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Just as Qin Mucha was about to take a sip, he heard hurried footsteps at the palace door, and then heard Huang Lianshan's anxious voice outside the palace: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I have something important to ask for your attention..."
Qin Mu put down his teacup and asked the eunuch at the palace gate to summon Huang Lianshan to the palace. The eunuch who served the tea bowed and stepped back to the corner of the palace to stand.
Huang Lianshan was allowed to enter the palace in a hurry. He glanced at the ministers in the palace and bowed to Qin Mu with great respect: "I, the guilty minister Huang Lianshan, pay my respects to the emperor. Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long, long live the emperor!"
"Huang Lianshan, have you made any progress?"
"Your Majesty, I suspect there is a traitor in the palace. I implore Your Majesty to immediately order a thorough investigation of the palace and find the traitor. In addition, the food and daily life of Your Majesty, the Queen, and the princes and princesses must be taken care of by trustworthy people to prevent the traitor from poisoning you."
"Then tell me, who is trustworthy?"
"This... My crime is unforgivable. Your Majesty, please punish me. Your Majesty, please punish me..." Huang Lianshan was speechless and could only kowtow to the ground, his forehead hitting the ground with a bang. This time he was in such a passive position, Ye Bu Shou could not shirk the blame for his dereliction of duty. The emperor's question was heartbreaking!
"Huang Lianshan, you still have two days, get out!"
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I know that my crime is unforgivable, but this time I ask Your Majesty to listen to my advice and immediately investigate the palace people. Your Majesty, rumors about your majesty's poor health spread overnight, and the news that Wu Yuanzheng and other imperial doctors diagnosed your symptoms was spread in detail. If there were no traitors in the palace, these obscure things would not have been spread. Based on this, I earnestly ask Your Majesty to order a thorough investigation of the traitors."
The ministers in the palace were secretly shocked when they heard Huang Lianshan's words. No matter what they thought, they all stood up and asked Qin Mu to thoroughly investigate the harem.
Han Zanzhou went to Jiangyin with the crown prince Qin Ye, and was injured.
Qin Mu wanted Niu Wanshan to investigate the matter, but after a little thought, he rejected the idea. Who in the harem is suitable for this? Queen Yang Zhi is a kind person with no ulterior motives. If she were to investigate, she would never find out the truth. As for the rest, Yun Qiao'er and Li Xiangjun... forget it.
Qin Mu decided to use a person that no one would think of to investigate the matter. He called Li Shuang'er and whispered a few words to her. Li Shuang'er opened her eyes in disbelief, but did not dare to say a word and hurried to the harem.
Huang Lianshan then retreated with peace of mind.
Admiral Di Zhongxing continued, "According to His Majesty's order, the four clipper warships heading to Jiangyin to pick up His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have already set sail."
In response to this, Qin Mu just nodded. He believed that with the constant brainwashing by the military assistant officer and his own prestige in the army, he would definitely not be deserted by his friends and relatives and have everyone turn against him.
He kept telling himself in his heart that what he needed most now was to believe. Although it was difficult, he had to believe.
Of course. The problems exposed by Yebushou this time must also be carefully considered. This is no longer just trust. Don't put all your eggs in one basket!
Qin Mu has secretly decided to split Yebushou into two parts and set up an internal affairs department. In this way, even if one intelligence system has problems, there is another one running normally, and at the same time, they can play a role of mutual supervision and restraint.
Sima An hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "Your Majesty, there may be people who secretly harbor rebellious intentions, and judging from their actions, they have made careful preparations for this. However, I have thought about it for a long time and feel that the outbreak point of this incident is intriguing."
"If you have anything to say, please speak frankly, Mr. Sima."
"Your Majesty's achievements in civil and military affairs are well known to everyone in the world. Those who harbored ulterior motives must have believed the rumors spread in the palace and thought that Your Majesty was ill, so they dared to rebel.
The rumors that His Majesty was ill were still spreading, causing panic among the people. The city-wide martial law only contributed to the spread of the rumors.
Therefore, I suggest that Your Majesty convene a grand court meeting to show your power to the world, so that the rumors will be broken. If people's hearts are determined, people like Li Guo will not be a threat! "
Qin Mu knew all this, but up to now, he had not yet found the mastermind behind the whole thing. If a grand court meeting was held at this time, although it would dispel the rumors about him being seriously ill, it would also likely alert the enemy, and the mastermind behind the scenes would hide even deeper.
