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Chapter 210 The Emperor, moody (Chapter 4K)

Giving this place to Zhao Silang was a decision made by Su Yao after careful consideration.

To put it simply, this newly occupied territory is to be released as a small independent vassal force before it is transferred to the central government.

Su Yao, who never engages in loss-making business, naturally doesn't want to spend a lot of effort to win in vain and let others lose.

But on the surface, you can't say that.

So in the face of everyone's shock and questions, Su Yao said:

"Yang Feng has been separatist in the mountains for more than four or five years. The people here have resisted the imperial court and resisted the officers and soldiers for a long time."

"If it is handed over to the Shangdang garrison, there may be other troubles."

"What's more, although the Black Mountain Army has been defeated, bandits are still entrenched in the mountains. Without Yang Feng, they are leaderless, and a new leader will inevitably emerge."

"Instead of letting these people come back at that time, why not let Zhao Silang lead these local fellows to guard this place, inherit Yang Feng's cause, and collect the defeated bandits so that they do not harm the people and serve as a barrier to the party."

"This way the mountains will be stable and the people around Shangdang can live and work in peace and contentment."

"Don't you think this is a better choice?"

Of course Su Yao is right, this is also the optimal solution of the system.

The biggest benefit of releasing local vassals and ruling local people with local people is to ensure the stability of the territory.

As long as the vassal's loyalty is guaranteed, there is no need to bear additional security and governance costs.

But relatively speaking, the benefits obtained from this are much lower than that of direct rule, and it is more of a nominal rule.

However, for Su Yao, who has not yet obtained the right to govern, it is better to have a younger brother who nominally obeys him than to gain benefits for others in vain.

"The question is, can the imperial court approve this operation of Governor Su?" Yang Feng frowned.

"Such a wanton arrangement of one's own people may arouse the suspicion of the court." Xu Huang also advised.

What the two men said was correct, of course such an operation comes at a cost.

Even on Su Yao's system, this is an act beyond his authority and will burn a lot of his reputation.

However, it is not unbearable.

Therefore, Su Yao did not intend to change his decision.

But at this moment, Wei Ming paused and said:

“It’s not impossible.

But it requires a little bit of work. "

"Oh?"

Su Yao raised his head and looked at the middle-aged scholar.

After unlocking the literati counselor, it seems that there are more choices.

After receiving encouragement from Su Yao, Wei Ming stepped forward and gave his suggestion.
A few days later, the capital Luoyang arrived at the end of June.

From a tall pavilion overlooking the entire palace city, a shrill exclamation came out:

"what?!"

"That boy named Su is coming back?!"

Zhang Rang, the waiter of Zhongchang who was being served by the beauties on the left and right, stood up from the bed and asked with a sullen face:

"You're not here to have fun with someone, are you?"

Although their eunuchs are all eunuchs in the eyes of outsiders, they are divided into many factions internally, and the competition is fierce. They are not united. This little yellow sect has nothing to do with Zhang Rang, so Zhang Rang has this question.

"How dare I do this?"

However, Xiao Huangmen who came to report the news kept denying it.

"How long has it been?"

Zhang Rang’s face was as dark as water:

"In about half a month, you said that boy named Su will be back?"

"The black mountains and white waves are connected to each other and occupy the mountains. How could he be allowed to come out so easily?"

"Could it be that the one named Su had wings and could fly out?!"

How could Xiaohuangmen answer Zhang Rang’s question:

"Anyway, His Majesty has summoned me. I hope Changshi Zhang will not delay!"

The dark-faced Zhang Rang hurriedly dressed under the service of the beauty, hurriedly left the house and got into the carriage:

"Go to the West Garden."

——"No, His Majesty is in the North Palace now." Xiao Huangmen reminded.

"Beigong?!"

Zhang Rang was shocked.

The North Palace is the main palace of Luoyang Imperial City. Since the restoration by Guangwu and the reconstruction by Emperor Ming, it has been the center where emperors of all dynasties lived and handled political affairs.

However, Emperor Ling was very playful and lived in the West Garden for a long time. He built markets, shops and bazaars there, and even bought and sold official titles in the West Garden. It can be said that the emperor did not go to the North Palace except for important events.

Ever since, on the bumpy carriage, Zhang Rang's heart was in a state of turmoil.

He couldn't understand, how could the person named Su be able to open the passage?
That Zhang Yan, with a hundred thousand soldiers, has been harming Zhou County for many years, and no one can do anything about him.

Now that Zhang Yan was calculating but not intentionally, and those Baibo thieves were making trouble together, how could he let that little bastard named Su come out so quickly?

"Could it be that they colluded with each other and paid off those thieves?"

