I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Wu Ye, the commander of the Xiaoling Guard in his thirties, was being cared for and questioned by everyone for the first time, and he was a little panicked.

The audience chattered for a while, and Wu Ye suddenly reacted and reprimanded loudly:

"Fight, it's the brave guard camp next to the emperor! What do you use to fight, just use that broken knife and bent rusty spear in your hand?"

"You are dead, what should your family do with the name of a traitor? Have you all thought about this problem?" Wu Ye thought of his wife, daughter, old and young, his eyes rolled around, and he stared at the person who spoke, and said firmly :

"Now there is only one way, open the camp gate and surrender to the Valiant Guards!"

The voice fell, and the camp immediately exploded.

"surrender?"

"We are already rebels. The emperor ordered us to kill us. If we surrender now, aren't we looking for death?"

"The oracle has been issued, we have no chance..."

"I'm so regretful. I'm not married yet. I'm the only child of my parents. Not to mention my death, I'm making them rebels. I'm so regretful!"

The crowd was noisy, and some actually sat down on the ground, crying loudly.

"Can you trust me, Wu Ye?" Standing there, Wu Ye's expression was bright and dark, seeing that the first sound failed to attract attention, he climbed up to a high place, and shouted loudly:

"Can you trust me, Wu Ye?!"

Everyone turned their heads one after another, and there was a moment of silence. No one continued to make noise, but their mood was very low.

Wu Ye walked down the high platform slowly, and said decisively:

"You tied me up and pushed me out. I'll go and tell General Liu that it's Yu Ren and those who made the mess. If it's impossible, I, Wu Ye, will be added."

"The emperor is a good emperor. As long as everyone sincerely reforms and serves the court, I believe he will not kill innocent people indiscriminately..."

Someone glanced at him and asked, "What if?"

Wu Ye laughed at himself when he heard this.

"If Your Majesty decides to kill all of us rebels, it's our own fault and the result of not confronting Na Yu Ren as soon as possible."

Hearing this, everyone was silent and had nothing to say.

Chapter 289 Please Your Majesty Take It Back

As the morning light dawned, the fighting in the open night was replaced by the tranquility of the day, and the gate of the Xiaolingwei Military Camp on Zijin Mountain was slowly opened from the inside.

Not long after, a man was bound and pushed out by all the Xiaoling guards.

Due to the morning dew, the land on Zijin Mountain was somewhat damp. Sitting on the rock, Liu Yuanbin's butt was already wet inadvertently.

When he saw the white flag raised in Xiaolingwei's camp, the corner of his mouth curled up, and he leaned down to wipe the dew off his boots, and when he looked up, he saw the man who was tied up.

At this time, the Yongwei Battalion was burying the pot and cooking, and planned to retreat into Nanjing after eating.

An officer held a steaming roasted sweet potato in his hand and handed it to Liu Yuanbin. He reminded in a low voice, "General, this should be Wu Ye, commander of the Xiaoling Guard. These rebel leaders in the barracks should be careful."

"understood."

Liu Yuanbin suffered a loss from Yu Ren once, and his left arm was slightly injured because of it. Although he was recuperated by the military medical officer, he didn't rest much after all, and it still hurts when he got up and moved.

He gained a lot of wisdom by eating a pit, and he would know how to prevent the opponent from jumping over the wall in a hurry.

"We are not rebels."

Wu Ye was tied up by Wuhuada, the first sentence caught Liu Yuanbin's attention, but the latter didn't speak, just stood up and wiped his butt, took a big bite of sweet potato, turned around and said:

"Send a message to Chen Shuai that Xiaoling Guard has been pacified."

The pacification operation against Xiaolingwei went on for a day and a night, and the people brought out by Liu Yuanbin basically didn't eat much.

At the end of the battle, the tense expression relaxed, and the stomach growled. The generals were so hungry that they naturally had to finish eating before leaving.

While eating roasted sweet potatoes, Liu Yuanbin looked up and down the rebel leader in front of him, and said vaguely:

"You are also sensible. You know not to oppose the court, otherwise none of your family members will survive."

