Qiande Palace, the oldest palace in the Great Qin Palace, has carried too many ups and downs, in addition to the filial piety that has always been out of common sense and the Yingzong who does not come out of the Taiji Pavilion, almost all the emperors of the Great Qin have regarded this place as a place to deal with political affairs, and every minister of the Great Qin also regards this place as a holy place, because once you step here, it will represent entering the core power circle of the Great Qin.

At this moment, Zhao Chun sat in it, there was no one else in the entire imperial study, even Feng Buyi, who had always served by Li Jun's side, was sent out by the emperor, this is the second time that Zhao Chun and Li Jun have talked in the past ten years, there is no monarch father, no courtiers, only friends, this is the case in Li Jun's heart, and it is unknown how it is in Zhao Chun's heart.

"According to the general, what are our chances of winning in two years' time?"

Zhao Chun heard that he thought about it for a long time before giving an answer that was not an answer.

"Fifty percent!"

Li Jun frowned after hearing this, obviously not very satisfied with this answer, and then said: "If the widow leads another 100,000 troops, what are the odds of victory?"

"Seventy percent!"

Although seventy percent is already a very good answer, Li Jun is still not satisfied, after all, counting the 100,000 personal soldiers he led, there are nearly 300,000 troops, and the other party is just like this, so it is only seventy percent, could it be that Zhao Chun is a person who is defeated and sells his reputation and reputation?

The answer is naturally no, Li Jun was puzzled: "The general thinks too highly of these barbarians, right?"

Zhao Chun shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, don't underestimate Anxia, not to mention Yinshan, it is the elite of the soldiers, far from Xiliang, Nanzhao and the like, only the tiger and leopard riders dare to win, and the rest are only between the two, and I have been confronting Anxia for decades, and the border soldiers have already been sharpened into pawns, and the combat power is strong, not to be underestimated, plus according to the line of Yinshan, this is notoriously easy to attack, so I dare to speak out." ”

Then he said with a hint of arrogance: "If it weren't for the natural barrier of Yinshan, I wouldn't dare to say more, and ninety percent would still be there!"

Seeing this, Li Jun did not blame, but laughed and said: "The general's arrogant words are worthy of being a Yum general, and having a general in charge is enough to be relieved." ”

Then the topic changed again: "Pingle's matter, Aiqing doesn't know how to think about it?"

Hearing this, Zhao Chun immediately knelt on the ground and hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty Longen, the minister should not have shirked, but the child in the family already has a sweetheart, and he will not obey how the minister preaches, can Your Majesty give the minister another period of time, and when the minister convinces him, he will personally send the child to Beijing." ”

Li Jun was comforted by the kind words on his lips when he heard this, and he looked indifferent, but he was really a little angry in his heart, after all, he had never heard that the emperor was going to marry the princess, which courtier dared to refuse, but he Zhao Chun did it seriously, and a trace of doubt in his heart also deepened, but his face still did not show anything, but then talked about other topics, and the two of them were also harmonious.

As Zhao Chun bowed and retreated, Li Jun's face also became gloomy, and just as he was in a reverie in his heart, Feng Bushi came to him quietly and whispered: "Your Majesty, there is a secret performance of the Imperial City Division. ”

After a few breaths, Li Jun said expressionlessly: "Submit it!"

As the words in the secret music appeared in front of his eyes one by one, Li Jun's expression couldn't help but gradually become hideous, and after a few breaths, he couldn't suppress his angry emotions, and after shouting angrily, he threw out the secret music in his hand, and even the music in front of him was kicked over by him.

Then he said to himself: "No one can be missing in a good world, but only the emperor can be missing, and there is no shortage of heroes in the world." ”

Feng Buyi was already dumbfounded on the sidelines, he had never seen such a furious emperor in the palace for so many years, so he had to kowtow to the side again and again.

"Dare to say such a big rebellious word, the widow really wants to see it. ”

Then he said to Feng Buhe, who was kneeling aside: "Go, let the people of the Imperial City Division lock this person to see me, and check the details of this person for me, whether there is a party member, and if there is, also find out the widow!"

The efficiency of the Imperial City Division can be said to be comparable to that of the Inspectorate in the entire Great Qin Empire, and in less than half a day's work, Tan Yun, who was still studying in the Hongwen Pavilion, was escorted into the palace.

Originally, Tan Yun had never figured out who could blatantly take him away from Hongwen Pavilion, but since he was brought into the palace from the remote Pingjing Gate, he already knew everything in his heart, and it must have been his own disaster a few days ago.

This is the first time Tan Yun has entered the palace, and unlike the previous distant view, there is a trace of indescribable depression in the air compared to the majesty, and you can always see the eunuchs and palace maids who are humble to the extreme, and you can't see a trace of anger from them, which makes this majestic palace even more gloomy.

When Tan Yun raised his head again, everything he saw was resplendent gold, and there was a man wearing a dragon robe with a gloomy face sitting on it, although his figure was not tall, but he had a momentum that others could not reach, no need to guess, the identity of this man was already about to come out.

