The little emperor undoubtedly couldn't accept the movement of troops in the southwest. Once several prime ministers forced themselves to do this, he would have to start a blind date. However, like the increase in troops in Hanzhong, he could still accept it.

According to the current situation, if the court does not attack the southwest, it is unlikely that the southwest will take the initiative to attack the court. Therefore, the court will increase its troops in Hanzhong, which will not only stabilize the southwest gateway, but will not cause too much shock.

Emperor Yuan Zhao sat in the main seat, was silent for a while, and looked up at the ministers in the hall.

"What about your opinions?"

Compared to Shen Kuan, the censor of the Censorate, the attitude was not so forceful. He stepped forward and bowed to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I think I'm sending people to the southwest to find out whether there is a drought. On the one hand, on the other hand, no matter whether there is a drought in the southwest or not, no more than thirty memorials can be approved."

He said in a deep voice: "The court will not exempt the tax from the southwest. In a few months, it will be time for the court to collect autumn grain. If the southwest refuses to accept the tax at that time, it will be natural for the court to do whatever it takes."

"What I mean is that you can now increase troops to Hanzhong and be prepared for any trouble. If the southwest refuses to accept taxes in a few months, the court will be able to raise the royal army from Hanzhong and attack the unjust ministers."

Strictly Shouwei's plan is relatively mild, and it is also a kick back the ball to the Southwest. If the southwest forces a tax quash, it will really start to fight.

Emperor Yuan Zhao took a deep breath and looked around the ministers in the hall.

"Do you have any other ideas?"

The Xuanzheng Hall was silent.

In the current court, after all, several auxiliary ministers are in charge. Now two of the three auxiliary ministers have spoken, so the rest of them naturally dare not say anything. Even Ji Lin, the governor of the Grand Governor's Office, opened his mouth but did not speak.

The emperor, who was sitting on the throne, frowned slightly.

He waved.

"Since this is the case, we will hand it over to the Ministry of War to formulate the charter according to the laws of Shen Xiang and Yan Sikong. After the specific charter is released, we will send it to Weiyang Palace. I want to take a look first."

After saying that, the emperor stood up, turned to Xiao Zheng and said, "Go back to Weiyang Palace."

The eunuch Xiao Zheng immediately lowered his head and took a group of eunuchs to the emperor and left Xuanzheng Hall, leaving a group of ministers looking at each other.

What surprised them was not that the emperor was asking about this matter, but that the emperor... was already participating in politics in advance.

In the officialdom, any turbulence will trigger a series of chain reactions. For example, the short words of Emperor Yuan Zhao, the ministers below will wonder in their hearts... Should the emperor take power in advance?

These people in Xuanzheng Hall are at least third-rank officials, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are among the people. With just this sentence, some of them have already made plans in secret.

There are auxiliary ministers in the court.

The emperor participated in politics in advance, was he not satisfied with the auxiliary ministers?

In an instant, when they looked at the three assistant ministers, something was wrong.

Chen Kuan lowered his head slightly, his face a little unfair. He took a deep breath and said to the Minister of War Ye Lin: "Shangshu Ye, Your Majesty wants your Ministry of War to get the charter. Before sunset tomorrow, the specific charter will be sent to the Secretary of War for review."

Ye Lin frowned, but he still bowed his head and bowed: "Sir, obey the order."

He waved his sleeves with a deep wave.

"Today's court discussion ends here, all the officials will return to their duties and disperse."

With his words, the ministers in Xuanzheng Hall began to leave slowly. Not long after, all the officials dispersed. Only three auxiliary ministers, including Ji Lin, were left in Xuanzheng Hall.

They can naturally have extraordinary points in their position as assistant ministers. They will not be unable to hear what others can hear.

Chen Kuan's face looked a little unfavorable. He took a deep breath and looked at Yan Shouzhuo and Ji Lin.

"Two, Your Majesty has participated in politics."

Originally, the court discussion should have been his left prime minister to "preside over" and the questioning and other questions should have been done by him, but just now, Emperor Yuan Zhao, who was only fourteen years old, basically controlled the entire audience and presided over the court discussion in full.

Ji Lin's face was calm.

"Your Majesty is the emperor. If your Majesty wants to rule, we will return it to Your Majesty."

He looked at Chen Kuan and smiled: "Why, Chen Xiang can't bear to leave?"

Chen Kuan frowned slightly: "I am the left servant of the Secretariat. If I have an additional title of auxiliary minister, I may not have much authority, but I have a lot more responsibility. If I can return to the emperor, I will be happy to do it."

As he said that, he glanced at Ji Lin.

"But now, the big thing is not decided. Your Majesty is young and may act voluntarily or emotionally, and not put the overall situation of the country first."

Ji Lin smiled coldly.

"The overall situation of the dilemma may not be much higher than His Majesty."

He bowed to the two assistant ministers and said goodbye with ease.

"The Grand Governor's Office's opinion is very simple. Everything is followed by the holy will. If the two auxiliary ministers want to make trouble, they should do as much as possible. This governor still has military affairs to do, so he will not be with him."

After saying that, Ji Linyang left long.

Yan Sikong, who stayed, sighed slightly and bowed to Chen Kuan, "Chen Xiang, it's autumn. Even if Your Majesty has no intention of participating in politics, the auxiliary ministers we are waiting for can't be long. Chen Xiang will have to think about making a living after a long time of planning for the country."

After saying that, he sighed and left Xuanzheng Hall.

At the same time, Emperor Yuan Zhao, who had returned to the Weiyang Palace, asked someone to invite the two uncles of his mother's clan to the Weiyang Palace for secret discussion.

The capital is full of storms.

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Time flies quickly, and a month passes in a blink of an eye.

In this month, the imperial court dispatched a total of three Zhechong Prefectures from the Imperial Guards to increase troops from Hanzhong and guard the southwest gateway.

At the same time, the imperial court's documents that refused to exempt the tax from the southwest had already been sent from the capital to the southwest. After walking around Zhao Jia's hands, the documents were sent by a fast horse to Yongzhou Prefecture, which was two thousand miles away.

A letter from Ningling was sent to Yongzhou with this letter.

Marquis Jing'an, who was with his wife and children in Li Mansion in Qiyang County, was holding these two letters in his hand. He did not rush to dismantle the one from the court, but first dismantle the letter from Ningling.

This letter was written by Ye Ming, Duke Chen.

The content in the letter is also very simple. The general idea is that when this Duke Chen was guarding the spirits in Ningling, he heard about the matter in the southwest and advised Li Xin not to make a big deal of this matter. It would be better for anyone to attack the southwest again.

At the end of the letter, the Duke Chen added his last sentence.

"The southwest has become a country and will give the court some face."

After Li Xin glanced at the letter a few times, he found a fire note to lit it and burned it to ashes.

He is now both enemies and friends with the court, so he is not very interested in having anything to do with the Ye family, and he cannot leave letters to implicate Ye Ming.

After the Jing'an Marquis's mansion came to his desk and returned a letter of greeting Ye Ming, he opened the second letter sent by Zhao Jia.

The content of the letter was that the court refused to exempt the tax from the southwest and that the court had already wanted to increase troops to Hanzhong.

After scanning it, Marquis Jing'an showed a sneer on his face, and he threw the letter into the torch.

"At this time, I still want to try not to offend both sides, but neither side can get it."

"The late emperor can do this, but you are too young..."
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