The king behind the empress

Chapter 473
In Weiguo Chaotang, the atmosphere before the early dynasty seemed very depressing.

All the ministers already knew that Jingpingguan had fallen into the hands of the barbarians, and most of them knew more about the inside story. , I don't know how the left side will react to this.

But they only know one thing, that is, this incident caused Weiguo to lose almost half of the country, so they will never expose it easily, so these ministers all have a feeling that a storm is about to come.

Inside the Golden Palace, the little emperor Wei Kuang, who woke up early in the morning, not only did not have the slightest worry on his face, but was slightly proud.

The left minister is a party with huge power. Although he has promoted some of his own people one after another over the years, many key positions are still in the hands of the left minister, which makes Wei Kuang feel very uncomfortable.

This time Tong Wenshan was defeated, Qi Chuanwu treacherously, and Han Wenzhong abandoned the city and fled. On the commander in chief.

So now, the left minister has to bear most of the responsibility for this consequence.

Although Wei Kuang didn't expect to overthrow Prime Minister Zuo directly, it would definitely be fine to slash his strength once.

As for the reasons for Tong Wenshan's defeat, and whether Qi Chuanwu was really treasonous, Wei Kuang knew it very well, but in his opinion, it was not important. So what.

Han Wenzhong is just a criminal who abandoned the city and fled. As long as he is crucified for his crime, what is the use of what he said.

The only thing that made him feel wrong now were those barbarians, but he didn't take it too seriously. After all, some barbarians were just rootless grasshoppers. As long as the army was transferred back from the western region, they could be destroyed with a snap of the fingers.

At that time, if those barbarians are eliminated, and some tax exemptions are given to the people affected by the war, they will continue to be grateful to Dade at that time, so the problem is not very big.

Just when Wei Kuang was thinking about how he would attack the Zuo Xiang party in the morning, Zuo Xiang, who had not slept all night, walked towards the Golden Palace.

Zuo Xiang was born as a military commander in his early years, not only skilled in bow and horse, but also a martial artist in the marrow washing state.

Although he has been busy with government affairs these years and his martial arts have been ruined a lot, he still has his foundation after all. Therefore, although he is an old man who is nearly a hundred years old, he is quite energetic on weekdays. He looked like he was 70 years old.

But now, after just one night, his whole body seemed to be exhausted. His waist, which was usually straight, now involuntarily hunched down, and his whole body seemed to have stepped into twilight.

Seeing Prime Minister Zuo's staggering footsteps, many people felt a little bit unbearable.

Zuo Xiangtan Kongming is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs. When he first joined the army, although he was only 20 years old, he had already shown his sharpness. It has been expanded by one tenth, and the next door to the Lu country is almost bowed down.

Later, due to the needs of the situation, the Wei and Lu countries made good friends. Tan Kongming felt that there was no use for him in the army, so he abandoned the military and followed the civil service, and entered the imperial court.

After entering the court, he seemed to be on the hook. It took only eight years to become an official on the left, and he had an inseparable friendship with the former emperor who was still the prince. At that time, he was only 38 years old.

Tan Kongming has been sitting in the position of the left minister for 50 years. During this period, he experienced the death of the old emperor and the first emperor, and even when the first emperor passed away, the little emperor was only five years old at that time, but even in this weak state In the case of strong ministers, Prime Minister Zuo did not have the slightest desire to overstep, and worked diligently to help the little emperor stabilize the throne and eliminate all discordant voices inside and outside.

Today, the situation in Weiguo is so stable, it is really able to secretly and securely occupy the strongest position in the Three Kingdoms, and the Zuoxiang talk about Kongming can be said to be indispensable.

But now, the little emperor is deliberately trying to deal with him, even at the expense of the national power of the Wei country, which makes all the ministers in the court feel a little chilled.

As a veteran of the three dynasties, Tan Kongming has the privilege of worshiping without being famous, entering the court without going, and holding a sword to go to the palace. Now he holds the golden hammer bestowed by the late emperor Tuogu, and walked behind the officials silently, without saying a word. No one knows what he is thinking now.

Looking at the silent Tan Kongming, the officials always felt that something was wrong, because although the late emperor gave Tan Kongming the three privileges and the golden hammer, Tan Kongming hardly ever used it, and the golden hammer was even put on the shelf. What happened today? Take it out suddenly, do you want to turn against the little emperor?

The ministers were all a little apprehensive, but because Prime Minister Zuo thanked the guests behind closed doors yesterday and did not meet anyone, these people didn't know what Prime Minister Zuo was thinking, so they could only look at him worriedly.

