Since Zu Yan was in the struggle with Lu Lingxuan's court rights, because he underestimated the relationship between Lu Lingxuan and Gao Wei, he was knocked down by Lu Lingxuan in one fell swoop, which made Gao Wei gradually alienate Zu Yan, a favorite minister who ate and slept together a few days ago! And Lu Lingxuan also began to fight back against Zu Yan, first letting the maids and eunuchs in the palace keep saying bad things about Zu Yan in front of Gao Wei, and finally asked Gao Wei to find Lu Lingxuan in person and ask what the hell is going on!

So, Lu Lingxuan deliberately pretended to be sad and hesitant, and under Gao Wei's repeated questioning, Lu Lingxuan first pretended to be frightened, kowtowed to Gao Wei and apologized: "It's all my old maid who deserves to die!" The old maid had heard He Shikai say that this Zu Yan was erudite and talented, so she mistakenly thought that he was a good person, so she recommended him in front of His Majesty some time ago and made him a powerful servant! But recently, the old maid discovered that this Zu Yan is a complete traitor, corrupt and cronyistic! So the old maid really deserves to be damned, she let such a treacherous person become an important minister of the court! Please forgive your sins! ”

So, Gao Wei, who was convinced of Lu Lingxuan, immediately asked another favorite minister, Han Changluan, to investigate Zu Yan to see if he was really a treacherous minister who deceived the king as Lu Lingxuan said!

And Han Changluan, as a representative of Gao Wei's military favorites, has always hated Zu Yan, who is a Han but is highly used by Gao Wei, especially Zu Yuan framed and designed to kill Hu Luguang, the most respected general in the military circles, which made Han Changluan want to break Zu Yan's body into thousands of pieces, so now that there is this opportunity to take revenge on Zu Yan, of course Han Changluan will not let it go!

As a result, Han Changluan handled the case very efficiently, and soon found out that Zu Yan pretended to be Gao Wei's edict in order to defraud various rewards and so on.

Seeing that Zu Yan was really a traitor who deceived the king and bent the law for bribes, Gao Wei was really angry, but because when Zu Yan was favored, Gao Wei once swore a heavy oath, saying that no matter what mistakes Zu Yan made in the future, Gao Wei would not kill him, so this time Zu Yan also escaped, and the angry Gao Wei did not put him to death, but only released the control of his servants, and then followed the advice of Lu Lingxuan and Han Changluan, and sent Zu Yan to Huaibei, which was at war with Chen State, to serve as the assassin of Northern Xuzhou!

Being demoted out of the capital means that he will no longer be close to the emperor, and there will be no day to turn over, so Zu Yuan cried and shouted in front of the palace gate to see Gao Wei and explain to Gao Wei in person! But at this time, Han Changluan had already controlled the guards of the palace, so Zu Yan had always been blocked by the guards outside the palace, and he couldn't see Gao Wei at all, and even he wanted to play Lai Pi, sitting on the ground, and saying that if His Majesty didn't come out, he wouldn't get up! But he was also sent by Han Changluan to send a few big men and directly took him out!

Because at this time, it happened to be reported on the Huaibei battlefield that Gao Changgong was defeated by Xiao Yao in Xiao County, and then led the defeated army to flee to North Xuzhou, but the situation in North Xuzhou was not optimistic, and there was a danger of being attacked by the Chen army at any time, so Lu Lingxuan and they came up with a plan to kill people with a knife, and asked Gao Wei to send Zu Yan to North Xuzhou as an assassin, hoping that when Chen attacked North Xuzhou, he would kill Zu Yan by the way!

Originally, Gao Wei also wanted to take advantage of Gao Changgong's defeat and then execute him together, but at this time, Han Changluan stood up again to speak for these generals in the army!

"Your Majesty, General Hu has been executed before, whether he really has the intention of rebellion or not, but General Hu is a god-like existence in the hearts of our Great Qi soldiers! If Your Majesty still wants to investigate the crime of defeat of King Lanling and also put King Lanling to death, within a year, the two walls of our Great Qi Kingdom have not died on the battlefield, but have been executed by ourselves, which will definitely greatly damage the morale of the soldiers! And now the state of Chen is still showing off his might in the land of Huaibei, although the state of Zhou in the west has ceased war with us, but if they know that the three heroes of our Qi country who defeated hundreds of thousands of Zhou troops have died, then they will definitely come back and continue to attack Luoyang! At that time, we will be attacked on two fronts, but not only will the morale of the army be low, but there will also be no available generals, then our Qi country will definitely be ruined! Han Changluan said excitedly.

Hearing that the country was ruined, Gao Wei was indeed frightened, after all, he hadn't finished enjoying it yet, so he also decided to let go of his killing intent towards Gao Changgong first, and then asked: "What you said is quite reasonable, so what are we going to do now?" ”

"The defeat of our army in Huaibei will definitely affect the morale of the armies in other places, so what we have to do now is first of all to stabilize the morale of the whole army and improve the morale of the soldiers! As long as the soldiers are united, then we still have the ability to resist the attack of the Chen army, and we can even deter the Zhou State, so that he will not dare to act rashly! Although the King of Lanling was defeated on the battlefield of Huaibei, he still has a very high prestige in the hearts of the soldiers, so at this time, we must protect him even more! Use his prestige to stabilize the morale of the army! Han Changluan suggested.

"You mean, not only can I not cure Gao Changgong for the crime of defeat now, but I also want to reward him heavily?" Gao Wei said a little unhappily.

"That's right! Since General Hu died, all the soldiers in the army are panicked and have no intention of fighting, so we must have a prestigious general to stabilize the morale of the army, so King Lanling must not die now! Even we can't let him die on the battlefield in Huaibei! As soon as he dies, the morale of our Daqi army will not be able to gather, so now we must transfer the king of Lanling from the Huaibei battlefield back to Yecheng, and then reward him with promotion, take advantage of his prestige, stabilize the morale of the army first, and wait for the situation between us and Zhou Chen to stabilize, and then make plans! Han Changluan said solemnly.

"Then how should I reward Gao Changgong? If he was promoted to the supreme commander of the army like Hu Luguang, it would be impossible, he was only in command of the army in Huaibei, and he had already dared to disobey the order, if he controlled the entire army in his hands, then he would definitely not take me seriously at all! Gao Wei said very reluctantly.

"Your Majesty can promote the King of Lanling to the rank of Great Sima! Although Da Sima is above the three dukes, he has no real power in his hands, and letting the king of Lanling return to Yecheng is also convenient for His Majesty to monitor him, so that he does not dare to do anything wrong! Han Changluan suggested.

Because this is a military matter, they will only fight for power and profit in the court and eradicate dissidents, and the mother and son of Lu Lingxuan and Mu Tipo who are in the nest do not dare to express any opinions, and they are indeed frightened by Han Changluan's statement that the country is ruined, if the army has no combat effectiveness, as soon as the Zhou army and Chen Jun attack in, then they will become prisoners, and they will no longer be able to enjoy these extravagant and corrupt lives brought by power!

So, Gao Wei, who didn't have any opinions, listened to Han Changluan's advice, and then, to everyone's surprise, including Gao Changgong's own expectations, not only did not investigate Gao Changgong's responsibility for the defeat, but also appointed him as the Great Sima and asked him to return to Yecheng from Northern Xuzhou immediately!