Episode 239: Kidnapping the Son of Heaven
Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zhan, and the northern heroes were defeated one after another, and with Jizhou and Youzhou all falling under the control of the Taiping Army, Xiao Lan finally pointed his troops at Bingzhou!
In Chang'an, Guo Jia, Huang Zhong, Han Sui, Gao Lan, Zhang He, and Wen Ping led 200,000 troops, which was awe-inspiring, and in Youzhou, Chen Zhi, Xu Chu, Tai Shici, Zhang Liao, and Zhou Tai led 200,000 troops, echoing from east to west, and there were 300,000 troops such as Xiao Lan leading Xi Zhicai, Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou, who made direct progress in the middle and pressed the realm strongly!
When Cao Cao received the news, although he did not change his color on the surface, deep down, he had already turned up boundless stormy waves. Although he not only reorganized the 300,000 army during this time, but also got top generals like Ma Chao and Pang De to serve, but in the face of the three-way pressure of the 700,000 Taiping army, he already felt that his head was extremely big.
It stands to reason that this should have been the time when the Han Dynasty worked together to resist the Taiping Army, but some people were just dishonest, and at this time, they did not forget to fight for power and profit, which made Cao Cao angry in his heart, so before facing the Taiping Army, he decided to clean up the court officials.
"Your Majesty has arrived, and all the officials are welcome!" Early the next morning, when the hundred officials were meeting, with the call of the palace head eunuch, Emperor Liu Xie slowly walked out of the apse, glanced at the position of the head of the military attachΓ©, and suddenly saw Cao Cao, who was standing there, raised his head and looked at him with complicated eyes.
"A rebel thief, another rebel thief!" With a cold snort in his heart, Liu Xianai sat on the Dragon Palace, raised his hand and called, "Zhong Aiqing is flat!"
The officials of the DPRK and China got up, looked at Cao Cao, who had not moved at all, in amazement, and looked at each other, all of them had a premonition that something big might happen today.
"If you have something to do with the class, you will play early, and you will retreat from the curtain if you have nothing to do!" The palace head official called. Resounded through the hall, and at this time, only a response was heard in the hall, and then followed:
"The minister has his own music!" Among the hundreds of officials, Cheng Yu stepped forward and shouted loudly.
"Oh?" Hearing this, Liu Xie couldn't help but look stunned. Although he is the emperor, he doesn't have much power at hand, and often Cao Cao only informs him of anything he does, and he has never played in the hall like today, at the moment, he frowned, raised his hand and asked, "What is the important matter of Aiqing?" Just play it. β
"The minister wants to impeach one man!" Cheng Yu took out a piece of music from his arms, and sneered and swept over the frightened court officials around him. Only then did he shout: "The minister wants to impeach the guard for the crime of completing his duties!" β
Hearing this, the hundred officials couldn't help but be in an uproar, and after the ambush, they were even more covered with cold sweat, and they were so frightened that they fell to the ground, and their faces were full of fear.
"Impeachment of Fu Aiqing?" Liu Xie's heart suddenly froze, he glanced at Cao Cao, but saw that Cao Cao was closing his eyes slightly, not moved by the outside world at all, but how could Liu Xie not understand. If it weren't for Cao Cao's instigator and answer, how could Cheng Yu dare to act like this? Even the ministers of the court and the central government are clear about this.
This time. They kept moving in private, in a vain attempt to consolidate the imperial power, subdue Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, and seize the real power of the state, but Cao Cao was still ready to fight back after all.
"Exactly!" Cheng Yu shouted in a deep voice, "This person is the post of guard captain. Isn't it a crime of dereliction of duty to have no achievements and a vegetarian meal, and the old minister wants to impeach him! β
Liu Xie frowned and glanced at Fu Wan, who was lost in despair. After hesitating for a while, Fang asked with a little teasing, "Fu Aiqing, is there such a thing?" β
After hearing Emperor Xian's inquiry, he suddenly woke up like a dream, hurriedly got up and went out of the ranks, kowtowed again and again, and kept shouting: "The minister is wronged!" The minister is wronged! β
"Huh?" At this moment, he saw Cao Cao slowly open his eyes, and said indifferently: "Lord Fuwan, are you sure that you are really wronged?" β
At first hearing Cao Cao's words, he couldn't help but tremble after lying down, his words stagnated, and then he was glanced at by Cao Cao, cold sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead, gritted his teeth and hesitated for a while, he sighed, knowing in his heart that he was afraid that he would not be able to escape this catastrophe, he was silent for a few breaths, and said gloomily: "The minister is guilty." β
In the main hall, the hundred officials were relatively speechless for a while, but in the face of Cao Cao, who controlled the entire state with an army of 300,000, how could they dare to have the slightest objection!
