To provoke the two palaces, in other words, is to provoke the father-son relationship between the emperor and the emperor. This crime is absolutely not easy in any dynasty or generation, even in the Song Dynasty, which is known for its political openness! Zhao Chen buttoned such a big hat on Luo Ruji's head, obviously not wanting to see this person again in his life.

After He Zhu got the idea, he was shocked! Because if he is sentenced according to this crime, Luo Ruji Mo said that his career will be ruined, and his life will almost be miserable and miserable. When he saw Luo Ruji's cowardice, he felt that this person was actually a big mouth with no brains, and he had no sinister intentions. After thinking about it, he pleaded with the emperor and said no.

But Zhao Chen was resolute and determined that Luo Ruji had ill intentions and asked Dali Temple to handle it in accordance with the law. He Zhu was really warm-hearted, and when he saw that the emperor couldn't get through here, he went to greet Prime Minister Zhu Shengfei, hoping that he would help persuade Luo Ruji to be "dismissed and resettled". Zhu Shengfei was in front of the emperor all day long, how could he not know the thoughts of the Son of Heaven, and persuaded He Zhu that you would be involved in this matter, and you should do what you wanted.

Seeing this, He Zhu had no choice but to resentence Luo Ruji according to the emperor's wishes. The final verdict was that the name was removed and the Geeyang Army was under management. Removal is to cancel Luo Ruji's original official status and demote him to a commoner; In the case of arrangement, that is, detention and placement, you are only under surveillance, and in the resettlement place, you can do whatever you want, and you can also invite friends and meet visitors. But the management must be controlled, and any action you do must be approved by the local government; The Jiyang Army is the Sanya of Hainan in later generations. But in the Song Dynasty, it was not a tourist mecca.

In order to implement the emperor's intentions, as soon as the verdict came out, Luo Ruji was quickly escorted to Hainan and sent to Hainan. So much so that the colleagues of the Yushitai met him and saw him off, but they had no chance. The incident has not yet caused a violent backlash, but discontent is spreading in the DPRK, and only a little spark splashes out, which will soon ignite.

And this little spark has splashed from Huaixi to Xingzai.

I originally thought that the Jin army would retreat, and after the Song and Jin armistice, I would be able to relax. But when the emperor bypassed the imperial court and directly issued an edict for the Northern Expedition, Xu Liu, as the deputy minister in charge of military affairs, was still busy working every day. Among the four prime ministers, he is the only one who has a certain opinion on military affairs, who has not worked for him?

However, Xu Liang felt that it was worth being tired. Because the front line continues to send back good news, it is exciting! First of all, Li Xianzhong broke through the two counties under the rule of Suzhou, an important town on the Huainan East Road, and then the king of Zhejun also reported victory, saying that he had defeated the Jin army in Zhenshan County under the rule of Caizhou. Later, Huaixi pacified Liu Guangguo, saying that the Huaixi Army had broken through Suzhou and was expanding its results on the Huainan East Road.

At least, so far, the Northern Expedition has been quite smooth, and this ban has made people see the hope of the Central Plains in Beiding!

On this day, it was already dusk, and in the political hall, the deputy prime minister and another deputy minister had already gone home. But he was still immersed in the office hall and reading official documents. If he can decide on it himself, he will directly approve it, and if he can't decide on it, he must also indicate it on the official document and forward it to which department and which chief for review.

As the light grew dimmer, he raised his head, blinked his dry and astringent eyes, and shouted out, "Put the lamp on your palm." After shouting, there was no response outside, and it was expected that the official had deserted. As a last resort, I got up and lit a candle and continued to look through the light.

After a while, I heard footsteps outside, because my colleagues and subordinates had gone home, so the political hall was extremely quiet, and I could hear it very clearly. The footsteps probably stopped after reaching the main hall of the government hall, and after a while, someone was heard muttering, "It's broken." ”

Xu Liu didn't care because he was specifically reviewing official documents, until the person outside might have seen the light and shouted, "Dare to ask if there is still a chief?" ”

"Who?" Xu Liang raised his head and asked.

A figure flashed into his office hall, and he didn't look carefully, he just felt that he was tall. After the man came in, he didn't dare to come forward, so he only saluted in place and said: "The lower official knows that he is often polite, and he didn't ask the ...... of the minister."

Xu Liang didn't answer his words, and asked directly, "Do you have something?" ”

Na Zhi Chang took a step forward and replied: "The lower officials are ordered by Wang Jun, who is the governor of Jiangxi, Huaixi, and Jinghu to report on the military situation. Not long after entering the city, although he knew that it was overtime, he was abrupt because of the urgency of the matter. ”

As soon as he heard that it was someone sent by the king of Zhejun, Xu Liang came to his senses, he got up and took the candlestick and walked out of the desk, only to see that the person who came was in his twenties, with a dark face and no beard, and his eyes looked a little flickering under the candlelight. glanced up at Xu Liang, and quickly lowered his head.

