"This is your official eighteenth brother, the military governor of Qingyang and Zhaohua, promoted to acting tutor, written by Prince Xin..." Ma Kuo answered with a bow, causing an uproar in front of the imperial tent.
"Where is he?" Zhao Jiu asked blankly.
"In Wuma Mountain in the northern Taihang Mountains!" Ma Kuo explained quickly. "I escaped from the prison in Zhending, and happened to hear that the emperor was calling for an army in Hebei at the time, so I raised an army in Wuma Mountain to fight against the Jin people... Later, the two emperors went north to hunt, and Prince Xin escaped on the way. I was cut off by the Jin army in Zhending at the time and could not hear the emperor's voice. I heard this rumor, so I went to find Prince Xin and took him up the mountain..."
"Ridiculous!" At this moment, Zhang Jun, the Imperial Censor who was interrupted by Ma Kuo, suddenly shouted. "How can a letter call him the prince? I accuse Ma Kuo of acting recklessly, listening to one side and interfering in the affairs of the royal family."
After Zhang Jun, starting from Lü Haowen, including Wang Boyan, Zhang Suo, Lin Qi, and even Hu Yin, almost all the important officials no longer hesitated, but came out together to impeach Ma Kuo for his reckless behavior.
"I have come here specifically to ask the emperor for his interpretation..." Poor Ma Zichong was such a smart man. Although he had foreseen this, he was completely panicked when faced with such an intense situation and could only nod in response.
"Don't delay!" Zhao Jiu knew what everyone was thinking, but he had already figured it out. He was not afraid at all, and he thought everyone's reaction was funny. "Ma Kuo, let me ask you a question."
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"How many troops did you have at Wuma Mountain before Prince Xin went up the mountain? How many troops did you have after you went up the mountain?"
"30,000 before, more than 100,000 after." Ma Kuo answered carefully, and then hurriedly explained. "But they are all gathered from other mountain strongholds... After Jingkang, the King of Jin issued an order to take Hebei as the territory, and let the Jin Meng'an and Mouke move to Hebei, and arbitrarily classified the people of Hebei as servants, slaves, and households. Hebei was in turmoil, and it became a situation of chaos, and there were people fleeing everywhere. Once the people of the two rivers escaped and resisted, nine out of ten would go to Taihang Mountain. At this time, the southern Taihang was led by Wang Yan, the Taiwei who was placed by Zhang Longtu in the past, and was called the Eight Character Army; the northern one was led by me... led by... led by Wuma Mountain, and was called the Five Horse Army... There were 100,000 people in total."
"I have seen it clearly," Emperor Zhao listened carefully to this, then he casually put away the letter and calmly concluded, "This is the handwriting of my eighteenth brother, no doubt about it."
Zhang Jun and the others were naturally relieved to see that the emperor himself didn't care... The so-called anger came and went quickly, and they were impressed by the luck of "Prince Xin".
However, how could they know that this Emperor Zhao could recognize shitty handwriting? Zhao Jiu clearly only recognized the 100,000 Taihang Mountain guerrillas! The 100,000 guerrillas who came to surrender voluntarily, let alone whether this Prince Xin was real or fake, even if Ma Kuo found a dog to act, he would recognize it!
"I would like to take this opportunity to say a few words." Zhao Jiu was in a good mood, and handed the letter to Yang Yizhong, and then continued to speak calmly. "Prime Minister Lu, Prime Minister Wang, regardless of how impulsive Ma Kuo's words were just now, I just want to ask you, have you felt the turmoil of the people in the two rivers? What about Guanxi?"
Lu Haowen and Wang Boyan were both speechless.
"That's a hard question to answer," Zhao Jiu also laughed. "Because if you say you feel it, how can you hold on to Yangzhou and Shouzhou? If you say you don't feel it, wouldn't it prove that you two are heartless? As the rulers of the country, you have already forgotten the tens of millions of people in Lianghe and Guanxi?"
"I am ashamed." Wang Boyan was the first to turn around.
"Don't be ashamed." Zhao Jiu laughed even more. "Because Ma Kuo has just made it clear, Shouzhou and Yangzhou are indeed very good, but they are not as good as Nanyang, which can connect to Guanxi and take charge of the overall situation."
There was silence again in front of the imperial tent.
Emperor Zhao took off his crooked hat and held it in his arms. He adjusted it while continuing, "I have thought it through since the naval battle that day. If we want to recover the two rivers, we must not let go of the remaining 200,000 or 100,000 soldiers and the remnants of the Western Army. However, Tokyo is really dangerous and there is no need to advance so recklessly. So I can only go to Nanyang... What do you think?"
"I agree!" Prime Minister Wang Boyan couldn't wait.
"I second the motion!" Chief Censor Zhang Jun also spoke up immediately.
Soon, Zhao Ding, Wang Yuan and others followed. Lin Qi and Zhang Suo just glanced at each other and nodded their heads. Even Hu Yin and Scholar Kobayashi hurriedly expressed their agreement... Only Lu Haowen was still hesitant.
"I have not forgotten Guanxi." Lü Haowen, who had become a lonely man in the blink of an eye, finally bowed his head helplessly. "But I mean that the financial resources of the southeast cannot be abandoned. I hope Your Majesty..."
"That's fine," Emperor Zhao said casually. "The southeast is so important, let Li Xianggong lead the heir and the queen mother to stay in Yangzhou... I will go to Nanyang with you to win the hearts of the people in Guanxi and the Central Plains!"
Lu Haowen was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head.
However, from Wang Boyan on down, countless people around him suddenly saw through the fog, and reacted faster than Lu Haowen:
"This proposal of the government is very appropriate!"
However, Zhang Suo, Zhang Longtu, and Lin Qi, Lin Tianguan, were facing each other, but in the crowd, they did not dare to speak easily.
"Since we have decided to go to Nanyang," Zhao Jiu continued to hold his hat and spoke calmly. "There are some arrangements for you to listen to. If the two ministers have no objection, it will be considered that the two governments of the East and the West have agreed... I want to let Han Shizhong accompany me on the journey to the west, and also to use him to sweep Jingxiang and Jingxi."
"Majesty, please make a good decision!" Wang Yuan, the commander-in-chief of the imperial camp, could not wait.
"In this case, let Zhang Jun and Han Shizhong switch places. Zhang Jun will be the governor of Huaidong, and Han Shizhong will be the governor of Huaixi. Both will be commanders-in-chief. The water in the upper reaches of the Huai River is shallow, so the fleet will be handed over to Zhang Jun." Emperor Zhao continued to speak, and no one knew how long he had been thinking about it. "Among them, Zhang Jun will be in Huaidong, commanding Haizhou, Lianshui Army, Huaiyang Army, Suzhou, and Sizhou, guarding the passage to the east of Jingdong, and waiting for an opportunity to move north and try to recover the east of Jingdong."
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