The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 146
Nearly half of the ministers who are qualified to participate in the imperial meeting in the Wende Palace are friends with Fu.

Fu Yanqing has fought for half his life, experienced several dynasties of emperors, and received countless favors and promotions from him. Fu is a well-known general in the world, how can he move lightly?

Feng Daobai frowned and remained silent.

Su Fengji, Shi Hongzhao and several Gu Ming ministers also looked solemn.

Guo Weihu's eyes narrowed slightly, secretly wondering why Wang Jun would say such a thing.

It is impossible for him not to know that Fu Yanqing cannot be arbitrarily determined to be related to Li Shouzhen's rebellion based on the rhetoric in a memorial document.

He should know that Fu's tree has deep roots and many people will stand up to oppose it.

Li Shouzhen mentioned Fu Yanqing repeatedly in the memorial text, clearly intending to drag the Fu family into trouble and use the imperial court to put pressure on the Fu family and force Fu Yanqing to surrender to him.

If the court really convicted Fu Yanqing, Li Shouzhen would wake up laughing in his dreams.

Li Ye and Wang Jun exchanged glances inadvertently, stood up and said righteously: "Guan family, I agree with what Wang Dujian said! Fu Yanqing is stationed in Yanzhou, and his Taining Army is a veteran soldier in Hebei Province. Fu Yanqing and Li Shouzhen are sons and daughters. Once Fu Yanqing rebels, the east of Kaifeng will be in turmoil!
Officials imagine that if the counter-rebellion war is hindered, Li Shouzhen's troops leave Tongguan, Fu Yanqing responds in Yanzhou, and Kaifeng is attacked from the east and west, our country will be in danger! "

Liu Chengyou's expression changed immediately, and he was on pins and needles. Without thinking, he agreed to Wang Jun and Li Ye's proposal, removed Fu Yanqing from his official title, and took him back to Beijing for trial.

Guo Wei was secretly anxious and glanced at Shi Hongzhao.

Shi Hongzhao understood the idea and immediately bowed his head and said: "I dare not agree with the words of the officials, the supervisor of the king, and the uncle of the country!"

Liu Chengyou swallowed his saliva and held back what he wanted to say: "What are your suggestions, Mr. Shi?"

Shi Hongzhao solemnly said: "Wei Guogong is the pillar of the imperial court, a loyal man, how can he be compared with Li Shouzhen and his like? Li Shouzhen rebelled in Guanzhong, and Wei Guogong is far away in Yanzhou, how can the two of them conspire? Just a few words in a sacrificial document will Convicting the Duke of Wei is child's play, please let the officials take a closer look!"

"Yes, yes, the Duke of Wei is the pillar of the country, how could he rebel against Li Shouzhen?"

"Li Shouzhen said this to deliberately sow trust between the imperial court and Wei Guogong. It is false and the officials must not take it seriously!"

Immediately, many courtiers stood up and expressed their support for Shi Hongzhao's words.

Li Ye secretly gestured behind him, and several courtiers who were attached to him stood up and retorted: "After all, Li Shouzhen and Fu Yanqing are sons and daughters, and their relationship is extraordinary. Even if they are not punished, Fu Yanqing should not be allowed to continue to command the Taining Army. How about Taking advantage of this opportunity, recall Wei Guogong back to Beijing to keep him there, so as to avoid future troubles."

"Li Shouzhen publicly proclaimed himself king and rebelled against the imperial court. As his in-laws, Fu should be punished. If there is no response from the imperial court, wouldn't it chill the hearts of other loyal ministers in the world?"

Shi Hongzhao said angrily: "Fu Yanqing has not shown any signs of rebellion, and the Taining Army is operating as usual. If we really force the Fu family to rebel, which of you can bear this responsibility?"

Li Ye said sadly: "Xiangong Shi tried his best to protect Fu Yanqing. If Fu Yanqing really rebels, can I ask Xianggong Shi if he can shoulder this responsibility?"

"You~" Shi Hongzhao was furious, but he was so choked that he couldn't speak.

Just when Li Ye was about to sneer proudly, he saw Guo Wei walking slowly to the foot of the jade steps, cupping his hands towards Liu Chengyou who was sitting on the throne, turning around to face the ministers, and his rich voice resounded through the hall:

"Fu Yanqing will never rebel! Guo Wei is willing to guarantee this!"

