This martial artist just wants to be an official

Chapter 422: I am here to report to Lu Yuanzhi!
The 100,000-strong demon army was actually wiped out overnight.

"One hundred thousand demon soldiers are gone just like that?"

Aunt Lengdan, who was standing nearby, naturally also saw the battle report sent by Wu Qianfeng.

"Yes."

After seeing this, Lu Yuanzhi slowly revealed a smile. In fact, when Jin Chan came, he had already guessed that Chao Yue had most likely sent Jin Chan to find him because he really wanted to seek cooperation.

But he is the kind of person who won't release the eagle until he sees the rabbit. He will never believe it unless the result is made clear to him.

Now that it has come to this, he has his own ideas in mind.

"Tell the scouts to keep a close eye on the situation. I want all of the Demon King's latest moves, and I demand that not a single one of them be wrong!"

There was a gleam of brilliance in Lu Yuanzhi's eyes.

"Yes!"

After hearing this, the general next to him clasped his fists, saluted, and walked out.

"Send this victory report to the capital as soon as possible!"

Lu Yuanzhi continued to give instructions, with a gentle smile:
"We must show it to the officials in the court and give them some hope. Don't cause trouble for me in the rear."

"Yes!"

……

As Lu Yuanzhi issued the order in an orderly manner, a black eagle soared into the sky from Xuzhou City and rushed towards the capital.

In the capital, the main hall.

Today is the first time that the Second Prince has advocated an early morning court session.

All the ministers felt that the sun rose from the west today.

My uncle was wearing an official uniform and walking on the road with a solemn expression.

He was followed by several officials, the most eye-catching of whom was Sun Lianting, the current prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture.

"Mr. Hai, do you really want to question Li Zhen and Prince Qing today?"

Sun Lianting saw his uncle's back, took two steps at a time, and quickly moved behind him, lowering his voice.

My uncle glanced at him indifferently, feeling speechless.

He is indecisive and not decisive at all. I don't know how this guy got to this position today?
In fact, he really wronged Prefect Sun. You should know that the prefects of all dynasties were always the favorites of the emperor and their confidants.

But Jianhong has passed away, and Sun Lianting is not the second prince's man.

There are only two popular people around the second prince, one is the prime minister Li Zhen, and the other is the Prince Qing.

These two people replaced all the confidants around the second prince with their own. Now the emperor's every word and action in the palace is under the control of these two people.

"If you don't want to, it's not too late to regret it now."

My uncle just sneered, then puffed out his chest and walked towards the hall.

After hearing his uncle's words, Sun Lianting was speechless. He looked at his uncle's back as he walked away with his head held high, and struggled in his heart.

The current court can be roughly divided into four camps. One is Prince Qing's camp, most of whom are royal relatives.

One is Li Zhen’s camp, whose main members are still those in the cabinet.

Another one is the nobles, who used to be headed by Marquis Weiwu. But ever since Marquis Weiwu got into trouble, the nobles have been huddling together all day long, not daring to jump out at all.

The fourth one is the new camp headed by Hai Rui. This camp has the weakest foundation among the four camps. Because it has not existed for a long time, it does not have many members.

But there is a fatal problem, that is Hai Rui's nephew.

He is the current Grand Marshal of the Northern Expedition and the newly promoted Marquis of Qinghe in the court. He has also married a princess. Most importantly, he is the Commander of Peiyinlang.

Ever since Ji Xuan disappeared from the court, the forces in the court were leaderless and all leaned towards Lu Yuanzhi.

Now that Lu Yuanzhi is not in the capital, these forces are gradually being led by Hai Rui.

Everyone can see that if Hai Rui and Lu Yuanzhi are given another ten years, the entire court of Dayong will probably be ruled by these two uncles and nephews.

This also leads to some people not wanting to see this situation.

The most famous representatives among them are the royal family group headed by Prince Qing, and the current Prime Minister Li Zhen, who is known as the head of civil officials.

Therefore, during the time when Lu Yuanzhi was away on the expedition, the two of them spoke ill of the Second Prince in the court almost every day, saying almost all the bad things about Lu Yuanzhi.

Even when the Jin Kingdom was in trouble, there would always be people who would put their own interests first...

In fact, although the country was in crisis, Prince Qing and Li Zhen did not agree with that. After all, Dayong still had the Imperial Master in place. Even if the sky fell, there was the Imperial Master to support it.

Even though the demon army was already at the gates of the imperial city, they did not think it was a big deal.

