Chapter 186 Traitors beat treacherous ministers, His Majesty is the number one sage!

   Not long after, Geng Yuren, the prefect of Zhending, came to the imperial court and saluted Tianqi.

  Tian Qi said: "Show Zhifu Geng the copy of the fake official report printed by the rebel army, and let him see it. Zhifu Geng followed the request of all the people in Zhending Mansion and entrusted King Lu as the master."

  So, Wei Zhongxian gave the newspaper to Geng Yuren and pointed out the location for him.

Geng Yuren was shocked when he saw it, and immediately reported to Tianqi: "Your Majesty! I have been wronged! All the soldiers and people in the Zhending Mansion have been wronged! I have never intended this. The false official newspaper of the rebel army is spreading rumors! To slander the ministers and the people of Zhending Mansion, and deliberately create the appearance that they are popular, please learn from your Majesty!"

Tian Qi smiled: "Even Xie Aiqing, the minister of the Ministry of Rites beside me, believed it was true. He didn't doubt the content of this newspaper, and advised me to practice benevolence, otherwise I would lose more people's hearts. The principal Zhao Jiding even listened to it. Hearing this news, he escaped from Shengjia without authorization and came to your Zhending mansion privately, intending to join the rebel army with you. The officials and gentry of Yan Zhending mansion must have already regarded the minister as an enemy, and I was still thinking about whether to slaughter him What about these unkind and unrighteous officials in the Zhending Mansion."

  Boom!

Geng Yuren knelt down, and cried excitedly: "Your Majesty! You have learned a lesson! The treacherous ministers like Xie Sheng and Zhao Jiding are obviously slandering the ministers and the officials of Zhending Mansion! Don't say that the rebels have not come to attack yet. Zhending Mansion, even if Zhending Mansion is captured, I would rather die than surrender, how could I surrender to the enemy! Your Majesty!"

  Xie Sheng was a little embarrassed.

  He didn't expect such a result.

   At this time, Tian Qi also asked: "Then what's going on?"

Geng Yuren said: "I don't know, the rebels must have deliberately used this as a countermeasure! First spread some false news that the minister has surrendered to the enemy, and then collude with some treacherous officials in the court to add fuel and jealousy, and it will be confirmed that the minister has delivered. Then use this to scare off His Majesty's army!"

Naturally, Geng Yuren would not tell the truth, saying that it was because he had received a letter from his elder brother first, and learned that Xia Yunyi was organizing the people to carry out an agrarian revolution by suppressing the rebellion, and that the two powers of his own would harm each other, whichever was less Therefore, he had to temporarily give up the idea of ​​​​taking refuge in the rebels, and chose to continue to be loyal to the court.

  So, he made up a reason at this time. He would rather let Tianqi believe that this was a counter-measure by the rebels in collusion with the treacherous officials in the court, than let Tianqi know the real reason why these people choose to be loyal to the court now.

   "From this point of view, the methods of the rebels are really vicious!"

  Zhang Gui pretended to believe and said something.

  At this time, Xie Sheng was already shuddering, and he prostrated himself in front of Tianqi: "Your Majesty has learned! I have never colluded with the rebels and framed the hearts of local officials!"

   "Get up, everyone."

   Tianqi said something at this time.

   "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Then, Tian Qi said to Xie Sheng: "I know you don't have the guts to collude with the rebels. He, Zhifu Geng, is just guessing. The current situation is only because Shangshu Xie is more willing to believe the news of the rebels. People It is said that if you listen to both, you will be clear, and if you believe partly, you will be dark. As for you, you choose to believe the news from the rebels."

   "But you should be very disappointed now, Xie Qing's family?"

   "Your Majesty, these words make me ashamed!"

   "I never think so!"

   "Prefect Geng did not surrender to the enemy, but is still loyal to the court. This shows that my Ming court is still popular, and there are still loyal ministers. The ministers are too late to be happy, so how could they be disappointed!"

   "Although this does show that the minister was foolish and believed the news of the rebels, but compared with knowing that the loyal minister of the state, the personal honor and disgrace of the minister are nothing."

   "Your Majesty, please be clear, this minister is not like Zhao Jiding!"

  Xie Sheng replied.

   "The ministers and others are not like Zhao Jiding, please learn from your Majesty!"

In addition, it was also because before that, from the rebel newspapers, I learned that Geng Yuren, the magistrate of Zhending, had defected to the enemy, and the ministers who admonished the emperor to practice benevolence and forgive the scholar-bureaucrats all unanimously planned with Zhao Jiding at this time. Clear the boundaries.

