May of the eighteenth year of Chengde.

The Pingnan Army of Shu County of the Great Jin Dynasty quelled the rebellion in southern Xinjiang with a sweep, and the military report of the Pingnan Army was sent to the capital at the fastest speed.

At this time, Xue Zichuan, the superintendent of the Imperial History Observatory, came out of the crowd, knelt in front of His Majesty Dan, and shouted in his mouth: "Your Majesty, Li Shen, Marquis of Pingnan, has the heart of disobedience, I hope Your Majesty will be clear, don't be deceived by this fake military report!" ”

This day is a small court meeting, the hall is full of some important ministers, Chengde Tianzi originally held the military newspaper in his hand, sat on the dragon chair with a smile, frowned when he heard the words, and looked at the supervising imperial history who was kneeling on the ground.

"Two generations of the Li family have been guarding southern Xinjiang for my Great Jin Dynasty, and they have always been conscientious, and Li Shen, the marquis of southern Pingnan, in order to suppress the rebellion in southern Xinjiang, even had to stay in southern Xinjiang all year round, resulting in the separation of husband and wife, father and son, and he returned to the capital this year to live for more than a month, so he had to rush back to southern Xinjiang to quell the rebellion."

The Son of Heaven was displeased and said: "Such a pillar of the country, where does the heart of disobedience come from?" ”

"Your Majesty!"

Xue Zichuan knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Don't be deceived by the appearance of the Li family, Weichen and others were ordered to serve as the military envoys of Southern Xinjiang, and what they saw in Southern Xinjiang is simply appalling!" ”

Xue Zichuan was impassioned.

"Originally, we were the military envoys personally appointed by His Majesty, at least we should know about the military in the army, who knows after arriving in Shu County. Pingnanhou Li Shen couldn't help but put us under house arrest! ”

Xue Dayushi gritted his teeth.

"Originally, this was fine, and there was nothing wrong with suffering some grievances for His Majesty, but when it was time to go out, the people of the Pingnan Army still locked us in a camp tent and did not allow me to wait out, and I could only hear the shouts of killing outside the camp tent!"

Xue Zichuan lowered his head, and his voice was painful: "Your Majesty, we have been in southern Xinjiang for more than two months, and we haven't even seen a battlefield, and the rebellion in southern Xinjiang was inexplicably quelled by the Pingnan army!" ”

Chengde Tianzi frowned slightly: "You are a civil official, Li Shen didn't let you go to the battlefield to protect you, can you still go into battle and kill people with a knife?" ”

"Your Majesty Mingjian!"

Xue Zichuan gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Weichen counted the number of days that the Pingnan Army fought against the bandits in Southern Xinjiang, and the time to rush is not counted, and the time for the Pingnan Army to "fight" with the remnants of Southern Xinjiang is about seven days together!" ”

"It only took seven days for the Pingnan Army to pacify southern Xinjiang!"

The Son of Heaven said indifferently: "This shows that my Pingnan Army is martial and brave, is it also a sin to be brave?" ”

Xue Zichuan's face was sad.

"Your Majesty doesn't know, this time the southern Xinjiang counterinsurgency, Pingnan Hou Li Shen did not participate in the whole process, it was Cheng Ping, the deputy general of the Pingnan Army, who took less than 20,000 Pingnan troops, and swept away the bandits in southern Xinjiang in the middle of ten months!"

The Imperial History Lord kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, the Pingnan Army was originally in Southern Xinjiang, and this General Cheng Ping was originally in Southern Xinjiang, which means that the Pingnan Army has long been able to quell this rebellion, why do you have to wait until the Marquis of Pingnan went to Southern Xinjiang before the Pingnan Army began to put down the rebellion!" ”

At this time, Xue Yushi was in high spirits, and he didn't look trembling in front of Li Shen at all.

Chengde Tianzi still looked indifferent.

"What does this mean?"

Xue Zichuan's face was excited: "Your Majesty, the minister once risked his life to leave the place where Li Shen imprisoned the ministers and others, and secretly went to the battlefield where the Pingnan Army fought against the remnants of Southern Xinjiang!" ”

"On that battlefield, there is clearly no trace of blood, let alone traces left after the war, this Pingnan Army is clearly in collusion with those remnants of Nanshu, deceiving Your Majesty and deceiving the people of the world!"

