Before Jiang Chen could finish his sentence, all the civil and military officials were trembling. Their eyes were red and full of shock as Jiang Chen's words kept echoing in their minds!
"The Son of Heaven guards the gates of the country, and the king dies for the country!”
"No ceding of territory, no submission, no tribute, no marriage, no reparations!”
These two short sentences had already shocked all the officials. Just listening to them made their scalps go numb and goosebumps appear all over their bodies!
Although these were only two short sentences, the boldness, dominance, Han Chinese blood, and national integrity contained in them had already reached a shocking level!
In addition, these two short sentences also fully demonstrated Jiang Chen's ambition and his imperial aura!
They would not allow their own people and their own land to be trampled on!
This shocked all the officials present. They looked at Jiang Chen with admiration and shock!
They couldn't imagine that a sixteen-year-old young emperor would have such boldness to say such shocking words!
At this moment, in their eyes, Jiang Chen didn't look like a sixteen-year-old young emperor at all, but more like a king who dominated the world and looked down on the world!
At the same time, a seed was planted in their hearts by Jiang Chen. They could truly feel that if the Tianwu Kingdom survived the catastrophe, nothing would be able to stop the development of the Tianwu Kingdom!
Tianwu Kingdom would eventually create a great undertaking under Jiang Chen's leadership!
And this national motto would definitely be imprinted into the bones of the people, becoming the foundation of the country and the foundation of the nation!
All of a sudden, the civil and military officials could not help but feel their blood boil. The national integrity in their hearts had been awakened, and the Han blood in their veins had been awakened!
Everyone's anger at the suppression of the Turks had completely erupted!
They were no longer afraid, nor fearful!
As Jiang Chen said, if you want to fight, then fight. The Han people are not afraid!
If the civil and military officials were like this, it was not difficult to imagine how the people of the world would feel and be shocked when this national precept spread throughout the world!
Originally, the people who had been suppressed by the Turks would have been excited, and the entire country would have been united against a common enemy. They would have shed their blood and sacrificed their lives to fight the enemy!
" Your Majesty, since we have decided to fight, we must attack decisively. Zarha said that there are still many Turks in Chang 'an. If these Turks can't wait for Zarha, they will definitely report to the Khaganate."Why don't we control these people first?”
"Your Majesty! Shen Lian requests an audience!"
At this moment, Liu Zhuo jogged over and said.
"Xuan."
Jiang Chen said calmly.
From time to time, Shen Lian, who was covered in blood, walked into the hall with a blank expression. The hall was filled with a strong smell of blood.
This scene caused the expressions of all the officials present to change!
After all, everyone had witnessed the decisiveness and ruthlessness of the Embroidered Uniform Guards. Especially during the period of the purge of the court, the civil and military officials had reached the point where they would turn pale when talking about the Embroidered Uniform Guards!
Therefore, when they saw the Embroidered Uniform Guards covered in blood and emitting a strong stench of blood, they could not help but show fear.
Shen Lian, on the other hand, was calm. He came in front of Jiang Chen and kowtowed,""Your subordinate Shen Lian greets Your Majesty. Your subordinate has completed all the tasks that Your Majesty ordered. The 37 members of the Eastern Turkic diplomatic mission have all been killed!”
As soon as he said that, the entire place was in an uproar!
All the officials were shocked!
They never expected that Jiang Chen had already arranged everything and killed everyone in the East Turkic diplomatic mission!
At this time, everyone suddenly realized that Jiang Chen had already made up his mind to kill Zarhar from the beginning. He summoned Zarhar to prevent him from escaping!
Hiss--
The officials couldn't help but gasp. They were once again frightened by the meticulous and unfathomable thoughts and methods of the sixteen-year-old young emperor in front of them!
In fact, the civil and military officials guessed correctly. Jiang Chen had already made up his mind to kill Zarha from the beginning. Last night, he ordered the West Military Bureau to investigate the residence of the Turks, as well as all the information and information. He had the Embroidered Uniform Guards start this morning!
He actually had the intention to kill, so he naturally wouldn't let anyone off!
However, this made the officials feel that it was inappropriate. They thought Jiang Chen was too impulsive. Destroying the entire Eastern Turkic diplomatic mission was too extreme!
After all, in the eyes of the officials, it was best if they did not fight!
If they only killed Zarha, they might still have a chance to negotiate with the Eastern Turkic Khaganate.
However, if this was the case, the thirty over people from the diplomatic mission had all been killed. It was likely that the two countries would not rest until one of them died!
