Volume 10 Chapter 163

Tang Yin's words also touched Qiu Zhen very much. He took a few deep breaths, restrained his emotions, pretended to smile leisurely, and said: "Don't worry, my king, I will try my best to live longer than you."

Hearing him say this, Tang Yin was not unhappy at all, but felt much more relaxed. He patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "I hope so too!" After a pause, he turned the topic back to Guo Jue and asked: "Qiu Zhen, you said that Guo Jue should be rewarded, so how about letting him be the head of the county after we conquer the entire Anqiu County?"

"No, no!" Qiu Zhen shook his head like a drum Like, he said: "Guo Jue is not suitable to stay in the local area. He is too loyal to Moguo. If he stays in the local area, he will become a disaster in the future."

Tang Yin said, "Yes, he is too loyal to Moguo. Such a person will be a trouble sooner or later."

Qiu Zhen said, "Loyalty is not necessarily a shortcoming. As long as the king uses it properly, Guo Jue will be more reassuring than Cai Song and Shao Yu, who are fence-sitters."

"You mean..."

"Transfer Guo Jue to the court. Didn't the king appoint Cai Gui as the Chief Censor? Guo Jue can also serve in this position, and it is more suitable!" Qiu Zhen suggested.

"Okay! I'll do as you say!" Tang Yin nodded in agreement, then looked at the screen and said, "We have been in recess for long enough, it's time to go out."

"Yes! King!"

Tang Yin and Qiu Zhen came out from behind the screen slowly. Both of them had no expression on their faces. Just looking at their appearance, no one could guess what they had discussed just now.

Seeing that the king had come out, everyone present was excited, leaning forward subconsciously, holding the hilt of the sword tightly, waiting for Tang Yin's order, and then rushing forward together to cut Guo Jue into pieces.

Tang Yin looked around at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on Guo Jue, and said in a calm tone: "Mr. Guo is not afraid of the king's power, is discerning, and argues with reason. In the end, he investigated the case of Laifu Teahouse thoroughly, and he can be regarded as a model of loyalty. With such a wise minister, it is too much of a waste to be just a city lord. The king does not want to bury talents, and now promotes Guo Jue to the position of Chief Censor."

No one expected that Guo Jue would impose all the punishments on the king, but the king not only did not blame him, but promoted him to a third-rank official. This was incredible. People looked at each other, unable to recover for a long time. Some clever Feng generals thought that Tang Yin was deliberately giving Guo Jue a sweet treat to shut him up, and they all said, "Guo Jue, the king treats you so well, why don't you thank him quickly?"

What surprised and angered people was that Guo Jue was not moved by the high-ranking official of the third rank, and said righteously, "I appreciate your kindness, but as a Mo person, how can I serve in the court of Feng? I hope your Highness Feng will take back his order!"

"Guo Jue is so bold! A mad dog of Mo country, he really doesn't know how to appreciate it!" The Feng generals stared at him indignantly.

Tang Yin was not angry, but happy. He said slowly: "Whether you are a Mo or Feng, you are a citizen of the emperor. This time, I am here to punish the disloyalty on behalf of the emperor. If you don't accept my reward, you don't accept the emperor's reward. Could it be that Lord Guo also has the heart of being disloyal to the emperor?"

This big hat was put down, which was enough to crush Guo Jue. The latter's face changed suddenly. After a moment of hesitation, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying in a hurry: "I dare not, I obey the order!"

Humph! Tang Yin sneered in his heart. With the emperor as the trump card in hand, he would always stand on the side of orthodoxy and always occupy the moral high ground. It would be twice the result with half the effort to do things.

He said with a smile: "It is great to know your mistakes and improve them. This time, I will not punish you. But I can not punish you, but I have made mistakes. The emperor is guilty of the same crime as the common people. As the king of a country, I should set an example." As he spoke, Tang Yin reached out and grabbed the scimitar on the table. With a flip of his wrist, he pointed the blade at himself and slashed it horizontally.

"Your Majesty, you can't--" Seeing this, all the generals in the hall were scared to death and screamed. They stretched out their hands to stop Tang Yin, but it was too late.

As the cold light flashed, a large handful of black silk fell from Tang Yin's head. In this scene, not only the Feng soldiers and generals were stunned, but even Guo Jue opened his mouth in surprise.

He asked Tang Yin to use his hair instead of his head, which was actually more of a threat. He didn't believe that the arrogant Feng Wang Tang Yin could be forced to cut off his hair by a mere commoner of the Mo Kingdom, but it was also good to dampen the arrogance of Tang Yin and the Feng Army. But he never expected that Tang Yin would actually do this. As a monarch of a country, he could accept such a heavy punishment willingly without caring about his face. This required a great mind, at least not something that Shao Fang, the current monarch of Mo State, could do.

"Your Majesty!" After an unknown amount of time, the wind generals came back to their senses and swarmed forward. They knelt down one by one, picked up the short hair on the ground with their hands and feet, held it in their hands, and put it on the table in front of Tang Yin with trembling hands.

