Commander Han Jishan is naturally the first to bear the brunt!
"The important place of Shazhou has been burned down for three years! Han Jishan is simply a bastard! How can such a person be a commander? Aren't they going to kill the entire army?!"
The first person to speak out was the Minister of Industry, Zhang Mude, who was Jiang Tianao's best friend and Jiang Tianmastiff's staunchest ally. Naturally, he would not let go of this opportunity to deal with Qiu Jinglan - scolding Han Jishan was just a pretense - the point is, " Not only Han Jishan, but also the Zhenxi Army maintained peace in Western Xinjiang for more than ten years in the hands of the Kuang thieves, but now it has been so defeated in the hands of Han Jishan and his group in just a few years, and the wealth of the people in the warehouse has been destroyed at the hands of spies! How incompetent and unforgivable people are!”
"Speaking of spies, I wonder if Xijiang Memorial can mention who the spies are and who ordered them?" The King of Huainan expressed his stance by marrying his daughter, and of course he had to work - after all, Xue Chang's identity and position were destined to It was not easy for him to openly speak for Qiu Jinglan, not to mention that Zhang Mude had not directly mentioned Qiu Jinglan yet, so Chu Xiao stepped forward without hesitation, raised his scepter and said, "Shazhou warehouses have always been heavily guarded, and each warehouse is There is a quarantine in place, so much of the army's baggage was burned down overnight. How could it be possible without a traitor?"
Zhang Fide snorted: "Why did Qing Zong change the topic to find a spy? No matter whether there was a traitor or not, no matter how many traitors there were, in short, it was the incompetence of Han Jishan and others as generals of the Zhenxi Army that caused this. all of these!"
The King of Huainan said herrily: "Zhang Shangshu, why are you so anxious to deal with Han Jishan and others?! Isn't it more important to eradicate the spies than to question the generals? After all, since these spies can burn the Shazhou warehouse and cause the army to be defeated, why? If you know that if you continue to destroy the grain and grass in Wangcheng and other places, even the new batch allocated by the treasury may not be safe! This is something that a three-year-old child can understand, but Zhang Shangshu avoids talking about it. Is it because he is afraid that the spy will be found out? ?”
"Absurd!" Zhang Mude's face darkened, and he turned to the Empress Dowager Jiang and said, "I beg the Empress Dowager to seek justice: Zong Zhengqing was clearly married to the eighth son of the Jiang family because of his legitimate daughter, and to Princess Ningyi, the cousin of the Zhenxi military general Ruan Qingyan. Becoming a sister-in-law, deliberately showing favoritism, and even slandering my subordinates!"
"Full of nonsense!" The King of Huainan was not willing to be outdone and continued, "The Zhenxi Army has suffered a new defeat. It is better to be stable rather than tossing. Zhang Shangshu ignored the spies and ignored the overall situation. He was bent on pursuing his generals. It is obvious that he is messing around! It's simply a mess. Deliberately capitalizing on the enemy!"
"..." Empress Dowager Jiang was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised her forehead and said, "The Ai family is feeling a little unwell. Please withdraw from the court for half a day and then discuss it later!"
... The ministers were speechless, knowing that the Queen Mother herself could not make up her mind, and was going to find Duke Qin to make the decision.
Jiang Yashuang made an exception and did not attend the court meeting that day, because he was stopped by Jiang Yayun as soon as he left the house: "I have something to tell you about the defeat of Xijiang!"
At Jiang Yayun's request, the two cousins returned to Jiang Yashuang's study. As soon as they entered the study, Jiang Yayun said straight to the point: "It wasn't done in our room!"
"If brother just said this, I think it's better to go to court first." Jiang Yashuang said without comment, "After all, this is a big matter and it shouldn't be delayed!"
"There are still ministers here, and there is no shortage of us two juniors to give advice." Jiang Yayun frowned and said, "I'm serious, the army has three years of food and grass, even if it is burned there, you think it might be burned in one night Guang?! Although I have never been to Shazhou, do you know how many miles the warehouses stretch? There are various intervals in between. According to the requirements, there are water wells or sand for fire extinguishing. This is not a Two spies can do it! We really have so many people deployed in critical positions, why would we let our second brother die in Shazhou?"