"I hope Your Majesty will not hesitate any longer. If you do not convene a grand court meeting to dispel the rumors, people will be in panic and the whole world will be in turmoil. By then, even if Your Majesty finds the mastermind behind this, the disaster will have already happened and it will be a loss."
The reason why Sima Anzhi hesitated for a long time before saying this was because from another perspective, these words seemed to be helping the real culprit behind the scenes.
Strictly speaking, no one can be ruled out as a suspect until the real mastermind is found.
Someone is plotting a rebellion, so the emperor is inevitably sensitive and suspicious. No one knows what he is thinking now. Maybe he thinks that finding the man behind the threat to the imperial power is the most important thing, and in order to eliminate this hidden danger, he is willing to let the world be in turmoil for a while
If this is the case, Sima An's words would be taboo.
Qin Mu glanced at the ministers in the palace, and then said, "Lift the martial law in the capital early tomorrow morning and convene a grand court meeting."
Hearing this, Sima An finally felt relieved and said quickly, "Your Majesty is wise!"
Next, the emperor and his ministers urgently discussed how to more quickly and effectively remove the military power of the former Dashun Army generals stationed in various places, and formulated specific plans one by one according to the different situations in each place.
Generally speaking, we need to use both soft and hard tactics. The hard tactic is to send people directly to various places, or to order local officials to temporarily take over the command of the army.
The soft hand is a combination of punches. First, a powerful public opinion offensive was launched in the Daqin Times to guide the direction of public opinion and quell rumors.
Then, in the name of the emperor, he issued an edict to the whole world to suppress the rebellion.
The general content of the edict was that the emperor worked diligently and hard, and finally managed to rebuild the country from the ruins and let the people live a peaceful and happy life;
Now, Li Guo and others, out of their own selfish interests, are plotting treason and chaos with the intention of plunging the world into the chaos of war once again. They are also spreading rumors of the emperor's death, confusing the public and deceiving the world. Their crimes are unforgivable.
Then he changed the subject and said that now the country was reviving and the people were living a healthy and prosperous life. The emperor believed that most people were unwilling to help Li Ni in his rebellion, including the former members of the Dashun Army. The emperor also believed that.
However, in order to stop the gossips of the world, the generals who surrendered to the Dashun Army should also temporarily hand over their military power to avoid being in trouble. Therefore, those who voluntarily handed over their military power will not only be reinstated after the rebellion of Li Ni is quelled, but will also be promoted and reused first.
After the imperial edict was issued, in order to prevent any changes in Yuan Zongdi's affairs, Qin Mu ordered the East China Sea Fleet to leave its home port of Ningbo and head south to Fujian. At the same time, he ordered the troops in Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Zhejiang to strengthen their combat readiness and be ready to enter Fujian at any time.
The Quanjiao County was to be conquered by Ling Zhan and Yan Yingyuan, each leading 5,000 cavalry. Yan Yingyuan crossed the river from Yanziji, while Ling Zhan led his troops westward and crossed the river from Caishiji, thus attacking Li Guo's rebels from both sides.
In addition, considering that the Dashun Army was best at mobile warfare, in order to prevent Li Guo and his gang from repeating the same tricks, the Ministry of War also urgently ordered the troops in Chuzhou, Fengyang, Luzhou, Hezhou, Hanshan, Chaoxian and other places to enter the highest state of alert.
However, these local troops are only responsible for strictly guarding the main traffic routes. To put it bluntly, they are each responsible for strictly guarding their own territories and forming a tight encirclement on the outside to prevent the rebels from escaping.
If all the counties and prefectures sent troops to suppress the rebellion together, it would be difficult to coordinate and it would be easy for Li Guo to take advantage of the situation or even defeat them. Therefore, the Ministry of War formulated this encirclement plan, which only focused on strict defense of the periphery.
As for the task of pursuing and destroying the enemy, the two cavalry units of Ling Zhan and Yan Yingyuan were responsible for it. They guarded the four sides well. Ling Zhan and Yan Yingyuan did not need to divide their troops to block the enemy. They just chased and attacked fiercely, leaving the rebels with no place to stay and no chance to breathe, until they were wiped out!
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