When the emperor heard Xiao Wanchang's performance, his eyes crossed an imperceptible cold color, but his face was calm, and he only hesitated, Hu Xuexin, the secretary of Dali Temple, had already come out of the column and knelt down, and said in a loud voice: "Qi Sheng, what Xiao Shang said, every sentence is true." Our Dali Temple and the Criminal Department both sent officials, and after the rebellion was put down, they went to the counties to investigate. Bozhou all the way, two days ago has been a quick turn, from the rebellion of Su Guanya father and son to the pacification of the rebellion in this period of time, Bozhou County Guard Zhao Xiqiao did not issue any order of King Qin, and the defenders of Hanye City and Lantian City did not have a trace of mobilization, Zhao Xiqiao did not want to repay the effect, it is a big crime, and please ask the Holy Decree to investigate thoroughly and punish severely! ”

"Did Zhao Junshou not get the news?" There was a person from the court, who was an official of the pro-imperial faction, "After all, it was not a long time since the Su family's father and son rebelled and were put down. ”

Xiao Wanchang glanced at the official and said lightly: "Didn't get any news?" I'm afraid that's not right. There was chaos in Beijing, Donghai, Linyang, Yichun, Wu and other counties all got the news, and Donghai and Linyang both sent troops to participate in the counterinsurgency battle, Yichun County also mobilized the local city defenders, but they couldn't arrive quickly, this whole Dayan country can be known everywhere, doesn't he Zhao Xiqiao know? According to the excerpts from Bozhou, the people there are also privately discussing the rebellion in Beijing, and even the common people know about it. ”

As soon as Xiao Wanchang said this, the official was suddenly speechless.

The emperor looked at it coldly, looked calm, took out a fold from the case, held it in his hand, raised it to the courtiers, and said slowly: "This is the fold I received ten days ago, and it is Zhao Xiqiao who is on the fold." ”

The eyes of the courtiers immediately looked at the fold.

"Zhao Xiqiao pleaded guilty in the excerpt." The emperor said slowly and in a low voice: "You Aiqing may not know that since the beginning of winter, Zhao Xiqiao's body has been very unwell, a month ago, he suffered from a cold disease, and he couldn't get up for a month while lying on the **. I also sent someone to investigate, and the news that came back was indeed true, Zhao Xiqiao was indeed suffering from a cold disease, and he couldn't get up to this day, all official affairs were handled by lying on **, and all affairs were also let officials enter his room to discuss.! He sighed lightly and said in a deep voice: "Zhao Xiqiao is a loyal minister!" ”

The ministers were stunned for a while.

The giants of the family sneered in their hearts, this emperor seemed to have expected to attack Zhao Xiqiao, and he was already ready to deal with it.

Hu Xuexin was stunned for a moment, he naturally couldn't give up the opportunity to get rid of Zhao Xiqiao because the emperor gave such a reason, and said: "Holy Lord, although Zhao Xiqiao is sick, but since he knows about it, no matter how serious his illness is, he can't sit idly by. Is his personal body important, or is my Dayan's foundation important? ”

"Zhao Xiqiao did not give an order." The emperor said lightly: "After Zhao Xiqiao learned the news, he immediately issued an order to put down the rebellion of King Qin, but it was just ...... He couldn't get up, but he didn't know that his men weren't doing what he ordered. ”

He said in a deep voice, "Take it!" ”

After the words were spoken, I saw two armored warriors coming out of the side hall of the Taiping Palace, each holding a boxy wooden box in their hands, and came to the hall.

The ministers looked at each other, and they didn't know what the emperor was going to do for a while.

Han Mo frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and a look of surprise crossed his eyes, as if he had guessed what was in the wooden box.

The emperor glanced at the ministers, smiled coldly, and said in a deep voice: "Open the box and let the Zhongqing family see what it is!" ”

The two Golden Palace warriors did not hesitate to open the box, one left and one right, walked towards the courtiers, opened the lid of the wooden box towards the courtiers, and walked down the court, allowing the courtiers to look at them one by one.

Xiao Taishi, who was sitting on the chair on the left, was the first person to see the box, and after just one glance, the old man's face showed a look of extreme shock, and the next officials, after seeing the contents of the wooden box, suddenly changed color.

Han Mo was in the fourth place on the right, and he soon saw that the wooden box in the hand of the Golden Palace warrior was actually holding a human head.

