For the minister, as long as the war is not harmed, it is very likely that some people hope that their side can win the war, and some are the opposite, of course, this does not involve any patriotic issues, and some are just personal interests, but this kind of thing, in the final analysis, is difficult to locate, and it is very possible to say for a while.

For the ruler, it is the opposite, whether it is an enlightened emperor, or a tyrant, a faint monarch, but they all hope that once the war starts, their country can win the war, this can definitely be said to be undoubted, after all, this country is his, the enlightened emperor wants to win the war, hopes that his country can become better, and will not be invaded by foreign enemies, and for tyrants and faint kings, they definitely do not want to see their things robbed by others, even, They also want to encroach on other people's things.

Anyway, that's about it.

As for today's rulers, the de facto rulers, Empress Dowager Li, no one wants this southwest victory to be a big victory more than her, and even Empress Dowager Li, who has never paid much attention to these things, is definitely not looking forward to a big victory in the southwest.

It's not that Empress Dowager Li has any attention to the southwest, but it's really because this war happened in the southwest, if this war is really a big victory, it is the imperial court that defeated the servants with absolute yes, then in this regard, it is easy to act and make a fuss, and it is also extremely beneficial to what she and Zhang Fan are planning now.

It's just that at first, the Empress Dowager Li didn't think of this, but Zhang Fan thought of it, and when Zhang Fan came to the Qianqing Palace with Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Siwei to report the matter to her, Zhang Fan really pointed to this point in his words, although Zhang Fan's mention was quite vague, and even he didn't accentuate his tone, nor did he change his face, and made any hint that the Empress Dowager Li had something to say, but what a smart person the Empress Dowager Li was, what Zhang Fan's words meant, she immediately understood.

Therefore, the Empress Dowager Li immediately asked what the battle situation was, whether this "Southwest Victory" was really worthy of the word "Great Victory", unfortunately, I don't know anything now, even if it is a good news, but all that came over was the news of such a victory, and it was not clear what the battle situation was.

Although the little colonel who came to report the news said that the casualties of the officers and soldiers of the imperial court should not be very large, even if Zhang Fan did not tell the news to the Empress Dowager Li, after all, this kind of thing, in the end, it is still necessary to know the situation before deciding.

However, in fact, even the people in the DPRK and China do not know anything now, but some things have been confirmed, and even more things can be expected, first of all, the battle was won, this is certain, and there is no doubt about it, throughout the ages, even if there is the audacity to lie about the military situation, it is obviously a tragic victory, but it is necessary to say that it is a big victory, it is obviously an escape, but it is said that it is a local escape, these are all there, but this kind of battle in their own family, but few people dare to say nonsense, not to mention, Today's Ming Dynasty has not reached the point where rulers can be deceived at will.

And secondly, it is the part that can be guessed, in fact, in this battle, Cao Xingwu took Liu Xian as the marshal, which is almost equivalent to half of the victory, what ability Liu Xian has, it is not blown out of thin air, it is relied on him to fight it really, with real knives and guns.

In this way, the strength is there, this is unshakable, plus, although it is not yet known that Liu Xian, the subordinate of the section commander, has enabled those generals to lead the troops, but this matter, there is no need to worry too much, after all, since Liu Xian has the ability to command the army, and he has made great contributions to the anti-Japanese war back then, and he has almost never been defeated, then he will not be too bad in terms of grasping the battle situation or looking at the ability to choose generals.

Then, in this campaign to conquer the servants, it is conceivable that Liu Xian, such a marshal, chose a partial general, and it is absolutely impossible to be mediocre, and Liu Xian's temper, everyone is also clear, since Cao Xingwu takes Liu Xian as the marshal, then how to choose the partial general, it is completely Liu Xian's business, at this point, Liu Xian will definitely not compromise in the slightest.

With Liu Xian in charge, and Liu Xian's personally selected people as partial generals, plus there are 140,000 trained officers and soldiers, such a luxurious lineup, if it can't win a big victory, it is really too unreasonable.

