In the Zichen Palace, the people who had quieted down seemed to be waiting for her to speak.

At the top, the old woman in the dragon robe seemed to be accustomed to this kind of face-turning dispute in the private imperial meeting, and her expression remained unchanged to put away the fold and ask:

"Where are the soldiers of the North Returnee?"

The female official in colorful clothes immediately led several palace people to move a pair of exquisite mountains and rivers from the apse and placed it in the center of the main hall.

Xia Guan Shangshu Wei Sixing immediately stepped forward and respectfully pointed out a certain location on the map:

"Sage, please see, the latest news that these rebels have arrived in Hengzhou, and they are still half the way away from Hongzhou and Jiangzhou, which threatened to return."

Wei Zhao lowered his eyes:

"It's been almost a month, and it's really slow."

Difuzi put down the teacup, put his hands on his sleeves, and nodded: "The sage is clear." ”

"Sage." Wei Jiji bowed his head slightly and reminded:

"The major affairs of the country are enshrined in Rong, and there are no trivial matters in the army. The saint, the whole world is watching, if it is not handled properly, it will be indecisive, which will damage the majesty of the court and the face of the saint. ”

Shen Xisheng: "Majesty is not suppressed by strong soldiers. The Great Zhou should follow the royal road, be fair and clear, and only then can the world return to the heart. ”

Wei Sixing, who was on the side, suddenly threw out a word:

"The minister heard that Guizhou Governor Shi Lan Changhao has a fist heart, since the imperial court promulgated the will of Tianshu and the statue, he actively responded to the call of the center, and personally selected the site, and went to Jiangzhou to observe......

"I want to build an outstanding Buddha for the saint, to the Tusiyi people in the remote southwest, and spread the glory of the saint and the prestige of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

"I heard that the reason why I advocate a small extension of the Guizhou soldiers this time is because Guizhou is remote, there are many indigenous people, taxes are difficult to collect, the state government's finances are relatively stretched, and the dismissal of the soldiers is a big additional expense.

"It is said that it is difficult to be a local official, not to mention the magistrate of this remote state capital, Lan Changhao had no choice but to prioritize and put the main source of finance of the current state capital on the construction of Buddha statues."

Shen Xisheng sighed in his heart, the previous concern in Lianghan's letter was right, the two kings of the Wei family were really cunning, and pulled up this tiger skin of "making a statue for the emperor".

His face remained unchanged, and he turned his head and chuckled:

"His Royal Highness King Liang is talking more and more like a roundworm in Lan Changshi's stomach, he knows it so clearly."

Wei Sixing did not show annoyance on his face, and replied with a smile:

"Then Lord Shen is like a roundworm in someone's stomach?"

Ignoring the two "roundworms", Wei Jihei, who served as the superintendent of Tianshu and the Buddha statue, said with a straight face:

"Sage, Ouyang Lianghan's transcription of the recital, the minister read it, and what he said is not completely wrong, but this son is a little too demanding of others with the standards of sages.

"Although Lanzhou Lan Changhao is stern and impatient, and he is a little more fierce in politics, he can share the worries of the imperial court, where is there anything wrong with the sincere heart of the statue of the saint?

"Not everyone is as rich as Yangzhou and Jiangzhou.

"Looking at this matter, Lan Changhao has a small mistake, but his attitude is correct, and it is almost difficult for anyone to put him in his position.

"In addition, the fact that the mutiny in Guizhou happened at this juncture is too coincidental, and it is difficult not to think that there are traitors who oppose Tianshu and the statue, instigating soldiers behind their backs, inducing mutiny, and deliberately making trouble to interfere with the policy of the imperial court.

"You can't ignore this."

Wei Jihei's tone was meaningful.

Wei Zhao raised his eyelids slightly.

Wei Sixing caught a glimpse of it and took the opportunity to say:

"Knowing that the imperial court is sometimes difficult and the state capital is in difficulty, he mutinied and returned to his hometown, regardless of the overall situation, there must be thieves who make noise and return to the north, which is a malicious return to his hometown.

"If you don't suppress it with thunder, but connive at the rebels, and criticize Changshi Lan Changhao, the other state capitals in the world that build statues and raise Songde copper will see it, wouldn't it be the same?

