four and a half year old farm family pet

Chapter 2840 Should I be punished or should I be punished?

"If all my dear friends have read this, if this secret is leaked in the future, I will definitely investigate you first. Anyone who leaks it will be punished by the Nine Clans!"

Upon hearing Tantai Lianhua's warning words, Mr. Li stopped in his tracks.

He can guarantee that he will never leak secrets, but he can't guarantee others!

What if someone else leaks the secret and he ends up taking the blame?

Master Li swallowed, put his hands in his hands, and silently retreated.

Tantai Lianhua looked at the other ministers and smiled when he saw that no one had the intention to stand up.

In front of several ministers, he put the letter written by Yuan Bao into the square box on the table.

"My dear friends, I'm afraid you are thinking that maybe I am bluffing in order to exonerate General Jin Laibao. Don't worry, this secret report will only take three months at most, and I will be able to bring back some good news that will cheer you up. Dear friends, just wait patiently."

Several ministers were silent.

After a while, the young minister said: "How long will General Jin Laibao stay in Lanzhou? Now the Japanese country is ready to make a move. They always use the death of Prince Jingtai to start a war. General Jin Laibao has been away from Liang for one more day. I’m afraid the state will be even more in danger.”

"Master Liu, what you said is wrong. In addition to the chief general, there are three deputy generals and several military advisors in the army. How can it be that without the chief general, it is impossible to fight against the enemy? What's more, Xiliang is adjacent. If there is a war, they will be stationed there. General Pei Sinian in Xizhou will definitely provide timely support."

When Pei Yu said this, he felt a sense of pride in his heart. These civil servants had never been on the battlefield and had only a superficial understanding of military affairs.

Liu Yuyuan obviously still has something to refute.

Tantai Lianhua was the first to say: "I will keep General Jin Laibao in Beijing to assist in investigating the matters reported in this secret report. Over in Liangzhou, I issued an edict to order Deputy General Lin Jiang to temporarily take over as the commander-in-chief until General Jin Laibao Return to the army."

If the first few civil servants believed that Jin Laibao was sending a secret report to Huilan, now that Tantai Lianhua allowed Jin Laibao to stay outside, they couldn't help but begin to doubt the authenticity of the secret report.

But the emperor had just given them a chance to see it, but they didn't see it themselves.

Now that the secret message had been put into the box by the emperor, there was no reason for them to bother reading it.

After a moment of stalemate, the ministers bowed and bowed before leaving.

"Alas." Tantai Lianhua sighed and pinched his eyebrows, "Fortunately you arrived in time, otherwise I really don't know how to deal with these stubborn people."

"Just punish him if he deserves it." Pei Yu said, "Yuanbao also said in the letter that it was wrong for the eldest brother to leave his post without permission. If you should punish him, then punish him. The reason why you put this merit on him is, It’s just to block the mouths of the officials and prevent them from having the opportunity to make excuses.”

"To be honest, I don't want to punish him either publicly or privately. As you said, when my elder passed away, he just came back to express his condolences. What crime is there?"

"But you are the emperor, and you can only make decisions from the emperor's perspective. You must issue this edict of punishment, and issue it as soon as possible."

Tantai Lianhua knew that what Pei Yu said made sense. After sighing, he nodded and picked up the pen, "Then I will criticize him a few words first and then fine him a year's salary. When the spy is caught personally, I will just reward him and give him back. Also, I will order him to return to the capital within half a month to receive his punishment and report on his work."

Tantai Lianhua left the palace on the same day and went to Lanzhou.

When all the officials in the court saw that Tantai Lianhua had punished Jin Laibao for leaving his post without permission when Jin Laibao had brought back the secret, they had nothing to say.

(End of this chapter)