Chapter 932 Sorry

The Nine Departments, to a large extent, represent the imperial court, or rather, represent the opinions of Li Yun himself.

In other words, what He Man said, to a certain extent, was the embodiment of the will of the emperor in Luoyang.

And He Man has already said it quite directly.

In the future, the Hedong Army can gain a foothold in the new dynasty and can even obtain almost the same status and treatment as the original Jiangdong Army.

But the prerequisite is that we must fight well in the battle of Xiaoguan.

In other words, there is a high probability that this Hedong army will encounter the main force of the Shuofang army, and will have to hold out for a long time.

Use their blood to exchange for future status and present merit.

Li Yu closed his eyes and took several deep breaths before opening his eyes and looking at He Man. He said in a hoarse voice, “What did He Sizheng say just now? Were they He Sizheng’s own words or His Majesty’s words?”

“Your Majesty would not say such a thing.”

He Man shook his head slightly and said, “What I said just now can only be my own words, but how can I understand it.”

He looked at Li Hao and said, “It depends on what General Li thinks.”

Li Hao clenched his fist and said in a hoarse voice: “He Sizheng’s intention is to let me use the lives of tens of thousands of Hedong Army brothers in exchange for my own future?”

“That’s not what they said.”

He Man looked at Li Hao and said slowly: “General, when General Su was in Taiyuan, the Hedong Army could have disbanded on its own, or been directly incorporated by the general, but the general did not choose that.”

“Today, the Hedong Army is still the same Hedong Army as before, but the number of people is slightly less than before.”

“Since they are still the Hedong Army, they need to prove their loyalty. Moreover, the Hedong Army is only going to fight the Shuofang Army, not to die.”

He looked at Li Hao and said in a deep voice: “At this moment, even if our Jiangdong Army is here, General Su will give the same order and will send this army to block Xiaoguan.”

He Man paused and continued, “The Jiangdong Army has been built up from nothing, and it has always been like this. In the early days, Your Majesty personally went to the battlefield every time and led the Jiangdong Army all the way to today.”

“The general is already near Xiaoguan now. If the general is afraid of the battle,

“General Su doesn’t even have time to change his troops.”

He Man said in a deep voice: “At that time, both General Su and the imperial court would probably be very annoyed.”

“What the general has to do now is to fight hard and win the game!”

“As long as we block Xiaoguan Pass and wait for General Su’s reinforcements, we can completely wipe out the Shuofang Army. At that time, both the generals and the soldiers of the Hedong Army will be awarded titles and rewards.”

Li Yu was silent for a long time before he looked up at He Man, his voice becoming hoarse: “He Sizheng, we have come to this point, I will say something unpleasant.”

“We, the Hedong Army, can fight the Shuofang Army to the end, but how can I confirm it?”

He looked at He Man with a burning gaze: “How can I be sure that General Su will definitely send reinforcements?”

“How can we confirm whether the general will deliberately delay for ten days or half a month?”

He looked at He Man, clenched his fists and said, “Can He Sizheng give me a guarantee?”

He Man was silent for a long time, then shook his head and said, “I am a lowly person with little influence, so I cannot give you this guarantee, but there is one thing I can tell you.”

He looked at Li Hao and spoke in a calm voice.

“I have been following His Majesty for seven or eight years. During these seven or eight years, I have done many things in the Nine Departments and have seen many things.”

He said calmly, “But I have never seen anything like what the general is talking about.”

Li Hao took a deep breath and said in a hoarse voice: “Yes, Your Majesty is upright and aboveboard, how could you do such a thing?”

“but…”

He did not continue.

At this time, the person directly in charge of the battle situation in Guanzhong was not Emperor Zhangwu, but Su Sheng.

What Su Sheng would think and do was directly related to the survival of the Hedong Army.
What Li Hao was really worried about was Su Sheng.

No one knows whether Su Sheng will “guess the emperor’s intention” and bear the emperor’s punishment, completing the task of “sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight” for the emperor and taking all the blame for the emperor.

Li Yu raised his head and took a big sip of wine. After a long while, he looked at He Man and said, “He Sizheng, I want to write a letter to His Majesty. Can you, the Nine Departments, pass it to His Majesty for me?”

He Man thought about it and nodded, “Okay.”

“Well.”

Li Yu raised his head again, took a big gulp of wine, and his eyes became determined.

“tomorrow.”

He put down the wine bowl and said slowly: “Tomorrow, I will march into Xiaoguan!”…………

Luoyang City.

