While waiting for a reply, the siege troops and horses were also being deployed. Firstly, they were to put pressure on the people in the palace, and secondly, they were preparing in advance if they could not reach an agreement.
Fortunately, Emperor Qi Dai Guan finally made a wise choice and ordered the imperial guards to put down their weapons. Holding the national seal in hand, he led the queen and prince out of the palace gate and surrendered to Li Hao.
Li Hao did not deliberately embarrass them. He only asked Chen Xi to take over the national seal. After verifying the authenticity, he put it away directly.
Then they sent people to take them away and arranged them to live in an unused house in the city.
As for the palace, it will remain as it is for the time being. Except for the replacement of the guards at the palace gate, the rest of the palace maids and eunuchs will continue to be retained.
Even Li Hao himself did not enter, but arranged his residence at Shuntian Mansion Yamen.
After all, it is somewhat taboo to enter with my identity.
It has been more than three years since Li Hao left Sudu and started this round of campaign.
In the past three years, although Li Hao had countless reports sent back, he never went back once.
Nowadays in Desudu, there are countless rumors about Li Hao. Among them, there are many rumors that Li Hao is self-respecting and wants to separatist power; there are even rumors that Qing Jun is cheating and forcing Cui Ming to give in.
If the battle to destroy Qi had not reached the final stage, Cui Ming was afraid that recalling him would make this battle a failure, and he would have been unable to bear it long ago.
But even so, Cui Ming took the initiative to mix things up under Li Hao several times, just like Zheng Zhuo who was demoted to a commoner before.
This time he was reactivated and assigned to Li Hao's staff, which played a role in checking and balancing Li Hao.
However, Li Hao didn't pay much attention to him. After all, the soldiers and horses under his command, except for a few brought from Su Kingdom, basically all benefited from the land equalization method.
And even for the Imperial Guards who came from Su Kingdom, Li Hao never treated them badly, and the rewards he received were always given out to the best of his ability.
Even the land price in Su country is enough for them to buy land and property.
In this case, it is very clear who they will choose to listen to.
Just to confuse Zheng Zhuo, Li Hao deliberately performed a play in front of him, so that he could consciously control some people.
The main actor among them is the firearms camp, and they have been completely included by Li Hao in the name of recruiting security.
And Zheng Zhuo was particularly convinced, because compared to what others had obtained, apart from guarding Shuo Feng and Hu Liu, they basically did not participate in other battles, so naturally they did not capture anything, which was very little.
Zheng Zhuo used himself to save others, thinking that Li Hao looked down on the bandits who had become monks, so he deliberately ignored them.
Little do they know that they are Li Hao's true confidants, a team that truly has faith and doesn't care about gains and losses.
And knowing that with the help of the Firearms Camp, Zheng Zhuo was more confident to win over others, and there was some movement for a while, but he didn't know that this was all an illusion created by Li Hao for him.
Now Zheng Zhuo's ambition is even greater, and he is dreaming of taking control of this tiger and wolf army after Li Hao leaves here.
As soon as the Qi royal family surrendered, Zheng Zhuo came to Li Hao and asked about their arrangements.
Li Hao knew what he was thinking, so he was urging Li Hao to bring his people back to the capital as soon as possible to offer prisoners.
Although Li Hao does want to go back, because at this stage, Li Hao already has enough strength in his hands, and it is time to be honest with Cui Ming about some things.
But facing the annoying Zheng Zhuo, Li Hao pretended to be confused: "Didn't Gu already arrange accommodation for them? Maybe they were still dissatisfied with this and asked you to come here.
If this is the case, for your sake, you can make adjustments to them as appropriate. "
Zheng Zhuo did not want to be associated with this group of people who had subjugated their country, so he quickly explained: "Your Highness, don't talk nonsense, I have nothing to do with them.
I just think that now that Qi State has been pacified, it is time to escort them back to the capital as soon as possible so that His Majesty can be happy. "
Li Hao nodded with a smile and said, "That's true. It's just that there are still remnants of the Qi Kingdom in the south who are causing trouble. I can't get away for a while. Why don't I bother you to take a trip and take them back to the capital to praise my father. "
If at any other time, Zheng Zhuo would have had such an opportunity to grab credit without hesitation.
But now he has more important things to do, so he can only reply: "Now that the royal family of Qi State has been captured, the remaining rebels can't make any big noise even if they want to. Your Highness can leave it to others to take charge." , I believe that everyone will not disappoint His Highness.
