marquis of jingan

Chapter 982
At this time, Zhou Shizhong was extremely angry.

However, anger is anger, but it is time to report to the court, and it must be reported to the court, because the court's Department of Purity cannot be said to be pervasive, but these major changes in the battle situation must not be hidden from the eyes of the Department of Purity.

Therefore, he could only truthfully write down the situation in the memorial and submit it to Yanjing. However, in the memorial, he naturally had to argue for himself, and at the same time assure the emperor how long it would take to regain Xuzhou.

However, before Zhou Shizhong's urgent report was sent to Yandu, the secret report from the Department of Purification had already been sent to Yandu ahead of schedule.

On the second night after Shen Yi occupied Xuzhou City, an urgent secret letter was sent to Yandu, and it was sent all the way to Yandu Palace, where it was placed on Emperor Yongping's desk.

Although His Majesty the Emperor, who has been in power for more than 30 years, has not been to the court for a long time, he has not neglected to read the memorials and the like, and the entire political affairs of the court are still under his control.

That night, Emperor Yongping, who had a worsening cough, looked through the urgent documents as usual.

He reclined on the soft couch, coughed twice, and then read the report about Xuzhou from the Department of Purification.

Emperor Yongping has been in power for many years. As an emperor, he has already developed the ability to hide his emotions and anger, but after seeing this memorial, he still couldn't help but his eyelids twitched.

"Liu Yi...Liu Yi!"

Eunuch Liu Yi hurried out with small steps, knelt on the ground with a plop, and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, you..."

Emperor Yongping's eyes were wide open, and the eyes were bloodshot, looking rather terrifying.

He tried his best to beat the table with his hands, and said in a low voice: "Call Wei Jiang into the palace to see me immediately! Immediately!"

Liu Yi was taken aback.

He served the emperor... or in other words, the time he served as the chief eunuch did not cover the entire career of Emperor Yongping, but at least it lasted for more than ten years. During these ten years, in his impression, his master had always been indifferent, but today, he was furious.

As for the Wei Jiang mentioned by Emperor Yongping, he is the person in charge of the Cleansing Department, the head of the Cleansing Department.

Liu Yi hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Yes, master, this slave will call Wei Sizheng..."

He retreated in a hurry, and hastily sent people out of the palace to find Wei Jiang.

About half an hour later, Wei Jiang appeared in front of His Majesty the Emperor, also knelt on the ground, trembling.

Different from the Dibao Department in the Southern Dynasties, the Department of Purity was in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and it was an institution with a lot of power.

The position of Sizheng, the Division of Cleanliness, is only ranked fifth on the surface, but the real authority of this position can be properly ranked among the top twenty in Yandu.

If the calculation is more detailed, it may not be a problem to squeeze into the top fifteen!
Typical low weight.

But at this time, the guard was kneeling on the ground, trembling.

His Majesty the Emperor looked at him coldly, and shouted, "Is the situation true?"

Wei Si was kneeling on the ground, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, the situation is absolutely true, the people below saw it with their own eyes..."

Emperor Yongping frowned: "What did you see with your own eyes?"

Speaking of this, even Wei Jiang swallowed, then kowtowed again, and said cautiously: "See..."

"I saw the big flag changing on Xuzhou City..."

He looked up at the emperor, then quickly lowered his head, gritted his teeth and said, "The Chen Zi flag and the Shen Zi flag have been hung!"

Hearing this, Emperor Yongping felt his eyes go dark, and he almost slumped on the soft couch. He clenched his fists tightly: "Why don't you come to the palace to report such important news?"

Wei Jiang secretly complained in his heart.

At a time like this, who would like to enter the palace to eat?

However, he still lowered his head and said, "Back to the emperor, when the news arrived, it was already dark, the palace gate was closed, and I didn't have a handbook, so I couldn't enter the palace..."

Speaking of this, he still lowered his head, and said: "Your Majesty, Zhou Shizhong neglected his duties and lost Xuzhou's important city. As soon as you give an order, I will take people there immediately, keep him and dismiss him, and send him to Yanjing!"

