Emperor Phoenix Policy: Feng Qingtian

Chapter 436 Improperly Being the Emperor

Pei Xiu looked at Song Ming suspiciously, "I don't even know, how do you know?"

Song Ming's dark and upright face showed no expression, and his tone didn't fluctuate, but it sounded like a sarcasm, "I'm the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, but you are not."

Pei Xiu was so choked that she couldn't speak, she snorted coldly, and said nothing more.

"The Queen Mother and Zhong Mo have known each other for more than 20 years."

When Song Ming said this, everyone was so shocked that their jaws almost dropped.

"Zhong Mo also liked the Empress Dowager."

This time, the big guy's jaw couldn't close anymore.

Seeing everyone's unbelievable looks, Song Ming lifted his chin proudly. As the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, this is good, and he knows secrets that many people don't know.

"Okay, don't hold back, just say it!"

Pei Xiu urged, and Song Ming put away his happy and complacent expression, resumed his serious expression on his slightly dark face, and said, "12 years ago, the year when the Huns were driven out, Zhong Mo Because of his outstanding military exploits, he became a great general, and everything was fine, but at the end of the year, when he came back to face the tiger talisman, the late emperor held a palace banquet in the palace to welcome him. , the cups and dendrobiums were intertwined, and the wine and chattered happily, even the general was drunk."

"But in the early morning of the next day, Emperor Xian suddenly called me into the palace and asked me to check whether the Queen Mother and Zhong Mo had known each other for a long time. The expression of being cuckolded."

"The first emperor gave me a lot of convenience. At that time, the power of the queen mother was not so great, and the power of the court was still in the hands of the first emperor."

Pei Xiu suddenly interjected, "I remember that 12 years ago, Mr. Song was not the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, right?"

"It's not true, I was Uiro, a member of the third-rank criminal department at that time."

Song Ming said calmly, and Pei Xiu expressed doubts, "You are just a small third-rank official, why did the late emperor ask you to investigate this matter, why didn't you ask the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment to investigate?"

"Because this officer is very good at investigating cases."

Song Ming glanced at Pei Xiu expressionlessly. When he said this, he spoke in a straightforward manner without any ups and downs, but just like that, it sounded more like sarcasm. Pei Xiu was choked again, and shut his mouth embarrassingly. .

Qi Heng also echoed, "I remember, Mr. Song was famous for investigating cases at that time, and he solved many unsolved cases that had been sinking for many years."

Song Ming loves to solve crimes, and is also obsessed with solving cases, and has a tight mouth, doesn't like to talk, and doesn't like to socialize with others. One is because he is good at investigating cases, and the other is because he has a tight mouth and will not reveal court secrets.

"Song Aiqing continued." Feng Jin stared at Pei Xiu coldly, silently threatening him not to interrupt.

"I took over this matter and started to investigate secretly. Sure enough, I found out a lot of things."

Everyone stared at Song Ming's mouth intently, and Song Ming's calm voice wafted through the room.

"The Empress Dowager and Zhong Mo met when the Empress Dowager just married into the Prince's Mansion. At that year, the Empress Dowager was 17 years old, and Zhong Mo had already married a wife and had children. Naturally, the two cannot be together. It was a fruitless relationship at the beginning. The two have always been very restrained, neither the front nor the back have revealed the slightest clue, and no one even knows that they know each other."

"Later, the queen mother helped the first emperor to win the heir apparent. The queen mother also had a miscarriage and gave birth to a boy. Later, the first emperor ascended the throne and the queen mother gave birth to the empress after a few years of hard work. After a few years, the Huns invaded. Then she became pregnant again."

"Your Majesty and all of you know the result of the Xiongnu's invasion. It was only because of the Empress Dowager's efforts to persuade the late emperor that Zhong Mo could drive the Huns out of the Great Zhou and take the position of General. However, the Empress Dowager suffered another miscarriage. , can no longer bear children.”

