"Queen Mother, Your Majesty, this is the result of the discussion between the ministers and your lords, please make a decision for the Queen Mother."

In the Zichen Palace, Xiao Yunzhou handed over a fold to Murong Xue Kite, and after Murong Snow Kite took the fold and opened it, Xiao Yunzhou spoke.

"The Empress Dowager, the ministers and others discussed that this expedition against Dongyi could be led by Sima Wu Xingxue as the commander and lead his army in Beijun to Dongjun to quell the rebellion.

In this way, when His Majesty appears in the capital tomorrow, it will only be used to show up in front of the people, and the people can be informed of this news, and the Queen Mother will no longer have to worry about His Majesty's safety. ”

This plan is also the result of the two forces fighting and compromising with each other, Xiao Yunzhou and the others took a step back to prevent Chu Haowen from showing up in front of the army, and Ning Qian and the others took a step back and did not prevent Chu Haowen from showing up in front of the people.

And Murong Xuekite, who had already known the result, pretended to take a look at the recital and agreed to the recital.

When this news spread in the capital, many people in the capital still did not believe it, after all, the previous rumors were too true, and the court has not replied, which led many people to think that the court had really fled.

But there were still many people who decided to go outside the imperial city to have a look to see if the emperor was really still there, so by the time Chu Haowen came to the imperial city, thousands of people had gathered outside the imperial city.

Facing the people below, Chu Haowen, who was above the imperial city, was very excited in his heart, and his whole body was constantly trembling, while Murong Xueyuan and the ministers around him thought that he was trembling because of fear.

Seeing that Chu Haowen was so unbearable, Murong Xueyuan looked down on him even more in his heart, and at the same time let down his vigilance.

Mo Feng, who felt Chu Haowen's trembling, came behind him in two steps, put his right hand on Chu Haowen's waist, and put his left hand on Chu Haowen's shoulder, with a slight force, a warm current instantly spread to Chu Haowen's whole body, he gently turned his head to look at Mo Feng behind him, and the other party also replied to him with an encouraging look, and with Mo Feng's encouragement, Chu Haowen let go of his nervousness and anxiety and walked slowly to the front.

Looking at the people below who were looking up at him, Chu Haowen took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "People! I! The emperor of Great Zhao! Emperor Zhaozong's son did not run! I'm still in this capital with you! ”

"People! I! The emperor of Great Zhao! Emperor Zhaozong's son did not run! I'm still in this capital with you! As soon as Chu Haowen finished speaking, the armor soldiers on his left and right repeated his words as they were, and the voices of thousands of armor soldiers quickly resounded throughout the imperial city.

At the same time, the people below also saw the emperor on the city wall, and when they heard the emperor's words, all the doubts in their hearts were dispelled, and all their fears disappeared without a trace at this moment, for them, as long as the emperor was still in the capital, they would not be in any danger.

Suddenly, the people under the city walls erupted into a tsunami-like shout: "Long live Your Majesty!" Long live Your Majesty! ”

The people of Zhao in this era are simple and loyal, after all, Zhao has a history of nearly 400 years, during this period, Zhao has experienced many crises of death, and the capital has been besieged several times, but each time it can be turned into a disaster, for the people of Zhao as long as the emperor is still there, Zhao will not perish, the capital will be fine, and he will be fine.

Seeing that it was effective, Chu Haowen continued to shout: "People! Don't panic, everyone, I have already sent the Great Sima Wu Xingxue to lead the army to Dongjun to kill the rebels! In the near future, the army will have a good news! ”

After receiving Chu Haowen's promise, the people below once again burst out with a tsunami-like voice, "Long live Your Majesty!" Long live Your Majesty! ”

Looking at the excited people below, Chu Haowen couldn't help waving his right hand and shouted loudly, "Long live Da Zhao!" Da Zhao will win! At the same time, the armor soldier beside him also spread the word.

Hearing this, different from the cheers of the people below, the people standing on the imperial city had different expressions, Xiao Yunzhou, Chen Run'an and the others smiled their beards, Murong Xueyuan squinted at Chu Haowen, and Ning Qian and the others had worried faces.

Early the next morning

In the Zichen Hall of the capital, everyone in the court was arguing because of the border guards and the callback of the Beijing army. The Empress Dowager and her party wanted the King of Chu to continue to serve as the general of Zhenbei on the grounds that although the Liao people retreated, the Liao people were not credible, and the people in the north were erosive, and led the Beijing army to defend the north. The rest of the people strongly demanded that the king of Chu hand over the military power on the grounds that the ancestral family law and the king could not lead troops during peace.

