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As soon as Lu Cheng returned to Bianjing City, he was taken into the palace by the eunuchs from the palace and met Song Huizong. "Shouxin, first tell me the details of your border patrol this time."

"Yes, Your Majesty, this time I went north, I first arrived at Yunzhongfu Road..."

After Lu Cheng finished describing the situation in detail, Song Huizong stroked his beard and smiled slightly: "This Liao Kingdom is indeed in decline. It can't even keep the annual tribute sent to them by my Song Dynasty. It seems that the century-old plan of successive emperors to paralyze the Liao Kingdom through annual tribute and make the Liao Kingdom's military preparations slack has been successful. Shouxin, I intend to train a new army for the future. Are you willing to be the one who trains the troops?"

"This... Your Majesty, I manage the business for your majesty, and the money I handle every year is millions. If I get involved in military training again, I am afraid it will be inappropriate and will cause criticism from the court officials. Please ask your majesty to find someone else. There are many capable military ministers, and there must be suitable people to train the troops. "

"If you doubt someone, don't employ him, and if you employ someone, don't doubt him. Since I want you to lead the training, I naturally trust your loyalty. Shouxin, don't refuse."

"In this case, why don't I select some elite soldiers and generals for your majesty, and your majesty will select some suitable generals to serve as the chief officers, and I will assist them, how about it?"

"I am quite pleased that Shouxin has this heart."

Speaking of this, Song Huizong suddenly changed his tone and asked about Lu Cheng's family affairs: "Shouxin, I remember that you should be twenty-three this year, right?"

"Return to the emperor, I am indeed twenty-three."

According to the age of this world, Lu Cheng has just passed his twenty-second birthday, which is twenty-three.

"I heard that you are the only one left in your Lu family, why haven't you married yet?"

"Your Majesty, you are also aware of my situation. Since I came to Beijing, Your Majesty has valued me and entrusted me with important tasks, managing the royal business. There are indeed many ministers in the court who want to marry me.

But my current situation is all thanks to Your Majesty, and I dare not make any relatives with other ministers, fearing that I will miss the task assigned by Your Majesty. Moreover, I am now an official of the court, and ordinary women are not considered to be a good match for me, so I have never married. As for the expansion of my family, I have taken in several concubines, and they are enough."

"That won't do. You are an official appointed by the court of our Great Song Dynasty, how can you be without a wife? My jade plate is already fifteen years old this year, and it is time to talk about marriage. You might as well be a horse for your marriage? " Chen, the minister is naturally willing. "" Haha, what is the girl who is not looking at? Emperor Ji is just 14 years old this year and is only 15 years old next year. If he really married her, he would have to keep her as a concubine. If he didn't consummate the marriage for a year or two, I'm afraid Song Huizong would not be willing.

In fact, it was normal for Song Huizong to want to grant a marriage. Lu Cheng made so much money for him every year, was so good at fighting, and was deeply loved by him. Song Huizong certainly wanted to keep Lu Cheng under control.

With the relationship between father-in-law and son-in-law, Song Huizong felt much more at ease.

But in ancient times, people who wanted to make a difference in officialdom were generally unwilling to become a son-in-law. Because if you become a son-in-law, you basically can't go into politics.

Especially in the Northern Song Dynasty, as early as the beginning of the founding of the country by Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, after taking away the military power of the generals by drinking a cup of wine, in order to appease those generals, he married his daughters or sisters to those generals or their sons through marriage, and conferred them the title of son-in-law, rewarding them with various money and treasures to show his favor.

Once he became a consort to a royal family, his political career would be ruined. He could only hold some honorary titles and could not have too much contact with military generals.

This is why Lu Cheng did not think about any major development in the officialdom and did not care about these things.

Moreover, Song Huizong had spoken, and Lu Cheng, as a minister, could not refuse.

After the matter was settled

, Song Huizong quickly had people choose an auspicious date and prepared to hold the wedding in the spring of next year, marrying his eldest daughter to Lu Cheng.

After all, Zhao Yupan was Song Huizong's eldest princess, and it was also the first time that Song Huizong married his daughter, so all the ceremonies had to be prepared in a very grand and formal manner.

One thing was good, the Song Dynasty's son-in-law could take concubines, and there were even cases where the son-in-law favored his concubine and killed his wife.

For example, Wang Shen, a son-in-law who was good friends with Song Huizong, married the eldest princess of Wei, the daughter of Song Yingzong, and was named the son-in-law. When Wang Shen was unruly and behaved improperly, although the princess was gentle and virtuous, filial to her parents-in-law, and good at managing the family, Wang Shen favored his concubines, and even those concubines dared to be presumptuous in front of the princess and contradicted the princess.

Song Shenzong really couldn't stand it, and in order to stand up for his own sister, he demoted Wang Shen twice. But Wang Shen still did not repent, and even took advantage of the princess' illness to have fun with his concubine in front of the princess.

The princess died of a serious illness at the age of 30. Song Shenzong went to visit her in person and asked her if she had any last wishes before her death. Unexpectedly, the princess asked Song Shenzong to restore her husband's official position.

Because of this, all the civil and military officials in the court knew that Wang Shen was a bad person and were unwilling to associate with him. But Song Huizong had a close relationship with Wang Shen because he could paint.

Without mentioning these, Lu Cheng returned home and had some free time. He was about to become a son-in-law, and the official duties in the court could also be unloaded.

As for Song Huizong's previous request that Lu Cheng go to train soldiers, it was completely a test. According to the practice of the Song Dynasty, the person in charge of the army would not manage money and food, and the military and politics were separated, and the army and logistics were separated.

Lu Cheng had money in his hands, so it was naturally impossible for him to lead troops.

Of course, even if Lu Cheng was really allowed to train the troops, the civil and military officials in the court would certainly hinder the training from all aspects and would not allow it to proceed so smoothly.

On the one hand, those civil officials did not want another military general to rise. On the other hand, they did not want the emperor to have a group of elite soldiers in his hands.

As for how Song Huizong would train his soldiers and who would train them, Lu Cheng did not bother about it.

Perhaps, when he remembered this very capable son-in-law, at most he would be allowed to be a coach in the team, with an honorary title, without the power to command the troops.

Lu Cheng, who was free, would take Pang Qiuxia, who was dressed as a man, to play around every day, and take advantage of the night to steal the fragrance and jade.

Of course, as letters came out, Dong Ping, who was far away in the Western Army, Wu Song in Jeju Prefecture, and Lu Da and others in the northern border were all busy.

Before leaving the Ministry of War, Lu Cheng also went to see a man, the deputy envoy of the Armor and Armor Depot under the Ministry of War, who was known as Ling Zhen, the Thunderbolt...