There was chaos in the hall, but the military attachés did not take action. Instead, Mi Ke, a civil servant, chased people around the hall, chasing and beating them.
From time to time, the wailing sounds of courtiers could be heard.
But what people can't understand is that His Highness the Crown Prince never spoke. He just stood beside the body of the late Prime Minister Zaifu, as if he was in a daze, as if he was in a trance.
Soon, a chamberlain quietly left the main hall. After walking for a while, he met a female official, and then whispered something to the female official. The female official then came to the remote palace. After a while, there was a sound in the palace.
Some rapid footsteps.
The Crown Princess Wu Xinyue, whose belly was bulging, still picked up the seemingly ordinary flying sword and rushed out of the palace angrily, heading towards the meeting hall.
The female officials all knelt down in front of the crown princess and blocked her way forward.
"Your Majesty, think twice!"
The female officials have finished explaining their reasons a long time ago, and have actually fulfilled their duties long ago. If they do anything else at this moment, it is very likely to cause trouble, but it has not been a year or two since they entered the palace, and they have all been there.
The empress was in the palace when she was in charge of the harem, for no other reason than to express gratitude to the empress for her kindness. They could not just sit idly by like this.
No matter what, the Wu Xinyue in front of me is the Queen's daughter-in-law.
Wu Xinyue held up the sword and said with great determination: "I know that you are all thinking about me, but in this situation, if I don't go over there, I will let His Highness carry it alone. If nothing else, I'm afraid
It’s all in vain for us to be husband and wife. No matter what happens today, even if I can’t be the crown princess, I will go there!”
After saying this, she walked past the crowd of kneeling female officials. As soon as she stepped out of the palace gate, she saw the young man in black shirt with a pale face and a tired look.
Wu Xinyue was stunned and said, "Your Majesty the Guardian."
Chen Chao nodded, glanced at Wu Xinyue's belly, and smiled, "Is it almost time?"
Wu Xinyue nodded, "There's still more than a month left, brother..."
Chen Chao waved his hand and said: "I already know the matter. I came back from the north just for this matter."
When Wu Xinyue heard what Chen Chao said, she felt reassured, but she still said with worry on her face: "What the old Prime Minister said before he died made things more troublesome."
The old Prime Minister was chosen by His Majesty the Emperor after he entered the Divine Capital. Over the years, he has actually been a pretty good person. However, as the head of a hundred officials, he has actually been a little aggrieved over the years because he has encountered so many difficulties.
Now that he is an extremely powerful emperor, His Majesty the Emperor has always made decisions on major affairs of state, so there is no room for the courtiers to discuss and decide. However, if he did not have the ability to do things, I am afraid he would not be able to serve as Prime Minister for so many years.
"Everyone has different ideas. It's like going somewhere. There are countless roads. Everyone has their own choice. In fact, they all have good intentions and want to reach the destination in the end, so such people do this
It's not that he had any bad intentions."
Chen Chao exhaled a breath, "But now, no matter what thoughts you have, you should hold them in, because everyone has only one way to choose, whether they are willing or not."
"Don't go. Now that I'm back, this matter will naturally be solved. You take good care of it. After the baby is born, remember to send a message to the north. I also want to know whether it is a nephew or a niece."
After saying this, Chen Chao turned around and left without waiting for Wu Xinyue to say anything.
Wu Xinyue looked at Chen Chao's back and said nothing. She had not even asked about the situation in the north before. It was not that she did not care, but that she really wanted to be a princess.
Don't cause trouble to your husband.
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In the main hall, Mi Ke was finally restrained. This minister of household affairs was holding half a stick. Although it made people a little scared for a while, in the end he was just a scholar, and he was not young at all. He would always be exhausted.
, so even though a bunch of young civil servants swarmed him, they still held him down.
Seeing Mi Ke being held down, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
This guy was a mad dog before, but now he is finally restrained. In any case, it is a good thing.
However, although Mi Ke was restrained, the hall still did not quiet down.
"You bitches, you guys... have the guts to let me go... let's fight one on one!"
This guy who used to be a submissive person in the officialdom of Shendu, now has no trace of a scholar at all, and he is full of swear words.
