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The arrival of Situ Tai and Situ Biao brought an end to the already somewhat soured controversy, and the meeting entered the official agenda. www.biquge.info Lu Wenfu, who replaced Ning Yuanwang as the Minister of Administration of the Empire, replaced Ning Yuanwang as the Minister of Administration of the Empire on behalf of the Central Committee of the Empire, and made a brief speech summarizing the recent affairs of the Empire to the four princes attending the meeting.

Even Lu Wenfu inevitably had to face the embarrassment of the empire at this time, although his speech was very brief, the limited scope could only be half-concealed and only pointed at Yanjing, and for the rest of the empire that was in fact already in a state of half-reading, he also deliberately avoided it, as if he wanted to avoid this embarrassing fact.

But it is obvious that the four princes seem to have their own plans, they don't show any interest in Lu Wenfu's speech, there seems to be no superfluous issues in this meeting of kings, even the emperor's [***] decree can't achieve unity, and Yanjing can't be ordered, such an empire can really be called an empire?

The Chancellor of the Exchequer also gave a brief review of the Empire's finances on the verge of drying up, but again received no response. The huge amount of money required by the huge number of noble lords and officials in Yanjing has already put the imperial finances in a predicament, and the needs of hundreds of thousands of troops are even more astronomical, if it were not for the fact that the imperial treasury has been saving for many years, the imperial finances would have been bankrupt several times, but even so, this situation can no longer be maintained. The withholding of the Five Lakes Treasury and Taxation made the empire's finances exist in name only, and the tax revenue of Yanjing alone could not support such a large bureaucracy, and even doubling the tax revenue would be a drop in the bucket. The four princes reacted differently to Tian Yi's complaint, Situ Tai was expressionless and didn't seem to hear any sound; while Situ Yuan looked pensive, as if he was thinking about a countermeasure to the financial problem; Situ Biao only cared about talking and laughing with Li Wufeng, but judging from the happy expressions of the two, it seemed that it had nothing to do with the financial and tax issues.

This series of passages seemed so prosaic that it was not until the appearance of the Minister of War Jilin on the affairs of the emperor and the preliminary results of the investigation of the Jinzhong incident that everyone's attention was slightly attracted to the main topic.

"Given that all the parties involved are dead, the investigation team has not been able to obtain any valuable evidence and clues, but the fact that none of the parties are alive in such a collective death is enough to prove that there are many doubts about this mutiny. First, Xu Wentao did not have close contacts with the remnants of the Taiping Sect as hyped up by the outside media; although he had contacts with some industrial and commercial classes, those industrialists and businessmen were not remnants of the Taiping Sect and had nothing to do with the remnants of the Taiping Sect; second, the vast majority of the middle and high-ranking officers of the Second Division led by Xu Wentao were killed in the so-called mutiny, and this so-called claim of dying in battle had no basis and was quite suspicious; third, the so-called Second Division rebelled and launched an attack on the garrison post of the Fifth Division, and apart from the unilateral report of the Fifth Division, there was no other evidence to prove it, and as for the so-called civilian losses, it could not be confirmed at all that the Second Division had committed them; and fourthYing Jianming, deputy commander of the Fourth Army Corps and commander of the First Division, led his troops to surround the Second Division without any confirmation of the so-called information, and demanded that the other side surrender his weapons, and then invited the Western Xinjiang Army to enter Jinzhong for reinforcements without authorization. In short, this incident is full of bizarre and contradictions, and it is impossible to determine that it was an incident, and it may be more appropriate to say that it was a coup d'état. Of course, this is only the opinion of the investigation team. ”

In the face of almost every spearhead in the investigation report issued by the General Administration of Military Affairs, Wu Feng is calm, this kind of investigation report can be written without any investigation, as long as there are requirements above, everything will be added to the requirements according to the requirements, not to mention that the other party's investigation is basically true, but Wu Feng can't admit it. The important thing is the result, as long as you achieve your goal, it is enough, and no amount of investigation can change the outcome of the fact. However, Wu Feng still didn't expect that the other party would achieve some unexpected results in a few days, although there was no definite evidence, but the other party still obtained some clues that were unfavorable to him, but he couldn't convert the clues into evidence.

As far as I know, their performance in Jinzhong can be described as remarkable, and they have spent all their time drinking and drinking in Fengyue with the coal mine owners, and they have not been to the military departments to conduct on-the-spot investigations, so they can also come up with an investigation report, and I think such an investigation can be put to rest!" Wu Feng was very calm, and he also had a look of contempt and disdain for this investigation team, and did not take the other party's investigation report seriously at all.

