With the end of the war in Changzhou, the entire Yuzhou front became a pot of porridge.

Yongchuan City, without the light cavalry of the Piercing Cloud Army of the Junzi Banner, Li Su was like a fish in water, ready to cross Shanxi to threaten Yuzhou City, but unexpectedly met an opponent.

The general, who was led by the 20,000-strong army of Jiangjin, used a clever plan to "scare the grass and scare the snake", which made Li Su mistakenly think that there was a large army on the opposite side of Shanxi, so he planned to secretly Chen Cang.

Instead, he fell for the plan of the general surnamed Zhou, and his 8,000 people were surrounded by the 20,000 Tiance army of the forbidden army in the area of Liumadu in the upper reaches of Shanxi.

However, Li Pingyang of Bishan County reacted quickly, and after learning that Zhao Kuo was defeated and killed in Changzhou, the female general of the Western Army and even the first in the entire Daliang world today did not hesitate to give up Bishan.

He led the remaining fifteen thousand men to the east.

inadvertently solved Li Su's crisis and forced the general surnamed Zhou to withdraw from the encirclement.

After that, Li Pingyang joined Li Su, no longer went south, turned his troops to the west and went straight to Luzhou, wanting to hold the Taiping army that Lu Xiangsheng was about to go to with the Luzhou defenders.

The defense line of Yuzhou City is the Tiance Army in the forbidden army.

The garrison of Guangnan West Road is the Taiping Army in the forbidden army, which is under the unified command of Lu Xiangsheng, and its combat power is not inferior to the Tiance Army.

At the same time, Meng Hui's army of 30,000 and Qin Yujing's army of 30,000 launched the most fierce battle, and the two sides came up with frequent clever plans, and in the end, Meng Hui, who was more familiar with the terrain, won, and almost every battle overwhelmed Qin Yujing.

After a few small victories, he withdrew to Hezhou with more than 20,000 soldiers and horses.

Qin Yujing had no choice but to lead more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to withdraw to Bishan, and at the same time divide the reinforcements of the Tiance army to Yongchuan and Bachuan, forming a horn to defend Yuzhou City, and echoing with Changzhou.

Changzhou has become the most prominent thorn in the trident.

Qin Yujing, who was a little overwhelmed by Meng Hui, lost a little uncomfortable.

He always felt that Meng Hui seemed to know himself very well, and even most of his marching formations fell into his expectations, and Meng Heng was very familiar with the terrain around Yuzhou.

After a scorching battle, more than 13,000 Tiance troops under his command were killed.

But in any case, on the entire Yuzhou front, the two sides barely reached a draw, and Yuzhou also completely smashed the Western Army's vain attempt to take Yuzhou by lightning and then go south.

Both sides suffered casualties and returned to square one.

An Meiqin, who was originally demoted by the prime minister, was impeached by not many people on the side of the military department and the Privy Council because of the victory in Changzhou, and barely kept his position.

Qin Yujing had to be aggrieved and demoted from a commander to a commander.

Lu Xiangsheng led the Taiping army to march rapidly, attacking from all sides of Juzhou, and the front of the troops pointed directly at Luzhou, but after knowing that Li Pingyang and Li Su were stationed in the Luzhou defense line, Lu Xiangsheng suppressed the speed of the march.

There is no rush to start a war.

And Li Ruyu won many victories and should have been promoted, but what happened in Changzhou City, the military aircraft man, based on his duties, finally wrote the documents truthfully and sent them to Yuzhou.

An Meiqin received the battlefield documents that had just been delivered from Changzhou, and when she saw most of them, she suddenly stood up.

A staff member standing behind An Meiqin who was not confused also had a pale face.

Tian Shun, who was drinking tea with his arms on the side, looked at the two of them who were unusual, and asked in surprise: "Isn't it the holy decree of Lin'an to belittle your father-in-law, as for such a gaffe?" ”

An Meiqin and Tian Shun have been partners in Yuzhou City for a long time, and they have become close friends.

Tian Shun's career promotion mainly depends on a series of events that happened in the years when the empress ascended the throne, but it does not mean that Tian Shun is incapable, otherwise how could he sit firmly in the position of commander of the forbidden army.

An Meiqin is a Confucian general, and she happens to like Tian Shun, a person with a mediocre temperament, as a deputy.

Hearing this, he smiled bitterly, "Just take a look." ”

Tian Shun put down the teacup, took the paperwork from An Meiqin's hand, opened it neatly, nodded frequently at first, and after turning three pages, he stood up suddenly, just like An Meiqin: "This-"

Tian Shun was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

In the middle of the third page of the document, the military machine man wrote, "Changzhou has grain in stock, but the main general Li Ruyu is the heart of the army, and feeds the city with the flesh and blood of the martyrdom robe, and eats the ...... of 4,000 soldiers."

The extremely neat Xiaokai, in Tian Shun's eyes, was shocking, as if the ink had turned into blood.

An Meiqin and Tian Shun looked at each other.

There was silence in the office.

