He was just a spectator, so he couldn't get involved in a quarrel of this level.

Besides, if he had the opportunity to participate one day, he probably wouldn't be in the same predicament as Zhang Dun.

"Governor Cai, you misunderstood what you said."

Of course Li Kui could not admit that this defeat was caused by himself.

He pointed at Cai Bian and asked: "This is just a war hypothesis made to prevent the Liao Kingdom from jumping over the wall. Don't you know how many troops the Liao Army has come this time? If it comes 300,000, I'm afraid it won't be long before the Liao Army arrives in Daming."

The government is gone. Could it be that I instigated this?"

"And I remember that this was not a secret document that I wrote to the Metropolitan Council, but a secret document that was written to the Imperial City Division and sent to the Chui Gong Palace through the military supervisor. How did you learn about it?"

Li Kui immediately bowed to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, if this information about Chui Gong Hall is military information, should it be reported to the Minister of Finance?"

Cai Bian was a minister, Pushe, and was in charge of the province. Naturally, he was not qualified to participate in military affairs.

At least, he shouldn't deliberately pry into secrets like this to avoid suspicion.

Of course, these are just rules on the surface. Secretly, the ministers in the court have long forgotten these rules in order to know more about the government.

Cai Bian was not the only one. Unfortunately, he bumped into Li Kui.

Emperor Zhao Xu said with a gloomy face: "Official official!"

"The slave is here."

"Let's find out who leaked military secrets?"

There was a buzzing sound in Cai Bian's ears. Li Kui's words were like ringing a bell. He was standing so close that he couldn't even hide away.

Cai Bian never thought about letting Li Kui take the blame. He just wanted to give An Dun a way out. After all, they are all grasshoppers on a rope. When his allies are in trouble, he has to help.

Unexpectedly, Li Kui refused to give in and directly accused him of leaking secrets.

The Shangshu Province is in charge of six ministries. But in fact, the Ministry of Personnel has always been under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of War is not under his control.

Cai Bian was not qualified to take the initiative to inquire about the confidential military information of the Song Dynasty. Unless the emperor told him that he was needed to make suggestions, otherwise he would be overstepping his authority.

Chui Gong Hall was the place where the emperor handled government affairs. In some dynasties, it was called the Imperial Study Room, which all mean the same thing.

Normal court meetings are held in Zichen Hall and Daqing Hall.

The Chui Gong Hall actually has its own team, with the chief eunuch being the chief eunuch. There are also eunuchs who transcribe the secret documents, and the clerical personnel who store them in the treasury are all eunuchs. The leak of the secret documents is mostly related to the eunuch who copied it.

Soon, Xiao Huangmen, who had leaked the secret, was dragged into the main hall, crying: "Your Majesty, this slave is guilty, this slave is guilty!"

Zhao Xi looked at Xiao Huangmen who kept kowtowing, and couldn't help but feel irritated: "Leave it to the Imperial City Secretary for questioning."

Once you enter the torture chamber of the Imperial City Division, your life is basically sealed.

Xiao Huangmen was so frightened that he trembled all over, but he was even more afraid of the torture chamber. He suddenly broke away from his companions and hit the pillars in the main hall and died!

This really shocked the emperor, and the court discussion could not continue.

Zhao Xu stood up from the dragon chair, swung his dragon robe and left.

Hao Sui followed closely, then came back and shouted: "Retreat from the court!"

"Renjie, don't run away in a hurry."

The emperor walked in the imperial city with a pale face, and Li Kui followed him. After a long time, the emperor tiredly said: "Li Qing, is it really hopeless to regain the sixteen states of Yanyun?"

"In one or two years, there is no chance."

Li Kui told the truth.

A few days later, as more and more military reports came from the northern front, the mood in the court finally stabilized. Fortunately, people were still there.

Two cities were lost.
Chapter completed!