Chapter 1087: Reversing Black and White
Facing Sun Tu's forced questioning, Zhao Ji trembled violently, sweating like pulp, how could he still look like a king, so he almost kowtowed to this courtier and begged for mercy. After standing for a long time, Fang said tremblingly: "Sun ...... Captain Sun, you misunderstood, I ...... How can I be your enemy? It's all other people, yes, it's other things that I did without it, and I don't have anything to do with it......"
Sun Tu's expression on his face remained unchanged, and he still stared at the other party: "In this way, Your Majesty really doesn't know about the various conspiracies and rebellions of Li Gang, Song Jiang, Di Huchen and others outside the palace?" ”
"I really don't know, it's all their ......own opinion," Zhao Ji emphasized again, seeing that Sun Tu's tone was slightly relaxed, how could he dare to give the other party a chance to ask for guilt.
"That's a little strange, since everything has nothing to do with Your Majesty, why do you want to hide in the harem? Isn't this a sign of weakness? ”
Zhao Ji's mind was spinning fast at this time, and he had already said in an instant: "Taiwei Sun misunderstood, I hid in the harem not because of a weak heart at all, but because I was really afraid." I hid in the harem because I heard that there was a sudden disturbance outside the palace, and there were soldiers and horses attacking, and I was afraid in my heart. I don't even know who is making trouble outside the palace, I am afraid that they will hurt me...... "In order to save his life, he dared to say anything, and directly put all the blame on Li Gang and others.
And this is exactly the answer that Sun Tu wanted to hear, which made his face slightly pale, and nodded with satisfaction: "I see, in this way, it is the minister's fault to blame Your Majesty, it turns out that you are also a victim, but it is the minister's incompetence that makes Your Majesty frightened." ”
"No...... No, Sun Taiwei is loyal to the country and quelled the chaos in time, where did he come from. If there is a mistake, it is also those rebels and so on, and I and the court should reward Sun Taiwei heavily. Zhao Ji behaved very well, and immediately expressed his attitude, he was completely on Sun Tu's side.
The conversation between the two monarchs and ministers completely stunned the people around them, whether it was the concubines or the soldiers, or the eunuchs who knelt on the ground outside the palace, they didn't expect that the two would reverse black and white after such a statement, and charge Li Gang and other courtiers who really wanted to be loyal to the king with the felony of rebellion, at this moment, these people were already in a trance.
But Sun Tu was satisfied, and he immediately smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is deeply pleased. Now, the chaos inside and outside the palace has been pacified, in order to calm the hearts of the courtiers and the people, and at the same time reward and punish the soldiers and thieves, the minister also asked His Majesty to ascend to the court, convene the ministers, and explain everything. I wonder what Your Majesty thinks? ”
Although this sounded like he was asking Zhao Ji for what he meant, in fact, he didn't have the slightest right to shirk, so he nodded and responded: "Taiwei Sun is very worried, I ...... I'm going to go to the front of the Ascension Hall......" As he spoke, he struggled to get up, but his body was already scared and weak, and he only exerted his strength, but he collapsed again, which can be regarded as extremely embarrassed.
Seeing this, Sun Tu smiled again, and then waved his hand and asked his subordinates to step forward to help. It was only when he saw these soldiers who had a lot of blood splattered on their bodies stretching out their hands, Zhao Ji's face was still so frightened that his face changed again, and he reacted after a while, and they helped him up from the ground.
"What are you still doing in a daze, still not serving His Majesty to change clothes?" Sun Tu suddenly spoke to the eunuchs outside the door. Only then did everyone react, and they hurriedly entered the palace tremblingly and helped the emperor put on his court clothes
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, re-take care of all the clothes and accessories, and be busy.
During this period, Sun Tu finally turned the horse's head and walked out of the dormitory. It was only at this time that he breathed a sigh of relief behind everyone's back. To be honest, don't look at his extremely strong performance today, and it seems that everything is under his control, but in fact, the pressure on him is also extremely great, especially when he finally entered the palace and saw the emperor, it tensed every nerve.
Although Zhao Ji has no power to resist, life and death are in his thoughts, but the other party is the lord of the world after all, and he is the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty. Because Sun Tu is Song Chen after all, it is certainly a pleasure to kill him at this time, but it will inevitably cause a great backlash and condemnation afterwards, even if those soldiers under his subordinates, there will be those who are not convinced, and at that time, the Central Plains will really be in chaos.
This is also the key reason why Sun Tu did not act rashly after leading his army into Tokyo two years ago. It is not difficult to kill a Zhao Ji, the difficult thing is to deal with the aftermath, and the difficult thing is to control public opinion and people's hearts. Everything he has done in the past two years is to collect the hearts of the people for his own use, and the effect is indeed there, but it is not big enough for him to make a decision to kill the king with his ministers but not be condemned by the world, and his prestige is really not to that point.
So even if today's turmoil is inseparable from Zhao Ji, Sun Tu will not really treat him for the time being. Fortunately, this Great Song Emperor is more greedy and cowardly than he imagined, and he is willing to survive and cooperate, so that Sun Tu can take the next step well, and it is time for the government and the wild people to understand what will happen if they are enemies with themselves.
After dusk, with the sound of bells and drums, the gates of the imperial palace and the imperial city opened one after another, ushering in the unprecedented court meeting of the Great Song Dynasty since the founding of the country - from the original early dynasty to the late dynasty.
