"Your Majesty!" Seeing that no one said anything, Gu Tingye stood up and said, "Actually, it's best for us to do nothing at the moment!"

"Why do you say this?" Zhao Zongquan asked.

Gu Tingye talked eloquently:

"I used to go to school with King Yan in the Sheng family. I know he is a cautious person, but now with King Yan's behavior, I always feel like something is wrong!"

"Today, King Yan made an appointment but mobilized the army privately. This is simply putting the handle into the hands of Han Zhang and others. How could Han Zhang and Fu Bi, two old foxes, let go of this great opportunity?

"But King Yan is the legitimate son of the British Duke, has obtained the British Duke's true biography, and is a strongman who destroyed Xixia. How could he make such a low-level mistake?"

Zhao Zongquan frowned and asked:

"Uncle Gu, just say it. What do you mean by talking about it for a long time?"

Zhao Zongquan was told by Gu Tingye that he was lost in the lake and did not understand the meaning of Gu Tingye's words.

"I think this may be a trap deliberately set by King Yan for those civil servants, just waiting for them to jump into it!"

Gu Tingye had a confident smile on his face, as if he had seen through everything.

"So that's it!" Zhao Zongquan suddenly realized, "So we don't do anything, just wait and watch the tiger fight."

"Not bad~!"

It's just that Gu Tingye didn't finish what he said, that is, with their current strength, they can't actually do anything!

"It's a good thing I have Gu Qing by my side, otherwise I would have relied on people like them~" Zhao Zongquan praised Gu Tingye, while not forgetting to take a look at Shen Congxin and others. He could only sigh silently, there were too few talents.

British government

Lin Hao closed his eyes and enjoyed the sunshine coming in from the glass window, and said happily:

"next!"

"Today, today, Han Da, gathered at Xianggong's house, including Fu Bi, five ministers, nineteen officials of the third rank, third rank or above, gathered together!"

After finally reading a paragraph, Wei Yun'er, with a peach blossom face, shouted charmingly:

"My lord~!"

"You continue, I will continue, you don't have to worry about me!" Lin Hao tried to comfort him.

"They~discuss~!" Wei Yun'er bit her lower lip and tried to push away Lin Hao's harassment, but she was met with a more fierce counterattack from Lin Hao.

So Wei Yun'er could only say to Yaoyao: "Tomorrow morning, they are going to find you and cause trouble for you. I will beat you...!"

"hit me?"

"Impeach!"

"Oh!"

Wei Yun'er finally finished reading the information, and then collapsed directly into Lin Hao's arms!

"Shuangyue, you come next!"

"Yes~ My eldest master!" After saying that, Concubine Rong helped Wei Yun'er rest aside, and then began to read the next piece of information:

"Prince Pu's Mansion, five generals from Yuzhou in the army, including Gu Tingye and six other nobles from Bianjing, gathered together...!"

The next day, the Great Court Meeting.

The Queen Mother asked Lin Hao again about collecting the salt tax, but Lin Hao pushed [-], acting like a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water, leaving him helpless!

However, just when Lin Hao was about to retreat, a censor suddenly came out.

Then the censor knelt on the ground with a plop, raised the wat board with both hands and said loudly:

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, and the Dowager Concubine, I have my own report."

Hearing this, Han Zhang and others who were originally drowsy suddenly became energetic.

The main dish is finally here~!

The people in Zhao Zongquan's group also showed inexplicable smiles, knowing that a good show was about to begin.

Even Empress Dowager Cao and Concubine Yi, who were sitting behind the curtain, smelled something unusual. Because the civil servants in the Song Dynasty had a high status, they generally did not need to kneel down at all.

As a result, the censor knelt down as soon as he came up. Even a fool knew that the censor was going to cause trouble.

Only Lin Hao was too lazy to look at the censor, and returned to his seat, looking at his nose, nose and heart, looking drowsy.

"What's the matter? Tell me!" Queen Mother Cao said.

"A humble minister wants to join the King of Yan, stay at Guangyuntai at night, oppress the good, accept bribes, take bribes and bend the law...!"

Lin Zongzong, the censor, was involved in 49 crimes against Lin Hao, most of which were trivial matters or unspoken rules of officialdom.

Regardless of whether it is true or false.No matter what kind of shit basin is thrown at Lin Hao's head.

Finally, the censor Da Song said loudly:

"Yesterday, King Yan even secretly mobilized troops to carry out the betrothal gift to the Sheng family. I request the Queen Mother to thoroughly investigate the matter and temporarily remove King Yan from all positions during the thorough investigation."

"My minister agrees!"

"The minister waits for the second opinion!"

After the censor finished speaking, several censors immediately jumped out to second his opinions.

After hearing what the censor said, Queen Mother Cao and Princess Yi, who were sitting behind the curtain, couldn't help but look at each other. The two communicated with their eyes for a moment, and seemed to have reached some kind of consensus.

"King Yan, what do you have to say about the 49 charges against you by the censor, as well as the charge of secretly transferring the army?" Queen Mother Cao asked in a calm tone.

