The Record of Righteousness

In Weihaiwei, the people's livelihood in the city was withering, there were no pedestrians, and it was lifeless. The magistrate's mansion was temporarily conquered as a palace by the puppet dynasty.

The soldiers of the Puppet Zhou Dynasty who were patrolling the "Imperial Palace" were all disgraced and listless.

The false emperor was seen wearing a golden dragon robe and a nine-beaded crown on her head. Her face was expressionless, but the nine-beaded crown could not hide the tired look in her eyes.

Even if she is a false emperor, after being the emperor of a separate empire for a period of time, she actually has a bit of dragon power in her body.

At the foot of the steps stood civil and military officials holding jade tablets, no more than a hundred people scattered here and there.

Today's Shu army is as powerful as a rainbow and as powerful as a broken bamboo, driving the Zhou imperial court to this tiny place.

The civil and military officials who acted according to the prevailing situation in the court either surrendered or fled. The remaining civil and military officials were all senior figures in the White Lotus Sect and were die-hard loyalists of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The false emperor closed his eyes tightly and sighed:

"Now that we have reached this desperate situation, God is really going to destroy me, the Great Zhou Dynasty!"

"Do you have any strategies to defeat the enemy?"

The ministers were silent and there was a dead silence.

At this time, a purple-robed official holding a jade scepter appeared among the officials.

Purple and scarlet colors are not allowed for ordinary officials to wear, but they can wear red and purple official robes. Who else can have this honor except Mo Qingqiu, the great master of the Zhou Dynasty?

He lowered his head and said in a deep voice:

"Your Majesty, I still have two thousand soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In my opinion, it is better for your Majesty to lead the army to personally attack the Zhou thieves. This will surely inspire the morale of the army and boost the fighting spirit of our Great Zhou generals. They will be able to revive the dead and counterattack, and they will be able to defeat the Zhou army in one fell swoop. , make a comeback!”

Before the pseudo-emperor could speak, a man in a scarlet robe about the same age as Mo Qingqiu came out, pointed at Mo Qingqiu and refuted angrily:

"The Shu army has nearly 50,000 troops, covering the sky and the sun. Even if His Majesty personally leads the attack, it is just an egg against a stone ear. Mo Qingqiu, what are your intentions?!"

This man wearing a red official robe and a goatee is none other than the Prime Minister of the Puppet Zhou Dynasty, Zhao Guang.

He is said to be the prime minister, but his power is on par with that of the Imperial Preceptor, and his powers are all separated from the position of the Imperial Preceptor.

In short, the puppet emperor was worried about excessive expansion of his power after giving Mo Qingqiu the position of national advisor.

In order to prevent him from threatening his throne, the puppet emperor established the official position of prime minister to check and balance the national adviser.

Mo Qingqiu glanced at Zhao Guang, frowned and sneered:

"Zhao Guang, when I followed His Majesty in revolting against the emperor, I didn't know where you were! If you have evil intentions, are there any loyal ministers in the civil and military affairs of the dynasty?!"

"Now that I have given you a few words of advice, you have falsely accused me of being a person with bad intentions. What's more, the 50,000-strong Shu army is approaching soon, and you are fighting among yourself at this critical moment. I want to ask you what your intentions are?!"

Not to be outdone, Zhao Guang took two steps forward, chuckled, and said sarcastically:

"What a loyal and loyal minister! Mo Qingqiu, don't talk about the past, only talk about the present! Your true identity and your official position are not beneath you, so tell me, why did you lose the city of Laiyang?! As a result, I, Da Zhou, have fallen to this point!”

"If you resist the Shu army for a while longer, the imperial court will send reinforcements to relieve the siege. It is true that the 60,000 troops of the Shu thieves came to attack. What a coincidence that you only defended for three or two days and then fled eastward. You are really full of hope. Do you think Chao Wenwu is a fool?"

Mo Qingqiu saw that Zhao Guang was not a good person and asked:

"There are 60,000 soldiers in the Shu army, but I only have a few thousand soldiers. How can we defend it?! You say it lightly, why didn't you ask for military service when we defended the city?"

Zhao Guang suddenly shut up when he was questioned, and then suddenly responded.

"Didn't you, Mo Qingqiu, fight in the north and south for many years? I'm a civil servant and not good at war. I wanted you to be a god in using troops and know how to run an army, so I let you lead the troops into battle!"

"Yang Xun, Marquis of Zhongwu, can defend the city for a month! What's more, Zhaoyuan's garrison is much smaller than your Laiyang garrison. Could it be that you and the bandits have made an agreement and are just playing along?"

Mo Qingqiu said angrily:

"You...you are so slanderous!"

He immediately turned his head and spoke to the false emperor with an angry look on his face.

"Your Majesty, please give me a clear warning! Zhao Guang has ulterior motives for questioning his ministers at this critical moment, splitting the government, and colluding with party members. Please punish him for his crimes!"

Zhao Guang also said:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Mo Qingqiu is just a general who defeated the army, and he is suspected of colluding with the Ming thieves. Now he has tempted Your Majesty to fight the Ming thieves. He has a bad intention. Please punish him for his crime! To rectify the morale of the army!"

Zhao Guang was not the only one to blame Mo Qingqiu. At this time, a group of civil servants and censors came out and asked the emperor to remove Mo Qingqiu from his position. Some even threatened that Mo Qingqiu had colluded with the thieves and asked the emperor to chop off his head.

The court, which had been completely silent just now, was now lively with all the officials, all of whom were Prime Minister Zhao Guang's accomplices, blaming Mo Qingqiu with the same hatred.

Mo Qingqiu looked embarrassed and remained silent as if he had seen his own fate.

It seems that on the day when he withdrew his troops from Laiyang, many of his cronies were killed and dismissed from office. It was definitely not an accident...

The false emperor waved his hand calmly as if he had finished watching a farce.

"Okay, okay."

"My dear friends, please stop arguing. Prime Minister Zhao is in charge of civil affairs, and it is appropriate to be more cautious in taking care of the country's worries. And Prime Minister Mo is the elder statesman of our dynasty, and I am absolutely assured of you."

"But now that all the officials in the court are angry and questioning, it would be better for Prime Minister Mo to rest at home for a few days and come back to the court soon."

"Xiang Mo has made great contributions to the imperial court. Now I will give you a pot of royal wine. Drink this wine to show your favor."

After Mo Qingqiu heard this, he suddenly became disheartened.

Zhao Guang, who is now aggressive, and the civil servants and censors who are fanning the flames are probably under the instigation of others. Who else can that person be besides their emperor?

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