Author: Gongsun Wujiu

The guards of the Hou Mansion wanted to resist at first, but unfortunately they were no match for the powerful crossbows of the Jinwu Guards.

"Abandon your weapons!"

Zhuzi Hou Liu Yannian sighed and ordered surrender.

Soon a group of soldiers swarmed up and surrounded the young and strong guards.

Only Liu Yannian and Liu Yan received some preferential treatment due to their special status.

"I've seen the Prince Consort!"

After the soldiers completely controlled Marquis Zhuzi, Jin Rixi entered the Marquis's mansion in a hurry.

He sighed, "Jin Rixi has met Junhou!"

Liu Yannian sighed, "I wonder what your Majesty will do with me?"

"After leaving the country, the whole family moved to Luntai..."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yan fell to the ground with a pale face.

…

The news that Zhu Zihou was expelled from the country was like a gust of wind, quickly blowing throughout Chang'an.

In Bowang Garden, Zheng Hui, Li Yuan and others were convening the virtuous founders for urgent discussion.

"What do you think your Majesty means by this?"

As the host, Zheng Hui was the first to speak.

It's just that now he no longer has his usual composure.

Zhu Zihou being expelled from the country was beyond his imagination.

He was very worried about whether the emperor had tempted Yi Chu.

Everyone in the hall kept expressing their opinions, and everyone was worried.

Du Ling was sitting in the hall, but he hesitated to speak.

His facial expressions and movements were just noticed by Li Yuan.

Li Yuan stood up and bowed to Du Ling and said, "Please tell me clearly what your noble opinions are, Mr. Du!"

Du Ling stood up and returned the gift, "Mr. Zheng, what are you worried about, Mr. Li?"

Li Yuan did not hide it, "It is indeed true. What does Duke Du think His Majesty means by this?"

Du Ling hesitated for a moment and said, "You are too worried, and you are looking at the mausoleum. Your Majesty must have no such intention..."

When Zheng Hui heard this, he also bowed and said, "What should be the explanation for the matter of Zhu Zihou?"

Du Ling said, "Do you know what happened to Mr. Zhang Yue?"

Zheng Huidao said, "I heard that Zhang Pijiang accompanied his younger brother back to his hometown, but he fell ill halfway through... Is there something fishy about it?"

Du Ling said, "Li Gong should know more about this than Ling!"

Li Yuan smiled awkwardly, "There is indeed something fishy about Zhang Pijiang's death...it is vaguely related to Qinghe Zhang..."

Zheng Hui was suddenly enlightened, and he couldn't help but complain about Liu Yan.

This guy is not secret about something, and he brought Qinghe Zhang in without discussing it with anyone.

Now it seems that there is no way to stop Zhang Yue's concubine from becoming a marquis!

"How hateful!"

…

Three days later, a meeting on Zhang Yue's enfeoffment was held again at the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Is the Prince Consort here?" Gongsun He asked.

"Report to the Prime Minister, the Prince Consort just sent someone to report that he has to deal with the matter of Marquis Zhu Zi today, so he will not participate"!

Gongsun He didn't know what he was thinking in his heart, but with a smile on his face he said, "The Prince Consort is really loyal to the king. No wonder he has gained the trust of your majesty."

"In that case, let's get started!"

The atmosphere of this meeting was completely different from the last one.

There are many new faces, but also many old faces are missing.

Most of the main officials of the Prince's family did not participate.

This made everyone on Xianliangzheng's side look solemn.

The atmosphere on General Liehou's side was much more relaxed.

What happened the day before yesterday actually showed the emperor's attitude in the eyes of the generals.

Even so, the virtuous writers still wanted to make a final struggle, and they still hoped to prevent Zhang Yue from becoming a marquis.

This time they changed their strategy. Instead of dwelling on Zhang Yue personally, they accused him of provoking provocations.

"Zhang Yue is the commander of the camp in Luntai. He should have fulfilled his duties, but he started provocations in the field and attacked Qiuci without being summoned. This is actually a violation of orders and regulations."

It was Doctor Ling Xu Yan who stood up to speak.

