Because of the dominance of the feudal town, Zhao Ke's liver qi was stagnant and he couldn't sleep peacefully all night. Just after the fourth watch, the official ordered that the recital be sent to the imperial study for approval. At this time, the eunuch reported that Deng Su, the attendant of the Ministry of Rites, was already waiting outside the palace gate to meet him. Zhao Ke looked up at the sky, it was still pitch black. He looked at the drip again, and it was still the beginning of Yin. Because the early dynasty was in the Mao period, and the courtiers usually asked for an audience after the early dynasty. Zhao Ke was slightly surprised, so he asked Deng Shilang to go to the imperial study to meet you.

Zhao Ke straightened his clothes in front of the bronze mirror, saw that his eyes were bloodshot, and thought self-deprecatingly, Deng Su is known for his moral knowledge, should he not advise himself not to indulge in women.

After a while, Deng Su walked into the imperial study, his face was slightly pale, his eyes were also bloodshot, and he seemed to have not slept all night. Although he was full of worries, he still followed the rules, first asked the official family for peace, and then waited for the official family to inquire before he played it right. This person's behavior is like this, even if Mount Tai collapses in front of him, he will not change his face, behave in a disciplined manner, and do things at a glance. Although it is not like someone to flatter, Zhao Ke feels more at ease, thinking that he is selfless in his heart, so he is so stubborn.

"Deng Shilang came to see him, what is the matter?" Zhao Ke raised his hand and asked the eunuch to bring an embroidery pier for Deng Su to watch the tea and serve.

Deng Su hesitated for a moment, bowed down and said, "Forgive Weichen's crime of trespassing, it is a matter of confidentiality, please retreat from your majesty." ”

Zhao Ke's face sank. Thinking that Deng Su had never been a pompous and vain person, he snorted and ordered the eunuchs in the imperial study to retreat outside the door of the imperial study, not to eavesdrop on the monarch and ministers, and then said coldly: "Deng Shilang can speak." ”

Deng Su apologized again, and then said slowly: "Yesterday, His Majesty summoned his ministers into the palace to discuss the assassination of Master Min. After returning home, the minister thought about it, if the court really did not pursue it, as soon as this case was opened, it would be a big mistake, and the majesty of the court would be lost. The soldiers in the camp only know that they are handsome, but they don't know that they are controlled by the court, so it will be too late to regret it. From now on, the 150,000 soldiers of the Xijing battalion will no longer be owned by the imperial court. Therefore, I specially came to ask Your Majesty to think twice. He said every word very earnestly, and every word was like a small hammer hitting Zhao Ke's heart.

Zhao Ke hesitated: "But last night Zhao Xianggong, Shao Shumi said, if you are in a hurry, I am afraid that Cao Di will be opposed." Having said that, Deng Suneng disagreed with the prime minister's privy envoy and advocated punishing the unruly feudal towns and collecting military power for the imperial court, which still made Zhao Ke feel gratified.

Weichen thought that although Cao Di held the military power and commanded the 150,000 garrisoned forbidden troops in Xijing, most of the soldiers were still loyal to the imperial court. As long as it is handled properly, the imperial court can be strict and prestigious, and take advantage of the situation to control the Xijing camp. Deng Su muttered, "Weichen thinks that until the end, Cao Di will definitely not openly rebel." He sent someone to assassinate the seed master Min, and his domineering posture was obvious, because he was worried that the seed master Min would divide his military power, if the Xijing camp was really a monolith, why did Cao Di make such a decision. If Cao Di openly rebelled, he would lose his righteous name, the army would not be attached, and the people would rebel and leave. In the land of Luoyang, there is a shortage of food, there is Xia in the west, and there is a rebel army in our dynasty in the east, which will inevitably not last. ”

Zhao Ke nodded, and was a little helpless: "But I'm worried that Cao Di is coerced by the army and simply surrenders to the Guanxi Xia Kingdom." ”

