Yang Zhen began to understand:
The main contradiction now is not how to deal with the remonstrating ministers and him; it is how to stabilize the "prestige of the monarch" that Lord Tan wants to establish and the instability of ministers' and people's hearts caused by his constant "dismantling". Contradictions between imperial powers.
At this point, Yang Zhen knew that even if he could cut off the "crimes" listed in the "Memorial" one by one, it would still be difficult to eliminate these ministers. What is "Tan" against the Tan Kingdom? Jun" has the final say, or he "General Zhao" has the final say for all kinds of criticism and malicious slander.
The most important thing is that after these repeated struggles, Tan Jun's dependence on him gradually disappeared.
Under the imperial power, what can he do?
Yang Zhen didn't want to explain any more, when he realized the true intention of being summoned to see Lord Tan this time.
"May I ask, Your Majesty, how will you deal with the guilty minister?"
Yang Zhen calls himself a "criminal minister". Although he doesn't think he is guilty of any crime in his heart, if he is asked to serve as a minister, it is probably the only right thing he can do to defend the authority of the imperial power with his life. !
"Since you know the crime, as an important minister, you naturally know how to deal with it in accordance with the laws of the country."
Tan Jun replied coldly.
"'Those who want to subjugate the country will be the first to abandon the market and suppress the nine tribes.'"
Yang Zhen recited the "legal provisions" related to Tan State.
"'Strike the yoke and bear the yoke', 'Know the law and break the law', it is not because I want to put you to death, but in fact, the people in the government and the public are clamoring, and it is difficult to restore peace without guilt!"
The words Tan Jun left behind were like a bucket of ice in the dog days of July. They were suddenly poured from head to toe, making Yang Zhen feel the cold of the dog days in July. What does it mean to be "so cold to the core"?
Yang Zhen stood up. He no longer let himself lie pitifully on the ground, like a dog begging for life.
"Difficult to pacify? Haha, what a 'difficult to pacify'! Now, if I can exchange the life of my clan for your ten thousand years of peace, Mr. Tan, fine! Give it to you! Give it all to you! It's ridiculous that I have always thought that filial piety is Tanzi, who respected his mother, was the only king in today's troubled times who could be called a 'great husband'! Unexpectedly, he turned out to be just an ordinary person with a weak mind and weak ears. , the spirit can be influenced by the gossip of others. Whenever something goes wrong, instead of seeking the cause from oneself, one should enshrine the 'face' of nothingness to the high temple, without any blasphemy! Good! Good!"
As Yang Zhen spoke, he began to take off his crown and belt, stripping himself down to only his middle coat.
"I surrender myself to the law and give you this 'king's majesty'! 'Face to the world'! Okay?!"
When the situation reached this point, it was impossible to think of taking Yang Zhen into prison immediately.
"Come here, take it! Take it to the earth."
Wearing a full set of torture instruments, Yang Zhen finally "heroically" sent himself to Tan Jun's prison.
You know, in the past, Yang Zhen came here only to send felons he captured on the battlefield to prison; now, the "service object" has been changed to himself, which makes the warden and jailers who are familiar with him , they all became "trembling", not daring to make mistakes, and tried their best to make his "prison experience" as "comfortable" as possible.
However, no matter how "comfortable" it is, this is also a place where serious criminals are imprisoned. The old filth, blood, insects and mosquitoes, wailing, coldness, darkness... nothing can make this place compare to "comfortable". "The word hangs on the hook.
There were short tables in the prison, and the candlelight was dim, barely filling this special "single room" with some warm light.
Yang Zhen asked for paper and pen, and prepared to write a letter to his family inside. Although once the letter was sent, it meant that his family would come over one after another to "report" to him, and everyone would go to hell together; however, If they don't write, they won't even have a chance to "prepare."
What if, how many people can escape?
At least, sons and daughters, you can!
With such a glimmer of hope, Yang Zhen quickly wrote and filled the paper with various arrangements. He asked the warden he knew well to find a way to take him out. Flying pigeons passed the letter, and Tan Jun's "family raiding army" had not yet Before the killing reaches the door of the house, let the family members run away if they can, and every one who escapes will be counted.
In addition to giving to his family, Yang Zhen also thought of Nanzi, the powerful woman who wanted to "have another chance to have a good conversation" with him. Or, he should write her a letter and ask her to take Zhiyu in. , after all, he was the one who brought them here, but he was unable to protect them. He really didn’t want to implicate them.
So, he wrote another letter to Nanzi.
Also, fortunately Wang Chang is not in Tan, so he should not be subject to "cross-border executions." I also had to write him a letter to warn him not to come back to Tan to avoid being implicated.
The third letter is from Wang Chang.
Furthermore, I wrote to Congcong's mother, telling her that from the bottom of his heart, Yang Zhen regarded her as his own mother, but he had no chance to fulfill his filial piety.
The more he thought about it, the more he thought about it. Yang Zhen could hardly sleep for a moment that night, so he had to keep writing letters in order to arrange the last time.
When this group of homing pigeons "Hulala" flew out in all directions accompanied by the rising sun, the news that Yang Zhen was imprisoned spread to all places.
Cepheus's caravans also knew the news and retreated from various countries;
As for the Princess of Lu, she heard that there were no more powerful warriors in the north, so she quickly told the king of Lu about the news. As a result, the border area between Lu and Tan in the north, which was originally "unclear", was like ants gnawing at it. It's like a leaf. One bite today, another bite tomorrow. Unknowingly, it was "actually controlled" by the Lu State to a depth of nearly a hundred kilometers.
As soon as Wang Dan received the letter, he quickly arranged for Hun Xi to take all the women and children and immediately ran to the Song Dynasty. He took a letter written to Dr. Xiang Xu and asked him to take care of these family members; he himself took the letter. Yangzhen took the command of the soldiers under General Ping'an Bozhao in the northern border and began to organize a "rescue operation to Beijing."
In every fiefdom of Lord Ping'an, flags with the word "call" were erected, preparing to respond to Wang Dan's command.
As soon as the soldiers moved, the people naturally saw the "signs" of war again. Rumors spread in private and the war disaster reappeared, so they "habitually" abandoned the land they were cultivating, took their families with them, and either fled into the mountains or across the border. When entering neighboring countries, refugees have once again become the “normal”.
On the other side of the capital, the formal agenda of the government and the opposition has reached the stage where troops need to be sent to arrest the nine clans of the Yangzhen family.
Although those who received the memorial shouted long live the mountain and felt that they had finally achieved a "huge victory"; but after all, most of them were "scholars" who only talked about the "pleasure" but did not know it. What does "acting vigorously and resolutely" mean?
The real military remonstrance has just begun.
