Long live the general

Zhao Cheng has been to this cell several times, and each time he met a different person, but most of the endings were not so good.

He walked in like a shadow, with almost no sound under his feet.Huo Yi is also very thin, but he will definitely not have the fragile and oppressive feeling like a blade and a piece of paper like Zhao Cheng.The thinner Zhao Cheng was, the more sharp he appeared.

Zhao Cheng took a look at the people locked in the cell and asked, "Who are you?"

The man moved, twitched his hands and feet, sat up, and looked at him with dark eyes: "Who are you?"

"Dayue Tingwei, Zhao Cheng." Zhao Cheng stared at him, his eyes sharply drawn across his face, body, hands and feet, confirming that this is an extremely tired and mentally tense person: "in charge of the country's laws, eradicate rape and eradicate evil ,I can help you."

The man's eyelids twitched, and he said, "I'm Lei Li, a swordsman."

At that time, Leili injured Zhennan Wangshi? Zi Zhouqian by mistake, and fled in a hurry.King Zhennan was really furious and wanted to kill him.Although the King of Zhennan had good opponents, his son must be more important? In this regard, Guo Xie would buy people's hearts. If his nephew dies, he will die, and he can still say generously, "You should kill him?"

Lei Li thought of a way in a hurry, and he ran to join the army.

Now, in order to meet the needs of the war, His Majesty the Emperor very much? Encourages everyone to join the army. As long as you join the army, certain mistakes can be written off.Although the requirements for joining the army are quite high, Rayleigh is sure to be fine. If he joins the army, he will be safe.

But Zhennan Wang found out about his joining the army, and Zhennan Wang forcibly pressed him down. After Leili learned about it, he ran away overnight, eating and sleeping all the way, and fled to Chang'an day and night.The King of Zhennan sent someone to chase him down, but he failed to catch up.

Lei Li said: "I have evidence of Zhennan King's rebellion!"

Zhao Cheng smiled: "Tell me."

"I once instructed Zhennan King Zi Zhouqian to practice swordsmanship. I once saw Zhennan King and his disciples discussing the matter of sending troops. Moreover, Zhennan King has grain, grass and weapons in his possession. He is preparing to accumulate food and build a high wall. The night before the Lantern Festival , There is a comet competing in the sky in the south, Zhennan Wangmenke uses this as an article to publicize that the world will be in chaos."

As for whether the world will actually be chaotic, let’s talk about it first, in case it will be chaotic while talking.

Zhao Cheng let Leili out.

He also asked Lei Li to wash his body, change his clothes, and cut his hair, and then brought him in front of Zhou Zhenyan.

Zhou Zhenzhen listened to the cause and effect, and said: "The King of Zhennan is my third brother, and I believe he will not have the intention to conspire. Since there are witnesses, why don't you go there in person? Let's go to the territory of the King of Zhennan to investigate." But I heard that there is an army stationed in the territory of the third brother, for safety, you also bring an army."

Zhao Cheng took the order to leave. After he came to Chang'an City, he handled several major cases, and almost never disappointed His Majesty the Emperor.

On the day Zhao Cheng left, Huo Yi still sent him here. After all, the army Zhao Cheng took away was divided from the Northern Army.Two school lieutenants followed, and they all obeyed Zhao Cheng's command.

One month after he left, news came from Nanfang that Zhennan King Zhou Hong committed suicide.

Zhao Cheng's army was still on the way. After the other two school lieutenants heard the news, they were a little tangled for a while, not knowing whether to continue forward.Zhao Cheng decisively ordered to continue marching. King Zhennan committed suicide, he had to see it with his own eyes, and he had to find evidence.

They rushed all the way to the fief where the king of Zhennan was located. It was quite remote. When the cavalry of the Northern Army wearing red robes and holding black flags stepped into this territory, the doors of every house were closed and everyone was silent.

The huge palace is extremely cold at this time, only an old servant is still guarding the door.

When Zhao Cheng walked in, the old servant said, "The master has already left. I will bury him in the back mountain."

Zhao Cheng asked: "Where is Shi Zi and others?"

The old servant said: "Some followed their masters to commit suicide, and some escaped."

After the killer died, and the news that the emperor opened a case to investigate Zhennan King's treason case spread here, Zhennan King Zhou Hong was terrified for a moment. He remembered that a long time ago, the ears on his bed.

