Pharmacist Zhu brought He Wuji and Wang Tiezhu to the Phoenix Terrace, and ordered the eunuchs and imperial doctors to carry Qiu Xingzhi there as well.

The four monarchs and ministers faced each other on the Phoenix Stage. Wang Tiezhu and He Wuji lowered their heads without saying a word. The corners of Qiu Xingzhi's mouth moved: "Why bother!"

Pharmacist Zhu quickly held Qiu Xingzhi's hand: "Mr. Qiu, it's all my fault, I've hurt you!"

Qiu Xingzhi said weakly: "Now that I have become blind and am living in seclusion in the mountains, Your Majesty should be relieved!"

Pharmacist Zhu quickly said: "Sir, you have misunderstood. I want you to stay in the palace and continue to assist me so that I can correct my mistakes!"

Qiu Xingzhi waved his hand with difficulty: "My mind has been messed up, and now I can't see anymore. Please remember your past friendship and let me live!"

As soon as the words "this road to life" were spoken, He Wuji and Wang Tiezhu knelt down: "Please let us go back to our hometown, your majesty, we are willing to cut off one of our arms!"

Zhu Yaoshi suddenly sat down on the ground: "In your hearts, I just don't trust you, so I want to kill the hero? I haven't seen you for a few months, but I didn't expect that we would become so alienated!"

He Wuji raised his head: "Your Majesty, you only trust those scholars now. You won't believe anything we say!"

Wang Tiezhu also said: "Your Majesty, we are brothers who followed you from north to south and went through life and death all the way. But now, we are being forced to death by them in the court! Without His Majesty's approval, where would they have the courage?

"

Pharmacist Zhu shook his head: "It seems that you think that after I became the emperor, I became a weak king who could not tell the difference between loyalty and treachery. But think about yourselves. I have not even asked you about your plundering of gold and silver, women and fields, and reported it to you."

When did I check the list of meritorious deeds? But I still think it is not powerful enough. What would you think if you sat on this chair?"

He Wuji and Wang Tiezhu were silent for a while, and Qiu Xingzhi stood up from the recliner: "I understand that Your Majesty also needs a sense of security, so he supports the new man to suppress the old man. The two marshals can rest assured. As long as you restrain yourself more, you can still

There will be no danger of killing. Your Majesty is still a person who misses the old relationship!"

Zhu Yaoshi smiled bitterly: "Mr. Qiu is very knowledgeable, but he still doesn't understand my painstaking efforts. In your opinion, Song Huafu and Jia Yuanen are both treacherous officials and villains, and you think that I have been deceived by villains. You might as well go and investigate privately in the next few days.

Once we investigate the words and deeds of the two of them, if we find anything illegal, I promise you to arrest them first and then report them later!"

Wang Tiezhu was straightforward: "Okay, your majesty still treats us as brothers, then the brother will really lead people to investigate in private!"

Zhu Yaoshi held up He Wuji Wang Tiezhu with both hands: "I only hope that you can understand my painstaking efforts, work together with these newly promoted ministers, restrain my subordinates, and unify the world in the future!"

He Wuji and Wang Tiezhu had calmed down at this moment. Zhu Yaoshi ordered the eunuch to bring food and wine and invited the three of them to eat and drink together. Qiu Xingzhi waved his hand and declined: "Thank you for your majesty's kindness. Let me have a drink. I will say goodbye to your majesty from now on and go to the hotel outside the city."

Observe the three pure things and cultivate the Tao!"

He Wuji and Wang Tiezhu persuaded: "Sir, why are you bothering? Now that we have talked about it today, you might as well stay and continue to assist Your Majesty!"

Qiu Xingzhi fumbled and put the wine into his mouth, drank it reluctantly, and then the cup fell to the ground: "I did it first out of respect. I accidentally broke this cup. The cup is still there, but it's broken and can't be used."

Pharmacist Zhu sighed a few times: "Come on, let's send Mr. Qiu to Sanqing Temple and get a thousand taels of gold from the inner palace as a gift!"

The inmates carried Qiu Xingzhi away, and He Wuji and Wang Tiezhu stood up and supported him on the left and right and followed him out.

Pharmacist Zhu held the wine glass and looked at the background of the three people. A gust of wind blew, and a few tears fell down his face.

Wang Tiezhu and He Wuji each led people to investigate Song Huafu and Jia Yuanen for several days. Not only did they not find any bad deeds, they also learned that the two had long had a reputation for virtue.

