The Son of Heaven didn't pay much attention to this mediocre iron pipe, firstly, he had not seen what this thing looked like on the battlefield, and secondly, the news of the fiasco of Xiangyang City made it difficult for him to accept it for a while.

More than 100,000 people are stationed in Xiangyang City, and every month the imperial court has to send countless materials into Xiangyang City to feed them.

How ridiculous!

More than 100,000 people, even if they stand still and kill those thieves, they will kill for four or five days, how can they lose a heroic city in three days?

For Xie Jing's explanation, the Son of Heaven is absolutely unacceptable, even if Xie Jing is his maternal uncle and his mother's only brother.

To be honest, if the person kneeling in front of him was not his own uncle, Xie Jing's head would have fallen to the ground at this time.

Yuan Zhaotianzi's eyes were bloodshot, and he roared at Xie Jing: "You hundreds of thousands of people haven't held on for even five days!" ”

"It won't be long before the battle of Xiangyang City will spread throughout the world, and at that time, the people of the world will know how vulnerable the army of our court is, and how the army in the southwest is invincible!"

Yuan Zhao Tianzi was furious, he stepped forward directly, grabbed Xie Jing's placket, and said angrily: "Even if you have more than 100,000 people, all of you will die in Xiangyang City, and you can't lose Xiangyang within three days!" ”

The Son of Heaven has no reason not to be angry, before Shanyin City, his brother disappeared mysteriously and was taken out of Shanyin, he felt a little uneasy in his heart, and now the hundreds of thousands of imperial troops in Xiangyang City were shattered by the thieves in the southwest, how could he not panic?

He, the emperor, is different from the Taikang Emperor and the Chengde Emperor, he was brought up by Li Xin, and he was a little afraid of Li Xin in his bones.

If the hundreds of thousands of troops in the imperial court can't stop the southwest army for three days, then it is only a matter of time before the southwest army enters the capital.

Xie Jing knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, when guarding Xiangyang, Pei Jin's Ankang army withdrew as soon as possible, leaving only my Hanzhong army to defend the city, plus the southwest thieves got some new firearms, Xiangyang City will be defeated......"

"The minister does not dare to shirk his responsibilities and is willing to bear all the responsibility, but the things that the minister brought back at the risk of death, please Your Majesty must take it to heart."

Xie Jing kowtowed and said, "This thing has a great effect on the battlefield!" ”

In the battle of Xiangyang City, Xie Jing, as the "victim" side, was very afraid of such things as firecrackers, and subconsciously magnified the power of firecrackers, and he was the defeated side, so he would exaggerate the power of some firecrackers with the Son of Heaven in order to lighten his guilt.

"I'm going to make people copy it."

Yuan Zhao Tianzi still had a black face, he looked at his uncle coldly, and said angrily: "At the same time, your sins in Xiangyang City, I will let the ministers of the court discuss the sins together, before the sins come out, you temporarily return to Shanyin to be grounded, and all the children of the Xie clan in Shanyin in the court will return to Shanyin, and no one will be allowed to enter Beijing without my order." ”

Speaking of this, the Son of Heaven thought of Xie Dai who had lost his brother, and he was even more angry in his heart, and he said in a muffled voice: "Then there is Xie Dai, if you don't take care of my emperor's brother effectively, I will send the guards to Shanyin and escort him to Beijing to await trial!" ”

"All the people in the second room of the Xie family in Shanyin are all at home, and they are not allowed to go out for half a step, waiting for the court to interrogate them at any time!"

In fact, for Xie Jing's identity, the court can't discuss anything, after all, he is the uncle of the Son of Heaven, and the ministers don't give face to the Son of Heaven, but also to give the Queen Mother a face, so the discussion is just a formality, Xie Jing's final verdict has been said lightly by the Son of Heaven.

That is to rush back to San'in and ground.

This result means that at least in a short period of time, Xie Jing will no longer have the opportunity to return to the court, and at the same time, the entire Shanyin Xie clan will also be implicated and lose almost all his status in the court.

At the same time, the second room of the Xie family in Shanyin, that is, Xie Dai's lineage, has to come out to bear the responsibility.

