Chapter 495: Besieged from all sides

The ministers who had just left the palace in the afternoon entered the palace again in the evening.

It is still the same people and horses during the day, and the position during the day.

But the emperor was not here, and he was angry. At this moment, the imperial doctor was taking his pulse and prescribing medicine.

It was not easy for the ministers to enter the palace overnight in the cold weather.

But now, everyone has solemn expressions on their faces, and the most feared situation has happened.

Prime Minister Shen Wan and Taiwei Xiao Qun looked at each other and sighed. Now that there are foreign enemies, these ministers who care about their lives no longer fight among themselves.

Other ministers also heard the sighs of the two men and understood why they were acting like this.

King Jin, King Cheng, and Xie Zhan contradicted each other. The two strategies discussed during the day had been abandoned.

It doesn't make much sense to blame Prince Gong and others again, issue an edict to offend oneself, and then ask the Qin and Lu families to return to Dali, and Pingzhou will not agree.

Now that the emperor has not come, several ministers are talking in low voices.

"The King of Jin rebelled under the banner of 'defeat the unjust and rectify the country's foundation'."

"King Cheng has adopted the motto of 'cruising against the foolish king and bringing order to the chaos'."

These two princes simply wrote down "Conspiracy to kill the prince, make the father angry to death, and gain the throne unfairly".

Pingzhou's proclamation revealed the secrets of the current unfair position, and it was reasonable for King Jin and King Cheng to seize this point to rebel.

Xie Zhan should be mentioned next, but the expressions of the ministers were all at a loss for words.

Everyone knows that Xie Zhan, the governor of Lingnan, published a brief appeal in which he mentioned the experiences of the Qin and Lu families: "We are deeply saddened by what happened to the Qin family and the Lu family, but I believe that the emperor was deceived. There must be a traitor at work..."

"So, in the end, Xie Zhan rebelled in the name of 'clearing the emperor, punishing traitors, and restoring the country'."

This name not only agrees with Pingzhou, but also does not offend the emperor. Compared to those in Pingzhou who pointed at the emperor and scolded him, the name Xie Zhan used for rebellion was really gentle.

"Bah, shameless!" Yao Songwen complained softly.

Shen Wan glanced at him and thought that Yao Songwen's position as Minister of Dali Temple was obtained from Xie Mingtang with the help of Lu Desheng. It's normal for him to look down on the Xie family.

The other ministers thought to themselves, "It's really shameless."

Who doesn’t know the grudges between the Xie Zhao family and the Qin and Lu families? Now, in order to rebel, Xie Zhan actually said such disgusting words.

Zhongshu Ling Sang Baiqing said slowly and quietly, "You may look down on him, but he is really powerful. This brief statement clearly predicted the next step of the imperial court."

They had planned to throw the blame to Prince Gong. Didn't Prince Gong just respond to the word "treacherous and sycophantic"? Xie Zhan's name for treason is tenable.

In the room, Song Mo was also reading the detailed information about the rebellion by King Jin, King Cheng, and Xie Zhan.

The imperial doctor had already examined him and was now going to prepare some medicine for him.

At this moment, Song Mo happened to see Xie Zhan's brief message announcing to the world.

Song Mo threw away the book in his hand and said, "To pay off the emperor, he wants to pay off the emperor, right?!"

After throwing it away, he said angrily, "Does he think I won't touch him like this?"

Liang An on the side said quickly, "That's right! Your Majesty, Xie Zhan deserves to be punished!" He also felt that this man was very hateful.

"Lu Desheng, the Qin family and others have grudges in their hearts, and they rebelled against you for a reason."

As soon as Liang An finished speaking, he noticed that the emperor's eyes turned sideways. He immediately slapped himself before continuing, "But Xie Zhan, the emperor has never let him down, and even treated him favorably and favorably! But at this time, he followed To rebel against you and add insult to injury to your Majesty is really a shameless act!"

"Without you, as a refugee, even if he didn't die, he would have lived in extreme poverty. How could he have such a glorious life as the governor of Lingnan?"

Song Mo felt that Liang An was right. People like Xie Zhan should have been allowed to rot in the dust after being exiled. His promotion and promotion of Xie Zhan several times was really a waste of time!

Thinking again, Huang Kao's arrangement before his death was intended to allow him to benevolent to the Qin family.

Song Mo felt that if he re-employed the Qin family, the result would probably be the same.

So, it's not his fault that things turned out like this!

All I can say is that they are all ambitious!

"Are all the ministers here?" Song Mo asked.

"Back to the emperor, they are already waiting in the imperial study room."

"Get up and go to the imperial study!" Song Mo stood up and kicked away the paper that recorded the rebellion of King Jin and King Cheng. King Cheng and King Jin? They couldn't defeat me at first, how could I be afraid of them?

imperial study room

"The Emperor has arrived!"

"Long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor."

Song Mo walked in with Liang An, "Are you all here?"

Ministers: They have been summoned, how dare they not come?

After Song Mo sat down, he said, "Ministers, please get back on your feet."

After the ministers stood up, they found that the air pressure around the emperor became darker and more oppressive.

"You all know everything, right?" Song Mo was very anxious now and didn't want to talk to them at all. "Tell me what you think. How to deal with the current changes?"

The ministers looked at Taiwei Xiao Qun in unison.

Xiao Qun, as a Taiwei, is in charge of the affairs of the world's soldiers and horses, so he can only bite the bullet now.

"Your Majesty, please let me tell you about the current distribution of our enemies in Dali."

Song Mo acquiesced.

Xiao Qun swallowed his breath and said, "Now the northwestern border of Dali and Liangzhou are occupied by the Xianbei Hu people; the northeastern Youzhou and Hepingzhou are divided by the Qin and Lu families; the East China Sea is occupied by the Jin king; and Lingnan is occupied by Xie Zhan. ;The southwest was taken by King Cheng as his own."

Even though he knew this before, Song Mo still held his breath when he heard it clearly now.

Nearly half of the thirteen states of Dali were gone.

He had only been on the throne for two years, and he had already lost half of Dali?

The ministers present all felt that they were surrounded by enemies and that the whole building was about to collapse. Why did they feel that there were enemies everywhere?

How should I put it? One wrong step, all wrong steps.

It can be said that the trigger of everything was the rebellion of Pingzhou and its manifesto.

This is not right. Now it seems that King Cheng, King Jin, Xie Zhan and others have long had the intention of being disloyal. The rebellion of these people was just to use the names extended from the Pingzhou manifesto to cover up their ambitions.

Now all forces are waiting to divide Dali.

"I want to know now, how to deal with the current situation?"

The ministers thought that they must find a way, because if there are too many ants, they will bite the elephant to death.

"Your Majesty, although the two strategies we discussed before are no longer useful, the strategy of sacrificing the chariot to save the emperor must be used."

Prince Gong still has to bear the blame. If he doesn't, then the emperor will. This is related to the reputation of forcing the ministers to rebel. If the emperor bears this stigma, it will only make the current situation of the court worse.

"There is no need to issue a self-criticism edict." In the current situation, we can only bear the title of "Your Majesty is the true emperor."

Song Mo responded straightforwardly, "I know."

Prince Gong has to bear this blame. It is not appropriate to throw it to Zuo Anmin or Lin Ran, Xiao Qun reminded implicitly.

Prince Gong is a member of your old Song family. It is nothing to suffer a little grievance. In the current situation, we cannot let foreign ministers suffer this grievance.