Fengge Yamen is a three-entry courtyard in the southeast of Huiji Gate, and Wen Jiusheng's duty room is in the east wing of the inner courtyard.

At this time, there was a bronze four-beast ring square furnace in the middle of the duty room, and the red Luo charcoal burned a warm room.

A few days ago, Yuan Zheng was afraid that it would inevitably dry the internal fire under the roasting, so he asked the little inner supervisor to move more than a dozen pots of large and small flowers in, and in Wen Jiusheng's duty room, he placed a piece of green in front of the window, which made the warm room quite spring.

On the table in the hall was the food brought by the small kitchen of Funing Palace, and the two of them did not move a few chopsticks, and they were already cold now.

"There hasn't been any news from the mission, and now the news from Kyoto City is supposed to have been deliberately released, but I don't know what the purpose is."

Yuan Zheng sat on the main seat of the head and lightly tapped the sandalwood table in front of him with his knuckles.

Counting the days, it will be about that the two angel groups will meet with the Khan of the Tu Xilu, and the specific situation has not yet seen the exact news from the mission. But today, a rumor is gradually spreading in the streets and alleys of Kyoto that the exchange with Tuxilu has failed, and that Tuxilu and the Tulun alliance have intended to send troops to attack Dachen.

Although it is a groundless rumor, when the situation has not yet stabilized after the Li Rebellion, the wealthy merchants and even some officials in Kyoto are frightened birds, and they listen to the rumors as rain as they hear.

"The news handed over by Yiqiu said that there are indeed people in the rich business district who have been making money everywhere to confirm the authenticity of the news, and once the news is true, they will take some luggage and go south to avoid trouble."

Wen Jiusheng was a little bitter in his mouth, since the government of the first emperor was gradually abolished in the later period, the people's distrust of the imperial court has reached the point of being like this.

"Your Majesty doesn't have to worry too much, I have ordered Yiqiu and Mr. Fei to gather people in Beijing to find out the source of the information and see who spread the rumors and what purpose."

Since it is a rumor and a matter of national affairs, there will inevitably be follow-up actions.

"Well, Sister Qiu does things steadily and quickly, the last time Lin Qing delivered the news that she wanted to find a missing orchid in Kyoto, she found it in a few days."

Wen Jiusheng listened to the emperor's words, as if he remembered something interesting, narrowed his eyes and smiled, and slowly shook his head.

"Presumably, the progress of the mission in Tuxilu, there will be definite news in the next two days, let's wait with peace of mind."

It's when the night is ugly.

The military department received an urgent battle report, saying that the Tulun cavalry had attacked Dongshan Mausoleum, and the resistance of the Tanglin Guard was unfavorable and had been defeated, so it asked the military department to urgently transfer reinforcements to fight.

At this time, the palace gate had been dropped, and because the information was very urgent, he had no choice but to put the urgent feather box into the palace gate, and the guards sent it into the hands of Wen Jiusheng, who was on duty in the Feng Pavilion.

At a regular court meeting early the next morning, a minister who heard about the incident asked for reinforcements to be sent in court, but some people immediately refuted it on the grounds that the DPRK and China had insufficient troops to support it.

The two factions quarreled to the end, and some ministers knelt on the ground crying and begging His Majesty the Emperor to take the expedition in person.

"The Tulun barbarians, who colluded with thieves to kill Zhongliang in the past, and now raided the Dongshan Mausoleum and humiliated the ancestral mausoleum of Emperor Taizu, which is really unbearable."

The speaker wept blood and wept for a while, and many officials seconded the proposal and asked the emperor to take the imperial conquest in person.

Even more emotionally angry, he rolled up his sleeves in front of the palace, and wanted to follow His Majesty the Emperor to personally recruit and personally kill Kou to show his national prestige.

For a while, the faction that sought pro-conquest had an absolute moral advantage, and took out the feat of Emperor Taizong of the previous dynasty of "the Son of Heaven guarding the country", and asked His Majesty the Emperor of Dachen to personally conquer Tulun, expel the barbarians, and create an unearthly feat.

