"Nonsense!" Tian Fen only read a few lines, then he was furious, tore the letter to shreds, and threw it on the ground. The other people in the room looked at Tian Fen, all of them looked inexplicable, and they didn't know what Zhou Shuguang said in the letter, which made Tian Fen so out of shape.

"It's useless to tear it!" Cao Tiancheng, who calmed down, looked at Tian Fen, "This is just one of them, I believe that at this moment, in the major states and counties of Daqi, the content of this letter has been made public. Moreover, didn't Hu Jian, who was rushing to Chang'an, also carry the same letter with him?"

Tian Fen was eclipsed.

"Besides, there are really not many falsehoods in this letter, and they are basically true." Cao Tiancheng laughed: "Over the years, we have indeed extorted countless money from their Zhou family and pitted the elite of their family, so Zhou Shuguang's scolding is indeed targeted, and the scolding is so deep that it goes deep into the bone marrow!"

"Your Majesty!" Tian Fen looked up at the emperor: "These things are all done by the ministers, what does it have to do with Your Majesty?" Since this matter has spread, someone must be responsible for it, but it must not be Your Majesty, the minister can be a rebellious minister and thief who is consumed by profit, but Your Majesty must be the unparalleled Son of Heaven, please Your Majesty will order the dismissal of the minister's official tomorrow, and ask the minister for his crime, the crime is that the minister used the name of the court to extort Zhou's money and enrich his own pocket."

Cao Tiancheng looked up to the sky and laughed: "What? Do I dare to do it? Even if I did, so what? If you blame you, those wealthy families won't jump out and make waves? If I still want to make trouble, how can I cut off my arms and let them go proudly, and I will not mention this matter again."

"Your Majesty, the imperial court eradicates the family, and it is indeed impossible to use these conspiracies and tricks on the stage, and it is absolutely impossible to spread them and lose Your Majesty's face and prestige." Tian Fen said: "The Great Qi Dynasty has no Tian Fen, it's just a change of first assistant, but it must not let His Majesty lose his prestige. As long as Your Majesty's prestige remains, the court's plans can still continue to advance without being criticized."

"I said it, I don't need to mention it again!" Cao Tiancheng knocked on the table with some annoyance.

Cao Yun stood up: "Your Majesty, my brother thinks that Tian Shoufu's proposal is feasible. After Zhou Shuguang's letter is spread, those wealthy families will inevitably stand up and make a big splash, it can be said that a political turmoil is inevitable, and the court must show an attitude, otherwise it will not make the subjects of the world chill and lose the most basic trust in the court?"

"To remove the first assistant is to cut off his own arm!" Cao Tiancheng shook his head and said, "This is exactly what Zhou Shuguang wants. Hmph, if you want to say that there is no shadow of those people behind Zhou Shuguang's rebellion, I don't believe it anyway."

"Your Majesty, Zhou Shuguang's rebellion is undoubtedly supported by these families, there is no doubt about this, they just want to use the desperate Zhou Shuguang to ring a warning bell to Your Majesty, telling Your Majesty that if you force them to be in a hurry, they will also come to this hand. So now, the first thing we need to do is to stabilize the country and convince the subjects of the world that Your Majesty is not such a person, but someone else is doing something else."

Tian Fen stood up and knelt down in front of Cao Tiancheng: "Your Majesty, only in this way can we temporarily resolve the crisis of trust in the world, and Your Majesty can arrange it calmly!"

"Your Majesty, what the first assistant said is reasonable, although the first assistant was dismissed, but the first assistant is not used, isn't it still Your Majesty's words, why not dismiss the official and still say things? Even if it is in the prison, if His Majesty orders it, why can't it become the office of the first assistant?" Cao Yun said: "After passing this hurdle, quelling the turmoil in Bozhou, and using Your Majesty again, who dares to say a word?"

"What I want to do, how can I let Shousuke carry this black cauldron for me?" Cao Tiancheng said with a dark face.

Tian Fen laughed: "It is the honor of the minister to be able to carry a black pot for His Majesty, a few of them, if they want to carry this black pot, they can't afford it!" Ladies and gentlemen, this matter is settled, in the early dynasty, His Majesty issued a holy decree to punish the old man's crimes, and put the old man in the prison for trial, this is the first thing, the second thing, is to agree on how to put down the rebellion in Bozhou!"

Many of the great Qi ministers in the room stood up together, clasped their hands into fists and saluted Tian Fenqi.

Cao Tiancheng was silent for a moment, walked down, and put his hands on Tian Fen, "Then first grieve Shoufu for a while, and then I will personally pick you up from prison after I have extinguished the dawn of that week."

Tian Fen laughed: "The minister is waiting for His Majesty to come and receive the minister as soon as possible. Having said that, I have indeed been a little tired and panicked over the years, and I also want to take a break, but when I think of Your Majesty and my colleagues, I am so busy, but I don't have any taste in my heart."

"I want to rest, but I can't!" Cao Tiancheng said with a smile: "Even if you stay in the prison, you still have to make up your mind when I should make up my mind. Okay, that's it, let's talk about military matters! Cao Yun, tell me about it."

Cao Yun glanced at the emperor with some surprise, and then looked at Guo Xiancheng beside him.