At the gate of the palace, Fan Ling, who had also been summoned, was waiting for Zhang Rang with his head hanging out. He immediately expressed his guess.

Fan Ling, who is good at solving problems through money, immediately thought of this "money ability".

"If that's the case, it makes sense." Zhang Rang nodded slowly.

That's right, the man named Su has always acted recklessly. This time he was blocked and brought so much confiscated money. As long as he used part of it for redemption and paid the money to buy the road, it wouldn't be a big deal for the bandits to let him go. impossible.

Yes, yes, that thief is so powerful, it would be impossible for him to gain access otherwise.

Tsk.

It's hateful that you dare to use His Majesty's things to conspire with the bandits.

If you interfere with him, you must interfere with him fiercely!
Along the way, Zhang Rang, who felt that he had finally figured it out, flushed with a red face. After entering the Chancellor's Desk one after another with the Taiwei Fan Ling, he heard the emperor greet him cheerfully:
"Changshi Zhang is here too, come and take a look."

Zhang Rang followed the emperor's instructions and glanced at the desk, his face suddenly turned pale.

"This is this?"

"This is the head of the Black Mountain bandit Zhang Yan!" Lu Zhi explained.

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Zhang Rang was stunned on the spot, using astonishing willpower to control himself not to utter a exclamation, and remained silent, just staring at the table.
There were more than one heads sealed with wax on the table!
"This is the head of Yang Feng, the commander of the Heishan Canal."

Lu Zhi gave pointers one by one:

"This is the head of Li Le, the commander of Baiboqu."

"This is it. This is it"

Zhang Rang was stunned and stood completely still, as if he had been struck by five thunders.

How could this happen? !
This doesn’t make sense!
What kind of blending, buying road money.

It's all bullshit.

That boy him, that boy him.
How could he kill all these people in one go? !
Impossible, impossible, impossible!
Unwilling to face reality, Zhang Rang stayed there for a long time before asking in a hoarse voice:
"Are you sure it's those thieves?"

Zhang Rang stared at Taiwei Fan Ling with red eyes.

"This cannot be determined for the time being." Fan Ling was so stared at that his heart went crazy, his thoughts were racing, and he said bravely:
“But this is really appalling.

It cannot be completely ruled out that Governor Su lied about the military situation and beheaded fellow villagers to take credit."

"Or something else."

Taiwei Fan Ling's words made Chang Chang's servant Zhang Rang feel better, but Emperor Liu Hong frowned, thinking that this waste was not good enough.

However, Fan Ling didn't see the emperor's expression at all, and continued to talk about several impossible and unrealistic difficulties.

At this time, Na Lu Zhi finally couldn't help but start to fight back.

I saw him raising his neck and looking at the two of them as if they were fools:

"This is the head of a bandit leader and an important leader. How can it be easily faked?"

"Without such a leader, there will be chaos inside. There is no need to send people to investigate. It is clear just by looking at the changes in its power."

"For cheating on this, does he want his head chopped off when he comes back?"

After speaking, Lu Zhi turned around and saluted the emperor:

"In my opinion, Governor Su will be a great success this time. The Black Mountain Army will probably not cause any trouble to His Majesty in the short term."

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

How could such a big thing be a joke?

Hearing Lu Zhi's well-founded words, Liu Hong was delighted and nodded frequently.

The emperor, who was in high spirits, waved his hand:
"Now that Su Yao has accomplished another good deed, it's time for them to discuss their merits.

Don't delay at the Chancellor's desk. Try to come up with a recipe and send it to me in the West Garden tomorrow. "

"I accept the order," Lu Zhi saluted.

"Wait a minute."

Taiwei Fan Ling swallowed his saliva, bravely stopped Lu Zhi and said:
"This matter is too shocking, and there are many things that need to be verified. It seems inappropriate to act hastily just based on Governor Su's words."

One-sided words, yes.

Everything here is sent by Su Yao himself, no matter the head count or the merit document, there is no endorsement from Yuan Shao.

After all, Yuan Shao was blocked outside the mountain and had no idea what was going on inside.

This gave Fan Ling and others the opportunity to block it.

Regardless of whether this matter is true or false, let’s go through a set of procedures first.

If things are stalled and they continue to operate slowly and find faults, they will always find some problems.

However, Lu Zhi said:
"Why are you so shocked? It seems to me that Governor Su is doing a good job."

It turned out that in the merit document that Wei Ming planned to submit, the shocking image of Su Yao taking over everything and defeating powerful enemies with his own efforts was swept away.

He lavishly expressed his merits for the former Baibo Army Qu Commander Yang Feng, Baibo Army General Xu Huang, Black Mountain Army Shixiazhai Qu Commander Zhao Silang and other surrendered generals. Frankly speaking, it was because of their admiration for Wang Hua and their full cooperation that they achieved this great victory.

