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After Lu Cangyu was imprisoned, Jiang Zhao did not go to court for a few days, but she was not idle except for reviewing memorials daily, and someone rearranged and opened the Wenxuan Hall.

The Wenxuan Hall is the imperial school. Apart from the princes, some members of the clan can also study in it if they get the emperor's grace. Most of the teachers who give lectures are famous scholars in the world or ministers of the court.

When Jiang Zhao was young, Lu Yanrong hadn't fallen out with the first emperor yet, so he treated their mother and daughter with some sincerity. Although Jiang Zhao was a princess, she was allowed to study in Wenxuan Hall, and that's why she had an affair with Qin Duan, the Prime Minister of the Right. The friendship between teachers and students.

The first emperor's heirs were not too many, and they were all killed by the second prince. After Jiang Zhao ascended the throne, there was no one in the Wenxuan Palace. She had no children, and she didn't care much about the clan, so the Wenxuan Palace was always empty there.

This time, after she issued an order, she finally saw the light of day again.

Naturally, Jiang Han is not the only student. Jiang Zhao ordered people to submit the clan genealogy, and planned to select some children of the right age to accompany Jiang Han to read, so that she would not always be spoiled by the nuns and palace people. Afraid of people.

But Jiang Han was young after all, so he said he was looking for a companion to read, more like looking for a playmate.

People say that if you are close to Zhu, you will be red, and if you are close to ink, you will be black. Jiang Zhao was also afraid that Jiang Han would be spoiled by others. After selecting a few candidates of the right age, he ordered someone to check their usual temperament.

The ancestral system did not say that the Wenxuan Palace can only teach men, but this is almost the default rule all the time. The books that Jiang Zhao studied in the years when he was a child were all dependent on the favor of the late emperor, and other princesses did not have this kind of treatment.

But Jiang Han is a woman, and now the head of the royal family is also a woman, so Jiang Zhao wants to choose a woman to enter the Palace of Literature and Propaganda.

She showed Xie Jin the list she had counted. There were twelve people on it, the oldest was 13 years old, and the youngest was five years old. Without exception, they were all girls.

Xie Jin took a rough look, shook his head and said, "This is not right."

"What's wrong?" Jiang Zhao asked.

Xie Jin said: "I know that you want to give these girls a chance more than men, but everything doesn't happen overnight, isn't it clear that you don't want to see the sons of the clan?

In the past, Prince Kang kept his daughter, and in the future, there was the Palace of Literature and Propaganda to avoid men. Are you trying to wear the hat of being narrow-minded and intolerant? "

Jiang Zhao didn't think too much about it, and she felt that it made sense after being clicked by her. Although she didn't really care about the bad reputation of narrow-mindedness, she didn't want to make trouble for herself because of her reputation.

Seeing her wavering, Xie Jin said again: "Besides, don't you want Xueshi Han to teach in Wenxuan Hall? He is a man, and he is not comfortable facing a group of female students, right?"

"Then add a few boys." Jiang Zhao was persuaded by her, and picked up the family tree to delve into it again.

After a few more days, Jiang Zhao finally went to court, and announced the reopening of the Wenxuan Hall in the court hall. This matter can only be regarded as a private matter of the royal family. Jiang Zhao has no children now, and has nothing to do with the royal family. Yes, of course no one objected.

Jiang Zhao also said that she thought that Prime Minister Qin was very talented and good-natured, so she asked him to go to Wenxuan Hall to teach the children in his spare time. It was not the first time Qin Duan had received such an entrustment, and he was familiar with it, so he accepted it.

As for the left prime minister, Jiang Zhao doesn't point him, he will jump out to find a sense of presence.

"The old minister wants to impeach Lu Cangyu, the generalissimo of the town, who controls the military power, has no eyes on the king, or has the heart of rebellion."

Zhao Heng walked to the center of the hall with the wat board in his arms, rushed to Jiang Zhao, who was sitting on the dragon chair, and bowed his hands, and said in a voice like a bell: "I heard that your majesty has made a clear decision and has sent Marshal Lu to prison. In order to prevent the night from having more dreams, please make an order in time. Thorough investigation."

All his fans shouted in unison: "Please investigate thoroughly, Your Majesty!"

