Chapter 412: Da Zongzheng's ambition and the backbone of reality
Su Lu finally returned to Beijing.
After years of fighting, he and Li Qing were often together and apart, and they had not returned to the palace in the capital for several years.
Over at Xiting, after following Su Lu's wishes, Li Qing personally issued an order to rush to Xiting's aid with Cao Hua as the main general and Zhao Wu as the fourth king.
As for the Luojiang Governor's Mansion, Luoda was left to guard it. Qingjiang Navy Wen Jiang was transferred to the Luojiang Governor's Mansion as deputy governor, and the Qingjiang Navy team was used to form a new Luojiang Navy to guard the Luojiang line.
With Li Kun as the leader, he will guard Wangjiang and form a naval force targeting the outer seas to deal with threats from the Yingte Sea.
Su Ping was transferred to the Jiedu Mansion in the Northern Territory, where he presided over the military and political affairs of the Northern Territory in the name of General Huaihua and was in charge of the Northern Territory.
On the way back to Beijing, Yi Huangdaang, under Su Lu's scolding, treated people in all the prefectures and counties they passed with simple treatment, which was a pain to the officials and subordinates who followed Luan Jia out to take advantage of him.
When I came, I had good food and drink. When I went back, the place I lived in was shabby and cramped. Except for the two ministers of the six ministries who followed me, everyone else had simple food and rough shelter.
Although there were complaints from the people, the gratitude of various prefectures and counties to Su Lu increased sharply. The money and food that needed to be paid were reduced by more than half, and the labor force was almost unnecessary.
On this day, Luan Jia arrived in Guangnan, and Zhou Yuan, the governor of Guangnan, personally hosted the reception.
Despite Su Lu's previous rebuke, the standard of reception for Li Qing, Su Lu, and Su Lu's entourage was still the highest. The rest of the ministers, including the six ministers, were reduced to the minimum, especially the accompanying ministers.
Zong Zheng, no one cares about him.
Da Zongzheng's carriage stopped in place for a long time, and Da Zongzheng's servants followed him for a long time. From the first scolding to the current pleading, no one in Guangnan Mansion paid any attention to him.
Servant Li Han arrived in front of the car and said with a sad face: "Master, I'm useless, I can't help you find a place to live. The nearby inns and accommodations ignore us even if they spend money."
Da Zongzheng Li Weiyuan opened the curtain of the carriage, and with the help of Li Han, he got off the carriage and looked around. There were only two carriages left in the street.
Li Weiyuan stroked his gray beard and looked a little ugly. He knew that slandering Su Lu behind his back would definitely arouse the dissatisfaction of Su Lu's officials, but he didn't expect that the revenge would not come so quickly or so directly.
"Follow me to see Zhou Yuan. I want to see what is so outstanding about him, Su Lu's number one civil servant."
Zhou Yuanzheng was commanding a group of government officials to write down the supplies on their carriages. These were donated by local governments to His Majesty, and there was no room for error. Therefore, Zhou Yuan inspected them very carefully, checking them almost one by one, and sealed them after confirmation.
Seeing Da Zongzheng, Zhou Yuan smiled.
Regarding Da Zongzheng, it was his own arrangement. Cao Hua sent news that the prince was slandered by Da Zongzheng from behind and was forced to give up military power and return to Beijing to recuperate.
Zhou Yuan does not believe that the prince will be forced to give up his military power. The prince and His Majesty are one and the same. Malicious slander from others is definitely useless. However, it is definitely true that the prince returned to the capital to recuperate. Last time Zhou Yuan sent grain and grass to Qingjiang, he saw
By the time the prince arrived, his health had deteriorated a lot.
The southern border is hot and humid. The prince is from the north. In addition, he has been fighting for many years and has many injuries. Life in the southern border will definitely be difficult, and his health will probably be even worse.
Your Majesty has never seen the prince before, so he naturally left him to lead the army to fight. Now that he sees the prince looking haggard and distressed, he will definitely not allow the prince to abuse his body again.
Sure enough, when he saw the prince again, he had lost a lot of weight. He was not tall in the first place, but now he looked a little rickety.
But, since Da Zongzheng said something bad about the prince, how can he do it without paying some price?
