Chapter 490 The Unburned Purse
"Your Majesty, please calm down. The Prince of Zhao is ambitious and the most urgent task is to send troops to deal with the war in Yuzhou!"
Seeing this, several military ministers were all worried, and the brave ones stepped forward to remind them.
Sheng Zhan's expression shifted from gloomy to bright. After a moment, he slowly said, "Duke Xuanfu Lin Qingyun, the mighty General Chen He, and Marquis Pingxi Hao Wen are here to see you!"
The eunuch who delivered the order immediately retreated, and the others looked at each other in confusion.
The Duke of Fuguo has some relationship with King Zhao, the mighty general is a southern general who recently returned to the capital to report on his work, and the Marquis of Pingxi is a veteran who retired last year.
Soon, these people were taken to the imperial study.
Sheng Zhan didn't even bother to explain the whole story and directly issued an order, "Fuguo Gong Lin Qingyun, the mighty general Chen He, and Pingxi Hou Hao Wen, come forward and listen to my order!"
Several people knelt down in a hurry.
"From now on, Chen He and Hao Wen will go to Yuzhou to take over the Yuzhou army. Duke Fuguo will oversee the battle and make sure to stop the Zhao King's army from advancing south. If you make any mistakes, you will be beheaded!"
As soon as the imperial edict was issued, everyone in the imperial study couldn't help but look at Sheng Zhan.
"Why don't my words work?" Sheng Zhan stared at the people in the room gloomily.
The Fuguogong and his men were still confused, but they immediately responded in unison: "Your Majesty, I obey your command!"
Sheng Zhan flicked his sleeves and left, while the others looked at Lin Qingyun and the other two with sympathy.
Everyone knows that the treasury is empty now. The emperor asked the Duke of Fuguo and others to take over Yuzhou. Isn't that a problem for people?
Thinking of this, everyone came to their senses and looked at Lin Qingyun in unison.
The Duke of Fuguo's half-sister married a bastard from the lineage of Prince Zhao, and a concubine in the Duke of Fuguo's harem was from the Li family, the richest family in the Jin Dynasty. It was said that the concubine's dowry alone was more than 100,000 taels.
After so many years, the dowry money must have doubled.
The emperor's calculations are very good.
The current Duke of Fuguo has no real power. Sheng Zhan suddenly threw a seemingly very valuable job at him, knocking Lin Qingyun unconscious while forcing the Lin family to take a stand.
If they had any disloyalty, the Duke of Fuguo's Mansion would be destroyed.
Lin Qingyun's expression changed constantly, but he finally calmed down and said to Chen He and Hao Wen, "Please go in, let's go to the Ministry of War first."
Sheng Zhan issued the decree, and the Ministry of War also had to send an official letter before they could officially take over the matter.
Fighting a war requires preparing food and wages, which is also the responsibility of the Ministry of War.
Several people went to the Ministry of War in a panic, and when Sheng Zhan returned to the harem, he went to Concubine Jian's bedroom.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? Who is so blind as to make you angry?" Concubine Jian came forward and asked with a concerned look on her face, while leaning against Sheng Zhan weakly.
Sheng Zhan, contrary to his usual behavior, did not hug her, but gently pushed her away, looking at her with gloomy eyes, "King Zhao issued a letter saying that Sheng Ze is not dead yet."
Upon hearing this, Imperial Concubine Jian tightened her grip on the handkerchief and said in panic, "How could he not be dead?"
"I also want to know if he is really not dead." Sheng Zhan said meaningfully, "I and the Imperial Concubine saw with our own eyes that day that Sheng Ze and his bodyguard Ling Yun were burned to ashes. There was also a purse embroidered by the Imperial Concubine herself on his body that was not completely burned."
It was because of the purse that Concubine Jian embroidered for Sheng Ze that he was sure that Sheng Ze was dead.
Now, King Zhao used the excuse that Sheng Ze was not dead to abandon northern Hubei and set his sights on Yuzhou. No matter how Sheng Zhan thought about it, he felt that things might not be that simple.
Imperial Concubine Jian immediately knelt down, clutching Sheng Zhan's dragon robe and crying, "The purse found on the corpse that day was indeed embroidered by me personally. Your Majesty, please be aware of this!"
She wasn't lying.
Before marrying Sheng Zhan, Concubine Jian was originally the concubine that the late emperor was going to marry to Sheng Ze.
"I've been dizzy all day, the aftereffects of the car ride. I really can't write anymore. I'll have a good night's rest. Don't worry, my dears. I'm more anxious than you are. I really want to write more!"
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