"Otherwise, the Western Regions and the Central Plains are thousands of miles apart. Zhang Yue was ordered to guard the fields in Luntai, but he was ambushed by Qiuci. His safety was in danger, and his breathing changed. How could it be that the Qiuci people had a knife on their necks?

Why don't you send someone back to ask for instructions first? All generals should be aware of the situation and make arbitrary changes as appropriate!"

Shang Qiucheng retorted

Xu Yan shook his head and said, "Who said the Western Region is outside the borders?"

"The poem goes: All the land in the world is not the king's land, and the shores of the land are not the king's ministers! All the states in the Western Regions call themselves ministers, and the prince of Qiuci now lives in the barbarian mansion, so Qiuci is also the territory of the Han Dynasty!"

Shang Qiucheng laughed: "Then why do you say that Zhang Yue is good at provocation? It's obviously to counter the rebellion! As a minister, how can you show rebellion and not fight against it?"

The two sides began to argue over whether Zhang Yue was counterinsurgency or provoking border provocations.

The virtuous writers took turns one by one, citing various scriptures and references, and they were bound to overwhelm Shang Qiucheng with all kinds of quotations and references.

Zhao Di finally couldn't listen anymore and laughed, "Zhang Yue is a commander of another department, and he has the authorization from the General of the Second Division, so he has the right to act expediently."

"Otherwise, this is the power of the imperial court, General Second Division."

Seeing that the flames of war were about to reach Li Guangli, Prime Minister Gongsun Hong couldn't do anything anymore.

"end!"

Gongsun Hong looked grim and announced that today's meeting was over.

"The ministers, captains, counselors, doctors, and lieutenants spoke freely, and the atmosphere was modest..."

"The historian has recorded what the princes said today, and the great visitor has handed it over to your majesty for review and decision. Sir, please leave now."

All the virtuous writers stood up angrily, but Du Ling silently recorded the story from beginning to end without saying a word.

Dr. Su Wei asked with some reproach: "Why didn't Mr. Du say a word just now? Was it because he was afraid?"

Du Ling shook his head: "I was not even afraid of Zhang Tang back then, how could I be afraid of Shang Qiucheng?"

"It's just that the victory or defeat of today's so-called meeting is of no help to the final result, and it is useless to talk about it."

Su Wei was in a daze, and it took him a while to come back to his senses.

Du Ling put away his pen and ink and sighed: "I'm afraid your Majesty has already made up his mind. Didn't you see that the Prince Consort is not here today?"

…

On the other side, Zhang Yue and others waited in the building for three days, and finally received the order.

He followed the person who sent the order and entered through the Hengmen, preparing to enter the palace from the north gate of Weiyang Palace!

Looking at the magnificent Chang'an City in front of him, Zhang Yue was completely shocked.

He couldn't help but murmured in his mouth:

"Build a golden city filled with thousands of pheasants, surround it with a pond and form a deep abyss. Cover it with three wide roads and set up twelve leading gates.

In the inner area, there are all kinds of streets and tunnels, there are thousands of villages and towns, nine markets are opened, and there are tunnels for goods.

No one is allowed to care, no cars are allowed to spin, the city of Khotan is overflowing with the country, and hundreds of people are flowing beside it.

The world of mortals is surrounded by smoke and clouds. As a result, people are both wealthy and prosperous, and their entertainment has no boundaries.

The people and women in the capital are all different from the five directions. The tourists are like the princes, and the houses are luxurious like Ji Jiang.

The hero of the local song, the hero of the knight-errant, Jie Muyuan, Chang, named Yachun, Ling. He joined the crowd and galloped among them."

This is a poem written by the people of the Eastern Han Dynasty who longed for the old prosperity of Chang'an.

But the Chang'an City in front of him seemed to Zhang Yue to be more prosperous and magnificent in the original poem.

The width of the street within the horizontal gate is more than 50 meters, which can accommodate at least twelve vehicles passing side by side.

Zhang Yue stopped unknowingly, and the officials from the subject country on the side did not rush him, but just waited patiently.

It took Zhang Yue a long time to recover from the shock.

"Ming Gong, let's go, you guys are still waiting..."

"Allowing the officials to wait for a long time is beyond the pale..."

The team continued forward, heading towards the North Tower of Weiyang Palace.

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