There are no military ministers involved in the court meeting. The current national policy of the Zhou Dynasty is to recuperate and recuperate, and Guo Rong has been dealing with government affairs recently.
These military officials only show up once every five days to make their presence felt.
Basically, they just sit and watch the performances of the civil servants.
Most of the military officials were confused, and only a few understood it clearly. Luo Youdu was naturally one of them, but he never expressed his opinion.
Unless Guo Rong asks, he will only state his opinion in a moderate manner.
Luo Youdu knew this very well if he was not in his position and would not pursue his political agenda.
It wasn't his doing. Even if he saw the problem, he wouldn't do it in the limelight.
Guo Rong lamented at the court meeting today that he was greatly inspired after reading the "Field Equalization Table" written by Yuan Zhen of the Tang Dynasty. He ordered many civil servants to draw up a land equalization map, uniformly determine the taxes of the sixty states in Henan, and reward official land to
People farm.
After hearing this, Luo Youdu secretly sighed that Guo Rong had done much better than Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Kuangyi in terms of people's livelihood.
After the court meeting, Luo Youdu went to the Privy Council to handle official business.
Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin came to the Dianqiansi's squad room one after the other.
"Commander, this matter has been wronged by my subordinates..."
Zhao Kuangyin's expression was extremely aggrieved. The steely man's speech was somewhat unclear, and there was an abscess on his tongue.
Anxious fire attacked my heart. I drank a lot of fire-reducing medicine and couldn't suppress it.
He didn't know why, but everything went wrong.
In the case of Kou Xiang, the blame was inexplicably taken, and Zhao Kuangyin admitted it.
In his opinion, even if he didn't do this, it was some brainless member of his own family who took the decision for Wang Yansheng secretly.
Then when he saw something was going on, he shrank back and didn't dare to say anything.
But what does "checking and becoming emperor" have to do with him this time?
Zhao Kuangyin did have the intention of replacing Zhang Yongde, but in his heart he was thinking of Zhang Yongde's good.
He could accept breaking off diplomatic relations with Zhang Yongde, but he couldn't accept that he would ruin his family.
The simple strategy of "checking and becoming emperor" involves a royal taboo. If it doesn't succeed, it's fine. Once it succeeds, it will be a disaster for the whole family.
Zhao Kuangyin could not do such a thing, and he believed that his father and brother would not do such a thing either.
The mastermind behind this was clearly targeting Zhang Yongde, but there was a vague finger pointing at him, as if he couldn't wait to get the upper hand and did it secretly.
This morning there was something in Li Chongjin's words, even more so.
What a huge injustice.
Zhang Yongde waved his hand and said: "No need to explain, what's the relationship between you and me? Don't you still believe me? I, Zhang Yongde, rarely have any grudges with others. The only one I don't deal with is Li Chongjin. Maybe he did it. Go ahead, don't think too much."
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"Yes!" Zhao Kuangyin bowed and retreated.
Zhang Yongde watched Zhao Kuangyin leave, but his face turned slightly gloomy.
From the moment this incident happened, Zhang Yongde secretly suspected who it was. The first person he thought of was Li Chongjin, but the first person he eliminated was also Li Chongjin.
The person who knows the enemy best is often his own opponent.
He and Li Chongjin had been fighting for many years, from the founding of the Zhou Dynasty to the present Xian De four years. The two of them undermined each other, slandered each other, and they had a quarrel that made their faces red and ears pricked.
But both of them knew very well that they were hostile to each other and dependent on each other.
If one person really leaves, the other person will not be able to survive forever even if the family is the only one in the family.
In short, both of them wanted to step on each other's faces a few times, but they would not trample each other to death.
But except for Li Chongjin, no one else dared to offend him, Zhang Dianshuai...
But from the perspective of the beneficiary, Zhao Kuangyin was the only one who benefited from this matter.
Li Chongjin’s suspicion of Zhao Kuangyin was not unreasonable...
After getting along with each other for these years, Zhang Yongde also saw that Zhao Kuangyin was full of ambitions and was determined to train him as his successor. However, inheritance and overt and covert competition are not the same concepts.
Of course, Zhang Yongde still believed in his own vision, but there were inevitably seeds of doubt in his heart.
But I didn't dare to be as confidant as before. I also knew that someone wanted to secretly harm me, so I decided to act cautiously in the future and keep an eye on everything.
This time Zhang Yongde was really scared.
After thinking about it, Zhang Yongde felt that Luo Youdu was quite interesting. He had treated him so coldly before, but at this critical moment, he was still willing to believe him and express his position in public. This was a huge debt of gratitude.
After pondering for a moment, Zhang Yongde personally wrote a greeting note and ordered his guards to send it home, and asked his wife to prepare gifts and visit him together.
When Luo Youdu returned home, he immediately received a greeting card from Zhang Yongde. Seeing that the appointed time was tomorrow, he asked Uncle Hu and Fu Qing'er to prepare in advance.
If Zhang Yongde came alone, it would be a personal relationship. Now that he brought his wife to visit, it means that the Zhang family, represented by Zhang Yongde, is willing to have in-depth exchanges with the two Luo families.
The meaning is completely different.
The dozens of people in the Luo family must be treated with caution.
The luxurious carriage stopped at Luo Zhai, and Zhang Yongde helped his wife, Princess Jin, get out of the carriage.
The eldest princess of Jin was the fourth daughter of Zhou Taizu Guo Wei. When Guo Wei was young, he had a relationship with Zhang Yongde's father, Zhang Ying, and married his fourth daughter to Zhang Yongde.
