Chapter 379
Li Jiang slowly walked out of the military aircraft office, passed by Taiye Pond to the west, and stopped by the lake for a long time before moving forward again.
Follow the lake and turn north, passing the Tai Palace, Longfu Palace where other military ministers rest temporarily, and then come to the Prime Minister's exclusive Xingsheng Palace.
Zhao Min is inside! Li Jiang stared at the lights burning inside and thought silently.
"Prime Minister, are you going in?" Tong Derong saw that Li Jiang was stunned again and asked, waving the lantern in his hand.
"Oh" Li Jiang came back to his senses and waved sideways to Tong Derong: "You should go back quickly. By the way, you are here to stay, but be careful not to burn down Taishiyuan."
Tong Derong agreed and left holding a lantern.
Li Jiang watched the little light becoming more and more blurred in the dense water vapor. He was stunned for a while, then shook his head and turned towards the palace gate.
Just as the two palace guards bowed and saluted, the palace door creaked half open, and a pretty face stretched out with a sad expression: "Brother Haichuan, you are finally willing to come back."
Hearing this, Li Jiang quickly glanced at the two guards in embarrassment, and saw that their waists were bowing deeper and deeper, as if there was something good-looking on the ground.
He coughed dryly and said as he walked: "Mei Min, there are many things to do at the ceremony tomorrow, and I can't help myself."
After saying that, he had already got into the door.
The two guards looked at each other, and both saw the look of joy in the other's eyes. Fortunately, the Prime Minister was back, otherwise Miss Zhao would come out to look at her every other time. Who could stand that weak look of ecstasy?
Li Jiang closed the door and took one of Zhao Min's jade hands. He felt a cold feeling coming from him and said warmly: "Mei Min, have you had dinner?"
Zhao Min shook his head, his eyes were bright and tears were about to fall.
Li Jiang quickly pulled her inside and said, "Mei Min, come in and talk."
After entering the main hall, Li Jiang pulled her into the left side room without stopping.
Zhao Min was like a walking corpse, letting Li Jiang hold him without any resistance. When he sat down at the place, tears finally flowed out.
Seeing her pitiful appearance, Li Jiang was not sure whether she was acting or not. He could only follow the idea he had already thought of and said proactively: "Don't worry, Sister Min. As far as I know, King Gongshun was released in August."
There are a lot of fugitives, and your father and brother are not of golden blood and should be among them."
Zhao Min sobbed: "I believe this. However, I don't believe that your Mingjiao will not block it from the outside. I guess all the passages leading to the grassland have been blocked, right?"
"Well, that's true. Minmei is indeed a little Zhuge. My Ming Dynasty's secret military operations are like looking at the palm prints to you." Li Jiang praised.
The corners of Zhao Min's eyes twitched, causing tears to fall faster. He said even more bitterly: "Brother Haichuan loves to ridicule me! Who wouldn't understand these tricks?"
"That's because my Minmei is smart enough and is much better than many men." Li Jiang praised her highly.
"Giggle" Zhao Min immediately covered his mouth, lowered his eyebrows and said in a low voice: "It's a pity that no matter how smart you are, you can't save your father and eldest brother."
"How can we call it a rescue? My father-in-law and uncle must have entered the grassland, right? It's a pity that our marriage cannot be blessed by them. I feel very regretful..." Li Jiang said a wisecrack.
Zhao Min took away the hand covering his mouth, wiped his tears and said with a cold face: "Brother Haichuan, you still want to lie to me! You have obviously caught them."
"How do you know?" Li Jiang was shocked, and immediately realized that he had been fooled, and immediately wanted to slap himself.
Zhao Min sneered twice and said in a cold tone: "Tell me, Brother Haichuan, what did you do to my father and eldest brother?"
When Li Jiang saw what had happened, he quickly apologized and said with a smile: "It's okay, they are still on their way to Dadu."
