The news that the Hu people burned and looted in Kyushu behind the mountain, and the news of countless casualties among the new people shocked the government and the opposition. Hangu Guanshou general Min has been on the table twice, please lead the troops north to Hedong, willing to fight to the death with the Liao army, the court has not allowed it. When he saw the report that the Liao army had invaded Guannei Prefecture, the breeder Min was ready to go on the table again to ask for orders.

Although there have been three generations of generals, compared with the Yang family of Hedong Daying and the Cao family of Xijing Daying, the seed family has more Sven, and the Chinese courtiers of the dynasty did not completely regard them as rude military generals. The great-ancestor of the family is a generation of great Confucianism, and his grandfather is also a generation of famous ministers Fan Zhongyan under the guidance of a generation of famous ministers, and gradually became a generation of famous generals. During Cai Jing's reign, among the military generals, only the master Dao openly wrote a letter to impeach Cai Dang, and was therefore listed in the party, and was abandoned by the imperial court for ten years. But since then, the people in Qingliu have thought that the family is the pillar of the country. Because he was not worried that the Xijing camp would deploy Cao Di Naijing, the king of Zhao Qi, and the important ministers of the dynasty advocated vigorously raising the breeders to divide the military power of the Xijing battalion. Therefore, when the official family of the dynasty was extremely favored by the seed family, he added the seed master Dao as the envoy of the Baojing Army, and the deputy commander of the guard infantry army in the plus seed division, and appointed the seed master Min as the commander of Hangu Pass, and really held 20,000 soldiers.

However, the Jiangmen Cao clan has been operating in the Xijing camp for hundreds of years, and how can he be willing to be divided by the rising breeder. When the famous general Di Qing was the commander of the Xijing camp, Di Qing led the elite troops to cross the river and march westward, and finally fell in the Xia Kingdom. The generals and horses of the Xijing camp were not defeated until Di Qing's whole army was destroyed, and the soldiers and horses had never fought Hangu Xiguan, although the Xia artillery was powerful, Di Qing's foundation in the Xijing camp was not deep, which was also an important reason. The official positions in the Dao of the Seed Master and the Seed Master are all fictitious titles, but it is easy to say. After the seed master Min was ordered to serve as the commander of Hangu Pass, the disposal of military affairs was constrained, the food was in arrears, the generals were hostile, and the soldiers were not attached, and among the three brothers of the seed family, the seed master Min was the youngest and the most short-tempered, so he had beaten a lot of people's military sticks.

Half of the above table was written, and the soldiers reported it, and the transfer judge Pan Huanyin asked to see him. Seed Master Min groaned slightly, and then ordered to be heard. Pan Huanyin was in charge of the army's food and salary. Just a dozen days ago, because the soldiers complained about the shortage of food, the planter Min personally checked the accounts, and found several deductions, although Pan Huanyin paid his own money to make up for the shortfall, the planter Min still beat him with a military stick in public, so as not to pay the shortage of food and salary again.

"Since Pan Huanyin has the heart to repent, Enwei and subdue him is the best policy." Seed Master Min gently put the Huizhou pen on the pen holder, straightened the yarn hat and robe, stood up, looked serious, and faced the door. Soon, Pan Huanyin appeared at the door, his face was pale and quite strange, he stood at the door, his hands in his sleeves, as if he were in a gesture. Seed Master Min's face softened slightly, and he took a step forward, just as he was about to help him up, Pan Huanyin suddenly took out a dagger from his sleeve, stabbed forward, and stabbed into Seed Master Min's chest, and the gurgling blood suddenly stained a large piece of his clothes red. Seed Master Min had a look of disbelief on his face, looked at Pan Huanyin with wide eyes, and muttered, "You,...... You ,......" He used all his strength to push Pan Huanyin away, and shouted louder: "Someone, someone!"