His voice was indignant: "Li Shen, the Marquis of Pingnan, has a rebellious attitude, and he doesn't take His Majesty in his eyes at all, and he is clearly supporting the army and respecting himself!" Raise your own respect! With a heart of disobedience! ”

Finally, the four words of self-respect appeared in the court of the capital for the first time.

In the court, the Zaifu of the three provinces were all calm, and the rest of the officials with relatively small positions had slightly changed their faces, not knowing what would happen next.

Could it be that the pattern of this court is about to change?

Xue Zichuan knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Minister Xue Zichuan, please Your Majesty, immediately take all the people in the Pingnan Hou Mansion into the prison, and then send angels to southern Xinjiang to escort Pingnan Hou Li Shen back to Beijing to ask for the crime, otherwise after a long time, southern Xinjiang may change again!" ”

The Son of Heaven of Chengde glanced at Xue Zichuan without being salty, and smiled: "With a few words from you, I will send someone to escort my General Zhuguo back to Beijing?" ”

Xue Zichuan's face turned red, and he said loudly: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Pingnan has returned to Beijing, and the ministers can confront him face to face!" ”

The Son of Chengde smiled but did not speak.

The subtext is obvious.

Are you worthy?

Xue Zichuan kowtowed and said: "What the minister has seen and heard, the people who have traveled with him have seen it with their own eyes, please Your Majesty summon Captain Li Xin, and when you ask, you will know that what the minister said is true!" ”

The Son of Heaven in Chengde turned his head indifferently and said to Chen Ju, the great eunuch beside him, "Where is Li Xin now?" ”

Chen Ju bent down and said, "Wait outside the hall." ”

Xue Zichuan is the supervisor of the imperial history and is qualified to enter the Changle Palace with the imperial history platform, but Li Xin is only a seventh-rank captain of Yulin Wei, and even General Yulin Wei Zhonglang can't enter Changle Palace without a will, so he naturally can't.

Chengde Tianzi smiled: "Call him in." ”

Outside the hall, Li Xin, who was dressed in a captain's dress, took a deep breath, walked into Changle Palace, and knelt down in front of His Majesty the Son of Heaven.

"Minister, Yulinwei Li Xin, knock to see Your Majesty."

Chengde Tianzi narrowed his eyes and said softly, "Get up and speak." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The Son of Heaven said indifferently: "You are also one of the envoys sent by me to Southern Xinjiang, and tell me what you have seen and heard in Southern Xinjiang." ”

Li Xin bowed his head, took out a document from his sleeve, and held it in his hand: "The minister wrote down all the things he saw and heard all the way in this prison document last night, please look at it." ”

Chen Ju walked down the imperial steps, took the document, and turned his head to hand it to the Chengde Emperor.

Chengde Tianzi probably looked at it, and the more he looked at it, the stronger the smile on his face.

After a while, the Son of Heaven closed the document in his hand and said with a smile to Li Xin: "As you said in this document, Li Shen is the pillar of the southwest?" ”

Li Xin took a deep breath, bowed his head and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the remnants of Nanshu are rampant, and in a month's effort, they occupied five counties and one government in Hanzhou, Dajin Dynasty, and the Pingnan Army sent troops to quell the rebellion, fought with the thieves for a month, and finally took back the Hanzhou Mansion. ”

Xue Zichuan, who was kneeling on the ground on the side, suddenly raised his head and looked angry at the old Xiang Li Xin.

"Captain Li, you're crazy!"

The Son of Chengde laughed and said: "Li Xin, this Xue Yushi said that the Pingnan Army and the remnants of Nanshu were fake fights, and even traces of the battlefield never appeared. ”

Li Xin bowed his head and said: "Whether the Pingnan Army and the remnants of Nanshu are in collusion, the minister doesn't know, the minister only knows, every time Cheng Ping, the deputy general of the Pingnan Army, comes back from the battlefield, he is covered in blood, and His Majesty forgives the ministers for being stupid, and there is no trace of falsification." ”

The Son of Heaven nodded.

"In other words, the credit of the Pingnan Army is there."

The emperor turned his head to look at Xue Zichuan and smiled: "Xue Yushi, what do you explain?" ”

Xue Zichuan's face was as earth-colored, and he knelt on the ground and hissed: "Your Majesty, this Li Xin must have been bought by Pingnanhou, and he must have been bought by Pingnanhou!" ”