Zhao Ji waited until the sun was high in the sky, but still did not see General Zhang.

He smiled and put down the herbal tea in his hand: "Does your General Zhang always act on impulse like this? Do you never come to report on time?"

The soldiers next to them didn't dare to say anything. If they nodded in agreement, General Zhang would never let them go.

But if I were to defend General Zhang, the fact is now before our eyes. General Zhang did not show up for report, and it was already this late, which was obviously like being absent from work. Maybe General Zhang was in a bad mood today and did not come.

What could the soldiers say about this? It was simply too difficult to answer.

A soldier wanted to secretly go to General Zhang's house to report the news, but was stopped and sent back by General Tian's men.

The excuse was that there were exercises going on in the military camp and there was no time to let these idle people out.

Now that General Zhang is away, it is natural that General Tian, ​​who is of the second rank, has the highest position. Moreover, General Tian now holds real power and controls half of the army. Naturally, we have to listen to General Tian at this moment.

Of course Zhao Ji knew about Tian Zhao's actions, and he tacitly approved of it.

If General Zhang came too soon, Zhao Ji would still feel it would be troublesome.

The more General Zhang did this, the more Zhao Ji liked it.

Since there was nothing to do today, Zhao Ji simply watched the military exercises in the barracks.

It has to be said that General Tian was indeed a capable man. After Tian Zhao came to power, he carried out a major reorganization of the army.

The current military atmosphere is completely different from what Zhao Ji saw at the beginning. He can clearly feel that everyone's cohesion and mental state have improved.

Zhao Ji stood leisurely in the shade, watching the military exercises. On the other side, General Zhang finally climbed up from the woman slowly.

"It's already this late, General, do you still want to report to the military camp?" said the housekeeper of General Zhang's mansion.

Under normal circumstances, General Zhang might not have gone, but today he yawned and for some unknown reason had a desire to go.

"Why not go? If you don't go now, the guy named Tian will have the final say in the military camp. He's training his group of monkeys every day. If I don't go over and say a few words, I'm afraid the Black Iron Guard will be called the Tian Family Army tomorrow!"

The more General Zhang thought about it, the angrier he became. He put on his clothes, mounted his horse, and rushed towards the military camp in a rage.

He had even thought about what excuse he would use to trip up Tian Zhao today.

However, today when he arrived at the outskirts of the military camp, he did not see any of his subordinates coming to greet him.

The soldiers guarding the barracks saw that General Zhang looked a little strange, but General Zhang did not take it to heart. After asking a few questions, he found out that Tian Zhao was conducting a drill today, and a sneer appeared on his face.

"Sure enough, he keeps doing this when I'm not around!" General Zhang walked towards the training ground angrily.

As soon as he walked to the training ground, he suddenly saw Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji also saw General Zhang. He looked at General Zhang and made a gesture with his hand.

Immediately, soldiers from both sides pushed General Zhang in front of Zhao Ji.

General Zhang looked confused, obviously not knowing what mistake he had made to allow Zhao Ji, the damn eunuch, to suppress him.

And the most embarrassing thing is that all the soldiers on the training ground are here, which means that all the subordinates under General Zhang are watching their commander being forced to kneel in front of Zhao Ji.

"What are you doing? Who gave you the right to touch me?" General Zhang looked at Zhao Ji with a sneer in anger. If he had a knife in his hand, he could stab Zhao Ji to death.

Zhao Ji stood up lazily and took out the imperial edict from behind him.

"What if the emperor asked you to kneel? Is General Zhang so arrogant?" Zhao Ji deliberately leaned close to General Zhang's ear and whispered.

The next moment he coughed and read aloud the contents of the imperial edict.

This imperial edict, which had been awaited from morning to afternoon, was finally heard by everyone.

"Commander-in-chief Zhang Ming embezzled military pay and falsely claimed military merit. He is now in jail. We will make a decision after the facts are investigated!"

There wasn't much content in the imperial edict, but every sentence made General Zhang confused.

"What do you mean by falsely claiming military merit? What do you mean by embezzling military pay?" General Zhang was still in shock and even asked the question again.

When he raised his head to confront Zhao Ji, he saw Tian Zhao standing not far away with a cold look in his eyes.

He immediately realized what was going on!

"Tian Zhao, you bitch, are you the one who is secretly tripping me up? Just wait, Duke Rong will not let you go!"

When General Zhang was being dragged away, he was still shouting obscene words.

Zhao Ji laughed and asked the soldiers who were holding down General Zhang to stop. Zhao Ji walked over slowly and said, "General Zhang, what are you talking about? Are you questioning the emperor's decision? I should have gone back to report in the morning, but General Zhang was so arrogant that he made the emperor wait until now. I wonder if the emperor got impatient when I went back to report!"

General Zhang was stunned when he heard this. He never expected that he would encounter such a thing today and fall into Zhao Ji's hands.

The problem is that he didn’t know that there would be an imperial decree to be announced today!

General Zhang now behaved himself a lot better and was taken back to the prison in the military camp smoothly.

General Zhang was taken to jail in the afternoon, but Duke Rong only found out about it at the morning court session the next day.

He was originally a bastard, so Duke Rong didn't take it seriously. But when the Imperial Censor reported General Zhang for disregarding the law and ignoring the miners that morning, Duke Rong was still shocked.

Especially when he heard from the emperor that the person had been thrown into prison, he was extremely shocked.

Because he had not received any news at all, Duke Rong was about to stand up and throw a tantrum, and bring up the military exploits of the old Duke Rong again, but when he raised his eyes, he saw the emperor's indifferent expression.

For some reason, the words got stuck in my throat and I couldn't utter a single word.

This is exactly what the emperor wanted. He said calmly, "A person without any ability can be promoted to the position of commander and in charge of the entire Black Iron Guard. Find out who is behind this and fanning the flames!"

"The military is a place where men fight and make achievements. When did those filthy people get their hands in there?"

"Zhao Ji, you must find out the truth about this matter as soon as possible. The Black Iron Guard cannot be without a commander for a day. I heard that the newly appointed General Tian has trained the soldiers very well, so let him be the commander first and take charge of the entire Black Iron Guard! If there is any problem with the Black Iron Guard in the future, General Tian will report it directly to me!"

When these words were spoken, the officials in the court looked at each other in surprise, as this was a privilege that could reach the emperor directly.

For a moment, they were all confused as to why the emperor would give such great power to General Tian, ​​who they had rarely heard of, just because of such a thing...

Duke Rong immediately worked to reconcile his connections after the court session, and as soon as possible, he sent a valuable gift to the Prime Minister's residence!