When Wang Xu took heavy steps and slowly stepped into the main hall of the golden and brilliant Qilin Palace, the civil and military forces were already in the ranks, and they each knelt quietly on the mattress, and when they saw their figures appear, they immediately paid homage neatly.

"Wait for the ministers to see the King of Chu!"

"Excuse me!"

Wang Xu waved his long sleeves and walked towards the high platform at the top.

There is a beautiful Hu bed, carved with a fierce unicorn, majestic and solemn, which is his throne. It was the first time he sat on it at the moment, and he felt very comfortable, and the size and materials of its design were probably very particular, but he didn't feel it too much, his eyes had already swept over the civil and military forces present, and the majestic voice resounded in the hall.

"It has been nearly a year since this king went to Jiaozhou, and today is the first court meeting when he returned, and he should have rewarded the princes first, but there are some things that make this king not vomit and be unhappy, and he is eager to deal with it! Therefore, I will not make a commendation for the time being, and I will make a decision next time. ”

When the ministers heard this, their hearts were all in shock, and they all knew what they meant.

Wang Xu was also very straightforward, and then said sharply: "Let's bring Zhang Su, Yin Pu, and Zhang Mu to meet!" ”

"The three of the prisoners, Zhang Su, Yin Pu, and Zhang Mu, went to ...... Temple......! ”

The female official waiting outside the hall spoke loudly, and the long-delayed high-pitched tone echoed in the palace and spread far away.

After a short time, the three people dressed in prison clothes and with their heads scattered were pressed into the hall by the Praetorian Guards, and fell to their knees limply.

At this time, they were unkempt, their prison clothes were stained with stains and blood, and they still had the scenery on weekdays.

Wang Xu didn't rush to care about Yin Pu and Zhang Mu, but looked straight at Zhang Su.

Zhang Su lowered his head, not daring to look at him, and was ashamed. Fear again. His younger brother Zhang Song. At this moment, he was also in the temple, looking at him with angry eyes!

The ministers didn't dare to speak at the moment, and the entire hall was so quiet that it could be heard.

After a long time, Wang Xu spoke out slowly, as if reminiscing: "Jun Jiao, since you were attached, has this king ever treated you badly?" ”

"The ministers are ashamed to be kind to the king, and they hope that the king will be gracious. I hope the king will be gracious! ”

Zhang Su cried and wailed in an instant, his voice was hoarse, he kept kowtowing, and even knocked out blood.

"Enough!" Wang Xu shouted angrily. "If you knew today, why bother in the first place! How can this king be gracious? ”

As he spoke, he suddenly stood up from the throne and pointed at Zhang Su below and reprimanded: "How much does this king trust you, let you be the general under the command of Zongzheng Temple, and be in charge of all civil engineering projects in the territory." is a high and powerful position, but you can give an explanation to this king. It is more than 15,000 unjust deaths, waste of materials worth more than 70 million yuan, and more than 150 million yuan in aftermath compensation. You're really talented! ”

"The minister is guilty! The minister is guilty! ”

Zhang Su cried and knelt on the ground, and could only keep chattering.

When Wang Xu saw his appearance, he was even more angry: "Can a guilty person make up for 15,000 lives?" Can a guilty person get back more than 200 million five baht? Your group of people has gone bankrupt, and as a result, they still caused a loss of more than 200 million dollars, what do you bear? Can you afford the loss of the hearts of the people? ”

Zhang Su's messy hair covered his cheeks, but it couldn't hide the tears that kept dripping from him, he had already understood from his tone just now, and knew that it was useless to say anything.

After the painful reprimand, Wang Xu slowly closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said in an unusually firm tone: "Will be the general Zhang Su, greedy for comfort, strict zhòng dereliction of duty, resulting in the death of more than 15,000 innocent people, huge losses of money and materials, and discouragement of the people, and then deceived the superiors and subordinates, concealed and did not report, abused power, killed the people, framed Zhongliang, and died enough to atone for his crimes, immediately dragged out of the north gate to ask for beheading, and raided his home!" ”

"No!"

