Chapter eight hundred and seventy-first sadness is greater than death
Naturally, Liu Mingzhi didn’t know what happened between the three princesses, mother and son, outside the capital.
At this time, he was instructing a group of generals who had entered the palace to deal with matters in the capital.
Although the current capital cannot be said to be full of waste, it is troublesome enough to pile up large and small matters. They are all left to the officials of the DPRK and the Central Government. Liu Mingzhi is certainly not at ease. In today's capital, the only ones he can trust are naturally those who follow him.
The brothers of life and death who have been by my side for many years.
I and Baiguan are now in the running-in stage.
No one will truly confide in anyone.
Human nature is like this, and Liu Mingzhi can naturally understand it.
"Once the soldiers and horses under the command of King Zhao accept the comfort from the Ministry of War in the name of King Zhao, they will immediately find a way to recruit their subordinates and disorganize their elites who are truly worthy of testing into the soldiers of our guards, battalions, departments, and teams.
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Our Sixth Guards of the New Army experienced the national war between Jin and Turkmenistan, and secretly entered the capital to attack the capital. The combined casualties were considerable, and we must replenish our troops as soon as possible.
Not only is recruiting new recruits time-consuming and laborious, it is also difficult to integrate with the old brothers.
And those elite soldiers who have experienced the flames of war are simply the best choice.
I don’t care if you use coercion, inducement, or other means. In short, we will replenish the lost six guards of the New Army to 300,000 troops as soon as possible."
Tang Ru nodded solemnly: "Your Majesty... don't worry, I will make up for the lost number of people on the roster as soon as possible."
Liu Mingzhi chuckled and patted Tang Ru on the shoulder, looking around at the group of generals including Tang Ru.
"You don't have to be so formal. You can call me Marshal or Your Majesty.
To be honest, I feel uncomfortable with this title, and it was hard to get used to it for a while.
If it weren't for the inappropriate time, I would have called myself my young master!"
Seeing Liu Mingzhi happily laughing and scolding with himself and others as before, the tense minds of the generals couldn't help but relax, and they started to laugh happily with them.
Why aren't they worried that Liu Mingzhi will feel unhappy because of the difficult-to-reverse words they and others used to address him.
Now after listening to Liu Mingzhi's words, I finally completely relaxed the grudge in my heart.
"You all know what I am like, so don't worry about rewards or anything like that. I guarantee that none of you can escape.
At present, we must first stabilize the situation inside and outside the court before talking about the reward.
After all, it is not clear what attitude Commander Yun, Vice Commander Wan and the other six generals who command heavy troops have towards the commander-in-chief proclaiming himself emperor.
If you don't stabilize Chao Gang, you may gain and lose again even if you receive a reward."
"We accept...obey the order!"
"Just adapt slowly, everyone should perform their duties, and stabilize the chaos in the capital as soon as possible."
"Yes, we are leaving!"
Three thousand soldiers with extraordinary momentum were left behind to protect Liu Mingzhi's safety. The other generals led their troops and exited the palace, following Liu Mingzhi's orders to appease the people of the capital and rectify the chaos in the capital caused by the war.
Cheng Kai's figure was far away, and he silently stopped beside Liu Mingzhi and handed the wine bottle to Liu Mingzhi.
"Your Majesty, the fifty-year-old Bamboo Leaf Green, Miss Xue of Penglai Restaurant, and Miss Huang pressed the wine at the bottom of the box. Knowing that the commander wanted it, he took it out of the wine cellar without hesitation."
Liu Mingzhi took the wine bottle from Cheng Kai with complicated eyes, and the strong aroma of wine immediately hit his nostrils, making Liu Mingzhi involuntarily shrug the tip of his nose.
Seeing Liu Mingzhi's slightly intoxicated reaction, Cheng Kai coughed lightly and secretly stuffed a small paper bag into Liu Mingzhi's hand.
