Chapter 316

Sure enough, as soon as Hu Wei stood still, he knelt down on one knee like the emperor and shouted, "start playing, Emperor! Wei Chen has just received a report from the spies. General Yelv Xiuge of the Liao state is recruiting 200000 troops to move towards Cangzhou and Liuzhou.

When the emperor heard this, his heart was half cold: "what? Is this serious“

Hu Wei nodded and said, "it's absolutely true. Dozens of Weichen's spies reported the matter to Weichen just now“

The emperor leaned back slightly, pursed his mouth and said nothing.

Pan Zhuqing also said at this time: "tell the emperor, in fact, Wei Chen came today for this matter“

The emperor looked at Hu Wei. The other party only lowered his head and kept silent. He had to look at Pan Zhuqing again: "how could it be so? Didn't the Liao army never recover“

Pan Zhuqing didn't answer, but turned around and looked at Hu Wei kneeling on the ground.

The emperor immediately understood what he meant and sent Hu Wei out.

Pan Zhuqing said to the emperor, "I inform the emperor that the reason why the people of Liao stopped fighting for a while must be that they are afraid of our border defense strength. They had attacked many times before, but they had been defeated many times. In fact, they consumed a lot. If you dare to do it again, I'm afraid... "

"Go on."

"I'm afraid it has something to do with Zhao Changyuan's rebellion."

The emperor was stunned for a long time, and then said in disbelief, "it's ridiculous. In your opinion, the people of Liao are only afraid of him, Zhao Changyuan?"

Pan Zhuqing smiled faintly: "emperor, it's not strange. Just like the soldiers of my dynasty who heard the name of brother Yelv Hugh, they would be scared. Wei Chen was also quite angry about this. Zhao Changyuan was not alone in the war. Weichen's brother also made great contributions to the stability of the border. But the reputation is all on Zhao Changyuan. " In fact, there was half a sentence that pan Zhuqing didn't say in his heart -- "isn't it the emperor who made him so famous?"

The emperor frowned, left the Dragon chair with his hands on his back, and paced up and down in front of Pan Zhuqing. Finally, he suddenly looked at the other party and said firmly, "in this way, I want to see if our soldiers can't fight without Zhao Changyuan! Immediately send your brother to the palace. I will grant him the post of general of all guards to lead the army for me“

As soon as the voice fell, pan Zhuqing knelt down with a "plop" and said, "please forgive me!"

The emperor was confused: "what is the crime of Aiqing?" Why should he reuse his brother? He has an opinion instead?

Pan Zhuqing did not get up, but still prostrate on the ground and sincerely asked: "Weichen begged the emperor to take back his order and choose another person to lead the army."

The emperor asked, "what do you mean? Don't you have faith in your brother“

Pan Zhuqing raised her head, and the expression on her face was worried and frightened: "emperor, it's not that Wei Chen has no confidence in Jing Yuan. But if Jing Yuanzhen leads the army, he will die“

The emperor was a little impatient. He sat back in the Dragon chair, waved his hand and said, "well, don't sell the key, and make it clear to me at one time“ He has been too agitated for days. Today, he heard such bad news. He only felt his heart beating wildly and the pain in his temples.

Pan Zhuqing knelt on the ground and said, "go back to the emperor. Wei Chen believes that it is not worth mentioning how brave the enemy is. They have their tiger Ben men, and we also have our golden and iron horses. "

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, carefully raised his eyebrows and looked at the emperor's expression. He found that the other party nodded slightly. It seemed that he had no objection to his statement, so he went on: "there are three key factors for the victory or defeat of the war, that is, the right time, place and people. Now our army has the same conditions as the Liao army in terms of time and geography. But the difference is the man and the“

Pan Zhuqing frowned slightly and looked worried: "Zhao, Yang and Cao have a deep friendship. This time the Zhao family was defeated, General Yang Cao and general Cao were afraid that they had a bad taste. Think of yourself by others. I'm afraid they will think that it is because the Zhao family is too popular that they get the land today. In this way, it is not necessary to be timid in war. In the final analysis, it was the country of the Song Dynasty and the dawn people who were finally damaged. "

The emperor sat on his desk with both hands and a black face. He pondered all the things pan Zhuqing had just said in his mind several times. Finally, he asked reluctantly, "in your opinion, is this all right? But Zhao Changyuan's military power is so great that he has such a great influence on my army, which is called me... "

What he didn't say was clear to pan Zhuqing. I couldn't help sneering in my heart, but I didn't show half a point on the surface“ Emperor, in my humble opinion, there is no need to kill the Zhao family. In the past two years, Zhao Xiong has long retired from the church, and his actual influence in the army is incomparable with Zhao Changyuan. But if the emperor kept his life, he would have kept most of the army's heart. Please think twice about the gains and losses. "

"As for Zhao Changyuan," said Pan Zhuqing, who deliberately stopped for a moment. In the emperor's eager eyes, he smiled and said, "except, also except."

