, but he looked left and said something else: "Last time I heard that the Zuo Prime Minister proposed to be the crown prince in the Political Affairs Hall. All the ministers agreed with it. Can the Empress know about this?"

Queen Gao remained silent and nodded to show her awareness. She did not express her opinion but just listened to what Yu Liben wanted to say.

Yu Liben bowed and stood beside the imperial throne and looked left and right. The palace ladies were standing far under the railings. He whispered: "If the country is established, it must be the chief, let alone the empress has no descendants. The King of Song (Prince Li Chenghong, who was named last year), should be the crown prince. Even if it is not the King of Song, there are many princes and princes with status. The ministers wanted to urge His Majesty to determine the crown prince, but they simply wanted to use this to supervise the crown prince and stabilize the court... At that time, the prince's biological mother was suppressed by the empress, but she was convinced? How can the empress and the crown prince get along?"

Queen Gao's eyebrows were a little moved, but in a second thought, she couldn't see Mi Duan. She opened her mouth slightly, which was as red as blood, and wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say a word.

Yu Liben shut up for a while and said in a deep voice: "There are many people in the palace (Princess Taiping). Now your highness is ill. Everyone hopes that your highness's eldest son Xue Lang can come forward to protect him and avoid being bullied by others. At this moment, if the Empress clearly states that she is sincerely aligned with Xue Lang, don't these people in the palace listen to you? Even if the prince is established, how can the Empress do so?"

Queen Gao finally spoke softly, "Eunuch Yu advised me to support the title of Xue Lang as the prince?"

Yu Liben agreed, but he was afraid that he would bend his waist lower even if he didn't answer, and bowed his body to show his attitude.

Gao said lightly: "I don't want to suppress Xue Lang, but I just heard people vaguely say the meaning of the grandparents. Since ancient times, he has been appointed as princes of different surnames. So I am a little hesitant."

Yu Liben disagreed and said, "If you don't advance, you will retreat. If Xue Lang cannot stabilize the situation, then you will be unable to speak after we are withered, and her highness will be in trouble. Even if it is filial piety, Xue Lang should establish a stable foundation. As long as your highness wakes up, you can take charge of the overall situation. How can he refuse?"

Just after the Gao family weighed the pros and cons, they met the ministers with Brother Fen and told me about this matter. Brother Fen naturally said it was OK. So the court officials had no objection. After some trouble in the court, Xue Chongxun, who was in Luoyang, suddenly got news from Chang'an: he was actually going to be named King of Jin!

Of course, his first reaction was very happy. Although it was more dangerous to be in a high position based on historical books, when the glory of promotion came to him, how many people could be so rational and calm... Otherwise, there would be no such thing as: It is easy to advance, but it is difficult to retreat.

However, Xue Chongxun's advisers soon realized the coexistence of honor and crisis. Wang Changling quoted the classics and persuaded Xue Chongxun not to be complacent, but to be more cautious.

Xue Chongxun accepted the suggestion on the surface, but he was still happy in his heart. He was still hesitating whether to be enterprising or to rest assured, but he would not sway around for a long time when he was in a dilemma. When he was in a dilemma, he usually chose one by one based on his intuition and walked one by one.

At this time, his decision was of course to make every effort to make progress, and the steps he could reach were calculated as that.

Since the court wants to be named a prince, no problem, the prince will be the prince. The officials in the Prince's Mansion are much larger in scale and can have much greater legal power and power. At that time, he can even try to get the royal family to agree to the Flying Tiger Regiment as his official guard. With hundreds of cavalry in Chang'an, it will be difficult for ordinary people to play tricks on him.

Now Xue Chongxun wanted to return to the court early, so he arranged personnel and asked Liu An to preside over the military and political affairs of Luoyang Prefecture, and Bao Cheng controlled the Luoyang Garrison Army and the Yellow River Occultural Army; promoted Li Kuiyong, the Right Brigade Commander of the Flying Tiger Regiment, to be the lieutenant and the Left Brigade Commander, and Gong Yecheng, to be the Right Brigade Commander. At the same time, most of the garrison generals near the left of the Eastern Capital came from the old subordinates of the Flying Tiger Regiment, and Xue Chongxun recruited some Hedong heroes to supplement the Flying Tiger Regiment.

When the world's attention was on the 40,000 troops in Xue Chongxun's hands, he was paying attention to the military power developed by the Flying Tiger Regiment. Unconsciously, the Hedong Military General Group had already begun to grow in scale, and now the Shence Army, Luoyang Army, and the Grain Protection Army are all controlled by this group. This force is not comparable to the military power of several people. It is more complicated and stable. Even if the main general is replaced, it may not be able to control the three armies.

At the end of the twelfth lunar month, Xue Chongxun officially mobilized the army to leave the Dongdu, retreated westward, and returned to the court. The army arrived at Tongguan, and the Ministry of War issued a transfer order, allowing 40,000 anti-rebellion troops to be scattered back to various places to station. The Shence Army was originally an army stationed in the Tuyuhun Royal City, but at this time the journey was long and he was transferred to Weinan City, the capital of the capital.

Xue Chongxun accepted the decline of the Ministry of War and sent off the army. He led the Flying Tiger Regiment Guards and generals from various units back to the court. Everyone was going to give rewards... Of course, they had to disperse the army according to orders, otherwise they would lead tens of thousands of troops to Chang'an and call it "Go back to the court and let the king parade the military." Do you want to scare the emperor to death?

Except for New Year's Eve, they passed by on the road, but they were a little sad. But after a few people returned to Beijing along the post road, they might be able to catch up with the Lantern Festival and have fun.

Everyone discussed it and thought of celebrating the Lantern Festival in Chang'an, so they rushed to the road and finally arrived before the festival. After entering the city, everyone did not meet the people who were welcomed along the way. It was during the Chinese New Year and the festival that people were busy with lights and reunion. Xue Chongxun and others returned to the court and had an atmosphere before entering Luoyang City.

However, the emperor held a special dynasty in Hanyuan Hall to welcome the heroes, which was a great honor.
Chapter completed!