"However, I don't think the late emperor was suspicious at that time. It was only when Zhong Mo returned to the emperor's capital against the tiger talisman that year that something happened at the palace banquet that the late emperor noticed the relationship between the two."

"However, it was just a secret love affair. The two did not exceed the distance, but the first emperor suspected that he had fallen in love with the empress dowager, and the empress and empress were at odds with each other step by step. As for Zhong Mo, when Zhong Mo was popular among the people, He is very tall and has the Zhong family army in his hands. The first emperor did not dare to touch him. The first emperor also needed the three brothers of the Zhong family to guard the defense line in the northern border. Therefore, on the one hand, the first emperor used his affection to win Zhong Mo over, and on the other hand, he wanted to drive the queen mother out of the empress's seat The position, one is for Concubine Hui, and the other is that he has already disliked the Queen Mother. But judging from the results, the first emperor obviously failed, and the Queen Mother's counterattack was ruthless, vicious, fast and accurate."

Hearing this, Feng Jin only felt that the late Emperor and the Empress Dowager were inseparable, they really deserved to be husband and wife.

"So, before His Majesty put the Queen Mother under house arrest, even if the Queen Mother hadn't poisoned His Majesty's tea and meals twice, I agree with His Majesty to control her, and she must not be allowed to return to court and cause a bloodbath."

Song Ming paused, and continued, "Because of the antecedents of Zhong Mo and the Empress Dowager, and the news Your Majesty has received, I am absolutely certain that Zhong Mo must be the one who rescued the Empress Dowager this time."

"Zhong Mo still has more than 6 Zhong family troops in his hands, and Qi Che has more than [-] troops in his hands, and he is leading the troops back to the court. Before that, I asked the officials of the Ministry of War to recruit troops. It has just begun, and there are not many recruits yet. The number is enough. These recruits need at least one year of training before they can fight on the battlefield. Now that Da Zhou has just finished fighting the Huns, he has finally settled down and needs to recuperate. I don’t want to go to war again. Is there any way to remove the clock Mo’s military power? Can the Zhong family’s army be separated from the Zhong Mo brothers?”

Pei Xiu was silent for a moment, "Li Yi sent me a message that he has been squeezed out by Zhong Mo's people. Zhong Mo didn't let him have a chance to meet Zhong's army, and kept him trapped with his injuries. Moreover, Zhong's army was united, and Zhong Mo didn't nod." , Those soldiers didn't listen to him, he was like a useless person in Zhong's army."

Feng Jin sneered and said, "The Zhong family's army was supposed to be Da Zhou's army, my army's. It should have been named Feng, when will it be Zhong's turn?"

Qi Heng and Song Ming both looked solemn, Zhong Mo and Zhong Jiajun were like a ticking time bomb that exploded at some point, leaving Da Zhou covered in bruises.

"Ajin, now that the Huns have surrendered and the northern border has been included in the territory of the Great Zhou, there is no need for the northern border defense line."

Seeing that everyone was frowning, Wuming interjected indifferently, and Pei Xiu was the first to understand, his eyes sparkled, and he said excitedly, "The general means that since there is no defense line in the northern border, there is no need for troops to guard the line? "

Qi Heng also reacted, "We can use this as an excuse to disperse the Zhong family army to various parts of Dazhou, guard the borders of the southeast and northwest, and separate these people, so they can't make any big noise. Even if they want to rebel, The Great Zhou is so big, and there are people from all over the world, it will take a lot of time to get together!"

He looked at Wuming with bright eyes, "The general is very resourceful!"

"It's very simple."

Qi Heng's face was a little embarrassed. The general meant that they couldn't think of such a simple truth?
Qi Heng smiled and said, "The general is good at conquering and fighting, and his wisdom is unparalleled. The officials really admire him!"

