The Empire Era May 28, 999. The Empire Capital.

The annual meeting of the Imperial National Assembly, which lasted for more than half a month, finally came to an end in chaos.

At the beginning of the month, the Yuan assassination incident that shocked the entire empire was always the front page of the imperial capital's public opinion, but who is the real murderer seems to be more confusing.

At first, there were rumors that it was the new hero of the empire, the top scholar of the civil and military heroes, and Zhang Guangyuan, the commander of the Guards Army who guarded the imperial capital, also accused Zhang Guangyuan, the Marquis of Zhenbei, of seeing Lei Dongfeng at the scene of the murder.

However, in the latest issue of "Jiangshan Public Opinion" that day, two occupants named Meng Xing and Wu Dong clearly stated: "Lei Dongfeng is a great hero to fight against the Western Invaders. This time, the emperor came to the emperor for the military pay and supplies of the Kuanglan Army. There was no reason to kill Yuan Chengmo. On the contrary, Zhang Guangyuan, the Marquis of Zhenbei, indulged his son to threaten Lei Dongfeng, and Lei Dongfeng even killed Zhang Guangyuan, two brothers who surrendered to the enemy and treason in the Battle of Loulan and Sichuan."

Although this public opinion did not directly say that Zhang Guangyuan was a private revenge, as long as he was a discerning person, the meaning of it was - Zhang Guangyuan was not trustworthy.

As soon as the report came out, the imperial capital and the whole country were shocked, and the four people took to the streets to petition, demanding an investigation into the truth.

On the second day after the news was released, "Jiangshan Public Opinion" welcomed officials from the Imperial Capital Supervision Law Enforcement Team and the Imperial Civil Affairs Department, and wanted to arrest two occupants Meng Xing and Wu Dong for the crime of spreading rumors and bewitching.

At this time, the British Marquis Zhao Huicheng suddenly appeared, and Taizu's handwriting was revealed in front of the law enforcement military police: The four people of the Empire have the right to freedom of speech, and the imperial man has the right to supervise politics. The British Marquis have the right to supervise state affairs! If anyone violates the violation, he will punish him on the spot.

Zhao Huicheng even beat a rude law enforcement member on the spot, making the law enforcement team dare not move.

Since then, "Jiangshan Public Opinion" has published many articles in succession, severely questioning the truth of the matter, and once again called on the government to quickly set up an investigation team to thoroughly investigate the real murderer. These articles in "Jiangshan Public Opinion" were quickly reprinted by public opinion in various places, shocking China, and the people's sentiment is getting higher and higher.

Although Zhuge Ting and others were so angry that they hated itchy, it was no longer possible for them who never valued this "small" public opinion.

At this point, although the imperial capital officials continued to issue official documents to the authorities to arrest Lei Dongfeng, no one dared to say that Lei Dongfeng was the murderer of the assassination of Yuan, at least he only called him the most important suspect, not the so-called culprit.

With the convening of the annual meeting of the Imperial National Assembly and the arrival of the officials and princes from all over the country, the situation in the imperial capital became increasingly complex, but all parties tried hard to restrain themselves. After all, no one could guarantee that they would quickly resolve the other party. If a long-term confrontation was formed, the setting for both parties was a secret ambitious person and they would not want to see it.

The ones who finally broke this balance were the commander of the Empire Shura Legion, the Marquis of Thousand Army, and the second-level legion Yum Army, who came from Youyan Province under his jurisdiction.

The Yum Army, there are no elite soldiers under Yum Army. This sentence has been circulating in the Empire for many years. Although it is a bit biased, it does vividly illustrate the elite troops stationed in Youyan Province and have been in opposition to the imperial vassal state Ross for many years.

As the best second-level legion in the empire, the emergence of the Yum Army caused an uproar among the major forces in the imperial capital.

Even Zhuge Ting did not expect that Lu Shengzhi would risk the great deeds of the world and to mobilize troops into the imperial capital without authorization.

In the empire, the only legions with the pillars of the country were the Flying Tiger Legion and the Shura Legion. Although the Yum Army was a second-level legion affiliated to the Shura Legion, the mobilization had to be jointly approved by the National Assembly and the Military Department. Therefore, Zhuge Ting only received the news later that when he wanted to stop it, he even sent a corps to block it, it was too late.

With the Yum Army entering the imperial capital, and with the Flying Tiger Legion under Zhao Huicheng, the power structure of the imperial capital has changed again, and now it has become Zhuge Ting, Zhang Guangbei and others dare not act rashly.

Lu Shengzhi even cursed Zhuge Yuhua at the National Assembly meeting, calling him an ambitious ruthless minister. Although Zhao Huicheng remained silent, due to his close relationship with Lu Shengzhi, anyone could think of this as his idea.

The Imperial National Assembly quickly split into three factions.

One faction was a radical faction of Zhuge Yuhuawei, who ruled by the Privy Council of the Empire State, demanded that the guards, the Flying Dragons, the Flying Tigers, and the Zhuge family's law and calculation army be controlled by their own parties. He also said that if he agreed to this request, he would immediately go to war with the Western coalition forces. They also took out a document signed by Yuan Chengmo in advance, indicating that Cheng Mo had made outstanding contributions because Zhuge Ting followed him for many years. If he died, he would transfer the position of Yuan to Zhuge Ting and request the National Assembly to pass the approval.

The faction with Zhao Huicheng required that the truth about Yuan Chengmo being assassinated was first thoroughly investigated, and then the reputation of Lei Dongfeng was restored, and then the wartime marshal of the empire was appointed as the empire's wartime marshal, commanding the imperial soldiers, and fighting the decisive battle with the Westerners.

The last faction was a centrist who was Cao Qianlong, but Cao Qianlong proposed to form a temporary management committee by the Privy Council of the State Council, the National Assembly and the Military Department to exercise the power to supervise the empire during wartime.

