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() Chu Huan originally thought that Yuan Chongshang was just informing himself of the situation in Shaoziling. Something big happened, I wonder if you got wind of it?"

Chu Huan wondered, "What is it?"

"I also just received the news yesterday." Yuan Chongshang's voice was very soft, he hesitated for a moment, and then lowered his voice: "I heard that Feng Yuanpo, the governor of Hexi Road, Jing Zhonghou, recently presented a beauty to the Holy Majesty. Master Chu didn’t hear about it?”

Chu Huan frowned and shook his head.

He doesn't have his own intelligence system, and he is actually in Anyi, so he knows little about the affairs of the capital. After all, Yuan Chongshang is a governor, so he is naturally much more informed.

In particular, Chu Huan knew very well that the high-ranking officials of the Great Qin Dynasty, especially the officials of the frontiers, would naturally have eyes and ears in the capital. , Only by seeing the wind direction of the capital clearly can we ensure that there will be no problems with our official position. . .

Just like the emperor's Shenyiwei, he must also have a general understanding of the general wind direction of the Daqin.

"The strange thing is not that Feng Yuanpo offered the beauty to the Holy Majesty, but that after Feng Yuanpo presented the beauty, the Holy Majesty did not convict him, but instead kept the beauty in the palace." Yuan Chongshang showed a puzzled look on his face, "This It’s really puzzling!”

Chu Huan wondered: "Why did Governor Yuan say that? It seems that the courtiers presenting a beauty to the Holy Majesty...isn't a big deal. Why did the Majesty punish him?"

On the contrary, Yuan Chongshang was startled, looked at Chu Huan, and said with a wry smile: "Master Chu, don't you know that the Holy Majesty has issued a decree many years ago, that subjects are not allowed to present beauties to the palace?"

Chu Huan showed surprise and shook his head.

Yuan Chongshang was stunned for a moment, but then he was relieved and said with a smile: "Your Majesty Chu entered the court not long ago, and maybe he didn't pay much attention to court affairs in the past. In fact, as early as ten years ago, the Holy Majesty issued a decree that all officials, civil and military, are not allowed to go to the palace. After the decree was promulgated, some officials thought it was just a matter of appearance, so a magistrate secretly went to the palace to present beauties. The emperor Longyan was furious and beheaded him for the crime of disobeying the imperial decree... ...!"

Chu Huan asked in surprise, "Why?"

Yuan Chongshang sighed: "After my Great Qin established the country, I also set the rule of drafting every three years, but later Xu Congyang, a senior scholar, said that drafting every three years was a waste of people and money, and I went to war. My Great Qin has nothing to do, and it is time to recuperate. It is not appropriate to disturb the people and hurt wealth, and the Holy Spirit approved the advice of Master Xu, changing the three years to five years, but after the two drafts, it did cause all kinds of wars in Daqin, and many officials took the opportunity to enrich their own pockets and exploit the people. After learning about this situation, Longyan was furious and punished a large number of officials, and even issued a decree to abolish the talent show, and expressly prohibited officials from showing beauty."

Only then did Chu Huan understand, and suddenly realized: "So that's the case." Thinking to himself, what the emperor did back then was indeed a wise emperor who worked hard to govern, but unfortunately, the older he was, the more things he did. confused.

"Because of this, after many years, Feng Yuanpo suddenly presented beauty, and had to be punished by the Holy Majesty, but that beauty was left in the palace instead...!" Yuan Chongshang frowned slightly, looking quite confused: "This It's really weird...!" He couldn't help sighing: "Once this example is opened, I'm afraid that someone will follow behind, and then...!" It seems that it is better not to say some things, not to say more Word.

In fact, Chu Huan didn't care much about Feng Yuanpo's offering of beauties, but was rather concerned about the affairs of the Northwest, and asked, "What about the Northwest affairs that the Governor-General said?"

Yuan Chongshang immediately sat upright, and said solemnly: "Not long ago, a mutiny just happened in the northwest...!"

"Mutiny?" Chu Huan was taken aback.

"That's right." Yuan Chongshang nodded and said, "The news should be good. I heard that the leader of the disturbance was a partial general named Xu Shao. This person instigated a mutiny and almost caused a big incident."

"Xu Shao?" Chu Huan only felt that the name was very familiar. After thinking about it for a while, he immediately remembered that this person was a side general beside General Yu Buqu, who belonged to Yu Buqu's direct line of generals.

He was suddenly a little surprised.

Yu Buqu is loyal and patriotic, and most of his direct subordinates are well-known and good men. As for Xu Shao, Chu Huan has seen him many times. This man is also a tough guy, very loyal to Yu Buqu, but never Never thought that Xu Shao would instigate a mutiny.

Yuan Chongshang said: "It is a partial general named Xu Shao. The news came from the northwest that several soldiers under this man disregarded military discipline and robbed the people's property, and were punished by the military law. Because of this, Xu Shao immediately led his troops to surround him. At the execution ground, they were forced to release people. Zhu Lingyue sent someone to ask Xu Shao to question him. Instead of going there, Xu Shao led people to make a big disturbance in the execution ground. This incident involved many soldiers of the Northwest Army. It is not clear what the situation is now, but Zhu Lingyue It seems that the gang of rebels have been suppressed...!"

"Xu Shao's subordinates robbed the people's property?" Chu Huan narrowed his eyes, "Is this really true?"

