Before Tang Feng could speak, several policemen sitting opposite Xue Muxiu all stood up and spoke.
"Master Xue, I think what you said seems to be destroying your own prestige and inflating the ambition of others. Now that the war is about to begin, if Master Xue's words get out, I'm afraid it will hurt the morale of the troops under your command."
"That's right. I see that Mr. Xue has been a prefecture captain for a long time and has forgotten his duties as a prefecture lieutenant. The war has not yet begun and he is just shrinking. Mr. Xue, you, a prefecture lieutenant, are incompetent for your job."
The accusations from all his colleagues made Xue Muchiu look unhappy. He said coldly, "I said this, this is just my personal opinion, and it will spoil the interest of all of you. I would like to apologize here, but there is no need for you to go online." .”
Xue Muxiu's explanation not only failed to calm everyone's emotions, but instead inspired more people to accuse him.
At this point, even a fool could see that today's so-called discussion was entirely directed at him.
"Humph, Mr. Xue said this lightly. I didn't even look at the time. This time, I just got on the line."
"Master Zhou Mu, we propose that in order to stabilize the situation in Xizhou and better utilize the combat power of our soldiers, we temporarily exempt Master Xue from commanding the military power of Xizhou."
"We agree."
As someone took the lead, at least more than half of the officials in the room agreed.
Looking at this scene, Xue Muxiu sneered inwardly. He already knew that today, not only were they coming for him, but to put it bluntly, they were trying to seize his military power.
In Xizhou, he and Gongsun Bo, who had been overthrown before, took charge of the government and military affairs of Xizhou, while Tang Feng guided and gave orders behind the scenes.
But with Gongsun Bo being overthrown, the government affairs of Xizhou were taken over by Tang Feng's confidants three years ago.
As for Xizhou's military, about half of it was still under the control of Xue Muxiu. In the past three years, Xue Muxiu had only been able to barely survive under Tang Feng with half of the military power in hand.
Tang Feng didn't dare to do anything to him too much. Now, after holding back for three years, Tang Feng finally couldn't help it and wanted to attack him and completely seize his other half's military power.
As for the so-called stability of Xizhou and temporary dismissal from office, it is just rhetoric.
How can there be any reason in this world to take something away and return it?
Xue Muxiu's face was gloomy, he looked at everyone and said coldly, "Hmph, you have finally shown your fox tail. I am Xizhou Lieutenant. I was conferred by the imperial court and commanded the military of Xizhou. I was recognized by the imperial court and wanted to take away my military power. Just because you are not qualified!"
Xue Muxiu was no longer polite and scolded his colleagues angrily without fear.
It seemed that he was scolding his colleagues, but in fact he was scolding Sang and Huai, taking the opportunity to frighten Tang Feng.
No matter how poorly Xue Muxiu's state captain performed or how derelict he was, it would still not be the turn of Xizhou officials to decide to remove him from his post.
Even Tang Feng was not qualified. All Tang Feng could do was to inform the court about the matter and make a decision after consultation with the court.
This is also the rule of the imperial court to control the dominance of one state's state pastors and the dominance of one family.
This is also the reason why Xue Muchiu is not afraid even when he is impeached by his colleagues.
Xue Muxiu's words did have some effect, causing the tone of all his colleagues to freeze.
In the end, they all asked Tang Feng to make the decision.
Tang Feng, who was sitting in the upper position, finally spoke at this time, "What are you doing? You are all colleagues, why do you have to be so tense? If this spreads, do you want the outside world to laugh at us?"
"I called you all here today to discuss how to deal with it, not to argue. I think you are all angry now. If we continue to talk, there will be no results. Let's break up."
"Master Xue, stay here for a moment. I have something to talk to you about alone in Honshu."
Tang Feng had already spoken, and all the officials present nodded, then turned and left.
After a while, only Tang Feng and Xue Muxiu were left in the room.
Tang Feng motioned for Xue Muxiu to sit down, and then said in a comforting tone, "Brother Xue, you and I are old acquaintances. We have known each other for so many years. Don't you still know what I am like?"
"For the sake of old friends, when
In the fall of the Gongsun family, this state gave you a face and failed to take away the military power from you. Now Su Qi'an has led the army back to Xizhou. I hope Brother Xue can understand my difficulties and hand over the military power. This will be good for everyone. "
Xue Muxiu's eyes flashed and he said, "Brother Tang, if you want to deal with Su Qi'an, I have no objection. You already have half of the military power in your hands. Isn't that enough?"
"In the past three years, I have turned a blind eye to your unauthorized expansion of the army. But Brother Tang, please go down below and take a look at the consequences of the expansion. The people at the bottom have been squeezed hard enough."
"If we take away the other half of the military power, I'm afraid there will be trouble in Xizhou. I hope Brother Tang will think twice."
"Trouble? Humph, just these untouchables?" The state gave them hundreds of courage, but they didn't dare to cause trouble. "
"Brother Xue, please stop being so compassionate. You can't get along with the untouchables at the bottom."
