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"Chief of the Military Governor's Office, Jiang Pei pays homage to my emperor, long live my emperor..."

In the Tai Chi Hall, the envoy who was on duty this time was Jiang Pei, the third son of Jiang Xun.

Since Liu Ce pacified the eight provinces in the northern region, he took the initiative to ask for an envoy to be the current envoy to the capital and inform the court of the situation of the eight provinces in the northern region.

Liu Ce also felt that Jiang Pei's identity was very suitable for the candidate for missions, so he asked Fan Tong to lead a hundred cavalry along the way to escort him to the capital.

Little did he know that the reason why Jiang Pei volunteered to serve as an envoy to Beijing was not entirely to seek credit, but to make up for the Jiang family's debts to his fourth brother over the years. At the same time, he also made a clear attitude that he was definitely on the same front with him...

Wei Ran saw that the visitor was the third son of the Jiang family. He was surprised and hurriedly raised his hand and said, "It turned out to be a disciple of the Jiang family, who is flat..."

"Thank you, Your Majesty..."

Jiang Pei Xie stood up, and he clearly felt that the civil and military officials around him were all looking at him, and even Wei Jiong and Wei Chi kept "sending off the misfortune".

The Jiang family's prestige is spread all over the government and the wealth that is as rich as a country has been enviable at the beginning of the prosperous times, especially in the current chaotic times, which is even more amazing.

If you can get the support of the Jiang family here, you can achieve great achievements with the financial and material resources provided by his family.

Unfortunately, the children of this aristocratic family have not noticed it yet. The Jiang family has already had a full support candidate, that is, Liu Ce, who is currently dominating the north.

After Jiang Pei got up, he submitted his hands to report and said calmly: "Your Majesty, I am hereby order from the military governor to present a document to the court.

Now the military governor's office has entered the eight northern provinces, and all the rebellious people such as Pei Ji and Zhang Jiashou have been executed. At present, our military governor's office is fully committed to restoring agricultural affairs, industry and commerce. Please don't worry..."

"The eight northern provinces have been controlled by Liu Ce? This is really too fast. It only takes more than a year to complete the whole plan..."

Jiang Pei's words were like a bombshell, instantly exploding into everyone's hearts and began to amaze.

Some of the officials were even more nervous. You should know that when Pei Ji sent Ling Siyuan to lobby with him, he was determined to become the "reverse Liu faction" and sent Pei Ji a lot of money and food.

But now, not only is the money and grain gone, but it is very likely that Liu Ce, a warlord whose power has expanded to the extreme. After all, "local natives" like Zhang Jiashou and Pei Ji have become the dead souls under Liu Ce's sword. So how can he be his opponent?

The one who hated the most was naturally Li Suwen. He never expected that not only did he not take Jiang Ruoyan back from Liu Ce, but his strength was stronger than when he saw him several years ago.

Just when everyone was in a panic, Wei Ran said, "Since the Marquis of Hanling has controlled the eight northern provinces, let him manage the local people's livelihood well.

I heard that there have been droughts in various provinces in the northern region over the years, so I will have to work harder..."

"The Weishi will convey the emperor's meaning to the military governor..."

Jiang Pei was calm and polite about Wei Ran's words, but he felt extremely contemptuous in his heart.

How long has the drought in the north been? Has the court ever provided disaster relief? Didn’t you watch the people in dire straits and ignore them? You still have the face to say such things now?

"Compared with the so-called new court policy, compared with the rapid innovations of the fourth brother, it is even worse than the superficial one!"

Jiang Pei had already given the character of the Great Zhou court in his heart, and he was even more determined to say what he wanted to say next, to fight for Liu Ce's closer interests.

"You are Liu Ce's sector?" Hada Zansang, who had been neglected since the beginning, stared at Jiang Pei and sneered.

Jiang Pei glanced at Hada Zansang and said calmly: "I dare to ask what you have to do with me?"

Jiang Pei had no good feelings for this arrogant Hu man, and he even asked his name lazyly.

Hadazansang smiled and said, "I heard that our princess is under the rule of your military governor. Now, I order you as the envoy of the Bohe Empire to hand over our princess!"

Hada Zansang's words were very rude, and his tone was full of provocation and threat. The officials in the Tai Chi Hall still dared not speak out.

"Your princess has run to the military governor's office?" Jiang Pei asked with a narrowed eyes, "Why have you never heard from the military governor?"

Hada Zansang said: "Because our princess is your current emperor's sister, Princess Yiyang!"

"Absurd!" Jiang Pei snorted lightly, "When did Princess Yiyang be the princess of the Bohe people? Did you drink wine when you came and haven't woken up yet and speak drunkenly?"

Hada Zansang replied: "Princess Yiyang is our monarch's fiancée. Your emperor has promised to let her marry our monarch!"

Jiang Pei glanced at Wei Ran quietly, but Wei Ran couldn't say anything about his pain. After all, if he refused, the Bohe people would definitely take crazy revenge on Shu again.

After thinking for a long time, Wei Ran said, "I will send a letter to Yiyang and ask about her original intention before making a decision..."

Jiang Pei turned around and glanced at Hada Zansang: "Have you heard that? The emperor has not decided yet. What face do you have to say such words? It seems that you are really drunk too much. You should go back and wake up and come back to avoid embarrassing..."

Hada Zansang rose in anger and immediately said to Wei Ran: "Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, are you so unfair to give my king's face?"

Wei Ran said: "I said that I will first seek the emperor's advice before making a decision!"