Probably not many people know that this Minister Mi came from a truly poor family. When he was young, he was a troubled boy in the neighborhood.
But he was such a bastard, but he was extremely smart, especially in studies. He passed the Jinshi examination in his thirties, and then served as the magistrate of Tianqing County for many years.
After that, he was finally promoted to the position of county governor. Mi Ke himself thought that this would be the end of his life, but he never thought that one day he would come to the capital of the gods and be able to see the mighty Emperor from a distance in person at the court meeting.
, and in the next few years, Mi Ke was cautious and extremely cautious, in order to one day be truly the same as the other courtiers, and have his own magnanimity in his actions. However, when he heard these courtiers talking about moving the capital, he had to give up those few things.
After meeting the people of the state, Mi Ke realized one truth belatedly, that is, he and them were never the same person.
So he no longer holds it back.
"Mi Ke, are you still barking like this? Today I will ask His Highness the Crown Prince to remove you from the position of Minister of Household Affairs!"
One of the courtiers spoke up. It was a minister from the Ministry of Personnel. He still had a large black bruise on his forehead, which was caused by Mi Ke's previous beating.
"Dismissed from office? Hahaha... It's disgraceful for me to be a minister of the same palace as you guys, dressed like beasts. If I'm dismissed from my position, I won't have to see your ugly faces!"
Mi Ke had a sneer on his face, "A bunch of dead dogs are eating the common people's food, but the common people are just pigs and dogs in your eyes. Isn't this funny? What kind of sage's book are you reading? I'm afraid.
The book must have been read into the dog’s belly a long time ago!”
"Mi Ke...you are brave!"
"We are waiting for the sake of the overall situation. No one wants to do it, but in such a situation, some people always have to be abandoned!"
The courtiers were dissatisfied with the rebuttal. Some people may really think so, while others may not think so, but just use excuses.
"What does it mean to always have to abandon some people?"
A voice suddenly sounded outside the hall, and at the same time, a gust of wind and snow rushed in from outside the hall. No one noticed that the wind and snow outside were already so strong at this moment.
Walking in with the wind and snow was the young man in black shirt.
His face was pale and his body was exhausted, but his body was still uplifted.
The courtiers raised their eyes and could not recognize the person in front of them at first glance. But when they saw the knife hanging from the young man's waist at the second glance, they no longer doubted the identity of the person in front of them.
Daliang garrison envoy Chen Chao.
"Brother..."
At this moment, His Highness the Crown Prince finally came to his senses, a flash of excitement flashed in his eyes, but his face was full of bitterness.
Chen Chao patted his younger brother on the shoulder, smiled and said, "You've done a great job."
Then Chen Chao came to the late Zaifu, bent down and tugged at the thick robe that was already covering him, and then took a look at Mi Ke who was still being held down at the moment.
Chen Chao said: "Let Master Mi go."
"Lord Guard Envoy, this Mi Ke just..."
One of the courtiers immediately spoke in a hurried voice, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted mercilessly by Chen Chao, "Can't you understand what I'm saying?"
This sentence was very calm, but everyone heard it very coldly.
Because... they remembered the reputation of this young guardian envoy in the past, which made it difficult for them to say no.
So Mi Ke was let go, and the Minister of Household Affairs came to Chen Chao. Before he could speak, Chen Chao looked at his damaged official robe and joked: "I thought only scholars like Master Zhang have such inner talents.
Shangwu, why are you like this, Brother Mi?"
Hearing Chen Chao mention Master Zhang, Mi Ke recalled some long-lasting memories in his mind. He trembled and said with a dry smile: "After all, he served as an official under me, brother, so he was naturally influenced by me."
Chen Chao smiled and said, "No matter what, I will definitely be written down in the annals of history today. I am the only one who can chase down a whole palace of courtiers with my own strength."
Mi Ke smiled bitterly. As scholars, leaving a name in history is their ultimate pursuit, but how could they ever have thought of leaving their name in the annals of history in this way?
"This is actually a good name, and future generations will praise it."
Chen Chao patted Mi Ke on the shoulder and said gratefully: "Thank you very much, brother."
If Mi Ke hadn't spoken in this way in the hall, His Highness the Crown Prince would have been really helpless, especially after Mr. Zaifu said those words before his death, no one in the whole hall dared to stand up.