Both of them are first rank. Qi Heng has already claimed to be a lower official, and lowered his posture. Most likely, it is because Wuming is about to become the emperor. Wuming glanced at him deeply, and said meaningfully, "I heard that Ajin proposed Lord Qi strongly objected when he established me as emperor?"

The smile on Qi Heng's face froze, he coughed dryly twice, avoiding Wuming's gaze, "That's all in the past, and now, as an official..."

"Since it's a thing of the past, let it go."

Qi Heng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, hearing what Wuming meant to expose the matter.

Before he could fully breathe out, Wuming said coolly, "The next time Ah Jin brings up this matter again, I hope that Master Qi will support me strongly. I hope this matter will be resolved once and for all, and I don't want Ah Jin to repeat it over and over again." Jin is worried about this matter, Ah Jin has a big belly, and she will not be able to go to the morning court in the future, Master Qi understands what I mean?"

When he said the last sentence, Wuming stared at Qi Heng with meaningful eyes.

Qi Heng's heart trembled, Wuming meant to settle the matter as soon as possible, did he replace the queen to go to court?
He hesitated again and again, and said to Feng Jin, "Your Majesty, can you please go out for a while, the old minister has something to discuss with His Majesty."

"what's up?"

Feng Jin frowned and said, he didn't let Wuming go out, but Wuming gave Qi Heng a cool look, and walked out.

"Why do we have to avoid Wuming? It's mysterious..."

Feng Jin said impatiently, Qi Heng took a step forward, and said earnestly, "Does Your Majesty have to appoint a general as emperor?"

"must!"

"Never change?"

"Never change!"

Qi Heng was silent for a moment, then said again, "Can Your Majesty listen to the old minister?"

"Just say what you have to say, there's no need to swindle around, it's a waste of my time and energy."

Feng Jin became even more impatient, Qi Heng slowly knelt down, kneeling extremely respectfully, "Based on what the general said earlier, the old minister seems to intend to replace His Majesty."

"In the days to come, until I am confinement, Wuming will replace me in court. Therefore, I hope that the emperor will be established as soon as possible!"

"But has your majesty ever thought about it, what if, what if the general's ambition is so ambitious, he takes the opportunity to gather power, cultivate party members, and take away the great Zhou country?"

Qi Heng said worriedly.

Feng Jin glanced at Pei Xiu and Song Ming, "You think so too?"

Song Ming shook his head, and Pei Xiu nodded.

Feng Jin was really surprised that Song Ming would shake his head. She took a deep look at Song Ming, but there was no expression on his face.

Feng Jin withdrew her gaze, and helped Qi Heng stand up with her own hands, "Qi Aiqing is too worried, Wuming won't."

"Why not? Power will make men addicted to it, and they can't extricate themselves. With power in their hands, they want more power."

"Because there is no need to be so troublesome. Wuming knows that as long as he asks for the world, I will give him the country, the world, or the dragon chair. If he wants it, I will give it to him without reservation."

The three were stunned.

Qi Heng frowned into the word Chuan, "Is Your Majesty being too hasty?"

"Is this sloppy? Then I will show Qi Aiqing what real sloppy is! If the matter of the emperor cannot be settled within five days, I will not be the emperor anymore!"

what?
The three of them stared wide-eyed and looked at Feng Jin in shock. This time, even Song Ming disagreed, and frowned, "Your Majesty, what joke are you talking about?"

"My month is already very old, and it is impossible to go to court again in the future. I have not gone to court for more than ten days. Counting the time, including confinement and rest, it will take at least three months to go to court again. , Can you wait three months for the important affairs of the DPRK and China?"

"What's more, I have taken Gutai Pills. Doctor Zhang said that although I seem to be in good spirits now, all the losses will be completely exploded when I give birth. I may be weak from then on, and I may not be able to go to court. The time will be delayed from three months to half a year, one year, three to five years, or even a lifetime. Can major affairs in the court and China wait?"

The shock on the faces of Qi Heng and the others gradually faded with Feng Jin's words, and the three of them fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)