"Everyone learns from the Guizhou soldiers to 'maliciously return home', how should the imperial court deal with it at that time, and do you want the majesty of the imperial court center?

"Sage Mingjian, guard against the slightest."

Wei Zhao closed his eyes and listened for a while, and slowly opened his eyes:

"What the heirs and their thoughts and deeds say is not unreasonable." Turning his head again: "What does the elder think?" But there is something to say. ”

On the imperial stool, the fat old man with drooping eyes who listened to the argument seemed to be sleepy and fugue, opened his eyes, took out his hands from his sleeves, and propped them on his legs:

"King Wei and King Liang really take care of the overall situation and share the worries of the saints everywhere.

"However, since it is said that the prevention of microaggressions is gradually stopped, whether the mutiny of the Guizhou soldiers has been provoked by Lan Changhao for a long time, let's not talk about it for the time being.

"The old minister is stupid, and there is still a confusion.

"If the state capitals of the world see that the affairs of Guizhou are worry-free, they begin to follow the example, under the guise of creating Buddha, holding high the banner of the saint, working the people and money, filling their own pockets, and causing great trouble, what should they do?

"Among them, how should King Liang and King Wei prevent Du."

Wei Jihei and Wei Sixing's faces changed slightly.

Empress Wei Zhao tilted her head and held her forehead with her palm.

Shen Xisheng took advantage of the victory to pursue and said:

"In the final analysis, it is nothing more than fighting for Ouyang Lianghan, which is true with what Lan, Wang, and Zhu said.

"Then go check it out!

"Your Majesty can send an envoy to Guizhou to appease the soldiers on the border and investigate the statue building in the lobby of Guizhou.

"Let's see if there is a real shortage of money and food, and he was forced to reduce military salary expenditures, or whether Lan Changhao was bullied by his superiors and subordinates, selfishly, and abused public weapons, so he repeatedly postponed and forced out a mutiny.

"The supervising envoy went to Hongzhou and Jiangzhou again to thoroughly investigate Lan Changhao's original lobbying for the postponement, and check whether he had bribed or given gifts to the military governors of the two states.

Wei Jihei is dissatisfied:

"At the moment, the rebels are on the way, and the center of the court should focus on how to deal with the military disaster, but Lord Shen has thoroughly investigated them one by one, and Xiao Wang is very suspicious that Lord Shen is taking the opportunity to eradicate dissidents."

Shen Xi sneered: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei will really use the overall situation to suppress people, and he will stand on the commanding heights again." ”

"I and you should focus on the overall situation of the imperial court, what do you want to investigate, wait until the immediate urgency is solved, and then Xiao Wang will be the first to support. Lord Shen, don't forget the distinction between priority and priority. ”

The old woman in the dragon robe sat on her forehead, unable to see the expression of the drooping crown clearly, and said after a while:

"Yao Qing, Wei Qing, what do you think?"

"Sage, Weichen is stupid and shallow, after listening to it, I feel that what Master and Master Shen said makes sense, but it's ......."

Yao Gongyu glanced at the empress Wei Zhao above, paused in his words, and said:

"However, His Royal Highness King Wei has a very good saying, and Weichen thinks so.

"The overall situation of the imperial court should be the priority, and the top priority is how to deal with the soldiers who returned to the north.

"Now that the whole world is looking at the saint and the court, you need to make a decision quickly, you must know that the longer this kind of military affairs drags on, the easier it is to cause chaos, and the example of Yingzhou is right in front of you."

Shen Xisheng frowned slightly, and in the mud, he was faintly biased towards Wei's.

However, this Yao Gongyu is not exactly a member of the Wei family, but has always stood on the side of Her Majesty the Empress.

When Her Majesty the Empress changed to Emperor Zhou, she was the first person to stand up and support it.

Because he is good at figuring out the holy will, what he says is usually what His Majesty wants to hear, and at the same time does not offend the Wei clan and the Baoli faction too much.

So in a sense, this person's speech can roughly represent His Majesty's attitude.

"Aiqing thinks whether to transfer troops to suppress it."

Wei Zhao asked.

"This matter ......," Yao Gongyu hesitated slightly.

"Sage, the ministers think that it is inappropriate to transfer troops to suppress it."

