Chapter 285 The Defendant(1/2)
100019429 Chapter 285 Defendant
In the spring of the 13th year of Jianwu, the prince led 80,000 private troops and secretly colluded with 50,000 border troops in Chai Mengshan, Youzhou, and a total of 130,000 troops to rebel. Unexpectedly, the action plan was leaked in advance. The emperor and Fang Zheng secretly mobilized the army and quickly suppressed this massive rebellion operation in just two days and one night. The 50,000 border troops in Chai Mengshan, took advantage of the night to force the siege to break through Xiao Zai and pay the price of more than 20,000 soldiers' lives, finally headed north, left Huachao, and stepped into the boundless grassland.
However, the historical books did not mention a single word about this rebellion, and only said "death from a violent illness" in a vague way, without saying anything else. Although everyone in the court knew it, they were also sensible and did not mention it again.
As for the people, the reaction was not very big. After all, the main battlefield of this rebellion was outside the city. It did not affect the capital. Fang Zheng closed the city gate in time, which greatly suppressed the panic of the people in the city. The city gate was closed for two days, and the mountains of rebel corpses piled up outside the north wall were quickly cleaned and buried, and the blood was washed away. Everything was as usual, as if nothing had happened.
Immediately afterwards, the action to capture the remnants of the prince in the court began immediately. The shadow under Fang Zheng took the lead, and the city defense force and the imperial guards were assisted. According to the picture, the remaining forces loyal to the prince were uprooted within one day. The officials who were large and small who depended on the prince did not even have the chance to reach the sansan. As soon as the emperor entered the city, they were arrested. They went to the heavenly prison together with their whole family.
At this point, the prince's rebellion finally ended in failure. The court officials, from the ministers and ministers to the local magistrates, were arrested, demoted, or exiled in the shortest time.
When the emperor returned to the palace, the first decree was to hold a grand ceremonial meeting in the Jinjian Hall.
At the court meeting, in front of all civil and military officials, the emperor first announced a major event. The prince of the dynasty suffered from a violent illness and died again without treatment. The country could not be without a crown prince. Therefore, the emperor announced that the fourth son of the emperor, King Zhou Wubing, would be the new crown prince of the Huachao, and the prince would start from now on. The prince was in charge of the court and the ministers should assist him with all their hearts.
There was no suspense about this decree. Before the crown prince rebelled, the ministers were vaguely prepared. They gave the imperial edict to enthrone the new crown prince. The ministers were very conscious of paying homage to the fat man with the ceremony of the crown prince.
In the Jinjian Hall, the fat man was wearing a brand new dark yellow four-clawed dragon robe. His fat face was so excited that he was trembling with excitement. Tears flashed in his small squinted eyes. He was greeted by his ministers with a smile.
Fang Zheng was still hiding in the least conspicuous corner of the Jinjian Hall, leaning against the huge dragon pillar, standing still without standing. He glanced at the fat man sitting sideways on the emperor's head. He quietly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Okay, the historical mission is completed, and the fat man has become the crown prince as he wishes. He will soon become the king of a country. Can he, the new emperor, resign from the fat man in a casual manner and then take his wives to travel around the world with his famous waters?
It should be OK? Fang Zheng is a little uncertain. What should I do if the fat man doesn't let anyone go? At that time, his identity was different. He couldn't beat him or scold him. If he just joked with him, a censor would impeach him and lose his etiquette before he impeached him. "I miss the time I went to school with the fat man.
"All my dear friends listened. Nearly 100,000 casualties outside the city these days were contrary to the harmony of heaven, and the murder was too serious. Lian ordered the Imperial Heavenly Prison to build an altar for the dead soldiers to summon souls and save the dead. In order to avoid the trouble of the people and the money, there is no need to handle the enthronement ceremony of the new crown prince. The decree was posted all over the world and sent it to government officials everywhere, so that all the subjects in the world knew about it and left."
As he said that, the fat man who was betting on the head of the emperor asked, "No disease, do you have any objections to this decision?"
The fat man quickly stood up and said respectfully: "Father, the emperor, the son and minister think that this should be done, the people should be the most important, the country should be the next, and the king should be the least. The cart should not be reversed.
The emperor smiled with satisfaction.
"If all my beloved ministers are fine, let's scatter." The emperor coughed a few times, his body was weak and he was not allowed to be tired after a long period of time of discussion.
Eunuch Cao shook the whisk lightly, just as he was about to announce the severance of the court when a discord suddenly came out.
"Report to the emperor, the old minister has something to do!"
All the ministers were stunned and looked in the sound, but they saw Du Songjun, the Minister of Revenue, kneeling in the middle of the hall with a grievance, with a look of anger on his face.
The emperor was stunned and Zhan Yan smiled and said, "What's the matter with Du Aiqing, just report it."