An officer came over and answered the question:

"Hmph, last night at Xiaolingwei's station, there were dozens of relatives of Yu Ren's people, ranging from those in their seventies and eighties to those half-grown children. We have killed everything we found out."

Wu Ye was taken aback for a moment, and said straight to the point:

"This time the blame rests with Nayu. Those of us who stayed in the barracks did not want to rebel with him. Please go back and tell Your Majesty the truth."

After Liu Yuanbin finished eating the roasted sweet potatoes, he rubbed his hands, raised his head upon hearing this, and said bluntly:

"There is no discussion on this matter. His Majesty has issued an edict, and the edict cannot be taken back. You people are all sinners."

"Don't say that you didn't rebel against Yu Ren. The day before yesterday, around 2000 people went to surround the Xiaoling Palace. As far as I know, there are less than 4000 people left in the barracks."

"I said that you are all rebels, are you wronged?"

Wu Ye looked at him and said, "The general really wants to kill them all, and then go back to the relatives' quarters and slaughter them all, leaving no one behind?"

Liu Yuanbin frowned. After what he said, he, the chief general who was ordered to suppress the rebellion, was no different from those Jianyi outside the pass.

He stepped forward and narrowed his eyes:

"The general has a way. I can mention it to His Majesty, but I am afraid that you will not dare, and I am reluctant to part with my wealth and life."

Surprisingly, Wu Ye didn't hesitate at all. He knelt on the ground and knocked his head hard twice. When he raised his head, his forehead was still stained with dirt.

"When I came out, I was ready, general please tell me."

Liu Yuanbin didn't believe that the Commander of Xiaoling Guard, whose name he had never even heard before, could be so forthright. He only thought that the other party was pretending to be tough, and sneered:

"You take full responsibility, say it's Yu Ren's fault, and the Xiaoling guards in this battalion also follow your orders."

"I can't guarantee absolute certainty, but as long as His Majesty believes it, the relatives of the people behind you will never have anything to do with it."

"It's just that your relatives can't survive, do you dare?"

Without hesitation, Wu Ye said directly:

"Exchanging my own relatives for tens of thousands of relatives and people of Xiaolingwei at the foot of the mountain, if the general persuades me to do so, it will be considered a great deed!"

At this time, it was Liu Yuanbin's turn to hesitate. He frowned and asked again:

"Are you really not afraid?"

Wu Ye nodded, looked at the half piece of sweet potato in the hand of the officer who was too stunned to speak, and said, "I'm hungry, can you give it to me?"

The officer was stunned for a moment, then laughed, turned around and took another one, and after getting Liu Yuanbin's permission, he untied Wu Ye and handed it to him, saying:

"This is all for you."

Wu Ye took it in his hand and began to bite it with big mouthfuls.

Seeing his appearance, Liu Yuanbin and everyone in Yongweiying were surprised. In this world, there are not many such real men.

It is indeed a pity to die here.

……

An hour later, Liu Yuanbin in armor was sitting in the imperial tent with an unnatural expression.

Wang Chaofu ordered the eunuch to serve a bowl of Duyun Maojian cooked with plum blossoms in warm water, sat on the other side, smelled the aroma, smiled intoxicatedly on his face, and asked:

"What is worthy of General Liu's personal report?"

"His Majesty has dispatched a large army to Jianyang, Xijiangkou and other places. After two days of work, the rebellion that is still brewing in the local area must be stopped."

"If military generals from other places have to meet with His Majesty to report, His Majesty will be too busy."

Liu Yuanbin picked up this carefully cooked warm tea. Although his mouth was filled with the fragrance of plum blossom tea, he didn't have the slightest thought to taste the tea. He suddenly asked:

"Elder-in-law, since ancient times, those who rebelled have been killed by relatives?"

Wang Chaofu looked at him in surprise, and replied:

"That's different. In the past, when King Ning rebelled, only the relatives of the leading generals were punished. There are too many people under him. If he really wants to kill him, he may have to kill tens of thousands of people."

"Oh……"

Liu Yuanbin responded, feeling a little more at ease.

