Zhang Gui glanced at An Tong in surprise.

As we all know, Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji are both his people, and now An Tong suddenly accused Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji of colluding with Jiannu to seek Shandong, which undoubtedly made him, the uncle of the country, unable to escape his involvement.

But what Zhang Gui didn't expect was that this An Tong would be so bold and impeach his own people not long after he was crowned a marquis, when the holy family was in his prime.

An Tong explained Zhang Gui's question, and said to Tianqi at this time: "Your Majesty, now it is rumored that Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji colluded to build slaves to take Shandong, and some people even said that a large number of ships have docked in the Denglai area of Shandong, and the officials dare not speak about this matter because they are afraid of the power of their uncle, but the minister dares to say this, and now he only asks His Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible, so as not to harm the community!" ”

In addition, the minister received evidence that Ni Zhiyuan, a student from southern Liaoning, risked his life to bring back from Shenyang, and this evidence was a secret letter written by Sun Chuanting to Jiannu. Now it seems that villains such as Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji can swim in the door of their relatives, and they will be willing to collude with Jiannu without shame and do disloyal things! ”

An Tong's words are equivalent to judging the border ministers and generals with inherent moral concepts, in his meaning, Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji were found and recommended by their relatives, so they are already considered traitors with improper morality, and it is undoubtedly normal to collude with Jiannu.

This kind of moral governance, and morality to judge whether a minister is competent or not, and even derived from it, is a common phenomenon of Confucian scholars participating in court politics.

It is not uncommon in the Ming Dynasty and even in previous dynasties.

After An Tong said, Zhou Chaorui also said: "No wonder Yuan Chonghuan and they also impeached Sun Chuanting, presumably the Liaoxi side knows more about this matter, and has already known about the behavior of Sun Chuanting and others in southern Liaoning through his own careful sentinels, so he explained this matter to the imperial court." ”

Saying that, Zhou Chaorui went out of the court and said to the apocalypse: "Your Majesty, from the perspective of the ministers, this matter is not groundless!" ”

After this, Zhou Chaorui also glanced at Zhang Gui.

The other ministers also looked at Zhang Gui.

Because everyone knows that Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji are both recommended by Zhang Gui.

Zhang Gui has to admit that it is really not easy to do something in Daming.

He just asked famous generals like Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji to go to southern Liaoning to pick up Yuan Keli's class in advance, so as to help Zhang Pan, who was supported alone in southern Liaoning, to further hinder the strategy of Jiannu to destroy the Mongol Dynasty and even enter the customs to loot, but because the courtiers Qingliu despised their relatives and ministers who rose by their relatives, and the border ministers in western Liaoning did not allow these new forces that affected their own plans to raise their own Kou outside the customs, and made Sun Chuanting, Zhou Yuji and others fall into a crime of rebellion!

In order to prevent the clear stream of the DPRK from ruining the major affairs of Pingliao.

In order to prevent the bureaucrats, military landlords and landlords in western Liaoning from squeezing out the imperial court's own soldiers and horses placed in southern Liaoning, Zhang Gui stood up decisively when Antong brought back the so-called student Ni Zhiyuan and handed Sun Chuanting's secret letter to Jiannu, and said:

"Your Majesty! This is probably Jiannu's counter-plot, and the minister thinks that the letter brought back by a living member cannot be used as a proof for the court to decide the life and death of a border town official! Sun Chuanting, as the governor of southern Liaoning, was in the land of the four wars, and there were not 100 or 50 official letters written by himself every day, so it was easy for Jiannu to get his letters and then imitate his handwriting to forge letters! Therefore, the minister believes that this matter should be cautious. ”

"Counter-plotting?"

Apocalypse asked.

"That's right! Your Majesty, the situation in Liaodi, everyone knows that Jiannu is now in the most difficult moment, with the imperial court's military towns in western and southern Liaoning, he can't free up his hands to fight Mongolia or North Korea, and he can't rely on looting money and food to strengthen himself and even alleviate the increasingly difficult situation of his internal life! ”

"And if Jiannu wants to break the deadlock, the only way to do this is to use counter-tactics, let the court mess up, let our own people fight first, and let us solve all the reliable border ministers ourselves, so as to realize their ambition to destroy my Ming Dynasty in the future."

"But there are really such fools in the DPRK, who really use this matter to make waves for their own opinion!"

