Red House Shoufu

Chapter 226 I Believe in Ninth Brother

"Good news! Good news! On the early morning of September [-]th, King Zhongshun conquered Xingyang, where the rebels were entrenched in water, beheaded more than [-] people, and captured more than [-] people..."

The good news spread to the palace, and the emperor, who was just about to have lunch, didn't even eat, and quickly summoned the three ministers of the cabinet.

Wei Qinghe still puts stability first. After reading the battle report, he put forward his own opinion: "Your Majesty, it doesn't matter if Shui Rong runs away. The most important thing now is to stabilize the people's hearts, and completely wipe out the residual poison left by Shui Rong and the Zheng family in Xingyang. Clean up."

"My minister agrees!"

"The minister thinks what the chief minister said is right, the hearts of the people are the most important thing."

Qi Bohan and Ren Guocheng also had the same opinion, and the emperor shook his head.It's not that he disagrees with the opinions of the three great scholars, it's just that it's water-soluble, like a thorn in the flesh, and it's really hard to explain the hatred in his heart if he doesn't kill this colleague completely.

The emperor pondered for a moment and made a decision: "In this case, let Mr. Zhang Ge stay in Henan to deal with post-war affairs. The cabinet draws up an order to ask the Ministry of Households to purchase food and other disaster relief items and ship them to Henan."

"Your Majesty, should King Zhongshun's army be transferred back to the capital?" Qi Bohan asked with a frown.

The emperor was slightly taken aback, what's the matter?The remnants of Shui Rong and the Zheng family haven't been dealt with cleanly, so how could they rush the troops back?

He said in surprise: "Naturally, we will continue to pursue the traitors. According to the battle report, Shui Rong passed through Shanzhou and is heading towards Tongguan."

Qi Bohan took a step forward, bowed and remonstrated: "Your Majesty, there has never been a royal prince commanding an army in the country. Although His Majesty and Prince Zhongshun are brothers and sisters, there are some things that are better to be prevented. It is better to send a warrior to Henan. Commanding troops and horses..."

Wei Qinghe looked at the emperor's darkening face, and coughed lightly twice.Ren Guocheng next to him also quietly tugged on Laqi Bohan's sleeve, but Qi Bohan was stubborn and no one could stop him.

He tidied up his official uniform and straightened his hat: "Your Majesty, although King Zhongshun is the son of the Supreme Emperor and the younger brother of His Majesty, since ancient times, there have been countless cases of father and son killing each other and brothers turning against each other for the sake of the supreme position. Transfer back to King Zhongshun, Not only for the sake of prevention, but also for..."

"Shut up! Qi Bohan, you can't get close. What are you trying to do? Do you want to drive a wedge between me and my ninth brother?" The emperor directly interrupted Qi Bohan's advice, and slapped the dragon case.

The emperor who was in a rage changed the whole Palace of Qinzheng, Xia Shouzhong hurriedly persuaded: "The emperor calms down, the body of the dragon is important! Old Qi Ge, the emperor has his own considerations about the affairs of the Tian family, so please stop saying a few words! "

"Internal officials are not allowed to interfere in politics, Mr. Xia, don't make mistakes!"

Qi Bohan snorted coldly, still ignoring the emperor's anger, and continued to persuade: "I am not trying to drive a wedge between Your Majesty and Prince Zhongshun, on the contrary, I am trying to preserve the brotherhood between Your Majesty and Prince Zhongshun. King Zhongshun led an army of tens of thousands, After a long time, the people below may not have no intention of following the dragon's merits. The incident of adding a body in the yellow robe in the previous Song Dynasty is not far behind, and His Majesty is just to protect Prince Zhongshun, so he should be on guard against this happening."

The four words "yellow robe plus body" made the emperor even more angry.His throne was stained with the blood of his brothers.It can be said that even he himself once thought of competing with the prince and brother for the position.

