After leaving the country for many years, when the first emperor was still in power, he had greatly promoted the imperial examination, recruited learned people from all over the world to enter the court as officials, and advocated the concept of governing the country with literature. As a result, the real power of local officials and generals was weakened, and the military and political stagnation of the country was indirectly affected, resulting in the old horses in the army stumbling, the swords rusting, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers retreating for thousands of miles.

Su Yitong was also aware of this, so he conspired with Jun Moyan to build a shadow pavilion before this, set up a private underground palace, and secretly let the former military department squire Zuo Li and the current military department squire Lang Yang Mo secretly recruit troops and horses, supervise the ordnance forging, and try to save before this troubled world will arise.

Su Yitong proved to be prescient, and her efforts will also play a substantial role.

Now, the two countries of Chen and Northern China have formed an alliance and sent troops to leave the country on the grounds of crusading against the faint monarch, which is so powerful that it can deter all people. Yes, but in January, the combined forces of Chen and Northern China easily broke through the border defense and seized Mocheng.

However, the ambitions of the two countries were far more than that, and soon after the capture of Mocheng, the soldiers and horses of the two countries chose to continue to go south before they could rectify, and went deep into the hinterland of the country.

Looking at the entire court after leaving the country, most of them are civilian officials, and there are only a handful of people who can really kill the enemy. Therefore, although Su Yitong had a secret conversation with the ministers in the Zhengqing Palace overnight, there was only one result that could be obtained.

So early the next morning, at the beginning of the day, Su Yitong repeatedly issued an order to seal Jun Mo as the general of the expedition to the north and the regent Feng Feiyi each led 200,000 troops to the border city to meet Chen and Bei.

However, in the eyes of the world, when they left the country to send troops, they were already in a passive position, because the people of the world all thought that the 400,000 soldiers and horses temporarily sent out of the country were nothing more than mantis arms blocking the car in front of the millions of soldiers united by Chen and Bei, which was really futile.

Therefore, there are often storytellers in the teahouse restaurant laughing and talking, even though the two gods of war are sitting in the border city, Jun Moyan, the great general of the state, and the regent Feng Feiyi, the two gods of war, are sitting in the border city, but the strength of the two sides is very different, and defeat is only a matter of time.

Su Yitong sat in the court, buried in the express reports sent back by various forces for 800 miles all day long, often busy all day, and knew nothing about the outside world.

Occasionally, Su Yitong disguised himself as a handsome boy and sneaked into the major teahouses in the capital, guessing the recent situation of Feng Feiyi and Jun Moyan from the words and phrases of those storytellers.

Although the news about the recent situation of the two is ambiguous and unclear, Su Yitong knows that it is the time for her to rectify the dynasty when she is away from abroad and worries about internal troubles. Therefore, after dealing with the important state affairs, Su Yitong summoned Prime Minister Liuli into the palace to discuss the reorganization of the dynasty.

At that time, it had been two months since Su Yitong returned to the capital from Luoyi, and it was mid-autumn.

The rectification of the dynasty is not trivial, therefore, Su Yitong, at the suggestion of Prime Minister Liuli, decided to strike while the iron was hot, starting from the disappearance of the relief money and grain from the Bianzhou flood and the Luoyi drought, so as to launch an investigation.

Since she left Luoyi, it rained in Luoyi for only half a month, and this three-month drought finally came to an end.

Yun Du, Yun Qing ran around for this, and was busy for a whole month, before finally restoring the dead and silent Luoyi City to its former vitality and gradually getting on the right track.

For a time, the inside and outside of Luoyi City were also as new as Bianzhou City.

There were also some people who had grievances against Su Yitong, the emperor, who had earlier gradually shut up in this almost heavenly favor, and then put all their thoughts on the matter of reorganizing their homeland, and no longer said blind words.

Although the disaster in Luoyi City has been resolved, Su Yitong still has relatives in his heart. This time, in order to help her and prevent her from becoming the faint monarch referred to by the people, Feng Feiyi can be said to have exhausted all the financial and human resources of the Regent's Palace. It is precisely because of this that since Feng Feiyi left, Su Yitong always felt empty in his heart, as if he was inexplicably missing a corner of his heart.

Ying Wei sent the list of officials who participated in the embezzlement of money and food for disaster relief that Jun Moyan had recorded at the beginning to the palace, and after Su Yitong read it, he was furious at the moment and immediately ordered the Criminal Department to investigate thoroughly. However, after a wave of unsettled incidents, the list of officials who embezzled money and food for disaster relief was handed over to the Criminal Department for thorough investigation, and Kageichi sent several pieces of evidence about the crimes of the DPRK and China officials who were corrupt and bent the law and covered up the murder.

So that night, Su Yitong ordered martial law in the entire capital, and secretly dispatched the only 1,000 shadow guards in the capital shadow pavilion to surround all the mansions of the ministers of the DPRK and China, strictly inspect them, and not allow anyone to enter or leave.

It was only at this time that the ministers of the court finally knew that this young emperor who looked like a scoundrel and acted in an unruly manner was no longer the incompetent emperor who could be slaughtered in their eyes in the past.

Su Yitong didn't know what they were thinking at the moment, of course, even if she knew, she wouldn't take their thoughts seriously. After all, the more nice the words, the deeper the hidden knife, she thinks that she is not stupid enough to be led by the nose because of a word or two of praise from others, so she knows that the rectification of the dynasty requires a quick knife to cut through the mess, the sooner the better.

