At the moment, rescuing Emperor Jian'an and others is the top priority, and other matters can be put aside later.
The rebels had many hostages in hand, including the emperor, and they had the upper hand. Although they were besieged the imperial mausoleum, they were very arrogant. They asked for a large amount of rice and food, and later asked for bows, crossbows and arrows. It was clear that they wanted to
Confronted with the imperial court for a long time.
Lu Ge Lao, Li Ge Lao and others all suppressed their sullen anger, but they were worried about the jade bottle, and the mouse could not move at all.
The 100,000 soldiers besieged outside the imperial mausoleum also consumed countless amounts of food and grass every day. Just supplying these needs gave the Ministry of Household Affairs a headache.
Two days ago, the rebels shot another letter with arrows. The letter arrogantly requested the imperial court to withdraw its troops within five days. Otherwise, they would wait to collect the corpses of the officials. Kill one person every day until the imperial army withdraws.
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After reading the letter, Mr. Lu Ge and others were so angry that they couldn't think of any countermeasures for the moment.
Fortunately, His Highness the King of Shu is back.
The helpless ministers each breathed a sigh of relief and handed over the problem to His Highness the King of Shu.
It is absolutely impossible to retreat! What if the rebels kidnap Emperor Jian'an and his party and escape from the imperial mausoleum? How will they be rescued in the future? Where is the dignity of the court?
But if they don't retreat, those traitors will really attack the officials. No one can bear the reputation of disregarding the life and death of his colleagues? Even the first assistant Lu Ge and the second assistant Li Ge are absolutely unwilling to bear such a reputation!
Sheng Hong's eyes flashed, his eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one, and he said calmly: "We can't retreat."
Everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Before he could relax, Sheng Hong's voice sounded again: "Not only will we not retreat, we will also take the initiative to defeat the rebels! Only in this way can we rescue the emperor and his party."
Everyone was shocked.
Li Ge couldn't help but said: "General Chu tried three times, and three important officials of the court died. With such a siege, what if the rebels killed the prisoners in anger, or directly threatened the emperor's life?
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Sheng Hong looked at Mr. Li Ge and asked sharply: "The traitors have been threatening the emperor's life. If they really wanted the emperor's life, they would have killed him long ago. Why have they been delayed until now?"
"What are they going to do after all this trouble?"
"With Mr. Li Ge's shrewdness and wisdom, could it be that he still hasn't noticed the fishy nature?"
Li Ge was speechless.
Sheng Hong looked at Mr. Lu Ge again: "Has Mr. Lu Ge also guessed the reason, but has never made it clear?"
Mr. Lu Ge was also confused by Sheng Hong's sudden move, and a trace of embarrassment and embarrassment flashed across his expression. He coughed and then said slowly: "I dare not deceive His Highness, but I have some doubts in my heart. But, Shang
Without proof, I dare not lie in vain.”
What a "don't dare to lie without proof"!
Sheng Hong twitched the corners of his mouth, with mockery and sarcasm flashing in his eyes.
These old foxes in the officialdom may have guessed what happened in the Imperial Mausoleum Incident. One by one, they assessed the situation and were unwilling to get involved in the royal family fight. On the surface, they were worried and anxious about getting angry, but secretly they were probably already thinking about which vassal they wanted to support.
The king ascends the throne...
"The emperor has been harmed by the traitor a long time ago!" Sheng Hong made another shocking statement: "The traitor is just bluffing now."
The faces of all the ministers changed, and they could no longer maintain their calm and calm expressions.
"Why did Your Highness say this?"
"How can such deceiving words be easily deduced?"
"Exactly. We sincerely ask Your Highness to think carefully about how to rescue the Emperor and return to the capital! You must not risk the Emperor's life. Otherwise, if the Emperor comes back safely one day and knows what happened today, he may misunderstand Your Highness."
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All the ministers stood up and held their hands in unison, with faces full of urgency and sincere words.
Those who can reach the third-grade official position or above are all old foxes who have been immersed in the officialdom for decades. The youngest Minister of Rites, Xie Jun, is over forty years old. No one lacks this kind of acting skills!
Sheng Hong glanced at him with a cold expression: "Everyone knows the origin of these 'traitors'. If you pretend to be deaf and dumb and don't want to tell the truth, I will not force you."
"At the feet of the majestic emperor, more than 10,000 brave and fearless traitors suddenly appeared. This is simply a big joke."
"This group of traitors are clearly the dead soldiers and guards secretly raised by several vassal kings. They first tampered with the father's mausoleum, forcing the emperor to go to confess. Although the emperor was on guard, he did not expect the vassal king
They secretly joined forces, and the number of 'rebels' who took action was five times that of the Royal Forest Army."
"Three thousand imperial guards were all surrounded and killed."
"The vassal kings joined forces to cause rebellion, and the first person they wanted to kill was the emperor. I thought, on the first day they entered the imperial mausoleum, the emperor had already been killed. However, none of them wanted to bear the reputation of killing the emperor, so they came to do this.
The King of Lu and the King of Fujian and the King of Ningxia are also fighting among themselves. Everyone wants to be a fisherman who profits from the "fight between the snipe and the clam". Everyone wants to sit on the dragon's throne!"
"The first letter they wrote was asking for the queen mother to be sent to the imperial mausoleum. They wanted to use the hands of 'traitors' to get rid of the queen mother. How vicious their intentions were!"
"The three important ministers that the 'traitor' killed one after another were all the emperor's confidants."
"The generals who were killed before were all loyal to the emperor."
"They are using the name of 'rebels' to eradicate their dissidents first. They will also have less resistance when they ascend the throne and become emperor in the future."
"You don't think about how to break the deadlock, and each of you pretends to be confused. You can't afford the reputation of disregarding the emperor's life and death. I, the king, will take care of it."
After hearing this, all the ministers were sweating coldly, and all of them looked embarrassed and embarrassed. It was like the fig leaf had been torn off, revealing their selfish and ugly faces.
Even Mr. Lu Ge, the deepest man in the city, didn't look very good either.
They knew some things well, but everyone pretended not to know, and acted in such a good way that even they could deceive themselves. Everyone had their own guesses as to what Empress Dowager Yu wanted to do when she summoned the King of Shu and his wife to return to the capital.
However, these are things that cannot be put on the table. However, His Highness the King of Shu did not follow common sense. He did not say a word yesterday, but today he exposed everyone's hidden thoughts...
Relying on his identity as father-in-law, Xie Jun mustered up the courage to speak: "His Royal Highness has only been back in Beijing for a day, and I still don't know the situation in the capital. How dare you make such a conclusion! The emperor's safety is involved, how can you ignore the emperor based on your own guesses?
life……"
"Although I have just returned to Beijing, I still have the brains to think. How can I not understand such an obvious thing?" Sheng Hong choked his direct father-in-law to speechlessness without any courtesy.
Xie Jun shut his mouth and stopped making any sound.
Sheng Hong showed a cold and decisive attitude that was completely different from the easy-going and lazy days of the past: "It is absolutely impossible to retreat. I will lead the troops to the outside of the imperial mausoleum now. We must eradicate all the rebels in the shortest possible time."