The hall was silent, and Li Yepi smiled but said: "Who doesn't know that Privy Guo and Fu Yanqing have a close relationship. I dare to ask Privy Guo, what will you do if Fu Yanqing really turns against you?"

Guo Wei laughed heartily, and his rough and powerful voice shook the hall: "Then he personally led the troops to put down the rebellion, and took Fu Yanqing's head to apologize to the officials! Then, I also asked my uncle to take the head on his neck!" Li Ye's face looked embarrassed. He had noticed several cold and stern looks from the courtiers. He knew without looking that they were Guo Wei's cronies and subordinates.

Guo Wei single-handedly promoted more than half of the mid-level and senior generals in the Guards Department, the highest command organization that commanded the imperial army. These generals gathered in the court were Guo Wei's most loyal political force.

The atmosphere in the main hall became awkward and stagnant for a time. Wang Jun's eyes flickered, showing a bit of sneer and pride, feeling proud that his little trick had succeeded.

Using Fu Yanqing to talk things out is just a cover, the real purpose is to expose Guo Wei behind it.

The officials must see with their own eyes how deep the foundation and power Guo Wei has in the court, and the influence of the party members he has cultivated is enough to influence the situation of the court.

Feng Dao, who was sitting under the jade steps, twirled his white beard and remained silent. He looked at Guo Wei, who was not aware at all, then looked at Wang Jun and Li Ye, shook his head and sighed softly.

"Presumptuous! What are you going to do?" Liu Chengyou was also shocked by the murderous look in the eyes of several gloomy-looking Forbidden Army generals.

The generals of the Forbidden Army approached Li Ye in unison. Although they had no weapons on them, the murderous aura overflowing from their bodies was particularly strong.

"Bold!" Li Ye screamed angrily, pointed at the generals and officials who cast ill-intentioned looks at him, and fled to the side of the jade steps.

"Officials! Officials, you have also seen that Privy Secretary Guo actually ordered his subordinates to beat me! This is the Hall of Wende, and in front of the Emperor, how dare these people be so presumptuous!"

Li Ye burst into tears and threw himself down before the Emperor, wailing.

Guo Wei was startled, and when he realized something, he winked at several Forbidden Army generals, turned around and bowed down: "I apologize, I just made a mistake, and these generals did not intend to target Uncle Li Guo!"

Liu Chengyou clenched his fists tightly in his robe, tried hard to hide the fear and anger in his eyes, and said reluctantly: "Mr. Guo, please get up quickly, uncle Guo will also get up, please don't lose etiquette."

Several Forbidden Army generals and officials knelt down in the hall, and Liu Chengyou also motioned for them to get up. There was no intention to pursue what happened just now.

Li Ye's snot and tears seemed to be equipped with valves, so he immediately stopped them, touched his face, got up, and returned to his position to stand up.

The rustling sound in the main hall lasted for a moment and then became quiet.

The strong smell of gunpowder disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Liu Chengyou smiled to himself and said, "Please tell Privy Councilor Guo about Fu Yanqing's affairs in detail."

Guo Wei hurriedly said: "I vouch for Fu Yanqing. Firstly, I have known him for many years and know very well that he is a good person and will never do anything against the emperor and the country! Secondly, Fu Yanqing has already sent a letter to me to explain everything to me. "I have here Li Shouzhen's autographed letter to Fu Yanqing, and Fu Yanqing's letter to me. There is also a letter written by Li Shouzhen in Fu Jinzhan's forged handwriting and written to Fu Yanqing. Please let the officials check it!"

The young eunuch took the letters and presented them to the imperial case. Liu Chengyou hurriedly read them one after another.

Judging from the letter, Fu Yanqing had no objection, and took the initiative to ask the court to resign from the post of Taining Army Jiedushi, and was willing to ride back to Beijing alone to plead guilty.

All the ministers read the letters one after another and expressed their opinion that Fu Yanqing should be given a chance to confess his innocence.

Wang Jun smiled and said: "If Fu Yanqing is willing to return to Beijing, it will naturally prove his innocence. But the Zhangyi Army Shi Kuangwei mentioned in Li Shouzhen's memorial text cannot be punished!"

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