Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 326
There are endless debates in the court, and each has its own position.

Moreover, with Liu Ju, Gao Gu and others' "turning sides", this should have been a confrontational battle between the relatives and civil servants, and suddenly became much more complicated.

The emperor also seemed to feel some headache, raised his hand and pressed down, the emperor finally spoke, but turned towards Yu Qian who had not spoken.

"Yu Qing, the ministers of the court and the central government are all holding their own opinions on this matter. Do you think Wang Ji is guilty?"

Yu Qian still looked like the ancient well without waves, stepped forward and said.

"Your Majesty, regarding Wang Ji's matter, I believe that I have a fair heart and have never defended anyone. Although he has been delayed in suppressing the rebellion, since he is the commander-in-chief, he has the right to make arbitrary decisions on the spot. There is no serious fault. What is the crime? ?”

The ministers felt a little helpless, but Yu Qian was still Yu Qian, no wonder this temper made the emperor angry many times.

However, in this early court, the emperor was obviously able to maintain his rationality. Although he was a little displeased with Yu Qian's words, he did not open his mouth to reprimand him.

Therefore, all the ministers secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Generally speaking, if the quarrel becomes like this, it will be nothing in the end.

This impeachment was initiated by Xungui, and the target was Yu Qian's power in the Beijing camp. For them, if nothing happened, it would be a failure.

The matter has come to this point, the two sides in the court are evenly matched, even the emperor, I am afraid it is not easy to touch Yu Qian, an important minister of the Seven Ministers who is so important.

After hesitating for a moment, the Son of Heaven seemed to have made up his mind, and was about to speak, when Cheng Jing, the eunuch standing aside, suddenly changed his face.

Immediately afterwards, the ministers saw that a servant hurriedly came to the imperial steps from the side door and handed an envelope to Cheng Jing.

Cheng Jing glanced at it, stepped forward quickly, and delivered the envelope in front of the emperor. There was a sharp-eyed minister in front of him, who vaguely saw that it seemed to be covered with a red lacquer wax seal, like a military newspaper.

They soon had the answer, because the Son of Heaven opened the envelope, and after reading it, his face darkened immediately, and he waved his hand, signaling Cheng Jing to read it out in public.

"My minister Guizhou Dao Xun presses the censor Huang Hao to cry blood to hear..."

"I was ordered by the imperial court to patrol Guizhou. On the tenth day of the fifth month of last year, Linping Yuecheng coincided with the rebellion of Miao thieves, and Pingyue was besieged. I led the defenders in the city to break through several times, but failed. In desperation , had no choice but to defend the city, but fortunately, the soldiers and civilians in the city were grateful for the kindness of the imperial court, and they were united as one, and vowed not to surrender."

"However, it has been more than 210 days since the Miao thieves started to siege Pingyue. The food and grass in the city have long been in short supply. The ministers have deployed it in many ways, but there is nothing they can do. For several days, the soldiers and civilians in the city have fed on grass roots and bark."

"I have sent people several times to send letters to the station of the Chenzhou counter-insurgency army, but there is no news. The food and grass in the city are gone. The day before yesterday, there was a case of changing sons to eat. As a last resort, I took the risk of sending another envoy. This letter was hidden in a bamboo tube, and it was sent directly to the capital from the lower level."

"I hope that the imperial court will be sympathetic to the soldiers and civilians of Pingyue, stick to the city, swear to die, and have a heart of loyalty to serve the country. Immediately order the army to dispatch to break the siege of Pingyue and save more than [-] soldiers and civilians from fire and water."

"The minister bowed his head for a hundred obeisances, and the Guizhou Daoist inspector Huang Hao respectfully."

Cheng Jing's voice was steady and resonant, without any emotion.

But just reading it plainly, all the ministers present could feel the deep sadness and despair in the lines of this military newspaper.

Pingyue was besieged, this is no secret in the court.

As early as June of last year, Gong Ju, the general of the Southern Expedition, noticed that the Miao people were powerful and not an ordinary small-scale rebellion. When he asked the court for reinforcements, he sent the news of the siege of Pingyue City to the capital.