Mi Ke shook his head solemnly and said: "Whatever you say, you are all ministers of the imperial court. They eat the food of the people and do these things as they should."
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Chen Chao nodded and didn't say much. He just took a few steps forward, looked at the courtiers, and said, "I heard that the imperial court is discussing the matter of moving the capital. I would also like to know how many people support moving the capital. Please support it now."
The adults who are moving the capital should stand to my right, and those who do not support it should stand to my left."
Chen Chao suddenly said such a sentence, but among the courtiers present, except for the military attache from the Ministry of War, none of the other courtiers moved.
"May I ask, Lord Guardian... How is the war in the north going? Why did the Guardian appear in the Divine Capital today?"
One of the courtiers spoke. He stared at Chen Chao in front of him. Without waiting for Chen Chao to speak, he said to himself: "As far as we know, the war in the north is intense. Even Gufengkou has been captured. At this moment, your lord,
How can I leave the northern border without permission?"
Probably no one could have imagined that someone would question Chen Chao in the hall at this moment.
But before Chen Chao spoke, His Highness the Crown Prince had already said: "It is my secret decree that the Guardian Envoy will return to the capital of the gods. Besides, I have already spoken in advance. The Guardian Envoy has the right to take advantage of him. He can be wherever he wants."
Where and why?"
His Highness the Crown Prince had been silent for so long that many courtiers had forgotten that His Highness the Crown Prince was still there. When he spoke at this moment, the courtiers fell silent again. They originally thought that the loss of the Northern Territory would make His Highness the Crown Prince vent his anger on the Chen Dynasty.
But looking at it now, that is simply not the case.
Chen Chao said: "You guys want to move the capital. As the representative of the northern border, I naturally want to come and take a look. After all, this matter is not a small matter."
Listening to what he said, some courtiers looked at Chen Chao in front of them suspiciously, wondering whether the young guardian envoy also knew that the northern border could not be defended at this moment, and that moving the capital was the best option?
So some courtiers began to silently walk towards Chen Chao and chose their positions.
Soon, his left and right sides were filled with people. Obviously, there were far fewer people on the left than on the right.
Probably one to three.
Chen Chao looked at the courtiers standing on his right and asked, "Do you want to change your mind?"
After he asked this question, the courtiers here just looked at Chen Chao and said nothing.
Chen Chao did not talk nonsense, but looked at His Royal Highness in front of him and said: "Your Highness, please temporarily relieve them of their official positions."
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire hall immediately exploded, and the quarrels of the courtiers resounded again in the originally quiet hall.
However, these quarrels now only target Chen Chao.
The scene became very noisy.
Wang Shilang from the Ministry of Personnel pointed at Chen Chao's nose and said, "Lord Guardsman, I thought you were trying to make some sense, but are you still so arrogant? You know the situation in the north better than us at the moment. Can you hold it? No.
If we move the capital, once this monster clan goes south, our country, Daliang, will immediately be in danger of subjugation. We are not greedy for life and afraid of death, but just for the sake of the country, for the world, and for the people of the world!"
Chen Chao looked at him and said: "For the sake of the people, the people in the three prefectures of Xinliu, Changping and Yingzhou are no longer ordinary people?"
Wang Shilang gritted his teeth and said: "You can move some of them away, but at this moment, some people will have to be sacrificed!"
Chen Chao had no expression on his face, "In the more than two hundred years of the Liang Dynasty, at least five million young people died in the new Liuzhou alone in the north. Why did they keep filling in even though they knew it was a bottomless pit? Is it true?
Don’t want to live? Wrong, they just think that if they die, their son will not have to die. If the son dies, his grandson will not have to die. Now, when the father dies, the son dies, and the grandson dies too.
Is it really reasonable for you to say that some people have to be sacrificed when they are already helpless? They should not receive preferential treatment, they should not be taken care of, and they have to be sacrificed? If you really want to talk about sacrifice, I will do it later.
I will take you to the north and ask you to sacrifice yourself."
Wang Shilang opened his mouth and was speechless.
But soon Zhang Shilang from the Ministry of Rites said: "Even if we don't move the capital, what's the use? Will we definitely win?"
