De Gong was shocked, and the more he listened, he became more anxious, and he kept saying a few glances, but Zhong Daoyu had no intention of stopping.

Seeing that the emperor's face was already gloomy, everyone knew the country that Taizu had seized through mutiny, and no one dared to say.

The emperor agreed that the third yamen would eat blood in soldiers (withdrawing military pay to his own pockets). Many smart people at the top knew about it but dared not say it, because only in this way could the emperor feel at ease with the imperial guards.

"Your Majesty, the strongest combat power of our Jing Dynasty is the border army, Taiyuan Yang Family Army, Zhending Guan Northern Army, the imperial guards have the largest pay and the largest number of people, but the people are distracted and do not care about the holy grace. Instead, they have complaints. This is the biggest problem! Not who can be the general..." Zhong Daoyu said loudly.

The emperor was furious: "Bold, what are you saying! It is natural for the imperial guards to fight for the emperor!"

"Emperor, it is true that the imperial guards defend Kyoto, defend the emperor, and defend the country, but it is natural for the court to distribute military pay. However, less than half of the military pay is sent to the soldiers every year. The court is not kind, why blame the soldiers for being unrighteous..." Zhong Daoyu said in a deep voice.

Degong wanted to mediate in the middle, but he didn't know where to start. He didn't expect that something like this would happen today.

The emperor stared at Zhong Daoyu, his eyes were like torches, and his voice was extremely cold: "Zhong Daoyu! You have made contributions to the country and saved the country from water and fire several times, so I will give you a chance. Today's topic is over... Don't say anything further."

After hearing this, Zhong Daoyu was expressionless and sighed deeply. He slowly supported the armrest of the chair and wanted to stand up, but because he was too old, he couldn't stand up all of a sudden. Degong quickly got up to help him.

Zhong Daoyu stood up, bowed respectfully to the emperor, and then said word by word: "Your Majesty, the old minister has long wanted to say these words, but at that time, he was fame and fortune, and the first-rank official Privy Councilor, a general who had never had before in our dynasty, had all the great emperor's grace, and was afraid that a word would ruin this glorious honor.

Now that half of my body is buried, Jingguo is at a critical moment of life and death, the old minister has to say that there is no more ties.

Your Majesty, now that the war is approaching, the war is approaching, and the soldiers and blood cannot be eaten anymore! The three yamen cannot be permanent! Only by allowing the soldiers and the emperor to work together, the soldiers and horses in the world to work together to achieve one ambition, otherwise our Jingguo will perish in the long run!"

Zhong Daoyu said it very seriously, with clear words and sentences. After saying it, he bowed a long time.

The emperor was so angry that his hands and feet were trembling, and grabbed a teacup next to him and threw it on the ground angrily.

Duke De was also very scared. It was the first time he saw the emperor turn against Tomb Daoyu!

You should know that at the beginning, the emperor was the right-hand man, and he favored him as much as he could. He even added a "general" in Jingguo.

Zhong Daoyu was the emperor to fight against the bandits of the Black Mountains, tolerate the White Yi, defeated the Western Xia, attacked the Liao Kingdom, and killed the King of Wu. Now the emperor is strong and has great power. Many of them were defeated by Zhong Daoyu. Every time he wins, the emperor's prestige will be higher. Every time he wins, the people in the world will be convinced by the court and the emperor.

The two have worked together for decades and have never turned against each other like they are now.

The emperor gasped, pointed his fingers tremblingly outside the hall, and said angrily: "Go back to me, go back quickly! Get out!"

Duke De was very anxious and quickly helped Zhong Daoyu up, used all his strength to pull him out.

......

Outside the hall, the cold wind blew, and Duke De sighed: "Why is General Chung's trouble? If this objection is useful, why did it continue several emperors? It has been almost two hundred years now, but it is still the same..."

Zhong Daoyu bowed his hand and said calmly: "As the saying goes, a person is about to die, his words are good. Those who have half of their bodies will do something for future generations."

Duke De couldn't speak, he knew that he could not be as free and easy as Tomb Daoyu.

Because his family has many young people and a large family background, he dared not speak anymore. He sighed and said ashamed: "I am not as many as Brother Zhong... Brother Zhong, please go back early, but after today I'm afraid..."