As for the Minister of Military Affairs, Guan Bowen surprisingly did not join any party. He said that if he went to war with the Western coalition, no matter which side decides, he would lead the Red Tiger Legion to participate in the battle.

During this period, more than a dozen vassal states, East Japanese, were also speaking at the National Assembly meeting, demanding that the empire recognize its independence. Zhuge Ting, a group of people, said that it is important to go to war with the Western coalition forces and could temporarily agree to their request.

Zhao Huicheng and others firmly opposed it. Cao Qianlong and Guan Bowen also said that this matter was not possible, otherwise the empire would be in disarray in the future.

In this way, after more than ten days of quarrel, a preliminary agreement was finally formed, namely, the Imperial Interim Government and Military Management Committee consisting of Zhao Huicheng, Zhuge Yuhua, Cao Qianlong, Guan Bowen, Zhuge Ting, Lu Shengzhi, Tian Songren, Zhang Guangyuan, Tai Shi Zheng, Zhang Feng and others.

The second is to issue an imperial mobilization order to recruit soldiers with all their might, and at the same time, it speeds up the increase in troops to several provinces near the Jiangnan provinces.

Third, the Baisheng Army was temporarily led by Lu Sheng's younger brother Lu Lianzhi, Zhenbei Hou Zhang Guangyuan led the Guard Corps, and Cao Qianlong's younger brother Cao Kunhu led the Feilong Corps south. Among them, Zhenbei Hou Zhang Guangyuan was the commander, and the other two were the deputy commanders.

As for Lei Dongfeng's issue, due to insufficient evidence, the provincial governors temporarily issued documents to assist in the arrest, but they will no longer be announced to the four people, nor will they claim that he was the murderer of the assassination of Yuan.

Of course, all of this is unknown to Lei Dongfeng drifting on the sea.

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On July 3, 999, the southwestern province of the Empire, Zhennan Pass.

Zhennan Pass is the most important barrier to the southwest border of the empire and was built in the fifteenth year of the empire.

At that time, the commander of the vanguard army under Taizu, the commander of the vanguard army, and the vanguard Hou Zhang He requested to pacify southern Xinjiang. Taizu sent the then Privy Council of the Imperial Privy Council and Zhuge Liang to assist. The vanguard army had more than ten years of battles, with hundreds of battles, and was divided and pacified, and the grace and power were used together, which finally made all ethnic groups in southern Xinjiang return to their hearts.

Later, Zhuge Wuhou returned to the imperial capital to report his orders, but Zhang He asked Yong to maintain the southern border. Taizu Cheng Yun allowed him to grant the vanguard Zhang He the commander of the southern border, commanding all ethnic groups in the southern border, and governing all vassal states in the southwestern border.

Later, Taizu ordered the construction of Zhennan Pass, and Zhang He personally built it. After seven years, Zhennan Pass was established.

Guancheng is close to the border, with green mountains behind it, and the turbulent Lancang River in front of it. The terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, becoming a barrier to the southwest of the empire.

The vanguard army that has guarded the southwest pass for generations is the top ten legions of the four people of the empire.

Unlike the general provincial corps stationed in provincial governments, the vanguard army was stationed in the area where Zhennan Pass was located since it arrived in southern Xinjiang. Until Zhennan Pass was completed, it even moved into Zhennan Pass.

Because it guarded the six major transportation routes of the empire and southern vassal states, it has been developed for thousands of years. Zhennan Pass is a radius of hundreds of miles and is extremely prosperous. After that, the empire simply moved the prefectures of the southwest province to Zhennan Pass, and Zhennan Pass has become one of the few cities in the empire to build the prefectures on the border.

Compared with other legions, there is only one chance to rotate the border guards once in five to ten years. The vanguard army has been guarding the border for thousands of years and has gone through thousands of battles. It can be said to be a powerful army made of iron-blooded molten iron.

But today, a thousand years later, the flags above the city of Zhennan Pass are dark and the soldiers are rare.

Several old men in depressed spirits were gathering in front of the city gate, staring coldly at the pedestrians coming and going, and occasionally shouting weakly, checking the luggage and vehicles of the merchants and mountain people entering and leaving the business trips and out of the mountain.

Two days ago, after more than a month of sailing, Lei Dongfeng and his men successfully landed near Beihai Mansion east of Zhennan Pass. These secret bays were collected by the Sea Snake Gang over the years.

After arriving at the 6th, Lei Dongfeng divided his troops into two parts. Xu Huanzong, Wang Jiantang, most of the pirates and Han soldiers, as well as Lei Hager and all the Lei cavalry were temporarily staying in a valley on the shore.

Lei Dongfeng took Jiang Zhuying, Li Ruoxi, Lin Qingping, Als, and Roland to Zhennan Pass.

On the way back, several villagers I met said that in the past few months, there were even thieves blocking the road and robbing the country. It was said that there was an internal strife in the city.

If it weren't for the war in the Central Plains and Jiangnan in the Empire, these border residents would have chosen to leave here and go to the country.

Moreover, what they saw and heard on the road was indeed as the villagers said, and bandits kept robbing Lei Dongfeng and others halfway.

However, these blind bandits were killed by Chen Chong, the pirate leader, with a single spear and a horse, before Lei Dongfeng and others took action.

Occasionally I caught an interrogation, but I got a surprising fact that these robbers were mostly from Annan. These people had been harassed and looting for more than a year. Everyone was frightened and killed all of them.

Lei Dongfeng and others walked all the way to Zhennan. Yue felt that something had changed in Zhennan Pass. Dozens of people rushed over. They were afraid of arousing others' suspicion, so they chose to go into the city in batches.
Chapter completed!