As soon as Liu Jinghui said these words, the harmonious atmosphere just now was destroyed.
The officials in the Longyou government were in serious trouble, and this young man refused to open any pot. He was simply abominable.
At this moment, Zhao Yanxun's expression was calm. After Liu Jinghui finished speaking, he asked: "My lords, I can forgive other things, but this matter of harming the people... I will never forgive you lightly!"
"What explanation do you have for this matter?"
Seeing these officials being held accountable, Liu Jinghui felt very happy. His suffering these days was finally not in vain.
All the Longyou officials were asked why they were asking so hard now even though they had been so peaceful just now.
At this moment, the eyes of Longyou officials were all focused on Cheng Wenguang, and everyone expected him to give a suitable answer.
Cheng Wenguang's thoughts were racing in his mind, and he was thinking carefully about Zhao Yanxun's intentions.
"Your Highness, we were not directly involved in the decision to let the people out of the city. It was decided by Governor Tian Jing!"
The one who spoke was Ding Yan, the chief envoy to the Yamen government office.
The subordinate's words suddenly awakened Cheng Wenguang.
He secretly cursed himself for being confused and forgetting even the most basic skills of an official to shift blame.
Tian Jingtong is not around at this moment, so it is a good time to put the blame on him.
What's more, as the governor, Tian Jingtong is the number one person in Longyou, so it is only natural that they should shoulder the responsibility.
"What Ding Shenzheng said is true, please give it to Your Highness!"
As Cheng Wenguang finished speaking, all the officials kowtowed and said, "Your Highness, please give me a clear warning!"
Above Lord Dan, Zhao Yanxun said in a deep voice: "Tian Jingtong has a heart like a snake and a scorpion. It is not surprising that he would do such evil things!"
Hearing this, all the Longyou clique officials were overjoyed. They had finally cleared up the matter.
But at this moment, I heard someone say: "Your Highness, I think... this matter is serious and should be investigated strictly!"
Following the sound, I saw that the person speaking was Zhou Chengping, the left chief of the palace.
Zhao Yanxun allowed Liu Jinghui to come out to complain in order to beat the Longyou government officials and let them know that he was "a guilty person".
At the same time, this also shows that although Zhao Yanxun brought this matter up, it does not mean that he will punish Cheng Wenguang and others.
But what Zhou Chengping said now was to expand the scope of accountability.
Cheng Wenguang and others were afraid of "strict investigation", so when they heard Zhao Yanxun's words of defense, they all felt a sense of gratitude.
Others are the bad guys, and the good guys do it themselves. This is the basic operation of politicians, and Zhao Yanxun understands this deeply.
Zhou Chengping is playing the "bad guy" at this moment, but he does not have this consciousness, because he just wants to speak up for the people.
Tens of thousands of people left the city, and countless people died unexpectedly. How could this matter be easily uncovered?
The Longyou government officials were colluding, and it was indeed not a pity that Tian Jingtong died, but others could not get away with it either.
"Your Highness, don't listen to their words!" Zhou Chengping advised again.
"this……"
Although Zhao Yanxun was hesitant on the surface, he was already happy in his heart. The more ruthlessly Zhou Chengping "impeached" him, the more he could control the Longyou clique officials.
At this time of life and death, Cheng Wenguang did not care about caution, and immediately said: "Your Highness, I work with Tian Jingtong. It is normal for Zhou Changshi to have such doubts. I am willing to accept strict investigation. I only hope that Your Highness will prove my innocence."
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These are politicians. Nowadays, there is no barrier to calling themselves ministers, and changing their family is just a matter of course for them.
"Cheng Qing speaks sincerely, so he must be upright and upright..."
But just after Zhao Yanxun finished speaking, Zhou Chengping said: "Your Highness, please don't listen to one thing or another!"
Zhao Yanxun's face changed slightly. Zhou Chengping had always thought that he was clean and from a moral perspective, he could ignore the courtesy of the monarch and his ministers and offend Yan Zhijian.
Although there is no need to be familiar with him, it is impossible not to beat such a person, otherwise it will be more difficult to end up later.
But it was impossible for him to directly attack Zhou Chengping, as that would be too low of a position.
"Guan Changshi, what do you think of this matter?" Zhao Yanxun said in a deep voice.
Even in the end of the world, a group can only maintain the same general direction and disagree on some "insignificant" things.
This is almost unavoidable, because people's hearts are greedy and selfish, and wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes.
A wise ruler will not try to eliminate these differences, but will take advantage of them.
Zhou Chengping wanted to strictly investigate Longyou officials, so Zhao Yanxun asked Guan Hetai what he thought. He believed that Guan Hetai would give the "correct" answer.
"Your Highness, I thought... Mr. Zhou cares about the people, but he went too far!"
Sure enough, Guan Hetai's words did not disappoint Zhao Yanxun. The first half of the sentence was affirmative and the second half was completely negative.
In fact, Guan Hetai has always been suppressed by Zhou Chengping and coerced by some Wei Guangzheng claims, which makes Guan Hetai very aggrieved.
So let's just take this opportunity and let Guan Hetai be himself again.
"Guan Changshi...how could you misunderstand me so much?" Zhou Chengping's face looked extremely ugly.
But Guan Hetai said calmly: "Now is a time of hardship, internal and external troubles, you must put the overall situation first!"
Sure enough, it was better to let the people below fight with each other. Anyway, Zhao Yanxun couldn't guarantee that he would be able to think of these "great and upright" rhetoric at any time.
Zhou Chengping choked for a moment. Seeing no one around him to support him, he felt very chilled.
"Your Highness..."
"Zhou Changshi, Guan Changshi has some truth to say. For the current plan...we still have to put the overall situation first!" Zhao Yanxun said in a deep tone.
He warned Zhou Chengping to focus on the overall situation, but he did not directly absolve Cheng Wenguang and others of their crimes, which shows that the matter was suppressed temporarily.
In the future, if people like Cheng Wenguang are "confused", this crime will make them irrecoverable.
At this moment, Zhou Chengping also knew that the situation was irreversible.
"I...understand!"
With a smile on his face, Zhao Yanxun spoke again: "How do you think... Tian Jingtong's crime should be dealt with?"
"Your Highness, I think...Tian Jingtong killed tens of thousands of people and committed heinous crimes. He deserves to be beheaded, the Yi clan!"
This was said by Cheng Wenguang, and everyone present was shocked.
Cheng Wenguang is really cruel and ruthless, and all this is just to cut off Tian Jingtong.
"I second the proposal..."
"I also second the proposal..."
Good guy, no one from the Palace Chief Shi Si said anything. Those who were shouting about beating and killing were all Longyou officials.
Zhao Yanxun did not express his position on this, but asked: "What do the two chief historians think?"
Guan Hetai immediately replied: "I also second the proposal!"
"I... second the motion!" Although he couldn't bear it, Zhou Chengping still put away his sympathy when he thought of those people who died tragically.
"Okay...that's how it's settled!"
After saying that, Zhao Yanxun stood up from his position and said: "Cheng Qing..."
"I'm here!"
"It's up to you to take charge of this matter!"
Cheng Wenguang was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Yes!"