Amid the low-pitched discussions in the hall, no one thought that the dignified Prime Minister would be publicly humiliated by a commander who showed no mercy at all, making the Prime Minister extremely embarrassed.
Some people were happy to hear it and watched the excitement from the sidelines, but some people felt that Chen Qing was guilty of the following, and his tone and attitude were very disrespectful.
But the emperor didn't speak, so no one could stand up and accuse Chen Qing of being rude.
Fan Zongyin was so angry that his face was livid. A small battalion commander actually publicly accused him in the court, but he was speechless and unable to step down. It was completely beyond his expectation.
But he also realized that there were loopholes in the impeachment report. Wang Huan did not clearly distinguish between the battlefield and prisoners of war, taking it for granted that those who were injured were prisoners of war.
"Quiet!" Li Xun, the young prisoner in the hall, shouted, and the hall suddenly became quiet.
Chen Qingxiao asked: "Excuse me, Mr. Fan, do you have any other questions?"
Fan Zongyin snorted heavily, "Let me ask you, after the two battles, why didn't you turn over the spoils collected? Why did you divide the money without telling the Ming court?"
Chen Qing said calmly: "My mission is very clear, to annihilate Zhang Kui's rebellion and hand over Zhang Kui or his head to the court. The task list does not say that the wealth that Zhang Kui took away will be handed over to the court."
Fan Zongyin finally caught Chen Qing's trick, and he immediately refuted: "That's because the imperial court has clearly stipulated that all trophies harvested must be handed over to the imperial court, and then rewards will be given based on merit. As the commander of the army, can you even do this?
You don’t even know the basic rules?”
Chen Qing still said calmly: "Of course you have to be flexible when leading troops to fight. The army I lead is two thousand Ximenxiang troops. Everyone behaves as they usually do, such as eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, extorting merchants, blackmailing good people, etc.
They didn't do anything less.
But it is such an army. In Chun'an County for a month, they have not harassed civilians, and no one has committed any crime. They train hard, run hundreds of miles a day, and train brutally for eight hours a day, but there is not a single person.
When they were deserters, why did they change?
Is it that I, Chen Qing, have the ability and ability? Wrong, it’s because they have hope. I promised them on the first day that all the spoils of war will be distributed to them. Without such hope, the number of people that two thousand Ximen Xiang troops can wipe out is
They are twice as good, and their equipment is better than theirs, Zhang Kui, who was once known as the number one tiger general in the Forbidden Army?"
Fan Zongyin sneered and said: "It's useless for you to tell me this. The imperial court will also agree with you to distribute the spoils to the soldiers, but the premise is that you must report it to the imperial court and get the imperial court's consent. You clearly don't take the imperial court seriously. This is
Big crime!"
"What a crime!"
Zhang Jun walked out of the train. He knew that this was the only mistake Chen Qing made. Fan Zongyin would not let him go if he caught him. He had to step forward himself.
Zhang Jun bowed to Emperor Zhao Gou and said, "Your Majesty, can you allow me to say a few words?"
"Yes!" Zhao Gou agreed simply.
Zhang Jun calmly said to Fan Zongyin: "I would like to ask Mr. Fan, is it not only the rule of this court that the spoils of war should be returned to the court?"
"of course not!"
"Then I would like to ask Fan Xianggong, of all the wars in the past dynasties, in which of them all the spoils of war were returned to the court? Let's not talk about the Sui and Tang Dynasties, let's talk about this dynasty, fighting against the Liao Kingdom, fighting against the Xixia Kingdom, fighting against the Jin Kingdom, and even
When we went to suppress bandits and quell rebellions, when did we hand over the spoils of war to the imperial court after the war? Aren't they always directly rewarded to the soldiers? Tell us, when did we hand over the spoils of war to the imperial court?"
"this--"
Fan Zongyin hesitated for a moment, but he still said reluctantly: "I only know that the court has this regulation, so we must act in accordance with the regulations!"
"Since the imperial court has this regulation, which general has the imperial court punished for this? Not one of them. You clearly know that the imperial court tacitly allows generals to reward soldiers with trophies, but you don't mind grabbing a small commander. Is it because he killed him?
Wanyan Loushi was killed just because he annihilated tens of thousands of Jin soldiers at Jianxiao Pass, which made you dissatisfied, so you tried every possible means to find an excuse for him and insisted on putting him to death. That was what the chief of the Jin Kingdom wanted to do.
Regarding the matter, do you, a dignified Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, also want to receive the reward of 100,000 gold coins from the leader of the Jin Kingdom?"
Zhang Jun's voice became more and more severe, and in the end he turned into an impassioned speech, scolding Fan Zongyin.
Zhang Jun's storm of questioning caused an uproar in the court. None of the officials expected that Chen Qing had made so many outstanding military exploits. Everyone's position began to shift in favor of Chen Qing. Many ministers realized that Fan Zongyin
Making a fuss out of a molehill is indeed a bit excessive.
Fan Zongyin's face turned red, his chest heaved with anger, and he yelled: "Zhang Jun, you are slanderous. When did I collude with the Jin people? I am the prime minister, shouldn't I uphold the system of the imperial court?"
Zhang Jun's tone suddenly became calmer, but the murderous intent in his words did not diminish at all, "Since you are the prime minister of the imperial court, you should know that the imperial court has always tacitly allowed the general to distribute the spoils of war to meritorious soldiers. Chen Qing clearly made great achievements in annihilating Zhang Kui.
, but you turned a blind eye and focused on grabbing his pigtails, why? "
At this time, Qin Hui laughed and said: "You two must calm down first. In fact, Mr. Fan is just worried that there will be some inappropriate behavior in sharing the spoils privately and harming the interests of the soldiers. He has no other intentions!"
Qin Hui appeared to be trying to break up the fight, but he quietly sent an assist.
