In front of Sen Leng's official army, Song Jiang knelt deeply on the ground, and in the face of Zhao Bufan's inquiry, he did not hesitate at all, and responded directly in a loud voice: "Since Song Jiang has brought all his brothers to surrender, and Lord Zhongshu has also accepted it, then Song Jiang and the others are already good people, and the matter of slaughtering the village should naturally be subject to the decision of the adults!"

Song Jiang, who is so smart, really doesn't let people catch the slightest trick.

Zhao Bufan sighed secretly in his heart, slowly closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he had already made a decision in his heart, and shouted: "Lu Junyi, Shi Wengong, Wu Song, Yang Zhi! Order the four of you to immediately rush to Dongping Village with the cavalry of the Guards Battalion, and be sure to save the people of Dongping Village, but anyone who participates in the massacre of the villagers will be killed!"

"Yes!"

Lu Junyi and others quickly responded to the order, this brief change did not affect the overall situation, the surrender ceremony was quickly completed, many Liangshan leaders also followed the army into Shouzhang County to settle down, and the Liangshan bandits who had been in Yunzhou for many years were finally completely pacified.

Compared with the joy of victory, the captured booty made Zhao Bufan even more happy, more than 3,000 surviving war horses, gold, silver, jewelry and copper coins worth more than 4 million yuan, and various materials such as grain and armor piled up in warehouses, which really made him happy.

Of course, these spoils of war will not be reported according to the truth, if the imperial court is allowed to recover the treasury and distribute it in the future, then at least half of it will fall into the hands of officials at all levels, isn't it boring to find themselves, so after careful weighing, Zhao Bufan reported more than 4 million pieces of property to 1.5 million pieces when writing the chapter, although the war horses and armor were reported according to the truth, but he also asked the emperor to transfer these military materials to the Bazhou Liutun Forbidden Army.

As for the grain, Zhao Bufan didn't plan to take it, first, it was too much, and it was inconvenient to transport, and secondly, he saw that the people around Shuibo were struggling to survive, and this war against bandits had seriously delayed their spring ploughing, so he asked for an order to open a warehouse and release grain, hoping to distribute miscellaneous materials such as grain and cloth to the hands of the surrounding people, so that they could live in peace.

The long letter was quickly delivered to Tokyo and quickly delivered to the Enfuku Palace.

"Mr. Liang!!Mr. Liang!!"

A small eunuch with a yellow door walked swiftly along the cobblestone path, shouting and waving a sealed fold in his hand.

Liang Shilai was fishing by the lake, seeing that the fish hook was moving, he was disturbed by the shouting of the little yellow door, and the fish disappeared in an instant, and his face turned blue with anger, and he turned around and scolded angrily: "What do you want to do with the ghost roaring? I don't know if it will disturb our fish?"

Xiao Huangmen was reprimanded by him and paused, but thinking of the importance of the fold in his hand, he couldn't care about it, and said timidly: "Lord Steward, it's not a small intention to disturb your interest, it's Zhao Zhongshu who sent someone to send an expedited twist, I hope that Manager Liang will forward it to the saint as soon as possible!"

Hearing this, Liang Shicheng's face changed sharply, and he couldn't care about his fish anymore.

"What's going on? Defeated the battle? How is Zhao Bufan?"

Saying that, without waiting for Xiao Huangmen to reply, he was already in a hurry to snatch the fold, sighing and muttering to himself: "Zhao Bufan, Zhao Bufan! You are a good Hebei East Road Xuanfu envoy who doesn't do it, you have to do it, you have to go to ask for what Liangshan, now it's okay, you have been put on a piece by Tong Guan, you have suffered a defeat, and you have to be demoted and punished, why bother? Now that you are in trouble, our family has received so much filial piety from you, and we can't help you at all, it's really for our family to find trouble!"

When the little Huangmen eunuch next to him heard this, he immediately waved his hand again and again: "Manager Liang, it's not that the battle has been defeated, the messenger said that the battle has been won, the bandits in Liangshan have been completely pacified, tens of thousands of bandits and their families have been captured, and a lot of money, food and materials have been seized!"

"What?"

Liang Shicheng was dumbfounded, and the encrypted fold in his hand fell to the ground with a "snap".

After a moment, he reacted and quickly bent down to pick up the fold, still staring at the little yellow door in disbelief.

"Are you sure you won? Are you sure that Zhao Bufan will bring 5,000 people to quell the bandits in Liangshan?"

The little yellow gate eunuch nodded: "That's exactly what the messenger said!"

"Did you really win?"

