"The third capital crime is that in order to temporarily stabilize the situation in northern Xinjiang, I opened a mutual market outside Bailong City, and also transported a lot of prohibited items such as salt, needlework, iron pots, etc. through smuggling... Although it also cost them nothing. There are only a few war horses, but this is obviously a ridiculous move by me, so that the loss outweighs the gain for a small loss."
These are some of the capital crimes of this minister. Please, Your Majesty, immediately exit the Meridian Gate and behead me. With my head, I can demonstrate the majesty of the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty!
I have no complaints.
Let those border guards, imperial envoys and loyal ministers who have the same luck mentality as me know that my emperor's majesty cannot be violated, and they will be careful in the future to avoid making the same mistakes as me!
Li Wanjiang thought to himself, "What the hell, are you pleading guilty or showing merit?"
If I kill you for the reasons you mentioned, wouldn't I be a complete fool?
Your boy is so famous that he has become a loyal minister who has been wronged!
You think beautifully.
Also, killing you will not only fail to establish authority, but will actually chill the hearts of those who work for me!
They don't know why, but they all think that I am ruthless, unkind and unjust, and that I specialize in killing loyal ministers.
However, Xiao Chen still had something to say, "If the emperor still has pity on my loyalty, then let me serve as a soldier under King Fengyang of Minzhou and die on the battlefield. This will fulfill our righteousness as king and minister. I will bear the great kindness of the Emperor to my ministers!"
Don't tell me this is really a solution...
What about Yanyun County?
"If the emperor is unwilling to accuse me of any crime despite the small achievements I have made in the past, then I will really have no face to face my emperor again. I ask the emperor to take away all my positions and expel me. Palace, be a commoner like Chen Jisheng, survive in the world, and end up in the fields, and the common people can also be a warning to those who are brave enough to serve as ministers."
In short, I will not go back to Yanyun County, not even if I am killed!
Your Majesty, you only ordered me to drive away the Xianbo people. I have driven them away. Although I have made many big mistakes here, I have fulfilled my mission. As for whether they will go south in the future, then I don’t know... I should still be able to do it.
Anyway, I have tried my best with such a small skill, so I can't handle the mess in Yanyun County now. Your Majesty should hire someone else!
Li Wanjiang was caught off guard by Xiao Chen again. Why didn't the boy follow the routine?
Isn’t this what I should have said? Your kid has already said it. What did you ask me to say?
I was speechless for a moment.
"I dare not hide it from the emperor. The current situation in Yanyun County is really bad! I bought so much food from Burma. I originally wanted to use it as military ration, but in the end it was all used for the common people. It’s just a drop in the bucket, it’s a bottomless pit, and no amount of relief can be enough to fill it!”
"With no house to live in and no food to eat, the common people can't live a good life. Many of them have gone to northern Xinjiang to herd horses for others. It is said that there are hundreds of thousands of people, but I think it is only a few hundred thousand! Because the towns I passed through were ten empty, and there were no people inhabited for hundreds of miles along the road..."
"Most of Yanyun County is covered with plain terrain, and there is almost no danger to defend it. Especially when facing the cavalry in northern Xinjiang, it is impossible to defend it, no matter how many soldiers there are. They are all fooled by the minister's rhetoric now, and they are in winter. It’s not advisable to use troops. When spring starts tomorrow and all the water and grass come out, it won’t be easy to say.”
"In addition, the Ross people are also watching eagerly from the east! I heard that their Queen Ross also wants to invade Yanyun County, and has begun to make secret arrangements. Their garrison in Shunfeng Port alone is more than before! All these are I saw it with my own eyes.”
The more Li Wanjiang listened, the more wrong he became, so what exactly do you want to say?
"What I mean is that Yanyun County is useless. It's a pity to abandon it and tasteless to eat." Xiao Chen means that Your Majesty, you should just give up.
Isn’t that what you want to do?
Li Wanjiang planned to do this, and in fact he did it this way, but this was just a temporary measure. When he calmed down, he would definitely take it back.
If Xiao Chen was defeated and the entire Yanyun County fell now, Li Wanjiang might just let go, but in fact Xiao Chen recovered all of Yanyun County!
Are you giving up now?
How do you want me to explain it to the world?
"Xiao Chen, do you want me to cut the territory and split the land?" His tone became stern.
"I didn't say that, I just stated the facts." Xiao Chen meant this, but he just used a useless metaphor. This is the art of language, so that you, Li Wanjiang, can't catch my pigtails. .
"Since Yanyun County has been recovered, how can we give up?" Li Wanjiang said, "You just said that you would like me to hire someone else. In your opinion, who is suitable to replace you?"
"Lin Dongyang, the governor of Jiangdong County, is worthy of this position!" Xiao Chen said.
"No, what if he goes to Jiangdong County?" Li Wanjiang shook his head.
"It's okay for Mr. Wu Hongchang, the governor of Jiangnan County," Xiao Chen said again.
"Aren't you talking nonsense? Is Jiangnan County or Yanyun County more important?" Li Wanjiang said angrily.
"Or General Qin Gang, the guard of Yanyun Pass, is fine. He is relatively familiar with the situation in Yanyun County." Xiao Chen said.
"As a martial artist, it is difficult for him to be the head of a county." Li Wanjiang objected.
"That must be Old Marquis Murong Heng. He once fought in Yanyun and was a powerful figure in Northern Xinjiang. With him there, Yanyun County is as solid as gold and as stable as a rock!" The candidates mentioned by Xiao Chen became more and more exaggerated.
Isn't this nonsense? Of course Murong Heng can do it, why don’t you say it! But if he goes there, Yanyun County is stable, what about the Western Regions?
In addition, even if Murong Heng could separate himself and go there, it wouldn't work.
Now he has established his own troops in the Western Region and is a de facto prince. If Yanyun County is also handed over to him, wouldn't he have surrounded me?
Xiao Chen also seriously proposed several more candidates, but they were all rejected by Li Wanjiang.
This really wasn't Xiao Chen's intention. After all, among all the ministers in the Great Zhou Dynasty, those who have the ability cannot do without it, and those who don't have the ability go there in vain.
"How about sending Eunuch Gong Shouli?" Xiao Chen said, "He has also led troops before, and he is from the Black Dragon Guard. He will not be afraid of the freshmen Mojie cavalry."
"Don't you have issues with him? Why are you still willing to recommend him for such a big job?" Li Wanjiang asked.
"The emperor asked about official matters, but he didn't ask about the personal grudges between the minister and him!" Xiao Chen's answer was flawless and righteous.
Li Wanjiang just thought he was farting!
Damn it, if Gong Shouli was half as capable as your boy, I would have sent him there a long time ago and would he still need you?
And let him be the governor? With his kind of virtue, he can't even be a county magistrate.
"Your Majesty inquires, and I will tell you everything I know. This matter is important and must be decided by the Emperor himself. I can't say much when I'm guilty." Xiao Chen knelt down to Li Wanjiang with a thud and said no more. .
That means that if you want to kill or behead me, Your Majesty, please feel free to do so.
"Alas... Xiao Chen, after much thought, I still need you to go to Yanyun County." Li Wanjiang sighed, "Get up and talk."