Those disciples also panicked for a moment. After all, in such a thing as treason, of course, you have to be the first to have an advantage.Now that His Majesty knows about it, they can only sit and wait for death.Some of the retainers took advantage of the opportunity to run away, they always ran very fast, and some of the retainers advised Zhou Hong to send troops immediately.

Zhou Hong struggled for a long time, he thought of the terrible Yuan Ding Emperor, the feared General Huo, and the news that the Great Viet Northern Army was coming also spread to the palace.

At that moment, he finally sobered up, he didn't dare to face Huo Yi and Emperor Yuan Ding.

The last person Zhou Hong met before his death was Liu An.

He said, "Leave too, Uncle Liu, it's been so hard for you for so many years."

Conspiracy is the crime of punishing the nine clans, and the entire Zhennan Palace was plunged into turmoil. Zhou Qian fled first, and his wives, children, and concubines in the palace were desperate, and followed Zhou Hong to commit suicide.Nuo Da's palace, within a few days, was filled with blood and death.

Liu An has been dealing with these matters. He buried Zhou Hong and dealt with others.He also distributed the gold and silver dry food to those servants of the palace who wanted to escape and leave.Those disciples who advocated the attack saw that there was no way to recover, so they had to escape.

In the end, Liu An was the only one left in the entire palace.

This is the situation where Huo Yi and Zhou Zhenyan have not yet made a move, and a piece of news is enough to break Zhennan Wang's psychological defense.On the one hand, King Zhennan is indeed very fragile. Zhou Zhenxi commented that he has a heart but no guts. He wants to do something, but he can't afford the price.On the other hand, the power of Emperor Yuan Ding and Huo Yi of the Northern Army had reached such a daunting level.

Zhao Cheng asked the old servant: "Is it true that King Zhennan conspired against him?"

The old servant burst into tears, and said hoarsely: "Whether it is true or not is important? Do you want it? The entire palace has reached this point now."

Zhao Chengdao: "National law will not harm innocent people."

The old servant shook his head: "Master, he has not yet mobilized a single soldier..."

His mood was extremely complicated, and he was almost suffocated. The death and blood he saw amidst the cheers of the comet race that day was such a scene.

Zhao Cheng glanced at him and asked, "Who are you?"

"Liu An, it's nothing more than a servant in the Zhennan Palace." The old servant said, "I was lucky enough to be appreciated by the master back then, so let me stay at the end."

Zhao Cheng asked Liu An to be controlled, and led his troops into the Zhennan Palace. After searching, he found the weapons and food prepared by Zhou Hong.

Those weapons are different from the weapons currently used by the Northern Army. They are of the previous style, and they are not as sharp or practical as the weapons of the Northern Army today.

After all, the Northern Army is supported by the Chang'an Arsenal, which has been developing better weapons and armor.

Among the equipment stored by King Zhennan, some armors are even rusted.

From this aspect, it can be seen that the King of Zhennan actually has a wicked heart but no guts. While he is storing food, grass and equipment, he has never planned to send troops.If there hadn't been the assassination at the banquet, and going forward, if Zhou Yunshen hadn't been sent to Chang'an, the King of Zhennan might have done it right? It would have been delayed until the end of his life.

Although Zhou Hong didn't know his son well, Zhou Yunshen knew him very well.

Zhao Cheng didn't care about these things? It felt like he had people take out those dry food and weapons, and prepared to take them back to Chang'an? These were the only goods he received this trip.

He walked out of the warehouse, a pool of thick blood spread to his feet, soaking the hem of his clothes.

Zhao Cheng saw the old servant who called himself Liu An lying on the ground, holding a knife in both hands, the blade was completely buried in his chest.

The soldier next to him said in embarrassment: "He suddenly snatched the knife. We didn't expect it? We didn't expect him to have some martial arts skills, so we didn't stop him..."

"Yes." Zhao Cheng said lightly, "Bury him."

Loyalty to the anti-lord or Dai Viet, he just made a wrong choice.

