Thief Emperor

Chapter 596 Delusion
Occupying Jingxiang is just a relatively large military goal.

In addition to setting this big goal, there are naturally many details that need to be finalized. Generals Zhao and Su stayed in Li Yun's study until late at night before leaving Li Garden and going home to rest.

The next morning, Li Yun first went to see Lu Huan, and then went to see his daughter who was just a few days old. He did not go out until the sun rose high.

Not long after leaving Li Garden, Zhuo Guangrui came towards him and bowed to Li Yun, saying, "Take the seat."

Yesterday, Li Yun sent someone to say hello to Zhuo Guangrui. Today he was going to check out the progress of the new Jinling City. Zhuo Guangrui arrived at the gate of Li Garden early in the morning and waited.

After Li Yun returned to Jinling, he met Zhuo Guangrui. He looked at him and shook his head slightly, saying, "How come Brother Zhuo has lost so much weight?"

Zhuo Guangrui lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "Too many things, too many things."

“Sometimes I’m so busy that I can’t even eat.”

Li Yun thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "Didn't we enroll 300 people for this year's literary gathering? I'll let Brother Du assign a few to you, and you can lead them as..."

Li Yun thought about it and continued, "Just think of it as selecting some people for the Jinling government office team next year."

What he said was obvious.

After the new city of Jinling is completed and put into use, Jinling's current administrative model will change. At that time, people like Du Qian and Yao Zhong will be separated from the administrative team of Jinling Prefecture and become a higher-level government office similar to the Political Affairs Hall.

However, someone has to be in charge of Jinling Prefecture. After Du Qian stepped down from this position, the most suitable candidate would be Zhuo Guangrui.

Zhuo Guangrui naturally understood the meaning of Li Yun's words. He bowed to Li Yun and said excitedly, "Thank you for the promotion. Thank you for the promotion!"

"Too polite."

Li Yun patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "We have known each other for several years. Brother Zhuo has made great contributions. You don't have to be so polite. It's just right. I'm going to see the new city today. I'll take a few candidates who have been admitted to the literary association with me to have a look together."

He stroked his chin and said, "Don't tell them who I am. I will just follow you around and take a look. Just think of it as introducing the new city to them."

Li Yun is only 26 years old this year. Although he is tall and strong and does not look like a scholar, he does not look like the lord of the southeast at first glance.

At this moment, he was wearing simple clothes and could really pretend to be an admitted candidate of the literary club.

Zhuo Guangrui didn't dare to say anything more, but just nodded.

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While Li Yun was inspecting the new city, Su Sheng on the other side had already found his brother Su Zhan in Jinling City.

At this time, Su Zhan was living in Zhou's house with Zhou Bi. When he saw his brother coming, he hurriedly ran forward and bowed to Su Sheng, "Big Brother!"

Zhou Bi, who was originally talking to Su Zhan, also hurried forward, bowed and saluted: "Greetings, General Su!"

Su Sheng glanced at his little brother, then looked at Zhou Bi, stepped forward to help Zhou Bi up, and forced a smile on his face: "Brother Zhou, you are too polite."

After saying this, he looked at Su Zhan again and frowned, "I asked you to be an attendant to the superior, why don't I see you in Li Garden or at home, and you come here?"

Su Zhan shrank his head and said nothing. Zhou Bi smiled and said, "General, you misunderstood. The superior gave us a few days off. I let him stay at my house for a few days and I took him around Jinling."

Su Sheng then looked around the mansion and asked, "Is this General Zhou's house?"

Zhou Bi nodded and said, "My father is very busy. Sometimes he has to travel to different places and is not often at home. At this moment, my father is not in Jinling."

"I know I know."

Su Sheng smiled and said, "General Zhou is now in charge of the Inspection Department. There are indeed a lot of things to do. My army has also been tossed around by the Inspection Department."

He paused, then continued, "But this is a good thing. Military rules and regulations are in place and someone is supervising us. At least our generation won't run into any major problems."

Zhou Bi just smiled and said yes without responding.

Su Sheng looked at him and asked, "Where are you going to work in the future, Brother Zhou?"

Zhou Bi thought for a moment, then looked at Su Sheng and said, "What the higher-ups mean is that they want me to stay with Su Zhan for a few more months before I go down to take up a post. I'll probably be in the Inspection Department, or in various military units first. Who knows, then I might work with General Su."

As Li Yun's confidant, Zhou Bi knew very well that these generals were close to Li Yun, so there was no need to hide anything.

Su Sheng smiled and said, "If we really work together in the future, I hope you will show some mercy, brother."

Zhou Bi lowered his head and said he didn't dare.

