The emperor was furious, and Li Xing secretly observed the officials on the scene.

found that the officials on the scene did not seem to be in a hurry.

This made the emperor seem a little embarrassed.

Just when Li Xing was about to join the show.

Unexpectedly, Liu Ji, the imperial lieutenant who had not spoken, also said that the emperor's father-in-law, Liu Guifei's father, spoke.

"Your Majesty, calm your anger, the old minister dared to ask, what happened?"

The emperor didn't put it on the shelf.

Hand the military report to Qin Jin and ask Qin Jin to take it over and show it to Captain Liu Ji.

Soon Liu Ji took it, and after reading it, he was about to return it to Qin Jin.

Emperor Yuan Kang said at this time: "For such a big event, the ministers will take a look and discuss a countermeasure." ”

The song was passed around, and I don't know if the ministers did it intentionally or unintentionally.

Anyway, it finally passed into the hands of the prince.

After reading it, the prince handed it to Li Xing.

After Li Xing finished reading it, he was obviously stunned.

This White Lotus Sect is really good, and it even exists in this world.

Even the routine is the same, in the place where the smallpox plague spreads, give people runes.

It is said that after drinking the rune water, it will not invade all poisons.

Originally, the people in Hedong Province were scared enough by smallpox, and even some people were really well after drinking Fu Shui.

Of course, it may be that those people didn't get it, but they were just scared.

In short, no matter what, the common people believed.

In just half a month, tens of thousands of people have gathered.

Lu Wenjun, the governor of Hedong Province, couldn't hold it down at all, and even the base camp Hedong City was captured.

After reading the report, Li Xing thought that the generals in the court, led by the military department Shangshu, knew the truth and would ask for war one by one.

But I didn't expect that one by one still didn't care about me.

It seems that the imperial court lost Hedong City, and the common people rebelled under the bewitchment of the White Lotus Sect, and it didn't happen.

The only one who was excited was the prince, and when he saw that everyone didn't speak, he was the first to speak.

He saluted Emperor Yuan Kang and said: "Father, the people of Diao dare to ignore the imperial court, kill my officials, and bewitch my kind people, and the ministers are willing to lead 20,000 troops to conquer and suppress, and the rebellion will be quelled within half a month." ”

Yuan Kangdi didn't agree, just glared at his stupid son.

In my heart, I was thinking about how to deal with this matter.

He counted everything, but he didn't calculate it, the smallpox epidemic actually occurred in Hedong Daoye, and it also evolved into a civil uprising.

Now send troops to suppress it, not to mention whether it is successful or not, I am afraid that when I hear the word smallpox, those soldiers will disperse halfway.

And the two guards of the public guard in Kyoto, he didn't dare to move at this time.

Because this is the only power that the royal family can grasp at this time.

That's 100,000 when it's full.

If the crown prince transfers 20,000 yuan, it will be good if he wins, but if he fails, the royal prestige will inevitably be lost.

Judging by the experience of the fall of those countries in history.

Those powerful local factions who hold military and political power may also take advantage of this to divide one side.

In that case, the whole Great Xia will really be in chaos. Yuan Kangdi saw this very clearly.

This is also the reason why since he took office, he has been secretly developing monitoring forces such as shadow guards, and at the same time let Li Zhong rectify the two guards.

It is to let the royal family have a direct subordinate soldier who really belongs to the royal family.

In this way, he got rid of the constraints of local powerful factions and families, and regained power to the royal family.

Therefore, Emperor Yuan Kang looked at Wang Fu, the secretary of the Ministry of War: "Wang Qingjia, as the secretary of the Ministry of War, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Wang came back to the column, first saluted Emperor Yuan Kang, and then shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the smallpox epidemic is raging, and the common people are bewitched by demons, so it is not appropriate to raise troops to recruit them. ”

Hearing these words, Li Xingdu was stunned.

Isn't this supposed to be said by the Ministry of Household or the Ministry of Rites?

The emperor asked you what you meant by the military department, how can you rob someone else's job?

It's really pedantic.

Li Xing complained frantically in his heart.

But when he complained about this, he saw the head of the military department Shangshu bowing his head, and a trace of cunning flashed in his eyes.

reacted instantly, the military department is not pedantic.

Rather, he was in the Emperor's army.

The meaning is very clear, the military department does not want to get involved in this matter.

Looking at the squire of the military department and other generals, and even some nobles, when they heard Wang Fu's words, they were all obviously relieved.

In this case, Li Xing was stunned.

At this time, he understood the true situation of Yuan Kangdi.

No wonder the crown prince Jiang Hong will go to occupy the mountain as the king and develop soldiers and horses.

It turns out that in this court, what the emperor said, everyone is in disobedience, and to put it bluntly, the emperor's order is useless in the eyes of these courtiers.

Even Liu Ji, the captain who had just spoken up, closed his eyes again at this time, looking like he didn't hear anything outside the window.

"Does Wang Qing's family mean to let me drive the expedition in person to persuade those bewitched common people?"

Emperor Yuan Kang forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, trying to make his voice appear less excited.

"If the flower blight spreads today, Your Majesty's golden body must not be in danger, Weichen means that Your Majesty will follow the example of the ancient Holy Monarch and make an edict for his own sin, and the people will feel His Majesty's sincerity and will be convinced."

After Wang Fu finished speaking, he seemed to feel that it was a bit blunt to say it so directly.

There is a sentence added: "Your Majesty, it is not that Weichen is inconsiderate of His Majesty's Sacred Heart, but that the soldiers in the army heard about the smallpox epidemic, I am afraid that they will not dare to go to Ping Thief, the thief is not even, and the face of the court will be lost." ”

Emperor Yuankang's face was pale: "What a thief is uneven, the face of the court is gone, I think I have made an edict of guilt, it doesn't work, the face of the court will be gone, you are the secretary of the military department, you don't think about how to solve the anti-White Lotus Sect that confuses the people, but you want to make me ugly, you, the secretary of the military department, also move your position, let Xian!" ”

"Your Majesty, the words of the ministers are the good words of the society, which can not only reduce casualties, but also maintain the face of the court, and let the common people feel the benevolence of Your Majesty, so that they can return to the court again."

Wang Fu didn't have the slightest change in expression because the emperor said to let him move his position.

Instead, he said that he had just offered the benefits of his advice.

This gave Li Xing a deeper understanding of this person's ability to open his eyes and tell nonsense.

Of course, what refreshed Li Xing's cognition even more was what happened later.