Wanli 1592

Chapter 765 Do You Want To Be A Man Or A Chess Piece?

In the face of Shi Xing's angry accusation, Shen Yiguan obviously did not intend to plead guilty.

"Rebellion? Hahahahahaha..."

Shen Yiguan shook his head: "I'm almost seventy years old, why rebel? What reason do you have to rebel? Shibutang, don't you think it's absurd for an old man to rebel? It's right for me to rebel. What good do you do yourself?"

"The most absurd thing in the world is that you, a person who has done absurd things, told me in front of me that it is absurd for me to ask you questions! Shen Yiguan, you killed the eunuch of the Yumajian, and you also killed the eunuchs of the Four Guards Camp and the Warriors Camp. The men and horses were transferred away, replaced by Beijing soldiers, and brought to the palace, what are you going to do? If you are not rebelling, what are you going to do?"

Shi Xing stared at Shen Yiguan: "There are also this group of people outside, no matter whether I know them or not, they are all prominent and respectable people in the court. What are you doing? Ministers, servants and nobles! What are you going to do?! "

Shen Yiguan looked at Shi Xing.

"Good question! Shibutang, we are like-minded and determined to kill the rebels, so we gather here to kill the rebels and rebuild the universe."

Shi Xing looked strange.

"Slay the rebels? Recreate the universe? Hahahaha! Shen Yiguan, your reason is very good! Then let me ask you, you want to kill the rebels, does your majesty know?"

Shen Yiguan shook his head.

"Of course Your Majesty doesn't know. Your Majesty was bewitched by these rebellions. He turned a deaf ear to all of this and turned a blind eye to our entreaties. We were forced to do this to prevent the world from being overthrown. This is On the side of King Qing!"

"Mr. Qing's side? Without His Majesty's knowledge, you sent troops into the palace without permission. Don't you think you are the traitor who should be killed in my eyes? Who are you going to kill? Who is the traitor? If there is a traitor, how can I?" Don’t know? I’m the Minister of War! How could I not know?!!”

Shi Xing roared at Shen Yiguan.

Shen Yiguan took out an envelope from his pocket.

"Look first, and then talk."

Shi Xing snatched the envelope, there were several sheets of paper full of words in the envelope, Shi Xing read it quickly, first shocked, then annoyed, stop leaning, Shi Xing slammed the letter paper in his hand Slap on the table.

"Xiao Jixin rebelled?! How could Xiao Jixin rebel!? Shen Yiguan, if you want to frame him, you have to use some clever means! Don't say I don't believe in such nonsense, no one with a normal mind will believe it! Who would? believe?!"

"That's right if you don't believe it. This shows that Shibutang is sober. Like Shibutang, none of the princes outside believed it. Of course Xiao Jixin would not rebel. He is a loyal minister of His Majesty, but they still sit outside and still Follow the old man's orders."

Looking at the furious Shi Xing, Shen Yiguan nodded as expected, and then took out another envelope to Shi Xing.

"Those letters just now were made up indiscriminately. After the old man planned to kill Xiao Ruxun to settle the matter, he let the official historian record it in the history books for future generations. If you look at this again, this is the real one. Of course, it's just me. When you know, it cannot be passed on to future generations."

Shi Xing took the envelope, opened it and read it quickly, halfway through, Shi Xing was stunned.

"This... Wang Xijue's sudden resignation three years ago is..."

Shen Yiguan nodded.

"That's right, Wang Xijue's resignation three years ago was not a normal resignation. At that time, His Majesty planned to take advantage of Xiao Ruxun's arrival of troops to Tianjin Wei, and ordered Xiao Ruxun to secretly lead troops into Jingqin King.

The reason is that Zhang Wei forced the palace to bully people too much. The purpose was to capture all the courtiers like us, launch a mutiny, and directly question us. Because the incident happened suddenly, no one expected it. Even so, Wang Xijue still tried his best to unite with the Queen Mother. Stopped His Majesty's actions.

The matter finally calmed down. They all thought that His Majesty would settle down, but they didn't expect that His Majesty was actually planning more things. The Four Guards and the Warriors' Battalion were not enough, and they had to train troops in Xishan.

