Li Dongyang and Wang Hua both have the pride of literati and were unable to see the Zhang brothers at first. At this moment, the Zhang brothers took the initiative to greet them. They just responded politely and didn't want to pay more attention to the two of them.

Zhang Heling had long been used to the cold eyes of Chinese officials in court. He was a little arrogant and would not mind too much, but Zhang Yanling was petty and cared about the cold treatment of the officials to him. He had already begun to think about how to deal with these two ignorant old guys.

As the Zhang brothers were over-age, it was a bit overestimated to compete with two top civil officials in their fifties and sixties. In Li Dongyang's view, if it were not for the emperor's favor, the things that Zhang brothers did to bully men and women, steal the people's wealth, and meat, would be enough to kill the two of them several times.

Such a bad uncle, who is not a bad person, did not bother to deliberately win over Li Dongyang's noble character.

Soon, Liu Daxia, Zhang Mao and others also came to the palace, and the last ones were Ma Wensheng, the Minister of Personnel, and Xie Qian, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet.

There were not many people coming, there were a few people in the Governor's Office of the Five Army, and the rest were several officials who were very familiar to Li Dongyang and Wang Hua, either the cabinet master or the Shangshu.

As for Liu Jian, he has not arrived for a long time. Obviously, with his old body, it takes a long time to get here.

Fortunately, all the ministers were not in a hurry. Someone didn't come, so this person was still the chief minister. It was necessary to wait for a while.

Xiao Jing went in to ask Zhu Youzhang for instructions. It seemed that Emperor Hongzhi did not mind that Liu Jian had not arrived, so he arranged for Xiao Jing to come out to summon all the ministers to come to the inner court.

Xiao Jing was very polite after coming out, without any airs of the eunuch in charge of the seal of the eunuch, and bowed: "Sir, Your Majesty has been waiting in there for a long time, please come in!"

The ministers looked at each other.

Liu Jian was not here, and no one was willing to be the leader. After giving in, Zhang Mao took the lead, followed by Li Dongyang and Ma Wensheng, followed by Xie Qian, Liu Daxia and the Zhang brothers, then the Right Army involved in military affairs in Huguang, Guangxi and Guizhou, and the left and right governors of the former military governor's office, and finally Wang Hua and another person.

This person is in his fifties and is not young. Wang Hua feels familiar. He seems to have seen him somewhere, but he can't remember him for a while. Wang Hua himself was not in accordance with the rules when he came here, so he didn't ask much.

The ministers entered the main hall of Qianqing Palace together. Because it was already time to put on the lights, all the candlesticks in the hall had been lit, but the lights were still a little dim.

A group of ministers stood and waited. Not long after, Zhu Youtang came in with the help of Xiao Jing and Zhu Houzhao. Only then did the ministers realize that the prince would also attend the summoning.

"See Your Majesty!" The Ming Dynasty's monarchs and ministers did not need to kneel down except for major occasions. The ministers just bowed down and bowed down to salute.

Zhu Youzhao sat down, Zhu Houzhao and Xiao Jing stood on both sides. Zhu Youzhao coughed twice and said, "People, please don't give me a favor!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

All the ministers were calm, but they still had to lower their heads obediently and not look at them with Zhu Youzhang.

Zhu Youtang looked around at the people present. He was not surprised when he saw Wang Hua and another minister. He asked Xiao Jing next to him: "When will Young Master Liu come?"

Xiao Jing hesitated for a moment and replied: "Your Majesty, you have sent someone to urge me, and it should be here soon!"

Zhu Youzang said "Yes" and nodded, "There is no need to be confined to the form and wait for a special trip... There are some situations that have occurred in the northwest and southwest here that need to be discussed with the ministers. Because it involves specific military affairs, I do not intend to raise it in the court discussion. If you have any opinions, just say it out!"

All the civil officials and military officials present felt that things were not small.

Except for the Cabinet and the Ministry of War, they knew that Chen Xi had won a great victory in the southern part of Huguang, British Duke Zhang Mao and others came out of their homes directly, and they didn't know anything at all. Because it was the emperor's experience, they did not ask much when they arrived at the entrance of the Ganqing Palace. Now they said that it was involved in military affairs and thought that the Tatars in the northwest made a comeback.

