Maweiyi.
Some ministers were quarreling in the lobby of the Small Court Meeting.
The focus of the dispute was where the emperor's palace and the court should be moved.
Prime Minister Fang Guan insisted that the emperor and the court should go to Lingwu, while Prime Minister Wei Jiansu insisted on moving to Lingwu.
Go to Xichuan because of him We really can't stay here any longer in Maweiyi.
There is no food to eat here, and the living conditions are extremely poor.
There are not even a few servants, not to mention them, ministers at the prime minister level, and even the minor officials.
I don’t want to stay here either.
Emperor Xuanzong has been beating drums in his heart.
What news has come from Zhao Ziliang?
And he and his courtiers have been staying in Maweiyi for more than a month.
Although they don't eat chaffy vegetables every day, the living conditions are also Really bad.
When Emperor Xuanzong was upset, Duan Xiushi, who was responsible for the safety of the emperor, walked in quickly with a sword in one hand and a memorial in the other.
With an excited smile on his face, he reported: "Your Majesty, Marshal Zhao has sent a message of good news from ahead. " "Good news!"
Xuanzong was happy when he heard this and said hurriedly: "Hurry, bring it up quickly!"
Gao Lishi walked over and took the memorial and presented it to the emperor.
Xuanzong took the memorial and opened it to look at the details.
The more he looked at it, the smile on his face became brighter.
Finally he closed the memorial and laughed loudly: "Okay, okay, Zhao Qing's family has indeed lived up to my expectations.
Home, Zhao Zi Liang Zai reported in the victory report that the Beiting Army fought a decisive battle with the rebel Sun Xiaozhe's 100,000 troops at Huangyanyuan, fifty miles west of Huayin, in the afternoon of the day before yesterday.
They defeated Sun Xiaozhe's troops in one fell swoop, beheaded 10,000 people, captured 90,000 prisoners, and seized grain, grass, weapons and baggage. countless" Prime Minister Fang Guan immediately prostrated on the ground and shouted: "Your Majesty, this is a great victory, this is an unprecedented victory!
On the occasion of this great victory, we are still discussing whether to go to Lingwu or Xichuan.
The rebels have been defeated.
Marshal Zhao is discouraged and dares not raise any more troops to march westward.
Your Majesty and the court can return to Chang'an with peace of mind."
Some other ministers praised the emperor's merits and echoed Fang Guan's suggestions.
Prime Minister Wei Jiansu's expression changed continuously, and he had to kneel down with the others to congratulate the emperor.
Xuanzong was very happy and immediately ordered to drive back to Chang'an the next day.
He never wanted to stay in Maweiyi sadly again.
On July 26, Emperor Xuanzong and his courtiers returned to Chang'an, and some of the court's institutions began to gradually resume operations.
However, after all, the rebels came in and many of the court's officials, scribes, and clerks had fled.
Therefore, many yamen are still at a standstill, and it will not be a matter of time to resume operations.
Emperor Xuanzong, who returned to Chang'an, finally felt relieved and began to reward Zhao Ziliang and other frontline soldiers.
Even Duan Xiushi, who protected the emperor's safety, was awarded the title of General Youwuwei.
Xuanzong, who returned to Chang'an, also began to have time and energy to care about the safety of his own guards.
When he was in Maweiyi, he had no choice but to rely on the Beiting Army and the Anxi Army.
Now that he has returned to Chang'an, he has more choices.
He is stationed in Ba Wang Chengye, the Yulin general in the upper camp, was transferred back to take charge of palace security, while Duan Xiushi and the Anxi army under his command moved to defend Baqiao, ready to march eastward to reinforce Zhao Ziliang at any time.
On the first day of August, Xuanzong held a small court meeting in the Zichen Hall of the Daming Palace.
After these days of sorting and cleaning, although the palace has not returned to its original state, it is still much better than the way it was before.
Xuanzong saw that the palace inside and outside had been looted by the rebels and was no longer as glorious as before.
He was filled with emotion for a while and asked the ministers under His Majesty Dan: "What do you want to report to your family?"
A censor stood up and bowed his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I have impeached Yin Wei E of Jingzhao Mansion for the crime of disrespect, embezzlement and perversion of the law.
Wei Er was entrusted by your majesty to resume post-war matters in Chang'an, his residence.
It has been more than a month now.
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Inside and outside the palace It is still desolate and miserable, and your majesty and ladies don’t even have one or two useful things.
There are no utensils.
I heard that Wei Er confiscated the houses of ministers who surrendered to the rebels a while ago, and gained a lot of money.
Logically speaking, these properties should be confiscated, but now rats can starve to death in the treasury.
All these properties are gone.
Where is it?
If it wasn't for Wei Er's corruption and perversion of the law, why are all the confiscated properties missing?"
After hearing what the censor said, the ministers began to talk about it.
Wei Er came out and knelt on the ground with a plop and cried: "Your Majesty, I have been wronged.
When Wei Chen arrived at Chang'an City with Marshal Zhao's army, the city was already in ruins, with corpses all over the ground, and rivers of blood flowed inside and outside the palace. , all the royal belongings in the palace were looted by the rebels, and the people were hungry for several days.
The things that are left now were the things that General Chu snatched from the rebels and sent back.
Fu Yin, yes As the saying goes, a clever woman can't make a meal without rice.
Weichen is not a god, so how can he use his magic power to restore the palace inside and outside to its original state?
That's right.
