On the day the empress ascended the throne, my body was hung at the city gate

Chapter 87: The rebels appeared out of thin air under the banner of Yellow Turbans
Great Zhou King City.

According to the plan, the next destination for Wu Mingyue and others was supposed to be the ruins of the former Han Dynasty to find the whereabouts of Yingbu.

But at this time, extremely urgent news suddenly came from the court, forcing them to turn back.

On the Golden Palace.

Wu Mingyue looked down at the civil and military officials in the audience, frowning slightly, and her tone was a bit displeased.

"The remnants of the six kingdoms have been wiped out, and now where do the barbarians come from and dare to invade me, the Great Zhou?"

As soon as she ascended the throne, these barbarians boldly invaded. Did she really regard herself as nothing?

The most strange thing is.

The time for the other party to launch a war was when he was not in the court and the entire Zhou Dynasty was leaderless.

Wu Mingyue glanced at the ministers with cold eyes.

Someone revealed their news...

But apart from the four girls of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, only Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling and others knew about this trip.

In spring, summer, autumn and winter, there is absolutely no reason to reveal one's whereabouts to outsiders.

Therefore, the problem only appeared in the east and west factories of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.

A hint of coldness flashed across Wu Mingyue's eyes.

"Gu Changsheng, I will not let you down."

She murmured in her heart.

In order to help himself get into this position, Gu Changsheng has worked hard and experienced too many obstacles along the way.

Now, not long after Gu Changsheng left, he started to cause trouble, trying to disrupt the dynasty again.

If she couldn't handle such trivial matters well, he... would be disappointed.

The world of the Great Zhou Dynasty was created by Gu Changsheng.

Wu Mingyue would never allow anyone to get involved.

"Chun Yan, please tell me first what you found out about the situation."

In spring, summer, autumn and winter, the four Shadow Guard commanders each have their own strengths.

This woman named Chun Yan controls the largest information network in the world and is responsible for supervising all the disturbances in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty.

At this time, after hearing Wu Mingyue's words, Chun Yan bowed and answered.

"Reporting to your majesty, during this period, a group of rebels suddenly gathered in the south, using the name Yellow Turbans, and began to invade our territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty."

"The leader of the rebels is a guy named Zhang Jiao."

"Have you investigated clearly the origin of the other party?"

Wu Mingyue asked with a frown.

If they were remnants of the Six Kingdoms, they wouldn't be afraid.

After all, even the former Six Kingdoms have now been destroyed by history. How much trouble can a bunch of small remnants cause?
But if there are any other changes, it will be very difficult.

Chun Yan replied solemnly.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, during this period of time, I have checked all the information on the six countries in the past and found no record of this horn."

"And even the army under the other party's command seemed to appear out of thin air, without any ancestry or identity."

"But preliminary estimates indicate that the other party has at least 50 troops, and their equipment is extremely sophisticated. They are definitely not ordinary barbarians."

Wu Mingyue glanced coldly at the many ministers in the palace.

"What do you think, dear friends?"

Other ministers began to express their opinions.

"Your Majesty, I think it is very likely that the remnants of the Six Kingdoms are at work. Otherwise, how could there be such sophisticated weapons?"

"As for that horn, it's most likely a disguised identity."

"Fart, if the Six Nations still had such troops at that time, would they have kept them until now?"

"The general thinks, maybe there is a problem among our own people, and someone wants to rebel."

Civil and military officials spoke to each other, but they never came to a definite conclusion.

They are all based on speculation without any evidence.

"Enough is enough."

Seeing the court looking like a mess, Wu Mingyue waved her hand irritably.

What she wants is not the identity of these rebels at all, but a way to deal with them.

But the group of courtiers in front of them never focused on the key points. They were just avoiding the important ones and choosing the easy ones, for fear that the responsibility of suppressing the rebels would fall on them.

"My dear friends, does anyone volunteer to send troops to the border to fight against the rebels?"

She simply cut to the chase.

As soon as these words came out, the hall fell into a dead silence.

"Your Majesty, we need troops to stay at our northwest border to prevent the northern barbarians from coming back. We are really unable to do so."

"Your Majesty, our southeastern border has been experiencing chaos from the remnants of the Six Kingdoms recently, and we really cannot leave without permission."

"Your Majesty, my east side has recently been..."

In an instant, all the ministers in the hall expressed their refusals.

I am afraid that this burden will fall on myself.

They are all veterans. Now that the situation in the Zhou Dynasty is stable, they naturally refuse to set foot on the battlefield again.

Seeing the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government evading the offer, Wu Mingyue couldn't help but feel angry.

"Okay, okay...since none of you are willing to serve the imperial court, then let me personally lead the troops to defeat the rebels to comfort the souls of the dead in the Great Zhou Dynasty!"

She stood up and shouted sternly.

"Think twice, Your Majesty."

"Please, Your Majesty, please think again!"

Upon hearing this, the ministers in the hall fell to their knees one after another.

He looked like he was loyal to the emperor, patriotic, and willing to sacrifice his life for justice.Looking at the courtiers all over the dynasty.

Wu Mingyue couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness, this was her virtuous minister and general of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

She suddenly realized that what she, the emperor, had done was really cowardly.

If it were Gu Changsheng, he didn't know how he would deal with such a drastic change.

