Chapter 686: The Imperial Order arrives

On the ninth day of November 2, Yonghe.

The sun shone brightly, a team of palace vanguards appeared at the west gate of Taiyuan, and a carriage came slowly. When the gatekeeper saw it, he immediately reported to the imperial envoy and the Grand Governor's Office. For a moment, the chariots and horses of the entire Taiyuan City government headed towards the west gate.

The imperial envoy finally arrived. Although he had a premonition, no one had ever thought that he would come so early.

After a while, Chen Ao rode a horse and brought a lieutenant to him, followed by Liang Jian and others.

Jiang Min, sitting in the carriage, leaned out and came here. Although he had already made up his mind to come, he couldn't help but be surprised when he arrived in Taiyuan. He thought that Taiyuan was now hungry, but he was in order. The victims were not like the victims? He had never seen a pale face and thin skin. Although he could look tired, he did not see a person in rags.

This scene has quite subverted Jiang Min's perception. More than ten years ago, he ordered him to inspect the floods and disasters. In his opinion, the scene at that time was no different from the hell on earth. Now, only three months have passed since the Taiyuan collapsed, and he can't see that he had experienced the earthquake and mountain shaking before.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the imperial envoy of the King of Pingxi should have been rewarded according to principles, but now he is waiting for punishment, which is really sad.

Chen Ao had already brought a group of people to welcome him. Jiang Min smiled, stepped forward, and glanced at Chen Ao. She thought that Chen Ao should have described being thin at this time, but she was energetic and had a healthy dizzy red face. It is rare for criminals in the world to find such a look.

"Mr. Jiang, it's been a long time since." Chen Ao saw Jiang Min, a faint smile appeared on his face.

Jiang Min held him and couldn't help but sigh, "The King of Pingxi is so comfortable, and he only missed Jiang." Then he smiled calmly and said, "This Taiyuan has not been in vain. I saw this here today and only realized the talent of Pingxi." After that, he lowered his voice and said, "It's okay for several princesses to be in Bianjing. Princess Anning has given birth to a son. You know this. Now this child is very healthy, you don't have to worry. I'm still considerate in Dali Temple. Duke Wei County asks me to say hello to you."

Chen Aohe nodded and said, "I will feel relieved in this way. Is Duke Wei County okay? The Secretariat must have been busy at this time."

The two of them walked into the city and spoke, while other officials and carriages and sedans could only follow behind. Fortunately, Taiyuan was at this time when there were crowds of people, and there were people on the streets, and no one was watching.

Jiang Min said: "The year end is coming. The Secretariat needs to verify the memorials for one year and appoint officials to supervise the six ministries. It is indeed a bit busy."

The two of them never mentioned the matter of being accused of fate. They went all the way, just exchanged greetings and occasionally told a few jokes, which made the officials following behind confused. Those who didn't know about it, even thought they were old friends to meet again. Lord Jiang came to visit relatives and friends.

When they arrived at the prefect's office, the central gate was wide open and the incense table for receiving the order was ready. Jiang Min and Shen Ao looked at each other and said, "Pingxi King, the prince-in-law Chen Ao, please accept the order."

Chen Ao immediately looked solemn, bowed under the incense table, and said, "I received the order!"

Everyone bowed down one after another, and shouted long live together.

Before the incense table, Jiang Min had a serious expression. She received an imperial edict from the accompanying palace vanguard. She glanced at the kneeling people, cleared her throat, and said seriously: "The law said: In the past, the disaster of floods, droughts and epidemics for several years. In this year, Taiyuan collapsed, I was very worried. I was stupid and unclear, and I did not express my guilt. Those who are willing to do something wrong in my politics? It is because of the unsuccessful or unsuccessful laws of heaven, and people and things are in harmony, and ghosts and gods are not enjoyed? Why did this come to this..."

This imperial edict is surprisingly long. Many people were confused after hearing such a long paragraph. Didn’t the imperial life come to cure the crime? Why are there a lot of nonsense, all off-topic? This imperial edict only says that in recent years, the disasters of floods, droughts and plagues have been continuously continuously, and now Taiyuan has collapsed again. I am very worried. In this regard, I wonder if it is because of some mistakes in my policies or some mistakes in my behavior? Or is it because the time is not smooth, the location is not discovered, or is it because people are not getting along well enough, and the sacrifices of ghosts and gods have been abandoned?

At first glance, these words are quite self-questionable, but in this occasion, they are really no different from nonsense.

However, the imperial edict has always been incisive. I’m afraid there must be some intention behind it.

Even Jiang Min felt that the imperial edict was a bit long-winded, so he spoke a little faster and said, "I heard that the king is Zhou Wen, and the uncle is Qi Huan. They all become famous by the wise men. I see who can be the right person of the King of Pingxi today."

This is very clear: I heard that the ancient emperors did not surpass King Wen of Zhou, and the overlords did not surpass Duke Huan of Qi. They all achieved achievements with the help of wise men. Looking at the wise men in the world, where can there be someone who can compete with King Pingxi?

The words are easy to understand, but the meaning in the words is puzzling. Even though it is an edict for punishment, why do you praise others? In the eyes of the emperor, the title of wise and talent is even rarer than promotion. In the emperor's mind, you are a wise and talent, which means that you will be at the center sooner or later. What's more, King Pingxi was praised as a flower, and no one could match him, almost elevating King Pingxi to the point where no one could compare to.