Fan Zongyin immediately understood Qin Hui's hint, and he immediately followed Qin Hui's advice and said: "Because the censor is impeaching Chen Qing, I want to ask clearly. The impeachment letter of the censor said that Chen Qing's distribution of property to the soldiers was just
As an excuse, he himself took the opportunity to embezzle most of the property..."
Chen Qing asked with a sneer: "What evidence does the supervisory censor have that I embezzled most of the property? It's just his villain's heart. I can tell Fan Xianggong frankly that all the money seized is worth a penny to me, Chen Qing."
I didn’t take anything, not even a single item was taken away, everything was distributed to the meritorious soldiers, the sky and the earth are clear, which proves that I didn’t make any false claims!”
"Huh! Huh!"
Fan Zongyin sneered and said: "You speak better than you sing. Who can prove that you are not greedy for money?"
"I can prove it!"
Everyone in the hall looked back together. Xu Yun, a left-over man, walked out of the train and bowed: "To Mr. Fan, I can prove that General Chen has not taken any money!"
"You? How can you prove it?" Fan Zongyin looked confused.
Xu Yun said calmly: "It's very simple. I also went to Muzhou. I specifically asked the two county officials responsible for distributing the spoils. They have detailed distribution records. If Fan Xianggong needs this record, I can provide it."
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In addition, I also asked all the generals above the escort team, and they can all prove that Commander Chen distributed all the spoils to them and the fallen soldiers, and he did not take a penny himself. I have their testimonies and pictures, if Fan Xianggong needs it
, I can also provide it.
Furthermore, I think we can also ask Wang Huan to testify. He said that Commander Chen embezzled the loot. Where is his evidence?"
Fan Zongyin's eyes narrowed, what's going on, Jian Yuan actually intervened, how come he didn't know anything?
Fan Zongyin was very dissatisfied and said: "Excuse me Zuo Shiyi, the investigating officer is obviously a matter of Yushitai, and it has been approved by several prime ministers. What about you? Who asked you to go to Muzhou to investigate?"
"I asked him to go!"
The emperor Zhao Gou, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke, as if a thunder exploded in the court. All the officials in the court were stunned, including Fan Zongyin, who was stunned and dumbfounded.
Zhao Gou smiled faintly and said: "I have always believed that if you listen together, you will understand. Originally, the admonishment station is not divided into families, and the investigating officer admonishment court also has responsibilities. It's just that I didn't tell you, sir. It's because I didn't think carefully!"
"If you listen well, you will understand!"
Qin Hui came out, and he said to Zhao Gou with admiration on his face: "Your Majesty is still wise and considers the problem carefully. If it weren't for your Majesty's wisdom and asked the admonishment court to investigate, today we would really have wronged a meritorious general, and it would be the court's fault.
Shame, it is His Majesty’s wisdom that has prevented us from being humiliated in the future!”
Although this flattery is not clever and even a bit straightforward, it is very timely and can be said to be just right. It makes Zhao Gou feel like eating sweet cakes. He smiled slightly and said: "Qin Xianggong thanked you!"
Qin Hui finally understood that Chen Qing's real backstage was not Zhang Jun, but the emperor. Why Lu Yihao had remained silent, this old and cunning guy might also have figured it out.
At this critical moment, Qin Hui quickly changed his stance. Even if he had assisted Fan Zongyin just now, and even if Wang Huan was from his wife's family, he would step on him without hesitation now.
"Your Majesty, I know very well why Fan Xianggong is so focused on Chen Qing. Making a fuss out of a trivial matter is out of character for the country. In fact, the root cause is prejudice.
He has a deep prejudice against the Western Army, as shown by his attitude towards Zhongshi Dao. If it were another army suppressing bandits, he might not take it seriously, but it happened to be a general of the Western Army, and he was actually his political enemy.
How could he tolerate Zhang Xuan's beloved general? Prejudice and selfishness are the root causes of his lapse today."
Fan Zongyin was so angry that he was shaking all over, pointing at Qin Hui and unable to speak, "You...you...are simply extremely shameless!"
Qin Hui ignored him and continued to say to Emperor Zhao Gou: "In addition, Wang Huan, the supervisory censor, also had a serious dereliction of duty. In order to cater to Fan Xiangguo's wishes, he concocted such a ridiculous impeachment report. He is not worthy of being a supervisory censor. Weichen suggested that
He should be dismissed from office!"
Shen Wanqiu, the censor Zhongcheng, secretly cursed Qin Hui for being despicable and shameless. It was clearly him who asked him to arrange for Wang Huan to go to Muzhou to investigate. At this time, he betrayed Wang Huan mercilessly and cleared his relationship.
Zhao Gou nodded, "Qin Xianggong is right. Prejudice is really harmful and can cause countless misunderstandings and tragedies. Fan Xianggong, I hope you will learn from today's lesson and stop being prejudiced. I also hope that all courtiers will learn from it and disperse."
Go to court!"
Zhao Gou finally showed some mercy to Fan Zongyin, only mentioning his prejudices and not his selfishness.
All the ministers discussed and walked outside the palace. Today's fierce battle opened everyone's eyes. In the end, there was a twist and turn, and the emperor took action.
At this moment, Fan Zongyin had temporarily forgotten Chen Qing. He finally found a poisonous snake, and he had just been bitten severely by this poisonous snake.
He stared at Qin Hui with great hatred, turned around and left quickly.
Qin Hui, however, acted as if nothing had happened, and had a pleasant chat with Zhang Jun, and left hand in hand.
Chen Qing looked at Qin Hui's walking back and realized that the protagonist today was not himself, but the Prime Minister of Qin, who managed to steal the spotlight at the last moment.
At this time, a young eunuch came up and whispered a few words to Chen Qing.