When the emperor ascended the vanguard General's Mansion, almost everyone knew about it. Everyone was wondering whether the master and apprentice would let go of their past grudges. The emperor quickly returned to the palace and issued an order.

The decree announced the list of meritorious personnel in the pacification of the Huai area, including military generals, civil officials, and logistics personnel, such as Sui Yi and Li Mi, who were in charge of logistics. They did not fill in the reward column, but divided them into two parts, one to Yuan Bolang and the other to Min Shaoqing, and asked the two to handle the matter as appropriate.

Finally, the new emperor added something, and asked Min Shaoqing and Yuan Bolang to take out the reward and punishment measures against the Dingguo Hou. He said nothing and did not express any opinions on this matter. He pushed for two or six five, and the new emperor learned to stand by and watch.

This made Yuan Bolang and Min Shaoqing difficult.

"The Emperor's trick is very clever." Lan He said while discussing with Yuan Bolang, "On the surface, I did everything, but in fact I didn't do anything. Let's break this layer of window paper. It seems we are in trouble!"

Yuan Bolang was already very upset and frowned when he heard this, saying, "Are you saying that the emperor is going to determine the crime of the marquis of the country?"

"That's right. If you want to reward the Marquis of Dingguo, it would be better for the Emperor to come to sell this favor to Liu Wenyan in person. Why does Yuan Xiang need to come?"

Yuan Bolang thought about it, and the emperor gave him and Min Shaoqing such a hot potato, and he also explicitly refused to discuss it between them. He was afraid that the two sides might have the same result in the end, so he was afraid that Liu Yu would let the Marquis of Dingguo. As long as the emperor gave one of them to punish the Marquis of Dingguo, and gave the people of the world an explanation while also being able to explain to Liu Yu, the matter would be over.

If you are convicted, you can only die in the decisive state marquis. You cannot implicate Liu Yu, otherwise Liu Yu will rebel. But no matter what crime is convicted of a decisive state marquis, you will definitely be retaliated by Liu Yu afterwards. In the past, Liu Yu had no intention of confronting them with tit-for-tat. Such a general endangered his father, and could he stop talking easily?

Yuan Bolang was thinking. Lan He suddenly said mysteriously: "Yuan Xiang, you might as well..."

Lan He whispered twice in Yuan Bolang's ear. Yuan Bolang was stunned at first, then smiled and nodded, but was somewhat suspicious, and said, "If Min Shaoqing also made the marquis of the Dingguo not guilty, what should we do?"

Lan He's idea was actually very simple. Let Yuan Bolang first decide that the Marquis of Dingguo is not guilty, neither reward nor punishment, and the merits and demerits are equal, and then let Min Shaoqing be the bad guy. Afterwards, Liu Yu's revenge is not limited to the left and right prime ministers. But the biggest problem is that Min Shaoqing also learned from them, so the Marquis of Dingguo will really be free from justice.

Lan He smiled and said, "Don't worry, Min Shaoqing is the most rigid person. I remember that Xuzhou City was unable to be captured by the Huai Army for a long time, but he refused to surrender. You know how ignorant he is. Such a person will not change what he recognizes!"

Yuan Bolang was relieved of his original worries. He could punish the Marquis of Dingguo and not offend others, and the best of both worlds might be. Maybe Liu Yu would stand on their standpoint in the future against upstarts such as Min Shaoqing, who would be a powerful ally.

So Yuan Bolang hurriedly rewarded and punished other meritorious ministers and soldiers, but made a statement that "the merits and demerits are offset" on the Marquis of Dingguo. Finally, he showed it to Lan He. Both of them nodded with a smile. Because in Yuan Bolang's reward list, Lan He's son Lan Jing was highly rewarded, which was related to Lan Jing's conquest of Jiangyou with Liu Yu.

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In fact, in Min Shaoqing's mind, after receiving this order, he thought as Lan He said, just to kill the monkey of Dingguo Marquis for Liu Yu to see!

But when Ma Feng heard the news, Min Shaoqing hesitated.

