Chapter 80
Chapter 80
the next day.
before the morning
Outside the Golden Throne Hall, a hundred officials waited quietly.
"Yesterday there were eight hundred li rushed into the palace, do you know what happened?"
"I don't know, but it's definitely not an ordinary thing to be able to activate the [-]-mile emergency."
"Yeah! As soon as the eight hundred li rushed into the palace yesterday, the emperor summoned Fang Shangshu, the Eight Sages and the Wei Wuhou. There must be a major incident."
"I heard that the urgent messenger for [-] miles yesterday was Shenwuwei. It has been some days since Taishi took Shenwuwei to the four places in the northwest to relieve disasters and quell civil unrest! Could it be that something happened to the four places in the northwest? matter?"
……
Outside the Golden Palace, two or three hundred officials gathered together and discussed in a low voice.
Yesterday, Babaili entered the palace urgently, but all the officials received the news.
Originally, they thought that the emperor Zhou Chen would urgently summon the civil and military officials to enter the palace in a hurry.
After all, it is definitely not a trivial matter to enable [-]-mile rush.
Throughout the dynasties, as long as there was such an emergency for eight hundred miles, the emperor would summon civil and military officials to discuss it.
Unexpectedly, after rushing into the palace for [-] miles yesterday, Zhou Chen, the emperor, did not summon the civil and military officials to go to court.
Instead, they only summoned Fang Xuanling, the Eight Sages and the Mighty Marquis to enter the palace.
This made all the civil and military officials feel a little puzzled, and they secretly guessed what happened, and they actually used the emergency message of "Eight Hundred Li Expedited"?
On the one side, Fang Xuanling, Eight Worthy Kings, Marquis Wei Wu, Prime Minister Yuan Bo, Minister of the Household Department and several others stood there, waiting quietly.
Compared to the whispered discussions of other civil and military officials, they were much quieter.
It's not because they're not curious about what happened to the [-]-mile express, but because they already know.
Not to mention Fang Xuanling, Eight Worthy Kings and Wei Wuhou, the Prime Minister Yuan Bo and the Minister of the Household Department, they had already guessed in their hearts.
"Fang Shangshu, what happened to the rush to enter the palace yesterday?" An official who was promoted by Fang Xuanling couldn't help but stepped forward and asked Fang Xuanling in a low voice.
Some officials who were close by also perked up their ears and listened.
Fang Xuanling cast a slight glance at the official, and said expressionlessly, "The emperor will tell you when the court is up, and you will know when the time comes."
As soon as Fang Xuanling's words fell, the door of the Golden Palace was opened.
Start early.
The civil and military officials stopped discussing, and entered the Jinluan Hall along the two sides of the royal road in order according to the size of their official positions.
Zhou Chen walked up to the dragon platform wearing a five-clawed dragon robe, sat on the dragon chair, and looked down at the officials below.
"Long live the emperor, long live, long live."
Baiguan knelt down to greet him.
Zhou Chen put one hand on the armrest of the dragon chair, facing Baiguan and said, "All the ministers are flat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Baiguan stood up one after another.
Zhou Chen looked down at the civil and military officials in the hall, and saw that the positions in the hall that lacked officials before were basically full of people, only the position of the Minister of Rites in the first six books was still vacant.
The Book of Rites is one of the six Books of Rites and has a high status.
If there is no one who is absolutely trusted, Zhou Chen does not plan to appoint the Minister of Rites.
After all the officials stood up, some of them secretly looked at Zhou Chen's expression on the dragon chair.
They wanted to judge from the expression on the emperor Zhou Chen's face, whether the urgent matter of [-] miles yesterday was big or small.
It's a pity that Zhou Chen on the dragon chair was expressionless, which disappointed all the civil and military officials who secretly looked at him.
"If you have something to play, you will retreat if there is nothing."
Cao Zhengchun's voice sounded.
"Your Majesty, I have something to do."
A minister stood up and shouted.
……
After half an hour, the morning came to an end.
Zhou Chen raised his eyes and glanced at the civil and military officials; "Aiqings, do you have anything else to play?"
The civil and military officials looked at each other and bowed in unison; "Go back to the emperor, there are no more ministers."
"Since the Aiqings have nothing to play, then I will tell the Aiqings about the urgent matter of eight hundred miles yesterday!"
When Baiguan heard this, his face was shocked.
To be honest, Baiguan thought that this morning, Zhou Chen would not talk about the urgent matter of [-] miles!
Didn't expect to stay at the end.
"Yesterday, you must have heard about the rush to enter the palace for [-] miles!"
Zhou Chen glanced at Baiguan Road; "This is the eight-hundred-mile rush from the four prefectures in the northwest."
"The Grand Master took a guard of Shenwuwei to the four places in the northwest to relieve disasters and quell the civil unrest, but he was defeated and died."
"The entire army of [-] Shenwuwei was wiped out."
