The two of them were quick to organize themselves. They were both men (?), and they were from the military. No matter how careful they were to organize themselves, they would still be like this.
Di Yefei's face was smeared with a thin layer of powder, but because He Mulan used it very thinly, it couldn't be seen in well-lit areas. His eyes were covered with dark circles and dark colors, and a little rouge was applied to his cheeks to cover up his scary complexion.
The ancient bronze mirrors can't actually show anything, so the makeup of the ancients is terrible, and heavy makeup is the style, and it is common to paint a big white face, even for men.
So when Di Yefei's "light makeup" appeared in the bronze mirror, Di Yefei couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, apparently this "makeup" was still within his range of adaptation.
When He Mulan was putting Di Yefei's makeup on, she was overjoyed thinking about the "Mrs. Di Ji"'s demeanor, and carefully smeared it. Di Yefei imagined her face as a painted wall, but in the mirror it turned out Can't see anything out of the ordinary...
Fortunately, Hua Mulan is a man, and he doesn't know how to use these, so he escaped the catastrophe by himself.
But in the eyes of Chen Jie and the others, this General Di was completely different from before. Not only did his complexion become ruddy, but his face also had a faint jade-colored brilliance. The quality of the ancient powder was actually quite good.
Chen Jie and others were not qualified to enter the palace, so when they saw Di Yefei stepping onto the BMW provided by the palace and lashing out like someone who had never been poisoned, his eyes were about to fall out.
When did his general have such good skills? !
Go back and teach him whether he can do it or not, this is the joy of the boudoir!
***
"Gu Shizhong, I don't know what rumors you heard?" A group of ministers whispered outside the hall door, and when they saw Gu Bi coming, they immediately swarmed up.
These ministers were all from Xianbei, so naturally they had to ask Gu Bi, an important Xianbei minister.
"I heard that Your Majesty is going to set up an army outside Yulin?"
Tuoba Tao likes to take the lead, so his Yulin army is all elites. Although there are only a thousand soldiers, these thousand people are prepared with the best weapons in the country, and they are all carefully selected and available.
In addition to the Yulin Army, there are also about 200,000 border guards, local guards, and military guards from various countries, ready to fight at any time.
The strength of Wei's troops is already the first among all countries, not to mention that more than 60% of these soldiers are cavalry, and 30% are a mix of chariots and cavalry. It is so powerful and its combat capability is mature that it is no longer necessary to expand the army.
Rouran is gone, shouldn't it be time to let some of the military households return to their hometowns to farm
Could it be that your Majesty wants to fight again
"Not one army, but two armies."
Gu Bi knew that Tuoba Tao had planned this matter for a long time, and he was not afraid of them speaking out, so he told these ministers what he knew.
"The Gaoche people are attached, there are many people, and they can't let so many young men grazing in Monan. Your Majesty's intention is to move all the young men to Guanzhong, adopt a recruiting system, give them food and weapons, and after training, they will serve as our Great Wei. fight."
This is also normal. The Gaoche people surrendered 200,000 people, including those who were previously persuaded by Di Yefei to voluntarily surrender, and those who later destroyed Rou and then went north to conquer and surrender. After being attached to the Wei state, the people of Xianbei were still the main ones.
However, Gaoche has no nobles or leaders, only the patriarch. All matters in the clan adopt the system of "elder council", which is very inconvenient for Wei to manage the Gaoche people, and the Gaoche people do not want the Wei people to really send officials to interfere with them. Tuoba Tao had no choice but to start with young people and gradually turn them into military households to bring a sense of belonging to the battle.
As for those old-fashioned ones
What Tuoba Tao wanted was a young and strong population that could be used, and he didn't care about those old people who were willing to bring old and weak women to play this kind of "Hello, I'm good" game.
A group of Xianbei people immediately began to figure out how likely it was for their own troops to take over this group of Gaoche recruits. Gu Bi looked at them with a straight face.
"I advise you not to play the ideas of these tall chariots. Your Majesty will not let anyone get involved in this army. If there is no accident, he should personally lead this tall chariot team."
"The Gaoche people don't understand the language. There must be noble leaders who are familiar with Gaoche dialect and Xianbei dialect, right? Your Majesty can't train them all day long..."
A minister approached again and asked:
"There are so many Rouran people, don't your Majesty want those Rouran people?"
There are 300,000 Rouran slaves captured this time, and most of them have to fill the borders and no-man's land to reclaim and serve various corvée. Women became official prostitutes, bought and sold in the market, or were given to heroes and widows. Rouran's men are also very good at fighting, although their military discipline has always been very poor...
Speaking of Rouran people, Gu Bi showed a look of disdain.
"Apart from their own people, everyone knows that Rouran people are not suitable for mixing into the army. Let's see why Helianding fled in a hurry last time. It's not fun to mutiny suddenly before the battle..."