Zhang Gui replied.

Zhou Chaorui was furious: "Why does Uncle Guo insult us and other courtiers so much, is it wrong for us to speak out for Sheji?!" ”

Zhang Gui replied: "You are indeed fools!" ”

"You!"

Zhou Chaorui was so angry that his face was purple.

"Yuan Gong, the governor of Liaodong, admitted that he Sun Chuanting collaborated with the enemy, so why should Uncle Guo defend his Sun Chuanting! Could it be that Uncle Guo knows the situation in Liaodi better than Yuan Gong? ”

An Tong also questioned Zhang Gui coldly when he said this.

Zhang Guidao: "That's right, you can say this, there is indeed no one who understands the situation in Liaodi better than me!" No one knows Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji better than me! ”

Then, Zhang Gui said: "He Yuan Chonghuan has never spoken to Sun Chuanting, why did he impeach the border ministers at the same level as him and not subordinate to each other because of a secret letter brought back by a student?" He is so rash and credulous that he wants the court to kill Sun Chuanting, who is not his subordinate, is he not afraid that others will also be rash and credulous in the future and kill him?! ”

"Regardless of whether Yuan Gong's move is hasty or not, let alone whether this is Jiannu's counter-plot, Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, at least Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji can no longer be used! Even if you don't kill the two of them because of this, it is not appropriate to use these two again, after all, it is difficult to guarantee that there is such a thing. ”

Zhou Chaorui replied.

Zhang Gui's face was speechless.

Damn, Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji fought so well in southern Liaoning, and now they are suddenly transferred away because of such a seemingly true and untrue case of collaborating with the enemy, isn't it just in the hands of Jiannu?

After all, in the Ming Dynasty, it is really difficult to find a capable general who can replace these two people.

The point is, even if it is found, who knows if it will be squeezed out?

And will talented people not dare to work hard anymore?

Zhang Gui had to admit that Daming was really bad in the hands of Yanguan many times.

In any case, Zhang Gui felt that he had to stop this from happening.

So, Zhang Gui stood up again: "Your Majesty, the minister still said that, no one understands Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji better than the minister, and the loyalty of the two of them to His Majesty can be said to be unmatched in the Manchu Dynasty!" And the ability of the two of them is unmatched in the Manchu Dynasty! Transferring them away will only be in the hands of Jiannu! ”

"Your Majesty, you can't easily change the border ministers because of the so-called evidence brought back by a student, if Your Majesty really wants to replace these two people, then please send the ministers to prison first, the marquis of the revolution, if Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji really want to collude with Jiannu to rebel, then the minister must be the first mastermind!"

Zhang Gui is now out of the way, private and public, Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji are what he must protect.

Privately, whether or not Jiannu is using a counter-strategy, if these courtiers can dismount Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji now because of this, they will also be able to pull him off the horse in the future.

As far as the public is concerned, as soon as Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji leave, Jiannu will definitely take advantage of the emptiness of Liaonan and raise troops in Liaonan in a big way, and draw a sword Liaonan, which is a thorn in the flesh, and at that time, it is impossible for the imperial court to expect Yuan Chonghuan and Liaoxi Jiangmen to support Liaonan.

Because in history, after Yuan Keli recovered southern Liaoning, Liaonan lost it like this, that is, Yuan Keli was impeached by Yanguan and returned to Beijing, which led to the emptiness of southern Liaoning, giving Jiannu a chance to take advantage of the void to recapture southern Liaonan, and in the process of Jiannu regaining southern Liaoning, the general soldier Zhang Pan died in battle, and there were no soldiers and horses from western Liaoxi to save him.

Therefore, Zhang Gui must now go out and protect Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji first.

Tianqi and the courtiers all looked at Zhang Gui in surprise, they didn't expect Zhang Gui to be so desperate to protect Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji.

He who said that the apocalypse would listen to the ruler, unless he was imprisoned first!

Apocalypse therefore asked, "Do you really dare to protect them like this, aren't you afraid that they will really do something unfavorable to the imperial court and cause you to be affected by this?!" ”

Apocalypse is not a traverser, and it is reasonable to remain suspicious of Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji.

After all, as an emperor, he could not absolutely trust any minister.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhang Gui replied.

"In that case, what do you think should be done about this matter?"

Apocalypse asked.