Wei Zhenzai spoke.

This old prime minister, who has always been taciturn, is one of the old ministers who are second only to Di Fuzi among the ministers who are present today.

"Wei Qing, please speak."

Wei Zhenzai coughed, waved his hand and refused the towel handed by the female official, and said weakly:

"The north returns to the soldiers, has reached Hengzhou, Jiangnan Province, Jiangnan Road is not better than Lingnan Road, along the Yangtze River downstream, connecting Huainan Road, and Jianghuai has been the rich area of the world since ancient times, and the world's taxes rely on two roads.

"Even if the order is immediately given, troops are dispatched to suppress it, and when it is intercepted to the north, it is already close to the two states of Hong and Jiang, which are the gateways to the southeast.

"Even if the officers and soldiers defeat the Beigui soldiers on the road, if they are not wiped out, and the resulting chaotic soldiers collapse and become trouble, how should they be handled?

"Jianghuai has been peaceful for a long time, and once the troops are dispersed to various parts of the southeast to cause chaos and disrupt the transportation of taxes and taxes, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Wei Zhenzai sighed: "Don't come hard, force it on the road." ”

Divzi nodded: "Good." ”

Wei Jihei and Wei Sixing frowned, and their mouths stopped talking.

Shen Xisheng's face agreed:

"Wei Lao is insightful, the pillar of the country. Do not force troops to suppress it, send envoys to comfort, allow the soldiers to return to their hometowns, and at the same time severely punish the criminal officials involved, so as to calm the army's heart and quell the mutiny. ”

Wei Jihei immediately refuted it:

"Lord Shen connived at the arrogant soldiers, and also took a criminal official, Xiao Wang appointed Songde Tianshu and the governor of the Quartet Buddha statue as an envoy, is it that even Xiao Wang is also a criminal official in your mouth, and Lord Shen will also be severely punished together?"

Shen Xisheng was sincere: "Don't worry, prince. ”

Wei Sixing said lightly: "It's not impossible to send an envoy to investigate and severely punish the criminal officials, but I'm afraid that someone has compassion and hidden thoughts, and the real goal is something other than Guizhou's military guards, and obstruct the national policy of the court." ”

Wei Zhao turned his head and asked, "It's all over." ”

Shen Xisheng, Wei Jihei, and Wei Sixing immediately stood quietly on their sides, bowing their heads and saying nothing.

Wei Zhao said again: "What Wei Aiqing said is reasonable, but there are good strategies to offer. ”

"The courtiers are sparse and shallow."

Wei Zhenzai paused and repeated: "You can't forcibly suppress it, so that the rout of the army will be in trouble." ”

And he said no more.

Wei Zhao ignored the Wei Clan's two kings and Shen Xisheng, looked around the audience, and asked, "Does Zhu Aiqing have any other different countermeasures?" ”

"Weichen thinks it's better to compromise on everything."

Yao Gongyu suddenly spoke.

Wei Zhao immediately nodded: "Speak." ”

When Yao Gongyu heard this, he was slightly relieved in his heart, his face was serious, and he spoke eloquently......

Shaoqing, a compromise plan proposed by Yao Gongyu, the imperial historian, was approved by the empress Wei Zhao, and everyone acquiesced and passed.

The decision-making meeting ended after the battle.

The ministers of the Baoli faction and the two kings of the Wei clan both left with some reluctant expressions.

In the Zichen Palace, after the imperial meeting was dispersed, the empress Wei Zhao did not leave anyone.

The female officials in colorful clothes are all hidden.

The hall was empty, and the old woman in the dragon robe sat alone on the dragon chair, and her fingers turned a round and green jade Maitreya Buddha.

She stared at the delicate sand table of mountains and rivers below.

The eyes look somewhere.

"Is it southeast again?"

After a pause, he smiled: "Heh, Tianzi is angry." ”

Wei Zhao picked up a booklet routinely sent from Jiangzhou in the southeast from the imperial case next to him, browsed it for a while, and suddenly said:

"Rong Zhen."

A cold girl in a crimson palace dress walked out, her figure silent, as silent as a cat.

The old woman in the dragon robe raised her hand lazily and pointed to the mountains and rivers in front of her.

"You go and help Miaozhen."

"Yes, saint."

