Bianjing.
royal palace.
At this moment, Zhao Duan and the officials were holding court as usual.
The main topic today is about the rebellion in Sunan and other counties. In the opinion of the officials, since His Majesty has sent all the troops there, the people's rebellion should be quelled soon.
All they need to consider is the resettlement of the people after the turmoil subsides, the handling of problems by officials at this time, and post-war rewards for the Forbidden Forces.
There are routines that can be followed for the resettlement of the people and the rewards for the army after the war, but the handling of those officials who caused the unrest caused intense discussions among the officials.
For these issues, if the officials caused such a big trouble, death is certain, and there are rules to follow for family members and so on.
But the most important thing is where they are left after being processed!
Many people are already watching it!
As the saying goes, every carrot has a pit. Over the years, the imperial court has had many carrots, but there are only a limited number of pits.
Now seeing that a large number of carrot pits were about to be vacated, various forces in the DPRK and China immediately focused on these carrot pits and began to use various means to fight for them.
This is also the main issue that will be debated in today's court. Everyone wants more points, but there are only so many positions. If you have more, there will be less for others. Naturally, he is not willing to do so. The two of them have been fighting over this issue until now.
Zhao Duan was sitting on the dragon chair, listening to the quarrel below, and felt a little ridiculous when he saw that they were almost going to fight for the position of the prefect.
Are these the officials of the Song Dynasty, the parents of the people?
The fighting looks like wild dogs fighting for food on the street!
However, at this moment, a forbidden army suddenly came to report!
"Report! An urgent battle report came from Liaodong! The Huns broke through the Liaoyun Pass and went straight into the pass. On the third day, they broke through Xining Prefecture. Its target is Bianjing City!"
The urgent military information from the Forbidden Army immediately silenced the court, which had been in a fuss just now, as if time had been stopped.
It took a while for Zhao Duan to react, and he stood up from the throne in a flash!
Immediately after that, he took three steps and two steps at a time and quickly came to the imperial level. He grabbed the military report from the forbidden army and started reading it.
After he read the entire military newspaper word for word, Zhao Duan felt dizzy!
He staggered in his steps and almost fell to the ground!
Don't blame him for his big reaction, it's because these pieces of news had such a huge impact on him!
Cao Daban was very discerning and hurriedly came up to help his prince back to the dragon chair. After waiting for a while, Zhao Duan finally recovered.
When he looked up, he saw all the officials looking at him intently, so he waved his hand and asked Cao Shuang to send the military report in his hand.
As the prime minister, Zhang He was the first to get it. When he read it, his face suddenly darkened, but he silently passed the information to the Minister of Civil Affairs behind him.
Seeing them circulating, Zhao Duan rubbed his forehead again and asked loudly: "The Huns have entered the pass, and the Liaoyun Pass did not play any role in allowing the Huns to enter.
Xining Mansion was the first to bear the brunt and was caught off guard.
Now the Huns are heading to other prefectures.
What I want to know is, what happened in northern Liaoning?
Why did the Huns suddenly enter the border? ! "
The officials below had already circulated the military reports one by one. Zhang He was the first to stand up with a sullen face and said with cupped hands: "Your Majesty, the Liaoyun Pass was built by the imperial court to prevent Tatars. Although in recent years due to the presence of Yunzhou County, , the defenders of Liaoyun Pass are not as good as before, but there are still 20,000 troops stationed to guard the pass all year round.
Now they were forced to do so quietly, regardless of how the Xiongnu came from Yunzhou County.
But in the case of Liaoyun Pass, I definitely have only one possibility! That is, there is a traitor in the pass, and someone cooperates with the Huns to open the pass!
Otherwise, I would never have imagined how the Huns could break through the barrier so easily! "
Zhao Duan nodded and then said: "The prime minister is right, I know the situation in Yunzhou County, and the prince already sent a letter to inform him of the situation on his way back.
King Yun led his troops to the Western Regions, and the Xiongnu took advantage of the lack of troops in Yunzhou County to attack Yunzhou County secretly.
The situation in Yunzhou County is still unknown, but the Xiongnu broke through the Liaoyun Pass, so there must be a traitor.
It’s just who is collaborating with the Xiongnu?
So that Li Wei, the guard of Liaoyun Pass, couldn't even send out the news? "
The officials began to discuss, and after half a ring, they said together: "Your Majesty, this person must have a very high status, or he may be someone very familiar to the defenders of Liaoyun Pass.
Otherwise, it will be absolutely uncontrollable and the 20,000 defenders will not resist.
After thinking about it, there is only one person who agrees with these conditions! "
Before Zhao Duan could speak, he thought of someone and said in unison: "Ning in the front and Ding'an in the back!"
The king and his ministers looked at each other and confirmed each other's thoughts.
The only one who could quietly seize the military power of Liaoyun Pass was him. He was the previous guard general.
Although he has been dismissed, Ding An has been in this position for more than ten years, and he has cultivated many confidants in the army below.
Only he has the qualifications and ability to make the 20,000 pass defenders give up their resistance!
After confirming the candidates, Zhao Duan immediately said: "Here comes! Send me Ding Nie and Ding An to come immediately!"
As a Taiwei, Ding Nie was supposed to come to attend the court meeting, but he suddenly fell ill and asked for leave seven days ago. Zhao Duan did not take him seriously and agreed.
But now it seems that this is obviously doing something secretly!
He didn't believe that he didn't know what Ding An was doing!
However, the imperial troops who went to pass the news to the palace soon came back!
The reason turned out to be that the entire Taiwei Mansion was actually empty!
That's right! It’s just empty! There's no one around!
The expressions of Zhao Duan and Zhang He immediately turned gloomy.
It was obvious that this was premeditated, and he absconded as soon as the incident was exposed!
There is no need to ask any more questions. What happened in Liaobei must have been done by the Ding family!
Zhao Duan turned to look at Cao Shuang and asked, "The dignified Taiwei and his family suddenly disappeared. Didn't the Imperial City Department notice at all?"
Zhao Duan was very angry. After the Tiger Hunter Army was dealt with, he specifically ordered Cao Shuang to send people to keep an eye on the Ding family. Unexpectedly, the Ding family actually ran away under his nose!
Cao Shuang was also covered in cold sweat and said with a grimace:
"Forgive me, officials, but there hasn't been anything unusual down there lately, and we haven't seen the Ding family leaving the house. We thought they were in the room.
Now that I think about it, there must be an underground tunnel in the Ding family, otherwise the escape of such a large family would never be able to escape the eyes of the Imperial City Division spies! "
"I don't care about you. Within three days! The Imperial City Secretary will tell me where this family is going! Otherwise, I want your Imperial City Secretary to look good!"
"promise!"
Cao Shuang breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
He was still confident in finding out the traces. If he only had three days to catch him, Cao Shuang could just commit suicide on the spot. It wouldn't be possible at all.
After giving instructions to the Imperial City Secretary, Zhao Duan turned to Zhang He and said, "Go ahead and tell me that everyone in the Ding family is wanted across the country. The main direct members of the Ding family will be caught if you provide clues. The court will reward each person with five thousand taels of silver, and the others." Each member of the department is worth one thousand taels of silver!
In addition, the Tianwu Army should be transferred back immediately. The Huns are coming soon. All the imperial troops in southern Jiangsu should be transferred back as soon as possible. We can no longer disperse our troops. Let's leave the civil unrest side aside for the time being! "
"I obey the decree!"
After Zhao Duan finished speaking, Zhang He immediately nodded in agreement.
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(End of chapter)