Although Liu Yu was a powerful minister, he finally had no bad record of serving the country. This time, he was the first to suppress the rebellion. Such a minister who was the first to kill his father directly was unreasonable. It would be even more incomprehensible if the family was confiscated and the clan was destroyed. No matter how big the Marquis of Dingguo made a mistake, Liu Yu's contribution to quelling the rebellion would offset the mistake.

"If you decide Liu Zhao to death, you can say that Liu Wenyan's achievements will be countered. In this way, both father and son will not be punished. Liu Wenyan's position in the army will definitely decline, which will be beneficial to the consolidation of imperial power!" Ma Feng concluded.

Min Shaoqing nodded, but felt that this was obviously not the reason why the new emperor separated and asked them to agree on the merits and demerits of the marquis of the country. No one knew what the new emperor's attitude was now, and there was no way to know what he had to talk to Liu Wen in close contact.

For other ministers and generals who have made contributions, the rewards are easy to determine. Even the Marquis of Dingguo, even Min Shaoqing, who has always been decisive, had no choice. Ma Feng did not interfere too much in this matter, and it seems that he is not sure how to handle this matter is the best strategy.

"Or why, let's go and ask the emperor again?" Min Shaoqing looked at Ma Feng and asked.

Ma Feng smiled helplessly and said, "I don't think the emperor is willing to see you. He doesn't say anything, but he just doesn't want to use his ideas to influence the punishment of the Marquis of Dingguo. This is also an explanation to Liu Wenyan."

Min Shaoqing asked, "If you weren't considering other factors, how should you decide this crime?"

"Then you have to ask? Of course, the whole family is searched, and the men must at least be exiled. As for the female family..." Ma Feng didn't cover up, and was really afraid that Min Shaoqing would convict this. He smiled and said, "I'm just talking nonsense, don't take it seriously!"

Ma Feng scolded Liu Yu the most when he was in Xuzhou, but at this time he turned around and wanted to protect Liu Yu, which made Min Shaoqing feel a little confused.

Ma Feng cannot be considered a loyal minister or a treacherous minister. He is both easy to speak and difficult to speak. He is a very contradictory person. In the Battle of Xuzhou, he advocated surrender at first, but after the new emperor arrived in Xuzhou, he fought to defend the city without slacking off at all. He liked to talk to others in a sinister way, but he would not hold grudges.

Min Shaoqing thought about it. Such a person who is very conflicted in himself may not be credible. It is better to find some honest people to ask their opinions. Thinking of "righteousness", Min Shaoqing immediately thought of Chai Jin. No one in the world is more straightforward than this elm lump.

So Min Shaoqing went to Xinzhujun's mansion to visit Chai Jin. Su Bi was pregnant, but she still warmly welcomed Min Shaoqing. After all, her power has been repeatedly suppressed, and Min Shaoqing, as a new nobleman in the court, actually came to ask her husband for something, which made her feel very proud. She has been waiting for Chai Jin to stand out, and now she finally got what she wants.

"Your Highness Xinzhujun is forgiven. What the subordinates want to discuss with General Chai is a confidential matter and cannot be told to outsiders."

Su Bi was not angry, but instead left with a sensible look, leaving only Min Shaoqing and Chai Jin in the hall.

"General Chai, do you think the emperor means how to deal with the Marquis of Dingguo?" Min Shaoqing asked with some expectations.

Chai Jin, the Marquis of Dingguo, thought about it. He seemed to have heard of a familiar name. He also heard someone talk about it recently, but he didn't remember it very clearly.

"What did the Marquis of Dingguo do in the past?" Chai Jin thought for a long time without an answer, and asked.

Min Shaoqing was stunned at first. The question was a bit obscure, and he was really hard to answer. But he soon thought that no matter how much credit he made, a man was originally just a commoner. In other words, Chai Jin wanted to deprive the Marquis of Ding Kingdom and reduce his military status to the people. With the family background of the Marquis of Ding Kingdom, he would definitely have no worries about food and clothing.

There were punishments, but it also prevented the quarrel between Xinhuang and Liu Yu from dying, which made him suddenly enlightened.

"Thank you, General Chai for his advice, I will say goodbye!"
Chapter completed!