"What did you just say your name was? Are you a child of the Fold family? Xu Liu asked, holding the candle.

"The lower officials know the usual, and the king of Fenyang County is the father of the family." Zhi Zhichang replied again.

Xu Liang was surprised and said with a smile: "It turned out to be the son of the king of Zhejun, come and come, sit down and say." "Since he is the son of the king of Zhejun, it is naturally different.

Zhi Zhichang didn't dare to sit down, and said in a deep voice: "The lower officer has an urgent military report, and he needs to see the chief of the Chinese book." ”

Xu Liu sat down by himself, put the candlestick on the coffee table, and said with a smile: "I am Xu Liang, who is participating in politics." ”

Orichi is often surprised! Because he hadn't been to the political affairs hall and hadn't seen Xu Liu, he didn't know. Once I heard it clearly, I realized that it was the son of Xu Shao, the king of Qinghe County, and Xu Liang, the governor of the political affairs. Then with the gift of children and nephews, a big gift to worship!

Xu Liu was shocked, when this civil official met, even if there was a huge difference in grade, there was no need to kneel, so he asked, "What are you doing?" ”

"In the past, Xu Shumi fought side by side with the father of the lower officials, and he should be the elders of the lower officials, and the prime minister was the brother of the Xu Shumi, and it was natural for the lower officials to be the sons and nephews." Zhi Chang said loudly. The Xu Shumi he is talking about here naturally refers to Xu Jiu.

Xu Liang smiled and said, "Don't be polite, get up and speak." If he knew the news that Zhi Zhichang was about to report, he probably wouldn't be able to laugh.

After Zhi Zhichang got up, he still refused to sit, groped on his body, and after a while, he took out an object, presented it to Xu Liang with both hands, and said: "This book written by the king of Zhejun himself, sent the official to send it here." ”

"Oh, but the front line has been defeated again?" Xu Liu asked as he took it. Zhi Zhi is often silent.

Xu Liu's smile was still on his face, and he opened the book of the king of Zhejun, and he had to read dozens of books every day, so he didn't care about the top of the line at all, and looked directly at the substance. After a few glances, the smile on his face condensed, and soon, the smile was gone, and his face was cloudy. At the end, a pair of eyes widened, and his face was as cold as ice! When I close the notebook, I'm completely expressionless!

Defeat! Defeated! The troops of the king of Zhejun were routed by the Jin army at Choshan in Caizhou, and have now withdrawn across the Huai River and are stationed in Gwangju. In the book of the king of Zhejun, there is no detailed loss data except for reporting the news of the defeat. What's more, it is pointed out that the reason for the defeat is that the Shenwu Rear Army violated moderation and failed to meet the deadline, resulting in the Shenwu Rear Army fighting alone and losing the enemy after all!

That's not all, the king of Zhejun asked the imperial court to allocate more food and ordnance, and to gather troops again to continue the northern expedition. This point, if it is seen by others, or it can still be confused, but Xu Liu is already in the house of the army, and he has stayed in the Tokyo Left-behind Division, Shaanxi Xuanfu Division, and Sichuan Shaanxi Xuanfu Disposal Division for many years, how can you hide it from him?

They were all defeated by the Jin army and retreated across the Huai River, so why talk about continuing the Northern Expedition? You're asking for more food, grass and ordnance, which means you've lost all your supplies. Defeat like this, how to fight?

Xu Liu's deputy minister was not in vain, and after he read it, the first thing he considered was not the change in the situation on the front line. It is what kind of reaction will this news cause in the DPRK and China once it is made public!

Thunder on the ground! Definitely! The landslide and tsunami were in an uproar, an uproar, and the crowd was angry......

Xu Liang suddenly felt the pain of the sun exploding, he grabbed his head with one hand, and asked in a cold voice: "How many soldiers have been lost, and how many materials have been lost?" ”

Zhi Zhi often had a different expression, and said with extra caution: "This, specific ......"

Xu Liang slapped the coffee table, pointed to his nose and said sharply: "Boy, you should have my background!" The original appearance is because of the imperial examination, otherwise, I would be leading troops to fight with my brothers now! Hugh will deceive with lies! ”

Zhi Zhichang was shocked, and after a period of silence, he whispered: "The soldiers are killed, missing, and captured, totaling more than 12,000 people. The loss of ordnance and materiel is a great ......"

