At the beginning, the cause of the rebellion was the demonstration of the Mo couple in Changheng, which led to the gathering of the bandits and chaos, and finally the 500 forbidden troops were ambushed and wiped out. At that time, Lin Jue felt that this kind of result should be imagined by the imperial court, but why did the decision-maker make such a stupid move? It seems to have an ulterior purpose. The subsequent development of events gave Lin Jue an answer in his heart. Some people want to force the Qingjiao to make trouble and achieve their personal goals. First, if the youth religion is in turmoil, the blame can be imposed on the new law, and the purpose is naturally to bring down the strict and strict suppression of Confucianism and crack down on the implementation of the new law. Second, it is also a credit to quell the chaos. It seems to be a very planned thing to give this credit to whom.

The person who did this was none other than Lu Zhongtian. Lin Jue originally thought that Lu Zhongtian would not dare to provoke a civil rebellion for personal gain. But he overestimated Lu Zhongtian's bottom line. No matter from which angle is analyzed, Lu Zhongtian, as the prime minister, should not do this, he has to be more or less concerned about his identity and the consequences of this matter. But that's what he did.

For Lin Jue, Lu Zhongtian's originally low position in his mind suddenly slipped to the bottom. This person is a bottomless person, who can do anything that harms others and benefits himself for his own selfish interests, and he doesn't care about even the damage to the society of the Great Zhou Dynasty. With such a person as the prime minister, can Da Zhou still be good?

But fortunately, at that time, Lin Jue thought that there was still Yang Jun, a privy envoy. Yang Jun gave Lin Jue the impression of being old-fashioned and low-key at that time. Although I learned from Yang Xiu that Yang Jun is a strong person who must be revenged. But this did not affect Lin Jue's judgment. The privy envoy is one of the two mainstays of the court, one pillar is rotten, and the other pillar can still hold on, so the Great Zhou Dynasty can still hold it. But today, it seems that Yang Jun's pillar is actually rotten.

In a court, if the two chief officials of the military and government have lost the bottom line of acting, then what hope can the entire court have?

In this way, the current situation of the imperial court is only a temporary calm. Lu Zhongtian and Yang Jun did not give up the impeachment of Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru because of their own crimes. Yang Jun was in a hurry, and as soon as he returned to the capital, he made a move. Lu Zhongtiancheng's mansion is deeper, but I don't know what kind of secret plot he has.

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When Lin Jue returned to the mansion, there were several high-ranking friends present. Yang Xiu, who had already been appointed as the chief officer of the Criminal Department of Kaifeng Mansion, Ma Bin, who was promoted to the deputy capital of the Guards and Military Division, and Shen Tan, the commander of the guards of the Liang Palace, came to the Lin Mansion together. These three people can be regarded as the best people in the capital with Lin Jue, two are brothers-in-law, and one is a close friend.

"Brother Lin, I can see you. You've come back safely. The moment he saw Lin Jue come back, Yang Xiu stumbled to Lin Jue to salute, and tears flashed in his eyes.

Lin Jue smiled and saluted: "Brother Yang has always been good? ”

Yang Xiu nodded and said, "Okay, okay, what's wrong with me?" It's you, but you make me worry to death. Every day in the capital, I hear the news that the bandits are powerful, that the war is tight, and that the officers and soldiers cannot resist these things. I was worried about it all under it. The good news came that day, Brother Yang turned the tide and made meritorious deeds, and I didn't sleep all night happy. I was drunk and happy. Brother Lin is really Brother Lin, and this time he went out with the army, and he made great achievements. It's admirable. ”

Lin Jue laughed, other people's compliments may have another purpose, or they may have ulterior motives, but Yang Xiu's words must have come from the heart. This person is simple and upright, Lin Jue has long regarded him as a friend who can be trusted, and Yang Xiu is definitely worthy of the word friend.

"Hey, Lord Yang, how do you look like a girl. I cried. Do you still want you to blow Brother Lin's skills? Brother Lin, when my brother came to congratulate you on your promotion. When I returned to the capital, I didn't say a word, if it wasn't for the East Gate defenders to report to me, I wouldn't know. You're not a friend enough. Ma Bin stood at the door of the Lin family's hall with a loud voice and said with a smile. Standing next to him was Shen Tan, who was standing with his hands arched.

Yang Xiu wiped the moisture from the corners of her eyes and retorted, "Can't men cry?" Where the love goes, the true feelings are just revealed. ”

Lin Jue smiled and patted him on the shoulder, thinking about Ma Bin and Shen Tan and returning the courtesy: "The two brothers are polite. I've just returned to Beijing, and I'm going to visit my two brothers tomorrow. It's not that I forgot the two brothers. ”

Ma Bin laughed and said: "That's right, people just came back to reunite with their wives and children, and we came to bother, which doesn't seem good." But I couldn't help but come, I didn't expect my front foot to arrive, and the back foot Brother Shen and this Lord Yang also came, you have to blame, but you can't blame me. ”

Lin Jue laughed and said, "How can it be weird? It's too late to rejoice. Come into the hall and sit down, I will order someone to prepare a banquet, and we will rest as soon as we get drunk tonight. ”

While talking, everyone came to the hall and sat down, and the maidservant served tea and snacks. Lin Jue really ordered someone to prepare a banquet, but was stopped by Shen Tan.