Su Sheng patted Zhou Bi on the shoulder and said with a smile: "General Zhou is not at home. This house is quiet and cold. There is nothing interesting. Come on, I will take you two brothers to have a drink. After drinking, come to our Su family in the afternoon."

Su Sheng's family settled in Jinling.

Not only him, General Zhao Chengzhao's family is also in Jinling, but he has just been married for half a year and currently has no children, only a new wife.

Last night, General Zhao rushed back home, probably to go home and have more children for the Zhao family.

After saying this, Su Sheng looked at Zhou Bi and suddenly smiled and said, "I still have two unmarried sisters in my family. Brother Zhou, you can meet them when you come to my house. If there is a destiny, our two families may even get married."

Zhou Bi was still young after all, and his face immediately turned red when he heard this. He waved his hands and said, "How can this be possible? How can this be possible..."

"Why doesn't this work?"

Su Sheng patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "We all follow the leader, so we are all family." "It's settled. I'll take you to my humble abode this afternoon."

Zhou Bi looked back at Su Zhan, who chuckled and said, "If you become my brother-in-law, that would be a good thing. We can always visit each other in the future."

Su Sheng pulled the sleeves of the two young men and laughed heartily: "Come on, let's have some wine, let's have some wine. When we get to the table, I'll ask you guys what the Khitans look like."

"What does the Fanyang Army look like?"

Zhou Bi was a little curious and asked, "General, are you not going to the army?"

Su Sheng chuckled and said, "No, no, I'm going to stay in Jinling for ten days or half a month, waiting for my baby to come back."

Zhou Bi Suzhan immediately understood what the treasure he was talking about. Suzhan's eyes lit up and he said, "Brother, I have seen those horses. They are all good horses. If you get a war horse, you must give me one!"

"What does a child want with a warhorse?"

Su Sheng waved his hand and refused without hesitation.

"When you join the army in the future, come and ask me for it. Besides, if you follow the superior, won't you be given a horse?"

Su Zhan sighed.

"That horse isn't majestic enough."

Su Sheng knocked on his head and scolded him with a smile, "You rascal."

"Walk."

He held Zhou Bi and Su Zhan in each hand.

"Let's have some wine!"

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Capital city, Chongde Hall.

His Majesty the Emperor frowned as he looked at the document in his hand.

He thought for a long time, but couldn't make up his mind. He subconsciously shouted: "Please Pei..."

As soon as these two words came out, the emperor reacted and stopped talking. After a long while, he stood up and said, "Prepare the sedan chair. I want to leave the palace."

"Go to Cui Xiang's house."

At this time, the imperial guards in Guanzhong had been restored to some extent, and the summer taxes in various prefectures and counties in the Central Plains were also being restored.

His Majesty the Emperor has regained some power and is more confident.

However, at this moment, there were some rifts between him and Pei Huang, so Pei Sanlang, who had accompanied the emperor almost every day before, was no longer in the palace.

Now that the emperor had regained power, it was not difficult for him to leave the palace. Soon, the emperor, who had changed into casual clothes, walked out of the palace and arrived at the gate of Cui's house.

A moment later, Cui Yuan, dressed in coarse cloth, came out with his family, knelt on the ground, and bowed his head respectfully to the emperor.

"I, your humble servant Cui Yuan, kowtow to Your Majesty."

Behind Cui Yuan, a group of Cui family members knelt in an orderly manner.

The emperor in the sedan chair did not speak, but looked at Cui Yuan, then looked at the people behind him, narrowed his eyes slightly, and felt the beauty of power.

After a few breaths, he came back to his senses. After getting off the sedan chair, he stepped forward to help Cui Yuan up and said softly, "Prime Minister Cui, please get up quickly."

Cui Xianggong stood up, and the emperor looked at the Cui family members behind him and said, "Everyone stand up."

After everyone stood up, the emperor looked at Cui Yuan and said with a sigh, "I have something to ask Prime Minister Cui."

Cui Yuan said in panic: "If your Majesty gives me a document, I will crawl into the palace to see you even if I have to crawl."

"Prime Minister Cui is old and ill."

The emperor smiled and said, "Let's go in and talk."

Cui Yuan knew that the emperor's personal visit was definitely not just a simple gesture of sympathy for him. There must be a deeper meaning behind it. However, at this moment, he had no time to think about it and could only bow his head and say, "Your Majesty, please come in."

The main gate of Cui's mansion was opened wide to welcome the emperor.

A moment later, the emperor sat on the main seat, and Prime Minister Cui sat below him. Looking at the document in his hand, he couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Liang Wen wrote a letter, asking for the Hedong Army and the Shuofang Army to..."

He looked up at the Emperor, shocked.

"Recapture two levels?"

(End of this chapter)