Chapter 59: Abandoning the army to protect the commander
"Who?!" Zhong Ze asked reflexively.
Lin Dong turned around and pointed to Fu Ling, the commander of the forbidden army behind him, and then pointed to Zhou Baokang, the chief of the inner army next to the queen mother of the palace: "Zhou Baokang, as the chief of the inner palace, is negligent in his duties, and Fu Ling, the commander of the forbidden army, colludes with the enemy country, and his crime is unforgivable." ”
The officials were shocked when they heard it, who didn't know that this week Baokang and that Fu Ling were both descendants of the Queen Mother, and that palace Zhou Baokang's eyes were sharp, and he saw the murderous intention in his words, and hurriedly ran down the hall in broken steps, kneeling on the ground: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the old ministers have been doing their best for decades, and even the palace gate is rarely in and out, so it is impossible to collude with the enemy country." ”
That Fu Ling was used to being brave, and directly stood up to confront Lin Dong: "Lin Xiang, you are a bloody squirting person! Say that I, Fu Ling, colluded with the enemy country, what evidence do you have!"
Lin Dong directly faced Cai Zhonglian and asked loudly: "Gonggong Cai, do you know the emperor's jade seal?"
Cai Zhonglian replied cautiously, and said only two words: "I know." ”
"Good. As he spoke, Lin Dong took out the fake holy decree from his cuffs, handed it over with both hands, Cai Zhonglian took it and unfolded it, and then replied: "But it is the jade seal of the country" As he spoke, Cai Zhonglian passed the fake holy decree to Emperor Zhao Meng and Empress Dowager Zhongda.
Zhao Meng was shocked, Zhongda just glanced at it casually, her brows were angry, and she hated that the Beiqi people were not clean.
"Your Majesty. The palace heard Lin Dong ask in a loud voice again, "Weichen wants to come, the will from above is naturally not from you." ”
Zhao Meng took the opportunity to reply: "I haven't been in charge yet, so naturally I won't make such a will." ”
"What about the Queen Mother?" Lin Dong said this, in front of the civil and military officials, he almost pointed at the head of the Queen Mother.
Zhongda's heart was more uncomfortable than eating, and she still had a strong face on her face: "Naturally, it's not a mourning family." ”
"Okay!" Lin Dong responded in a loud voice again, holding back his anger in his words, and asked Cai Zhonglian with his right hand, and signaled: "Then bother Gonggong Cai to recite the fake holy decree with the real jade seal in front of the civil and military officials." ”
Cai Zhonglian turned around and looked at Zhao Meng and nodded slightly, then took a step forward, unfolded the false holy decree and read it aloud, word by word, everyone was shocked, who in the hall didn't know that Zhao Meng was not in charge of the government, where did the money and wine come from to reward the Lin family army in the border area, full of people up and down, I am afraid that there is only one person who can do the true jade seal and ten million silver taels at the same time.
All the officials were thinking in their hearts, and they all secretly looked at the face of the queen mother in the palace, and it was just a matter of fighting with each other, but once they collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, there was no bottom line, and this was also the bottom line of many neutral officials among the civil and military officials in the southern country.
"All civil and military colleagues!" Lin Dong shouted loudly in the hall again, "I, Lin Dong, have been brave and loyal to the southern country, thanks to the emperor's love, and yesterday I also praised my Lin family at the night banquet in Sweet Water Lane, but I don't want anyone to forbid with the enemy country and trap me Lin Dong in disloyalty and injustice, his heart can be punished, and the crime is unforgivable!"
Zhou Baokang reacted very quickly, Lin Dong's voice just fell, and he actually cried in his words: "The old minister is the same as Lin Xiang, he has done his best for the south all his life, and now he is old and frail, the sky is not a holiday, and there are not many years, just want to do a modest part for the emperor and the queen mother for the rest of his life. ”
"Hey, Zhou Baokang. Fu Ling asked loudly, "What do you mean, that is, I am young, so I have the heart and courage to do that betrayal of the country and seek glory?"