Now, for many people, the word "Southwest Victory" can be determined to be well-deserved, but it still needs to be confirmed, after all, not afraid of 10,000, just in case, even if the probability of that is quite low, but you still need to take precautions, for these people in the DPRK, there is no most cautious, only more cautious.

During this time, Zhang Fan continued to "investigate" the emperor's assassination, but there has been no progress, during this period, it seems that the Empress Dowager Li has some ideas, and specially asked some ministers to come to Jinyiwei to see what kind of character is so tough, this has been more than half a month, and under the torture of Jinyiwei, he still refuses to say anything.

And most of those people are actually people who are a little skeptical about this matter, so when Empress Dowager Li said this, these people came to Zhang Fan to see what was going to Zhang Fan, regardless of the place they hated the most.

And at this time, Zhang Fan asked Wang Meng to find the stand-in, this time it can be regarded as coming in handy, the original person was already tortured and a little crazy and stupid, of course, crazy or not, how could these ministers in the court not see it, so, this time Wang Meng went to find this person, it was really a little special, they could already be sure that he was indeed abnormal, but on the contrary, it was not easy to see it at a glance, and even at the beginning, those people who tortured him, I didn't notice it until I asked him some questions that were not simply answered "yes" or "no", but he still looked like that, and then I could see that he did have a problem.

It can be said that it is indeed not easy to get a person in this state, and to be able to find such a person, it seems that Wang Meng has indeed worked hard, of course, the words can't be so full, after all, Wang Meng is not an unpredictable prophet, like a god, he just wanted to find a substitute ghost in advance, how could he have thought of finding such a superb existence, but, count his luck good.

And these ministers who came to the court, after they came, all saw a person howling there and being tortured, and he was wearing a white prison clothes that had long been invisible, and the large and small holes were densely covered in the clothes, some were burned, some were pierced, and the man was also disheveled, and his face was extremely haggard, and in addition, whether it was on his clothes or on his body, there would always be some faint traces of blood, in short, it could be said that it was as realistic as it was.

And in the face of this scene, this time these ministers who came to watch did not flinch, after all, this person in front of them, but such a rebellious person who attempted to assassinate the emperor, in the face of this kind of person who is innocent in their eyes, should be punished by the Jinyi guard, not to mention that he is still so stubborn and does not speak, then it is even more punishable.

But even so, these ministers are still a little uncomfortable with the scene in front of them, not because they have pity for the person in front of them, but because they are not used to this kind of torture, but this time, no one feels disgusting, no one can't bear to watch, let alone turn around and leave, and after going back, no one impeaches Zhang Fan for being inhumane or anything.

The so-called nature is different, and the way of doing things is naturally different, and these people will not hold on to a certain point.

And in fact, after that person was stupid, he didn't even be beaten, not even Jinyiwei, and now, after this person became stupid, even his speech was different, an ordinary whip or something waved twice, as long as it wasn't too hard, he would scream, but if it was too hard, he would beg for mercy.

And now, the image he needs to play is a very tough assassin, since this is the case, then he should not beg for mercy from people, so Zhang Fan also instructed that when the people below do it, they should be lighter, especially when someone comes to watch.

In short, this matter is like this now, after someone in the court went to see it, they would naturally spread this matter, and the transmission of this matter also means one thing, that is, Zhang Fan really didn't tell a lie, he really didn't cover up anyone, and he didn't want to frame anyone, and he couldn't ask anything until now, it was really because the assassin was too hard and refused to say anything, and Jin Yiwei certainly had a heavier criminal law, but it would be difficult to kill people.

In short, after such a deal about this matter, most of the people in the court believed Zhang Fan's words, after all, they saw it with their own eyes, and there is a way that hearing is false, and seeing is believing, since they have all seen it with their own eyes, then there is no need to say it.

In other words, there must be something behind this matter, and the problem is still very serious, and now, the people in the DPRK are counting on when Zhang Fan can give a message.

Of course, for Zhang Fan, when to give the news, this is not his final say, but something that Empress Dowager Li can decide.

Moreover, Zhang Fan now has other things to do,