Chapter 357: Farce
The tall building boat crossed the river where the naval warship was cruising again, and the county lord of Qingcheng brought back Zhu Di's reply to Zhu Yunwen and the ministers who were looking forward to it in Jinling City, but to Zhu Yunwen's extreme disappointment, Zhu Di did not make a choice in the face of this difficult problem thrown by the imperial court.
If he agrees to occupy the northern border and rule the world together, then he will be convicted of usurpation, and it will become a big joke for him to assist the government; If he didn't agree to continue attacking Jinling, the people of the world would naturally be able to see that his Zhu Laosi's purpose was only the throne.
As long as he hesitates for a few more days, King Qin's army will enter Jinling, and it will be foolproof at that time, but what Zhu Yunwen didn't expect was that Zhu Di was indeed not so easy to fool, and in the face of this problem, he not only did not choose, but also threw him a list of traitors, making it clear that he would force Zhu Yunwen again in the end.
There are twenty-nine people on this list, in addition to Fang Huangqi and three people, Jing Qing, Lian Zining, Huang Guan and others are also impressively listed, all of them are the backbone officials of the faction of cutting the domain, as soon as the list of traitors was announced, it immediately caused an uproar in the court, the officials on the list were all angry, and those who were not on the list were relieved, while Li Jinglong, Ru Chang and other peace factions were suddenly shaken up, and openly shouted in the Jinluan Palace to kill the head of the clan first, in order to appease the king of Yan.
At this moment, Zhu Yunwen can be regarded as lifting a stone and shooting himself in the foot, the good idea of the nerd Fang Xiaoru not only did not put Zhu Di in a dilemma, but made Zhu Yunwen dumbfounded, how did he not know that even if he really killed Fang Huangqi and others according to Zhu Di's words, Zhu Di who looked at Jinling City would not withdraw his troops, and then he would lose his heart? But Zhu Di bit him to death and went straight to these people, Zhu Yunwen didn't do it, he came by himself, when the time came to Jinling, did he really only find Fang Huangqi and others to settle accounts?
Impossible.
This fact is too easy to figure out, the officials lamented that Zhu Di was difficult to deal with at the same time, looking at those "traitors" The eyes are becoming more and more strange, in the past, the centrist officials who did not stand on both sides and only knew how to stretch their necks to watch the play can not help but feel a little resentful, the court has thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, millions of male soldiers, against a Yan King who raised troops to seize Beiping, and fought back and forth to this point, four years ago, who would have thought that there would be today?
Those officials whose names are listed on the list of traitors, even if they are not traitors, are also mediocre ministers!
For a while, I heard that after King Yan arrived in Yangzhou, the panicked and chaotic officials seemed to have found a direction for catharsis, and the impeached chapter snowflakes flew to the imperial study, and every day there were groups of officials jumping out to ask for Fang Xiaoru, even Huang Zicheng Qitai, who was still on the road, could not let go, and some of the rational ones did not ask Zhu Yunwen to kill them immediately, but also proposed that these three people should be cut to the people and never used, so as to suspend the anger of King Yan.
You must know that now the filial piety above the court meeting is still standing at the head of the civil officials, in the past, this position was the Shangshu station of the Ministry of Heavenly Officials, and now it has been occupied by him for a few years, he saw the surging feelings of the hundred officials, the words of the people, and even the anger of the other two people were vented on him, all kinds of ugly words emerged in endlessly, the scholars scolded people, that was without dirty words, and the officials who played with the pen scolded people and called them a tricky and ruthless, and said that Fang Xiaoru became the first fool in heaven and earth since ancient times, Fang Xiaoru couldn't bear it anymore, Although he is extremely bad as an official, he is a great Confucian, and he can't help but scream, his hair is flying and his spit is splashing, and this momentum also suppresses the hundred officials at once, and the court is quiet for a while.