"The news from the northwest is like this. I don't know what the situation is." Yuan Chongshang sighed: "But now the northwest is in chaos. The body of the old general Yu Buqu has been transported back to the capital. Unyielding is gone, and now the northwest can only be supported by Zhu Lingyue. Zhu Lingyue is a scholar, and the chaos in the northwest, but I don't know if he can control the chaos in the northwest. The battle in the southeast is in full swing, and in the northwest, don't let anything go wrong !"

Chu Huan nodded, thought of something, and asked, "Yes, Governor Yuan, there is one thing I need to ask you for advice!"

"Don't dare to ask for advice!" Yuan Chongshang immediately said: "Master Chu has something to say, just say it."

Chu Huan hesitated for a moment, and finally asked, "Does the governor know about Lin Qingyuan?"

"Lin Qingyuan?" Yuan Chongshang was startled, looked left and right, his expression immediately became serious, and lowered his voice, "Why did Master Chu mention him?"

Chu Huan said: "I'm not going to hide it from the Governor. In the Enclave Hall, the Governor must have seen the strange sword skills performed by the assassin. That set of sword skills is not like the Central Plains sword skills!"

Yuan Chongshang nodded and said, "That's right, I don't think it looks like our Central Plains' saber technique. The changes are weird. At that time, I was really sweating for Master Chu... Could it be that Master Chu mentioned Lin Qingyuan related to that assassin?" ?”

Chu Huan said in a low voice: "According to what I know, Lin Qingyuan's saber technique... seems to be very strange!"

"Oh?" Yuan Chongshang frowned, remained silent for a while, and finally said: "Master Chu said this, I really remembered it. Yes, I have seen Lin Qingyuan's saber technique before, and his saber technique is indeed a bit weird... ...!" After a pause, he asked, "Master Chu has seen Lin Qingyuan?"

Chu Huan shook his head and said, "That's not true, but I'm quite fond of sword techniques, and I've heard people talk about this Lin Qingyuan...!"

"Oh, that's how it is!" Yuan Chongshang said, "Does Lord Chu suspect that the assassin has something to do with Lin Qingyuan?" He frowned, thoughtfully, and then murmured to himself: "Could it be that Lin Qingyuan's remnants are also involved?" Have you entered the Heavenly Gate?"

Yuan Chongshang was His Majesty's personal bodyguard back then, and Chu Huan naturally understood that this bodyguard's status may not be very high, but he definitely knew many unknown things.

Chu Huan said: "I'm quite skeptical too, but... I'm not sure, so I asked the governor about Lin Yuanqing's situation."

Yuan Chongshang sighed, and said, "Lord Chu, it's you and me talking here. Speaking of which, Lin Qingyuan is indeed a general of the generation, but it's a pity...!"

Chu Huan said: "I don't know much about him. As far as I know, he used to be the General Tianbao of the Western Tang Kingdom?"

"Exactly!" Yuan Chongshang nodded and said: "He is a great general of Tianbao, but he is worthy of his name. Back then, Feng Hanxiao led an army to besiege the West Tang country, which was several times stronger than the West Tang army. The soldiers and food were sufficient, but the West Tang army desperately resisted. , I haven’t been able to capture the capital of the Western Tang Dynasty for several months...!” After a pause, he said: “Lin Yuanqing not only has the talent to command the army, but also has a good vision. In fact, his purpose of leading the Western Tang Army to defend the city to the death is not I really thought that Xitang could be kept, but I just wanted to strive for more favorable negotiation terms."

Chu Huan said "Oh", and Yuan Chongshang said in a low voice: "Feng Hanxiao is a person who cherishes talents. Of course, he knows Lin Yuanqing's reputation. Back then, among the five Northwest vassal states, Lin Qingyuan was known as the number one brave general in Northwest China. With such a character, Feng Hanxiao naturally wanted to take him under his command, so there was room for attacking Xitang, and Lin Qingyuan was not a fool. He understood the situation of the world at that time very well. The Holy Majesty led my Daqin cavalry to sweep through Guanzhong, and Feng Hanxiao had already Conquering seven or eight of the ten lands in the northwest, the national power of the Western Tang Dynasty is not enough to fight against our Great Qin, Lin Qingyuan naturally knows this well."

Chu Huan asked, "So, Lin Qingyuan was planning to negotiate peace with Daqin from the very beginning?"

"This is their only way." Yuan Chongshang said with a sneer, "Unless the Western Tang Dynasty wants no human beings and animals left, the Holy Majesty conquers the world and kills decisively. Soft hands, the Holy Majesty issued a military order to Feng Hanxiao back then, if the Western Tang Dynasty begs for surrender, there is room for negotiation, if it is stubbornly resisting, once the capital of the Western Tang Dynasty is captured, every time our Great Qin dies or wounds a soldier, we will have to use a hundred soldiers from the Western Tang Kingdom Lives are exchanged!"

The corners of Chu Huan's eyes twitched, the emperor's murderous nature was indeed not light, the establishment of the Great Qin Empire, under the foundation of the country, there was countless blood and fire.

"Western Tang defended the capital for several months. Feng Hanxiao sent people to negotiate. Xi Tang originally waited for this opportunity and sent people to negotiate with Da Qin in secret. In fact, the capital of Western Tang was in danger at that time. If we really want to fight, it won't last long." Yuan Chongshang Thoughtfully said: "Although the Western Tang negotiations put forward a lot of conditions, there is actually only one final condition, which is to preserve the integrity of the royal family of the Western Tang Dynasty, especially the king of the Western Tang Dynasty. Lin Qingyuan wants our Great Qin to guarantee that the Western Tang Dynasty If Tang surrenders to Great Qin, Great Qin will not harm any of the people of Western Tang, and must ensure that the Lord of Western Tang is unharmed!"