A smart enough minister would never ask about the royal affairs, let alone the major matters related to the inheritance of the throne; because history has proved time and time again that ministers who dared to do this ended up not having a good end. They could still get a whole body if they were lucky, and they had nowhere to look for their bad heads.

But Bao Zheng had no such concern. The true immortal was no longer an ordinary minister when he entered the court. Zhao Heng was also a sensible person. Since he asked this, he did not treat him as an ordinary minister.

It can be seen that the Dagen official family has indeed had the intention of entrusting it. Whether Bao Zheng chooses the crown prince or promotes the king Zhao, he will not be able to escape the identity of a vicious official in the future.

"If I were asked to choose, I would choose to be promoted to the king."

Bao Zheng said without hesitation: "The king of the king is kind and has no lack of decisions. The three emperors have all developed kings. The border wars continue, and the people have suffered for a long time.

To be promoted to the king should be the king who is stable in the country. In this way, Dagen will have a new look."

The prince was feminine and could not become a great man. Even for his own sake, Bao Zheng would definitely not choose him. He would become a Renzong of the generation in the future, which was suitable for him to show his strength.

This world is not as simple as it seems. The extraordinary people all have secrets. The old dragon of Dahe has been vague several times. The monkey's cultivation level has come to Dagen and enter the world with such cultivation. The old mother of Mount Tai has opened up a world, but she still has to go into seclusion to practice at any time. Where can she get the pressure like a mountain?

It can be seen that only by constantly improving one's own strength can one remain invincible. Therefore, after the Tianmen Formation, Bao must truly become a powerful minister.

This is also the only way for the Legalists, just like the Mo family. If Cen Xiuzhu had not resigned from the Mo family's giant, he would have become an imperial criminal in the court sooner or later.

"I have written down Wen Zhi's words. Wen Zhi has the intention to help others, and I hope this peace talks can gain enough benefits for me.

The Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun are the greatest interests among them. The premise of peace talks is to return Youyun to the north.

With this natural danger buffer, even if there is any change in the future, I can still advance and retreat with evidence."

Zhao Heng suddenly took a step forward, grabbed Bao Zheng's hand, and said in a deep voice: "Wen Zhi has a long way to go, and I am waiting for your good news in Youzhou City."

Bao Zheng stood up and left, Tong Chenggong followed him step by step and sent him to the hillside. Looking at Bao Zheng's departure back, he sighed secretly.

The sensitive sense of Zhengzhi told him that the Dagen Dynasty was about to change. If nothing unexpected happened, after the Youzhou peace talks, the era of Xinjun and Bao Qingtian would enter.

......

After the Battle of Sanwangshan, Han Derang kept his promise very much and retreated the northern army directly to Yunzhou, and surrendered the entire Youzhou and Pan to Dagen.

He also sent envoys to communicate and release the good intentions of peace talks.

The soldiers of Dagen also received the rewards they deserved. Even Di Qing, who was already a marquis, was upgraded to "Wanhu Marquis", completely distanced himself from ordinary marquis.

This is a marquis who can enjoy the taxes of tens of thousands of households, and can be inherited from generation to generation, and is simply called the Iron Hat Marquis.

However, compared to Bao Zhenglai, Di Qing is still a big witch.

Bao Zheng's official position and title have not changed, but he directly obtained a fiefdom. After his refining, he changed his surname to Bao from 800 miles. This is not counting. Zhao Heng made it clear in the imperial edict that the court allowed Bao Zheng to have a private army stationed in Liangshan and manage Liangshan, so that he could build a house. Moreover, this private army was the Liangshan demon army that made great contributions in this war!

When the imperial edict was announced, even the always gloomy children succeeded in changing their colors.

Jiedu Liangshan?

This is equivalent to restoring the military governing system of the previous dynasty? Di Qing, a marquis of ten thousand households, is only worthy of taxes in the fief, but the land in the fief is still from the court. Bao Zheng has truly drawn a piece of land from Dagen, which is equivalent to a country in the country!

As for the official position that has not been promoted, a fool can guess that the official family is preparing to negotiate Youzhou before rewarding Bao Zheng. At that time, the two great contributions to the rescue of the peace talks are to be rewarded. I am afraid that they will be named king with a different surname?

Not to mention ordinary soldiers and ministers, even the prestigious royal family members like the Eight Wise Kings looked at Bao Zheng with a strange look.

The officials wanted to personally support a powerful minister? Otherwise, why were there only two important officials in the court in Bao Zheng and Kou Zhun involved in the Youzhou peace talks? The rest were either scholars transferred from the Hanlin Academy or local officials with a little literary reputation in the Daming Prefecture?