Tan Yun took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and kowtowed: "Grass people Tan Yun, knock to see Your Majesty!"

"Say, why do you say that?"

"I hope Your Majesty will forgive me, the grass people are just angry at the rebuttal meeting, so they made such a big rebellious remark. ”

"Anger at the moment? Then, as you said, everyone in this world can slander the widow?"

"All the mistakes are on the grass people, my emperor cannot be slandered, and the grass people are willing to die to apologize!"

"Apologize for the crime with death? Do you know that this is the one who punishes you, and no one in the Nine Clans dares to say anything!"

When Tan Yun heard this, his heart couldn't help but sink and sank, but what could he do? It seemed that he might not even be able to fulfill his last wish, so he had to kneel on the ground and be speechless for a while.

"Come on, put this arrogant person in the prison, and have a good trial to see if it is really that unintentional remark, or if another accomplice deliberately did it!" As soon as Li Jun said this, he walked into the two Imperial City secret agents from outside the palace, and walked out of the room with a face full of disgrace.

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On this day, when the three halls of the Ministry of War, the secretary of the military department, Wei Hesantang, were tried, and the case files and some witness testimonies submitted by the Inspectorate and the Criminal Department were also sent to the emperor in a steady stream, and this case also focused the attention of everyone in the imperial capital.

Today's Wei He also does not have the momentum of the three court officials in the past, he took off the court clothes, as if he also retreated all the brilliance on his body, wearing a purple cloth shirt on the upper body, simple can not be simple, like a teacher in the countryside, unlike other prisoners who knelt on the ground as soon as they entered the hall, Wei He's waist is still straight, the atmosphere in the whole hall is dull, and a chair is placed in the middle, Wei He is not polite, so he sat down directly.

Look carefully, the meticulous hair bun that was combed in the past is also a little messy today, sitting at the top of the Dali Temple Shaoqing Ma Ji, no matter what the position is, when today's scene appears, there is a little bit of sadness for the rabbit and the fox, and then he coughed dryly and said: "Lord Wei, what else do you have to say? If not, the palace will be opened." ”

Wei He glanced at Ma Ji and said flatly: "Master Ma, please." ”

"I don't know what Lord Wei thinks about the letter sent to His Majesty by Yang Shuo, the superintendent of the imperial history?"

"What can you think? ”

"Oh, is it? Some of the information we have learned here is very different from what Lord Wei said, and there are many similarities with what Yang Yushi said. ”

Then Ma Ji didn't give Wei He a chance to speak, turned his head and said to Cheng Zhongwen, who was sitting on the side: "Admiral Cheng, please bring up some of the evidence you have collected, so that Lord Wei can take a look." ”

In less than half a burnt of incense, a school clerk of the Inspector's Mansion presented a collection book in his hand, and after Ma Ji took it, he first turned two pages at random, and then said loudly: "In the nineteenth year of Xuancheng, on the third day of the sixth month, Tang Yuanqiao was ordered to check the Fuyuan Mansion barracks, and it was verified that there were less than 5,000 soldiers in the Inner Government, and many soldiers holding weapons were made in the fifteenth year of Hongzheng. ”

Thinking of this, Ma Ji stopped, glanced at Wei He, who was sitting in the middle, and then took out an account book and said: "I took out all the account books about the military department in the past ten years from the household department. ”

Then he turned a few pages and continued: "In the sixteenth year of Xuancheng, the military department received a total of 7.32 million taels of silver from all over the country. ”

Then he pointed to another stack of account books and said, "This is the account books of your military department about various places and some details. ”

Then he ordered someone to take out the account book about Fuyuan and open it and said: "According to the account book, Fuyuan Mansion has received a total of 8,000 people's salaries, but the entire Fuyuan Mansion has less than 5,000 soldiers, so where is the remaining 3,000 people's salaries?

When Wei He heard this, he opened his mouth and said: "There are nearly one million troops in the entire Great Qin, all of which are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, so it is inevitable that there will be mistakes? Could it be that Lord Ma dares to say that there is no problem in the entire Dali Temple?"

Ma Ji Xing was so arrogant that he could still be arrogant by Wei He, and after a pause, he smiled dumbly and said, "Do you know that among the thirty government barracks that we randomly inspected everywhere, there were as many as twenty-five such things, is this also a mistake in the mouth of Lord Wei?"

Then he waved his hand and continued: "Let's not talk about this matter first, let's take the military quartermaster first, as early as the fifth year of Xuancheng, His Majesty asked me to change the clothes of the Great Qin army, this process lasted for nearly ten years, the first five years are not much to say, but the last five years are the responsibility of Lord Wei, according to the situation of Lord Wei playing the imperial court at that time, this edict has already been implemented to every government barracks and border army, why are the soldiers of the Fuyuan Mansion barracks holding the weapons of Hongzheng for fifteen years?"