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Qiao Mingtang changed his expression slightly and said, "88 people? Could it be that... from the capital to Hexi, on this road, only these 200 people are needed to carry them over?"

Xue Huai'an said softly: "That's not the case. Although the 200 people are all strong and strong Kong Wu, but from the capital of Luo'an to Wuping Mansion in Hexi, it is nearly a thousand miles away. Even with [-] cows, they will die of exhaustion. "

"Exactly." Qiao Mingtang nodded slightly.

Xue Huai'an said: "So this time, the accompanying attendants, as well as the skilled craftsmen transferred from the Ministry of Industry, can turn to Tongtan Avenue, and they can put wheels on the dragon chariot in the shortest possible time. forward, you can pull the dragon chariot."

"So that's how it is." Qiao Mingtang suddenly realized.

Not far behind Qiao Mingtang, more than a dozen senior officials of Xishan Road were already looking at the dragon chariot in the distance, all of them showed surprise, and some people were whispering, with various expressions.

Xue Huai'an led Qiao Mingtang and his party to a tent, but there was another wooden fence in front of it, guarded by soldiers, Xue Huai'an had already said: "Governor Qiao, wait here first, after the Holy Majesty leaves the customs, if you summon me, I will meet you." Pass!"

Qiao Mingtang bowed his hands and said yes, and led more than a dozen officials to kneel on the ground, waiting for the emperor to summon him.

After an unknown amount of time, he heard a soft cry from behind, Qiao Mingtang turned his head, only to see an official lying on the ground, and someone beside him had already supported him.

"What's going on?" Qiao Mingtang frowned.

Kneeling not far behind him, Wei Tianqing, the commander of the imperial guards, has already softly said: "My lord, Mr. Wei is exhausted and passed out!"

The head of Wei is called Wei Zheng, and he is the chief of the Rites Department of Xishan. He is over half a century old, with white beard and hair, and a thin body. At this time, his eyes are closed and his teeth are clenched.

Qiao Mingtang was a little surprised, and hurriedly ordered: "Give him water!"

Wei Tianqing took off the water bag from his waist, and with the help of other officials, poured some water into Wei Zheng's mouth. After a while, Wei Zheng coughed and finally opened his eyes.

Seeing several officials surrounded by him, Wei Zheng felt a little strange, Wei Tianqing already explained softly: "Master Wei, you passed out just now."

"Oh?" Wei Zheng got up with support, "I'm rude, I'm sorry, please bear with me!"

Qiao Mingtang frowned and said, "Boss Wei, are you alright?"

Wei Zheng shook his head, Wei Tianqing had already approached, and said in a low voice: "My lord, I went out in the morning and didn't eat at noon, and then I rushed here all the way without stopping. Everyone's water and rice are not exhausted, everyone is hungry, and the Holy Majesty will summon you later , will there be no problem?"

Qiao Mingtang frowned and said: "It's too late to say anything now, the dry food I brought is outside the camp, and I can't bring it in...!" With a light sigh, he said: "Everyone stand up, Xue Butang said, the Holy Majesty I am sitting on the road, and the time to leave the customs is coming soon, and I will make plans after the Holy Majesty summons me."

Everyone bowed their hands and said yes.

After an unknown amount of time, even Qiao Mingtang felt a little weak, and finally saw an eunuch coming out of it. Qiao Mingtang and the other officials managed to pull themselves together. According to the decree, Qiao Mingtang, governor of Xishan Road, and government officials from various ministries in Xishan were summoned for an audience."

Qiao Mingtang and all the officials kowtowed and said yes, the eunuch was leading the way, and all the officials followed Qiao Mingtang, heading for the dragon chariot neatly.

At this time, as the dragon chariot approached, the officials were even more surprised. Looking at the dragon chariot from a distance, it was already extremely huge. After approaching now, the dragon chariot became even larger. No wonder it took 88 people to lift it up. Even if you go around the dragon chariot in a circle, it will not take a short time. The entire dragon chariot is completely a courtyard surrounded by white marble railings. The dragon chariot is surrounded by carved beams and painted buildings, which are gorgeous and luxurious. Under the sky, it is even more dazzling and resplendent.