This Song Huafu lost his father when he was young, and his mother remarried. He collected firewood, herded cattle, hunted and caught fish to support his three younger brothers since he was a child. When he grew up, he took his mother back to support him and became a famous filial son in Jinling City.

Since becoming the minister, many people have come to give gifts but he has rejected them. In addition to handling official business in the minister's mansion, the family still lives in a small house in the west of the city. Wang Tiezhu led people to follow him for a few days, and found that Song Huafu's family still eats snacks.

Occasionally the emperor would give a porridge mixed with wild vegetables and corn, and Song Huafu would stuff some fish, meat, chicken, and duck into his sleeves and bring it back. The gold and silver rewarded by the emperor would always be thrown away on the spot and refused to be accepted.

He Wuji didn't believe it at first, so he followed Song Huafu for a few days to see if Song Huafu was deliberately showing them off. Even when Song Huafu was washing, He Wuji followed him. When Song Huafu took off his court clothes, the clothes inside were actually full of

Holes and patches.

Jia Yuanen here has an average family background, but he is honest, trustworthy and loyal. In order to repay a friend's debt, he sold himself as a slave for three years. Although he is not as frugal as Song Huafu, he is still very poor. His family eats ordinary meals and receives gold and silver as a reward from the emperor.

But share it with diners and friends.

Pharmacist Zhu convened another court meeting to discuss military and state affairs. Wang Tiezhu and He Wuji had to look at Song Huafu and Jia Yuanen a few more times.

When Zhu Yaoshi saw that all the ministers had arrived, he cleared his throat and rubbed his eyes: "I have summoned you all to come here today. There are many important things to discuss. But before that, I want to secretly investigate the situation of the court ministers in the past few days.

Please tell me!"

All the ministers looked at each other in confusion, wondering whether the emperor had sent someone to check on themselves. Song Huafu and Jia Yuanen looked at Zhu Yaoshi calmly.

Pharmacist Zhu suddenly pointed at Song Huafu: "The first person to check is Song Shangshu!"

After Zhu Yaoshi finished speaking, he stopped and observed Song Huafu's reaction. When Song Huafu heard that he was the first one, he knelt down. It was not because he felt guilty, but because he felt that the emperor was too scheming, and he used both kindness and power to warn him.

Pharmacist Zhu chuckled: "Song Shangshu is secretive at home. The family eats wild vegetable porridge and wears patchwork clothes. It is so unworthy of the country!"

Song Huafu was sweating on his head: "I have lost the integrity of the country and will be punished with death! But I always bear in mind the teachings of the saints and do not dare to indulge my selfish desires!"

Pharmacist Zhu waved his hand: "Get up, Minister of the Song Dynasty. I don't blame you. There is a talented and filial son like you in the court. This proves that we are the orthodox place to rule the world with the right way!"

Song Huafu kowtowed and stood up in gratitude: "Your Majesty is wise, and I will do my best to assist Your Majesty in unifying the world!"

All the ministers shouted long live, and Pharmacist Zhu waved his hand to signal everyone to stop: "I haven't finished speaking yet. The second person to check is Jia Taiwei. This Jia Taiwei is a man who doesn't care about his family. His family has poor food and clothing."

, but he gave the gold, silver, cloth and silk I rewarded to others, some of whom were even casual acquaintances! How generous Jia Taiwei was!"

Jia Yuanen quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, I wanted to recruit talented people from all over the world for Your Majesty to help relieve the siege. I did not take good care of my family. I am guilty!"

Pharmacist Zhu became serious: "Jia Taiwei, I can understand your loyalty, but the sage said that you should cultivate your moral integrity, harmonize your family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world. You and Song Shangshu are both good at planning the country but not good at planning the family. I am worried for you, so why don't you

All the family members have been taken to live in Nanyuan and are supported by the state!"

Situ Tong Anguo immediately responded: "Your Majesty's move is wise and benevolent. I think it is feasible. All the children of loyal ministers and good generals can be raised by the state in Nanyuan. In this way, everyone in the world will know that your Majesty seeks talents and loves talents."

Heart!"

He Wuji immediately realized that this was to ask the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to send his family as hostages to Nanyuan, so he pulled Wang Tiezhu and knelt down: "I also want to be treated equally with the Minister, Taiwei, and I hope that Your Majesty will not weaken our loyalty!

