Wei Yi is deeply Zhishi, and the original Prime Minister's Mansion can no longer be used. The Son of Heaven gave Chen Chengji and Kong Province two adjacent mansions by the Jingfeng Gate of the Imperial City, and the Prime Minister's Mansion naturally moved to the Chen Mansion and the Confucian Mansion, Chen was the Left Prime Minister's Mansion, and Kong was the Right Minister's Mansion. The political hall was then divided into two, with the left and right as the distinction, the left and the left officials were on the left, and the right and others were naturally on the right, and the left was in charge of officials, rites, and household affairs; The right is in charge of criminal, soldier, and engineering matters, and has clear responsibilities. In case of something, the two prime ministers do not have to go out of the gate, and they can go directly from the side door at the wall, saving time and effort.

The left and right sides respect the left, Chen Chengji is calm, understands in his heart, works carefully, and believes in the Huang Lao's technique of "not fighting for less desire"; Kong Province is thoughtful, clever, and good at figuring out the emperor's heart, the two work together, changing Wei Yishen's mentality of seeking stability and stability at the same time, and the efficiency of work has improved a lot. The position of prime minister is divided into two, and the power of the prime minister is invisibly weakened, Shi Fangzhen only needs to brainstorm and make decisions in the center, which makes him feel that there are many fewer elbows above the court, and he can do things easily.

At the beginning of the new year, the selection of newcomers to study politics, the selection of the original scholars and politicians to serve as local officials, sacrifices to farmers, urging farming and other major events were done in line with the wishes of the Son of Heaven, Shi Fangzhen put his main energy on the war in Huazhou. On the 28th day of the first lunar month, Yang Xiangliang launched a large-scale counteroffensive during the season of the Western Regions Alliance, and Feng Zhong would report the battle situation in Huazhou on time every day.

"Okay, well played." Shi Fangzhen slapped the table heavily, stood up excitedly, and walked back and forth in the imperial study. Liu Weiguo stood on the left side of the chair, his eyes did not squint, and he didn't go to look at the folds on the table, but he knew that this folds were sent by Uncle Yi Yong, and seeing the happy appearance of the Son of Heaven, it should have won a big victory.

On the 28th day of the first month, Yang Xiangliang sent 160,000 troops, and the soldiers broke through the company camp of the Western Regions people in two ways, moving nearly 40,000 enemies, and the remaining Western Regions troops scattered and fled. Yang Aiqing is leading the army to exterminate the remnants, and it is estimated that the entire territory of Huazhou will be recovered by the end of February. Shi Fangzhen stroked his beard and said excitedly. Happiness has to be shared with others, Liu Weiguo is a trustworthy person, Shi Fang really wants to vent his happiness, not to mention that he knows that Liu Weiguo will expand his happiness even more.

Sure enough, Liu Weiguo hurriedly congratulated himself and said: "Long live congratulations, Yang Du Governor Yang Huazhou, after this battle, the Western Regions Alliance will not dare to peep at my Da Zheng again, this is all long live the wisdom of knowing people, appointing the wise, only today's victory." ”

Shi Fangzhen laughed, and accepted this sycophant as ordered, Yang Xiangliang is his cronies, from the prince's personal guard to the protector of the western capital, behind him is his single-handed appointment, there have always been whispers in the court, especially in the past year, Yang Xiangliang has almost stood still, and some people in the army have participated in him to consume money and food, and do not want to forge ahead, thinking that the Son of Heaven should not edict General Zhu back, otherwise the trouble in Huazhou would have been calmed down long ago.

"Yang Xiangliang lives up to my expectations, and I will never fail him." Shi Fangzhen's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "When the territory of Huazhou is calmed, I will reward Yang Xiangliang heavily and reward the meritorious ministers." ”

Yang Xiangliang is already Uncle Yi Yong, and if he wants to be rewarded, he will be the Marquis of Yi Yong, at the beginning of the year, Wei Xiang was named the Marquis, and there will be two more Hou Masters in less than two months. Da Zheng has a very strict control over the title, and the Son of Heaven has rewarded him greatly, I don't know if it will stimulate the officials to have the heart to make meritorious contributions, Liu Weiguo guessed wildly in his heart.

