Secretly ordered the officers and soldiers in the north to be at odds with the Jin people.
Not to mention that the discord between the officers and soldiers and the Jin people was provoking disputes and causing instability on the border, but that the secret order was an act of violating the holy name without permission.
These are serious crimes subject to impeachment.
Duke Cheng Guo actually admitted it?
There is no need to bring out Jin Yiwei's evidence.
Lu Yunqi, who was standing aside, looked blank, not disappointed or angry, and seemed to have heard nothing.
But other ministers could not pretend not to hear anything. After a period of silence, the hall fell into a commotion.
"Cheng Guogong is bold!"
"Rebellious heart!"
Not only the censor, but also more ministers stood up and angrily scolded him.
The emperor seemed frightened by this scene, and seemed shocked, disappointed and in disbelief by Cheng Guogong's words.
"Shut up, everyone." He shouted and looked at Duke Cheng Guo again, "Mr. Cheng Guo, is there some misunderstanding?"
These words made the few censors who had calmed down very dissatisfied.
"Your Majesty, you dote on Zhushan too much."
"It's because of you that Zhu Shan becomes more and more arrogant."
"Your Majesty, whether you believe him or not, we are really too deceived by him."
In particular, several veterans were heartbroken.
The hall was once again noisy.
The eunuchs had to keep the ministers quiet for the emperor.
"I've let you say what you should say. Now I want to hear what Duke Cheng Guo says." The emperor said, looking at Duke Cheng, "I ask you again, did you really do this?"
Duke Cheng Guo nodded.
"I did indeed do this." He said, "Your Majesty does not need these censors to inquire."
He glanced at Lu Yunqi again.
"There is no need for the guards to spy."
He looked at the emperor again.
"Because I have always done this," he said, "I have always told the officers and soldiers in the north to always be on guard against the Jin people."
His posture was straight, his voice was mellow and his tone was soothing, but strangely, the officials in the hall suddenly felt a little nervous and depressed.
Duke Cheng Guo's voice continued, and he looked at the ministers on both sides.
"...You're welcome."
"Be fierce."
"Make trouble over nothing."
"We must seize every opportunity to suppress."
“We must create opportunities even if there are no opportunities.”
The officials in the main hall were stunned.
Crazy, what can I say?
Ning Yunzhao stood aside and lowered his head.
Look, this is the real Duke Cheng. He is not as gentle and kind as his appearance. He is indeed warlike, brave and iron-blooded.
"Why should I do this? Because I have dealt with them all my life, and I know their character very clearly." Cheng Guogong said, "It is absolutely impossible to make them surrender if they take the initiative to make friends, and if they take the initiative to make friends, they will inevitably
He has wolfish ambitions."
He turned his gaze back to the emperor.
"Therefore, Your Majesty, I will order the officers and soldiers like this when I am in the North, and I will order them like this when I am not in the North. I will order them like this during war, and I will order them like this when not at war."
The emperor looked a little at a loss.
"Then, what do you mean?" he asked.
Duke Cheng Guo looked at him.
"The size of our land in the Zhou Dynasty cannot be abandoned, especially the land close to the heart. Now that the Jin people are on the side, the Central Plains will not be stable for a day. If we retreat to three counties today, we will lose several counties in the future. How easy it is to negotiate peace today.
The battle will be cruel in the future." He said with a solemn expression, he raised the wat board and bowed, "So the situation at this time is more dangerous than before, and peace cannot be negotiated. For the sake of peace, I ask your majesty to tighten military affairs and take strict precautions against the Jin people.
If you stick to it, you can’t be gentle at all.”
After saying that, he lifted his robe and knelt down.
"Let's look for an opportunity to fight again." He leaned down and kowtowed.
Still asking for a fight!
"Zhu Shan! You are brave!"
Before the other officials could react, someone shouted angrily.
Everyone followed the sound and saw Huang Cheng stepping out with a sneer.
"I would like to ask Duke Cheng to punish Duke Zhu Shan for his treachery and unjust conduct that brought chaos to the imperial court." He bowed to the emperor and said, then looked at Duke Cheng, "Zhu Shan, since you led the army in the north, the Jin people have been defeated without losing anything.
Now that we have launched a massive invasion, our officers and soldiers in the North have been defeated one after another, and the city has been lost. This is the Northern Army under your rule. Why do you have the face to talk so shamelessly here?"
"The Jin people recharged their energy, strengthened their troops and horses, used strong generals, and spared no effort in manpower and property, so they have strong troops and horses today." Cheng Guogong knelt down and looked sideways at Huang Cheng and said without hesitation.
Huang Cheng sneered.
"You mean that our government did not have many troops, horses or generals, and only sparing manpower and property was the reason why we were defeated in the past?" he said.
"Master Huang knows this very well. In recent years, the rewards of money and grain from our Northern Territory have never been given in full and on time." Cheng Guogong said, "There are layers of exploitation and deductions."
