Chapter 1130 The Great Court Meeting, Murong Wan'er
September of the third year in the Daliang calendar.

After Zhao Song surrendered.

With the help of the navy's protection, Qiao Lie moved the government system stationed in Yuncheng to Luoyang.

Women such as Qiongying and Fang Jinzhi also followed.

When the girls arrived in Luoyang, Su Mingzhe acted foolishly in the harem for several days in order to appease them.

In a blink of an eye, it was the middle of the month, the day of the grand court meeting.

Su Mingzhe then had to return to Qianyuan Hall and summon all the ministers.

The ministers finished their ceremony.

As the prime minister, Qiao Lie first read out the "Special Amnesty Edict" drafted by himself and his ministers.

During Zhao Jiji's reign, there were countless unjust, false and wrong cases.

In Jingdong Road alone, more than half of the prisoners were innocent and wrongly convicted.

Therefore, when Su Mingzhe was in Yuncheng, he reminded Qiao Lie that the first thing to do after conquering the Zhao Song territory was to re-examine the prisoners.

Now that Zhao Song has surrendered, Daliang has accepted most of Zhao Song's territory at once. It would be a waste of time to try every case thoroughly.

Therefore, the ministers discussed and decided to simply issue a "Special Amnesty Decree" to rehabilitate all the prisoners.

After hearing this, Su Mingzhe approved it immediately.

Afterwards, the Minister of War Lin Chong first presented a letter of congratulations. The chief officials of Qinfeng, Lizhou, Kuizhou, Huainan, Jiangnan and other prefectures followed the will of heaven and presented letters to accept the rule of the new dynasty.

(Guangnan, Fujian and other places are too far away, and with Fang La and Wang Qing blocking the way, the information has not yet arrived.)
Afterwards, Lin Chong reported that King Wang Qing of Chu and King Fang La of Ming were stubborn and had occupied Liangzhe, Jingchu and other routes, and that it was necessary to send troops to suppress them.

Su Mingzhe hasn't opened his mouth to express his opinion yet.

The Minister of Rites Chai Jin quickly submitted a memorial stating that the Jin people had sent an envoy who had come from the sea and was now staying at the Sifang Pavilion, asking whether to form an alliance to attack the Liao Kingdom.

When the court officials heard about the need to attack the Liao Kingdom, they threw Wang Qing and Fang La aside and requested to lead the troops to fight.

Everyone knows that the expedition against Wang Qing and Fang La was an internal struggle.

Even if we win, it is all expected and reasonable. There is nothing to be proud of.

However, if we can defeat the Liao Kingdom, which was founded by barbarians, and recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, it will make up for the shortcomings of the Zhao Song Dynasty and will definitely go down in history.

Both civil officials and military generals understood the logic behind this, so when they heard about the Northern Expedition to the Liao Kingdom, they all started clamoring.

For a moment, there was chaos in the hall.

Snapped--

Snapped--

Snapped--

Three silent whip blasts.

The hall suddenly fell silent.

San Dezi shouted sharply:

"quiet!"

Su Mingzhe looked at Sandezi with satisfaction.

This kid really has good eyesight. As soon as I showed the slightest bit of displeasure, he took the initiative to suppress the chaos for me.

Compared with Sandezi, the imperial censors who are responsible for maintaining order in the palace are simply a bunch of people who eat for free!
Seeing that the hall had become quiet, Su Mingzhe gave Lu Junyi a wink.

Not long after Lu Junyi joined Liangshan, he led his troops alone to pacify the eastern route of Hebei and made remarkable contributions. He is now the right vice minister of the Ministry of War, second only to Lin Chong.

Receiving Su Mingzhe's eye signal, Lu Junyi quickly stepped forward and told him that Su Mingzhe had long ago sent Yue Fei to the north to fight against the Liao Kingdom and recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.

Yue Fei's northern expedition against the Liao Kingdom took place in June.

I have to praise Yue Fei for being a natural commander. He set out in June and arrived at the border in July.

While on the road, Yue Fei did not forget to train his troops. On the second day after his arrival, he captured Zhuozhou in one fell swoop, then attacked the reinforcements, followed up the defeated troops, and took Yanzhou in one fell swoop.

In the following month, Yue Fei made great progress and was able to capture a city in about three days.

By August, when Zhao Song surrendered, Yue Fei had already taken over most of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.

Now another month has passed, and I think the entire Sixteen States of Youyun have been returned to the Central Plains.

When Lu Junyi slowly told the story of Yue Fei's Northern Expedition, all the ministers were speechless.

Emperor Liang is indeed still the leader of his own village. He likes to do things secretly.

