The world of counterfeit magistrates competes in the world

Chapter 733
After the court was over, Cao Ziyan came to the side hall immediately, and soon saw an old man with gray hair sitting there with his eyes closed.It's just that the look is much worse than before.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Shen Li immediately opened his eyes, looked at Cao Ziyan with piercing eyes, and knelt down on the ground with a plop, "My minister pays homage to Your Majesty."

Cao Ziyan sighed slightly, stepped forward, lifted his thin body, and said with a wry smile: "Shen Aiqing doesn't need to be polite."

"Your Majesty, I haven't seen you for a month, but you've become much emaciated." Shen Li said sadly, "I hope Your Majesty will take good care of the Holy Body, don't worry too much."

Cao Ziyan shook his head and rubbed the center of his brows wearily, "The situation has become so corrupt, how dare I slack off."

Shen Li sighed slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I came here just for the rumors in the city today, I wonder if this is true?"

"Oh, I didn't expect that this matter has spread to the common people." Cao Ziyan nodded helplessly, "This matter is true. The people of Dongyang betrayed their trust and went south to Tumiao County, engulfing tens of thousands of people to protect themselves. Now I want to The capital is here, and when the time comes, I really don't know how to face it."

Shen Li frowned immediately, and after thinking for a moment, "Your Majesty, I believe that this matter should be resolved as soon as possible, and there is no need to delay."

Cao Ziyan couldn't help looking at him excitedly, "What does Shen Aiqing mean?"

"Your Majesty, if you want to eliminate the crisis brought by the Dongyang people as much as possible, you can only wrong your Majesty first." Shen Li gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "I risk my life to remonstrate, Your Majesty, please issue an order to punish yourself, be frank and sincere." Dongyang people's relationship."

"Guilt against oneself?" Cao Ziyan trembled all over, looking at Shen Li with an uncertain expression. If he didn't know his loyalty to him, he would have ordered someone to drag him out and chop him up.The Edict of Guilt is not so easy to issue. Once it is issued, it is an admission that the emperor has done something wrong, thereby weakening the sanctity of the emperor's divine right among the people.Coupled with the current disadvantages, if the people's hearts are lost again, the Tianwei Dynasty will really be powerless.

Shen Li knew in his heart the seriousness of this edict against himself, and immediately explained: "Your Majesty, at an extraordinary time, take an extraordinary strategy. Although this plan is quite dangerous, at least it is much better than being exposed by Dongyang people or the Tianhua army. At the same time, His Majesty promulgated the Edict of Guilt, the main content of which is that His Majesty did not know people well, mistrusted the slander of treacherous officials, and did such a foolish thing just now. All the blame is attributed to treacherous ministers. Your Majesty just knows people without knowing them, not this matter. The mastermind, I believe that as long as the treacherous officials are killed, the common people will naturally not blame His Majesty too much."

Cao Ziyan showed distress, "Shen Aiqing, do I really want to hold Qiao Yue accountable?"

"No, Your Majesty, it's not just Qiao Yue, the mastermind who colluded with Dongyang this time, but also Weichen." Shen Li said in a deep voice.

"What? What nonsense are you talking about?" Cao Ziyan was startled, and immediately scolded, "You have been opposing this matter from the beginning to the end. How could I place this crime on you?"

"Your Majesty, only one Qiao Yue is not enough to quell the anger of the people." Shen Li smiled wryly, "As His Majesty's important minister, I have the ability to influence His Majesty's decision-making. Therefore, only by taking the head of a humble minister can the people I believe, Your Majesty, you have really repented."

"No, if I do this, I'm killing Zhongliang." Cao Ziyan shook his head resolutely and said, "Don't talk too much about Aiqing. I'd rather take the blame on Qiao Yue's people than Aiqing's eternal infamy."

Shen Li looked at him with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Your majesty's words, I have no regrets even though I died. I have already lost my reputation when I planned the seven kingdoms to attack China. This time colluding with Dongyang is not bad. Your Majesty Only the more severe the punishment, the less criticism you will receive. The minister has received the kindness of the Cao family, and there is no way to repay it. If the king has received it, why should he die. "

Cao Ziyan's eyes were red, and he choked with sobs and said, "No need to say more, Aiqing, you are a loyal minister of my Cao family, and I don't want you to die."

"Your Majesty, I beg your Majesty to be decisive. Don't act like a son or daughter." Shen Li suddenly shouted in a low voice, without paying any attention to the courtesy of the monarch and his ministers. "My humble minister has made up his mind, and I hope His Majesty will make it happen."

As he spoke, he fell to his knees again and knocked heavily on the ground.

A stream of tears ran across Cao Ziyan's face, and he stood powerlessly in front of Shen Li, trying to reach out to help him, but he couldn't bend down.Finally he let out a long sigh, "Shen Aiqing, is there really no other way?"

"Your Majesty, please make a clear decision."

"Okay, I promise you." Cao Ziyan took a deep breath, "Shen Aiqing, do you have any last words?"

"Your Majesty is wise." Shen Li was overjoyed, and bowed again and again, "Your Majesty, after the minister confers the head, you will immediately announce to the public that you will draw a clear line with Dongyang, join Tianhua's righteousness in fighting against foreigners, and attack Dongyang together. Saving the hearts of the people will force Tianhua to suspend the offensive against Tianwei. Our army can just take advantage of this opportunity to readjust its deployment, so as to have a chance of survival."

"Shen Aiqing, are these your last words?" Cao Ziyan couldn't help but asked sadly, "Is there anything I can do about your funeral?"

"Haha, I believe His Majesty can arrange it well, and I don't need to worry about my family." Shen Li laughed.

"Okay, I love you and believe in me, and I will live up to you." Cao Ziyan forced a smile and said extremely firmly.

Not long after, Cao Ziyan suddenly ordered the arrest of Shen Li and Qiao Yue on charges of deceiving the emperor and colluding with Dongyang.

Cao Ziyan thought of the relationship between the monarch and his ministers, and he could not be implicated. He only punished the head of the villain, and sentenced the two to be beheaded as a punishment.

The action of punishing and killing the treacherous officials was very quick. They were caught on the same day, sentenced to death the next day, and taken to the execution ground for execution.Before the execution, Cao Ziyan couldn't bear Shen Li's suffering, so he fed him a pill that made him fall asleep in advance.As for Qiao Yue, he was worried that he would go crazy in the execution ground, so he also gave him a sleeping pill.

When the time came, the two knives fell, and the two ministers whom Cao Ziyan valued were turned into treacherous ministers who were scolded by everyone.The people present spit on the two corpses one after another, throwing pickled things wildly.

At the same time, Cao Ziyan personally wrote the edict of guilt and issued it to the world, counting his unknown people, listening to slander, and apologizing to the world.

Sure enough, as soon as the Edict of Guilt came out, the people's hatred for the imperial court was finally transferred to the two dead people.The pressure on Cao Ziyan and the court finally eased a lot.The ministers all knew what was going on, but all of them kept silent, but couldn't help but feel a little sad.If His Majesty can sacrifice the ministers he relies on today, wouldn't he be able to sacrifice them tomorrow?Although everyone didn't dare to speak out, they already had a layer of defense in their hearts. Their loyalty was not as loyal as that of Shen Li.

Not long after, Cao Ziyan issued another edict to completely cut off from the people of Dongyang and support Tianhua's strategy of resisting foreigners.At the same time, the army was assembled and gathered in the capital.

(End of this chapter)