Deng Su immediately said: "Cao Di killed the seed master Min, all he cares about is military power. As far as Weichen knows, the Kansai system is very different from our dynasty. A sergeant is elected a lieutenant, and he cannot be a general unless he is a lieutenant. If Cao Di really threw himself into Kansai, it would be tantamount to dismissing himself. For the feudal towns, this was a last resort. It is impossible for Xia to surrender to a general and mess up the country's fundamental system. At that time, Taizong Huairou was a noble general, and allowed his hereditary military power, and there was no general in my dynasty who threw himself into Kansai. As long as there is still half a point of room for maneuver between Cao Di and the imperial court, he will never go to Kansai. ”

Zhao Ke was moved by what he said, and muttered: "Then Deng Qing thinks that how to deal with this matter?" ”

"If it is true, it will be beheaded according to the law."

This sentence was so loud that Zhao Ke's eyelids jumped in fright. Although he had been deliberately cutting the feudal domain for a long time, and he hated King Jing's father-in-law Cao Di so much that he gritted his teeth, he didn't expect to immediately behead Cao Di, who held 150,000 troops. Cowardice and excitement rose from the bottom of Zhao Ke's heart at the same time, and the candle flame in the vertical arch hall flickered, reflecting the change in the face of the official family, he took a deep breath, and listened to Deng Su continue to speak.

"Cao Di sent people to assassinate the seed master Min, and appointed Li Ji as the general of Hangu Pass without authorization, so he had the intention of testing the imperial court. Therefore, the imperial court first appointed Li Ji to comfort his heart. Cao Di has always been arrogant, and he must think that the court is cowardly, and this matter can still be turned into a small matter. Then, the imperial court sent an envoy to Xijing to announce the decree, and revealed the news to Cao Di's ears and eyes in advance, he was just a fault of the imperial majesty's laxity, and the court imposed a light punishment and confiscated the money for half a year. In fact, hundreds of strong men were selected from the front of the palace to accompany the envoys. Cao Di was ordered to convene the camp generals to listen to the announcement together, and when the decree was announced, the guards captured Cao Di together, and Cao Di was the commander of the festival. Cao Di was immediately escorted back to Beijing, and the three churches would review the charges and then behead him according to the law. The seed master is known as a prestige in the army, and with the loyalty of one of the seed clans, the 150,000 elites of the Xijing camp returned to the hands of the imperial court. ”

Just by sounding like this, Zhao Ke felt terrified. Bianliang has not been a sword soldier for more than 100 years, he is used to sitting in the peaceful world, although he is dissatisfied with the rebellion of the feudal town, but he is always worried about provoking chaos, and it is difficult to make a decision.

"But," he hesitated, "the Cao clan has been operating in Xijing for nearly a hundred years, and their subordinates are all over the camp. In the rush of change, if these Cao henchmen immediately made a mess, how should they deal with it? ”

Seeing this, Deng Su persuaded in a deep voice: "It is better to appease and nurture adultery than to make a decision immediately." The Cao clan has formed a party to plot rebellion with his personal favor, and there is no way to be a courtier, can he still expect others to be loyal to him? What the court relies on to serve the people of the world depends on righteousness. Even if Cao Di is kind and buys favors, the righteousness is in the court. Soldiers all have children in their families, how can they easily rebel with them. The 150,000 people in Xijing, the soldiers who are loyal to the imperial court, must be a hundred times more than the traitors. As long as Cao Diming is punished canonically and his henchmen are forgiven with lightning speed, the soldiers will tremble and disappear on their own. Taking a step back, even if the Xijing camp rebelled, Bianliang still had more than 200,000 elite soldiers, and the Tiger Prison Pass was also in the hands of the imperial court, which was enough to shield the Beijing division. As the minister said, the imperial court attacked a corner of the world, and the land of Luoyang City could not last, and when the thieves were exhausted, the imperial court sent a good general to control the army to eliminate future troubles. I rule the world with benevolence and virtue, and I have not lost my morality, and the people's hearts are to the court, and I don't need to ask. But if the imperial court sits back and watches the seed master Min Han wronged Jiuquan, then everyone in the Xijing camp will inevitably be chilled, thinking that the loyal ministers of the imperial court are nothing more than that. From then on, the arrogance of the traitors could not be contained, and the 150,000 troops of the Xijing camp fell into Cao Di's hands. ”

Zhao Ke listened, his face changed several times, and he finally made up his mind. But it is difficult to decide who went to Luoyang to announce the decree and punish Cao Di for the crime. Not only does this person have to be prestigious enough to be able to adapt to change. If things don't work out, there is a danger of being murdered by the rebels.

