I am the empress, you still tell me to run away?

However, these are not their concerns.

All in all, with these fairy grains, the famine in Xiangzhou can be completely solved!

"Start harvesting!"

The corn and sweet potatoes dedicated to His Majesty are ready, Da Si Nong Zhongli raised the sweet potatoes in his hand and announced loudly.

Everyone immediately cheered and entered the field one after another to start the harvest in full swing.

No matter who it is, seeing the harvested food in their hands, they are all extremely happy.

……

"Sima Zhao is really a rebellious minister and traitor. He said he wanted to kill Lin Xuan, but he used the bed crossbow of the Qianbu Army to assassinate His Majesty. This is to make us buried together!"

In a gorgeous room, several old men from aristocratic families gathered to discuss countermeasures.

"Yeah, this old thing, it will bring an oiran with you when you run, and you will really enjoy it." An old man smiled, "I saw it a few months ago. The skin is white and delicate, and it looks like a goblin. The old man thinks We need to have a secret meeting, who would have known that this little girl said that she was ordered by Sima Zhao to have no contact with other people."

"Song Lao is as funny as ever." A thin old man said, "But I have to say that Sima Zhao is a ruthless person. A foundation as big as Tiandu gave up as soon as he said he wanted to give up, and Cheng Butang got a chance."

"Yeah, getting married..."

When it came to getting married, the old men present laughed and skipped it.

Regarding the grievances between the Cheng family and the Sima family, they didn't want to talk about it, after all, it wasn't the focus of this meeting.

"Let's not talk about Sima Zhao. This old man probably arranged for the descendants of the Sima family to spread out. Even if all the clans in Tiandu are wiped out, the Sima family will not be completely wiped out."

An old man with an extraordinary air characterizes Sima Zhao's matter: "What we are going to do now is to push all related matters to Sima Zhao. It was not Sima Zhao who did it, and Sima Zhao should also do it."

"Besides, what Sima Zhao said is right. The existence of Lin Xuan has already threatened us, and we must get rid of it."

Get rid of Lin Xuan?

The old men from the aristocratic families present suddenly fell silent.

Those who sent people to assassinate, either failed and were wiped out by the family, or left the family and ran away like Sima Zhao, which can be said to be very outrageous.

Therefore, if you want to kill Lin Xuan now, how should you kill him?

Still sent someone to assassinate?

This Lin Xuan is poisonous, whoever assassinates will be unlucky.

"Ahem..." Seeing that the meeting had quieted down, the old man coughed twice, "The old man proposed to kill Lin Xuan, not in a way like Sima Zhao, but in a conspiracy!"

Conspiracy?

Everyone here is at the helm of aristocratic families, and it was only at this time that they came back to their senses.

In the past, they thought that Lin Xuan was a remnant of the nobles of the previous dynasty, and he was an ant in front of them, who could be easily crushed to death by arranging some killers.

However, now that Lin Xuan is the Marquis of Le Xian, the Grand Priest of the Guozijian, and the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple, it would be too embarrassing to use this method again.

Strategies are the foundation of those who are at the helm of these aristocratic families.

"Duke Qin, I wish to hear your opinion!"

An old man cupped his hands and asked.

They are good at using strategies, but they also need suitable strategies.

After all, behind the Empress is the Empress Dowager Li Ningyan, who really used the strategy to the supernatural old thing, it can be said that as long as the Empress Dowager is alive, they will not dare to show up too much.

"Let me ask you, what are you doing now?"

The old man who was honored as Qin Gong took a sip of tea and asked.

"The famine in Xiangzhou, the pacification of the war in South Vietnam, how to arrange the 15 Xiangzhou army, the harvest of fairy food in the royal manor, and the frontier grasslands, and the Chengjiang country is about to move!"

There was an old man who spread out the whole Daqian's current affairs one by one.

"Duke Qin's conspiracy, did it come from these?"

"This……"

The old men were in shock, as if they had thought of something, but they hadn't thought of anything.