Jiang Yashuang looked at him: "The Zhenxi Army was defeated. It seems that Dafang will not be held accountable, right?" So why are you anxious? He didn't even have time to attend the court meeting and asked me to explain - you still have arrangements in the Zhenxi Army. Even if you really didn't do this thing this time, once it is traced, you will definitely be traced. That's why I had to come here to confess and intercede
"... We arranged for people to infiltrate the Zhenxi Army and plan to wait for an opportunity to attack Qiu Jinglan!" A hint of bitterness flashed across Jiang Yayun's face, but his tone was very calm. It was obvious that he had considered all possibilities, so he was not in trouble even though he was defeated. , "You can't write two characters Jiang in one stroke. I think if you could, you wouldn't want the Jiang family to be stained with having a traitor in their house, right?"
"Those people also participated in burning the baggage?" Jiang Yashuang's face turned ugly, "If the Zhenxi Army really repeats the defeat of Emperor Gaozong, the current situation will probably shake the country's foundation! You guys are playing too much. Right? "If you just get rid of Darui, will Darui's powerful people still be worth anything?" !
Jiang Yayun explained: "I never let them burn the baggage. They were deceived. When they saw someone attacking the baggage, they thought... As a result, I just received the news and found out that such a thing happened!"
The urgent report of the defeat in Western Xinjiang and the burning of the baggage was rushed from eight hundred miles away. Since Jiang Yayun planned to kill Qiu Jinglan, he would definitely not use the official method to deliver the news. This way, he could still be just one step away from the highest level of official dispatch. It can be seen that his subordinates must have discovered that something was wrong, so they reported it at all costs. .
Jiang Yashuang glanced at his cousin and frowned. He guessed that the matter was definitely not as simple as Jiang Yayun said - how could a subordinate who was sent to sneak into the army and assume the responsibility of assassinating Qiu Jinglan be so stupid as to be deceived? Go and attack the baggage? It is estimated that Dafang had given them an order to look for opportunities to attack the baggage so that the Zhenxi Army would lose the battle.
"Now that there is a lack of food and grass in Western Xinjiang, I am afraid that the war will be unsustainable!" Jiang Yashuang thought quickly, "This will inevitably affect Northern Xinjiang! After all, Western Xinjiang was defeated so badly this time that there is no possibility of peace talks. The war must continue. Go down - this will require the use of national treasury and even local treasury to support it, so the food and grass in northern Xinjiang will be tight... I am afraid that the court will force my father to cease the war as soon as possible! "
"According to what my father told me before, after the truce in Northern Xinjiang, I will be allowed to go there, with Uncle Jing as the commander-in-chief for a few years. After I have tempered myself to the point where he approves, I will officially take over the Zhenbei Army!"
"And after my father hands over the position of commander-in-chief, he will return to the capital to sit in command and follow the example of his grandfather and become the master of the court!"
"The first house absolutely does not want to see this scene. They have already been retreating steadily before my father entered the court, let alone his father coming back to fight with them in person? The third house should not be willing to face such a situation either!"
"Unless they also have some secret agent in the Zhenbei Army, and they took advantage of my father's handover to attack me?"
But in an instant Jiang Yashuang ruled out this possibility, "The Zhenbei Army is not the Zhenxi Army. My father was supported by his uncle, and his management of it can be said to be impeccable! Otherwise, the second brother and the sixth brother would not have been able to do it before." As for being in the Zhenbei Army for so many years, I still can’t take root!”
Therefore, "Since the first house and the third house are not willing to see their father come back so soon, then it is probably not their fault that the Zhenxi Army's baggage has been completely lost this time. At least they are not willing to do this job! So what exactly is that? Who? Or did their subordinates only plan to burn some of the food and grass, but something went wrong?"
Jiang Yashuang thought for a long time and then said, "So what are you going to do now?"
"Our Jiang family is now the most popular minister, but it is only the most popular minister of Dali. Therefore, no matter whether it is our room, the third room, or your room, if there is any discord between each other, we do not want Darui to Destroyed at the hands of foreigners!" Since Jiang Yayun took the initiative to come to him for a showdown, he had certainly considered it. He immediately said without thinking, "I was really fooled this time - I hope you can mediate and cover up those unscrupulous people. The relationship between the things that strive for success and our room.”
"Fortunately, although they are stupid enough to be taken advantage of by others, they are not stupid enough. They also have some understanding of the spies who really want to kill me, Da Rui. Even if they are not qualified to commit crimes and meritorious service, they can still be considered worthy of death!"
