Under the personal supervision of Zhen Jin, the Dadu Prefecture, the Ministry of Justice and the Privy Council conducted an investigation. After careful investigation of the scene, the arrows left by the murderer were found. Generally, the craftsmen from the court or the Auru camps in each department would be marked, but there were no marks on these arrows, and the arrows were also commonly used in styles, which were not enough to make people judge where they came from.

In addition, they found traces of the perpetrator's horses staying around the woods and found the hidden corpses, but the corpses were cut off like Boyan, and there was no sign of identity on their clothes. However, this was justified by the bandits who fled to the Gyeonggi area, proving that the people who attacked Boyan and his party were prepared and wiped out all the traces that might have exposed their identities, saying that this was a prepared murder.

At the same time, investigators tried to find witnesses, but the incident happened at noon. When the weather was hot, they usually found a cool place to play, take a nap, and then set off when it was cool. So no one saw the incident pass. Then they checked the people who came out of the south city on the same day. The gatekeepers reported that there were no large crowds of people riding horses out of the city.

Then they inquired about the surrounding troops, thinking that since it was not done by bandits and could kill more than a hundred elite guards cleanly, only the army could do it. However, the Privy Council and the Ministry of War did not issue any official documents to mobilize troops that day, and the armies also reported that they had not sent troops to the surrounding area where the incident occurred.

At this point, things seemed to have entered a dead end, but they believed that if they wanted to kill all Boyan and others in a short period of time, without allowing one to escape, the troops they dispatched should be at least multiple of them, and it would not be possible that they would disappear quietly. If there was no hiding place in the capital, they might have fled far away. However, after investigation, only the large team of King Wei's Mansion who went to the grassland to collect rent and taxes recently left.

However, they did not take it seriously, and even directly released it. Everyone knew that Tiemur was a magistrate in the Southern Dynasty. Although he had escaped for more than a month, he still had no news. He didn't know whether he was dead or alive, and it was even more impossible to arrange for someone to ambush Boyan. It was normal to leave the capital at this time. Every year, the princes and ministers in the capital would send people to their respective prosecutors to collect tributes.

Therefore, the three-party investigators were busy for ten days and did not find out the real murderer, but the deadline was already here. At this time, various rumors were everywhere between the government and the country, and three of them were most widely circulated:

It was said that the real culprit could not be found because the Khan ordered people to do this. Boyan was very good at the time and was afraid that the Khan would become more and more powerful, control the government, become a powerful minister, and even replace him. The Khan dismissed his post and drove him out of Beijing. He said that he was going to Hanoi to take charge of military affairs, and secretly arranged troops outside the Khan to kill him to eliminate future troubles.

Second, Boyan was so angry that he was dissatisfied with the Khan's removal, so he fled to Song by pretending to die. This rumor is very popular, because he has never found his head, but he can't tell whether he is the real person based on his figure and clothing. As for the guards, the Khan sent him to monitor him, so he killed them all to avoid revealing his whereabouts, which was just a confusing audience.

Some people also say that because Boyan presided over the southward extermination of Song, the people of the Southern Dynasty were extremely afraid. Now they heard that the Khan sent Boyan to the southward to preside over the military affairs of Hanoi, and were worried that he would lead the army to attack Song again, so the young emperor of the Southern Dynasty sent an elite force to sneak into Dadu. While Boyan was leaving Beijing, he launched an ambush on him in the wild, killed him, and then cut off his head and returned to report. They had already fled to Qingzhou overnight and fled from the sea on the ship that they had been receiving.

No matter which version of the rumors are enough to make people panic. For a moment, the court became quiet, and no one dared to confront the Khan in person, and they were worried that they would become the second place in Boyan. The dignitaries and nobles living outside the city moved into the city one after another, and they were worried that they would become the target of revenge of the Southern Dynasty. Those who had participated in the attack on the Song Dynasty were even more careful. Not only did they strengthen their guards, but they would never go out unless necessary.

Zhenjin knew that this would not work. In order to show his innocence, he issued an order to allocate funds to be buried with Boyan. At the same time, he posthumously named King Huai and posthumously named "Zhongwu". He built Zhongwu Temple in Dadu and Shangdu respectively to pay tribute to him. His eldest son bought Zuo Qianhu, Zuohu, a neighbor of his ancestors, was strictly ordered to continue to investigate the real murderer. In addition, he was transferred to the city to strengthen defense and sent troops to inspect day and night.

Zhen Jin also knew that doing so was not enough to eliminate the doubts of the ministers, and that rumors must be quelled as soon as possible. So He Weixian was sent to visit Brother Sang, and he immediately understood and personally supervised the murder of Boyan. The result was soon reached. With the efforts of various ministries, it was found that Boyan was ambushed by a spy sent by the Southern Dynasty and was assassinated. The assassins were blocked while fleeing. More than 30 people were killed on the spot, more than 20 people were captured, and the head of Boyan who was seized by him was seized.

Then Zhenjin issued an order to escort captured Southern Dynasties spies to Dadu to behead and made public, and ordered people to send Boyan's head back to his family. He issued an order to reprimand the Southern Dynasties for their despised assassination, and vowed to retaliate against Boyan. This matter was concluded. Those who dared to speak out again severely and did not lend a debt. The rumor was settled this time, but some people still privately said that the head sent back to Boyan's mansion was just a skeleton, and there was no way to distinguish the true or false.

