Li Yan pretended to cough, cleared his throat, held his head high and said with a smile on his face: "My lord has professed his vassalage to the Northern Han Dynasty before. Now he can follow suit and profess his vassalage to the Manchu Qing Dynasty again."
"What a plan!"
Zhu Meng stood up, with a look of admiration, and said: "In this case, the two families become one family, and the hostility can be turned into friendship. What a good plan."
Hearing what Zhu Meng said, Li Yan suddenly looked proud and proud, as if he really thought what he just said was a great idea.
Chen Baxian was quite looking forward to it, but when he heard these words, his nose suddenly twisted with anger. Seeing that these two people wanted to continue talking, he immediately cursed: "You bastard, shut up."
Li Yan and Zhu Meng, who were originally complacent, became a little ugly when Chen Baxian yelled at them.
Both of them looked at Chen Baxian with some confusion. They didn't understand why Chen Baxian, who was fine just now, became so angry. Wasn't his change of attitude too fast?
Seeing this, Chen Baxian immediately scolded him with a cold face: "I will profess tribulation to the Northern Han Dynasty, and I will profess tribulation to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Can this be the same concept?
Liu Che was a clan member of the Han Dynasty, but the Manchus were barbarians. Taking refuge in Liu Che meant upholding the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, but taking refuge in the Manchus meant forgetting one's ancestors, treason, and becoming a traitor.
Li Yan and Zhu Meng, do you want to put this king in danger of being unfaithful, unfilial, benevolent and unjust?"
After hearing this, Li Yan and Zhu Meng's expressions suddenly changed, and they quickly knelt down on the ground together, shouting in unison: "I don't dare, I know I was wrong."
"snort……"
Although Chen Baxian was still furious in his heart, he was no longer prepared to pursue the case any further. After all, although these two people had no talent and extremely mediocre qualifications, they still contributed a lot to him being able to become the king.
of.
Chen Baxian kindly let Li Yan and Zhu Men go, but he didn't know that the two people who were lowering their heads had anger and resentment in their eyes, and they cursed in their hearts: You Chen Baxian, you dare to yell at me, you really treat yourself like this.
My king, you are nothing more than a dispensable puppet.
At this time, Cai Jing also stood up and said: "My lord, my subordinates think that Master Li Zhu's strategy is not without any merit."
Chen Baxian looked at Cai Jing in astonishment. In his mind, Cai Jing was a talented person, far inferior to idiots like Li Yan and Zhu Meng. How could he not understand such an obvious truth?
Although Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng, Zhu Meng, and Li Yan were listed as the Six Thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty, they were treacherous officials who could not be cleansed, but not all treacherous officials were incompetent.
Although traitorous ministers like Cai Jing, Qin Hui, and He Shen were traitorous ministers, they were also capable ministers, and their own abilities were not bad at all.
Let's focus on Cai Jing, who served as prime minister four times, with a term of 17 years, with ups and downs, and several ups and downs.
Cai Jing'e has done many practical things, but as his status and history improved, he became more and more greedy, and gradually changed from a capable minister to a treacherous minister.
As for traitorous ministers like Zhu Meng and Li Yan, they don't have much ability and only know how to flatter and flatter others.
Therefore, although Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng, Zhu Meng, and Li Yan were all six thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty, the first four all had real abilities, while the last two were simple idiots and were completely different from each other.
And words.
Chen Baxian was a little confused about Cai Jing's thoughts, so he asked: "I don't know what Yuan Chang (Cai Jing's nickname) has to say?"
“I don’t take my opinion seriously, it’s just some personal opinions.
Although the strength of Chen State has recovered a lot, it is still far behind the Manchu Qing Dynasty. If a war breaks out, it will be defeated sooner or later, so avoiding war is the best strategy.
Calling yourself a minister may not sound good in name, but if it is to protect the country and the people, and to protect the people of Chen State from being devastated by war, what does it matter if your personal reputation is tarnished?"
As soon as Cai Jing finished speaking, Zhang Bangchang, Gao Qiu and other officials all agreed.
"Yes, Brother Cai is right. Compared with the entire Chen Kingdom, what does personal reputation mean?"
Seeing that almost all the officials in the room agreed with Cai Jing's point of view, Chen Baxian's face suddenly became extremely ugly.
Mr. Chen Ba stared at Cai Jing. He thought he had seen through Cai Jing, but found that he had never really understood this person. At this time, Cai Jing gave him an unprecedented sense of strangeness.
Cai Jing smiled calmly and didn't care about Chen Baxian's angry look. At this time, Zhang Bangchang stood up again and said: "What my lord just said was a bit extreme.
Even if we surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, our country, Chen, is only forced to surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty in order to protect ourselves. It is far from the level of forgetting our ancestors.
At worst, we can just wait until we become stronger in the future and then we can wash away our shame to the Manchus."
Although the words of Cai Jing and Zhang Bangchang were righteous, they could not hide the fact that they were also capitulators and supported Zhu Meng and Li Yan's view of surrendering to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Chen Baxian was obviously not that easy to fool. After taking a deep breath, he called him by his name and said: "Cai Jing and Zhang Bangchang, do you know what you are talking about? You are really talented when you talk about being a traitor in such a high-sounding way."
After hearing Chen Baxian's ridicule, Cai Jing and Zhang Bangchang's expressions instantly turned cold. Cai Jing said coldly: "My lord, you are very irrational now and are not suitable for handling military affairs. You should go back to the palace and have a good rest first."
"Bold."
Chen Baxian laughed angrily and said: "I am the King of Chen. I am not suitable for you. Are you suitable for me?"
Someone came and captured Cai Jing, Zhang Bangchang, Zhu Meng and Li Yan, dismissed them from office and sent them to prison to serve as a warning to others.
In the future, if anyone dares to propose to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he will be the same as them... Who is here? Where is the person? "
Chen Baxian shouted for a long time, but the soldiers below did not move at all.
When he looked at the ministers again, he found that they were all looking at him with a playful expression, as if they were watching a monkey, which made Chen Baxian's heart instantly freeze.
"You, you..."
Chen Baxian pointed at everyone tremblingly, his eyes full of anger and disbelief. He asked himself that the balance of the court was still in place, so how could it be inexplicably ignored by the civil and military forces of the entire court?
Why is this?
Also, when was his personal guard replaced?
Chen Baxian had too many doubts, but no one could answer them for him.
Cai Jing looked at Chen Baxian with an indifferent expression, and said calmly: "My lord is tired, please come and take me back to the palace to rest."
"promise."
As soon as Cai Jing finished speaking, a large group of soldiers immediately obeyed the order and stepped forward to force Chen Baxian away.
Chen Ba first saw this and clenched his fists. He was not weak and had the ability to resist, but after weighing the pros and cons, he still loosened his fists.
"I will leave on my own."
After saying these harsh words coldly, Chen Ba strode towards the palace without looking back, while the soldiers followed him closely.