Pharmacist Zhu brought He Wuji and Wang Tiezhu to the Phoenix Terrace, and ordered the internal supervisor and the imperial physician to carry Qiu Xingzhi over.

The four monarchs and ministers faced each other on the Phoenix Terrace, Wang Tiezhu He Wuji lowered his head and said nothing, and the corners of Qiu Xingzhi's mouth moved: "Why bother!" ”

Pharmacist Zhu hurriedly held Qiu Xingzhi's hand: "Mr. Qiu, it's all my fault, it's my fault, I've hurt Mr." ”

Qiu Xingzhi said weakly: "Now I have become blind and retired to the mountains and forests, Your Majesty should also rest assured!" ”

Pharmacist Zhu hurriedly said: "Mr. misunderstood, I want Mr. to stay in the palace and continue to assist me, so as to correct my mistakes!" ”

Qiu Xingzhi waved his hand with difficulty: "My mind is in chaos, and now I can't see it anymore, please ask Your Majesty to remember the old love and let me live!" ”

As soon as the word "life road" came out, He Wuji Wang Tiezhu knelt down: "Please let your majesty let us go back to our hometown, we are willing to cut off our own arm!" ”

Pharmacist Zhu sat on the ground all of a sudden: "In your hearts, I just don't worry about you, do you want to kill the heroes?" I've been without you for months, and I can't imagine that I've become so estranged! ”

He Wuji raised his head: "Your Majesty, you only trust those scholars now, and you won't believe anything we say!" ”

Wang Tiezhu also said: "Your Majesty, we are brothers who followed you from north to south, all the way from birth to death, but now, we are all going to be forced to death by them in the court!" Without His Majesty's approval, where did they get the guts? ”

Pharmacist Zhu shook his head: "It seems that you think that when I become the emperor, I will become a faint monarch who is loyal and treacherous, but if you think about yourself, I haven't asked you to loot gold and silver, rob women, and grab fields, when have I checked the list of meritorious services reported?" But it's still not enough, what would you think if you sat on this chair? ”

He Wuji and Wang Tiezhu were silent for a moment, and Qiu Xingzhi got up from the recliner: "I understand that Your Majesty also needs a sense of security, so he will support the new and suppress the old." The two marshals can rest assured that as long as they are more restrained and restrained, there will not be a disaster of killing. Your Majesty is still a person who misses old love! ”

Pharmacist Zhu smiled bitterly: "Mr. Qiu is like watching the fire, but he still doesn't understand my hard work. In your opinion, Song Huafu and Jia Yuanen are traitors and villains, thinking that I have been deceived by villains. You might as well go and check the words and deeds of the two of them privately in the next few days, and if you find anything illegal, I will allow you to catch them first and then play them! ”

Wang Tiezhu was straightforward: "Okay, Your Majesty still treats us as brothers, and that brother really took someone to check in private!" ”

Yao Shi Zhu held up the Tiezhu of He Wuji with both hands: "I only hope that you can understand my painstaking efforts, work in harmony with these newly promoted ministers, restrain your subordinates, and rule the world in the future!" ”

He Wuji and Wang Tiezhu were already at ease at this moment, Zhu Yaoshi ordered the inner supervisor to bring up the wine and food, and beckoned the three of them to eat and drink together, Qiu Xingzhi waved his hand and excused himself: "Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness, drink a glass of wine, and from now on say goodbye to Your Majesty, and go to the Sanqingguan Cultivation outside the city!" ”

He Wuji and Wang Tiezhu persuaded: "Sir, why is this difficult? Since I have spoken today, I might as well stay and continue to assist Your Majesty! ”

Qiu Xingzhi fumbled to feed the wine into his mouth, drank it painfully, and then the cup fell to the ground: "I did it first as a respect, and I accidentally broke this cup, the cup is still there, but it is broken and can't be used."

Pharmacist Zhu sighed a few times: "Let's go, send Mr. Qiu to Sanqingguan, and take a thousand taels of gold from the inner mansion!" ”

The inner eunuchs carried Qiu Xingzhi away, and He Wuji Wang Tiezhu got up and followed him out on the left and right.

Pharmacist Zhu looked at the background of the three of them with a wine glass, a gust of wind blew, and a few tears flowed down his face.

Wang Tiezhu and He Wuji each took people to visit Song Huafu and Jia Yuanen for a few days, not only did they not find a trace of bad deeds, but they knew that the two of them had already had a good name.