Moreover, these former bandit leaders also requested to accompany them to Beijing and pay homage to Tianyan to express their submission.

The explanation was humble and sincere, showing the elegant image of the commander-in-chief who was brave and resourceful, and who was not arrogant in taking credit.

Dawei won Lu Zhi's favor.

Of course, the content is secondary. The most important thing is that the strategy implemented by Su Yao this time is very consistent with the strategy of suppression and appeasement recently proposed by Lu Zhi and others.

Su Yao's success was naturally considered by the party members to have demonstrated their foresight.

Therefore, he and Su Yao share the same position in this incident and advance and retreat together.

Back to the present moment, after seeing that the eunuchs were completely at a loss for words and kept silent, Lu Zhi unleashed a decisive blow.

He saluted the emperor respectfully and said:

"I was just busy being happy for Your Majesty, but I forgot that there is another important matter that Your Majesty needs to decide."

"Please tell me," Liu Hong was in a good mood.

Lu Zhi bowed again and handed the watch over and said:

"This is the Zhangzi of Huang Wan, the shepherd of Yuzhou."

Huang Wan, the Yuzhou pastor, was one of the three largest state pastors in the world personally approved by Liu Hong. He was a real frontier official and was also responsible for issues surrounding the capital. He could be said to be the number one among the state pastors.

Liu Hong naturally attached great importance to this person's appearance.

However, he took the memorial, glanced at it, frowned, and handed it to Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo beside him, asking him to read it to everyone.

This move made Zhang Rang feel very uncomfortable.

In recent days, the little yellow sect has obviously received more holy relatives than him, and the emperor's attitude towards him is not as close as in the past.

However, before he could think about it for long, he felt like falling into an ice cave in Jian Shuo's cold and sharp voice:
"Huang Wan reported to His Majesty:
Taiwei Fan Ling and Situ Xuxiang were both people who stole the title and were nostalgic for the title and salary.

They are shameless and have never played a role in saving the country. They are bound to be overturned and defeated.

The minister suggested that they should be dismissed and sent away to clear the roads.

Although your Majesty's military expenditure is urgent, etiquette, justice and integrity are the foundation of the country. If you choose unsuitable people to fly falcons over high cities and cause trouble for the country, it will be like carrying a stone to save a drowning person. Check. "

Five thunder strikes!

This time, it was Captain Fan Ling.

Taiwei Fan Ling, who was still jumping on his feet just now, bracing himself for all kinds of objections, never expected that a knife suddenly stabbed his chest. He was so shocked that he fell to the ground with a cry of injustice.

You know, he spent a lot of money to buy this high-ranking official through Zhang Rang, and he has only been in the position for a month now!

"Your Majesty, you must not listen to those slanderous words!"

Taiwei Fan Ling was crying and wailing, his eyes constantly scanning the emperor and Zhang Rang.

But that Zhang Rang came over today and had a big look, and he was thinking about it.

It is a fact known to everyone that he and the boy named Su are not dealing with each other, and His Majesty feels the same as Ming Jing.

But today, I had no prior knowledge of this matter, and while I was hiding in the valley, I was summoned to the North Palace by His Majesty. It can be said that I made a big mistake in front of everyone.

what does this mean?
It was obvious that His Majesty was beating him.

Therefore, Zhang Rang did not dare to raise his head, let alone speak for Fan Ling.

Ever since, the only thing that could be heard in the quiet Shangshu room was Fan Ling's noisy cries and howls of injustice.

The emperor paused for a while, then stretched out his hand to make a gesture of support, but his tone was quite impatient:
"Lieutenant, please get up quickly."

"How dignified is it for you, the dignified Lord, to cry for heaven and earth and seize the earth?"

"How could I remove the three princes because of my personal likes and dislikes?"

"But your concerns are not unreasonable. Just to be on the safe side, let's wait a few days to see how the situation develops and find out more before awarding the reward."

Liu Hong, whose excitement was almost over, suddenly showed a lot of fatigue. The emperor waved his hand, interrupted everyone's next words, and issued an order to expel the guests:

"Okay, I'm tired, you can retreat later."

"I'm waiting to retire."

"My minister retire."

Although the emperor's tone was not good, but with such assurance, Fan Ling stood up in surprise and thanked him for his resignation.

However, this high-ranking official who was promoted to the central government by spending money obviously underestimated the emperor's moodiness.

Only the next day, Emperor Liu Hong deposed Fan Ling.

In the fifth year of Zhongping, at the end of June, trees were broken due to strong winds, and Taiwei Fan Ling stopped.

In this way, in a state that Su Yao didn't even know about, Luoyang, the capital, suddenly and inexplicably lost an opponent.

(End of this chapter)