"Your Majesty, you call me?"

The Minister of Rites stood in front of Li Dunmin with a serious and upright face.

After bowing slightly to Li Dunmin, Li Dunmin took off from his memorial and took a look at the Minister of Rites in official uniforms.

"Zi Jing, sit."

After reaching out his hand and calling the Minister of Rites to sit down, Li Dunmin buried himself in the memorial again.

The Lord Shangshu, known as Zi Jing, did not say anything, but sat upright on the chair, still with that serious face, without any change in his emotions.

After a long time, Li Dunmin breathed a sigh of relief and put down the pen and ink in his hand. He casually pulled out a memorial that he had not yet reviewed, and after reading it, he chuckled.

This laughter attracted the attention of the Lord Shangshu. He frowned and asked in confusion.

"I wonder why Your Majesty laughed?"

Li Dunmin shook his head and threw the memorial to the Lord Shangshu.

The Minister of Rites took the memorial with both hands, unfolded it, and looked carefully, his eyes became even more confused.

"Isn't this an ordinary memorial? Your Majesty, is there anything wrong with this?"

Li Dunmin picked up a cup of hot tea on the desk, put it to his mouth and took a sip, and said

"The memorial itself has no laughing, but, Zijing, have you ever noticed that this memorial was drafted by a guy who is very familiar to you."

After hearing what Li Dunmin said, the Minister of Rites lowered his head and looked at the memorial in his hand again.

After seeing Zhou Yu in the neat font at the end of the memorial, he suddenly became a little stunned.

But soon, he came back to his senses. He shook his head for some reason, then folded the memorial, looked at Li Dunmin, and said respectfully

"Your Majesty, Gongjin is obviously still in the Zhou King's Army at this moment, but this memorial about Jingzhou Water Village was written by Gongjin himself."

Just when the Minister of Rites asked this question, Li Dunmin put down his teacup and answered it with some interest.

"Zijing, how many years have you worked with Zhou Yu? Well? The one who introduced him into the army was your first recommendation. He is just for his previous deeds and then reports. He just wants to get some approval from me. Hahaha, this Zhou Gongjin is a blessing for this kind of thing. If it were an ordinary person, he would not be able to do such a thing."

As he said that, Li Dunmin looked at the Minister of Rites with a smile.

Lord Shangshu bit his lip, and he placed the memorial on the coffee table next to his left hand, then got up, and without saying a word, he knelt down directly, arched his hands, and told Li Dunmin.

"I have apologized to Your Majesty for this transcendence on Gongjin's behalf. If Your Majesty has any dissatisfaction, I can vent my anger on my behalf, so I can withstand it."

While saying this, the Minister of Rites bowed down and buried his head deeply into the ground. This sudden change made Li Dunmin feel a little confused about what to do.

I have to say that Lu Zijing is really a bit serious, too serious.

Li Dunmin looked at this scene with some amusement.

"Shangshu Lu, why are you doing this? Why do I say I want to punish that guy Zhou Gongjin? As the Minister of Rites, how can I do this? If the eunuchs in the palace see this, wouldn't the eunuchs think that I am such a tyrannical monarch? Why don't the eunuchs get up quickly?"

After Li Dunmin said this, the Secretary of Lu slowly stood up, and his expression became a little uncomfortable at this moment.

"Your Majesty, Gongjin is still young, and he may not know much about the court's affairs. He is too free and willful. I will teach Gongjin well in the future. This will never happen again."

Shangshu Lu lowered his head with a sad face and said this to Li Dunmin. However, Li Dunmin just smiled and waved his hand. He didn't take this matter seriously at all.

"Zhou Gongjin, a navy commander, has most of the navy army in his hands, and is also a talented and talented general with both civil and military skills. I am not such a narrow-minded person. How could I care about this matter so much? Shangshu Lu, don't tell me this here, hahaha, Zhou Gongjin's personality is like this, I know it. This kid has been many years, and he should have known what he should have known for a long time. Since this is still like this, what else can I say? Anyway, I have never taken this matter to my heart."

Li Dunmin shrugged and raised his hand. The Secretary of Lu carefully handed over the memorial on the coffee table with both hands.

After receiving the memorial, Li Dunmin wrote a letter of correctness on the memorial about Zhou Yu's request to transfer the Jingzhou navy to the north, and after stamping the seal, he placed the memorial aside.

"I did ignore the power of the navy in the previous battle with the Central Plains. The Jingzhou navy had been in the Jingzhou water camp for many years and had not had any tasks. If it was not mobilized this time, I would not want them to do something that anyone could do."

After stretching, Li Dunmin picked up the teacup and drank the tea in the cup in one go.

"And I also see Zhou Gongjin's ability. He is an absolute handsome talent. If he is trained a little, Nanli may also have a marshal who can support the next era."

While saying this, Li Dunmin squinted his eyes and observed the expression and reaction of Shangshu Lu after hearing his words.

However, just by looking at the expression and reaction, this Majesty will be disappointed.

Because there was no change in Lu Shangshu's expression and expression at all, as if he had already confirmed what Li Dunmin said.

After blinking his eyes, he couldn't help but say something interesting in his heart.

"Shangshu Lu, do you think that my expectations for Zhou Gongjin are qualified?"

As soon as he said this, Lu Shangshu almost knelt down again, but fortunately, Li Dunmin directly made up for it this time

A word of contentment came out.

"If Lu Shangshu wants to kneel down and talk about this with me again, I will not be happy."

After hearing that his Majesty had already said this, Lu Su's face became a little ugly.

After hesitating for a while, Lu Su did not expect that he could reasonably answer the answer given to the Emperor Majesty.

