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    Jinluan Hall

    After Zhao Ji sat on the dragon chair, he looked at the civil and military officials with a livid face. The cold murderous intent in his eyes made everyone shudder.

    The head official of the palace did not ask everyone to present the memorial as usual. Many people had already prepared the memorial, but seeing that the usually elegant and peaceful emperor seemed to be a different person, they did not dare to open their mouths to break the loneliness. They all stood there with lowered eyebrows.  .

    Seeing that no one dared to come forward, Shaobao, Dazai and servant Wang Fu took the courage to go out and said: "Your Majesty, in front of the front hall, Gao Qiu, the commander of the army, led the troops to exterminate the Liangshan bandits. Unfortunately, they were defeated. Mr. Gao also fell.  into the hands of thieves. Two days ago, the Yangshan bandits actually publicly killed Mr. Gao, which was a heinous crime. They despised the dignity of the imperial court and begged the Holy Emperor to send an army to destroy the Yangshan bandits. "

    Under Zhao Ji¡¯s cold gaze, Wang Ming struggled to finish these words, then lowered his head and waited for Zhao Ji to reply.  But after waiting for a while, he didn't hear Zhao Ji's reply. He couldn't help but glance at Liang Shicheng, who had just been promoted to Taiwei, from the corner of his eyes.

    Liang Shicheng, the Taiwei, is different from Gao Qiu, the Taiwei. Gao Qiu's Taiwei is just because he is the chief of the Palace Commander's Mansion, so he habitually calls him Taiwei, while Liang Shicheng is the Taiwei named by the emperor, with an official rank of the second rank.

    Although Wang Fu is now an official, he still serves Liang Shicheng like a father.

    Liang Shicheng was not sure what Zhao Ji was thinking. After they received the news of Liangshan's public execution of Gao Qiu yesterday, they knew that the news could not be suppressed, so they could only report the truth to Zhao Ji.

    When Zhao Ji heard the news, he was also furious. According to the young eunuch next to Zhao Ji, he smashed a lot of things, but he calmed down afterwards, but his face was ashen and he said nothing.

    At the beginning, Liang Shicheng only thought that Zhao Ji was sad about Gao Qiu's death. You must know that Gao Qiu was not an ordinary favorite. He could be said to be Zhao Ji's childhood playmate. When Zhao Ji was still King Duan, Gao Qiu became his personal attendant.  Play with Zhao Ji every day.  After Zhao Ji ascended the throne, he slowly promoted Gao Qiu, until Gao Qiu reached the second rank and was in charge of the imperial army. It can be said that the safety of half of the Song Dynasty was entrusted to Gao Qiu, which shows Zhao Ji's trust in Gao Qiu.

    It is normal for Gao Qiu's death to make Zhao Ji furious for several days, and the Liangshan bandits will definitely be buried in Zhao Ji's anger.

    Liang Shicheng originally thought that after Zhao Ji went to court, he would immediately issue an order to destroy the Liangshan bandits. However, Zhao Ji remained silent after going to court. Liang Shicheng suddenly felt that Zhao Ji was not just angry because of Gao Ji's death.

    Liang Shicheng hesitated again and again, but still whispered: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Master Gao served his country loyally and died a worthy death. Let's send a large army to wipe out the Liangshan bandits to comfort Master Gao's spirit in heaven. Don't hurt the dragon's body."

    Zhao Ji glanced at Liang Shicheng, his expression slightly relieved.  These eunuchs were still loyal to him. It would be great if there were more servants in the palace who were as capable as Liang Shicheng and Tong Guan, so as not to be fooled by these courtiers.

    Zhao Ji sighed in his heart and said in a deep voice: "Why have I heard all these years that the world is peaceful and the people are happy, but in this year, Fang La suddenly rebelled in Jiangnan, sweeping through several areas, and rebelling with more than a million thieves.  Chao Gai rebelled in Jingdong and easily defeated 100,000 imperial troops. There must be many of them. I ask you, is it because there was a sudden natural disaster last year and the people couldn't survive, so can we rebel with them? "

    Only then did everyone know the reason for Zhao Ji's rage.