"Does the men of the Great Zhou still need to ask for advice from a woman?" Hada Zansang said angrily, "Emperor, as the king of a country, do you not even have this courage? I think you have to be ineligible to continue to sit down in the Central Plains!"

"Please pay attention to your attitude!"

Wei Ran shouted in a deep voice, and immediately surrounded the guards holding long halberds, surrounding Hadazansang and the other two.

Hada Zansang was not afraid at all, and still held his head up and said, "Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, I advise you not to do such stupid behavior. If I die here, the iron cavalry of the Bohe Empire will directly attack the capital!"

Wei Ran waved his hand and sent the guards back and said, "Since the envoy insisted that my prince's sister get married, please go to the Hanling Marquis to rule and say that the prince's sister is not in the palace now, and I cannot decide the lifelong event for her..."

"Okay, then I'll go to the rule of this Hanling Marquis in person. I want to see if he dares not hand over our princess!"

After saying that, Hada Zansang glared at Wei Ran, glanced at Jiang Pei again, and left Tai Chi Hall angrily with his servants.

After watching Hada Zansang leave, Wei Ran was about to show kindness to Jiang Pei, but Jiang Pei bowed and continued, "Report to the Emperor, the military governor sent a low position to the capital to pay homage to the emperor, first of all, to report to the facts of the eight provinces in the northern region.

Secondly, I dared to ask the emperor to grant the title of Military Governor King of Han so that the military and civilians in the north could resist the invasion of Hu Nu and work with peace of mind..."

"It's impossible!"

Wei Ran, Yao Zhong, Li Suwen and other ministers in the hall all spoke out against it.

A king with a different surname? An unprecedented precedent in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Now Liu Ce, a commoner, is so bold and dares to make such a request? It is obvious that he has the intention to subvert the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Yao Zhong pointed at Jiang Pei and said, "Shi Jiang, I don't believe this is what the military governor meant. Do you know what you are talking about?"

Li Suwen said: "As a commoner, what qualifications do Liu Ce have to ask for a royal title? Do you want to make my Great Zhou national system turbulent?"

Wei Ran said: "Jiang Aiqing, I miss you, you are tired all the time, so I will not pursue what you said just now..."

Other officials in the Tai Chi Hall also opposed it. Let a commoner be the king of a different surname? This is the biggest joke in the founding of the Great Zhou Kingdom in hundreds of years!

In short, no matter whether Liu Ce is loyal or traitorous, he must not be able to open his head. Even if he is forced to rebel, he must be blocked from being appointed as king.

Seeing that everyone disagreed, Jiang Pei just kept sneering in his heart. He was in a wealthy family and knew what kind of ulterior motives they all had.

So he bowed and said, "Since the emperor does not want to do so, then let's give up. The mission of humble duty has been achieved. Then he will go back and resign to the military governor, and humble duty will be retired..."

After saying that, he bowed respectfully and stepped backwards out of the Tai Chi Hall gate. The officials who originally wanted to use this to cling to the Jiang family's relationship could only give up this idea for the time being.

After Jiang Pei left, Li Suwen immediately stepped out and asked for an order: "Your Majesty, please issue an order to immediately summon troops from all over the world and go north to wipe out Liu Ce!"

As soon as these words came out, the palace was in an uproar. After being shocked, Wei Ran asked in a trembling voice: "Duke Zhenguo, do you know what you are talking about? Liu Ce in the Northern Expedition?"

"Yes!" Li Suwen said firmly, "Liu Ce obtained eight provinces in the north, plus the Far East and the Eastern Grassland tribes,

The strength has seriously threatened the foundation of the Great Zhou. If it is not stopped, it will definitely become the biggest enemy of our Great Zhou.

I beg you to destroy it in one fell swoop while our Great Zhou still has the strength and Liu Ce is unstable in the North!”

Wei Ran hesitated: "But the Yellow Rebellion in the south has not yet subsided. How can I fight against Liu Ce again?"

Wei Ran is still clear about the risks of fighting on both sides. Moreover, since the court has agreed to Liu Ce as the leader of the northern part, wouldn’t this be contrary to his promise to Liu Ce and once again breach his trust in the world?

Of course, another point is that the court has no money and food to support the war on both sides. If there is money, how could Wei Ran make such a deal with Liu Ce, which led to the current situation.

At this time, Guo Zhao said, "Your Majesty, what the Duke of Zhenguo said is very reasonable. Liu Ce is always a big problem. If you don't take this opportunity to get rid of it, it will be difficult for him to deal with him in the future..."

Xu Shichang also said: "I also agreed with Duke Zhenguo's suggestion..."

Then, all civil and military officials agreed and supported the use of troops against Liu Ce.

Wei Ran clenched his fists and raised his last doubt: "But the court has no money and food to support the army's northern expedition..."

Li Suwen said: "The emperor does not have to worry. The empress has a way to raise military expenses. As long as the emperor issues an order to conquer Liu Ce, the empress will prepare everything else properly..."

"How do you raise military pay?" Wei Ran asked in confusion. He always felt that Li Suwen's so-called raising military pay was definitely not easy.

Li Suwen bowed his head and said firmly: "The Emperor Jieshi knew..."

"Let me think about it carefully..." Wei Ran sighed, "At least we will discuss it after Jiang Pei and Na Bohe leave Shendu..."

"My emperor is wise!"

Understanding that Wei Ran had made up his mind, a sinister light flashed in Li Suwen's eyes, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became stronger...
Chapter completed!