This Song Huafu, who lost his father when he was young, remarried his mother, and has been collecting firewood, herding cattle, hunting and catching fish since he was a child to support his three younger brothers. When he grew up, he took back his mother to support him and became a famous filial son in Jinling City.

Since he made Shangshu Ling, many people have been refused by him to give gifts, in addition to handling official business in Shangshu Mansion, the family is still living in a hut in the west of the city. Wang Tiezhu led people to follow him for a few days, and found that Song Huafu's family's old snacks were still gruel mixed with wild vegetables and corn. The gold and silver rewarded by the emperor were always thrown on the spot and refused to accept them.

He Wuji didn't believe it at first, and he took someone to follow him for a few more days, wanting to see if this Song Huafu was deliberately doing it to them. Even Song Huafu was followed by He Wuji when he washed, and Song Huafu, who took off his court clothes, was full of holes and patches.

Jia Yuanen here, with an average family background, is honest and trustworthy, and in order to repay his friends' debts, he sold himself as a slave for three years. Although he was not as frugal as Song Huafu, he was also very poor, and his family ate ordinary meals, but the gold and silver rewarded by the emperor were distributed to guests and friends.

Zhu Yaoshi convened the court meeting again to discuss military affairs, and Wang Tiezhu and He Wuji had to look at Song Huafu and Jia Yuanen a few more times.

Seeing that all the ministers had arrived, Pharmacist Zhu cleared his throat and rubbed his eyes: "I summoned you here today because there are many important things to discuss. But before that, I want to tell you about the situation of the ministers of the court who secretly investigated the court a few days ago! ”

All the ministers looked at each other, speculating whether the emperor had sent someone to check on him, Song Huafu and Jia Yuanen looked at Pharmacist Zhu with calm expressions.

Pharmacist Zhu suddenly pointed at Song Huafu: "The first one to check is Song Shangshu!" ”

After Pharmacist Zhu finished speaking, he stopped and observed Song Huafu's reaction, Song Huafu knelt down when he heard that the first one was himself, not because he was weak-hearted, but because he felt that the emperor was too scheming, and he paid equal attention to grace and power, so he used him to warn him.

Pharmacist Zhu smiled: "Song Shangshu is actually hidden at home, the family eats wild vegetable porridge and wears patch clothes, which is too degrading!" ”

Song Huafu's head was sweating: "The minister has lost the country's body, and he is guilty of capital crimes!" Danchen always remembers the teachings of the saints and does not dare to indulge his selfish desires! ”

Zhu Yaoshi waved his hand: "Song Shangshu get up, I don't blame you, the court has a virtuous and filial son like you, which shows that we are the orthodox who rules the world on the right path!" ”

Song Huafu kowtowed and stood up: "Your Majesty is wise, we should do our best to assist Your Majesty to rule the world!" ”

The ministers shouted long live, and Pharmacist Zhu waved his hand to signal everyone to stop: "I haven't finished speaking, the second one to check is Taiwei Jia, this Taiwei Jia is a person who doesn't care about his family, the family eats cold and wears no warmth, but he gives the gold and silver cloth I rewarded to others, and some are even friends on the same side!" Captain Jia is really generous! ”

Jia Yuanen hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the minister is to recruit talents from all over the world for Your Majesty and relieve the siege and help the poor, and he really doesn't take good care of his family, and the minister is guilty!" ”

Zhu Yaoshi became serious: "Taiwei Jia, your loyalty is understandable, but the sage said that self-cultivation Qi family rules the country and the world, you and Song Shangshu are both good at planning the country and not good at planning the family, I am anxious for you, it is better to take your family members to live in Nanyuan and be supported by the state!" ”

Situ Tong Anguo immediately replied: "Your Majesty's move is wise and benevolent, and the ministers think it is feasible, and all the children of loyal ministers and good generals can be raised by the state in Nanyuan, so that everyone in the world can know Your Majesty's heart of seeking talent and loving talents!" ”

He Wuji immediately reacted, this was to ask the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to send his family to Nanyuan as a hostage, so he pulled Wang Tiezhu and knelt down: "The ministers also want to be treated the same as Taiwei Shangshu, I hope Your Majesty will not chill our loyalty!" ”