The implication is that King Wen of Zhou and Duke Huan of Qi have achieved great achievements with wise talents, and I have achieved great success with King Pingxi, and I have achieved prosperity in the world today and peace in the world. When Zi has always felt good today, it is not an exaggeration to be on par with King Wen of Zhou and Duke Huan of Qi, but Shen Ao became Guan Zhong and Jiang Ziya in this imperial edict, which shows Shen Ao's position in the hearts of the emperor.

Could it be... this is an imperial edict?

Although everyone was convinced by the ground, they couldn't help but mutter in their hearts that this imperial edict was really unpredictable. So, King Pingxi did not look like a criminal, but instead had more elements of meritorious officials.

But only Shen Ao understood the best. If that old guy Zhao Ji asked someone to send an imperial edict to scold him, it would be fine. He praised himself as a flower for no reason, but he was afraid that this matter would be too big and even the emperor could not cover it up.

Sure enough, Jiang Min continued: "I care about the wise and talented, entrusted military and national affairs, and ordered the king to be the title of king, and share the world with me. Why is it that today, King Pingxi is a powerful general in Taiyuan, Duke Zheng, and Wen Xianzhi are the main ministers of the country. Duke Zheng has a close relationship with me, so it is not worth mentioning. King Pingxi is like this, can he be loyal and encouraged? Always be holy and kind?"

After a change of tone, his tone was very heavy. He suspected that he had the word "loyalty" and even compared to Guan Zhong, he was afraid that he would be punished.

"Now some people say that the King of Pingxi has two hearts and has the ambition of Wang Mang..."

Everyone was shocked, Liang Jian almost fell head-on, and the word Wang Mang appeared in the imperial edict, so this problem was no longer comparable to arrogance. Who is Wang Mang? Any emperor who determined that anyone had Wang Mang's ambitions, even if he was not guilty, it would be enough to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan.

"I don't ask, I believe in the loyalty of King Pingxi, but the sun and the moon are so arrogant that King Pingxi ordered Jiang Min, the minister of Dali Temple, to take King Pingxi into the capital to punish him..."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The next sentence I didn't ask was that I didn't believe it, and then he said that Chen Ao was loyal and honest, which was also considered a comfort. The real blame was not disloyalty, but arrogance. Arrogance could be beaten and punished, but disloyalty was a death sentence, and the whole family was sentenced to death.

Chen Ao was stunned when he heard this. Although he had known that the imperial edict should only ask Jiaoheng, he was still sweating in a cold sweat by Zhao Ji's imperial edict and said, "I will accept the imperial edict."

After receiving the order, Jiang Min had already taken a step forward, helped Chen Ao and said, "Don't worry about the King of Pingxi, let's go back to the capital with me first, don't think too much."

Chen Ao thought to himself, it would be strange if I think too much. He said, "I'll ask Lord Jiang to take care of you."

Jiang Min laughed and said, "This is natural."

The palace vanguard did not ask the palace vanguard Chen Ao to immediately go to the inner room together. Jiang Min and Chen Ao went to sit in the room first. I think Jiang Min would not be embarrassed. Although it was vanguard, the treatment was still not bad. The two sat in the hall, and officials from Taiyuan City accompanied him. Tea was handed over, and everyone drank tea and talked together.

Jiang Min lowered her voice and said, "The Queen Mother has another sentence that I have to bring to Your Highness."

Chen Ao smiled and said, "It's okay to say it."

Jiang Min said: "The Empress Dowager said that the sky has not collapsed."

Chen Ao smiled faintly and said, "Of course my king's sky has not collapsed, but some people's sky is about to collapse."

Jiang Min couldn't help but think to herself that the mentality of King Pingxi was really incomprehensible, and there was no sign of anxiety at all. Then she smiled bitterly and said quietly: "When will your Highness return to Beijing?"

It was clearly Suona, but Suona's imperial envoy asked the criminal when he would go back, which was a strange story. Chen Ao didn't mean anything ashamed and polite. After thinking about it, he said, "It's better to go back to Bianjing early tomorrow morning, it's too cold here."

Jiang Min laughed, took a sip of tea, and said, "I originally wanted to comfort Your Highness a few words, but it seems that there is no need to do it anymore, and it will save you from wasting your lips and tongues."

As they were talking, it was noisy outside. Many people hurriedly came over here. People inside heard the shouting outside: "Go, let's reason, if you don't explain the reason clearly, King Pingxi must never leave."

The sound was like a muffled thunder, which suddenly destroyed the friendly atmosphere in the hall to pieces. Everyone couldn't help but look at each other. Liang Jian was speechless. Many officials were complaining in their hearts. Why did they make sense again? What's going on?

Chen Ao's face showed a little embarrassment and said quickly: "Mr. Jiang, it's easy to talk about, maybe it's a mess, I don't have to pay attention to it, I don't have to pay attention to it."

Jiang Min was not afraid. Chen Aoduan would not do anything to him. He was a little suspicious of a mutiny, but as an imperial envoy, he always had some majesty, so he sat down and said, "Why don't you go and see who is making noise outside?"

Chen Ao nodded and was about to stand up when he saw a crowd of people rushing into the hall. The leader was Tong Hu, and then there were teams of lieutenants, with a large number of people. Looking out from the inside, there was no end. Everyone was pressing the Confucian sword, with a ferocious expression.

The officials in the hall couldn't help but gasp. Even Jiang Min's face changed suddenly, thinking to herself, is it really a mutiny? But then she felt something was wrong. If the wing army, border army or even the imperial guards mutiny, he would still believe it; but the lieutenant mutiny did not believe it.

Jiang Min looked at Chen Ao, and Chen Ao nodded at him and said, "Stand by Lord Jiang, I want to see what these people are playing."

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Chapter completed!