It's just that some people don't eat him, Li Jinglong, who has taken the lead in charging in the court for two days, has a hoarse voice, and is about to go out to fight with this nerd again, but one person's movements are faster than him, and he stepped forward and reprimanded angrily: "The court is a place where hundreds of officials deliberate, and the country has reached the point where it can't accommodate outspokenness?" ”
Everyone's eyes looked at each other, and after a while, there was an uproar, Fang Xiaoru was about to fight back angrily, but he was also stunned at a glance, the person who spoke out turned out to be Lian Zining who was on the same list of traitors with him! Not only that, Lian Zining is also the backbone of the Cutting Sect, it stands to reason that he should be in the same boat with Fang Xiaoru at this moment, but he didn't expect him to stand on the opposite side of Fang Xiaoru!
Obviously, the deep hatred of Fang Huang and his ilk within the Cutting Sect reached its peak at this moment, seeing that Fang Xiaoru was still playing his Confucian faction, Lian Zining couldn't help it anymore, and stood up for tat, Fang Xiaoru was suddenly destroyed like five thunderbolts, and he couldn't have imagined that even his own people were full of hatred and contempt for him.
Li Jinglong, who was robbed of his job, was so bored that he flicked his nails, and he was weird: "Mr. Xizhi keeps saying righteousness, but where is the righteousness?" In the world, in the emperor, in all loyal ministers! Instead of Mr. Xizhi's power tilting towards the government and the opposition, Mr. Xizhi is erudite and talented, and naturally knows that the rebellion of the Seven Kings made a mistake to ask for a death to settle the world, why didn't Mr. Xizhi follow suit and block the mouth of King Yan with a death? When the time comes, won't King Yan have to obediently withdraw from the army? ”
These words are too ruthless, the hundred officials suddenly cast a look of admiration, others just scolded, this person already wanted to force Fang Xiaoru to die by himself, Fang Xiaoru was stunned for a moment, his face suddenly turned red like chicken blood, but if he wanted to commit suicide at this time, he couldn't do anything, Li Jinglong saw that he looked trembling and pointed over but couldn't say a word, and couldn't help pouting with disdain: "Phew! ”
"Yikes!" Fang Xiaoru couldn't bear it anymore, the head of the dignified civil officials, jumped up and pounced on Li Jinglong, and a set of Wang Ba punches were vigorous: "If it weren't for your bad Majesty's big thing, how could you get to this point!" Your Majesty, kill this thief and thank the world! ”
Zhu Yunwen sat on the dragon chair dumbfounded, and the hundred officials were also dumbfounded, Li Jinglongwan didn't expect Fang Xiaoru to be annoyed and ashamed to this extent, the dignified Confucian was looking for himself in the Golden Palace, he was a military general after all, and a real kick could make Fang Xiaoru vomit out the overnight meal in his stomach, but where did he dare to really do it? What if His Majesty remembers the previous and gets angry and drags him out and cuts him down? So he could only hold his head to protect the vital point and let Fang Xiaoru tear it up, pretending to be his grandson.
The rest of the officials didn't come back to their senses at first, but after a while, they remembered that not only Fang Xiaoru, but Li Jinglong was also hateful! If it weren't for his two defeats, how could the imperial court be in today's predicament? At the moment, there were also many officials who came forward angrily and scratched and scratched, Li Jinglong ran and they raised their official robes to chase, and for a while the Jinluan Hall was in chaos, and the dignified princes and officials actually chased and tore around the dragon pillar, which was funny, and it really made people want to laugh.
It's just that Zhu Yunwen, who was sitting on the dragon chair, couldn't laugh at all, the plan to discuss and delay time was shattered, Zhu Di would definitely cross the river to attack Jinling as soon as possible, he was already in turmoil, but now he asked Yu Baiguan, no one could give a good proposal, and this kind of farce happened in the solemn Jinluan Palace, which made him dizzy and dry.
What the hell to do...
"Enough!" Seeing that the situation was getting worse and worse, more and more officials joined the pursuit, Li Jinglong's nose and blue face were swollen, and his robe and clothes were torn into strips of cloth, Lian Zining's nose was almost crooked, and he stood up and yelled.
