Wan Yutong chatted casually, "I heard that some time ago, didn't you ask the third child to investigate the matter of Heluo's embezzlement of ink?" Why doesn't there seem to be any movement these days? ”

Zhao Junsheng felt a little surprised, "You also care about this?" ”

Wan Yutong said with a smile: "Where do I care, the eunuchs and palace maids below were talking about this matter a few days ago, after all, this matter is quite big, I can't even hear it if I don't want to."

Wan Yutong brought up this topic, so that Zhao Junsheng had to face the problem of how to deal with Yuan Gao.

Zhao Junsheng knew that if he wanted to follow the law, he would have to pass the two levels of Hua Mulan and his mother-in-law Hua Yuan, and these two levels were not easy to pass, Yuan Gao was the closest relative of Hua Mulan and Hua Yuan after all, they were not the kind of people who were indifferent to seeing their relatives about to be sentenced to death.

Although he is the emperor, he does not want to make the entire royal family as cold and unrelated as the royal family of previous dynasties, he has been maintaining harmony among the members of the royal family in his own way, and only he has the ability, which is also his responsibility.

If you want to deal with Yuan Gao with the law, Hua Mulan and Hua Yuan will definitely come out to stop it, which is also Zhao Junsheng's headache.

But in any case, Zhao Junsheng knew that he could not let Yuan Gao continue to dig into the corners of the Great Qian Dynasty.

On the first day of April, the court meeting, Zhao Junsheng came to the court to listen to the government.

The principal ministers of the yamen, such as Shangshutai, Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, and the Nine Secretaries of the Six Ministries, all stood up one by one to report on the administrative affairs of their respective yamen in the recent period.

After the chief officials of these yamen had finished reporting one by one, Shangshu's right servant and the lieutenant stood up and reported: "Your Majesty, the two generals, Gao Jinzhi and Pi Leopard, have been guarding each town in the Western Regions and Liangzhou for five years respectively, and according to the principle that the garrison general cannot serve in one place for more than five years stipulated by our dynasty, Gao Jinzhi and Pi Leopard should be transferred!" ”

Zhao Junsheng thought that he had indeed not seen these two people for many years, but if the two of them were transferred, someone must be arranged to replace them, both of which are very important positions, and the right person must be arranged.

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said: "Since this is the case, then pass the decree to transfer Gao Jinzhi and the leather leopard back to the dynasty to report on their work!" Wei Jing was appointed to take over the post of Metropolitan Protector of the Western Regions, and Lu Shuang was appointed to take over the post of Governor of Liangzhou! ”

"Yes!"

The lieutenant also reported: "Your Majesty, the coalition army composed of 12,000 Rouran soldiers and 10,000 soldiers and horses from various countries in the Western Regions has completed the training!" ”

Completing the whole training means forming an army, and if you don't go on the expedition, you have to be transferred out of Puzihai and return to the interior or stationed in a place where it is easy to replenish, otherwise you will waste a lot of grain and grass and baggage.

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and made an order: "Pass the decree, announce the sudden and rare meeting!" ”

In Zhao Junsheng's view, Kuhehan still has some military talents, and he has fought more battles with the Northern Wei Dynasty and Daqian, and has learned a lot of tactical tactics.

Soon, Hu Hehan walked in quickly wearing a big court uniform, and saluted: "Greetings to Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Last year, my Daqian signed an alliance with the Da people, but I didn't expect them to turn their faces and deny people within a few months, and also raised troops to attack the land of the Western Regions of my Daqian, although their invasion was defeated by our Da Qian's soldiers, but the Da Qian could not let them be bullied, I decided to send an army from the Western Regions to attack the Da people, this army is composed of 12,000 Rouran cavalry and 10,000 Western Regions allied forces, I decided to appoint you as the chief general of this army, and there are two deputy generals to assist you, I give you five days to prepare." , set off in five days, rush to Shule in a month and a half to take office, and give you two months to get acquainted with this army, and two months later send troops to attack the Bada people, I named this army the Greedy Wolf Army! ”

Hu Hehan didn't expect Zhao Junsheng to give him such a task, he didn't have time to think about it, and immediately agreed: "Hu Hehan obeys your will!" ”

After Kuhehan left, the minister Zhang Wei stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is a little worried about accepting Kuhehan, a gentle general, but he is afraid that he will raise a tiger for trouble, let him go like this, it is likely to let the tiger return to the mountain!" ”

Wei said: "Don't worry about this, from the general to the army commander, all the officers are not Rouran people, either Xianbei people, or Di people, or Qiang people, or Han people, among which Han people are the majority, accounting for sixty percent, but there are no Rouran people, except for Kuhehan, all Rouran people are just soldiers, so even if Kuhehan is a general, but it is the two deputy generals who really control this army!" ”

A minister asked: "The west of the Western Regions is too far away from our court, it is very difficult to supply, and the loss of long-distance supply is too great. ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "I have already taken care of this matter, the greedy wolf army mainly adopts the method of fighting to solve the logistics problem, and the insufficient part is provided by the countries of the Western Regions and the Rouran herdsmen!" As for the armament, the Western Regions Protectorate will supply them with the arrows consumed, and let them take care of and keep the weapons! ”

On this expedition, the imperial court did not send troops or military expenses, so the ministers naturally had nothing to say, and they each returned to their original positions.

