Wan Heshun's army arrived in Wuchang without stopping, set up camps on all sides, and asked the prefect to open the city. The prefect of Wuchang had just woken up from his sleep and was at a loss for the approaching situation. However, he knew the power of this prince with a different surname.
How dare he offend me, so I had no choice but to open the city gate honestly and invite him to the Yamen to talk to him.
Wan Heshun repeatedly emphasized that the purpose of his visit was only to help the country clear out the rebels. He had no other purpose and asked officials, big and small, not to worry. After seeing that the reaction of the local military and civilians was not intense, he further ordered
The prefect asked him to send people to act as guides and lead the army to the Yangtze River to form an array, claiming that he would use this to defeat the corrupt corrupt cronies on the other side.
Officials in the north quickly noticed the unusual movements in Wuchang, and quickly sent out several reconnaissance officers and soldiers to climb up to the riverside and look far away. They saw the mighty 10,000 troops on the other side, with flags sticking straight into the sky stretching from east to west, tightly clenched in their hands.
Their swords and guns were gleaming like a mass of dark clouds, which could almost cover the water of the Yangtze River in an instant and rush towards them.
"Go back and tell Prime Minister Liu!" Wan Heshun took the lead and shouted, raising his riding whip, "He dedicated his whole life to the court, and Wan admired him very much. Hearing that the old man wanted to eliminate the traitors, he specially sent ten thousand troops to guard the south.
, in order to deter the thieves. If Liu Xiang needs it, I can also cross this river and go straight to Kaifeng! I hope you will pass the news over and ask him to send someone to discuss it quickly, otherwise it will be your fault. I will take it for granted.
Raise troops to investigate!"
After hearing this, the officers and soldiers raised their heads in shock. They did not even dare to agree to a word. They turned their horses and fled, causing the soldiers behind them to burst into laughter.
This news rushed from the north bank to Kaifeng. The civil and military officials were in a panic. How could they believe Wan Heshun's words? They all thought that he was seeing hundreds of officials patrolling the south, and felt nervous, so he took this opportunity to demonstrate to the Liu Party. The spread of panic obviously affected people.
Due to Liu Zhennian's decision, the corruption case of the old party could not be investigated for the time being. He had no choice but to stop Niu Yuan's actions and prepare to hold another meeting. While calming people's hearts, he also paid attention to this issue of more than thirty years.
Old rival.
Niu Yuan was very worried about the new situation. Before the meeting began, he went to Enxiang more than once to advise him not to meet with ministers at this time. He should first discuss with a few confidants and concentrate his efforts to solve the problem of the Yangtze River confrontation.
Liu Zhennian shook his head and refuted: "People's hearts have been disturbed by Gao Chen's party in the past. Their minds are deceitful. If the chaos in the government is allowed to continue, they will definitely take advantage of it and ruin all this great advantage."
Although he could not find a reason to refute, he had a vague feeling that was clogging his heart. In any case, the meeting had already begun.
"I'm afraid everyone has heard some rumors recently," Liu Zhennian strode up to the case and sat down with his hands on the table. "Prince Wan Jun arrived in Wuchang from Nanjing. It seems that he has several demands and asked me to send someone to listen.
Don't think too much about it, it's just such trivial matters. It's even more unreasonable to suspect that he is plotting rebellion.
Let’s talk. Not to mention how loyal and loyal the king is, his base is in Nanjing. How can he abandon his homeland and come all the way to raise troops? I have no conflict with him. I will send someone to ask him. The misunderstanding will definitely be resolved in the future.
It was lifted that day. I hope you can stay calm and continue to deal with the crony case."
Gao Jizhi saw that the officials around him were dubious, so he stepped forward to persuade him without waiting for him to speak again: "Prime Minister, these bizarre things are happening one after another. You have to be careful and vigilant. The humble official even doubted that King Wanjun's behavior this time
Traveling far away is closely related to the corruption case."
"That's why we have to investigate the cronies and find out all these shameful things. What's wrong with what Mr. Liu said?" Niu Yuan looked at Gao Jizhi as if he wanted to stir up trouble, and hurriedly stood up to reprimand him, planning to
Stop his mouth.
"Fengxiang, what are you talking about?"
Another person suddenly stood up and made the armchair rattle. Everyone turned their heads and were surprised to find that it was Zeng Liang, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance.
"It doesn't matter if you want to investigate cronies, but what are you going to do to provoke Wan Heshun? You also said, 'Catch them all.'
The world is in chaos! I think the reason why Wan Heshun was able to suppress the army is entirely your fault as the person in power, and you betrayed Prime Minister Liu's trust!"
Seeing that he had exaggerated the atmosphere to such an extent, Gao Jizhi had no choice but to fight, gritted his teeth, pointed at Niu Yuan and said: "Zeng Shangshu is right! I think the crony he is referring to during this southern tour is you.
Niu Yuan! You want to lead everyone to fight against Wan Heshun to consolidate your position as prime minister, how shameless!"
These few words immediately stirred up the discussion in the crowd. Niu Yuan's confidant was so angry that he even rolled up his sleeves and reached out to grab Gao Jizhi's collar. The others, with quick hands and eyes, all stepped forward to grab the confidant's arm, intending to kill him both.
Pull away; who knows that Qingliu's side is also popular, and jumps out to fight with the former, causing a large number of people to bump into each other, mixed together, you and I can't tell the difference, they fight without distinguishing right from wrong, chairs are scattered all over the place
Fell to the ground.
"That's enough!" Liu Zhennian violently slapped Xingmu continuously, which was deafening and almost broke the table. "You guys stop!"
When everyone heard his roar like thunder, they stopped and stood back on both sides, and the noise disappeared.
"Who can have any friends in Niu Yuan?" Liu Zhennian looked at Gao Jizhi angrily, "Gao Shangshu, I know the purpose of this southern tour best, why didn't I know? You came here intentionally under my banner.
Fight against me!"
Gao Jizhi lowered his head and put his hands down, remaining silent.
"Come here!" He flicked his sleeves and bloodshot eyes were about to pop out. "Tell Gao Jizhi, the man who falsely accused the minister, to question!"
The ministers held their breath and raised their eyes slightly to look at him, looking incredulous and incomprehensible. Seeing that none of them expressed support, the soldiers in the hall did not dare to step forward and hesitated.
"Here comes someone!" Liu Zhennian looked around, but no one responded to him. Only this old body stood in the middle of the hall.
"Mr. Liu," several officials who were not afraid of death suddenly knelt down and begged Liu Zhennian, "you trust him, but he may not be loyal to you... He had gathered a group of party members before, and deceived the superiors and deceived the inferiors.
, even the true situation along the coast cannot be hidden.
Report. Since we are dealing with cliques first, we should take action against these obvious cliques. After all, Niu Yuan kept talking about cliques, and we didn’t even see a shadow. Maybe... maybe the 'capital official' in the confession
It refers to this person!”
"It's not him, it's Su..." Just as Niu Yuan was about to say the name, he was suddenly startled - the plan he thought was brilliant before was about to send him to a dead end.