Chapter 612: Chaos in the Court

"Your Majesty, the court officials are waiting outside the palace!" Li Shangxi came to the imperial court and said softly.

Chen Zhaojun stood up slowly, and suddenly he staggered and almost fell to the ground.

Li Shangxi hurried forward to support him.

"Cough cough~~" Chen Zhaojun coughed violently, his face flushed.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! What are you still standing there for? Bring me some water!" Li Shangxi shouted angrily to the eunuch next to him.

After a cup of tea went down his throat, Chen Zhaojun felt much more comfortable.

"Help me into the palace!" Chen Zhaojun's voice was a little hoarse.

"Your Majesty, the dragon's body should be the most important!" Li Shangxi advised.

"Help me into the palace!" Chen Zhaojun stared at Li Shangxi with red eyes.

Li Shangxi had no choice but to help him into the palace.

When he sat on the dragon chair, all the officials outside the palace came in to meet him.

Before all the officials finished their ceremony, Chen Zhaojun said hoarsely: "Okay, let's talk about the King of Dai first!"

"Your Majesty, I impeach Zhou Lan, the general of Beiyuan Town, for holding his troops and being arrogant, fearing the enemy and not advancing, wasting the court's money and food, but without any military achievements!"

"Daizhou City was broken, the King of Dai died, Zhou Lan should be held responsible!"

An imperial censor stood up and said loudly.

Is the fall of Daizhou City related to Zhou Lan?

It can't be said that there is no relationship, it can only be said that there is no direct relationship.

The three armies of Beiyuan Town, Longbei Town, and Suzhou Town entered Longyuan to encircle and suppress the bandits. Longbei Town and Suzhou Town have won consecutive victories and killed thousands of miles of enemies. Suzhou Town has entered Longyuan from Longxi, and Longbei Town has also killed through Longyuan and is about to enter Longnan. Only Zhou Lan is still trapped in the north of Longyuan.

If Zhou Lan ignored the lives of the refugees and eliminated the bandits all the way, she might have entered Longnan at this time.

This might help to solve the crisis of Daizhou being besieged.

But can Zhou Lan be blamed for this?

Chen Zhaojun remained silent.

He didn't know the situation Zhou Lan was facing, nor did he know the situation of the bandits in Longyuan.

He seemed to have lost control of the capital.

Because the Secret Guard was abolished.

After Wang Zhongzhi passed away, most of the Secret Guard was abolished.

Lu Hua also left the Secret Guard. As for the reason, a new emperor replaced a new minister. After Chen Zhaojun ascended the throne, he placed his own people in the Secret Guard, which resulted in many old people in the Secret Guard being squeezed out.

Chen Zhaojun was different from Emperor Yanping. Before Emperor Yanping ascended the throne, he had only been the crown prince for a few months and did not have much power of his own.

Chen Zhaojun had been the crown prince for twenty years, and there were a large number of old ministers in his East Palace.

It was not wrong for him to place his own people in the Secret Guard, but he was too impatient and wanted his people to control the Secret Guard.

But the Secret Guard was not an organization that could be controlled in a short time.

What's more, it was a group of people who were not familiar with the affairs of the Secret Guard. They made the already dilapidated Secret Guard even more dilapidated.

The decline of the Secret Guard made Chen Zhaojun lose his eyes and ears, and he did not have a clear understanding of many things outside the court.

At the same time, the civil and military officials were also suppressing the Secret Guard. Originally, the Secret Guard's spies were all over the world, but now even the capital was leaking like a sieve.

Chen Zhaojun thought this was a normal situation, but in fact it was not normal.

"I second the motion!"

"I second the motion!"

More than a dozen civil officials stood up and followed the impeachment of Zhou Lan.

But no one in the military merit team spoke up to defend Zhou Lan.

The people of the noble group were scattered and their spirits were confused.

Chen Zhaojun listened to the noisy civil officials and felt a sense of panic.

"Shut up!"

He roared hoarsely.

All officials were silent.

Chen Zhaojun looked at the civil and military officials in the court with gloomy eyes.

"Prime Minister, you speak!"

Prime Minister Wang Chonggu stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, I think the most urgent task is to mobilize a large army to encircle and suppress the bandits in Longnan!"

Wang Chonggu, the second place in the first class of the 30th year of Chengping, yes, he and Lu Wenyuan were in the same year. Lu Wenyuan was the third place in the imperial examination, and he was the second place. Now he is the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, the Grand Secretary of Zhongji Palace, and the Grand Tutor of the Crown Prince, while Lu Wenyuan is only the Governor of Liaoyuan.

The reason!

Lu Wenyuan is from Liaodong, while Wang Chonggu is from Jiangnan.

Wang Chonggu's official career can be said to be extremely smooth. He first stayed in the Hanlin Academy for three years, and then moved in the six ministries for twelve years. Then he became the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and entered the cabinet.

He entered the cabinet in just twenty years, and he became the Prime Minister of the Cabinet in less than thirty years.

