There are two pieces of news that are spreading rapidly in Kaifeng City.

One is about the former division of Taizu's Horse Hall to check Zhang Yongde's rebellion, and Guo Zongxun didn't pay too much attention to this news.

Zhang Yongde is currently following Guo Rong on the expedition, leading an army of 100,000 on the right to Yijin Pass, at this time he wants to rebel, which is tantamount to directly cutting himself off from the Great Zhou, and also ignoring his family in Kaifeng.

"The rumors about Zhang Yongde's rebellion are checked by the former division of the palace, and the source of the rumors is found out as soon as possible, so I just want to see who is making trouble."

In the political hall of the Prince's East Palace, Guo Zongxun was discussing with Wei Renpu, Wang Pu, Cao Bin, Han Tong and Shi Shouxin.

Also present were Lu Duan, the prince's housekeeper, and Guo Jinli, the medical officer of the East Palace.

Cao Bin's two sons, Cao Can and Cao Jue, as well as several children between the ages of seven and twelve, were all selected from the homes of officials in the DPRK during this time, and they were also here.

Cao Can and Cao Jue sat honestly, and in the past few days, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has not cleaned them up much, and turned to pick up the new arrivals.

This gave Cao Can and Cao Jue a feeling of being senior brothers and second senior brothers.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister still thinks that he should go to the mansion of Zhang Yongde, the concubine, to search, this rumor can spread, it may not be groundless."

It was Shi Shouxin who spoke, and the idea of spreading Zhang Yongde's rebellion was arranged by Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu before they left, and Shen Yilun and Shi Shouxin were the executors.

Zhao Kuangyin's purpose of playing this hand is to dismount Zhang Yong, after all, the position of the front division of the palace is currently the highest among the generals, and Zhang Yongda is the most promising to take over.

"General Shi, it's not just a matter of casually talking about the mansion of the concubine, so let's do it, since you brought it up, I'll send you to ask Princess Shou'an for instructions, what do you think?"

Guo Zongxun said in his heart, Shi Shouxin, you are really a loyal fan of Zhao Kuangyin's house, not to mention whether this rumor is related to you, even if it is unrelated, you are in such a hurry to search Zhang Yongde's mansion, it seems that you want to cover it up.

Princess Shou'an has a special princess's mansion, and the concubine Zhang Yongde also has her own mansion, but this Princess Shou'an is very strict with Zhang Yongde, and basically does not allow him to go back to her mansion.

Therefore, Zhang Yongde's mansion is equivalent to being vacant, and there is not even a servant.

If you want to do something secretly and secretly put in some evidence of rebellion such as the yellow robe and jade seal, it can really make Zhang Yongde explain it clearly.

Shi Shouxin was dumbfounded, he didn't dare to search the princess's mansion, he was afraid that Princess Shou'an would be mad, and now the prince actually asked him to ask the princess for instructions, which ......

Shi Shouxin was about to refuse, but he saw Guo Zongxun's cold gaze again, how could His Royal Highness the Prince, who was only seven years old, have such sharp eyes, could it be that he has seen through our plan?

"The minister respectfully obeys the edict of the crown prince, and will personally come to the door to inform Her Royal Highness of the princess's search of the concubine's mansion."

Wei Renpu and Wang Pu frowned at the same time, this Shi Shouxin is a little bold, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince obviously said that he would ask him to ask for instructions, how dare he say that he was informing the princess.

"General Shi, Lone knows that you are a bold person, in fact, you are definitely a handsome person who can command an army of millions, but your talents have been covered up by Deputy Zhao's inspection, although Lone is sorry for you, but this is also your voluntary subservience, what do you say about the princess's mansion, Lonely, if the princess makes trouble in the court, or directly writes to her father to sue the emperor, at that time, don't blame Lone for pushing you out to take the blame."

Shi Shouxin was dumbfounded, the reason why he dared to say this was indeed because he was bold, but this was definitely not reckless, he just wanted to anger the prince.

After angering the prince, he can ask for guilt, there are rumors that Zhang Yongde is rebelling, he should have been investigated, if the prince is guilty of this, it is actually not a good thing for the prince of the prison country.

