Jiang Qing

As soon as Qin Chengze's military report on Han Queguan entered Pingdu, there was an uproar in the court.

Led by the two impeachment officials at Yushitai, more and more officials spoke out about Mei Shao's crimes.

And the two or three veterans who escaped from the Beidi battlefield pushed this dispute to the peak. They shouted grievances in front of the Yamen of the Jingzhao Yin Mansion, and every word said that they were veterans of the Beidi, defying life and death. Shao colluded with the enemy and treasoned the country, handing over the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers to others, and they would not be deserters, and ran back to Pingdu to seek justice.

If it was really a frame-up, Bai Bingchen could still investigate thoroughly, so as to block the mouths of the people in Pingdu.The difficult thing is that Bai Bingchen interrogated those veterans in private, and sent someone to check their details. They never lied in a single word, but they proved Mei Shao's crime in their mouths.

Zhao Zhen had already given Bai Bingchen time and manpower to investigate the matter, but after a few days, there was no strong evidence that could clear Mei Shao's suspicion. A confession.

There was a lot of noise in the hall, Zhao Zhen stared at the overbearing Yushitai admonisher, feeling a faint headache.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Mei's heart of disobedience is not revealed today. Prime Minister Mei himself was a traitor in the late emperor's time, and His Majesty's heart is so benevolent, so he should not have ascended to the position of Prime Minister of the Left in such a short period of time, just because It was recommended by Prime Minister Bai, and His Majesty was too trusting to hand over the power. Now that I think about it carefully, how tragic the Cangshan incident was, did Mei have no resentment towards the royal family and His Majesty? Prime Minister Li An and Mei have always been friends in the Southland for six years. It was probably Prime Minister Mei's idea for Li An to let Liang soldiers enter Han Que Pass, not to mention that Liang soldiers used Jiang Guo, and Mei Xiang didn't stop him at all..."

"Why didn't you stop me!" Bai Bingchen interrupted the officer's words, and asked forcefully, "Your Excellency is so clear about the war situation in the Northland, don't you know that Prime Minister Mei asked Prince Sheng to guard Han Que Pass long ago, if Prime Minister Mei intended to let Liang soldiers enter the pass, Why do you need to do this!"

The officer sneered, stopped his neck and said, "No one in Li Kingdom knows about the relationship between Prince Cheng and that Prince Jiang. Xiang Mei is afraid that he sent the prince to Han Que Pass on purpose to deceive others. Most of the ruin is just Mei Xiang's superficial effort, if natural and man-made disasters come first, he will be able to put aside the relationship and clear the suspicion."

Zhao Zhen sneered, and said, "You mean my emperor's uncle also colluded with the enemy country and offended my country Li?"

"I don't dare. Prince Cheng has always been upright and brave. Maybe Prime Minister Mei deceived him with the righteousness of his family and country. Prince Sheng should not know about it."

"If Prime Minister Mei wanted to rebel, why would he risk his life for the Nanyang Rebellion and go deep into the enemy's camp to pacify the south for His Majesty and regain control of the military?" Bai Bingchen said sharply, "If there is no evidence to slander the Central and Left Prime Ministers with empty tongues, when With a felony."

"Your Majesty!" The speaker lifted his robe and knelt, and said, "Since I am speaking here, I have already put life and death aside. Since Prime Minister Mei entered the court, the things she has done seem to be for the country and the king, but in fact there are other things. Profound meaning. His Majesty sent him to dredge the waterways for Cangzhou water transportation. Prime Minister Mei disregarded the law of the court and dealt with the people in Weihu Mountain privately. It can be seen that he was restrained by personal anger and did not respect the law of the court. The root cause is that Prime Minister Mei asked His Majesty to send Prince Sheng to guard the pass, which is why he made this omission. Now he repeats the same mistakes and asks Prince Sheng to guard Han Que Pass. Mei Xiang led the Jinxi Army to resist the Nanyang army. When the victory was not yet decided, he untied his saddle and dismounted. He left the Jinxi Army, took refuge in Ren Heming, and personally attacked Wudu. This pile of piles shows that Mei Xiang's heart is not respectful to His Majesty I can't help it. Back then, the civil strife could be tolerated, but if your Majesty, the foreign enemy, still blindly let go of Mei Xiang's power in the army, Li Guo will not know where he is in the future, please think twice."