Yuan Zheng was sitting on top of the Golden Palace, because he didn't sleep well last night, Yuan Zheng's eyes were a little swollen and painful. Through the slightly swaying crown in front of him, he looked at the ministers above the hall who were making a fuss like a play, and the corners of his mouth pursed a resolute arc.

But he knows very well in his heart that there is a bitterness spreading in his heart, are the hundred officials left by the first emperor such mediocre and brainless stupid?

But as for the cause of yesterday's rumors, he guessed a few points.

Yesterday, some people spread rumors out of thin air that the mutual market between Dachen and Tuxilu had collapsed, and now Tuxilu and Tulun have formed an alliance with Dachen to jointly attack Dachen.

Late yesterday night, there was an urgent report from the Tanglin Guard, and the Dongshan Tomb was attacked and harassed by a small group of Tulun cavalry, and almost half of the rumors were confirmed - Tulun had offended my Dachen.

The people who were already a little panicked were even more panicked at this time, so much so that this morning they performed such a good show for a group of Wenchen - maybe some people were infected and really wanted to die on the battlefield with the emperor, but there must be some people who did it intentionally.

Now that Yuan Zheng looks at it all, he finds that from the beginning of the spread of rumors, to the facts, to the panic of the ministers, the logic is simple and clear, and the purpose is also very clear.

If he was to go on an expedition, he would definitely take away most of the garrison of the capital and the forbidden army in front of the palace, and the possible consequences of the emptiness of Kyoto's defense would be unimaginable.

As for the emperor who is on a foreign expedition, there should not be many people who really think that his martial arts can be compared with that of Taizong of the previous dynasty, but some people hope that he will go on a campaign, and it would be better if he died at the hands of the Tulun people.

Moreover, if the rumors to the rumors of the early dynasty today are really deliberate behind the scenes, then the key link in the middle, the feather of the Tanglin Guard, came at the right time, indicating that the Tanglin Wei has also colluded with others? Or is it more serious, did someone collude with Tulun and attack the Tanglin Guard, so that there was an urgent report of this defeat?

Under Yuan Zheng's hint, Wen Jiusheng came out of the queue at the right time and stood at the forefront of the hundred officials.

The precious and gorgeous seven-beam crown with a four-color ribbon with cloud and phoenix patterns, and a purple robe with a jade belt around his waist, could not stop his upright atmosphere.

"My grandfather personally handed over 50,000 Dongling Guards to the Duke of the East China Sea to protect the Dongshan Tomb. Now the Duke of Donghai has been passed to the fifth generation, and the minister believes that the blood of the old man is still there, and since it is a small group of enemy troops, he should order the Duke of Donghai to lead the Tanglin Guard to resist the enemy with all his might, and make up for the merits. ”

The emperor nodded with a smile and raised his eyes to look at Yu Liang, the secretary of the military department:

"Everything is according to what the elder Wenge said-Yu Qing, this matter is up to you, quickly draw up an opinion, and send it to the Donghai Mansion in an expedited manner for eight hundred miles."

When he went down to the court, Yuan Zheng specially moved his steps slowly, turned his head sideways and looked at Yu Liang, who had a calm face, wrapped in the courtiers and left.

The old fox couldn't tell what he was thinking.

So, who is behind the scenes?

People who have the motivation and strength to do such a thing, King Yanling is naturally the first.

But this reckless man who almost forced himself to Zen above the feast, what he was most concerned about in the past two days was his biological mother's posthumous title.

Yuan Zheng shook his head in his heart, King Yanling was so stupid and reckless, it didn't look like a person who could have such calculations.

Because of these things, Yuan Zheng entered the Warm Pavilion of the Imperial Palace and changed into a regular suit, and then took the chariot path to the Fengge Wen Jiusheng's duty room.

Jiusheng knew that he would come, and immediately retreated from everyone and said:

"Your Majesty, don't worry. Today's East China Sea Hongmeng was also a disciple of the old minister, and the old minister had personally written a letter to him last night, and sent it out quickly - with the combat power of the Dongling Guard, if it is a small force of Tulun cavalry, it should not be defeated, or the guard is lax to let the enemy have a chance, if there is another battle, it will not be so. ”