Chapter 86 of the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info: (voluntary resignation)

At the beginning of September of the first year of Tianzhu, eight months after the reform, all the members of the imperial court adapted to the reform proposed by Shangguan Yin Feng, and the provinces were also implementing it in an orderly manner.

Five days later, Shangguan Yin Feng announced a word that shocked everyone, including Emperor Gongsun Long...

Heavenly Palace

"The emperor has a decree, if there is something to do, it will be played early, and there will be nothing to retreat..."

The officials of the six departments all reported the affairs of each department, and it took nearly an hour alone, Shangguan Yin Feng stood bored on the first place on the right side of the hall, he was a general, naturally he stood at the first place of the military attaché, seeing that everyone basically had no intention of participating in the performance, when the eunuch just wanted to stand out of the queue to announce his retirement from the court, Shangguan Yin Feng suddenly stood up in the queue and arched his hand: "Begin to play the emperor, the minister has something to do..."

Gongsun Long has long been accustomed to the reporting habits of the yamen of various ministries, the first is the Ministry of Rites, the second is the Ministry of Officials, and from then on the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Crime, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry and other yamen: "Oh, what does the East King have to play?" ”

Gongsun Long didn't understand, because apart from the reform, he couldn't think of what Shangguan Yin Feng would ask...

Shangguan Yin Feng knelt down on one knee after hearing this, hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, now that the autumn harvest has passed, the grain harvest around Gyeonggi is quite abundant, and there are now small-scale battles in Hebei, and the Marquis of Jizhou has led more than 130,000 troops to guard in Zhuangzhou, and has formed a strong confrontation with Yuan Long, and the minister estimates that in less than a month, Hebei will fight again, minister, I implore the emperor to give Jizhou Marquis as much convenience as possible..."

Gongsun Long and the hundred officials in the palace all looked at Shangguan Yin Feng with some surprise, since he was named a general, Gongsun Long gave Shangguan Yin Feng an order to avoid kneeling down, so this kneeling down directly can already show that Shangguan Yin Feng really has something to tell him, but Gongsun Long thought about it, and really couldn't think of why Shangguan Yin Feng was like this, because as long as Shangguan Yin Feng said a word, he would promise to give Ouyang Qing the most convenient place: "Why does the king of the east need a big gift, the Marquis of Jizhou is an official of the imperial court, he fights for the imperial court, Naturally, I will give him what he needs..."

"Your Majesty, there is still one thing for the minister..."Hearing that Gongsun Long agreed to his request, Shangguan Yin Feng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said: "Since the death of his father, the minister has been running around several provinces, loyal to the country, but failed to fulfill filial piety, so far the minister is deeply uneasy in his heart, the minister knows that the emperor is a loyal and filial piety king, the upper is so, how dare the minister be different, so, the minister asks Your Majesty, let the minister return to Nanyang to keep filial piety for three years, in order to fulfill filial piety..."

'Bang', the hundred officials in the hall were a little impatient, they couldn't imagine that Shangguan Yin Feng would say this, Gongsun Long looked surprised, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time...

"The minister invites Your Majesty, the minister is willing to resign from the post of General Sima of the Central Committee, let the Great Sima take the responsibility, and ask Your Majesty to allow the performance..."

Yuan Huan was originally very puzzled by Shangguan Yin Feng's intentions, and suddenly heard Shangguan Yin Feng recommend him to be a general, which really startled him, because the battle in Luozhen made Gongsun Long a little dissatisfied, Yuan Huan naturally knew these things in his heart, and he even wondered if Gongsun Long intended to test him: "Why did the East King say this?" ”

Shangguan Yin Feng looked at Yuan Huan behind him, smiled, and then arched his hand again: "Your Majesty, the so-called tree is a big move, the minister is not only the political envoy of Sichuan, but also the position of the great general, and more importantly, there is also the prince in the body, so the minister feels that the reform should come from the minister himself, and should not favor one over the other, so the third thing for the minister is to ask His Majesty to cut off the prince..."

As soon as these words came out, the hall was completely boiling, and even Zhang Dong stared intently at Shangguan Yin Feng kneeling in the hall, he really couldn't imagine why Shangguan Yin Feng would say such a thing...

"Your Majesty, the King of the East is dedicated to the court, please do not approve his request..."A civil official first stood up in line and loudly asked the court's Gongsun Longjuan...

"The minister seconded the proposal..."

