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"Hard work, Mr. Haoran."

"It's a hard work to make a picture."

Zhang Qu stood up, glanced at the four colleagues in the Shangshutai, neither sad nor happy.

He is powerful now, but this kind of power is not without price. After all, no one talks about the mutiny today, and no one will talk about it in the future. Most of the future history books will clearly record it. At that time , Zhang Qu will become one of the accomplices.

In other words, the current power is to be exchanged for the future reputation.

To be honest, as a scholar who cherishes his reputation, Zhang Qu was not very happy to make this exchange, but this exchange was forced by the late emperor. After all, he was the one who watched the late emperor lock the edict in the box.

Thinking of this, Duke Haoran sighed inwardly, holding the memorial, he walked all the way into Weiyang Palace.

It was already midsummer at this time, and the weather was hot and dry. Zhang Xiang walked in the imperial city, walking under the shade of the palace wall, and after a while, he arrived at the gate of Weiyang Palace.

He is the chief assistant of the court, and before he reached the gate of Weiyang Palace, someone came in to report, and after a while, Xiao Zheng, the young supervisor of the internal guard, came out in person, and said to Zhang Qu, "Why did Mr. Haoran come in person?" gone?"

Zhang Qu nodded to Xiao Zheng, and then said: "There is an urgent report from the southwest side. I am afraid that there is something urgent, so I sent it to His Majesty in person. If there is anything there, I can listen to it at any time." Listen to the holy will."

Xiao Zheng walked to Zhang Xiang's side, helped him by the sleeve, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is waiting for you inside, you can go in."

Zhang Xiang was very polite, and nodded slightly to Xiao Zheng.

"It's Lao Xiaozheng."

But it’s not that Zhang Qu is approachable. In fact, this old man is usually very proud. Apart from giving some good looks to outstanding scholars or peers, he usually has a taste of being unapproachable to strangers. The reason why he treats Xiao The reason for being so polite is that this young eunuch, if nothing else happens, will be the head of the inner court in the future.

It is already the middle of the second year of Taikang.

In other words, the former great eunuch Chen Ju, who has guarded the imperial tomb for a year and a half, is probably unlikely to come back. It can be concluded that today's emperor prefers the young man in front of him.

Although the inner court of the Jin Dynasty did not interfere in political affairs, the power of the eight supervisors in the inner court was not small. The Tianmu Supervisor could directly supervise all officials and act as the eyes and ears for the emperor. An unassuming young eunuch.

After all, if he really takes full control of the inner court in the future, a small report from Tianmujian can make all the officials in the capital terrified.

The two entered the study room of Weiyang Palace one after the other. At this time, Emperor Taikang was not dealing with political affairs, but was holding a volume of books, half lying on the reclining chair and reading.

This novelty was made by the Marquis of Jing'an when he was in the capital, and later Emperor Taikang saw it when he went to the mansion of the Marquis of Jing'an, so he asked the Marquis of Jing'an to help him get one. Sometimes lying on it is quite leisurely.

But this thing is not very solemn, so when Zhang Qu was waiting outside and Xiao Zheng came in to report, Emperor Taikang stood up from the reclining chair, and after ordering several palace people to hide the reclining chair, the emperor sat down again. He sat on the chair, and then Zhang Xiang was able to come in.

After Zhang Qu saluted, the emperor got up with a smile, and said: "Mr. Haoran has any memorials, just send someone to send them over. Why did you go there yourself?"

"It's a memorial from Southwest."

After Zhang Qu paused, he lowered his head and said, "It's a memorial jointly signed by General Ye and the Marquis of Jing'an. The old minister is afraid that something important will happen in the southwest, so he simply came to present His Majesty in person."

Emperor Taikang's face changed slightly.

At this time, if there is any urgent memorial, it should be the Southwest War.

Has the front line been fought?

Xiao Zheng on the side looked very winking, stepped forward and held the memorial to the emperor.