Jiang Zhao narrowed his eyes slightly, with a calm expression on his face, and said calmly: "Everyone knows that Marshal Lu is the God of War in the army. He made great contributions to the blood of Dameng on the battlefield. The left minister wants to impeach him for treason. Do you have any evidence to present?"

"Of course, the old minister won't talk nonsense." Zhao Heng took out an envelope from his sleeve.

Jiang Zhao raised his chin, and Gao Sheng'an walked down the steps to take the letter from Zhao Hengze, and turned around to present it to the imperial court.

"Your Majesty, although Marshal Lu seldom interferes with the affairs of the court, as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, he is self-respecting and has secret contacts with the southern barbarians and northern Liang. There has been no war at the border in recent years. It is rumored that he was frightened by Marshal Lu. Secretly communicated with the song, there is no conspiracy?"

Before Jiang Zhao opened the envelope to look at it, Zhao Heng questioned him righteously, but Lu Cangyu himself was not present, and no one could argue with him, only the impatient military officer yelled: "You spit!"

Zhao Heng snorted coldly and said, "Your Majesty will find out if I'm spitting blood. It's not your turn to make noise."

Looking at his confident appearance, Jiang Zhao knew that since he really dared to come forward to impeach Lu Cangyu, he must have made sufficient preparations. As expected, he opened the envelope and saw that there were several secret letters in familiar handwriting, all stamped with Lu Cangyu My private print.

Undoubtedly, it was the content of Lu Cangyu's correspondence with foreign countries. Jiang Zhaotong read it again. Although his face did not change, his eyes were obviously a little more coercive, and they fell heavily on Zhao Hengze.

She held up the letters and asked, "Where did this come from?"

Zhao Heng was so guilty by her gloomy gaze, he lowered his head to look at his toes, and said respectfully: "Return to Your Majesty, Lu Cangyu was imprisoned suddenly, afraid that His Majesty would see through her plot and had no way of getting out, so she took advantage of his wife When I went to see him in prison, I brought out the letter for help, and his cronies took it to the border, where it happened to be captured by the veteran's men."

Jiang Zhao asked Mrs. He to visit Lu Cangyu in prison, just to make the scene more realistic, but Zhao Hengze would make a fuss about it. She showed a clear look, and asked Zhao Hengze: "Send the letter?" Who is the person?"

Zhao Heng asserted, "It's the Captain of the Shuai Mansion, Yang Zheng!"

"Yang Zheng." Jiang Zhao said the name once, and couldn't help but feel a little funny.

No wonder Zhao Heng dared to frame him like this. It turned out that he had instigated the people in Lu Cangyu's mansion. Lu Cangyu had always been proud of his soldiers, and he firmly believed that if it wasn't for Zhao Heng, he would have entrusted him with it. .

This can probably only be called a coincidence.

"Where is Yang Zheng now?" Jiang Zhao asked along the way.

Zhao Heng replied truthfully: "After the old minister interrogated him, he was temporarily detained in the prime minister's mansion."

"Wei Liang." Jiang Zhao raised his eyelids and asked Wei Liang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment: "I don't know the laws of the Great Meng like you. Come and tell me, does the Prime Minister's House have the right to interrogate and detain suspects without permission?"

Wei Liang said: "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister's Mansion is not a yamen, and there is no right to interrogate and imprison suspects privately. If you encounter a suspect, you should be arrested and imprisoned in Dali Temple, Jing Zhaoyin, or the yamen of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. The chiefs of the above three divisions will submit it to the imperial court, and His Majesty will personally decide."

"I see." Jiang Zhao nodded, and then asked Zhao Hengze: "Did Prime Minister Zhao hear clearly?"

"Your Majesty is guilty, please punish me." Zhao Heng didn't expect that she would be arguing with him about the law at this moment, and felt a little aggrieved, but he could only honestly kneel down and plead guilty.

Jiang Zhao raised his hand and said, "That's all for now, I'll treat Xiang Xiang as an old fool, but if there is another time, I won't let you off lightly, and I will deal with Xiang Xiang according to the law."

Zhao Heng gritted his back teeth, kowtowed and said, "Old minister, thank your majesty for your generosity, and remember your majesty's instruction."

"Okay, get up."