His Majesty the Emperor is still very busy every day. In addition to the things happening on the Guanzhong battlefield, there are also many other things to deal with.

For example, the etiquette and rules of the new dynasty, the confirmation of candidates for the Temple of Literature and the Temple of Martial Arts, the payment of autumn grain to the court, and the selection criteria for officials at all levels.

In addition, there are assessment criteria for officials at all levels.

After all, the new court was established too recently.

If the Xin Dynasty had not inherited a complete system directly from Wu Zhou, it is estimated that it would not even have established the institutional framework at this time.

Now, the Xin Dynasty has only inherited a framework from the Wu Zhou Dynasty, and many details need to be repaired by Li Yun and the court officials of the Zhangwu Dynasty.

Originally, it wasn’t as troublesome as it is now, but Emperor Li had a different soul after all. He wanted to make adjustments to any aspect that he felt was unreasonable.

Therefore, even though the country had been founded for more than half a year, the entire court was still busy.

His Majesty the Emperor holds meetings with two or three groups of people every day to discuss matters.

On that day, the emperor discussed the tax law with the people from the Ministry of Revenue for a whole day. At sunset, the Ministry of Revenue and related personnel said goodbye and left the Ganlu Palace.

In the evening, Emperor Li invited Du Qian to Ganlu Palace again, and the two began to discuss the candidates for the first Three Envoys of Jiangnan East Road.

When the discussion was intense, a palace servant walked in cautiously and handed a document to Li Yun.

Emperor Li lowered his head and drank a sip of tea, motioning Du Qian to wait a moment. He unfolded the document sent by the Nine Departments, flipped through it and read it. He frowned at first, then read the “attachment” that followed the document.

This attachment is Li Hao’s handwritten letter.

Of course, since Jiusi helped to deliver the letter, he must take responsibility. This letter has not only been read by He Man, the Chief Secretary, but also by Meng Hai, the Chief Secretary of Jingzhao Si.

After confirming that there were no problems, they handed it to Li Yun.

After reading it once, Emperor Li put it aside and frowned, saying, “This fellow thinks too badly of me.”

Du Qian lowered his head and drank tea without saying anything or responding. Li Yun read it again, then looked at Du Qian and suddenly smiled: “But he is still very smart. Brother Shouyi, you should also take a look.”

Du Qian then took the letter from Li Hao, read it quickly, and then put it back on Li Yun’s desk. He smiled and said, “The Hedong Li family is lucky to have someone like Li Hao.”

To date, it has been nearly ten years since Li and Du started working together, and many things no longer need to be stated explicitly.

For example, the matter of the Hedong Army.

With Li Yun’s temper, he was indeed embarrassed to kill two birds with one stone and directly kill the Hedong army that had worked for him, but he was not a pedantic person. If Su Sheng did it himself.

He probably just got a little angry and gave a few words of reprimand and that was it.

Mr. Li put down his tea bowl and said slowly, “Guanzhong Road, Brother Shouyi has been in contact. At this moment, my northern and southern armies are attacking Guanzhong at the same time, and the main force of Tongguan is also ready to go. Brother Shouyi can contact those people in Guanzhong.”

“Let them contribute their people and their strength.”

Du Qian nodded and said with a smile: “Don’t worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely get this done.”

After thinking for a while, he said, “It seems that the Wei father and son are even worse than we thought. Maybe the war in Guanzhong can come to an end before the end of the year.”

Li Yun shook his head slightly: “I don’t think we can say they are unbearable.”

“The situation is forcing people to leave.”

Emperor Li looked calm, “It’s inexplicable that they have reached a point where they are powerless to change the situation. It’s not surprising that they have become like this. Besides, this father and son don’t look like they are fit to rule the country.”

Mr. Li smiled and said, “If they can retain talents like Brother Shouyi and maintain strict military discipline under their command, it will be great.”

“After such a long time, Guanzhong has already been well governed.”

“By then, with these 800 li of Qinchuan, you and I may not be able to take over Guanzhong in our lifetime.”

Du Qian nodded and said, “These local vassal states, after they were established, were not upright in nature and were born to oppress the people.”

“Even if he is a good person, he will become a bad person after a few months if he joins such an army. With such an army, no matter how hard the Weis try, Guanzhong will never be brought under control.”

At this point, Du Qian looked at Li Yun and asked curiously: “Your Majesty, where is the Hedong Army…”

Li Yun thought for a moment and replied, “Let General Su and his men fight normally.”

He looked down at the letter from Li Hao on the table and smiled.

“Otherwise, I’d be a little embarrassed.”

(End of this chapter)