At the beginning, I gave up my military power with a cup of wine, and I ascended the throne

Chapter 286: Qingzhou Hou went to Beijing to be questioned

"My dear, you are right."

"Such a crime of treason is unprecedented."

The emperor nodded and said, "We must let the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple conduct a thorough investigation."

"In addition, Zhu Jian's royal status will be stripped away, he will be expelled from the royal family, and demoted to a commoner."

"But if anyone is involved, no one will be spared."

"Your Majesty is holy."

Many of the confidants in the hall kowtowed and knelt, shouting loudly. Even the emperor, with his thick skin, felt anxious.

He had never expected that the imperial court, Jizhou and Northern Wei would join forces to not only allow Xiao Han to escape death, but also allow him to swallow up the entire Jizhou.

Sitting on the land of four states, he instantly became a behemoth, with 500,000 cavalry under his command. How to clean up this mess in the future was not his concern for the time being.

If you don't control the current situation first, there will be no future.

"You guys go down."

He waved his hand, and the people in the hall left in twos and threes, each with a heavy heart and an ugly look on their face.

"Gao Qian, do you think the title of King of Murder Cases can be given?"

After everyone left, the emperor looked at the old eunuch beside him. In fact, he already had the answer in his heart.

“It has to be sealed.”

Gao Qian shook his head and said, "A big tree attracts the wind. Although Xiao Han swallowed the entire Jizhou like a snake swallowing an elephant and imprisoned Xie Xuanli, he spared the children of the Xie family."

"Especially the son of the Xie family. Given his character, he will definitely not give up. Your Majesty can try to appease Xiao Han first."

Gao Qian said slowly: "We will think of a countermeasure later."

"That's all it can do."

The emperor sighed. Although he sat high on the dragon throne and shouldered the whole world, this position was not so easy to hold.

Without sufficient prestige, he was sitting on pins and needles amid internal and external troubles. The single-precision emperor was not the emperor he used to be.

The current Marquis of Xiliang is not the former Marquis of Zhenbei, Xie Xuanli.

"Report."

"The Marquis of Qingzhou is on his way and will arrive in the capital soon."

Upon hearing this news, the emperor's face became even uglier. Needless to say, the Marquis of Qingzhou must have ulterior motives in coming this time.

After all, this brother of mine was not invited before. After all, it is easy to come to the capital, but it is extremely difficult to leave.

But this time he went against his usual behavior and came to Beijing on his own initiative. It was obvious why.

"Is his confidence Xiao Han?"

The emperor muttered to himself, anger in his eyes.

During the war between Jizhou and Xiliang, the Marquis of Qingzhou once sent troops to stop the cavalry of Jizhou. For him, this was not a secret.

It can be seen that his brother has most likely colluded with Xiliang Hou.

This is what she is most worried about. After all, those above the rank of Qingzhou Wai Ming are qualified to sit on the throne.

As for Princess Ning Xi, who was married to Xiliang by the emperor in order to win over Xiao Han, she started to act in a disloyal way after entering Xiliang.

Everyone was helping Xiao Han to deal with him, openly or secretly. When the emperor thought of this, he became furious.

Unfortunately, even if I am extremely angry, I have nowhere to vent it.

The court meeting a few days later.

The Marquis of Qingzhou launched an attack in court, using the imperial edict in Zhu Jian's hand as an excuse to accuse the emperor of a crime; his tone was extremely arrogant and domineering.

After all, he has the support of 500,000 Xiliang cavalrymen behind him. If the emperor captures him, the Marquis of Qingzhou, at this time.

I'm afraid that Xiao Han will lead the Xiliang cavalry south to purge the emperor's side in an instant.

The court debate lasted for several days, with both sides arguing fiercely, back and forth, and finally forced the emperor to behead several cabinet ministers and many generals of the two Liaos before he would give up. Shuiyun Mountain.

The sky was clear and bright, without even a cloud in sight. The majestic Xilianghou Mansion stood on the top of the mountain.

The shimmering golden light shone into the courtyard, leaving mottled shadows on the ground. By the river, a man wrapped in a white robe sat cross-legged, fishing with a bamboo pole in his hand.

Unfortunately, the white cranes had poor eyesight and kept swimming around Xiao Han, so that he spent the whole afternoon there without seeing any big fish or even the shadow of a fish.

"Go, go, let's play."

He said unhappily, "Stay away. If I can't catch Yu'er, I'll stew you tomorrow."

"They should have been stewed long ago."

Qingyao came over carrying vegetable leaves and rice bran and interrupted, "You bully my duck every day."

After saying that, he picked up a stone on the ground and threw it at the white crane. It tilted its nose slightly and dodged it easily. Instead, it flapped its wings twice towards Qingyao, as if mocking her for not being able to hit it.

Seeing Qingyao's gloomy face, he picked up the bamboo pole on the ground, and these beasts flapped their webbed feet and swam away immediately.

"If you don't get beaten, you won't learn your lesson."

After cursing, this time he carried the bamboo basket and walked towards the old willow tree. A few white ducks poked their necks out from the bamboo circle, looked up and quacked.

"Sir, the court meeting is over."

Miaoyu came over, sat down beside him, and said softly, "The Marquis of Qingzhou is so majestic."

"How many people died?"

He only cared about this issue. As for whether Qingzhou Houwei was powerful or not, Xiao Han didn't care at all.

"The Minister of War was stripped of his title, Zhu Jian was demoted to a commoner, and his property was confiscated. The Prime Minister secretly colluded with the Northern Wei and was executed in the autumn. Twenty-three ministers in the six ministries of the court were implicated, and thirty-six people in the Liao army were executed in the autumn. Almost all the generals from top to bottom were beheaded and their property was confiscated."

"Our Majesty is also very clear about using the knife."

It was hard to tell whether Xiao Han's laughter was praise or criticism.

"He's not stupid."

Seconds later, he said, "This time, in addition to taking down the Prime Minister, he also took the opportunity to purge the entire court again and suppress the power of the aristocratic families."

In the end, this account will be placed on your head."

“It’s a bit of a recovery.”

He said playfully, "After this battle, I'm afraid that the prestige of our Majesty will be greatly reduced. Although the situation has been stabilized temporarily, it has chilled the hearts of the noble families and meritorious officials in the world. Who will dare to work for him in the future?"

It seems that some of the costs have been recovered, but in fact more has been lost.

"Just wait and see. It won't be long before the world falls into chaos."

"It's time for chaos."

Miaoyu nodded.

"Yu'er, have the Secret Service closely monitor the whereabouts and movements of those people from the Xie family."

"I don't believe they can hold back."

"no problem."

Miaoyu raised her eyebrows, "Only you would dare to take such a risk."

Letting the prince and Chen Qingzhao and others leave was not just to fulfill Xiao Han's reputation for loyalty and filial piety.

There is also a deeper intention, which is to let these people disrupt the world, and they will definitely not be willing to do so.

However, they have no foothold in Jizhou, Yongzhou and Youzhou. If they want to make a comeback, they must stir up trouble in other places.

These people are not useless. Their existence, whether they like it or not, is to test the chess pieces in Xiao Han's hand for the time being.

However, with this method of playing chess, if one is not careful, there is a danger of being attacked by the chess pieces. Only because he is absolutely confident in his own strength, he dares to act in this way.

(End of this chapter)