"The Grand Master also died in Xi'an Mansion."
Zhou Chen said with a heavy face.
The voice was low and hoarse.
As soon as the news came out, the entire courtroom exploded.
No one would have thought that yesterday's [-]-mile rush incident was actually a bolt from the blue when Grand Master Wen Zhong died in the Xi'an Mansion and the entire army of [-] Shenwuwei was annihilated.
How can this be?
Who is Taishi Wenzhong?
That is the old man of the three dynasties, holding the golden whip to beat the king, the pillar of the Great Zhou Jingtian, which can knock out the king on the top and the rebellious ministers on the bottom.
He has made great achievements in his life and deterred the world.
I don't know how many battles big and small have been experienced.
How could it be possible for Grand Master Wen Zhong to take [-] Shenwu Guards to quell a group of rioters in the four prefectures of the northwest, and then lose the army and die in the Xi'an Mansion?
What an international joke.
And those [-] gods and military guards, who were the most elite soldiers and horses in Da Zhou’s suppression of the world. Could it be that they couldn’t even deal with a mob who had just put down their farm implements?
How could the whole army be wiped out?
Most of the civil and military officials were shocked, and some couldn't believe it was true.
To be honest, they were a little shocked by this sudden news.
They really couldn't understand how the elders of the three dynasties, the Taishi of the Great Zhou Jingtian Pillar, brought [-] elite military guards to calm down a group of mobs who had just put down their hoes, and how they were wiped out?
Yuan Bo, the prime minister standing at the front of the hundred officials, also changed his face, but he regained his calm in an instant, and he was not as shocked as the other officials.
As calm as the Prime Minister Yuan Bo, in addition to these important ministers such as the Minister of Household and the Minister of Punishment, there are also a small number of officials.
They all guessed something in advance. Although they were not a little shocked when they heard that the grand master Wen Zhong died in battle and the entire army of [-] Shenwuwei was annihilated, it only passed for a moment, and they quickly regained their composure.
As for the Eight Sages, the mighty Marquis, and the Minister of War, although they had already experienced such a scene in the Hall of Mental Cultivation yesterday, at this moment, their faces could not help but feel a burst of grief.
"Your Majesty, is this news confirmed?"
"The grand master's art of war and strategy, he has fought countless battles in his life, and he has rarely lost. The soldiers and horses he leads are also the most elite martial guards in my Great Zhou."
"Going to the four prefectures in the northwest to quell a group of rioters who just discovered farm tools, how could the army be defeated?"
"The whole army is still wiped out, even the grand master died in battle."
"Old Redeemer can't believe it."
"Could it be that the chaotic people of the four northwestern palaces have become so powerful that they can defeat the most elite Shenwuwei in Da Zhou and kill the Grand Master?"
An old minister stood up and said with a look of disbelief.
"Your Majesty, I don't dare to believe it. With [-] elites, it is impossible to suppress a group of chaotic people who have just put down their farm implements. How could the entire army be wiped out? Even the Grand Master died in battle?"
Another minister stood up and said suspiciously.
Indeed, such news is too hard to believe.
A veteran of the three dynasties who fought all his life brought [-] elites to quell a minor civil uprising.Unexpectedly, the entire army was wiped out, and even the coach was killed in battle in the end.
If he hadn't already figured out the key to this, I'm afraid even Zhou Chen himself wouldn't believe it.
Zhou Chen heard the words of these ministers, looked at the different expressions of hundreds of officials in the court, and said in a low voice; "I can't believe this is true."
"I also want to know why."
"The Heaven-respecting Pillar of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Grand Master of the Three Dynasties, and the most elite Shenwu Guards of the [-] Great Zhou Dynasty, went to the four prefectures in the northwest to quell a minor civil uprising. How could it be possible to be defeated?"
"The entire army of [-] Shenwuwei was wiped out."
"My grand master died in Xi'an Mansion."
"Even the [-]-mile urgent messenger Shenwuwei came back with a sigh of relief."
"All of you Aiqings are the ministers of the humerus of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Tell me, why is this?"
Zhou Chen glanced at the civil and military officials of the dynasty, his eyes were as cold as a knife.
All the civil and military officials in the palace were not fools. After hearing the series of questions from Zhou Chen on the dragon chair, their expressions changed.
Yes!
Taishi Wen Zhong took [-] elites from the gods and martial arts to the four northwestern prefectures to quell the civil unrest. It was impossible to pacify even a mob who had just put down their farm implements.
Or is it still the famous Taishi Wen Zhong?
But in the end, why did the entire army of [-] gods and military guards be wiped out, and even the Taishi Wen Zhong died in Xi'an Mansion?
Why is that?
Baiguan thought to himself.
Suddenly, Baiguan's pupils shrank, as if thinking of something terrible, a look of horror flashed across his face.
I am afraid there is a lot of articles about the matter of the four northwestern houses.