The officials in the court are not dry meals, although they were suppressed by the prince at the beginning, but it is their label to speak out and dare to admonish, and it is tantamount to their dereliction of duty if they dare not speak out and dare not advise.

When the time comes, the officials in the court will definitely criticize the prince.

Chaos, that is, the court is in chaos.

Unexpectedly, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gave him a Tai Chi pusher, first praised him greatly, and then almost explicitly pointed out the relationship between Shi Shouxin and Zhao Kuangyin, and also used a discordant plan that anyone could see.

The most important thing is that Guo Zongxun also made it clear that if this matter is to make trouble, it will be a big trouble, and when the time comes, Lone will hand you over to take the blame, anyway, what Lone said today, someone will testify.

It's a naked threat, and it's also a show of the superior's wrists.

If you Shi Shouxin feel that you have the ability to wrestle with Lonely, come, let the horse come......

"The minister is guilty, please forgive the minister's sins for the sake of the minister's loyalty to Da Zhou."

Shi Shouxin softened, which was the last thing Guo Zongxun wanted to see, but there was no way, he had to threaten Shi Shouxin openly.

Kaifeng can't be messed up no matter what, once it annoys Princess Shou'an, it will break the sky.

Therefore, Shi Shouxin is also a bachelor, and he is not ashamed to lose to His Royal Highness the Prince, and he is happy to ask for guilt.

Sure enough, he is a bold and careful person who knows how to advance and retreat, otherwise when Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao mutinied, this guy would not have taken the initiative to open the gate of Kaifeng City and let the rebels enter the city, this person is definitely Zhao Kuangyin's sworn friend.

Unfortunately, it can't be used by me.

"General Shi, you are a smart person, don't do this kind of stupid thing in the future that people can see at a glance that it is a stupid thing, Lone will not blame you, step down."

Guo Zongxun no longer paid attention to Shi Shouxin, turned his head to Cao Bin and said:

"General Cao, you can handle this matter, and I believe that you will handle it properly."

"The edict of the Crown Prince, thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for his trust in the minister."

Guo Zongxun put down the notebook about Zhang Yongde's rebellion, and picked up another notebook.

"This matter, I think it should be taken seriously, An Lehou Li Yun has only arrived in Chang'an for a few days, how can there be news of secretly gathering troops?"

Li Yun, the Marquis of Anle, is also an old minister of several dynasties, last time it was because his slave teased Li Wa on the street, and was repaired by the prince, Guo Rong also used the excuse to drive the old sons of the four young people in Kaifeng out of Kaifeng City.

Li Yun was sent to Chang'an to garrison, although Chang'an has been dilapidated, but after all, it was once the ancient capital of several dynasties, and the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and still maintains the status of an important town in the western part of the Great Zhou.

Chang'an, the origin of the ancient Silk Road, is extremely geographically important.

Guo Rong drove Li Yun out of Kaifeng, but sent him to garrison Chang'an, which is actually a kind of trust.

After all, the most likely thing about the Great Zhou at present is the festival envoys in various places.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise, and the minister also feels that the news that An Lehou secretly gathered troops is the most credible, and the emperor is now using troops against Liao, if there is chaos in the west, the neighbors around my Great Zhou will definitely be ready to move."

It was Wang Pu who spoke, since he was cleaned up by Guo Zongxun, Wang Pu seems to have opened up, in the end, he is the person Guo Rong values, at least in terms of ability, he is still very good.

After Wang Pu finished speaking, Wei Renpu and others also echoed it, Shi Shouxin wanted to mix it up, but he had just been defeated in front of His Royal Highness the Prince, so it was better to stop for a few days.

"Then let's talk about it, how should An Lehou's matter be handled?"

In fact, Guo Zongxun has asked Wei Zhongxian to send Jinyi Guards to secretly investigate, these Jinyi Guards are all retired veterans of a hundred battles, some of them went to the Hall of Heroes of a Hundred Battles, and the other part of the younger ones entered the Dongchang Jinyi Guard.

At present, the temporary headquarters of the East Factory is located in the west of Kaifeng City, and a special area has been demarcated, and the East Factory has been officially listed.

But after all, Li Yun's matter was played clearly, so it had to be brought to the court to discuss it.

This time, several court officials were more cautious and did not express their opinions easily.

