The distant mountains are sparse, the chill of early spring penetrates into the mullet window, and the noise in the street market is vaguely heard. But Chen Dong had no time to take care of these trivial matters. He had been reviewing memorials for an hour and felt a little tired. So he drank ginseng tea, closed his eyes slightly, rubbed his thumbs on his temples, but his mind was not allowed to rest. After reading the memorials, he had all appeared one by one.

Under the pressure of the southeastern prefectures and counties, the Prime Minister's Office urgently ordered the Henghai Army and the Han army to go south to wipe out the Dashi Pirates. However, yesterday, the Henghai Army received a 400-mile express. Han Shizhong stated that the Henghai Navy had set off. However, the warships in the Henghai Army were all sand ships made in northern shipyards. The bottom of the ship was flat, shallow in draft, and stable. They could not only sail and go along the river. However, the sand ships were slow to break through deep water and waves. It is said that although the Dashi Navy warship was small, the bottom of the ship was pointed and the speed was fast, suitable for deep sea waves. Therefore, the Henghai Army could only cruise offshore and drive out the Dashi Pirates. Once the Dashi Navy retreated to the distant sea, or even sailed to the South China Sea, the Henghai Army would be out of reach.

The Han army in Denglai stated that because the Marquis of Wuchang once helped the Han Er fight in Liaodong, the army only submissive to the Marquis of Wuchang. The Han Er were all from the northerners, either worried about leaving the countryside and not adapting to the country, or were afraid that the generals would be too strict in commanding the troops. The Song Dynasty asked the Han army to send troops to help suppress the enemy. If Zhao Xingde was used as the commander, the Han army would be happy. If other people were used as the commander, the generals might not be willing to obey the order, which would ruin the major event of extermination of pirates.

"Prime Minister, Chai Gu, the governor of Ezhou, asked for a visit!"

"Okay," Chen Dong opened his eyes and nodded, "Let him come in." Just as he was thinking about what the Ezhou magistrate asked for a visit, Lin Zhengan, the deputy chief of the Ministry of War, came straight to the signing room without any further transmission, bowed and said, "Mr. Chen, the big thing is not good, and the students suddenly gathered in the city to make trouble. Outside the Prime Minister's Mansion, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Justice were surrounded. The students were still motivating the people to rush into the yamen and beat the officials. In addition, the idle people in the market took advantage of the situation to rob, and the city was in chaos."

"What happened?" Chen Dong's face became serious and he asked sternly, "What do they want to do?"

"My Lord, please forgive me," said Lin Zhengan. "The official department has just discovered that the students in charge of impeachment by 100 state academic officials, wanted to expel the adults and ask the Ministry of Rites to re-convene the academic officials to elect the prime minister." He looked guilty.

Lin Zhengan was originally a clerk who supervised the abnormal movement of troops and horses on Guangnan East Road. After the founding of Ezhou, the Ministry of War established a new official position. Chen Dong appointed him as the chief of the Ministry of War, and he was very important. Since the imperial court abolished the eunuchs, the Imperial City Department was also abandoned. Although the official position took over the responsibility of the Imperial City Department to monitor the news in the capital, the focus of the Ministry of War was still on the abnormal movement in the army. Most of the subordinates recruited by Lin Zhengan were old people from Jinyan Mansion. They did not dare to send people to sneak into the clear stream of the Li Society, nor did they understand the movements of Wu Zilong and the core figures of Shitingjian Li Society. Lin Zhengan was also the one who hurriedly sent people to inquire about the news when the city started.

"Get up," Chen Dong was silent for a moment and whispered: "This, I don't blame you."

He frowned and listened to the movement outside. At first, he bowed his head to take office and didn't care much about the noise outside the Prime Minister's Mansion. Now he heard that the noise was indeed much bigger than usual. At this time, the hurried footsteps sounded, and Ezhou Prefect Liu Shi, the Minister of Rites Deng Su, the Minister of Justice Wen Xunzhi, and the Minister of War Liu Shi came to the signing room. Before Liu Shi could speak, Deng Su took the lead: "Shaoyang, quickly mobilize the imperial guards to quell the rebellion."

Chen Dong's face was slightly stern. Deng Su looked around and said, "Wu Zilong's picture is exhausted, this is a desperate bet."

All those who made trouble outside were students, and the radical scholars in the society were dominated by the rule of law. In essence, it was the struggle between the Chen and Wu parties within the society. Chen Dong, Wen Xunzhi, Liu Shi and others were all from the society and were deliberately favored by the scholars. The situation outside was critical, and Deng Su shouted, Wen Xunzhi and Liu Shi were silent at the same time, unwilling to agree. The Song Dynasty has always valued literature and suppressed military affairs. If the imperial guards were mobilized to quell the rebellion, it would be like giving people a handle. Everyone was talking casually, and if they were accidentally guilty, they would be sinners who had been infatuated for thousands of years.

"Shaoyang!" Seeing that Chen Dong was still hesitating, Deng Su said again, "A quick decision! The students outside are all confused. If you hesitate for a moment, they will deceive more people. At that time, not only will the Prime Minister's Office and various departments not be able to protect it, but this Ezhou City will also suffer a great disaster." He looked grim and said in a stern face, "If Wu Zilong succeeded, how can the prestige of the court remain? Henan, Jingdong, and the southeast coast, there are many people who wait and see success or failure; looking at the world, the dispute between the clear and the turbidity is in full swing; prefectures and counties act on their own, and the generals will respect their own troops. How can such a situation bear the loss of prestige of the court? Wu Zilong made this evil example and immediately became a civil war! The collapse of the Song Dynasty was only in the evening!"