Xu Liu's heart ached when he heard this, and he waved his hand and said, "You, go and rest first, and let this matter be carefully considered." ”

Zhi Zhichang originally wanted to use the relationship between his father and Xu Jiu to beg Xu Liuquan to be thoughtful, but seeing his current appearance, he didn't dare to say anything, so he bowed respectfully and withdrew from the hall.

As soon as he left, Xu Liu stared at the recital of the king of Zhejun and couldn't help but sigh heavily. The king of Zhejun, the king of Zhejun, you were originally a contemporary, famous army commander, but this time you were defeated at a bad time! To be honest, losing a battle, losing more than 10,000 soldiers, discarding some food and ordnance, and putting it in the past, if not to say that it is not a big deal, at least it is not a big deal. But the problem is that this time the official family took the risk of bypassing the imperial court and directly issuing an edict, which is like a big gamble. I don't know how much I am, waiting to see the joke. What's more, this is the first time that the Song army counterattacked the Northern Expedition, and its significance is so great that I won't say much about it, your defeat, the impact is so bad, not only for you, but also for many ......

Look outside, it's already dark. Xu Liang took a deep breath, bit his teeth, his heart was horizontal, he put the book of the king of Zhejun into his sleeve, stepped out of the middle book, and went to the inner court. I can't care about the time, I have to break into the forbidden place at night, even if the emperor sleeps with the queen at this time, I have to pull him out!

But just after a few steps out of Zhongshu Province, Xu Liu suddenly felt that something was wrong. We don't have to rush to tell the emperor about this matter for the time being, but a few of us who are in power on the stage must ventilate first. Thinking so, he planned to go out of the palace and go to Zhu Shengfei and Zhao Ding, as for Huang Qianshan, whether he could find Du Na like a bird, anyway, he didn't put a fart, and he was the prime minister with his tail between his legs.

Because of the frequent overtime, the sedan chair driver on Xu Liu's house did not come to pick it up, and it took a long way to hire a sedan chair. When the palanquin man asked him where he was going, he did not say that he would go to Zhu Xiang and Zhao Xiang's mansion, but went back to his home. When he got home, he hurriedly ordered the servants to go to the houses of Zhu, Zhao, and Huang Sanxiang to invite them, and said that there was something urgent and they should come quickly.

Zhao Ding was the first to arrive, when Xu Liu was cooking cold rice, he couldn't sit next to him and watch people eat, so he drank tea in the hall. Huang Qianshan arrived second, and chatted endlessly with the first person in the hall. Xu Liu finished eating all the cold rice, and Zhu Shengfei was late. When he came in, he said, "Why are you in such a hurry?" Can't say it tomorrow? ”

Xu Liu was choked with cold rice and hiccuped, I really want to stop him from being confused, the matter is not urgent, can I invite you to the house overnight? But thinking that he was the prime minister, and he and his father jointly supported the new monarch, he endured it. Sitting on the throne of the lord and ordering the servants to close the doors and windows, the other three saw that he was acting so mysteriously, and they all muttered in their hearts, what is so terrible?

"Zhu Xiang, Zhao Xiang, Huang participate in politics." Xu Liuyi called it one by one, held up the book of the king of Zhejun, and said, "Disaster is coming." ”

A word full of surprise! Zhao Ding leaned forward, almost stood up, and blurted out, "What's the trouble?" ”

Xu Liu sighed and said helplessly: "I just received the news that the king of Zhejun has been defeated!" ”

"What?" The three important ministers spoke in unison.

Zhao Ding couldn't hold back any longer, got up and stepped forward, took the notebook, and didn't even bother to return to his original seat, so he stood there and unfolded it. When Zhu Shengfei saw it, he couldn't sit still, so he stepped forward to look at it together, but Huang Qianshan sat still.

This is unbelievable, the prime minister's face is like ashes! Zhao Ding handed the notebook to Zhu Shengfei's hand, and said angrily: "He Ji'an dares to do this!" There is no national law and military discipline! ”

Xu Liu frowned: "Zhao Xiang thinks that the main responsibility for this loss on the front line lies with He Ji?" ”

Hearing him ask this, Zhao Ding was stunned, and then asked: "Xu Shenzheng thinks this is a prevarication by the king of Zhejun?" ”

Xu Liang smiled bitterly: "That's it, let's wait for the three of you to finish reading." ”

Zhu Shengfei finished reading, closed the book and stretched it out, and Huang Qianshan got up and stepped forward to take it. After reading them all, they all returned to their seats, Zhu Shengfei's face was full of yīn, and he said softly: "This time it is really a disaster......

