The Hu people burned, killed and looted the nine provinces behind the mountain, and collected countless new news of the people's death and injuries, shocking the court and the people. The general of Hangu Pass Zhong Shimin had submitted a letter twice, asking to lead troops north to Hedong, willing to go to the ground and fight to the death with the Liao army, but the court did not allow it. When they saw the Liao army invading the palaces of the prefectures and counties in Guannei, Zhong Shimin prepared to submit a letter to ask for an expedition again.

Although he had been in three generations of generals, compared with the noble generals such as the Zheyang family in Daying of Hedong and the Cao family in Daying of Xijing, the Zhong family had more gentleness, and the Chinese ministers of the court did not completely regard him as a rude military general. The great-grandfather of the Zhong family was a great scholar, and his grandfather Zhong Shiheng was also supported by a famous minister Fan Zhongyan. When Cai Jing was in power, only Zhong Shidao openly wrote a letter to impeach the Cai party and was named as a party member and abandoned by the court.

After ten years of idleness, people in Qingliuzhong thought that the generals of the Zong family were pillars of the country. Because they were not worried about the deployment of Cao Di, King of Jing, Zhao Qi, and the important officials of the dynasty advocated vigorously promoting the Zong family to divide the military power of the Xijing camp. Therefore, the officials of the dynasty were extremely favored by the Zong family, and they were appointed as the governor of the Baojing Army, the deputy commander of the infantry guards of the Zhong army, and appointed Zhong Shimin as the commander of the Hangu Pass, and actually held 20,000 military power.

However, the Cao family of the generals had been in the Xijing camp for hundreds of years, so how could they be willing to be divided by the later Zhong family? When the famous general Di Qing was the commander of the Xijing camp, Di Qing led elite troops across the river and advanced westward, and eventually lost to the Xia Kingdom. The generals of the Xijing camp were completely destroyed and their troops did not attack the West Pass of Hangu. Although the artillery of the Xia Kingdom was powerful, Di Qing's foundation in the Xijing camp was not deep, which was also an important reason. Zhong Shidao and Zhong Shi were both empty titles, which was okay. After Zhong Shimin received the order to serve as the commander of Hangu Pass, he would be at hindered military affairs, and the food and wages were abolished, and the generals were hostile, and the army did not support him. Among the three brothers of the Zhong family, Zhong Shimin was the youngest and had the most irritable temper, so he had beaten many military sticks.

Half of the above statement was written, and the personal soldiers reported that the transfer judge Pan Huanyin asked for a meeting. Zhong Shimin pondered slightly and ordered him to see him. Pan Huanyin was in charge of the army's food, money and supplies. Just ten days ago, because the soldiers complained that the food and money were short, Zhong Shimin personally checked the accounts and found several deductions. Although Pan Huanyin paid for the loss himself, Zhong Shimin still beat him with military sticks in public to avoid paying for the shortage of food and money again.

"Since Pan Huanyin is willing to regret it, it is the best way to conquer him." Mr. Zhong gently placed the Huizhou pen on the pen holder, put a whole gauze hat and robe, stood up, with a serious expression, and headed towards the door. Soon, Pan Huanyin appeared at the door, his face was pale and quite strange. He stood at the door, his hands were wrapped in his sleeves, as if he was bowing. Mr. Zhong calmed down slightly, and he took a step forward, and was about to help him up, Pan Huanyin suddenly took out a dagger from his sleeve, stabbed forward, and stabbed into Mr. Zhong's chest. The blood suddenly dyed a large piece of his clothes red. Mr. Zhong's face was full of disbelief, and he looked at Mr. Pan Huanyin with wide eyes and murmured: "You,...you,..." He used all his strength to push Pan Huanyin away, and shouted louder: "Come, come!"

"Sir, don't blame me," Pan Huanyin's muscles twisted on his face, and he whispered, "Rat, you can use it for a moment." Zhong Shimin's face changed suddenly, and he shouted angrily: "Rat! How dare......" His lung leaves were pierced, his whole body was weak, and he spoke as if he was breaking a bellows. He staggered back two steps, but Pan Huanyin caught two more steps and stabbed Zhong Shimin again. The knife was at the center of the mouth. Zhong Shimin firmly grabbed his shoulders, his eyes wide open, but gradually became unsightly.

The door was opened with a "clang" and the personal soldiers arrived, and they hurriedly separated Pan Huanyin and Zhong Shimin. Zhong Shimin was already angry and died, and Pan Huanyin was ashamed of death, so he surrendered. That night, Xijing was left behind. The famous minister Tang Ke rushed to the Xingying Commander's Mansion overnight and deployed Cao Di to interrogate the assassin with the Xijing Camp. However, Pan Huanyin insisted that he was beaten by Zhong Shimin and held a grudge, so he took revenge and committed the crime. It had nothing to do with others. Now he was only asking for death to repay the crime. Tang Ke could not do so, so he could only report together with Cao Di to report the assassination of Zhong Shimin, and sent it to Bianjing together with Pan Huanyin's confession to the court to deal with it.

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"I never expected that Cao Di was so domineering! Is this going to rebel when he assassinated the general?"

The blue veins on his forehead were revealed. Zhao Ke, who had always been the most emperor's demeanor, was completely furious. He stood up and threw Cao Di and Tang Ke's memorials to the ground. He seemed to be unhappy. He grabbed the white jade paperweight on the table and smashed them to pieces. His chest was undulating, and he was breathing heavily, wishing he could burn the memorials clean with fire.