"What does the general ask this for?"

Chao Fu's mind was all on tasting tea, and he just asked casually.

In fact, he, the manager of the Qianqing Palace, had a lot of things to do when he was in the palace, but when he came out, there were not many things to do.

Along the way, Emperor Tianqi not only had to deal with the government affairs sent by the capital, but also was busy dealing with local tyrants, officials, and dignitaries. He was the one who was so busy that he never touched the ground.

"It's nothing."

When the voice fell, the outer tent was lifted, and the two quickly put down their tea and got up to salute.

Dressed in military uniform, Zhu Youxiao, who had just returned from Nanjing, walked in vigorously, patted the dust on his legs with a horsewhip, then walked to the main seat and sat down, asking:

"This is the first time you want to see me, tell me what happened."

For this cavalry general under his command, a famous general of the Yongwei Battalion in history, Zhu Youxiao still attaches great importance to training him.

In the future, this may be a general who can stand on his own.

Liu Yuanbin had never had such a formal meeting with him before, and such things were often settled by his troops, and then he reported a victory and it was over.

From Zhu Youxiao's point of view, Liu Yuanbin must have encountered some trouble in Xiaolingwei.

Liu Yuanbin cupped his hands and made a bow, bowed his head and said:

"The nearly [-] rebels in Xiaolingwei may deserve to die, but their relatives should not be implicated."

"I... want to ask His Majesty to take it back!"

When the voice fell, the imperial tent suddenly became quiet, Wang Chaofu almost spit out a sip of tea, he swallowed the tea forcefully, stepped forward and said:

"You're messing around—!"

"How can there be any reason to take back His Majesty's decree?"

Liu Yuanbin glanced at him gratefully. In fact, he could tell that the eunuch had a good heart, and he was saving himself and giving himself a step down.

When Liu Yuanbin killed the relatives of the local chieftains in the southwest, even when facing children and old people, he would never give up. He was never a person who would be indecisive on the battlefield.

But this time I went to Xiaolingwei to see. The relatives of the Xiaolingwei garrison had lived in Zijin Mountain for more than 200 years and guarded the tomb of Emperor Taizu. They couldn’t suffer such a disaster just because Yu Ren was a thief.

Therefore, he must do his part in order to have a clear conscience.

2 Chapter Ninety

Zhu Youxiao smiled and gave Wang Chaofu a look.

The latter hurried forward and leaned over to help Liu Yuanbin up. The two stood in front of Emperor Tianqi's imperial court, one on the left and the other on the right.

"I said why do you want to meet today..."

As soon as the words fell, there was a rush of footsteps outside the imperial tent, but it was Chen Ce who heard Liu Yuanbin's news came and asked to be summoned outside the tent.

Zhu Youxiao glanced at the figure outside the tent, and he naturally understood that Chen Ce came back from Nanjing in such a hurry because he was eager to excuse Liu Yuanbin.

Then, with a chuckle, he asked:

"In your eyes, am I a mean and ungrateful emperor?"

Although Chen Ce was very anxious, he still understood the general situation and the difference between emperor and minister. Emperor Tianqi didn't speak, and he just knelt outside the imperial tent, neither barging in nor shouting.

The two people in the tent didn't understand why the emperor suddenly asked this question, they looked at each other, but it was the naughty Wang Chaofu who said first:

"Your Majesty is the lord of sages. He made decisions in the court hall and tried his best to protect Xiong Tingbi. This is how the Liao land has been stable for two years."

"Those who deserve to be killed, His Majesty will not let any one go."

"You are still smart and sensible."

Zhu Youxiao glanced at him, Wang Chaofu listened, and first smiled honestly, seeing the former's stern eyes, he hurriedly lowered his head and said no more.

"But I'm asking you, Liu Yuanbin, what do you think?"

Liu Yuanbin was shocked when he heard the words, saluted again, cupped his hands and said:

"It's not because His Majesty is mean and ungrateful. I can't bear the tens of thousands of living people being dragged down by Na Yu Ren, and they have something to say."

"Ah."