Four days later, Cao Bianjiao returned to Nanjing, and a court meeting against Cao Bianjiao had already been prepared!

"Ministers Cao Changjiao, see my emperor, long live long live long live!"

"General, excuse me, get up and speak!"

"Your Majesty, the minister is on the Northern Expedition to regain the lost territory, and suddenly received the emperor's decree, saying that he ordered the minister to return to Beijing as soon as possible to celebrate the great achievement, but the minister really doesn't understand, the coffin of the first emperor is still in Yanjing, and it was invaded by the Eastern Captives, what is the merit to celebrate, the minister doesn't understand!" Cao Bianjiao also improved suddenly, which made Zhu Cijiong a little scared.

"I haven't seen the face of the general for a long time, and I miss it very much, so I have sent a special edict back, and now at least Shandong and Henan have been captured, and Yanjing is just around the corner." Zhu Cijiong also replied with a smirk.

"This is not the emperor's original intention, there must be traitorous ministers who slander, and the ministers have different aspirations, and countless criminal evidence has been arranged, and the emperor is suspicious before he transfers the ministers back from the front line, is this so?" Cao Bianjiao also said bluntly, without hesitation.

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he was speechless, not knowing how to answer.

"The minister received the kindness of the first emperor and swore to repay him with death, if there is evil in it today, the minister can please the thief ......"

"The general is a thief, but what the courtiers say, I hope the general can give an explanation to the ministers, the general in the name of the imperial court, privately negotiated peace with Li Zicheng, I don't know if it's true or false at this time?" He Tengjiao took the lead in standing up and questioned Cao Bianjiao, he was worried that if he kept letting Cao Bianjiao speak, the little emperor would really believe Cao Bianjiao's sophistry.

"Yes! The general knew that the first emperor was forced to be martyred by Li Zicheng, and my Ming Dynasty has fallen to this day, only half of the country is left, Li Zicheng, a traitor, is duty-bound, how can he be friends with such a traitor, and the general does this privately, it is really not what a courtier should do! Ma Shiying also stood up, although she was a little afraid of Cao Bianjiao in her heart, but if she didn't make trouble, she was afraid that Cao Bianjiao would really be confused by the time.

"In the battle of Yiling, all the elites of the Shu Han Dynasty were killed by the enemy, and Liu Bei, the Zhaolie Emperor of the Shu Han Dynasty, also died of illness in the White Emperor City, but Zhuge Kongming still sent Deng Zhi to envoy Dongwu, reconcile with it, and jointly deal with Cao Wei, this matter, everyone here knows, this truth, you also know, I and Li Zicheng are repaired and formed an alliance, but I am for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji, is it for my personal life?"

"Your Majesty, the general is quibbling, the general and Li Zicheng reconciled, it is not something that cannot be done, but why didn't the general inform the court, it has been several months, the emperor doesn't know about it, where does the general put the emperor?" He Tengjiao didn't want to let Cao Bianjiao go so easily, and continued to persecute him at the moment.

Cao Bianjiao had long expected that someone would treat him like this, but he didn't expect He Tengjiao to be such an eager person, he originally guessed that it was Ma Shiying, it seems that Ma Shiying is much more scheming than He Tengjiao, is he hiding behind is not showing his head, but he is not acting as a pioneer, things are done, and the mountains are not dewed, this is called a master!

"The courtiers are guilty, please punish the emperor!" Cao Bianjiao also took the initiative to stand up and take responsibility.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that although the general has been derelict in his duties, but the general has a sincere heart, loyal to the country, and recovering the lost territory, it is an indisputable fact, some people say that Henan is the general and Li Zicheng made a deal, but I don't know the battle of Runing, the battle of Suizhou, can the blood of our soldiers be wiped out, if so, will it not make the front-line soldiers cold, and Shandong, but also the soldiers fought with a knife and a gun, and when they recovered, please ask the emperor to see!"

