The official Zhao You was born smart, from childhood to adulthood, his talent is higher than others, whether it is knowledge and conversation, or calligraphy, painting, poetry and writing, he is not inferior to others. Therefore, Zhao You thinks very highly of himself, and once had courtiers who flattered him with the rule of Zhenguan, and the official family was happy on the surface, and after ten days, he belittled this person to Guangnan Road. Afterwards, listening to the text of the imperial study, the eunuch Liang Shizhong said, what the official family admired was the rule of Yao Shun, and he thought that Tang Taizong was far inferior to himself.

However, in the prosperous era of the balance, the southeast is actually reversed! Moreover, hundreds of thousands of rioters were unveiled at the same time in more than ten states and counties.

Zhao You read Fang La's text word for word with a gloomy face, for a long time, without saying a word. In the vertical arch hall, the candle flame is fluttering, the prime minister Cai Jing, the governor Zhao Zhifu, the privy envoy Wang Fu, the privy deputy envoy Li Bangyan, and the imperial city secretary Shen Yun are all there, except for Cai Jingshang, who has some prime minister's bearing, the other people's faces are even bleaker than the official family, as if they have been dug up ancestral graves.

"What do you think should be done with this matter?" Zhao You finally said slowly, exhaled deeply, closed his eyes and calmed down. "Since the dynasty, the four seas have been leveled, the treasury is full, the countries have come to the dynasty, and the occasional defeat of Hebei has been immediately redeemed and the ancestral territory has been restored. But in the hearts of the subjects, do I really think that I am a faint king? ”

"Your Majesty," Wang Fu said cautiously, "This dynasty adheres to the policy of internal emptiness and external emptiness, in addition to the forbidden army, there are more than 400,000 personnel in the state and county armies, all of which are unbearable. The distribution of the forbidden army is heavy in the north and light in the south, with a total of 400,000 personnel stationed in the three major camps of Hebei, Hedong, and Xijing, and a total of 350,000 personnel on duty in the front of the imperial shift, and only 4,000 people in the forbidden army on the Liangzhejiang Road, more than 5,000 people on Jiangdong Road, more than 6,000 people on Jiangxi Road, more than 8,000 people on Hunan Road, 12,000 people on Hubei Road, more than 4,000 people on Fujian Road, and more than 1,000 people in Liangguang.......

Zhao You's face became more and more gloomy, and his breathing became heavier and heavier.

"I asked what to do!" Accompanied by the anger of the official family, a pen wash "bang" smashed in front of Wang Fu, and fragments flew in all directions.

"I ask you what to do with it!" Zhao You held down the dragon chair to calm his anger, stared at Wang Fu and said in a deep voice, as if standing in front of him was the Mingjiao demon who wantonly slandered him.

Wang Fu was frightened into a cold sweat, and hurriedly said: "In Weichen's opinion, you should choose good generals and command the Jingshi and Xijing forbidden troops to quell the chaos in the southeast region. ”

"In two months, how many forbidden troops will be needed to defeat this group of grass demons? Who can be the general? ”

"The devil has been planning for a long time, and the southeast has changed in a hurry, and if you want to quell the chaos in two months, you need at least 150,000 troops." Wang Fu said in a trembling voice, he wanted to say that the 300,000 army of the southern expedition was in order to make a foolish plan, but the heavy grain and grass of the southern expedition army was bound to be raised and coordinated by the Privy Council, and the two months were too short and too short, and the southern expeditionary army exceeded 150,000, so it would definitely be too late.

Zhao You "snorted", the number of 150,000 troops was slightly more than he estimated in his mind, but the lion fought the rabbit with all his strength, in order to quickly pacify the southeast, so that the national policy of the imperial court returned to the track of opening up the territory and expanding the territory, and all states came to the court, which was considered to be allowed to Wang Fu's proposal.

"Then 150,000 elite soldiers will be drawn from Beijing and Xijing to form the southern expedition camp, who is the general?"

The important ministers are cautious, Caoyun is the lifeblood of Bianjing, and it involves the safety of the southeast half of the country, in case it is not human, the responsibility of this recommendation is not small.

After being silent for a moment, Prime Minister Cai Jing sighed and said slowly: "Daofu has just supervised the camp of Hebei Province and fought fiercely with the Liao army for several months, if he is in Beijing at this moment, he should be the right person." ”

As soon as he said this, Wang Fu, Li Bangyan, Shen Yun and others were puzzled. These people all knew the inside story of the chaos in Hebei, and they had already classified Tong Guan into the ranks of mediocre generals who were greedy for life and afraid of death, who knew that Cai Jing actually recommended him. Li Bangyan said secretly, could it be that Cai Gongxiang was crazy because his ancestral grave was dug up?

