Nine hundred and ninetieth chapters concerned about Jingzhou
An hour after discovering Zhang Yao's body, Li Tong reported the situation to Zhu Si.
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen searched Dong Mansion again in the afternoon and found a secret tunnel in the west courtyard, leading to the residences outside. This is the reason why they escaped surveillance. Wei Chen searched everywhere for a day and still could not find Dong Xizhi's family.
, I am sure that if there is no one to help, they will not be able to escape at all, but if there is someone to cover up and help, it will be difficult for the internal guards to find them."
Zhu Si was silent for a while and asked: "Has the messenger been found?"
"Replying to Your Majesty, he has been found and silenced. Wei Chen first asked the steward of Dong Mansion to identify him. He was indeed the person who sent the letter to Dong Xizhi's family last night. Wei Chen also asked the steward of Yuan Mansion to identify him. He is the third steward of Yuan Mansion.
Zhang Yao."
Zhu Si snorted heavily and said to Li Tong: "Don't spread this matter to anyone else until I think about it."
"Follow the order!" Li Tong bowed and slowly stepped back.
Zhu Si took a few steps with his hands behind his back, and then ordered: "Send the message to Xiangguo Yao to see me quickly!"
Half an hour later, Yao Lingyan hurried over. He bowed and saluted, "See your Majesty!"
"Yao Xiangguo, I have something to discuss with you."
"I am willing to share your Majesty's worries!"
Zhu Si nodded and said, "What is the relationship between Dong Xizhi and Yuan Xiu?"
The emperor actually called him by his first name, which made Yao Lingyan's heart skip a beat. Sure enough, he came. He pondered for a moment and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I know that they are fellow villagers..."
"I also know this. I want to know something deeper."
"If we look at it from the perspective of blood and family ties, they basically have nothing to do with each other. Weichen doesn't know whether they are married in their hometown, but Weichen knows that they have a very close relationship in terms of human relations."
"To be more specific, how close is it?"
"Every year, Dong Xizhi sends a large amount of treasures to Yuan Xiang Kingdom. Yuan Xiang Kingdom has an orb, which is said to be worth one hundred thousand gold. Wei Chen knows that this orb was given to him by Dong Xizhi last year."
The murderous intention in Zhu Si's heart became stronger, and he asked coldly: "If Dong Xizhi wants to rebel, what influence will Yuan Xiu have on the phase?"
"Your Majesty, the financial power is in the hands of the Right Prime Minister. If Yuan Xiangguo allocates more military food and money to Dong Xizhi, wouldn't it be aiding the evil deeds?"
Zhu Si paced back and forth for a few steps with his hands behind his hands, and then asked: "How does the minister order Liu Feng?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, although Liu Feng is a little rude and a little less capable, he is loyal to Your Majesty. This is the most rare thing. It depends on the choice you have to make. Should you choose ability or loyalty?"
Yao Lingyan's follow-up attack at the critical moment finally made Zhu Si make up his mind. That night, Zhu Si issued an order to remove Yuan Xiu from the position of right prime minister and replace him with Shaanxi governor. He appointed Shangshu Ling Liu Feng to replace Yuan Xiu's right prime minister.
position and continue to hold financial power.
However, Yuanxiu was killed by his enemies on the way to Shaanzhou and his head was cut off. Zhu Si immediately ordered the internal guards to search Yuanxiu's house and seized countless gold and silver treasures, copper coins, silk and satin, worth more than one million yuan.
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Chang'an was also covered in snow. A heavy New Year's snow covered the entire Guanzhong area, turning Chang'an into a snowy world on New Year's Eve.
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, the snow had melted a lot, the ground had become wet, and snow crystals kept falling from the pine branches.
Guo Song's carriage drove into the Danfeng Gate of the Daming Palace. The imperial court officially moved to the Daming Palace three months ago. The number of people in the entire imperial court has more than doubled than before, with nearly a thousand officials, plus a large number of people without rank.
There were many low-level civil servants, and as many as 3,000 officials came in and out of the Daming Palace every day.
Guo Song's official residence is located behind Zhongshu Province. It is a three-story red building covering an area of about eight acres. It is called the Jianguo Building. The outline of the building is in the shape of a main house, with a courtyard for rest and walking in the middle, and a building on each side.
In addition to Guo Song's official residence, the Jianguo Building is also the location of the Secretary's Prison. The Secretary's Prison was actually the former staff office of the King of Jin. The former Tiance Building was also merged into the Secretary's Prison. From now on, the Secretary's Supervisor of the third grade will be ordered by the former counselor.
Xue Changshou took office, and there were two junior eunuchs from the fourth rank, Lu Lun and Wang You. Lu Lun was in charge of the secretariat, which was mainly related to government affairs, and Wang You was in charge of the Tiance station, which was mainly related to the military.
In addition, the official offices of the Neiwei and Jinwei Mansion are also here, but this is just an office space. There are no prisons, interrogations and other places. The Jixian Palace Bachelor's Building is also here. The Jixian Palace Bachelor's Building is also here.