"Don't blame me, my lord," Pan Huanyin's face twisted muscles, and he said in a low voice, "Raising soldiers for a thousand days is used for a while." Seed Master Min's face changed suddenly, and he scolded angrily: "Rats! Dare to ,....." his lung lobes have been punctured, his whole body is weak, he speaks like the sound of a broken bellows, staggered back two steps, Pan Huanyin caught up with two steps, and stabbed the seed master Min again, this knife was in the center, the seed master Min firmly grasped his shoulder, his eyes were open, but he gradually became godless.

The door was opened with a "clang", and the pro-soldiers arrived, hurriedly separating Pan Huanyin and the breeder Min. The seed master Min was already dead of anger, and Pan Huanyin's face was like a dead man, and he was arrested. That night, Xijing stayed behind, and the famous minister Tang Ke rushed to the camp marshal's mansion overnight, and deployed Cao Di to interrogate the assassins together with the Xijing camp, but Pan Huanyin insisted that he was beaten by the seed master Min and held a grudge, so he took revenge and committed the murder, which had nothing to do with anyone else, and now he only wants to die to atone for his crime. Tang Ke couldn't, so he could only play a joint performance with Cao Di, report the assassination of the breeder Min, and send it to Bianjing together with Pan Huanyin's painting confession, waiting for the disposal of the imperial court.

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"I never expected that Cao Di would be so domineering! Assassinating the general, is this a rebellion? ”

Zhao Ke, who had always had the most imperial bearing, was completely angry, he stood up and threw Cao Di and Tang Ke's concerto to the ground, as if he was still angry, and grabbed the white jade paperweight on the table and smashed it on the concerto. His chest heaved and he gasped for breath, eager to burn the piece clean.

Zhao Zhifu, the privy envoy Shao Wu, the governor Qin Hui, and the waiter Deng Su of the Ministry of Rites were all summoned overnight. After the official family ascended the throne, in order to advocate frugality, the candle flame in each hall of the palace was halved. Therefore, the vertical arch hall was slightly gloomy, and the light and shadow that flickered and disappeared made the faces of each minister seem to be a little blurry, and they seemed to be full of thoughts. Zhao Ke looked at them, and these ministers, who usually relied on them, all looked at each other at the moment and didn't say a word.

Zhao Ke couldn't help but be angry, and asked sharply: "Cao Di's royal majesty is not effective, so he will be removed from the official position of the Xijing camp and replaced by a seed teacher, what do Zhao Qing's family and Shao Qing's family think?" These two people are the heads of the civil and military classes, so Zhao Ke first asked for their opinions. Qin Hui stood aside, but Zhu Boener's face changed suddenly, he looked up at Zhao Ke, stopped talking, and then looked at Zhao Zhifu and Shao Wu. A hint of worry appeared on Deng Su's face.

"Your Majesty, cut the Cao family, don't be in a hurry." Zhao Zhifu frowned.

Cao Di also said in the recital that because Hangu Dongguan shielded the two capitals of Luoyang and Bianliang, and the Xia State had recently shown signs of strong troops, Hangu Pass could not be without generals for a day, and Cao Di made the decision first to let the original Hangu Shou deputy general Li Ji preside over military affairs. At the same time, for fear that the Xia State would take advantage of the chaos to attack Kwantung, the 150,000 soldiers and horses of the Xijing battalion had been fully put on guard.

In this way, I am afraid that Cao Di will be forced to rebel. In order to reward Zhongliang, Emperor Taizong allowed the two generals of Zheyang to inherit Hedong, and later in order to defend Xijing, he had to place the powerful generals in Beijing, so that the Cao family became a climate in the camp in Xijing. originally expected them to repay the country's kindness, but they didn't expect to raise tigers. The imperial court reused the folding family, although it was to divide the military power of the Xijing battalion, it did not mean to protect the Cao family. It's just that I didn't expect Cao Di to be so vicious, but it is a pity that Shi Min is loyal to the imperial court......" Shao Wu shook his head and suppressed the anger in his heart, "Now that the army of the Liao State is pressing the border, and the Xia State is eyeing me again, although Cao Di is arrogant, after all, he guards the important land of Xijing." If he was in a hurry, he was afraid that he would be angry and vote for Xia Guo instead. Or can only be slowly figured out. On the occasion of this troubled autumn in the country, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan. The feudal town is the gateway to the border court, if His Majesty wants to solve it, he needs to have a backup hand to replace it, according to the opinion of Weichen, the Guangzhou City Bosi Henghaixiang Army has been successfully trained. It is possible to refer to this method to expand the new army, and in time, gradually replace the original battalions with the battalions of the new army. ”