This matter is over like this? Zhao Cheng returned to Chang'an with the collected food, grass and weapons.The death of Zhennan King seems to be a big matter, and it has aroused a lot of discussion in the whole of Dayue. The followers of Zhennan King are all regarded as street rats, and Zhennan King's son Zhou Qian is also missing.But after a long time, everyone realized that this incident had nothing to do with them. They still had to eat and drink every day, and nothing changed from before.

After the case of King Zhennan was settled, Zhao Cheng's identity and prestige rose to the next level. Since he took office, he has dealt with the cases of the prime minister, the prince, etc., and the nobles of the aristocratic family no longer dare to stand in front of him. Squeeze the tiger's beard, after all, no matter how noble they are, they can't compare with the real members of the royal family.

Just after Zhennan Wang's incident was over, news came from the court that Prime Minister Murong An's leg was broken.

The Prime Minister is seventy years old this year, which is considered a relatively long-lived age. Although the spirit looks good, but the body is old after all, so it is very normal to have bumps or something.

But some people really feel that it is not normal.

Because before that, Prime Minister Murong had begged His Majesty for his bones many times, asking to resign and go home to take care of his life, but His Majesty refused all of them.

Immediately afterwards, Prime Minister Murong broke his leg.

When Tao Jiamu and Huo Yi talked about this matter, it was quite unbelievable: "It's more than that, it's his own leg."

Huo Yi was thinking about another thing: "Why did Your Majesty not let him resign and go home?"

"It's suitable for him to sit there." Tao Jiamu had already thought about this question a long time ago: "Prime Minister Murong is very suitable regardless of his qualifications or ability, and he can overwhelm other people."

Huo Yi sighed inexplicably.

Tao Jiamu said: "You still want to become an official?"

"It depends on the situation. Even if you leave, you have to save up your family's wealth first." Huo Yi took a sip of tea, and the weather was getting hotter. Tao Jiamu brought him new tea, which tasted refreshing without the slightest bitterness The smell: "If the leg is broken, then there is really nothing to do. Who do you think will be the next prime minister?"

"This position is unlucky! If it's serious, the whole family will be punished, and if it's light, a leg will be broken." Tao Jiamu said with deep emotion: "It must be a hard-fated person."

Huo Yi continued to drink tea, this seat is really not easy to sit in.

"Next, it's Chang Tang, the Imperial Envoy, Zhao Cheng, the Ting Wei, or... Taifu Chen Hui. They have the best chance." Tao Jiamu nodded with his fingers, and there were some others, but more or less Somewhat inappropriate.

Huo Yi: "Chen Hui is unlikely. He just came back from Xihebian County, and he just took the position of Taifu. In just a few months, he was promoted from Taifu to Prime Minister. The speed of promotion is as fast as flying. Same."

"He can be the prime minister, but the time has not come yet." Tao Jiamu analyzed and said, "Think about it, he has been a Zhonglang for [-] years, and he has been with the emperor much longer than us. It is also a kind of accumulation. Before the Lantern Festival, His Majesty called him back to serve as Tai Tuo. I think His Majesty wants to balance the power of the internal and external courts, and his position in the external court will be very important in the future."

Huo Yi agrees with his point of view. When it comes to internal and external courts, he asks: "Do you think it is possible for Gongsun Yang?"

Tao Jiamu shook his head decisively.

Huo Yi: "What about the Imperial Envoy and Zhao Cheng?"

Tao Jiamu said: "I personally think that Zhao Cheng is unlikely. He is so young and has no influence behind him. What is Chang Tang's qualifications? He is about the same as Prime Minister Murong. I think he is more likely."

"But I think it's useless? It depends on what His Majesty thinks." Tao Jiamu said with emotion: "You are with His Majesty every day. What does he think? You know better than me."

The teacup in Huo Yi's hand shook: "How can I spend every day with His Majesty?"

Tao Jiamu: "..." Look at you now!

He wanted to persuade him a little bit, but he didn't want to lose his sense of proportion, and he was very entangled in his heart.

Huo Yi coughed to cover up, and said, "Haven't you ever thought about yourself?"

"Me?!" Tao Jiamu's thoughts were taken away in an instant: "It's impossible for me. The position of doctor is the most suitable for me. His Majesty will not consider me, and being a prime minister is hard, I forget it, let it go pass me."

Zhou Zhenzhen really didn't consider Tao Jiamu. In his eyes, Tao Jiamu was more than enough to be a doctor, but he was a bit short of experience as a prime minister.

