The day after Li Hao and the others left, Lu Jun returned to the ship and told Shu Moshan that he needed the other party to prove his identity.

Shumoshan simply asked Lu Jun to find pen and ink and write a letter directly to Lu Jun. Shu Moshan knew that Lu Jun would definitely read the letter he wrote, so he didn't fabricate something that didn't exist, just like he said before, telling Zhao Zhong how powerful Lu Jun was, not only exterminated a Yellow Turban traitor, but also killed its leader.

Lu Jun didn't care about the content, all he cared about was whether it would really be as Li Hao expected, so that Zhao Zhong and other people in the court would not pay attention to himself, at least not on himself now.

The letter was handed over to a post station according to Shumoshan's request, and there was a word "pick" on the back of the envelope, and when the post station person handed the letter to the post chief, his face immediately changed, and he immediately asked people to send the letter to Jingshi quickly.

It takes more than ten days from Yangxian County to Beijing, but it is an official road, at least before leaving Yangzhou, the speed is much faster, but then into the territory of Yuzhou to avoid the war, the time is delayed for a day or two, calculated, Li Hao When they arrived in Wuhu County, the letter had already arrived in Beijing.

As early as three days after the letter was sent, Lu Jun asked Lu Hong to release Shumoshan, and Lu Hong could pull his face, laugh a few words with him, and send Shumoshan away.

At this time, Zhao Zhong was holding the letter from Shu Moshan in his hand, and he read it when he received it, and he handed the letter to Zhang Rang, wanting to hear his opinion.

Zhang Rang finished reading the letter and casually put it on the table.

"This Lu Jun seems to be the son of Lu Jun, the captain of the city gate."

"That's right, but Lu Jun is from the Lu family of Wu County, is his behavior showing favor to us?"

Although Shumoshan is one of his many hidden lines, it is still good in Zhao Zhong's eyes to be able to blend into the Yellow Turban Rebels and become a leader. If he really lost it, Zhao Zhong felt that he would definitely pursue it.

Shu Moshan said in the letter that he wanted Zhao Zhong to help you prove his identity, but Zhao Zhong knew that Lu Jun must have released Shu Moshan, and this letter seemed to him to be nothing more than a gesture of goodwill.

This result is just as Li Hao said to Lu Jun.

Zhang Rang didn't answer, his opinion was a little different from Zhao Zhong's.

In his opinion, no matter how Lu Jun is a member of the scholar clan, he is not a member of the same road with them at all, so how can he show favor to them?

But the letter was indeed sent back by Zhao Zhong's subordinates, and this can't be faked.

Looking at Zhang Rang, who was pondering, Zhao Zhong was not easy to bother.

After a long time, Zhang Rang said: "If I remember correctly, Lu Jun was promoted to the captain of Jiujiang not long ago, right?" Exterminating a Yellow Turban traitor is not a small credit. ”

"Yes, the news from the front, Zhu Jun is not in a good position, Huangfu Song went to help, and he was also beaten and retreated, and now Lu Jun has sent back good news, where do you say their faces are gone?"

On the one hand, there were the left and right Zhonglang generals appointed by Emperor Liu Hong, and on the other hand, the Jiujiang Lieutenant was promoted because of the promotion, and as a result, the left and right Zhonglang generals were defeated by the same person, which made the court lose face. The elite soldiers mobilized from all over the country are not as good as the soldiers recruited between the two counties, and others have no cavalry.

In Zhang Rang's eyes, Lu Jun's remote scholar clan is useless at all, but since the other party has shown favor to him, it is not impossible to help Lu Jun fight for some benefits, and this may also make some other scholar clans move closer to him.

Immediately, Zhang Rang made a decision and told Zhao Zhong to tell Liu Hong the news of Lu Jun's extermination of the Yellow Turban traitors, and asked Liu Hong to increase the reward.

During this time, Liu Hong also had no face to be sad, and he was not in the mood to go to his West Garden to enjoy.

He knew everything about Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song. Zhu Jun confronted the other party several times, and finally fled in defeat. After hearing the news, Huangfu Song was ready to rush to help, but he was also defeated and retreated, and he had retreated to Changshe.

"Rice bucket! It's all rice buckets! ”

Looking at the civil and military officials under the court, Liu Hong was angry, there were so many people under his hands, how could he not even solve a single Yellow Turban traitor.

Among the civil and military officials in the court, in fact, there are many people who have real talents and real learning, but they are afraid that the proposal they have just put forward will offend the interests of some people, and as soon as they retire from the court, their official positions will not be guaranteed.

Seeing that no one spoke, Liu Hong waved his sleeves and left directly.

Coming straight to the Imperial Garden, Liu Hong planned to relax, but as soon as his ass sat down, Zhao Zhong came over.

Seeing Zhao Zhong looking for himself, Liu Hong was a little stunned, and he didn't understand what the other party was looking for him.

When he came to Liu Hong's side, Zhao Zhong did not kneel, but just arched his hand, "I've seen Your Majesty." ”

Liu Hong didn't see any dislike on his expression, and asked curiously: "Mother Zhao, why did you come to me?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister received the news from below, Lu Jun, the commander of Jiujiang in Wu County, exterminated the Yellow Turban traitors."