Liang Shicheng was silent for a long time, and suddenly laughed, and happily ran away with the fold, his thin and old voice full of excitement. "This is a good thing, Zhao Bufan respects these people in our family on weekdays, he is a very knowledgeable person, and now he has shown such real skills, which can be said to be able to stabilize the country and society, and to be interesting and sensible, it is the talent of the pillars, and our family will definitely have to make more efforts to support him in the future. ”

Since it was not Liang Shicheng on duty today, he did not follow the emperor, but he had many eyes and ears in the palace, so he naturally knew where the emperor was, so he went to the stone mountain north of the Huining Hall at the moment.

This stone mountain is a very special building in Yanfu Palace, all built by huge stones, not only magnificent, more ingenious and wonderful, and there are also two pavilions built on the mountain, named Cuiwei Palace, Yungui Pavilion and layer pavilion, the strange stones collected by Emperor Zhao Ji are also mostly stored here.

Recently, Zhao Ji just got some rare and exotic stones from Jiangnan Zhu Mian, he couldn't put it down, almost stayed on this mountain, when Liang Shicheng walked into the Cuiwei Palace, he was also half-lying on the Hu bed playing with a strangely shaped stone, from the footsteps heard that Liang Shicheng was coming, he did not shift his gaze, still measuring the stone in his hand.

"Why are you here? Didn't I let you rest for a few days?"

When Liang Shicheng heard this, he hurriedly quickened his pace and walked closer: "Your Majesty, there is news from Yunzhou!"

"Yunzhou?" Zhao Ji's eyes condensed slightly, and he raised his head instantly: "Zhao Bufan is okay, right?"

Liang Shicheng was stunned for a moment, only then did he realize that he really didn't know if Zhao Bufan himself was okay, but thinking that since he had won the battle and wrote a recital, it should be no big problem, so he immediately replied: "Back to Your Majesty, there should be nothing wrong with people, and he also wrote a letter and folded it over, and said ......."

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Ji sat up suddenly, grabbed the words and said: "It's good that people are fine, if they lose, they will lose, he brought too few people, this time is also a long lesson, so that he will not be so competitive in the future, after all, he is still young, and he can only grow up by suffering some losses, if he is willing to follow Tong Guan's advice earlier, why is there today? You hurry up to draft a holy decree on my behalf, announce his return to Beijing, and let him not make mistakes again and again, as long as it does not cause irreparable losses, I will naturally not do anything to him."

I and the queen really love him, I also believe that he has a sincere heart to serve the country, and even he acquiesced in his secret expansion of troops in northern Xinjiang, so naturally he will not do anything to him for this matter, at most, he will temporarily cut off his official position, and give a little punishment to convince the ministers and the world, and by the way, let him go back to Beijing to reflect for a while, and when this matter passes, he will be re-promoted and appointed in the future, he is still young, and there is a chance!"

With Emperor Zhao Ji saying such a call, Liang Shicheng didn't know how to open his mouth, if he reported the victory immediately and went straight now, it would be equivalent to immediately refuting Zhao Ji's face, which made Zhao Ji very embarrassed, he had been in the palace for so many years, how could he do such an unpleasant thing. But if he didn't say it, when Emperor Zhao Ji learned the truth later, he would definitely blame him, so he just stood quietly and remained silent.

Zhao Ji had already turned his attention back to the strange stone in his hand, but he noticed that Liang Shicheng had not left, so he couldn't help frowning, and looked at him in surprise: "What's the matter? Didn't I ask you to draft the holy decree? Why are you still standing here?"

At present, Emperor Zhao Ji took the initiative to ask, and the situation was different from just now, it was already a little more tactful, not as rushing as straight ahead, at least it would not make Zhao Ji so embarrassed, and Liang Shicheng waited for this, and immediately followed his inquiry and replied: "Your Majesty, maybe the old slave didn't express it clearly just now, so that Your Majesty misunderstood, in fact, Zhao Bufan didn't lose, he won, and completely pacified the bandits in Liangshan, and the captured bandits and their families are as many as tens of thousands!"

"Won?" Zhao Ji was completely stunned, and he didn't even notice that the strange stone in his hand had fallen.

"Your Majesty?"

Liang Shicheng called softly and brought Zhao Ji back to his senses.

In an instant, Zhao Ji, who had reacted, was excited, jumped up directly from the Hu bed, stretched out his hand and asked urgently: "What about the fold?"

Liang Shicheng didn't dare to slack off, so he handed over the fold immediately.

Emperor Zhao Ji opened the envelope a few times, quickly unfolded a long recital and read it, his expression became more and more excited, and when he quickly browsed it, he was already happily shooting: "My Da Song really has a Huo Qu's illness! Good! Very good!"

As he spoke, he handed the fold back to Liang Shicheng and happily continued: " You immediately drafted a holy decree on my behalf to reply to Zhao Bufan, his request was all approved, and it was also a good thing that the seized materials were distributed to the people, who had already suffered from the ravages of bandits, and this time they used the seized materials to appease, and the court did not need to allocate disaster relief money and food, and it could also show the favor of the court, so that the people loved me！”

"The old slave will do it!" Liang Shicheng knew that Zhao Ji was on the rise, so he immediately turned around and went in a hurry.