Jiang Yashuang heard the exchange in his words and suddenly asked: "Are these people in Qiu Jinglan's hands now?"
Jiang Yayun, who had been talking eloquently before, froze, paused for a moment before nodding reluctantly: "That's right... When they evacuated after burning the food and grass, they were betrayed by a real spy and caught by Qiu Jinglan! "
Afraid that Jiang Yashuang thought he had no cards in his hand, he quickly added, "It's just that Qiu Jinglan had a hard time opening their mouths! And not all of them were caught by him, and there were also people who noticed something was wrong beforehand, not only He didn’t participate in the burning of the baggage, but hid it.”
... No wonder he is so low profile today!
"The Zhenxi Army was defeated, but it is impossible that no one will take responsibility." Jiang Yashuang said calmly, "Although the current commander-in-chief is Han Jishan, in fact everyone in the court knows who is the one who calls the shots!"
This statement obviously means rejection: the uncle’s family who is a political enemy and the uncle who is an ally, even a fool knows who to choose!
Jiang Yayun said unwillingly: "Second uncle is still ill. At this time, there is news that our family is trying to undermine each other... I'm afraid it's easy for outsiders to take advantage of it?"
"If we remove the bad and retain the good, won't we gain more trust from the world?" Jiang Yashuang said calmly.
Jiang Yayun thought for a while and suddenly said: "Then I will add another piece of news to you in exchange!"
"Um?"
"The life experience of the eighteenth brother-in-law!"
A strange color flashed across Jiang Yashuang's eyes: "What?"
"He is not an orphan picked up by Old Man Lingnan from the rivers and lakes at all." Jiang Yayun narrowed his eyes, "Actually, he should not be called Qiu Feng, but Chu Feng!"
"What do you mean?!" Jiang Yashuang's face turned cold!
"The Chu family name is Chu!" Jiang Yayun sneered, "The bloodline is the direct grandson of the deposed prince of Emperor Dezong - you should know that the prince was actually wronged by the Gu family!"
Jiang Yashuang said happily: "This is really ridiculous. The old man from Lingnan is a pure Jianghu person, how can he have anything to do with the royal family?! Taking a step back, even if the eighteenth brother-in-law is really of royal blood as you said, then So what? The matter of Dezong deposing Prince Jingqian has passed. Is there any evidence that the Gu family has wronged him? If there is no evidence, what if the eighteenth brother-in-law is from the Chu family? There are too many!”
"But this is not the biological blood of Fourth Aunt!" Jiang Yayun said coldly, "The one whom Fourth Aunt loves the most among her nieces is the Eighteenth Sister - she was handed over to a so-called hero with a reckless background. I think this I'm afraid some people still doubt this marriage, right? If Uncle Qu's life experience is revealed, do you think anyone in the government and the public will not suspect that this is because our family, especially your fourth brother, has known about his origin for a long time and deliberately The legitimate daughter was betrothed to him for the purpose of rehabilitating the deposed crown prince Dezong one day. Isn’t it a good plan?”
"When the time comes, not only will I be estranged from my fourth aunt and our family, but all of the late emperor's descendants will be too!"
"The only way to appease their hearts is to kill his uncle - just killing him is not enough, after all, his son also has the blood of Dezong's deposed prince! So you have to kill his uncle and his son, and let your only sister lose his life. Can you and your parents and brothers bear the loss of your husband? Don’t forget that the so-called ninth sister may not be the blood of the fourth uncle. The fourth uncle and the fourth aunt only have such a daughter! Woolen cloth!"
Jiang Yayun said calmly, "If you are uneasy with the hearts of the emperor and the kings, then you can only support Uncle Qu to ascend the throne. But as you said, time has passed and the evidence from back then has long since disappeared! Moreover, Qu Although Uncle Qu is well-known in the world, he has nothing outstanding in the court. However, Jin Shang has been praised by the ministers since he was a boy. How can it be so easy to help Uncle Qu to rise to power? Oh, and there is also the resistance of the Xin family. , The Duke of E and his wife will never give up their status as descendants! Mrs. Ou will definitely not be happy that her granddaughter and great-grandson are threatened..."
"I know that our room is not comparable to that of your brother-in-law, so please think about it, between your brother-in-law and your biological sister, which one do you choose?!"
Jiang Yashuang looked at him expressionlessly: "Or you should tell me first, where did you hear such words, and what evidence is there to prove the life experience of the eighteenth brother-in-law?!"