Chapter 282: The Insidious Huang Zheng
Although Ming Tao was reluctant to leave Yanjing City and his family, he still rushed back with all the cavalry to join Mu Yunfeng the next day. However, this time, there was no Shu Li and his son in the team.
Qian Xiaoyou's raid made them realize a very strict problem, that is, they were too weak in defense of Yanjing City in the rear. So Shu Li's father and son stayed in Yanjing City to take care of the family. For Ming Tao's arrangement, Shu Li, a lazy man, naturally agreed 100%.
Since Ming Tao got Minghui's 3,000 cavalry, his strength has increased greatly, and after the round with Mu Yunfeng, Qi Bingwen's army was not the opponent of the two under the attack of Ming Tao and Mu Yunfeng, and they were quickly defeated.
After Qian Xiaoyou left Yanjing, he stopped his team from converging with Qi Bingwen and wanted to fight against Ming Tao again, but unfortunately lost again.
Qian Xiaoyou's defeat caused many people in the imperial city to panic, if Qian Xiaoyou couldn't stop the advance of Ming Tao's army, who else could do it? In case Qian Xiaoyou fails and the capital is in crisis, these officials are even more dangerous.
Just when this person was panicking, Mingyun sat on the top of the hall not only did not look afraid, but was happy. But his expression didn't show it on his face.
"Your Majesty, now that King Yan's army has crossed Shandong and is getting closer and closer to the capital, we should have made plans early." The military department Shangshu walked out of the queue, knelt on the ground, and said loudly.
"What are your plans?" Ming Yun looked at all the civil and military officials in the court and asked with an embarrassed face.
"Of course we have to send troops, King Yan is just a small vassal king, how can he have such the ability to attack the capital!" After Zuo Xiang walked out of the queue and saluted Ming Yun, he said loudly.
"What Zuo Xiang said is reasonable, but who is going to lead the troops?" Looking at Zuo Xiang, Ming Yun asked with a sneer. Now that both marshals have failed, who will dare to lead the troops?
"This ......" Zuo Xiang turned his head to look for the general queue beside him, wanting to find a suitable handsome talent, but what made him sigh was that now Qian Xiaoyou had failed, and none of those generals shrank aside one by one, and none of them walked out of the queue and took the initiative to ask for battle. Looking at those generals who are usually arrogant, but now they have nothing to do, Zuo Xiangkong is full of anger but has nowhere to vent. Such a group of incompetent rats, even if they are given more soldiers and horses, it will be in vain.
"Your Majesty, the old minister has a plan to make King Yan take the initiative to withdraw from the army." After being silent for a long time, Huang Cheng walked out of the queue, bowed to Ming Tao, and said loudly.
"What is Taifu's plan?" Looking at Huang Chengcheng, Ming Yun asked with surprise on his face. Although he didn't want Ming Tao to withdraw from the army, but now that he was still in the hands of these people, he naturally couldn't let them find out that they had two hearts.
"Back to the emperor, when King Yan sent troops, he once said that he came for the country's "appeasement", he was because he thought that the emperor did not really want to go against the holy will of the emperor to make changes to the law, cut the domain, Yan Wang means that this qiē is the result of the ministers deceiving the emperor, as long as the emperor abolishes the official positions of the ministers, the king of Yan has no excuse to continue the attack, and naturally has to withdraw the army. Standing in the queue, Huang Cheng said loudly.
"This ......" For Huang Zheng's mention of yì, Mingyun is really excited. Although he had long been prepared to give up the throne, after sitting on the throne for a long time and feeling the importance of power, no one wanted to give up the qiē in his hands.
However, when he saw Huang Chenghe standing calmly on top of the main hall, he sighed. They didn't have any objection to this mentions, which shows how confident they were in the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. And even if they leave the court, he will still be a puppet emperor in their hands. It's just that they have replaced their own people with their own subordinates.
After thinking about it for a while, Ming Yun said to Huang Chengcheng and Zhao Gang in the queue: "How can my dignified Great Holy Dynasty despise the humerus ministers in the court because of a vassal king. Everyone knows how important the positions of Taifu and Prime Minister are. Therefore, I would rather go to war than let the Taifu and the Prime Minister leave. ”
"Thank you for the emperor's trust, but your majesty, the war will not only aggravate the country's losses, but also cause countless casualties. If you just let the ministers and others leave the court, all the losses can be avoided, and the ministers and others are willing to leave. Huang Cheng knelt on the hall and said earnestly.
In the past, they took it for granted, thinking that if they controlled the new emperor, they could control the entire Great Sage Dynasty, and even if one or two vassal kings rebelled, there would be no problem. But now they know that they are just civil officials. They are good at doing tricks and feet in the court, but they don't have the ability to lead troops into battle.
Now King Yan is about to attack the capital, as long as King Yan's army enters the capital, it will be the death of these officials. Naturally, they did not want to wait for death, so they could only avoid it for the time being, and when there was a suitable general candidate in the future, they would make another plan.
"Your Majesty, what Master Taifu said is right, if you just let Weichen go home and farm, you can let King Yan retire, and the ministers are very happy." Zhao Gang also walked out of the queue and saluted.
"Please ask the emperor to think about the common people in the world!" Taifu knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Mingyun and said loudly.
Mingyun sat on the dragon chair and looked at the Taifu who was sincerely saying 1 qiē in the main hall. If he hadn't been aware of all their conspiracies, he would definitely applaud Taifu's current appearance, and even hesitate to fight against King Yan in order to keep Taifu. But after he knew about the conspiracy of these people, he could only deeply admire and ridicule the current Taifu.