At this time, Qiao Mingtang had already seen a military general in armor looking towards the side near the dragon chariot. The general was carrying a longbow and wearing silver armor, looking heroic.

The general's eyes were like cold stars, and he swept across the officials, but Qiao Mingtang had already turned around and gave the general a deep salute.

Others don't know it, but if they don't even know this general, Qiao Mingtang has been in the officialdom for so many years in vain. He recognized the general at a glance, and that general is none other than Xuanyuan Shao, the commander of the Royal Guards.

The absolute jewel of the empire's number one martial arts family!

Xuanyuan Shao also cupped his hands, returned the salute to Qiao Mingtang, and then stood upright and relaxed.

Under the guidance of the eunuch, a group of officials boarded the dragon chariot. At this time, they discovered that the floor of the dragon chariot was covered with marble. Under the light of the night pearl, it was smooth and had an amazing texture.

Just as Xue Huai'an said, on this dragon chariot, there is indeed a very spacious hall, which is resplendently decorated, and can easily accommodate four to fifty people.

His Majesty was wearing Taoist robes and sitting on a golden seat. When Qiao Mingtang and others entered, there were already more than a dozen officials standing on both sides of the hall. Except for Xue Huai'an, Qiao Mingtang found out that the disciples under the door said that Zhou Ting, Lin Yuanfang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Ma Hong, Minister of the Ministry of Households, Zheng Jie, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and many other high-ranking officials of the court were in the hall.

Qiao Mingtang was a little surprised, the emperor was on a northern tour, but there were quite a few officials accompanying him this time, and what was more important was that most of the high-ranking officials from Zhongshu and the six yamen followed him.

Now that the empire is at a critical moment, it is impossible to extinguish the flames of war in the southeast in a short period of time, and it is intensifying. Hebei Qingtian King is also advancing step by step. But it is also raging in all walks of life. In addition to banditry, the resulting famine is also threatening the foundation of the empire.

Although the northwest has a good weather this year, the weather in the pass is not so good this year, and there have been various droughts and floods in various places. It can be said that the empire is now full of holes, and it needs the important officials of the empire to manage day and night to solve the empire An important problem to face.

But at such a time, the important ministers of the empire did not stick to the capital, but accompanied them on a tour of the north. Qiao Mingtang really didn't know what the capital of Luo'an, which was the center of the empire, was like now.

These thoughts just flashed through his mind, and he didn't have much time to think about it. He quickly stepped forward, knelt down on the ground, and said respectfully: "Qiao Mingtang, governor of Xishan Road, long live my emperor! Long live!"

All the officials behind him also fell to their knees and shouted long live.

His Majesty the Emperor had white hair and long beard, and was wearing a Taoist robe. He looked a little tired, and his complexion was not very good. He had a faint smile on his face, like an ordinary and kind old man.

"Qiao Aiqing, I didn't issue an order to summon you, why did you come here?" Although the emperor looked bad, he seemed to be in a good mood, and said with a smile, "I will punish you for delaying my official duties!"

Qiao Mingtang immediately said: "The Holy Majesty is on a north tour, passing by the Western Mountains, I miss the Holy Majesty, and all my colleagues also want to see the sky, and even want to listen to the Holy Majesty's instructions, so I have the courage to come to see you. The affairs of the Western Mountain Road have been settled. Arrange, don't dare to neglect in the slightest!"

The emperor laughed out loud, raised his hand and said, "Everyone is flat!" When all the officials stood up, they laughed and said, "I know that many of you have never seen me, and have always wanted to see what I look like." ...!" Sitting upright, leaning forward slightly, "I do business for me, but I haven't even seen my face in my whole life, I must feel panicked in my heart...!"

As soon as he said this, the originally very solemn atmosphere suddenly relaxed a lot. Many courtiers showed smiles on their faces. Lin Yuanfang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, took the lead in saying: "Under the whole world, is it the land of the king? Wang Chen, the billions of people in the world are all the people of the sage, who would not want to see the sky? But the sage is the real dragon emperor, the great Luo Jinxian from the sky who descends to save the people, ordinary people, how can they all see the sky? Yan? If you are able to see the beauty of heaven by the side of the Holy One from now on, it is the blessings of generations of ancestors, if the blessings are not enough, you will never be able to see the beauty of heaven."