Just like what Qi Bohan said, the reason why the imperial court did not have a clan prince to lead the army was to prevent civil strife in the royal family and brothers fighting against each other.But the emperor firmly believed that his ninth brother would not betray him, so he stubbornly wanted to make Lao Jiu the most honorable prince in the world.

Even though he had doubts about the little tail who had followed him since he was a child, the emperor still stubbornly believed that Lao Jiu would always be loyal to him, the emperor's elder brother.

"Qi Bohan divorced the Tian family, dismissed him as a scholar of the Imperial Palace, and relegated him to the magistrate of Xingyang County..."

Surprised, Wei Qinghe and Ren Guocheng quickly bowed down and pleaded for Qi Bohan: "This is a serious matter, Your Majesty, please think twice!"

Even Xia Shouzhong was taken aback by the emperor's decision, and immediately knelt down and said, "Your Highness, think twice, Qi Ge's old temper is always upright, it's just unintentional words, it's not to separate the relationship between the Emperor and the Ninth Master!"

Qi Bohan took off his official hat and fish bag, put it respectfully in front of him, then knelt down and kowtowed: "I am old and frail, and I am no longer able to handle heavy government affairs. I beg for bones!"

"You are persecuting me!"

The emperor looked at Qi Bohan who took off his official hat, his temples were gray and his body was not as tall and straight as before.Thinking of how he has been conscientiously helping him all these years, he feels a little bit unbearable.

Originally, I wanted to say a few soft words, but the words changed as soon as the words came out: "What? Learn from those people who are trying to gain fame? Want to win a reputation of being a straight-faced person? Dreaming!"

The emperor threw the paperweight on the table over with a slap, but he was still rational, so he just smashed it on the ground next to Qi Bohan: "Beg for bones? Where is the big Han general? Qi Bohan criticized the royal family, took him back to the mansion, fined him for one year, Banned for ten days!"

"Since Your Majesty is unwilling to accept advice, what's the point of staying in the court? I still say the same thing, please beg for bones!" Qi Bohan still bowed to the ground, stubbornly asking the emperor to allow him to beg for bones.

"Hurry up and drag me out!"

The veins on the emperor's forehead lit up, and the big Han general directly pushed Qi Bohan out.

Wei Qinghe breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the situation did not get out of hand.He couldn't figure out what happened to Qi Bohan today, why he suddenly brought up this matter.

Ever since King Zhongshun led an army of [-] to the south, there have been some criticisms in the capital itself.After all, there was indeed no precedent for a clan prince to lead an army. The emperor appointed King Zhongshun to lead the army.

But in order to put down the chaos in Henan as soon as possible, this matter was forcibly suppressed.He understood Qi Bohan's remonstrance again, but such a fierce remonstrance was beyond his expectation.

"Your Majesty, Qi Ge didn't mean that..."

Hearing Wei Qinghe's words, the emperor replied leisurely: "I know, what he's worried about is not the present, but after Lao Jiu's precedent, will someone use this as an excuse in the future to cause a tragedy of brotherhood."

Wei Qinghe asked in confusion: "Then why does Your Majesty still insist on doing this?"

"I... Lao Jiu is loyal to me. If I call him back at this time, isn't it saying that I doubt my own brother? How does this make Lao Jiu think of me as an elder brother? It will leave a hole in his heart." The root thorn will instead affect the relationship between brothers."

The emperor sighed, and said to Wei Qinghe: "Qi Bohan is an upright person, I know that today's words are a bit serious, Master Wei will visit on my behalf in a while, don't get mad at him. I'm still waiting for him to come back to help politics."

"The old minister obeys the order..."

After Wei Qinghe and Ren Guocheng resigned, Xia Shouzhong also went to arrange lunch.Sitting alone in the Palace of Qinzheng, the emperor muttered to himself: "Old Jiu, I really don't want to doubt you. As long as you are still willing to listen to me, being an older brother will definitely make you a prosperous life!"

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　　I will update here first today, I will sort out the outline and the setting of the follow-up plot, and continue to update tomorrow.

　　
　
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