Li Dongyang looked at the person standing behind Xie Qian. He was different from Wang Hua and recognized this person. It was Yang Yiqing, who had been recommended by Xie Qian to become the governor of Shaanxi and was in charge of Ma Zheng.

When Yang Yiqing returned to the court, Li Dongyang received no news, so he was very curious about why Yang Yiqing came back. He looked at Liu Daxia again. He knew that when Liu Daxia was in the northwest, he had a superior and subordinate relationship with Yang Yiqing. Even if Yang Yiqing did not need to ask the cabinet, the Ministry of War would definitely know.

This means that the Ministry of War did not greet the cabinet in advance for Yang Yiqing's return to the DPRK.

Li Dongyang thought to himself: "When Your Majesty talks about military affairs in the northwest, it is related to the Tatars or local military affairs. It may involve the candidates for the three-sided governor of the northwest. The current situation in the northwest is complicated and the Ministry of War is in the dominant influence. Liu Daxia and Ma Wensheng should take the opportunity to cultivate many party members!"

Zhang Mao went out and asked, "Your Majesty, is the troubles in the northwest and southwest?"

Zhu Youzhe was weak and could not make a long statement, so he waved his hand and signaled Xiao Jing to explain to the ministers present. Xiao Jing stood up and said:

"My husband, this is the case. The governor of Huguang and Jiangxi provinces, Lord Shen, just won a great victory in Shaoyang, Baoqing Prefecture City. Lord Shen led 4,000 troops to fight 4,000 rebels from different races, and wiped out the rebels with slight casualties. At this moment, Lord Shen has led his troops south and headed towards Wugang Prefecture, which has been occupied for many days. Most of the next few days will be new results..."

Zhang Mao glanced at Xie Qian and smiled and said, "I am here to congratulate Your Majesty first. My Ming Dynasty has another brave and resourceful general. Chen Xi led his troops several times and achieved brilliant results. I think as he grows older, his military skills will become deeper and deeper, and his future achievements are limitless!"

This sentence is a bit biased. Li Dongyang glanced at Zhang Mao, but said nothing, but felt uncomfortable.

But Xie Qian, Liu Daxia, Ma Wensheng and others were very helpful after hearing this. In the end, Chen Xi was promoted by them. Now Shen Xi has achieved success, which is to give their faces a glory.

As for some irrelevant people, such as the Zhang brothers, Wang Hua and Yang Yiqing, they didn't take this matter to heart. Zhang Yanling even thought to himself: "This kid Chen Xi is really lucky. Why do good things happen to him every time he wins?"

Zhu Youzing smiled with satisfaction, nodding his head, as if agreeing with Zhang Mao's point of view, and said, "The Chen Qing family is quite accomplished in military management, I am optimistic about him..."

Zhang Heling added: "This is also your Majesty who knows people and uses them well!"

This complimentary sentence made Zhu Youzhang very happy. Just when the emperor wanted to express his feelings, Li Dongyang poured cold water on him:

"Your Majesty, I just learned that the counties around Guilin Prefecture are occupied by rebels. At this time, the rebels have exceeded 10,000 and will be besiege Guilin Prefecture at any time. I wonder who your Majesty is going to send to lead troops to suppress the rebellion?"

Just as he was talking about the issue of Chen Xi leading the great victory, he suddenly turned to Guilin Mansion and was in a hurry, which made the smile on the emperor's face fade quickly.

Zhu Houzhao has been standing by the dragon throne and listening to the call of the king and his ministers. He was a little dissatisfied at this moment. He was a man who could not control his mouth. He was about to speak a few words from Li Dongyang, but Zhang Mao did not give him a chance to speak and said: "What Grand Secretary Li said is very true. Your Majesty should make arrangements for the local rebellion in Guangxi earlier..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Mao looked a little embarrassed. He thought that what he was talking about today was a happy event, but he didn't expect that Guilin Mansion would encounter such a big thing. The Ministry of War did not say hello to the Governor's Office in advance. He had no idea about this information. In this way, it seemed that he was the kind of person who reported good news but not bad news.

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