Lin Hao said in the same tone calmly: "No!"

Cao Taihou frowned and asked, "Then you plead guilty?"

"recognize!"

"Hmm~, you, do you admit it?"

Lin Hao's answer immediately confused Queen Mother Cao!

Chapter 357

Facing the increasingly powerful Zhang family, Grand Prime Minister Han entered the palace yesterday and discussed with her for a long time, and they finally reached an agreement.

That is, both sides work together to capture Lin Hao in one fell swoop. At that time, the positions of the three envoys will be returned to the civil service group, and the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the hands of King Yan will be controlled by the Queen Mother's family.

However, Lin Hao's attitude of directly pleading guilty at this time directly confused Empress Dowager Cao. According to the previous script, this should not be the case.

In her expectation, King Yan would definitely not admit these crimes, and then Han Zhang and Fu Bi had already declared war. King Yan had to fight back, right?

After all, everyone knew that those were Luo Zhi's crimes, so she only had to wait for King Yan to fight back against the civil officials, and then the two sides clashed.

After they fight to the point of losing both sides, she can just step out and clean up the mess.

Even in her imagination, it would be best for King Yan to come up with evidence to counterattack the civil officials, and then take the opportunity to capture one or two of the six ministers.

Then he worked together with the civil servants to capture the civil servants who had defected to King Yan's family in one fell swoop.

At that time, she would not only be able to take this opportunity to take back the command of the forbidden armies held by Lin Hao, but she could even naturally place their own people in the vacant positions.

In this way, she would not be an empty queen mother who had no confidants in the court, no military power, and no heirs.

It's a pity that she thought it was quite beautiful, but Lin Hao's attitude of giving in completely and not afraid of boiling water made her a little embarrassed, and she didn't know what King Yan had to rely on.

And this is not in line with her imagination. If Lin Hao's power completely collapses, it will inevitably lead to the current imbalance of the four parties.

But she couldn't care so much at this time. At least she still had Zhao Zongquan of the clan to rely on. After all, the late emperor had always trusted him before his death.

At worst, when they successfully capture King Yan, and when she gets the military power from King Yan, they can strengthen Zhao Zongquan's power.

In this way, the three parties can still maintain a balance and achieve the role of stabilizing the court.

However, Concubine Yi, who was holding the little emperor at this time, frowned and looked at the current situation.

Yesterday Han Zhang went to see Empress Dowager Cao, and Fu Bi came to see her, with the purpose of taking advantage of the opportunity to capture King Yan.

The condition they offered was to let his eldest brother Chen Guojiu return to the position of commander of the Imperial Palace's Forbidden Army Palace.

But before that, she pushed two, five, six, and looked like she didn't understand government affairs, so she passed it to Hu.

Because all along, Zhao Zongquan, the clan that the late emperor valued, was the one that made Concubine Yi feel uneasy and extremely fearful!

And she also hopes most that the court maintains the current balance of power among the four parties. It is best to have a few more parties, and the more power is dispersed, the better.

He believed that in order to bring down King Yan, these civil servants would not only look for her and the Queen Mother, but would definitely make a promise to Zhao Zongquan.

At the same time, she didn't think that the Queen Mother's ability could defeat these civil servants. She hadn't seen the wise and mighty late emperor, how embarrassing was he being forced by them?

If King Yan falls like this, then Zhao Zongquan's power will inevitably grow, and the military power will definitely fall into Zhao Zongquan's hands.

In fact, there are lessons learned from King Yong and King Yan.

In her eyes, Zhao Zongquan, a clan member, controls military power, which is more terrifying than Lin Hao, a foreign minister, controlling military power.

After weighing the pros and cons, Concubine Yi said:

"Prince Yan is loyal to the country and has made great contributions to the Song Dynasty many times. He also saved the late emperor in danger. Moreover, Prince Yan is outspoken and not good at words. I think this matter~!"

"The concubine's words are wrong!"

Empress Dowager Cao interrupted Concubine Yi's words, and then retorted directly:

"Gong is merit and demerit, merit is rewarded and demerit is punished. How can the two be confused? Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, rewards and punishments have always been clear!"

"The Queen Mother, you must consider the overall situation~!" Concubine Yi also wanted to say something else.

"There's no need to say more, Concubine!" Empress Dowager Cao didn't give Concubine Yi a chance to finish her words, and directly waved her hand:

"Come here, suppress King Yan and hand him over to Dali Temple for trial!"

Following Empress Dowager Cao's order, the entire court suddenly fell silent, followed by a burst of noisy discussion.

But at this time, Sheng Hong, who was standing among the courtiers, felt bad all over.

I just accepted the betrothal gift from King Yan yesterday, is my son-in-law going to be in trouble today?

This won't hurt his Sheng family, right?

Wait, their family is already married to the Zhang family, and it seems like they can’t run away no matter what!

Just as he was frowning, he heard the comments from the civil servants beside him:

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