Chapter 223: Fighting in the Air
Zuo Anmin felt frustrated and thought that this boy was not worthy of being a consultant!
Zhang Xian quickly said, "Your Majesty is wise and decisive."
Zuo Anmin glanced at him sideways, feeling extremely resentful. Zhang Xian was too difficult to deal with!
The one in the south was already very powerful. With just a few words, he aroused the new emperor's fear of the Qin family. Unfortunately, all his doubts were eliminated one by one by Zhang Xian.
Zuo Anmin didn't know that Lu Songli and Xie Zhan had fought each other again in the air, and this result was within her expectations.
Lu Songli wrote that letter just to be on the safe side, but she didn't expect it to come in handy.
First of all, according to Lu Songli's speculation, there would be no resistance to her father being sent away.
Firstly, her father had been clamoring to be exiled, and the adults in Chang'an City must have been eager for him to leave. The new emperor would probably go along with it; there was no reason for him to detain her father.
If the externalization does not go smoothly, it must be because someone is interfering.
With all the officials in Chang'an wanting to see her father go, if there was anyone who didn't want her father to leave, it would undoubtedly be Xie Zhan. He must have noticed the hidden hand she had been playing, and if he hadn't guessed it, he wouldn't have been Xie Zhan.
If Xie Zhan wants to change the new emperor's decision, he must give a reason, and this reason should preferably hit the taboo in the new emperor's heart.
The thing an emperor fears most is that his imperial power is threatened and divided.
This reason was perfect, because the Qin family's identity as a military general had always made them suspicious of the emperor.
But this reason is not sufficient. There must be other things to support it.
Unfortunately, the Qin family is all here, unable to expand. Xie Zhan must be dreaming of destroying her right now, right? Plus, since this matter involves her father, it's only natural that he'd drag her into it.
The new emperor is a thoughtful and suspicious person. Under normal circumstances, he would rather kill someone by mistake than let him go.
But the new emperor chose to let the Qin family go. This result was due to Zhang Xian's mediation and Lu Songli's accurate grasp of the new emperor's thoughts. She mixed up many other factors.
First of all, the northern border was unstable. This news was inferred from the two carrier pigeons that Qin Sheng shot on the way to exile.
Secondly, when Zhang Xian brought up the grievances suffered by several generations of the Qin family, he inevitably implicated the previous emperors of the Song family.
Song Mo's own rise to power was illegitimate, so he inevitably compared himself to his ancestors. It was like that: the Qin family had suffered countless injustices throughout their generations, and nothing had been said. It made no sense, then, that they would rebel in his own reign? He certainly wouldn't want to admit he was inferior to his ancestors.
Lu Songli grasped the new emperor's subtle psychology.
Furthermore, upon learning that Zhang Xian had been promoted, Lü Songli's own pro-monarchist faction and the court structure had formed a three-way balance of power, all of which indicated that our new emperor had initially mastered the art of balance. At this point, all the honest advice, all the bitter medicine, was a questioning of his control.
The most important thing is that the Qin family is too weak now, just like an ant that has been beaten and crawling on the ground. How can the new emperor, who is full of ambition and complacency, believe it if you tell him that one day he can turn into a dragon?
In addition, Zuo Anmin had a rift with her father, so it was hard for the emperor not to suspect that he was looking for reasons to eliminate dissidents.
Taking all these factors into consideration, the new emperor will not touch the Qin family, but he will definitely increase his attention to Pingzhou and may even arrange for secret guards to monitor the Qin family.
"Minister Zhang, Minister Zuo, in your opinion, what kind of position should be given to Lu Desheng when he is exiled?" asked the new emperor, with a deep meaning in his eyes.
Hearing this question, Zhang Xian quickly calmed down and said, "As long as I can be transferred to a distant post, I'm sure Lord Lu won't mind what position it is."
"Your Majesty, we need to see if there are any vacancies in the place where we are being sent. County Magistrate, County Lieutenant, Doctor, anything will do. Anyway, it's what Lu Desheng said, as long as we can be sent abroad, we are not picky about the official position."
The new emperor said nothing, frowning in thought.
Zhang Xian glanced at Zuo Anmin sideways, saying, "That's too much."
He was previously a Censor-in-Chief with a salary of 800 dan and was sent out from Chang'an. Given Lord Lu's current situation, he would be willing to be demoted one or two levels.
Therefore, after being sent out, he could be a county chief with a salary of 600 dan, a provincial governor, a county governor's assistant, a county magistrate with 10,000 households, or at least a county head with a salary of 500 dan.
But what's the difference between giving Zuo Anmin the title of doctor and county lieutenant and being demoted to the end? Your conscience is extremely bad!
The new emperor thought for a moment and then wrote down the words "Houcheng Wanhu County Magistrate" with his own hand.
"What do you two think?" the new emperor asked, looking directly at them.
When Zhang Xian saw the word Houcheng, his pupils shrank!
If the letter had not reminded him, he would definitely have asked the emperor to transfer Lord Lu to a new place of residence, but with the reminder of the letter, he clenched his teeth.
Houcheng is a county located in the northeast corner of Liaoxi County. It borders Xuantu County to the east and Xianbei to the north. It is a place where wars are frequent.
Actually, Houcheng is indeed a county, but it is ravaged by the Xianbei every year. The entire county has fewer than 5,000 households, let alone 10,000! It is just a nominal title.
Houcheng? Zuo Anmin raised his eyebrows and glanced at Zhang Xian with a half-smile. "Your Majesty is wise!" This time it was Zuo Anmin's turn to say these words.
Zhang Xian thought, you think you can win back a city? Wrong!
But facing the emperor's piercing gaze, he said calmly, "It's up to the emperor to decide."
"Okay, you can leave now." The new emperor saw the reactions of both men. He was satisfied with Zhang Xian. He stood on his side and took him as his priority.
Zhang Xian was in a daze upon leaving the palace. He had previously received a letter from Lü Songli. Surprised, he read it through, but after finishing it, he remained unconvinced. Unexpectedly, the writer had predicted today's events with near-perfect accuracy.
It's really a masterful plan, a decisive victory from a thousand miles away. Lord Lu has given birth to such a smart daughter! I'm so envious.
For Lu Songli, it was not difficult to guess where her father was exiled. After all, her father was a man who had possessed the golden medal of immunity from death. In addition, he caused such a big commotion before being exiled. Even if her father promised to return the golden medal after being exiled, if the new emperor did not want to be criticized for this, then her father would have to leave.
In addition to Houcheng, she also listed several cities, all of which were border areas of counties such as Liaoxi, Liaodong, Xuantu, etc.
It is quite normal for a county magistrate serving in a border county to die in vain in a war.
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