It is estimated that the rebels will be suppressed quickly with thunderous force, and these courtiers will not dare to act wild in front of him, who has always been decisive in killing.

"Your Majesty, the two of us are willing to accept our crimes and perform meritorious service, give up our posts in the East and West Factory, and choose a day to go to the front line to attack the rebels."

"I must give an explanation to Your Majesty."

What Wu Mingyue never expected was that in such critical moments, the first people to stand up would be Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, who were always afraid of life and death.

Both of them were arranged by Gu Changsheng to join Da Zhou.

Therefore, even if she guessed that the problem was most likely to occur in the East Factory and the West Factory, she still did not blame it.

Moreover, she also understood the actions of these ministers.

Although the current court has been purged by Gu Changsheng, the surviving people are still not completely at his disposal.

She needs to organize a court that only listens to her orders.

Therefore, after Gao Zhong and Xu Ziling asked for orders, she pondered for a moment and finally nodded.

"Your Majesty, you must never hand over military power to others without authorization."

The person who said this was the northwest border guard general who was the first among the ministers to speak.

"Your Majesty still remembers the Sima Yi incident during the late king's lifetime."

"Military power is of great importance. Once it falls into the hands of people with ulterior motives, it may lead to disaster for our great Zhou Dynasty."

"The Sima Yi incident that year was because the former king gave the military power to the foreign minister Sima Yi. In the end, hundreds of thousands of rebels entered the royal city, causing a catastrophe and almost overturning the Zhou Dynasty."

It is precisely because of this incident that any positions related to military affairs were performed by the Zhou royal family.

From the perspective of seniority, the current four border guards can be regarded as Wu Mingyue's uncles and nephews.

This is also the reason why they dare to speak out like this in the court.

But what was a bit surprising was that at this moment, a minister who looked like a middle-aged scribe actually stood up to refute.

"I believe that the rebellion back then was not necessarily a good thing."

As soon as he said such treacherous words, all the courtiers in the hall looked at him with surprise on their faces.

"Who are you?"

"A mere guard general of a small gate actually dares to discuss government affairs? What crime should he be punished for?"

"Quickly step back, stop talking nonsense."

Above the court, all the ministers yelled.

Compared to the group of courtiers who had spoken earlier, this middle-aged scribe's position was not too high, but he expressed his views without fear.

"When Sima Yi invaded the royal city, he had countless opportunities to change dynasties and ascend to that coveted position. However, at the critical moment, he encountered rebellion among his men."

"Does everyone really believe that hundreds of thousands of rebels reined themselves in at that moment and realized their mistake?"

The middle-aged scribe asked rhetorically, leaving everyone present speechless.

After all, everyone can see the strangeness in this matter.

But no one dared to stand up and speak out.

After all, to say the least, raising an army to rebel was already a serious crime that could bring disaster to the nine clans.

No matter what the reason is, this crime can never be washed away.

Everyone couldn't help but look over in surprise, not expecting at all why this man would help Sima Yi speak.

To be more specific, that's not what the other party meant.

When Sima Yi raised his troops to rebel, he was not only a traitor, but he was also a loyal minister and general who only thought about the Great Zhou Dynasty? ?
What surprised many civil servants and generals even more was that the middle-aged scribe still continued to hold his own opinions.

"During this rebellion, I, the Great Zhou Dynasty, not only suffered no fundamental damage, but also took this opportunity to eradicate the complex forces in the court at that time, as well as the only poison, Qin Hui."

"Everyone in the world knows that during the reign of the late emperor, the eunuch Qin Hui was in power and brought chaos to the court, and many loyal ministers and generals suffered greatly from it."

"So Wei Chen believes that the reason why General Sima Yi raised his troops was not to rebel, but to... Qing Jun."

The middle-aged scribe's voice was sonorous and powerful.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be shocked, because they all felt that this was reasonable.

If Sima Yi hadn't appeared and allowed Qin Hui, who dominated the Qing Dynasty and the public, to continue to wreak havoc, it would have been impossible for the Zhou Dynasty to persist in the disputes of the Six Kingdoms and become the final winner.

But even this is true.

That's not something we, as ministers, can say face to face.

What is the difference between this and calling the late emperor fatuous and immoral in front of His Majesty?
All the civil and military officials couldn't help but sweat secretly.

I don’t know if this middle-aged scribe took the wrong medicine today, or if the relationship between the nine tribesmen and him has been somewhat tense recently.

But no matter what, what the other party said has touched the interests of some people.

The commander-in-chief of the northwest border sneered and sneered.

"A foreign minister dares to speak loudly and shame the Qing emperor. You mean that the late emperor's ignorance has made it difficult for everyone in the world to just sit back and watch. Sima Yi is petitioning for the people?
Is it our surnamed Wu or you, the foreign ministers, who dominates this great Zhou Dynasty? "

"You dare to speak for a big rebel who has raised an army to rebel. What are your intentions?"

Other officials did not think there was any big problem with these remarks.

I even felt that it was a great courage for this middle-aged scribe to dare to tell the truth in front of so many people.

But as the northwest border commander spoke.

Everyone's expressions changed, as if they wanted to accuse someone.

Just a few words.

The middle-aged scribe was charged with insulting the late emperor.

Just this sentence is enough to make the other party doomed.

Sure enough, this idea just appeared in their minds.

(End of this chapter)