"Please also ask the emperor to think twice..."

Shangguan Yin Feng smiled imperceptibly, now these ministers are doing this, they are completely harming him, so Gongsun Long has to agree to his request...

"Let's discuss this matter after I think about it... Stand down..."Gongsun Long said as he stood up and walked into the apse...

The castle tower

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of what the East King has played?" Gongsun Long looked around at the people standing in front of him, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart...

"Although the old minister is also surprised, however, this may not be a good news, since the king of the east takes the initiative to resign, then the emperor should also comply with the request of the king of the east..."Zhang Dong said, Shangguan Yin Feng took the initiative to ask for the reduction of the prince, which is of great significance for the future reduction of the domain...

"Your Majesty, according to the old minister, what Prime Minister Zuo said is not reasonable, after the world is decided, the matter of cutting the domain will definitely take shape, the king of the east has made great achievements, if the domain is cut at that time, I am afraid it will provoke the soldiers to mutiny, now the king of the east takes the initiative to ask, why not push the boat down the river, to fulfill him, the emperor can also get a reputation of loyalty and filial piety..."Zhang Song echoed, Shangguan Yin Feng's request for resignation is to return to Nanyang to keep filial piety for three years, three years later, the rebellion in Hebei and other places is estimated to be over, at that time, if you want to cut the domain, Shangguan Yin Feng bears the brunt, in his opinion, It's a hard thing to decide...

Huangfu Nan stood beside him and didn't speak, but his heart was like a mirror, the current chaos in the world is estimated to be irreversible except for Shangguan Yin Feng, and now Shangguan Yin Feng's intention to resign is obvious, that is, he doesn't want to fold into the whirlpool in the future, instead of being forced to leave, it is better to take the initiative to leave, and he can still have a good reputation in comparison...

"Then according to Prime Minister Zuo's words, how should I deal with the request of the East King?" Gongsun Long is also uncertain about this matter, after all, Shangguan Yin Feng also has a lot of troops in his hands, if he doesn't handle it well, he is afraid of causing dissatisfaction among other officials in the DPRK and China, after all, he has just ascended the throne for less than a year...

Zhang Dong estimated that he had already thought about it, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that he can agree to the request of the East King to cut off his title, but His Majesty must retain his position as a general, otherwise it may cause dissatisfaction among other princes and kings, and then you can choose whether to retain his position as a general according to the situation..."

Gongsun Long nodded, he also thought that Zhang Dong's idea was very good, although he cut off Shangguan Yin Feng's prince, but he was still a general, nominally the governor of the country's soldiers and horses, and this was also to ease the hearts of those princes and kings, so as to prevent them from losing the general after knowing that Shangguan Yin Feng lost the prince, and they would have a grudge against the court: "Just follow the performance of Prime Minister Zuo..."

In the middle of September of the first year of Tianzhu, that is, more than ten days later, Gongsun Long promulgated a decree, agreeing to Shangguan Yin Feng to resign from the position of prince and Da Sima, but retained his position as a general until the expiration of the period of filial piety, during which Shangguan Yin Feng was still the political envoy of Sichuan and concurrently led the position of commander of Sichuan.

After nearly ten days of travel, Shangguan Yin Feng and his party slowly returned to Nanyang, and Cao Zhen personally led people to greet Shangguan Yin Feng ten miles outside Nanyang City...

Nanyang City, Shangguan Yin Feng's mansion

"Jia Fu, you immediately give Deng Yu an order, Mi Gao Qi retains his strength, insist on it for a year, if the situation in Hebei changes, let him lead our army and horses to withdraw to Anyang, and let him tell Ouyang Qing euphemistically, don't fight to the death with Yuan Jingchu..."

"No..."

"Lord, why don't you withdraw all the people in Anyang?" Cao Zhen asked cautiously, he knew that Shangguan Yin Feng was witty, so he didn't dare to ask too much, so as not to mess up his future career...

Shangguan Yin Feng smiled and said: "The land of Anyang is too important, I deliberately left 30,000 horses for Qian Menglong, Zhang Xiong and Yan Xiao, for the safety of Deng Yu and Ouyang Qing, when I go, those people in the court who are not used to Ouyang Qing will definitely say that the emperor will order Ouyang Qing to fight with Yuan Jingchu, Ouyang Qing is a talent, I don't want to watch him sacrifice in vain, so I left three people in case of trouble..."