Fenghou

Chapter 72
Amid the murmured discussions in the hall, no one thought that the dignified Xiangguo would be publicly humiliated by a commanding envoy without any mercy, which made Xiangguo extremely embarrassed.

Some people were happy to hear it and watched the excitement from the sidelines, but some felt that Chen Qing was committing the following crimes, and his tone and attitude were very disrespectful.

But the emperor didn't speak, so no one could stand up and accuse Chen Qing of being rude.

Fan Zongyin was so angry that his face was livid. A small battalion commander even publicly accused himself in the court, but he was speechless when he refuted him, which made him unable to step down, which was completely beyond his expectation.

But he also realized that there were loopholes in the impeachment report. Wang Huan did not distinguish clearly between the battlefield and the prisoners of war, and took it for granted that the wounded were prisoners of war.

"Quiet!" Li Xun, the young supervisor in the hall, shouted, and the hall fell silent.

Chen Qing asked with a smile, "Does Mr. Fan have any other questions?"

Fan Zongyin snorted heavily, "Let me ask you, after the two battles ended, why didn't you turn in the confiscated spoils, why didn't you tell the Ming court to divide up the money without authorization?"

Chen Qing said indifferently: "My task is very clear, to destroy Zhang Kui's rebellion, and to hand over Zhang Kui or his head to the imperial court. There is no mention in the task column that the wealth that Zhang Kui will be collected should be handed over to the imperial court."

Fan Zongyin finally grasped Chen Qing's handle, and he immediately retorted: "That's because the imperial court has clearly stipulated that all the spoils harvested must be handed over to the imperial court, and then rewarded for meritorious service. As the commander of the army, how can you even do this? Do you not know the minimum rules?"

Chen Qing still calmly said: "Of course you must be flexible when leading troops to fight. The army I lead is two thousand Ximenxiang troops. Everyone is like what they usually do, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, blackmailing merchants, extorting goodness, etc. They did nothing less.

But it is such an army, in Chun'an County for a month, they have not harassed civilians, let alone committed crimes, they trained hard, ran hundreds of miles a day, and trained cruelly for eight hours a day, but not a single person When deserters, why do they convert?

It's me, Chen Qing, who is capable and capable?Wrong, because they had hope. I promised them on the first day that all the spoils would be distributed to them. There was no such hope. Zhang Kui, known as the number one general of the Forbidden Army? "

Fan Zongyin sneered and said: "It's useless for you to tell me these things. The imperial court will agree with you to distribute the spoils to the soldiers, but the premise is that you must report to the imperial court and get the imperial court's consent. You clearly did not take the imperial court seriously. Great crime!"

"What a mortal sin!"

Zhang Jun walked out of the train. He knew that this was the only mistake Chen Qing made. If Fan Zongyin caught it, he would not let him go. He had to come forward himself.

Zhang Jun bowed to the emperor Zhao Gou, "Your Majesty, can you allow me to say a few words?"

"Sure!" Zhao Gou readily agreed.

Zhang Jun said unhurriedly to Fan Zongyin: "I would like to ask Mr. Fan, the return of spoils to the court should not only be a rule of this court!"

"of course not!"

"Then I would like to ask Fan Xianggong, there are so many wars in the past dynasties, which war has all the spoils returned to the court, not to mention the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but the current dynasty, fighting against the Liao Kingdom, fighting against the Xixia Kingdom, fighting against the Jin Kingdom, and even Going to suppress the bandits and suppress the rebellion, which time the spoils of war were handed over to the court? Aren’t they all rewarded directly to the soldiers? Tell me, which time the spoils were handed over to the court?”

"This--"

Fan Zongyin hesitated for a while, but he still insisted: "I only know that the imperial court has this rule, so we must follow the rule!"

"Since the imperial court has this regulation, which general has the imperial court punished for it? None of them. You clearly know that the imperial court acquiesced in allowing the general to reward soldiers with spoils of war, but it's okay for you to grab a small commander. Is it because he beheaded the general? After Wanyan Loushi, it was because he wiped out tens of thousands of Jin soldiers at Jiandao Pass, which made you dissatisfied, so you did everything possible to find a reason for him, and if you insisted on putting him to death, that would be the chief of the Jin Kingdom. Don’t tell me you, the dignified Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, also want to receive a reward of [-] guan from the Chief of the Kingdom of Jin?"

Zhang Jun's voice became more and more severe, and finally turned into an impassioned speech, berating Fan Zongyin.

Zhang Jun's stormy interrogation caused an uproar in the court. None of the officials thought that Chen Qing had made so many outstanding military exploits. Everyone's position began to turn to Chen Qing. Many ministers realized that Fan Zongyin Making a fuss over a molehill is indeed a bit too much.

Fan Zongyin's face was flushed and his chest was heaving with anger. He shouted, "Zhang Jun, you are spitting blood. When did I collude with the Jin people? I am a dignified Prime Minister, shouldn't I protect the imperial court system?"

Zhang Jun's tone suddenly calmed down, but the murderous intent in his words did not diminish at all, "Since you are the chancellor of the imperial court, you should know that the imperial court has always acquiesced in distributing the spoils to the meritorious soldiers. Chen Qingming made a great contribution to exterminating Zhang Kui. , but you turned a blind eye and just grabbed his braid, why?"

At this time, Qin Hui smiled and said: "You two must calm down first. In fact, Fan Xianggong is only worried that some inappropriate behavior will occur in the private distribution of the spoils, which will harm the interests of the soldiers. There is no other meaning!"

Qin Hui was trying to persuade the fight on the surface, but he quietly sent an assist.

