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"The prefect's mansion was ever captured by rebels?"

Faced with Zhao Junsheng's inquiry, the officials of Hanoi County had no choice but to answer. Jia Airen replied: "Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng jumped off his horse and walked into the prefect's mansion, followed by the generals and officials.

Someone led the way ahead, and Zhao Junsheng and others quickly walked to the lobby of the prefect's mansion. He sat on the main seat, and the officials and generals stood on both sides.

Zhao Junsheng glanced over the faces of Hanoi county officials and generals, and finally fell on the face of Shi Danian, a guerrilla general of the town garrison: "General Shi!"

Shi Danian immediately stood up, bowed and cupped his fists and said, "The end is here!"

"When Dou Kui rebelled and attacked the Xingyuan of the imperial envoy Murong Ju, where were you and your soldiers and horses?"

As soon as Zhao Junsheng asked this question, Shi Danian had a bad feeling in his heart, why did the emperor specifically ask about this matter?In an instant, his mind turned countless times, and he hesitated to answer: "Return to Your Majesty, the last general and his soldiers are relieving disasters thirty miles east of the field!"

This matter can't be hidden at all, just ask anyone to find out, so Shi Danian didn't dare to lie at all.

Zhao Junsheng said: "I heard that Murong Ju and the accompanying soldiers held on for a long time. Dou Kui led the troops to rebel and break through the imperial envoy's camp, and then captured the entire county. It was not until the next morning that you came to rescue with your troops. Dou Kui has already taken the rebels away, does it take you a day and a night to walk the distance of thirty miles?"

Shi Danian's face changed drastically. He didn't expect the emperor to know such details. It's not a good thing to be missed by the emperor, let alone because of such ineffective rescue.

Shi Danian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. When the general received the news, the soldiers were doing disaster relief and were very tired. The general thought at that time that if he took a tired army to attack the rebels, he might not only be unable to win, Instead, it will be used by the rebels, so the last general boldly decided to let the soldiers rest for a day!"

Zhao Junsheng slapped the table with a cold face, and Shi Danian knelt down with the generals and officials in fright, all trembling.

"Dou Kui only has a few hundred soldiers in his hands. Not to mention the dilapidated equipment, the training is slack, and the morale is low. Even if he gathers a group of thugs and death row prisoners, these are all mobs! And your garrison drills hard,, With high morale, excellent equipment, and a lot of horses and carriages, can a [-]-mile journey make your elite garrison lie down? Will it make them have no courage to face a group of mobs?

Shi Danian, if you want to fool me, I will let you know how stupid you are!I will give you one last chance to tell the truth, otherwise I will never let you have a chance to speak! "

Cold sweat dripped down Shi Danian's forehead, and his mind went blank.

Zhao Ping looked at him, and said: "Shi Danian, you can't handle this matter. Father knows everything. There is nothing that father doesn't know. If you continue to carry on, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Shi Danian knelt on the ground, clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the last general is indeed deliberately delaying time, the purpose is to teach Murong Ju a lesson!"

Zhao Junsheng asked: "Why did you do this? Murong Ju is the imperial envoy and directly represents me. Did he find out about you? Or did you collude with Dou Kui and others?"

"Neither, the younger brother of the last general, Shi Dazhuang, followed His Majesty to conquer Rouran in the north, and died heroically in the battle with the people of Rouran. The younger brother of the general and the loyal souls of the tens of thousands of soldiers who died in northern Xinjiang could not return to their homeland with glory. , the general knows that he must die, but the general is not afraid of death, he just wants to give an explanation to the heroic spirits who died in battle!"

The hall of the prefect's mansion became completely silent because Shi Danian's voice fell.

Zhao Junsheng's expression didn't change at all, but he was struggling fiercely in his heart.

Zhao Ping sighed and said with regret: "Shi Danian, Shi Danian, you are sincere and kind, but you do bad things with good intentions. The imperial court did not deny the military exploits of those soldiers who died in battle, nor did they never give them glory. It’s just that the timing is not right now. The imperial court can completely rectify the names of those loyal souls who died in battle after solving the disaster. Why are you so reckless and reckless in doing things? Because your intentional delay of the war caused the rebels to cause damage to Hanoi County. Inflicting heavy losses and causing countless civilians, soldiers and civilians to die tragically under the knife of the rebel army, you are committing a crime!"

Shi Danian wept bitterly, knelt down on the ground and said: "The last general deserves to die, please behead the last general to use the law of the army, so as to serve as an example to others!"

Zhao Junsheng closed his eyes, he was in a dilemma, not killing Shi Danian is obviously a blasphemy against military law, Shi Danian's actions are obviously public revenge, but killing Shi Danian is not good for those Beizheng Rouran The meritorious soldiers and martyrs accounted for it.

What to do?Zhao Junsheng felt very headache, he took a deep breath, and decided to leave this matter to the military: "Come here, put Shi Danian in prison temporarily, remove his military post, and keep his military status and military status until he is convicted. rank!"

Chapter 941 Special Cases

After Zhao Junsheng's words fell, several imperial guards stepped forward and took off Shi Danian's waist knife, and escorted him out of the hall.

The officials of Hanoi County in the lobby are all concerned. Shi Danian was originally the attacker who wiped out Dou Kui's rebels, but now the situation has reversed in the blink of an eye. The truth turned out to be because of private revenge. Think of it like this.