Chen Chao said: "Of course not necessarily."
"Then why not move the capital?! Why must we persist!"
Zhang Shilang sneered: "Is it just for the so-called heroism and integrity?"
Chen Chao looked at him, was silent for a long time, and then said: "Aren't you scholars the most talked about the word integrity?"
"I forgot to tell you something. The dean has died in the battle in the north."
"Everyone can think about why a leader of scholars would die in such a bitter and cold place instead of teaching in the academy and studying knowledge."
Hearing these words, the courtiers in the hall were silent. Many of them had studied in the academy, and naturally they respected the dean very much.
But the dean actually died in the north?
"There are too many reasons for scholars, but I think no one has more reasons than the dean. The dean has chosen this way, so I don't want to argue anymore."
Chen Chao had never mentioned the matter with Mr. Zaifu before, but he knew that these people would definitely find an opportunity to bring it up, so he took a preemptive strike and mentioned the dean. Then any scholar who mentioned it would be in vain.
"No matter what, the capital should be moved."
An old voice sounded, it was Xiao Yi, the newly appointed Minister of Civil Affairs.
He comes from the Xiao family, which is also one of the big families in Shendu.
"Now that the Gufeng Pass has been broken, it is only a matter of time before the northern border is lost. We should go to the south to protect these pillars of the country. Only then can the Liang Dynasty have hope."
"As for the people in the north, they have to be abandoned. Besides, their ancestors have fought for the country for generations, so they can definitely understand the difficulties of the court."
Listening to the words of the Minister of Civil Affairs, Chen Chao did not speak or even showed any expression. He just silently pulled out the knife from his waist and pointed it at Xiao Yi's head.
He is now a big shot in the Fuyun realm, so he doesn't have to do this if he wants to kill someone, but by doing this, he is just showing his attitude.
Xiao Yi was not afraid at all. He looked at Chen Chao and sneered: "Is it possible that the guardian envoy still wants to kill me in public in the court?"
Chen Chao said nothing.
The next moment, with a click, a head rolled to the ground.
Blood splattered everywhere.
The Minister of Civil Affairs died just like that.
The head rolled slowly, and a blood trail slowly extended.
"Don't you know who I killed in the court last time?"
At this time, Chen Chao spoke, his voice was still very light, but the content was very thick.
Last time?
Who doesn't know that the last time the Lord Guardian was not the Lord Guardian, he killed the deposed emperor with a single blow in the court hall.
They are brothers.
But he still died by his sword.
He never seemed to care about family ties.
"I don't know if he is a spy of the demon clan, and I don't know if his motives are private or public. I just want to tell you that we in the Liang Dynasty have never shared the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, but with the common people. Too
The ancestral precepts of Emperor Zugao will not change."
"No one has to give up, and no one has to continue to pay as a matter of course after giving a lot."
Chen Chao took a deep breath and said, "I once said in the North that if the Great Wall of the North is really lost, I will be the first to die, and I still count on it to this day."
"Moving the capital is absolutely not possible. The soldiers are serving their lives at the front, but you have to run away. How can you make the soldiers believe that this battle can be won? For morale, this is absolutely not possible. Also, even if it is not for morale,
I, the Daliang Dynasty, should not give up on any of the people. Daliang is not the Dajin of the previous dynasty, and cannot do those spineless things. This is not only the wish of my official, you can go out and take a look now, and take a look at the people.
What would you choose?"
"I know that you have many different opinions, but until the war is over, you must keep it in my heart!"
"If you can't hold it in anymore, you can bring it up now. I have killed countless demons, but killing people is actually much easier."
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In the wind and snow in the divine capital, countless people spontaneously walked out of their homes and gathered outside the imperial city. They knew that the officials were discussing the matter of moving the capital. The people did not consider whether they could take them with them.
They came here just to tell the officials and His Highness the Crown Prince.
They don't want to leave.
The imperial court also did not want to move its capital.
Although we may not win.
But...we are not afraid of death.
Because compared with death, living in humiliation is more difficult for people to accept.
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It seems that one day more than two hundred years ago, someone planted a seed.
Then that person came to water it every day. After he died, his descendants also came to water it every day.
Finally, more than ten years ago, that seed sprouted and began to grow vigorously.