Chapter 366: Request to Execute Chen Zuchang

"Your Highness, I think the first person to be dealt with should be Chen Zuchang, the eunuch guarding Chongshan Town!"

Liu Yuanfu stood up at this time and bowed and said.

When Chen Zuchang was mentioned, the prince's face instantly darkened.

However, Prince Cheng and Prince Gong next to them showed sarcastic expressions.

Chen Zuchang was the prince's man, but not long after he arrived in Liaodong, he was impeached by Pang Tang!
This is so embarrassing!
The prince wanted to kill someone at this moment.

He not only wanted to kill Chen Zuchang, but also Pang Tang.

Others only saw Pang Tang's memorial, but he also received Chen Zuchang's secret memorial.

Pang Tang impeached openly, while Chen Zuchang reported secretly.

Needless to say, Chen Zuchang's report was definitely exaggerated, repeating what Pang Tang had said to him, and then added some other things like Pang Tang was disrespectful to the prince.

Although the prince did not completely believe what Chen Zuchang said, he still felt very angry in his heart.

After all, Chen Zuchang is his man, and one has to look at the owner before beating the dog. But Pang Tang didn't give him any face at all. It would have been fine if he just called Chen Zuchang a castrated dog, but he actually submitted an impeachment memorial. Isn't this embarrassing for him?

"I will deal with Chen Zuchang, so you don't have to worry about it!" The prince said helplessly.

Chen Zuchang embezzled military pay and must be dealt with. He didn't want to be dealt with at all. All the civil and military officials in the court were watching him at this time, and he certainly couldn't cover up for Chen Zuchang.

"May I ask how your Highness will deal with Chen Zuchang?"

However, he wanted to stop, but Liu Yuanfu was unwilling.

How to deal with Chen Zuchang?
Chen Zuchang is the prince's household slave, so naturally the prince has the final say on how to deal with him!
However, Liu Yuanfu did not want the prince to make a big deal out of a small matter. He hoped that the prince would severely punish Chen Zuchang, and it would be best if he could kill Chen Zuchang.

The prince certainly did not want to kill Chen Zuchang. No matter how wrong Chen Zuchang was, he was still someone close to him. If Chen Zuchang was killed, it would cause those around him to become alienated.

"I will remove him from his post as governor and appoint a new one!" the prince said in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, Liu Yuanfu showed a look of disappointment.

The prince is not decisive enough, nor ruthless enough.

For the sake of a slave, he actually ignored the overall situation of Chongshan Town.

"I think Chongshan Town does not need to be guarded for the time being!" Liu Yuanfu said.

He didn't want to argue with the prince about how to deal with Chen Zuchang. He just hoped that the prince would stop sending eunuchs to Chongshan Town.

The prince looked at Liu Yuanfu with sinister eyes.

"Lord Liu thinks I am not worthy of being a garrison commander?"

"I have no such intention!"

"Then what do you mean? I know that you have a close relationship with Yang Zhengshan. Do you think that Yang Zhengshan does not need to be guarded and monitored?" The prince's tone became extremely gloomy.

As soon as he said this, all the officials in the court showed a look of surprise.

Zhou Mao frowned and looked up at the prince, but quickly lowered his head again.

Li Siyuan also frowned, thinking that the prince's words were a bit too much.

This is saying that Liu Yuanfu is protecting Yang Zhengshan. To put it more broadly, it can also be said that Liu Yuanfu and Yang Zhengshan are forming a clique!

Civil officials and military generals formed a clique!
This is a taboo!
"This old minister has absolutely no such intention!" Liu Yuanfu raised his head and looked directly at the prince.

"No! Then why doesn't Chongshan Town need to be guarded!" The prince became even more angry when he was looked at by him.

Who is Liu Yuanfu?

Even Emperor Chengping dared to point at his nose and scold him!
The wrinkles on Liu Yuanfu's old face trembled slightly, "Your Highness, do you really want me to tell you?"

"Speak!" the prince said sternly.

Liu Yuanfu bowed and said loudly: "Your Highness is not strict with his subordinates, so this cunning slave came into being. The cunning slave embezzled money and ignored the overall situation. He deserves to be executed. I ask Your Highness to execute Chen Zuchang!"

Liu Yuanfu knelt down and kowtowed, "Your Highness, please execute Chen Zuchang!"

Does Chongshan Town need a eunuch to guard it?
Does it matter?

it is not important!

Liu Yuanfu just didn't want the prince to send eunuchs to Chongshan Town to cause trouble again.

But the prince refused to let go, so he had no choice but to force the prince!

"You!" The prince was so angry!
"Chen Zuchang's crime is unforgivable. I beg Your Highness to execute Chen Zuchang!" Liu Yuanfu kowtowed again.

Embezzlement of military funds can be a big or small matter!
Handle the matter in Xiaoli, make Chen Zuchang return the military pay, and then the prince can punish him.

If the case is handled more seriously, killing Chen Zuchang would also be within the legal framework.

The prince looked at Liu Yuanfu kneeling on the ground, his face turning pale and blue.

But what was even more worrying was yet to come.

"I ask the prince to kill Chen Zuchang!"

"I ask the prince to kill Chen Zuchang!"

The people who wanted to take advantage of the situation came, and Prince Cheng and Prince Gong stood up to pay their respects.

The prince looked at the two men sinisterly, and at this moment he wanted to kill even more people.

"Okay, very good. Since the two royal brothers want to kill a slave, I will execute him!"

After saying this, the prince flicked his sleeves and left the hall angrily.

Liu Yuanfu looked up at the prince's departing back and sighed softly.

"Master Liu, why bother?" Li Siyuan stepped forward and stretched out his hand to help him up.

