Chapter 618: Refusal

"Hmm!" Zhang Yong knew what Zilong was referring to, and immediately nodded and said, "Last time His Majesty left the palace, Liu Jin brought His Majesty back by extraordinary means! Although His Majesty has nothing serious, he is already suspicious of Liu Jin, otherwise he would not be in a hurry to reactivate Lord Yang this time!"

While speaking, Zhang Yong also smiled apologetically at Yang Yiqing.

Yang Yiqing just shook his head lightly and waved his hand, indicating that he didn't care.

"That's it!" Zilong smiled and said, "This Liu Jin has lost his holy family, in fact, it is already the beginning of his destruction! As long as we collect some more ironclad evidence of his crimes, then if he wants to turn the tables this time, I am afraid it will not be so easy!"

"But even if he loses His Majesty's favor, there is still the Queen Mother behind him to protect him!" King An said loudly, "If it's just some innocuous things, I'm afraid that the Queen Mother will definitely take care of him!"

"That's right! That's why we're here to confront the imperial army!" Zilong said with a smile, "Actually, not only the Queen Mother, but also many officials who have gained power from Liu Jin don't want Liu Jin to fall and implicate themselves!"

However, what they are more afraid of is that our rebel army will really break the blockade of the imperial army and kill the Jingshi!"

"What Zilong said is not bad!" Yang Yiqing also said with a smile, "Liu Jin falls, at most they will lose their power and return to their hometown! But if the rebel army kills the Jingshi, not to mention anything else, I am afraid that their lives will probably not be saved!"

"Brother Yang said what was in my heart!" Zilong also said with a smile, "Compared with life, it is obvious that these henchmen of Liu Jin's party, as well as those centrists who have been undecided, should know how to choose!"

"That's good!" King An didn't know about this, but he was in order to become Zilong in front of Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong, so he made such a foil, and he only listened to him continue at the moment, "Even so, the evidence of this crime cannot be light, otherwise I am afraid that it will be difficult to convict Liu Jin!"

"Your Highness don't worry!" Zilong grinned and said, "Once I met a sect called the Penglai faction in the rivers and lakes! This sect is actually the envoys of Japan to the Central Plains, but their purpose is related to their country!"

Originally, they wanted to ask the imperial court to help them find someone, but the imperial court was Liu Jin in charge, so they let Liu Jin reach a cooperation agreement with them on the condition of helping them!"

"Oh, Japan, what kind of cooperation agreement?" An Wang and the others heard it for the first time, and they all looked at Zilong with a questioning face.

"This cooperation agreement is that Liu Jin will use the power of three factories and one guard to help them find people! And they need to smuggle a large amount of weapons and equipment from Japan to Liu Jin in batches, come to the Central Plains, and hand them over to Liu Jin!" Zilong said with a proud face.

"What...... Weapons and equipment ......" The three of them were speechless, they all had more or less grievances against Liu Jin, and they were also dissatisfied with Liu Jin's monopoly of power, and wanted to overthrow Liu Jin.

But they never thought that Liu Jin really had a large-scale hoarding of weapons and equipment, isn't this no different from a rebellion?

At that moment, the three of them were first startled, and then their faces were full of joy, and then they sighed in unison, or Yang Yiqing said loudly: "Even so, do you have any evidence?"

"Naturally!" Zilong said proudly, "I once dealt with the principal of this Penglai faction, and by chance, from her, I asked for Liu Jin's account book of smuggling weapons with Japan! At that time, I just wanted to threaten Liu Jin with the account book, but now it seems that it is just an ironclad evidence!"

"What, the ledger is in your hand?" all three of them were all taken aback, and then looked at Zilong with surprise.

"This is nature!" Zilong also said happily, "Actually, I have always wanted to hand over this account book! It's just that there have been so many things lately that I haven't told you until now!"

This sentence is actually Zilong's explanation to King An, and King An also understands, and nodded in understanding at the moment, indicating that there is no problem. Zilong Cai continued: "It's just a ledger, but it's still not enough! There is one more thing, but it can be used as evidence of Liu Jin's crime!"

"Zilong, are you talking about Liu Jin driving the people of Ningxia to attack the Ningxia military fort?" Yang Yiqing guessed directly.

"That's right!" Zilong said indignantly, "This drives his own people to capture his own military fort, which has never been done in the thousands of years of history of the Central Plains! Liu Jin is really punished for this crime!"

"Hey!" Yang Yiqing sighed and said, "What you said is reasonable! It's just that, as you said, this kind of thing has never happened before, can you understand what impact this matter will have on the society if the whole world knows about it?"

"Ah, Brother Yang, what do you mean by that?" Zilong looked at Yang Yiqing with a puzzled expression.