The massacre of Weihu Mountain, the conspiracy of Han Queguan, and the rebellion in Wuducheng were all the result of Mei Shao's soldiers' dangerous moves.Although Mei Shao was born in a general family, but his temperament is free and easy, and he has been soaked in the rivers and lakes a lot. The strategy in the army is not as rigid as the traditional marching. In addition, at the time of Weihu Mountain, Bai Bingchen and Mei Shao have not completely relieved their emotions. In the end, the situation is still the same, Han Queguan's conspiracy, Bai Bingchen and Mei Shao have never communicated with each other... and Bai Bingchen did not cover up these two things, because he still had the will to die back then.

Bai Bingchen originally wanted to exchange himself for Li Guo Wushen. He wanted to push these two things on himself. One dies.But in the future, what Bai Bingchen can have is what Bai Bingchen dare not think about. He began to have selfish thoughts, began to covet the time in the world, began to be nostalgic for the lingering love with Mei Shao, and even fantasized that one day he would be successful and famous. Both retreat.

When Mei Shao in Cangzhou asked him what the price of getting involved in Fudi Pavilion was, Bai Bingchen didn't say anything and didn't waver; , Bai Bingchen only felt that he had missed a lot, and was born at an untimely time, so he couldn't respond to all of them; but later, when Wu Du Meishao gave him his life and forced him to make a promise, Bai Bingchen dared not die.

He was tired of this endless fight, and once thought that dying in court was the best ending for his life, but later he had selfish feelings, so he didn't dare to attack himself again.Mei Shao is straightforward and enthusiastic. From the time Bai Bingchen agreed to be with him, Bai Bingchen might still want to try his best to make up for it within a limited time, but Mei Shao has already decided in his heart that it will be forever.

And this perpetuation opened Bai Bingchen's heart, and made him, a person who had never thought about the future, hope to be able to grow old. Because of his selfishness, Bai Bingchen never mentioned his plan to kill God in front of Zhao Zhen.

But now after going around in circles, it turned out to be back to the original point of origin.

After all, the doomed dead end still needs to be resolved in the most desperate and tragic way.

"There is no result in such arguing. But the war in the North is no joke. I implore Your Majesty to recall Mei Shao, hold down the movement of the Shenyang Army, and let Xiang Mei go north after everything is found out." The officer asked.

Bai Bingchen turned around and looked at the officials behind him. At this time, the instigator was still calm and showed no sign of himself, but Bai Bingchen knew that he was hiding under these official robes.

He slowly looked around the courtiers, his eyes rested on the young bird speaker again, and he sighed inaudibly.

"The massacre of Tiger Mountain, the conspiracy of Han Queguan, the rebellion of Wudu City..." Bai Bingchen looked directly at Zhao Zhen, and said clearly, "These are the orders of my humble minister."

"Bai Bingchen!" Zhao Zhen immediately understood what he wanted to do, and scolded him, as if he wanted to suppress all the rest of his words under his intimidation.

But Bai Bingchen still looked directly at him, ignored Zhao Zhen's warning, and said calmly: "The massacre of Weihu Mountain is because I saw that the bandits of Weihu Mountain were not suitable for recruiting, so I indulged Prime Minister Mei and killed Weihu. The conspiracy of Han Queguan was because the minister did not want to see Li An messing up the situation in the Li country, implying that Prime Minister Mei would send him back to the Jiang country and sell him a favor in order to seek the future. The enemy's plan is to order Mei Xiang to pretend to surrender, and to cooperate with the outside."

"The three charges of Prime Minister Mei mentioned by the Yanguan are the three crimes of the minister, and have nothing to do with Prime Minister Mei."

Zhao Zhen can't issue an order to call Mei Shao back, as long as Zhao Zhen orders, whether Mei Shao should or should not be a disadvantageous situation.If he responded and withdrew his troops back to the capital, Qin Chengze would definitely send his troops south to encroach on the territory; The disaster of extermination.

Bai Bingchen would never allow the army that Mei Shao worked so hard to build up to fall apart. The Shenyang Army is the strong support that protects Mei Shao's life. If the Shenyang Army loses its value, Mei Shao will be in danger.