Cao Tiancheng suddenly became a little impatient: "If you say it, you just say, what are you looking forward to?" Is there anyone else who can surpass you in the military knowledge? It's an eventful time for the country, so don't think too much about it."

Cao Yun bowed down a little embarrassed and said, "Yes, the minister knows that he is wrong. Your Majesty, the rebellion of Zhou Shuguang in Bozhou seems to be nothing more than a matter of a state and county, but in fact it is closely related to the national policy of my Great Qi Dynasty, as Your Majesty said, behind Zhou Shuguang, there must be the financial and even personnel support of those big families, this matter, I am afraid that it has started after the defeat of Zhou Jiyun Wanzhou. This point, the court was negligent, Zhou Shuguang must not be an ordinary family, although he does not have a long history like the others, but this pirate family is aggressive in its bones, and rebellion is the natural bloodline."

When Wanzhou was defeated, the imperial court summoned Zhou Shuguang back to Chang'an, but this person was not called to flee back to Bozhou, in fact, it had already shown signs, but at that time everyone thought that Zhou's had been exhausted and became a fish on the felt board, and they didn't take him to heart at all, thinking that they could easily take Zhou's down with those arrangements in Bozhou, which created today's predicament.

"What's even more worrying is that I'm worried that the Ming people have intervened in the Bozhou rebellion!" Cao Yun's face was a little heavy.

"What do you mean by that?" Cao Tiancheng's face changed slightly.

"Your Majesty, the Ming people have built a powerful water division, this is already an undoubted fact, isn't it, Wang Jia?" Cao Yun's gaze turned to Wang Jia, the deputy commander of the ghost.

"Yes, Your Royal Highness, the Ming people have established a powerful naval division, according to the information we have discovered, they have at least twenty three-tier warships, with the scale of their shipyard in Baoqing Port, it is impossible to produce so many main warships and auxiliary ships in such a short period of time, so the ghost has always suspected that they have another naval base, but we are not allowed to enter the door, Your Highness also knows that for the sea, the ghost has always been more than capable of power, the previous information in this regard, It's all in the hands of the Zhou family. Now that the Zhou clan has rebelled, we have a dark eye on things at sea." WANG Jiadao.

Cao Yun nodded: "This time, the Zhou clan obviously suffered heavy losses, but why was it able to annihilate Cao Gang's sailor in one fell swoop?" Although Cao Gang's sailors have not fought for many years, after all, they are hundreds of warships, including the main warship, and they were all killed in a battle, and none of them escaped back? This can only show that they have encountered an opponent with a huge disparity in strength that they cannot defeat at all, does the current Zhou clan have this ability?"

"Ming Dynasty, Qin Feng!" Cao Tiancheng clenched his fists.

"Therefore, Your Majesty, the war in Bozhou is by no means a local matter of suppressing the rebellion, but a major event that has a bearing on the overall situation." Cao Yun said: "We must stand on the overall level and coordinate the whole matter to be effective."

"The rebellion in Bozhou must be extinguished with lightning speed, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." Tian Fen said on the side.

Cao Yun nodded: "Shoufu is right, it must be extinguished quickly, but if there is a big family standing behind Zhou Shuguang, and the Ming people are mixed in, it will be very important, if you want to extinguish it in one fell swoop, I am afraid that you will have to use a large army."

"At this moment, the Dragon Pavilions Army can't leave Chang'an lightly!" Tian Fen said: "You can only call the town army from all over the country. What does the Prince think?"

"This matter is the duty of the general, Cao Yun can't say much, but there are a few things, which must be done well in advance, the first thing is Zhou Jiyun of Kunling Pass, if the army can't extinguish Zhou Shuguang in a short time, be careful that he also rebels. Therefore, Luzhou must be garrisoned with an army to be prepared, and it is better to make a deal with Chu or Bian Wushuang, as long as Chu State steps up its attack on the six eastern counties, then Zhou Jiyun wants to do something, and he doesn't have the courage and strength to do it."

"It's easy." Cao Tiancheng said: "The Chu people have always dreamed of recovering their six eastern counties and rebuilding the eastern defense line, if we promise him not to give Zhou Jiyun any assistance, I believe they will definitely attack Zhou Jiyun happily, isn't Cao Hui in the Chu State, let him do this immediately."

"Second, start negotiations with the Akito." Cao Yun said: "Changning County, Your Majesty is going to fight with the Ming people, test the current strength of the Ming people, now it seems that they can't fight, if Changning County starts, I'm afraid that the Ming people will make a big splash and blatantly aid Bozhou Zhou Shuguang, they have a sailor, and we don't, they can easily send a fleet to transport soldiers to land in Bozhou, at that time, I am only afraid of a rapid annihilation war, it will be a chaotic battle, not that I am arrogant, destroy my own prestige, Ming and Qi two armies face off, I am not sure of victory. Once the battle is lost, Your Majesty's reform plan will inevitably be delayed."

"If we don't fight, won't they help Zhou Shuguang?" Cao Tiancheng said coldly.

"So negotiate." Cao Yun said: "Changning County does not fight, and the problem is solved through negotiation, then even if the Ming people still help Bozhou, they can only sneak around, and there will be no large-scale landing operations."