Weichen ransacked the homes of ministers and nobles who surrendered to the rebels, but the stolen property was only Twenty percent went to the Jingzhao Mansion and was used to pay salaries to officials and buy rice grains to give to the people.
The rest went to Marshal Zhao's army to use as military expenses for countering the rebellion.
The ministers did not take a penny.
Your Majesty, please take a closer look."
When the emperor and the ministers heard this, most of the property confiscated from the house had been returned to the army and used as military expenses.
What else could they say?
Zhao Ziliang had to come back.
He had just won a great victory.
Even if he had not won the war, You can't ask for it back, otherwise it will chill the hearts of the soldiers.
Xuanzong waved his hand and said: "Wei Er, please get up.
I will send someone to investigate this matter."
Wei Er said hurriedly: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
At this time, another censor stood up and saluted Xuanzong and said: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, there are more than seventy ministers and nobles who were confiscated this time.
None of these people were wronged, but one person But his home was not raided.
Wei Chen doesn’t know whether this is Master Wei taking someone else’s money and deliberately opening up, or whether he has some connection with this person.”
The waves of criticism came one after another, which made Wei Er a little overwhelmed.
When he heard these words, he suddenly became furious: "Fart Leng Changao, don't slander me.
If you can't produce evidence, I will ask you."
The Holy Lord accuses you of falsely accusing a minister of the imperial court."
The censor named Leng Changao sneered and said to Xuanzong: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, after Bian Lingcheng was beheaded, not only was his home not raided, but many of his businesses grew bigger and bigger.
His wife and concubine, Mengshi, is still at home in fine clothes and fine food, and her rich wife, Mr.
Wei, is the Yin of Jingzhao Prefecture.
If it were not for his protection, Mengshi and the Bian family would be safe and sound.
Chao Bian Lingcheng deserved death.
Over the years, he deceived his superiors and concealed his secrets from his subordinates.
He also extorted bribes from many officials and wealthy businessmen and accumulated a large amount of property.
These were stolen goods and should have been confiscated.
Now all other houses have been confiscated, but only If there is nothing wrong with his family, wouldn't it make the people very dissatisfied?
I request your Majesty to issue an order to investigate this matter strictly, and the guilty must not be allowed to go unpunished."
Xuanzong asked Wei E with a straight face: "Wei E, tell me what's going on.
Why did you raid the homes of other surrendered ministers, except Bian Lingcheng's house?
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Is it because you have a relationship with him, or is it because you have a relationship with him?"
Received people’s money” Wei E had known for a long time that this matter would be exposed in the court by someone with ulterior motives, but he didn't expect it to happen so soon.
This real fight in the court was really too dangerous.
This was Wei E's first time being questioned by the emperor in person.
After experiencing such a thing, beads of sweat kept dripping from my forehead.
It was impossible to hold on to this matter.
I could only keep looking at Chang'an Guard General Zang Xiyan who was standing in the ranks of military generals.
When Zang Xiyan saw that Wei E kept looking at her, he knew that this matter could not be kept secret, so he could only stand up and salute with clasped fists: "Your Majesty, Mr.
Wei E has already sent people to check Bian Lingcheng's home.
It was Wei Chen who sent someone to stop him after hearing the news, so Ling Cheng's house here was not copied."
No one expected that the matter would be transferred to Chang'an Guard General Zang Xiyan.
Now Zang Xiyan is the General of Zuojinwu Guard.
This position used to be an honorary position and did not oversee specific affairs.
However, now Zang Xiyan is in charge of Chang'an Guard and has many subordinates under him.
More than 10,000 people are the most important force to defend Chang'an and the palace.
In the past, none of these ministers had ever looked at Zang Xiyan seriously, but now it is no longer possible.
Zang Xiyan's attitude is extremely important, and no one can ignore him.
Even the emperor is the same.
When Emperor Xuanzong saw that the matter was involving Zang Xiyan, he was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Is there some reason why General Zang did this?"
"This" Zang Xiyan was quite embarrassed for a while, but in the eyes of so many people in the court, he couldn't take this matter on himself, because he couldn't afford it at all, and the emperor and the court had not yet arrived and he was indispensable. the point.
After hesitating for a while, Zang Xiyan clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, I was entrusted by someone to do this.
I can speak out, but I can only report this to Your Majesty alone."
"Who is so proud to be entrusted by others?"
Xuanzong thought for a while and nodded: "Okay, please come forward and tell me."
"According to the order," Zang Xiyan agreed, walked up to Danbi, leaned over and whispered a few words in Xuanzong's ear.
Xuanzong couldn't help but be stunned for a while, and then laughed and said: "I see, that's it.
Well, since Bian Lingcheng is dead, there is no need to harm his widow anymore.
Let the Meng family leave some family property to live on.
This matter That’s it for now, no one can pursue it further.”
The ministers were all stunned, and they all muttered to themselves, is this him?
What's going on?
Bian Lingcheng committed such a serious crime, why didn't his widow be implicated?
Who has such a great reputation that the emperor can give up the investigation?
This matter is not in line with common sense.
At this time, a eunuch quickly walked into the main hall and reported: "Your Majesty, Ma Lin, deputy envoy of Hexi Jiedu, and Wang Nan, deputy envoy of Longyou Jiedu, have arrived in Chang'an with 10,000 troops respectively.
At present, General Ma and General Wang I am waiting for His Majesty’s summons outside the Imperial City.”
Xuanzong was overjoyed and waved his hand: "Hurry up!"
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