Chapter 17: King Zhao's sword
To impeach Chen Yu is to clearly make enemies of Chen Yu.
Chen Yu suddenly changed color, and shouted at Li Zuoche: "Li Zuoche, do you have to get along with me!" ”
Li Zuoche was not afraid at all, and said to King Zhao of His Majesty: "King, Lu Tian and Gong Zhi were promoted by Xiangguo, Gong Zhi withheld the generals' salaries, and Lu Tian accepted bribes, promoted and appointed middle and low-level officers unfairly, all of which were caused by Xiangguo's connivance; Because Xiao Ping and Yao Long said something that Xiang Guo didn't like, Xiang Guo sent Lu Tatar to arrest the two, which was a personal vendetta of the communiqué. The minister wants to impeach Xiangguo! ”
At this time, Cao Wan's heart was turbulent, he had long wanted to investigate Lu Tian and Gong Zhi, but Chen Yu covered the sky with one hand, making him helpless.
Lu Tian and Gong Zhi are currently in the court, the two of them were shocked at first, but they quickly calmed down, what the two of them did was themselves acquiesced in by Chen Yu, and they both believed that Chen Yu would definitely protect him.
Chen Yu's face turned blue and purple, and he pointed at Li Zuoche and shouted: "Li Zuoche, you are so bold!" ”
"Presumptuous..."Zhao Xie shouted loudly, "Above the court, how can you threaten the important ministers of the court!" ”
Chen Yu said loudly: "King, Li Zuoche is a bunch of nonsense, and he should be taken down for questioning." ”
Zhao Xie said heavily: "The reason why Guang Wujun impeached you, the widow will send someone to investigate it thoroughly." If the investigation is true, it is a big crime for Cheng Anjun to shield and connive at his subordinates. If the investigation is not true, Guangwujun is framed, and the widow will definitely ask for the guilt. ”
The courtiers at the scene were even more shocked, it was obvious that King Zhao and Li Zuoche were dealing with Chen Yu together.
Zhao Xie looked at Cao Wan and said, "Cao Wan, as a Si Kou, you should be responsible for this matter." ”
Cao Wan came out of the ranks, neither humble nor arrogant: "Give my king, this is the duty of the minister, but if someone obstructs it, the minister will not be able to investigate it anymore." ”
Chen Yu looked at Cao Wan with a pair of murderous eyes.
Cao Wan was not afraid, what he said just now was to see if King Zhao had made up his mind.
Zhao Xie unsheathed his sword and said loudly: "Seeing this sword is like seeing a widow." Cao Wan, the widow will grant you this sword, and whoever dares to obstruct the investigation of the case will be executed on the spot. If the strength of the Sikou Mansion is insufficient, the widow will send an army to assist you. ”
He spoke with clarity and force, showing strong determination.
The attendant next to him took the sword and walked in front of Cao Wan.
King Zhao was so determined, Cao Wan was emotional, and called King Zhao Mingjun in his heart, he knelt down respectfully, raised his hands, and put the sword in his hand.
"The minister will never live up to my king's trust!"
After taking the sword, Cao Wan returned to his seat and sat down again, and then looked at Gong Zhi and Lu Tian.
It just so happened that the two of them also looked at him, and their expressions showed uneasiness.
At this time, the two of them were panicked, King Zhao was so determined, unless Chen Yu was determined to protect himself, otherwise there would be more than one luck.
Chen Yu was angry, he thought that it must be Li Zuoche who instigated King Zhao to use tough means against him, as long as he collapsed, Li Zuoche would be the head of the ministers.
He said heavily: "King, the minister is unwell, go back to the house as soon as possible to rest!" The minister has retired! ”
After that, he turned around and was about to leave, and he really didn't want to stay at the scene when he was angry.
"No..."Zhao Xie said to stop, "Today's court meeting has a major matter to discuss, as Cheng Anjun, as the prime minister, how can he be absent!" ”
He couldn't let Chen Yu go back first to make some arrangements.
Chen Yu's face became even more ugly, and King Zhao stopped him, so he had to return to his seat and sit down. Lu Tian and Gong Zhi really have a problem, if they really leave desperately, they will only find more handles by Li Zuoche.
The ministers who can be qualified to participate in the court meeting, of course, will not be fools, everyone can see that it is King Zhao and Li Zuoche who joined forces to deal with Chen Yu, and Zhao Guo has really changed.
On the left side of the stairs, I took a pen to record the situation just now.
At this time, Wu Shi was already waiting at the gate of the hall to be summoned, and vaguely heard the sound of speech in the hall.
In the main hall, Zhao Xie looked down at the ministers.
The civil officials behind Chen Yu, in addition to the fake appearance Yang Bing and Si Kou Cao Wan, also include Lieutenant Fu Lun, Fengchang (in charge of the ceremonies of the temple) Yin Yun, and Yoda, who is also the secretary and the pawn. The important position of internal history is concurrently held by the false appearance Yang Bing.
After the whole country, there are only these five senior civil officials, which is not only because of the lack of talents, but also because Zhang Er was driven out at the beginning of this year, and Zhao Xie did not serve as King Zhao for a long time.
In order to make Zhao strong, it is necessary to have excellent and sufficient talents, and Zhao Xie has a preliminary plan for this.
He said loudly: "The widow is the king of a country, but he neglected the government in the past, which is the fault of the widow. From now on, the widow is determined to become a Ming monarch, first of all, he must be diligent in government, and in the future, he will be diligent in military affairs and political affairs. ”
There were three main types of courtiers present. The first category, headed by Li Zuoche, is the person who really hopes that Zhao Guo will be good and that King Zhao can become a Ming monarch; The second type is that Chen Yu is extremely close to him, even if they also want Zhao Guo to be good, but it must be under the premise that Chen Yu is in power; The third category is the grass on the wall, and whichever side is in power will fall to the other.
As the king of a country, it is very rare to be able to take the initiative to admit mistakes. King Zhao said that he wanted to be diligent in government, which also meant that he wanted to seize power and control Zhao State.
The first class of courtiers rejoiced and was uplifted; As for the second group, it was 10,000 unwelcome, but it was not up to them.
Zhao Xie said again: "Liu Bang is eyeing me Zhao Guo, although Han Xin has withdrawn, he will definitely come again." If we want to defend Zhao, we must first expand our military strength as soon as possible. ”
The position of internal history is in charge of finance, Zhao Xie moved his eyes to Yang Bing, who also served as the position of internal history, and asked: "Yang Bing, with the income of the existing treasury, how many soldiers can be recruited?" ”
In the past, Zhao Xie didn't know much about his country's financial situation.
Yang Bing said: "Back to my king, according to this year's field harvest and taxes, he can bear the expenses of up to 80,000 soldiers, but after the man joins the army, he can only recruit another 50,000 people at most." ”