Chapter 236: The Debt Collector
The emperor's expression was not so good, even at the first big court meeting of the new year, even in the face of hundreds of mainstays of the big men, he still hung this unhappiness on his face.
As a result, the already cold air became even colder.
Even the voice of the old eunuch who read out the New Year's message sounded trembling to everyone.
At the end of the congratulatory message, it is a boring debriefing link, in addition to the third-grade officials, the second-grade officials need to do a year's debriefing at the court, which is the tradition of the Han Dynasty.
And everyone saw the emperor's impatience, so they sped up from the high-definition level. The Great Court Meeting, which was originally expected to end in two hours, came to an end an hour later, and only one person was left who had not yet made a report, and this person was the commander of the Northwest Army, the great general Gu Tang.
Everyone's eyes focused on the slightly hunched general.
Some seem to be gloating, others are worried. Because everyone knows which incident made His Majesty the most unhappy last year, and what happened a few days ago will also be counted on Gu Tang's head.
"The minister is guilty. Gu Tang unexpectedly knelt down before making a debriefing.
Even His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Ran looked at Gu Tang kneeling on the marble with amusement.
"What a sin you have? ”
"The minister has been attacking Dugu Gorge for a long time, delaying His Majesty's plan, of course he is guilty. Gu Tang stuck his head to the lowest, and even the emperor's feet couldn't be seen.
"Duguxia is a man who is difficult to open, easy to defend and difficult to attack, plus the rebels operate all year round, it is reasonable that they will not be able to attack for a long time, and the minister believes that with General Gu's ability, he will definitely break through the first line of defense of Canghai City in the near future. Wei Shuyang came out of the ranks of the ministers and relieved the siege for Gu Tang, and the emperor's face finally eased a lot.
Gu Tang glanced at Wei Shuyang with gratitude.
"The national strength of the Han Dynasty is all due to the Northwest Army, Aiqing don't let me down. The emperor sighed meaningfully, and to everyone's surprise, he didn't get angry, and even Gu Tang breathed a sigh of relief.
"The minister thinks that although the Lin family has been operating in Canghai for many years and has won the hearts of the local people, Canghai City is the city of my Han after all, and it will be more effective to disintegrate from within it. "Wei Chun, as a scholar of the household department, is well versed in the art of attacking the heart, in his opinion, there is no one who can't get through, and the number of people in Canghai City is nearly one million, it is definitely impossible to be an iron bucket, find the weakness, take advantage of the victory to pursue, and definitely make Canghai City self-defeating.
"According to Lord Wei, the Northwest Army has been trapped in Dugu Gorge these days, all of which are doing useless work?" Gu Tang got up and frowned slightly, and he was unhappy when he heard Wei Chun's words.
Wei didn't have this intention, General Gu was the pillar of the imperial court, and he didn't dare to discuss it in vain, but he just felt that this method might have hope of success. ”
"Then you mean that the Northwest Army's victory in the siege is hopeless?" Gu Tang had a hot temper, and when he heard Wei Chun's words, he immediately became angry.
The emperor glanced at Wei Chun and signaled him not to continue to speak, and then said: "The two Aiqing are both ministers of the humerus of the Han Dynasty, and what kind of system is it to quarrel at the court meeting at this time. Wei Shangshu's proposal is not wrong, but the delay is to break through Dugu Gorge as soon as possible and form a siege with Damang to encircle Canghai City, and then think about breaking the city. General Gu, you have been in Duguxia for several months, what is the best plan? ”
"The minister is acting as a pioneer in Duguxia, and he can't estimate the overall situation, so I hope that His Majesty will appoint a capable vanguard officer to assist the minister. ”
"Yes, does General Gu have a favorite candidate?"
"General Li Mu. ”
Facing Gu Tang's words, Li Mu responded to the line.
The emperor followed the voice, and the figure of the young general came into view, and he was very tall.
"Okay, then Li Mu will be appointed as the vanguard general and help General Gu to level Dugu Gorge. The emperor's majestic voice sounded, and the two of them knelt down on the ground together, thanking the lord Long.
