Late Ming Dynasty: Oops, I am surrounded by the Donglin Party

"The matter of Yongping Prefecture?" Zhang Shikang frowned, and then immediately explained in a panic:

"Oh, I remember now. I felt sorry for the people of Yongping Prefecture who had suffered such a disaster.

I ordered the Royal Guards to rescue the people. The people I saved were so grateful to me. Your Majesty, you don't know that the people were all shouting "Long live the king!"

Zhang Shikang deliberately exaggerated his words in order to activate Chongzhen's suspicious nature.

After all, there is only one sun in the Ming Dynasty, and that is the emperor. Now the people are shouting "Long live the emperor". Brother Chongzhen, can you tolerate this?

The reason why he was so bold was that he knew that as long as nothing serious happened, his brother would not kill him no matter what. After all, he had taken the initiative to hand over the military power.

This way, it’s good for you, it’s good for me, and it’s good for everyone. How wonderful!

After hearing this, the civil officials immediately began to point fingers at Zhang Shikang. Zhang Shikang was thick-skinned and pretended not to see anything, just waiting for Brother Chongzhen to speak.

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand to stop the court officials from whispering. Zhang Shikang took another quick look and found that his brother did not look happy, which made him feel even more proud.

Give the order quickly, brother. The title of Ming Dynasty weightlifting champion still belongs to you!

"Humph, you're talking nonsense!

Think about it carefully before you speak!" Emperor Chongzhen snorted coldly.

Now not only the civil and military officials were a little confused, but Zhang Shikang was also a little confused.

It's so obvious, what's wrong with this guy?

He winked at Li Banghua and Hai Zhongqi again, thinking, don't you guys love to make death warnings? This is such a good opportunity.

However, Li Banghua was very smart. When the emperor stopped him from speaking just now, he probably guessed that something was wrong and decided to wait and see.

So he looked at his nose with his eyes and then at his heart with his nose, and entered into a state of meditation again.

The civil officials remained silent, the nobles and relatives turned against him, and Zhang Shikang had no choice but to explain again:

"What I said is true, please believe me, Your Majesty!

I have achieved so many achievements at such a young age. When the people cheered me on, I was secretly happy in my heart. This shows that I am really about to lose control of my ambition.

I hold the military power of the entire Ming Dynasty in my hands. If I can't control myself, or if some blind person below wants to put a yellow robe on me, and I can't stand the test, then the court will be doomed, right?

To avoid a disaster, Your Majesty must allow me to resign, otherwise it will be Your Majesty who will regret it."

This statement was extremely outrageous. Calling a thief a bald man in front of a monk was considered treasonous. Even Taining Marquis Chen Yanzuo and others subconsciously stayed away from Zhang Shikang.

Those civil servants even glared at him, and Li Banghua and Hai Zhongqi were also filled with indignation.

But Emperor Chongzhen spoke first again.

"You bastard, you won't even tell me the truth?"

This time Emperor Chongzhen was really angry, because Zhang Shikang found that Chongzhen's face was red and warm.

"Look what this is?"

Emperor Chongzhen took a memorial from Wang Chengen and threw it fiercely at Zhang Shikang.

Sun Weifan's body trembled, and he thought to himself, "Oh no!"

Your Majesty has sold him out!

Zhang Shikang was confused and picked up the memorial from the ground.

As soon as I finished reading it roughly, my head was buzzing.

He finally understood why this old man didn't play by the rules.

There are bad people among the masses!

Sun Weifan, you idiot! It's fine you didn't help me in court, but you actually dared to be the first to stab me in the back!

Zhang Shikang was furious and was about to confront Sun Weifan with a memorial in hand.

Sun Weifan was very smart. He immediately hid beside Chen Yanzuo. Chen Yanzuo and others didn't know what was written in the memorial, but when they saw that their nephew seemed to be about to take action, they hurriedly tried to pull him back and try to mediate.

"How dare you! How disrespectful to behave like this in this great hall!"