Even Bao Zheng's disciple Wang Anshi jumped over the Longmen and became the deputy governor of the peace talks. Lao Kou didn't even get a deputy position. After Feng Feng rushed to Youzhou, he was stunned and grabbed Bao Zheng's collar and scolded his mother.

Others are afraid that you are a true immortal who enters the court, but I am not afraid of heaven and earth. I think you are just a powerful minister. What do you have to say?

Bao Zheng nodded, Lao Kou, you are right. This official is now the biggest powerful minister in Dagen. Everyone knows it, but you know it?

You said I want to cultivate power, that's right, but you also want to see who I chose? Wang Anshi is also a disciple of you and my disciple, and he also wants to call you a teacher. You have read his articles, and dare you say that he is not a talent for governing the world?

What's wrong with me using people? You, Lao Kou, either scolded this or that mother all day long, and you didn't see you cultivating many talents for the court. I think you are just a talker who only seeks fame.

Talk about the country is ruined, you are the representative of it!

Kou Zhun almost choked him, stared at Bao Zheng, unable to say a rebuttal for a long time, finally breathed a sigh of relief, touched his chest calmly, and said in a negotiation tone, the government is the same, after all, I, Lao Dou, is also an important official in the court. How can I not have a decent identity in the peace talks?

Old Bao, please help me, I want face too.

Bao Zheng was waiting for what he said. He smiled and pulled Lao Kou's sleeve to ask him to sit down, took out the fragrant tea that had been prepared long ago, and let Kou Zhun take a few sips of it first, and then he was "the picture was revealed".

"My Lord Kou, as the saying goes, water can't even cover the boat. Wang Anshi said that it's your and my disciples. Can I watch him over you? That will not only make you lose face, but I will also have no face. So why are you anxious? When you come, you will curse yourself, and you will be like!"

Kou Zhun looked at Bao Zheng blankly: "You and Wang Anshi have taken over the head, you are already under the influence of the head, I am a student. Does Lord Bao have any good plans?"

Bao Zheng smiled and said, "The position has been prepared for you. This time, Lord Kou, you are not a regular or a deputy. You are the 'honor advisor' of the mission. You have a high status. Are you satisfied with these?"

Kou Zhun didn't understand: "Mr. Bao, what is the 'honorary consultant'?"

"Oh, that is, although you don't have a specific position, you even respect me as a peace talk. In any peace talks, Lord Kou can consult and have a unique position.

And the most wonderful thing is that because it is not considered a real position in the mission, words and deeds do not need to represent Da Gen. If Lord Kou rises up, it is okay to curse his mother during the peace talks, and it is not considered a disgrace to our court."

Gu Ju

Bao Zheng smiled and said, "Mr. Kou must be satisfied, right?"

Kou Zhun looked at him and suddenly burst into laughter: "Okay, okay, I'm so satisfied. Lord Bao, you know me, Old Kou."

Speaking of cursing, is he an expert?

......

Youzhou, a land where tigers lie in dragons, is the first of the sixteen states of Youyun. It blocks the throat of the Central Plains and has the power of the earth veins to borrow. Whether it is occupied by Da Gen or the northern country, it will have an absolute advantage.

Since the unlucky Oasis Shi Jingtang presented the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun to the northern country, the Central Plains dynasties in Xiazhou have always wanted to recover, which has long become an obsession for all dynasties. This is also the reason why Zhao Kuangyin's brothers returned in the second attack on the north and Zhao Heng still insisted on raising troops.

Now that the northern country has given up Youzhou, it is equivalent to giving up Zhuozhou, Yingzhou, Mozhou, Yizhou, Guizhou, Weizhou, Yingzhou, Huanzhou and Shuozhou, a total of ten states, and the sixteen states in Youyun have recovered most of them at once. If Zhao Heng had not been defeated too badly before, it would have been a great achievement for regaining the hometown of the Central Plains.

In order to show sincerity in peace talks, after Da Gen took over Youzhou, he only sent 10,000 imperial guards into the city. Lin Feng was appointed as the one who stayed in Nanjing under Bao Zheng's recommendation. From a mere 800,000 imperial guards instructors to Da Gen's fourth-rank military officer, he would be no problem to be granted a wife and son in the future.

In addition to Lin Feng and some civil officials who needed to stay in Youzhou to manage the government, Zhao Heng led hundreds of thousands of troops to retreat to the front line of Daming Mansion. Eight Wise Kings and other important officials in the court either accompanied the king's lord or returned to the capital under the orders, and handed over all the peace-making matters to Bao Zheng.

Now the important officials in the court are watching Bao Zheng. The Youzhou peace talks are equivalent to Bao Zheng's touchstone for becoming the first powerful minister in Dagen and entering the highest ruling circle. If he can achieve his full achievements, the era of Bao Longtu will be unstoppable. If there are any flaws, don't say that the position in the court is difficult to stabilize, and he will be more likely to become the "nan traitor" in the world.