Because of this, the imperial court urgently ordered Wang Ji's army to conquer Luchuan to temporarily divert to Miaodi and take over the counter-insurgency affairs from Gong Ju.

But for the elders in the DPRK, Pingyue's besieged is just four words on paper.

It wasn't until Huang Hao's military report was delivered that they realized that the mere four words on the document affected the lives of tens of thousands of Pingyue soldiers and civilians.

What they didn't expect was that the situation in Pingyue had turned so bad.

The atmosphere in the hall became low and depressing.

This military report not only deeply shocked the ministers present, but more importantly, no matter how slow-witted people were, they also noticed that with the arrival of the military report, the emperor was brewing anger under his calm face.

Finally, Lun's voice came down from the throne, still calm.

"The Ministry of War, apart from Pingyue, how many other cities are there surrounded by the Miao army?"

Yu Qian stood where he was, his face was also livid because of the content of the military newspaper.

The situation in Pingyue was so difficult and dangerous, which he did not expect.

Hearing the emperor's question, Yu Qian came to his senses, took a deep breath, and said.

"Returning to Your Majesty, according to the information obtained by the military newspaper of the Ministry of War, Miao thieves are growing in the southwest, reaching Longliwei in Guizhou in the west, Yuanzhouwei in Huguang in the east, Wugangzhou in Huguang in the north, and Bozhou in Sichuan in the south. Most of the besieged areas are Guizhou. Where Huguang belongs."

"Among them, Pingyue was the first to be besieged, and it has been nearly July. Eleven other cities have been besieged for three to five months. Among them, four cities can still deliver supplies, and five cities can still communicate, including Pingyue. Inside, three cities have been completely besieged, and no news has come."

When saying these words, Yu Qian's rare voice trembled a little.

"No news came?"

The emperor whispered softly, but in the silent hall, it was not difficult to hear clearly.

With a "bang", the emperor's right hand slapped heavily on the imperial case.

The originally plain face also became stern.

"Then where did the military report in front of me come from?"

The emperor laughed back in anger, his body trembling slightly.

"What a good Wang Ji, what a good Hou Jing, the imperial court sent them to quell the Miao chaos, what happened? A military officer who recruited Miao, a minister of military affairs who was admiral, the two joined forces, and Chen Bing Chenzhou, Yuanzhou, stopped, Treat the people of Miaodi as nothing."

"It's very good. It's nothing more than fear and avoiding the war. How dare you deceive the court and stop the military newspaper? If it weren't for this letter sent by Huang Hao risking his life, would the court have to wait until the soldiers and civilians in Pingyue were starved to death? Want to report a big victory to me?"

The thunderous voice echoed throughout the hall.

It was the first time for the officials to see the emperor so angry. Seeing that the situation was not good, they all fell to their knees and said in unison.

"Your Majesty, rest your anger."

The main hall fell silent, the elders lowered their heads, and did not dare to vent their breath. In the huge Wenhua Hall, only the panting of the emperor touched everyone's hearts.

After a while, the emperor finally calmed down a little, but his face was still ashen, and he said coldly.

"Cheng Jing!"

"The minister is..."

"Eight hundred miles to rush, immediately send an order to Liang Yao, ordering him to send troops to Pingyue within three days after receiving the order, without delay, regardless of the cost, and must break the siege of Pingyue within ten days, otherwise it will be lost The crime of this crime shall be dealt with by military law."

"According to the order."

After Cheng Jing received the imperial edict, he took two steps back and stood back to his original place, preparing to deliver the imperial edict after the morning court according to the usual practice.

However, the emperor glared at him and said, "Go now!"

Although the words were addressed to Cheng Jing, all the ministers couldn't help but tremble in their hearts.

Even Da Dang, who is the most favored by the emperor, is treated like this. It seems that the emperor is really angry this time.

As Cheng Jing hurriedly exited the hall and went to deliver the decree, the emperor finally calmed down, returned his eyes to the hall, and spoke heavily.

"Yu Qian, what explanation do you have for this military report?"

　Today's calvin is too serious, I can't write it, it's a little late, the big chapter is still not used to it, I will update the small chapter in the future, I will try my best to write another chapter...

　　
　
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