The looting of the property of Prince Xiao's mansion resulted in the casualties of 3,200 people and hundreds of officials and officials. The impact was extremely bad. Directly dismiss the nine-door admiral.
In the early morning of the next day, the focus was on discussing the matter. After the emperor asked questions, the Minister of Punishment came out first to answer, and put all the responsibility on Xiao Wangfu.
The wealth and silk moved people's hearts. The source of King Xiao's huge amount of property was unknown, and the people were unhappy, so they scrambled for it, causing countless casualties.
In order to prove the words of the Minister of Punishment, the Minister of Household also stood up and announced to the public the amount of Xiao Wangfu's property that was "calculated" overnight.
Hearing the numbers reported by the Minister of the Ministry of Commerce, the hall was dead silent, and everyone opened their eyes, look at me, I look at you, especially the few generals, even more sluggish.
"This, this is impossible, right?" The data reported by the Minister of Husbandry was more than Dongwen's ten years of treasury revenue. How could King Xiao have such wealth
Outsiders don't know, but they are soldiers who know that the emperor has been harshly deducting Jinwuwei's military pay for these years, and King Xiao spends a lot of money and material resources to support Jinwuwei every year. But that's it, Jinwuwei often trains on an empty stomach, and the equipment is old and old. Compared with other garrison troops, Jinwuwei is extremely shabby except for the armor on his body.
They always thought that King Xiao was very poor, exhausted his family property and the rewards of these years in order to support Jin Wuwei, but the reality slapped them hard.
"How can it be impossible for this official to calculate it by himself?" The Minister of the Household bluffed his face, and was very dissatisfied with other people's questioning of his words.
It's a pity that most of the generals are single-minded and don't know how to look at people's faces. "The rewards that King Xiao has received over the years add up, how can there be so much silver!"
"Of course not so much. The sum of King Xiao's reward and salary is less than half of the wealth of King Xiao's mansion." The Minister of the Household had already prepared and presented a letter, "Sir, this is what King Xiao has rewarded over the years. The matching pen of the property of Prince Xiao’s mansion has been organized into a book, please take a look at the emperor.”
"Bring it up!" The emperor had a dark face, and everyone could see his dissatisfaction and anger.
The ministers bowed their heads and dared not speak, especially a few generals, whose eyes were even more confused.
In their hearts, King Xiao has always been a brave and loyal general who serves the country and the people. They thought that King Xiao would lead troops into the city this time, but he was forced by the emperor.
After all, the last time King Xiao was assassinated on his way to Beijing was still vivid in his mind. If King Xiao didn’t want to die, he had to strike first, but from the current situation, they seemed to take it for granted.
The eunuch presented the book to the emperor, the emperor glanced at him and threw angrily, "Okay! It's a good thing that I believed in him so much and handed over 300,000 soldiers to him, never asking about the border, but I didn't expect him to reciprocate like this. mine!"
"Your Majesty, calm down!" The ministers of civil and military affairs were so frightened that they knelt down with a plop, especially the generals, who were shivering with fear.
These people are all on the side of King Xiao, and firmly believe that King Xiao is right, what should we do now
Although King Xiao is a relative of the royal family, he is also a military general. Since ancient times, military generals will be suspected by the emperor if they hold heavy troops, and they will be suppressed by the emperor if they have great powers. What they could see before was that the emperor suppressed and murdered King Xiao. Every time they saw it, they felt sad. They seemed to be able to see their future from King Xiao.
In their eyes, King Xiao is devoted to the country and the people. on the battle field.
There is no need for King Xiao to say more, and there is no need for King Xiao to win over. As the first person among the military generals, they are so suppressed and murdered by the emperor that these generals will not sit idly by. Not to mention the last time King Xiao had an accident, they stood firmly by King Xiao's side. Take this time King Xiao brought troops into the city as an example, they also stood on King Xiao's side and spoke for King Xiao.
King Xiao led the troops into the city, which was undoubtedly a rebellion. The emperor was disturbed by this matter, and secretly ordered the transfer of troops to the king to protect him. meaning.
After all, King Xiao was assassinated on his way back to Beijing and nearly lost his life at the hands of the gangsters. In order to prevent the past from repeating itself, it was understandable to lead his troops back to the city.
The emperor was of course dissatisfied, but later Jin Wuwei just stopped outside the city and had no intention of entering the city. The generals said more, no matter how much the emperor wanted to transfer troops, they would not cooperate.
It's no wonder that they regard the emperor's life as nothing, it's really the emperor's actions that are chilling. They still remember that King Xiao was carried into the capital in blood; they still remember that on the day of King Xiao's wedding, three hundred dead men besieged the palace of King Xiao without half of them to rescue them; they still remember that the military exploits The illustrious King Xiao can only sit in a wheelchair; they still remember how many generals the emperor killed on trumped-up charges when King Xiao was seriously injured, and how many of the direct descendants of King Xiao were killed.
They remembered, they all kept it in their hearts... The way the emperor dealt with King Xiao made them cold and scared. They were afraid that without King Xiao blocking them, it would be their turn to be liquidated by the emperor. Therefore, this time King Xiao led his troops into the city, and they all sat idly by, ignoring the emperor's anxiety and anxiety, and constantly comforting the emperor with their mouths.
Undoubtedly, in the confrontation between the emperor and Xiao Wang, they stood on Xiao Wang's side. Although there was no clear-cut cry for Xiao Wang, they also endorsed Xiao Wang with their own actions and words.
In their hearts, King Xiao is the god of war and the god of their group of generals. They saw on King Xiao the figure of a general who devoted himself to defending the family and the country and died; on King Xiao, they saw a figure who was loyal to the East Wen, but was oppressed by the emperor because of his high power. They saw themselves in King Xiao, and saw the loneliness and sadness that they were loyal but not trusted by the emperor.
Therefore, they stand on King Xiao's side, firmly stand in King Xiao's camp, and endorse King Xiao, even if King Xiao leads troops into the city and intends to rebel, they should not see it.
Because, in their opinion, it was not King Xiao who wanted to rebel, but the emperor forced King Xiao to rebel. King Xiao’s move was not for the throne, but for self-protection, a means of self-protection as a last resort for military commanders.
However, the reality slapped them hard.
The god of war in their hearts, the guardian deity in their hearts, the gods in their hearts who scattered their family wealth for the soldiers, but they were rich enough to rival the country, but they collected a lot of wealth through war.
The god of war loyal to Dongwen in their hearts, the god who fought to protect the country of Dongwen, was forced by the emperor to bring troops into the city.