The sky was slightly bright, Li Dingyuan opened his eyes and looked at the door of the palace.
Gao Zhan was still standing there. The old guy was a little out of sorts, his head was moving little by little, and he seemed to be dozing off.
Li Dingyuan sat up and looked at Gao Zhan's emaciated back. Suddenly he felt a little cruel. This old man had been with him for forty years, and the first thirty-nine years had not aged him as much as these six months.
In order to save himself, how much inner breath did Gao Zhan give himself, half, or more than half? Anyway, it would not be less than half.
But it doesn't matter, even if she dies, Qing'er will treat Gao Zhan well and will not treat her old friend badly.
"emperor"
Gao Zhan was startled. He turned around and saw Li Dingyuan sitting up. He hurriedly came over to say hello and at the same time called the little eunuch outside to come in and wash and change Li Dingyuan.
"Cough cough cough"
Li Dingyuan coughed a few more times while washing himself, and the water in the basin turned red.
Gao Zhan dismissed the young eunuch and came to serve Li Dingyuan himself: "Your Majesty looks much better today than yesterday. The princess is back, and so is Su Hou. Your Majesty, please feel at ease in the court."
Li Dingyuan smiled mockingly and asked.
"Nothing happened last night, right? This guy Su Lu is back, and I always feel that something will happen."
Gao Zhan's face was full of smiles: "His Majesty really guessed it right. When Su Hou left the palace last night, he really caused trouble. No, Zhao Pu just sent the news, and the ministers all knelt at the door.
It’s here.”
"Cough cough cough"
Li Dingyuan started coughing. It wasn't until Gao Zhandu took in his inner breath that Li Dingyuan stopped coughing and asked with a smile.
"Tell me, what trouble did this boy Su Lu get into again? This boy is a good man. He knows soldiers and can use them. As long as he has soldiers in hand, no one can do anything to him."
Gao Zhan waited for Li Dingyuan to finish nagging, and then continued: "It's Zhang Tinghe. Your Majesty, you hate Zhang Tinghe the most. When he stormed the palace yesterday, Su Hou happened to meet him and had his head chopped off."
Li Dingyuan was stunned: "Zhang Tinghe?"
After a moment, Li Dingyuan burst out laughing.
"Are you from the old Zhang family? Su Lu is a good boy. As soon as he came here, the big stone in my heart was removed.
Okay, hereby decree, this morning, the report of the battle in the Northern Territory brought by the princess will be read out to the court, so that these bastards can see how much merit Su Lu has made in the Northern Territory."
Gao Zhan squinted his eyes and smiled without saying anything.
After breakfast, Li Dingyuan, with the support of Gao Zhan, slowly entered the Qinzheng Hall. Looking at the slightly sparse ministers in the hall, his heart was slightly blocked again.
After the ministers saw the ceremony, Cao Ze, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, knelt on the ground with a plop.
Before Cao Ze could speak, Li Dingyuan glanced at Gao Zhan. Gao Zhan's voice overwhelmed Cao Ze's, and his deep and focused voice filled the entire hall.
"The princess returned yesterday and presented a report on the great victory in the north."
"In the battle at Yelang Mountain Pass in Diaoyin County, Xiao Cong and He Geng were defeated by Tule. Su Lu led his troops to rescue the princess Li Qing, and then fought and retreated. Picture of the battle at Langjuxu Mountain, sixty miles east of Yelang Mountain Pass.
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Ten battles and ten victories, the army of Thule was defeated, and more than 40,000 of Thule's army were killed."
"The northern border has been cleared, General Xie Wan has captured Youbeiping, General Zhang Lu has set up a military formation in the Hun River Valley, opened Hun River City, and the entire Diaoyin County has been re-incorporated into the territory of our Han Kingdom."
There was silence in the hall.
A group of officials who originally wanted to criticize Su Lu were confused.
After the defeat, Yu led his army to counterattack and won ten battles and ten victories. He not only defeated Thule, but also expanded the territory of the country and regained Diaoyin County, which the emperors of the previous dynasties thought was a heartache.
This is an unparalleled achievement.
Cao was kneeling on the ground, neither getting up nor crying. Su Lu had just made a great contribution to the world, and now he was going to file a petition to seize titles and cut officials. What kind of infamy would he leave for himself in the history books for future generations?
Hou Sulu of Beiyang captured Diaoyin County. On the second day after returning to the country, Zhang Tinghe, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was punished for attacking the palace ban. In the morning of the second day, Cao Ze, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, made a prelude to the emperor and wanted to deprive the Marquis of Beiyang of his title and seize his official position...
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Cao Ze's face almost turned black. It's okay to fight in the party, to criticize, and to interfere with the same party, but it is absolutely not allowed to blacken one's name in history books.
Cao rubbed his knees and stood up numbly.
Li Dingyuan smiled, these bunch of rotten scholars like to compete for fame and wealth. Now that Su Lu has opened up territory for the Han Dynasty, he will definitely be famous in the annals of history. They don't dare to impeach Su Lu at this time.