"Tut......" the emperor was puzzled“ Didn't you just say that without him, the morale of the army would be shaken and even the war would not be possible? "

"For this, Wei Chen has a plan to relieve the emperor's worries."

"Aiqing, please speak!"

"The emperor doesn't know. There is a housekeeper named Fang Zhiwen in Jingyuan family. Looks like Zhao Changyuan. The emperor can safely deal with Zhao Changyuan's great trouble. Then he disguised Fang Zhiwen, took away the seal of the commander, and only gave him the post of military division to follow the commander-in-chief. In this way, we can not only stabilize the army, but also let the aura of Zhao Changyuan retreat naturally. "

The emperor frowned and thought, finally nodded and said, "this plan is wonderful. But... How can you hide it from Mr. and Mrs. Zhao Xiong? "

"Since being sent to the frontier is also a body of guilt, there must be many days when you can't get together with your family. When the war at the border is stable, the new commander of our army can take charge alone and shock the three armed forces, find a reason to claim that Zhao Changyuan died suddenly. "

Listening to pan Zhuqing's arrangement, the emperor stretched his eyebrows and relaxed. But I still didn't forget to tell him: "I have ordered the execution of the Zhao family in front of all the ministers. It's said that you have no jokes. It's up to Aiqing to spend more time on how to resolve the situation more satisfactorily“

Pan Zhuqing replied: "I will not let Longyan be damaged."

Seeing his understatement, the emperor was curious: "Oh? What are you going to do? "

Pan Zhuqing raised his head and said, "I remember, the Zhao family has two Dan books and iron coupons."

"Well, I remember. Once Zhao Xiong's father killed 14 generals of the Liao state outside the Yumen pass. After returning to the dynasty, the former Emperor rewarded him to boost morale. Another time... "The Emperor didn't go on, and a very complex look floated on his face. In the turbid eyes, there seemed to be a mist as thin as a white feather steaming up.

Pan Zhuqing looked at his face, gently shook his head, and a cool smile appeared on one corner of his mouth. Then he said, "the emperor can use this Danshu iron coupon as a name and openly withdraw the death penalty of the Zhao family. It can not only show the emperor's magnanimity to the people all over the world, but also seize the opportunity to seize their military power. In this way, it can be satisfactorily solved. "

"Do you think I should... Let him go?" When saying this, the emperor always looked at the inkstone on the table with a dignified expression.

On that day, Zhao Changyuan was covered with blood, and the situation outside his inner hall seemed to be more and more clear in his eyes.

Pan Zhuqing lowered his head, couldn't help laughing again, and then said a meaningful word to the Emperor: "then ask the emperor's heart if you want to let him go now or forever."

The emperor was stunned at the moment, and his dignified look gradually turned into firm determination with the passage of time. Finally, he sipped the last softness in the corner of his mouth: "kill it."

Pan Zhuqing took the emperor's order and got up to leave. As soon as I walked out a few steps, I heard a faint question behind me - "since their family has two death free gold medals, why don't they mention it at all?"

Pan Zhuqing stopped and turned to face the emperor. The dark shadow shrouded him in his arms and covered all his faces at the moment“ Perhaps they know better than anyone that if you want your minister to die, your minister has to die. "

Recalling the withdrawal of thoughts, pan Zhuqing walked out of the prison of the Ministry of punishment and came under the bright moon and stars. He felt very tired. He had never been so tired. Think of it, from yesterday to today, he couldn't sleep for a second.

In order to get rid of the pain and mental difficulties, he turned his neck and stretched his waist. But as he glanced aside, he saw a pair of angry eyes.

He turned his face carelessly and raised his legs to go. But the man dodged and stopped in front of him.

"Lord Xiao, what can I do for you?" He asked each other lazily without expression. In fact, he did not have the extra energy to deal with this Xiao Jun.

"I came to see General Zhao, but the bodyguard said, no one is allowed to see him again from now on? And said it was your order! " Xiao Jun was so angry that his face twitched slightly that he wanted to hit pan Zhuqing with a fist.

"Visit?" Pan Zhuqing couldn't help laughing. But then he looked cold and asked, "I think you want to rob the prison?"

"You! You talk like hell! " Xiao Jun immediately jumped.

Pan Zhuqing said contemptuously, "Oh. Then you talk about people's kindness to you every day. Now he is in hell, but you don't even have the courage to rob the prison. What kind of face do you have to see people? If I were you, I would die here. "

Xiao Heitan was so excited by him that he didn't think about it. He immediately blew his hair: "who said I didn't dare?"

"Oh?" Pan Zhuqing tilted her head and squinted at him.

He realized that he had been fooled by the other party: "you, you designed me!"

Pan Zhuqing said carelessly, "I don't have time to design you. If you want to stand here, it's up to you. I'm leaving. "

Without a few steps, I heard a sad Tucao behind me, make complaints about "you dirty fellow, Yun er."