Privy Council, festival hall, and another name that is quite powerful: White Tiger Hall.

Zhang Shijie had a black face and a gray beard, and sat on the hall with a cold face, describing his mighty evil spirit.

In the hall, Zhang Ba and Zhang Xiong were reporting what they saw and heard from the military weapon manufacturing site. At the end, Zhang Xiong shouted angrily: "I can't make a continuous bead musket! That single musket is not useful, it's all a group of waste. Jie Shuai, you should withdraw Chen Zhi and then transfer the military weapon supervisor Guo Chenggui back."

Zhang Shijie ignored it, turned his eyes to Zhang Ba, and asked the confidant beloved general: "Zhang Ba, what do you think?"

Zhang Ba respectfully bowed and said, "Jie Shuai, it is probably difficult to build a gun by our own. Only now can we ask for it from Xin'an Gong."

Zhang Shijie said lightly: "Ask for it?"

Zhang Xiong shouted: "That's right, Jishou, let's not have too many. As long as he has half of the Dragon Crow Army, they can build it themselves anyway. After returning to Wan'an Army, they can make it."

Zhang Ba bowed his head heavily: "Jings Commander, the Dragon Crow Army has more than a thousand guns, and dozens of guns in a row, which is extremely powerful. Such a powerful weapon is only in the hands of one army, which is not conducive to the stability of the country."

Zhang Shijie sneered: "It's not just you who ask for guns."

"Someone asks for it?"

"The news came from the palace that Yang Xingyong brought a fire guard into Nandaying this morning. He asked for the gun in front of Zhao Mengbei but failed. He spoke rudely. He was beaten by Zhao Mengbei and took it into the palace, embarrassing his face."

The Zhang brothers were stunned. This, Zhao Mengbei is too brave, right? Even if he is a royal family, even if he is a duke, even if he holds military power, even if he makes a special honor, he will not take such a person to beat the Queen Mother and Yang like this, right?

Zhang Ba took a breath: "Then, that's so great? How can the Empress Dowager, how can Yang Jixiang forgive him?"

Zhang Shijie sneered repeatedly: "It's because Yang Xingyong is stupid. It's fine if he can't get it. He actually said a big rebellious word. Zhao Liji took the opportunity to beat him. The Empress Dowager and Yang Jianxiang couldn't do anything. Hehe, Zhao Liji's move was not arrogant, but rather scheming. He was using Yang Xingyong to establish his authority and prevent others from hitting the guns in his hands again."

The Zhang brothers did not dare to ask what Yang Xingyong was saying. In the officialdom, don’t be too curious. You must know what to listen to and what not to listen to, otherwise you won’t know how to die.

Zhang Xiong said in a dismay: "Then, is this gun really awesome?"

Zhang Shijie's eyes narrowed, and his light was unpredictable: "No! Zhang Ba is right. How can the military and national weapon be controlled by one person? The Dragon Que Army is dominant, which is not a blessing for the state. Don't worry, how many guns the Dragon Que Army has, the imperial guards, and how many Changhua Army will have."

The Zhang brothers were both Zhang Shijie's relatives, and they knew the methods of the head of the family best. They looked at each other and showed joy.

Zhang Shijie is loyal to the Song Dynasty and is also true to the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. However, he is stubborn and has a strong desire for power, and cannot tolerate different voices in the court. He successively excluded Wen Tianxiang, Chen Yizhong, Jiang Jin, Sixiu and other important officials of the same magnitude as him. In the past, Zhao Lie was not worth enough and his identity was subtle, so he did not dare to commit crimes easily. But now it is different. Zhao Lie has risen in strength, and even the empress dowagers in the court are quite afraid of the civil and military officials in the court because of his possession of guns. The wind will destroy it, unless it is a strong old tree like Zhang Shijie who has been operating for many years. It seems that Zhao Lie, who has emerged so quickly and has unstable foundations, will "wind" be severely destroyed.

The most important thing is that Zhao Dan's appearance also broke the advantage of this person's only royal family. Now Zhang Shijie has put down his last slightest concern for this person. He can tolerate civil servants to criticize him, and he can tolerate that scholar (Wen Tianxiang) pointed at him, but he will never allow a powerful army to wander outside his control. People who have seriously threatened his status and authority must be suppressed and severely suppressed! So what about the royal family? When King Sixiu was still the King of the Clan, he, Zhang Shijie, had never been afraid of it, and had not joined forces with Yang Liangjie to drive him out of the court.

