When Qi Ning saw Longtai, the ministers outside the tent had not dispersed.

When Longtai saw Qi Ning entering the account, he smiled and said, "I just heard that if it weren't for you, Chu Cangge might not have been able to win it, and you have made a great contribution this time." ”

"The emperor is strategizing, and the ministers are full of admiration." Qi Ning presented the dog god knife in his hand: "This is Chu Cangge's saber, which is said to be one of the five famous knives in the world, and I also ask the emperor to send it." ”

"I don't need any swords or swords." Longtai motioned for Qi Ning to sit down: "You can dispose of this knife yourself." ”

Qi Ning hesitated, but still sat down, Long Tai groaned slightly, and then said, "Do you understand my painstaking efforts today?" ”

"What did the emperor say about .....?"

Long Tai sighed: "I deliberately alienated you, not for anything else, but for Sima Lan to see." Liu Wei was bribed by Sima Lan and watched my every move in the palace, and I wanted to use this person to spread the news in the palace. If I get too close to you, Sima Lan will be suspicious and guard against my every move, only if you are estranged from me, Sima Lan will feel that I can't think of a way to deal with him alone, and he will not suspect me. ”

Qi Ning sighed: "The emperor's layout this time is also unexpected for the ministers. ”

"If you think of it, Sima Lan will also think of it." Long Tai said with a smile: "But you don't have to be wronged, I rewarded you with a horse, three hundred taels of gold, plus the title of Duke of Protector, aren't you satisfied?" ”

"The emperor's grace is vast, and the ministers are grateful."

Long Tai groaned slightly, and then said: "I am actually very worried, lest there be a mistake, or Sima Lan has other arrangements, so I asked you to transfer to the Black Scale Camp, fortunately, everything is going well." ”

"What is the emperor going to do next?" Qi Ning said: "Sima Lan has many henchmen in the government and the opposition, is it all in one go?" ”

Long Tai shook his head and said: "The tree is falling and scattered, so many people follow Sima Lan, it's not that Sima Lan is really good at buying people's hearts, it's just that Sima Lan has great power and can promote officials at will, and most people follow him, it's just where the benefits lie." He smiled faintly: "No profit is not early, people's hearts are like this, but not all the people who follow him for profit are some kind of anti-party, and there are many talented people among them." ”

Qi Ning bowed slightly.

Seeing Qi Ning's expression, Long Tai asked, "Do you have anything to say to me?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has a request, I don't know if it's appropriate or not." Qi Ning groaned slightly, and then said: "Chu Cangge sneaked into the camp, not only to save Sima Lan, but also to kill many officers and soldiers, and it is indeed difficult to forgive the crime of rebellion. ”

Long Tai stared at Qi Ning and asked, "You want to intercede for his family?" ”

Qi Ning was stunned, he couldn't imagine that Longtai was so keen, and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, the ministers just want to take this opportunity to let the ministers understand that the emperor has mercy on the loyal and righteous people." ”

Long Tai said: "I know your thoughts, if it weren't for the eradication of the Sima clan, I wouldn't want to lose such a tiger general." Chu Cangge killed himself, and I am also very sorry, if I use him on the battlefield, I will be able to make contributions to the country. ”

"The Emperor Shengming!"

"I don't want to cause turmoil in the court because of this incident." Longtai said: "Although Chu Cangge rebelled, his heart to protect the Lord is commendable, I will let people be buried properly, and I will not affect his family." ”

Qi Ning arched his hand and said: "The emperor is merciful, and he has thanked the emperor." ”

"Don't say I'm merciful." Long Tai shook his head and said, "I just let the courtiers know that I am loyal to the court and I will not treat them badly. ”

Qi Ning saw that Longtai's expression was cold, and his heart was slightly cold, secretly thinking that he really underestimated this little emperor, this time Longtai simply solved Sima Lan neatly, which can be said to be well-planned, but he acted vigorously and resolutely, and his wrist was really good.

"Your Majesty, Sima Changshen is now in the Qinhuai Legion, if he knows .....?" Qi Ning thought of Sima Changshen and reminded him at the moment.

Long Tai smiled: "I have sent Master Xiang to bring people to the front line in person, and they brought my secret decree and directly executed him. ”

Qi Ning knew that since Longtai was laying out here, he would naturally not forget Sima Changshen, but he was too worried.

Master Xiang is naturally the court swordsman Xiang Tianbei, Xiang Tianbei is a master of secretly protecting the emperor in the palace, and there are not many people in the court who know the existence of Xiang Tianbei, but Xiang Tianbei is loyal to Longtai.

This layout, naturally to be cautious, after all, Sima Lan has many eyes and ears, but if this plan is slightly leaked in advance, the consequences are unimaginable, with Sima Lan's wrist, even if he will not seek to usurp the throne at this time, but from now on, Longtai is afraid that he will be completely controlled by him, and there will be no chance to make a move.

Xiang Tianbei's participation in this plan is naturally reasonable.

At this time, Liu Zhen had already entered the account and said to Longtai: "Qiyu Sheng, all the ministers said that Sima Lan committed rebellion, and such a thief who rebelled against the country must be ordered to be executed in order to stabilize the dynasty!" ”

Longtai groaned slightly, didn't speak, and went straight out of the account.

The ministers outside the tent were still talking, nothing more than denouncing Sima Lan's wolf ambition, some people saw Longtai out of the tent, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, and the other ministers also bowed to the ground when they saw this.