    Su Yuanjing and other Qingliu were overjoyed to see that the emperor, who had been smart since childhood, finally woke up. Now all the power in the court was controlled by treacherous ministers. If the emperor could punish some treacherous ministers and promote some honest ministers this time, it would be impossible to revitalize the court.  Far.

    Su Yuanjing thought for a while and then went out to report: "In recent years, the imperial government has repeatedly issued orders, the people have been burdened heavily, and thieves have been in constant trouble in various places. The bandits in Liangshan have also been causing trouble for many years, but the trouble became even greater after Chao Gai became the leader of the thieves.  Last year, they robbed Dongping Prefecture and Gaotang Prefecture, and killed the magistrates of both places."

    Zhao Ji looked coldly at this minister who he thought was different from Cai Jing and others before. In fact, he also looked at Ming Jing in his heart. Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, Wang Fu and others were powerful ministers who used their power to embezzle and live extravagantly.  , if you look at it from the eyes of the common people, they are traitors.

    But in Zhao Ji's view, they have similar interests to him and have certain abilities. They can not only handle the affairs of the court, but also suppress the Qing Dynasty in the DPRK, so as to prevent those Qing Dynasties from admonishing him if they can't move.

    Although Zhao Ji became the emperor, his more hobbies were painting and calligraphy. If the Qing Dynasty prevailed, then he could only accept their supervision and manage the government diligently, and there would be no time for enjoyment.

    Cai Jing and others also figured out what he was thinking, and they blindly praised the peace in the world and the happiness of the people, so that Zhao Ji could rest assured and enjoy himself.

    Of course, Zhao Ji did not fully trust Cai Jing and others, otherwise he would not have dismissed Cai Jing three times, but when he wanted to come to the founding of the Song Dynasty, heFor many years, the previous emperors have been diligent in governing. Although the world will not be as wealthy as Cai Jing and others boast, the people will not be unable to live, so they want to enjoy themselves for a while.

    In order to prevent Cai Jing and others from covering up the sky with one hand, he also left some clear streams such as Su Yuanjing so that he could hear some different sounds from time to time.

    Zhao Ji looked at Su Yuanjing disappointedly and said, "Since you know so much, why didn't you tell me?"

    Su Yuanjing also saw Zhao Ji's disappointment and hurriedly said: "Every minister has reported it, and the emperor has also approved it."

    Zhao Ji also remembered that he had asked about this matter when Gao Qiu led the army before. It was because he was neglectful of government affairs that he missed these memorials.  Of course, what he didn't know was that even if he reviewed it personally, Liang Shicheng would also selectively give him some memorials, which he would not be able to see anyway.

    However, Zhao Ji didn¡¯t think too much about his responsibility. He was just stunned for a moment and then said, ¡°Then do you know that my world is already in shaky ground?¡±

    Su Yuanjing heard this and said hurriedly: "The Manichaeans were secret societies before the rebellion. Liangshan Chaoge only had 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers and horses. Although the burden on the people was heavy, I thought that there would be no chaos in the world. But I didn't expect it.  The strength of the imperial army was so bad that Fang La and Chao Gai made a big fuss. If Wei Chen knew that the world was about to be in chaos, Wei Chen would risk his own life to persuade the emperor. "

    Hearing this, Zhao Ji's murderous intention subsided slightly.

    " If Su Yuanjing dares to say that he knew the world was going to be in chaos, then he will ask Su Yuanjing why he didn't risk his life to remonstrate directly. In his opinion, Su Yuanjing is the loyal minister he left behind, and he should be loyal to him.  If Su Yuanjing couldn't risk his life to remonstrate for him, then Su Yuanjing would be useless. Zhao Ji didn't mind operating on him.