"Fu Aiqing!" Liu Xie naturally knew that Fu Wan was wronged by Cheng Yu, which was obviously Cao Cao's desire to completely take away his last bit of power, and if he lost this time, he really lost the whole game, and hurriedly shouted: "Fu Aiqing, is there really such a thing?" β
It's a pity that even though Liu Xie signaled in every possible way, he didn't dare to admit it after he finished punishing, he just kept kowtowing, and kept saying in his mouth: "The minister is guilty, please punish Your Majesty heavily!" The Ministers are guilty"
Seeing that Fu Wan was an important minister of the court, he was so cowardly and had no courage at all! Liu Xie couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, but he was angry, and he couldn't help shouting, "Since that's the case!" Come, take him down! β
"No!" Outside the hall, two guards immediately walked in, one left and one right, and took them away, and from beginning to end, he didn't say anything other than confessing his guilt.
"Your Majesty is angry!" Seeing that the situation was changing, Guozhang Dong Chengzi wanted to keep Liu Xie's last trace of power, and hurriedly came out to defend Fu Wan at the moment, "The old minister knows that Lord Fu is a person, but he is cautious and respectful, and he will definitely not do so, I hope Your Majesty will see it and finish the innocence of Lord Fu."
"Guojo!" Without waiting for Dong Cheng to finish the words in his mouth, Cheng Yu immediately interrupted him with a loud shout, and then smiled coldly in his mouth, "Above the court, you have to be cautious!" When you talk like this, aren't you accusing me Cheng Zhongde of framing my colleagues?! β
Looking at Cheng Yu with an angry face, Dong Cheng was so angry for a while that he couldn't help shouting angrily: "You are not only framing your colleagues, but also have no eyes."
"Guojo!" There was another loud shout, which interrupted Dong Cheng's words again, but seeing Cao Cao's tiger eyes sweeping the surrounding officials, he shouted to Dong Cheng in a deep voice, "If the national ruler says so without any evidence, then Cao Mou will impeach you for grandstanding and being lawless!" β
Hearing this, the hundred officials in the hall were suddenly silenced, if it was Cheng Yu, they would dare to refute two sentences, but in the face of Cao Cao, they did not dare to show the slightest opposition.
"You" Dong Cheng wanted to refute, but seeing Cao Cao's murderous eyes, he was shocked, and for a while, he couldn't speak.
Cao Cao said coldly: "Do you have nothing to say?" It seems that the national abbot also knows the matter of the end of the ambush in his heart, so deliberately covering it up, it can be seen that he has bad intentions, and he hopes that His Majesty will punish him! β
Hearing this, Liu Xie's face suddenly became even more ugly, but when he saw Cao Cao glaring angrily, he immediately seemed to see Dong Zhuo in the past, and for a while, where did he dare to have other ideas, so he had to follow Cao Cao's meaning and said: "Dong Cheng tried in vain to shield the criminal minister, and he should be punished, but he remembered to be the head of the country, so he was punished for returning to the house and thinking about it behind closed doors for three months." β
Hearing this, Dong Cheng couldn't help but be full of ashes, but since Emperor Xian had already spoken, he had to respond: "The criminal minister accepts the order!" β
"Why don't you send your lord back to the house!" Cao Cao sneered, immediately summoned two guards, and said indifferently: "Remember, Your Majesty has a decree, Dong Cheng tried in vain to shield the criminal minister, and he should be punished, and he should be punished for returning to the house and thinking about it behind closed doors for three months, and within three months, he must not take half a step out of the house!" β
"No!" The guards of the imperial city were originally all men and horses under Cao Cao, but now that Cao Cao gave the order, they naturally did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly responded loudly in unison, one left and one right, set up Dong Cheng, and walked towards the outside of the hall.
Seeing that Dong Cheng just ended up like this after saying a word, in the main hall, the hundred officials were silent for a while, and they didn't dare to make any more movements.
Emperor Liu Xie looked around, seeing that none of the hundreds of officials in the palace dared to compete with Cao Cao, he couldn't help but be full of resentment at the moment, but he also knew that he couldn't do anything at this time, so he took a deep breath at the moment, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked in a deep voice: "Do you still have something to do?" β
The officials of the court and the central government glanced at each other, but no one said anything!
Looking at these inactive court officials, Liu Xie was extremely disappointed, and immediately got up and waved his sleeves, said "retreat from the court", and turned away, but none of the hundred officials in the hall dared to move, until Cao Cao laughed and left, they were relieved, and the hall was full of boos and exhalation (to be continued......