Longtai swept over the ministers, and saw that the ministers were respectful to him, although in the past these ministers were also very deferential in front of him, but today the attitude of these people is obviously different, he is a little happy in his heart, and only then can he truly appreciate the joy of the king of a country.

"I already understand what you Aiqing mean." Longtai said: "I originally thought that Sima Lan was the founder of the country, and I wanted him to become a monk, but I just .....!" ”

"Your Majesty, forgive your ministers." Dou Kui immediately said: "Sima Lan has indeed made great contributions to Da Chu, but the imperial court has never treated Sima Lan badly. Up to now, he has been crowned as the prince of the country, and the first emperor also used it as an auxiliary minister, and there are not a few people who are officials in the court of the Sima clan. But Sima Lan didn't think about Longen, but the wolf son had the ambition to usurp the government, and everyone was really punished. Since ancient times, everything has been rewarded and punished, Sima Lan's credit to Da Chu, the court has been generously rewarded, and now he has committed a heinous crime, and he should also be punished in accordance with the law of the country. ”

The other ministers all said in unison: "I implore the emperor to punish Sima Lan with national law." ”

Long Tai groaned slightly, and finally said: "Xue Lingfeng listens to the order!" ”

Xue Lingfeng has been silent among the ministers, and when he heard Longtai's call, he immediately stepped forward and knelt down, and Longtai said: "I order you to return to the capital immediately, arrest the Sima clan party, and seal up the Sima Mansion, but you can't let the capital be in turmoil." ”

Xue Lingfeng arched his hand and said: "The minister's order!" Without further ado, he got up and left neatly.

"Qu Yanzhi listens to orders!"

When the ministers heard the name of "Qu Yanzhi", they all immediately lifted their spirits, thinking that although Qu Yanzhi was the commander of the Xuanwu Battalion, he was from the Black Knife Battalion, and he was also a subordinate of Chu Cangge's descendant before, and it was definitely the Sima family, but they didn't know how the emperor would send this person.

Qu Yanzhi never said a word from beginning to end, and when he stepped forward at this time, he seemed to realize that the catastrophe was coming, and he knelt on the ground: "The minister is here!" ”

"Qu Yanzhi, I know that you used to be Chu Cangge's subordinate." Long Tai said calmly: "Some people even said to me that Sima Lan's recommendation of you as the commander of the Xuanwu Battalion is a fake public benefit, and the purpose is to put his hands and feet into the Xuanwu Camp and use you to control the military power of the Xuanwu Battalion, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

Qu Yanzhi's forehead was pressed to the ground and said, "The minister is only effective in being loyal to the court." The minister is a soldier, the court has an order, the minister goes to the soup and the fire is not hesitant, the court has a decree to transfer the minister to the Xuanwu camp, the minister obeys the order, just wants to take the Xuanwu camp, and has no other thoughts. ”

Long Tai bowed his head and said: "What you said is right, you are a soldier, you should obey my will." After a pause, he said: "Xuanwu Battalion, you don't have to go, you can give up the position of the commander of the Xuanwu Camp first." ”

This was expected by the ministers, and it was natural for the emperor to depose Qu Yanzhi.

Qu Yanzhi said respectfully: "The ministers are grateful." ”

"Don't be too busy with thanks." Long Tai said: "I ordered you to return to the Black Knife Battalion, temporarily take charge of the Black Knife Battalion, and give you three months, if you are loyal to your duties for three months, I will hand over the Black Knife Battalion to you, otherwise you should be transferred elsewhere." ”

Not only were the ministers taken aback, but even Qu Yanzhi was also stunned, Huo Ran raised his head, and said in disbelief: "Your Majesty, the ministers .....!" ”

"You've been in the Black Knife Camp for many years, and you know how to run the Black Knife Camp." Long Tai said: "Some people say that the Black Knife Battalion is the private army of the Sima family, but the soldiers of the Black Knife Battalion eat the imperial court, and I really don't know why there are such rumors." ”

Everyone didn't know what Long Tai was thinking, and secretly thought that if Qu Yanzhi was allowed to return and take over the military power of the Black Knife Battalion, he would not only let the tiger return to the mountain, but also raise the tiger for trouble.

Lu Xiao was in charge of the military department, and at this time he couldn't help but raise his head and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan to play!" ”

"Lu Aiqing, I know what you want to say." Longtai said: "Sima Lan is an auxiliary minister appointed by the first emperor, when I ascended the throne, everything was unclear, and Sima Lan took care of political affairs, which is also what I meant." There are many things in the DPRK and China, and Sima Lan is always inseparable from doing state affairs, and many officials in the DPRK and China have dealings with Sima Lan, which is also a reasonable thing, and I will not regard the officials who have dealings with Sima Lan as the same party because of Sima Lan's rebellion. You are all officials of Da Chu, and you are all the pillars of the country and the country that helped me govern the country, Sima Lan subdued the law, and I will not implicate irrelevant people because of this. ”

Originally, many officials were panicked, worried that after Sima Lan subdued the law, Longtai would carry out a major purge next, and at this time, after hearing Longtai's words, his heart was stable, and he said in unison: "The emperor is wise!" ”

"Qu Yanzhi, I handed over the Black Knife Camp to you only because I believe that you have always been loyal to the imperial court and not to someone." Long Tai said: "If you really commit trouble one day, I won't blame you, only blame me for not knowing anyone!" ”

Qu Yanzhi's eyes were red, and he said gratefully: "The emperor is generous to his ministers, and the ministers swear allegiance to the court. ”