In the past, when everyone was in Liangshan, the target of deception was other forces, and everyone felt pretty good about the leader of the village "pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger".

Now that I found myself excluded, I began to feel uncomfortable.

Qiao Lie suddenly felt like he wanted to say something.

After all, he was the prime minister of Daliang, second only to the emperor and above all others. Even if the emperor wanted to hide things from heaven and earth, he shouldn't have hidden things from him.

But before he could speak, Su Mingzhe raised his voice:

"Winter is coming soon. The Northern Expedition to Liao will stop in the next one or two months. For now, let's discuss the attack on Wang Qing and Fang La!"

Because Wang Qing controlled Jingchu Road and Fang La controlled Liangzhe Road, the communication between the north and the south of the court was blocked.

Especially in Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangnan, Kuizhou, Lizhou and other places, if they wanted to communicate with the court, they had to travel a long way.

As the Minister of War, Lin Chong was the first to express his willingness to lead the troops into battle.

As the right vice minister of the Ministry of War, Lu Junyi also hurriedly stepped forward.

Other civil and military ministers, such as Lu Zhishen, Chao Gai, Qin Ming, or Zhong Shidao and Zong Ze, all submitted memorials expressing their willingness to lead the troops to the expedition.

Su Mingzhe had an idea long ago. He first appointed Lin Chong as the commander of the eastern army to attack Fang La, and appointed Lu Zhishen, Lu Junyi, Chao Gai, Qin Ming and others as generals and vanguards as his deputy commander.

Zhong Shidao commanded the western army to defend against the constant invasion of Western Xia.

Zong Ze commanded the central army to encircle and suppress the roaming Wang Qing.

There are three armies, each with 200,000 soldiers, which can be regarded as the whole country's strength.

A grand court meeting ended after noon.

Su Mingzhe came to the second floor and was about to call a dancer to relax himself.

Sandezi reported that Concubine Murong Yanran requested to see him.

"Xuan!"

After a moment, Su Mingzhe saw a beautiful woman in a purple gauze dress walking up the stairs.

As emperor, Su Mingzhe's position was to sit north and face south.

Murong Yanran went upstairs from the south staircase.

As she walked towards the man with lotus steps, the sunlight shone through the layers of thin purple gauze skirt, and Su Mingzhe immediately saw a beautiful figure.

"Why didn't I notice before that Murong Yanran's legs are so slender?"

"My beloved, come to me!"

Su Mingzhe's eyes were firmly attracted by the pair of straight and slender legs.

Murong Yanran came to ask the man for help with something, but before she sat down, she found that the man had lifted up her skirt.

I don’t know how long it took.

The sun moved from the south to the west.

The warm sunlight fell on Murong Yanran, and her rosy skin seemed to be covered with a layer of thin golden gauze.

The long eyelashes moved, and the gentle eyes slowly opened.

Murong Yanran saw that the man seemed to be still not satisfied, and his eyes, like those of a ferocious beast, kept scanning her body, which made her start to feel scared.

If she had known this, she would have waited until the evening when she and her sisters were together to talk to the man.

"My beloved is awake?"

Su Mingzhe noticed the fear in the woman's eyes. He felt sorry for her fragility, so he could only suppress his anger and ordered his master to clean himself and Murong Yanran.

After getting dressed again, Su Mingzhe asked Murong Yanran why she came to see him.

Ever since the fifth year of Zhenghe, Murong Yanran has been possessed by me. This beauty has always dressed conservatively, disliked makeup and has been bare-faced all day long.

However, Murong Yanran not only put on light makeup today, but also wore a light gauze skirt, and came to the door on her own initiative. This was obviously not in line with her usual habits.

When Murong Yanran heard the man's question, she remembered her purpose and quickly said in her clear and soft voice:
"Your Majesty, I am here for my aunt."

Three years ago, Su Mingzhe attacked Qingzhou. The Qingzhou prefect Murong Yanda asked his sister, Concubine Murong, to persuade Zhao Jiji to send 100,000 reinforcements.

Afterwards, all 100,000 reinforcements were wiped out.

Zhao Jiji was so angry that he deprived Concubine Murong of her position as concubine and sent her to the cold palace.

A few days ago, after Murong Yanran followed the other girls to Luoyang, she began to inquire about the whereabouts of her aunt.

As a result, several days passed and there was no news at all.

In desperation, Murong Yanran thought of asking a man for help.

When Su Mingzhe heard that Murong Yanran was looking for her aunt, Concubine Murong, he immediately became interested:

"San Dezi, send someone to check where the former imperial concubine Murong is now. If you find her, bring her back immediately!"

　Correct any mistakes: It should be Murong Yanran, I remembered the name wrong!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)