The emperor Zhao Gou returned to the imperial study with a grim expression. Qin Hui, Zhu Shengfei and Xu Xiantu also arrived.
At present, there are only three prime ministers in the court. Li Guang, who was in charge of finance, was also dismissed as prime minister. Zhu Shengfei is a member of the Queen Mother Wei's faction and is part of the queen mother's faction. Qin Hui is the head of the hundred officials. He has implemented the emperor's intentions well, and his position as prime minister is relatively stable.
And Xu Xiantu was the confidant of the emperor Zhao Gou. He usually kept silent, but at critical moments he was needed to be a good person, such as the Zheng Tongquan incident. Chen Qing publicly threatened in the "Beijing News" that if he dared to touch Zheng Tongquan, he would be Chen Qing's enemy.
He doesn't hesitate to send assassins to take revenge.
At this time, Xu Xiantu needs to step forward to resolve the crisis. This is the emperor's mentality. Someone needs to step forward to be a bad person, but someone also needs to step forward to be a good person.
Qin Hui bowed and said: "Your Majesty, it is easy to control a tiger but difficult to restrain it. I humbly recommend that Yue Fei be imprisoned and punished. If the crime is proven, kill him to avoid future troubles."
"What crime?" Zhao Gou asked coldly.
"The crime of rebellion and the crime of deceiving the emperor."
After a pause, Qin Hui explained: "The crime of rebellion stems from his secret collusion with Chen Qing, making a private agreement, and completely ignoring the court. Although he has not done it as blatantly as Chen Qing, the signs are already there, such as calling the army
Yue Jiajun, for example, despised the court agreement and so on.
We must learn from Chen Qing’s lesson. We cannot wait for the evidence of his rebellion to be conclusive before taking action. By then it will be too late. Even if we are humble, we do not recommend his exile. What if he absconds like Zhe Yanzhi and flees to Xiangyang to raise a flag to rebel? So?
The best way is to kill it to avoid future troubles.”
Zhu Shengfei said from the side: "His son Yue Yun and confidant Zhang Xian are still in control of the military in Jingxiang. Now that Qin Xianggong has killed Yue Fei, doesn't he force them to rebel?"
"What about Zhu Xianggong's opinion?" Zhao Gou asked.
"Wei Chen suggested that Yue Fei should be placed under house arrest first, his military power should be taken away, and Yue Yun, Zhang Xian and others should be captured back to Lin'an, and then we can consider how to convict him."
Zhao Gou nodded. Zhu Shengfei's method was safer. He glanced at Xu Xiantu, who was silent and thoughtful, and asked, "What do you think, Mr. Xu?"
Xu Xiantu sighed and said: "Your Majesty, Yue Fei cannot be killed for the time being!"
"How to say?"
"Your Majesty, our ultimate purpose in convicting Yue Fei is to seize his military power. If we kill him, what will happen to Zhang Jun? What will happen to Han Shizhong? Do they still dare to report back temporarily? Can their military power be reduced?
"
Qin Hui said with some dissatisfaction: "Yue Fei is different from them. Yue Fei's three major crimes are clear. Zhang Jun and Han Shizhong did not commit these crimes, so why should they be alarmed?"
Xu Xiantu shook his head and said: "Why should Qin Xianggong deceive himself and others? We can just talk about Yue Fei's three crimes, but if they are really promulgated, they are untenable."
Zhao Gou frowned and asked: "Ms. Xu had better speak clearly. Why can't you stand up?"
"Your Majesty! It was indeed Zheyanzhi who allowed Chen Qing to cross the border without permission. The Privy Council can check the records. First of all, this is untenable. Secondly, there was a secret deal with Chen Qing. Didn't Zhang Jun? Didn't Han Shizhong? Produced in Ganzhou
The imperial court did not buy one sheepskin for each of Han Shizhong's soldiers. Where did the kerosene in Zhang Jun's army come from? Yue Fei did not.
Furthermore, if Yue Fei wrote a letter to Prince Chen Liu, a discerning person would know at a glance that it was a frame-up. How could it be possible? Zhao Huan and his son were tightly controlled by Chen Qing. No one in the world knew that Yue Fei could still communicate with Zhao Chen. Everyone in the world knew
Are you a fool?"
Xu Xiantu added: "There is also the matter of Yue Fei's rebellion and disobedience, which cannot be mentioned. If the people knew that Yue Fei's army had reached Luoyang and were about to encircle Bianliang, they were ordered by the court to retreat and were forced to give up all efforts to regain their homeland.
, Yue Fei was killed, but the reputation of the imperial court was completely ruined."
Qin Hui also fell silent. He knew before that the official wanted to kill Yue Fei, so he tried his best to cater to him and tried every means to convict Yue Fei and kill him. But Xu Xiantu obviously knew the emperor better than him. If something went wrong if he killed Yue Fei in a hurry, Zhang Jun and Han Shizhong would have trouble.
If you get up, the emperor may use himself as a scapegoat.
Zhao Gou stood in front of the window with his hands behind his hands and asked coldly for a long time: "Then according to Mr. Xu's wishes, what should we do now?"
