It is not surprising that the officials are afraid.
Their fear is different from that of ordinary people. People do not know why they are afraid, but officials know why they are afraid.
Knowing or not knowing also causes their fear to be infinitely magnified.
Many of those in power are the remnants of the third prince.
The reason why they can survive until now is because they have no need to command private armies to rob, and this is the reason why they have not been purged.
Even if they had a slight thought at that time, their entire family would have been slaughtered by now.
Zhao Xiaole did not increase the punishment, but acted in accordance with the national law. The national law also clearly stated that the private army rebelled and the nine tribes were killed.
They were all treated as rebels, and their deaths were not unjust at all.
During the court today, many familiar old faces were missing. When some officials passed by their mansions, they found that there was nothing inside except blackened and dried blood. Many people were immediately paralyzed with fear.
Even now, crows are still chirping over the capital.
This made many people believe that more people would continue to be killed.
The prince looked solemn and walked quickly to the court, directly exempting the officials from the etiquette, "No need to pay homage, let's start discussing directly!"
Anyway, I am not the real Emperor Jingyang, so I can be exempted.
However, when she saw the civil and military personnel of the court standing empty in the court hall, there were not many people left at all.
She was still stunned with shock.
Even if I listened to the battle reports for a few days, seeing it with my own eyes was a completely different story.
In the end, the prince had no choice but to sigh helplessly and began to discuss matters with the officials, "Master Li, please explain the specific situation to the officials first!"
"yes!"
Li Lin quickly stood up, "The Ministry of War received an urgent report from Chuzhou. Two days ago, the Yan soldiers suddenly entered the country, and King Pingxi happened to be in critical condition. The Pingxi palace is now in chaos, but he did not dare to fight against the Yan soldiers."
"The Yan soldiers are now marching straight in to invade Chuzhou. Now, Chuzhou has been in emergency several times. If the imperial court does not send troops to rescue in time, Chuzhou may not be able to hold on for a few more days."
Chuzhou is the gateway to the west of Jingyang. Apart from King Pingxi, it is the only checkpoint for the Yan soldiers to defend themselves.
If Chuzhou is lost, Jingyang in the south of the Yangtze River will be unsafe to defend. The Yan soldiers will use Chuzhou as a stronghold, burn, kill, loot and gallop through Jingyang wantonly.
In other words, Chuzhou guards the throat position in the west, and whoever occupies this position determines the initiative in this war.
Historically, the Central-Turk Dynasty also lost Chuzhou.
This also triggered turmoil in the Central-Turk Dynasty several times. The entire Jiangnan region was bloodbathed by Yan soldiers, and millions of innocent people were massacred.
As a result, the territory of the Chinese imperial court was divided among the various countries and reduced by one-third.
It was not until the establishment of the Jingyang Dynasty that they expelled the Southern Barbarians and took advantage of the civil strife in the Yan Kingdom to recapture Chuzhou.
This is how the land area is today.
It goes without saying how important Chuzhou is.
After Li Lin finished speaking, no one spoke for a while. It seemed that everyone was still in shock.
The officials of the Third Prince's party let out a heavy sigh.
Now that Chuzhou is in chaos, I don't think the prince will clean them up for the time being.
This also gave them a glimmer of hope.
Things will go smoothly if things go slowly.
Use this time to find a way to ease the situation and save your own life first. At present, it seems that the third prince's leg has been broken.
It's time to get another thigh.
Which leg?
Of course the prince's legs are good.
However, traitors have always been despised by others, and although they had this intention, they were too embarrassed to speak out at the moment.
But this does not affect their actions.
Many officials had already looked at the prince with a hint of flattery, and some who were bolder and more shameless also cast their flattery on Zhao Xiaole, who was standing in front of the officials.
The prince was a little better, because he was far away, so he didn't feel anything obvious. On the contrary, Zhao Xiaole felt an inexplicable tightening in his anus.
I feel so bad all over my body.
Soon, Qin Sining came out and said: "Chuzhou is not only the choke point of the West, but also a trial place for land reform. Although it only lasts for one year, it has already achieved initial results. We must not lose anything."
"The current plan is to dispatch the soldiers and horses guarding the capital to go to the rescue. Otherwise, once it falls, the consequences will be disastrous."
The prince meant the same thing, but mobilizing the Beijing army was risky, because once the Vietnamese went south, they would be unable to defend themselves.
She looked at the other officials again, "Do you have any other opinions?"
It is a pity that the officials used to hope that the Beijing army would leave, but now they no longer think so. Once the defense of the capital is empty, it will be a good thing for them.
During the turmoil, they only hoped that the third prince could regain power quickly, otherwise, once the Beijing troops guarding the capital left their base and entered the capital, they would be in trouble.
Now, when they heard that the Beijing army was leaving, they were not happy.
If the Beijing army leaves and the Yue people move south, who will resist them?
Although the officials were afraid of Zhao Xiaole, Wang Yuan still stood up and said, "Your Highness, no, once the Beijing army moves out, the Yue people will inevitably go south. Who will resist the Yue people?"
Li Lin heard this and shouted: "If the Beijing army is not dispatched, once Chuzhou is lost, the country will surely fall. Is this what you mean?"
He is about to have sex with Wang Yuan now.
After seeing the power of the red cannon, Li Lin was confident that as long as he deployed 50,000 Beijing troops, coupled with the red cannon, there would be no problem in blocking the Yan soldiers.
Wang Yuan, on the other hand, escaped this purge because of the protection of Jin Yiwei. He knew that if Zhao Xiaole did not die, he would definitely not be able to escape the subsequent purges.
Out of fear, he simply risked his life and said, "Now that King Pingxi is critically ill, the entire palace of Prince Pingxi is leaderless, which is the reason why the Yan soldiers invaded. In my opinion, as long as this problem is solved, the Yan soldiers will definitely retreat without a fight!"
"Your Highness, as far as I know, King Pingxi's critical illness was entirely caused by Lu Qingbai's imprisonment. If the imperial court can pardon Lu Qingbai and escort him back to Prince Pingxi's palace, the crisis will be resolved!"
What Wang Yuan said is right. This is why the third prince deliberately let Yan Bing in. If Yan Bing came in, the prince would never dare to touch him.
What he didn't expect was that Zhao Xiaole would help him make a good move by catching Lu Qingbai.
Now, using Lu Qingbai as an excuse, he can regain the situation again.
After Wang Yuan finished speaking, many people thought it was a good idea, and the prince also nodded,
"If Lu Qingbai can reorganize the army of Pingxi Prince's Mansion, it would be okay for him to make meritorious deeds."
"Marquis Zhen Guo, where is Lu Qingbai's trial now? What are his charges?"
This was a deliberate attempt to set himself up a notch, hoping that Zhao Xiaole would let Lu Qingbai go on a lighter charge.
When things have reached this point, who cares whether the laws of the country are the same or not?