How easy is it to be a powerful minister? It’s useless to rely on high cultivation alone!

The army slowly entered Youzhou, and Kou Zhun didn't know what was going on. He obviously had a ox cart and had to squeeze into Bao Zheng's cart. While picking up the curtain and looking out, he kept laughing.

Bao Zheng glanced at him: "What, Guan Kou Tian has some advice?"

"Haha, Lord Bao is a very smart person. In just two years, he has gone from a sharpener to become my important minister in Dagen. He will soon become the most powerful minister in Dagen history. With such a method, don't tell me that you can't see the current situation clearly?"

Kou Zhun laughed and said, "Now I like the identity of this 'Mingyu Consultant' more and more. If you have nothing to worry about, you can take no responsibility. It's better to be considerate. This time, my marriage is successful, but we will never have any mistakes..."

Bao Zheng smiled: "What puzzle you guessed? Do you really think I can't see it?

That is right, Empress Xiao of the Northern Kingdom was sincere in a peace talk, but she would fight for an inch of land during the peace talks! Now the Northern Kingdom is only willing to give up the ten states south of Youzhou, which means they are unwilling to give up the six states north of Youzhou, but our dynasty must recover the sixteen states of Youyun. If one state is missing, I am afraid they will be called "Southern traitor" by the people."

Kou Zhun smiled and said, "Our army defeated the Tianmen formation is the victorious side. There are several kings in the northern country who are not convinced by Xiao Hou's hen. The country's power is unstable, but she still has the confidence to hold down the six states and not return. Can Lord Bao know why?"

Bao Zheng smiled: "What does Kou Tianguan think is the reason?"

"Ahhaha, is this considered Mr. Bao asking me for advice?"

Kou Zhun laughed loudly, feeling that he had the upper hand in front of the immortal master who entered the court, and was very proud.

Bao Zheng smiled and said, "Bao is about to ask Guan Kou Tian for advice, please give me some advice."

"Sir Bao, come and see..."

Kou Zhun opened the curtain and pointed to the street market outside and said, "Youzhou is the largest city in the 16 prefectures of Youyun. There are northerners and southerners, and more than 13,000 demons who are harboring the northern country.

The population of this city is almost 20% of Bianjing, which is prosperous.

As far as I know, the number of southerners accounts for 60% of the total number, which can be regarded as a southerner city.

But now that our army of Heavenly Kingdom has regained its hometown, why are there not many southerners standing by on both sides of the streets to welcome them?”

"Oh, there's still this?"

Bao Zheng looked along the car window. At this moment, his ox cart was walking on the main road of Youzhou. There were many shops on both sides that were supposed to be prosperous in business, but now not only are most of the shops closed, but there are not many idle people in the street market.

Occasionally, some people dressed in southerners also looked at the army carefully, but more often turned around and avoided them and hid back home.

On the contrary, there were more northerners and demons. The northerners all looked at the army with uneasy faces, and some were still whispering. The demons seemed to welcome the Dagen army more, and some were smiling.

"This is strange. When our dynasty recovers its hometown, the people of Youzhou should be happy. Why is it not as enthusiastic as the demons?"

"Haha, this matter is strange, but not strange."

Kou Zhun sighed: "These northerners who stayed in Youzhou are just waiting and watching now. They can withdraw from the north at any time, so naturally they don't have much scruples.

It was only in the past ten years that the North Kingdom agreed to stay in the demons. These demons did not have a sense of belonging to the North Kingdom. Moreover, in recent decades, our dynasty has become more tolerant of the demons, and even allowed them to participate in scientific research and serve as demon officials. Therefore, they were only happy to recover Youzhou.

But the southern people of Youzhou are different. Judging from the time when Shijingtang Xiancheng, they have lived here for generations and ruled by the northern country for nearly two hundred years. Although they are descendants of our Central Plains, they were actually born in the northern country.

Their recognition of the northern country is probably even more important than that of our dynasty.

But with the national policy of the northern country, the northerners of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun can return to the northern grasslands to live at any time, while the southerners can only live here for generations. Now it is tantamount to changing dynasties for them, and they may even regard our dynasty as invaders, so how can they have a smile?"

"Although they are from southern countries, they have long been the people of the northern countries..."

Bao Zheng shook his head and said, "Mr. Kou means that even if our dynasty can recover Youyun, if we cannot fully capture the hearts of these southerners, it will not be considered a real recovery?"

Kou Zhun nodded and said, "That's right! But Lord Bao only saw the surface, but did not see the trouble caused by this."

"I know what Guan Kou Tian is going to say."
Chapter completed!