"From the beginning, you and your close friends will work together to deceive the emperor. If you are happy, you will be happy with each other, but if you are angry, you will turn against each other and devour each other." [Lu Huiqing was responsible for entrusting the deputy envoy of Jiedu to make books]
At this time, two people suddenly walked into the big tent side by side and sneered: "Don't let this person's words fool you. Let's forget about past mistakes. Is Mr. Wang Yun the kind of person who would easily bow to us? Back then, Sanfu spread the news. Have you all forgotten the statement that "the imperial court wants to kill all the people in Liangzhou"? The imperial court is now controlled by Wang Yun and other Bingzhou people. We and the Bingzhou people have always been at odds with each other. This sudden change requires us to surrender. Who knows if this could be Wang Yun’s conspiracy!”
Cai Yong looked up and saw that it was Hu Zhen and Yang Ding who were the culprits who caused the imperial court's defeat in Xinfeng. When he saw these two people, Cai Yong suddenly lost his temper and said, "Who am I? It turns out that they failed the emperor's favor." The treacherous villain!"
"Damn it, do you know what you are talking about!" Hu Zhen was immediately furious. He took two steps forward and stretched his right hand to his waist seemingly casually.
Hu Zhen looked angry on the surface, but in his heart he was very calm. At this moment, he was waiting for Cai Yong to speak rudely again, so that he could use his anger to kill him. Because he knew that everyone present could be forgiven, except himself and Yang. It must not be possible, so he must put Cai Yong to death.
As long as Cai Yong dies, it will be equivalent to completely cutting off the road for everyone to submit to the imperial court, and they will have to fight with the imperial court to the end with him.
Before Cai Yong could speak, a figure stood up and stopped in front of him. This person was Fan Chou: "Hu Wencai, please try to take another step forward!"
Fan Chou pressed his hand on the handle of the knife and glared at Hu Zhen without any sign of weakness.
When such an incident happened, all the generals in the tent stood up one after another. Dong Cheng, Li Meng, Wang Fang and other generals stood around Fan Chou, while Yang Ding, Guo Si and others stood behind Hu Zhen. The two parties were at war with each other, as if at any moment. There will be a firefight.
Fan Chou, Dong Cheng and others were subordinates of Dong Zhuo, while Li Jue and others were subordinates of Niu Fu. In terms of status, Fan Chou, Dong Cheng and Niu Fu were on the same level, and they were all generals directly under Dong Zhuo.
Logically speaking, everyone present should rank their status based on their closeness to Dong Zhuo. However, after everyone gathered their troops, Fan Chou and others had to succumb to Li Jue because of their small number of soldiers. This made them resentful.
Moreover, they had never thought of revolting in the first place. They were only influenced by the court's indifferent attitude towards the Liangzhou people and the rumors in Guanzhong, so they had to join Li Jue's camp. However, in fact, everyone was thinking of finding an opportunity to surrender.
Now that the imperial court has taken the initiative to lower its profile and sent Cai Yong, who was usually convinced by everyone, as an envoy. With such a good opportunity right in front of him, how could Fan Chou be willing to let Hu Zhen's intentions succeed?
Seeing that the generals were beginning to split, Jia Xu, who was still sitting on the couch, spoke: "You are all in the army, so you are so hostile, but you want to make the angels laugh?"
Jia Xu has always had great prestige in the army. In the past, whenever there were disputes among the military lieutenant generals, he would always be the peacemaker, and he could always satisfy both parties. Seeing him speak now, Fan Chou simply gave Jia Xu face. One of them sat back on the table. As soon as Fan Chou returned to his seat, the group of people behind him also went back and sat down, exposing Cai Yong who was blocking the table.
Fan Chou was not worried that the other party would have a sudden attack. After all, everyone was here today only because of Jia Xu's original suggestion. If Jia Xu's words saved the lives of 100,000 people, no one could help but give Jia Xu face.
Sure enough, Zhang Ji, the school captain who had always admired Jia Xu, was the first person behind Hu Zhen to return to his seat, followed by Guo Si, and finally Li Jue who looked gloomy and helpless, leaving only Hu Zhen and Yang Ding present.
superior.
Jia Xu didn't care that Hu Zhen's face was turning green and white, and asked Cai Yong directly: "I have a few questions, and I would like to ask Mr. Cai to clarify them."