Tao Jiamu is more suitable for preaching, imparting knowledge, and concentrating on researching something. Even if he becomes prime minister, it will take decades.

That old guy Murong An actually fell off the carriage in order to resign. Zhou Zhenzhen was very helpless about it. He felt that Murong An was really suitable to sit in the prime minister's position, and there had been no troubles in the past two years .But with Murong An doing this, it would be too unreasonable for Zhou Zhenyan to force a lame old man to go to court.

So Zhou Zhenzhen had no choice but to re-elect a new prime minister. There were not many candidates. He considered for a moment and then made a decision.

After Chen Hui came back from the imperial court, he went back to his study to be busy. He had just become the Taifu not long ago, and His Majesty treated him very well.

After a while, there was a knock on the door.

At home, would it be like this? It was definitely Chen Menghe who knocked on the door. Chen Hui said to come in, and the attendants outside opened the door and pushed Chen Menghe into the study.

"Meng He, what's the matter?" Chen Hui put down the scroll in his hand and asked.

Chen Menghe folded his hands on his lap, and said surprisingly: "Father, do you want? Don't you want to be the prime minister?"

Chen Hui was so frightened that his hands shook, and he stared at his son with wide eyes.

Chen Menghe is not the kind of person who likes to joke.

He stood up, walked a few steps back and forth, frowned and asked, "Do you think His Majesty will choose me this time?"

Chen Hui's furrowed brows, twitching face and restless fingers fully expressed his inner entanglement.

Who doesn't want to be a prime minister? Be a prime minister, but the prime minister of Emperor Yuan Ding is a high-risk occupation.Chen Hui naturally had the dream of becoming a prime minister in his heart, but before Chen Menghe said these words today, he hadn't considered it at all.

"...Father, you think too much." Chen Menghe raised his head and said, "Your Majesty will not choose you this time."

Chen Hui glared at him and sat down angrily.

Chen Menghe said again: "But next time it won't be necessarily the case."

Chen Hui wanted to "stand up" a little bit, but felt that that would be too unsteady, so he held himself down abruptly.

"What do you think? Ways?" He humbly asked his son for advice.

"There are two people who have the best chance of being selected by the emperor this time, Shang Shuling Gongsun Yang and Ting Wei Zhao Cheng." Chen Menghe and Tao Jiamu have slightly different views: "They are all people trained by His Majesty. It has a greater role, and it is very appropriate to put it in the position of the prime minister."

Chen Hui fell into deep thought, and mentioned another person: "The imperial envoy... After all, the position of prime minister is usually selected from the three princes."

"Chang Tang is impossible, His Majesty will not choose him." Chen Menghe paused, then silently added: "Unless he committed something? His Majesty wants to deal with him, otherwise he will not be made Prime Minister."

Chen Hui: "...so the position of prime minister is really dangerous!"

"Not necessarily. In fact, Prime Minister Murong's position is quite stable. He couldn't hold himself back, so he made such a bad plan." As a prime minister, it is enough to make no mistakes. By the way? Pray that there will be no troubles in the world.

Chen Hui shook his head: "Actually, I don't quite understand why he wants to do that." After all, it takes determination to break one's own leg.

"He is afraid of making a mistake, or has already made a mistake, and he has the confidence to hold it in His Majesty's hands." Chen Menghe waved his hand. Did he come here to discuss? they themselves."

Chen Hui: "It's unlikely that they both came from civilian backgrounds. Although they both have merits, but..." Chen Hui, an elite class, still finds it difficult to accept this.

Chen Menghe said: "Your Majesty employs a person, neither birth nor blood will be an obstacle."

What he said made sense, and Chen Hui had indeed seen it before: "It doesn't matter to me, so next time His Majesty will choose me?"

During their conversation, they seemed to regard the position of prime minister as a high-risk occupation with frequent position changes, and decided that no matter who they were, they would not be in the position of prime minister for long.

Sitting for a long time is easy to accumulate power, His Majesty the Emperor does not want to see that kind of scene.

Chen Hui changed his mind and asked, "Then it might be me next time?"

Chen Menghe shook his head: "No."

"..." Chen Hui calmed down: "Son, give me an accurate number."