After all, the battle of Qi State was presided over by His Highness. Naturally, it is His Highness who should personally praise His Majesty for his merits. How can we pretend to do it for you? "
Li Hao heard this and asked with a smile: "Yes, Mr. Zheng really thinks so."
Although Zheng Zhuo hated Li Hao, he could only affirm at this moment: "This is natural. His Highness should be the first to contribute to the expansion of the territory."
Li Hao replied: "Okay, then I'll think about it carefully. You can go down first."
Zheng Zhuo failed to achieve his goal and wanted to persuade him a few more words, but Li Hao kept reading the documents and ignored him, so he had no choice but to leave.
After he left, Ren Xin, who had watched the whole scene, complained: "He is really a weasel giving New Year greetings to the chicken. During this period, he has contacted a lot of people behind your back."
Li Hao said: "Let him be happy for a while longer. After all, he will not be able to continue to be famous for long. Besides, you really don't want to go back to the capital with me."
Ren Xin shook his head and said: "No, I haven't seen the empress for a long time. This time I will go directly to Hezhou.
And when you return to the capital, you will naturally live back in the East Palace. Then you will have a lovely wife and beautiful family to accompany you. Why do you want me to follow you? "
Li Hao smiled and asked, "Why, are you still afraid of seeing her?"
After hearing this, Ren Xin changed his face a little, snorted coldly and left.
Even Chen Xi saw something was wrong with her actions.
Then he warned: "It doesn't matter if Miss Ren doesn't go to the capital this time. If you really want Miss Ren to enter the palace, you still have to get the consent of the Crown Princess.
Forgive me for talking too much. Although it is good to be a girl, when it comes to caring for the world and controlling the harem, the crown prince is more suitable after all. "
Li Hao glanced at Chen Xi up and down and said, "You have been keeping these words in your heart for a long time, and now you finally say them out."
Chen Xi also knew that he really couldn't get too involved in Li Hao's personal affairs, but he also knew how important a stable harem was.
To put it bluntly, Chen Xi and Zhang Han have met for much longer than Ren Xin, and they have no friendship as co-directors.
But Chen Xi knew better that Ren Xin's scheming methods were indeed good, but she really didn't look like a queen who could control the world, so she took the risk to speak.
Now that Li Hao understood it, he didn't interrupt anymore, but just licked his face and giggled a few times.
Li Hao didn't expose him, he just said: "As for Ren Xin, don't talk too much after you go back. You should be on your own."
Chen Xi then replied: "Yes, I must be careful in my words and deeds."
In the next few days, Zheng Zhuo came to see Li Hao several times in order to get Li Hao to leave, but he was stopped by Li Hao's people every time.
Until an edict was sent from the capital, asking Li Hao to return to the capital to participate in the mediation between Chu and Yan.
When Li Hao led his troops to encroach on Qi State, Chu State and Yan State were not idle, and now they have basically occupied Qi State and Yuan State.
It's just that when they were governing, they adopted much more radical methods than Li Hao, giving full play to their military advantages.
At the same time, coupled with the competition between the two families, the speed of attacking cities and territories was quite fast. They even captured the capitals of Qi and Yuan Kingdoms before Li Hao, but they also laid countless hidden dangers behind them.
When the troops and horses of the two countries were strong, it was easy to say, but when they wanted to invade the Yi Kingdom again, the troops and horses in the occupied areas were inevitably diluted, and these people who cared about their homeland jumped out and Hold them back from behind.
For a time, it could be said that there was a war everywhere. For this reason, most of the military forces of the two countries were deployed.
Got implicated.
If An and Wu had not been in trouble recently and had no time to go south for the time being, I'm afraid they would have suffered a big loss.
Chu State and Yan State were also aware of this problem, but neither of them wanted to give up in order to avoid being at a disadvantage when dividing Yi State, so the situation became somewhat stalemate.
As a third party with no interests involved, Su State is also a member of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, and its role is also revealed at this time.
Now with this edict, it was time for Li Hao to leave and he began to make arrangements for Chen Xi to leave.
After Zheng Zhuo learned the news, he hurriedly came over again. Before that, he only wanted Li Hao to leave and did not have too many ambitions for military power.
But now Cui Ming took the initiative to recall Li Hao at this time, which greatly increased his confidence, and he began to want to get all the military power from Li Hao.
Li Hao also understood what he meant, so he was unwilling to pay attention to him, and there was no way Li Hao would take the initiative to hand over military power to him.
Anyway, the edict passed by Cui Ming did not remove Li Hao from his position. He left this time just for business.
