"Nonsense!" Tian Fen only looked at the lines for a few times, then furiously tore the letter to pieces and threw it on the ground. The other people in the house looked at Tian Fen with inexplicable expressions, not knowing what Zhou Shuguang said in the letter, but actually made Tian Fen lose his composure.

"It's useless to tear it!" Cao Tiancheng looked at Tian Fen, calm down, "This is just one of them. I believe that the content of this letter has been made public in the major prefectures and counties in Daqi at this moment. Moreover, did Hu Jian, who was rushing to Chang'an, also had the same letter on his body?"

Tian Fen was overshadowed.

"Besides, there are really not many lies in this letter, and they are basically true." Cao Tiancheng laughed: "In recent years, we have indeed blackmailed the Zhou family's countless money and cheated the elite of their family, so Zhou Shuguang's scolding was indeed targeted, and the scolding was so deep that it was deeply rooted!"

"Your Majesty!" Tian Fen looked up at the emperor: "These things are all done by me. What does it have to do with you? Since this matter has spread, someone must be responsible for it, but you must not be your Majesty. I can be a traitor who is obsessed with profit, but you must be the saint emperor with unparalleled wiseness. I ask Your Majesty to order the officials of the minister tomorrow and ask me about my crime. The charge is that I use the name of the court to blackmail the Zhou family and make a living."

Cao Tiancheng laughed to the sky: "What? Do I dare not act like? Even if I do it, so what? I blame you, and those noble families will not jump out to make trouble? I will still have trouble. How could I kill myself and make them proud? Don't mention this matter again."

"Your Majesty, the imperial court will indeed not be able to use these conspiracies and tricks to eliminate the aristocratic families. If you spread them out, you will lose your face and prestige." Tian Fen said: "The Great Qi Dynasty has no Tian Fen, but it is just a change of the chief minister, but you must not let Your Majesty lose his prestige. As long as Your Majesty is still in power, the imperial court's major plans can still continue to advance without being criticized."

"I said it, there is no need to mention this matter!" Cao Tiancheng knocked on the table with some anger and said.

Cao Yun stood up: "Your Majesty, I think the proposal of Shougong Tian is feasible. After Zhou Shuguang's letter was spread, those noble families would definitely stand up to make trouble with this. It can be said that a political storm is inevitable. The court must show its attitude, otherwise wouldn't it disappoint the subjects in the world and lose the most basic trust in the court?"

"The removal of the chief minister is to kill himself!" Cao Tiancheng shook his head and said, "This is exactly what Zhou Shuguang and the others want. Humph, if you want to say that there is no shadow of those people behind Zhou Shuguang's rebellion, I will not believe it anyway."

"Your Majesty, Zhou Shuguang's rebellion is undoubtedly supported by these aristocratic families. There is no need to doubt this. They just want to use Zhou Shuguang who is desperate to make a wake-up call for Your Majesty and tell Your Majesty that if you force them into a hurry, they will do this. So at the moment, the first thing we need to do is to stabilize the country and make the subjects all over the world believe that Your Majesty is not such a person, but someone else is in it."

Tian Fen stood up and knelt in front of Cao Tiancheng: "Your Majesty, only in this way can you temporarily resolve the world's trust crisis, and your Majesty can make arrangements calmly!"

"Your Majesty, what the Prime Minister said is reasonable. Although the Prime Minister was dismissed from office, but whether he was not using the Prime Minister, wouldn't it be the only word of Your Majesty? What's wrong with dismissing his official position? Even if your Majesty gives orders in the Heavenly Prison, can't he become the office of the Prime Minister?" Cao Yun said: "After overcoming this hurdle, suppressing the Bozhou turmoil, and using Your Majesty again, who dares to say no?"

"How can the prime minister take the blame for what I want to do?" Cao Tiancheng said with a dark face.

Tian Fen laughed: "It is my honor to be the one who can take the blame for Your Majesty. They want to take the blame but still can't bear it! Everyone, this matter has been decided. In the morning court, Your Majesty issued an imperial edict to avenge my husband's crimes and put me in the prison for trial. This is the first thing, and the second thing is to agree on how to quell the Bozhou Rebellion!"

Many important officials in the Qi family stood up together and bowed to Tian Fen with their hands clasped their fists.

Cao Tiancheng was silent for a moment, walked down, and helped Tian Fen with both hands, "Then I will feel wronged the chief assistant for a while. When I destroy Zhou Shuguang, I will pick you up and get out of prison in person."

Tian Fen laughed: "The minister is waiting for His Majesty to come to pick me up soon. He has been tired over the years and wants to take a break, but when he thinks that His Majesty and his colleagues are busy, he feels no longer feeling."

"I want to rest but can't!" Cao Tiancheng smiled and said, "Even if I stay in the prison, you should take the initiative to make the decision. Okay, let's just do this. Let's talk about military affairs below! Cao Yun, tell me."

Cao Yun looked at the emperor with some surprise, then looked at Guo Xiancheng beside him.

