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"Do you have any other ideas, sir?"

The Xuanzheng Palace was silent.

After all, the current court is governed by several assistant ministers. Now that two of the three assistant ministers have spoken, the rest naturally dare not say anything more. Governor Ji Lin opened his mouth, but did not speak.

The emperor sitting on the throne frowned slightly.

He waved.

"Since that's the case, follow the method of Prime Minister Shen and Yan Sikong and hand it over to the Ministry of War to draw up the regulations. After the specific regulations come out, send them to Weiyang Palace. I want to have a look first."

After all, the emperor stood up, turned to Xiao Zheng and said, "Go back to Weiyang Palace."

The great eunuch Xiao Zheng immediately lowered his head, led a group of eunuchs, surrounded the emperor, and left the Xuanzheng Hall, leaving behind a group of ministers who looked at each other in dismay.

What surprised them was not that the emperor wanted to intervene in this matter, but that the emperor... had already participated in politics in advance.

In the officialdom, any turmoil will trigger a series of chain reactions. For example, a short sentence from Emperor Yuanzhao will cause the ministers below to wonder... Is the emperor going to take charge in advance?

These people in the Xuanzheng Palace are at least third-rank officials. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are dragons and phoenixes among the people. With just this sentence, some of them have already made plans in secret.

In the court, there are assistant ministers.

The emperor's participation in politics in advance, is he dissatisfied with several ministers...?

In an instant, they looked at the three ministers, and something was wrong.

Shen Kuan lowered his head slightly, his face was not very good-looking, he took a deep breath, and said to Ye Lin, Shangshu of the Ministry of War: "Ye Shangshu, Your Majesty wants your Ministry of War to bring out the regulations. Before sunset tomorrow, the specific regulations will be sent to Shangshutai review."

Ye Lin frowned, but still lowered his head and cupped his hands: "Your Majesty obeys."

Shen Xiang waved his sleeves.

"This is the end of today's court meeting. All the lords will go back to their duties and let them go."

With his words, the ministers in the Xuanzheng Hall began to leave slowly. Not long after, all the officials dispersed. In the Xuanzheng Hall, there were only three assistant ministers including Ji Lin.

They are able to take the position of assistant ministers, so they are naturally superior, and they will not fail to hear the meaning that others can hear.

Shen Kuan's expression was a bit unsightly, he took a deep breath, and looked at Yan Shouzhuo and Ji Lin.

"Both, Your Majesty has joined politics."

Originally, he, the left minister, should be the one to "host" the court discussion, and he should be the left minister to do the questioning, but just now, the 14-year-old Emperor Yuanzhao basically controlled the audience, Completely presided over the court meeting.

Ji Lin looked calm.

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven. If Your Majesty wants to rule, I will return the power to His Majesty."

He looked at Shen Kuan and chuckled: "Why, Xiang Shen is reluctant?"

Shen Kuan frowned slightly: "This old man is Shang Shusheng Zuo Pushe, with one more title of assistant minister, the power may not be much more, but the responsibility is much more, if I can return to the emperor, I am also willing to do it. "

As he spoke, he glanced at Ji Lin.

"But now, the major issues are still undecided. His Majesty is young, and he may be acting on his emotions and emotions instead of focusing on the overall situation of the society."

Ji Lin smiled coldly.

"The overall situation of Prime Minister Shen may not necessarily be higher than that of His Majesty."

He bowed his hands to the two ministers and said goodbye gracefully.

"The opinion of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is very simple. Everything follows the holy will. If the two ministers want to make a fuss, they should do as much as possible. The governor still has military affairs to do, so I won't accompany you."

After finishing speaking, Ji Lin swaggered away.

Yan Sikong, who stayed behind, also sighed slightly, and cupped his hands at Shen Kuan and said: "President Shen, it is autumn now, even if His Majesty has no intention of participating in politics, my assistant ministers can't wait for too long. Think about it for yourself."

After finishing speaking, he sighed and left the Xuanzheng Hall.

At the same time, Emperor Yuanzhao, who had already returned to Weiyang Palace, asked people to invite the two uncles from his mother clan to Weiyang Palace for a secret talk.

The situation in the capital was surging.

..............................

Time passed quickly, and a month passed in a blink of an eye.

During this month, the imperial court dispatched a full three Zhechong mansions from the left battalion of the Forbidden Army to increase troops in Hanzhong and guard the southwest gate.

At the same time, the imperial court refused to exempt the Southwest from the document, which had already been sent from the capital to the Southwest. After the document walked around in Zhao Jia's hands, it was quickly sent to Yongzhou Mansion, which was two thousand miles away.

Along with this letter, there was also a letter from Ningling sent to Yongzhou.

The Marquis of Jing'an, who was accompanying his wife and children in the Li Mansion in Qiyang County, had these two letters in his hands, and he was not in a hurry to open the one from the imperial court, but opened the letter from Ningling first.

This letter was written by Chen Guogong Ye Ming himself.

The content of the letter is also very simple. The general idea is that when Chen Guogong was guarding the spirit in Ningling, he heard about the Southwest incident, and advised Li Xin not to make this incident a big one, but to accept it as soon as it was good. It would not be good for anyone to start fighting again in the Southwest. .

At the end of the letter, this Chen Guogong added the last sentence.

"Southwest has become its own country, and save some face for the court."

After Li Xin glanced at the letter, he found a torch and lit it, burning it to ashes.

Now that he is both an enemy and a friend of the imperial court, it is not easy to get involved with the Ye family, let alone leave a letter to implicate Ye Ming.

After the Jing'an Hou Mansion replied to Ye Ming with a letter greeting his body, he opened the second letter sent by Zhao Jia.

The content of the letter is that the imperial court refused to exempt the Southwest from taxes, and that the imperial court wanted to increase troops in Hanzhong.

After roughly scanning it, Lord Jing'an showed a sneer on his face, and he casually threw the letter into the torch as well.

"At this time, I still thought about trying not to offend both sides, but it turned out that neither side could please them."

"The first emperor can do this, but you are too young..."

Chapter 893 Visitors from the capital

In the blink of an eye, another two months passed.

At this time, it was already October of the first year of Yuanzhao, and the autumn harvest was usually almost finished at the end of August. At this time, it had been over for more than a month, and it was time for the imperial court to collect autumn grain.

As always, the Ministry of Household Affairs sent tax collectors to the various prefectures in the Southwest to monitor the taxation, but Zhao Jia's impeccable temper naturally made it impossible for these people to take away the grain from the Southwest, whether it was coaxing, cheating, procrastinating, or refusing to see him. In short, the officials of the household department arrived in the southwest for more than half a month, but they didn't take a grain of grain from the southwest.

Moreover, the attitudes of all the states in the Southwest are surprisingly consistent. It's not that they don't want to give, but they really don't have any. No matter how these household officials search, the granaries in each prefecture are clean, and there is not a grain of grain.