Lu Gui hurriedly said, "Aren't the angels staying here to rest and have a light meal before leaving?"

Yuan Huan saluted: "Thank you, General Lu, for your kindness. Our family appreciates it, but countering the rebellion is a very important and urgent matter. Now our family can't grow wings and fly to Aojiao, Qizhou and Yecheng to convey your Majesty's orders to the guarding generals. I really don't have time to stay for dinner, so I bid farewell!"

After sending Yuan Huan and his party out of the city, watching their leaving backs disappear, Lu Gui said to the master: "This eunuch Yuan is different from other eunuchs, no wonder he has won the emperor's trust!"

Master nodded and asked: "General, what about sending troops?"

Lu Gui said seriously: "The old man has received the emperor's kindness for many years, and he can't repay it. Now there are thieves who are trying to bring disaster to the world. The court just needs my life. What's more, it's just a clown jumping around? Come, order the quartermaster to prepare two months of food, grass, supplies, arrows, and load them all before tomorrow morning, and send people to the ferry to pass an order to prepare ships to transport the army across the river; order one or two The third battalion is preparing for the expedition, the fourth and fifth battalions stay behind, and tomorrow we will light a fire and make food at Maoshi, and we will march at Chenshi!"

"As ordered!"

In Chang'an, in a rather grand house.

A rather well-to-do old man was dozing in a recliner by the brazier with a book in hand.

Footsteps sounded, and the butler appeared beside him, calling in a low voice, "Master!"

The old man opened his cloudy eyes and saw that it was the housekeeper, "What's the matter?"

"My lord, your majesty has arrived in Luoyang. On the way to Luoyang, he sent people to send orders to the garrison troops in Luoyang, Qizhou, Yecheng and other places to send troops to encircle and suppress them. According to this posture, Dou Kui may not last long!"

Hearing this, the old man's face turned cold, and he said coldly: "Hmph, damn Dou Kui! Murong Ju couldn't hold his breath before he could do anything. He was so courageous that he even dared to rebel against him. What can people and horses do? Do you really think that the people will follow him to fight the world when they are in disaster? Now is a peaceful and prosperous age, the people's will is on the side of the court and the emperor, and all rebellions cannot be supported by the people! Just watch, His Majesty will As soon as it arrives, the troops stationed in various places are waiting in full formation, and the army will send out an iron wall to encircle Dou Kui, even if Sun Wu is reborn, it will be difficult to escape the fate of being destroyed!"

The housekeeper hesitated for a moment: "Then... let's just watch Dou Kui being wiped out by the imperial army like this? What if he didn't die and told what he knew...Master, I still think You should make a decision early, lest things change later!"

The old man moved his body, and the reclining chair shook. He said, "What's the hurry? Even if Dou Kui tells his own story, so what? As long as Pan Chang'an, the official censor, and Zou Ruhai, the servant of the criminal department, don't have any accidents, the old man will be safe! Has anyone acted unusually in recent days?"

The housekeeper hurriedly said: "The Anzi arranged beside them reported that the mood of these two people is quite stable. Although they are worried about Dou Kui's matter, they are still calm and have not aroused the suspicion of other courtiers!"

The old man thought about it, and said: "If these two people come to the old man, you tell them that the rumors are too tight now, and if it is not necessary, tell them not to come. Even if there is something urgent, you can't come directly to the door, and make an appointment with them at another time." meet somewhere!"

"No!" The butler agreed, hesitated for a moment, and then suggested: "Master, I still think it's safest to get rid of Dou Kui now. In this way, even if you want to check, you can't find anything! It is reported that The king of Shu has already gone to Hanoi by order. I am worried about what the third prince will find out. His identity is not comparable to that of Murong Ju. If Murong Ju dies, he will die. The emperor just feels it is a pity. If something happens to the king of Shu again, When the time comes, Long Yan will be furious, and I'm afraid this matter will not end no matter what! After all, the master can't directly control those people, if someone else takes the risk again, this matter will completely get out of control!"

The old man's face was calm, but his mind was not calm. He thought a lot in a flash. He shook his head and said, "No, this cannot be done. The more we do, the more likely we will be caught. As long as people have done something, More or less will leave traces, unless you don't do it. Now that the matter has happened, the court will never let it go, and the way to get money will be cut off. That is to say, those people are not only useless to the old man, but a What a burden, this old man hopes that they will all jump out one by one, and then be wiped out by the court, and this burden will be thrown away by this old man!"

Hearing this, the butler felt a chill from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head, and couldn't help but tremble a few times, thinking that this master is really vicious, those people gave him so much money every year, he said to give up Just give up, no nostalgia at all, if this master thinks I know too much, will he kill me too?

The butler didn't dare to think about it anymore, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.

The old man suddenly remembered something and asked, "How long has it been since the old man entered the palace?"

The butler thought for a while, "It seems like two months?"

The old man sat up all of a sudden, "Hurry up and prepare the chariots and horses, the old man is going to enter the palace to pay his respects!"

"promise!"

Zhao Junsheng's army only stayed in Luoyang for one day, and after a short rest, they headed towards Xingyang.

At present, the two hardest-hit areas are Hanoi County and Xingyang County. The disaster situation in other surrounding counties is relatively light. The matter of sending troops to suppress the rebels is the local garrison. Or the resettlement of disaster victims.