As soon as he said this, everyone looked at Fu Ling, Fu Ling looked around, nearly 100 pairs of eyes looked at him questioningly, and felt that something was wrong at the moment, and suddenly became wise in a hurry, mentally retarded wisdom, learned Zhou Baokang's appearance and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy, and cried for a long time without a person like Zhou Baokang crying tears, just shouted loudly: "Queen Mother Mingjian, I am only loyal to you, all the affairs entrusted to me are serious and careful, I dare not make any mistakes, that kind of betrayal of the country and glory, even if I have the heart, I don't have the guts." ”
Fu Ling raised his eyes with a fake cry, and saw that the Queen Mother was still looking at him angrily and fiercely, before he reacted, and changed his words again: "The minister is unintentional, unintentional." ”
Although there are many civil and military officials who secretly associate with the Queen Mother's party, everyone is still loyal to Emperor Zhao Meng, as for the size of the trust, what is the size of the matter, and whether it is secretly implicated in others, it is very intriguing.
Now although Lin Dong is against the army, with the current power of the Queen Mother Zhongda, as long as Fu Ling cries and shouts injustice, he can naturally arbitrarily decide a headless unsolved case, but now Fu Ling's performance is so clumsy and meaningful, even the general Zhong Ze, who was the first to attack Lin Dong, couldn't stand it, and only heard the Queen Mother Zhongda shout loudly:
"Someone!"
"Yes!" The twenty forbidden soldiers outside the hall responded with a sound of friction between armors, and trotted into the main hall.
"Fu Ling, as the commander of the forbidden army, stole the jade seal, fornicated with the Northern Deed, betrayed the country for glory, and the crime was unforgivable. ”
Under the order of the Queen Mother, several forbidden soldiers were already dragged out of the hall with Fu Ling's arms, only to hear the cries of "The Queen Mother spare her life!" gradually drifted away, and finally with the sound of "click", there was no echo in the hall.
For a while, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Lin Dongshu kept the Lin family, if there was no false holy decree in time to send back the eight hundred miles of fast horses, the charge of punishing the nine clans would be on his head; Emperor Zhao Mengshu kept Lin Dong, without Lin Dong's left arm singing a duet with himself in the government and politics, he would not be able to support himself alone in the future; the Empress Dowager Zhong Dashu is to stop the loss in time, as long as the matter is not exposed on the surface, let alone a Fu Ling, a hundred Fu Ling is just a number.
As for Zhou Baokang, he was afraid that he was already sweating after being frightened, and with his understanding of the Queen Mother, he was careless, and it was himself who dragged it down, and the Queen Mother Zhongda didn't even blink her eyes, just a different old guard dog.
"Your Majesty. Lin Dong was unanimous again.
Zhao Meng experienced such a dangerous government for the first time at the age of seventeen, and his chest was still lying together, and he was secretly panting between his noses, and after listening to Lin Dong's voice, he swallowed in his throat, and his dry voice was hoarse: "Lin Xiang said." ”
"Now that the criminal minister Fu Ling has been punished, for the safety of the emperor and the queen mother, the commander of the forbidden army needs to be careful and rigorous, and at the same time a loyal person is responsible, and Zhou Baokang, the head of the inner house, is old, although he is not negligent, but the jade seal is not stolen. Lin Dong paused word by word, and finally pretended to be loud:
"The minister suggested that the god hunting camp dog who made meritorious contributions in Sweetwater Lane yesterday take over as the commander of the forbidden army, so as to strengthen the defense of the palace and protect the safety of the emperor and the queen mother, and then the younger Cai Zhonglian Cai Gonggong was promoted to the head of the inner house, and he also assisted the emperor and the queen mother in handling state affairs in every detail, as for the father of Zhou, now that he is old, he will be demoted to the Changning Palace to lead the class, and concentrate on honoring the queen mother. ”
The minister seconded. Sima Yuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came out first, and then a group of neutral civil and military officers also came out one after another to second, like dominoes that were toppled, except for half of the Queen Mother's party, the remaining half were seconded in unison.
Zhao Meng smiled secretly at the corner of his mouth, hurriedly hid again, looked at the Queen Mother Zhongda and asked in person, "What does the Queen Mother think?" ”
The Queen Mother Zhongda suffered a dumb loss now, and thousands of grass and mud horses galloped past in her heart, and she still had to pretend to be a motherly and world-class dignity on her face:
"Just take Lin Xiang's advice. ”