Looking at Liu Mingzhi's slightly stiff face, Cheng Kai nodded and bowed his eyebrows.
"Your Majesty, do you have anything to give me?"
Liu Mingzhi's expression was tangled, his eyes struggled for a long time, and he gently lifted the paper bag in his hand and put it into his cuff.
Looking at Cheng Kai who nodded and lowered his eyebrows, Liu Mingzhi let out a long sigh.
"Ask Tang Ru to mobilize a group of soldiers and horses. You can lead a group of soldiers and horses to transport back the 10,000 shi of grain that Bizhu and Lingyi and their sisters have in the restaurant warehouse and the 200,000 shi of grain that the sisters from Tongyuan County mentioned.
Let’s talk about it later in the brothers’ hands.
The injured brothers need nutrition, and there must be no mistreatment in terms of food and grass."
"I accept your order, I will retire!"
"etc!"
"Your Majesty, do you have any other instructions?"
Liu Mingzhi took off the jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Cheng Kai: "Give the jade pendant to Baoyu and ask him to go to the house of Zhu Run, the Marquis of Guannei, to tell me about my coal business, mirror business, investment in the Western Regions and overseas countries this year.
Divide the dividends and allow the soldiers to transport them back in horse-drawn carriages.
He bought meat from the major restaurants and butcher shops in the capital and nearby prefectures that would not harm the brothers' wounds, and asked the Huotou Army to nourish the bodies of the brothers.
The rest will be temporarily distributed as a pension to the brothers who died in the battle."
"I understand, I'm leaving!"
After Cheng Kai left, Liu Mingzhi turned around and was about to walk towards Qinzheng Hall, when he saw the cold eyes looking at him and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
"Mother...mother!"
Nangong Meng, who had woken up at some point, was supported by Qian Lu and stared at Liu Mingzhi coldly. Seeing that he was still respectfully saluting her, a hint of mixed sadness flashed in his eyes.
"Child, you were not like this before!"
"Yes, my son was not like this before. If my father and brother had continued to be in power, my son might never have taken this step.
But Your Majesty... This kid Li Ye doesn't understand children.
The mother understands the character of her son, so she can repay her kindness to her son, but she cannot repay her son's resentment with kindness!"
Nangong Meng stared at Liu Mingzhi, who also looked lonely, for a while, turned around with a gloomy look and staggered toward the harem.
"Mother!"
Nangong Meng turned a deaf ear and continued walking towards the harem with Qian Lu's support.
Liu Mingzhi knew what Nangong Meng's last look at him meant.
That's a look with a look that's more sad than heartbroken!
Looking down at the wine flask in his hand, Liu Mingzhi hesitated for a long time, then took the wine flask and walked towards the imperial study room behind the Qinzheng Palace.
If nothing else happens, Li Ye should stay in the Imperial Study Room after leaving Qinzheng Hall.
Passing through the bead curtain and looking at the apse where all living expenses are provided, Liu Mingzhi looked at the dragon chair in the apse in a daze.
Back then, it was here that his father, Emperor Li Zheng, settled his affairs with himself and the Li clan.
The Imperial Garden Observation Deck came to mind, and a series of words Li Ye said to him in the winter when he was famous. Liu Mingzhi put the wine bottle on the table beside him and took out the paper packet Cheng Kaisai gave him from his sleeve.
He fell into a daze.
This should have nothing to do with the addition of weapons, and naturally it would not violate the oath he swore in front of Li Zheng.
After all, the setting sun cannot stop the falling of night.
As the sun sets and the moon rises, I don’t know when the lights in the back hall have been lit by soldiers.
The candlelight crackled, and Liu Mingzhi looked unpredictable.
When darkness completely enveloped the capital, Liu Mingzhi took a deep breath.
He stood up, made some unknown moves in the back hall, took off the wine bottle from the wine table and looked at it for a while.
He took off the lid of the wine jug and poured the powder in his palm into the wine jug.