"Quasi-play!" Closing his eyes, Ming Yun said sadly to the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu. He was really sad, not only because the Taifu he trusted the most was actually the one who hurt him the most, how could he not be sad. But now, if he insists on keeping Taifu and others in the court, he will definitely be said to have no love for the people. will be said by them to be a faint king.
It is difficult to be an emperor, and it is rare not to deal with various problems, but to fight wits and courage with his own officials. And he is the loser every time. The Four Emperor Uncles did not hesitate to bear the charge of rebellion for the sake of the Great Holy Dynasty, and they did not hesitate to lose their troops to have today's achievements, but just Huang Chengcheng and Zhao Gang retreated behind the scenes to make all the efforts of the Four Emperor Uncles go down the drain. How can he be worthy of the Four Emperor Uncles? How can you be worthy of the trust of the emperor's grandfather? Just facing those people, he had to do it in order to hold himself and the throne. Many times he wondered if he would give the Four Emperor Uncles a better excuse to create a zào with his life.
"Retreat!" Ming Yun gritted his teeth and said this, and walked out of the main hall directly.
"Congratulations to the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!" All the officials saluted behind Mingyun and shouted loudly.
"Hooray?" Listening to the voices of all the officials, Myeongyoon smiled sarcastically. Now he just wants to stay away from these people, away from all intrigues.
"Shutai, let's go to Renxian Palace." After leaving the main hall, he walked for a long time, and after Ming Yun felt a lot of anger in his heart, he said to Shu Tai who was following him. Now only the queen and the newborn baby son can let him relax.
"Yes!" Shu Tai replied respectfully, and then Shu Tai shook the dust in his hand and shouted in his special voice: "Set up Renxian Palace!"
Ming Tao and Mu Yunfeng never thought that just when they were seeing victory in their hands, rumors actually spread in the court that the emperor would remove the prince and the prime minister.
This sudden incident surprised both Ming Tao and Mu Yunfeng. They never thought that those people would actually give him a trick of four or two thousand pounds.
Ming Tao held the latest news from the capital in his hand, and he didn't know how to choose.
When he sent troops, the excuse was to "make it difficult" for the country, and now that the emperor has removed Huang Chengcheng and Zhao Gang from their official positions, what other excuse does he have for entering the army? But if he is allowed to retreat like this, he is afraid that he will no longer have the ability to attack the capital. But what excuse did he have for continuing to send troops? He can not care what the people of the world think of him, and be a rebellious rebellious minister. But is he really going to do it? What if you become an emperor? I'm afraid that the first one to be unhappy at that time is Mu Yunqiao.
After hesitating for a long time, Ming Tao couldn't make up his mind. In the end, he looked directly at Mu Yunfeng and asked, "What do you think about this matter?"
"How do I know? I know that even if there is no Huang Cheng and Zhao Gang in the imperial court, there will still be Lu Cheng, Xu Gang and Luo Gang or something. Anyway, with the emperor's ability, he can't fight those people at all. Looking at Ming Tao, Mu Yunfeng said with a sarcastic smile. When he was in the capital, he was an official with those people in the same dynasty, so he naturally understood their personalities.
"And we continue to fight?" Ming Tao looked at Mu Yunfeng even more embarrassed and asked.
Ming Tao also knew that Huang Chengcheng and Zhao Gang would definitely not let go of the power and money in their hands, but he had no excuse and forcibly sent troops, but he would not get a lot of surrenders like now, and maybe there would be a rebellion. Thinking of that kind of scene, Ming Tao felt that his whole body was weak.
"Do you think those people will give us an excuse to keep fighting?" Mu Yunfeng looked at Ming Tao and asked with a sneer.
"Of course not, are we going to let those people continue to control the government and let Ming Yun be his puppet emperor?" Ming Tao looked at Mu Yunfeng in embarrassment. Can't move forward, can't go back, Ming Tao never thought that he would have a dilemma one day.
"We're just afraid we'll have to retreat!" The old man walked into the handsome camp with Brother Bao and Tian Tian and said affirmatively.
"But when we retreated, all the cities we attacked now will only return to those people. In case those people repent, and Huang Chengcheng and the others return to the court again, what ability do we have to attack the capital. Ming Tao sighed. This battle has already used up all his belongings, and if he withdraws his troops like this, he and Mu Yunqiao's ten years of hard work will be in vain.
"Money is not a problem, the prince will understand when he looks at this." Sitting next to Ming Tao, the old man took out a note and handed it to Ming Tao.
Ming Tao glanced at the old man suspiciously, reached out to take the note handed to him by the old man, looked down, and saw that Ming Tao, who was originally distressed, instantly showed a surprised look on his face.
"It's too opportune for the seniors to write a letter, withdraw the troops! We immediately withdrew our troops. Putting away the note, Ming Tao said happily to the old man.
"It's not the old man's credit, it's all the owner's meaning. It can also be regarded as a little heart of the owner for the care of your husband and wife for many years. Shaking his head, the old man didn't dare to be greedy.
"That guy Shu Li is too polite, but we need these too much now, so I'm not welcome, and when I have money in the future, I will definitely double it back to Shu Li." Ming Tao said happily. When he saw Mu Yunfeng's puzzled gaze, he smiled and handed the note to Mu Yunfeng.