The capital fell asleep in the light sleet weather.

It's not accurate to say this, the lights of the Longde Hall have not been stopped all night, the capital has been under martial law for three days, a generation of county kings has fallen, it is time to give an explanation to the subjects of the world, the identity of the princess of Leshan County is too sensitive, and the court has the responsibility of negligence.

These messages could not be concealed, and the imperial court had to transform those unfavorable factors.

Wang Gui, Zhu Youguang, Lin Rutie, and Li Mingwei attended the pre-imperial meeting.

Zhu Youguang looked at the emperor and spoke first, "The former emperor ceded the sixteen states of Yanyun, the northern frontier defense is not in danger, the Khitan iron cavalry gallops across the country, and you can drink the Yellow River day and night, my dynasty has failed several northern expeditions, and it was another big war thirty years ago, and the Western Liao country is eyeing it, and our dynasty should be prepared for war." ”

Zhou Yun nodded, his eyes looked at Wang Gui calmly, "What should I do according to Wang Aiqing's opinion?" ”

"Our dynasty rewards 500,000 horses of silver from the Western Liao Kingdom and 275,000 horses of silver from the Western Xia Kingdom every year, as well as the huge expenses of military expenses, the daily expenses of the clan and the royal family, the empty treasury and the food and salary, I don't know how much food and salary Lord Lin can raise? How many troops can the military department send? ”

Wang Gui is a sleek person, he doesn't say his point of view, and first picks out two difficult problems.

These are two unavoidable problems, fighting is fighting with silver, and it is consuming life.

Lin Rutie reported a series of figures, the taxes of various states and counties were in his heart, and the various expenses of the imperial court were indispensable, and it was only 300,000 taels of silver to squeeze everywhere, and how much could it be collected when it was forcibly collected by the people, it was not enough to deal with a large-scale war. Not to mention the post-war pacification work.

These are still on the premise of victory, and if they are defeated, the consequences will be unimaginable.

The first emperor did not use swords. Great Xia's national strength is too weak.

Zhu Youguang said in a deep voice, "The old minister doesn't understand the financial aspect. The old minister only knows the ambition of the Khitan wolf, Adulu has been infiltrated in our dynasty for more than 20 years, stealing the secrets of the imperial court, we must take strict precautions, and give a head-on attack if necessary. ”

The emperor's face was still so calm, he couldn't see through what the emperor was thinking.

Wang Gui pondered in his heart, if the emperor is willing, all his emotions and six desires will be on his face, and he will ascend the throne for a few months. The emperor cried several times in public, and he was wronged, in fact, Wu Liangyan went to guard the soul of the first emperor, Chen Zhizhong was embarrassed, Su Qincong, the right man of Shangshu, went home to recuperate, and the emperor quietly moved away several major resistances, just take the matter in front of him, Adulu took away the fake prince. Where did the crown prince go, and the emperor was prepared in advance?

Li Mingwei didn't say anything, with an incomprehensible expression, Li Mingwei sent the official media to the Lin family to propose. Asking to marry Miss Lin, who lost her honor, was also instructed by the emperor.

The emperor is smart and wise, and he is the main battle in his heart.

"Finances are tight. The old minister thought that if our dynasty blindly compromised, Xiliao would have to gain more and more inches. What Master Zhu said is reasonable, it is time for our dynasty to actively prepare for war. Wang Gui finally made up his mind. Awe-inspiring said, "I salute first and then send envoys to negotiate, but it is not too late to send troops if I am not satisfied." ”

Zhou Yun nodded and smiled, "Zhongqing's intentions are very good, so I will ask Lord Lin to raise food and salary, and Lord Zhu is actively preparing for the war, Wang Qing has the heaviest responsibility, and I hope that Wang Qing and the adults will not endure hardships and tide over the difficulties together." ”

The specifics are not tonight's topic.

The top priority was to deal with the aftermath of the Aduru incident, and Wang Gui drafted an edict, which the imperial court no longer concealed.

In the edict, Adulu's evil deeds were exposed, Zhou Guanlin's status as the county king was abolished, Zhou Guanlin's wife Shi was murdered without forgiveness, all the sons and concubines were beheaded, grandchildren and grandsons were sent to the wild land, Adulu pretended to be the daughter of a military general and married into the clan, and more than 70 members of the Shi family were sent to the barbarian land as slaves.

These do not have to go through the trial of Dali Temple, and the case approved by the emperor is a happy sentence.

The atmosphere in the palace is relaxed, tomorrow morning to announce to the world, the world should be boiling for a few days, busy for three days and nights, Wang Gui's sleepy eyes are bloodshot, and there is leisure to make jokes about Li Houye, Li Houye's old cow eats tender grass, he wants to go over to ask for a glass of water and wine, Li Mingwei smiled, looked at Lin Rutie and called his father-in-law, Lin Rutie was two years younger than Li Mingwei, so he had to smile awkwardly.

The emperor smiled, "Miss Lin is a good match for her father." ”

"Women are jealous, they are really willing to use any means, Lin Qing's second daughter should take care of it, and the little county lord of the Xiangyang Wang family, some don't know what to say, whose daughter-in-law is Jiayi?"

Wang Gui hurriedly smiled and said, "Zhou Jiayi's father-in-law is also from the third division. ”

"It's time for him to go back to retire." Zhou Yun said lightly.

married the granddaughter of the king of Leshan County for his son, Lord Peng's official position is over, and it is a great creation to be able to go home to retire, some things he can't figure out at all, it is already very late, there is a faint winter thunder in his ears, the drizzling rain knocks on the eaves, the dark cloud guard hands in the secret report, the emperor takes it and looks, "Good news, the chief manager Lei has caught it." ”

It's really good news, Manager Lei is a key person, and Zhang Shun has identified it in the past.