Zhao Ke took a deep breath, he was not a frivolous person, although he was very angry, he also understood what Shao Wu said, forcibly suppressed the impulse in his heart, stopped mentioning Cao Di's matter for the time being, held the table with both hands, and said with a gloomy face: "The feudal town is dominant, I am afraid of Ji Sun's worries, within the Xiao wall." How has King Jing behaved lately? Usually the officials don't want to mention King Jing at all, and at this time, the tone is full of resentment, which makes the hearts of all the ministers cold.

"King Jing lived in a simple house, the door was cold, and he had never contacted Xijing. In the past month, only one poem has been sent to the sixteenth eldest princess, and the sixteenth eldest princess has also sent a poem. Shen Yun, the Imperial City Division, bowed and said, he seemed to have been prepared, and took out a piece of paper from his arms, on which were written the poems of King Jing's brothers and sisters. The most important thing for the Imperial City Division in the capital is to supervise King Jing, and the official family is unwilling to fall into the infamy of mutilating siblings like Tang Taizong, but they will never allow this third emperor brother who once pressed on his head to have any chance to show his face, and all the ministers who interact with King Jing will immediately belittle.

Zhao Ke took the poem and read it, although the words and sentences were worked, they were only a work of reward, and there was no connotation of resentment. He folded the paper with a gloomy face, sandwiched it into a dossier, and said secretly: "This little slut." "Zhao Huan is already over ten years old, because of the relationship between King Jing, no one in the court dares to climb high, and Zhao Ke never asks about it, and wants her to die in the cold palace.

The monarch and ministers discussed Cao Di's matter, and Shao Wucai said: "Erbo Hu rode Koubian, plundered Hedong Prefecture, Qingliu was discussed, and there were many impeachments in the imperial history, thinking that the Hedong camp was deployed to Yang Yanqing to avoid the enemy and avoid the battle, and the deputy envoy of the Hedong Road was also negligent. ”

Zhao Ke became nervous: "The Liao army won't approach Bianliang, right?" ”

"I can ask for retribution, but there are no more than 10,000 horsemen who have entered the Kou, and they are only plundering and harassing, and they are unable to capture the prefectures and counties. Zhe Keqiu has led the troops to drive away, and the dangerous passes leading to the Central Plains in the east of the river, such as Renyi, Jingcheng Pass, Killing Tiger Pass, Tianjing Pass, Shangdang Pass, etc., have all been added to the defense of soldiers and horses. Shao Wu bowed and said, "There are also 250,000 soldiers and horses in the Beijing Division, and more than 10,000 Hu cavalry cannot be shaken. ”

Zhao Ke breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head and said, "Tell Yang Yanqing, you can ask for fear of the enemy to avoid the battle, and quickly expel Hu Qi." ”

Shao Wu also said that the soldiers and horses invited by Yang Yanqing to join the aid of Hedong should uniformly obey the military orders of the Hedong camp, but the Privy Council thought that it was impossible, so as not to fuel the power of the feudal town and worsen the situation of external importance and internal lightness. Zhao Ke nodded in agreement and asked the Privy Council to coordinate the generals of Hedong Road and Hebei Road. The official family also asked Qin Hui and Deng Sudai to draw up a will, posthumously enshrine the breeder Min as the crown prince Shaobao, give him a good gift, and then make up for his heirs as the worship official. In addition, another decree was drafted to reprimand Cao Di and punish him for half a year. He was furious, and had another false alarm, but he didn't feel a little tired, so he scattered and went back to the palace to rest.