Baiguan didn't dare to think further, so he stopped his thoughts in time and lowered his head.
Because they know that if this is what they think in their hearts, then this matter is no less than the case of the Great General Wujin who just experienced it.
"As important officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty, you are high above the temple, and you are in charge of the central authority. Don't you even know what happened in the local area?"
"For those houses near the four houses in the northwest, are they only sending me the memorial to ask me for money for disaster relief, is there no other news?"
Zhou Chen glanced coldly at the civil and military officials.
Zhou Chen knew that in order to completely destroy [-] gods and martial guards in the four northwestern provinces, it was simply not something that a mob could do.
There must be rebels who can compete with Shenwuwei in the four places in the northwest, and there are still a lot of them.
With such a force, the movement should not be small. Whether it is the land of the four prefectures in the northwest, or the several state capitals near the four prefectures in the northwest, it is impossible to not find any traces before!
But before, there was no news.
That's fine.
Now, the Grand Master was killed in the four northwestern provinces, and the [-] gods and military guards were wiped out. Are the several prefectures near the four northwestern provinces all deaf and blind?
Where is their emergency memorial?
Zhou Chen's eyes became colder and colder.
At this moment, a shout suddenly interrupted the suppressed atmosphere in the Golden Palace.
"Eight hundred miles urgent"
what?
Eight hundred miles in a hurry?
All the officials in the Golden Palace heard the shouting clearly, and they were all stunned.
Just yesterday, there was an [-]-mile rush into Luoyang, and here is another [-]-mile rush.
Where did this happen again?
As the shouts came, within a minute, a forbidden soldier rushed directly into the Golden Luan Hall holding a letter of "Eight Hundred Li Urgent".
"emperor."
"Eight hundred miles of Yanzhou in the north, urgent letter."
After the forbidden army rushed into the Golden Palace, he immediately knelt down and held up the letter.
Yanzhou [-] miles urgent?
Zhou Chen was stunned.
Yanzhou is one of the four northern states and one of the places that was hit by this severe drought.
Now Yanzhou [-] li is urgent.
I'm afraid something big happened too.
Zhou Chen looked at the Forbidden Army holding up the letter and said, "Where's the messenger!"
"Back to the emperor, the messenger passed out when he arrived at the gate of the palace." The Imperial Guard replied immediately.
Zhou Chen heard the words, without thinking too much, and immediately said; "Bring it up."
When Cao Zhengchun, who was standing beside him, heard it, he quickly took the expedited letter from the forbidden soldier and delivered it to Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen took the urgent letter, opened it, and glanced at it.
In an instant, Zhou Chen's face darkened.
When the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty saw this scene, they immediately knew that something major had happened in Yanzhou.
Otherwise, the person on the dragon chair couldn't have such a gloomy face.
After reading the urgent letter, Zhou Chen fell hard on the dragon case; "You bastard."
Zhou Chen's face was extremely gloomy, and his eyes were filled with murderous intent.
Zhou Chen looked at the civil and military officials; "Do you want to know, what is written in the [-]-mile rush?"
"Cao Zhengchun, read to Baiguan." Zhou Chen said gloomily.
"Old slave obeys the order."
Hearing this, Cao Zhengchun picked up the urgent letter from 10 Li and read: "Yanzhou urgently reports that mobs are rioting and raising their flags to rebel. Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered to break through the three prefectures of Yanzhou. Ask the imperial court for reinforcements."
what?
Are there mob riots?
Have gathered tens of thousands of people, and also broke through the three prefectures of Yanzhou?
Cao Zhengchun read the contents of this urgent letter, and Baiguan's expression changed slightly.
The matter of the four northwestern provinces has not been resolved yet, and another rebel has appeared in Yanzhou.
"You have all heard that the matter of the four northwestern provinces has not yet been figured out. This Yanzhou has gathered hundreds of thousands of rebels, and they have also broken through the three places of Yanzhou."
"How to solve this matter, do you have any suggestions?"
Zhou Chen looked at the hundreds of officials and ministers and asked.
After the civil and military officials looked at each other, they all lowered their heads.
They didn't dare to speak easily.
Even Taishi Wen Zhong took [-] gods and military guards to quell the civil unrest in the four provinces in the northwest, but the entire army was wiped out.
The Yanzhou mob has risen again, and if a suggestion is not good, it will suffer.
"how?"
"Don't one of you have good advice?"
Zhou Chen's voice was a bit colder.
"Your Majesty, the situation in Yanzhou is unknown. You should first find out the situation in Yanzhou before making plans."
"Besides, now that the [-] Shenwuwei have been annihilated in the four northwestern prefectures, and the grand master died in the battle in Xi'an prefecture, the matter of the four northwest prefectures has not yet been resolved. The matter of Yanzhou should be investigated first."
Prime Minister Yuan Bo stood up and said.
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