Shi Kefa also stood up at this time, everything that should have been said had already been said, and he also did it according to Cao Bianjiao's instructions in advance, depending on the emperor's choice, he, like Cao Bianjiao, didn't believe that the emperor would be so kind.

Hearing Shi Kefa's words, Zhu Cijiong was indeed very touched, and he sighed at the moment: "What Yuan Fu said is very true! Some things are indisputable facts, you can't erase the merits of the bloody battles of the soldiers, the general privately negotiated peace with Li Zicheng, which violates the discipline of the imperial court, and also needs to be punished, otherwise the power of the law cannot be demonstrated, Yuanfu, you say, how to deal with it? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thought it was better to be demoted and retained, the post of general was dismissed, demoted to the general army of Huguang, and Zuo Liangyu's department was transferred to garrison Guide, and the defense of Shandong and Henan was planned, what does the emperor think?"

Cao Bianjiao didn't mention this matter to Shi Kefa, but Shi Kefa took into account that Cao Bianjiao started from Yuezhou in the past few years, and many local guards in Huguang were Cao Bianjiao's people, and after going to Huguang, he could be handy, and at the same time, he could transfer Zuo Liangyu, who was in Wuchang, to serve the imperial court, killing two birds with one stone.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what the first assistant said is really inappropriate, such a punishment, how to show the strictness of the national law, just now the emperor also said, if you don't punish, the power of the law can not be demonstrated, the general privately discusses peace, the heavens do not listen, the order is not the cabinet of the six ministries, how can it be like this, if it is spread, the people of the world, the generals everywhere will not be afraid of the emperor's law?" Ding Chukui is still unrelenting, letting Cao Bianjiao be sentenced so lightly is not the result they want, Huguang General Army, what a lot of power, Cao Bianjiao will have a chance to turn over at any time, can't just leave this matter at that, otherwise their efforts will not be in vain?

"The minister also thinks it's inappropriate!"

"Please make a clear decision!"

A group of people stood up one after another, echoed Ding Chukui, and cheered for him, with a momentum of not giving up if Cao Bianjiao was not punished, Cao Bianjiao did not expect that they would secretly recruit so many people, including many people he trusted before, such as Shi Bangyao, Zhang Guowei, Liu Kongzhao and others.

"It seems that in order to deal with me, they really spare no effort and penetrate everywhere!" Cao Bianjiao also lamented in his heart, there is such a group of people in the imperial court, no matter how capable he is, I am afraid that it will be difficult to revive the dynasty, history is a reincarnation, how similar is this to the old things, does he want to become the second Yuan Chonghuan?

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that no matter what, the general has made great contributions to the imperial court, and he can't ignore it, the position of the general soldier of Huguang is indeed inappropriate, so it is better to serve as the general soldier of Kuizhou, recruit and suppress Zhang Xianzhong, and make meritorious service for crimes, what does the emperor think?" Zhang Shenyan, who had been silent, also stood up at this time, and he didn't know if he was speaking for Cao Bianjiao or falling into the ground, and even recommended Cao Bianjiao to be the chief soldier of Kuizhou, although there was still a part of that place in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, but most of it had become Zhang Xianzhong's territory.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Ma Shiying also stood up at this time and said, it is already very okay to come to this point, Kuizhou, the place where birds don't, in the mountains, let Cao Bianjiao go, he can also see that it seems that the emperor is not willing to deal with Cao Bianjiao too seriously, why should they be aggressive, they can't go too far, anger the emperor, won't it be a failure at that time? That's not worth it.

"The minister also seconded it!" Several people responded.

"That's it! That's it! So do it! ”

"Thanksgiving!" Cao Bianjiao accepted this fact calmly, and was still grateful to Zhang Shenyan in his heart, after all, Kuizhou is next to Huguang, and there is Qin Liangyu with stone pillars nearby, and he will not suffer.

"Scatter!" A court meeting to crusade against Cao Bianjiao also ended here, and it should be said that everyone was happy.