This is indeed the biggest fault of Rouran people, fear of death.
The military value systems of the two countries are completely different, and it is simply impossible for two mortal enemies who fought to the death before to suddenly join hands and recognize each other.
"So the Rouran people will only let Rouran surrender to the general?" A military general frowned: "These crawlies are capricious, won't they defect?"
"Your Majesty has his own ideas."
Gu Bi smiled reservedly.
"Then there is an army?"
An important official from the Dugu family asked with interest: "It's not a foreigner, is it?"
"No, Your Majesty wants to reorganize the original elite soldiers of Montenegro into an elite team that can fight at any time." Gu Bi pointedly looked at the many ministers: "Like Gao Cheren, His Majesty directly commands, and the number is only 5,000. ."
"Five thousand?"
When a group of people heard this number, they immediately lost interest.
It is estimated that they belong to some kind of elite troops like the previous "Marksmanship Battalion" and "Wolf Cavalry". They will be mixed in wherever the battlefield needs them in the future.
Five thousand elite cavalry is indeed the best number of people to maintain mobility, but any big clan can form a team at any time with such a number of people, even the elite soldiers of Montenegro are not enough to move them.
So many people still surround Gu Bi and ask about Gao Cheren.
That's tens of thousands!
Not only Gu Bi was surrounded by people, but also a group of courtiers surrounded by Changsun Han, Kumoti, and Cui Hao.
The distinction between civil and military officials in the Northern Wei Dynasty is not obvious. Most of them are officials who can serve as officials in the court and go out to war. The most representative ones are Changsun Han and Gu Bi, who are both capable of civil and military affairs.
Although Cui Hao has never led an army alone, in any battle, Cui Hao has always been with the army, and is almost like a military division. He is a famous military strategist in the world.
They all have a great influence on the army. Some people who heard the news have asked about the new army, while more people are more concerned about how the interests of the Northern Expedition Rouran are distributed, and want to win allies to fight for power and profit .
These were the scenes where He Mulan and Di Yefei had no chance to see each other. Their status determined that they could only stay far away from the hall, waiting for the humerus ministers to enter the hall before entering.
But the place where He Mulan and Di Yefei stood was where the real heroes of the army stood. A group of generals who gained military merit by fighting for life and death looked enviously at the officials in front of them in gorgeous official uniforms, while strengthening each other.
Many people in the army knew Hua Mulan. When He Mulan and Di Yefei arrived, countless people immediately came up to check their favorability.
"Is your Excellency General Hua? I'm Wei Yuan, and I'm from Huai Shuo!" A middle-aged general approached with admiration, and chatted openly with Hua Mulan.
"I hope the general will take care of you in the future!"
At this time, most of the township soldiers in the six towns formed a faction. Wei Yuan was a member of Huaishuo, and he became connected with Hua Mulan, which immediately aroused the envy of many monks and soldiers from other places.
He Mulan had never been climbed up so obviously before, and greeted him a little uncomfortable in his heart, and then met the generals under the corridor one by one under his introduction.
Di Yefei's appearance is particularly obvious. Everyone knows that Hua Mulan has always taken care of her comrades in the army, especially the incident of breaking into Cui Mansion. Di Yefei has become a familiar name to many people. Most of them are from Montenegro. It was easy to talk to each other because of their background, so Di Yefei was surrounded by a lot of people.
If He Mulan is still struggling with these entertainments, Di Yefei seems to have a natural aura. Even if he doesn't need to say anything, others will not think he is perfunctory when he stands there and nods his head. It seems that he should be this look like.
On the other hand, an ordinary person like He Mulan had a very calm and resolute temperament. If he didn't pull out a few smiles and say a few words, it would be easy for others to think that he was dull and rigid.
Just when the two of them were a little impatient, there was a sudden silence under the eaves.
It turned out that a middle-aged official who was not angry and arrogant came out of the group of powerful officials standing at the entrance of the palace, and was about to approach them.
The status of the DPRK has always been clearly defined, and it will be known from their position. An important official will not degrade his status and run into this group of small fish, even if they are heroic generals who are about to accept the reward, even if they take one step to the sky, they will not shake the status of that group of people.
Because most of their status does not come from themselves, but from the huge family standing behind them.
For a time, the atmosphere was solemn, and many people looked at the official who came over with curiosity and excitement, and quietly identified his identity from the official uniform.
The official uniforms of Wei State were either black or purple, and those who could use purple were mostly people with titles and detached status. The man was wearing Xianbei official uniform, and stopped ten paces ahead of them. Seeing that everyone around him was looking outside, He Mulan couldn't help but turn her face away.
This glance made her stunned.
It was the head of the He Lai family, He Laixiong.