The counselor is just a nominal office, and there is also an official office, but basically everyone is at home. When discussions need to be held, someone will be sent to invite them over.
Especially in early October, after the counselor Li Mi passed away due to illness, the current counselors were only the heads of several big families and Xue Xun.
Guo Song walked into his official room on the second floor. The layout of his official room has not changed. It is still composed of more than a dozen rooms, including the official room, the outer hall, the library, the staff room, the night room, the meeting hall, the small meeting hall, and the teahouse.
etc.
There are four officials on duty sitting in the outer hall. They are always ready to listen to the call of King Jin. Lu Lun also has his own official room in the east building. Of course, he will sit outside Guo Song's official room every morning and only go there in the afternoon.
Organize documents in your own official office.
Guo Song walked into the official room, and a soldier who joined the army said at the door: "Young Master Wang has something urgent to see you!"
Wang Shaojian was Wang You. He was appointed Secretary Shaojian. Because he had military merit, his rank was actually from the third rank to Yin Qing Guang Lu. The situation was quite special.
Wang You is responsible for intelligence and combat planning, equivalent to a military advisor, and is in charge of Tiance Taiwan.
"Your Highness, there is important news from Luoyang!"
Guo Song smiled and waved his hands and said: "Don't worry, sit down and drink a cup of hot tea and warm yourself up by the fire. It's not cold when it snows and it's cold when it melts. It's really like that."
Wang You felt a little embarrassed when he saw that the King of Jin was very calm and not at all anxious. He smiled apologetically and said, "I forgot about Your Highness before I came to the palace. I was too eager."
At this time, the tea boy brought two cups of hot tea, and Guo Song asked Wang You to sit down in front of the brazier. The charcoal in the brazier was burning brightly, making the room dry and warm.
The two sat opposite each other and drank two sips of hot tea. Wang You then said: "After receiving information from Luoyang, Yuan Xiu was demoted to the governor of Shaanxi, and Liu Feng was officially appointed as the right prime minister."
Guo Song smiled lightly and said: "These two have been fighting for more than half a year! Yuan Xiu, who is so shrewd, was completely defeated. Is there anything strange in this?"
"It is said to be related to Dong Xizhi, Prince of Xiangyang County. Intelligence said that Yuan Xiu helped Dong Xizhi's family escape from Luoyang, which caused Zhu Si to be furious."
Guo Song pondered for a moment and said: "Liu Feng must have played an important role in Yuan Xiu's dismissal, but that is not important. I am concerned about other things. First of all, why did Dong Xizhi's family escape from Luoyang? Will Dong Xizhi have any
What action? Secondly, I want to get to know Liu Feng and dig out his background completely. These two things are urgent, so I have to do it as soon as possible!"
"I'll make arrangements right now for my humble job."
Guo Song stopped him again, "After the arrangements are made, come back to my place. I have something to discuss with you."
Wang You nodded and walked quickly.
Guo Song pondered for a moment, then got up and went to the staff room next door. The staff room is actually a map room, including a sand table and a map. Sunlight shines in from the window, making the staff room extra bright. The staff room is very large, at least more than one hundred square meters.
There is a huge sand table in the middle, two feet long and one foot wide, made up of eight small sand tables. This sand table is actually Zhu Si's dynasty.
In addition to the sand table, the four walls are covered with maps from various places, and the huge vase is also filled with map scrolls. Today Guo Song is concerned about Jingzhou.
In fact, last year's battle between Sichuan and Sichuan was not over. There was still an army of the eunuchs that had not been annihilated. This was Liu Pi, the military governor of Jingnan. Liu Pi was actually Huo Xianming's nephew.
As an envoy, Hun Yao succeeded Hun Yao in the Jingnan Army. Hun Yao was appointed as the Jiannan Jiedushi Envoy, but he was actually dismissed.
The Jingnan Army initially had only 12,000 people. After Liu Pi took over, with the full support of Huo Xianming, the number of the army quickly reached 30,000.
At present, Liu Pi proclaims himself the King of Jiangling and has divided the twelve states of Jingnan. His sphere of influence reaches Guizhou and Liuzhou, that is, Guilin and Liuzhou in Guangxi, which is actually the Lingnan West Road.
Guo Song used the Queen Mother's edict to send Ma Sui, Liu Qia, Han Huang and Li Si to the court to report on their duties. Currently, except for Han Huang and Li Si's promise to enter the court, there is no news about Ma Sui and Liu Qia. Among them, Liu Qia is seriously ill.
, the military and political power has been controlled by his son Liu Shining.
Therefore, Guo Song considered destroying Liu Pi first, and then continued eastward to destroy Ma Sui and Liu Qia.
At this time, Zhu Si's Xiangyang County Prince Dong Xizhi made changes, which would affect Guo Song's strategic arrangements. Therefore, Guo Song must reconsider his strategic plan.
At this time, the clerk said at the door: "Your Highness, Mr. Wang is here."
Guo Song nodded, "Invite him in!"
Wang You quickly walked into Guo Song's staff room.