Jingtai Fenghua

Chapter 168 Rumors Spread

Zhu Qiyu was very grateful to Wang Ying in his heart. He was really grateful. How could he not understand the purpose behind Wang Ying.

This was to ensure his imperial position by tainting his military exploits. Zhu Qiyu really admired this father-in-law in his heart. Since he ascended the throne, he has been trying to find ways to give himself power.

Even when the commander-in-chief went on an expedition and encountered a decisive battle, Wang Ying wanted to repay himself with death, and he was not timid or shy about fighting.

How could I not cherish such a father-in-law? How could I allow those civil servants to bully him at will?

Wang Cheng couldn't help but worry when he heard that Zhu Qiyu said that he should discuss the crime with the cabinet and the ministers, so he reminded: "Your Majesty, what if it is submitted to the cabinet and ministers to discuss the crime?"

"What are you afraid of? Let them discuss it. In addition, remind the cabinet that the frontline soldiers have just experienced a war and are physically and mentally exhausted. It is inevitable that they will be negligent in guarding the prisoners of war. Since Admiral Wang has already punished the soldiers, there will be no further discussion!" Zhu Qiyu looked at Wang Cheng said,

His purpose is also very clear, which is to let the ministers discuss it and see what charges they can come up with. Furthermore, these ministers need to know about this matter, so that Wang Ying's crime can be convicted first, and then he can be rewarded.

Only in this way, those ministers will not object when the reward is given.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" After hearing this, Wang Cheng thought that Zhu Qiyu might have other plans, so he stopped suggesting it.

In the cabinet, Chen Xun and others also saw Wang Ying's title book. The ministers were extremely happy. The opportunity had come. Let's not talk about whether it would be suspected of falsely reporting war achievements when verifying the results of the battle. But now, the son and son who were shot first were shot. Brother, the crime is not small.

If he was shot and killed on the battlefield, there would be nothing to say. However, if Wang Ying was already captured and still shot, then there would be more to say.

Several cabinet ministers looked at each other and smiled, wondering what they should do next.

Wang Ying must be severely punished for his crimes. However, killing prisoners is not a big crime, and killing Ye Xian's son is not a big crime. However, the Supreme Emperor is still in Mobei, and killing Ye Xian's son and younger brother at this time, then, The crime is great.

But if you take it to the court to discuss the crime, it still won't work. The reason is untenable, and the ministers below need to be exposed to Wang Ying's purpose.

Wang Ying's purpose is similar to Sima Zhao's, and everyone knows it.

They no longer need to investigate whether Wang Ying killed them intentionally or whether he actually killed them when they were escaping. These are no longer important. What is important is that Wang Ying killed them.

In the afternoon, the discussion began at the Jingcheng Teahouse.

Discuss that Wang Ying killed Ye Xian's son and brother.

He also said that if Wang Ying did this, even if he forced the Supreme Emperor to die, he would definitely kill the Supreme Emperor to avenge his son. In this case, His Majesty would have no worries and could be the emperor with peace of mind.

Then the rumors became more and more intense, and some people said that Wang Ying was killed under His Majesty's instructions.

Others said that if Wang Ying did this, let alone be ennobled when he came back, he should be imprisoned. How could he murder the Supreme Emperor?

Lin Cunde didn't know it at home at first, until Lin Cunyi came back in a hurry that evening. He had just gone out to buy some common things in the house, and happened to chat with those acquaintances, and they talked about this.

After hearing this, Lin Cunyi hurriedly went to the teahouse where he often went to listen. It didn't matter what he heard. Sure enough, everything was discussed in this way.

Lin Cunyi felt that it was inappropriate to argue like this. If it was true as they said, Wang Ying would not only not be able to be knighted this time, but he might also be in trouble.

Those civil servants may punish Wang Ying.

The credit for the great victory in Hequ may be lost.

Therefore, Lin Cunyi couldn't sit still and hurried home to find Lin Cuunde.

"Xiaowu, Xiaowu!" Lin Cunyi knocked on the door hurriedly outside the study.

"Second brother, come in, what's wrong?" Lin Cunde saw Lin Cunyi knocking on the door and knew that something was urgent, so he shouted quickly.

Lin Cunyi pushed the door open and said, "Xiaowu, what's wrong, there are rumors going around outside!"

"What rumors?" Lin Cunde looked at Lin Cunyi in confusion. He was very happy these days. Wang Ying's knighthood was unstoppable.

"Some people say that Admiral Wang received His Majesty's instructions and deliberately killed Ye Xian's son and brother. Others say that Admiral Wang was Sima Zhao's favorite, and it was known to all passersby that he deliberately killed the two of them to force Varana to Kill the Supreme Emperor on the side so that His Majesty can stabilize the throne.

Others say that Admiral Wang’s control of the fifth military camp in the capital is due to his relatives. If this continues, it will bring disaster to the Ming Dynasty!

Some people say that in this battle, Admiral Wang did not kill so many enemies at all, only [-] at most. Moreover, he suffered more than [-] casualties, so it was actually a defeat! "

Lin Cunde realized from Lin Cunyi's first words that someone wanted to harm Wang Ying and neutralize the power of Wang Ying's victory. Without even thinking about it, it was civil servants who took action.

Wang Ying killed Ye Xian's son and brother without even knowing it. How did the people outside know?

It was obvious that the civil servants deliberately released the news, and they even instructed the people below to spread the rumors.

"Tamad!" Lin Cunde couldn't help but yell, these people have no bottom line.

The soldiers on the front line are working hard to survive, so they slander them like this?

How Wang Ying killed Ye Xian's son and brother, she didn't know, but if she were the commander, she would have killed them. Why not use such a good opportunity?

