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Chapter 19

The official Zhao You was born with a smart and talented person from childhood to adulthood. He was not inferior to others, regardless of his knowledge, conversation, calligraphy, painting, poetry and prose. Therefore, Zhao You regarded himself very well. A minister once flattered the Zhenguan rule. The official was happy on the surface, and he demoted him a person a few days later. Afterwards, he heard the eunuch Liang Shizhongdao in the imperial study. The official family praised the rule of Yao and Shun, and believed that Emperor Taizong of Tang was far inferior to him.

However, in the prosperous era of Tianping, the southeast actually turned around! Moreover, hundreds of thousands of rioters were rebelled in more than ten prefectures and counties at the same time.

Zhao You looked at Fang La's proclamation word for word with a gloomy face, and after a long time, he did not say a word. In the palace, the candle fire was shaking. Prime Minister Cai Jing, the deputy minister Zhao Zhifu, Privy Councilor Wang Fu, Privy Councilor Li Bangyan, and the Imperial City Officer Chen Yun were all there. Except for Cai Jing's attitude as a prime minister, the other people's faces were even more dismal than those of the official family, as if they had been dug up their ancestral graves.

"What should I do if this matter should be handled?" Zhao You finally said slowly, took a deep breath, closed his eyes to calm down. "Since the dynasty, the world has been peaceful and the national treasury is full. All countries come to the court, and occasionally the defeat of Hebei will be restored immediately and the territory of their ancestors will be restored. But in the hearts of the subjects, do you really think that I am a fool?"

"Your Majesty," Wang Fu said carefully, "This dynasty adheres to the strategy of defending the internal and external weakness. In addition to the imperial guards, the number of soldiers in prefectures and counties is more than 400,000, which are all unbearable to fight. The distribution of the imperial guards is heavy in the north and light in the south. The three major camps of Hebei, Hedong and Xijing totals 400,000, the number of soldiers stationed in the imperial guards and the fourth army near the capital. The total number of soldiers on the imperial guards is 350,000, the number of soldiers on the front squad is 400,000, the number of soldiers on the front squad is 400,000, the number of soldiers on the Liangzhe Road is 50,000, Jiangdong Road is more than 6,000, Jiangxi Road is more than 8,000, Hunan Road is more than 1,000, Hubei Road is more than 4,000, Fujian Road is more than 1,000, and Guangdong Road is less than 1,000, and it is not enough to protect yourself, so it is really difficult to send troops to quell the rebellion..."

Zhao You's face became more and more gloomy, and his breathing became heavier and heavier.

"I ask what to do!" Accompanied by the official's anger, a pen was washed and smashed in front of Wang Fu with a "bang", and fragments splashed everywhere.

"I'll ask you what to do!" Zhao You held the dragon throne and calmed down his anger, stared at Wang Fu and said in a deep voice, as if the one standing in front of him was the devil of the Ming Cult who wanted to slander him.

Wang Fu was frightened and sweated coldly, and hurriedly said, "In the opinion of the empress, we should select good generals and command the capital and the imperial guards in Xijing to quell the rebellion in the southeast."

"In two months, how many imperial guards will need to fight the southern expedition? Who can be the general?"

"The devil has been planning for a long time, and the southeast has become hasty. If the rebellion is to be quelled in two months, at least 150,000 troops will be required." Wang Fu said tremblingly. He wanted to say that the 300,000 troops in the south were fully capable of making plans, but the supplies, food and supplies of the southern army must be coordinated. The two months were too short and too short, and the southern army exceeded 150,000, so it would definitely be too late.

Zhao You snorted, and the number of 150,000 troops was slightly more than what he had estimated in his mind, but the lion fought with the rabbit and used all his strength to quickly pacify the southeast and let the court's national policy return to expand territory and expand the territory. The track of the country coming to the court was considered to be Wang Fu's discussion.

"Then we will draw 150,000 elite troops from the capital and Xijing to form the southern expedition camp. Who is the general?"

The important officials were cautious. The grain transportation was based on the lifeline of Bianjing and involved the safety of the southeastern half of the country. If the use of the generals is not human, the responsibility for this recommendation is quite large.

After a moment of silence, Prime Minister Cai Jing sighed and said slowly: "Dolf has just fought fiercely with the Liao army for several months. If he is in the capital at this moment, he should be the right person."

As soon as he said this, Wang Fu, Li Bangyan, Chen Yun and others were confused. These people knew the inside story of the Hebei incident and had long classified Tong Guan as a mediocre general who was greedy for life and feared death. Who knew that Cai Jing even recommended him. Li Bangyan thought to himself, could the Prince Cai be crazy because of his ancestral grave?

Zhao You's pupils shrank, picked up the Ming Cult's uprising manifesto and looked at it again, and said angrily: "The southeast has changed, and I wanted to press this matter first. Since Cai Xiang mentioned it, what the manifesto says in the "child thieves caused the fall of Hebei, and millions of people suffered a lot." "Thousands of scholars and people posted all public disclosures and criticized them for being traitorous, and the world was full of scammers." What's going on?"