This is what led to the current situation in the court.

……

"Done!"

Looking at Hai Rui's back, Sun Lianting took a deep breath. Even though he knew that he was being used as a gun by Hai Rui, he had no choice.

He was the confidant of the late emperor, but not the confidant of the current emperor. Therefore, no matter whether it was Li Zhen or Prince Qing, they did not want him to sit on the position of Jingzhao Prefecture Prefect.

Therefore, the pressure from these two forces has made him breathless.

If he didn't seek Hai Rui's help immediately, his final fate would be extremely miserable.

But if I surrender now, I will only become the target of public criticism, otherwise Hai Rui will not accept me.

With a heavy heart, Sun Lianting walked towards the court with equally heavy steps.

"hehe."

All the ministers arrived early and everyone was greeting each other.

When someone saw Sun Lianting, they also bowed to him. Sun Lianting also returned the greeting, but the expression on his face was no longer as relaxed as before. Anyone could see the sadness on his face.

Those who knew the inside story all looked at him with pity, but no one really showed him pity.

If you take a wrong step in the court, you will lose everything. What Sun Lianting is experiencing now is not uncommon.

"I've seen Mr. Ge."

"Meet Prince Qing."

"Meet the Lord Hai."

……

As more and more officials arrived, many of them greeted each other.

However, the names of these three people appeared more often in the court.

After all, in today's court, these three are the most powerful people.

Just as everyone was whispering, the second prince came in from behind with dark circles under his eyes.

"Your Majesty has arrived! All the ministers salute!"

The young eunuch's sharp voice interrupted the discussion in the hall.

"Greetings, Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty." When performing the ceremony, one can see the status of the ministers in the hall.

Li Zhen and Prince Qing both bowed slightly, while the eldest uncle bowed to his chest.

The rest all bowed deeply.

"Be flat."

After sitting on the throne for so long, the Second Prince gradually gained some dignity, but due to the absurdity of the night, he was now a little listless. However, today he had important matters to discuss with his ministers, so after yawning, his face became somewhat serious.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Everyone stood up and looked at the Second Prince calmly.

After seeing the dark circles under the Second Prince's eyes, many people secretly shook their heads.

Everyone began to miss the days when the late emperor was still alive.

Although one had to be extremely cautious in the court when the late emperor was alive, one only had to be afraid of the emperor. As long as you did not make any serious mistakes during your duties, your life and property would at least be guaranteed.

How is it like now?

Everyone was in a state of panic, afraid that if they didn't line up properly, their entire family would lose their lives.

"This morning, I have something to discuss with you, my dear ministers."

The second prince's voice sounded weak.

Hearing this, everyone bowed their heads and listened attentively.

"Marshal Zhengbei has been at the border for several months, but has not achieved anything yet. Xuzhou City is like an iron barrel, and the demon army cannot attack it. Moreover, the demon army is exhausted and can't attack Xuzhou City without food and grass, while our soldiers defending the city are well-equipped. With the strength of one side and the weakness of the other, it is only a matter of time before the demon army is defeated..."

As the Second Prince spoke, he looked in the direction of Prince Qing and Li Zhen.

Feeling his gaze, Prince Qing and Li Zhen both smiled.

Seeing their smiles, the Second Emperor felt more confident and said with a serious face:

"In that case, why not order the Ministry of Revenue to reduce the transportation of baggage, so as to save some expenses for the Great Yong treasury..."

Hearing his words, Hai Rui's heart sank.

His gaze turned to Li Zhen and Prince Qing who were standing firmly in the court. The two of them just happened to look over here. In the midst of his uncle's gnashing teeth, he met the unconscious smiles of the two of them.

"hehe."

Seeing the ugly expression on his uncle's face, Li Zhen laughed barely noticeably. He just turned his head indifferently and continued to look at the second prince.

"This must never be done!"

My uncle didn't even need to say anything, someone spoke for him.

It was Wang Youzhi, an official under my uncle, who was currently working in the Ministry of Personnel. He said with an extremely serious expression:

"Your Majesty, the war has already begun. When the Northern Expedition Marshal set out on the expedition, the imperial court had already discussed all the supplies with him. How could they suddenly cut off their food supply when the war started? If only the Grand Marshal knew about it, it would be fine. But if the three armies heard about it, wouldn't it chill the morale of the three armies? What would happen if the army was defeated?"

These words were spoken forcefully, without any sign of compromise.