Feng Zhong came in with the black wooden box, Shi Fangzhen remembered something, and said to Feng Zhong: "Jiang Anyi is about to enter Beijing to be an official, and I promised him that as long as he can change Fuluo County from a lower county to an upper county, he will be allowed to reunite with his husband and wife." His wife, Jiang Lu, is no longer suitable to be the deputy commander of the Secret Guard, and I have decided to choose a capable person among the Sixteen Guards to take over her position, what do you think? ”

Feng Zhong could say something, and said with a smile: "Long live knowing people is better than a slave a hundred times, the person you choose must be excellent, but Jiang Jiang's family has made a lot of contributions in the dark guard, so it's a pity to let him go back to teach his husband and children." ”

"There's no urgency in this matter, I'll talk about it later." Shi Fangzhen opened the wooden box, took out the spy inside, and looked at it one by one. Suddenly, he was shocked and said, "How can this be?" What does Long Wei eat? ”

This spy report is that Lu Liangzhen, the assassin of Huazhou, was ambushed and killed by the remnants of the Yuantian Sect in Qingshan Water Village on the way to the camp to comfort the army, and most of the 500 officers and soldiers who accompanied him were killed and wounded, and the money and food they brought with him were looted. The county commanders of Yiding, Hecheng, Jingyuan and other counties were killed in the army together because the army regained the lost territory, and returned to the county with the assassin Shi to resume his duties.

Officials were killed on a large scale, such a thing rarely happens, even if the new dynasty is changed to surrender, it is mainly to surrender, fifty years ago, Yuan Tianjiao was established in several states in the south of the Yangtze River, and most of the officials who were unwilling to surrender were dispersed, and they were not killed, you must know that the officials represent the scholar class, and killing these people means breaking with the scholar class, and the wise do not do it.

The green tendons on Shi Fangzhen's head collapsed so high that he roared angrily: "It's really mad, Yuan Tian's remaining sins are unforgivable." ”

Liu Weiguo persuaded softly beside him: "Long live the anger, the imperial doctor has instructed you not to be impatient in case of trouble, take care of your dragon body." ”

Shi Fangzhen felt a wave of dizziness, last year he had a headache and swelling under a sudden anger, and after the rash was treated, the Tai Doctor thought it was an hyperactive liver yang, and told him to quit irritability and anger. The temples suddenly jumped, Shi Fangzhen felt a headache again, Liu Weiguo hurriedly stepped forward and gently pressed for him, this set of techniques was taught by the imperial doctor, which can relieve the symptoms.

After a pillar of incense, Shi Fangzhen opened his eyes, with a slight flush on his face, and waved his hand and said: "Okay, I feel much better, you go to pass the decree, and take King Ning, Taiwei Zhu, Chen, Kong Erxiang, the six Shangshu, as well as the officials of the Taiwei Mansion and the Ministry of War, as well as the leaders of the Longwei Secret Guard to the Zichen Palace." ”

"Long live, the old slave doesn't ask the imperial doctor to diagnose your pulse first, the dragon body is the best." Liu Weiguo was a little worried.

"It's okay, let's go." As he spoke, Shi Fangzhen was restless again. Liu Weiguo didn't dare to argue, so he went out of the imperial study and summoned the little eunuchs, asked them to pass the decree, and ordered someone to hurry to the hospital to invite the imperial doctor.

After the imperial physician diagnosed Shi Fangzhen's pulse, prescribed medicine, and told the Son of Heaven not to be angry, Shi Fangzhen impatiently waved away the imperial physician and asked, "Liu Weiguo, have King Ning, Taiwei and others arrived?" ”

"Just now, everyone was driving in the Zichen Palace."

Shi Fangzhen didn't say a word, got up and went to Zichen Palace. The Son of Heaven usually reviews the chapters in the imperial study in the afternoon, and he wants to see a certain courtier who is also in the imperial study, and there is not much time to discuss in the Zichen Hall with great fanfare in the afternoon, and everyone in the palace knows that something big has happened.

Zhu Taiwei is old, the Son of Heaven has already spoken, no matter where there is a seat, Zhu Zipu stands behind his father, this is also the order of the Son of Heaven, everyone knows that Zhu Zhipu to take over the post of Taiwei is a foregone conclusion. Taiwei Zhu half-squinted his eyes as if he was asleep, looking like he was not approaching, and the others did not dare to come forward after seeing the ceremony. King Ning came a little later, he had studied art with Taiwei Zhu, and when he stepped forward to salute, he saw that the old man ignored him with a straight face, and he didn't care, Gu Zi and Zhu Zipu laughed.