"The minister has a matter that I don't know, and I ask Your Majesty to answer it. Among the participants of this great court meeting, a voice came out of nowhere, and everyone kept searching in the crowd, and finally found the official who asked the emperor a question in the corner.
He was wearing a three-rank civil official robe and bowed to the emperor on the dragon chair.
"Aiqing, excuse me. The Emperor frowned, not obviously not so pleased with his sudden question. But he still suppressed the anger in his heart and asked kindly.
"What did Lin Jiajun do wrong and become what everyone calls a rebel?" The voice was very sincere, and it sounded in the corner with a hint of doubt.
After saying this, the entire temple square suddenly became silent.
The emperor's face suddenly turned blue. Even the hands that were placed casually on the chairs trembled.
"Bold. The Lin family's rebellion is known to the whole world, why do you need to ask Your Majesty early in the morning, why don't you quickly ask Your Majesty for guilt. Gao Ping was closest to the emperor at this time, and he even felt the anger that the emperor was about to grasp, so he scolded him before the emperor became angry.
"The whole world knows, so what is the matter? Trouble Gao Shangshu to tell his subordinates. The voice was as sincere as ever, but it was particularly harsh to the ears of everyone present. They looked at the third-grade civil official who was still bent over in disbelief, and thought to themselves, this is a bad death, and they dare to ask such a thing on such an occasion again.
"You ............" Gao Ping was regarded as the head of a hundred officials, so he spoke before the emperor was angry, and when there was a sense of protection, who knew that this person was so ignorant, he was so angry at the moment, threw his sleeves back to his position, and stopped talking.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty knows that the Lin family army and Canghai have not done a single thing to betray the imperial court, and the martial marquis Lin Jinrong was even plotted to die on the front line against the ghost clan by the reckless people. That's your order to seal the emperor, but why did you become a traitor?" the man asked relentlessly, with great intention to pursue the matter to the end.
Gu Tang straightened up, as if he wanted to say something, but after searching all the information in his head, he didn't find a single piece of evidence of the Lin family's rebellion, so he simply remained silent again.
The Han cornerstones present also looked at each other at this time, all saying that the Lin family army was a rebel, but when did it start to become a rebel, they never seemed to pay attention to it, but now when they were asked, they found that it seemed that the Lin family army had never done anything rebellious. The scene was embarrassing for a while.
"The Northwest Army was ordered to go to Dugu Gorge to act, but Dugu Gorge did not let the Northwest Army enter, how could it be like this if the Lin family army had no two hearts. The young general Li Mu said coldly.
"Oh, according to what General Li said, if the military town of Dahan can be released with just two words, then I'm afraid, Dahan will be gone by now. The three-rank civil official smiled disdainfully. Then he said: "You are a general, you must know the procedure of the exercise best, not to mention why the Northwest Army crossed the entire territory of the Han Dynasty and ran to the Duguxia exercise, there is a problem with the steps of this exercise alone, shouldn't the exercise be notified to the exercise site first?"
Li Mu stopped talking, if you have to talk about the real-time evidence of the Lin family's rebellion, then this is barely counted, but it is still full of loopholes.
The emperor's face on the dragon chair became more and more ugly. After listening to the last words of the man, he finally couldn't help himself and stood up. Then he suddenly asked, "Who are you?" ”
"Who am I, does it matter?" the man slowly straightened his waist, his face was extremely indifferent, and he looked at the civil and military officials in the square, his expression extremely disappointed.
"Canghai City has never done anything sorry for the court and the Han Dynasty, but why did it become a rebel. The voice was a little hoarse at the end, and his voice was loud at the end, but it became less loud at the end.
"You to who you are. The Emperor asked tremblingly, pointing to the man who had straightened his waist.
"I'm here to collect debts. The man silently lifted the high hat on his head, took off the beard that was attached to his face, untied the bloated court clothes on his body, revealing the cloth inside, and said awe-inspiringly.
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