In the early morning of the next day, Emperor Zhao Ji was still unable to hide his joy when he was in the court, and the ministers were inexplicable, I don't know why he was so happy, and after the ministers finished their affairs one after another, Zhao Ji, who had already been unable to hold back, immediately announced the good news of the victory in Yunzhou.

In an instant, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all shocked, and there was a brief silence in the hall.

"Really won?"

Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Gao Yu, Wang Hao, Liu Zhongwu......

No matter who it is, no matter which faction it is, whether it is a traitor or a good general, this question flashes in everyone's heart.

Even Zhu Bocai couldn't believe it.

5,000 people pacified Liangshan? Liangshan took the initiative to surrender and captured tens of thousands of people?

After a long time, I don't know who took the lead in sending out the congratulatory voice, and the whispers of the ministers soon sounded in the hall, and the old and spicy Cai Jing glanced at Tong Guan with a little mockery, and took the opportunity to come out and flatter the emperor Zhao Ji, saying a long time "Mingjun Enwei is all over the world" and the like.

Although Emperor Zhao Ji knew that he was patting on the back, he was now immersed in the joy of exterminating the bandits, and he was naturally willing to listen to him.

It's a pity that Tong Guan's heart is not a taste, especially Tong Guan, who is the leader, feels that his cheeks are hot, and he feels that Wenwu's gaze at him has the meaning of secretly laughing, he was deliberately harming Zhao Bufan, who thought that not only failed to harm people, but let others make great contributions, his face is naturally unbearable, even if other ministers of civil and military affairs do not have this meaning, he is afraid that he will feel like this.

Especially Cai Jing was complimenting the emperor and Zhao Bufan at the same time, he was also mocking him openly and secretly, which really made him a little annoyed and angry, and when Cai Jing finished speaking, he immediately came out and played: "Qi Qi Shengshang, the minister thinks that although Zhao Zhongshu said that he has made a contribution to quelling the rebellion, but the practice is really undesirable, those Liangshan bandits are traitors, and they should attack with heavy fists and kill them all to deter the world, so that the people of the world no longer dare to make trouble at will, how can they accept and accept the rebellion?" The Holy Lord gave Zhao Zhongshu the right to be arbitrary in wartime before he left, but it did not mean that he could act arbitrarily for the sake of victory.

Zhao Zhongshu led the army to represent the imperial court, and the crusade against the bandits was to eliminate harm for the people, and the second was to deter other rebellious ministers and thieves, and he chose to accept traitors for the sake of military exploits, which not only damaged the majesty of the imperial court, but also could not deter the rebellious ministers and thieves, and the victory was only to rely on the deterrence of the Son of Heaven to subdue the bandits, and use high-ranking officials to tempt the thieves to surrender, which did not play a role in deterring the world at all.

Therefore, the minister thought that Zhao Zhongshu had not only failed in this battle, but even committed three major crimes! First, in order to seek military merits, he did not hesitate to accept and surrender and accept rebellion, and committed the crime of fighting for merit! Second, he abused the power given by the Holy Lord, and did not aim at exterminating the bandits, but only cared about his personal military exploits, and committed the crime of abusing power for personal gain! Third, accepting and surrendering and accepting rebellion damaged the majesty of the imperial court and committed the crime of unfavorable rebellion suppression.

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Zhao Ji frowned, looking not very happy, but after thinking about it carefully, if any bandits are recruited, there are indeed hidden worries, which will make the rebellious ministers and thieves all compete to follow suit.

Cai Jing noticed that Emperor Zhao Ji's face had changed, and he stood up instantly, and angrily reprimanded Tong Guan: "Lord Tong, you said it lightly, Zhao Bufan only brought 5,000 people, if you don't use some strategies, how to quell the rebellion? Besides, Zhao Bufan is not without killing thieves, haven't you heard the saint just said that Zhao Bufan led his troops to fight several battles, and killed nearly 10,000 traitors in total before and after? What is the purpose of planting three trumped-up charges this time?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Ji on the dragon chair instantly understood, and gradually realized that he was led away by Tong Guan's thoughts, and his eyes gradually narrowed.

Nothing can be perfect, although what Tong Guan said just now has some truth, but there is obviously a suspicion of picking thorns in the bones of the fish, and he has targeted Zhao Bufan everywhere earlier, it seems that the relationship between Tong Guan and Zhao Bufan is far from being as simple as an ordinary discord. Tong Guan is a person who knows my intentions very well, but he knows that I have the intention to cultivate Zhao Bufan's rise in order to replace the aging Cai Jing, why do he still try to get in the way? Could it be that there is a deep grudge between the two that I don't know? It has reached the point of never dying?

Emperor Zhao Ji fell into deep thought......