"Queen Mother, Weichen believes that the border pass is not yet stable, and the Liao army is still eyeing the sidelines, and it is not appropriate for our army to withdraw at this time." Ning Qian and the others knew that if they mastered these hundreds of thousands of troops in the north, they would control the fate of a quarter of the empire, and at the same time, they could also contain Pang Ji's hundreds of thousands of troops so that they would not dare to act rashly.

As soon as Ning Qian's voice fell, dozens of ministers echoed

"Queen Mother, the current Demon Suppression Pass has not been repaired, if the Liao State suddenly attacks, if there are no elite troops to defend it, I am afraid it will fall again."

"Queen Mother, at present, except for the troops led by His Royal Highness the King of Chu, I am afraid that there will be no troops capable of fighting with Liao."

"Queen Mother, the border army cannot be withdrawn, if it is withdrawn, there will be endless troubles."

Their thoughts Chen Run'an, Xiao Yunzhou and others naturally knew that since the Empress Dowager went to Nanshan to recuperate, the living conditions of the Prime Minister's party and the emperor's party were in jeopardy, and the Empress Dowager's party began to slowly erode them.

At this time, there was only one Huwei battalion of 3,000 people and 4,000 forbidden troops left in the capital, plus more than 10,000 people scattered to maintain law and order, and they could control more than 2,000 people, but as long as the Beijing camp returned to defense and let Pang Ji lead the border army, then they still had a glimmer of hope for survival.

"Queen Mother, if there is no war in the ancestral family law, the vassal king should be returned to the country, and he cannot participate in politics or lead the army. Besides, I'm the king of Chu who is not the only one who is good at fighting Zhao. The great general Pang Ji and the great Sima Wu Xingxue are all good fighters. Xiao Yunzhou stood up and refuted Ning Qian and the others.

"The general is indeed one of the few good fighters in our dynasty, but the general is already sixty years old, and if he is allowed to stay at the border, I am afraid that his body will not be able to stand it. Da Sima does have prestige, but don't forget, Prime Minister, he is also a vassal king, and he is a king with a different surname! "Ning Qian's method is very simple, since you use the ancestral family law to suppress me, then I will also use the ancestral family law to suppress you, I not only use the ancestral family law to suppress you, but also use righteousness to suppress you.

After listening to Ning Qian's rebuttal, Xiao Yunzhou nodded with deep agreement, "Lord Ning is really for the country and the people, since Lord Ning has said this, then the old man will take a step back, the king of Chu will not return to the fiefdom, and still serve as the commander of the border pass, but to withdraw the Yangwei Battalion, Xiong Battalion, Sumeng Battalion, Patrol Battalion and the rest of the border town army in the current border army and the Beijing army, and the rest of the troops will remain unchanged, and Da Sima will serve as the deputy commander of the border pass." So how about having the best of both worlds? ”

After that, Xiao Yunzhou looked at Ning Qian and the others with a smile on his face, and his expression was as if to say, come on, refute, little fool!

Xiao Yunzhou means that I completely obey your opinion, you said that you would not let the king of Chu return to Beijing, I agreed, let him continue to command the army I agree, it seems that the best of both worlds, and the opinions of all parties have been taken care of. But under careful study, it can be found that most of the Beijing camps transferred back to Beijing belong to Xiao Yunzhou, Chen Run'an's camp, only 10,000 people in Xiongying and more than 1,000 people in Yangwei Camp belong to the Queen Mother's party, and then withdraw the rest of the border town army, and the King of Chu can really control only tens of thousands of vassal troops and 10,000 Beijing troops loyal to the Queen Mother, while Wu Xingxue has more than 100,000 Xiang troops and 20,000 Beijing troops loyal to Chen Run'an and Xiao Yunzhou, the most important of which is 40,000 Beijing troops loyal to the Empress Dowager, Before leaving Beijing, these people accepted the order of the Empress Dowager to obey the orders of the general and the general Sima, and to carry out this method, the Empress Dowager's side would lose completely.

"Lord Xiao is so calculating! It's better to let the king of Chu transfer his troops to Beijing to guard, the general and the big Sima are still guarding the border pass, and at the same time the king of Chu returns to the fiefdom? Ning Qian applauded and satirized Xiao Yunzhou in reverse.

When Xiao Yunzhou was about to continue to refute, Chen Run'an suddenly stood up, bowed his hand respectfully and said: "Queen Mother, there are only 600,000 taels left in the imperial court at present, plus the one million taels that the Empress Dowager took out from her inner treasury before leaving, and the two million taels donated by the merchants of the Jingshi, there are only 3.6 million taels left in the imperial court. At present, the earthquake in Fengzhou, Beijun, needs about one million taels for disaster relief, and the Dongyi rebellion in Dongjun needs to be suppressed by the imperial court, and the imperial court has no soldiers to send at this time. Chen Run'an's meaning is very clear, the imperial court has no money and no soldiers, if the soldiers at the border pass are not withdrawn, then Dongjun will not want it.