Tang Yin waved his hand to everyone, signaling them to retreat first, then grabbed the broken hair and handed it to Guo Jue, saying: "This is the penalty for my mistake. You can take it and hang it on the top of the city wall to show everyone and serve as a warning to others." After speaking, he glanced at the other generals and said coldly: "If the soldiers make mistakes, the generals will be punished. If the generals make mistakes, the king will be punished! I hope that the matter of using the head to replace the hair will not happen again. From today on, any soldier in our army who robs and loots will be killed without mercy. Anyone who kills innocent people will be executed. This is my order and it will take effect immediately. If any general punishes his subordinates unfairly, they will be punished with the same crime!"

All the generals present were trembling with fright. Tang Yin had always emphasized strict military discipline in the past, but if he said this, even he himself didn't care, how could the soldiers below pay attention to it, but it was different now. The king was forced to serve as the leader. He had to cut off his hair in public. How could anyone dare to ignore the law?

All the generals knelt down one after another and said in unison: "General, obey your orders! We will strictly observe military discipline and never make any mistakes in the future!"

"Yes! That's the best." Tang Yin nodded, looked at Guo Jue who was still in a daze, smiled and shook the hair in his hand, and said: "Guo Jue, why don't you quickly take away my hair? "

Guo Jue was shaken and finally came back to his senses. He stepped forward quickly and respectfully took the broken hair from Tang Yin's hand. Then he took two steps back, lifted his clothes, knelt down and kowtowed, and said loudly: "Your Majesty is wise!" Guo Jue has always been Calling Tang Yin Feng Wang shows that he still rejects Tang Yin from the bottom of his heart. Now he changes his name to King, which undoubtedly shows that he has begun to accept Tang Yin to a large extent.

The case of Laifu Tea House was just an insignificant incident. Compared with Feng Jun's actions of massacring the city at every turn, it was really insignificant. However, because of the appearance of Guo Jue, this incident became far-reaching.

First of all, in the history of Fengjun, there have been several military discipline reforms, but the previous reforms together were not as powerful as this military discipline reform. Fengjun clearly saw from top to bottom that if military discipline is violated, even the king will be punished. , if he makes a mistake, he will only die. Tang Yin's setting an example is tantamount to fundamentally putting an end to the chaos of Fengjun's military discipline.

Secondly, Tang Yin's actions not only did not affect his reputation, but were also widely praised and won the love of many Mo people. He was originally guilty of killing the innocent people of Mo country, but later he was willing to be punished and committed suicide. In him, Mo people saw the shadow of a wise king and a sage, especially when compared with Shao Fang, who was almost crazy recently. High and low suddenly appear.

Again, it was Guo Jue’s participation. The territory of Feng Country is expanding too fast, and a large number of talents are needed to support the country's growth. As a result, the races in Feng Country's court are becoming more and more mixed, including Feng people, Ning people, Mo people, etc., with different ethnic groups. , resulting in different factions, vying for power and intrigue among the various parties, but the overall atmosphere of the Fengguo court has always been very upright, not because Tang Yin was so wise and decisive, but because there was always a clear stream of people who dared to speak out in the Fengguo court. , Guo Jue is one of the important ministers.

The Laifu Teahouse case ended here. All the guards in the guard camp involved in the case were executed, and Tang Yin, who was involved, also gave his hair as an apology. The next day, Guo Jie personally supervised and posted the announcement in the city, and hung up Tang Yin's severed hair and the severed heads of the guards.

Tang Yin did what Qiu Zhen wanted. He still couldn't see how far-reaching the impact of this matter was, but it was definitely embarrassing and conspicuous. At this time, he had already started to prepare carriages. When the army went south, he thought Take a carriage out of town. When Tang Yin went out with the army, he would choose to ride a horse unless he was injured. He liked to walk side by side with the soldiers, and he also liked the feeling of riding a tall horse and being under the spotlight and showing off his power. But this time, he really had no shame in showing off.

After Qiu Zhen heard about this, he shook his head and smiled, then brought two packages and came to find Tang Yin. After meeting, he gave one of the packages to Tang Yin and urged: "Your Majesty, please put it on quickly!"

Tang Yin didn't answer immediately. He looked at Qiu Zhen in confusion and asked, "What is it?"

"Civil clothes!"

"Civil clothes?" Tang Yin was stunned for a moment, then nodded knowingly, and said with a wry smile: "You want me to dress up like a commoner and sneak out of the city to avoid embarrassment and conspicuousness, right?"

Qiu Zhen shook his head and said, "That's not the case! Your Majesty, please put on your casual clothes and go out with your ministers to listen."

Tang Yin frowned and asked, "What are you looking at? And what are you listening to?"

"Public opinion!" Qiu Zhen said with a smile.

Tang Yin and Qiu Zhen both changed into casual clothes and quietly slipped out from the back door of the city lord's mansion without any entourage. The weather is good today, with clear blue skies and a rare absence of annoying wind and sand. However, the temperature is even hotter, and you will be sweating after just a few steps.

Tang Yin followed Qiu Zhen and asked, "Where are we going?"

"Go and see the announcement in the south of the city. It's the most crowded and lively place." Qiu Zhen had already made preparations.