Wan Heshun's army arrived in Wuchang without stopping, set up camps on all sides, and asked the prefect to open the city. The magistrate of Wuchang had just woken up from his sleep and was at a loss for what was going on. However, he knew very well how powerful this prince of a different surname was, so how could he dare to offend him, so he had no choice but to open the city gate honestly and invite him to the Yamen to talk to him.
Wan Heshun repeatedly emphasized that the purpose of his visit was just to help the country clear out rebels and had no other purpose. He asked officials, big and small, not to worry. After seeing that the reaction of the local soldiers and civilians was not intense, he further ordered the prefect to send people to act as guides and lead the army to the Yangtze River to form an array, claiming that he would use this to defeat the corrupt Momo cronies on the other side.
Officials in the north quickly noticed the unusual movements in Wuchang, and quickly sent out several reconnaissance officers and soldiers to climb up to the riverside and look far away. They saw the mighty 10,000 troops on the other side, with flags sticking straight into the sky stretching from east to west, tightly clenched in their hands. Their swords and guns were gleaming like a mass of dark clouds, which could almost cover the water of the Yangtze River in an instant and rush towards them.
"You go back and tell Prime Minister Liu!" Wan Heshun took the lead and shouted with his riding whip, "He dedicated his whole life for the court, and Wan admired him very much. Hearing that the old man wanted to eliminate the traitors, he specially sent ten thousand troops to guard the south. To deter the thieves. If Prime Minister Liu needs it, I can cross this river and go straight to Kaifeng! I hope you will pass the news on and ask him to send someone to discuss it quickly. Otherwise, it will be your fault and I will raise an army. condemn!"
After hearing this, the officers and soldiers raised their heads in shock. They didn't even dare to agree to a word. They turned their horses and fled, causing a burst of laughter from the soldiers behind them.
This news rushed from the north bank to Kaifeng, and the civil and military officials were in a panic. They couldn't believe Wan Heshun's words. They all thought that he was nervous after seeing hundreds of officials patrolling the south, so they took this opportunity to demonstrate to the Liu Party. The spread of panic obviously affected Liu Zhennian's decision-making. The corruption case of the old party could not be investigated for the time being. He had to stop Niu Yuan's actions and prepare to hold another meeting. While calming people's hearts, he also paid attention to it. This old rival for more than thirty years.
Niu Yuan was worried about the new situation. Before the meeting began, he went to the Prime Minister more than once to advise him not to meet with the ministers at this time, but to discuss with a few confidants first and concentrate on solving the problem of the Yangtze River confrontation. Liu Zhennian shook his head and refuted: "People's hearts have been disturbed by Gao Chen's party in the past. Their minds are deceitful. If the chaos in the government is allowed to continue, they will definitely take advantage of it and ruin all this great advantage."
Although he couldn't find a reason to refute, there was a vague bad feeling that blocked his heart. Anyway, the meeting has started.
"I'm afraid everyone has heard some rumors recently," Liu Zhennian strode to the front of the case and sat down with his hands on the table. "Prince Wanjun arrived in Wuchang from Nanjing. It seems that he has several demands and asked me to send someone to listen. Don't think too much about it, it's just such trivial matters. It is even more nonsense to suspect that he is plotting rebellion. Not to mention how loyal and good the minister Wan Jun Wang is, his base is in Nanjing, how can he abandon his homeland and come all the way? The reason for raising troops? I have no conflict with him. I will send people to ask questions. The misunderstanding will be resolved that day. I hope you can stay calm and continue to deal with the crony case. "
Gao Jizhi saw that the officials around him were dubious, so he stepped forward to persuade him before he could speak again: "Prime Minister, these bizarre things are happening one after another. You have to be careful and careful. The humble official even doubted that King Wanjun's behavior this time Traveling far away is closely related to the corruption case."
"That's why we have to investigate the cronies and find out all these shameful things. What's wrong with what Liu Xiang said?" Niu Yuan looked at Gao Jizhi as if he wanted to stir up trouble, and hurriedly stood up to reprimand him, planning to Gagged him.
"Fengxiang, what are you talking about?"
Another person suddenly stood up and made the armchair rattle. Everyone turned their heads and were surprised to find that it was Zeng Liang, the Minister of Household Affairs.
"It doesn't matter if you want to investigate cronies, but what are you going to do to provoke Wan Heshun? You also said, 'Catch them all.' Turn the world into chaos! I think the reason why Wan Heshun was able to suppress the army is entirely your fault as the person in power, and you betrayed Prime Minister Liu's trust!"
Seeing that he had exaggerated the atmosphere to such an extent, Gao Jizhi had no choice but to fight, gritted his teeth, pointed at Niu Yuan and said: "Zeng Shangshu is right! I think the crony he is referring to during this southern tour is you. Niu Yuan! You want to lead everyone to fight against Wan Heshun to consolidate your position as prime minister, how shameless!"
These few words immediately stirred up the discussion in the crowd. Niu Yuan's confidant was so angry that he even rolled up his sleeves and reached out to grab Gao Jizhi's collar. The others, with quick hands and eyes, all stepped forward to grab the confidant's arm, intending to kill both of them. Pull away; who knows that someone on Qingliu's side is also unlucky, and jumps out to fight with the former, causing a lot of people to bump into each other and mix together. It's hard for you and me to distinguish, and they fight without distinguishing right from wrong. Chairs are scattered all over the place. Fell to the ground.
"That's enough!" Liu Zhennian violently slapped Xingmu repeatedly, which was deafening and almost broke the table. "You guys stop!"
When everyone heard his thunderous roar, they stopped and stood back on both sides, and the noise disappeared.
"What kind of friends can Niu Yuan have?" Liu Zhennian looked at Gao Jizhi angrily, "Gao Shangshu, I know the purpose of this southern tour best. Why didn't I know? You came here deliberately under my banner. Fight against me!"
Gao Jizhi lowered his head and put his hands down, remaining silent.
"Come here!" He flicked his sleeves and his eyes were bloodshot. "Tell Gao Jizhi, the man who falsely accused the minister, to question!"
The ministers held their breath and raised their eyes slightly to look at him, with incomprehensible and incomprehensible expressions. Seeing that none of them expressed support, the soldiers in the hall did not dare to step forward and hesitated to move.
"Here comes someone!" Liu Zhennian looked around, but no one responded to him. Only this old body stood in the middle of the hall.
"Mr. Liu," several officials who were not afraid of death suddenly knelt down and begged Liu Zhennian, "you trust him, but he may not be loyal to you... He gathered a group of gang members before, deceiving the superiors and concealing the truth from the subordinates. , even the true situation along the coast was concealed. Since today we are dealing with cliques first, we should take action against these obvious cliques. After all, Niu Yuan kept talking about cliques, and we didn’t even see them. Maybe... maybe a confession The 'capital official' in the movie refers to this person!"
"It's not him, it's Su..." Just as Niu Yuan was about to say the name, he was suddenly startled - the plan he thought was brilliant before was about to send him to a dead end.