Jiang Chen naturally knew what the officials were thinking, but they didn't dare to ask!
Since they didn't dare to ask, Jiang Chen told them personally,""Dear ministers, do you think that I am too ruthless and ruthless?”
" Your Majesty…I think we should just control these thirty people. There's no need to kill them…" Liu Yuan said carefully.
"Lord Liu, do you know why the Han people are always bullied by the surrounding barbarians? Do you know why the Central Plains is always spied on by the surrounding barbarians?”Jiang Chen asked.
"I don't know!" Liu Yuan shook his head.
The officials were also confused as they didn't understand what Jiang Chen was trying to say.
Jiang Chen explained indifferently," Since you don't know, I'll tell you. Because the Han people are too kind, they are thought to be easy to bully. I only killed more than thirty people. Do you know what the Turks did?”
Then, Jiang Chen snorted and closed his eyes. Obviously, he didn't want to continue, so he signaled Liu Zhuo to speak.
Liu Zhuo didn't dare hesitate. He immediately reported that the Eastern Turkic army of one hundred thousand had pressed down on the border, massacred a dozen county cities, and wiped out the civilians of a provincial capital!
Boom!
After learning the whole story, the officials were shocked. It was as if a bolt of lightning had struck their minds, and they cried out in surprise!
"These Eastern Turks…are too sinister!”
"On the one hand, they pretended to form an alliance with us and forced us to submit. On the other hand, they sent an army to attack the border and capture the city!”
"This group of people is simply heartless. They actually slaughtered our citizens…an entire city of citizens! A city of citizens!"
"Such humiliation! How could they not fight? How can we not fight!"
"This is too much! This is simply too much!"
……
At this moment, the civil and military officials finally understood why Jiang Chen was so ruthless and directly killed everyone in the Eastern Turkic Khaganate's special envoy!
They finally understood why Jiang Chen was determined to kill Zarha!
They finally understood why Jiang Chen was so angry!
As long as they were from the Tianwu Kingdom, how could they not be furious when faced with such a deranged Turks, such humiliation, and such hatred?
In fact, in the eyes of all the officials, it was too light of a punishment to only kill Zarha and a few dozen people from the diplomatic mission!
In addition to their anger, they also realized that Jiang Chen's words about the Chinese being too kind was actually insulting them!
In fact, not to mention Jiang Chen humiliating them, after the civil and military officials learned the truth, even they themselves felt ashamed and wanted to find a hole to hide in!
After all, the Turks had already invaded the borders and slaughtered an entire city!
They actually thought that killing a few dozen people from the Turkic diplomatic mission was too cruel!
How was this extreme? Compared to the Turks, it was not even one in ten thousand!
It was as if they were still considering whether it was comfortable for them to poop when they were already riding on their heads.
To them, this was simply a great humiliation!
Now that things had come to this, all the civil and military officials knew that they could only fight!
"Your Majesty, the actions of the Turks are simply the envy of the heavens and the resentment of the people. The entire country is furious, and we should lead the army to crusade!”
"That's right, Your Majesty. We should immediately send troops and let the Turks know where our Han's blood lies. We must make them pay the price!”
"That's right. The blood of the people of a city cannot be shed in vain. We must avenge them!”
……
But soon, some officials noticed that something was wrong.
"That's not right. If the North Region was destroyed, the Imperial Court should have received the news!”
"That's right. Why didn't we receive any news at all?”
"There are 20,000 soldiers and tens of thousands of civilians in the North Region. Even if a 100,000-strong army is pressing down on the border, it won't be a matter of a day. There will definitely be a chance to spread the news.”
"What's going on? Could it be that the North Region has surrendered?"
……
All the officials discussed.
"Sigh! The soldiers of the North Region did not surrender. They were all heroes, heroes who swore to protect the border!”
At this moment, the Minister of War, Zhao Yi, sighed and walked out of the crowd.
"Your Majesty, my lords, I only found out about everything yesterday. It's all because of my son. He has a personal grudge against the North Region's commander, so he intercepted the North Region's request for help, causing the outside world to not receive any news. As a result, the North Region was captured without anyone knowing and was massacred.”
Zhao Yi said with an aged face.
The moment he said that, all the officials were stunned!
They had all been speculating whether the Eastern Turks had intercepted the call for help!
He hadn't expected that the problem would be with his own people, who had completely ignored the Turks. It was his own people who had intercepted the call for help, which had prevented the Imperial Court from hearing anything and caused the northern region to fall.
"Lord Zhao, is this true?"
