The emperor ascended the door of the general's mansion, and the courtiers were known to almost everyone at the first time. Everyone speculated whether the pair would be freed from their suspicions, and the emperor soon returned to the palace and issued an edict.

The edict announced the list of meritorious personnel in the pacification of Huaidi, including military generals, civilian officials, and those in charge of logistics, such as Sui Yi Li Mi and others, but did not fill in the column of rewards, but divided them into two parts, one to Yuan Bolang, and the other to Min Shaoqing, so that the two of them could handle it as appropriate.

After the most reluctance, the new emperor added, and by the way, let Min Shaoqing and Yuan Bolang each come up with the reward and punishment measures for the marquis of Dingguo, without saying anything, and did not express any opinion on this matter.

This can be embarrassing, Yuan Bolang and Min Shaoqing.

"Your Majesty's trick is very clever." Lan He said when discussing with Yuan Bolang, "On the surface, everything has been done, but in fact nothing has been done, let's pierce this layer of window paper, it seems that we are in trouble!" ”

Yuan Bolang was already very annoyed, and frowned when he heard this: "You mean that the emperor is ready to condemn the prince?" ”

"That's not it, if you want to reward the marquis, wouldn't it be better for the emperor to personally sell this favor to Liu Wenyan, why do you need Yuan Xiang to come?"

Yuan Bolang thought about it, the emperor handed over such a hot potato to him and Min Shaoqing, and clearly said that they were not allowed to discuss with each other. is afraid that the results of the two parties may be the same, they are both afraid of Liu Yu and let go of Dingguohou, and as long as it is inconsistent, as long as the emperor takes out one of them to punish Dingguohou, and at the same time can give an explanation to the people of the world and can explain to Liu Yu, the matter is over.

Conviction and death can only condemn the kingdom to death. It can't affect Liu Yu. Otherwise, Liu Yu will rebel. But it doesn't matter what crime a given prince is. will definitely be retaliated against by Liu Yu afterwards. In the past, Liu Yu didn't have the leisure to confront them, a military general like this endangered his father, can he easily say it?

Yuan Bolang was thinking about it, and Lan He suddenly said mysteriously: "Yuan Xiang, you might as well ...... like this"

Lan He whispered twice in Yuan Bolang's ear, Yuan Bolang was stunned for a moment, and then nodded with a smile. But he had some doubts, and said: "If Min Shaoqing is also condemned to be innocent, then what is good?" ”

Lan He's idea is actually very simple, let Yuan Bolang first determine that the marquis of the country is not guilty, no reward or punishment, the merits and demerits are offset, and then let Min Shaoqing be this bad guy, and afterwards Liu Yue's revenge will not depend on the left and right ministers. But the biggest problem is that Min Shaoqing also learns from them. Then the Marquis of Dingguo is really going to get away with it.

Lan He said with a smile: "Don't worry, Min Shaoqing is the most rigid." Thinking that Xuzhou City was attacked by the Huai army for a long time, he just refused to surrender, and you know how ignorant he is of current affairs. Such a person will not change what he is looking for! ”

Yuan Bolang's original worries were relieved, he could not only punish the marquis, but also not offend people, the best of both worlds. Maybe in the future, Liu Yu will stand on their side against Min Shaoqing and other upstarts, who are powerful allies.

So Yuan Bolang hurriedly gave reasonable rewards and punishments to other meritorious officials and meritorious generals, but on the Dingguo Marquis, he made a statement of "merit and demerit offset", and finally showed it to Lan He, both of whom smiled and nodded. Because in Yuan Bolang's list of rewards, Lan He's son Lan Jing was rewarded very much, which was also related to Lan Jing's expedition against Jiang You with Liu Yu.

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In fact, in Min Shaoqing's heart, after getting this edict, what he thought was indeed as Lan He said, he just wanted to kill the monkey of Dingguohou and show it to Liu Yu's chicken!

But after being persuaded by Ma Feng when he heard the news, Min Shaoqing also hesitated.

Although Liu Yu is a powerful minister, he still has no bad deeds in serving the country loyally, this counterinsurgency is the first merit, such a meritorious minister, directly killed his father, how can it be said, if the family is destroyed is even more incomprehensible. No matter how big the mistake of Dingguo Marquis is, Liu Yu's credit for quelling the rebellion will also offset the mistake.