Emperor Yongping coughed violently twice, then wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and calmed down slowly.

"Bring him to Yanjing, who will be responsible for the war along Huaihe River?"

Wei Jiang knelt on the ground, bowed his head and remained silent.

The emperor closed his eyes, expressionless: "Wait for his memorial to be delivered, and let the court discuss it."

Having said that, he looked at Wei Jiang and said with a blank expression: "From today onwards, Xuzhou's affairs will be delivered twice a day, understand?"

Wei Jiang kowtowed respectfully: "I...obey!"

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At the same time Yandu received the news, Jiankang City in the south also received the news almost at the same time.

Even a few hours in the morning.

Because Shen Yi has followed the inner guard with him from a very early age.

Although these inner guards are used to protect him.

But what I have to say is that while being protected, some of his own big actions are no secrets to the emperor.

On the afternoon of the second day after Shen Yi occupied Xuzhou, the secret report of the inner guard was delivered to the palace and to the eunuch Gao Minggao's desk.

Because the internal guard's memorial is not considered as a minister's document, and it is not sealed, Gao Ming, the "big secret" next to the emperor, has the right to read it.

However, when the secret report was delivered, he was not in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and eunuch Gao did not see the internal guard's secret report until half an hour later.

He only called and read the content briefly, and his heart couldn't stop beating wildly!

The "inner minister" of the inner court for many years also changed his face. He took this document and walked all the way to the Ganlu Palace, almost trotting all the way to the emperor.

It is summer now, and a lot of ice cubes were placed in the Ganlu Palace to cool off the heat. Even so, the palace is still hot and dry, and there are court ladies fanning the emperor all the time.

At this moment, Emperor Hongde was drinking an iced drink. Seeing Eunuch Gao come in, he waved to Gao Ming and said with a smile: "Let the imperial kitchen make a lot of ice soup to cool off the summer heat. I can't finish it. You came just in time. You divide two bowls and share the rest with the palace people so as not to waste it."

His Majesty the Emperor is in a very good mood.

Because Shen Yi's situation was notified to him at any time, in his opinion at the moment, Shen Yi led the troops deep into the Qi people's realm, and even won a few small victories, which can be said to have both face and face.

At this moment, whether it was in private with the ministers or in court meetings, Emperor Hongde had a lot of confidence.

Eunuch Gao didn't answer, but knelt down in front of the emperor with a plop, holding the ensemble in his hands high.

"Your Majesty, an urgent secret report from the frontline guards!"

The emperor was taken aback when he saw this, put the ice soup in his hand aside, then stood up, looked at Gao Ming who was kneeling on the ground, and laughed dumbfoundedly: "What happened to make you so virtuous?"

The eunuch Gao still lowered his head.

"Your Majesty, you will know it after you have seen it!"

The emperor frowned and hesitated a bit: "What's the point? Could it be that Shen Qi is dead?"

Even though he said this, he still stretched out his hand, took the secret report, and slowly unfolded it.

Soon, this short secret report was read by him.

Emperor Hongde stood in place, or rather froze in place, without moving for a long time.

Eunuch Gao knelt down and kowtowed, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"Even if it's only about today, His Majesty's martial arts prosper has already surpassed all generations, and he has directly caught up with Emperor Taizong!"

The emperor lowered his head, looked at the document in his hand again, then widened his eyes, and read it over and over several times.

"Sure…"

The emperor swallowed, and his voice was a little jerky: "Are you sure there will be no fakes?"

"The secret performance of the internal guard..."

Eunuch Gao lowered his head and said: "They have a hundred thousand guts, and they dare not lie to His Majesty about this kind of matter!"

It wasn't until this time that the emperor's hands began to tremble.

He stood there for a long time, and a burst of ecstasy welled up in his heart.

"Gao Ming, show off, show off!"

Eunuch Gao raised his head and looked at the emperor: "Your Majesty, you are going to..."

"Leave the palace, go to the Shen residence..."

His Majesty the Emperor threw the document aside and laughed loudly.

"Go and see my eldest nephew!"

(End of this chapter)