In the end, it was Emperor Chongzhen who rescued Sun Weifan.

"Your Majesty, Duke Huai is slandering me. How could I do such a thing?"

"Hmph, the memorial contains numerous witnesses. Do you want me to send someone to verify it?

My dear ministers, please take a look at it and you will have your own opinion after reading it.

Wang Dabanban, pass on the memorial from the Marquis of Xinle for circulation as well."

Zhang Shikang was really numb this time. When he looked at Liu Wenbing, he felt a chill in his heart, as if he had been stabbed in the back again.

Two old six!

Lax discipline!!

So the memorials of Sun Weifan and Liu Wenbing were quickly circulated among the ministers, and everyone finally knew that the incident in Yongping Prefecture was actually directed and acted by Zhang Shikang himself.

There was also an article that suddenly appeared in Shuntian Prefecture, praising the merits of Prince Wuying, which was actually written by someone Zhang Shikang hired himself.

And now it seems that Prince Wuying did this in order to resign his military power?

After all, as long as these things were reported to the court, the civil officials would naturally impeach them and even persuade the emperor to take back the military power.

So, they almost became pawns of Prince Wuying?

Outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!

Ridiculous! The most ridiculous thing in the world!

Ever since Zhang Shikang entered the court, many things have become strange.

This guy! What on earth is he thinking?

Could it be that I really blamed him wrongly?

In order to resign from his military power, he even staged his own rebellion.

Is it true that he holds military power just to quickly resolve internal and external troubles?

Now that the world is at peace, the military power must be handed over.

Is he a saint?

How else to explain all this?

The expressions of all the civil and military officials in the court when they looked at Zhang Shikang suddenly became complicated, as if they were looking at a monster.

Zhang Shikang was also in a complicated mood. He had been planning this matter for more than a month, but he didn't expect that it would be ruined by Sun Weifan and Liu Wenbing, the two old men.

This is simply unreasonable!

"This matter has become clear. After all, Prince Wuying is young and does things without following rules. I think all the nobles know this.

I have heard that if you judge by the heart and not by the deeds, there will be no filial sons in poor families; if you judge by the deeds and not the heart, there will be few perfect people in the world.

The memorials submitted by Duke Huaiguo and Marquis Xinle were sufficient to prove that the incident in Yongping Prefecture was nothing more than a play put on by Prince Wuying to shirk responsibility.

But no matter what, as a prince, he should be punished for doing such a ridiculous thing.

I think we should just deduct one year's salary.

What do you think? "

"I second the proposal!"

Among the nobles and relatives, Sun Weifan was the first to bow and agree.

Liu Wenbing, Xu Yunzhen, Chen Yanzuo and other nobles immediately seconded the motion.

Hai Zhongqi and Li Banghua were silent for a moment. They already knew that the emperor had no intention of dismissing Zhang Shikang, the Marshal of the Army, so they did not insist and followed the motion one after another.

Zhang Shikang became anxious.

After so much time, I haven't had time to do many fun things.

This guy really wants to use him as a donkey in the production team forever!

He worked himself to death in his previous life, but Zhang Shikang would never be a slave!

Thinking of this, Zhang Shikang felt his chest surge, and the power of the wildness could no longer be controlled. He immediately bowed down and said loudly:

"Your Majesty! There is no problem with fining my salary. I acknowledge my guilt.

But I am absolutely not qualified to be the Marshal of the Army.

Your Majesty promised me at the beginning that I could resign from my official position at any time as long as I could defeat the enemies and revive the Ming Dynasty.

Now that the bandits have been eliminated and the Jiannu have been crippled, all we need to do next year is send Deputy Marshal Sun or Governor Lu to lead the army, and the Jianlu will be destroyed in an instant.

After the land reform, the people all got their own land, the country was at peace, and it looked like a period of revival.

I am now resigning from the post of Grand Marshal of the Army. Your Majesty is the Emperor and your words are law.

I think you will keep your promise, right?"

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