Then, Zhenjin issued another order to establish the Hanoi Du Wanhu Prefecture, and to bring the troops south of the Yellow River to its subordinates. Zhang Qian was appointed as the deputy capital of Wanhu, and went to Kaifeng Kaiya to establish the government, and presided over the war against the Southern Dynasties. He also sent people to discuss with the envoys of the Southern Dynasties to discuss their own troops, discuss business, and become brotherly countries. However, he never mentioned the reinforcements of Hanzhong, and the ministers dared not ask too much, but they all knew that the Khan had already abandoned the Wang family, who caused trouble, and allowed the war to develop.

Soon, Xichuan sent back the war, but this time it was not a great victory. The Southern Army, who had sent troops from Xiangyang, took the navy to go up the Han River, and bombarded the prefectures along the way. All the troops were defeated and guarded the city and did not dare to fight. The Hanzhong guards had already moved their people and left the city to escape. The Southern Army easily took Hanzhong without fighting. In Langzhong, Wang Weichun led his army to defend Langzhong City to death. Due to the long-term gnawing of the Jialing River in the west bank, the rammed earth city walls were mostly damaged. The Southern Army bombed the city with artillery on warships and sent troops to shore to carry out blasting, causing the west city wall to collapse more than 20 feet. The Southern Army has since attacked the city. Wang Weichun committed suicide when the city was broken, and the rest surrendered, and Langzhong lost.

The court was in an uproar. It turned out that Langzhong, who was guarding the city, could still defend it, and could drag the war forward and add a little weight to the aftermath. But who would have thought that the city would be destroyed in an instant. The so-called victory before was just a joke, which was fabricated to stay in Xichuan, and was also vulnerable to the Southern Army.

Brother Sang used this to attack and joined forces with a group of court officials to write a letter to impeach Li Qian to cover up Wang, instigating him to provoke war in Xichuan, resulting in the resurgence of war between the two countries and losing the city and land. Anyone with discerning eyes can see that although Li Qian was impeached, he pointed directly at the eldest prince Gan Mala, who was confined to his home, and implied that he colluded with foreign ministers with ill intentions.

The emperors who were bound by the border officials and colluded with important officials in the court, and there were very few emperors who could tolerate such behavior in history. Although Zhen Jin was annoyed, he still gave Li Qian the opportunity to go to the palace to defend himself. In the Northern Expedition of the Southern Dynasty, he was the only one who was loyal to the emperor and patriotism. Although there were many reasons for the failure, Li Qian could not bear all the responsibility, but as a trusted counselor of the Khan, he was also unforgivable to blame.

In the Langzhong incident, Li Qian also played a disgraceful role. In addition to maintaining orthodoxy, he also had his own little thoughts. The peace talks after the defeat made Li Qian and other Han ministers' idea of ​​"rather increase compensation than cede land" shatter. In fact, it was a big impact on all of them, because most people didn't understand that we would lose so badly and cede land, which was a great humiliation.

What Li Qian learned was not enough to support him in making rational judgments on military issues. He thought in his heart that the Mongolian army in the Central Plains had become corrupt and degenerate, and the personal army of the guards in the capital had not been in battle for a long time, and his fighting will was no longer there. The Wang family had been stationed in Shaanxi and Gansu for a long time and confronted the rebel king in the northwest. Almost every battle was ordered to go out, and it was a powerful force.

So Li Qian reached an agreement in private contact with Wang, and as long as they could prove that they had the power to fight against the Southern Dynasties, they could mediate for him when they left Xichuan. As a result, Wang created a "Langzhong Victory", and he indeed fought for him in the court and even sought rewards. But the subsequent actions of the Southern Dynasties were beyond his control.

Now Hanzhong has fallen into the hands of the Southern Dynasty, Langzhong is not defending, and Chengdu is in danger. The failure of the Wang family is a foregone conclusion. If you lose the war, the decision will be no longer in your hands. Judging from what the Southern Dynasty did in the past, there is no precedent for the meat that was eaten in his mouth. His adventure made the Mongol lose Hanzhong, a key place to leave Sichuan, and it is not an exaggeration to take responsibility.

Faced with the impeachment of the ministers, Li Qian realized that he could not escape freely, but in order to maintain Confucian orthodoxy, he chose to sacrifice himself and protect Ganmala. He took all the responsibilities and resigned in public in the palace and returned home. The real money was not too much to be retained, and he was allowed to leave his post and retire, and Li Siyan, whom he recommended, was appointed as the Minister of the Secretariat.

Ten days later, Li Qian walked out of the capital city with the dead leaves falling in autumn, saying goodbye to his old friends and colleagues who were seeing him off. He looked up and looked at the city, and sighed in his heart. He had risen and fall in this city, witnessed the most glorious moment of the Mongol Yuan, and also witnessed its decline. Now, with Boyan being assassinated, he withdrew from the court in disgrace, Brother Sang and his gang regained their throne. An Tong, the only one left in the Han Fa Sect, may be alone, and his departure may be the masterpiece of the Han Fa Sect.
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