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Zhu Mian was killed in Suzhou City by Sun Tuhe's military horses from all walks of life!

Although this news has only been coming out of the DPRK and China for only two or three days, it has already caused a storm in the city, and there are countless official and folk opinions, and it is the biggest hot news this year!

Who is Zhu Mian? It was deeply favored by the emperor, colluded with the powerful ministers of the court, but caused countless disasters, and was called one of the "six thieves" by the people of the world; It is the existence of one person who has made trouble in the originally rich and peaceful Jiangnan and the people are not able to make a living; It is even more that countless officials and imperial histories are desperately impeached, but it is difficult to damage them in the slightest, but many people lose their officials because of this, and the emperor's family is always there!

Such a big man, a guy who has been a scourge in the eyes of ordinary people for thousands of years and will never fall, died so suddenly! And he didn't die at the hands of the thieves, but was killed by his own subordinates and other mutinies! It's so surprising and so desperate to know what's going on. But the imperial court has been secretive about this for several days, which has led to various sayings among the people-

Some people say that it was because Zhu Mian was greedy and embezzled all the grain and grass of the army, which finally caused the soldiers under his command to be unbearable and launched a mutiny; Some people also say that this is the result of the secret struggle between Sun Tu and Zhu Mianming...... All kinds of gossip and conspiracy rumors are rampant. But in general, there is one meaning, Zhu Mian's death is really self-inflicted, and it is completely innocent!

Unlike the people who only care about why Zhu Mian was killed, the ministers and important ministers in the Great Song Dynasty are concerned about the impact behind this incident. Zhao Ji was really angry this time, no matter how generous he was, and then put the Taoist theory of inaction on governance, he would not be able to accept such a result.

Zhu Mian is a close minister he values and promotes, and he is the commander of the Jiangnan army. But now Sun Tu and they actually killed people, what is the difference between this and rebellion? This has seriously trampled on his bottom line as the king of a country, so after receiving this report, Zhao Ji's first reaction was to send people to Suzhou to arrest Sun Tu and other related people, and take his official position for treason, take his life, and even raze his entire clan.

But fortunately, the Great Song Dynasty was not the later Braided Dynasty after all, and the imperial power had not yet reached the point where it was impossible to say what it was. And there are enough shrewd people in the court to see the problem, and they quickly rejected this angry will. As Zhao Ji's most trusted courtier, Cai Jing even entered the palace overnight, and it took a lot of persuasion to let the emperor temporarily calm the wrath of the thunder, but they still had to come up with a charter in this matter.

So in the past few days, a group of important ministers and ministers have put aside other government affairs, and constantly discussed how to deal with this matter. It's only been three days, but there is almost no conclusion, this time even Cai Jingjing is not good at making decisions at will, after all, the stakes are too big, and if you are not careful, you will trap yourself in.

Today, after the court meeting, several officials got together again and discussed countermeasures in the government hall. But before they could say a word, everyone fell into silence again, staring at each other with big eyes, and some didn't know what to do.

Liang Shicheng's gaze quickly swept over the faces of more than a dozen colleagues in the hall, and finally settled on Gao Yu and gave him a look. The latter coughed knowingly: "Taishi and the concerns mentioned by you before are indeed quite reasonable, now the situation in Jiangnan is unknown, and Fang La's anti-army is constantly growing, if the imperial court suddenly orders to take down all the generals, it will inevitably affect the battle situation, and when the anti-thieves sit big, the consequences will be unpredictable." But have you ever thought about it, what Sun Tu and other criminal officials have done has already had a great bad impact on my Great Song Dynasty, and if the court does not pursue it, the consequences will only be more serious!

"Since the founding of the country, my Great Song Dynasty has learned the lessons of the previous dynasty and promoted literature and suppressed martial arts, so that the world has been peaceful for more than a hundred years. But even so, there is still today's situation, there are subordinate generals who blatantly murder their bosses, what is the difference between this and rebellion? If this wind opens, the generals of the world will have to learn from it, and the country will be unstable and the society will be in danger!

"So this official thinks that the imperial court must not spare these generals because of some concerns, especially Sun Tu, who is the leader, is even more unforgivable, and he should be destroyed to make an example!"

After saying this, he won the approval of many officials, and even Zou Zheng, the imperial historian who had always been at odds with these traitors, echoed and said: "Gao Taiwei's remarks are indeed old and seeking the country, and the military attaché's reckless behavior must not be opened, and the repeat offenders must be severely punished by thunderbolt means before future generations can be warned." The official thought that not only Sun Tu, but also other generals must be executed! As for the situation in the south of the Yangtze River, as long as the imperial court sends capable generals to the south at the same time, it will definitely be able to control the overall situation! And after this incident, I believe that the local officials and soldiers will understand the majesty of the imperial court, so they will work together to quell the rebellion in Fangla! ”

This Zou Yushi can't find anything wrong with him, he has always been fair and strict, and he has never tended to be inflammatory, and Cai Jing and other traitorous ministers are even more powerful. But as a top civil official from the imperial examination, he looked down on those generals who only knew how to dance knives and guns, in his eyes, fighting with soldiers was just a small way, and just sending some generals could pacify the anti-thieves in Jiangnan.

