After the dispersion of the dynasty, Zhuge Qingshan deliberately accompanied Ye Xuanfeng.
Ye Xuanfeng knew why and said with a smile: "Master Chief Assistant, why don't you avoid suspicion today?"
In the past years, Zhuge Qingshan and Ye Xuanfeng, one was the number one civil servant and the other was the number one military general, and they had never interacted with each other until death.
Don't dare to interact with each other.
But now Zhuge Qingshan does not need to be so careful. His Majesty is no longer young and needs to be wary of powerful officials.
And now Ye Xuanfeng has long since resigned and is no longer in charge of military affairs.
However, because they had not interacted with each other for many years, the two had little friendship, and they had not had much contact in these years.
"The old prince should be enjoying his old age at home, but why did he suddenly go to court today? Did he hear the news?"
Zhuge Qingshan asked with a smile. He knew that Ye Xuanfeng had not been in court for many years.
It's been happening a lot lately, especially these days.
Moreover, what he said in the hall today was too shocking, and Zhuge Qingshan felt that something was fishy.
"Ha, as expected of the chief minister, he has a better brain than ordinary people... I am going to meet someone, do you want to go with me?" Ye Xuanfeng asked with a smile.
Zhuge Qingshan shook his head subconsciously, intending to refuse because he was busy with cabinet affairs, but he unexpectedly said: "Okay."
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The carriage drove into Fangjiazhuang and stopped outside the main house.
Zhuge Qingshan was helped out of the carriage, but Ye Xuanfeng walked down on his own and glanced at him jokingly.
The body and bones of civil servants are naturally incomparable to those of military generals.
"Old Duke is really old and strong, I admire him." Zhuge Qingshan also let him ponder.
"I just didn't expect that the person you came to see was the Young Master."
Ye Xuanfeng walked past him: "Did you really not expect that?"
After that, he stepped into Fangjiazhuang first. Fang Fu was already waiting outside the main house and welcomed the two of them inside.
"Serve tea." Fang Jue stood up to greet him, and then invited the two of them to sit together.
The maid had already prepared tea, but she was missing a cup. She didn't expect Zhuge Qingshan to come.
After the ceremony, Fang Jue looked at Zhuge Qingshan: "Sir, Chief Assistant, you rarely have time to come to my place. Please forgive me for any lapse in etiquette."
"It doesn't matter. I saw Mr. Ye speaking a lot at Fengtian Palace today... I was a little surprised at first. I didn't expect that it was the young master who gave me advice, so it's not surprising."
Regarding Fang Jue, Zhuge Qingshan had long known that his talents were not limited to agriculture and industry.
He is also uniquely talented in political commentary and military affairs.
Many of the things that were taught to King Qin in the past have gradually spread. The thing called the "Globe" in the emperor's study room has often attracted the attention of those who have been there.
Ye Xuanfeng pointed at Fang Jue and said to Zhuge Qingshan: "Last night, the young master called Hongyi back to his home and informed me of the matter. He said something had happened in the Liangzhou camp and asked me to be on guard against He An."
"Young Master already knew about this?" Zhuge Qingshan was surprised.
Fang Jue smiled.
The head of the world's largest intelligence agency lives here recently, and there are many things that I can't do without knowing.
The pigeon house in Fangjiazhuang has been very busy recently, and Fang Jue knows all the news from all over the world. Even the news that a princess from Beiliang gave birth to Lin'er was informed earlier than the Xuanjian Division.
"Does the Chief Assistant know about He An?" Fang Jue asked with a smile.
Zhuge Qingshan's face was slightly red and he was not in the court. He could readily admit some mistakes:
"How could I not know... that he was recommended by the cabinet back then to check and balance and monitor the Liangzhou defender Wei Ran..."
"This person is a collaborator." Fang Jue said calmly.
"How could it be?" Zhuge Qingshan didn't want to believe it.
Ye Xuanfeng was an old god. He had already calculated everything after hearing the news yesterday, so he was not surprised at all.
Fang Jue said bluntly: "This is the news from Emperor Zun Pavilion, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it."
Zhuge Qingshan wanted to say something, but he still stopped and fell silent.
No matter how incredible the news from Emperor Zun Pavilion is, it will eventually be proven to be correct.
It's not that I haven't questioned it before, but I was slapped in the face. Later, people in the world learned to be smart and stopped questioning it.
"Then why didn't the young master go to court in person and let Mr. Ye question it?" Zhuge Qingshan asked.