"

Pharmacist Zhu waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I will check in detail whether you are loyal or not."

! Huang Zhifeng, the chief of the Bing Cao, you secretly colluded with profiteers to sell some inferior furs, copper and iron to the manufacturing office to make clothes and armor, with the intention of harming our soldiers, do you know your crime!"

Huang Zhifeng collapsed to the ground, and Pharmacist Zhu pointed his finger: "Drag him out and behead him at Duanmen! The head will be sent to all government offices as a warning!"

Huang Zhifeng was dragged out, and some of the remaining ministers were sweating on their foreheads. Zhu Yaoshi glanced at everyone: "I have asked the internal guards to record all the secret investigation situations. Whether they are loyal ministers, traitorous ministers or corrupt officials, I have decided in my heart

We’ve all figured it out, I hope you all can take care of yourself!”

All the ministers knelt down together: "Your Majesty is wise and mighty, and I will do my best and dare not have any second thoughts!"

Zhu Yaoshi stood up and spread his hands: "I believe that this Tai Chi Palace is full of wise ministers and capable ministers, and I will be able to rule the world soon. The matters discussed today will be announced by Zuo Pu She Zhang Pingnan, so you can speak freely!"

Zhang Pingnan, the left servant in the palace, picked up the edict and read: "Today's meeting, the first item to be discussed is the current war defense plan and the big plan! According to Jia Taiwei's strategy of attacking and interfering, it is to regain Luoyang and Chang'an first, establish a foothold in the Central Plains, and do everything possible.

Collect the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River. As for Yizhou and Jingzhou, negotiate with them for the time being, and then deal with it after the north is pacified. I wonder what you guys have to say about this strategy?"

Most of the people in the hall had never dealt with forces such as Mobei and Liu Jian, so they all agreed.

Wang Tiezhu looked at everyone and then spoke: "I think that Liu Jian's remnant army in the west has the same combat strength as our army. If we don't take it with thunderous power now, it will be a big trouble in the future! We can still negotiate for peace in Mobei.

, I’ll make plans later!”

Pharmacist Zhu hesitated to speak. After all, Wang Tiezhu didn't know that the situation in the north had changed yet, and it was inconvenient for him to say it, so he looked at Jia Yuanen.

Jia Yuanen handed over to Wang Tiezhu: "Marshal Wang said it was first south then north, first Yi then south. Although it can be captured quickly, Mobei will have more time to prepare and will train more soldiers and horses. By then,

It will be even more difficult to deal with, it is better to use defense as offense after taking Luoyang Chang'an now!"

Wang Tiezhu has become much more cautious since he was almost bloodied in the main hall last time. As soon as Jia Yuanen raised an objection, Wang Tiezhu stopped arguing: "I am just making a suggestion. This military and national matter should be decided after discussion between the emperor and you all!"

Pharmacist Zhu nodded: "Okay, just for this peace negotiation, who is the right person to send? Can any of you recommend yourself?"

He Wuji came out and said, "Your Majesty, it has been more than half a month since I withdrew my troops from Suizhou. If the enemy had the intention to go eastward, they must have already reached Huaiyang. Now there is no enemy movement on the front line, which means that the enemy also wants to seek peace.

.Why don’t we wait for the enemy to come to Jinling to negotiate peace?”

Wang Tiezhu immediately said: "Hasn't the enemy army crossed the river to attack Tanzhou? If we want to be based on peace, we must fight first. The enemy army has no intention of fighting. Please lead the army back to Tanzhou!"

Zhu Yaoshi's original intention was to retrieve He Wuji and Wang Tiezhu and go north, so how could he agree with Wang Tiezhu to go to Tanzhou again: "Marshal Wang is invincible in the south of the Yangtze River. The enemy troops he has defeated are frightened. Now they are just some remnant soldiers who sneaked over. There is no need for Marshal Wang to personally

Go ahead, you and Marshal He are now preparing to go north!"

When Wang Tiezhu heard this, he immediately fell silent.

Seeing that the first issue had been decided, Zhang Pingnan went on to declare: "Today's court meeting, the second issue is restructuring. The old dynasty imposed many excessive taxes and was extremely corrupt. When we found the new dynasty, we must not continue to use these old systems! Please also ask.

After all the ministers return home, they will write down their own strategies and discuss them again in ten days!"

Everyone looked at each other and felt a little headache. After all, although most of these people were virtuous, they knew nothing about running the country.
Chapter completed!