Jilin was a little embarrassed, he naturally knew what kind of virtue those people were selected to participate in the investigation, and it was already commendable to be able to come up with such a conclusion, and it was undoubtedly a delusion to expect them to be able to keep their temperance.

"His Royal Highness King Qin, as an investigation team sent by the central government of the empire, you only have the obligation to cooperate, and have no right to interfere and evaluate, that is the power of the central government of the empire, I think your current behavior has far exceeded the status of an imperial vassal! The Kaman and Poole people have long since disappeared, and the Taiping Rebellion Party has also been absorbed by you, what are you waiting for, why haven't you returned these two counties to Yanjing for a long time?" came forward to criticize the Minister of Administration, Lu Wenfu, who had already been unable to stand Li Wufeng's arrogance, and in the face of Wufeng's sharp gaze, he showed an unusual calmness, but every word was left unsparing, directly accusing Wufeng of having bad intentions.

"Lord Lu, you are right, Heshuo and Beiyuan are not territories of Western Xinjiang, and I, Li Wufeng, do have some dogs and rats and meddle in things, but you have to remember that I, Li Wufeng, are from Tanghe, and when the people of Tanghe, who have lived in this land for generations, tremble under the iron hooves of the Kamans, and when they tremble under the blades of the Poole people, where are the troops of the Empire? Is it to collect the people's wealth in the East China Sea or to commit violence in the south of the Yangtze River, or to arrange troops in Zhongzhou? Oh, maybe my words are a little unpleasant, but please Lord Lu, as the Minister of Imperial Administration, one person above ten thousand people, what has the central government of the empire done in a year?" In the face of Lu Wenfu's aggressive attack, Wu Feng was already confident, and unceremoniously gave a head-on blow, every point directly poked at Lu Wenfu's sore spot, making him unable to say his suffering. Wu Feng's words also dragged Situ Tai, who had been sitting in the north without saying a word, but Situ Tai seemed to be very calm, and his face did not change in the slightest in the face of Wu Feng's provocation.

The tension in the field suddenly became intense, and the two sides entered the top bull stage at the beginning, which was not in line with the strategy set by Situ Tai and Lu Wenfu at the beginning, and originally expected to point out Li Wufeng's outrageous behavior to beat Li Wufeng, forcing the other party to enter the game according to the general pattern determined by himself, but he didn't expect this guy to be soft and hard, and he sneered at each other, which immediately made the meeting into a stalemate.

"Everyone, everyone, please calm down, today I can invite your highnesses to Yanjing, it is precisely because there are all kinds of internal and external troubles in the empire now, if we want the empire to regain its former glory, we must give up the past suspicions, work together, and make the empire get out of the predicament as soon as possible, all of which is good for the mutual understanding and support of your highnesses and your lords. "The only one who came forward to play the round was the Minister of Finance Tian Yi, and an important reason why he was dragged here this time was to take advantage of this person's tactfulness and sophistication to fully coordinate the relationship between the kings and the central government of the empire, although this was just wishful thinking.

"Lord Tian is right, but as far as the current situation of the empire is concerned, I think we can talk in such general terms as we are now, I am afraid that we will not be able to solve any problems if we talk about it for another year and a half, I think we might as well choose some topics that everyone is more interested in and related to the future of the empire to discuss, which may be much more efficient. Situ Tai, who had not interjected, finally spoke, he had been observing the actions of Li Wufeng and Situ Biao, but what disappointed him was that Situ Biao still did not say anything, it seems that the promise he made at the beginning did not seem to have much effect on Situ Biao, and now he has to go forward according to the track he has set.

"Your Highness said it very well, I think we really might as well discuss some topics that everyone is interested in directly, Your Highness may as well say it clearly, I, Li Wufeng, listened to it. "Coming, Wu Feng said secretly in his heart, until this time Situ Biao's attitude seemed to be a little uncertain, whether the promise he made to Situ Yuan could succeed or not would depend on the cooperation of the other party, if this guy really fell to Situ Tai, he would be able to see it immediately.

A trace of anger flashed in Situ Tai's eyes, Li Wufeng's step-by-step pressing made him feel extremely unhappy, but now is not the time to attack, as long as he passes this level, no matter how arrogant he Li Wufeng is, he must be made to succumb.

His eyes drifted to Sidon's side, and Sidon immediately felt the pressure brought by his gaze, it was time for him to appear, "The current empire is in crisis, the main reason is the lack of imperial power, and now His Majesty is weak, and he has not been in charge of the court for a long time. Lord Jilin said that his current body is no longer suitable to assume the duties of His Majesty the Emperor, and in view of the fact that His Majesty has no children at present, he himself hopes that his elder brother His Royal Highness Situ Tailai will take over the position of Emperor Emperor. ”

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