After a long time, An Meiqin let out a long breath, "Using soldiers is like mud." ”

Tian Shun frowned, "An Xianggong, now is not to discuss the matter of Li Ruyu's military realm, but this matter is really appalling, if it spreads, I dare not imagine what will become of the forbidden army." ”

An Meiqin smiled bitterly, "It's a big mess." ”

In the case of grain storage, Li Ruyu actually did such a thing, who is willing to accept it?

Even An Meiqin thinks Li Ruyu deserves to die.

But it doesn't matter whether Li Ruyu dies or not, this matter can't be spread out at the moment, otherwise the forbidden army is likely to be in chaos, and after the chaos, I'm afraid it will be a precursor to a mutiny...... At that time, thousands of forbidden soldiers will force Lin'an to deal with Li Ruyu.

Tian Shun nodded, "What should I do?" ”

An Meiqin hesitated for a long time, finally took the document from Tian Shun's hand, returned to her desk, and said before lifting the pen, Tian Du commanded the envoy, and then it depends on you.

After speaking, An Meiqin put down her pen and rewrote a battlefield document according to the handwriting of the military aircraft man word by word, but only one word was revised throughout the text, changing "Changzhou has grain storage" to "Changzhou has grain storage".

Tian Shun on the side was moved, "Tampering-"

An Meiqin shook her hand, "Needless to say, this battle was my command mistake after all." ”

After blatantly rewriting a battlefield document and delivering it to Lin'an, Her Majesty the Empress must be able to see her intentions, and if she is seen by the big guys sitting in the Ministry of War and the Privy Council, they should also be able to understand their painstaking efforts.

This genuine document will never be allowed to come into the light of day.

I think that His Majesty will not use the crime of tampering with battlefield documents to demote his position, but will only use the excuse of Qin Yujing's defeat to dismiss his position.

An Meiqin can be degraded, Li Ruyu can die, but the forbidden army can't be confused.

Whether there is food in stock or not, the difference of one word can greatly alleviate the dissatisfaction of the forbidden soldiers - after all, in a desperate situation on the battlefield, some things can be understood for the sake of victory.

But Li Ruyu must be held accountable.

Tian Shun sighed, a little worried: "Li Ruyu has given His Majesty a problem. ”

An Meiqin sealed the paperwork and handed the real document to the henchman who had been standing beside her and watching her write the fake paperwork, wanting to say something, but she couldn't say a word after all.

The confidant staff held the real paperwork, but it was heavier than Mount Tai, his hands trembled, and he slowly knelt down for a long time, "Xianggong doesn't need to be sad for his subordinates, my generation of scholars only has a lot of blood." ”

An Meiqin sighed, tears faintly, bowed her head and waved her hand, her nasal voice was heavy, "Go." ”

The staff wore a long shirt and went out.

Tian Shun watched from the side and sighed, "He shouldn't have been allowed to see it." ”

An Meiqin was silent.

Lin'an, His Royal Highness Daqing, the woman who changed her colorful clothes first went to the Spring and Autumn Courtyard accompanied by Xue Shengtang, and her face was a little gloomy when she came back, according to the deduction of those overlords, the next battle on the Western Front, the forbidden army was not absolutely sure.

More importantly, three of the five overlords agreed that the Northern Barbarians on the grassland would not give up this opportunity, and the Iron Cavalry would definitely go south and take advantage of the civil war between Yue Dan and Zhao Zhen and Wang Kun to seize the territory of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

Back in the Vertical Arch Palace, Liu Yin made Qingxin tea for the woman, and said softly: "A staff member of An Xianggong came to Yuzhou, saying that there is a document from An Xianggong to hand over to you in person, and I think it involves a major event on the Western Front. ”

The woman was stunned, and there was a bad feeling in her heart.

Let the staff into the temple.

When the woman took the letter, the scholar who had studied for many years, failed to pass the imperial examination many times, and finally took advantage of his classmates to become An Meiqin's staff smiled, "Your Majesty, Weichen's surname is Jiang, a person from Lin'an, with one son and two daughters." ”

The woman was stunned, wondering why the scholar had uttered such transgressive words in such a gaffe at this moment.

The scholar continued to say softly: "As soon as the two daughters marry a scholar who is a scholar in Shaoxing Mansion, and as soon as they marry into the Lin'an Fujia family, they don't have to worry about Weichen. ”

"There is only one son, who is not very talented, and he is not a martial artist, he is eighteen this year, may His Majesty have mercy on him."

After the reader finished speaking, "Weichen retired." ”

Immediately, under the woman's astonished gaze, she bowed and exited the vertical arch hall, and after a few breaths, there was a commotion outside the vertical arch hall, and then fell silent, and there was a faint smell of blood in the air.

Liu Yin hurriedly stepped out for a while, and then came in again, with an admiring expression, "Your Majesty, he snatched the guard's sword and killed himself." ”

The woman frowned, staring at the paper in her hand.

Somewhat heavy.

What is it that can make a scholar kill himself outside the vertical arch hall, and he is not willing to leave the slightest risk of leaking out?

The woman slowly opened the paperwork and was silent for a long time.

The air in the vaulted hall was as stagnant as ice.