"Today's gathering should have been drunk, but I came on the order of the prince and invited Brother Lin to go to the palace for a banquet in the evening. The prince said, to Lin Jue to catch the wind and wash the dust, you must go. Let's postpone this meal. ”

Ma Bin rolled his eyes and said: "It's a disappointment, the palace is just a lot of things, and it's annoying to delay our brothers to drink and get together." ”

Everyone rolled their eyes to look at him, and said in their hearts: People are reunited with Weng and son-in-law, and it is natural and righteous, you are not happy.

Lin Jue said with a smile: "Brother Ma doesn't have to spoil the fun, our brothers have a lot of time to drink." After these few days, let's drink together every day, what do you think? ”

Ma Bin laughed and said, "Okay, good." That's just like the words. ”

The crowd burst into laughter. The laughter stopped, and Yang Jun opened his mouth and asked, "Didn't Brother Lin give the Qin mission to pacify the envoy?" So soon the aftermath of the war has been completed? You won't leave this time back to Beijing, will you? ”

Lin Jue restrained his smile and sighed: "Where is it so easy? There are many things to appease and deal with the aftermath, and after the rebellion, the poison of the Qingjiao is still there, and the people's hearts are unstable. Coupled with the lack of materials and food, chaos may occur at any time. I am returning to Beijing this time to ask for food supplies. The cold winter has arrived, and at least we must ensure that the people have something to eat. Otherwise, there will be chaos. ”

"Oh? Isn't the imperial court supplying relief materials? Do you want to come back in person? Shen Tan asked in surprise.

Lin Jue smiled bitterly: "So you know that my appeasement is not good." I went to the Privy Council to meet with Privy Envoy Yang, who had promised to supply me with food and supplies. But, ......"

"What? Didn't Yang Shumi give you food and supplies? Yang Xiu asked.

"It's hard to put into words. Some things are really unexpected. Lin Jue sighed.

"What's wrong? Since he promised you, did he change his mind again? Ma Bin frowned.

Lin Jue didn't hide it, the seats were all his own people, and there was nothing to avoid. I'll tell you the whole story. Before he finished speaking, Ma Bin scolded: "What kind of bird? promised to allocate food and supplies to give you relief, but he pushed back. This is clearly difficult. Brother Lin, don't listen to his nonsense, after Cao Yun arrived in the capital, our forbidden army is now very well stocked with food and supplies. I heard from the commander that this time, because of the meritorious work of the forbidden army in quelling the rebellion, Yang Shumi asked the imperial court for more food and material distribution. The grain and grass piled up in more than 20 military warehouses in our capital are worth a year and a half for a million troops, and there is no problem at all in allall. He's deliberately deceiving you. ”

Yang Xiu groaned: "In this way, this is Yang Shumi's deliberate broken promise. Could it be that he deliberately made things difficult for Brother Lin? It was he who recommended Brother Lin Ren Qin to appease him, and he was the one who made things difficult for you, what is he doing? Brother Lin can't do his errands well, doesn't he have to bear the name of poor recommendation? ”

Shen Tan twisted his beard and said, "I'm afraid it's not that simple. Brother Lin, what do you think in your heart. ”

Lin Jue sighed and said, "If it's just to make things difficult for me, it's not a big deal." It's all my own brothers here, so I'll be blunt. I think it has something to do with what happened in the capital. It is better to say that it is to make things difficult for me, but it is better to say that it is to encourage me to make trouble. ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? Shen Tan, Yang Xiu, Ma Bin and others all asked in surprise.

At that moment, Lin Jue explained the conclusion he had reached from his thinking to everyone in detail.

"The emperor has issued an edict for his own crimes, and he will take the blame for his crimes. This seems to be extinguishing the fire, but in fact the fire is not extinguished, it is just covered. This time, Lu Zhongtian, Wu Chunlai and the others were bound to bring down Lord Yan and Lord Fang, but unexpectedly, the emperor came up with such a hand, it can be imagined that they must be extremely angry in their hearts. It's just that they can't make any more trouble, and that's an attack on the emperor. So, they need to find a different way. Yang Jun deliberately didn't give me food, but asked me to go to Lord Fang to ask for food, which was to instigate me to charge them. Once Lord Fang refused to give me food, they would take advantage of this to make trouble, saying that he didn't care about the lives of the people on Jingxi Road and the overall situation of stability. Yang Jun still wants me to sue in front of the emperor. It's ridiculous. ”

When everyone heard Lin Jue's analysis, they were immediately stunned.

Yang Xiu frowned and said, "What Brother Lin said is very reasonable. The abruptness of this edict was the time when the DPRK and China impeached Yan Fang and the two adults and attacked the new law with the most ferocious. The sins have been edicted, and all the flags have been stopped. It's been a scary few days of peace. Maybe this is exactly what Brother Lin said, just forcibly covering the fire, but the fire was not extinguished. This time, I heard that Yang Shumi was also with Lu Xiang, which was inevitable. Such a result is obviously unacceptable to both Lu Xiang and Yang Shumi. Brother Lin said that Yang Jun is using you to restart the incident, which is very likely. ”

Ma Bin scolded: "This son of a bastard, why is he so shameless? Lao Tzu had a good impression of him. felt that he was at least a man, not as shameless as Lu Zhongtian and Wu Chunlai. Now it seems that he is also a shameless person. Brother Lin, don't be fooled. Don't be used as a gun. ”