Chapter 470: Enemies on All Sides [Please give me a monthly ticket! ]

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Liang Fuguo's words were like a heavy hammer, hanging high in the air, but it was still unknown who would be held responsible. Whoever he wanted to hold accountable would at least have to suffer a loss of skin.

Only some people who had nothing to do with the Ministry of War secretly breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, as it seemed that they would not be held accountable this time.

"Oh?" Emperor Mu Bei asked, "Haven't I already dismissed General Chen Daoguan from his post and investigated him? Everyone in the Nanzhou military garrison has been punished. Who else do you think is guilty?"

"The danger posed by the Nanzhou military garrison is so severe that if Liang Yue had not discovered it in time, the south would have been in chaos, and the fire of restoring the old Yuezhou would have been reignited, with disastrous consequences. Can it be easily covered up by the dismissal of a divine general?" Liang Fuguo continued.

In fact, he was telling the truth. The disaster in the Nanzhou military town was serious enough to kill the main general.

However, the generals of the Jiuzhou Military Town are the strongest fighting force of the Yin Kingdom. Unless they commit a serious crime other than rebellion, they are rarely prosecuted for the death penalty. The punishment of dismissal and loss of power is already a severe punishment.

After all, this is a world full of powerful practitioners, and the punishment for the highly accomplished civil and military officials in the court is always slightly lighter. Otherwise, it would be difficult to execute them, not to mention anything else.

Once I find out that I am going to be sentenced to death, I will just run away and throw the nine-steed into the distance. How can you stop me?
Therefore, this kind of conciliatory approach has always been a helpless move.

"What do you think the punishment should be, Mr. Liang?" Emperor Mu Bei did not say much, but just asked this, wanting to see what Liang Fuguo meant.

Liang Fuguo replied: "The corruption and decay of the military garrison in Nanzhou is not a one-day thing. The commander, Chen Daoguan, must be convicted. But the atmosphere there had already been established before him. The root of the problem is that the Minister of War Qi Kunlun did not know how to judge people and use them properly, and he indulged the aristocratic families, which led to this disaster!"

clang!
The heavy hammer fell, breaking the earth.

The first attack Liang Fuguo made after he was released from prison was not to continue the previous fight with Song Zhili, but instead to turn around and attack the Minister of War Qi Kunlun?

Many officials behind had their pupils trembling and covered their faces with their hands, with expressions filled with four big words:... OH MY GOD!
Liang Fuguo fired at Qi Kunlun?

That’s the Minister of the State!

Normally, the position of Minister of War was not that high, because in theory he did not hold military power, which was in the hands of generals from all over the country. The Ministry of War was responsible for transporting military supplies, coordinating military training, and providing military advice, and the ones who really held high status were the generals who held military power.

But Qi Kunlun was different. He was born a divine general when he was young. Later, he was in charge of Wu'an Hall for many years. All the current divine generals can be regarded as his disciples.

At present, he is not only in the first row in the court, but also one of the best. However, due to his old age, he does not participate in many court affairs, and most of his energy is spent on leading young people in Wu'an Hall.

For example, he was not present at today's grand court meeting. He has not attended court for a long time. He would only go to the palace when he had something to report.

But in the past hundred years, he has participated in every major war of Yin State.

Especially when Emperor Mu Bei had just ascended the throne, at a young age he brazenly mobilized the troops of Jiuzhou to the north to meet the enemy. There were actually many voices of opposition at the time, but the most important thing was Qi Kunlun's firm support, which allowed Emperor Mu Bei to easily mobilize the troops across the country.

When the Minister of State was in office, there was never any second thought in the army, and the Jiuzhou Army was completely obedient. This was the power of the old Minister, who was like a magic needle that stabilized the sea.

Now Liang Fuguo actually launched an attack on this person.

Is he crazy?

……

Liang Yue, who had just received the title, watched quietly in the back row. He certainly didn't think Liang Fuguo was crazy. He probably knew that Liang Fuguo had been dissatisfied with Qi Kunlun for a long time.

The reason is that the attitude of the Minister of State is now conservative. During the Northwest War, the old general was a staunch advocate of war, but now it has been another 30 years since then. Today, Qi Kunlun is a staunch advocate of peace.

Maybe it’s because I’m really old.

Or perhaps it was because the war had cost the people a lot of money and effort, and he saw the consequences.

After all these years of accumulation, there were often voices in the army asking for war, believing that now that the country was rich and powerful, it was time to pacify Bashan, or even to go on an expedition to Jiuyang. Qi Kunlun absolutely suppressed these ideas.

For a fierce and fierce man like Liang Fuguo, taking the initiative is his life creed, both in politics and in military affairs.

Although in theory the three ministries of military, criminal justice, and industry were under his jurisdiction, Liang Fuguo, who now controlled the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Ministry of Industry, had more power than any previous left prime minister. The Ministry of War had never been under his control.

"It's not just the Nanzhou military town. In recent years, Qi Kunlun has also repeatedly ordered the Liangzhou military town to retreat in response to the provocations of the Bashan bandits. This has caused the Bashan bandits to become more and more arrogant. Now they have run to Qingdu to wreak havoc in the south, with the north and the south responding. If they are not punished and are just countered blindly, there will eventually be chaos all over the world!" Liang Fuguo continued.

"What Liang Qing meant was..." Emperor Mu Bei's expression was very calm, "I want to punish the old Minister Qi?"

"Old Minister Qi has worked hard for the country for a hundred years and has made outstanding contributions, but past achievements cannot absolve today's mistakes." Liang Fuguo said in a sonorous tone, and every word was loud and clear: "I ask Your Majesty to remove Qi Kunlun from all official positions in the court and let him retire and return home."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was another uproar.

Good guy.

Not only does he want to remove Qi Kunlun's position as Shangshu, but he also wants to take away his power in Wu'antang?

That means to completely drive the old minister out of the court!

What exactly is Liang Fuguo trying to do?
Old Minister Qi has never had any disagreements with Liang Fuguo in the Ministry of War, so he should have never provoked him, right?

He had just taken action against the Right Prime Minister some time ago, and now he has just come out to provoke Qi Kunlun. He is probably the only one in the court of Yin Kingdom who dares to attack these two great gods one after another.

If you replace him with anyone else, everyone will just think that he doesn't want to live anymore.

But even for Liang Fuguo, isn't it too unwise to make enemies on all sides?
It was really hard to guess for a moment.

Compared to the astonishment of the ministers, Emperor Mu Bei did not comment and said calmly: "The incident in the army, of course, the old minister Qi must bear the responsibility. But how much of it is caused by him, we have to find out. The old minister is not in the court today. He has made countless contributions to the country, so we cannot arbitrarily convict him. We still have to listen to his explanation before deciding how to deal with this matter."

After hearing what Emperor Mu Bei said, the ministers began to think about it. It seemed that this was Liang Fuguo's idea alone, and the emperor did not want to punish Qi Kunlun.

If Liang Fuguo had communicated with the emperor before he decided to rectify the military, then this statement would not be possible.

Hearing this, some censors who had always been hostile to Liang Fuguo suddenly became motivated and stepped out one after another. They were the only ones who could oppose Liang Fuguo in public and still remain safe and sound.

"Your Majesty, the Left Prime Minister Liang Fuguo has been committed to eliminating dissidents and abusing his power for personal gain. I must impeach him!"

"Liang Fuguo wants to be a powerful official! Your Majesty, please be alert!"

"Your Majesty, I want to fight him in single combat!"

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(End of this chapter)