"The old minister sued Fang Zheng, the garrison general in the capital, for robbing himself. He did not obtain the imperial edict and privately led troops to investigate the prince's mansion. The dirty silver obtained was not only not included in the national treasury, but also all the money was taken into the treasury of other families. This move is lawless. Please investigate clearly by the emperor."
"Bang".
When the emperor heard this, his eyes suddenly turned black, his body fell back, and his head hit the back of the dragon chaise hard.
"Father! Father, are you okay? The little fat man was startled and hurriedly leaned over and asked anxiously.
The ministers were shocked and hurriedly knelt down and said in unison: "Prince, take care of the dragon's body."
After a long time, the emperor woke up slowly, opened his eyes and looked at Fang Zheng in the corner, his mouth as sharp as if he wanted to kill someone.
All the ministers also turned their eyes to each other. Everyone felt differently, some were gloating, some shook their heads and sighed, while others were speechless. This Lord Fang was too good to cause trouble. Net Xiaowang made great contributions to suppress the rebellion, and the emperor had not had time to reward him. This was fine, but another disaster occurred in a blink of an eye. I wonder what the emperor would deal with him?
Who knew that where everyone's eyes were, Fang Zheng's usual standing shift was empty and there was no one in his sight. The ministers were shocked. Fang Zheng was standing here just now, but why did he disappear in the blink of an eye?
While the ministers were wondering, the emperor on the dragon throne suddenly shouted angrily towards the gate of the palace: "Fang Zheng! You bastard! Where are you going?"
Everyone looked at it, but they saw that at the threshold at the main entrance of Jinsai Hall, the garrison general Fang Zhengfang was facing the emperor's butt, quietly walking out on all sides. He had already climbed to the door, raised one leg high, just like a native dog peeing, and was about to climb over the threshold. With an angry shout from the emperor, Fang Zheng was so scared that he froze his legs, and maintained this ugly posture under the burning gaze of the ministers.
All the ministers suddenly felt cold, and they played escape from the Jinjian Hall, and they were so ugly and so unskilled. From ancient times to the present, only this Lord Fang had the courage to do it.”
Fang Zheng is very depressed now, very depressed. He is defeated and defeated! He is so upset that he wants to cry
Damn it! I had known that Du's surname was accused of the slander, so I wouldn't have been banned from the prince's mansion. Now, the fat mouth was about to spit it out with my naked eyes. I also spent manpower and material resources to clean the prince's mansion."
"Fang Zheng. Lian is asking you what you are going, where are you going?" The emperor's voice was sinister and not very kind.
Fang Zheng was sobbing that he didn't even get up. He knelt on the ground and fell down. The emperor, the emperor, knelt down and replied, "Go back to the emperor. I suddenly remembered that there was still soup stewed on the stove at home. I forgot to turn off the fire when I left."
The ministers and the fat man who became the prince online was full of black lines, and his fat face twitched hard.
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Master Fang said such a clumsy excuse without changing his expression. How capable is this? How did he have?
The emperor snorted angrily, his sickly body seemed to be much more energetic, and he said coldly: "Fang Zheng, what Shangshu Du said just now is true?"
Fang Zheng was so scared that he was thrilled and lay on the gold brick floor of the Jinjian Hall with his body. He said with great grief: "Your Majesty! I'm sorry, I'm wronged!"
Here comes again! The ministers, including the fat man, rolled their eyes in unison.
"Emperor, I did lead troops into the prince's mansion, but it was not a scout, but a proof of the crime.
Du Songjun glared at Fang Zheng and said, "Then you moved all the property of the Prince's Mansion into your Fang family's warehouse. What do you say? Are those gold, silver and jewelry evidence of crime?"
"Of course not!" Fang Zheng rolled his eyes and said righteously: The city inside and outside the city have been in chaos these days. I am worried that the prince's mansion will be robbed, so I moved the valuable things to my house and helped keep them. What's wrong? Isn't it okay?"
Fang Zheng suddenly realized that the excuse was used correctly, and his eyes lit up. He became more and more confident.
"As the garrison in the capital, fire prevention and theft is the responsibility of this general. The Prince's Mansion is such an important place. If someone takes advantage of the chaos, then what else can I take advantage of it. "No, then I will be dereliction of duty! So I plan ahead and move the things from the Prince's Mansion to my house in advance. This is the general's conscientious performance."
"In this way, I have to thank you for your alliance?" The emperor said unevenly.
Fang Zheng smiled flatteringly: "No, no, the emperor, you don't have to be polite, Weichen has not done enough...
The emperor angrily slapped the armrest of the dragon chaise: "Then why don't you move the things in the palace to your house?"
Fang Zheng shrank his neck so scared that he lowered his head and muttered softly: "I really want to let the imperial guards open the door for me,"
The emperor held his forehead weakly and sighed weakly: "Sanchao Sanchao, Fang Zheng, meet with the palace in the afternoon."
