Your Majesty, please beg for mercy. The prince's rebellion was successful.

Chapter 536 Instigating rebellion?

Two days later.

"Prince..."

In the meeting hall of the General's Mansion, the Minister of Rites looked at Zhou Zheng with a worried expression.

The other officials of the imperial court who accompanied him were also frightened.

In the past two days, although the Zhenbei Army did not make trouble for them and was just confined to the mansion, they really felt the pain of living like a year.

No one knows what Zhou Zheng will do after he refuses to accept the order.

What they feared most was that Zhou Zheng would kill them in the north on impulse.

Therefore, everyone was cautious and did not dare to act rashly regardless of their official rank.

"Have you guys gotten used to it these past two days?"

Zhou Zheng looked at the Minister of Rites and others with a smile on his face, giving people a gentle and elegant feeling.

But when everyone saw Zhou Zheng's smiling face, their bodies trembled involuntarily.

After all, they knew that the jade-like boy in front of them was actually a ruthless person.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I hope everything is fine with you, the official."

Swallowing his saliva lightly, the Minister of Rites answered carefully.

Zhou Zheng has always been strong, especially his attitude towards the officials in the court, and they know it very well.

The eunuch who announced the decree was beheaded.

However, Liu Fu, the prime minister of the current dynasty, was so angry that he fainted.

Later, the Minister of War was beheaded!

Therefore, Zhou Zheng's sudden friendly and caring attitude made their hearts beat faster.

As the saying goes, there must be a monster when something goes wrong!

Sure enough, just when they were on tenterhooks, Zhou Zheng spoke.

"The imperial court doesn't know the situation in the north, but I think several adults know about it."

"I don't know, what do some adults think I should do next!?"

At this time in the meeting hall, Zhou Zheng was sitting high on the throne, and even Xiao Guan, Xiao Hu, Xiao Bao and others could only take their seats on the two sides below.

As for Zhenbei Hou, he vomited out a mouthful of blood and fainted, and it seems that he has not woken up yet.

However, the Minister of Rites is a smart man. It can be seen from the seating chart in front of him that although the Marquis of Zhenbei is unconscious due to internal injuries, the northern land seems to be controlled by Zhou Zheng.

He rolled his eyes and quickly figured out Zhou Zheng's intention.

"The Crown Prince is my future heir apparent to the Great Zhou Dynasty. In my heart, I have a long-term plan for the Great Zhou Dynasty."

"This time, in the war in the north, I, the Great Zhou Dynasty, won a great victory, and even conquered Ningyang City. Let's do it with one go!"

"Not only must we consolidate the fruits of victory, but we must also make the Great Xia Kingdom fearful and completely wary of our Great Zhou Dynasty and not dare to attack easily!"

The Minister of Rites raised his head and spoke.

He has an upright look on his face, and he has a sense of loyalty and courage.

The words are precise and the look is serious!

However, the corners of the mouth of the accompanying courtier standing next to him twitched involuntarily.

When he looked at the Minister of Rites from the corner of his eye, he was also in a daze.

As expected of a minister of the Ministry of Rites who holds a high position, he really speaks nonsense to others and lies to ghosts!

"The Minister of Rites is indeed an important minister of my court!"

"If everyone is like you, then why should I, Great Zhou, not be able to make further progress!?"

Zhou Zheng smiled and nodded with satisfaction.

Zhou Zheng's approval just made the atmosphere in the assembly hall feel a little more relaxed.

Zhou Ping, Lan Yu and others, who were surrounded by angry eyes, also restrained their murderous intent.

Everyone's eyes fell on the Minister of Rites again, and they no longer had the murderous intent before. Instead, there was a trace of easy-going, and he looked like an old friend of the same camp.

But the Minister of Rites is still worried. He has only one idea now, and that is to leave the northern land as soon as possible.

As for what Zhou Zheng was going to do next, he didn't care at all.

"But in my northern territory, the number of warriors who can fight now is only 30,000 to 50,000."

"How to face Daxia's million-strong army!?"

"How can we drive our troops to the north and promote the prestige of our great Zhou Dynasty?"

Suddenly, Zhou Zheng frowned, with a troubled expression on his face, and then sighed softly, feeling quite helpless.

Seeing Zhou Zheng's eyes on him, the Minister of Rites tensed up, and then he couldn't help but start cursing in his heart.

Because when Zhou Zheng asked this question, almost all the generals of the Zhenbei Army present also focused their attention on him again.

Obviously, if the Minister of Rites hadn't said something, today's situation would probably not be good.

How could the Minister of Rites know about the military affairs? ?

He is only responsible for governing the world's etiquette, sacrifices, and tributes. How can he know about war?

But just now he had followed Zhou Zheng's wishes against his will and said that he would pursue the victory. If he didn't come up with some plans now, Zhou Zheng would definitely not be able to spare him.

Thinking of this, the Minister of Rites hated himself even more, why he took on this job.

Not only was Zhou Zheng not allowed to return to the court in compliance with the order, but he was made willing to be "incited to rebel" by the Minister of Rites.

Once the flattering words of Zhou Zheng from the Minister of Rites reached the ears of the court, he knew that he might not have a good life in the future.

Gritting his teeth, a sense of helplessness continued to rise in his heart.

Zhou Zheng, on the other hand, remained calm and unhurried.

"Back to the Crown Prince, there are three lines of defense with 300,000 elites."

"If the prince can mobilize some of these forces, it will be enough for the Northern Expedition!"

Taking a deep breath, this was also the helpless move of the Minister of Rites.

"How to mobilize?"

"They are the elite of the imperial court, and King Runan and the eldest and second emperor brothers are in charge."

Shaking his head, Zhou Zheng seemed quite helpless.

"Damn it, the prince is so good at pretending to be stupid!"

Seeing Zhou Zheng like this, the Minister of Rites and several courtiers couldn't help but express their innermost thoughts.

But I could only smile.

"This time when the official and others return to the court, they will definitely urge your majesty!"

"Now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The prince is wise and powerful. It is a great opportunity to go all out and take advantage of the situation to attack Xia!"

After several people looked at each other, they stood up, bowed deeply to Zhou Zheng, and spoke decisively.

"In this case, it will be a big trouble for you all!"

Seeing that his goal was achieved, Zhou Zheng smiled knowingly.

With hands clasped in fists, he expressed thanks as well.

After hearing this, the Minister of Rites and others were also very confused.

How could they not know that this was clearly an invisible deal made by Zhou Zheng.

"correct."

Zhou Zheng frowned slightly and suddenly spoke again.

"The Marquis of Zhenbei will also return to Beijing with you all."

Zhou Zheng's words made the Minister of Rites and others somewhat unresponsive.

What does it mean?

This is to supervise them! ?