By this time, the envelope had been torn off.

The emperor opened the playing book, and after a brief glance, his face became more relaxed.

"Don't worry Zhang Xiang, the Southwest has not yet fought."

The emperor continued to read until he saw the place where the signature was signed, and two names were written.

His Majesty the Emperor of Jin frowned slightly.

The power of the Ye family seems to be too great.

He felt a little uncomfortable.

"Zhang Xiang, take this memorial, take it back to the Shangshutai and discuss it, and give me an answer tomorrow."

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Chapter 493

Although the relationship between Li Xin and the Son of Heaven was indeed very good, for the Son of Heaven, he was actually closer to Li Xin, but such things as military power, even his own brothers would not be at ease, let alone a Li Xin.

Of course, there is no reason for this army to conquer the west, and there is no possibility of betraying the court. Emperor Taikang is not very worried about the accident of the west army formed by the forbidden army, but the feeling of having a long sword in hand is very different from that of a man with a long sword Similarly, the sword is slightly out of control now, which makes him somewhat unhappy.

The most important thing is that Li Xin and Ye Ming have the same caliber.

If Ye Ming handed in this memorandum alone, or if Li Xin handed it in alone, Emperor Taikang would not think much about it at this time.

Most of the superiors are suspicious.

This is not a bad thing, because if you want to sit high on the clouds all the time, you have to be cautious all the time, always guard against the people below playing tricks under your nose, and always intrigue with others.

Of course, there are also emperors who don't have a heart and are willing to be superior and don't care about things.

But this former His Royal Highness King Wei is obviously not. He has only been on the throne for more than a year, and he has already started to take back the southern border. In terms of talent, he may not be as good as the Chengde Emperor, who is known as the Holy Son, but in terms of desire to control, this Emperor Taikang is even worse than that.

Zhang Qu, who was standing next to him with his hands down, took back the memorandum from Xiao Zheng. The old man unfolded it and read it, and he also saw the ending inscription along the way. Then, the chief assistant who had been in the court all his life, immediately understood the emperor's words. Why are you a little upset.

He stuffed the memorial into his sleeves, then cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, General Ye has been a veteran for decades, and the veteran feels that since he said this, there must be a reason for him. Influence the chief general, General Ye is now the commander in chief of the southwestern army, the court should respect his choice."

The emperor gave Zhang Qu a faint look.

"Zhang Xiang thinks that there is no need to discuss this matter, so it is so accurate?"

Zhang Qu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled wryly: "There must be a discussion. The old minister is just expressing his own opinion and giving His Majesty a reference."

In fact, this old man is now the core of Shang Shutai, and his opinions can already be equated with Shang Shutai's opinions. If this matter is handed over to Shang Shutai for discussion, the result will most likely be the same.

The emperor lowered his eyebrows, and said calmly: "The abolished prince did not respect the last emperor's edict, let alone escaped from the capital, and conspired with the bandits in southern Xinjiang to rebel, and now he is talking nonsense in the southwestern counties, calling me a false emperor who usurped the country. If it is not destroyed, how can the court be safe?"

Zhang Qu argued hard.

"Your Majesty, of course the southwest must be flat, and it will be flat, but if you are too anxious, it may backfire."

Having said that, the old man raised his head and looked at the emperor cautiously, and then said in a low voice: "What the old minister said is not pleasant, General Ye didn't have to go to this memorial, he also knows the situation of the court, so he is at this pass Write a letter to the court..."

Ye Ming's current position is the Chief of the Southwest March. He is in charge of the Southwest Military. He has the final say on how and when to fight in southern Xinjiang. Unless the court changes generals, there is really no need to ask the court for instructions.

The reason why he wrote the letter was to explain clearly to the emperor that it was not that the Zhengxi army did not listen to the imperial court, but that it happened for a reason.

The emperor waved his hand, his tone a little stiff.

"I asked you to discuss it, and you can discuss it yourself."