Facing Qin Feng's sharp questioning, Chen Zheng was still able to handle it with ease.
"Any wise king will never let his loyal ministers die in vain. Only a foolish king will not care about gains and losses, just for a moment of pleasure."
"If Mingjun lets me die, I will naturally die!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Feng asked bluntly: "Can Mr. Chen distinguish between a wise king and a faint king?"
Chen Zheng flicked his long sleeves: "This is natural. As long as you are not stupid, you have a ruler in your heart."
"For me, he who works hard to govern and serve the country and the people is a wise king."
"Those who are selfish and greedy for pleasure are fools."
"The same is true for loyal ministers and traitorous ministers!"
"If you only know how to fight for power, even if you have some achievements, you will not be considered a loyal minister."
Seeing Chen Zheng's awe-inspiring righteousness and sonorous words, all the Taolin Party officials present felt depressed.
Chen Zheng is a man who always makes a name for himself without making a sound.
On weekdays, standing among the ministers, he has almost no sense of presence. He only knows how to do things according to orders. Unless he encounters a bad government that he can't stand, he will hardly stand up.
However, as long as Chen Zheng stands up, no one can argue against him.
As long as any policy must be implemented without Chen Zheng's consent, there will be no more than two results in the end.
Either give up, or Chen Zheng will lead the Qingliu Zhengcheng ministers to resign en masse, bringing the entire government to a halt.
All the officials felt that Qin Feng had kicked the iron plate this time.
Compared with the Beidi Mission, this Chen Zheng is the real one who has nothing to gain.
At this moment, Qin Feng actually laughed. All the officials present were stunned and didn't understand what Qin Feng was laughing about.
Even Chen Zheng raised his eyebrows because he noticed an almost incomprehensible confidence in Qin Feng's eyes.
"Hahaha, you are so vying for power, no matter how great your achievements are, you can't be considered a loyal minister. I thought that the literati harmed the country was just an empty talk, but I didn't expect that it was only when I met Mr. Chen today that I finally understood the profound meaning of this sentence."
"According to Mr. Chen, my Qin family is fighting for power and profit, so naturally we are not loyal ministers."
"I would like to ask Mr. Chen, who started this national war? Who defeated Beidi and maximized the interests of Daliang at the peace negotiation table?"
"Who is it that defeated Beidi and turned it into a buffer for my beams?"
"Who is it, regardless of the cost, investing huge sums of money, not asking for a penny of profit, just to make the people of the world have enough to eat?"
"With Master Chen's words alone, can he establish the Qin's grain account and bring down the rising grain prices in Daliang?"
"I, the Qin family, worked hard for Daliang, but in the end I couldn't even get a good reputation as a loyal minister."
"Who among the officials in the world will dare to do practical things in the future?"
Faced with Qin Feng's question, the entire hall couldn't help but become quiet. Not to mention the officials of the Taolin Party, even the opposing Imperial Party had to admit that the Qin family father and son were only a single disadvantage to Daliang.
If the Qin family was not too powerful, the imperial party would never become an enemy of the Qin family.
Chen Zheng, who has always been outspoken, had to remain silent. After all, Qin Feng was right. If he couldn't gain a good reputation as a loyal minister after all his hard work, how could any official be willing to put in his hard work again in the future?
At this moment, Qin Feng changed the subject.
The sword pointed directly at all the noble officials including Chen Zheng.
"You are also an undoubted force in this court. However, whether it is national war or internal affairs, you have never made any suggestions."
"You call it a beautiful name, but you disdain to associate with us and just keep to yourself?"
"I bother!"
"If all the officials in the world are like you, being aloof all day long and disdain to contact and negotiate with other officials, what's the point of government affairs!"
"We fought the war and supported the internal affairs. Even the imperialists guarded the Central Plains and maintained the balance of power between the north and the south of the Liang Dynasty."
"I would like to ask, what have you, all of you, the noble ministers who claim to be noble and noble, done for Daliang?"
Qin Feng does not deny that Qingliu Zhengchen is a good official and loyal minister, but what Qin Feng hates the most is precisely these theoretical schools.
No matter how perfect the theory is, it still deviates from reality. Everything requires practice to get results.
In Qingliu Zhengchen's view, the Qin family standing on the opposite side of Emperor Liang and fighting for power was a sign of "disobedience".
Qin Feng naturally sneered at this pedantic idea.
Facing Qin Feng's series of questions and verbal attacks, although Chen Zheng remained silent, his eyes were obviously not disturbed.
It is simply unrealistic to defeat Chen Zheng based on these words alone.
Qin Feng naturally had no illusions and directly stated his position: "The king wants the minister to die, but the minister cannot die!"
"If I die, Beidi will lose a close friend. If I die, the price of food that has been finally reduced will suddenly rise again."
"If I die, the wealthy families in the south will become even more arrogant than they are now!"
"If I die, there will be civil strife in Daliang!"
"I can't die. In the eyes of Mr. Chen, I am a traitor. He doesn't care about how many practical things I have done for the world. In this case, this traitor should be treated as such!"
Qin Feng's sonorous and powerful voice echoed in the main hall. The civil and military officials just stared at Qin Feng quietly, and no one spoke.
Even Chen Zheng couldn't think of any reason to refute Qin Feng.
Qin Feng struck while the iron was hot and said loudly: "My treacherous minister can benefit the world! You loyal ministers only know how to show off your power in the court!"
"You noble ministers, you know that collective resignation will disrupt the government, make it impossible to issue government orders, and make the people suffer."
"But he has repeatedly used this as a threat to achieve his political views, and he is willing to do anything to achieve his political views."
"After much thought, you Qingliu Zhengcheng ministers are not much better!"
"Today, our Qin family will fight for the position of Taiwei and Taibao! If any of you feel that this matter is inappropriate and plan to resign and threaten you? Then please do so!"
"Since I, Qin Feng, can be the enemy of the world's grain merchants and control the price of grain, I naturally dare to take on the burden of the world's horse administration!"
"If in the future, I, Qin Feng, am exhausted and crushed, and there is civil strife in Daliang, all you noble officials must remember that your contribution is also involved."
A group of Qingliu Zhengcheng, who were extremely proud, looked at each other and lowered their arrogant heads.
Because... everything Qin Feng said was reasonable, and they couldn't refute it at all.
Chen Zheng took a deep breath, filtering all Qin Feng's remarks in his mind, and finally came to a conclusion.
The existence of the Qin family will only endanger the royal family, and losing the Qin family will endanger the entire Liang.
The lesser of two evils.
Chen Zheng dared to face the difficulties and stood on the opposite side of the ministers. Naturally, he also dared to bow his head and admit his mistake. He raised his hand to Qin Feng without hesitation: "I, Qingliu Zhengchen, will no longer interfere with the matter of the Taiwei and Taibao."