The prime minister Zhao Zhifu, the Privy Councilor Shao Wu, the deputy governor of the government, Qin Hui, and the Minister of Rites Deng Su were summoned overnight. After the officials ascended the throne, in order to promote frugality, they reduced the candles and fires in the palace in half. Therefore, the Chugong Hall seemed slightly dark, and the floating light and shadow made each minister's face seem blurry and full of thoughts. Zhao Ke looked at them, and these ministers who were usually relying on each other at this moment were all looking at each other without saying a word.

Zhao Ke couldn't help but come out of anger and asked sternly: "Cao Di was unable to do anything to help him to deploy an official position in Xijing camps, and replace him with Zhong Shidao, Zhao Qing's family, and Shao Qing's family?" These two people were the leaders of the civil and military squads, so Zhao Ke first sought their opinions. Qin Hui stood aside with his eyes and nose, while Zhu Bona, the governor of Wuchang Army, changed his face suddenly. He looked up at Zhao Ke, wanted to speak but stopped, and looked at Zhao Zhifu and Shao Wu. A hint of worry appeared on Deng Su's face.

"Your Majesty, you must not be too hasty to cut off the vassal of the Cao family." Zhao Zhifu frowned.

In the memorial, Cao Di also stated that because Hangu East Pass blocked the two capitals of Luoyang and Bianliang, and the Xia Kingdom had recently shown signs of preparing for war, Hangu Pass must not be without generals for a day. Cao Di made the decision to let the former Hangu Deputy General Li Ji take charge of military affairs. At the same time, in order to avoid Xia Kingdom taking advantage of the chaos to attack Guandong, the 150,000 troops in the Xijing camp were fully on guard.

"In this case, I am afraid that I will force Cao Di to rebel. In order to repay the loyal and kindness, Emperor Taizong allowed the generals of the Zhe Yang family to inherit Hedong. Later, in order to protect Xijing, he wanted to resettle the powerful generals in the capital, which made the Cao family in Xijing a weather. He originally hoped that they could serve the country's kindness, but he did not expect that it was to raise a tiger to be a disaster. The court valued the Zhe family, although it was divided into the military power of the Xijing camp, and it was also a sign of preservation of the Cao family. However, he did not expect that Cao Di was so vicious, which was a pity that Zhe Shimin was loyal to the court..." Shao Wu shook his head and suppressed his anger, "Like

Now that the Liao army is approaching, the Xia Kingdom is eyeing our dynasty again. Although Cao Di is domineering and arrogant, he is guarding the important land of Xijing. If he is too anxious, he is afraid that he will join Xia Kingdom. He can only slowly plan. At this time, the country is troublesome, and a small unbearable situation will cause chaos. The vassal states are the gateways of the border court. If Your Majesty wants to solve the problem, he needs to have a replacement. According to the opinions of his humble ministers, the Henghaixiang Army of Guangzhou Shipbuilding has been successful in training. You can refer to its methods to expand the new army. By the time, gradually replacing the original scattered soldiers and generals of the new army with the battalions is the strategy to remove firewood from the cauldron."

Zhao Ke took a deep breath. He was not a frivolous person. Although he was extremely angry, he understood what Shao Wu said. He forced his impulse to suppress his heart. He stopped mentioning Cao Di for the time being. He held the table with both hands and said with a gloomy face: "The vassal state is domineering, and I am afraid that Ji Sun's worries will be within the Xiao Wall. How has King Jing been doing recently?" The officials usually don't want to mention King Jing at all. At this time, his tone was full of resentment, which made the ministers feel cold.

"King Jing left in a quiet place, and his family was neglected, and he had never contacted Xijing. This month, he only sent someone to send a poem to the Sixteenth Princess, and the Sixteenth Princess also gave one." Chen Yun, the imperial city secretary, bowed and said, as if he was ready, he took out a piece of paper from his arms, which wrote the poems of King Jing's brothers and sisters. The most important thing for the Imperial City Secretary in the capital was to supervise King Jing. The official family refused to give up the reputation of being abusive brothers like Emperor Taizong of Tang, but he would never tolerate the third prince who had once pressed on him, and any minister who had dated King Jing would immediately be demoted.

Zhao Ke took the poem and read it. Although the words and sentences were skillful, they were just memorable and had no resentment. He folded the paper with a secret face, put it into a file, and said intimately, "This little bitch." Zhao Huan is over 10 years old. Because of King Jing, no one in the court dared to be arrogant. Zhao Ke never asked about this matter and deliberately wanted her to die of depression in the cold palace.

After discussing Cao Di's affairs, Shao Wucai said: "Merbo Hu cavalry attacked the border and plundered Hedong prefectures and counties. The censors and censors also impeached many times, believing that the Hedong camps deployed Yang Yanqing to fear the enemy and avoid war, and the Hedong Road Deputy Envoy Zhe Keqiu also made mistakes in observing the situation."

Zhao Ke became nervous: "The Liao army will not approach Bianliang, will it?"

"Zhe Keqiu reported that the invading Hu cavalry had only more than 10,000 cavalry, and was only plundering and harassing, and was unable to capture prefectures and counties. Zhe Keqiu had led his troops to drive away. The dangerous passes leading to the Central Plains from Hedong, Renyizhai, Jingxing Pass, Khahukou, Tianjing Pass, Shangdang Pass, etc. have all added troops and horse defenses." Shao Wu bowed and said, "There are 250,000 soldiers and horses in the capital, and more than 10,000 Hu cavalry cannot be shaken."

Zhao Kesong sighed and shook his head and said, "I told Yang Yanqing that Zhe Keke should not fear the enemy and avoid the battle, and quickly drive the Hu cavalry out."
Chapter completed!