The three of them stood up, but Lu Zhuo couldn't help but take a look at the other figure next to him, that is, his daughter Lu Qing, who was already able to sit behind the screen with the Queen Mother, which made him have mixed feelings, if he forcibly married his daughter to Cui Wenxiang, what would be the result?

Thinking that today's Cui Zhao has become a chaotic minister and thief, and even the Cui family has written to express their stance to themselves, ready to draw a line with Cui Zhao, Lu Zhuo can't help but secretly congratulate himself that he did not compromise with his wife on the issue of his daughter's marriage, otherwise he would really be implicated by Cui Zhao.

Zheng Shanguo also did not go to Chang'an, although Li Jiancheng is his niece and son-in-law, he still considered staying in Beihai County, this is also the way of survival of the family for thousands of years, eggs cannot be put in one basket, with Li Jiancheng, the niece and son-in-law, even if Zhang Xuan is defeated in the future, I believe that Li Yuan will not treat him well, but if Li Yuan loses, it is difficult to say Zhang Xuan's attitude.

In addition, yesterday Zheng Shanguo received a letter from Xingyang County, in which Wang Shichong asked for his son to marry the daughter of the Zheng family, which made Zheng Shanguo very distressed, he was very aware of Wang Shichong's ambitions, once Wang Shichong grasped the power of Luoyang, he would inevitably usurp the throne.

And Wang Shichong himself does not have any political foundation, he has no possibility of seizing the world at all, once Wang Shichong is destroyed, as the only Zheng family who supports him because of marriage, what will be the end?

This made Zheng Shanguo even more upset, so when Pei Ju found him yesterday, he did not hesitate to agree to come to the Queen Mother together, he urgently needed to show his enthusiasm to support Zhang Xuan, and he had to leave a way back for the Zheng family.

At this time, Pei Ju said loudly: "The Empress Dowager, Weichen wants to report to the Empress Dowager about the establishment of a new monarch, the minister has just received the news that Yang Hao, the king of Qin, has been abolished by Yu Wenhua and Pengcheng, and he does not know whether he is alive or dead." But it is estimated that there will be more than one bad luck, but the country cannot be without a king for a day, and I hope that the Queen Mother can give a clear attitude, so that the ministers can act with a clear goal. ”

How could Empress Dowager Xiao give them a clear attitude towards this kind of thing, she was silent for a long time, and Empress Xiao asked slowly behind the screen: "What about Pei Xiangguo's opinion?" ”

Pei Ju didn't expect the Queen Mother to come up with any plan. He just hoped that the Queen Mother would support his plan, Pei Ju hurriedly said: "Li Yuan is about to usurp the throne in Chang'an, it is unrealistic to support the acting king, everyone unanimously denied it, as for Yue Wang Dong, now Wang Shichong's army is in hand, and the power is monopolized, and the Yue King has been in fact set aside, and declaring allegiance to the Yue King is equivalent to loyalty to Wang Shichong." Everyone did not approve of it, and in the end, the ministers meant to set up a new king. ”

Empress Xiao didn't rush to express her position, and continued to ask: "But now that there is no royal family, how can a new monarch be established, the mourning family doesn't understand it very well?" ”

"Empress Dowager Qi, although there are indeed not many royal families, it is not nothing, the first year of the great cause. Both Teng Wanglun and Wei Wangji were exiled to Lingnan for their crimes, although they both died of illness. However, their descendants are still built in, especially King Teng's second son, Yang Huan, the Duke of Wucheng County, who returned from Lingnan due to illness and lived in Liang County, although Yang Huan was not in good health, he had a son, who was the grandson of King Teng. We can consider the grandson of King Liteng as the emperor, and because he is still too young to preside over the government, the ministers and others implore the empress dowager to make the king of Qi the regent of the prison country. Temporarily handle the affairs of the court. ”

"How old is King Teng's grandson now?"

"Empress Dowager Qi, he is just two years old this year."

Empress Xiao was silent for a while, and only said slowly after a long time: "Let's wait for King Qi to come back!" The stakes are high, and we need to be cautious. ”

Empress Xiao asked Lu Qing again, "Does the princess know when King Qi will come back?" ”

Lu Qing said with a smile: "Back to the Queen Mother, the concubine received a quick letter from the King of Qi yesterday, saying that he was about to leave for Yidu, and the concubine estimated that he was on the road now." ”

"Okay, this matter will be discussed after King Qi returns, and Gong Pei doesn't need to ask the mourning family again."

Empress Xiao's last attitude was very resolute, completely cutting off Pei Ju's opportunity to make his own claims, Pei Ju had to sigh secretly, it seemed that he still had to face Zhang Xuan and persuade him not to choose to be loyal to Luoyang.

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Five days later, Zhang Xuan led his army back to Yidu County, and Chang Shi Weiyun went out of the city to welcome Zhang Xuan back.

"I'm not in Yidu during this time, how is Yidu doing?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

"On the whole, it is relatively calm, but when the displaced people returned to their hometowns last month, they caused a riot and injured dozens of people, which has subsided."

"What is the reason for this?" Jaung Hyun asked puzzled.

"In fact, it is the old grudge accumulated by the displaced people in the two counties of Dongjun for several months, and when they are about to go back, everyone is unwilling, and hundreds of people have a vicious fight outside Xicheng, which was stopped by the patrol soldiers in time."