Huang Cheng sighed.
"It's ridiculous and shameless." He glared angrily, "If you win the battle, it's your fault for running the army well. If you lose the battle, it's the fault of the imperial court. You claim to be brave and good at fighting, but you ignore the principle of defending the center in vain. You are greedy for merit and belligerent, and waste money.
Our treasury gave tens of thousands of our elite troops from the Northern Army to the Jin people, so that the national air force was damaged. Fortunately, the people and the people were able to rest in peace, but you still want to fight. You want to give all of my great Zhou Dynasty to the Jin people.
Human isn’t it!”
Other officials also came out one after another.
"Your Majesty, we can't fight anymore."
"Your Majesty, you are resorting to military violence to destroy your country."
They all bowed and said.
The emperor's eyes swept over the ministers, and finally looked at Duke Cheng Guo, raising his hand to stop everyone's noise.
"Mr. Cheng Guo," he said, "it turns out that up to this moment you still don't agree to negotiate peace."
Cheng Guogong's expression was gentle and his eyes were calm.
"Your Majesty, the Jin people have fought against me. They have gathered all their troops and the national treasury has been exhausted. At this time, we must make a big effort to dampen their spirit. We must not give them a chance to breathe. Although peace has been negotiated, the Jin people took the initiative to seek peace. I
After all, the party's morale is high, the time, place, and people are favorable, and the opportunity is hard to miss." He bowed and said, "I ask your Majesty to take action."
The court was noisy again.
"Your Majesty, I have this memorial." Huang Cheng said, reaching back and pointing back, "Bring up the memorial."
Memorial?
The emperor frowned slightly and nodded to the eunuchs. The eunuchs took the order and brought in a box not long after they left. They opened the lid and the memorial fell to the ground with a clatter.
"These are the memorials sent by the Northern officials after Duke Cheng came to Beijing. They are all requests for Duke Cheng to return to the North."
"They oppressed the imperial court and ignored government officials' orders."
"Uncle Qinghe can hardly move forward in the north, and all the generals and officials are acting against him."
Several officials stood up and said.
Discussions arose in the court hall, pointing at the memorial here, looking in disbelief and shaking their heads in dissatisfaction.
The emperor looked at the scattered memorials and listened to the buzzing discussion, his expression gradually became serious.
"Your Majesty, as long as Zhu Shan is here, there will never be an end to the provocations on the side." Huang Cheng said, leaning down and kowtow, "I ask you to remove Duke Cheng from military affairs, and I ask you to govern Duke Cheng exclusively for his authority.
sin."
More officials knelt down and agreed.
All of a sudden, the whole hall was full of voices calling for Duke Cheng to be punished.
There were only four exceptions, one was Lu Yunqi, which was certainly not because he disagreed, and the other was Ning Yunzhao, which was because the emperor had not spoken yet, and Duke Cheng Guo had not spoken either, but he also kowtowed and begged.
His pleas were certainly different from those of these officials.
"Zhu Shan," the emperor said, "I don't want to ask you about instigating provocations."
He didn't even ask about this crime? Will the emperor let Duke Cheng Guo go again?
The officials raised their heads.
Duke Cheng Guo also raised his head.
"I'm just asking you, maybe you don't want to fight?" the emperor asked.
Huang Cheng, who was leaning over, frowned. Isn't it a bit risky for Your Majesty to retreat in order to advance? Zhu Shan is very shameless. Maybe he just did this to force the emperor to say this. After all, it was he who provoked the accusation today.
Regarding the side provocation, the emperor relaxed and let it go, and he just took advantage of the situation.
After all, peace has been negotiated, and fighting or not is just a few empty shouts.
Is he going to escape again this time? Then the next move will be a little troublesome.
Huang Cheng was thinking about what to say, but Duke Cheng Guo had already spoken.
"Your Majesty, I cannot." Duke Cheng Guo kowtowed, his voice gentle but firm, "This is not yet the time to make peace without a fight."
Huang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and heard the emperor's voice coming from above.
"Okay then, please resign."
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Duke Cheng Guo resigned!
Duke Cheng Guo resigned!
The news spread in the capital like a gust of wind, and then spread out.
"What kind of resignation?" An old man outside the tea shed on the roadside shook his head, "That's removal. It's just that the emperor gave Duke Cheng Guo face and asked him to resign. After all, it sounds better and looks better than removal."
Regardless of whether he is dismissed or resigned, the people who are listening to the excitement do not care about the process but only care about the results.
"Then what? Did Duke Cheng Guo really resign?" they asked anxiously.
The old man nodded.
"Resign," he said.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Zan threw a large amount of money on the table, stood up and walked out. Miss Jun hurriedly followed.
"The Duke must have his own considerations for doing this," she said.
Zhu Zan held the horse and smiled.
"I didn't think much about it," he said. "I went to Beijing to take a look. Now I understand it clearly." (To be continued)