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Chapter 69

The next day there was no morning court, and the news fermented for a day. On the third day, there was a fierce debate at the court meeting, and the censors accused the frontline generals of not following the court orders, causing trouble. Some censors accused Di Qing of not restraining their subordinates, which led to such a tragic disaster.

The court meeting ended until afternoon. Du Zhongxiao returned to the Censorate. Before he sat down, a small yellow gate came to pass the imperial edict, asking him to go into the palace immediately and discuss the government affairs. Needless to think, the chaos ahead this time made the situation smoother, and the court, which had won consecutive victories over the past few years, was a little anxious.

After a little cleanup, Du Zhongxiao left the Censorate and walked towards the Da Nei. This is the troubles of the ministers in the court, including the Censor Zhongcheng. At normal court meetings, the Censor Tai has its own fixed shifts, but except for particularly important matters, the rest of the Censor’s comments were reported. Du Zhongxiao didn’t have much time to speak on the specific court affairs. More of them were summoned to the back hall and discuss matters in front of the imperial court.

At this time, it is a single day, and two days are not a morning court. With various holidays, there is actually not much time to go to court. Most of the major affairs of the country are discussed at the court meeting, while the general government affairs are mostly discussed in the back hall. There is no way, there are too many officials in the morning court, and although there are so many memorial shifts, there are still endless debates. Most government affairs are raised in the morning court, and the ministers will discuss it after the court is gone.

For example, when fighting on the front line, even if the court is not early, the emperor has almost no time to stay in Dawei from morning to night. However, most of the time, the minister is the one who discusses affairs. When it is Du Zhongxiao's turn, it is really a major event in the court.

After entering Chongzheng Hall, he performed rituals and manners. Du Zhongxiao looked at it and found that except for those who were on duty in the front hall, the priests were basically there. Other Hanlin scholars include Ouyang Xiu, Wang Zhu, Hu Su, and even Wang Su, the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture.

When the personnel arrived, Zhao Zhen said, "Two days ago, there were Dangxiang prisoners of war in rebellion, killing hundreds of commanders from Ning Su. Now the rioters are hiding in the mountains and forests, harassing everywhere, and the front line is in a miserable state. Di Qingyan wanted to send two thousand soldiers to the mountains to suppress the chaos. However, in winter, there was no supply in the mountains and forests, and it was extremely difficult to move forward, and hesitated for a moment. Huanqing Road Yan, in the past year, most of the troops on this route have been transferred to Zhenrong Army, and the troops are empty, for fear that the rioters will enter Huanqing Road and cause trouble. What should be done? If you come to discuss it?"

Jia Changchao said: "This rebel was originally the garrison of Dangxiang in Qinggang Gorge. The troops of this dynasty were in the suppression and captured them. Later, when the guards were unprepared at night, they suddenly made chaos and killed many soldiers. The guard general Bu Sheng escaped while taking advantage of the chaos. After he arrived at the Qingyuan army, he asked the army to go out for war. The commander Ning Su personally led 500 soldiers to go to Qinggang Gorge to fight. Unexpectedly, the rebels were extremely cunning and set up an ambush halfway and killed Ning Su in the chaos."

Wen Yanbo said in a deep voice: "Since they were captured in one battle and became prisoners of war, why did they suddenly cause chaos?"

Jia Changchao said: "The report from the front line did not mention this matter. Now the chaos army has seized the guns and cannons from Ningsu's troops and attracted the followers to join. The number of people is really large. The most important thing is to wipe out the chaos army. Why is it causing chaos? It is not a big deal."

Hu Su, a Hanlin scholar, said: "The Grand Marshal, since September last year, has sent troops and fought many times. This is the first time that prisoners of war have caused chaos. How can they say that the reason is not important? I don't know the reason, and I can't do anything to prevent it. I will put this one down, and there will be next time!"

Jia Changchao said, "This is also easy. The Shufu has issued an order to Di Qing, and ordered him to investigate the matter in detail and report it to him in the future."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Powers of war rebellion are not unusual. There are all kinds of reasons, and there is nothing. But why did people from nearby foreign troops join after they rebelled? With Dangxiang as the ones under their rule were oppressed by them, especially the small foreign troops. This dynasty has a famous order that all foreign troops occupied by Dangxiang territory will be exempted from three years of money and food, and there are many benefits. How could they cause rebellion?"