"How can we treat the border town war as a joke? I have no other options!" Liu Yuanfu shook his head and said quietly. If the problem of Chongshan Town is not solved, the problem of the Wulianghu tribe cannot be solved.

As long as the western road of Chongshan Town is still in Ji Feiyu's hands, the Wulianghu tribe can enter Liaoxi as easily as if they were in an empty land.

The most important thing right now is to capture Chongshan Pass and regain control of the west road of Chongshan Town, otherwise the war in western Liaoning will never end.

However, at this juncture, the prince not only did not take the overall situation into consideration, but was always thinking about placing people in Chongshan Town, which made Liu Yuanfu very disappointed.

"But if you do this, the prince will probably feel disgusted with you!" Li Siyuan said in a low voice.

"You can hate it if you want, but I'm already prepared to retire!" Liu Yuanfu raised his head to look at the lofty dragon throne, then walked out of the hall step by step, shaking his head.

Li Siyuan looked at his back and sighed in his heart.

The struggle in the court was far more intense than imagined, and the fight between the Crown Prince and Prince Cheng and Prince Gong was almost out in the open.

The two princes would oppose anything the prince wanted to do, and would unscrupulously pursue anything that could embarrass the prince.

The next day, Liu Yuanfu petitioned for his remains.

He really wanted to resign.

First, he is already seventy years old. Although he is in good health, his energy and physical strength are insufficient due to his age.

The second reason is that the current court situation is turbulent, the struggle between the crown prince and the two princes is intensifying, and political turmoil is inevitable.

But he no longer has the ambition he had when he was young, nor does he have the fearlessness he once had.

The older a person gets, the less timid they become.

Yesterday, Liu Yuanfu had completely offended the prince. If he continues to stay in the court, the Liu family might be wiped out in the future.

Liu Yuanfu felt that he had lived up to His Majesty and Darong in his life, and now that he was old, it was time for him to consider his future generations.

That's why he decided to resign and return to his hometown to retire, away from the whirlpool of the court.

Liu Yuanfu's petition for permission to retire was rejected without a doubt.

In the following two days, Liu Yuanfu petitioned for his remains every day for three times in a row, and the prince granted his request.

As for Liu Yuanfu's request to retire, the prince wanted to drive this old man out of Kyoto as soon as possible, but Liu Yuanfu was an important official in the court after all and had a high reputation among the literati, so he could only reject Liu Yuanfu's memorial three times in a row.

Liu Yuanfu was determined to resign. He knew what the prince was thinking and asked for resignation three times in three consecutive days.

The next day after getting permission, Liu Yuanfu left Kyoto with his family. He left without any delay, and was even a little hurried.

However, before leaving Kyoto, Liu Yuanfu still wrote a letter to Yang Zhengshan.

The first day of July.

Outside Chongshan Pass, in the camp of the Tenglongwei army.

Yang Zhengshan received a letter from Liu Yuanfu.

Looking at the contents of the letter, Yang Zhengshan's brows twisted into a knot.

In the letter, Liu Yuanfu stated the reason for his resignation. The fight between the crown prince and the two princes was becoming more and more intense, and the old emperor was still bedridden. If this continued, there would be chaos in the court. Liu Yuanfu did not want to implicate his descendants, so he could only avoid danger and stay away from the court.

At the same time, Liu Yuanfu also mentioned in the letter that the prince might be very dissatisfied with Yang Zhengshan, and asked Yang Zhengshan to deal with it carefully.

After reading the letter, Yang Zhengshan stroked his long beard and fell into deep thought.

He was in Chongshan Town, far away from the court, so the fighting in the court should have nothing to do with him.

But now he is the general of Chongshan Town, and Chongshan Town and Liaoxi are under the attention of the whole people. The struggle in the court will probably revolve around Chongshan Town and Liaoxi.

As for the prince, he had never had any intersection with the prince, but in many things he seemed to have become a stumbling block for the prince.

Liu Yuanfu requested the execution of Chen Zuchang, but the prince said that Liu Yuanfu was in collusion with him. This was truly an unprovoked disaster!
Chen Zuchang was driven away by Pang Tang, and he had never met Chen Zuchang.

But now the prince probably hates him as well!
The more Yang Zhengshan thought about it, the more his head hurt.

Compared to the current war, the struggle in the court is more troublesome.

"Will the prince want to kill me?"

Yang Zhengshan shook his head, feeling that he was suffering from some paranoid delusions.

The prince might be dissatisfied with him, but he probably wouldn't want to get rid of him.

Not to that point yet.

Moreover, the court still needs him to deal with Ji Feiyu. If the prince has a sense of the overall situation, he should not touch him at this time.

As for the future, I don’t think too much about it now because it doesn’t make any sense.

Yang Zhengshan thought of Prince Cheng and Prince Gong, as well as the bedridden old emperor.

"I don't know when the old emperor will get better!"

Yang Zhengshan murmured something in a low voice, then put down the letter in his hand, stood up and walked out of the tent.

Outside the tent, Niu Zhuang, Tang Feihu and Xie Yuan were chatting. When they saw him come out, they hurried forward and saluted.

"Let's go, let's go take another look at Chongshan Pass!"

Yang Zhengshan said something, jumped on his horse, and led his men out of the camp and galloped towards Chongshan Pass.

They have been at Chongshan Pass for nearly twenty days.

During these twenty days they had not attacked the city, not even a tentative attack.

Ji Feiyu in the city did not go out to fight, as if he was determined to defend Chongshan Pass to the death.

The two sides were in a stalemate.

However, Yang Zhengshan knew that he could not delay any longer. If he continued like this, Liaoxi would probably not be able to hold on first, and the court would probably have opinions about him.

(End of this chapter)