Outside the main hall, several guards walked in an instant, and dragged out the ashen Zhang Su, who had already completely lost his luster at this time, like a walking corpse without a soul.

Wang Xu quickly turned his head, looked at the other two who were still kneeling on the ground and were silent, and reprimanded: "Yin Pu, Zhang Mu! Have you two ever been convicted! ”

The two didn't speak, they just fell to the ground half-dead, they obviously suffered a lot of torture, and they knew that they would die, and they had lost their spirits, the only difference between them and Zhang Su was that they knew very well that everything they said was nonsense, as if they were stupid, and they didn't say anything.

Seeing their appearance, Wang Xu didn't want to say a word, waved his hand and said: "Drag these two people out of the north gate to behead, hang their heads for three days to show the public, and raid their homes!" ”

"No!" A few more guards came in from outside the door, and then pulled the two out of the door.

The two of them remained motionless, limp at the mercy of the guards.

Wang Xu didn't care so much, took a deep breath, slowly sat back on the throne, and shouted in a deep voice:

"Passing on the king's order, the officials responsible for the construction of the Hanzhong plank road, but those who take the initiative to collude with these three people will be beheaded!"

"Those who are forced to collude will be dismissed!"

"The soldiers and soldiers of the county government who rebelled with him, those who are waiting for positions above the military will be beheaded by the family!"

"Among the soldiers, whoever follows him will be beheaded!"

"Those who are forced to obey orders to follow will be sent home after being dismissed!"

"Other relevant people involved in this matter will be severely convicted by Yanwei Temple!"

"Officials who do not participate in this matter and harm themselves in vain will be judged as meritorious heroes and rewarded with pensions!"

As he quickly said a series of disposal methods, hundreds of heads have become inevitable, but no civil and military think that this move is inappropriate, if this matter is not severely punished, no one will be afraid in the future, such troubled times, can only use heavy canons, and even this has been calculated as a result, if this matter falls into the hands of other princes, not to mention the end of a female family member who is a prostitute and a man who is a slave.

Wang Xu's eyes also turned, and gradually looked at Zhang Song, who had been suspended for a long time, and said leisurely: "Zhang Song, I will be a general under your jurisdiction, although it has been verified that this matter has nothing to do with you at all, but you are not strict in supervision, and you don't even care about this matter, and you should be punished!" ”

"The subordinates are not strict, and they are ashamed of the trust placed in the King of Chu, and they are willing to accept the punishment!"

Zhang Song had long been disappointed in his brother, and he had been skeptical about it until Liu Yi found out the ironclad evidence.

Since then, he has not visited his brother in prison. Today, too, from beginning to end, he glared angrily. He didn't expect that. His own brother actually harmed him in order to protect himself.

"Yes!" Wang Xu nodded, and said lightly: "Remembering that you are sincere in repentance and have many meritorious deeds, I will only remove you from the position of Zongzheng of Jiuqing, transfer to Shangshutai as Shangshu, and then be fined for half a year as a punishment." But this is the only time, and if there is such a dereliction of duty in the future, it will not be forgiven! ”

"Thank you King Chu for your kindness!" Zhang Song trembled all over his body and kowtowed in thanks.

He is a smart person, and he understands that this is already a great leniency, and understands that Wang Xu is protecting him.

Wang Xu smiled and didn't say anything more to him.

"Jingzhou Thorn Shi Jiang Wan!"

"The minister is here!" Jiang Wan responded.

Because the seat of Jingzhou's assassination was still located in Xiangyang, Jiang Wan also had to participate in the court meeting.

"You are talented, morally good, and calm. From today onwards, he has been transferred to the Zongzheng of Jiuqing. Sitting in Zongzheng Temple, it is in charge of civil engineering, water conservancy, and transportation construction matters. Wang Xu said lightly.

"Thank you King Chu Longen, I will live up to the expectations of King Chu!" Jiang Wan's face was calm, without joy or sorrow, and he bowed down.

