System, help me be an empress

Chapter 104 Heading to Shu

For the end of the early court, the only one who can be happy is Chongjiu Taishang Huang. All the officials in the court are uncertain and have their own plans.

But the only thing that is certain is that the tricks they originally planned to use on Xu Youxi will not work against Emperor Chongjiu.

"Master Meng, please stay for a while. I'm afraid we have to discuss countermeasures for the Hangzhou incident."

Bao Shoufu hurriedly called out to stop Meng Zhiqian.

Meng Zhiqian looked back at Bao Changnian, and tacitly replied: "Next door to the meeting hall?"

Bao Shoufu nodded, and then walked away.

……

A moment later, the meeting hall.

When Meng Zhiqian rushed over, he found that Bao Changnian, who had always been strategizing, had an extremely grim expression.After a closer look, it turned out that it was Du Zhiyi who came uninvited.

"Lord Bao." Meng Zhiqian strode into the palace door, "Master Du, why don't you have time to come and listen?"

"The two adults don't need to act with Du, and Du is no outsider." Du Zhiyi said frankly.

"..."

Only if you don't treat yourself as an outsider!

Bao Changnian has been unable to complain.

Du Zhiyi's face was expressionless, and he said carefully, "I think you two must have seen what happened just now. As long as you are not a fool, you must be able to understand it. His Majesty the Supreme Emperor's visit to the morning court must have been written by His Majesty."

Meng Zhiqian retorted: "Meng is just guessing a little, not so sure."

Du Zhiyi glanced at Meng Zhiqian in surprise, it was the first time he had seen someone admit that he was a fool.

"It's for sure. According to the character of the Supreme Emperor, if I talk to him like that, I don't know what I will be relegated to a small, uninhabited place." Du Zhiyi said slowly, "The Supreme Emperor does not move me, it must be His Majesty left something in advance."

Obviously, Bao Changnian and Meng Zhiqian agreed with him on this aspect.

Bao Changnian sneered: "Lord Du did take some risks just now, so you don't have to worry that the Supreme Emperor will demote you in a fit of anger, and then the Household Department will have no leader again."

Du Zhiyi raised his eyebrows: "Do you really believe that the Supreme Emperor has the ability to carry out a coup d'etat? The new emperor is so powerful, even if there are ten more Supreme Emperors, it may not shake His Majesty's position. There is nothing to worry about."

Although everyone knows this well, there are almost no people as tough as Du Zhiyi.

"We still have to discuss the unrest in Hangzhou first." Meng Zhiqian tried to bring the topic back.

"In my opinion, if you don't intervene in this matter, it is the greatest interference." Du Zhiyi said decisively.

Master Bao was silent for a while: "If you don't take any measures, it will easily expose your majesty, and it will also cause a lot of discussion in the court."

"I agree. The reason why His Majesty asked the Supreme Emperor to go to court early is probably to deal with the bandits in Hangzhou personally. But how sure can you be that His Majesty is definitely not in the palace and has gone to Hangzhou?" Meng Zhiqian said. road.

Du Zhiyi suddenly said, "Let me ask again, are the Hangzhou rogues really worthy of His Majesty's attention?"

"I didn't expect such words to come from Mr. Du's mouth. Don't you always put people's livelihood first?" Bao Shoufu replied reflexively.

As soon as these words came out, even Meng Zhiqian's eyes on Bao Changnian became a little strange.Why is Bao Shoufu unable to maintain his sanity once he meets Du Zhiyi?

Du Zhiyi naturally couldn't understand the yin and yang in Bao Shoufu's tone: "Okay, I already know everything I should know, so Du will leave first."

"He..." Come whenever you want, leave whenever you want.

Bao Changnian became angry when he saw Du Zhiyi.

Meng Zhiqian quickly grabbed Bao Changnian's sleeve, lest he keep him on impulse!
"Thinking about it carefully, what Du Zhiyi said is indeed correct. We cannot intervene too much in this matter, otherwise it may affect His Majesty's original plan."

"Your Majesty really went to Hangzhou?" Bao Changnian finally regained some sense of his former reason when he saw Du left. "I don't think it's His Majesty's style."