Cai Jing's face was as usual and said slowly: "As soon as Your Majesty mentioned, the old minister remembered that these days, many posts that slandered Lord Tong suddenly appeared in Bianjing and Southeast Prefecture Prefecture, slandering the government. The old minister had asked Kaifeng Prefecture to investigate this matter. Alas, Your Majesty forgives the old minister for being stupid. After reading the military newspaper, the old minister realized that the post was actually a rioter who did to disrupt people's hearts." He paused and said, "Mr. Tong set out from Hejian to Beijing in a few days. Now there is no news on the prefectures on the road. The old minister is worried that the rioters want to charge him and secretly attack him on the way." He said this and stopped talking and looked beside him.

Zhao You looked at Chen Yun with his eyes, his face turned slightly cold, and he asked in a deep voice: "The whereabouts of the Imperial City Sike?"

Chen Yun hurriedly bowed and said, "As Prince Cai said, Lord Tong has lost his trace since he set out in Hejian, and Jinyan Mansion is also sending additional personnel to find the whereabouts of Lord Tong."

Zhao You remembered Tong Guan's always loyalty and hard work, and thought that he was framed by the thief now, and his life and death were uncertain. He couldn't help but grit his teeth and said, "The thief wants to mess with the world, so cruel."

"This old minister who slandered Lord Tong also brought it up, and he was full of nonsense. He dared not to humiliate the saints." Cai Jing slowly took out a stack of rice paper from his arms. Chen Yun, the official of the Imperial City Officer, had a general idea of ​​Cai Xiang pretending to recommend Tong Guan. He was determined to help these scholars who slogans, but had no good plans and could not get involved. He could only stand quietly and let Cai Jing frame him.

As usual, Zhao You finished reading the post with ten lines at a glance. He was excited and threw it on the table and cursed: "Absurd, what kind of person is the Taoist? Will I still read it wrong? If he hadn't been crazy about gaining and losing, how could he let the Hu people shoot the imperial guards and watch the Hebei army mutiny? There are military books coming to report every day in Hejian. He fought with the Khitan several times, and how many killed and how much lost it is. The person who wrote the post, fabricating such a ridiculous thing to slander the Taoist, undoubtedly wanted to ridicule..." He originally wanted to say to me, but when he spoke, he changed his words, "The court was 'incompetent', and his intentions were extremely vicious."

After scolding, Zhao You asked, "There are also reports of thieves in the Southeast rioters in Bianjing. Has Kaifeng Prefecture ever found out whereabouts of the thieves?"

Cai Jing then said: "The old minister ordered Kaifeng Prefecture to conduct a thorough investigation. Lai Tian's blessing was that the thief acted without any scruples. Not only did the thief who posted the posts were exposed, but even the leaders who wrote the posts and instigated the matter were almost done."

"Oh?" Zhao You became interested when he heard this. The devil of the treacherous robbers was far southeast, and the king's army had to quell the rebellion for two months. Now that he wanted to relieve the hatred in his heart, he wanted to attack these little girls hidden in the capital.

Cai Jingruo looked at Chen Yun without any reason and said slowly: "The person who wrote the post was Zhao Xingde, a student of the Imperial College. The other leaders who instigated the matter were also named Chen Dong, Zhang Bing, Deng Su and others. In addition, these rioters also contacted more than 2,000 candidates in Beijing, and led each other as cliques, specifically attacked the government affairs and slandered the Holy Lord."

After hearing this, Zhao Youhan knocked on the table with his left hand, as if he suddenly realized, "No wonder, no wonder," he picked up Fang La's manifesto from the table, "It's a clique again, and he actually colluded with the thieves. No wonder the thieves said the bastard saying "For the past thirty years, the old ministers have been demoted to death." It seems that Yuanyou's old party is like today, and he has opened his eyes to the cliques in the capital."

"Your Majesty is wise! Look at the truth!" Cai Jing did not expect that Zhao You would find something else. Chen Yun sighed secretly, just for the Southeast rioters to write a letter to dispel the country's courageous success, and a great disaster was inevitable.

Zhao You was silent for a while and said coldly: "Since that's the case, why don't Kaifeng Prefecture arrest and take it quickly? Should we sit down and watch the evil people who slander the government cause trouble in the capital?"

"Your Majesty," Cai Jingbing said, "There are many candidates in the capital, scattered everywhere, and there are news. Kaifeng Prefecture rashly arrested and captured them, for fear that the news would leak out and would be alarmed. It would be difficult to capture them in one net. A few days later, the autumn examinations were all about to enter the examination. At that time, the yamen runners of the Kaifeng Prefecture only needed to wait outside the examination hall, and according to the list of the thief party, they would be locked one by one. According to the old ministers, the scholars were taught by the saints and gathered from the essence of the country. They should follow the family rules of the ancestors and should not be easily destroyed. Even if Your Majesty wants to punish the crime, the Kaifeng Prefecture needs to be tortured clearly, and the three departments will conduct a decision."
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