Now there are many people in the court who have similar views, and there are several people in the hall today who also think the same as him, so they nodded one after another and said: "What Dr. Zou said is very true, this wind cannot be broken, and it must be dealt with as soon as possible, quickly and strictly!" ”

"What does the Master think?" Liang Shicheng was overjoyed when he saw this, but he still respectfully asked Cai Jing's opinion.

In fact, no matter what these people say, they can't really affect the final decision of the Son of Heaven, because it is Cai Jing who can really decide all this.

Cai Jing had been half-squinting his eyes before, looking as if he was asleep. It wasn't until Liang Shicheng asked him that he sighed and said in a low voice: "What you said is indeed very reasonable, my Great Song Dynasty has promoted literature and suppressed martial arts for a hundred years, so I have today's situation, how can I repeat the mistakes of the former Tang Dynasty?" Sun Tu and other military generals killed important ministers in the court, and they are indeed guilty of unforgivable! ”

After a pause, when everyone was happy, he continued: "But after all, the Jiangnan battle situation is very important, and there must be no mistakes." After all, we are only Wenchen, and our knowledge of this is very limited, so let's listen to General Zong's opinion. ”

Zong Ze, a famous general of the Great Song Dynasty who fought with all his might in the chaos a few years later, is now over sixty years old, but his status is not high, he is only an adjutant in the Privy Council, and he does not have much real power in his hands.

Originally, it was impossible for him to participate in today's important ministers' deliberations, but because of Cai Jing's permission, he was able to accompany the last seat. Just now, when those courtiers said in a disdainful and contemptuous tone that they could execute Sun Tu and other generals at will without affecting the battle situation ahead, there was already a look of resentment on his face, but his status was low, and he didn't dare to speak. It wasn't until now that Cai Jing asked him by name that he found an opportunity. Without any hesitation, Zong Ze got up and said, "Although the last general has never been to Jiangnan, he knows that what Zhu Gong said is actually wrong!" Since ancient times, it has been taboo in the army to change generals in battle, not to mention killing generals in battle, and executing many generals at once. Now all the troops in Jiangnan are subordinates of these generals, if they are really condemned to death for this matter, I am afraid that the army's morale will be turbulent, and once the thieves seize this opportunity to send troops, the entire territory of Jiangnan will completely fall into their hands! ”

"Zong Ze, are you alarmist? Do you really think that no one here understands military affairs? My Great Song Dynasty official army is brave and good at fighting, and I have been able to easily recapture Suzhou before, even if there is really some chaos this time, how can it be compared to those anti-army? You want to protect Sun Tu and others so much, but what is your intention? Gao Yu suddenly asked with a sneer.

Liang Shicheng also said: "In the opinion of this official, if the imperial court does not deal with this matter strictly, it will make the army's morale unstable." Zhu Mian is the commander in the army, but now he has been killed, which will have a very heavy impact on my Song Dynasty official army. ”

What these two said was a complete reversal of black and white, and they just wanted to kill Sun Tu.

Zong Ze was not a person who was willing to swallow his anger, and when he saw that the more they talked, the more he didn't like it, he also let it go: "Do you really think that it will be easy to kill Sun Tu and others?" Have you ever wondered what would happen if the soldiers were loyal to them, and they refused to be bound? I'm afraid that by then, the chaos will not only be in the corner of Jiangnan! ”

These words immediately made the faces of Zou Zheng and the other officials change suddenly, they really hadn't thought about this. Because they took it for granted that those generals would not dare to rebel, even if they kept shouting that Sun Tu's killing of Zhu Mian was the opposite.

But after being torn apart by Zong Ze, these people finally discovered in horror that with the courage of Sun Tu and others to kill the boss, they would definitely do even more lawless things in order to protect themselves. And once such a thing really happens, they can't say what will happen to Jiangnan, but as the culprit of forcing the 100,000 army to rebel, the end will definitely be very tragic.

After thinking about it, Zou Zheng and the others immediately stopped talking, and even forgot to refute the other party. Even Gao Yu stopped talking, the matter is too big, the water is too muddy, and self-protection is the most important.

Cai Jing glanced at everyone with a smile, and then said: "Although my Great Song Dynasty soldiers have always been loyal to the imperial court and have hardly heard of rebellion, this matter really has to be guarded against. Of course, this is not a reason for the court to give them a lenient sentence, in the opinion of this official, the most important thing is whether Zhu Mian is wrong or not, whether he should be killed! ”

After a pause, he glanced at one of his attendants, who immediately presented the dozen or so documents he was holding in front of each official. When they opened the document to see the contents, Cai Jing continued: "Just last night, this official received a document from Jiangnan, which listed all the seven major crimes committed by Zhu Mian in Jiangnan over the years. If what he said above is true, he is indeed innocent, even if Sun Tu and they don't do it, the official will ask the official family to kill this thief! ”

I don't know if it was because of hearing these words or reading the content of the article, the faces of these officials became a little pale and solemn in an instant. And Cai Jing's last sentence shocked their bodies even more: "And it is said that these seven major crimes have been spread from all over the south of the Yangtze River, and maybe they will be introduced to the Beijing Division in two days!" ”