Hearing the news, Liu Hong immediately stood up from the stone bench, with an incredulous expression, "You say it again?" ”

I heard Zhao Zhong say it again.

"Good! This Lu Jun is good! ”

Liu Hong clapped his hands and shouted, the excited expression on his face overflowing.

"Reward! I will reward him heavily! ”

Zhao Zhong knew that he didn't have to speak, and Liu Hong would also increase his reward for Lu Jun.

"It is indeed a reward, it is best to announce the civil and military officials, so that they can learn more."

Hearing Zhao Zhong's words, Liu Hong didn't feel anything wrong at all, and immediately asked the eunuchs behind him to inform the hundred officials who had just left to come back to the court again.

This time in the court, Liu Hong asked Zhao Zhong to follow, after all, the news was told to him by Zhao Zhong, of course, he had to let Zhao Zhong tell the hundred officials.

The hundred officials who returned to the court looked at Liu Hong sitting on the dragon chair, and they were a little confused, they couldn't understand what Liu Hong was doing when he called them back. And looking at his expression, it was diametrically opposed to the previous angry appearance, and even many people wondered if Liu Hong had been angry before.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I just received the news that Lu Jun, the Jiujiang Governor of Wu County, has exterminated a Yellow Turban traitor."

These words were like an uproar, which caused everyone to discuss in the court, and they all felt incredible.

There are at least about 10,000 Yellow Turban traitors on one side, and the imperial court has also relaxed the number of military powers in various places because of the Yellow Turban traitors, and the maximum number cannot exceed 20,000, even if it is the title of Captain in this special period, it cannot exceed 30,000.

What's more, Wu County Linhai, its soldiers are mainly engaged in water combat, even if it is a two-to-one force, they can exterminate the Yellow Turban traitors on one side, they all feel incredible.

There are also people among the hundred officials who know about Lu Jun's situation, and they think that it will be Lu Jun who used his own private soldiers. But they soon felt that it was impossible, first of all, if they used their own private soldiers, not to mention whether the family agreed or not, even if they were used, this loss could only be counted on their own heads. And the imperial court will not only not care, but will also impose heavy penalties.

So now what they doubt is the authenticity of the message.

A military general stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, where did this news come from?" ”

Without waiting for Liu Hong to speak, Zhao Zhong on the side walked out from the side, squinted his eyes and said, "What?" General Annan, doesn't you believe the news we received? ”

Zhao Zhong's words surprised everyone again, but they didn't expect the news to come from Zhao Zhong.

At this moment, all the officials present would not think that this news was fake. If Zhao Zhong's news is false, then the crime of bullying the king does not matter what his identity is.

And they didn't expect Zhao Zhong to be able to have a connection with the scholars of Wu County, it seems that Zhao Zhong was planning to help Lu Jun ask for merit in the court.

Such a move falls in the eyes of those who have a heart, but it becomes different.

In the eyes of some people, Zhao Zhong's move is on the surface, if he is with him, the benefits are naturally indispensable, which clearly wants to win over the scholars.

General Annan's name was Wang Fang, a man about fifty years old, who followed the former general Dou Wu to fight in the sand in his early years, and later had to return to his hometown because he was wounded a lot. It was only recently that the imperial court needed someone and had to recall him and give him to an Annan general, but it was an idle position.

Wang Fang looked at Zhao Zhong, suppressing the anger in his heart, and there was no trace of hatred on his face. This is also the result of so many years of self-cultivation and training.

"Since it was Zhao Shilang who said it, it must be true." After speaking, Wang Fang retreated to his place.

Zhao Zhong glanced at Wang Fang coldly, and did not take the other party in his eyes at all. In his opinion, even if the ministers of the Three Princes see him, they must retreat.

Looking around at everyone, Zhao Zhong continued to speak: "The news must be true, now that Captain Lu can exterminate a Yellow Turban traitor, this is also a good start, isn't it?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Liu Hong opened his mouth.

"Zhao Aiqing is right, I want to reward Lu Jun well, and I also hope that you can have good talents to recommend, good suggestions to put forward, if you can succeed, I will reward you heavily!"

There was a sudden silence in the court, and just when Liu Hong wanted to announce his retirement from the court, one person at the front of the military attache column stood up.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a word."

Seeing this person, not to mention the hundred officials, even Zhao Zhong was a little surprised, thinking that this person usually doesn't speak, why do you want to speak today.

This person's name is Zhang Chi, and his official position is the general of the Fu Army, although he is seventy years old, his prestige in the army is not low. Usually, when the court was discussing politics, Zhang Chi basically just listened and rarely spoke, but now there is a proposal, not only Zhao Zhong and Baiguan are surprised, but even Liu Hong is also surprised.

"Oh? It turned out to be General Zhang, if you have anything to say, just say it. ”

Zhang Chi looked straight at Liu Hong and said, "Your Majesty, now that there are rebellions in various places, the total number of traitors is probably more than 100,000. ”

Zhang Chi paused when he said this, Liu Hong, Zhao Zhong and the hundred officials didn't understand what he was going to say, and looked at Zhang Chi with a puzzled look on their faces waiting for his next words.

"I beg Your Majesty to order the lifting of the restrictions on private soldiers, so that all states and counties can send their own private soldiers to assist the imperial court in clearing the traitors!" As he spoke, Zhang Chi clenched his fists and knelt down.