eurekapd Chapter 267 Give up the choice
Chapter 267 Give up the choice
The entire court is now in a state of confusion, and everyone is pointing the finger at the Sixth Prince.
Yang Long was still muttering, thinking that he was his father-in-law after all, and he couldn't possibly cheat himself.
Suddenly he thought, yes, he is the son-in-law of the barbarian Khan. If so, Yang Long couldn't help but shudder.
Ning Yi pointed coldly at these talkers and said, "How many times have you slandered the royal family? According to the precepts of our great ancestor, anyone who slanders the royal family shall be cut into pieces."
"Sixth Brother." Suddenly, the emperor on the dragon throne called him softly.
Ning Yi had no choice but to turn around and bow: "The child is here."
Emperor Wu said slowly: "Explain what your relationship with them is."
Ning Yi was so depressed. What the hell was the relationship?
Everyone in the crowd stared at him.
The second prince, who had been silent all this time, was so happy that he even hoped that the sixth prince would suffer misfortune.
In that case, he, as the crown prince, can still play a role.
Ning Yi straightened his body and said loudly and forcefully, "Father, I have nothing to do with them."
"It's irrelevant?" The nagging voices immediately pointed at him, "Sixth Prince, you still dare to be so stubborn even now. It has nothing to do with why you proposed sending the vassal kings' troops to support the border."
Ning Yi was too lazy to pay attention to them. He just bowed and told the Emperor Wu: "Father, I originally proposed that the vassal kings send troops to support the border. Firstly, the situation at the border was unique at the time. There were really no troops available in the country. We had no choice but to ask the vassal kings to send troops."
"Secondly, I also suggest that the money and grain should all be provided by the noble families. Those who do not send troops or provide grain will have their property confiscated. This is for the sake of the court."
"Third..." Ning Yi looked at the ministers: "Did only a small number of the border vassal soldiers do this this time, or did most of them do so?"
"This time, more than 20 vassal kings sent troops, and their troops all acted in the same way. Could it be that this prince has joined forces with more than 20 vassal kings?"
"Use your brains to think about it. Even a fool wouldn't believe such a thing."
Ning Yi stepped forward and pointed at the group of people talking nonsense: "You, you, you, and you, you just said that this prince colluded with the barbarians and conspired with the princes. There is already solid evidence."
"If you can't produce any evidence now, expect your family to be confiscated and your property exterminated."
The ministers were embarrassed, and the talkers looked at each other, and some of them were indeed scared.
After all, if you say that Ning Yi and more than 20 princes are conspiring, even a fool would not believe it. How terrifying must Ning Yi be?
However, someone immediately shouted, "No matter what, Sixth Prince, you suggested that the vassal kings send troops, which led to the situation on the border. You must bear the responsibility for this."
Ning Yi said calmly: "What this prince is talking about now is slandering the royal family."
"If you don't produce evidence first, I will never let you go."
Ning Yi didn't talk about anything else. It was indeed he who proposed the proposal of the vassal king's soldiers, but now, if he talked about this, he would indeed be guilty.
But let’s talk about the slander against the royal family first. Let’s hold them down first.
The scene held.
Emperor Wu didn't want to listen to their nonsense. He knew very well that it was nonsense that the Sixth Prince, the so-called barbarians, and all the vassal kings were conspiring together.
It's just that his proposal to raise troops for the vassal kings really annoyed people.
Emperor Wu looked at the Prime Minister and said, "Prime Minister, what do you think?"
The Prime Minister, the head of all officials, was being watched by everyone. He finally spoke, "Your Majesty, I believe the most important issue we must address is how to stop the barbarians from advancing rapidly southward."
"Hushan Pass cannot be broken, everything else is secondary."
"And there's more." The Prime Minister looked at Ning Yi. "The Sixth Prince did indeed propose that the vassal kings send troops to support the border, but judging from his original choice, he did nothing wrong. If he is punished like this, who would dare to make suggestions in the future?"
As soon as these words were spoken, officials immediately stood up to support the prime minister.
After all, if an opinion is raised and the result is severe punishment, who among the officials will care about the emperor in the future?
Emperor Wu looked at the officials, thought for a moment, and nodded, saying, "What you said is correct."
"The main issue at the moment is the defense of Hushan Pass. Yang Long, as the Minister of War, please give us your opinion."
Yang Long, with his big belly, stood up and said with a bow, "Your Majesty, there are currently 50,000 soldiers guarding Hushan Pass, including the former Duke Ding's mansion who plotted rebellion. Anyway, there are only 20,000 soldiers who came here, and 30,000 soldiers who were transferred from the south a few months ago. There is no other force."
Fifty thousand people are stationed at Shanhu Pass. If it were normal times, it would be a lot.
Emperor Wu asked him, "How many barbarian troops have broken through the border?"
Yang Long immediately said, "According to the news from the front, there are about 100,000 cavalrymen, and tens of thousands of surrendered infantrymen, about 200,000 in total."
"Two hundred thousand soldiers and horses?" Many people gasped.
How can 50,000 people defend against so many soldiers and horses?
Emperor Wu looked at the old generals led by the Duke of Baoguo and asked, "Tell me, how many troops are needed to stop the barbarians at Hushan Pass?"
The generals and the Duke of Baoguo looked at each other, and finally the Duke of Baoguo stood up and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, in my opinion, the minimum number of troops is 200,000."
"Because these are just some of the initial barbarian troops. There will definitely be countless more troops arriving later."
Emperor Wu was unhappy with what he said, as there was still a shortfall of 150,000 troops.
Where could he get 150,000 soldiers and horses, unless he could pull all the capable fighters from the capital over there?
But the capital city only has such a small number of troops, how can it be enough?
Emperor Wu thought for a moment and said, "Who is willing to guard Hushan Pass?"
If this were done against other enemies, these veterans would still be willing to do so.
But now they are not happy about it. After all, they have all settled down in the capital and have long since given up their military power.
If we go to Hushan Pass to defend and win the battle, it will be easy. The emperor will praise us, but it will be difficult for him to give us much reward.
But if they lost the battle, the whole family would be in trouble. What's more, the emperor would not be able to give them much troops and land.
Emperor Wu was very unhappy.
Among a group of generals, no one was willing to step forward and go to Hushan Pass.
But the mouth cannons seized the opportunity: "Your Majesty, for such a serious matter, you can send the Sixth Prince to garrison there."
Ning Yi originally wanted to show up, he didn't want to miss the battle at Hushan Pass.
But he must have the power to mobilize troops. Otherwise, how can he do that without the power to mobilize troops?
I want to wait and see which general will come forward.
Unexpectedly, this group of talkers actually called him out at the critical moment.
Then Ning Yi looked at the proposed verbal attack in surprise. Could it be that this guy was controlled by the intelligence department?
"Sixth Brother?" Emperor Wu looked at Ning Yi.
Ning Yi bowed: "The child is here."
Emperor Wu asked, "Are you willing to garrison at Hushan Pass?"
Ning Yi was speechless when asked this question. Are you going to let me go or not?
Ning Yi said with a mixture of tears and laughter, "Father, the date for me to hand over the command of the Beijing Camp has arrived, and I am exhausted from training the soldiers for several months."
"I have no confidence in defeating an army of over 200,000 barbarians, and I dare not joke about military and national affairs. I beg your Majesty to seek other wise men."
Anyway, he just shirked the responsibility and let others do it.
He has now shown that he is not interested in doing anything. Whoever is willing to do it can do it. It has nothing to do with him anyway.