On the other side, Kong Shengsheng was smiling and chatting with the six Shangshu and other officials, making people feel like a spring breeze, while Chen Chengji was smiling and listening to everyone's gossip without saying a word. This time, King Ning and Taiwei Zhu were summoned, and there were a lot of officials from the Taiwei Mansion and the Ministry of War, so there was no need to ask that it must be related to the war, and it was very likely to be the war in Huazhou, but King Ning didn't know what it meant, it was probably related to Long Wei.

The Son of Heaven sat down, everyone saluted, and Shi Fangzhen angrily handed the spy report to King Ning and said "Read".

Ning Wang felt that it was not good, and finished reciting the recital word by word, and before he could return the recital, Shi Fangzhen had already shouted angrily: "What did Long Wei do to eat, Yizhou Assassin Shi and five county officials were killed at the same time, how did Long Wei protect him?" ”

When he came, he had already learned the news from Han Zhi, and King Ning was also aggrieved in his heart, the Son of Heaven set up a secret guard, showing that his trust in Long Wei had declined, and at this moment he scolded himself in front of everyone, if he was not careful, maybe Long Wei would really have to be removed.

"Brother Huang, my brother just learned the news, and I am deeply ashamed, it is my brother's incompetence, since he took charge of Longwei, he has made many mistakes, and he really has the trust of the emperor's brother, please ask the emperor's brother to remove his position as the governor of the minister's brother." A look of repentance appeared on King Ning's face.

Shi Fang Zhen saw that King Ning bowed his head and admitted his mistake, and half of his anger disappeared, after all, he was his own compatriot brother, a trustworthy person, and sighed: "That's it, I can't blame you all, Huazhou is far away in the sky, and you are beyond the reach of the whip, after you go back, you must control Long Wei more, don't make such a mistake again, otherwise I won't be able to protect you." ”

Taking back the spy report from Liu Weiguo's hand and putting it back on the table, Shi Fangzhen said angrily: "However, the state of Huazhou Longwei Mansion cannot be spared. ”

"Long live, Zhang Shantong, the governor of Huazhou Longwei Prefecture, and seven of his subordinates, fought with thieves to protect Lu Jianshi and others, and they all died in battle." King Ning said with a heavy heart.

"Ah", Shi Fang was really stunned, he thought it was Long Wei's dereliction of duty, but now it is the result of the state commander of Longwei Mansion personally guarding him, and all eight people in his group were killed in battle, what else can he blame Long Wei Mansion.

"I see, it's my fault to blame the Longwei Mansion, and the people who died in this battle should be compensated, and their families should be comforted to comfort the hearts of loyal ministers." Shi Fangzhen twisted his eyebrows and said, "The remnants of the Yuantian Sect are so powerful, they can attack and kill the officials of the imperial court, and the masters in the Longwei Mansion have also been killed, who will tell me, why are these thieves so powerful?" ”

Shi Fangzhen was furious, and his tone was a little flustered.

Zhu Zhipu had fought with this group of Yuantian remnants in Huazhou, and he knew something about this person, so he bowed down and said: "Long live, the minister once gambled and lost with this group of thieves on Yantan in Huazhou, and General He rescued him that time." ”

Zuo Weiwei Zhonglang entered He Pingjin and escorted grain and grass to Bingzhou for disaster relief, but even the people and boats were captured by the water bandits in Qingshanzhai, losing the face of the court. After being rescued, Shi Fangzhen didn't even let him go back to the capital, and was directly thrown to Qianzhou to be Sima.

"This gang of thieves is headed by Liu Ziwei, the secretary of the pseudo-Qi Ministry of Industry, and there are more than 20 of them who are masters in the Yuantian Sect back then, after more than 50 years, the skills of this group of people are no worse than the worship of Long Weizhong, and Liu Zhou's united front death is indeed beyond his strength." Zhu Zipu had dealings with Liu Shantong and had a good impression of this man.

Shi Fangzhen gasped, this group of Yuantian remnants is so powerful, no, this gang of thieves must be eliminated, otherwise they will kill into the capital, wouldn't I have to sleep and eat restlessly.