"It seems that we have to discuss it with Yang Liangjie." As soon as Zhang Shijie turned this idea, a report from his personal guard came from outside the hall, "Yang Jixiang has invited Jieshuai and discuss it with important matters."

...

Although Empress Dowager Yang and the Yang family were willing to cover up, Yacheng was too small and the court was also small. Within two days, Zhao Lie beat Yang Xingyong up and spread it. Then it was reported that the Yang family and son personally entered Nandaying to apologize to Zhao Meng, the Marquis of Xin'an. No matter what the Yang family and son thought, at least some of the actions won praise from the court.

Originally, Tianxiang wanted to tell Zhao Lie a little bit in front of Empress Dowager Yang. When the news came, Wen Tianxiang felt relieved and smiled at Chen Yizhong: "It turns out that the bright integrity knows the great integrity. Only when the courage is done can he be brave and shame can he be brave. Both father and son are outstanding."

Chen Yizhong just twisted his beard and smiled, nodded slightly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

That night, Yang Liangjie and Zhang Shijie, who were "Knowing the Great Festival" mentioned by Wen Tianxiang, entered the palace to pay homage to Empress Dowager Yang. Their purpose was only one: to impeach Zhao Lie.

Originally, according to normal procedures, impeachment of ministers was the job of the Censorate. However, in the battle of the Censorate, the Censors were all dead. There were only a few dozen people in the entire court and could not do all the work. Who would like to do this kind of dirty work of using a pen to criticize his colleagues? At this time, who would not be loyal to the court, so how could they impeach? Therefore, there was a vacant official in the Censorate, and Yang Liangjie and Zhang Shijie could only go barefoot.

Yang Liangjie is working hard to Chen Zhaoli and the Longque Army at this time: "The Longque Army is strong only, which is not the blessing of the country; Zhao Mengbei is the only one who is the only one who is the only one who is the only one who is the best, which is not the blessing of the king. If this person is not suppressed, it may be difficult to control the situation in the future."

Empress Dowager Yang looked at Zhang Shijie: "What about Mr. Zhang's opinion?" In the eyes of Empress Dowager Yang, Zhang Shijie is the pillar of a country. Whether the entire dynasty can survive is half of this man. He attaches great importance to his opinions.

Zhang Shijie didn't say much, just presented a picture.

Empress Dowager Yang took it and saw that this was a simple topographic map of the Yacheng. She was puzzled and looked at Zhang Shijie.

Zhang Shijie said in a deep voice: "The Empress Dowager might as well look carefully. At present, the Nandaying is stationed by the Dragon Que Army, Xindi, Fanfang and Dagang, and the Dragon Que Army Boat Army. These places are all located in the Ali Hague army that day."

When Empress Yang saw that, she was indeed the case, but... what does this mean?

Zhang Shijie's eyes flipped, and his edges were powerful, and his words were astonishing: "If the Dragon Bird Army attacked Yacheng, it would only last for three days with the armament of Yacheng."

Empress Dowager Yang was frightened and said, "Duke Zhang, why did you say this? Meng Bei is a royal family..."

Yang Liangjie whispered loudly: "It is precisely because it is a royal family that we have strong soldiers in our hands, so we must be more careful."

Empress Dowager Yang's face changed and she couldn't speak for a moment. Although Yang Liangjie said something that was heart-breaking, from the standpoint of the royal family, his ministers and ministers suppressed the king, he had the ability to defeat him. As long as you have this ability, no matter whether you have this heart or not, your ending will be destined.

Empress Yang was still embarrassed: "But Meng Bei fought to the death to help, but we treated him like this..."

Yang Liangjie interrupted again: "If you let the hunting force be strong, how can you deal with it?"

Empress Dowager Yang stopped talking this time and was silent for a long time before saying, "What do you want?"

This time, Zhang Shijie said: "Divide the Dragon Que Army into three, with Zhao Mengbei, Zhang Ba and Yang Xingyong as the commander-in-chief. He promoted Xin'an Gong to be the prince to calm his heart."

This plan takes care of the interests of the three parties. The most important thing is to form a triangle balance and restrain each party. This is the most in line with the interests of the court and the royal family. Even political rookies like Empress Dowager Yang can see clearly, so naturally there is no reason to refuse. He said at the moment: "Just do it like this. In Xin'an Gong, you must properly appease him. If he makes any requests, he must try to satisfy them and never cause trouble."

Zhang Shijie and Yang Liangjie raised their scepters together and respectfully said: "Abide by the Empress Dowager's decree."
Chapter completed!