"Weichen agrees with Zhu Xianggong's plan. He first puts Yue Fei under house arrest, removes Yue Yun, Zhang Xian and others from military power, and then considers how to deal with Yue Fei. Weichen is more inclined to demote Yue Fei to Lingnan as a civil servant, which is what Weichen suggested to His Majesty before.
plan."
"Then who would be better at consolidating his army?" Zhao Gou asked again.
Xu Xiantu thought for a while and said: "There must be enough troops to suppress Yue Fei's army and prevent them from rebelling. Wei Chen suggested that Zhang Jun should also serve as the Xuanfu envoy of Jinghu North Road and take over Yue Fei's army."
Zhao Gou nodded. He felt more at ease with Zhang Jun. He was greedy by nature and loved money as much as his life. Such a person would not rebel. In the future, he would just give him more status and benefits and let him hand over military power.
Zhao Gou immediately made a decision, "I will implement Xianggong Xu's plan!"
Yue Fei and his second son Yue Lei lived in the Jinzou Courtyard of Xiangyang Prefecture. After the work report, Yue Fei returned to the Jinzou Courtyard with worries. He also knew that he was sad about this. When he returned to the courtyard, he said to his second son Yue Lei: "You immediately
Pack your things and go home, pack them now!”
"Father, what happened?"
Yue Fei sighed and said: "The emperor is going to seize my military power, and I am afraid that your brother will rebel. Go back and tell your mother quickly and ask her to stop him and not allow him to do whatever he wants and ruin my reputation!"
Yue Fei packed all the dozens of taels of broken silver into a bag, took out his gold medal, and handed it to his second son Yue Lei, "Hurry up and take Zhang Bao and the others with you, or it will be too late!"
Yue Lei took the package, kowtowed three times to his father with tears in his eyes, got up and left in a hurry.
As soon as Yue Lei left, General Yang Yizhong led hundreds of soldiers to surround the courtyard where Yue Fei lived. He clasped his fists and said: "Yue Dutong, I have received an order from the emperor to give Dutong a new place to live. I ask Dutong and your son."
Pack your things and follow me!"
Yue Fei sat at the table reading a book and asked after a while: "Have I been dismissed from office?"
"Not yet, but the emperor asked Yue Dutong to hand over the military talisman and command arrows first. This is the emperor's oral order."
Yue Fei knew that Yang Yizhong was a confidant of the emperor and a cautious man who would never randomly pass on oral instructions, so he took out the tiger talisman and the command arrow and put them on the table.
Yang Yizhong collected the tiger talisman and the command arrow, and then said: "There should be a gold medal for troop deployment!"
Yue Fei said calmly: "I didn't bring the gold medal. It's still in Xiangyang Mansion. I can write a letter and General Yang will send someone to Xiangyang to get it."
Yang Yi was confused in the center. Such an important item as the gold medal for troop deployment is usually carried with you. Why didn't you bring it?
At this time, his subordinates walked in hurriedly and whispered a few words to Yang Yizhong. Yang Yizhong was startled and asked quickly: "Yue Dutong, where are your son and his soldiers?"
"Since I have not been dismissed from office, then they are not guilty. I have already asked them to return to Xiangyang. Is there any problem?"
Yang Yizhong looked at Yue Fei for a moment and said: "No problem, please invite Yue Fei!"
Yang Yizhong asked his men to send Yue Fei to Dali Temple under house arrest. He hurriedly came to find Qin Hui. Zhao Gou still handed over Yue Fei's case to Qin Hui. Qin Hui suddenly became anxious. He did not find the gold medal. It must have been taken away by his son Yue Lei.
, he immediately ordered the officials along the way to arrest Yue Lei and his men.
Yue Fei was worried that Yue Yun and Zhang Xian would rebel and ruin his reputation, so he asked his son to get the gold medal to stop Yue Yun and Zhang Xian from acting recklessly.
But Qin Hui didn't think so. When Yue Lei returned with the gold medal, he must have gone back to mobilize troops to rebel.
In an inn outside Yuhang Gate, Yue Lei stood in front of the second-floor window, looking worriedly at the pier a hundred steps away. The pier was full of soldiers, holding portraits to compare the tourists one by one. Everyone had to light up their foreheads.
Come out and let the soldiers take a closer look.
This is what Yue Lei is worried about. There is a natural red birthmark on his forehead, like half a copper coin, right in the middle of his forehead. It is very eye-catching. The other party also knows this physiological feature of his, so no matter men, women, old or young, everyone must brighten their foreheads.
When you go out, you have to take off your hat even if you put it on. If you check like this, it will be difficult for him to fly.
Yue Lei is sixteen years old this year. He is not yet a minor, but he is relatively precocious. His mentality and other aspects are similar to those of young people in their twenties. He holds the gold medal given to him by his father in his arms. He also knows the importance of this gold medal very well.
Xing, the eldest brother Yue Yun has a strong personality and is very hostile to the imperial court. If he knew that his father was arrested, he would definitely raise an army to rebel, so his father was worried about him and let himself hold the gold medal to suppress him.
At this time, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Zhang Bao, the commander of the personal soldiers, hurried in from the outside and said excitedly: "Sir, I found them!"
