News of the coming of the East China Sea shocked the entire Luoyang City.

With more and more news coming, the truth finally became clearer. King Ying was sent away a long time ago. The rumors at that time said that he disappeared with the Holy Military Advisor. Everyone thought he was hidden somewhere in Luoyang. Even if he went to the Donghai Kingdom, he, without Shangguan Sheng's assistance, could not cause much storm, so the investigation was not very tight.

But Shangguan Sheng is still alive!

Cui Hong was furious. He was the one who was responsible for pursuing the rebels. He immediately called the two generals who shot and cut their heads. The two were completely confused and knelt on the ground and swearing, claiming that they had indeed killed Shangguan Sheng at that time. They also captured several guards from Shangguan Sheng to testify.

Cui Hong personally interrogated, including the soldiers and prisoners who saw Shangguan Sheng being killed at that time. Everyone was interviewed alone. After two full hours, he came to report the situation to the emperor.

"Shangguan Sheng of the Donghai Kingdom must be fake, and the King of England may be real." Cui Hong was very sure.

"No matter whether Shangguan Sheng and King Ying are authentic or not, where did the rebels of the Donghai Kingdom come from?" Han Ruzi was most concerned about this matter.

It is reported that the rebels of the East China Sea Kingdom were about to attack the approaching Qi Kingdom and must have gathered an army. However, the rebels of the Suwei Kingdom and the Blackheaded Army were defeated outside Ao Cang City, either killed or injured or captured. There were very few escapees. In these few days, they had to go to the East China Sea Kingdom without stopping. It was impossible to re-establish the army.

The East China Kingdom must have a formed army waiting there.

"The army of Qi has long been defeated, and all the prisoners have been sent to the frontier. There are very few troops stationed in the surrounding countries and counties, and there are only a few thousand people together. How could it be?" Cui Hong was even more puzzled. He led his troops to pacify the Qi rebellion. In order to prevent any further troubles, he specially transferred most of the troops in the Kanto area under the order of the Empress Dowager.

"Your Majesty, it's not time to go. Please allow me to lead my troops to Donghai Kingdom and Qi Kingdom immediately to check the situation. There is no need for too many troops, five thousand is enough." Cui Hong still did not believe that there would be a large number of rebels in the east.

Since learning about the rebellion of the East China Sea Kingdom, Han Ruzi has been busy, but he has not summoned the ministers to discuss matters. He is very clear that under the current circumstances, officials will only find ways to shirk responsibility and fight over and over again, and in the end he has to make his own decisions.

"I have sent Chai Yue to lead the troops."

Cui Hong leaned down on the ground. He never felt relaxed in front of the young emperor. Only by thinking about his daughter who might have been pregnant would he feel a little more at ease.

"Your Majesty has sent troops?"

"Well, but it's not enough. There will be a meeting of ministers of the general. More troops will be sent to support General Chai. The East China Kingdom must have been prepared for this rebellion and must not underestimate the enemy."

"According to the order, I asked, will Your Majesty still fight against the East China Sea?"

"Of course, my suggestion is to divide the troops into three groups, Chai Yue is the central army, and attack the rebels directly, and choose to fight or not, depending on the situation. General Fang is the right army, and goes to the south of Qi. He once served in Qi and was familiar with the situation there. The general and I led the left army together and advanced from the north."

Cui Hong was shocked. When he left the capital to pursue the rebels of Suwei before, the emperor sent only 10,000 troops, and everyone felt that it was too little. Now the Donghai Kingdom has only a rebel of unknown origin, but the emperor is as if he is facing a great enemy and wants to divide his troops into three groups to attack.

Cui Hong led his troops for many years. Although he was not a famous general who won every battle, he was somewhat capable. He reminded him: "Should your Majesty summon the ministers to discuss first?"

"The ministers are all in the capital, and the accompanying officials are just informing the news. There is nothing to discuss. Please let the general arrange it now. The more soldiers from all walks of life, the better."

Cui Hong could not directly refute the emperor's will and kowtowed and retreated.

It was already dark, and the criminal Zhang Jing came to ask for a visit. He had heard about the rebellion of the Donghai Kingdom, so he was more cautious when he came to see the emperor. "I have narrowed the scope to the 26th alleys of the Four Squares and Twenty-Sixth Alleys tonight. Tonight, I will start to inspect and search the house by house. Before noon tomorrow, I will be able to retrieve the seal."

"Yeah." Han Ruzi responded coldly, waved his hand and ordered Zhang Jing to retreat, without telling him that there were also guards who were secretly looking for the seal.

He sat alone in the tent for a while, without ministers or generals, eunuchs and guards. The more critical the world is, the more he likes this lonely state.

"I am alone," he murmured in the dim light, trying to recall the vague scene: the old Emperor Wu sat alone on the throne, repeating the same sentence over and over again, but the expression on his face was unstable, sometimes it was indescribable loneliness, sometimes it was pride that was high above, and sometimes it was calm that could see through the world's feelings.

Liu Jie, the chief supervisor of the Central Office, entered the account and whispered: "Your Majesty, the person has arrived."

Han Ruzi nodded and said that he could bring this person in. No matter what, the emperor was not a real lonely person. Even if the entire court was unwilling to do things for him, the emperor was still the person who could get the most help in the world, at least one of them.

Qiao Wanfu, a minor official from Ao Cang, entered the tent and found that there was only the emperor in the tent, not even the eunuch served by famous people. He was shocked and knelt down at the door. He was a little nervous, but now his whole body was trembling.