Cai Yong had just recovered from the tense and exciting situation. When he saw that it was Jia Xu who was speaking, he immediately braced himself to deal with it. This was a person the emperor had named to pay attention to before leaving. He should not be careless at all: "
I don’t dare. If you have anything to say to Captain Tui, feel free to say it. As long as it doesn’t involve court secrets, I’ll tell you everything I know.”
"Actually, it's not a secret." Jia Xu stroked his beard and said with a smile, "I just don't understand why Cai Gong just talked about the country from beginning to end, but didn't mention Wang Situ at all?"
Seeing everyone's nervous and concerned expressions, Cai Yong burst into laughter and said, "So that's it. I was confused for a moment and forgot to explain it to you."
"Because Wang Situ repeatedly made troubles and disobeyed the holy will, Taiwei Ma Gong and former general Zhao Gong jointly submitted a memorial, and Your Majesty approved it, so Wang Situ was deposed." Cai Yong added: "Now the imperial court is personally governed by His Majesty, Tai
Duke Wei Magong and the new Situ, the former general Zhao Gong, recorded the affairs of the Secretariat. The situation in the court has changed drastically. It is no longer the situation where the Bingzhou people are in power and deliberately hostile to the Liangzhou people as you said. The court, as your Majesty said, has brought order to the chaos.
If you are willing to correct your past mistakes, what else do you have to be dissatisfied with?"
There was silence in the tent. After a long time, Fan Chou said in disbelief: "Wang Yun, Wang Situ, have been dismissed?"
Cai Yong nodded in affirmation.
Not only Fan Chou, but also Li Jue were stunned. In their eyes, Wang Yun was so powerful that no one in the court could match him. Unexpectedly, in just one month, Wang Yun was defeated as soon as he said he was defeated.
"What's going on!" Li Jue said in disbelief; "In terms of power, who else in the court can rival Wang Situ? You are talking about Taiwei Ma Gong, is it Ma Rixi? This is impossible, you must be in
Deceived me!"
Hu Zhen looked at Li Jue's gaffe with cold eyes and said calmly: "Whether Wang Yun is really in jail or not, you must know that we raised the army firstly to ask for pardon from the imperial court, and secondly to avenge the grand master. Let me ask Cai Gong, grand master Kuangfu
Sheji has made great contributions to the country. What crime did he commit that Wang Yun dared not to accuse and punish?"
"Dong Zhuo and Wang Yun each have merits and demerits, and the court will decide how to decide." Zhong Shao said.
"In any case, the grand master was killed for no reason without trial, which is enough to prove that Wang Yun despised the national law and exercised power wantonly. Such traitors do not understand the canon of punishments in the world, and it is difficult to show the wisdom of the imperial court." Hu Zhen simply stopped thinking about it at this time.
Is Wang Yun's downfall a conspiracy? He just wanted to try his best to prevent the division of the Xiliang army and the court's efforts to win over the fence-sitters in the army.
In this regard, he thought of a condition that he thought would make things difficult for the court: "If the court can kill Wang Yun and declare his crime, we will naturally have nothing to say."
"That's right, you can wait for me to surrender. Kill Wang Yun first, otherwise I won't be able to see the court's sincerity!" Li Jue added.
Regardless of whether he surrendered or not, as long as the imperial court killed Wang Yun, it would be like losing an arm, which would not only be a major blow to his reputation but also his strength.
After all, Fan Chou had a grudge against Dong Zhuo on this matter and agreed with their opinions.
After Jia Xu learned about the changes in the situation between North Korea and China, he continued to sink into deep thought. In fact, his inner position had already begun to gradually change.
Zhong Shao was furious on the sidelines. In his opinion, the imperial court's initiative to offer a pardon was an act of extrajudicial mercy. This group of people didn't want to be considerate and just bowed their heads and confessed. They actually dared to raise conditions?
It was Cai Yong who was still mature. He stopped Zhong Shao and said slowly: "This is a serious matter. I must ask you to send someone back to discuss it with Your Majesty."
Li Jue thought he was going back to find Ma Rixi or Zhao Qian to make the decision, so he readily agreed and agreed to let Zhong Shao return to the city alone. However, he kept Cai Yong and others in the camp under the name of hospitality, but in reality they were under house arrest.