Chapter 757 Resignation
After entering the palace and meeting the Qing King, Shangguan Jin stepped forward and knelt down and bowed: "I am going to see the king."
"Prime Minister, please come." King Qing raised his hand slightly and then said, "Prime Minister, I am still a little doubtful about how to reply to Prime Minister Chu, and it is difficult to make a decision for the moment."
After Shangguan Jin stood up, he did not discuss this issue with King Qing, but said: "Master, I am going to learn from the old teacher this time."
"What!?" Hearing this, the Qingwang couldn't help but frown.
Shangguan Jin said directly: "Today, after I came to the court, I heard from someone that the old master had accepted a large amount of gold and silver bribes from Prime Minister Chu, and then he strongly advised the king to join forces with Chu to attack the wind."
Previously, Guo Zilian had come to see the Qingwang and said with a worried look that he was afraid of being impeached by Shangguan Jin. Unexpectedly, this incident really happened!
The Qingwang's face suddenly darkened, and at the same time, he stared at Shangguan Jin with deep eyes and said quietly: "The Prime Minister is the prime minister of the dynasty, and he should be generous. How can he slander the ministers because of disagreement? You must know that the old master Guo was appointed by the former king to assist the two generations of monarchs, and was loyal, and how could he accept the money of Chu!"
Knowing that he had misunderstood his meaning, Shangguan Jin quickly explained: "Master, I am not slandering the old teacher, but this is really the case. I hope the king will take a closer look."
"Hmph!" The Qing King snorted heavily. Guo Zilian had already said in advance, so he naturally had preconceived ideas. He couldn't help but stare at Shangguan Jin and said coldly: "The Prime Minister is not the prime minister alone in the military and political affairs of our Qing Kingdom. Do you have the right to speak? Do you have to listen to the opinions of other ministers?"
As soon as he said this, Shangguan Jin couldn't help but widen his eyes, and then knelt on the ground on the spot, saying in a trembling voice: "King, my uncle... my uncle..."
"Okay! You don't have to say anything more! I am a little tired! You should step back!" King Qing waved his hand unhappily.
Shangguan Jin didn't react for a moment, and he couldn't understand why King Qing suddenly said such words to him. You know, these words made him sweat in a cold sweat!
Seeing him kneeling on the ground, stunned, the Qingwang couldn't help but frown and shouted again: "Don't you retreat yet!"
"Yes...yes, I'm going to leave." Shangguan Jin came to his senses.
But after he withdrew, he was in a state of dismay...
Guo Zilian's move was very clever. He relied on his elders of two dynasties and his talent was not as good as Shangguan Jin, but he was deeply trusted by the Qingwang, so he told Qingwang in advance that he had offended the Prime Minister and was very likely to be hated by the Prime Minister.
Then, he deliberately disclosed the news of receiving a lot of money to Shangguan Jin, who naturally went to Qingwang to tell the matter, but under the circumstances at that time, Qingwang obviously thought that Shangguan Jin was narrow-minded and was taking revenge on Guo Zilian.
And because of this, Shangguan Jin's position in the heart of Qingwang will inevitably be greatly reduced!
Shangguan Jin never thought about fighting with Guo Zilian. What he thought was to conquer the world for the Qing King, but Guo Zilian was different. What he wanted was to overthrow Shangguan Jin and seize his position.
The next morning, Shangguan Jin and Guo Zilian had a dispute in the court over the Chu State issue again, and the two were in stalemate. Shangguan Jin said that it was meaningless to join Chu to destroy Feng, because this would not destroy Feng, and instead would make Chu State invincible. Guo Zilian said that the threat of Feng State was far greater than that of Chu State, and that Feng State should be destroyed first and then attack Chu.
The two of them had their own opinions and argued endlessly. If this were the past, the Qingwang might have been biased towards Shangguan Jin, but after yesterday's incident, the Qingwang had already taken a precaution against Shangguan Jin and had a lot of opinions about him.
Finally, King Qing decided to adopt Guo Zilian's opinion, on the one hand, because he was indeed hesitant about the issue of attacking the wind or attacking Chu, and on the other hand, it was also to suppress Shangguan Jin's monopoly in the court.
As a result, after hearing his decision, Shangguan Jin was stunned!
It is obvious that my country has just formed an alliance with the Feng Kingdom, but now I am going to go back on my word! As the Qing Prime Minister, what has my words that I swear in front of King Feng, have become now!?
More importantly, in Shangguan Jin's opinion, it is meaningless to join Chu, because in order to survive, Chu will check and balance other countries. By the time the war is halfway through, it will inevitably stop. Next, the Three Kingdoms will join you and me, and I will join him, attacking each other, but no one can do anything to anyone.
Thinking of this, Shangguan Jin said sadly: "King! You can't join forces with Chu!"
Hearing this, King Qing said slightly unhappy: "What the Prime Minister said is to destroy Chu. Although it is feasible, the old teacher's words are more beneficial to our country. I have made a decision, so the Prime Minister doesn't need to say more."
"King!" Shangguan Jin said anxiously: "This time we have formed an alliance with King Feng. If we go back on our word, then we must be able to join Feng and destroy Chu again in the future! The king must not be confused!"
"You said I am confused!" The Qing King was immediately angry and said sternly: "Why do you need to join Feng in the future? This time, you will wipe out the Feng Kingdom in one fell swoop!"
"How is this possible? Do the king thinks that it can really destroy the wind??" Shangguan Jin said.
"Why can't it be!? I can defeat the Feng Kingdom with my Qing army soldiers alone!" said Qing Wang tremblingly.
Seeing that he had made up his mind, Shangguan Jin stood in the middle of the hall and couldn't help but take two steps back, looking in disbelief.
Seeing that King Qing no longer obeyed Shangguan Jin's advice, Guo Zilian sneered and said, "Prime Minister, the king has his own decision. As subjects, we only need to offer our own strategies and suggestions to the king. The final decision should be in the hands of the king himself."
In fact, he said this on purpose to King Qing. When the latter heard this, he said coldly: "Now I decided to join Chu Gongfeng. The Prime Minister thought, when will the army be used?"
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Jin first glanced at Qingwang blankly, then smiled bitterly, then slowly took off his official uniform coat, took off his official hat, then folded it neatly, knelt on the ground, raised his hands and said, "Since that's the case, that's the case, the empress is willing to resign from his official position and return to his hometown."
"You!" Seeing this, the Qingwang suddenly widened his eyes.
He was very angry!
Because in his opinion, he did not obey Shangguan Jin's advice, the latter dared to threaten him with resignation!
Did he think that he wouldn't be able to do without him? Or he had to follow his advice!
Thinking of this, King Qing couldn't help but slap the table, then reached out and pointed to Shangguan Jin who was kneeling below, and said angrily: "Shangguan Jin! Do you think that if Qingguo is gone, I will be unable to dominate the world without you!"
"I dare not, but I am exhausted and have no intention of national affairs. I just want to return to my hometown, cultivate farmland, fish by the river, and spend the rest of my life. I hope the king will be satisfied." Shangguan Jin said.
Chapter completed!