Zhao You's pupils shrank, picked up the text of the Mingjiao uprising, looked at it again, and said hatefully: "The southeast has changed, this matter was originally wanted to be pressed first." Since Cai Xiang mentioned it, what is said in this article is that "the child thief caused the fall of Hebei, and millions of people were ruined." Thousands of people posted public exposures everywhere, accusing him of treachery, and the world was in an uproar. 'What's going on?' ”

Cai Jing's face was as usual, and he said slowly: "Your Majesty mentioned it, and the old minister remembered that these days, there have been many denigrations of Lord Tong in Bianjing and the Southeast Prefecture Capital, chasing wind and shadows, and slandering the government, and the old minister has asked Kaifeng Mansion to investigate this matter." Alas, Your Majesty forgave the old minister for being stupid, and the old minister only thought after reading the military newspaper that this revelation was actually done by thieves in order to disturb people's hearts. He paused for a moment, and then said, "Lord Tong set out from Hejian to Beijing on the tenth day, and now there is no news of the state capital on the road. When he said this, he stopped and looked to the side.

Zhao You followed his gaze at Shen Yun, his face was slightly cold, and he asked in a deep voice, "Is there a Daofu in the Imperial City?" ”

Shen Yun hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Just as Minister Cai said, Master Tong has lost his trace since he set off from Hejian, and the Jinyuan Mansion is also sending additional people to find the whereabouts of Lord Tong. ”

Zhao You remembered Tong Guan's loyalty and hard work, thinking that he was now framed by thieves, and his life and death were uncertain, so he couldn't help gritting his teeth and said: "The thief wants to cause trouble in the world, and he is so ruthless." ”

"This slander of Lord Tong was also brought, full of nonsense. Don't dare to insult the saints. Cai Jing slowly took out a folded piece of rice paper from his arms. Shen Yun, the official of the Imperial City Division, has been roughly aware of Cai Xiang's scheming to recommend Tong Guan since he heard the official family read out the words in Fang Layu's article. He had the heart to help these scholars who posted the post, but he had no good solution, and he couldn't get himself involved, so he could only stand quietly and let Cai Jing frame.

Zhao You finished reading the unveiling post at a glance and ten lines as usual, and in a state of excitement, he threw it on the table and scolded: "Ridiculous, what kind of person is Daofu, can I still be wrong?" If he hadn't lost his mind, how could he have allowed the Hu people to shoot the forbidden army and sit back and watch the Hebei army mutiny. There are military letters to report every day in the river, and there are several battles with the Khitan, how many kills, how many losses, the facts are there. This person who wrote the exposé post fabricated such a ridiculous thing to slander Daofu, undoubtedly wanting to ridicule him......" He originally wanted to say me, but when the words came to his lips, he changed his words, "The court is 'mediocre', and his intentions are extremely vicious. ”

Zhao You scolded the post and asked: "Bianjing also has a post of southeast thieves, and Kaifeng Mansion has found out the whereabouts of the thieves." ”

Cai Jing said: "The old minister also ordered Kaifeng Mansion to conduct a strict and thorough investigation, thanks to the luck of the sky, the thieves acted without scruples, not only the thieves who posted the post were exposed. Even the leaders who wrote the exposé post and instigated this matter have almost been investigated. ”

"Oh?" Zhao You became interested when he heard this, the thief demon was far away in the southeast, and Wang Shi had quelled the chaos for too long in two months. Now if you want to relieve the hatred in your heart, you have to take these Xiaoxiao hidden in Jingshi to open the knife.

Cai Jing glanced at Shen Yun with a vague look, and said slowly: "The person who wrote the exposé post is Zhao Xingde, the supervisor of Taixue, and the rest of the leaders who instigated this matter are still called Chen Dong, Zhang Bing, Deng Su and other supervisors. ”

Zhao You listened with a cold face, knocked on the table with his left hand, and said as if he suddenly realized: "No wonder, no wonder," he picked up Fang La's inscription from the table, "It's a friend again, and it's still colluding with the thieves, no wonder how the thieves said something 'In the past thirty years, the old ministers have been degraded to death'. ”

"Your Majesty! Be discerning! Cai Jing didn't expect Zhao You to make another discovery, Shen Yun sighed secretly in his heart, just for this southeast thief, a piece of paper, for the country's efforts to dissect the liver and soul, a catastrophe is inevitable.

Zhao You was silent for a while, and said coldly: "In this case, why don't Kaifeng Mansion arrest it quickly, do you still want to sit back and watch this group of friends and villains who slander the government and government make trouble in Beijing?" ”

"Your Majesty," Cai Jingbing said, "There are a large number of people in the capital, scattered everywhere, and exchanging news, Kaifeng Mansion rashly catches them, but they are afraid that the news will leak out, and it will be difficult to catch them in one net." A few days later, it will be the autumn season, and the lifters will all have to enter the exam, and at that time, the officials of Kaifeng Mansion only need to wait outside the examination room, according to the list of thieves, and lock them one by one. According to the old minister's opinion, the scholars are learned by the saints and gathered by the essence of the country, and they should be destroyed according to the family law of the ancestors. Even if His Majesty wants to punish the crime, he still needs to be tortured by Kaifeng Mansion to be clear, and the three divisions will be tried before making a decision. ”

"Hmm." Zhao You nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice, "Cai Xiang's words are reasonable. ”