Pharmacist Zhu waved his hand: "You don't have to worry, whether you are loyal or not, I will check in detail!" Huang Zhifeng, the head of Bing Cao, you privately colluded with profiteers to sell some inferior furs, copper and iron to the manufacturing office to make clothes and armor, with the intention of harming our soldiers, you are guilty! ”

Huang Zhifeng collapsed to the ground, and Pharmacist Zhu pointed: "Drag it out and behead it at the end gate!" The first level of the government warns! ”

Huang Zhifeng was dragged out, and some of the remaining ministers were also sweating on their foreheads, and Pharmacist Zhu glanced at everyone: "All the secret investigations, I have let the internal guards record them, whether they are loyal ministers, traitors or corrupt officials, I know it in my heart, I hope you will do it yourself!" ”

The ministers knelt down together: "The emperor is wise and martial, and the ministers dare not have two hearts when they do their best!" ”

Pharmacist Zhu stood up and spread his hands: "I believe that this Taiji Hall is full of virtuous and capable ministers, and I will dominate the world just around the corner." Today's discussion is announced by Zhang Pingnan, the left servant, you can speak freely! ”

Zhang Pingnan, the left servant of the palace, picked up the edict and read: "At today's court meeting, the first item discussed is the current battle defense plan and plan!" According to Jia Taiwei's strategy of cutting and fighting, it is to recover Luoyang and Chang'an first, based on the Central Plains, and recover the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River. As for Yizhou, Jingzhou will negotiate peace with them for the time being, and will come to clean up after the north is pacified. I wonder what you think of this strategy? ”

Most of the people in the hall had never dealt with Mobei and Liu Jian and other forces, so they all echoed it.

Wang Tiezhu looked at everyone and still spoke: "The minister thinks that Liu Jian's remnant army in the west has the same combat strength as our army, and if it is not taken with the momentum of thunder now, it will become a big disaster in the future!" On the Mobei side, peace can still be negotiated, and we will make plans in the future! ”

After all, Wang Tiezhu didn't know that the situation in the north had changed, and it was inconvenient for him to say it, so he looked at Jia Yuanen.

Jia Yuanen bowed his hand to Wang Tiezhu: "What Marshal Wang said is that the south is first and then the north, and the first is easy and then the south, although it can be taken quickly, but Mobei will have more time to prepare, and more soldiers and horses will be trained." At that time, it will be even more difficult to deal with, it is better to take Luoyang Chang'an as an attack now! ”

Wang Tiezhu has been much more cautious now since he almost splattered blood on the spot in the main hall last time, as soon as Jia Yuanen raised an objection, Wang Tiezhu no longer argued: "I'm just a suggestion, this military matter is still decided by the emperor and you after consultation!" ”

Pharmacist Zhu nodded: "Okay, it's just a matter of peace negotiation, who should be sent?" Can anyone nominate yourself? ”

He Wuji walked out: "Your Majesty, it has been more than half a month since the minister withdrew his troops from Suizhou, if the enemy army has the intention of going east, it must have already reached Huaiyang, and now there is no movement of the enemy army on the front line, which means that the enemy army also has the intention of seeking peace." Why don't we wait for the enemy to take the initiative to come to Jinling to negotiate peace? ”

Wang Tiezhu immediately said: "Didn't the enemy army already cross the river to attack Tanzhou?" If you want to base yourself on peace, the enemy army that must be fought first has no idea of fighting, please lead the army back to Tanzhou! ”

Zhu Yaoshi's original intention was to find He Wuji and Wang Tiezhu to go north, how could he agree to Wang Tiezhu to go to Tanzhou again: "Marshal Wang is like a bamboo in the south of the Yangtze River, and the enemy army that has already been fought is cold, and now it is just some remnants of soldiers who have secretly fled past, there is no need for Marshal Wang to go in person, you and Marshal He are now preparing to go north!" ”

When Wang Tiezhu heard this, he immediately fell silent.

Zhang Pingnan saw that the first topic had been decided, so he went on to proclaim: "Today's court meeting, the second topic is the reform, the old dynasty has a lot of taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and it is extremely corrupt. I also ask the ministers to write down their good policies after returning home, and discuss them in ten days! ”

Everyone looked at each other, and they all had a little headache, after all, although these people were mostly virtuous, they knew nothing about governing the country.

Li Xiaofei, who traveled day and night all the way, walked for many days, and finally came to Majiadu in Jinling, ready to enter the city to see Zhu Yaoshi.