But even so, all the officials in Beijing were present, but everyone's expressions were very nervous, and some people were staggering and trembling when they lined up along the hundred-step corridor to Daqing Palace.
What happened today, even if it was kept in the dark at the beginning, has already been informed at this moment, and at the same time, we know what the final result will be. This made them feel even more hesitant and frightened in their hearts, and they didn't know how Sun Tu, who had not died in the catastrophe and had won a great victory, would vent next. Among the hundreds of officials, some people admired the loyalty and courage of Li Gang, Song Jiang and others, but more people complained in their hearts and secretly complained that they were willful and implicated themselves.
A group of officials in the DPRK and China who have been able to coexist peacefully with Cai Jing and other traitors for many years naturally cannot really have much loyalty to the country, the court, and the king, and they are only most concerned about their own interests.
With all kinds of thoughts, the ministers finally came to the front of the Daqing Palace. And this time the court meeting is different from the previous general early dynasties, not according to the rank and identity of the Son of Heaven in batches, but hundreds of officials enter the palace at the same time. When the ministers stood in line according to their status, and looked up again, they were surprised to find that the pale-faced Son of Heaven sat on the throne in front of him, and on his side stood the Taiwei Sun Tu.
Yes, Sun Tu actually stood on the side of the Son of Heaven as a minister at this time, which was completely a blatant act of transgression. But after the change of expression, the hundreds of officials in the hall were silent, and no one dared to stand up and reprimand him for his perverse behavior, and even all of them knelt down and bowed according to etiquette, and even bowed heavily to Sun Tuxing.
looked at the hundreds of officials in front of him
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Obeying the appearance of bowing, a different color flashed in Sun Tu's eyes. He naturally did this for a reason, that is, to test the tolerance and reaction of the ministers to himself, and now it seems that after today's turmoil, there is no one in the court who dares to be his enemy - those who dare to abandon their families and sacrifice their lives to fight with Sun Tu have either died in battle or become prisoners of the ranks.
Zhao Ji glanced at Sun Tu beside him quite awkwardly, and then raised his hand according to his original habit: "You don't have to be polite, let's get up and talk." ”
After the salute was finished, the ministers were lined up on both sides, and Zhao Ji spoke again: "There was a big chaos in the capital today, and some rebel ministers led by Li Gang and Song Jiang suddenly raised troops to rebel, and even wanted to attack the palace, which was not good for me. Fortunately, thanks to the Tai Lieutenant Sun Tu, he led the troops to quell the chaos in time, which saved a catastrophe. It can be said that I and Zhu Qing can still talk like this time, and Mrs. Sun is really a great contribution. ”
As soon as these words came out, the eyelids of the ministers immediately jumped wildly, and many people's faces twitched. Good guy, the emperor's words are clearly talking nonsense with his eyes open, completely reversing black and white. However, the current situation does not allow them to really say what they think in their hearts, after all, now the palace and the palace are full of Sun Tu's people, and at this moment, there are hundreds of soldiers with armor and spears outside the palace staring at the big guy.
Seeing that everyone didn't react much, the emperor said again: "Therefore, I decided to make Sun Taiwei the king of Yue, with 50,000 households, and the same rank of Taishi and Taiwei, and Tong Mu, Wu Song, Luda and other courtiers all made great contributions to the country in this counterinsurgency battle, and promoted the official to three levels, promoted Tong Mu to the prime minister of the political hall, and added the title of Taifu, and Wu Song Luda and the two of them were the left and right Wuwei generals, and commanded the front division of the palace and the relevant military affairs of the forbidden army......"
With Zhao Ji's announcement, Tong Mu and the others stepped forward to receive their gratitude, which also shocked the other courtiers. If in the past, Sun Tu's people only occupied the position of the military generals in the DPRK and China, then after today, the civil official line will also be completely under its control, and now he is in power, and he has already belittled Sun Tu's power under one person.
But even if they knew that Sun Tu would be difficult to control, the ministers did not dare to speak out against it. Because they know very well that as long as they jump out to oppose the last voice at this time, the consequences will inevitably be beaten as a fellow party of Li Gang and others, and at that time, let alone the official position, even their lives may not be saved.
Sure enough, as the matter of the reward came to an end, Zhao Ji changed the conversation again and mentioned the handling of those "rebellious": "Regarding the actions of Li Gang, Song Jiang and other rebel ministers, I am really heartbroken. I and the court are all benevolent to them, and I don't want them to hide their ambitions, so that they cause such a big mess in Beijing, which not only frightens the officials, but also causes hundreds of people to be killed and injured, which is really an unforgivable crime. Therefore, I decided to severely punish the relevant people, Li Gang, Song Jiang and others, to deal with the great rebellion, wipe out the three clans, behead and abandon the city, and the rest of the rebels will be severely punished as appropriate, and they will all be taken by Sun Taiwei and ......"
After these words came out, it immediately caused an uproar among the ministers below, and everyone's faces became extremely pale, they all knew that the failed Li Gang and others would end up extremely miserable, but they didn't expect it to be so miserable. Not only did he die, but he also had to bring his own people, and he was killed on the charge of rebels, and he really couldn't turn over for eternity!
What does it mean to reverse black and white, this is it!
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