"Your Majesty, the Qiang rebellion in the northwest has lasted for more than ten years, although the rebels have almost been wiped out, but the labor expedition, the imperial court has been overwhelmed, so the minister has the courage to suggest, abandon the cities of the Western Regions, recuperate, and rule by Huang Lao and inaction..."

It was another morning in the court, and Zhu Tiangang ordered to appoint Ban Yong as the protector of the Western Regions, and immediately a white-bearded old man jumped out to report.

"You mean to give up the Western Regions, give up the land that our ancestors bought back with their blood?"

Listening to the old official's words, Zhu Tiangang's nose was almost crooked, but he still said patiently.

The old official didn't notice that Zhu Tiangang was on the verge of breaking out, and as soon as Zhu Tiangang's voice fell, he continued: "Most of the places in the northwest are deserts, and the imperial court has involved a lot of manpower and material resources for this, so it's really unnecessary..."

"Smack!"

Before the old man finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhu Tiangang's heavy slap on the table...

"Where the sun and the moon shine and the rivers go, they are all Han land... I really can't understand how the imperial court can raise such a pedantic and short-sighted waste as you?

Zhu Tiangang didn't want to get angry, let alone dispose of anyone in this temporary position, but now it seems that sometimes it is not possible to use some thunder means...

With Zhu Tiangang's order, the general immediately took a few wolf-like guards and put the old official out with a bewildered face, and until now he didn't understand why the emperor suddenly became so angry...

"Your Majesty is angry, come to your lordship..."

"Don't say it, I will never lose an inch of land in my hands"

Seeing that someone wanted to intercede for the old official, Zhu Tiangang immediately waved his hand and shouted.

"Your Majesty, although it is a mistake to come to the Lord, but the war in the Northwest Qiang Land is indeed about to bring down the imperial court, and this battle really can't be fought anymore."

As soon as Zhu Tiangang's words fell, Yang Zhen came out to report.

Zhu Tiangang has already understood this matter, the Qiang rebellion, the imperial court sent troops to suppress it, and I don't know how this battle was fought, and after more than ten years, the rebellion was not quelled.

And as Yang Zhen said, the imperial court has been greatly damaged by this, and if it continues to fight, the imperial court will really collapse...

But now that the war has been fought so far, if the troops are withdrawn, won't they tell the rebels that the court is afraid of them...

In the court, people such as Yang Zhen and the general Geng Feng all knew that this battle could not be fought again, but no one dared to open this mouth, if it weren't for the emperor's recent efforts, it is estimated that Yang Zhen would not have said it.

On this matter, Zhu Tiangang has been calculating for many days, and when Yang Zhen finished speaking, a cruel smile suddenly flashed at the corner of his mouth, and said: "Spread the decree, the army will withdraw to the Hanqiang side..."

"Your Majesty can't! Your Majesty said just now that we must not lose an inch of land, but a small Qiang rebellion, let us withdraw our troops, how can we talk about ruling all nations."

Before Zhu Tiangang finished speaking, he was interrupted by a fierce voice, and when he looked at it, he saw that it was Chen Zhong, the guard captain.

dared to interrupt the emperor's speech, it can be seen that this guy is not small, and it is not difficult to see from his face and age that this is also a cadre...

Zhu Tiangang was not angry, and said with a slight smile: "You are not small, you dare to interrupt without waiting for me to finish speaking, remember it for you first, and listen to me finish speaking."

"Damn the sinner!"

Chen Zhong also suddenly woke up at this time, so he directly lay on the ground and asked for guilt.

"Withdrawing the army to the Hanqiang border does not mean letting the rebels go, from now on, the Hanqiang border will be completely blocked, not a grain of rice, a grain of salt, or a piece of iron will not be allowed to flow into the Qiang border, and whoever dares to disobey the order will be raided and his clan will be destroyed."

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Hearing Zhu Tiangang say this, the ministers all breathed a sigh of relief, and everyone understood that His Majesty was trying to trap the Qiang people...

"Chen Aiqing, I ordered someone to supervise this matter, and at the same time to compensate the soldiers in front of me, and not let the soldiers shed blood and tears"

"Your Majesty... The minister is guilty, guilty!!...

As soon as Zhu Tiangang finished speaking, Chen Zhong suddenly burst into tears.

Immediately, the general Geng Feng also knelt down and kowtowed: "The soldiers in front of the ministers thank God!"

"Hehe! all get up, all get up, I've been thinking about how to increase the number of people in the past few days, you guys are crying like this, I'm not in the mood anymore."

"Your Majesty, the minister has the right to play"

This time it was Liu Chang who jumped out, yesterday he asked to see Zhu Tiangang, but was driven away by Zhu Tiangang, this morning Chao has been holding his breath, and at this moment he finally has the opportunity to say...

I didn't want Zhu Tiangang to be waiting for him to jump out, so he said lightly: "What else is there to do with Aiqing?"

"It is rumored outside that Your Majesty was changed by a goblin, and Your Majesty should prove his innocence and let the rumors be self-defeating"

Liu Chang also let go and said hard.

"Nonsense, King Lu, as Zong Zhengqing, actually listened to the rumors in the market, are you worthy of Your Majesty's trust?"

"Your Majesty, Liu Chang has a bad heart, please also ask Your Majesty to be aware of it!"

This time, without Zhu Tiangang opening his mouth, several officials from the Yushitai stood up and fired at Liu Chang.

Zhu Tiangang waved his hand and said lightly: "It is said that rumors stop at the wise, King Lu, as a member of the royal family, actually believes such rumors, it seems that someone's impeachment of you must be true."

After that, he picked up a copy of the book from the imperial book case and motioned to the chamberlain next to him to read it aloud.

"Check! Zong Zhengqing Lu Wang Liu Chang, careless of human life, bullying men and women, once had a close relationship with the eunuch Jiang Jing..."

This is a book specially prepared for Liu Chang by Zhu Tiangang, Lao Zhu knows very well that none of these royal family members have clean buttocks, and they wanted to save some face for them before, but now this guy is actually relying on his royal status to occupy the land he wants to build a tower in the eastern suburbs, so he can no longer be tolerated...

"Plop!"

Before the chamberlain finished reading, Liu Chang had already collapsed to the ground, and suddenly understood in a trance that the emperor was going to cut him...

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the ministers are wronged, wronged..."

Under extreme fear, even defending himself is so pale and powerless.

"Tingwei, the person has been handed over to you, by the way, Yang Situ, you go to his house to have a look, I heard that he has looted a lot of people's fat and people's ointment, isn't the treasury still empty!

"Whew!"

After screaming, Liu Chang's eyes rolled and he fainted directly...

It is a very amazing phenomenon, if an official commits a crime, there will definitely be a few colleagues or something to help intercede, but when an accident occurs to an imperial relative like Liu Chang, most of the officials are gloating...

After retiring from the dynasty, as soon as Zhu Tiangang returned to the imperial study, Prime Minister Dou Ping and Yang Zhen followed.

The Dou family has always been a prominent family of the Han Dynasty, and there are many in-laws with the Liu family, but although this Dou Ping occupies the position of prime minister, he is too old and no longer takes care of things, so he is not very popular with Zhu Tiangang.

"Your Majesty, the minister has two things, one is that Your Majesty just raised the salary, Your Majesty knows that the treasury is empty, so there is still money to increase the income!"

It stands to reason that this matter should be said by the prime minister, but I don't know how the two discussed, but after the ceremony, Yang Zhen brought it up...