Zhong Daoyu waved his hand: "I know what I know." Then he didn't say much, and turned around and left tremblingly.

De Gong turned around and returned to the side hall. The emperor sat above without expression on his face and muttered coldly: "If he left half a minute later, I am afraid that I will be unable to help but kill him!"

Duke De lowered his head and dared not speak.

The emperor obviously accumulated anger to the extreme: "Today's affairs cannot be spread."

"I understand." Duke De bowed.

"In the future, let Wen Daoli handle the affairs of the Privy Council." The emperor said again.

Duke De just nodded and dared not say a word.

.........

When I walked out of the Meridian Gate, the sky was shining with a scattered sunshine. After the New Year, the weather finally cleared, but De Gong was extremely heavy in his heart.

He sighed, feeling a little guilty and helpless.

He knew what the meaning of Zhong Daoyu in Jingguo means, and he also wanted to say the same words as Zhong Daoyu, but he dared not say it because behind him was the huge Wang family, and a word might cause a catastrophe to the entire family.

Military generals with military power have always been a big concern for our Chaotian family.

The reason why Taizu founded the country was to take away other people's country and gain improper status as a military general. Therefore, the Emperor of the Tian family was always afraid that someone would use this to imitate Taizu, and he distrusts the generals with military power and suppress them.

The greatest thing was to deprive the Privy Council of military power, set up three yamen to support the imperial guards, and allow the chief officials of the three yamen to deduct the military pay of the imperial guards, so that the imperial guards and the officials of the three yamen were separated from each other.

In this way, the imperial guards really hated their Shangguan and could not co-conspire with him to rebel.

But the emperor ignored a big problem. The imperial guards, whose military pay was deducted every year, had the intention to fight for the country? How could they be loyal to the Tian family?

But the emperor doesn't care. In his eyes, stabilizing the rule of the Tian family is more important than whether the imperial guards have combat effectiveness.

Do ordinary soldiers complain about having a long-lasting status than the Tian Family? It's just a trivial matter...

Degong sighed worriedly, but he was helpless. He only hoped that this Northern Expedition would be gone without the respected Tomb Daoyu, and there would be no chaos in the army.

...........

On the 11th, the next day, the wedding of King Pingnan was the first to spread throughout the streets and alleys, and the entire capital became lively.

The Prince of Pingnan, the 16-year-old general of the State, the commander of the new army, the transfer envoy of the north of Beijing, and the minister of the Honglu Temple. He was famous and famous. He was paired with the most talented woman in the capital and the granddaughter of the prime minister of the dynasty. He was a talented woman and beautiful woman, and was made of heaven and earth, so he naturally blessed and sung for people.

The royal palace was also very busy. Li Xingzhou's eyes were dull, like a walking corpse, being pulled by Qiu'er and Yue'er to try the groom's dress. This was wrong and that was wrong, and it was made for an afternoon.

At four or five o'clock, Ji Chunsheng suddenly came to find him. Li Xingzhou went out and saw Ji Chunsheng who looked hurried, which brought him a message of shocking and falling.

Early this morning, the emperor issued a secret decree: to remove the position of Zushi, to remove the position of Zhushi, to remove the officer of the general, to remove the title of Duke of Defending the Kingdom, and to demote it to commoners!

At that time, he was frightened by the several ministers and officials of the Ministry of Personnel who were working in the palace to review the imperial edict, and they all went to the palace to plead with the emperor, but the emperor did not give up at all, and in the afternoon the imperial edict was secretly sent to the general's mansion.

Later, the General's Mansion picked up the plaque, and the Tomb Daoyu returned the official seal Wence, purple gold official uniform, golden scale armor dress, and the sword in the court.

Because this matter was a secret decree, few people knew about it, but the person who escorted the decree to collect the seal at that time was from the Wude Department, so Ji Chunsheng knew it clearly.

Hearing this, not only Ji Chunsheng was shocked, but even Li Xingzhou was stunned. His chin almost fell to the ground. Zhong Daoyu! He was actually demoted to a commoner. The emperor was dizzy.

"Prepare the horse, I'll go to the General's Mansion to have a look!" said Li Xingzhou.

Ji Chunsheng nodded, but he was still shocked and could not come back to his senses. He was about to figure out the matter, so he hurriedly asked someone to prepare the horse.
Chapter completed!