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4. Do not forgive Huaixi alone

At this time, Zhao Jing did not care about being humble and immediately expressed his willingness to take over the burden of the prime minister in the face of crisis in the country.

The emperor was very satisfied, his eyes were full of trust and expectation, and encouraged Zhao Jing to say, "Do you do it well, I will watch it."

However, just a few days after Zhao Jing became prime minister, Wei Gao, the governor of Jiannan, Gao Gu, the governor of Xingyuan, Wang Qi, the governor of Fengxiang, and Liu Changqing, the governor of Ba Kui, also collectively submitted memorials to protest the removal of Gao Yuepingzhang, and his words were very fierce.

Gao Gu asked the court to allow him to give up his position as the governor and let Gao Yue take charge of Xingyuan Prefecture again;

Wei Gao said, why did the imperial court fear the Cai thieves in Huaixi? As long as Your Majesty nodded, Gao was willing to lead an army, traveling from Shu, leaving Jingnan and Eyue, and conquering Wu Shaocheng, he would cut off the Cai thieves and hang on the sky.

Finally, even Fujian Observer Zheng Zhi submitted a memorial, saying that Gao Yue did illegal acts and was dismissed, but the court has no appropriate reason to dismiss him. I am deeply worried that I am willing to offer money from Quanzhou to help the court fight the thieves. I beg Your Majesty to restore Gao Yue’s post.

Soon in the Yanying Hall of the Daming Palace, the emperor summoned the ruling ministers and arranged the memorials submitted by Jiannan, Xingyuan, Fengxiang, and Fujian, saying, "What do you think?"

Zhao Jing immediately understood that these square towns were dissatisfied with his replacement Gao Yue as prime minister! So he stood up from his seat and asked the emperor again. I was willing to resign as the Minister of the Secretariat and ask His Majesty to re-appoint Gao Yue.

"Don't do this, I will not doubt the use of people." The emperor hurriedly comforted Zhao Jing, and then he proposed his ideas. It would be better to issue an edict to forgive Huaixi, Ziqing, and Wei Bo in order to seek peace in the world. How about it?

"..." Zhao Jing had not had time to say anything.

On the other side, Lu Zhi and Du Huangshang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Li Shigu, Wei Bo and Tian Xu can still be forgiven, but Wu Shaocheng in Huaixi is the most unruly and violent. If the court leniently forgives him without principles, his prestige will be ruined."

At this time, the emperor thought for a while and asked Pei Yanling loudly, could the three imperial courts still support the war against Huaixi now?

Pei Yanling blinked his eyes. He wanted to lie, saying that the treasury had no money, but Du Huangshang, who was detained in the Ministry of Revenue, stood majestic on the side. Where could he make fakes in front of everyone? He could only be honest with the emperor: Last year, the Yuanyi of Mingzhou was pacified, and with the consumption of sending Uighurs, the three departments still had a surplus.

"In this way, the imperial court issued a system to leniently leniently against Wei Bo and Ziqing; while in Huaixi, the army did not withdraw, and Dong Jin was appointed as the recruitment envoy to fight Wu Shaocheng."

At this time, the emperor also said that whenever there was a war in the world, he asked the Secretariat of the Secretariat to write to the Golden Palace to command military affairs. Other prime ministers were assigned to the Secretariat. Since the time of Gao Yue, it was established. I thought it was very convenient and asked Zhao Jing to come to the Golden Palace to implement the story from now on.

Zhao Jing had no choice but to stay that night, and was on duty at the West Hall of the Golden Palace.

In the hall, the Hanlin scholars, Privy Councilors, and many scholars from the Secretariat were busy. The emperors in the East Hall also sent middle officials to ask about the news from various sources and asked what to do. After he said hello, he directly asked Li Jifu, Wei Zhiyi and Duke Wei to handle the matter.

The rope bell rang endlessly, but Zhao Jing, who was sitting in the center, was dizzy. Because the emperor did not discuss anything with him, he didn't know what everyone was busy with and what they were doing, so he could only turn into a "wordless monument" and stayed silently in the West Hall.