"I'm afraid it was delivered by car, right?" Zhao Min curled her lips and said.
"Impossible. They are my father-in-law and uncle. Who dares to abuse them?" Li Jiang looked upright.
Zhao Min obviously didn't believe it. He took a few breaths angrily, and suddenly his face turned gentle, and he said softly: "Okay, my brother Haichuan, what do you want to do with them? Tell me."
Seeing that the core issue was discussed, Li Jiang knew that he could not avoid it, so he sighed: "After discussion with the Military Aircraft Department, the hands of King Ruyang and Wang Baobao were stained with the blood of our Ming soldiers, and they committed a heinous crime! It is planned to be launched in the future."
"Ah!" Zhao Min exclaimed, leaned back in his chair, and said with a trembling voice: "Brother Haichuan, can't you save them even though you are the Prime Minister?"
Li Jiang shook his head and said: "You also know that your father and your brother are the main force against the Ming Dynasty. In the past ten years, they have directly and indirectly led to the rebellion. The casualties of ordinary people have exceeded one million. The public is extremely angry. I must obey the majority."
"Why? The orders were given by Emperor Iron Pot, and my father was just a knife in his hand! Now that the emperor who surrendered is fine, he wants to break his sword. What's the point?" Zhao Min said angrily.
Li Jiang spread his hands to express his helplessness and said: "But they are the ones who directly take action, and everyone will only see them, so the hatred falls on them the most."
"I don't believe it. All the people in the Military Aircraft Department are yours, how could they not get through? Oh, I see, you are still resenting my elder brother for setting up a trap to kill you in Dadu!" Zhao Min became more and more excited.
"I didn't, don't talk nonsense. You don't know our decision-making mechanism. Let me explain it to you. The matter about war criminals is a major matter and must be discussed by the central committee. The Military Aircraft Department can only put forward opinions on how to deal with this matter.
Whether you pass or not depends on the Central Committee. Even if the Military Aircraft Department lets your father go according to my wishes, can the Central Committee pass? My influence is not even half of it." Li Jiang said.
Zhao Min thought for a while and said suspiciously: "There are dozens of Guardsmen and more than a hundred officials you have trained and dispatched. Plus Fan Yao, Yang Xiao and the others will not have half the influence of 500 people?"
Li Jiang was really shocked by Zhao Min's carefulness and actually calculated his own power as eight or nine, so he quickly interrupted her train of thought and said: "How can there be half? A small half would be good. However, I have other ways to save your father.
And big brother."
"What can we do?" Zhao Min stopped calculating and his attention was diverted.
"The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has the power to pardon death row prisoners based on the proposal of the Military Aircraft Department." Li Jiang immediately came up with his plan b.
"Would the Military Aircraft Division propose? Aren't the other military planes going to execute my father? Also, does amnesty mean he will be released?" Zhao Min asked continuously.
Li Jiang explained one by one, "In fact, the other military planes do not insist on the death penalty. They just want to put a final verdict on your father's coffin. They will still give me this face. Well, the amnesty does not mean that you will be released, but changed to
Imprisonment. Don’t worry, I will find a beautiful yard for my father-in-law and uncle in Dadu so that they can live a worry-free life.”
Zhao Min finally breathed a sigh of relief. She knew that this was the best outcome, so she asked again: "Will Leader Zhang agree to amnesty?"
"He must agree!" As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Li Jiang felt that his tone was bad, and he added another sentence: "Wuji is my brother, he will definitely give me face."
Zhao Min nodded, stood up and sat next to Li Jiang, shook Li Jiang's arm and said: "Brother Haichuan, don't blame me, I am just worried about the life and death of my father and eldest brother..."
There was sparkling light in her eyes again. Li Jiang felt a headache and stood up. He walked out and said, "No wonder, no wonder. Sister Min, I'm hungry. I have to go get something to eat!"
"Gu Gu" Zhao Min laughed like a fox.
Chapter completed!