  Zhao Jiding: "..."

  He is different from other ministers. Because he exposed his political intentions too much, he escaped from the rebel army ahead of time, and chose to join the rebel army, which naturally means that he can't even change his mind now.

  So, now Zhao Jiding can't say that he is just stupid like Xie Sheng and others.

  Xie Sheng and the others said this at this time, which can be regarded as the meaning of laughing at fifty steps.

  Your Majesty, look, after Zhao Jiding heard what the rebel newspaper said, he directly abandoned his official position and went to join the rebel army. This is not the case with the ministers! Although the ministers are a little stupid, listening to the wind is rain, at least they did not choose to betray you decisively because of this.

   Zhao Jiding couldn't help but yell at Geng Yuren because of this at this time: "Geng, what do you want to do?! Why are you entrapping me so much?! Ask yourself, don't you really have no disloyalty?!"

   "Your Majesty! I really have no infidelity!"

   "I don't understand why Mr. Zhao must feel that the minister will be unfaithful and that the minister has harmed him. He is a Beijing official and he has never met the minister. The minister can't harm him!"

   "Your Majesty, please enlighten me!"

  Geng Yuren spoke innocently at this time.

  The more Geng Yuren was like this, the more angry Zhao Jiding became.

  Because he has now ended up as a traitor to the country and the emperor, all because of the news that Geng Yuren Xianzhen decided to surrender the city to the enemy.

  Even when he was caught in front of Tianqi, he was still using Geng Yuren's dedication to the enemy to stand up for himself.

  Prove that it is the emperor's fault that he surrenders to the enemy, not his own fault.

As a result, now, Geng Yuren did not offer his true deeds to join the enemy, but went out of the city ten miles to greet him, and even denied the rebel newspapers that said he surrendered to the enemy in front of the emperor, and innocently said that he was the most loyal loyalist, which made Zhao Jiding feel kind The feeling of being betrayed, and the feeling of being slapped hard.

  Zhao Jigeng struggled and bared his teeth and yelled at Geng Yuren: "Your surname is Geng! I'll **** your ancestors! I'm going to cut you into pieces!"

   Tianqi saw Zhao Jiding's gaffe at this time, and he was very satisfied, so he deliberately asked Geng Yuren: "Prefect Geng, do you think I am the king of subjugation?"

   "Your Majesty is the number one sage king in all ages. He directly pursued Yao and Shun. How could he be the king of subjugation!"

  Geng Yuren replied.

  Tian Qi said: "Do you think I am benevolent, do you have the hearts of the world?"

  Geng Yuren replied: "Your Majesty is more benevolent and moral than the monarchs of all dynasties! Everyone in the world respects Your Majesty!"

  Tian Qi said: "But he, Zhao Jiding, said that I am far less benevolent than Lu Wang, and that I will become the king of subjugation, and that I trust treacherous ministers, and I am only curious about skills and ingenuity, which is absurd!"

   After hearing this, Geng Yuren got up suddenly, walked towards Zhao Jiding, and raised his fist, and beat Zhao Jiding in the face, until Zhao Jiding's lips were crooked and his teeth were crooked, and his mouth was covered with blood.

   Seeing this, Tian Qi asked someone to hold Geng Yuren, and pretended to be serious: "Geng Yuren, you are bold! How dare you act so recklessly in front of me!"

  Geng Yuren hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "I'm guilty! But your majesty, it's because I really can't bear it anymore. Such a treacherous minister insults and framed your father so much. How can I bear it as a subject!"

"I have always believed that your majesty is a sage and benevolent lord from the bottom of my heart. As a result, even though a treacherous minister like Zhao Jiding is still highly valued by your majesty as an official in Beijing, he is so disregarding the emperor's kindness. I lost my composure for a while, and wished to eat him." Let the flesh lie in its skin!"

   "Forget it, I see that you are based on your loyalty, so I will forgive you once."

  Tianqi endured a smile and said, "But this is not an example!"

   "Thank you, Your Majesty! Your Majesty's benevolence is comparable to the sun and the moon!"

  Geng Yuren immediately flattered him.

  Seeing this, Zhao Jiding looked at Geng Yuren more and more angrily. He couldn't figure out why Geng Yuren acted like a loyal minister in front of Tianqi so seriously. The imperial army hadn't started attacking Zhending Mansion yet!

  (end of this chapter)