"Honju still says the same thing, hand over military power. This will be good for you and me."
Xue Muchiu was silent. Although he didn't say anything, his attitude said everything.
All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the room became tense. If you listened carefully, you could hear Tang Feng's rapid breathing. It seemed that Tang Feng was getting angry at any time.
Just when his rapid breathing reached its peak and Tang Feng was about to explode, suddenly, the tense atmosphere was instantly broken by a chuckle.
Xue Muxiu looked at Tang Feng, who was still imposing just now, with a smile on his face, as if he was a different person.
But the more benign the expression, the more creepy it feels.
Before Xue Muxiu could speak, Tang Feng chuckled and said, "Haha, okay, I understand Brother Xue's difficulties, so this state won't embarrass Brother Xue."
"By the way, I forgot one thing. I want to remind Brother Xue. This state remembers that among Brother Xue's sons, the most important one is Xue Huai."
"Nephew Xue Huai is not bad. He has a dignified appearance and extraordinary bearing, but he is very malleable. Xizhou is not very stable right now and there is some turmoil. I hope it will not affect Brother Xue's children."
"Tang...Brother Tang, what do you want to do?"
But even so, Tang Feng seemed to be unable to see it, with a smile on his face, he stood up slowly, came to Xue Muxiu's side, and said softly.
"Brother Xue, don't be angry. It's better to control your emotions a little. Honshu is just a kind reminder."
"If Brother Xue wants to be cruel, he should go to Su Qian. I don't know what kind of confidence Brother Xue has to speak to me like this. This state can guarantee that if something happens to the prince, there will always be some people buried with him."
"If you want to blame it, it's Su Qian'an. This state has no choice. If Brother Xue is really good for the people of Xizhou, he should know how to weigh things up."
After saying that, Tang Feng patted Xue Muxiu on the shoulder, then turned and left.
Xue Muxiu's face changed as he stood there, his hands tightened and loosened.
Finally he sighed, his standing body suddenly softened, and he sat on the ground with a wry smile.
Many colleagues who left the room did not know how Tang Feng and Xue Muchiu talked. They only knew that half a day later, a piece of news came.
After talking with Master Zhou Mu, Xue Zhouwei felt deeply that the position of Zhouwei was important. In order to stabilize the situation in Xizhou, he deliberately took the blame and resigned from the position of Zhouwei.
The other half of Xizhou's military power was handed over to Zhou Mu for mobilization.
It was this news that made many of the colleagues who followed him on this trip unconsciously curl up in an inexplicable way.
His eyes showed some admiration for Tang Feng.
This time they followed Tang Feng, and their main purpose was to carve up the military power in Xue Muxiu's hands.
With military power, they have the right to mobilize and command the army. Even if they are not assigned many troops, they can at least obey their commands.
They had long been unhappy with Su Qi'an leading his army to invade Xizhou.
Especially after Manghuang County was taken, Xue Muxiu relied on his status as a state captain and only implemented Tang Feng's instructions to close the city gates and defend passively, waiting for Su Qi'an to attack.
The rest, regardless of any of them, want to allocate troops to mobilize
They were all dismissed because there was no warrant from Xue Muxiu.
This was also the reason why they took no action after facing Su Qian's capture of Manghuang County.
If it weren't for Xue Muxiu's pedantry, they would have led an army to attack before Su Qian's position was still unstable after he captured Manghuang County.
Maybe Manghuang County had already been captured by their surprise attack.
For them, Su Qi'an leading an army of 60,000 people was indeed a lot of pressure, but they were not without the ability to fight back.
There are also 60,000 troops deployed, with 20,000 main troops remaining in the clan area, and nearly 20,000 reserve troops on standby at any time.
Su Qi'an came from afar again, they took their time, and the advantage was entirely on their side.
Xue Muxiu's resignation as state captain was a great thing for them.
When these officials heard about this, they immediately found Tang Feng and wanted to allocate some troops to prepare for the next big show of their skills.
Tang Feng did not refuse everyone's invitation to fight, and directly allocated 20,000 troops to the officials on this trip.
With the warrants in hand, the officials were confident and led their troops away.
Tang Feng had his own purpose in doing this. Of the 60,000 troops assembled, only about 40,000 could actually work for him.
The 20,000 people who were allocated were in compliance with Xue Muxiu's order, and they recognized the order but not the person.
This army was very powerful, and Tang Feng also coveted it. Tang Feng tried to recruit it as early as three years ago.
But these people are incompetent and only recognize the state captain's order, not the person.
After many unsuccessful attempts, Tang Feng gave up on this powerful army.
Since he can't get it, there is no need for this army to exist.
It happened to take advantage of today's incident to divide this army to beat and consume these officials, and at the same time test Su Qi'an's strength and power.
After dealing with Su Qi'an for a long time, blindly defending passively will only put yourself at a disadvantage.
Taking the initiative and using Su Qi'an's fighting method to deal with Su Qi'an is called treating the other person in his own way.
In the past three years, Su Qi'an has grown a lot, and so has Tang Feng.
