Looking at the long list he handed over, Liu Zhi couldn't believe his eyes.

After a quick glance, although most of them were low-level officials, to his surprise, there were also several middle-level and high-level personnel that he had never thought of.

What a surprise.

He suddenly understood that these people were given to him by Li Gu, he had been immersed in officialdom for many years, and he was a Confucian family, so his protégés and former officials were naturally indispensable.

"Very good, with this help, the odds of winning are one more point, hahaha......"

He didn't mention Li Gu, this duke deliberately contacted him through Dong Ban tactfully, but he didn't want to wade into this troubled water, and he had to be interesting.

Li Gong's situation was difficult enough, and he couldn't harm him.

"These people rely on you to contact, I don't need them to do anything for the time being, just know what to do."

At present, it seems that the situation is very good, but Liu Zhi is not blindly optimistic, if he succeeds in killing Liang Ji, of course they will raise their hands to welcome.

But if he fails, no one will stand up and speak for him, from ancient times to the present, the winner is king, and people are so realistic.

Immediately afterwards, Fan Chao also reported to him the situation on his side, and Liu Zhi repeatedly told him to be careful.

If Deng Meng can enter the palace, then let them all go to Deng Yanmen.

At the end of the banquet, Duan Xilai said goodbye to him, "The minister is going to go back to the border pass, pull some people over, and he will be able to turn back in a month and a half at the latest." ”

"It's okay, be careful on your own road, no matter how many people you find, please return safely, I hope that when you pacify the frontier in the future, you can show your skills."

Liang Ji threw an olive branch to him several times, and if he refused again, he was likely to become angry and kill him.

"No, the minister saves."

Seeing that it was not early, Liu Zhi was about to go back to the palace, and he was still immersed in excitement in the carriage, and suddenly felt that the carriage was extremely bumpy.

He was defenseless and almost hit the wall of the car, but fortunately, Zhang Rang's hand was quick and he hugged his waist to avoid injury.

What's going on?

The road in Kyoto was smooth and wide, and it had never been so bumpy, but by this time he had already noticed that something was wrong.

The street was very noisy, and there was a lot of screaming.

"Oh no, the earth dragon has turned over!"

A scream came clearly into his ears, and he was extremely shocked, earthquake?

Quickly opened the car window, and sure enough, I saw that the street was in chaos, countless people were running in panic, and some houses were cracked, and the scene was extremely panicked.

However, if you look closely, there is no collapse, indicating that the magnitude of the earthquake is not large, or that Kyoto is not the center of the earthquake, but that the tremor is only noticeably felt.

It should have been an earthquake near Jingshi, and I don't know what the situation is, even in the modern age of advanced science, earthquakes can still bring great damage.

Not to mention the backward productivity of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it is estimated that an earthquake of five or six magnitudes can also cause tragic results.

It's just a natural and man-made disaster, and non-human beings can fight against it, so at most, we can only provide disaster relief as soon as possible to help those who are still alive to tide over the difficulties.

The worried Liu Zhi finally returned to the palace, so he went straight to Yongle Palace, and sure enough, the Queen Mother was also praying in the palace.

In this era, transportation is inconvenient, and in such a short period of time, it is impossible to know the real situation, and all that can be done is to wait.

In my impression, the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty seems to be in the Xiaoice period, and various natural disasters are frequent, which is one of the reasons why the economy of the late Han Dynasty is difficult to revitalize.

At this moment, the outside captain Du Qiao asked to see him, this came quite quickly.

"Chen Du Qiao visits the Queen Mother and Your Majesty."

For some reason, Liu Zhi always felt that the captain was a little old today, and he looked exhausted.

"According to my Han system, the minister will take the blame and resign, the Queen Mother, I am afraid that the minister will not be able to continue to assist His Majesty this time."

What do you mean?

Liu Zhi was stunned when he heard it, the earthquake was about Du Qiao's, and he didn't do it, so why should he be dismissed.

"What's going on?"

It's not that he hasn't studied the rules and regulations of the Han Dynasty, so he doesn't seem to have seen this one.

"Back to Your Majesty, there is an unwritten rule in the Han Dynasty, in case of natural disasters such as solar eclipses, earth movements, floods, etc., it is caused by the immorality of the imperial court, and as a captain, you need to take the initiative to remove it to thank the world."

What kind of bullshit rules are this, but the ancient people were superstitious, and it is impossible for him to explain them with modern science.

Speaking of which, later dynasties also had similar rules, but the object was replaced by the emperor, thinking that it was caused by the immorality of the Son of Heaven, and he had to make an edict against himself.

Hey, if you want him to learn it too, it seems to work, and it is impossible to really dismiss the emperor anyway.

"The immorality of the court is the sin of the Son of Heaven, and it has nothing to do with the Taiwei, if there is really a serious ground disturbance, I am willing to issue an edict to settle the world."

Empress Dowager Liang and Du Qiao didn't expect that Liu Zhi would say such righteous and awe-inspiring words, and they couldn't react for a while, they just looked at him stunned.

"Your Majesty, thank you for your majesty's maintenance, but since Emperor An, the rule that the Son of Heaven is responsible has been abolished, and the third prince is responsible, I'm afraid this time will not be spared."

Liu Zhi was speechless, he understood what Du Qiao meant, if he, the emperor, could be the master of the house, it would be just a matter of words to change the rules.

But the general is trying to destroy him, and now that a good excuse has been sent to his mouth, will he not make full use of it?

Even Empress Dowager Liang, who had become an offensive and defensive alliance with him, was helpless and had to acquiesce in this result, which was very unfavorable to her.

That night, the palace received an urgent secret report that the Runan earthquake, but it seems that the seismic level is not very high, and there are no particularly large casualties.

While Liu Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, he could only sigh that Du Qiao's bad luck was not good, no matter how small an earthquake was, it was an earthquake, and Liang Ji would still seize this God-given opportunity to defeat him completely.

Sure enough, at the emergency court meeting held the next day, there was a boss who played: Yin and Yang are out of balance, God will punish them, and the court should remove the head of state as usual, so as to reassure the hearts of all the people.

Liang Ji's henchmen echoed one after another, and although Du Qiao's people looked ugly, they could only swallow their anger and remain silent.

In the end, it was Du Qiao himself who took the initiative to write a letter, asking His Majesty to remove him from his post of lieutenant.

According to the old practice, when Situ Zhao Jie was promoted in order, this person had already become Liang Ji's sworn friend, helping him to fight everywhere.

Sikong Yuan Tang was also promoted to Situ, but Sikong's candidate caused a dispute, but Liang Ji proposed a person that everyone didn't expect.

Hu Guang, who was dismissed last year due to physical reasons, originally thought that he would disappear from the political arena, but he did not expect that he would resurrect now.

Empress Dowager Liang frowned, "Didn't he have a stroke?" ”

"The Queen Mother doesn't know, it was just a misdiagnosis last time, but now he has already recovered, and he looks more powerful than the minister."

Liang Ji immediately blocked her words-for-tat, knowing that the only reason for the dismissal of Hu Guang was that he was unwell, and he did not mention other sins.

Now that his body has recovered, there is really no reason to prevent him from returning to the imperial court.

Seeing that the situation in the imperial court, which had only slowly improved with a lot of effort, was wiped out because of a small earthquake.

Empress Dowager Liang's heart swelled with a sense of powerlessness.