When the discussion was over, Wang Hong left first, while Kong You stayed.
Seeing that Zhou Jun was a little distracted, Kong You asked: "Your Majesty, what's wrong? Is there anything wrong?"
Zhou Jun was thinking about a private matter. Hearing Kong You's question, he gathered his thoughts and asked, "Beizhen Fusi is busy clearing land, so what is Nanzhen Fusi doing now?"
Kong You: "Nanzhen Fusi is responsible for going to major vassal towns to investigate whether there are any illegal activities by the army. Yuan Zai, the deputy governor of Nanzhen Fusi, has been investigating all the way, and now I am afraid he has reached Fanyang."
Zhou Jun: "Yuan Zai was able to enter the capital as an official only because of Li Guangbi's strong recommendation. The two of them met, but I don't know what the scene was like."
Kong You: "If Your Majesty is worried that Yuan Zai and Li Guangbi are colluding with each other and committing fraud in the investigation of the feudal town, then you can rest assured."
Zhou Jun: "You are right. The characters of Li Guangbi and Yuan Zai are not compatible. They can work together, but they cannot conspire."
Just when Kong You was about to speak, Fan Jinian suddenly came to the door in a hurry and called again.
Zhou Jun heard the anxiety in Fan Jinian's words and couldn't help but stood up and said come in.
Fan Jinian, sweating profusely, entered the palace, bowed to Zhou Jun and said, "Your Majesty, according to your order, the mother and daughter of the Anxi Jin family have been received at the entrance of the palace."
Zhou Jun looked happy when he heard this: "Feng Niang and Chao Mu are here?"
Fan Jinian looked at Zhou Jun, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Not only the mother and daughter of the Jin family, but also someone else came with them."
Zhou Jun: "There is another person? Who is it?"
Fan Jinian: "Hedari, the crown prince of Uihe."
Zhou Jun and Kong You were both stunned, and they looked at each other unconsciously.
Half an hour later, Zhou Jun ordered people to settle the mother and daughter of the Jin family and specially received Hedari in the outer hall of the imperial city.
After months of running for his life, Hedari had long lost his former glory.
Nowadays, he has a shaggy beard and dull eyes. He doesn't look like the prince of Huihe at all. He looks more like a bereaved dog.
Zhou Jun looked at Hedari, and finally his eyes fell on the wooden box in the latter's hand, and sighed: "Your wife, Jinxiu Niang..."
Hearing the name Jinxiu Niang, Hedari woke up as if from a dream, hugged the wooden box tightly, and burst into tears regardless of the ministers in the palace.
Zhou Jun had no choice but to wait for Hedari to calm down before asking the latter about the whole story.
It turned out that on that day, Jin Xiu Niang and her servants returned to the He prison camp to rob the prison regardless of life and death. She was stabbed when she left and died on the way to escape.
Hedari was distraught and originally wanted to stay and die in love. Later, under the persuasion of others, he cremated Jinxiu Niang and collected the ashes. He then planned to go to Shuofang to find Sun Aying, the governor of Shuofang, and mobilize his troops to seek revenge.
Unexpectedly, Yi Dijian had already anticipated Hedari's intention, and arranged numerous ambushes on the only way from Huihe to Shuofang.
Hedari tried to break through the siege again and again, but in the end he didn't get far and lost a lot of people.
In desperation, Hedari could only give up going to Shuofang, take a detour to Beiting, and then go south from Beiting to Hexi.
This detour took Hedari several months to get out of the prairie.
When he arrived at Beiting Luntai, in order to avoid the pursuing troops, he had to disguise himself and went south to Shazhou.
Finally, in Dunhuang City, Hedari actually met Jin Fengniang and Chao Mu who were going to Liangcheng, and finally came to Liangzhou together.
After listening to Hedari's narration, Zhou Jun's expression was solemn.
He turned to Fan Jinian and said: "Draw up the decree and issue an order to Shuofang and Hebei, ordering Sun Aying, Li Guangbi and Pugu Huai'en to return to Mobei. There must be no mistakes!"