Seeing Chen Run'an unleash his big move, Murong Xue Kite waved his hand: "Okay!" Since you can't think of any good way, then the mourning family has a way for you to listen to. ”

After saying a word, Murong Xueyuan paused for a while, swept to the ministers in the audience with a sharp look, and continued when he saw that everyone did not react: "The mourning family feels that the Beijing army must all be withdrawn to protect the safety of the imperial city, and all the armies in other border towns must also be withdrawn, but at the same time, the problem of the northern border pass cannot be ignored, the mourning family wants the general to serve as the commander of the northern border army, the king of Chu will not return to the fief for the time being, stay in the north to re-form the dreadnought army, once the dreadnought army is formed, the king of Chu needs to return to the fief immediately." ”

After that, the ministers discussed a lot, this proposal took care of the demands of both parties for the time being, but it was full of loopholes under careful investigation, but fortunately, the soldiers were transferred back, and Chen Runan and others were not good at what to say, so they could only pinch their noses and admit it.

"Queen Mother Shengming!" Seeing that everyone was so knowledgeable, Murong Xue Kite was very satisfied and then said, "Since this matter is settled, let's discuss the matter of the Dongyi rebellion." ”

"The Queen Mother, the minister thinks that the kings of Dongjun can be allowed to recruit troops and build weapons to suppress the rebellion." Shangshu Sheng Jing of the Criminal Department stood up and said.

"The queen mother can't, in addition to the 20,000 county soldiers, the ancestral vassal king can't recruit troops privately, and it is impossible to build weapons, if this system is opened, it is inevitable that the vassal kings of the world will learn the same, if someone has bad intentions, it will be difficult to suppress it with the current strength of the imperial court." Chen Run'an stood up again just head-on.

Sheng Jingquan turned to Chen Run'an and asked, "Then Lord Chen, what should the imperial court do?" ”

Chen Run'an smiled and glanced at Sheng Jingquan contemptuously and said to Murong Xueyuan: "Empress Dowager, the minister believes that although Dongyi has attacked the city and fallen the land, it is no longer able to fight, and the Dongjun Taishou has formed an effective defense, plus there are many volunteers in the occupied area who continue to attack the Dongyi grain road, so that the Dongyi people have fallen into the point of difficulty in supplying grain and grass. As long as this method continues, the rebellion will be over when the reserve soldiers and the elite troops of Dongjun return to return. ”

Sheng Jingquan retorted: "Why is Lord Chen so confident? If it is really according to Lord Chen, the Dongyi tribe is so vulnerable, then why did Jeju and Xuzhou fall so quickly, and why did the 20,000 reserve Japanese army be wiped out? There are only more than 10,000 people left in the hundreds of thousands of Xiang troops? ”

"That's a surprise attack on our army! Dongyi itself doesn't have much combat power, if it weren't for ......" Just as Chen Run'an wanted to continue, Murong Xue Kite interrupted him. "Okay, don't argue anymore, the mourning family decided to allow the kings of Dongjun to recruit troops, but the maximum number of kings should not exceed 30,000, half of the ordnance and weapons will be issued by the imperial court, and half will be built by themselves, and the vassal kings can control the recruited soldiers and horses by themselves, so that the Great Sima will lead the reserve army and the Dongjun Xiang army to return to help quickly, and let the Dongjun County hold the defensive line and wait for the return of the front-line army." After saying that, everyone agreed, and Murong Xuekite nodded with great satisfaction and signaled to go down.

Soon, this decree in the imperial court spread to the people, and the influence among the people, especially the scholars, was extremely violent, and many scholars discussed and criticized endlessly.

Many students are discussing this decree.

"The Queen Mother's decree is completely in disregard of Taizu's testament, and it is completely an act of betraying the ancestors."

"This time is different from the past, if everything is done in accordance with the teachings of Taizu, how can Da Zhao survive to this day?"

"Let's not talk about Taizu's legacy, for the matter of Dongyi, it is obvious that Dongjun Taishou can recruit troops locally, and it can also last until the return of my royal division. Why do you have to ask the vassal king to recruit troops, has the queen mother and the court princes forgotten the rebellion of the eight kings in the former Jin Dynasty? ”

"The Queen Mother ordered the kings to recruit troops, and let the Dongjun Taishou Chen Jing guard the defense line but did not give Lord Chen the right to recruit troops, nor did she order reinforcements, which is extremely ridiculous!"

At this moment, the students and scholars in the capital complained that Murong Xuekite violated the family law of his ancestors and agreed to the use of troops by the vassal king without authorization, and many students speculated that Murong Xuekite had sinister intentions and wanted to murder the emperor of the current dynasty, and for a while, Murong Xuekite's reputation among various academic sects quickly declined.