"This is a national crisis. How dare you intercept the border army's report!”
"As the Minister of War, don't you know the importance of this matter? You're so muddle-headed!"
"If the news had been sent in time and the soldiers of the nearby prefectures had been mobilized, perhaps the northern region would have been able to hold on and the civilians wouldn't have died to the Turks!”
"Tens of thousands of souls! Zhao Yi, how are you going to explain this to them?”
……
Zhao Yi was also in pain. After he heard the news, he seemed to have aged dozens of years overnight.
In his heart, he was completely loyal to Jiang Chen and the country, but under his responsibility, his son committed such a huge mistake that harmed the country and the people!
Zhao Yi knew that he had committed a grave sin, so he didn't say anything. He slowly got up and pulled out Zhao Feng, who was hiding at the back of the imperial court. His face was pale and he couldn't say a word.
?" Father…I was wrong…I was wrong…."? Zhao Feng shook his head as his body trembled. He was clearly terrified to the extreme.
However, Zhao Yi didn't listen to a single word. He just closed his eyes. Even though tears were streaming down his face, he didn't hesitate at all. He took out the dagger that he had hidden in his sleeve long ago and sighed to the sky."This brat is ruining the country! This brat is ruining the country!"
As he spoke, Zhao Yi stabbed Zhao Feng's neck and killed him with his own hands.
? Zhao Feng never thought that he would die in the hands of his own father.
The civil and military officials were also stunned. The ancients said that a vicious tiger would not eat its cubs. They did not expect Zhao Yi to be so ruthless and kill his own cub!
Actually, Zhao Yi's heart was also hurting!
However, he knew that Zhao Feng had committed a heinous crime. If he didn't die, he wouldn't be able to answer to the Emperor, the country, and the countless souls that had died!
Therefore, Zhao Yi was already prepared from the moment he went to court today!
Zhao Yi didn't plan to live alone. He knelt down again and said,"
"I deserve to die. I am in charge of the Bureau of Military Personnel, but I allowed the Bureau of Military Personnel to make a huge mistake. I taught a brat, but I taught a rebellious son who harmed the country. I am not a good official, nor am I a good father. I simply don't deserve to die. I have no face to let His Majesty personally take action, no face to see all the ministers, no face to see my elders and hometown. I can only die to apologize to the thousands of souls!”
Then, without waiting for anyone to react, Zhao Yi waved his dagger and stabbed it at his own neck. Blood spurted out.
Clang!
In the next moment, Zhao Yi's body fell into a pool of blood and died!
All the officials sighed!
Jiang Chen shook his head helplessly.
Zhao Yi was a good official. At least, he was loyal. Unfortunately, he had a filial son!
"Zhao Yi will be buried according to the official ceremony and Zhao Feng will be buried like a mass grave.”Jiang Chen said calmly.
"Yes, sir! Your Majesty!"
Liu Zhuo replied respectfully.
This matter could be considered to have come to an end.
However, a new problem appeared!
Now that the war between the two countries was imminent, and the Minister of War had committed suicide, who could be the commander?
This was also a problem that troubled Jiang Chen!
He had Ma Chao's Western Liang cavalry, but this was his trump card, and it was a trump card that no one knew about!
This was why he didn't want to use Ma Chao and the Western Liang cavalry to fight the Eastern Turkic army of one hundred thousand head-on. He wanted to use Ma Chao's Western Liang cavalry as a hidden, fatal blade that could catch the Turks off guard!
After all, Jiang Chen didn't want to start a war to defend or to be evenly matched, but to make the Turks feel pain and fear!
This way, the arrogance of the Eastern Turks would be dealt a blow, and they would not dare to rashly invade. They would know that they had to pay a painful price for invading the land of flowers!
Now that he had a lethal weapon, who should he send to lure the Eastern Turks?
This was the reason why Jiang Chen was conflicted!
He definitely could not send too weak a general, or else his own losses would be huge!
As for Zhao Yun, Jiang Chen didn't want to send her!
It was very simple. If Zhao Yun was sent as the commander, the center would be empty.
If other forces took advantage of the situation, Chang 'an would be like an empty city!
Therefore, since Jiang Chen chose to go to war, he had to be fully prepared. The general of the front line became a problem.
"Your Majesty, I have a recommendation. He will definitely have the ability to be the commander of this army!”
At this moment, Fang Xuanling suddenly walked out of the court and cupped his hands.
"Who is it?" Jiang Chen asked.
"This person's name is Li Jing!"
Fang Xuanling replied.
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