Even if outsiders spread rumors, do it.

This is also an opportunity, an opportunity for Ye to kill the Supreme Emperor first.

After Lin Cunyi finished speaking, he looked at Lin Cuunde.

Lin Cunde then started pacing anxiously in the study room, rubbing his head, murderous intent emerging. "Go and ask Wang Zhi to come over. Go immediately!" Lin Cunde didn't think of a way for a while, but it was right to ask Wang Zhi to come over!

"Okay, I'll go right away!" Lin Cunyi nodded and went in person, fearing that others would delay his time.

Lin Cunde was pacing in the study, beginning to analyze the civil servants' intentions and thinking of ways to solve them.

Although these are rumors, the intention of killing Ye Xian's son and brother was very obvious. Even if they were not captured and killed, but killed on the battlefield, those civil servants would make a fuss about it.

And if the captives come back, the civil servants will be ecstatic, and they will immediately propose that they exchange the two of them for the return of the Supreme Emperor.

It won't work if Zhu Qiyu doesn't agree when the time comes.

The only possibility is to let the two of them escape on the battlefield, but with such a weakened opportunity, how could they be allowed to escape back.

"Okay, you are the only one who spreads rumors, am I not the one who wants to start a public opinion battle with me? Okay, okay, let's see who is better!" Lin Cunde gritted his teeth at this moment and stared fiercely in front of him.

It was too much. The news of Wang Ying's success had only been reported for a few days. For such a huge victory, those civil servants did not discuss how to award rewards. Instead, they wanted to dismount Wang Ying, and even wanted to drive a wedge between Wang Ying and Zhu Qiyu.

To drive a wedge between Wang Ying and Zhu Qiyu is to drive a wedge between himself and Zhu Qiyu.

The relationship between him and Wang Ying is just the future son-in-law, but Wang Ying values ​​​​him so much and will definitely not ruin this engagement easily.

Strictly speaking, I am also a relative.

But now, besides Wang Ying and herself, who else is really helping Zhu Qiyu?

relatives?

Could it be that Empress Dowager Sun asked Sun Zhong to rescue the Supreme Emperor instead of using his relatives?

It seems that the relatives are usually useless, but at critical times, only the relatives can be used.

These civil servants just stared at their relatives, but who would have thought about how Zhu Qiyu was bullied by these civil servants? Are you still bullying now?

The Sun family relied on their relatives to be granted the title of earl, but now Wang Ying has not yet granted the title!

Thinking of this, Lin Cunde couldn't help but feel angry. These civil servants all had double standards. As they said, they liked emperors like Zhu Qizhen because Zhu Qizhen could not take away their power.

And Zhu Qiyu obviously wants to seize power now, so they are now suppressing crazily. To suppress the group of people Zhu Qiyu trusts is to suppress Zhu Qiyu to seize power.

Lin Cunde just sat there thinking about how to arrange the next step. If you try to clarify the rumors, it is impossible. You have clarified them here. Regardless of whether the people believe it or not, new rumors will come out soon.

The only way to deal with rumors is to fight fire with fire. Since you spread rumors, I will spread rumors too.

If you want the people in the capital to eat melon every day, they will gradually forget about Wang Ying. Not only do you need to spread rumors, but you also need to spread rumors that are both true and false.

Those civil servants could only stare at Wang Ying, but Wang Ying only had this little thing to do, but what happened behind those civil servants was not trivial!

It is also time to let the people know what the hypocrites of those civil servants look like.

They talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, being loyal to the emperor and patriotism, but secretly they are male thieves and female prostitutes, deceiving the emperor and being corrupt.

Soon, Xiaozhi arrived with Lin Cunyi. Xiaozhi was sweating. Lin Cunyi told Xiaozhi these things on the way. No matter how stupid Xiaozhi was, he knew that this was a crisis for his father.

Originally, winning the battle was worthy of celebration, but when those civil servants behaved like this, Xiaozhi was a little panicked.

"Brother-in-law, what should we do next?" Xiaozhi came in and asked hurriedly.

Lin Cunde pressed his hand on Xiaozhi and said: "Why are you in such a hurry? We have just begun! You, immediately go find a trustworthy Jinyiwei brother. You must be trustworthy, and this person has nothing to do with civil servants. Remember No, it has nothing to do with it!"

"Okay, how much do you want? Brother-in-law, tell me!" Xiaozhi nodded immediately.

"Bring the two or three people you are looking for first. Find the others slowly and go immediately. You must be trustworthy!" Lin Cunde emphasized again.

"I understand, brother-in-law, I'll go now!" Xiaozhi didn't even ask Lin Cunde what to do next. Xiaozhi believed that the second brother-in-law could solve it, and he just had to do what the second brother-in-law told him.

This is what my father told me, just trust my second brother-in-law.

Wang Zhi quickly went to find it.

And Lin Cunde began to take a brush and began to write rumors.

The first rumor is that Chen Xun has two million taels of silver in his home. The reason why the Ministry of War is not allowed to continue to reorganize the army this time is because he has collected a lot of money. If those people are caught, Chen Xun will be in trouble. , and Chen Xun also raised a little girl outside, and the woman gave birth to a son for Chen Xun. All the money was stored in Chen Xun's concubine's home. Chen Xun's family showed everyone that they were clean and honest, and The woman Chen Xun raised outside seemed to be having an affair with Chen Xun's son.

Of course, these are all false, just rumors. Who is going to find out whether they are true or false? I just let them out anyway.

If they civil servants don't cherish their own reputation, then they should tarnish their reputation first. Since they have no bottom line, then neither do they!

(End of this chapter)