Liu Shiyan, the top scholar of the same year, was dismissed from office ten years ago because of court struggles. Lu Wenyuan, the third scholar of the first class, has been wandering around Liaodong, but he is the only one who has been promoted step by step.

"What do you propose?" Chen Zhaojun asked.

"I think we should set up a governor of Longyuan to take charge of the military and political affairs of Longyuan, Longxi and Longnan provinces. He can transfer troops from Beiyuan Town, Longbei Town and Suzhou Town to encircle and suppress bandits and resettle refugees!" Wang Chonggu said.

Chen Zhaojun nodded slightly. He finally heard a relatively reliable proposal.

"Who is suitable to be the governor of Longyuan?"

Wang Chonggu said in a deep voice: "I think the Minister of War Du Hesheng can take on this important task!"

Du Hesheng, the third scholar of the first class in the third year of Yanping, has a smoother career than Wang Chonggu.

A person who has never led troops to serve as the Minister of War, a person who has never been on the battlefield to governor the troops of the three towns to encircle and suppress bandits, I don't know what Wang Chonggu thinks.

However, Chen Zhaojun actually agreed to Wang Chonggu's proposal.

Because Chen Zhaojun had never led the troops or went to the battlefield, he felt that the governor of the three towns had to encircle and suppress the bandits, as long as he coordinated the affairs of all parties, he did not need to lead the troops to the battlefield himself.

Therefore, it is very appropriate to let the Minister of War go to the governor of the three towns of troops.

"allow!"

"It was also granted the title of Minister of War Du Hesheng's Right Censor of the Censorate of the Censorate, and was given the king's flag, and was in charge of military and political affairs in Longyuan, Longxi and Longnan, and governors the troops of Beiyuan Town, Longbei Town and Suzhou Town!"

"I obey the order!" Du Hesheng went out to receive the order with a happy expression.

Chen Zhaojun thought for a while and said, "Lu Wenyuan, the governor of Liaoyuan, was transferred to the Minister of War, and the matters of the Prime Minister, and promoted the position of Lin of the Prefecture of Ningyuan, to participate in politics!"

He finally planned to use the good ministers left by Emperor Yanping for him, but he actually transferred Lu Wenyuan to the capital and did not allow Lin Zhan to enter the capital.

The most speechless thing is that he actually let Lu Wenyuan be the Minister of War. Lu Wenyuan is powerful, but he has never led troops, has never been to the battlefield, and he has not even been a governor in a border town.

Moreover, Lu Wenyuan entered Beijing by himself, and as for the current situation in the court, Lu Wenyuan was probably alone in Kyoto.

Perhaps Chen Zhaojun looked down on Lu Wenyuan too much and thought that Lu Wenyuan could solve the current situation in the court.

...

The turmoil caused by Chen Zhaoxuan's death is much more than that. In mid-June, Zhou Lan received reprimands from the cabinet, the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office at Yijun's Mansion, and expressed serious dissatisfaction with her fear of being on the way.

At the same time, before the people of the three towns and three provinces arrived in Longyuan, they ordered Zhou Lan to immediately lead a large army to encircle and suppress the bandits.

However, at this time, Zhou Lan had placed 300,000 refugees in Longyang Prefecture and Yijun Prefecture, and her soldiers were helping those refugees dig wells or clear irrigation canals.

If you leave at this time, let alone whether these 300,000 refugees can grow food, just say that the army will leave, and what will happen if the bandits enter Longyang Prefecture and Yijun Prefecture?

Once the bandits enter the two palaces again, the refugees will definitely not be able to farm with peace of mind and may be forced to leave again by the bandits.

In this way, Zhou Lan's three and a half months of hard work was wasted, and all the food she mobilized from Beiyuan Town and Chongshan Town would be wasted.

If the problem of refugees is not fundamentally solved, no matter how much food is given to refugees, it will be a waste.

Only by letting the refugees settle down and planting food can these 300,000 refugees live a peaceful life.

Moreover, God from Longyang Prefecture and Yijun Prefecture is quite conscientious this year. He rained several times in two months. Although the drought has not been completely solved, it has greatly alleviated the drought in the two prefectures.

Zhou Lan naturally doesn't want to miss such a rare opportunity.

And she has not been idle for this short time. Although she has not gone to encircle and suppress the bandits, she has always been gathering refugees.

At present, she has placed refugees in several counties in the south in Yijun's mansion.

However, at this time, Zhou Lan was a little at a loss when facing the reprimand and orders of various departments and the governor.

Suddenly, she seemed to be the target of public criticism.

In the study room of Yijun Mansion.

Zhou Lan sat at the desk, looking at the official documents and orders in her hands, her face becoming increasingly ugly.

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

Her temples had some gray hair at some point, and deep wrinkles were climbing on the corners of her eyes.

Time is like a knife, leaving deep ravines on her face.

"General, do we want to send troops?" Wang Yunqiao stood behind Zhou Lan, looked at the order issued by the governor and asked softly.