Cao Tiancheng suddenly became a little patient: "If you ask you to say it, just look around and do what to do? Who else can surpass you with the knowledge of the people present in military affairs? It's the country's troublesome situation, don't think too much."

Cao Yun bowed awkwardly and said, "Yes, I know I am wrong. Your Majesty, Zhou Shuguang's rebellion in Bozhou seems to be just a matter of a county, but in fact it is closely related to the national policies and policies of our Great Qi Dynasty. As Your Majesty said, behind Zhou Shuguang, there must be funds and even personnel support from those aristocratic families. This matter may have begun after Zhou Jiyun's defeat in Wanzhou. The court neglected this. Zhou Shuguang was not an ordinary aristocratic family. Although he does not have the history of the other families, the fighting and rebellion in this pirate family is born with blood."

After saying this, everyone nodded repeatedly. When Wanzhou was defeated, the court summoned Zhou Shuguang back to Chang'an, but this person was not summoned to flee back to Bozhou. In fact, there were signs of it. However, at that time, everyone thought that Zhou had ended his life and became fish on the felt board, and did not take him seriously. He thought that with the arrangements in Bozhou, Zhou could be easily taken down, which created today's dilemma.

"What's even more worrying is that I'm worried that Mingren has intervened in the rebellion of Bozhou!" Cao Yun's face was a little heavy.

"How do you say this?" Cao Tiancheng's face changed slightly.

"Your Majesty, the Ming people have established a powerful navy. This is a fact that there is no doubt about it. Is it, Wang Jia?" Cao Yun's eyes turned to the ghost's deputy commander Wang Jia.

"Yes, Your Highness, the Ming people have established a powerful navy. According to the information we have explored, they have at least twenty third-layer warships. With the size of their shipyard in Baoqing Port, it is impossible for them to produce so many main warships and auxiliary ships in such a short time. Therefore, the ghost has always suspected that they have another naval base, but we are not allowed to enter. Your Highness also knows that ghosts have always been willing but not capable of doing it at sea. In the past, the information on this aspect was in the hands of the Zhou family. Now that the Zhou family is rebelling, we are completely blinded by the sea affairs." Wang Jia said.

Cao Yun nodded: "This time, the Zhou family clearly suffered heavy losses, but why can he annihilate Cao Gang's navy in one fell swoop? Although Cao Gang's navy has not fought for many years, after all, hundreds of warships, including the main warships, died in one battle, and none of them escaped back? This only means that they encountered an opponent that they could not defeat, with a huge gap in strength. Does the Zhou family have this ability now?"

"Ming Dynasty, Qin Feng!" Cao Tiancheng clenched his fists.

"So, Your Majesty, the war in Bozhou is by no means a partial extermination of the rebellion, but a major event that concerns the overall situation." Cao Yun said: "We must stand at the height of the overall situation and coordinate the entire matter before it can work."

"We must use thunder without rushing to suppress the Bozhou rebellion, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." Tian Fen said on the side.

Cao Yun nodded: "The chief minister makes sense and must be extinguished quickly, but if there is a large family behind Zhou Shuguang and the Ming people are mixed in, it would be a big deal. If you want to extinguish it in one fell swoop, you will probably use the army."

"At this moment, Long Xiang's army cannot leave Chang'an easily!" Tian Fen said: "You can only call the town troops in various places. What does the prince think?"

"This is the responsibility of the general. Cao Yun cannot say too much, but there are a few things that must be done in advance. The first thing is Zhou Jiyun from Kunling Pass. If the army cannot destroy Zhou Shuguang in a short period of time, be careful that he will rebel. Therefore, Luzhou must be stationed in an army to be prepared for defense. Moreover, it is better to make a deal with Chu State or Bian Wushuang. As long as Chu State step up its attack on the six eastern counties, then Zhou Jiyun will not have the courage or strength to do anything."

"This is easy." Cao Tiancheng said: "The Chu people have always dreamed of taking back their six eastern counties and rebuilding the eastern defense line. If we promised him not to provide any assistance to Zhou Jiyun, I believe they would happily launch an attack on Zhou Jiyun. Isn't Cao Hui in Chu State? He will let him do this immediately."

"Secondly, negotiate with the Ming people." Cao Yun said: "On the Changning County, Your Majesty is preparing to fight with the Ming people to test the current strength of the Ming people. It seems that it cannot be fought now. If Changning County starts fighting, I am afraid that the Ming people will make a big fuss and blatantly assist Zhou Shuguang, Bozhou. They have a navy, but we don't. They can easily send a fleet to transport soldiers to land in Bozhou. At that time, I was afraid that the rapid annihilation war would be a chaotic war. It was not that I would be dedicated to others and destroy my own prestige. The Ming and Qi armies were in a battle, and I, the Great Qi, would not be sure to win. Once it became a bad battle, Your Majesty's reform plan would inevitably be delayed."

"If we don't fight, will they not help Zhou Shuguang?" Cao Tiancheng said coldly.
Chapter completed!