"When I received the news next, Ben Yù faced the saint, but after thinking about it again and again, I still felt that we had to discuss it first. Once this matter is made public, the government and the opposition will be shaken, and the impact will be immeasurable, so we must be prepared first. Xu Liang said.

Zhao Ding nodded frequently: "Xu Shenzheng is right, once this news spreads, it will be no less than an earthquake." ”

Zhu Shengfei looked extremely annoyed, and his face was almost distorted: "The resentment of the minister of the Manchu Dynasty has just subsided, and as soon as Luo Ruji's matter is provoked, people's hearts have fluctuated again, and now this matter is stirred up again, and the situation is worrying!" ”

Huang Qianshan said at this time: "The king of Zhejun accused He Ji of violating moderation and delaying the military plane, and this matter must be strictly investigated." ”

Xu Liukou said: "There is no need for this matter, but this is a later story, what matters now is that the four of us have discussed it, how to deal with this matter." It is foreseeable that once the word spreads, public opinion in the DPRK and China will inevitably be turbulent, but who will the spearhead be pointed at? ”

"Needless to say? Naturally, he is a front-line general, especially He Ji! Huang Qianshan said.

Xu Liu glanced at him and questioned, "That's all?" Huang Senzheng forgot who ordered the Northern Expedition? ”

Huang Shenzheng's face changed: "Not really, right?" ”

"Not really? There is Deoksugung Palace, how can it not be? Zhu Shengfei glanced at him, "This matter must be hidden, it must be impossible to hide it." Sooner or later, it will be revealed to the world, and the most important thing for the four of us to discuss is how to deal with the upcoming changes in the DPRK and China! The ministers have just stopped a little, because Luo Ruji is under control, and the Taiwan side is secretly accumulating efforts, and once they know the news, they will attack in groups. ”

"But you won't attack the official family, will you?" Huang Qianshan said.

"Obviously, no, but it will definitely attack us and other Zaifu and put pressure on the Holy Lord. If Deoksugung Palace instigates it again, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no unforeseen circumstances. Zhu Shengfei said.

Several people were silent, and Zhu Shengfei saw this and continued: "The old man has an idea, and the three of you will listen to it. Zhao, Xu, and Huang all looked at him and listened to his opinions.

"This matter cannot involve the officials, and the front-line generals must be asked to take responsibility cleanly. He Ji is strict, and the king of Zhejun must also express himself to calm the anger of the public. Moreover, it is to send Jin Guo to eliminate the influence of this matter. Only in this way can we get through this hurdle. "Zhu Shengfei is worthy of being a minister who supports the Li, and he thinks about Zhao Chen wholeheartedly.

Zhao Ding didn't agree in his heart, he was an active anti-war faction, and Zhu Shengfei's remarks at this time were no different from the main peace, so he didn't express his position. Huang Qianshan has always been silent on such a big issue, so he doesn't speak.

After hearing this, Xu Liu said: "It's also a way, but Zhu Xiang, did you ignore a point?" ”

Zhu Shengfei was surprised: "Oh? Which point? ”

"Zhu Xiang ignored the reaction of the official family, will the Holy Lord agree to do this?" Xu Liu reminded.

Zhu Shengfei was even more puzzled: "This was originally conceived for the official family, how could you disagree?" ”

Xu Liangyi stretched out his hand: "Zhu Xiang will take a look at the book of the King of Zhejun again." ”

Zhu Shengfei was skeptical, took the book and read it again, and suddenly realized: "I owe you a reminder!" Yes, the king of Zhejun asked the court to allocate more food and ordnance, and make a comeback. ”

"That's the big problem." Xu Liang nodded his fingers and said.

Zhao Ding pondered for a moment and said tentatively: "Xu is worried about participating in politics, and the official family will agree to the invitation of the king of Zhejun?" ”

"Exactly." Xu Liu nodded.

"Xu participates in politics, among us, you know the most soldiers, according to your opinion, can this battle still be fought?" Zhu Shengfei hurriedly asked.

Xu Liu shook his head helplessly: "I have asked below, the Shenwu front army has lost more than 10,000 yuan, and the ordnance and materials have been lost, which can be regarded as a big defeat, and there is no strength to fight again in the short term." As soon as the Shenwu front army retreated, not to mention the Shenwu rear army in Jinghu, as for the Huaixi army, there was no other way to go except to retreat. To put it mildly, the Northern Expedition has ended. ”

"In this case, you only need to report this to the official's family, and the official family will naturally not agree." Zhao Dingdao.

Before Xu Liu could answer, Zhu Shengfei had already shook his head and denied: "Zhao Xiang, you are wrong, the official family is very likely to do this." ”

"Why is that?" Zhao Ding was really puzzled. Knowing that you can't do it, the official family won't be so stupid