Not long after Zhao Junsheng's army set off from Luoyang to the east, the rebellion ended before reaching Xingyang. The rebel army was not wiped out by the official army, but because of Dou Kui's rebellion.

Ever since Dou Kui rebelled and killed the imperial envoy Murong Ju, most of the soldiers under his command understood what was going on. In fact, only some of his cronies really knew the truth. The other county soldiers and generals were kept in the dark until Under the coercion of Dou Kui and his cronies, they killed the imperial envoy Murong Ju and destroyed the county seat of Huai County. Huai County withdrew and moved north.

But the officers and soldiers from the nearby counties and counties chased them and finally made them understand that continuing to follow Dou Kui all the way to the dark is definitely a dead end, so several generals discussed together and jointly killed Dou Kui's cronies, and they were all under control. Their soldiers and horses tied up Dou Kui again, and escorted Dou Kui to surrender to the officers and soldiers.

When Zhao Junsheng's army arrived at Hulao, news came from Hebei, and Wang Tanzhi reported the news to Zhao Junsheng.

After hearing this, Zhao Junsheng said: "Dou Kui and his like are just clowns. I have never worried that he will become popular! Now that he has been arrested, I am afraid that those officials who are with him will be anxious? Wait for the lawsuit to find out some What?"

Wang Tanzhi took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it over, "Your Majesty, at this time, the lawsuit is secretly investigating the clues in Hanoi, Xingyang and other places. All the officials listed above should participate in the case, because waiting for the lawsuit cannot be made public. Investigation, so I have no ability to collect relevant evidence, but there must be something wrong with these officials! Also, this matter may involve important ministers in the court, who is still figuring out exactly who is currently!"

Zhao Junsheng took the memorial and opened it to have a look. So far, the highest official position that has been investigated in the waiting lawsuit is the prefect. There are four prefects involved in the case, and there is even a governor. There are as many as 80 other local officials!

Shocking!

Also, there are no generals and schools in the garrison on the roster, but there are a few county lieutenants and county lieutenants in charge of law and order. It seems that there are certain advantages for the military to be independent from the administrative system. At least those who want to The arms of the Corruption Prime are not long enough.

After reading it, Zhao Junsheng said to Wang Tanzhi: "I need all the detailed files of the officials involved in the case, and submit them as soon as possible!"

"promise!"

Wang Tanzhi's work efficiency is very fast, and I don't know how he collected all the files of these officials involved in such a short period of time.

"Your Majesty, the files and files of the officials involved in the case are all here!" Wang Tanzhi put a stack of files in front of Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng looked at Wang Tanzhi in surprise: "It's such a quick start.

"Yes!"

Zhao Junsheng took a file and read it, and asked, "Have you read these files? What did you find?"

Wang Tanzhi bowed and cupped his hands: "The minister took a look and found a problem. Most of the personnel involved in the case had worked alternately between the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Punishment and the Yushitai, and their promotion speed was very fast. After the promotion, they were transferred to Be a magistrate here!"

Zhao Junsheng raised his brows: "So it's deliberately arranged for them to come here to be officials?"

Chapter 933 My People

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng was very angry, and laughed out of breath, "For the sake of convenience, some people have gone to such great lengths to arrange such a big game of chess, what a skill! Wang Tanzhi, I'm afraid that none of these people has such a big game. Can you play this game of chess? Is there anyone else behind them?"

Wang Tanzhi said, "According to my deduction, someone in the court should be the backer of these people, otherwise these people alone would not be enough to cover up their crimes for so many years without the slightest word spreading to the outside world!"

Zhao Junsheng put down the file in his hand and asked, "You are the chief officer waiting for the lawsuit, and you know the situation of the court and local officials best. Do you have any doubts?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the waiting case is only responsible for monitoring whether the officials have conspired against and rebelled, and is not responsible for supervising whether they have corruption in ink and other matters! If your majesty wants to increase and expand the functions of the waiting case, then with the existing manpower, the waiting case The speed of detecting news will be greatly slowed down!"

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while, and waved his hand, "Okay, in this case, the waiting for the lawsuit has been done, and all the next things will be left to the Imperial City Secretary!"

"promise!"

Zhao Junsheng's army left Hulao Pass for Xingyang the next morning.

There is a large refugee camp outside Xingyang City. As the flood recedes, some of the victims in the camp have returned to their hometowns one after another, but a considerable number of them are still stranded here.

Zhao Junsheng didn't take soldiers and horses to Xingyang City, but came directly to the resettlement camp for the victims.

Cui Yanze, the prefect of Xingyang who received the news, led the officials of the prefect's mansion to meet the imperial driver before the army arrived at the camp of the victims.

"My minister Cui Yanze, the prefect of Xingyang, led all the officials in Xingyang to welcome the holy driver and greet your majesty!"

Following Cui Yanze's loud cry and knelt down, behind him, dozens of officials, hundreds of yamen servants, policemen, and county soldiers bowed down one after another.

Sitting on the horseback, Zhao Junsheng looked at the officials who were kneeling on the ground, and raised his hands calmly, "I am safe, everyone, please be flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The ministers stood up.

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