But after a long silence, Lu Su also realized that if he didn't say anything about it, he would seem a little too deliberate. So, he could only speak helplessly.

"Your Majesty's expectations for Gongjin are indeed a bit too high, after all, although Gongjin's ability is good, I cannot guarantee that Gongjin can bear such courage in the future. Your Majesty, especially those generals in the country today, in their eyes, whether it is the old marshal of the Bai family or the Prince Zhou, they both have real achievements in their hands. But what about Gongjin? Although Gongjin became famous and held a high position, what he held in his hand was the Jingzhou naval army that had only been dispatched once or twice in the past ten years. Your Majesty, you are like a mirror in your heart. In our Nanli, military merit is the most important for a general."

Shangshu Lu pursed his lips, and he frowned and looked sad. He couldn't help but smile bitterly when he looked at Li Dunmin.

Only the theory of military merits can be regarded as a relatively enthusiastic trend in Nanli in recent years.

However, this is inevitable, because whether it is the two famous generals in Nanli today or the hundreds of generals, the reason why they can have such a status is because they have military achievements behind them that are sufficient to demonstrate their status.

As the saying goes, one general will achieve success and thousands of bones will be undone.

Especially for the two famous generals in the Nanli Empire, it is conceivable that they can reach their current position. The military achievements in their hands are so terrifying.

Zhou Dunyi's coalition of over one million more than ten years ago is already a terrifying enough record. In other words, there are several handsome men who can be trained by Nanli.

Whether it is Bai Qi or the navy commander Zhou Yu, they both have good military talents, and they are fully qualified to grow into a generation of handsome talents in the future.

However, after experiencing the battle between Zhou Dunyi more than ten years ago, the standards of the famous generals of the Nanli Empire were infinitely raised.

He broke through a million coalition forces, and his fierce record seemed to be as if no one had achieved such a level of record in later generations, he would not be worthy of taking over the title of famous coach.

This is a double-edged sword for Nanli.

The good thing is naturally because Nanli has such a famous coach who is invincible in every battle, but the bad thing is.

Zhou Dunyi's record was invisibly putting a lot of people, such as Zhou Yu and Bai Qi, and so on, which was a great pressure.

Such pressure cannot be eliminated by just talking casually.

Bai Qi and Zhou Yu are both excellent generals, but in front of Zhou Dunyi, they can only feel ashamed of themselves, which is inevitable.

The advantages and disadvantages of the double-edged sword are unavoidable in this regard.

In addition, the Nanli Empire itself is an imperial-level country that has established its country with force. In Nanli, military merits are undoubtedly the fastest way to be promoted.

As long as you have enough military achievements in your hands, even poor families can transform into a high-ranking official in red robe.

This kind of example has not happened in Nanli.

On the contrary, in almost every era, there will always be one or two poor disciples in Nanli who have achieved enlightenment through military merits. Such facts are in front of us, which makes the theory of military merits more and more popular in Nanli.

This is not a good thing. At least, from a long-term perspective, this is not a good thing for the Nanli Empire.

This is also a conclusion drawn after a long discussion by Zhou Dunyi, Feng Buping and Gan Qingyang.

They compared the Nanli Empire at this time to a weapon with various mechanisms combined.

Whether it is a poor disciple, aristocratic son, or forces at all levels, they all play the role of parts in this weapon.

And it is precisely because of these parts that this weapon can only keep waving forward and waving.

No matter who is ahead, no matter whether the enemy ahead is strong or weak, once these people taste the initial sweetness, they will find it difficult for them to curb the desire in their hearts without a refreshing defeat.

Who doesn’t want to become a senior official? Who doesn’t want to be a wealthy person?

Power and money, as long as you have enough military merits, you can get it. It is precisely because of this reality that this weapon becomes sharper and more and more eager to start a war outward.

In the past ten years, the atmosphere was not so strong, and Li Dunmin did not realize that something was wrong at that time.

But when things developed to the end, Li Dunmin felt that this matter became a little trickier.

Especially this year, after the Xikun Dynasty and the Dongxun Empire jointly issued a letter of war against the Nanli Empire, the Central Plains countries announced that they would form a coalition forces to attack Nanli. Such a sudden change was given to the people in Nanli, just as at this time, Nanli became the enemy of the world.

And this was like a fuse, which quickly ignited the enthusiasm of militants in Nanli.

At the beginning of the battle, Li Dunmin still did not take the matter discussed by Zhou Dunyi and others many years ago. He always believed that there should be a warlike atmosphere. After all, at this time, Nan Li faced such a huge and strong opponent that was about to attack. If Nan Li did not even have some blood and courage at this time, what should he do?

However, after Zhou Dunyi took action, he first defeated the Dongxun army in Tianzhu Mountain in the east, and then rushed to the hundred miles to walk around the back. With one go, he burned the Dongxun Grain and Grain Depot completely.

Such a result, like a seasoning, made the atmosphere in the hearts of militants in Nanli even more intense.

The war ahead was so fierce, the victory was so easy, and who didn’t want such military achievements? Who didn’t want to go forward and get a share of the pie?

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Immediately afterwards, Zhou Dunyi led his army to Xiangyang, and broke through the Central Plains Iron Barrel Formation in a coastal battle. With one move, the Central Plains coalition once again lost most of its combat power. After thinking about it, he had to submit a truce agreement to the Nanli Empire.

It was also when Zhou Dunyi led his army to Xiangyang to launch a coastal battle that Li Dunmin slowly noticed something was wrong.

The domestic war atmosphere became more and more popular.

Even the six ministries in the court began to be vaguely headed by the Ministry of War during this period.
To be continued...