Zhao Junsheng looked at all the officials in Hanoi and said, "Everyone, disaster relief is more important than heaven, no matter what you do, you must make way for disaster relief! You can have reservations about the orders of the superiors, but you must obey them unconditionally. Only in this way can all The power of human beings is twisted into one rope to complete this disaster relief task with the most efficient speed and the best quality, so that the people can survive this cold winter and have a good year!

Just now I heard that the new prefect Zhao An organized disaster victims to build houses and rush to farm in Shanyang County?This is very good. The imperial court and the government can’t keep supporting the disaster victims. They have to work and get a harvest. It’s a good way to organize the army and the people to fight for farming. By next year, these disaster-stricken people can live with other people who have not been affected by the disaster. The same harvest! "

How dare the Hanoi officials who originally planned to take advantage of the fact that the county magistrate was killed by Zhao An to sue the emperor for Zhao An's black case?At this time, we have to recognize the situation. The current situation is that disaster relief is the most important thing. At this time, there is no reason to fight against the prefect Zhao An, even if he kills him.

Zhao Junsheng asked: "Does Hanoi County still have food for disaster relief?"

Bo Jia Airen stood up and replied: "A few days ago, when His Royal Highness the King of Shu searched the property of those criminal officials and illegal traders, he confiscated a batch, but there were too many victims, and it was not enough to distribute all the confiscated food. If you count the entire Hanoi The people in the county need about 30 shi to fill the gap in Hanoi County's winter food needs!"

Zhao Junsheng asked: "Do you think of a way to solve this food shortage?"

Jia Airen replied: "Your Majesty, the prefect and ministers discussed together and decided to purchase grain from Youzhou, Jizhou and other places, but the treasury has no money now, and the prefect's mansion has written to the imperial court to request another allocation of funds for disaster relief. It's just that the journey is far away, and the messengers have to wait for the court to make a decision every time they go to Chang'an. It’s hard to say if you don’t borrow it!”

After listening, Zhao Junsheng thought of the property confiscated from the criminals' homes, including tens of thousands of taels of gold and more than 500 million coins sealed in the treasury of Hanoi County. This is stolen money and must be turned over to the court and royal family. According to the regulations, the royal family and the imperial court each have half, and Hanoi County officials must not dare to think about this sum of money, so they never mentioned it.

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said to Zhao Ping: "Didn't you seal up all the property you obtained in the treasury when you searched the property of the prisoners last time? Well, I'm the one who decides to take it from the money that was seized first." 300 million yuan was handed over to the prefect's office to purchase grain from surrounding counties and counties. As for the seized land, real estate and shops, they were still sold to the private sector in the same way as Xingyang County, and the proceeds were also handed over to the prefect's office of Hanoi County for post-disaster reconstruction and To resume production! Arrange the rest to be transported to Chang'an as soon as possible!"

Zhao Ping bowed and agreed: "Your minister obeys the order!"

Hanoi officials were overjoyed, knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty is wise!"

At this moment, Li Bao walked in with big strides, cupped his fists and bowed, "Your Majesty, the location of the palace has been chosen, and it will be in Yuan Juncheng's mansion!"

Zhao Junsheng was not shy when he heard the words, he stood up and said to the officials of Hanoi County: "Everyone should put all your energy into resettling the victims and deal with the affairs of the whole county. I am waiting for your good news!"

"I will obey your orders!"

Soon, Zhao Junsheng and Wan Yutong arrived at the gate of a luxurious mansion under the escort of the Dragon Guards. The tall and towering lintel immediately raised the grade of this mansion.

Li Bao stood beside him and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid the size of this house can catch up with the princes and princes of the imperial court!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded, "There is only one county magistrate living in a house of this size, but no one has reported impeachment. It seems that the problem of Yushitai is not small!"

Wan Yutong said: "This is originally a prisoner's house, will there be any problem if we live in it?"

"We don't have so many taboos, and we haven't been occupying this place all the time. After a few days, this house will still be sold by the government!" Zhao Junsheng walked into the house holding Wan Yutong's hand after speaking.

The house was kept clean, covering an area of ​​seven or eight acres. Not everyone could afford to live in a mansion with such a large area in a county town.

There are ponds, gardens, corridors, stables, and lawns in this house. There are three entrances in total. There are seventy or eighty houses. It is a proper mansion. Even in Chang'an City, there are not many such mansions.

Zhao Junsheng held Wan Yutong's hand and toured the house back and forth, then returned to the front hall and said to her, "Okay, I'm a little hungry after walking such a long distance, let's find someone to prepare some meals." , let's eat together!"

"Yeah!" Wan Yutong agreed, and took a few maids to prepare meals. As for the Longwei Army and Shenwu Army, they solved the problem of eating and drinking by themselves.

By the time Wan Yutong brought a few maids and eunuchs to the lobby with food, half an hour had passed, and Zhao Junsheng was reading the memorial.

"It's time to eat!" Wan Yutong called out.

Zhao Junsheng was engrossed in reading the memorial, but he only agreed, but there was no other reaction.

Wan Yutong waved to the maids and eunuchs, telling them to go down. She walked up to Zhao Junsheng and asked, "What are you looking at, so devoted?"

Zhao Junsheng put down the memorial and said: "A murder case happened two days ago in Jing County, Xingyang County. public opinion!"

Wan Yutong pulled Zhao Junsheng to the dining table, filled him with rice and soup, put them in front of him, and asked, "Jing county? Isn't it the Jing county where Zhang Tiandu, the former servant of the Ministry of Industry, was demoted to become the county magistrate?" ?”

"Yes, that's where he was the county magistrate!"

Wan Yutong took a bite of the food and asked curiously, "What case makes you so interested?"