The Second Prince was interrupted by Wang Youzhi before he could finish his words. He was a little displeased, but after hearing what Wang Youzhi said, he felt that what he said made sense.

When Prince Qing's uncle came to him to talk about something yesterday, the Second Prince felt something was wrong.

But after hearing Uncle Qing say that if Lu Yuanzhi returned victorious, his achievements would be so great that the imperial court would not be able to save face, he felt that it made sense...

Although he was the emperor for only less than half a year, the things he enjoyed and saw after becoming the emperor made him no longer want to go back to being a prince.

Blinded by greed, he has slowly begun to regard the throne as more important than anything else...

However, after these words were spoken, the Second Prince did not know how to refute them for a moment.

He opened his mouth to say something, but found that he had no idea what to say, so he looked at Li Zhen and Prince Qing for help.

After meeting the Second Prince's gaze, the two of them felt a jolt in their hearts, and secretly cursed him as a waste.

After seeing the reaction of the Second Prince, the eldest uncle's heart slowly sank. He looked at Prince Qing and Li Zhen with a very gloomy gaze.

In his eyes, these two people are no different from snakes and rats. Now that the country is in crisis, if they don't think about how to get through this first, or work together, at least they should not cause more trouble, so that there will be better days in the future.

Why did I have to do this to myself at this critical moment?

My uncle was also racking his brains for a strategy.

He really didn't expect that Prince Qing and Li Zhen would be so shameless...

"Your Majesty, I have something to say."

Sure enough, after Wang Youzhi finished speaking, Li Zhen stood up calmly and saluted to the second prince.

"Oh? Lord Li, do you have anything to say?"

When the second prince saw Li Zhen stand up, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked with a relaxed smile in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, Minister Wang's words make sense."

Li Zhen first glanced at Wang Youzhi among the ministers, but what he said made everyone stunned.

Only the uncle felt like a huge rock was pressing down on him. He had been in the court for a long time, so he was naturally very familiar with Li Zhen's style. Before he expressed his intentions, he would agree with others. But the next sentence he said was a killer move...

"When the two armies are at war, we, the ministers, are in charge of the rear, and we must provide sufficient supplies to the front line."

Li Zhen had a calm expression on his face, but his voice became more solemn the next moment:
"However, Marshal Lu has been on the expedition for more than four months, but he has not made any progress. He only knows how to defend the city. And according to what I have learned, Lu Yuanzhi has never led an army before. I am afraid that all the efforts of our court will be wasted in one day..."

At this point, Li Zhen changed the subject and bowed to the Second Prince, saying:

"So I do not support transporting the baggage to Xuzhou, but the two generals Ju Lei and Ju Qing in Qizhou are better equipped, more capable and more experienced, so I think it would be better to send all the baggage to Qizhou."

After saying that, he slowly stood up.

This statement may sound innocent at first, but if you think about it carefully, it is a bunch of nonsense. The baggage of the commander-in-chief of the three armies is transported to the general? If you say this to others, you will probably laugh your head off.

But after Li Zhen finished speaking, no one in the court spoke anymore.

But at this time, Hai Rui slowly stood up and said in a loud voice:

"Li Shoufu is wrong. Lu Yuanzhi is the commander-in-chief of the three armies. If Xuzhou is lost because of problems with food and supplies, wouldn't we, the ministers, be guilty of a historical crime? Moreover, Marshal Lu is loyal to Dayong. Wouldn't this chill his heart?"

"hehe."

When he saw his uncle jumping out, Li Zhen's eyes flashed with a gleam of light.

Just waiting for you to jump out.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly with a smile, and he slowly said:

"Loyal? Minister Hai is probably wrong about this, isn't he?"

At this point, his face suddenly became serious and he said sternly:
"Your Majesty! As soon as I arrived at Xuzhou City, I heard from Lu Yuanzhi that he had the garrison troops in the city moved out of the city. He used the excuse of training the troops, but in fact he wanted to eliminate dissidents. He arranged all the soldiers in Xuzhou City to be his own soldiers. His intentions are obvious!"

……

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire court fell silent.

Because he was telling the truth! When Lu Yuanzhi first entered Xuzhou City, he did indeed move 50,000 Xuzhou City defenders out of the city, saying that he wanted to train the troops.

Originally, none of the ministers took this matter to heart, but who could have expected that this matter would become Li Zhen's excuse to attack Lu Yuanzhi? ? !
(End of this chapter)