Emperor Phoenix Policy: Feng Qingtian

Chapter 444
"Dijun, what kind of emperor is he?"

The queen mother sneered at the imperial decree and threw it on the table, her tone was full of contempt. She glanced at Zhong Mo who had been silent all this time, "What are you going to do?"

Zhong Mo frowned, "It's not a good time yet. Li Yi is here, and he can't be driven away. It's inconvenient for him to be there. There are rumors in the army that can't be suppressed. Now people are panicking." , Yunhua, give me some time to calm down the army first."

"Brother Mo, it's not that I don't want to give you time, it's that I can't. If you wait any longer, the Zhong family's army will be torn apart. Once this decree comes, the generals who originally had objections to you will take this opportunity to take the people in their hands with them." , leave the northern border, leave the Zhong family army, brother Mo, you have to get up early!"

Zhong Mo hesitated, "But what about Li Yi?"

"How to do?"

The Empress Dowager smiled coldly, with a hint of viciousness flashing across her face, "There is only one way to deal with those who stand in the way, and that is - kill without mercy!"

The candlelight hit the Empress Dowager's face, making the thinly powdered face look a bit sinister.

The Queen Mother's more ruthless and vicious voice echoed in the room, hitting Zhong Mo's heart like a hammer, "It's just a good time to use him to sacrifice the flag, and shake those who don't want to follow you, and those who are swaying left and right!"

Zhong Mo was silent all the time, the queen mother glanced at him, "Brother Mo, if you don't want to touch him, leave it to me."

Zhong Mo stared at the queen mother intently, the queen mother suppressed her impatience, and let him watch, her eyes were full of autumn water, gentle and charming, after a long time, Zhong Mo sighed, "Forget it, how can this kind of thing bother you, I Just go, Yunhua, wait for my good news."

Zhong Mo left the courtyard, got on his horse and walked towards the barracks.

At this moment, there was a lot of discussion in the barracks, as the Queen Mother had expected, the group of people who were originally unwilling to follow Zhong Mo in an incident, but were secretly surrendered by Zhong Mo Mingsheng, had already planned to leave Northern Border with the army in their hands, and go to the emperor's will Said new place.

Although Zhong Mo demoted this group of people and brought up his own people, rumors have been raging recently. The generals in the middle and lower ranks have already seen that something is wrong, and many people are unwilling to start trouble. General Long Teng's prestige Throughout the entire Great Zhou, when he led the army and the Zhong family's army to jointly encircle and suppress the Huns, the generals of the Zhong family's army had all seen his bravery, arrogance and unparalleled resourcefulness. People like the General are enemies.

The generals gathered together secretly to discuss countermeasures. The emperor’s order came just in time, which just solved the current predicament. Even if Zhong Mo’s people occupy high positions, they cannot completely control the entire army. The officers below will not obey orders, so , he must act as soon as possible while the situation is still under control.

When Zhong Mo quickly arrived at the barracks, there were already several groups of people preparing to leave northern Xinjiang and Zhong's army at dawn.

"What are you doing?"

Zhong Mo asked, the generals looked at each other, and then one of them stepped forward and said, "General, the emperor has an order to divide us into sixteen groups and go to eight directions and eight military defense posts. The army, prepare to go to the military defense station in accordance with the imperial decree."

"You are not allowed to go anywhere without this general's order!"

Zhong Mo said sharply, those people looked at each other, everyone guessed what the general wanted to do, but the general didn't say it clearly, he just kept probing, but he didn't expect him to tear his face so quickly.

The general Wang who answered before was the highest rank among this group of people, he was the third rank. He thought for a while, and answered carefully, "General, this is the order of the emperor, the empress, and the court. The Xiongnu was defeated. There is no need to station so many soldiers here in the border defense line, these years, the brothers have blown enough of the wind and snow in northern Xinjiang, and it is time to go to other places to rest."

He spoke very politely, and he didn't want to provoke Zhong Mo, lest the matter be out of control.

"The general said, you are not allowed to go anywhere without the general's order!"

"Hey, General Zhong, although you are a super general, you are also a courtier. How come your words are more effective than His Majesty the Queen and His Majesty the Emperor?"

Li Yi strode forward and said loudly while walking.

Zhong Mo's face changed, Li Yi definitely did it on purpose, everyone in the army heard his voice.

Also, how did Li Yi come out?Didn't he send someone to trap him in a house?

Zhong Mo felt very bad in his heart, some things seemed to be out of control.

He stared at Li Yi, "What nonsense are you talking about? This general is loyal to His Majesty and Da Zhou..."