Days passed day by day, and soon the emperor ushered in his birthday. He summoned the banquet of the important officials in the Linde Hall, and at the same time announced a general amnesty for the whole world, and advised Li Shigu, Ziqing, and King Chengde, to stop fighting and reconcile. At the same time, he asked Wei Bo Tian Xu to withdraw his troops from Mingzhou and return to his town.

Soon, Li Shigu shook hands with Wang Wujun on the Yellow River to make peace by destroying Sanfan City but retaining the possession of the Shaduo Salt Pond, and then led his troops to stop the battle.

After Wei Bo and Tian Xu made a small fuss, he saw that the court's Fang Hun and Wang Qianxiu's troops had arrived in Linming, so he also accepted the court's deyin and clemency and ordered Nie Feng and Xing Caojun to withdraw his troops.

However, the emperor only refused to pardon Wu Shaocheng from Huaixi.

Not only that, the emperor also ordered Liu Chang, the former general of Xuanwu, to lead 10,000 Shenwei Palace rear troops to Xuzhou to assist Qu Huan in dealing with Wu Shaocheng.

Wu Shaocheng of Caizhou City was furious. He agreed to join forces to deal with the court at the beginning, but the emperor had a pardon edict, whether you are Wei Bo or Ziqing, you are all helpless?

"Tian Xu and Li Shigu are all thieves in the family. Seeing that the court had dismissed Gao Yue, the situation was no longer urgent, so he relaxed again." Li Yuanping explained to Wu Shaocheng.

Wu Shaocheng asked angrily, what should I do if I am the only one in Huaixi, but I am still roasting alone on the fire?

Li Yuanping said that you should not worry about your rituals, now is the time for me to use my strategy!

During the birthday party of the emperor, the prince sent his father a pure gold statue in Shaoyang Courtyard as a gift. After the celebration, the emperor called Wei Zhiyi, who was on duty in the East Scholar Academy, and said, "Zhiyi, this Buddha statue is still a praising article, just write it for me."

Wei Zhiyi did not dare to be negligent, so he wrote a praise article on the spot.

The emperor was very satisfied after seeing it and said that the scholar should have a reward, but this reward should not be given by me. The Buddha statue was sent by the prince, so the scholar should go to the Shaoyang Courtyard and ask the prince to repay the scholar.

"How dare you?" Wei Zhiyi was frightened and hurriedly refused.

The emperor laughed, stretched out his hand, gently stroked Wei Zhiyi's back, and whispered: "You Taishan is now a minister of the subordinates in the court. You are also a bachelor of Hanyuan Chengzhi. After the prince ascended the throne in the future, you will have to rely on your father and son. Now the prince can become friends with a young hero like you. This is the reason why I have worked hard!"

So Wei Zhiyi could only hold the psalm and came to the Shaoyang Courtyard's building.

When the prince was very happy to hear the visit of the Hanlin Chengzhi Bachelor, he first asked the Shaoyang Court envoy Wang Zhongyan to thank Wei Zhiyi for thirty pieces of beautiful cloth. Then the prince sat in the middle hall and talked with Wei Zhiyi.

At first, both of them were a little restrained and sat opposite each other, and were silent for a long time.

The prince lived in Shaoyang courtyard for a long time, and it was difficult to see a real courtier.

As for Wei Zhiyi, he knew that the prince could not interfere in the government affairs at all, and he couldn't figure out what he should talk to the prince.

So naturally, the topic turned to Gao Yue, the new prince guest.

After all, Wei Zhiyi is half of Gao Yue's disciple.

As a result, when talking about Gao Yue, the prince's tears fell down and said, "Donald Ji stopped his prefecture, it was because of the situation that he endured the pain."

Wei Zhiyi also shook his head and sighed without saying a word.

At this moment, behind the curtain of the central hall, a cheerful and excited voice suddenly sounded, "Your Highness, the inner minister, is it not the time to sit and sigh? If Duke Ji stops his preface, he will be ashamed of both China and foreign countries. If your highness is really worried, he should face the Holy Lord and let Duke Ji be the prime minister twice!"

Wei Zhiyi was surprised and wondered who was this? He made such a public statement without any etiquette in the Shaoyang Courtyard where the prince lived...
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