Qin Gong smiled: "I have worked hard to build the country with military force. Since the founding of the country, I have no military achievements and cannot be named a marquis. Let me ask you, does this Lin Xuan have any military achievements?"

All the old men present laughed.

"Now that the south has been pacified, Duke Qin means that Lin Xuan is going to face the savage Chengjiang Kingdom and the grassland Huan tribe who are purely savages?"

"Hahaha, Mr. Qin is really a clever plan! After all, this Lin Xuan is a remnant of the nobles of the previous dynasty. He is still a civil servant, and has never been a general."

"Tsk tsk, let such a noble young man go to such a battlefield, I'm afraid he will die soon."

"This conspiracy is too wonderful!"

An old man clapped his hands and praised: "However, Duke Qin, there are still some flaws in this strategy. The camps stationed in the northern border are all men who are good at fighting, and they have been sticking to the northern border for a long time. It's such a pity. What's more troublesome is that if they are dead, Lin Xuan will still be a headache!"

Qin Gong laughed: "Everyone, of course the camps in the northern border cannot be given to Lin Xuan. After all, if the country collapses, it will be us who will lose more."

This point refers to the strategy that Empress Dowager Li Ningyan customized to raise food and grass on the eve of each battle.

If there is not enough food and grass, Empress Dowager Li Ningyan can always get food and grass from them.

The most ruthless time was the formation of the Xiangzhou Army, which directly slaughtered the aristocratic families to raise food and grass.

In addition, if the frontiers were not guarded, no matter whether it was the Chengjiang Kingdom or the Grassland Huan tribe who came in, the hometown of any aristocratic family would be wiped out.

These savages are very vicious when they start their hands.

In order to kill Lin Xuan but have to pay for his own family, no one wants to.

In addition, if you really want to do this, if the local aristocratic family finds out, it is inevitable that the two sides will turn against each other and die forever.

The simplest example is that Sima Zhao ran away with the oiran, and Cheng Butang jumped out directly, wishing that the entire Sima family would be wiped out.

Therefore, it would be great if there is a friendly dialogue among the powerful families.

There is nothing that cannot be resolved without a friendly distribution of interests.

"Hey, have you forgotten the 15 Xiangzhou Army? Your Majesty is worried about what to do with these Xiangzhou Army. After all, there are many aristocratic families who want to let the 15 beggars be eaten alive!"

When it came to the 15 Xiangzhou Army, several old men in the field looked worried.

Because some of their relatives' hometowns were breached by the 15 Xiangzhou Army, except for children, the elderly and women, almost all of them were killed.

The family's century-old accumulation was wiped out overnight, which was terrible.

Therefore, they are the ones who want the 15 Xiangzhou Army to disappear.

"Duke Qin means to hand over the 15 Xiangzhou Army to Lin Xuan, and let him take the 15 Xiangzhou Army to the north?"

"Wonderful, Mr. Qin! The 15-elephant state army is ultimately composed of a group of refugees and refugees. It's luck that they didn't die in the famine. If they go to the battlefield, they may be wiped out by thousands of grassland bandits."

"In addition, although there is fairy food now, there is still a question of how much this fairy food is. In the future, the food and grass that can be supplied to the 15 Xiangzhou Army is extremely limited. If the refugees are not full, they will mutiny. The one who will die will definitely be Lin Xuan."

"color!"

The few people present became more and more happy as they talked, and seemed to have seen Lin Xuan's tragic ending in the future.

The only regret is that I couldn't see one side with my own eyes.

"Everyone, now that you understand, why don't you give some advice at the court meeting tomorrow?"

"Okay, Mr. Qin, please rest assured!"

……

Hall of Supreme Harmony, court meeting!

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

All the officials held wat boards and bowed to salute.

Empress Ji Handan returned the gift.

After the ceremony, all the officials returned to their futons and knelt down.

"Your Majesty has a decree. If you have something to announce, you will leave the court if you have nothing to do!"

The old eunuch An Yiyan stood up and shouted, as an established procedure, announcing the start of the court meeting.