His Majesty originally planned to let Xiao Ruxun take foreign soldiers to join forces inside and outside the capital, control us all, and regain power, but now, His Majesty seems to be planning to take his time and let Xiao Ruxun control the Beijing camp first. I wait for everything. "

Shen Yiguan poured himself a glass of wine, drank it in one gulp, and opened his mouth slowly.

"Do you understand now? Shibutang, Xiao Ruxun reported the incident, and the Shanxi incident happened. His Majesty no longer trusts me. He knows what I did in the local area, and knows that I have emptied his power. Even Jin Yiwei He was infiltrated by us, so he felt uneasy and wanted to take back his own power."

Shi Xing opened his mouth, but didn't say a word.

What Shen always said was really terrible.

And what happened next was even more terrifying.

"Your Majesty wants power, and he wants my life. This is something I have been tacitly aware of. Once Your Majesty gains military power, His Majesty will know all the things we have done, all the things we have done for more than a hundred years, and bear the brunt of it. The most important thing is the cabinet and the six ministries. How many of us can survive?
Don't say I waited, my family members are also to blame. The Jin Party is a lesson for us. In fact, we have no way out. From the moment we get the military power and financial power, there is no way out. Only then can we survive, otherwise, we will all die without a place to bury ourselves.

Others don’t talk about it, Shibutang, tell me about yourself, how many people have honored you and given you how much money these years, how many people have given you how much money, and how many people have worked hard behind your back? "

Holding the wine glass, Shen Yiguan walked around Shi Xing and walked to the door, looking at the full hall of civil and military ministers.

"You are like this, this old man is like this, Zhao Butang is like this, Cai Butang is like this, Duke Ying is like this, Duke Ding is like this, Marquis Yongkang is like this, civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, how many people are not like this?"

Shen Yiguan turned his head and looked at Shi Xing: "Many courts, civil and military officials, who is not greedy, who does not accept gifts? Oh, maybe there are, but they are not greedy personally, what about family members? What about clan members? What about old students?

Shibutang, guess, did your family members, your clansmen in your hometown, use your power to do evil and buy and sell by force?Is there any enclosure?Is there any tax avoidance?Your family is full of people, including your relatives and friends. Is there anyone who is clean and has never violated the law?
After careful investigation, everyone like me is breaking the law, more or less, we all have broken the law, and there is no one who does not break the law. Sitting in this position, holding the power of life and death, tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of funds are flowing from the hand However, they only took tens of hundreds of taels of salary. Tell me, how many people are balanced?How many people can not break the law?

You should be clear that what Your Majesty wants is for officials to break the law, so that he can catch us and let us do things honestly for him, guard the country for him, and guard his power. In this way, once I can't wait If you are obedient, abandon me and wait.

At that time, casually charge me with a crime of corruption, and if he checks it out, he will be honored as a wise king, his position will be more stable, and the hearts of the people will be in his hands, but what about me?It's just a sad abandoned pawn.

You, I, Zhao Butang, Cai Butang, Yang Butang, British Duke, Dingguo Duke, and all the princes of the whole dynasty were all pawns in the hands of His Majesty, but they are not now. Do you know why they are not now?
Because the military power and political power are all in the hands of the princes, the princes have seized the lifeblood of the country, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have worked together to emptied His Majesty's power. In this way, His Majesty has no way to use us as pawns.

We advance and retreat together, keep consistent, get the financial power, control the military power, and let His Majesty's orders cannot be implemented without our consent. Only in this way can we become our own masters, not pawns that can be discarded at any time in His Majesty's hands.

Think about the time of Hongwu, think about the time of Yongle, at that time, I was waiting for the court officials to be in danger, the Emperor Taizu exchanged the lives of hundreds of thousands of officials for the permanent power of the Ming Dynasty, but for you and me, it is unavoidable It's a bit too tragic, isn't it?
It’s hard to get this power, but now there are some people who want to take it back, bring back the rules of Taizu Chengzu’s time, and turn us all into pawns again... Shibe Tang, do you want to be a human being or a pawn? "

Shi Xing froze on the spot.

(End of this chapter)