Chapter 84: Concealing Righteousness and Hidden Thief
"The camp of the blue fly ends at Fan. How can a gentleman, a younger brother, have no faith and slander." The poem Xiaoya Blue Fly
"This must be because he knew he was about to die, so he bit him at will, intending to disturb the court and alienate us, the monarch and his ministers!" Dong Cheng was ashamed and angry, and his ears were red. Although he had lowered his head, it was conceivable that he
His face must be very ugly: "Now the world is uncertain, Changshan, Shangdang and other places still have the moth thief Zhang Yan and other remnants entrenched in the mountains. This official must want to leave the emperor and his ministers, so that Zhang Yan and others can invade the east of the river! Your Majesty, please
Ruijian!"
"Zhang Yan is a general in trouble who was worshiped by Emperor Xiaoling. He also contributed to the war against Dong. How can he get involved with the Bai Bo moth thief?" The emperor looked solemn and said in a stern tone: "Green Ox Horns"
You have ulterior motives and intend to subvert the imperial court. You are my father-in-law and you don’t know his identity. If you know this and still want to make friends, do you really think that I can’t kill you?"
Dong Cheng was in a daze for a moment. He listened to the emperor's words but did not pay attention. He insisted that he did not know the green horns and that everything was framed by intentional people. Anyway, there was no physical evidence, and the emperor would not kill him because of this.
"If he doesn't frame others, he has to frame you?" Seeing that Dong Cheng didn't understand what he said, the emperor was a little annoyed and said, "Isn't it because you have always been arrogant and neglectful in governing, so there is an opportunity? Look at you.
What did you do in the two days? Hearing with those Confucian scholars and doctors, accompanying them in palace gatherings, criticizing the government, and not understanding my intention to reset the franchise at all!"
"Wei, Wei!" Dong Cheng finally understood that the emperor was going to start beating him, and immediately nodded like a fool, pretending to be pitiful: "I am confused, deceived by others, and do not realize the benefits of monopoly.
I wanted to follow suit and admonish Your Majesty, but I didn't expect that I was stupid and did something stupid. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!"
"I haven't punished you yet, and you want me to forgive you?" The emperor smiled contemptuously. He turned back to the table, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, then turned to look at Dong Cheng, who was still kneeling on the ground:
"Don't think that I don't know what you have in mind. If you want to learn Dou Wu, where can you go? Don't look at who gave you everything you have now!"
Dong Cheng calmed down a little. If the emperor really wanted to kill him, he would never say so many words to him. He kowtowed heavily to the ground and said: "Wei! Your Majesty is so kind, I will never forget it!"
The emperor was sneering and said word by word: "Qingniujiao couldn't stand the torture of Tingwei, so he told everything about him and you. Even if he exaggerated and contained personal goods, it was not all lies. You will wait a moment
Go to Tingwei Prison to meet him. If you know him, you should think about how you knew him and prepare to defend yourself. Otherwise, once this confession is sent to the Central Government, you will not be able to escape this difficulty.
It’s easier.”
This is the last chance for Dong Cheng. As long as Dong Cheng hands over Yang Feng, who was born in the Bai Bo Army, he will pin all the blame on Yang Feng, saying that he is an accomplice of Qing Niujiao and worked together to deceive Dong Cheng.
, with bad intentions.
The emperor killed Yang Feng, the scapegoat, and deprived Dong Cheng of his rank and salary appropriately. It could be regarded as a blow to Dong Cheng for gathering a crowd to oppose the emperor. It could not only frighten others, but also weaken Dong Cheng's military power and pinch his weakness.
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The emperor at this time was no longer the emperor who had just expelled Wang Yun and whose position was not yet stable. If at the beginning he desperately needed Dong Cheng to break the situation for him, by now, Ma Rixi's power had been greatly reduced, and the Yang family
He wisely chose to endure Zhao Qian's serious illness and was about to die, while Dong Cheng gradually showed his consciousness that he could not rest assured to be driven by the emperor.
It was just that after this turmoil, all parties combined were no match for the emperor, so that the monarch's power increased greatly, and no one in the court was strong enough to stop the emperor from doing anything. However, in this way, Dong Cheng's initial role was
It seems a bit useless. If it weren't for the fact that the emperor still had some drastic reforms that had to be carried out by Dong Cheng, I'm afraid his political life would have ended completely this time.
The emperor slowly walked out of the Xuanshi Palace while thinking about how much Dong Cheng could be used.
Xun You, Huangfu Li and other ministers, including the Huangmen minister, were standing outside the palace. When they saw the emperor coming out, they hurriedly went to greet him.
Mu Shun from the Xiaohuang Gate raised his head and said, "Where do you want the country to go? Please call the captain of Fengche to come."
The emperor raised his head and looked at the blue sky and the few floating clouds. He wanted to stretch out and relax his muscles. When he was about to do so, he caught a glimpse of the attendants on both sides who were watching the emperor's every move, so he was disappointed.
Dismissed this unethical move.
He suddenly went to Shanglin Garden. Although the palace was deserted in that place, he could at least ride horses and shoot arrows freely and laugh unbridled. This thought became difficult to hold back. The emperor said briefly: "Go to Shanglin Garden."
Linyuan.”
Mu Shun went down first to summon the driver. The emperor walked down the steps casually, preparing to go to Shanglin Garden. As for what Dong Chenghui would do, that was no longer within his scope of consideration.
After Dong Cheng returned to the mansion, his suppressed anger suddenly burst out, and he said to Dong Feng, the chief historian who came to greet him: "Go and call Yang Feng!"
Yang Feng didn't know what happened, so he quickly rushed to Dong Cheng's house. As soon as he entered the door, he was surrounded by a group of soldiers. Song Ye, the leader of the school, kicked Yang Feng to the ground from behind, followed closely by several soldiers.
Put the sword on Yang Feng's head and neck.
"Dong, Mr. Dong! What are you doing?" Yang Feng turned pale and said in panic: "What mistake did this subordinate make!"
Dong Cheng looked angry and shouted in a deep voice: "Tell me! What is your plan with Qingniujiao? Why did you send him to my house in the first place? Did you intend to harm me?"
"It's really unjust! I just want to ask him to plan for Dong Gong. I don't know what his plans are!" Yang Feng knew that Qingniujiao must have implicated himself, so he hurriedly defended himself: "Please ask Dong Gong.
Gong Mingjian! I really don’t know anything, but I am very loyal to Dong Gong!”
"None of you moth thieves are good, and now you want to trick me?" Dong Cheng said coldly: "Go to the prison to find your companion Qing Niujiao."
"You!" Seeing that his begging for mercy failed, Yang Feng simply pointed out his interests: "You dare to take me to jail? You are not afraid of my men."
Dong Cheng waved his hand and said disdainfully: "I still don't pay attention to the thousands of thieves under your command. After you are imprisoned and executed, the imperial court will send people to demobilize you and resettle them as military camps on the spot. There is no need for this.
You're worried about them."
"We promised to share weal and woe and be united with each other. By doing this, aren't you afraid of disappointing Fan Chou and the others?" Yang Fengyao said angrily, his eyes splitting.
A look of hesitation suddenly appeared on Dong Cheng's face, but he soon stabilized his mood, waved his hand and ordered: "Escort him to Tingwei Prison. I will say that this person is colluding with the moth thieves and has evil intentions. I will kill him on the spot."