It turns out that Your Majesty is the one who is really pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger!
Their plan, which they thought was perfect, was probably already in Your Majesty's control!
Perhaps from the moment Qingyang Academy was reopened, His Majesty had already begun planning to rebuild the defenses of the capital!
What they are doing today is simply exposing their own trump card.
It's ridiculous! They have been officials for many years, but they are not as good as a country woman in understanding the emperor's mind!
Momentum is a thing that requires a strong start, then it will weaken, and finally it will be exhausted! Once it is released, it can never be gathered again. An impeachment that was so aggressive ended so hastily!
No matter how unwilling the other party is, they have to give up!
The opportunity has been missed. If we continue to entangle ourselves, it will only backfire! The other party called off the attack, and Qiao Xin did not pursue the matter any further. The Wu Emperor and his two sides were given fifty lashes to put an end to the matter!
As for Qiao Xin, her sons were not in the court, and quarreling was not her strong point. Being able to fight the other party on equal terms was already her limit.
If it were up to Qiao Xin's original intention, she would rather go straight to the point of slapping the other party a few times and then throwing him out. If you can take action, then don't talk!
These grown men have nothing better to do than to sow discord every day, acting as if they are so honest and upright. In fact, everyone has a lot of troubles under his butt. No one is clean!
Qiao Xin also realized that Emperor Wu was just going through the motions by calling him over to ask him in person, which was also a way of giving an explanation to those ministers.
She doesn't want to escalate the situation to a life-and-death situation for the time being!
These guys who are just sitting there doing nothing may not be able to help much, but they are masters of holding back. If things really get to the point of being a fight to the death, nothing the Qiao family can do will go smoothly!
After all, when the Qiao family did these things, they reported them all to him in advance, and nothing was done secretly. They did things that benefited the country and the people in an open and honest manner, which helped Emperor Wu a lot.
If building the city wall was done with ill intentions, then wouldn't it be even more deserving of death for the noble family to build a fort in their ancestral home?
Seeing that both parties had no intention of continuing, Emperor Wu immediately set the tone for the matter!
Everyone has realized that Qiao Jiajian is now in the emperor's heart and has the deep trust of His Majesty!
After the court was dismissed, His Majesty left Qiao Xin to question him alone!
"Qiao Qing is killing people everywhere today!"
Qiao Xin's hand trembled and the document in her hand almost fell out.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for making a fool of myself. I have no choice but to do this. I cannot let them just lie and slander my innocence. The love that my Qiao family has for your Majesty is clear to all!"
"Old Madam, don't worry. I am not so old that I can't tell right from wrong! If you don't think about the future, you will worry about the present. You are right. The Northwest and North Rong have been invading the border frequently. The war has been going on for more than half a year. Xiling is watching closely from the sidelines. I dare not relax for a moment!"
Qiao Xin remained silent, just listened quietly without expressing any opinions!
This was the first time that Emperor Wu had spoken directly to her about his political views! In the past, when the emperor and his subjects communicated, Qiao Xin would always write letters to express her own ideas, and Emperor Wu would at most reply with an approval letter of "approval" or "delay for further discussion"!
Emperor Wu didn't seem to expect Qiao Xin to give any advice at this time.
After laying the groundwork for so long, he finally stated his ultimate goal: "Qiao Qing, I plan to send Qiao Yunting to Jiangcheng to take charge of military affairs!"
Qiao Xin was startled and asked, "What happened?"
"The Northern Rong have harassed Shanggu County many times. Dingbian Hou is far away in Liangzhou in the northwest, which is too far away from here. The governor of Shanggu County deserted and died in battle. Fortunately, the Northern Rong's attack this time was mainly to rob property and did not stay for too long. Yuyang is leaderless. After much thought, only constant temperature is suitable!
Jiangcheng is close to Yuyang. It used to be the fief of the eldest princess. After that incident, it has been abandoned for too long. In the past, the treasury was empty and talents were in short supply. I had no time to take care of other things. Now that Laohu Town can regain its former prosperity, Jiangcheng should be the same! Yun Ting should be the most suitable candidate. "
Qiao Xin didn't expect that Jiangcheng was actually the eldest princess' fiefdom. In the previous dynasty, the eldest princess should still have the title of a county princess, so it was normal for her to have one-tenth of the land as a fiefdom!
In this way, Yun Ting's past business can be regarded as inheriting his mother's legacy, which is perfectly reasonable. I just don't know how the Zhou family will feel about it!
"Has your majesty asked his opinion?"
"Of course I have asked, but the child is very filial and cares about your opinion!"
Qiao Xin sighed: "How can I restrain him? As the descendant of the eldest princess, it is his unshirkable responsibility to keep the area safe and protect the people."
Emperor Wu breathed a sigh of relief: "Qiao Qing is indeed very righteous. The boy will be back in the next two days. Why don't we let the old lady hand over the decree to him personally?"
Qiao Xin didn't expect that Emperor Wu would have such a trick!
You are the king of a country, and yet you issue an edict in such a secretive way. You don't want to have a bad relationship with your nephew, so you let her be the scapegoat?
That's enough. Your Majesty has a clear conscience, but what about her? That boy doesn't think I'm kicking him out, does he?
Qiao Xin returned to the mansion with the imperial edict, looking unwilling.
Qiao Yunting didn't even take off his armor and was standing outside the mansion waiting!
You’re back so quickly!
"It's for you, take a look for yourself!" Qiao Xin handed him the imperial edict and went straight into the mansion!
In fact, Qiao Yunting already knew the contents of the imperial edict, and he had made up his mind, but he was afraid that Qiao Xin would be unhappy, so he went around in circles!
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