Today's prefect's palace is no longer what it was when Luochuan came here last time. Not only have all the architectural defects that need to be repaired have been filled and the places that need to be cleaned and cleaned, but they have also been decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations to create a festive atmosphere. There is no trace of it at all.
Not long ago, this place experienced a difficult change of ownership.
It's just that the number of palace guards and palace attendants is still small. Fortunately, in the current prefect's palace, except for the newly ascended prefect, there are not many other people to take care of. Everyone just surrounds such a noble person to serve him.
It seems to be somewhat popular.
Nowadays, most of the courtyards of the harem are empty. The few women who originally belonged to the former eunuch have been concentrated in an area. They still live a life without worries about food and clothing, but there is naturally a lot less glory than in the past. After all, if it was that
The second Young Master Yun ascended the throne, and at least he still had some connections with these nominal aunts, but now no one knows this one.
So they could only walk more in the garden, and they put aside many of their previous disputes and resentments, and became much more harmonious.
But on this day, all the women were told by the chief minister not to go out, let alone come to the garden, because the prefect wanted to entertain important ministers here.
The prefect's banquet sounds naturally very grand, but this is not the case in the eyes of the current prefect. He is frugal and even stingy in the eyes of many palace waiters. He only built a huge water palace in the garden.
There were some tables set up inside, and everyone had a few dishes and a plate of fruit on the table and that was all. This made Gao Shixian, who had brought in several important officials from the court, a little embarrassed.
But all the important ministers looked as usual, and sat down calmly as if they had already known the arrangement.
This water palace was built near the lake. It was built very skillfully, with windows on all sides and floor-to-ceiling windows. Now when it is opened, most of the scenery of the entire garden is in front of the eyes. When a group of important officials were brought in by Gao Shixian, Luo Luo, who was sitting at the head,
Chuan Zheng was leaning on the couch, turning his head to look at the scenery outside the window with a smile. It wasn't until several important ministers finished saluting that he turned back and said, "Everyone, get up."
He smiled and pointed to the three boys and girls who were arguing about how to fish by the lake outside the window and said, "Look, I invited three guests to the prefect's palace to celebrate the New Year, an important minister, a silversmith's daughter, and a
The only son of a gangster leader, three children who didn't know much about each other's life experiences. The gap in their identities seemed so big, but they became friends. That's how things always go."
Several important officials in the court looked in the direction he pointed, and for a while they couldn't figure out the point of what the prefect wanted to say, and no one answered.
Luo Chuan didn't care, he just waved for everyone to sit down, then raised his glass and said, "It's already the New Year, but I call you all from home to discuss things. It's really unkind. Let me have a drink first and wish you all the best in the coming year.
Everything goes well."
All the important ministers quickly raised their glasses and drank all their drinks.
Luo Chuan also finished his drink and glanced at the people in the hall. There were four people in a row on the right, including the current county lieutenant Zuo Heng, General Qin Ao from Licheng, and the two former generals from Ganyuan who followed him back to Licheng.
Zhao Wuji and Luo Jiang, there are six people on the left, namely Dou Qiushi, the chief official of the department, Zhou Zhongqing, the chief household officer, Chen Yu, the chief agricultural officer, Xie Wushang, the chief treasurer, Yan Tieying, the supervisory officer, and Mu, the newly promoted adjutant of the law department.
Ze Yan.
He spoke again, this time getting straight to the point, "The reason why I have summoned you to the palace to discuss matters this time is because everyone knows that after this year I will go south again, so before going south, I need to resolve the follow-up matters of the Northern Expedition and the matters in the court.
I know that the important issues accumulated over time will still need to be implemented after the year after being agreed today, but if we have made decisions earlier, we can think more about them during the New Year to be prepared."
All the important ministers saluted and said yes.
Luochuan then said again, "Let's start with the Military Affairs Department."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zuo Heng, who was at the head of the rank of generals, had not yet spoken. Qin Ao, who was sitting at the second table behind him, suddenly stood up, knelt down in line and saluted, "Please also invite the governor and the county lieutenant.
Your Excellency, please forgive me for being rude." He raised his head after saluting, looked into Luo Chuan's eyes sincerely and said, "Your Excellency, I am old, especially the death of the old Grand Administrator, which has also hit me hard. I have always felt exhausted these days.
, it is already difficult to shoulder the heavy responsibility of defending the land. Now, the Grand Administrator has just ascended the throne. I should not have made this request. However, after all, the defense of a place away from the city is of great importance and cannot make any mistakes. So I have no choice but to make this request at this time.
I would like to resign to the Grand Administrator... and I hope that the Grand Administrator will allow me to return to Ganyuan to retire...!"
The whole hall was completely silent as they spoke.
Qin Ao didn't raise his head, just waited quietly.
After a while, Luochuan sighed and said, "It turns out that my father's death has hurt General Qin so much because I usually care too little. But since General Qin has said it now, I should agree. Mr. Zuo, Qin
The general has guarded Li City for more than ten years and has made outstanding achievements. This time he returns with honor, the due etiquette must be handled by the Military Affairs Office. General Qin must not be treated lightly."
"Old minister, I obey the order of the prefect," Zuo Heng stood up and saluted, and then asked, "Master prefect, since General Qin is about to retire, the post of General Licheng will be vacant. It is necessary to choose a loyal and steady person to take over.
It is also difficult to find a suitable candidate, but since General Luo has resigned from the post of General Gan Yuan, I thought it would be just right for him to succeed General Licheng."
"General Luo is loyal, brave and steady. He is indeed suitable," Luo Chuan didn't even bother to say anything about the situation and said straightforwardly, "What do you think?"
All the important ministers knew very well that there was no way they could say no to such a matter. This change of general position was certain to shake the whole army. Luo Jiang waited until everyone came to an agreement before he came out to express gratitude.
Zuo Heng still did not return to his position, but continued, "Master Taishou, this Northern Expedition has opened up a momentum that has not been achieved in Li County for nine hundred years. Although it is a bit excessive to say so, the fact is that it has made a great contribution to the expansion of territory.
In compliance with the promise you made to all the soldiers before the expedition, the Military Affairs Office has been stepping up its efforts to sort out and calculate the military merits of each department. Most of them are without doubt, but there are only a few key positions that need to be decided personally by the Grand Administrator."
"Master Zuo, please speak," Luo Chuan was actually a little tired of these procedural things, but it was unavoidable.
Zuo Heng took out a notebook from his sleeve and opened it and said, "First of all, Chen Jingzhi, the former Cangyan general, made a surprise attack on Anling to defeat Nancheng, Chunyang City and Roucheng, and destroyed half of Anling County with one army.
His contribution to the war situation was so great that he was more successful than any other army. The Military Affairs Office recommended that he be made a general, a baron of the Jin Dynasty, and granted a title of ten miles away from Ganyuan. I wonder what the governor thinks?"
Luo Chuan pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "I know of Jing Zhi's achievements, but it is still inappropriate for him to be promoted to the position of general just after he was promoted from general to general. This battle is just my first step out of the mountains from the county.
"Step forward, there are many opportunities to win military exploits in the future, but it is a title, just promoted to baron..." He looked at the expressions of the important ministers present and then asked slowly, "Is it too few?"
As soon as he asked the question, the hall fell silent.