Guo Zongxun is not in a hurry, this is also the psychology of the superiors, it is impossible for him to express his opinions first.

After waiting for a while, Han Tong was the first to speak.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, what the minister wants to say is not An Lehou, but the former commander of the guard commander Han Lingkun Han, he is now sent to the party by the emperor, and he also mentioned in his private letter to the minister that the party is also very restless at present."

Guo Zongxun was stunned, is the relationship between Han Tong and Han Lingkun so good, and there are still private messages?

"General Han, I want to know, why didn't Lord Han go to the imperial court, but mentioned it to you in a private message?"

Han Tong bowed down and said:

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince forgives the sin, it was the minister who didn't make it clear just now, Lord Han said in a private message to the minister, that he was ordering someone to investigate secretly, and he would play the court after he had real evidence, and in the private letter to the minister, he also specially told the minister not to talk nonsense."

Guo Zongxun smiled, walked over to help Han Tong up, and said:

"General Han, don't be nervous, it's Lone who can't speak, but Lone doesn't mean to accuse Lord Han and General Han, so, General Han, do you have any purpose for saying this?"

Han Tong's face was a little excited, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally came over to help him up, which can be regarded as a kind of honor and trust.

"The minister thinks so, the party is also located in the northwest of my Great Zhou, not far from Chang'an, if it is true that An Lehou secretly gathered troops, will there be any connection between this."

Guo Zongxun turned his head to Wei Renpu and the others and said:

"Lone just likes General Han like this, be prepared for danger in times of peace, take precautions, even if the restlessness of the party has nothing to do with An Lehou, but no matter where these two places are in chaos, it will cause greater riots, and we have to guard against it."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise, General Han can think of this, I am ashamed."

With the beginning of Hantong, Wei Renpu and others also expressed their opinions.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister thinks that there should be a two-pronged approach, on the one hand, he will be edicted to give him a chance to defend himself, and at the same time, it is equivalent to telling him that the court has noticed him, on the other hand, he must secretly send someone to investigate, and once the situation is true, then he must immediately come up with a means to deal with it."

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister thinks that An Lehou can go back to Kaifeng alone to defend himself in court, if he dares to come back, it at least shows that he does not dare to do anything wrong at present, if he refuses to come back, then he must use thunderous means to suppress it as soon as possible."

Guo Zongxun listened to the opinions of several court officials, nodded from time to time, and also noticed the expressions of several princes.

Cao Bin's two sons, Cao Can, who is a little older, have been listening carefully to the opinions of the ministers.

Cao Jue is obviously unable to sit still, and there seems to be a nail piercing his ass on the stool, always twisting around.

What satisfied Guo Zongxun the most was Wei Teng, the youngest son of Prime Minister Wei Renpu's family, a twelve-year-old boy who was not only listening carefully, but also taking notes with a brush.

"What the adults said is very good, Lone thinks it is better to investigate secretly, at this time, whether it is the Ming Zhao or the Ming Zhao returning to Beijing, it is possible to make An Lehou panic and hastily raise troops, what Lone wants is the stability of the court and all places during the father's expedition, as long as these people don't make trouble now, and when the father triumphs, they just want to make trouble, but they are afraid that there is no chance."

Guo Zongxun directly made a decision, and the matter of Li Yun was made in peace, and the Criminal Department and the Military Department jointly sent people to Chang'an to investigate.

On the party side, someone was also sent, but don't tell Han Lingkun yet, this is also considering the relationship between Han Tong and Han Lingkun.

The ministers retired, and the prince's companion also retreated, leaving Guo Zongxun behind Han Tong, Lu Duan, Cao Bin and Guo Jinli.

"Lord Han, you have done a good job, Lone is very happy, you are a loyal person to the country, Lone will remember your loyalty."

Guo Zongxun is ready to boldly trust and reuse Han Tong, this is something that cannot be helped, he has only been in charge of the country for less than a month, and there are undercurrents surging all over the Great Zhou, and it is really not good to have no henchmen at hand.

I hope I, Guo Zongxun, didn't believe in the wrong person.

Han Tong was naturally very excited, he had already seen that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince attached great importance to and trusted Cao Bin, and now, he also had this treatment.