Yang Yiqing didn't answer Zilong directly, but stood up, pointed to the river not far away, and said, "I've been sitting for so long, I'm also a little tired, I want to go to the river for a walk, Zilong, can you accompany me?"

"This ......" Zilong didn't understand why Yang Yiqing wanted to take him to a private chat alone and avoid King An, so he hesitated for a while and looked at King An.

King An was extremely generous, and said: "Zilong, you go! I happen to have some things to do with the Grandmaster Palace, and I want to ask Zhang Gong for advice, and you will accompany Lord Yang to the river!"

"Okay!" With King An's approval, Zilong had to stand up, and walked towards the Yellow River with Yang Yiqing.

Walking all the way, he didn't talk much, until he was some distance away from King An's side, Yang Yiqing slowly spoke: "Zilong, have you thought that if Liu Jin drove the people to be poked out, causing the world to know, then how would the people of the world view the court?"

"Looking at the imperial court?" Zilong was a little puzzled, and immediately said, "This matter Liu Jin did by himself, and it has little to do with the imperial court, right?"

"Liu Jin is the prime minister! Over the years, the power has leaned towards the government and the opposition, and it is almost dictatorial!" Yang Yiqing sighed and said, "You also know that there is still a saying among the people that the emperor is standing up, that is, Liu Jin's power is almost equal to today's!"

"That's right!" Zilong somewhat understood.

"In this case, do you think that what Liu Jin did, will the people still think that the court did it?" Yang Yiqing said with a sad face, "To say something from the heart, if possible, I will definitely seek justice for the people of Ningxia and cut Liu Jin with a thousand knives!" But if this matter is broken, the people all over the world will know about it, but I am afraid that the people will think that this court has driven them like this, which is no different from sending them to death, and they still have some trust in our court?"

"Hey......" Zilong also sighed and said, "But it's not because of this, you won't give the people of Ningxia justice!"

"Justice will naturally be returned, and this matter will also be investigated, and it can also become one of the evidence of Liu Jin's crime, but this evidence of crime cannot be made public, do you understand?" Yang Yiqing slowly stopped, looked at Zilong for a moment and asked.

"Understood!" Zilong nodded heavily and said, "Then can you ask the imperial court to reduce Ningxia's taxes, after all, this is a little fairer to Ningxia......"

"This depends on the meaning of the imperial court and His Majesty!" Yang Yiqing did not agree to Zilong, but said suddenly, "But I want to know, if it is not him who sits on the Fengtian Palace, but you, then will you agree to reduce the burden on Ningxia?"

"This ......" Zilong was stunned, but he didn't expect Yang Yiqing to suddenly talk about this, he was a little caught off guard at the moment, thought for a moment, and then shook his head and said, "Brother Yang, you and I are friends of life and death, there are some words, it's better not to say them!"

"But since he sat in the Fengtian Palace, the power of the court has fallen, and eunuchs like Liu Jin have controlled the authority of the court, which has made the world miserable, and many people with lofty ideals have been degraded and killed by Liu Jin!

"If it weren't for you, it wasn't for King An who rose up to resist and defeated Liu Jin, I'm afraid that he has now successfully reorganized the cabinet and completely controlled the authority of the imperial court! At that time, not only will we people with lofty ideals have nowhere to display their ambitions, but I am afraid that even the country will change hands, is this what you want to see?"

Listening to Yang Yiqing's words, Zilong suddenly thought of Wang Shouren, who committed suicide by throwing himself off the cliff, but saved himself and then befriended him.

Thinking of this man with lofty ideals who is full of economy and has the world in mind, but he is still exiled in Longchangyi, Zilong can't help but sigh a little, and can't help but wonder what is happening to this great Confucian he admires now.

Yang Yiqing in front of him was obviously testing himself to see if he had the idea of replacing his brother, Zilong actually didn't want to be the emperor in his heart.

First, he has an easy-going temperament, and he can't be the ninety-five.

Second, it was his brother's position, and Zilong didn't want to take that position away from him.

At that moment, Zilong shook his head and said: "This is just a momentary mistake! In fact, I have already seen Zhengde, and I also know that his nature is not bad! Being seized by Liu Jin is just because he is too close to the people around him, this is what everyone will experience!"

Brother Yang, you believe me and believe in him! After overthrowing Liu Jin this time and seeing Liu Jin's true face clearly, he will definitely be a good emperor and a good monarch! The world will definitely move towards a better future under his leadership!"

Yang Yiqing also sighed for it, shook his head, and said: "Hehe, I hope so! In fact, including Xiya Gong, Zhang Gong and me, and other people who come into contact with you, they all think that you are more suitable to sit in that position than him!"

He is a casual person, too gullible to others! And you are different, not only are you open-minded, but you also have your own opinions, and what is even more commendable is that you have a benevolent heart that he does not have! This is what a king should have, but since you don't want to, I won't force it!"