Zhang Xuan nodded, this is indeed a common thing, in the mine, there are often such battles between counties and townships, Zhang Xuan didn't ask more, and as soon as the topic changed, he asked again: "What is the situation of the officials?" ”

This is what Zhang Xuan really wants to ask, and it is also what Wei Yunqi is anxious to report to Zhang Xuan, he hurriedly said: "There are more than 500 officials in total, and nearly 200 people have left, and the marshal has ordered them to come and go freely, so we didn't interfere, the situation is not very good." ”

Zhang Xuan frowned, "Why did so many people leave, is it because the treatment is not good?" ”

"The treatment is already very good, and they are given very generous treatment, basically everyone has their own suite, and special people are arranged to serve, and they also sent a boat to Jiangdu to bring back their concubines and families who left in Jiangdu."

"Then why are so many people still gone?"

"Some people want to go back to their hometowns to visit relatives, but most of them have gone to Chang'an, and I have talked to several officials, but they still have no confidence in the marshal."

Zhang Xuan was silent, if it was to take refuge in Li Yuan, then he would have nothing to say, no matter how good the treatment given here is, it is just to satisfy a little appetite, and for the sake of the future, they will not care about this little treatment, Li Yuan's treatment will be better, this kind of thing can't be forced, if you want to go, just let them go!

At this time, Wei Yunqi said in a low voice: "Duke Pei once came to me and talked to me about the return of officials to the west. ”

"What did he say?" Zhang Xuan asked quietly.

"Pei Gong said that the key is that the situation of the marshal is unclear, whether the marshal wants to be self-reliant, or wants to support Luoyang, Pei Gong said very frankly, he said that the reason why the hundred officials returned to the west is that they are worried that the marshal will support Luoyang."

"Why?"

"They said that the official position in Luoyang was full, and it was not their turn."

Zhang Xuan stopped, Wei Yunqi shook his head and said: "Almost all officials are reluctant to support Luoyang, they are very realistic, their own interests are much more important than Yang Tong, and many people have defected to Li Yuan because of this." ”

Zhang Xuan said lightly: "Because I was worried that I would support Luoyang, I took refuge in Li Yuan?" I haven't come back yet, and they decided that they want me to support Luoyang? This excuse is a bit too hasty! ”

Wei Yunqi smiled bitterly, "The humble post also felt that this was just an excuse, they had already prepared to take refuge in Li Yuan, and the humble post also heard that Duke Pei had gone to the Queen Mother for this matter, hoping that the Empress Dowager could make King Teng's grandson the emperor as soon as possible and canonize the marshal as the regent of the prison country, but the Empress Dowager insisted on waiting for the marshal to come back." ”

"And this kind of thing?"

Zhang Xuan was really a little unhappy in his heart, such a major decision, Pei Ju didn't wait for him to come back, he wanted to go beyond his behalf, although Pei Ju himself was well-intentioned and wanted to use the way of the regent of the prison country to confirm his status, but he didn't discuss it with himself, which was disrespectful to himself.

Zhang Xuancheng's mansion was deep, and the dissatisfaction in his heart was not revealed, but he nodded, "Let's discuss this matter together!" ”

Zhang Xuan first went home to reunite with his family, and then went to the Zhaoxian Hall and the Post House, and met with the officials one by one, calming their anxious mood, until the evening, Zhang Xuan returned to the general's military office, Pei Ju, Su Wei, Zheng Shanguo, Lu Zhuo, Wei Yunqi and Xuan Ling have been waiting for him here for a long time.

This is a hurdle that Zhang Xuan cannot overcome, and it is in front of him, imminent, if there is no clear statement, people's hearts will gradually dissipate, Zhang Xuan also knows that this matter cannot be delayed, so he rushed back in advance, and he had to make this matter clear on the day he came back.

Everyone sat down in the lobby, the hall was very quiet, and the atmosphere was a little serious, at this time, Zhang Xuan circulated a piece of information sent by Luoyang to everyone, "This is a complete report sent by the Luoyang scout, about the death of Wei Jin, Du also experienced this incident, he made some additions, the context is clear, everyone take a look." ”

Everyone circulated a report, which was written very concisely and concisely, but the few words revealed the essence, 'Wang Shichong has exclusive power in the army, and the king of Yue is young and powerless.'"

After everyone finished circulating the report, they all understood in their hearts that Zhang Xuan was clearly pointing out that Wang Shichong was going to usurp the throne, and seeing that everyone had finished reading the report, Zhang Xuan said lightly: "Now that Wang Shichong has great power, how can he allow a powerful force to join the Luoyang court, so even if we want to support Yue Wang Dong, Luoyang may not accept it, do you understand what I mean?" ”

At this time, Pei Ju cautiously asked, "What does His Highness mean?" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled and said: "I heard that Yang Yi, the heir of Prince Teng, is still here, although he is young, but after all, he is a descendant, please ask Duke Pei and Duke Su to ask for everyone's opinions, if you don't object, we can consider the son of King Teng as the emperor." ”

This is Zhang Xuan's official statement, everyone's spirits are lifted, especially Pei Ju is even more excited, Zhang Xuan finally agreed to his plan.

Su Wei didn't have a strange expression, he still asked calmly: "We knew last year that King Teng's second son lives in Songcheng County, Liang County, but it's been a year, will the Wagang Army already strike first?" ”

Su Wei meant that what if King Teng was no longer in Liang County?

This sentence was asked very straightforwardly, and everyone's hearts were raised, this is indeed a big problem, at the beginning of the year, the Wagang army swept the Central Plains, and the officials fled one after another, as a royal family, will King Teng still live peacefully? Everyone looked at Pei Ju, Pei Ju's face was a little pale, and he said for a while: "I have already sent someone to Liang County, and there should be news in the past two days." ”

At this time, Fang Xuanling, who had not spoken, said slowly: "I have a little news, the family of King Teng's second son has migrated to Qufu County, Lu County at the beginning of the year, and it should still be there now!" ”

Fang Xuanling's words suddenly made everyone react, and Zhang Xuan had actually decided a long time ago. (To be continued.) )