    Wang Fu also caught up with Zhao Ji's murderous intent. Although he had only been prime minister for a few months, he could not escape the blame. He also hurriedly went out to report: "Wei ministers have ordered some soldiers of the Imperial Army to be captured who fled. According to them,  It is said that there are only about 20,000 bandits in Liangshan, but it is only because of Gao Daren's incompetence in using troops that the army was defeated. There is no way that the 20,000 bandits can shake the foundation of the Song Dynasty."

    At this time, Wang Ming just wanted Zhao Ji not to investigate the responsibility for the chaos in the world. Naturally, he wanted Zhao Ji to think that the world was not in chaos yet, so that he, the prime minister, could escape the responsibility of concealing the truth.  Therefore, we can only shift the responsibility to Gao Qiu, hoping that Zhao Ji will think that it is Gao Qiu who is incompetent and cannot wipe out even a small bandit, rather than that the world is really in chaos.

    A group of treacherous officials understood Wang Fu's opinion and hurriedly came out to agree with Wang Fu.

    Liang Shicheng also said at the side: "Your Majesty, you are too worried. The world is generally stable, but there are some small thieves."

    Su Yuanjing saw that the treacherous officials began to deceive Zhao Ji again. If he continued to be coaxed by them, the emperor would probably still be addicted to pleasure. After thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and said: "I have my own notes."

    Seeing Su Yuanjing jumping out at this time, Liang Shicheng, Wang Fu and others couldn't help but give Su Yuanjing some sinister looks.

    Zhao Ji's mood had just improved at this time, and he said, "If you have anything to do, just call me."

    Su Yuanjing naturally knew the warning meant by Liang Shicheng and others, but for the sake of the world, he couldn't care less today. He gritted his teeth and said: "I heard that Tian Hu from Hedong and Wang Qing from Huaixi also rebelled a few days ago.  After stealing several cities, the imperial court sent troops to destroy them several times, but all failed. Now I am afraid that there will be a big trouble. "

    Zhao Ji¡¯s mood, which had just improved, suddenly dropped to freezing point. His face turned from red to purple to black, and the anger in his eyes almost turned into reality.

    Everyone was already so frightened by Su Yuanjing¡¯s words that they lowered their heads and did not dare to look at Zhao Ji. However, they could hear Zhao Ji¡¯s heavy breathing on the dragon chair several feet away, and they were even more frightened and did not dare to look up.

    "Thieves, they are all thieves. Are you going to rebel against them? You dare to hide such a big thing from me. Come here, behead all the civil and military officials for me to show to the public."

    When the Banzhi soldiers who were specially guarding the emperor outside the palace heard Zhao Ji shouting, they all rushed in and surrounded the civil and military officials, but no one dared to take action.

    Seeing how angry Zhao Ji was, Wang Ming and others hurriedly knelt on the ground, crying and begging for mercy.

    Zhao Ji looked at the class and refused to take action, shouting: "Are you also going to rebel? Haven't you heard my order?"

    The Banzhi soldiers are the Emperor's personal guards, subordinate to the Palace Front Division, and are also under Gao Qiu's command, but their loyalty to the Emperor is unquestionable.

    Seeing that Zhao Ji seemed determined, he no longer hesitated and drove all the civil and military officials away.

    Everyone knew that if they went out, they might really be beheaded, so they immediately lost face and begged for mercy in tears.

    Only Liang Shicheng kowtowed to Zhao Ji three times and said: "The old slave is gone, please take care of the dragon body." Then he walked out without hesitation.

    When Zhao Ji saw this, he frowned, called out to Liang Shicheng, and said, "You have nothing to do with me anymore."Did you say that?  "

    Liang Shicheng burst into tears and choked up: "The old slave was so favored by the emperor that he was promoted to the second rank as an eunuch. He should have been so cruel to the emperor. Unexpectedly, the old slave was stupid. He thought these bandits were nothing more than clowns. The emperor regained Yanyun.  In the Sixteenth Prefecture, it is not too late to fulfill Taizu and Taizong's last wish and wipe out the bandits. I don't want to make the emperor so angry. I have no face to face the emperor. I only want to die to prove my loyalty. "

    After saying that, he walked out again.  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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