"How to send troops? Do we still have troops available now?" Zhou Lan asked.

Wang Yunqiao said, "But if the governor does not send troops, will he have any objection?"

Zhou Lan took a deep breath. She also wanted to send troops, but she really had no soldiers to use. Now the soldiers are busy resettling refugees and cannot withdraw their troops to continue to encircle and suppress the bandits.

And she didn't have enough food.

As for the same sentence, what she wants is not only to wipe out the bandits, but also to calm the refugees.

"You send a document to the Governor and ask him to allocate money and food to us. How can you send troops without money and food?" Zhou Lan said coldly.

It has been more than three months, and the court has not even given her a penny of food.

Isn’t this a nonsense just asking her to suppress the thieves but not give money or food?

"I'm afraid that this will anger the governor!" Wang Yunqiao said with some concern.

"If you get angry, get angry. What can he do to me?" Zhou Lan was not afraid at all.

Wang Yunqiao nodded, "Okay, I'll arrange for someone to go to the governor to ask for food and grass!"

Zhou Lan suddenly said about this: "Wait, and send someone to inquire about the affairs of King Dai!"

Wang Yunqiao said with a plain expression: "I understand!"

Speaking of it, Chen Zhaoxuan is still Wang Yunqiao's junior brother, but she doesn't have much feelings for this junior brother because she has never met Chen Zhaoxuan.

Rather than worrying about Chen Zhaoxuan's life and death, Wang Yunqiao is actually more worried about whether Yang Zhengshan will be sad after learning about this.

However, her worries lasted for a short while. After all, she had a lot of things on hand and didn't care about other things at all.

...

In Chongqing Town, Yang Chengye also received news that Chen Zhaoxuan had died in battle.

Compared to Wang Yunqiaolai, Yang Chengye and Chen Zhaoxuan are much more familiar with each other.

When they were in Kyoto, they often went to the Yang family's escort camp to train together.

Suddenly, Yang Chengye was in a bad mood when he heard that Chen Zhaoxuan died in battle.

"Even uncle was killed by the bandits!"

In the camp of Zhenbiaoying, Yang Chengye said sadly.

"My Lord, should I send a message to the old man about this matter?" Yang Dafu asked softly.

Yang Chengye was silent for a while, and said: "Send a message, but grandpa should not be in Xingyue Island anymore."

Chen Zhaoxuan was Yang Zhengshan's apprentice after all, and the relationship between master and apprentice was still very important.

Yang Chengye didn't know how Yang Zhengshan would view this matter, but he thought it would be better not to hide it.

At this time, a personal attendant ran into the hall and reported: "My Lord, someone outside the camp handed over a visiting card!"

"Visiting card!"

Yang Chengye took the visiting card, opened it and took a look.

"Master An? Why is he here?"

The person who came was none other than An Chenhui.

Although he didn't know An Chenhui's intention, Yang Chengye immediately went outside the camp to greet An Chenhui.

"Hello, Master Uncle!"

"Hello, brother!"

The two greeted each other and smiled.

An Chenhui is Yang Zhengshan's apprentice, so he is Yang Chengye's uncle in terms of seniority.

But An Chenhui is Jiang Miao's husband, so it's not a loss for him to call Yang Chengye "big brother".

The two laughed and then entered the camp together.

"Why is Uncle Master here?"

"My great-grandfather asked me to come!"

"Senior An? Does he have any instructions?"

An Chenhui looked a little solemn, handed a letter to Yang Chengye, and said, "This is my great-grandfather's letter!"

"For me?" Yang Chengye was a little surprised.

"Yes, for you!"

Yang Chengye opened the letter with doubts in his heart. An Yuxing actually wrote to him, which made him feel very puzzled.

However, after reading the letter, his puzzlement turned into shock.

"Has the situation in Kyoto deteriorated to such a level?"

An Yuxing didn't write much in the letter, but he made one thing clear, that is, the Darong Dynasty might be in danger of extinction.

Don't think that An Yuxing doesn't worry about the government affairs and doesn't know the right and wrong in the court. These old antiques know everything in their hearts.

"Ah, I don't know, but the great-grandfather's guess should not be nonsense!" An Chenhui said.

Yang Chengye nodded and put away the letter, "Is cousin Miao'er here?"

"They are all here, in the city, I settled them down before coming here!" An Chenhui said.

They came to Chongshan Pass to seek refuge.

Chen Zhaoxuan's death reminded An Yuxing, so An Yuxing sent An Chenhui's family to Chongshan Town.

An Yuxing himself is not afraid. Even if the capital is in chaos, it is easy for him to save his life with his ability, but An Chenhui's family is not.

Now An Chenhui also has a son and two daughters. An Yuxing attaches great importance to his children, fearing that An Chenhui's children will be hurt because of the chaotic situation.

Yang Chengye thought about it and felt that he could not interfere in the affairs of the court, so he could only say: "Let's go, let's go back to the city first. Cousin Miao'er is here, and as her brother, I naturally have to entertain her well!"