"Speak ahead." Han Ruzi smiled. Qiao Wanfu was a minor official and was not part of the court minister. Under normal circumstances, he would never have the chance to meet the saint in his life. What scared and nervous was the "emperor", not the young man himself.

Qiao Wanfu stood up and walked forward a few steps, and immediately knelt down again, keeping seven or eight steps away from the emperor, and dare not get closer.

Han Ruzi stared at Qiao Wanfu, thinking that a person like Wang Jianhuo could become a famous hero in the world, and perhaps there were also capable people among the minor officials who were not good-looking.

"You said that no matter whether Shangguan Sheng is alive or dead, there is still chaos in the eastern border of Da Chu."

"Yes, Weichen said." Qiao Wanfu's voice trembled a little. Sometimes it is a sin to prophecy too accurately, "But Weichen didn't expect it to happen so early."

"Tell me again why you think there will be such chaos."

"As Weichen said before, Qi State has abundant resources."

"No, no, just be simple, don't say more than three sentences." Han Ruzi had experienced this person's long-windedness and didn't want to hear him start from scratch.

"Uh" Qiao Wanfu was stunned for a while, and then thought about it repeatedly, and finally said: "The ships and ships from Qilu have a lot of cargo to the side of the ship, but when they return, they are mostly empty. Therefore, I said that there must be chaos."

"Well, I can say a few more words."

"I have been in Ao Cang for many years and have seen it with my own eyes. In addition, I have checked previous records, and found that there are a lot of food and rare treasures transported from east to west, but there are not many things to transport when I return. Therefore, I came to the conclusion that the capital needs the eastern countries, but the eastern countries do not need the capital so much. Among the countries, Qi is the most important."

"But for more than 120 years, Qi State has only rebelled once."

"If Your Majesty recalls the history of the country, you will find that the Qi kings are replaced most frequently among the princes, and they rarely last for more than two generations. When the new emperor ascended the throne, he would replace his close younger brother or prince as the King of Qi. The worst thing is that he would have to install a prince near Qi."

"For example, King Donghai." Han Ruzi suddenly realized that his father Emperor Huan did the same, and appointed his youngest son as King Donghai. In fact, he wanted to use the power of the Cui family to fight against King Qi, but he did not come to let King Donghai go to the country. "No one told me that I should do this."

"I dare not guess, but I just think that if I wait a while, when His Majesty has a prince and he should be crowned with a king, there will always be ministers who propose to enfeoff the eastern part."

Han Ruzi roughly understood that the eastern countries were relatively independent, and once they had a cold relationship with the imperial court, they might rebel. "This rebellion occurred in the East China Sea Kingdom, and there was an army. Can you guess the origin of this army?"

Qiao Wanfu replied: "There may be multiple sources of rebels, and the Wei-Minist can only guess one. Since the court paused last year, there have been very few ships from the east. More than 100,000 ship workers have nothing to do for half a year, but they are afraid they are easily bewitched."

Han Ruzi was surprised, "I have a responsibility for this matter. It is my order that I ask local governments to open warehouses and release grain to help refugees. The capital was not seriously affected and there is no need to transport more food for the time being."

Qiao Wanfu kowtowed, "I don't know how to speak, and I deserve to die."

"You are not wrong, what I want to hear is the truth." Han Ruzi truly felt that it was so difficult to govern the world. Even if it was done with good intentions, it might bring about a series of evil consequences.

"The most important reason is that some people intend to cause trouble and use His Majesty's good governance to provoke rebellion."

"Flat." Han Ruzi said, and his impression of Qiao Wanfu became better.

Qiao Wanfu kowtowed and thanked him. After getting up, he was no longer so nervous. He even took the initiative to say: "Although Qi, the Donghai Kingdom has the convenience of rebellion, it does not have the strength of rebellion. Your Majesty does not need to worry too much."

"Well, let's talk about it."

"Qi country is rich and its people are easily complacent. According to what I see, most Qi people are unwilling to move westward. They take a boat west, and they all walk with Qi Rong and go east along the way. Everyone is happy. Therefore, I know that although Qi is rebellious, they have no ambitions and the soldiers are in love with their hometown, so they are not afraid of it."

Han Ruzi laughed, "Listen to your words is better than reading for ten years."

Qiao Wanfu knelt down again and said he was "trepidated".

Han Ruzi asked someone to see Qiao Wanfu away, and then went to a nearby tent to participate in the affairs of the ministers. Qiao Wanfu's analysis was all about "far water". If you want to save the "near fire", you have to rely on the army. However, after listening to his words, Han Ruzi was indeed more confident, which was enough.

General Cui Hong was a rare act of decisiveness. In just a short while, he had already formulated a rough plan. The general led his troops and the civil servants arranged the supply of food and grass. At the latest, a military force would be sent to support Chai Yue early tomorrow morning. Fang Daye from the South Road could also set off at around noon. Only the northern road army needed the emperor to make a decision.

"Two days later, set off early in the morning." Han Ruzi said that the day after tomorrow was noon when the "gambling" between him and the Chou King was revealed. If he solved some things, he would be able to leave Luoyang.

He had to explain to the ministers why he had to divide his troops into three groups. "I don't believe that there are so many coincidental things in the world. Just now, the news came that the northern Huns meant to go south, and the East China Sea Kingdom had a rebellion, and the two might be related. The middle army lured the enemy, the southern army was the main attack, and the northern army was the defense of the Xiongnu."
Chapter completed!