No one would have thought that a poor soldier with a flying bird tattoo on his neck could eventually develop into the great ancestor of the Zhou Dynasty.
Zhang Yongde's life trajectory has also undergone earth-shaking changes.
The eldest princess of Jin glanced around and said with a smile: "Sure enough, the mountain is not high, and the immortal is the spirit. It is hard to believe that this street is actually more valuable than the Prince Consort's Mansion."
Zhang Yongde said: "We are a group of people that others avoid, so how can we dare to come together?"
Luo Youdu, who came out to greet him, happened to hear this and said, "That's a bad statement. Among all the generals in my court, the Commander-in-Chief of Dudian has the most venomous eyes, and I have always been rejected."
He was referring to the incident in which during the Battle of Gaoping, Guo Rong killed more than seventy generals in one go in order to restore military discipline.
If it weren't for Zhang Yongde's unwavering support for Guo Rong, Guo Rong would not have dared to kill him.
Zhang Yongde was the first person to stand up and respond to Guo Rong's military reforms.
Zhang Yongde said shyly: "Don't mention the past, don't mention the past. No, I'm here to apologize."
Luo Youdu took Fu Qing'er with him, bowed to Zhang Yongde and the Princess of Jin with a smile, and invited them into the house.
Fu Qing'er and the eldest princess of Jin, as female dependents, went to the inner hall together.
Luo Youdu and Zhang Yongde stayed in the lobby to serve tea and talk.
Zhang Yongde asked: "Were all the messy news on the streets spread by the Tongjun Army?"
When it comes to matters of wealth and life, Zhang Yongde always makes people pay attention to the news on the street.
As a result, I unexpectedly found that no one mentioned "checking and becoming emperor" anymore, and there were many folk tales circulating on the street.
For example, Zhang San's daughter-in-law was caught stealing, and the widow of Li's house was unclean, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., spread the news, but not many people were willing to mention his matter.
Luo Youdu said: "I'm not that capable. This is what the officials arranged for Kaifeng Mansion to do."
The Kaifeng government is in charge of the people's livelihood in Kaifeng. In addition to some unjust cases, the people's livelihood naturally also includes such messy things.
Luo Youdu handled many such cases back then.
"But it was me who came up with the idea!"
Of course, Luo Youdu would not do good deeds without leaving his name behind. He had to let Zhang Yongde know that he was responsible for this.
Luo Youdu said: "The people, what they care about is a topic of conversation, not a major national event. Most people even don't know what inspection is. As long as there is fresh topic of discussion, naturally no one will mention it. The rest are some scholars.
, they have nothing to do, they claim to care about national affairs, and they will talk about it when they get together."
"But it doesn't matter. In a few days, the officials will announce new regulations for the imperial examination. When scholars have something on their hands, they can keep their mouth shut."
"No one will talk about this matter in five days at most. Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief..."
Zhang Yongde nodded heavily and said: "Zhang asked me to call you my brother. I have accepted my brother's kindness in this matter. From now on, my brother's business is my Zhang Yongde's business. If you can find something useful, just say it directly without being polite."
Luo Youdu made a "yeah" gesture in his heart.
Among the three giants in the military, Li Chongjin is the eldest, Zhang Yongde is the second, and he is the third.
But the boss and the second child don't deal with each other.
No one listens to anyone.
What Lao San said is the truth.
Once Zhang Yongde is taken care of, the Big Three will become mainly customers.
Luo Youdu said: "Both of us work for the government, Brother Zhang, what you said is quite different. You and I are both the commanders of the Third Division, and we control the most elite imperial army of our Great Zhou Dynasty. Some opponents can easily win without cooperation!"
But there are some opponents that cannot be dealt with by the Imperial Palace Division, the Royal Camp Division, or the Guards and Military Division alone. When necessary, we must support each other."
Zhang Yongde said: "How can that idiot Li Chongjin know how to fight? It's impossible for me to listen to him. But if it's an official or a brother, you can cooperate with him, as long as he doesn't hold back. A certain adult has a lot of money, so don't go with him
This nigger knows a lot."
Luo Youdu put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "With Brother Zhang's tolerance, I'm afraid the Prime Minister will not be able to match him."
"That is!"
Zhang Yongde said proudly: "That big black insect is just trying to get closer to me than me, otherwise why would it be crawling on my head?"
In ancient times, a nephew was indeed closer than a son-in-law.
Two days later, Luo Youdu visited Li Chongjin.
Luo Youdu also mentioned this matter.
Li Chongjin waved his hand boldly and said: "Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief. Compared with that magic stick's small belly, I don't even bother to be on the same level as him. If he is in trouble, I will support him, and then it depends on whether he can show his face to him."
thank."
The magic stick is of course Zhang Yongde. Zhang Yongde likes miscellaneous studies, is proficient in astronomy and divination, and possesses the "Taibai Wansheng Jue".
Luo Youdu didn't know what it was, but the name sounded pretty cool.
Luo Youdu raised his glass and said: "If nothing else, the magistrate's magnanimity is unmatched by the palace commander."
Li Chongjin said with a smile: "I like to hear what Tong Jun said. He has always refused to submit and be inferior to me, but he never looked for his own reasons. Compared with him, I am indeed slightly better."
After that, although Li Chongjin and Zhang Yongde were at odds with each other, with the lubricant of Luo Youdu, the tense atmosphere between them eased a lot.
Although there is still some time before the Northern Expedition, the conflicts that may arise within the Zhou army have been resolved by Luo Youdu, and he is ready to go north at any time.