After targeting Zhao Hengze, Jiang Zhao coughed lightly, and told Wei Liang: "After the court, you take someone to the prime minister's mansion and bring Yang Zheng back to the Criminal Ministry for interrogation. His uncle, but the crime of treason cannot be pardoned, before the case is concluded, send someone to guard him to prevent any accidents."

"The minister obeys the order."

Afterwards, Jiang Zhao lost interest and announced his resignation without saying a few more words.

After the court, she asked Yuan Xiang to investigate Yang Zheng, and then ordered Gao Sheng'an to find someone to send a message to the commander's mansion, so that the He family and Lu Zhaohan could have more scrutiny in the mansion, since Zhao Heng was able to bribe Yang Zheng , may not be able to bribe other people.

After returning to Xihe Palace, Jiang Zhao told Xie Jin about Zhao Xiang's impeachment of Lu Cangyu.

Xie Jin read the letters she brought back, pondered for a while, and said slowly: "President Zhao's motive is not pure, he wants to kill two birds with one stone."

"Let's listen to it." Jiang Zhao leaned on the couch, feeling lazy, and became interested in what she had to say.

Xie Jin walked over and sat beside her, and expressed his thoughts, "The generalissimo is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, so naturally he will not collude with the enemy and seek rebellion. Zhao Xiang gave him such a title, and the purpose is self-evident, that is to bring It's deadly."

Jiang Zhao nodded, his eyes became a little cold.

"And the reason why he chose this juncture is also because the Generalissimo has a special status after all, not only the commander in chief of the armed forces, but also His Majesty's uncle.

In the past, His Majesty would not have believed it, but now that everyone knows that you have had a rift with the Generalissimo, his false accusation has increased his chances of winning from the very beginning. "Xie Jin continued to explain methodically.

She squeezed Jiang Zhao's cuffs, and said: "The crime of treason is too great. Once His Majesty knows the truth and really has doubts about the Generalissimo, Prime Minister Zhao will definitely fan the flames and aggravate these suspicions until the Generalissimo is given to you." The Marshal was convicted.

However, the Generalissimo is well-known in the army and is a veritable spiritual leader. Even if His Majesty believes that he will conspire against him, will the 30 troops in prison believe it?

In their eyes, the marshal's illustrious military exploits are much more important than His Majesty's imperial decree. "

"At that time, it will be more than a simple matter of the monarch and his subjects being separated." Xie Jin came to a conclusion.

Jiang Zhao listened earnestly, and unconsciously frowned, Xie Jin stretched out his hand to smooth it out, and persuaded her: "But he didn't expect that you and the marshal were just playing, and his wishful thinking could only come to nothing after all."

"Of course I won't let him do what he wants." Jiang Zhao took her hand and sighed softly: "I just think that the Zhao family is really short-sighted. They only care about getting rid of my backer and regaining control of the court without thinking However, if Dameng really loses his uncle, the generalissimo of the town, what will happen?"

Taizong was good at fighting. He personally conquered and defeated the two enemy countries of Nanman and Beiliang, which were near the border of the country, and greatly expanded the territory of Dameng.

After the first emperor ascended the throne, Dameng had basically reached a relatively peaceful stage of development, and the first emperor was able to be a hedonistic emperor who indulged in vocal music.

After the late emperor's virtues became known to neighboring countries, Taizong's prestige gradually faded, Nanman and Xiliang rioted again, catching Dameng by surprise, if it wasn't for Lu Cangyu's efforts to turn the tide, the late emperor's resume would almost have been stained with ruins.

That is to say, since then, Lu Cangyu has guarded the border for more than ten years, and has never experienced a single defeat. Even the late emperor has a three-point awe of him.

Now the three armies under his command are all trained by him. The character "Lu" is written on the handsome flag from beginning to end. After Lu Cangyu, his son Lu Ke will inherit his father's career. At least another 30 years, handsome Banners will not change their surnames.

Jiang Zhao didn't know whether Zhao Heng didn't take this into consideration, or didn't care at all. The famous family never worried about the worries of the common people, let alone the suffering of the soldiers.

All he wants is to control the court, to dominate the power, and even surpass the imperial power.

Lu Cangyu stood in front of him to block his grasping hand, and he wanted to get rid of Lu Cangyu before his arm was completely cut off.

What a famous family, what a veteran of the three dynasties.