He had already guessed that he was still shocked to see it at this time.

There is no doubt that the other wooden box must also contain human heads, but who are the two human heads contained in this wooden box? Han Mo had seen Zhao Xiqiao, and it would never be Zhao Xiqiao's head in the wooden box.

Moreover, Zhao Xiqiao is the strongest weapon in the hands of the emperor, and the emperor cannot take off his head.

……

"This is the head sent by Zhao Xiqiao." The emperor was expressionless, and said coldly: "These two people are the two commanders of the defenders of Hanye City and Lantian City, they did not follow the order of King Qin, Zhao Xiqiao knew about this, and immediately cut off the heads of these two people and sent them to Beijing." ”

Many courtiers gasped.

The two commanders, who were not ordinary officials, were definitely local high-ranking military attachés, and they were actually beheaded by Zhao Xiqiao in this way, but it can also be seen that Zhao Xiqiao's power in Bozhou County has indeed reached an astonishing level.

And these are obviously given by the emperor.

At this time, the giants of the family understood that when the emperor came to this hand, it was a strong man who broke his wrist and abandoned the car to protect the handsome.

With the heads of the two commanders, to keep Zhao Xiqiao's position, although this hand is very cruel, it has to be said to be a clever move. Putting the responsibility on the two commanders, Zhao Xiqiao will not be charged with standing still, at most it will be the crime of misemploying people.

As for the two commanders not obeying orders, that's just.

But although everyone knows that this is, they can't refute it.

Even if you want to ask why the two commanders did not obey the order, it is that the person concerned is dead and has no confession.

There are many explanations, it can be said that these two commanders secretly colluded with the Su family, or it can be said that these two people have other plans, but all this is no longer important, the important thing is that the emperor played this card, and Zhao Xiqiao's charges have been cleared.

The soldiers and horses of Bozhou County have not moved, there is no doubt that it was naturally instructed by the emperor, perhaps on the night of the rebellion, the emperor had already sent a message to Bozhou County, so that Zhao Xiqiao did not move.

But he didn't expect the final result to be like this, and the emperor could only sacrifice these two commanders if he wanted to keep Zhao Xiqiao.

Perhaps these two commanders were not reconciled to the moment of death.

Since they were entrusted with important tasks by Zhao Xiqiao, they were naturally hard-core royalists, and their abilities were absolutely neat, but they were eventually made scapegoats.

The emperor looked at the different expressions of the courtiers, smiled indifferently, and ordered the gold-armored warrior to retreat, before he said lightly: "Although the main crime is not in Zhao Xiqiao, but he is guilty of being a misneficial, I have already issued an order, a fine of three years, and twenty court rods, to see the aftermath!" His eyes looked coldly at Hu Xuexin and Xiao Wanchang, and said lightly: "Do the two Aiqing think it is appropriate to deal with it like this?" ”

The two of them glanced at each other, and both said, "Holy Wisdom!" ”

Since they have all come to this point, the emperor has already thought of countermeasures, and if he wants to bring down Zhao Xiqiao today, it is naturally impossible.

The giants of the family also have a lot of admiration for this emperor in their hearts, and they can deal with the crisis by this means, the emperor is not only ruthless, but also really powerful.

To put it mildly, two heads resolve a huge crisis.

It is undeniable that in this first encounter, the emperor was victorious.

Hu Xuexin and Xiao Wanchang had just retreated to the court, and Shang Fan Yunao of the military department came out one after another, knelt on the ground and arched his hand: "Qi Shengshang, this time the Northwest Army entered Beijing to quell the rebellion, and there is even a family army entering Beijing Qin Wang, the ministers have discussed with the officials of the Yabu, and they have drawn up a reward program, and please take a look at the Shengshang!" The fold was immediately presented, and the eunuch came to take it.

The emperor looked through it very carefully, and finally put down the fold, and said: "It is a great achievement for all the soldiers to use their lives, be loyal to the court, and quell the rebellion." This crime should be punished, meritorious service should naturally be rewarded, Fan Aiqing's reward on the fold is also very agreeable, just do it according to this, and allocate silver from the household department to reward the three armies. At this time, he actually smiled very calmly, and smiled at Han Xuandao, the household department in the court: "Han Aiqing, your household department is always short of silver, this time the Su family rebelled, confiscated the Su family's property, and included it in the treasury, it must be enough to reward the three armies, right?" ”

Han Xuandao immediately bowed his hand and said respectfully: "Back to the saint, the officials of the ministry are counting the Su family's property in Beijing, and the minister has also sent people to the four northern counties to check the Su family's property over there, and there is no count yet." However, as the saint said, after the Su family's property was confiscated, it should be enough to reward the soldiers with money! ”

The Su family is a century-old family of the Great Yan Kingdom, sitting on the four northern counties of Huiji County, although it is not rich, but the industry accumulated by several generations is by no means a small amount.