……

The palace of the heir of Wei Wangwei is in Lidefang, where Luoyang magnates gather.

The frame goes out of the east city gate, facing the Lide Fang, and it is very convenient to enter the palace every day.

The two brothers got together in the car and had a small discussion.

After a short time, separated from the frame of Wang Brother Wei Sixing, Wei Jihei closed his eyes and recuperated, and returned all the way to the Wei Wangfu, which everyone in the world knew.

"Call Li Li to come to the study."

As soon as Wei Jiji entered the door, he pushed open the beautiful concubine's room and said to the housekeeper.

"Yes, lord."

A quarter of an hour later.

Outside the window, in the study where Yazhu is planted.

The heir of Wei, who was in a chair and closed his eyes, waited for a trembling Persian merchant.

"Good afternoon, Lord Wang." Boss Li knelt down and buried his head and said.

Wei Jiji didn't open his eyes: "What about Shaoxuan, what about Mr. Qiu, and what about this king's Ding Sword." ”

"The sixth prince and Mr. Qiu should be looking for the sword trick in Yunmengze, and the villain has already sent the palace practitioner to find it, for the time being...... There is no news yet.

"Yunmeng Jianze is too conservative, the conditions are harsh, and it is difficult for those Yue girls to deal with, it is difficult for our people to sneak in and find people for a while, but there is almost progress recently......"

"This king has heard this countless times, Li Li, you said that this king will hear it a few more times."

Boss Li's bowed body, trembling uncontrollably, and his back wet with cold sweat:

"Villain...... The villain must have done his best to find the sixth prince and Mr. Qiu. ”

Wei Jiji nodded: "Go ahead, if you can't find people and Ding Jian before the Great Zhou Songde Tianshu is built, you know the consequences." ”

was given an ultimatum, and Boss Li desperately knocked out three rings: "The villain takes the order, the villain must bring someone back!" ”

Ignoring the Persian merchant who kowtowed and bleed, stained the carpet, Wei Jiji opened his eyes, looked out the window in the direction of the Imperial City Square in the distance, and sighed.

In a whispering voice that no one heard, he muttered to himself:

"Tianshu has been built as planned, but the Ding Sword has not been delivered, and the Tianshu without the Ding Sword is not buying the pearl and doing it for nothing.

"Wei's has spent so much money for so many years, and has raised so many people, is it a bamboo basket to draw water...... I'm really unwilling.

"And my aunt's thoughts, it is becoming more and more difficult to guess, what did the group of Si Tian Jian Qi Shi in Shangyang Palace say to my aunt that day, and then his attitude became so compassionate......

"And the sudden rise and fall of the family in Jiangzhou, hehe, leisure, leisure, I really didn't expect that there would be a chance to see you...... Are you still so weak and afraid of guilt? ”

Wei Jiji suddenly turned his head and asked:

"It's really as Shaoxuan Tuoxin said, that family in Jiangzhou really doesn't hate our Wei Wangfu and the Wei family?"

Boss Li was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted that it was the sixth prince who suddenly appeared at the beginning who asked him to send a letter to inform the palace about it.

Before he had time to wipe the blood from his forehead to his chin, he nodded and replied:

The sixth prince himself said to the villain that the idle young girl, the little princess, had been fascinated by him. And in the Donglin Temple of Longcheng, the villain has seen the sixth prince hugging the beautiful woman's thin waist, and the little princess is even willing to leave her family and fly away with the sixth prince......"

Wei Jiji couldn't help touching his chin: "Lixian, this young girl, is she so innocent, not like a princess who has left Qian." ”

"After all, growing up in a small place and being in the boudoir for a long time is quite pitiful, weak and kind." Boss Li nodded vigorously: "But the main thing is that the sixth prince is wise and martial, which makes her fall in love." ”

After a pause, the Persian merchant sneered and said:

"And the sixth prince once secretly designed, even if he saved the idle family, and the little princess blew the wind in his ears, and now this family has a good impression of our palace, and it is not as bitter as the king of Xiang's lineage."

Wei Jiji nodded slowly, with a slight relief on his face:

"It is worthy of my Wei Lin'er, sharing worries for the clan, knowing how to play chess, and being prepared for danger in times of peace."

(End of chapter)