Meng Zhiqian lowered his voice: "Yes, if I'm not wrong, Du Zhiyi should be the same as I thought. It may not be Hangzhou, but the land of Shu..."

Bao Shoufu's eyes moved slightly, and after a moment of silence: "Go, Lord Meng, let's go to the palace to visit His Majesty."

"it is good."

Meng Zhiqian understood Bao Shoufu's meaning, no matter where His Majesty is, in the eyes of outsiders, His Majesty must stay in the palace to 'recover'!
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The three people in the court guessed right.

Xu Youxi was indeed not in the palace, she was rushing to Hanzhong with Yu Xue Jing and more than 300 soldiers from Shenji Battalion to prepare for reinforcements.

As for Hangzhou?

What is there to do in Hangzhou? The firearms soldiers of the Shenji Camp should arrive today, and according to Xu Youxi's previous guess, most of the 'rogues' occupying the government office in Hangzhou at this time are poor refugees who have resentment towards the government. Well, there are at most dozens of rogues who really planned this matter, and if they add up, they can't become a big weapon.

Hangzhou is definitely not a treasured land, and there is no natural moat to protect it, and it cannot be defended at all.

In addition, the firearms soldiers of the Shenji Battalion are not vegetarians. When they set off together with some of the city guards in Nanjing and other places, at most half a day will be enough to quell the chaos.

Speaking of which, what Xu Youxi really needs to guard against is the King of Shu.It's just that it is still unknown what the King of Shu's trump card is. Did the patriarch Ling Lin Hong discover some secrets in the land of Shu that forced the King of Shu to take action at this time?
Xu Youxi set off with people and food first, and Xu Ling stayed with Meng Zhiqian to pass on the news. At the same time, he was responsible for transporting a number of "partial vans" and "improved copper cannons" from Shanghai.

In the name of suppressing Hangzhou, this group of people will set off for Xu Youxi a few days later, diverting to Hanzhong and Jingzhou.

"Your Majesty, let's eat something first." Yu Xuejing took the dry food and got into the carriage.

Xu Youxi sat in the bumpy carriage, staring closely at the topographic map.

"Your Majesty, it's time to eat."

"Yes, I also think that the king of Shu is out of his mind." Xu Youxi didn't hear what Yu Xue Jing said at all, and answered the wrong question, "What exactly did the king of Shu rely on to rebel? I have thought of more than a dozen possible ways for him to rebel. As a result, every path leads to a dead end.”

Yu Xuejing persuaded him kindly: "Your Majesty, please eat something first."

"Could it be possible that the King of Shu still has a way to put him to death and survive? Is my intelligence quotient inferior to him?"

Xu Youxi talked to himself.

"..."

Broken, is His Majesty crazy?

"Your Majesty, it's time to eat!" Yu Xuejing yelled out.

Xu Youxi was startled, and suddenly raised his head: "What's the matter? What happened? What happened to the King of Shu?"

It wasn't until Xu Youxi's eyes fell on the speechless Yu Xuejing and the dry food on the table that he suddenly realized, "Master Yu, what do you say from Shu, is there any news?"

"According to the investigation, the King of Shu has suddenly taken actions to store grain and land. In principle, local princes are not allowed to have too many private soldiers, but the number of private soldiers secretly raised by the King of Shu far exceeds the number stipulated by the clan mansion. .”

"Master Yu, didn't you say that the King of Shu didn't change?"

Yu Xuejing was silent: "...Maybe it's because the Jin Yiwei in the Shu region always felt that the King of Shu had no son."

Xu Youxi gave up on this question, and asked instead: "How is Lin Hong doing now?"

"There is no problem with the person. Jin Yiwei said that he saw Lin Hong alive and attended the banquet with his own eyes, but I don't know why we have received fakes recently."

"Then what happened to the turmoil in Hangzhou?" Xu Youxi continued to ask.

"It has been calmed down, and now people from the Imperial Guard are acting as rogues, and the basic order of the local area is guaranteed."

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(End of this chapter)