Jinxi died, Pingdonggu, Nanyang rebelled, and Zhenbei rebelled. The four major armies that owned more than half of Li's soldiers and horses now have more than half of their casualties, and only the Shenyang army in Mei Shao's hands dominates. People still didn't directly raise troops to build momentum, which shows that he doesn't have much military power in his hands, and most of them are civilian officials.

As long as the battle flag of the Shenyang Army does not fall, Mei Shao will be safe, and the people behind the Fudi Pavilion will not take action easily.

Bai Bingchen was in the rear and must protect the generals in the front.

"Prince Bai confessed to these three crimes, so now Prime Minister Mei let Liang soldiers enter Han Que Pass is also an instruction from Prime Minister Bai?" the officer said persuasively.

"No." Bai Bingchen said firmly: "President Mei did not act according to common sense. This is a trick to lure the enemy, and it cannot be used as a basis for treason."

"The relationship between Prime Minister Bai and Prime Minister Mei is so good. Naturally, he believes in him wholeheartedly and assists him. Unlike us petty officials who have no personal relationship with Prime Minister Mei, we naturally only speak honestly. Everything is done with His Majesty and Li Guo first. .”

Bai Bingchen gave him a sideways look, and said with a half-smile, "What do you want to say?"

"Mei Xiang and Bai Xiang are both approaching their thirties, but neither has married a wife. There are many speculations in the court, and the minister thinks that Bai Xiang's trust has already added private thoughts, and it is uncountable."

"Is it because the courtiers are speculating, or is it your family's opinion?" Bai Bingchen asked forcefully.

"Don't worry, Prime Minister Bai. Since the minister dares to speak about this matter before His Majesty, there must be evidence." The officer stepped forward and knelt down, took out a stack of letters from his cuff, and said: "The minister has correspondence between Prime Minister Bai and Prime Minister Mei. As proof."

Zhao Zhen nodded to Fushun, the eunuch beside him. Fushun took a small step down, took the letter from the officer, and handed it to Zhao Zhen's desk.

After roughly flipping through it, Zhao Zhen asked, "Is there a blunt statement that Mei Qing and Bai Qing are collaborating with the enemy?"

"Not really. But the conversation between Meixiang and Baixiang is enough to show that there is a deep affection between Meixiang and Baixiang. If Meixiang has a heart of disobedience, Baixiang may not be able to get rid of it."

It's really killing two birds with one stone. He actually wanted to use one thing to bring down the two of them. Bai Bingchen snorted coldly and looked up at Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen's eyes were fixed on Bai Bingchen's body for a long time, and he said tiredly, "You can see for yourself."

Bai Bingchen took the letter from the eunuch and carefully identified it. The content was indeed forged, but he imitated the words between the two of them very similarly. If he didn't know that he hadn't written these things, Bai Bingchen would almost have been killed. It's just a private seal of the signing office...

Only the two of them knew the private seal that Bai Bingchen sent to Mei Shao, and the seal on the correspondence was also signed with the same one, but at the end of the letter in his hand, Bai Bingchen's letter still had his own seal at the end, which is why It's a big mistake.As long as he ordered the people in the mansion to produce the letters between him and Mei Shao, it would be reasonable to say that these letters were forged.

But once the handwriting of the private seal is exposed, the relationship between the two of them will not be concealed from the court. People's words are fearsome, and even the Ministry of Rites will refer to him in the name of private morality, and admit that they have a relationship with Mei Shao. He can no longer vouch for Mei Shao, because the trust in his mouth will be misinterpreted as a personal affair.

If these letters were recognized, he and Mei Shao would be completely convicted of collaborating with the enemy and treason, and the situation would be even worse than the previous one.

At this time, Bai Bingchen had to make a choice under the eyes of everyone in the palace.

Bai Bingchen silently clenched the paper in his hand, paused for two breaths, and saluted Zhao Zhen: "Your Majesty knows that these letters are all forged."

From the astonished eyes of the speech officer, Bai Bingchen could see that he was just a pawn pushed to the bright side, but at this moment, Bai Bingchen said what he said, and there was no turning back.

The dirty water that splashed the sky was about to pour on them, but not only could they not hide, they had to accept it calmly.

Fortunately, Mei Shao is not in Pingdu, Long Yang Zhi's scolding can't reach his ears, and when Mei Shao returns with the army, he will be able to silence everyone.

Bai Bingchen would not let him hear any swear words about their relationship.

The author says:

There are still about a dozen chapters to finish, and it should end in early April~