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Chapter Ninety-Nine

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 been fighting for half his life, experienced several dynasties of emperors, received his favor, and promoted countless people. Fu is a well-known general in the world, how can he be easily moved?

Feng Daobai frowned and said nothing with a sullen face.

Su Fengji, Shi Hongzhao and several ministers who cared about life also had serious expressions on their faces.

Guo Weihu's eyes narrowed slightly, secretly wondering why ** 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 words in a memorial document.

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

Li Shouzhen repeatedly mentioned Fu Yanqing 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 even in his dreams.

Li Ye and Li Ye exchanged glances inadvertently, stood up and said righteously: "Guan family, I agree with what Wang Dujian said! Fu Yanqing is 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, there will be turmoil east of Kaifeng!

The officials just imagine that if the counterinsurgency 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 immediately changed, and he was on pins and needles. Without thinking, he agreed to the proposal of Mao Zedong and Li Ye, 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 instigate trust between the imperial court and Wei Guogong. It is false and the officials must not take it seriously!"

Immediately, many court officials 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. Why not?"

Take this opportunity to recall the Duke of Wei to Beijing and keep him there, so as to avoid future troubles."

"Li Shouzhen publicly proclaimed himself king and rebelled against the imperial court. As his in-law, Fu should be punished. If the imperial court does not respond in any way, wouldn't it chill 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 choked and 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 main 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 would you do if Fu Yanqing really turned against her?"

Guo Wei laughed heartily, and his rough and powerful voice shook the hall: "That so and so personally led the troops to put down the rebellion, took Fu Yanqing's head to apologize to the officials! Then, I asked my uncle to take the head of so and so on his neck!"

Li Ye 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 middle and high-level 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 while, and his eyes flashed slightly, revealing 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 didn't notice at all, then looked at Li Ye and Li Ye, shook his head and sighed softly.

"Presumptuous! You...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.

"Guanjia! Guanjia, you have also seen that Privy Guo actually ordered his subordinates to beat me! This is the Wende Hall, and in front of the Emperor, these people dare to 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 prostrated: "I apologize, I just made a mistake, and these generals did not intend to target uncle **!"

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. He had no intention of pursuing 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 Guo carefully about Fu Yanqing's matter."

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 something to me.

Che. 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 court. 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.
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