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Prince, for your trust, and I am willing to serve my Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty and His Royal Highness the Prince."

Cao Bin also congratulated Han Tong on the side, since he came to the Guard Division, whether it is Han Lingkun or Han Tong, his attitude towards Cao Bin is very good.

"Guo Qingjia, you have done a good job in healing Lord Wang, and Lone will remember it, haha, it's just that Lone has no money in hand recently, so I won't reward you first."

Guo Jinli cured the hidden illness of Wang Pu, the deputy left-behind guard of Kaifeng, which can be regarded as a meritorious service.

Wang Pu, Guo Zongxun also specially asked Wei Zhongxian to send someone to investigate, this person is loyal and upright, with clean sleeves, and the most valuable thing is that this person has his own unique views on the management of the Yellow River.

"The minister doesn't dare to take credit, but he has fulfilled his duty as a doctor, and he doesn't hide it from His Royal Highness the Prince, but the minister has been entangled by Lord Wang these days, and guarding against Lord Wang every day is like guarding against thieves."

"Oh, why did Guo Qing's family say this, could it be that this Lord Wang still wants to steal your family's things?"

Guo Zongxun was also joking, he had already guessed why Wang Pu had been pestering Guo Jinli.

Wang Pu wants to be reinstated as soon as possible, and the plan he had in mind to control the floods of the Yellow River has been shelved for a while, and he can't delay for a moment, but without the health certificate issued to him by Guo Jinli, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will never allow him to be reinstated.

"Guo Qing's family, hasn't Lord Wang's body recovered, why haven't you issued him a health certificate all the time?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Lord Wang's body is fine, but it just won't suddenly break out and die of an emergency, if Lord Wang works too hard, then the minister's previous treatment will be completely in vain."

Guo Zongxun understood that Wang Pu's body was the same as those veterans of a hundred battles who suffered from major hidden diseases, and he couldn't work.

"Lu Sheren, you draft a prince's edict, the prince's east palace establishes the Yellow River Bureau, appoints Wang Pu as the first Yellow River order, and transfers manpower from the Beijing Sanguan, Hanlin Academy, Hongwen Pavilion and Craftsman Department to the Yellow River Bureau, and the specific work will be discussed between Gu and Lord Wang."

"The minister obeys the order, and then goes to draft the edict."

Guo Rong did give Guo Zongxun the greatest authority, and Guo Zongxun also realized that this was his father paving the way for himself, and he could not live up to his father's expectations of himself, and at the same time seized this opportunity to do more things for the consolidation of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Controlling the flooding of the Yellow River is one of the most urgent tasks.

Because Guo Zongxun knows very well what kind of disasters the Yellow River will bring to the entire Central Plains in the next few hundred years.

Even the Great Song Dynasty founded by Zhao Kuangyin was overwhelmed by the flooding of the Yellow River.

Therefore, for a talent like Wang Pu, Guo Zongxun must find a way to save his life no matter what.

directly set up the Yellow River Bureau, let Wang Pu be the commander of the Yellow River, and equipped his subordinates with miscellaneous errands, so that Wang Pu only needs to move his mouth.

Those of the Hanlin Academy, the Hongwen Pavilion, and the scattered officials in Beijing were all sent to govern the Yellow River first, and those who had merit were considered to give them the opportunity to enter the court.

After arranging these things, Guo Zongxun finally left Han Tong and Cao Bin alone.

"I want to hear what you two think of Shi Shouxin."

This is an absolute test proposition, and Guo Zongxun is curious to know how the two generals he can now rely on and trust will answer.

Cao Bin didn't speak, he had already sworn allegiance to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so it was better for him not to answer first.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, it is said that it is not a gentleman to talk about people behind his back, but since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked, the minister will say it first."

Han Tong is not stupid, and what can always make Guo Rong trust him very much must have his excellence.

"The minister thinks that Shi Shouxin is pretending to be reckless, and the minister also heard that among the troops under Shi Shouxin's jurisdiction, the situation of empty salaries is the most serious, and it has even been serious to the point of endangering the combat strength of the Great Zhou Forbidden Army."

This is the cleverness of Hantong, who doesn't want to go to a high place, but Hantong does things, and all the reference points must be from the perspective of the country's general interests.

