Chapter 98 I Won’t Allow It!

In the cabinet duty room next to the West Garden, several cabinet members have not yet arrived, and only three people are reading the memorials.

Eunuch Feng received Yuan Zhuo's oral instructions and did not dare to delay. After leaving Qingxuan Palace, he did not even hold an umbrella and walked quickly to the cabinet duty room in the drizzle.

The eunuch on duty at the door of the duty room saw Eunuch Feng and hurriedly bent down. Just as he was about to call "ancestor", he was stopped by Eunuch Feng. He walked to the door and asked softly, "Are all the people in the duty room here?"

"Ancestor, it's not time yet. There are only three cabinet elders in the duty room." The eunuch guarding the door did not dare to hide it and quickly replied in a low voice.

After nodding, Eunuch Feng ignored the eunuchs under the eaves and walked inside with his hands behind his back. Li Shu, who was sitting near the door in the duty room, saw Eunuch Feng coming in with his peripheral vision, and quickly put down the memorial and stood up to greet him.

"Eunuch Feng, you came here so early, is there something important?"

"Well, the emperor has an order, and I'm just here to pass it on." Eunuch Feng walked into the duty room with his hands behind his back, bowed to the three people, found an empty chair and sat down, and said to the three people with a smile.

"By the way, why are there only three of you? Haven't the other ministers arrived yet?" Eunuch Feng spoke in a gentle tone, as if chatting.

The three looked at each other, a little puzzled about Eunuch Feng's purpose, but since they had already sat down, could they still chase him away? Li Shou was still the quickest to react. Although he was a little confused, he still explained, "The other ministers are old and have difficulty walking, so they will be slow. Eunuch Feng, please wait for a moment. The other ministers will be here soon."

He turned around and told the eunuch outside the door, "Go, serve Eunuch Feng a cup of good tea. Eunuch Feng has walked all the way here, and I think he must be thirsty."

As soon as the hot tea was served, Yang Ming and Xu Zhifu came together. Seeing Eunuch Feng drinking tea in the duty room, although they were confused, they still smiled and greeted him. After some politeness, the two returned to their seats and sat down. They looked at Li Shou at the first time, and their eyes were full of doubts about Eunuch Feng's intention.

Li Shou shook his head slightly to indicate that he didn't know either. Thinking back to the big and small things in the past few days, he lowered his head and continued to read the memorials after he was sure that he had done nothing wrong.

The duty room fell into a strange silence. Several ministers didn't know the intention of Eunuch Feng, and they didn't dare to speak. They looked at the memorials on the table absent-mindedly. Eunuch Feng was drinking tea calmly. He couldn't speak because the duty room was not full.

Soon, Jiang Fengji, who was staggering, broke the silence. Before Jiang Fengji entered the duty room, Eunuch Feng stood up impatiently and said, "The elders are finally here. The emperor has ordered us to invite the elders to Qingxuan Palace for a meeting. Elders, let's go. Don't let the emperor wait."

"Come on, hold an umbrella for the elders."

After saying hello to Jiang Fengji, Eunuch Feng took the lead and walked out of the duty room. The five elders looked at each other, and no one could make up their minds, so they could only follow behind Eunuch Feng.

In Qingxuan Palace, Yuan Zhuo was chatting with Lu Wenyu about family matters, and the sound of pushing the door interrupted their conversation. Eunuch Feng walked in quickly and saluted, "Master, the ministers have arrived and are waiting outside."

"Call in, and move some stools." Yuan Zhuo waved to the eunuch at the door, walked to the altar and sat down, and ordered.

The five people walked in and were about to kneel down to salute, but were stopped by Yuan Zhuo, saying, "No need to be polite, sit down."

"Mr. Companion, show it to the ministers."

Yuan Zhuo's voice was gentle on the altar, and no emotion could be heard. After the five people circulated the confession, he spoke in a low voice.

"The ministers have all read the confession, and the ambition of the Hu people is obvious. Tell me, what should we do?"

The five people listened to Yuan Zhuo's words, and their faces were tangled. The emperor's intentions were unclear, and they couldn't express their attitudes. They could only look down at the floor tiles and look thoughtful.

"What? Are you mute?" Yuan Zhuo raised his voice a little, glanced at the five people, closed his eyes, tapped the handle with his fingers, and his face was already a little angry.

Hearing the anger in Yuan Zhuo's tone, the Prime Minister Jiang Fengji sighed, held the stool and stood up tremblingly, saying, "Your Majesty, the Hu people are so unscrupulous, we must also prepare early to avoid a disaster."

Jiang Fengji is worthy of being an official for many years. Although he said it, it was no different from not saying it. The main thing is Tai Chi.

"Hehe, prepare early? Good advice, good advice!" Jiang Fengji's words almost made Yuan Zhuo laugh. He held the handrail tightly with both hands, stared at the five people with cold eyes, and the raging anger in his chest was ignited, and his expression was a little ferocious.

Without waiting for them to kneel down, Yuan Zhuo hurried down the altar, pointed at the five cabinet elders and shouted angrily, "I asked you to join the cabinet for national affairs, for the people of the world, and to lead all officials. Now my officials are dead, and you actually asked me to prepare early. What do you mean by preparing early? Are you ready to be killed? Have you returned decades of sage books to your teacher? Ah?"

"Your Majesty, calm down. We are guilty." The five people were shocked. In their impression, Yuan Zhuo had not lost his temper for more than ten or twenty years. Looking at Yuan Zhuo with anger in his eyes, the five people couldn't even sit on the stool and knelt down almost instantly.

Even Lu Wenyu and Eunuch Feng knelt down and looked at Yuan Zhuo in horror. The two looked at each other and confirmed that this was not a play. Yuan Zhuo was really angry.

Ignoring the five kneeling people, Yuan Zhuo exhaled a few times and turned his head and said, "Wenyu, Daban, get up. The matter has nothing to do with you. It's not right to let you kneel. Sit down."

After saying that, he turned around and walked to the weapon rack next to the case and pulled out the sword. He walked to the altar with the sword and turned his back to a few people and said, "This sword was given to me by my father when I was still the prince. When he gave the sword, he said that he would spend his whole life with it." My wish is to regain the lost territory and drive the barbarians to the north of the Ice Lake so that the people of the world will no longer suffer from the war. When I came to the throne, I held this sword and swore in front of my ancestors that I would make the world stable and the country as before. "

"Since I came to the throne, I have stopped conscripting troops year after year and resting with the people. For more than twenty years, I have always wanted to conquer the barbarians in the north and bring peace to the world. Now because of a few dead soldiers and a few assassins, I want to disrupt the imperial court. Let me and the barbarians make excuses so that the barbarians can delay their recovery? I won’t allow it!”

"Didn't the Hu people tear up their oath not to fight? Then tear it up, I agree! But I won't just go along with their wishes so easily. They want to use the life-and-death struggle of warriors as a show of force, I agree! The time is set before the year, and the place is suitable for me. According to the old rules, ten people will fight against ten people. Those who are alive will come back to celebrate the New Year, and those who are dead will be buried in the barren mountains!"

After saying that, Yuan Zhuo turned around and pointed his sword at the five of them, with a cold voice, "You five, go back, give priority to the war, and do everything yourself. Anyone who dares to deal with it carelessly will be killed!"

"I want to take back the lost land and leave a big territory for my descendants!"