His words were blatant, but the court officials were used to it and didn't care, but a few Xishan Road officials were a little surprised, thinking that an important imperial minister, in front of everyone, was so hypocritical and blatant, it really made people feel goosebumps Pimples, but looking at the emperor's appearance, it seems that he is very happy with these words.

Wei Zheng, head of the Department of Rituals of Xishan Dao, frowned.

The emperor smiled lightly and said: "I am on a northern tour today, and what I saw along the way made me very happy... Some people have bad intentions and say that our Great Qin Empire is full of bandits, but it seems that the world is already in chaos, and even many People spread false rumors, cholera... What you hear is not what you hear, what you see is what you see, when I go out of Beijing this time, all I see is peace and prosperity, Qiao Aiqing, let me ask you, is it true that there are bandits everywhere in this world?"

"Revelation to the Holy Majesty, rumors stop at the wise." Qiao Mingtang respectfully said, "It is said that there is a demon way of the Heavenly Gate to confuse the people and create chaos in the southeast, but the whole empire is still united as one, the Holy One is wise, conquering the world, the Demonic Way of the Heavenly Gate, It’s also within reach.”

The emperor asked with a smile, "Is that true?"

"General Lei is a world-renowned general. I, the Great Qin Iron Cavalry, conquered from south to north, and was invincible. How can Xiao Xiao Yao Dao compare with it?" Qiao Mingtang bowed his body and lowered his head: "Although the Tianmen Demon Dao is rampant, it is only a corner The land, our Great Qin's ten thousand li territory, with the whole country as an enemy, the Heavenly Gate Demon Dao, there is really nothing to fear!"

The emperor immediately laughed loudly, and said: "Qiao Aiqing is right, my soldiers in the Great Qin Dynasty are all tempered into steel, invincible. I have General Lei to calm down the southeast, and the good news will come soon."

All the ministers said in unison: "Your Majesty is wise!"

At this moment, a voice was heard that was extremely piercing: "Qi Zou the emperor, I have a book to play!" Everyone followed the sound, but saw that the speaker was an official of Xishan Road, with white beard and hair , with a thin figure, Qiao Mingtang looked back and frowned, "Boss Wei, what are you going to do?"

The person who spoke suddenly was none other than Wei Zheng, the head of the Rites Department of Xishan Dao.

Wei Zheng ignored Qiao Mingtang, stepped forward from the crowd, knelt down on the ground, "I have a book to play!"

The emperor took a few glances at Wei Zheng, and Qiao Mingtang said, "Your Majesty, this is Wei Zheng, the head of the Rites Department of Xishan Dao!"

"Oh?" The emperor stroked his white beard lightly and said with a smile, "Wei Zheng, what do you want to play?"

"I want to impeach a few people!" Wei Zheng said loudly: "These traitorous ministers who are corrupting the country and harming the people, deceiving the emperor and ignoring their superiors are big treacherous ministers!" As soon as these words came out, all the officials in the hall changed their colors slightly, and the atmosphere was originally good , this Wei Zheng suddenly came out to impeach the minister, and the atmosphere suddenly became a bit dignified. Lin Yuanfang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, had already reprimanded: "Bold, Wei Zheng, the Holy One is the eternal Mingjun, who can deceive the king?"

The emperor raised his hand and signaled Lin Yuanfang not to speak too much. He leaned forward slightly, fixed his eyes on Wei Zheng who was prostrate on the ground, and asked, "Who do you want to impeach?"

"The first person I want to impeach is the governor of Xishan Road, Qiao Mingtang!" Wei Zheng raised his head and made eye contact with the emperor, "Qiao Mingtang deceived the emperor, flattered the emperor, put the empire at risk, and abandoned the people of Xishan. , is really a treacherous and evil person!"

Everyone turned pale with shock, Qiao Mingtang opened his mouth, feeling unbelievable for a moment, he really didn't expect this old guy, who usually looks ordinary, to speak amazingly at this moment.