Chapter 1,426
Before Xiao Lintian could get angry, Lord Feng observed his words and knelt down directly.
"Your Majesty, I only received this memorial this morning. After asking, I found out that the official who delivered the letter encountered heavy snow on the way and was trapped in the mountains and forests, which delayed the military situation!"
"Your Majesty, I'm sorry that the official broke his leg while rushing on the road. He was worried that he wouldn't be able to deliver the urgent message in time, so he was holding on to his illness while traveling!"
When Mr. Feng said this, Xiao Lintian couldn't express his anger. He would send someone to find out the specific reason for the delay in the memorial afterwards.
If it was man-made, he would never let them go easily.
"Prime Minister Zhao, Prime Minister Lu, Lord Feng, please take a look at this memorial!"
Xiao Lintian passed the memorial to the two prime ministers for circulation.
Prime Minister Lu and Prime Minister Zhao had already known about this from Master Feng, and Prime Minister Lu also felt that there was something fishy in it just like Xiao Lintian.
Zhao Hui knew the inside story better than Prime Minister Lu, but he didn't want to mention Xiao Lintian, so he pretended to read the memorial and said sternly.
"Your Majesty, how can such violent bandits be allowed to run rampant? Your Majesty, please send troops quickly to cooperate with Governor Zhang to exterminate the ruthless bandits. Let them know that we, Western Qin, will never tolerate any riots!"
Prime Minister Lu was worried that Xiao Lintian had fallen into Zhao Hui's trap, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I think this matter is fishy. Your Majesty has ascended the throne and granted amnesty to the world. It stands to reason that the people should live and work in peace and contentment. If they are not forced to do anything, who would go up the mountain and become a bandit!"
"And the number of people is huge, and it is getting worse! I feel that there must be a hidden secret, and I also ask the emperor to send an imperial envoy to find out and appease the people!"
"If it is confirmed that he is a vicious bandit, we will send troops to encircle and suppress him!"
Zhao Hui said expressionlessly: "Prime Minister Lu, didn't you read Governor Zhang's memorial clearly? The gangsters gathered more than 30,000 people, and this was only half a month ago!"
"If you follow your method to find out the truth and then carry out an encirclement and suppression, how many teams will the imperial court have to send?"
"Your Majesty, I feel that it is no longer necessary to delay. We should send troops quickly to annihilate the ruthless bandits before they have formed a strong atmosphere!"
Xiao Lintian looked at several other cabinet ministers.
Everyone in Zhao Hui's party supports Zhao Hui.
Everyone on Prime Minister Lu's side agreed with Prime Minister Lu and felt that they could not be easily surrounded and suppressed.
"Your Majesty, there are more than 30,000 people. This is not a small number. I believe that most of them are good people and they were deceived into causing trouble! Your Majesty should appease them and recruit them!"
Xiao Lintian listened to the argument between the two parties and already made up his mind, he stood up and said.
"My dear friends, what you said makes sense, so let's take a two-pronged approach and pass on my orders. General Luo Han, who is guarding Mengzhou, and General Ji Zi, who is guarding Yuzhou, will quickly go to Zhengzhou and join the imperial ministers to deal with the riot."
Prime Minister Zhao, Prime Minister Lu and others all looked at Xiao Lintian.
Luo Han and Ji Zi, if Zhao Hui remembered correctly, should be young generals who went to the battlefield with Xiao Lintian back then.
Is Xiao Lintian planning to use this incident to promote himself?
Who is the imperial envoy?
"General Anzhe will serve as the Imperial Envoy!"
Xiao Lintian glanced at the entire audience before speaking slowly.
"Your Majesty, General An is still young and inexperienced in fighting. This is a riot of thirty thousand people. I am worried that General An will not be able to handle it properly!"
Zhao Hui immediately objected.
These are all Xiao Lintian's people, so how can they tamper with them!
Moreover, this matter also involves people from King Kang's faction. If An Zhe goes and discovers the inside story, it will be difficult to clean up the mess.
"Prime Minister Zhao, although General An is young, his martial arts and strategic skills are fully qualified for the job of suppressing bandits."
Xiao Lintian did not give in at all and said calmly: "Didn't Mr. Zhao just say that the thugs are just vicious gangsters? How can they fight against our dignified regular army!"
"If General An can't even subdue these tough bandits, then I, Western Qin, don't need generals in name only!"
