At this time, General Wang was also in a state of anxiety, and his mind was rapidly weighing what would be most beneficial to him.
Even though he may look like a rough person, he is actually a rough person with a finesse. He has also read books for several years and has a very clear analysis of the pros and cons.
His current situation is really difficult. If he is allowed to kill the emperor regardless of his merits, everyone will kneel to the ground and no one will stop him, but this is not his purpose.
Killing the emperor in public is different from killing the emperor by mistake to find a spy.
The former will lose his head no matter what. Even if Prince Jing finally ascends to the throne, he will not spare his life even for the sake of his reputation.
General Wang is not stupid. He did not take such a big risk just to seal his wife. After his death, all his achievements will be in the dust.
Having said that, if he had a wife and son, he wouldn't risk beheading to ask for the merit of serving the dragon.
But if he were asked to kneel down now, he couldn't do it. He led troops to besiege General Chen's military camp. He was determined to sink the ship and had no reason to do so.
If this kind of behavior were serious enough, it could be accused of mutiny, and it still violated the Holy Emperor, so he still wanted to behead him in public.
Seeing the other party's unpredictable expression, Su Ningxin immediately guessed what he was thinking, but she didn't say anything immediately. When General Wang was so anxious that there was no way out, he did the last thing that broke the camel's back. straw,
She coughed to make sure her voice was sharp as a eunuch, and then said, "General, everyone is kneeling down. What do you mean by not kneeling down? Are you disrespecting the emperor?"
General Wang, who was still struggling, woke up immediately and suddenly broke into a cold sweat.
Just now, he was thinking that if he assassinated the emperor, he might be able to find a way out, but now it seems that he has gone crazy. Now, both General Chen's people and An Midao's people now recognize the person in front of him as the emperor. , this is not the time to respond to everything at once.
If he really took action, he would not be able to escape the charge of treason. Moreover, General Wang glanced at his confidants from the corner of his eye and saw them looking at him eagerly, wishing that they would immediately surround and kill him if he made any move. You can still make meritorious deeds.
Thinking of this, General Wang did not hesitate anymore and knelt down in front of Gu Mingxi and shouted long live. At the same time, he did not forget to explain to himself, "I have met the emperor. This is the first time I have seen the holy face. I was distracted and bumped into the holy majesty. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Gu Mingxi also had his own plans, so naturally he didn't want to argue with him, and instead of trying to make others feel at ease, he started his speech. The main idea was that I sympathize with the hard work of the border soldiers and came to Weifu to inspect it in person. The relationship between border soldiers is very strong. , if there is corruption on the border, perverting the law, forging military achievements, or suppressing warriors, he will not be lenient.
Looking at Gu Mingxi's tirade and the soldiers below with high morale and bright eyes, I wanted to applaud her. With her ability to incite, it would be a pity not to do MLM.
If it weren't for the fact that Gu Mingxi was happily talking about me and pointing her finger at the fan bone, which was her proud little gesture, Su Ningxin would have almost believed that she was sincere.
[Just pretend, that's right. The emperor in the tent can't do anything to you. There really aren't many opportunities like this.]
Thinking of this, Su Ningxin couldn't help but turn into a lemon, "Well, why can't I try this kind of good thing? The Queen Mother can't be a candidate, and the Queen won't let me try it either."]
Chu Jihan on the side knelt on the ground with the soldiers and listened to Gu Mingxi's impassioned speech, but his attention was always on Jia Ji beside her. After all, he couldn't see anything when he looked at Gu Mingxi, but he could Jia Ji, who can read minds, can reveal a lot of information.
For example, now, Chu Jihan extracted some useful information from Su Ningxin's series of miscellaneous complaints and knew that they were ordered by the emperor to pretend to be the emperor to investigate the truth of the matter.
During Chu Jihan's investigation during this period, he learned that although the troops and horses in the North were all under the control of the Anjun Prince's Mansion, the local wealthy Yang family was responsible for military supplies and food, and General Wang in front of him was also placed in the army by the Yang family. .
Considering the previous withholding of grain and grass, it is almost impossible that today's incident has nothing to do with the Yang family, so the young master and Jia Ji who met must have wanted to get some news from the Yang family.
When King An arrived in the North, he was able to successfully take over the army because he reached an agreement with the Yang family and received support from the Yang family. Therefore, King An may have given the Yang family benefits, including the allocation of grain and grass in the North.
According to the information Chu Jihan received, the Yang family began to withhold food and grass six years ago, but what they did at that time was not obvious. They withheld a little in each military camp, saying it was due to transportation losses.
Because the number was small, no one noticed it. Even if someone did, it was because the number allocated to each person was very small and they were afraid of the power of the Yang family and no one said anything. Nothing happened in these years.
But in the past six months, the Yang family has intensified their efforts. They want to take advantage of the situation and are willing to take away half of the army's food and grass. Recently, both the border garrison and the garrison near the city have begun to be dissatisfied with the Yang family.
Now even the direct descendants of the Lin family dare to move their base. Even General Lin, who was confronting Dayong on the border, was alarmed and didn't know what the Yang family was going to do.
According to Chu Jihan's speculation, the Yang family is probably plotting to rebel, because if what they are doing now is exposed, the entire family will definitely be doomed. Apart from treason, Chu Jihan can't think of anything that can make the Yang family do nothing. Scared to do something so risky.
What surprised Chu Jihan even more was that according to his calculations, the food produced by the Yang family's own industry, Zhuangzi, and Tan Mo's food combined over the years was an astronomical figure, enough to support a large army.
So Chu Jihan immediately passed the news to the emperor in the capital and asked the emperor to make a decision. However, he didn't expect that the emperor would come to the north in person.
However, the emperor’s approach is understandable. Dayong is Da Qi’s biggest enemy. If Dayong accidentally breaks through the barrier in the north, Dayong’s cavalry will go straight into the hinterland of Da Qi. Qi's inheritance cannot be maintained.
If the food and grass were provided by the Yang family to Prince Jing, it would be within the emperor's acceptable range for him to raise troops to prepare for a mutiny. If he colluded with Dayong as a spy and turned against him, the threat to Da Qi would be limitless.
After the official tea incident in Xingyuan Mansion, Chu Jihan knew that the one who was against the emperor and had been planning to rebel was Prince Jing. Later, he also investigated the original incident and had some understanding of the grievances of the previous generation.
(End of chapter)