And the little emperor on the throne, looking at the golden hammer in Tan Kongming's hand, also felt a little flustered, because the golden hammer was given to Tan Kongming by his father, and when he bestowed the golden hammer, his father had said something first, if The new emperor is stupid and wronged me to defend the country. You can hold this golden hammer and kill him and set up another.

Therefore, in name, Tan Kongming who holds this hammer is fully qualified to kill him.

Although this was only in name, the officials would definitely not allow Tan Kongming to do this, but the little emperor still couldn't help feeling a little fearful in his heart at this moment, and shrank back a little while sitting on the dragon chair.

Tan Kongming didn't care about other people's gazes, nor did he care about the little emperor's shivering. He just held a golden hammer and sat silently on his chair, as quiet as a clay bodhisattva.

The officials looked at it for a while, and found that Tan Kongming had no sign of speaking, and felt a little relaxed. Then, the people on the imperial party side, following the previously discussed procedures, directly led the topic to Longbei during the discussion. Then let Song Ying, who had just fled back a few days ago, tell the details of Longbei.

Because it had already been discussed before, and the little emperor also secretly gave him his will, Song Ying didn't have the slightest fear at this time. After standing up, he directly pushed all the blame on Tong Wenshan, and emphasized that Qi Chuanwu Treason and the matter of Han Wenzhong abandoning the city and fleeing.

After saying this, Song Ying said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, I believe that General Tong's defeat is justifiable, and since he has died for his country, there is no need to continue to hold him accountable."

"However, Qi Chuanwu's treason and defection to the enemy directly led to the defeat of General Tonglao. This crime is unforgivable. His relatives should be punished, as well as Han Wenzhong, the guard of Jingping Pass. This thief escaped and caused Jingping Pass to fall. This crime is also unforgivable. Canonical punishment."

"In this way, we can serve as an example to others and demonstrate our power to defend the country."

These methods of handling have been discussed by the royal party before. Tong Wenshan has a close relationship with the left minister, so he will not be held accountable anymore, which can be regarded as appease the left minister. As for the other two, they must be held accountable. Criticize Zuo Xiangmen.

"You are Song Ying."

Zuoxiang Tan Kongming, who had been very silent all this time, suddenly spoke. He looked at Song Ying with somewhat cloudy eyes, and then said, "It was you who broke Tong Wenshan's food and grass and made him lose the army, right?"

Song Ying, who was being stared at by this elderly man, felt as if he was being watched by a ferocious beast, and he felt a little terrified. He settled down, and then forced a smile on his face, and asked: "What is Prime Minister Zuo talking about?" ? The lower officials don’t understand very well.”

Tan Kongming ignored him, stood up slowly, and continued to ask: "Is it you who closed the gate of Jingping Pass, blocked tens of thousands of soldiers outside Jingping Pass, and let them die at the hands of the barbarians?"

"Qi Chuanwu is treasonous. They wanted to seize Jingping Pass, and the officials blocked them from Jingping Pass. At this time, the officials just... have already said it."

Song Ying became more and more frightened, he subconsciously cast his eyes on the right minister and the little emperor, but the right minister looked at his nose, nose and heart, as if he hadn't heard anything, and the little emperor also noticed at this time that Tan Kongming There was something wrong with the state at this time, so he silently turned his gaze to the side, not daring to speak.

"It's you, who shot Qi Chuanwu to death on the condition of letting the soldiers enter the city, and then refused to admit it afterwards?"

Holding a golden hammer, Tan Kongming walked towards Song Ying step by step, and then kept saying, "It's you who put Han Wenzhong under house arrest at Jingping Pass, and then escaped and caused Jingping Pass to fall, right?"

As soon as Tan Kongming asked these few questions, there was an uproar in the hall. These ministers only knew that the imperial party's action led to the defeat of Tong Wenshan, and they didn't know the details, let alone that Song Ying not only broke Tong Wenshan He even personally shot Qi Chuanwu to death, and also led to the fall of Jingping Pass.

But as the left prime minister, it is definitely impossible to talk nonsense on this. Except for those people from the royal party, the rest of the ministers looked at Song Ying with angry eyes, wishing to eat him alive.

"Left...Master Zuoxiang, you...what do you want to do?"

Seeing Tan Kongming approaching, Song Ying subconsciously took two steps back, but the Golden Palace was so big, he didn't dare to run away, so where could he go?

"What does this old man want to do? This old man wants to beat you to death!"

Tan Kongming, who walked up to Song Ying, suddenly raised the golden hammer in his hand, and hit Song Ying's chest with one hammer, causing him to vomit blood and fall to the ground.

"Come here, Tan Kongming is crazy, he is crazy!"