"Cao Ze, when you knelt down just now, did you have a plan to play?"
Cao Zemo refused smoothly and said: "No, no, your Majesty, my feet slipped just now and I accidentally fell to my knees. The news of the great victory in the north is really amazing. Your Majesty, the country of Han will be blessed with great blessings."
May the sky be filled with great blessings.”
Cao Ze knew very well in his heart that what he wanted to do now was to praise Su Lu. As for the execution of the official minister, he could not criticize it here. His Majesty would definitely hold a small court meeting for this purpose.
You can now attack Su Lu without restraint.
The court meeting went very quickly. The monarch and his ministers only made some discussions on the recent military and political affairs, and they all tacitly agreed not to mention the hundreds of officials kneeling outside the palace gate.
After the court ended, Li Dingyuan left the Qinzheng Hall and walked directly to the Yangxin Hall. Gao Zhan reminded him: "Your Majesty, you are not going to the small court meeting?"
Li Dingyuan snorted coldly: "You want to seize power, but you don't want to leave a bad name. You really treat me like a fool. I don't have much time left, so I won't play with them anymore."
"By decree, I am not feeling well. From now on, the princess will supervise the country."
"puff"
Before he finished speaking, Li Dingyuan spit out a mouthful of black blood and fell forward.
Gao Zhan's figure was like a phantom, and he jumped in front of Li Dingyuan. He supported Li Dingyuan and scolded the little eunuch who was about to pounce from behind.
"You blind thing, go to the imperial doctor."
Zuo Ping and a group of ministers waited outside the minister's room for more than half an hour, but did not see the imperial chariot.
Li Huaiyuan, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, couldn't control his anger. He pulled over a young eunuch and asked: "Father, where is your Majesty? Why haven't you seen your Majesty for so long?"
The little eunuch lowered his head and said in a sharp voice: "I have been standing here all morning, but I have never seen your majesty."
Li Huaiyuan felt frustrated and stood back behind Zuo Ping restlessly. Last night Su Ping chopped Zhang Tinghe, Li Huaiyuan felt deep fear, and he did a lot of things that were not royal relatives under the label of being a royal relative.
What's wrong, the emperor is about to be pissed to death.
If Li Qing were to pursue the case, Su Lu would definitely cause trouble for him.
So as soon as Zuo Ping came to find him, Li Huaiyuan followed him. Even if he suppressed Su Lu, it would be good to let him know that it was okay to kill the traitor, but the minister could never kill him at will.
Eunuch Bai appeared outside the study room, with a fly whisk hanging in his arm. Eunuch Bai said with a face as cold as water.
"My lords, please come back. Your Majesty is ill and has rested."
"Your Majesty has decreed that from now on, the princess will supervise the country. My deadline is approaching, and all the ministers should fully support the princess in handling the government affairs."
Zuo Ping's face suddenly turned pale. Your Majesty is determined to pass the throne to Li Qing.
All the ministers and ministers were also in confusion. How could this happen? After fighting for so long, we ended up like this.
Zuo Ping let out a long sigh, knelt down on the ground, took off his hat, his voice was hoarse.
"Zuo Ping has been following the minister's order for many years and has been mediocre. Recently, he has been feeling very unwell. He is deeply afraid that his bones will not be returned to his homeland. I would like to ask your Majesty's permission today to beg for the bones."
The originally messy Minister of the Secretariat suddenly became less chaotic. Zuo Ping asked to leave, and the position of Zuo Prime Minister was vacated. In this way, everyone could go further.
Eunuch Bai flicked the fly whisk and returned to the palace. Not long after, Eunuch Bai came back and looked at Zuo Ping with eyes full of sarcasm.
"Prime Minister Zuo, the princess has agreed to beg for Prime Minister Zuo's bones. Prime Minister Zuo will set off tonight. There are many things happening in the capital. From tonight on, Prime Minister Zuo's affairs will turn over."
Zuo Ping grabbed the ground with his head: "Old minister, I thank your majesty for your kindness, I thank the princess for your kindness, and I thank Suhou for not killing me."
After thanking him, Zuo Ping stood up, hugged his hat and left, ignoring the ministers and ministers.
After knowing that Su Lu had returned, Zuo Ping gave up all thoughts of fighting.
With Su Ping here, no one can shake Li Qing's position. Not to mention that the civil servants failed to control the soldiers and generals, so what if they controlled the four major battalions. Li Xun was a lesson learned from the past.
Xia Houwei, who was roaming the border between Western Qin and Han, said that he would not attack Han as long as Su Lu was around.
Su Lu's fame was accumulated through countless deaths, which were real human lives. These guys, who were so obsessed with power, fantasized about using the same methods to deal with Li Dingyuan to deal with Li Qing. They really didn't know how to write the word "death".
With Su Lu in charge, Li Qing doesn't need to fight with you at court. Wherever the imperial army comes, everything will be ashes.