He is the Duke of Yunzhong County, the noble family of Dai County, and many of his family's children are officials. This time, the He Lai family sent more than 10,000 horses to follow him in the northern expedition, which shows the strength of the He Lai family.
There are people under the corridor who know He Laixiong and some who don't, but no matter whether they know him or not, they dare not speak up. Not to mention the people under the corridor here, even the nobles from Gu Bi's side looked over here.
He Laixiong looked at He Mulan, who was surrounded by a group of generals, as if he couldn't stand his ease. He frowned and said, "Hua Mulan, come here."
He Mulan went to greet He Laixiong inexplicably. Although the Hua family was no longer affiliated to the He Lai clan, and had become a military household, no matter the status or age of the other party, it was worth He Mulan to show respect to him in front of everyone's eyes.
What she didn't know was that even such a qualification to show respect was something that many people in the corridor could not ask for.
"You go over with me, and when you go up and down, you'll be standing in the fifth column behind me."
He Laixiong looked at He Mulan's strange expression and said unexpectedly:
"Why, you don't want to?"
"It's not that the juniors don't want to, it's that they don't dare."
He Mulan frowned and said: "Isn't this station ordered by the official?"
"If there is no accident, you will be in that position in the future." He Laixiong said lightly what he knew, "This is His Majesty's intention, come with me."
When He Mulan heard that it was Tuoba Tao's arrangement, she immediately did not dare to disobey, and bowed her hands to apologize to the person she had just met under the corridor. Seeing Di Yefei's worried expression again, she shook her head at him and turned around. He left with He Laixiong.
Di Yefei stood under the corridor, watching He Mulan follow He Laixiong away step by step, walking to the most lively place over there, standing awkwardly behind He Laixiong, and couldn't help showing a smile.
For this fire chief, I'm afraid he would rather be "besieged" here than be judged over there
She is not someone who can cling to the powerful, she will pass, there must be some reason.
And whatever the reason, it shows...
Mulan is about to spread its wings.
This kind of premonition made Di Yefei feel a little melancholy, while the people in the corridor were looking at his expression and whispering about Mulan's luck.
The chattering voices around him were a bit noisy for no reason, and Di Yefei began to feel irritable.
The five stones scattered, still made him emotionally out of control.
"Di Yefei, Mrs. Cui often asks you to come over."
An unfamiliar-looking official trotted over from the corridor where He Mulan was, and approached Di Yefei to pass a message.
Even when he spread the word, he carried a kind of restraint, as if standing proudly above these miscellaneous generals.
Di Yefei wanted to leave this place for a long time, but the trouble he caused was enough to make Cui Hao disappointed with him, how could it be
Di Yefei looked outside the gate of the temple, and saw that Cui Hao was chatting cordially with the patriarchs who belonged to the Gaoche clan.
And Cui Hao and Gu Bi, as "envoys", have always been in charge of arranging the affairs of the Gaoche people, receiving these patriarchs, and expressing their favor. It is his responsibility.
Seeing Di Yefei look over, his righteous brother Hulu Guangdou beckoned to him with a natural attitude as if Di Yefei should have stood by his side.
Di Yefei felt an inexplicable warmth in his heart.
In addition to Mulan, he still has many friends who are inseparable. This patriarch may not have allied himself with him for brotherhood, but when he heard the news that he was poisoned in Cui Hao's mansion, he was willing to stand behind him and take advantage of Dawei and Gaoche's honeymoon period to help him. Fight for benefits.
Cui Hao is such a proud person, even if he will teach him well in the future, he will not do such a good move.
In the morning, Di Yefei was even thinking about how to go to Cui's house and apologize sincerely.
And the request of the Gaoche family just gave Cui Hao and him a step, and gently stepped over this section.
Thinking that he was not completely helpless, Di Yefei was in a good mood for a while, stroked his clothes, cupped his hands to the left and right, and Shi Shiran followed the official towards the outside of the hall.
It's just a few feet away, and some people walk through it and spend their entire lives.
And how fortunate they are, they have now crossed the most difficult step.
Di Yefei walked up to Hulu Guangdou in high spirits, first greeted Cui Hao with a disciple salute, and after receiving a rather mild response from Cui Hao, he finally began to chat with a group of high-car comrades.
Hulu Guangdou will pull him, naturally because it has the value of pulling him, it is likely that he already knows what kind of reward he will get.
After today is over, the Gaoche people will not be Rouran's slaves, they will stand on their own land with their backs upright.
He didn't know how far he could go, but as long as he knew that His Majesty still wanted to use him, he was not an abandoned child.
Di Yefei looked to the other side.
Standing among the Xianbei clansmen, He Mulan was carefully answering many people's questions.
In any case, this step is not as far away as it was before.