"It has been half a month since General Longhu entered the capital. Not to mention that Long live the Lord has not been seen. Even the officials from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households are not willing to see him. Xie Lun has been lying around day and night for the past two days. He has heard everything in the court. In the corner of the house of officials of all sizes, according to the information Xie Lun discovered, General Longhu returned without success again this year. "
Since the defeat in the Southwest, Zhao Jingting has come to Beijing every year to ask for pension money for fallen soldiers. This is already the third time. Long Live Lord is the most unhappy person to mention the defeat in the Southwest. The Ministry of War has mentioned the pension money once before, which angered Long Yan, the Long Live Lord, was furious and never mentioned it again from then on, let alone the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Lu Zhishan turned the pages of the book and said: "This is the new year, and the capital is happy and peaceful. Long Live is the most troublesome when something goes wrong at this time. Even the courtiers will only pick on good things to report. General Zhao will naturally hit a wall. ”
Du Heng sighed and said: "Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Long live the imperial court and all the officials will have a rest. The imperial court will not resume until the fifteenth day. General Zhao can only wait until after the new year to ask God to listen."
Lu Zhishan said solemnly: "On February 2nd of the next year, we will send another two hundred thousand taels of snowflake silver to Tubo and Siam. By then, Long live the Lord will be even less willing to see him."
Du Heng had a look of suppressed anger: "In the Battle of Southwest, 70,000 Dali soldiers were killed, and the imperial court ignored them. How are their wives and children going to live? Long live this move is really shocking. Who will be willing to join the army in the future? Who will? Are you willing to go into battle to defend your country?"
Lu Zhishan didn't answer. He took a sip of tea, then raised his head and said to Du Heng, "Just tell Xie Lun when he comes back, and he won't need to run errands anymore."
Du Heng said helplessly: "Yes, I have remembered it."
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Xie Lun came back early today. Lu Zhishan had just bathed and changed before going to bed, so he hurried back to his house and went straight into Lu Zhishan's bedroom.
"You said General Zhao is unwilling to come to see me?" Lu Zhishan asked with a frown.
Xie Lun said: "Exactly, General Zhao knew that the general was in a worrying situation in the capital, so he refused to come to see the general for fear that the news would reach the ears of Lord Long Live and implicate the general again."
Lu Zhishan sighed: "I know he is thinking about me, but he has been with me for more than ten years, but he has not come to see me in the palace for three consecutive years. It is inevitable that he is too deliberate. It is better to come to see me openly." one side."
Xie Lun said: "The officials have ordered General Zhao to be transferred back to the capital and used for other purposes. General Zhao has been staying in the capital during this period. Is the general still afraid that he will not have a chance to see General Zhao?"
Lu Zhishan frowned: "Is the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel still Mr. Chang Yingteng? Mr. Chang and Zhao are close friends, and Mr. Chang watched General Zhao grow up. How could he come out of here so suddenly? A kind of transfer order?”
Xie Lun sighed: "Mr. Chang Lao fell ill half a month ago, and now all the affairs of the staff department are taken care of by Mr. Li, the Minister of Rites."
"Li Xu? Concubine Li's brother?" Lu Zhishan asked with a frown.
"Exactly," Xie Lun said hurriedly, "Empress Li has always been on good terms with Concubine Wan Gui. This time she transferred General Zhao away from the southwest. I'm afraid Concubine Wan Gui and the third prince had the intention of transferring General Zhao away from the southwest. However, I'm afraid the Empress also did it behind the scenes. It’s exciting.”
The queen's brother Xu Deliang is the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Concubine Wan Guifei's brother Wan Yaojie is the Minister of the Ministry of Husbandry.
Lu Zhishan sighed: "Not only the Minister of War and the Minister of Household, I'm afraid that all the civil and military officials don't want General Zhao to return to the southwest."