Even if he wanted to designate someone to temporarily take charge of the military before leaving, Li Hao would have to arrange for Zhang Yun or Chu Fan. After all, this is normal behavior.
Therefore, after receiving the news of his arrival, Li Hao directly told people that he was dealing with urgent matters in the house and would not see guests for the time being, leaving him to drink tea in the hall.
So Zheng Zhuo sat alone in the hall for a long time, drinking a few cups of herbal tea, which forced him to go to the latrine several times.
Originally, even though this was the case, Zheng Zhuo didn't want to force his way in, but he overheard the servants chatting later and heard that Li Hao had nothing to do inside and was just letting him play.
Finally, he couldn't help but get up and rushed in regardless of his servants' dissuasion.
Although there were many servants, due to his status, he did not dare to take action, so he just let him break in. He could only send someone in to report Chen Xi.
After Chen Xi got the news, he didn't report it to Li Hao as if it was a trivial matter, and just asked the person to wait nearby.
Without being effectively blocked, Zheng Zhuo quickly broke into the inner courtyard and immediately saw Li Hao's figure.
After all, Li Hao was in the courtyard, lying leisurely on a rocking chair and basking in the sun. There was a maid serving him snacks and hot tea next to him, which was indeed more eye-catching.
Zheng Zhuo suddenly became furious and wanted to rush over, but he quickly calmed down.
Knowing that he really had to rush over, he was afraid that the charge of disrespecting the superior would be the least, and he might even be accused of assassination.
Although there was a high probability that he would not be convicted, it would be troublesome to start a fight, so he stood there and shouted loudly: "Your Highness, I have something important to discuss, please take the time to meet with Your Highness."
Li Hao didn't even move when he heard this, he just waved his hand and asked Chen Xi to go over and deal with it.
Chen Xi came to Zheng Zhuo and said, "His Royal Highness is about to return to the capital according to the order, so he has a lot of things to pack. He has no time to meet Lord Zheng at the moment. Please come back later."
Seeing Chen Xi telling lies, Zheng Zhuo couldn't help but feel angry and continued to speak loudly: "Is Your Highness really busy?"
Li Hao had no reaction to this, and Chen Xi also replied: "Of course, how could I deceive Master Zheng?"
Zheng Zhuo had been rejected several times and was already angry. Now that he was targeted like this again, he knew that it was impossible to find a breakthrough from Li Hao, so he simply couldn't bear it.
Just as he turned to leave, a servant suddenly walked in quickly and reported a few words in Chen Xi's ear.
Because Zheng Zhuo was not far away, he heard a few words intermittently: "Master Chu Hou... outside the mansion..."
After Chen Xi heard this, he ignored Zheng Zhuo and turned back to Li Hao, leaning down to repay him.
Li Hao then stood up and left, ignoring Zheng Zhuo who was standing in front of him the whole time. This disregard obviously stung him again.
Zheng Zhuo fluttered his sleeves and walked out of the government office. In the middle, he met Chu Fan who was coming in and said hello, but Quan pretended not to hear him.
Chu Fan meets
After roughly guessing what was going on in this scene, he grabbed the attendant next to him and asked about what had just happened.
After knowing everything, when he saw Li Hao, he couldn't help but exhort him: "I know His Highness doesn't like this Zheng Zhuo, but after all, he is a high official in the court, and he still needs the courtesy he deserves, even if it's just a pretense. Woolen cloth!"
Li Hao smiled and explained: "When it's time to show respect to the corporal, Gu will do it naturally. This Zheng Zhuo came to Gu to ask for military power.
Don't say that Gu won't give it to him, even if it is given to him, I'm afraid he won't be grateful, but will laugh at Gu's stupidity in his heart.
In this case, it doesn't matter whether he is a polite corporal or not, he might as well have some fun for himself. "
When Chu Fan saw this, he wanted to dissuade him, saying that a thousand-mile embankment begins with the collapse of ants, and told Li Hao to stick to his principles outside and not act according to his temper.
Li Hao really didn't want to listen to his nagging, so he quickly changed the subject: "Okay, I understand, let's get down to business first.
You must be aware of your father's will. I will leave soon. After that, I will order you to take charge of the troops and horses stationed in Qi State. I hope you can be prepared. "
Chu Fan heard the words and agreed: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will deal with it carefully and never let anyone ruin Your Highness's hard work."
Li Hao shook his head: "There is no need to be so absolute. Sometimes, things should still change according to the times."