That night, Liuli hurriedly entered the palace and asked Su Yitong about the siege of the major mansions of the ministers of the court, however, Su Yitong only glanced at him lightly, and did not mean to talk to him in detail, only threw the stack of incriminating evidence collected by the shadow guard to him, and then reviewed it as if no one was around.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the bleak autumn wind seems to be sandwiched with ice knives, rolling up the yellow fallen leaves and drifting around, adding the last touch of desolation to the coming late autumn.

The news of the siege of the palace of the ministers of the DPRK and China spread in the capital within a night, and the rich sons who had used the name of relatives and officials to oppress the people in the city also walked on thin ice, hiding at home and not daring to go out, for fear that when the Son of Heaven was angry and took people to open the knife, they happened to become the unlucky ghosts who were cut by the Son of Heaven.

For a while, the wealthy merchants in the entire capital were secretly trying to figure out the mind of the Son of Heaven, but no one dared to jump out and say a rebuttal at this juncture.

Because they all know very well that the enemy is current, and this is the only good time for the emperor to rectify the dynasty. And once she misses the opportunity, even if she wants to change blood in the future, I am afraid that she will not be able to do it.

In the next few days, Liuli stayed in the palace night and night, discussing with Su Yitong which official could better deter the court.

Su Yitong knew in her heart that the power of the ministers of the DPRK and China was intertwined, and it was no longer necessary for her to abolish it. What's more, Jun Moyan and Feng Feiyi are still working hard in the border city, and they don't know life and death. And what she did in the court could only take this opportunity to rectify the court and stabilize the people's hearts. But officials are the foundation of the court's life, and they can be handled lightly, but they cannot be handled lightly. Therefore, this is the problem that Su Yitong really has to face.

Su Yitong knew that beating at the right time could only cure the symptoms but not the root cause, so for three days, she was thinking about how to deal with this matter.

"Your Majesty, Miss Wei, the daughter of Lord Shang Shuwei of the Ministry of War, asks to see you."

On this day, Su Yitong had just finished reading the recital sent by Bianzhou, and was discussing with Liuli who should be sent to appoint the prefect of Luoyi, when he heard that someone from the palace had come to pay tribute.

"The daughter of Lord Shangshuwei of the military department?" Su Yitong frowned, looked at Liuli and asked, "Do you know?" ”

Liuli nodded, her face was the same as before, and the corners of her mouth smiled and replied, "Well, she is Weichen's sister." ”

"Sister?" Su Yitong looked at him suspiciously, and then suddenly said: "Oh, I remembered, last time the general told me that the military department Shangshu was the prime minister's father-in-law. ”

"Exactly." Liuli quietly avoided the excitement jumping in Su Yitong's eyes, and hurriedly got up and said goodbye: "The war in the border city is tight, and my father-in-law has already left the city a few days ago in order to prepare military rations and other materials. Thinking that my sister must have gone to the Prime Minister's Mansion to find me, so she recklessly entered the palace to ask for a meeting, and asked Your Majesty not to blame, and Weichen will leave. ”

"Hey!" Su Yitong hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, since Sister Ling is here, it's better to invite her into the palace to see her." As she spoke, she commanded outside the hall, "Go and invite Miss Wei into the hall." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The palace people were ordered to retreat.

Su Yitong smiled and beckoned Liuli to sit in front of the table on the side, and said politely: "The affairs of the DPRK and China have been busy these days, and it is also hard for the prime minister, since Miss Wei has been found, the prime minister might as well sit down and drink a cup of tea first, and rest first." ”

When Liuli heard this, she could only give up, and when she took off her clothes, she walked to Su Yitong and sat down, immediately poured herself a cup of tea, and tasted it by herself.

After a while, Wei Changyang entered the Jardine Hall under the leadership of the palace people.

Su Yitong heard the prestige, and saw that in front of the wide open door of the Jardine Palace, a woman in a pink dress came against the light, her quiet face was a little sickly, but it did not hide the gentleness and virtuousness that emanated from her body, as if she was beautiful, her slender waist and limbs were not in her hand, and she came with a small lotus step like a weak willow supporting the wind.

"Prime Minister......" Su Yitong looked at Wei Changyang with bright eyes, couldn't help but reach out and pat the back of Liuli's hand, and whispered: "Your sister is really wonderful!" ”

Su Yitong doesn't praise people, but everyone who knows her well knows that it is not uncommon to hear her praise people for being beautiful, but if you hear her praise people for the word "wonderful", you can know that she is really interested in people.

Su Yitong didn't know why she was suddenly so interested in this Wei Changyang, she had seen countless beauties, and it was not for nothing that the palace concubines in her harem were more beautiful than Wei Changyang. But she just thinks that a beauty should be like Wei Changyang, just let the man take a look, and then feel ecstasy.

It's a pity......

Su Yitong smashed his mouth and shook his head again and again, looking at Liuli for a while, he looked at her and asked, "Your Majesty, but ...... to Yang'er?"

"No......" Without waiting for Liuli to finish speaking, Su Yitong hurriedly waved his hand, wiped his saliva with a smile, but his eyes still lingered on Wei Changyang's body and said: "Don't misunderstand, Prime Minister, it's just the first time I've seen a beauty like Miss Wei, just appreciate it, appreciate it......"