Li Weiyuan stood in front of Zhou Yuan, who was thinking deeply, and scolded him coldly: "Master Zhou, this is how you arranged Luan Jia. You deceived the king and turned your back on your superiors. Do you know what the crime should be?"
Li Weiyuan stood in front of Zhou Yuan with a majestic aura. Looking at him, he looked like he could eat Zhou Yuan in one bite.
Zhou Yuan was unmoved. He held the accounting book in his hand, pointed at a large ornament behind Da Zongzheng, and scolded the servant in question.
"They are a bunch of trash. I didn't see Ding Xiaosan moving things alone. They usually hide behind, laze around, brag, and maliciously slander Ding Xiaosan. Now they have fallen into my eyes. They are such bastards who don't do anything. No."
Just go and help Ding Xiaosan, but you still dare to slander others behind their backs, let’s see how I deal with you when I get back.”
Several of the servants smiled and went up to help Ding Xiaosan carry the ornaments.
Li Weiyuan's face turned dark. Damn it, Zhou Yuan is nothing. He openly scolded his servants and secretly scolded me.
"Master Zhou, believe it or not, I am going to file a complaint against you in front of His Majesty right now, and you will not be protected."
Zhou Yuan looked Li Weiyuan up and down: "Believe it, why don't you believe it? The prince will return to the capital in despair just because he doesn't believe it. The majesty of Da Zongzheng cannot be offended."
"you"
Li Weiyuan pointed at Zhou Yuan and was so angry that he started to smoke.
The lawsuit between the two soon came to Li Qing.
Looking at Zhou Yuan who was holding an account book in his hand and whose official robe was stained with a lot of dust, Li Qing couldn't help but smile bitterly. Zhou Yuan was an official recognized by Su Lu, and his character and ability were naturally not bad.
Zhou Yuan would definitely be able to do anything to embarrass Da Zongzheng.
"Zhou Yuan, the prince's return to the capital has nothing to do with Da Zongzheng. He just returned to the capital to rest. Don't transfer your anger to Da Zongzheng."
Zhou Yuan responded hurriedly: "Your Majesty is serious. I know my duty as a minister and I dare not do anything disrespectful to Your Majesty."
Li Qing rolled his eyes in his heart, yes, you dare not disrespect me in any way, but you disrespect Da Zongzheng.
"Well, Da Zongzheng, you can stay in my palace for the time being. Changning will arrange a tent for Da Zongzheng to use."
Changning bowed and went out.
Li Qing comforted Da Zongzheng and said: "Da Zongzheng, when you said those words that day, you should have known that no matter what the reason for the prince's return to the capital was, you would be affected."
Da Zongzheng said with a smile on his neck: "I plan for the Li family's country and the country. Even if tens of millions of people neglect me and slander me, as long as I can contribute to your majesty's country, my wish will be enough."
"You are not planning this for your Li family."
Su Lu's voice came from outside the tent.
Holding a military brochure in his hand, Su Lu entered the tent and handed the military brochure to Li Qing.
"I originally wanted to go back to Beijing to rest, but I'm afraid I won't be able to do that this time."
Li Qing looked at the brochure and his face turned pale: "Shuangfo City was defeated, General Cao Hua lost most of his army and horses, and the barbarian troops were directed towards Wanning City."
After hearing this, Da Zongzheng immediately shouted and cursed: "These thieves, in order to let Su Lu control the military power, deliberately lost to the barbarians. They are not the son of a human being, nor the son of a human being."
Su Lu raised his eyebrows and his expression turned ugly.
Li Qing's face also turned cold: "Li Weiyuan, you are the great Zongzheng. Every word you say represents the clan's face, the royal demeanor, and slanders the generals of the imperial court. You must think carefully."
Li Weiyuan knelt down directly: "Your Majesty, I recommend General Xie Wan and General Xiao Cong. The two of them will unite the army. Without Su Lu, they will definitely be able to defeat the barbarians."
Su Lu smiled and looked at Da Zongzheng, who was filled with righteous indignation against him. Da Zongzheng, Da Zongzheng, you are a clan living deep in the capital. You have never faced the barbarian soldiers. No, you have probably never seen even an ordinary battlefield.
Why not let you experience how rich the ideas are and how basic the reality is.