Zhao Junsheng asked: "Do you have anything else to play?" ”

No one spoke up.

Zhao Junsheng took out a fold from the Imperial Case Seal and held it up and said: "I have a copy of the Impeachment Concert here, and the objects of impeachment are Taifu Siqing, Qu Liang Bo Yuan Gao and the Imperial Historian Pan Chang'an, and the impeachment of them is a small imperial history named Wang Changming from the Imperial History Terrace!"

Yuan Gao and Pan Chang'an are both important ministers of the imperial court, if someone impeaches them, there must be evidence, this Wang Changming listed in detail in the chapter that over the years, Yuan Gao and Pan Chang'an and Zou Ruhai, the waiter of the Criminal Department, and other cadres manipulated the promotion of officials, and they secretly instructed those officials to be greedy for money from river control projects in various places along the Yellow River are just the tip of the ice, I don't believe it, but this chapter says that there are noses and eyes, you can pass on each other to take a look, come on! ”

Kang Yide walked over, took the impeachment note, walked down the steps and handed it to Pei Jin in the left row.

Yuan Gao and Pan Changan, who were named, were shocked by this sudden change, it was too sudden, and they didn't have any preparation in advance.

Both of them showed fear in their eyes, they glanced at each other, and immediately trotted out and knelt on the ground and cried: "Your Majesty, this is definitely a frame, and the minister is wronged!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "You two get up first, whether you are wronged or not, just check it out!" Although you are important ministers of the court, you should also be supervised, and you can't be investigated just because you are a big official! Wang Changming of the Imperial History said it in such detail in the chapter, if I don't let people check it, how can I be convinced? How can I rule over the important ministers? When the results are found, if it proves that you have indeed been wronged, I will naturally uphold justice for you! ”

Zhao Junsheng's words have already been said to this, Yuan Gao and Pan Changan can only cooperate, if they continue to entangle, it will arouse suspicion, they promised: "No! ”

The impeachment recital turned around in the hands of the ministers, and finally returned to Zhao Junsheng's hands, all the ministers who had seen it couldn't believe it, this Yuan Gao and Pan Changan looked like honest people, no matter how they looked at it, they didn't look like people who could do such things, but if what was written on this piece was true, it would be terrifying.

Zhao Junsheng took back the piece and asked, "Have you finished reading it?" People say that there is a nose and an eye, I can't turn a blind eye, the law of the Great Cadre is definitely not a decoration, since it exists, it will play a role at any time! Therefore, this matter must be investigated, King Shu! ”

Zhao Ping hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Erchen is here!" ”

"You are the chief officer in charge of the investigation of the Heluo corruption case, and you are still in charge of the investigation of Yuan Gao and Pan Changan, I want to know the results in the shortest possible time, and give you ten days!"

"Sons obey orders!"

Zhao Junsheng shouted outside: "Someone! ”

Several warriors in front of the palace walked in, and Zhao Junsheng said: "During the investigation of this case, Yuan Gao and Pan Chang'an's official positions will be suspended, and the official duties they are responsible for will be temporarily taken over by the deputy or adjutant, take them down, temporarily isolate them from the outside world, and no one will be allowed to approach!" ”

Yuan Gao and Pan Changan were very frightened in their hearts, but they could only force themselves to calm down and pretend that nothing happened, otherwise they would be suspected, and they couldn't beg for mercy.

The two were taken away, but the ministers of the court could not calm down until the eunuchs shouted to retreat from the court, and some ministers did not come back to their senses.

After leaving the main hall, on the way to the palace gate, the ministers talked about this matter in a low voice.

"If this is true, Yuan Gao and Pan Changan are too bold, right?"

"I don't think it's true, Yuan Gao and Pan Changan have the courage to do such a big thing? I don't even believe it! ”

"This is not accurate, as the saying goes, knowing people knows their faces but not their hearts, and there are many people whose appearance is deceptive!"

Zhao Junsheng knew that Yuan Gao and Pan Changan were taken away for investigation, and the news would soon spread, so that night, after dinner, he called Mulan aside alone to talk about it.

"What's the matter, so mysterious?" Mulan asked.

Zhao Junsheng looked at Mulan, groaned and said, "Mulan, before I talk about this matter, I hope you are mentally prepared, you are not allowed to quarrel with me, you are not allowed to make trouble, if you have something to say, okay?" ”

Hua Mulan was even more suspicious: "What's the matter, is it possible that you want to divorce me?" ”

Zhao Junsheng couldn't laugh or cry, and the atmosphere he finally created was ruined by Hua Mulan's words, so he had to get straight to the point and say: "It's about my uncle, someone impeached him for being the mastermind of the Heluo corruption case, and Zou Ruhai, the squire of the Criminal Department, and Pan Changan, the imperial envoy, are both co-accomplices······

Before Zhao Junsheng's words were finished, Mulan shouted: "What? That's impossible! ”