"Let me tell you something trivial first."
Zhao Jiu smiled knowingly. "Just now there was some disturbance outside the palace. It was said that there were rumors, so I took such measures to deal with it... But please rest assured, what I said outside the palace was all true."
After Lu Haowen, several prime ministers and people involved in the matter, including those who were given the title of "famous beauty", whether they believed it or not, quickly bowed their heads.
"Besides that, I am a normal man and I definitely don't want to be a monk. If any of my wives can learn from Han Liangchen's wives and dress in military uniforms, I will accept it..." Zhao Jiu continued with a smile. "You must know that what I want to learn is the perseverance of Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty, not his abandonment of his wife and children at will. Xinye is just to the south."
The ministers remained motionless with their heads bowed, but someone beside the emperor suddenly felt a stir in his heart.
"Finally, this matter ends here!" Zhao Jiu suddenly became serious. "We have been wandering for a year, and the Jin army has just withdrawn. We have finally found a place to stay. We must not cause trouble without reason... Zhang Jun!"
"I'm here!" Zhang Jun was shocked and bowed his head quickly.
"You are the Minister of the Censorate. If any censor arbitrarily impeaches the prime minister, other key officials, or anyone else because of this matter, don't wait for him to hand in the letter. You should first submit a memorial to dismiss this person!" Emperor Zhao's tone was extremely stern.
"I have received the imperial edict!" Zhang Jun became more and more frightened, but he accepted the order seriously.
The two Imperial Censors in the Palace, one was Hu Yin, and the other was a recent appointment, a man of Prime Minister Li Gang, called Li Guang, also bowed their heads solemnly.
On the other side, Lu Haowen was naturally grateful and shed tears: "I am incompetent, but I would like to thank the emperor for protecting me!"
The chief escort Lan Gui, who had caused such a disaster, simply knelt on the ground and thanked the government for its protection.
Of course I have to thank the government for its protection!
Bachelor Kobayashi, who had recently returned to normal, watched coldly, but secretly sighed at the good luck of Lu Haowen and Lan Gui.
It was said that on the way, Xiaolin had already noticed that something was wrong with the emperor. So far, he saw very clearly that the emperor was very angry about the rumor. However, the emperor was not angry about the farce of the famous lady or the rumor. He was worried that the rumor came out because someone was impatient and wanted to take the opportunity to cause trouble as soon as they were settled down, in order to bring down the weakest of the officials, Lu Xianggong!
However, the emperor's attitude was already very clear at this time. He hoped to maintain the political stability of the secondary capital and was extremely angry about this kind of sabotage. Therefore, he would rather continue to be a widow and forcibly saved Lu Haowen.
As for Lan Gui, he was able to escape danger unexpectedly because of Lu Haowen.
Thinking of this, Scholar Kobayashi looked at several suspects again - among the other four ministers, except for the three of Liu Ji, there was the Chief Censor Zhang Jun who was already frightened at this time, and Yan Xiaozhong, Shaoyin Yan, who took the initiative to get involved in this matter.
Among them, judging from their actions and personal style, Zhang Jun is the most suspicious, and Yan Xiaozhong is the least suspicious... As for the three prime ministers, they cannot be defended or cleared.
In fact, this should be another important reason why the government’s proposal to appoint officials was passed after only a slight concession. The ministers were all under suspicion.
"Officials!"
Just as Xiaolin's brain was gradually functioning as usual, Yan Xiaozhong, who had a dark face, could not help but come out and confront him. "I am absolutely impartial in this matter. With my mere experience as the governor of Tangzhou and having been captured before, I am already a very promising person to be the governor of Nanyang Prefecture. It would not benefit me at all to slander the prime minister at this time!"
"I said it!" Zhao Jiu rarely looked at him with a straight face. "No one is wrong in this matter, don't mention it again!"
Yan Xiaozhong had no choice but to nod his head in agreement. Seeing this, Zhang Jun and several other men, who had been slightly excited, became solemn and dared not say anything.
"As for military marriages, we must be on guard against the issue of Zhao Yan's 'living wife' during the Cao Wei period. I won't ask about the rest. Mr. Lu is experienced and knowledgeable, so you can take your time." Zhao Jiu relaxed his face and continued calmly. "Let's talk about Fan Qiong!"
Lu Haowen was relieved at this time. He didn't say anything after hearing this, but looked directly at Wang Boyan. Wang Boyan understood and quickly stepped out to resume his speech, but he was much more serious and compact: "Your Majesty, please know that my judgment on Fan Qiong's matter these days is different from the doubts that other ministers have taken on. Fan Qiong is in Xiangyang, so I have done a lot of exploration and response, and now I am here."
As he spoke, the deputy privy envoy took out a note from his arms, then ignored Lan Gui who stood up and hurried over to take it, and instead directly handed it to Lu Haowen on the side, who then handed it to Lan Gui.
"It is indeed detailed... Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Wang." Zhao Jiu opened the note and could not help but speak slowly after just one glance. "It turns out that Fan Qiong did not occupy the entire Xiangzhou, but only concentrated in Xiangzhou, Dengcheng, and Niu Shou... Thirty thousand troops, is that enough?!"
"Good instructor, I know." Wang Boyan hurriedly explained seriously. "Fan Qiong set out on his own with only three or four thousand soldiers. But when he arrived here to fight against the military thieves Li Xiaozhong and his brother, he recruited a lot of soldiers from the southwest of Beijing and the north of Jinghu... At that time, he was an army and Li Xiaozhong was a thief, so the military and states naturally cooperated well. So when Li Xiaozhong was driven out by him, he had about 10,000 soldiers, and these 10,000 soldiers were his foundation and reliance."
Zhao Jiu nodded slowly.
After all, at that time, Fan Qiong still had the possibility of a peaceful solution, so he would not go too far, so he was restricted by organization and logistics. In fact, at that time, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, and Liu Guangshi were actually core forces of about 10,000.
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