As the ministers shouted together, Fang Zheng touched his sexy little butt with a sad face, wondering if he should stuff two balls of soft cotton into his pants, so as not to have some protection when the emperor punished the court for a stick later.
But "Will the butt with cotton stuffed affect the beauty of this handsome guy when walking?
Lord Fang is very hesitant”
The ministers dispersed and left the palace in groups of three or three, discussing all the way.
The atmosphere of the court meeting today is a bit strange. The emperor never mentioned the rebellion of the prince, but even the new prince was enthroned so low-key. Moreover, the emperor did not say half of the reward words for Fang Zheng, Feng Qiudao, Han Dashi and Dong Cheng who had made contributions to the rebellion, as if this matter had never happened. This made the ministers a little confused. It was said that the emperor was not such a mean and polite person. It was really unpredictable to have merits but not rewarded.
In the afternoon, Fang Zheng came to the emperor's bedroom. A long distance away, he found the fat man wandering around outside the bedroom alone.
Fang Zheng looked a little uncomfortable with the fat man wearing a dark yellow dragon robe. He was like a pig rolling in mud in the mud walking upright, and his round appearance made people unable to help but make a gimmick.
"This guy seems to have gained weight again recently. Fang Zheng frowned and murmured.
Walking forward quickly, Fang Zheng lifted the hem of his official robe, and sang and shouted: "Weichen"
The fat man couldn't help but tremble when he heard the romance, and showed a smile that was even worse than crying. He hurriedly reached out and stopped Fang Zheng, "Brother Fang, you should save money. Why do I feel uncomfortable when I see you salute?"
Fang Zheng looked at him and smiled, stopped bowing, and said with a smile: "It's right to be uncomfortable. I guess you must be ashamed of yourself in front of the handsome guy. Congratulations, you've gotten your wish and become the prince."
The fat man couldn't help but smile: "I can be the prince with joy and joy. You can do the most, Brother Fang." Forget it, I won't say thank you anymore. It's boring. I will remember this love in my heart."
Fang Zheng was anxious: "Don't let it go, what's going on just remembering it in your heart? You have to express it.
The fat man was stunned: "You" you are so embarrassed. "Okay. How do you say that you are playing tricks on me? Let's say ok first, I have no money. I'm much poorer than you, and I don't have money to give you if I kill you."
Fang Zheng's eyes were straight. Why did this guy have the same face as me? Isn't this a dead pig not afraid of boiling water? He used to be so innocent and fat, he fell into depravity."
Fang Zheng smiled and said, "You don't have to pay. Just help me tell your father and completely expose the incident of me banning the prince's mansion. Just pretend that it has never happened. You will repay me."
When the fat man heard this, his face collapsed, and his fat man shivered again: "You really copied the prince's mansion?"
"I'm collecting evidence, yeah."
You are slacking off. You are still pretending in front of me. I'm waiting for you outside for this. Oh, Brother Fang, you have to be careful when you go in later. My father seems very angry. You know that he is in bad health. Try to be gentle when answering and don't irritate him."
The fat man was so scared that Fang Zheng suddenly said something bad, and sometimes he would really make people angry to death.
Fang Zheng hesitated for a moment: "Why" I will go home first? I will wait until your father gets angry and I will be fine.
"Okay." The fat man agreed very readily: "Go home and wait for the imperial edict, and the father will definitely cut you down."
Fang Zheng sighed, walked towards the bedroom with his fate, and suddenly asked back to the front! "Oh, Fatty, you should look like a little, and you will call yourself "orphan" in the future.
The fat man curled his lips: "Auntie? I'm still uncle! Alright, okay, go in quickly, I will pay attention in the future
In the bedroom, the emperor's face was calm and he was lying on the sickbed to drink medicine.
Seeing Fang Zheng come in, the emperor glanced at him with his eyes obliquely, then snorted heavily, and paused the medicine bowl on the tray. The palace maid held the tray in panic and retreated in panic.
"Long live my emperor"
"Stop talking nonsense! Fang Zheng. Your courage is getting stronger and stronger." The emperor said coldly: "Who will allow you to privately investigate the prince's mansion without receiving the imperial edict? Don't you know that this is a serious crime of beheading?"
"I'm afraid, I'm afraid!"
"You're so scared!" The emperor couldn't help but curse and swear: "How can you look like you're in such a state of fear?"
The emperor's chest was constantly rising and falling, and his emotions that had gradually calmed down, since Fang Zheng came in, he seemed to have started to boil again. Fang Zheng always had such magical ability that he could always make him furious.
Closed his eyes, the emperor tried hard to resist the idea of dragging Fang Zheng out to beat him, and said in a seemingly plain manner: "Lian also heard that after you beat King Shou at the city gate, you locked him in the sky.
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Fang Zheng slapped his forehead: "Ah! I almost forgot about this! It seems that I did it all
The emperor held his forehead and couldn't help but sigh heavily.
To be continued...