Song Ying, whose ribs were broken several times, collapsed on the ground. Enduring the severe pain of broken bones, he shouted for help, but the guards in front of the palace looked at the golden hammer in Tan Kongming's hand, and felt a little hesitant. Glancing at the little emperor, he silently put his hand on the knife and stood in front of the little emperor.

After all, that was Prime Minister Zuo, not to mention that what he is holding now is the golden hammer bestowed by the former emperor, but if he doesn't, he is a mere imperial commander, and he dare not go up to make trouble.

So he moved his body to protect the little emperor, and dared not do anything else.

The little emperor was also a little frightened at this time. Although Prime Minister Zuo had not been very active in the court these years, as the person who most wanted to bring down Prime Minister Zuo, he knew the power of Prime Minister Zuo better than anyone else. The throne will become unstable in an instant.

So at this moment, he only dared to look at Prime Minister Zuo in fear, and also didn't say anything.

Prime Minister Zuo didn't care about the reaction of the others, and swung the hammer up again. The solid golden hammer directly smashed Song Ying's leg bones, making him howl in pain on top of the golden hall.

However, Tan Kongming looked at Song Ying who was crying, but he didn't have the slightest compassion. Without saying a word, he swung the golden hammer again, and soon broke Song Ying's other leg, then his arm, and his chest. ...

Tan Kongming kept hitting the golden hammer in his hand. At the beginning, he avoided Song Ying's vital points. In the end, he didn't care where he hit it. Song Ying also cried from the beginning to the end. No sound.

After Tan Kongming stopped, Song Ying's whole body was smashed into a ball of meat paste, and blood was splashed all over the entire Golden Palace. The entire Golden Palace was more like a slaughterhouse at this moment.

The officials who had never seen such a bloody scene were all a little stunned, and the little emperor was even more horrified. He never knew that talking about Kongming with a kind face and kind eyes, he had such a terrifying side.

Looking at the golden hammer in Tan Kongming's hand, and then at the ball of meat sauce on the ground, the little emperor suddenly remembered the words his father said in front of him when his father died, "If this son is stupid, he will continue to work hard." This golden hammer will be killed and set up separately."

So when Tan Kongming looked at him, he thought that Tan Kongming was going to kill him with a golden hammer, his legs were a little weak from fright, and he said tremblingly: "Ya...Ya father, no, don't kill me what."

"I know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong, please don't kill me!"

If the little emperor's legs hadn't softened from fright, he would have already knelt down and begged for mercy.

After hearing the little emperor's words, the ministers couldn't help but change their expressions. Although the little emperor is stupid, he is also an orthodox emperor who was inherited from the previous emperor, so these ministers subconsciously stopped Prime Minister Zuo, and then spoke to persuade him: "Mr. Prime Minister Zuo , don’t be impulsive.”

"The king is the father, the minister is the son, how dare the son kill his father."

Tan Kongming shook his head, walked slowly to Prime Minister Right, and then hit his temple with a hammer, causing his brain to splatter.

After killing the right prime minister, Tan Kongming said slowly, "It's just that the situation in the country of Wei is in crisis now, and party disputes can no longer be tolerated."

"Therefore, I have no choice but to overstep once. I hope His Majesty will forgive me."

After finishing speaking, Tan Kongming didn't wait for the little emperor to answer, held a golden hammer in his hand, and with each hammer, killed more than a dozen core figures of the imperial party in the Golden Palace.

"Your Majesty, it's better to rest and recuperate during this time. The war will be resolved by the veteran."

After finishing speaking, Tan Kongming waved his hand, and directly asked the servant to help the little emperor, who was so frightened out of his wits, down from the golden palace.

Looking at the servant's actions, why did the officials not know that Tan Kongming was fully prepared. Although they should stand up to stop them for the sake of the courtiers, but thinking of the "good deed" that His Majesty did, the officials immediately All fell silent.

Zuo Xiang has worked hard for the country for decades, and has never cultivated any party members. Even those who are called Xiang Dang are just capable people promoted by him. In private, Zuo Xiang has never had the slightest relationship with those people. touch.

So they still have some trust in Prime Minister Zuo, because if he really wanted to usurp the throne, he would have done it more than ten years earlier, and there is no need to wait until now.

Therefore, although these ministers felt that it was inappropriate to stand up to the little emperor, they couldn't think of any good way under this situation, so they had to acquiesce.

On the other hand, Prime Minister Zuo looked at the mess all over the ground, and couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart.

I have been loyal to the emperor for the country all my life, but I did not expect that in the end, I would still walk on the road of a powerful minister. What an irony this is.

(End of this chapter)