When a large-scale turmoil broke out in the Western Regions, the first person to react was not someone else, but Li Xun. It was his glory. For this glory, many brothers were buried in a foreign land. Now there are still many brothers struggling and fire in that land. The result was not a natural disaster, but a complete man-made disaster. The situation should not have reached its present level. Who caused all this and who should pay the price for it?

As an emperor, Zhao Xun's thoughts seemed a little strange about the bad situation in the Western Regions, at least to Li Xun's opinion, it was a little strange.

After Li Xun left the Western Regions, a large number of Han officials were transferred to that distant area one after another. After the turmoil broke out, many officials wrote memorials to the court, a considerable number of them expressed their dissatisfaction with Yuwen Zhen and Huang Hongliang, especially Yuwen Zhen, who acted in the local area, imposed heavy taxes, and did whatever he wanted, and acted arbitrary. Whoever dared to object, he used tough measures to crack down and suppress. Such bad behavior not only caused great dissatisfaction among the countries in the Western Regions, but also the same was true for many Han officials.

But Zhao Xun just said very plainly: "If you are not my race, your heart will be different."

He also expressed his affirmation of Yuwen Zhen and Huang Hongliang's actions in the Western Regions, because they completed the tasks given to them perfectly and even extraordinaryly, gathered money and grain, and transported Fengjing. In this regard, Yuwen Zhen and Huang Hongliang did it. Zhao Xun only valued this point. What did he regard the Western Regions as? What did he regard the people of the Western Regions as?

Afterwards, Zhao Xun summoned the ministers to discuss matters, and at this court meeting, Li Xun completely broke out.

Li Xun strongly demanded that Yuwen Zhen and Huang Hongliang be severely punished, taxes be reduced, and the power of the Western Regions Political Affairs Hall be restored. Local government affairs must pass through the Western Regions Political Affairs Hall. The local army stationed in the Western Regions of the Jin Dynasty shall not disturb the local governments and the people at will before specific events occur. These are all these, and make a clear attitude to appease the countries and people of the Western Regions and quell the riots as quickly as possible.

Li Xun's suggestion immediately aroused opposition from many people, including Zhao Xun. For this reason, Li Xun had a fierce dispute with them, including Zhao Xun.

During the meeting, most officials including Xiao Hui, Zhan Taiyiheng, Helian Chu, Lu Zhongxun suggested that the court should handle the riots in the Western Regions by tough means and there should be no compromise. The army of Yu Yanhui, the governor of Wuzhou, and Lei Wanhai, and the governor of Xizhou, should be immediately mobilized to enter the Western Regions to quell the rebellion.

Zhao Xun obviously thought so, expressed his agreement, and immediately ordered someone to issue an edict to form a formal resolution.

During the entire dynasty meeting, he was definitely not the only official who had the same idea as Li Xun about the situation in the Western Regions and how to deal with it. However, there were very few people who stood up to support Li Xun. Most of the other prime ministers in the Political Affairs Hall remained silent. Li Zhong might agree with Li Xun's idea in his heart, but he did not stand up to express his support in the end. Of course, he also spoke, but he was not talking about things in the Western Regions.

There is a saying that goes, it rains all night long, but it’s too late to see the wind again, and bad news comes one after another.

Li Zhong brought a message that there was the latest updates in Lingnan.

There was a civil strife in Chenzhou, and the reason was unknown. However, according to reliable information, the initiator of this civil strife was Lu Cheng'an, the eldest son of the Jiedushi Lu Si, who wanted to seize power. The Jiedushi Lu Si of Chenzhou wanted to live and die now.

This news immediately shocked the civil and military officials of the court.

The court has decided to gather forces in the Jiangnan region. After sufficient preparations, he will use force to solve the Shihu problem. In this regard, Chenzhou Jiedushi Lu Si expressed great enthusiasm and wrote to the court several times that if the imperial army arrives, he is willing to go out and jointly attack Shihu.

Now that civil strife suddenly broke out in Chenzhou, Lu Si was about to die. Although Shi Hu's side seemed calm and had no action, Li Zhong told Zhao Xun that local officials secretly wrote a letter that Shi Hu had frequent exchanges with Annan Kingdom, and Annan Kingdom had increased its troops in the Lingnan border area several times. The troops gathered on the border had reached 50,000. It is not difficult to guess the intention of it. Shi Hu obviously attracted Annan Kingdom to be foreign aid and was preparing to confront the court to the end.

Zhao Xun's face was extremely gloomy. Things in the Western Regions had just broken out, and something went wrong with Shi Hu. The two things combined together, Zhao Xun's mood was undoubtedly extremely bad at this moment.

It's not all that. Zhao Bai'an and Kou Xiong sent a letter to the court three days ago. They had gathered nearly 50,000 troops in the Jiangnan region and were stepping up training to prepare for war. They hoped that Zhao Xun would raise money, grain and other military supplies as soon as possible to transport them to the Jiangnan region. The 50,000 troops were barely maintained throughout the Jiangnan region. However, as soon as the war broke out, the military supplies needed in the subsequent period were undoubtedly extremely huge. They could not bear it simply by pieced together in the Jiangnan region.

The reason why Zhao Xun actively supported Li Xun's grain borrowing plan was actually that he had already made plans. A small part was transported to Henan for disaster relief, and most of them were transported to the Jiangnan region to provide military resources to Zhao Bai'an, Kou Xiong and others. However, with the turmoil in the Western Regions, taxes could not be transported back. Major grain merchants in Fengjing have significantly increased their grain prices, and the grain borrowing plan has obviously gone bankrupt.

The occurrence of a series of things made Zhao Xun feel dizzy. He lowered his head and pressed his hands against his eyebrows, feeling upset.

"Your Majesty, I have something to do to report."

The three princes, including Qu King Zhao Tong, Ji King Zhao Antong, Lin King Zhao Ji and other princes stood up together.

Zhao Xun looked up at them and said in a low voice: "What are the three emperor uncles reporting?"

King Lin Zhao Ji bowed and said, "I have a suggestion for the food problem, which may be solved."

Zhao Xun nodded and said, "Please tell me if you are in the king."

Wang Lin Zhao Ji smiled and said, "I have discussed with 35 grain merchants in Fengjing. They have agreed to lend 2 million Dan grain to the court at one time. I have joined the three people including Qu Wang Zhao Tong, Ji Wang Zhao Antong, and others, and are willing to give out one million taels of silver for private wealth and lend it to the court."

Zhao Xun was slightly stunned, then a hint of joy appeared on his face. The most difficult part of the court now was the shortage of money. Now, what Lin Wang Zhao Ji said undoubtedly made Zhao Xun see the sunshine.

Zhao Xun was about to speak, but Li Xun said first: "There is no free lunch in the world. Those grain merchants are so generous, probably not without conditions."

Li Xun looked at Wang Lin Zhao Ji and others coldly. These princes were all rich but extremely stingy. In the past, the country encountered difficulties, but they had never seen any help. Now they are saying this, obviously with other intentions, and even fools can think of it.
Chapter completed!