"Yes! This king will wait and see! ”

Wang Xu is still very relieved about Jiang Wan, not only because of his fame, but also because of what he has done over the years.

"It is also rumored that this king ordered that Dong He should be too shou in Shu County, and he will be appointed as the assassin of Jingzhou! Liu Yong, a subordinate official of Taifu Temple, was transferred to Shu County Taishou! The vacant official positions under the command of Zongzheng Temple were quickly agreed upon by Shangshutai and submitted to the king for approval. ”

"No!" The ministers answered.

"Do you have something important to do?" Wang Xu asked.

"Something to do!" Tian Feng immediately bowed in response, got up and walked to the center of the hall to kneel, and said: "The Qiang and clan tribes in the western part of Yizhou, recently, many people have expressed their submission to the local county guards, and they intend to meet the king of Chu. Please let the king of Chu order the western princes of Yizhou to gradually expand to the west in the future, build roads, strengthen cultural and commercial exchanges, subdue them with virtue, use strong power, lure them with generous profits, absorb their people, expand the territory of the Han Dynasty, educate the barbarian land, and benefit future generations! ”

After listening to this, Wang Xu didn't think much about it, and waved his hand directly: "Quasi-play!" It's just that this matter is not an overnight effort, and it is necessary to let the Taishou and the assassination of history go step by step, and not be in a hurry. ”

"No!" Tian Feng was ordered to retreat.

After that, there were no more major matters that required Wang Xu to decide, and the ministers routinely reported the current situation, and it was not until noon that the court meeting ended.

The ministers had just dispersed, and Wang Xu was about to return to the North Palace from the Qilin Palace, but Fu Zhu came in a hurry and blocked the way.

"My lord, the minister has something to report!"

"Huh! What do you have to say in private? Wang Xu smiled, but did not refuse his confidants.

Frustrated and replied: "Do you still remember Huan Su and Liu Min? ”

"Huan Boxiu, Liu Gongrui?"

"It's these two!" Fu Zhu nodded and said softly: "My lord, Huan Boxiu was involved in the Xiangyang Rebellion and served hard labor for eight years, and the time has long passed. Liu Gongrui's negligence caused the Wuxi barbarian rebellion and was also confined to his home. Now that the two things have passed for a long time, and they have been punished, after all, the two of them have outstanding character and talent, and they are loyal to the lord, and the things of the year were also out of carelessness. ”

"Of course!" Wang Xu smiled and said with emotion: "When Bo Xiufa was assigned to Tuntian, I went to visit him in person, and I said that I would wait for his return, but you didn't say that I almost forgot!" ”

He was a little surprised that there was such a thing, but he quickly smiled and said, "My lord, the minister immediately wrote a book to recruit him?" ”

"Yes!" Wang Xu nodded: "Shangshutai is short of people, so let the two of them enter Shangshutai as Shangshu!" ”

"This ......" was stunned, but he didn't think that Wang Xu would be so generous: "Lord, this is not appropriate!" Shangshutai supervises hundreds of officials, and is also responsible for checking the appointment and promotion of officials, and is also responsible for agreeing on the country's heavy decrees. ”

"It doesn't matter! The two of them have the ability to quickly gain the respect of their ministers! ”

Wang Xu waved his sleeves disappreciatively, and quickly changed the topic: "By the way, I forgot to say one thing in the court earlier, but now the two border counties of Jiaozhou Rinan and Jiuzhen are not too guarded, so I will transfer your subordinate officials Deng Xi and Zhao Lei to go, he is loyal and honest, and he is kind-hearted, and he can take on this responsibility!" However, tell them that before going south, you must first go to the Nantai Shouyu State Office the day before yesterday to ask for advice, write a detailed governance method and submit it to me for review, and you can't go blindly. ”

"No!" Frustrated, he bowed and saluted: "If the lord has no other orders, the minister will retire for the time being!" ”

"Go ahead!" (To be continued......)