Chen Menghe said: "It's almost the third time."

Chen Hui: "It's too far away."

"It's not bad." Chen Menghe felt that with this frequency, it must be within six years.

His tone was so firm that Chen Hui couldn't help but ask, "Can you see that far?"

Chen Menghe hummed lightly, his expression did not show off or be happy.

He thought of another person, Zhou Yunshen.

Since Zhennan King's accident, Zhou Yunshen has become more and more sharp, and no longer hides his talent.

Wu Neng is better than Li Feng, and Wen Neng is better than Meng He. This is how the Taixue Palace evaluates him.

Chen Hui patted his head, Chen Menghe couldn't avoid it, and looked at him with some disgust.

Chen Hui laughed, no matter how smart his son is, he is still his son, a child he can touch.

"You want? I'll be prime minister." Chen Hui asked: "Why? You wouldn't be like this before. What do you want? What do you want?" See, he also knows his son very well.

"I want? Fight for it." Chen Menghe lowered his eyes, and his eyes fell on his legs.

"Okay." Chen Hui didn't ask further, he believed in Chen Menghe, he opened the book and said, "Then I'll try my best too."

Do what's in front of you first.

The matter of who to be the new prime minister was discussed in the court for a long time, and everyone was more or less dreaming, and finally heard that His Majesty the Emperor had met two people, Gongsun Yang and Zhao Cheng.

The last person to serve as prime minister was Zhao Cheng.

At this time, there was an uproar in the court hall.

Who is Zhao Cheng, an ordinary person without any background and no family, his parents may have been farmers in the fields before they were alive, but he became the prime minister in one fell swoop.

The imperial court was going crazy. When His Majesty appointed Gongsun Yang, who was born in white, as Minister, they could bear it. After all, it was a new position established by His Majesty. The so-called inner court cannot be compared with the outer court.But now His Majesty wants to appoint Zhao Cheng as the prime minister, so? Many people with orthodox backgrounds, strong qualifications, and outstanding abilities have not become the prime minister.

The ministers really couldn't bear it. They looked through the classics and pulled out a rule that the person who served as the prime minister must have a title, so Zhao Cheng could not be the prime minister.

After Zhou Zhenyan heard this, he took the case and decided that this is easy to handle, and immediately gave Zhao Cheng the title of Marquis of Pingguo. Although there was no fief and gold and silver rewards, he had a title.

So Zhao Chenggang became the prime minister, and was conferred the title of marquis, and his status rose instantly.

Chen Hui was the quickest to accept this matter. After all, as Chen Menghe said before, it was either Gongsun Yang or Zhao Cheng.Although Tao Jiamu had speculated about Zhao Cheng before, he still couldn't help being shocked when he saw that His Majesty the Emperor was so generous.

He suddenly thought? His Majesty seems to be a little crazy.

Compared with the other ministers whose three outlooks have been severely impacted, Tao Jiamu even thought, Zhao Cheng is quite suitable, he is very hard at first glance, and the position of the prime minister is no problem.

After experiencing the feudal marquis incident, everyone had to accept it, so they changed the direction of the situation one after another, began to congratulate Prime Minister Zhao, and moved closer to him.After all, Prime Minister Zhao is well-known, and his actions are still very intimidating.

Huo Yi thought about it, and stepped forward to congratulate him.

When the other people congratulated, they all brought some gifts? They came to visit.Huo Yi just had an idea suddenly. When the court was underway that day, Huo Yi stopped Zhao Cheng, cupped his hands, and said, "Congratulations, Prime Minister."

Zhao Cheng stared at him, his eyes were dark and he couldn't see how happy he was.

Huo Yi thought to himself? What's wrong with this person? What's the matter, he treats others with warmth, why? I don't look good.

But he couldn't feel Zhao Cheng's hostility towards him, so he was very helpless.

Zhao Cheng said: "General Huo, when you recommended me to come to Chang'an, didn't you think that it would happen? One day."

Huo Yi said honestly: "I really didn't expect it? I did, congratulations."

Zhao Cheng responded, and then asked, "Then do you think I've changed?"

"No." Huo Yi was sure of this.

Zhao Chengbian smiled, his smile was completely different from the fake smile of a fashionista, it was as light as a hallucination.

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