Fang Xiaoru is too out of tune, and now, even if Li Jinglong's body is divided, what is the use of a fart? The Yan army is on the Yangtze River, and the top priority is to force the Yan army back, no one thinks about this, and it is faster than one to shirk responsibility.
The chaos was suppressed by Lian Zining's yell, and the officials who were chasing Li Jinglong stopped one after another, and a few people who were not in good health were still panting, and Li Jinglong, who was covered with blood on his head, slowly stood up, looking like he didn't have any embarrassment, and he also flicked his clothes and stood back in the queue, as if nothing had happened before.
Lian Zining glared at him fiercely, and arched his hand towards Zhu Yunwen and said: "Your Majesty, the Yangtze River moat, can be a hundred thousand male soldiers, the court still has a sailor, Yan Shun has no boat, it is impossible to cross the river calmly, and now it is summer, the weather is hot, prone to plague, Yan Jun is mostly northerners, not suitable for the southern climate, as long as you stick to the Yangtze River, Yan Shun will inevitably retreat!" ”
Zhu Yunwen finally heard the official who spoke human words, and his mind calmed down a little, but he was still a little uneasy: "What if Yan really crossed the river?" ”
Lian Zining Chengzhu was in his chest: "Even if Yan Wei flies over the moat, it doesn't hurt, Jinling City is high and deep, the food is sufficient, and there is no problem in keeping the first half of the year!" Yan rebel soldiers come to the city, relying on just a quick word, when the imperial court arrives with the army of the king of Qin, the siege of Jinling will be solved, so the current plan is to rectify the water division, strengthen the city defense, and have His Majesty personally sit here, Jinling... Unbreakable! ”
Zhu Yunwen was overjoyed when he heard this: "Yes, what Aiqing said is reasonable!" According to what Aiqing said, it will be implemented immediately! ”
Anyway, today's court meeting finally came up with a solution, although this plan is still passively waiting, but Zhu Yunwen finally has a sense of security, after the court meeting dispersed, he walked back to the harem, along the way he looked at everything in the palace, the uneasiness gradually came up.
The eunuchs, court maids, and ministers still treated him with respect, but he knew that they would do so even if there was a new owner in the near future.
Because they are only servants, as long as their interests are guaranteed, the change of masters is really not a very important issue for them.
Zhu Di's soldiers came to the city, so that Zhu Yunwen, who had been staying in Jinling, understood a truth, and it was also the source of his inner panic these days, because he finally found that the so-called rich people sitting on the world are just a lonely and helpless person, his life is not used to enjoy prosperity and wealth, from the moment he sat on the throne, the pain has begun, he has to guard against ministers, vassal kings, eunuchs and everyone around him, he and his throne must be ready to guard against any external blows, once the throne is taken away, It also means the end of his life.
The word "death" had never appeared so bloody in front of his eyes.
That's right, there is the Yangtze River moat and the Jinling city defense, which looks as if it can be defended, but how many incredible battles has King Yan fought on the other side of the Yangtze River in the past four years? He even ran all the way from Texas to the north bank of the Yangtze River! These days, Zhu Yunwen forced himself not to think about it, but every time he closed his eyes, he seemed to have seen Zhu Di, who was full of murderous energy, walking up to the Jinluan Hall and looking at himself who collapsed on the dragon chair.
He vaguely understood that his biggest mistake was that he didn't know that the moment Zhu Di raised his army, he had actually doomed the fate of two people, one was Zhu Di and the other was him.
The rebellious Zhu Di certainly had no way back, but in fact he didn't either, because since ancient times, there can only be one winner in the power struggle, and the remaining one usually dies miserably and helplessly.
Zhu Yunwen wanted to squat down and take two breaths, but his self-esteem as an emperor did not allow him to be so embarrassed.
Things have come to this point, leave it to fate.
He thought.