"General Zhong, if you say this, who do you think will believe it?"

Li Yi said sarcastically. He looked at the generals who were rectifying the army and said with a hearty smile, "Since His Majesty has an order, you should go to the military defense post at dawn."

Those people immediately took advantage of the situation and said, "The last general takes orders!"

"What order? This general said not to go! This is the Zhong family's army, and this general is the supreme general Zhong Mo! The whole army must obey this general! Anyone who dares to lead troops away without authorization will be punished as disobedience to the military order!"

Zhong Mo shouted loudly, his majestic voice shook everyone's eardrums, the faces of those people turned pale, and the rest of the people who wanted to take advantage of this to leave also showed hesitation.

Zhong Mo saw that the crowd was stunned, and a smug expression appeared on his resolute face. He glanced at Li Yi disdainfully, as if laughing at Li Yi's overreaching.

Li Yi frowned, "According to what the general said, is he going to disobey the imperial decree and rebel?"

The barracks became quiet in an instant, and everyone stared at Zhong Mo, waiting for his answer.

Zhong Mo firmly held the handle of the broadsword with his right hand, his thick eyebrows twisted into the word Chuan, and he remained silent for a long time.

He hadn't made up his mind yet, and there was no turning back after the incident. His only son, Zhong Shuo, was in northern Xinjiang. He had already sent people to the imperial capital to pick up his wife, parents, and the families of his two younger brothers.

Counting the time, they will arrive in a few days, Zhong Mo originally wanted to wait for them to arrive before starting an incident, in case something happened on the way. .

Some people couldn't hold back any longer and started talking in low voices. Gradually, the voices of the discussions became louder and louder, and the voices of those discussions filled Zhong Mo's ears.

"Brother, turn it back! The female emperor is too deceitful! The Zhong family army has guarded the northern border for more than ten years and has made great contributions. The female emperor actually indulges a man and wants to split the Zhong family army! I can't bear it anymore!"

Zhong Mo's younger brother, Zhong Gang, shouted loudly, and immediately afterward, those generals who loyally followed Zhong Mo also shouted, "Back! Kill the imperial capital! Kill the empress!"

"Kill the empress and her men, and make the general king!"

"Establish the general as king!"

Unlike the enthusiasm of those people, the soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay, and they didn't really want to rebel, and the generals who didn't want to join forces all clenched the handles of their knives.

If Zhong Mo rebelled, the fate of these people would be blood spattered on the spot and used to sacrifice the flag.

They also know, but still do not want to rebel.

The generals were divided into two factions, one group shouted loudly to support the general, and the other group was silent, holding the handle of the knife tightly, and those who swayed from side to side were already sweating profusely, and reality would not allow them to continue swaying from side to side. Either support Zhong Mo as the king, or have his head cut off with a knife to sacrifice the flag.

Zhong Mo still didn't speak, he was still hesitating.

Once he speaks, he will put all his wealth and life on it. Although he loves Yunhua deeply, his wife has been with him for many years. In order to give birth to three sons, she is very kind to him, and her parents are also old.

Once there is an incident, there will be no turning back, and there is only one way to go on.

Although the Zhong family's army is claimed to be one hundred thousand, after these days of tossing, many people have already left. The number of people who follow him loyally is only fifty or sixty thousand. Even if Zhongshan King is added, it will be very troublesome, and Qi Che has seventy thousand in his hand. , stood between the imperial capital and Beijiang, and if he wanted to enter the imperial capital, he had to defeat Qi Che's [-] troops.

I'm just afraid, when he and Qi Che were both wounded in the fight, Jiangdong King took advantage of the situation and took advantage of the fisherman's advantage.

Zhong Gang was still loudly persuading Zhong Mo to turn against the Empress, but Zhong Shuo remained silent.

Seeing his son's young and handsome face, Zhong Mo's heart moved, "Shuo'er, what do you think?"

Zhong Shuo bit his dry lips, "Father, with General Long Teng, even if we have an army of 10, we will not be able to win this battle. What's more, among the [-] people, many people don't want to worry about it..."

"What do you know?"

Zhong Gang pushed him, "Shuo'er, the eldest brother has become the emperor, and you are the crown prince. Why are you so ignorant? No matter how powerful General Long Teng is, he is only one person. Besides, the empress is about to give birth. He will not leave the imperial capital, Qi Che." He's just a brat, and he's no match for Big Brother! Why do you want to build up other people's ambitions and destroy your own prestige?"

(End of this chapter)