It was almost close to lunch, when the woman let out a long breath and said slowly: "Spread my will, bury Jiang Ducai, add the title of Fenglang, and grace his son." ordered the ministry to bring his son into the secretary province and serve the seven grades. ”

Liu Yin didn't dare to ask more, and immediately wrote a holy decree.

After Liu Yin wrote the holy decree and ordered the eunuch to be sent out, the woman got up and said, "Start a fire." ”

Liu Yin was stunned, "Or Weichen-"

The woman glanced at Liu Yin sideways, which shocked this saltless talented woman, and was completely shocked, what is the big thing that makes His Majesty not even trust herself?

Panic started a fire.

The woman got up, dragged her dress, and put the paper into the brazier with her own hands, and the light of the fire shone on the woman's face, and it was not until she saw it completely reduced to ashes, and then the woman got up and sat down again.

A tired face.

He also said: "The secretary and squire of the Xuanbing Department, the direct bachelor of the Privy Council, and the Privy Council all promise to meet you. ”

On this day, the Empress Daliang was hungry in the vertical arch hall, watching the important ministers divided into two factions arguing, and the military department Shangshu and the four squires as the military department bosses, insisted on beheading Li Ruyu by military law.

And the Privy Council and the Privy Councillor who was rising like a rocket, Wang Zhushu strongly advocated that he should be demoted as appropriate.

The woman listened silently.

Five against two.

It stands to reason that the military department should win, but unfortunately, I met Wang Zhushu, a new minister who is now hot in Lin'an, who did not lose the favor of Li Ruyu back then, and finally directly put aside the direct bachelor of the Privy Council, and the five people of the war department alone did not fall behind.

In the end, the empress couldn't stand it anymore, said a word again, and drove everyone out of the vertical arch hall.

On the second day, the small court meeting, six books, left and right ministers, governors, and direct bachelors of the Privy Council, all of them were important ministers in the court, and a strange person was mixed in: Wang Zhushu.

After a group of people read the "fake" document from the Privy Council in the Vertical Arch Hall, they made a big splash again and continued to quarrel over how to deal with Li Ruyu, but this time, there were three camps.

Zuo Xiang Ning Que, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Household are in one camp.

Xie Yun, the right minister, the secretary of the ministry, the secretary of the criminal department, Wang Zhushu, and the Privy Council are in a camp.

Zhou Miaoshu, the governor of the political affairs, has been silent and neutral, and Zhou Miaoshu's Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites who has been picked up by Zhou Miaoshu has also tacitly chosen neutrality, unwilling to offend anyone.

I quarreled like this for a few days, but there was no result.

In the end, the empress made a final decision, and said at a small court meeting: "Why don't you hand it over to Changzhou for 600 days and the ...... A hero's letter to decide? ”

After all, the empress still used the word hero to describe the Tiance soldiers who were martyred in Changzhou.

Everyone was stunned.

Immediately applauded the case, applauded for this method, and applauded for the empress to hide that she didn't want to kill Li Ruyu and came up with this trick - His Majesty deliberately let us quarrel for so long, which is the time to brew and say this.

The emperor's heart is terrifying.

In the past few days, everyone has quarreled around Li Ruyu, but it is just a game of chess by His Majesty, just to lead to this sentence.

The families of those martyrs in the flesh and blood feeding city will never let Li Ruyu go.

From this point of view, the empress seems to be impartial, but don't forget one point, the 600 soldiers under Li Ruyu's command followed Li Ruyu to win a big victory in Changzhou and won military merits, and they are still willing to kill Li Ruyu?

But the crowd was secretly heartbroken.

Especially the three people of the military department, the Ministry of Industry, and the household department, there is a faint feeling that they have been calculated...... The empress seems to be intending to take this opportunity to see if she and the others are being co-opted by the Zhao family?

After all, the one who wants to kill Li Ruyu the most today is actually not Zhao Changyi or Zhao Zhen.

It's the Lin'an Zhao room.

After Zhao Zhen succeeded to the empress, he will be the prince in the future, and according to the trend of the empress's favor Li Ruyu, I am afraid that Zhao Zhen will be the emperor, and Li Ruyu will become the second Yue Pingchuan or Wang Kun of Da Liang.

Zhao Muyan can sit back and watch.

With the empress's order, the Ministry of War and the Privy Council joined forces, and people from the Central Province were quickly dispatched to the world, to find the families of the martyrs in Changzhou, and after carefully telling and listening to the details of the war in Changzhou, and then asking him about his treatment of Li Ruyu - this matter does not need to be kept secret.

That "fake" document had already spread throughout Lin'an through the mouths of some people in the Ministry of War and the Privy Council, and spread to the world at a terrifying speed, and for a while the government and the opposition were boiling, and the world was in an uproar.

The investigation has not yet come out with results, and there is another big incident in Lin'an.

The old minister Zhao Fangde can't do it.

After learning that his grandson Zhao Kuo rebelled, Zhao Fangde was frightened and bedridden, and then learned that Zhao Kuo was cut into meat by six hundred soldiers, and Zhao Fangde could no longer survive this spring.

When he was dying, Zhao Fangde and others came to visit the empress.