Fan Zongyin immediately understood Qin Hui's hint, and he immediately followed Qin Hui's assist and said, "Because Yushitai is impeaching Chen Qing, so I want to ask clearly. The impeachment letter of the supervisory Yushi said that Chen Qing's distribution of property to soldiers is just As an excuse, he himself took the opportunity to embezzle most of the property."

Chen Qing sneered and asked: "What evidence does the supervisory censor have that I embezzled most of the property? It's just his villainous heart. I can tell Fan Xianggong frankly that I, Chen Qing, have a penny of all the money seized." I didn't take it, I didn't take a single item, all of them were distributed to the meritorious soldiers, it's clear, it proves that I didn't say a single lie!"

"Humph! Humph!"

Fan Zongyin sneered repeatedly: "Speaking is better than singing, who can prove that you are not greedy for money?"

"I can prove it!"

All the people in the hall looked back together, Zuo Shiyi Xu Yun came out of the train, bowed and saluted: "I report to Fan Xianggong, I can prove that General Chen didn't take any money!"

"You? How can you prove it?" Fan Zongyin looked puzzled.

Xu Yun said calmly: "It's very simple. I also went to Muzhou. I specifically asked the two county officials in charge of distributing the spoils. They have detailed distribution records. If Fan Xianggong needs this record, I can provide it. .

In addition, I also asked all the generals above the escort team. They can all prove that Commander Chen distributed all the spoils to them and the fallen soldiers. He did not take any money himself. I have their testimony and pledges. , I can also provide.

Furthermore, I think Wang Huan can still testify. He said that Commander Chen embezzled the booty. Where is his evidence? "

Fan Zongyin's eyes narrowed, what's going on, Jian Yuan actually intervened, how come he doesn't know anything about it?
Fan Zongyin was very dissatisfied and said, "Excuse me, Zuo Shiyi, the investigation officer is obviously a matter of Yushitai, and it has been approved by several prime ministers. What about you? Who asked you to go to Muzhou to investigate?"

"I let him go!"

The emperor Zhao Gou, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke, as if a thunder had exploded in the court hall. All the officials in the court hall were stunned, including Fan Zongyin, who was even more stunned.

Zhao Gou smiled lightly and said: "I have always believed that if you listen to both, you will know that there is no division of families in the admonition platform, and the investigators also have the duty to admonish the court. It's just that I didn't tell you all, because I didn't think carefully!"

"If you listen to both, you will understand!"

Qin Hui came out, and he admiringly said to Zhao Gou: "Your Majesty is still wise and thoughtful about the problem. If His Majesty is not wise, let the Court of Remonstrance also investigate. If we really want to wrong a meritorious general today, it will be the court's fault." Disgrace, it is Your Majesty's wisdom that allows us to avoid future humiliation!"

Although this flattery is not brilliant, even a bit straightforward, but it is timely, it can be said that it is just right, making Zhao Gou like sweets, he smiled slightly: "Qin Xianggong has won the award!"

Qin Hui understood that Chen Qing's real backer was not Zhang Jun, but the emperor, why Lu Yihao kept silent, this old and cunning guy probably also saw it.

At this critical moment, Qin Hui quickly changed his position. Even if he assisted Fan Zongyin just now, even if Wang Huan was from his wife's family, he would step on it now without hesitation.

"Your Majesty, in fact, I know very well why Fan Xianggong must be so obsessed with Chen Qing? It is obviously a trivial matter, but he makes a big fuss and loses the dignity of the state. In fact, the root cause is prejudice.

He has a deep prejudice against the Western Army, which can be seen from his attitude towards cultivating teachers back then. If it was another army suppressing bandits, he might not take it seriously, but he is a general of the Western Army, and he is actually his political enemy. How could he tolerate Zhang Xuanfu's favorite general?Prejudice plus selfishness are the root of his gaffe today. "

Fan Zongyin was so angry that he trembled all over, pointing at Qin Hui, he couldn't speak, "You, you are so shameless!"

Qin Hui ignored him and continued to say to Emperor Zhao Gou: "In addition, Wang Huan, the supervisory censor, also committed a serious dereliction of duty. In order to cater to Fan Xiangguo's thoughts, he concocted such a ridiculous impeachment report. He is not worthy of being a supervisory censor. I suggest that you He is dismissed from office!"

Yushi Zhongcheng Shen Wanqiu secretly scolded Qin Hui for being despicable and shameless, obviously he was the one who asked him to arrange for Wang Huan to go to Muzhou to investigate, now he betrayed Wang Huan mercilessly and cleared his relationship.

Zhao Gou nodded, "Qin Xianggong is right. Prejudice is indeed harmful and will cause countless misunderstandings and tragedies. Fan Xianggong, I hope you learn today's lesson and stop being prejudiced. I also hope that all courtiers will learn the lesson and disperse Let's go!"

In the end, Zhao Gou still showed some affection to Fan Zongyin, only mentioning prejudice and not selfishness.

All the ministers discussed and walked out of the hall. Today's fierce battle opened everyone's eyes. In the end, it turned around and the emperor made a move.

At this moment, Fan Zongyin had temporarily forgotten Chen Qing, he finally found a poisonous snake, and he was bitten severely by this poisonous snake just now.

He stared at Qin Hui with incomparable hatred, turned around and left quickly.

Qin Hui, as if nothing had happened, talked happily with Zhang Jun, and left together hand in hand.

Chen Qing looked at Qin Hui's back as he walked away, and he realized that today's protagonist is not himself, but this Mr. Qin, who managed to steal the spotlight at the last moment.

At this moment, a little eunuch came up and whispered something to Chen Qing.

(End of this chapter)