The matter has come to this, Xie Jing has nothing to say, after all, it is not the Empress Dowager Xie, and now his ten lives have been lost, this uncle knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said: "Minister, thank Your Majesty for your grace......"

The Son of Heaven waved his hand impatiently.

"You go to the harem, say goodbye to the queen mother, and go back to Shanyin."

Xie Jing got up from the ground and bowed deeply to the Son of Heaven again, his face full of bitterness.

"Your Majesty, the guilt of the guilty minister is unforgivable, but the firearms brought back by the criminal minister, Your Majesty must ......"

"I see."

The Son of Heaven was expressionless.

"I'll have the Weapons Warden copy it and try it myself."

"Go down."

"Sinner...... Retire ......"

Xie Jing left Weiyang Palace with a complicated expression, and when he walked out of the gate of Weiyang Palace, he glanced back at the tall palace, and his expression was a little complicated.

In his early years, he was just an ordinary son and brother in Shaoxing Mansion, at most he had a brother-in-law of the prince, and then suddenly one day, his silent brother-in-law suddenly ascended to the throne, so Shanyin Xie followed the chicken dog to heaven, and he was also able to enter the capital and climb quickly in the court.

More than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye, and this time he may be the last time he sees Weiyang Palace......

After Xie Jing left, the Son of Heaven quickly asked Xiao Zheng to invite an old man with white hair.

The old man is none other than the three dynasties Zaifu Ram Shu.

Ram Shu is Shen Yan's change, was invited by Li Xin to return to the capital, continue to be his prime minister, but he is old, after two or three years of doing it, he is a little powerless, just at this time the Yuan Zhao Dynasty has been relatively stable, Ram Shu simply retired from the position of prime minister, but this time he did not go back to his hometown, but lived in Yongle Fang, Yuan Zhao Tianzi respected him very much, even if he gave him a minister, he would still invite him into the palace to consult on political affairs.

After the old man entered the Weiyang Palace, he bowed to the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven hurriedly stepped forward, hugged the old man, and said with a wry smile: "The old minister doesn't need to be polite, please sit down quickly." ”

As he spoke, the Son of Heaven personally moved a chair and invited Ram Shu to sit down.

After the old man sat down, he glanced up at the emperor, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is so anxious to summon the old man into the palace, I don't know if it's because of ......."

"Old man, something happened in the southwest."

Yuan Zhao Tianzi handed a military report that was urgently sent to Ram Shu, and then said with a wry smile: "My Great Jin has stationed hundreds of thousands of troops in Xiangyang, I thought that even if these people were not helpful, they could block the southwest army for a year and a half, and even longer, but I didn't expect that it was only three days!" ”

"In just three days, the Southwest Army took Xiangyang City by force!"

Speaking of this, Yuan Zhao Tianzi swallowed his saliva, and his voice trembled faintly.

"Most of the Hanzhong army in Xiangyang City was transferred from the forbidden army, and the Hanzhong army is so useless, the forbidden army ......"

Speaking of this, the Son of Heaven looked up at Ram Shu and said with a wry smile: "I really don't have any ideas, and I ask the old minister to think of a way......

"An old and decrepit civil official, he is really a ...... who doesn't know anything about martial arts"

Ram Shu frowned and was silent for a while, and then spoke: "But the old man can give His Majesty a suggestion." ”

After a pause, he said slowly: "A few days ago, Your Majesty mentioned to the old minister that the six princes of Shanyin were missing, and most of them were taken captive by Li Changan in the southwest, and now that the southwest has captured Xiangyang, the heart of the tiger and wolf has been revealed, and the most unfavorable thing for my court at this time is not the soldiers in the southwest, but the brother of His Majesty." ”

The Son of Heaven frowned and said: "Then there is nothing to do, at this time, for a while, the imperial court is powerless......"

The ram stroked his beard in a low voice.

"Your Majesty can take a step southwest and announce to the world, just say that this Sixth Highness unfortunately died a few days ago."

When the Son of Heaven heard this, his eyes lit up suddenly.