Making the decision to abandon the trial is not as easy as it sounds. After all, it means that the original accusations have all turned into slander. It is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Liu Party, and will not only cause some criticism in the court
, which is enough to make the dissidents have imminent thoughts, and the Liu Party's arrogant status is likely to collapse in an instant.
It is impossible that Liu Zhennian was unaware of this, but the longer this matter was delayed, the more trouble it would cause. It was better to let go of it early, at least to leave the situation with dignity.
Niu Yuan's situation was even worse. The ensuing difficult problems made it impossible for him to have the free and easy mentality of the former. While he was sending people to the Ministry of Punishment to close the case, he was busy covering up his mistakes. He was so anxious in the official office that he became more and more anxious.
Fa Ji resented Yan Wen and cursed secretly for being tricked by him.
But no matter how to remedy it, Rong Qing and Tai Su's acquittal were like a slap in the face of Feng Xiang. This rising upstart was suddenly disgraced, his reputation plummeted, and he became the object of ridicule by all the officials.
As the saying goes, misfortunes never come singly. Just when the Liu Party had not yet resolved the crisis, another urgent report came from the border: Xuanhua had fallen. The whole court was in an uproar, accusing the governor of incompetence, and the mountains of memorials were handed over to the palace, and the eunuchs rushed to deliver orders.
My legs are sore.
But Niu Yuan, who had been depressed for a long time, did not feel sad. Instead, he saw an opportunity for a comeback and went to find Liu Zhennian excitedly.
"This, and this..."
The memorials were piled together in a mess. Guisu held the basket and carefully picked out the remaining books inside.
Liu Zhennian started flipping through the pages impatiently, flicked through two pages and threw them on the desk.
"Oh, this is... from Yushitai." Guifu looked at it from the front and was quite surprised.
"Alas..." Liu Zhennian reached out and took it, "Sure enough, he is indispensable."
"Look, why not..."
Gui Fu was about to give advice when he suddenly heard a sound at the door and Niu Yuan walked in.
"It's more appropriate for me to say what you say." He said with a smile.
"Thank you for being able to laugh..." Liu Zhennian glanced at him.
"If this matter needs to be handled by lower officials, it will turn disaster into blessing." Niu Yuan sat opposite him and said.
"Speak directly."
"Prime Minister, do you still remember Niu's reform of the border army? The previous campaign has used this to establish a great reputation. Although it ended without any illness, the remaining power must still be there. Why not use the impeachment of everyone to use it as a resource for me to regulate the army, which can consolidate the overseas
Secondly, military power can be used to make contributions to the court, and using innovative policies to divert the losses in our internal affairs, wouldn’t it kill two birds with one stone?"
After listening to this, Liu Zhennian began to smile a little: "It's interesting... I wonder who will be sent on the patrol this time?"
"Ye Tinglong is extremely smart and well versed in government affairs. It would be best to send him out." Niu Yuan replied without thinking.
"Tinglong has been through so many dangers with me. If I let him go to the den of tigers and wolves, it seems that I have no love for talents."
Niu Yuan laughed and said: "You are wrong. This Minister Ye has always wanted to make contributions for you, and he is the first to stand up for these things. He didn't have fun last time, and his face was a little ugly when he came back. Let's allow him this time
Furthermore, let him do whatever he wants to do with the new army, and he will be happy to take care of it, so you don’t have to worry about it."
"Okay..." Liu Zhennian just had no objection.
Niu Yuan was followed by two eunuchs, each holding a stack of memorials. Regardless of the ministers standing on both sides, they just looked straight ahead, strode into the hall, and placed the things in their hands on the mahogany table in the middle.
"I summoned you all to come to the palace just to deal with everyone's opinions," Niu Yuan paced and said. "The prime minister has read your words and decided to follow the public opinion and remove Shi Yiyi from the position of governor of Xuanhua for the crime of incompetent war supervision!"
All the ministers looked at each other in shock, nodded one after another, and all said loudly: "The Prime Minister is wise!" Some even shouted excitedly.
Niu Yuan waited until they were overjoyed, and then spoke again: "But the country has been defeated to this point, and has not seen a victory for many years. How can such a border defense protect the prefectures and counties, and how can it be called a barrier for the capital? If we don't vigorously promote governance and innovate the army,
, How long will our dynasty be bullied by the Northern invaders! I am going to report to Your Majesty and send people from the Ministry of War to patrol again!"
As soon as this statement came out, the whole hall was in an uproar, and the atmosphere gradually became tense.
"Feng Xiang," Jie Wenwu coughed twice and swayed out of the crowd with a bulging belly, "You also said this before, you had to set up a patrol, and it took a while to clean up, but in the end, Xuanhua was lost.
I killed more than 3,000 people, but it didn’t work!"
"Yes, yes!" Echoes came from all directions.
Niu Yuan snorted slightly and looked at him with cold eyes: "Master Jie, doesn't this mean that the change is too light?"
"Victory and defeat are common matters for military strategists, and it is normal to lose territory and seize a city. Now it is obviously the day of peace in the world, and the good news sent to the capital from all provinces and governments are all placed in the secret pavilion, so that we can all see it; why do you choose to serve as prime minister?
In my mouth, things are bad, and the beautiful world seems to have turned into a hell on earth!"
"The following are all your imagination, but I have never said such things!" Niu Yuan waved his sleeves angrily, "The border troops have no fighting power, how can we talk about seizing the city? It's all because your military department neglected the personnel and encouraged the thieves.
, you still dare to speak so loudly here?”
Both of them were red-faced and their voices became louder and louder. Jie Wenwu rolled up his sleeves and slapped the table hard, as if he wanted to take action.
Seeing this, Chen Tongpao quickly stepped forward to comfort the military department: "The original purpose of Feng Xiang was just to patrol the border areas. He had no other ideas. Why did Duke Jie arouse his resentment? Since Shi Yiyi was relieved of his duties, he should be sent to the army by himself.
It's perfectly normal for a person to send an envoy to announce an edict and choose another general. I'll just put it another way and see that it scares you."
"This..." Jie Wenwu was really choked by his words, so he could only say hesitantly, "Then just let me do what I want."
When Niu Yuan raised his eyes and saw that he had returned to the train, he lost a lot of his anger and continued with his original words: "Life in the frontier is a rough road. You must elect a courageous minister to be able to do the job."
His eyes began to look at the crowd, almost passing by the circle at the east end; when he turned to look at the west end, he suddenly blinked and stopped.
"Shilang Ye, you have already had experience. This time on the northern tour, you will definitely do better." Niu Yuan dusted off his clothes and called him over.
Ye Yongjia glanced at Cai Xianqing calmly. The latter just shrugged his eyebrows and turned his face to the sky.
He silently walked up to Niu Yuan, leaned down expressionlessly, and saluted.
"Tinglong, when I am young, I will go to the palace to see the Holy One first. You can sit down at Zhongshu Province for now. I want to explain a few words to you. Wait there and I will be here in a moment!" Niu Yuan patted him with pretense of enthusiasm.
His shoulder blades, Ye Yongjia's, remained motionless.