Because sometimes the court meeting is opened, whether it is the emperor or the ministers, it really doesn't matter.

At this time, they would directly disperse and go back to their respective ministries to work.

"Chen, I have something to play!"

Cheng Butang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, stood up from his seat, walked to the center of the hall, and said with a wat board in his hand.

Empress Ji Handan looked at Cheng Butang, guessing that the investigation about Sima Zhao had come to fruition, but the real situation was based on the information obtained by her mother, Li Ningyan.

The bodies of Sima Zhao, Miss Xueling and the two guards have been found.

However, I don't know what method Lin Xuan used to turn the four corpses into a pool of pus in a very short period of time. If there were not some bones left, no one would know that this meant there were corpses.

Even if someone took out these bones to identify Lin Xuan at this moment, there would be no way to find Lin Xuan because of insufficient evidence.

In addition, there are still some doubts. No one knows how Lin Xuan moved the bodies of Sima Zhao and others from Qiuxiang Tower, or how far away they were.

This is a sewer that will wash away everything at any time once it rains.

In fact, not long after Lin Xuan disposed of the corpse, there was a thunderstorm in Beiluo, the capital of Tiandu, and all the remaining bones were washed away.

Therefore, Li Ningyan, the queen mother, judged that Lin Xuan was still a person who knew the sky.

Otherwise, there would never be so many coincidences.

Now, let's see what Wright investigates.

"Your Majesty, I was ordered to search Sima Zhao's mansion and found a four-claw python robe, many tributes from Chengjiang Kingdom, and many tributes from Nanyue Kingdom..."

Evidence was presented one by one, and finally compiled into a 15-meter-long list of contraband.

This is still listed on the white paper. If it is to be replaced with bamboo slips, I am afraid it will take a few boxes.

Cheng Butang reported one after another, and the ministers in the Hall of Supreme Harmony frowned once after hearing one.

Just the exposure of the python robe and the imperial seal of the former dynasty is a big deal. If it is said that Sima Zhao does not want to rebel, no one in the world will believe it.

It is worth mentioning that Cheng Butang, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, only read part of it. If he really read it all, he would be torturing all the ministers present.

The contraband list was placed on the plate brought by the eunuch An Yiyan, and presented to the empress Ji Handan.

Empress Ji Han glanced at it, and then asked the eunuch to pass it to the officials.

"Your Majesty, the evidence of Sima Zhao's rebellion is conclusive. Such a wolf's ambition is in vain, and the crime is heinous and unforgivable. I implore Your Majesty to support the Sima Zhao family!"

Qin Shao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, took the lead to stand up, filled with righteous indignation.

"Sima Zhao's family, who once despicable the head of the three lords, the Taiwei, would have thought that they would have a heart of treason, and even wanted to assassinate His Majesty. The crime is heinous and must be punished with death!"

"That's right, Your Majesty, Sima Zhao's execution of the Nine Clans is light, and he should be punished for the Ten Clans!"

"..."

Empress Ji Handan sat on the dragon chair and watched the performance of the officials calmly.

Once upon a time, these people only looked forward to Sima Zhao, and after Sima Zhao disappeared, they beat the dogs in the water one by one.

I really don't know if it's luck or misfortune that Sima Zhao died, but if I can stand here and see this scene, it will be very exciting.

However, thanks to Lin Xuan.

He chose the right time to make a precise layout, killed Sima Zhao, and created the illusion that Sima Zhao had attempted to assassinate and fled in fear of crime. Even Cheng Butang, the minister of the Ministry of punishment, was deceived?

No, Cheng Butang has never had any omissions in handling cases, but it just so happens that he will omit this time?

Or maybe this Cheng Butang noticed something in advance, and deliberately pushed the boat to take revenge on Sima Zhao?

This is not impossible.

However, there are some abnormalities in today's court.

Many ministers who often go to court as dumb ministers do not know when they began to participate in politics enthusiastically.

Is it because Ma Zhao is gone, so they have no reason to suppress?

Or do they have some special plan?

This is very interesting!