Chapter 319

The other officials in the hall turned to look at Zhou Zhiliang. The expression of waiting for a good show has disappeared, replaced by seriousness.

They wanted to see what real skills a person who had reached the third level in just eight years could show.

"10% is not a joke! Of course, Liu Huanzhou will not be satisfied if he is given only 10%. I think that in addition, he should be given another convenience."

Zhang Zhenghe asked urgently: "What's the convenience?"

"Didn't he say that the casualties were heavy? Then let him recruit troops nearby. In this way, the casualties can be supplemented, and the court can reduce supplies. At the same time, he has no reason to withdraw from the war. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

Before he finished speaking, someone burst out laughing. It was Xu Zhifu, Minister of the Ministry of War. The beard on his face trembled and he slowly stood up holding the chair, his eyes full of disdain and contempt.

Turning to look at Professor Li, he spat out a few words, "It's hard to live up to your reputation!"

This was equivalent to pointing at the nose and swearing, but except for the three masters and disciples, everyone here felt that it was wrong. He was trying to be in the limelight again, and he was playing a one-man show, but in the end he came up with such a bad idea.

Is it difficult to live up to the reputation? Simply ignorant!

How did Liu Huanzhou separatize Hexi? Isn't it because Youyun rebelled and was granted permission to recruit on the spot, which allowed him to grow and grow, and finally support his own troops and dominate Hexi.

By opening the convenience of recruiting people nearby, is it possible that we want to make the same mistake again? At that time, it will not be to dominate Hexi, but to compete in the world!

"Shilang Zhou, if you have nothing to do, you can take in a few concubines and spend more energy to avoid random thoughts."

Yang Ming's words were very rude. When he was recruiting troops nearby, he repeatedly opposed it. Now he would not be polite if he brought up old things.

"Hahaha……"

Everyone laughed loudly and cast playful glances at Zhou Zhiliang frequently.

But he remained calm and said calmly: "It seems that all of you are more vain than me, Zhou Zhiliang! Today Liu Huanzhou writes 20,000 and gets 50%. If he writes 80,000 tomorrow, will he also get 50%?"

"Hopeless!"

Hearing the scolding in their ears, everyone shook their heads helplessly. It was precisely because of this concern that they did not dare to jump to conclusions. Otherwise, why would they discuss it?

Xu Zhifu's eyes flashed, and he said with a hint of exhaustion: "It won't work this way, and that won't work either, Minister Zhou, otherwise, why don't you go into the palace to meet the saint now? Qingxuan Palace is right next to it!"

"Why do you need to meet the emperor? Just listen to me." Zhou Zhiliang sighed softly.

He glanced at everyone and took in their expressions. He felt confident, sat down and explained: "The purpose of recruiting troops nearby is to replenish troops. Everyone, you can write random casualties in the battle report, but the Hexi troops and horses must be fixed. He is only allowed to supplement until full strength and recruit more troops." It’s fine if we don’t recognize the horse!”

"You won't admit it if you don't admit it? Will Liu Huanzhou tell you how many people he recruited?" Yang Ming retorted.

Zhou Zhiliang's eyebrows flashed with cunning, and he smiled and said: "You don't need to admit it, we allocate food and grass according to the fixed number of troops and horses. For example, if there are less than 90,000 troops in Hexi, we will allocate food and grass according to 90,000, and we will not give any more. Hexi It’s bitterly cold and there’s no food to feed the troops.”

The room became quiet, and many people lowered their heads and thought about whether it was feasible. And Li Professor's face changed several times, from bitter at first to angry to now smiling, just like an actor's facial makeup, constantly changing.

Looking down at the sitting junior brother, he couldn't help but nod, with a strange smile on his lips.

"Let's... enter the palace to meet the Holy Spirit."

Xu Zhifu opened his mouth to break the silence. The other three pavilion elders nodded and took the lead to walk out the door. After walking a few steps, he turned back and said softly: "Secretary Zhou, Xu is from a military background. He speaks recklessly, so don't take it to heart."

Zhou Zhiliang did not answer, but stood up and gave a junior salute. The corners of Xu Zhifu's mouth turned up, and he didn't speak again. He turned around and walked hurriedly towards Qingxuan Palace.

The eyes of everyone present are constantly changing, including envy, emotion, heaviness, unwillingness, etc. But when they looked at Zhou Zhiliang, they all showed concern.

The teacher Lin Fu'er sitting next to him smiled happily, clapped his disciple's hand cheerfully, and congratulated softly: "Zhiliang, tonight is a good day."

Zhou Zhiliang smiled and responded from a close distance: "It's just a few words, how can it be so easy?"

"Sooner or later."

The two smiled at each other. Everyone on duty was filled with emotion. They glanced at Zhou Zhiliang a few more times unconsciously, nodded secretly, and smiled a little more on their faces.

It looks like a high-rise building is about to be built.

Soon, a eunuch walked into the cabinet duty room and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty has an oral message, Zhou Zhiliang, the minister of the Ministry of Prophecy."

With everyone watching, Zhou Zhiliang slowly stood up and followed the eunuch out.

When the two figures walked away, the sound of inhaling came and went in the duty room, and they all flattered each other: "Mr. Lin is really the pillar of the country, I admire him."

"It's too much praise, it's really too much praise."

Although he spoke modestly, Lin Fuer had a hearty smile on his face. He waved his hand to refuse, not daring to look at the expressions on his colleagues' faces. He didn't know whether it was because he was shy or because he was afraid of being unable to control his smile.

Entering the Qingxuan Palace, Zhou Zhiliang still kept his eyes straight, knelt down and saluted in an orderly manner, even his posture was standard, and there was nothing sloppy about it.

"Get up."

Yuan Zhuo stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes never leaving Zhou Zhiliang, who was kneeling on the ground.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

At this time, Zhou Zhiliang slowly straightened up his body, but he was still well-behaved, his body was tense, he lowered his head and stared at his toes, without even the slightest deviation.

Seeing him like this, Yuan Zhuo thought he was nervous, so he slowed down his voice, tried to be as friendly as possible, and gently comforted him: "Don't be so restrained, I'm not going to blame you. I asked you to come in just to see what the person who came up with the good plan looks like, I didn't expect it to be so young."

"Your Majesty, I don't have a good plan, I'm just doing my duty as a minister."

"I like to hear that! It's not easy to do your job well and do your best." Yuan Zhuo said expressionlessly.

He walked closer and asked straight to the point: "Tell me in detail, how did you come up with it?"

Zhou Zhiliang understood the meaning of the words, but he couldn't say it directly. He couldn't say "I know Liu Huanzhou won't retreat", right? If he really said that, he would definitely not be able to explain it clearly, and then his head would be in danger.

So he had to think about countermeasures silently. After thinking about it, there was really no good explanation, so he could only answer affirmatively: "I just think it's inappropriate..."

"Okay."

"Okay!"

Thinking that Zhou Zhiliang understood what he meant, Yuan Zhuo said "Okay" twice. He was instantly delighted, with a strong sense of appreciation.

He paced back and forth with his hands down, constantly looking at Zhou Zhiliang who was motionless, and the more he looked, the more satisfied he became. At this time, someone who was obedient and could understand what he said was very important to him, and promoting Li Shou was like this.

But he didn't know whether the person in front of him was the one he needed.