The political king Yaochen said: "The news came from Huanqing Road. After Di Qing's troops occupied Weizhou, they robbed money and robbed ** people under the rule of Dasuo. Many small tribes were very angry. The bandits were in chaos this time, and it was supposed to be because of this."

When Du Zhongxiao heard this, his face turned dark: "The most important thing about fighting on the front line is to strictly control the military's laws! This is a matter that the court explicitly ordered, so why would the army let them do whatever they wanted! Once people lose their hearts, chaos will arise!"

Jia Changchao said: "I don't know about this matter. If this is true, I will definitely punish you severely!"

Tian Kuang said: "I think the soldiers on the front line have not had any war for two months, and the generals are lazy, so this kind of thing happens. The Shufu will not send officials to investigate the matter and punish them severely. The most important thing now is how to deal with the rebels."

Du Zhongxiao said in a deep voice: "Deputy envoy, the first priority in governing the local area is the hearts of the people. People's hearts are not in the court, and chaos cannot be overwhelmed! What can hundreds of prisoners of war in the Party have caused great trouble? What are the fear now? People are chaotic there, and the people are resentful to the court, and more and more people are causing resentment to the court! Taiwei Di holds more than 200,000 troops in his hand. Such a small chaos will naturally not be difficult to calm down, and there is no need for the court to send people specifically. But if the army does not comply with military discipline and causes resentment from the people under his rule, it should be immediately cleared up."

Wen Yanbo said: "According to Zhongcheng's wishes, can the rebels let Di Qing quell himself?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Of course. The south Huanqing Road mobilized troops to strictly guard their own city and passes to prevent them from going south. The north Di Taiwei sent generals to lead troops to quell the chaos. There is no need to send large troops to quell the chaos. However, the military discipline of the front-line army is not consolidated and causing chaos in the people will cause a lot of chaos. First, the occupied areas are unstable and they have to be kept under supervision. Another thing is that the unoccupied areas will inevitably resist to the death, making the war even more difficult. The court originally used the royal army to pacify the world, but it would be difficult to govern in the future."

This is an old problem of the imperial guards. When fighting, the military discipline is far from good, and sometimes it will be extremely chaotic. In the early days of the founding of the country, large-scale chaos was caused by poor military discipline and the resentment of the people. The training of the entire army was very important, which was to use the reform of the military system to strictly rectify the military discipline. Now it seems that the military discipline of Di Qing's troops is far from being a good word.

Seeing that Jia Chang was not speaking to Hetian Kuang, Zhao Zhen said: "Now that the chaos has begun. For the stability of the morale of the front line, we must immediately quell the rebellion. The Privy Council conducted a written word Di Qing and ordered him to send people south to quell the rebellion immediately. For the military discipline of the front line, no officials can be sent to investigate the matter there."

Jia Changchao bowed: "I am obeying the order of the saint. Cui Xuan's troops can order them to send troops."

Du Zhongxiao shook his head slightly. Knowing the situation on the front line should have a lot to do with the emperor's attitude. The practices and habits of the imperial guards were passed down since the founding of the country, and Zhao Zhen would not give up. As for the public anger, the imperial guards were like this, and they did a lot of things like this before.

Wen Yanbo said: "The so-called less than a thousand chaotic troops are not a major concern. As long as a large army is sent, it should not be pacified. The most important thing now is that the military discipline in the front is not strict and the people's hearts are unstable. This is a major concern. According to the practice of this dynasty, such matters should be involved in the participation of the censors and go to the front line to investigate them strictly. Only by strictly enforcing military discipline can such things be prevented from happening in the future."

Zhao Zhen nodded and said to Du Zhongxiao: "Zhongcheng thinks, who is the right person to send?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "The Censor Wu Zhongfu, Xiang has a reputation as a pride and is not afraid of the powerful and powerful, and can be competent for this matter."
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