Fan Jinian bowed and said yes.
Zhou Jun also ordered Feng Changqing: "Baiting in the north of Liangzhou will be guarded. From today on, the pass will be closed. No one will be allowed to enter the pass. There will be a big fight. The Chishui army will break out of camp and go north to guard against the Huihe people going south. In addition, go to Shazhou.
, Guazhou, Suzhou, Ganzhou and other places issued war preparation orders to prevent the Huihe people from sneaking attacks on the Hexi Corridor."
Feng Changqing took the order.
Hedari suddenly said to Zhou Jun: "Your Majesty, I want to borrow troops from you, and I want to avenge Xiu Niang!"
Zhou Jun looked Hedari up and down, shook his head and said: "Look at yourself, you are so thin that you can't even lift a knife, so how can you talk about revenge? In the past few days, you can stay here with peace of mind and recover as soon as possible.
Body."
Hedari closed his eyes in pain and finally nodded helplessly.
After leaving the meeting hall, Zhou Jun looked into the distance, with Kong You by his side.
Zhou Jun thought about it for a long time and said, "There's something wrong with something."
When Kong You heard this, he looked at Zhou Jun.
Turlish, the Gel Khan of Uighur, had a high prestige among his clan, and both nobles and commoners respected him.
Historically, the second prince Yi Dijian wanted to fight for the throne. The method he adopted was not to attack his father, but to find opportunities to take advantage of the conflicts among the Uighur people, kill Hedari, and then become the prince.
But now, Yi Dijian actually dared to attack his father directly, and he did so in public.
This is a dangerous military operation, and it is not like the Uighur people's way of doing things.
Zhou Jun, who was familiar with history, vaguely felt that there should be another mystery behind the Uighur turmoil.
Kong You said to Zhou Jun at this time: "Your Majesty, the Huihe Khan has died and the prince has fled. Then the second prince Yidi Jian will soon ask to inherit the throne of the Khan. According to past practice, Yidi Jian will send an envoy to the Tang Dynasty
Come and ask the imperial court to issue a golden letter conferring the Khan's canonization. If they really send someone to come, we need to think long-term about how to deal with it."
Zhou Jun: "If the Uighur people knew that Hedari was in the Tang Dynasty, they would definitely not let it go, and there would inevitably be another controversy."
Kong You: "Hedari is like a hot piece of flint to Your Majesty. It will be hot to hold him, but if you throw him away, you will lose an opportunity to use the topic."
Zhou Jun understood what Kong You meant.
In matters like politics, sometimes we should not be emotional. How to strive for the best interests of the country is the most important factor that the monarch should consider.
After leaving the outer palace, Zhou Jun returned to the forbidden garden of the harem.
Jinfeng Niang and Chao Mu were arranged in a palace in Xiyuan.
When Zhou Jun walked into the courtyard gate, the chamberlain and the palace maidservants knelt on the ground and shouted "Long live".
When the mother and daughter in the house heard the noise, they quickly ran out and saluted Zhou Jun according to the etiquette of servants.
Zhou Jun helped Jin Fengniang up with his own hands and said, "You two have traveled a long distance and worked hard all the way."
Jin Fengniang's appearance remained the same, but there was a faint hint of silver on her temples. Facing Zhou Jun who had ascended the throne as emperor, she was in a panic every time she moved and could only whisper something.
Zhou Jun also knew that it would take a while for Golden Phoenix to adapt to a change in her status.
Therefore, Zhou Jun turned his attention to Chao Mu who was aside.
As the eldest daughter, the originally lively, cute, cheerful and generous little girl has now grown into a bright and charming young girl.
Zhou Jun smiled, touched Chao Mu's head, and sighed: "The eighteenth transformation of women."
Facing Zhou Jun, who was dressed in royal robes, Chao Mu was not afraid at all. Instead, he pulled the former's clothes and smiled and talked about what he had experienced during the journey.
While Zhou Jun was talking to Chao Mu, he said to Fan Jinian behind him: "I will stay here tonight, go and pass on the food."