Chapter 463: Dismissal and Detention
After Wang Zhaoyuan took the booklet, he looked suspicious and angry, not knowing what contents were listed in the booklet.
At the same time, he was very angry. The second prince made him unable to come to Taiwan like this. After returning, he must provoke him in front of His Majesty and the Crown Prince, and even falsely accused Meng Xuanyu of seizing military power, intending to force the palace emperor to seize the position of crown prince, and intending to rebel.
This was Wang Zhaoyuan's inner activity, but as he opened the booklet and looked through the contents, he was shocked.
Because the content listed here is all about some evil things his son has done and evidence of his own corruption and abuse of power.
Just glanced at it quickly, my heart was shocked and my back was covered with cold sweat.
There is no doubt that these have actually happened, and nothing wronged him.
However, this is the case in the officialdom. During the struggles in the court, no one has been innocent.
When the water is clear, there will be no fish. If it is not greedy or deteriorating, how can it be integrated?
How to protect yourself?
How to win over allies?
However, there is a difference between greed for small things and big things, and evil for small things and evil for big things.
Meng Xuanyu looked at the expression of the old fox Wang Zhaoyuan and snorted coldly: "You have nothing to say. These crimes are only a fraction. Just killing the servants in it a few times, eliminating political enemies, opening brothels to force good men to become prostitutes, etc., is enough to dismiss you from your post and investigate and escort you to the Heavenly Prison of the Ministry of Justice."
Wang Zhaoyuan now realized that the second prince was prepared and was coming to deal with him.
Even if he is a favorite and powerful minister, and has his own party, direct descendants and allies in the court, here, the soldiers and horses around him are all from the second prince, so he cannot resist.
"Most of these are wronged, but Mr. Wang has never done these things. If the second prince doesn't believe it, he is willing to leave Jiameng Pass, step down as commander, return to the capital, accuse His Majesty of his crimes, ask the three departments to investigate, and return the innocence of me."
Wang Zhaoyuan is a person who knows the current affairs. Seeing the current situation, he cannot fight against the second prince. He has been trapped and has no soldiers available around him, so he has to bow his head.
If the second prince was outside the city, he would have threatened him like this, Wang Zhaoyuan might have used the troops outside the city to confront him.
After all, he is the commander in the name of the northern border.
But it is not possible at the moment, because Wang Zhaoyuan was not mentally prepared and only brought Du Yuhou and others into the urn city, and ended up being in the urn.
Han Baozheng, Li Jin and others all had their eyes shining brightly.
Is the second prince so tough this time that he wants to directly dismiss Wang Zhaoyuan and become the commander?
Do you really have the intention to rebel?
The soldiers were puzzled, so they all had their own guesses.
Meng Xuanyu knew very well that this resignation was Wang Zhaoyuan's way to protect himself. He wanted to leave Jiameng Pass and the front line, return to the capital as soon as possible to plan and deal with his crisis.
You want to run, but can you run?
Meng Xuanyu sneered in her heart, and the corners of her mouth were raised lightly. Yu shouted: "Wang Zhaoyuan, your crimes were investigated before My Highness went to war. They were basically true. They should be executed according to the law. If they were to be lenient, they would be dismissed from office and demoted to common people."
"In addition, you are on the northern front, showing your mighty and command chaos, resulting in the defeat of the Shu army and the losses are heavy. Together, it is not an exaggeration to kill you on the spot with the imperial sword!"
When Wang Zhaoyuan heard this, his face changed drastically. He could see that the second prince was going to take action.
Originally, he thought this was the second prince's intention, so he wanted to attack him and seize military power, take the opportunity to gain troops and fight with the prince, and make great plans.
But unexpectedly, before the second prince left Shudu, he seemed to have already made it clear to the current Shu government officials, and asked the people from the Third Division to investigate. He received his Majesty's approval and gave the monk Fang Baojian.
As a result, Wang Zhaoyuan felt that his situation was quite passive.
The emperor who had no military power nearby and no support from afar was not allowed to step down and retreat.
Wang Zhaoyuan had a premonition that he would fall into the hands of the second prince this time.
Han Baozheng, Li Jin and others were all excited. When they looked at Wang Zhaoyuan, they were filled with regretful eyes.
Some people even gloat in their hearts, thinking that Wang Zhaoyuan should have done it long ago.
Meng Xuanyu looked at Wang Zhaoyuan with a gloomy face, smiled coldly, and swept the generals with the momentum of the superiors, and asked, "Do you have something to say?"
Han Baozheng stood up and bowed, "We obey the orders of the imperial court and obey the orders of the second prince."
"Abide by the imperial court and obey the orders of the second prince!"
Li Jin, Lan Siwan, Wang Shenchao and others also expressed their views that they had the same position as Han Baozheng and supported the second prince's decision.
No one stood up and pleaded for Wang Zhaoyuan, and everyone understood that his situation was over.
The situation in front of him was clearly that the second prince had already made arrangements, and he was able to catch the turtle in the jar, and Wang Zhaoyuan had no chance to resist.
Moreover, the second prince had a noble status and was secretly ordered by the imperial court and brought the imperial sword to deal with the commander of the Northern Army. No one stood up and hit the gun at this time to defend Wang Zhaoyuan.
Most of the generals of the Northern Army had long complained about Wang Zhaoyuan.
At this time, he was very relieved and supported the second prince's decision.
Even Wang Zhaoyuan's escort, the Du Yu Hou Lu Ming, who came from the capital, fell silent, lowered his head and did not dare to look at the second prince and Wang Zhaoyuan.
"Come here, escort the criminal Wang Zhaoyuan, imprison him in the city and take him into a prison, and take him under strict care, and no mistakes shall be made!"
Meng Xuanyu issued a military order.
"Abide by the order!"
Several soldiers came over and put handcuffs and shackles on Wang Zhaoyuan, and they were ready long ago.
Wang Zhaoyuan shouted, "I want to go back to the capital to meet His Majesty and prove my innocence..."
"You can only go back when the war is over here!"
Meng Xuanyu was too lazy to look at him again. With a wave of his hand, the soldiers directly escorted Wang Zhao to the prison.
The generals who entered the city had a look of relieving hatred on their faces.
Meng Xuanyu glanced at the group of people and said, "Generals, resisting the Song army on the front line, fighting desperately, without any contribution, and hard work. I will express my condolences on behalf of the court!"
The defeated generals were both moved and shy when they heard the second prince's words of comfort. After all, they were defeated by the Song army, which was so embarrassing.
"However, in the past half month, we have been defeated repeatedly, with nearly 100,000 soldiers killed and injured. The levels were lost one after another. Now only Jiameng Pass and Jianmen Pass are left. These two heroic passes have been broken. The Song army directly attacked Shudu, and our Shu Kingdom is about to be destroyed."
Meng Xuanyu told the actual situation of the Shu army's combat, which can be described as "terrible".
When these generals, Du Yuhou heard this, he lowered his head ashamed.
Meng Xuanyu said with great force: "So, we have no way out. Jiameng Pass is the only chance for us to resist the Song army. As a prince, I will personally guard the pass here, stick to the end, and stop the Song army from moving forward. All the generals, I am willing to follow me to defend my country and reshape the military spirit of the Shu army!"
The soldiers suddenly looked up, their hearts were filled with passion, and shouted in unison: "Stay to the end!"
Chapter completed!