"Among the Manchu courtiers, who can go to Luoyang to proclaim the decree?"

As soon as the words fell, Deng Su bowed to the ground and kowtowed, and said in a deep voice, "Weichen is willing to get rid of thieves for the country, and his liver and brain are smeared on the ground, and he will not give up, please ask Your Majesty for permission." ”

"Get up, get up!" Zhao Ke was moved and sighed: "Deng Shilang's loyalty and righteousness can show the sky. He got up and walked out from behind the imperial case and personally picked up Deng Su. The two monarchs and ministers discussed how to draft the two wills of light and dark, and secretly asked the Wuchang army to make Zhu Bernard lead the guards in front of the palace and other matters. In order to prevent leakage of news, Zhao Ke gave Deng Su a central edict, without going through Prime Minister Zhao Zhifu and privy envoy Shao Wu.

After everything was agreed, it was the beginning of the day. On the bluestone ground in front of the White Jade Palace, there were ministers who were ready to go to the early dynasty standing in twos and threes. As soon as Deng Su came out of the palace gate on one side, he attracted everyone's attention. The sky has not yet dawned, and countless eyes are concentrated on this person. To be summoned before the early pilgrimage shows that the Holy Grace is very deep.

Deng Su ignored those surprise, envy, and jealous eyes. His face sank like water, his eyes looked at his nose, and his nose looked at his heart, just like an old monk in meditation.

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Hangu East Pass guard general Min was stabbed to death, and the news spread to Guanzhong, causing quite a stir. As a precaution, Xia immediately strengthened the vigilance of Hangu Xiguan. However, because Cao Di did not blockade Hangu Pass, the trade routes between the Xia and Song kingdoms were not affected. Guanzhong and Hedong are only separated by a Yellow River, and there are many people on both sides of the river. The Murbo people entered the Kou, and many people from Hedong fled to Guanzhong. Talking about the tragic events that are happening in Hedong, the people who fled are all in tears, and some even beat their chests and scold them bitterly. Although most people have never seen it in person, word of mouth is still horrifying. Because of the speed with which the Mlb cavalry moved, most of the east of the river was attacked unsuspected. When the people of the village saw the Murb cavalry, there was almost no chance of escape. Originally, the Liao army fought the grass valley just to loot, and then captured some signing troops, among which there were occasional burning and killing, but rarely deliberately slaughtered the entire county and village. However, the people of the Song Dynasty were deliberately abused by the people of the Song Dynasty, and often scattered hundreds of miles in a radius of more than 1,000 horsemen, relying on the negligent arrival of cavalry, and the whole village was cut off from people wherever they passed, and corpses were everywhere. There was a county town that had time to close the city gate, but it was galloped in by the Mlb cavalry, and under the wanton burning, the originally densely populated place turned out to be a ghost town.

Whenever he heard about this, Zhao Xingde couldn't help but be angry, and his indignation was overflowing, and he couldn't wait to go into battle to fight these demons for a while. He selected and trained elite soldiers and fierce generals every day, and the fire battalion gradually became an army. The military government praised each other, but he didn't take it to heart, he just hoped that he could take an elite army to Hedong to fight and kill those murderous beasts.

Before the Double Ninth Festival, the military captains of Guanzhong who were discussing the deliberations of the Protectorate Mansion returned, and after the Double Ninth Festival, Zhao Xingde was going to go to the Protectorate Mansion with another group of captains. Although he has been a captain of the Chengying Battalion for several years, he has been fighting abroad all the year round, and he is quite ignorant of the rules of the Protector's Mansion. Chen Qianli specially instructed him on some of the ways of discussing the affairs in the Protectorate Mansion.