Fang Jue and Ye Xuanfeng looked at each other and both smiled.
"Although I am a young master with a first-class rank, I have no achievements in the military. It can be said that I am undervalued."
"But the old Duke is different. Whatever he says, even if it is not quite right, is enough for all the officials to appreciate carefully."
Fang Jue is still somewhat self-aware of his own positioning.
He has little prestige among civil servants, let alone a group of unruly military commanders.
If he opens his mouth, he will probably become a quarrel, miss the point and offend the generals.
"If that's the case, that would be terrible..."
Zhuge Qingshan said anxiously: "As a deputy general, He An is well aware of the details of Liangzhou Camp's defense. If he collaborates with the enemy, the entire Liangzhou will change hands!"
Ye Xuanfeng sneered: "As long as He An is not stupid enough, he will not surrender to the enemy."
"Huh?" Zhuge Qingshan looked at Fang Jue, didn't you say that he collaborated with the enemy? What?
Fang Jue smiled and said: "Sir, Chief Assistant... collaborating with the enemy and surrendering to the enemy are two different things."
Although they are both heinous capital crimes, there are definitely differences.
"Liangzhou is not a natural danger. It can be easily invaded by the alliance of internal thieves, but they will not be able to defend it if I send troops to Daxia later."
Ye Xuanfeng had no choice but to explain to Zhuge Qingshan:
"He An understands that what Beiliang wants is to enter the pass and seize food and people, not just one city or one pool. And what he wants is military merit."
The two sides hit it off immediately.
Zhuge Qingshan understood: "What you two mean is that He An colluded with Beiliang, and Beiliang sent him military exploits; but He An can help Beiliang enter the pass and plunder?"
"Exactly." Fang Jue looked serious, and Ye Xuanfeng said in unison.
Suddenly, Zhuge Qingshan's mind was buzzing.
Because he suddenly remembered what happened at the northern border a few years ago.
Wei Ran and He An teamed up to guard the Liangzhou camp for five years.
During the five-year period, Beiliang invaded and plundered three times. Although the Liangzhou Battalion defended Beiliang, each time it happened to miss the large troops from Beiliang that entered the pass to plunder supplies.
He said he did not dare to leave the city because he was worried about a surprise attack by the Beiliang border troops and would not be able to make a return visit in time.
The reason was legitimate. Liangzhou was not harmed, and the Northern Liang army also attacked Liangzhou to no avail. Both of them have contributed.
"Oh my god..."
Zhuge Qingshan reacted: "This is not the first time that He An has colluded with Beiliang?"
Ye Xuanfeng's eyes also flickered, and he had not thought of this. Because in order to show that he was not interested in military affairs, he deliberately did not have a deep understanding of the military affairs of all parties in these years.
"Otherwise?" Fang Jue chuckled.
No matter how miraculous the Emperor's Pavilion is, it can't be grasped at once. If He An hadn't been used to doing this kind of thing, how could it arouse the Emperor's Pavilion's suspicion.
Zhuge Qingshan sat slumped on the ground, his old eyes gleaming, and he smiled bitterly: "The cabinet has chosen the wrong person!"
As the chief minister of the cabinet, Zhuge Qingshan is naturally responsible for this matter, but it is not that he dare not bear it, but he feels that the consequences are too bad.
Beiliang colluded with He An and entered the pass several times to plunder, but in which case did the casualties exceed 10,000?
On which occasion did the loss caused less than five million taels?
Not to mention the refugees caused by the war.
Fang Juedao: "The reason why Emperor Zun Pavilion was able to catch He An this time was because he let the Beiliang Army enter the city and was found to have met with a general of the Beiliang Army."
"But how could Beiliang agree to let thousands of people into the city and send them to He An for military merit?" Zhuge Qingshan couldn't believe it.
Even if there is a hostile relationship, Beiliang will not be so stupid as to treat their own soldiers as fish.
"The Beiliang soldiers who entered the city and were besieged and killed were not part of the main force of Beiliang. They were just a group of refugees who had changed their appearance, as well as the common people who had been plundered in the past... their combat power was extremely poor." Fang Jue's eyes flashed with murderous intent.
Fang Jue said: "The people from Emperor Zun Pavilion in Liangzhou sent back news that the soldiers were very thin and covered with scars. They must have been driven in."
Ye Xuanfeng slammed the table, shaking with anger.
Zhuge Qingshan was shocked: "What's wrong with that?"