"Convict Liu Zhao of a capital crime, and then say that Liu Wenyan's merits can be offset, so that the father and son will not be rewarded or punished, Liu Wenyan's status in the army will definitely fall, which is beneficial to the consolidation of imperial power!" Ma Feng concluded.

Min Shaoqing nodded, but felt that this was obviously not the original reason for the new emperor to let them agree on the merits of the prince. Now what the new emperor's attitude is, no one knows what kind of Tao Lu Dao, and what he gave Liu Wen a strict talk, there is no way to know.

For other meritorious courtiers and generals, the reward is very easy to determine, that is, to determine the marquis, and even Min Shaoqing, who has always been decisive, has no choice. Ma Feng didn't mix too much in this matter, and it seemed that he wasn't sure how to handle this matter.

"Why don't we go and ask the emperor again?" Min Shaoqing looked at Ma Feng and asked.

Ma Feng smiled helplessly: "I don't think the emperor may be willing to see you, he doesn't say anything, he just doesn't want to use his ideas to influence the punishment of the Marquis of Dingguo, which is also an explanation to Liu Wenyan." ”

Min Shaoqing asked: "If you were you, without considering other factors, how should this crime be determined?" ”

"Then you need to ask? Of course, it is full of houses, and men must at least be in the army, as for the female ......dependents, "Ma Feng didn't hide it, he was really afraid that Min Shaoqing would be convicted in this regard, so he smiled and said, "I'm talking nonsense, don't take it seriously!" ”

Ma Feng scolded Liu Yu the most times when he was in Xuzhou, but at this time, he turned around and wanted to defend Liu Yu, which made Min Shaoqing a little incomprehensible.

Ma Feng can not be regarded as a loyal minister, nor can he be regarded as a traitor, both good to talk and not good to speak, a very contradictory person, in the battle of Xuzhou at the beginning of his surrender, but after the new emperor arrived in Xuzhou, he desperately defended the city and did not slack off, both like to say that people are in the shadow, and will not hold grudges.

Min Shaoqing thought about it, such a person who is very conflicted in self may not be credible when he speaks, it is better to find some upright people to ask their opinions. Thinking of "Geng Zhi", Min Shaoqing immediately thought of Chai Jin, no one in the world is more upright than this elm pimple.

So Min Shaoqing went to Xinzhujun's mansion to visit Chai Jin, Su Bi was pregnant, but she still warmly entertained Min Shaoqing, after all, now her power has been repeatedly suppressed, and Min Shaoqing, as an upstart in the court, actually had something to ask her husband, which made her feel very face-saving, and she has been looking forward to Chai Jin's appearance, and now she has finally got her wish.

"Your Royal Highness Xinzhujun forgive me, the matter that the ministers want to discuss with General Chai is a confidential matter, and it cannot be said to outsiders."

Su Bi was not annoyed, on the contrary, she left very familiarly, leaving only Min Shaoqing and Chai Jin in the hall.

"General Chai, what do you think the emperor meant, is how to deal with the Marquis of Dingguo?" Min Shaoqing asked with a bit of anticipation.

Dingguohou? Chai Jin thought about it, he was so familiar with the name, he seemed to have heard it somewhere. I don't think I've heard anyone talk about it recently, but he doesn't remember it too clearly.

"What did the Marquis of Dingguo do before?" Chai Jin thought for a long time without an answer, so he asked.

Min Shaoqing was stunned at first, this question was a little vague, and he was really not easy to answer. But it quickly occurred to him that a person, no matter how much merit, was originally just a cloth cloth. That is to say, Chai Jin wants to deprive the Marquis of Dingguo and reduce his military status to the people. With the family background of the marquis, he will definitely have no worries about food and clothing.

There is a punishment, but it is not enough to make a stalemate between the new emperor and Liu Yu, which makes him suddenly.

"Thank you General Chai for your guidance and farewell!"

Min Shaoqing sat down and didn't say a word, the person had already left, only Chai Jin had an inexplicable look on his face. (To be continued......)