Deng Su was a little alarmist, but Wen Xunzhi and Liu Shi looked strange. Obviously, this was not completely impossible.

"Okay!" Chen Dong slapped the table and shouted. He looked at the people in the room, and was silent for a moment. His eyes turned cold. He breathed heavily. He said to Liu Shi, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War: "Speedly transfer the imperial guards to the southeast camp to enter the city to quell the rebellion." Liu Shi agreed immediately. Just about to turn around and go out, Chen Dong called him and reminded him: "Tell Wang Gui to restrain the imperial guards, just restore order in the city and try not to kill the scholars and the people."

Deng Su frowned slightly, and refused to speak, watching Liu Shi, the Minister of War. Now there was chaos outside. He pondered: "Shaoyang, in order to prevent trouble, before the city was restored, we must immediately gather the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the guards in the inner city to strictly guard the access controls." The palace in Ezhou, the Prime Minister's Mansion covers a small area, and there are fewer guards, no more than ten thousand soldiers and horses than the Bianliang Imperial Palace. However, Deng Su estimated that there were about 1,800 imperial guards. Before Wang Gui mobilized the army to quell the rebellion, he could only rely on these people.

Liu Shi received the Jun order and saw that the envoy of Xia Kingdom was still sitting in the flower hall. He was about to take a detour, but Feng Yanlun stood up to block the way.

"Mr. Liu, I have been waiting for a long time. When will the Prime Minister be summoned?" Feng Yanlun just waited in the flower hall with Liu Shi. The officials invited Liu Shi in first. Now Liu Shi has been following the Prime Minister. It has not been summoned yet. Feng Yanlun is waiting in a blazing manner. Anyway, if the envoy of a country is not so slow. If he leaves without caring about this, the two countries may have fought for battle. He really will turn around and leave.

"Ah, I don't know this," Liu Shi had to bow to him, "I have to do my best."

Song Xia had an orthodox battle. If it were normal, etiquette would never be lost. But at this moment, Liu Shi kept walking around Feng Yanlun, walked through the flower hall and headed straight towards the small door on the east side. Feng Yanlun dumbfoundedly looked at his back, frowned, and whispered: "What big thing happened? The dignified Minister of War, this situation seemed like an arrow was hit by the butt."

The students outside gathered tens of thousands of people and had already blocked Zhuque Street, where the main gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion was located, so they were blocked. Liu Shi did not dare to walk through the gate, so he only took four guards out of the small gate on the east side of the Prime Minister's Mansion. In order to prevent accidents, Liu Shi changed his official uniform from the military robe of the Minister. All five rode fast horses and bypassed Zhuque Street from the pomegranate alley on the east side of the Prime Minister's Mansion. He rushed past the places with few people, and needed a detour. He quickly left Zicheng and then rushed westward to the Wuchang Gate.

"Sir, look, it's a fire!" A guard pointed at the thick smoke rising from a street in front.

The beating tongues were spit out from a broken shop, and the rolling smoke rushed straight into the sky. The neighbors were panicked and avoided and called for help. Not far away, crying from women and children came faintly. Within the sight, most of the shops were smashed open, and the ground was in a mess, with clothes, utensils, copper coins and other items scattered, which were obviously traces after a robbery.

Xicaoshi Street is one of the most prosperous grass markets in Ezhou. Many merchants and poor people live in it. There are dense household registrations and a large number of flammable objects such as bamboo, wood, silk and cloth piled up in the shops and courtyards. Last year alone, more than 500 houses were burned and more than a thousand people were burned. When the fire broke out, there was also the Water Dragon Team put out the fire. The current chaos was so chaotic that the Water Dragon Team was unknown. The people near the fired houses were just panicked and busy rescued the most valuable property from the house.

"Damn it, it's worse than beasts!" Liu Shi whispered, "Go to the southeast camp first!"

The camp tent of the southeast camp was set up outside the Wuchang Gate. Liu Shi took the guards and whipped the horses and rushed to the gate. It was quiet near the camp. Liu Shi directly showed the waist sign of the Ministry of War and led his horse into the gate. When he saw the officer guarding the gate, he stared at him and said sternly: "Where is the deployment of Lord Wang? Take me to see him. Liu Shi, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, has something urgent to do."

"May, my subordinate?" The officer guarding the gate was at a loss when eating and drinking, "You want to see Marshal Wang?"

"I came here at the prime minister's order," Liu Shi said impatiently, "Take me to see the royal capital to make arrangements."

"Yes, yes, no, but, Wang, Lord Wang," the gatekeeper had seen the minister speak so fiercely and stuttered, "But Lord Wang has a bad disease and cannot handle military affairs, nor can he meet him." Liu Shi saw his eyes flashing, and his words were obviously not true, and he was angry and shouted sternly: "Mr. Wang is really suffering from a bad disease? Is it a crime of deceiving officials in the army a crime of beheading?"

"The last general dare not deceive," the officer said in a crying voice, "Every sentence is true. Lord Wang has suffered from a serious illness and is already resting in a sick state, so no one can see him."
Chapter completed!