Gold and silver, antique calligraphy and paintings, real estate, fields, shops, etc., if you really want to count them completely, it is definitely a huge amount.

If it is used to reward the counterinsurgency soldiers, even if it is a heavy reward, it is far enough.

……

The emperor intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Han Xuanling Han Mo on the right, then looked at the fold that was placed aside, and said slowly: "Fan Aiqing, did you miss some people in this excerpt?" ”

Fan Yunao said respectfully: "Back to the saint, this excerpt has missed three people, Chang Dehou, Han Xuanling, and Han Mo!" ”

"Oh?" There was a faint smile on the corner of the emperor's mouth: "The three Aiqing are the biggest contributors to this rebellion, how can you forget the three most important Aiqing when the military department plans to reward the excerpt?" ”

Fan Yunao immediately replied: "Back to the saint, because of the outstanding merits of the three people, the ministers dare not make decisions without permission, and everything is revealed by the saint!" ”

The emperor nodded slightly, looked at Han Xuanling, and said with a smile: "Governor Han, I haven't seen you for many years, and I am very relieved that you are guarding the East China Sea and doing your duty loyally." This rebellion in Beijing, I heard that you only brought a few hundred horsemen to Beijing at a gallop, and I know this kind of loyalty very well. After a pause, his expression froze, and he said in a deep voice: "Spread my will, canonize Han Xuanling, the governor of the Fujun of Donghai Town, as a hussar general, with a bounty of five hundred taels and a golden knife!" ”

The ministers were shocked again.

Everyone knows that although Han Xuanling is the governor of the Donghai Zhenfu Army, his title is just a town general, and he ranks fifth among the military generals.

But this hussar is not trivial.

The title of the military general of Dayan, the highest is to be a general, and under it are hussar generals, chariot generals, military guard generals, town army generals, cloud envoys, conscription envoys and consolation envoys.

Han Xuanling was directly awarded the title of hussar general from the town army general, which was the second-level title second only to the general of Shenwei, which was equivalent to a three-level promotion of the title.

And Da Yanguo has been canonized as a hussar general so far, but the veterans with such a title have all passed away, and if Han Xuanling is canonized as a hussar general, he will be the second military figure in the dynasty after Xiao Huaiyu.

Everyone was a little surprised.

Everyone knows that after this war, the power of the Han clan has risen unprecedentedly, and the royal family should have vigorously suppressed the power of the Han clan, but how could it have been canonized to Han Xuanling in turn?

Wouldn't this further strengthen the Han family, which was already surging in power?

Many courtiers couldn't figure it out for a while.

Han Xuanling was stunned at first, then taken aback, and knelt down, "Holy Lord, the ministers are ashamed of it, and they dare not receive the decree!" ”

"Why not?" The emperor said: "Governor Han is loyal and patriotic, and he personally led the troops from the East China Sea to quell the rebellion, is it not clear to me that he is so loyal?" Governor Han, I am a person who must be rewarded for meritorious service, and your loyalty to the court is enough to receive this reward! He raised his hand and said: "The words of the Son of Heaven are nine words, do you want to go back to your words and take back your fate?" ”

Han Xuanling hadn't come back to his senses for a while, but Cao Yin, the Marquis of Changde, who was next to him, had already smiled and said, "Governor Han, congratulations, the Holy Lord is so gracious, don't you thank you?" ”

Han Xuanling was helpless, so he had to thank him respectfully.

The emperor smiled and watched Han Xuanling return to the court, and then he looked at Han Mo.

The young man, bowing slightly, his handsome face was extremely calm, and the military uniform embellished him with heroic spirit.

"The face is like a crown of jade, and the heart is like a tiger wolf!" The emperor made this eight-character evaluation in his heart to the young man in front of him, but he still had a faint smile on his face, and said slowly: "Han Mo, this time to suppress the rebellion, you have the most credit, everyone knows, what reward do you want me to give you, just talk about it!" ”