"Speaking of which, this is the credit of Brother Cheng, Mr. Lei is the coachman who is followed by Brother Cheng, Brother Cheng saw with his own eyes that the coachman sent Yu Qingzi to the well, I ordered Zhang Jingong to look for it, it turned out that there was a tunnel in the well, leading to a narrow room, which was damp and cold, and it was also the life of several children, and Aduru did not plan to let the children live at all."

If the court agrees to send Aduru back, even if she tells her the whereabouts of a few hostages, she may not be alive in a few days, if she refuses to say, there will be a few more nameless white bones in the well, leaving a permanent mystery, the youngest Fang Qian is ten years old, and the eldest Yu Qingzi is only thirteen, or thanks to Mrs. Zhao, if she is not the backbone, several children are scared to death.

Several well-informed adults had their hairs standing on end, and Li Mingwei was even more sweaty.

Aduru, this woman, I really don't know how her heart and liver grow.

"I didn't have time to ask in detail, now that the palace door is locked, a few adults don't have to go back tonight, eat some food to satisfy their hunger, just stay in the side hall to rest, and tomorrow I will go to court early."

The little eunuch brought a few bowls of hot noodle soup and ate them hot, and several adults went down to rest.

Zhou Yun still had no leisure, looking at the file under the lamp, Lei Da was hidden in Fang Ji Carriage and Horse Shop, this is the property under the name of Fang Ziyi, the Duke of Yingguo, run by Zhang Shilian and Zhang Shiqian brothers, Zhou Yun knows them.

The two of them are Fang Ziyi's uncles, Zhang Shilian is very good at business, has a lonely temperament, and has been in charge of his sister's property for more than 30 years.

"Spread my will, arrest Zhang Shilian and Zhang Shiqian overnight, and the family will watch it first."

Zhou Yun moved vigorously and resolutely, and the dark cloud guard was dispatched overnight, and when he came back, the sky was faintly bright, and the emperor should go to the early court.

Today's morning court is really warm, the situation is clear, you adults do not hesitate to compliment the words, and then it is time to talk about meritorious deeds, the city defense department reported the name and surname of the meritorious officer, and wanted to report a few more as usual, and reported the brother-in-law and nephew as well, the emperor looked at the long list and did not say anything, and let the dark cloud guard check it head by head.

The emperor is really stingy when he is stingy, there is just a lot of silver in total, just a few official positions.

Some people are inevitably about to lose their positions.

After returning to Longde Hall in the early morning, he asked Fang Ziyi and his wife to come over and bring the little raccoon slave as well.

Yutan didn't know that Fang Qian was taken away, and he hid it from her, Zhou Yun asked her to stay in the palace to accompany Yuqin, and she didn't want her to know the truth, Yutan was anxious for the prince and uncomfortable for her sister, Yuqin was worried about her sister, but she didn't dare to say it, Yutan was startled afterwards, and she had to ask about it, and she was afraid for a while.

Yutan heard early in the morning that Dark Yunwei had raided Fang Ji's carriage and horse shop, and she was still wondering.

Seeing the emperor's big salute, Zhou Yun said that he was exempt, looked at Fang Qian and smiled, "Do you dare to run around?" There's another time when no one saves you. ”

Fang Qian knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for saving your life." ”

"It was your little uncle who saved you, and you want to kowtow to Brother Cheng."

Fang Qian looked at the little uncle standing beside the emperor, Brother Cheng'er's face flushed, "I just happened to be in a hurry." ”

Yutan didn't know the details yet, and looked at Zhou Yun suspiciously, Zhou Yun looked at her and smiled, "The Zhang brothers were arrested by my order, I will personally try the case in a while, you all go over to the jury, if they are fine, I will let them go." ”

Fang Ziyi smiled, "What can my uncle do?" ”

Brother Cheng is only two years older than his nephew, the two of them stand beside the emperor on the left and right, Fang Ziyi and Yutan have seats, Dark Yunwei's torture room is full of blood, and the Zhang brothers are chained to the wall.

Liu Tieguang began to ask, and pushed out the chief manager of Lei, "Is this person from your car dealership?" ”

Zhang Shilian admitted, "He is our car dealership's handlebar Zhang Lei, and he has a shop guarantee." ”

"He's the absconding Lei Da Administrator, don't you all know? Zhang Shun has identified it. ”

Liu Tieguang took a black veil to cover the coachman's face, only revealing two eyes, this person is very similar to the portrait, Yutan and Fang Ziyi were taken aback, Lei Daguan hid in the Fang family's carriage and horse shop?

Zhou Yun smiled faintly, "What is this, your Fang family still has big fish hidden." ”

"Bring me the Shi family." Zhou Yun instructed, doesn't Adulu want to be the eldest princess again, in his place, Adulu will always be the Shi family, and she will always carry the Han surname she doesn't want.

Yelu Aduru raised his head arrogantly, "I am the eldest princess of Khitan, and this is how the emperor of Great Xia treats princesses from foreign countries?" His Majesty the Emperor is not afraid of the iron hooves of the Khitan? ”

"Shi, what you said is the opposite, it should be that the Khitan is afraid of the army of Great Xia, and I will kill your son first to sacrifice the flag."

Aduru laughed wildly, "If you want to kill the faint king of Great Xia, you will kill it, and my Khitan iron hooves will break through your capital sooner or later!" ”

"Hang Zhang Shiqian up and beat him hard! Cut off his hands and feet first. ”

Adulu's expression changed greatly, and Zhou Yun chuckled, "It's not to blame, it's just that your son looks too much like you, Zhang Shiqian is your own son, and the one in the palace of Leshan County is his stand-in." (To be continued......)