This can be said to be scheming, but from another point of view, this is not true loyalty.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the views of the minister and General Han are basically the same, and there is a very good personal relationship between Shi Shouxin and Zhao Kuangyin in front of the palace.

Cao Bin, Guo Rong praised him for being fair and kind, but this is actually an illusion, since he has chosen to stand in line, there is no need to be fair and kind.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince made a move to deal with Shi Shouxin, Han Tong handed the knife up, and of course he Cao Bin couldn't be idle.

"Check, check this person for Lone, this matter will be handled by the two Qing families, Lone only gives you an edict, there is no explicit edict, do you understand what Lone means?"

Han Tong and Cao Bin handed over the knife, Guo Zongxun stuffed it back into the hands of the two, and asked them to take the knife together to commit murder......

After this matter is done, Han Tong and Cao Bin are even more inseparable from His Royal Highness the Prince.

In order to take refuge in His Royal Highness the Prince, the two of them are doing something against the military generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they are still investigating the matter of empty salaries.

This is especially to be the enemy of all the generals of the Great Zhou.

"Chen Hantong takes the order."

"Minister Cao Bin takes the order."

Han Tong and Cao Bin also realized that this was a great opportunity for them to be promoted again.

After defeating Shi Shouxin, the front division of the palace vacated the position of a commander, either Han Tong's or Cao Bin's.

To put it bluntly, this is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and there is only one Yue Fei in front of the palace, who feels unsafe and wants to arrange his henchmen inside.

It just so happens that he can also take the opportunity to get rid of Shi Shouxin, and Guo Zongxun will definitely not be soft on this.

These things were all arranged, and Wei Zhongxian also returned.

"Master, there's news from Qin Li's side."

"Oh? Let's hear it. ”

"Master, after the minions sent Qin Li out of the city, they hid in an abandoned village and town, that place is not bad, and the minions are also ready to be requisitioned to Dongchang, which can be used as a secret training base."

"It's lonely, the abandoned villages and towns can be used, it's naturally good, Wei Companion, you also know how to save money for Lonely, it's worth commendating."

"The slave thanked the master for his praise, and the slave continued to talk about Qin Li......

Qin Li was sent to the village and lived in a large mansion, which looked dilapidated on the outside, but in fact, more than a dozen houses in the center of the mansion had been picked up by Wei Zhongxian.

Qin Li's high bed and warm pillow every day, accompanied by a beautiful woman, is simply not too happy.

But in Qin Li's heart, he really couldn't be happy.

He accepted the beauty, don't want it in vain, he just wanted to see what the people over there in Nantang wanted to do.

From the mouths of these beauties, Qin Li heard some news that made him puzzled, and he absconded, but his family was not punished by His Royal Highness the Prince, but continued to be confined.

He made a huge mistake, Qin Li couldn't regret it, and he just wanted to apologize with death.

But at the same time, he realized that this was definitely not something that could be done by committing suicide himself.

Now, it is his chance to redeem his merits, and if he really makes meritorious contributions, he may be able to save the lives of his family.

Qin Li also wanted to get some news from the black-clothed people who were protecting him through his own means, but what surprised him was that these black-clothed people did everything one by one.

Qin Li couldn't find a chance to start at all.

Qin Li didn't know what the purpose of these people was to get him out, was he really going to send him to the Southern Tang Dynasty to enjoy some glory and wealth?

Regarding this, Qin Li absolutely did not believe it.

Even if he did, he would never go.

"I, Qin Lisheng, am a person of the Great Zhou, and death is a ghost of the Great Zhou, don't think that if I have committed a mortal crime against the Great Zhou, I will really be a traitor, the reason why Qin has survived until now is to atone for his sins."

Finally, Qin Li waited for the father-in-law of the Southern Tang Dynasty, who claimed to be Li Jinzhong, but did not see the beauty Lu Wan'er who claimed to love him very much.

"Lord Qin, I have wronged you during this time, but please don't misunderstand Lord Qin, we are definitely thinking about Lord Qin's safety by doing this."

Qin Li smiled and said:

"Qin doesn't feel aggrieved at all, he is accompanied by beautiful women every day, it is really merry and happy, I don't know that Gonggong Li is here, but there is good news for Qin......"