An hour later, in the Prime Minister's Office, the meeting room.
All members of the Qing cabinet gathered together.
At this moment, everyone present had a serious expression on their faces, and Prime Minister Zhang Zhongming's expression was extremely gloomy.
After receiving the report from Director General Chen Ping, Zhang Zhongming was extremely angry. He never expected that the committee would do such a stupid thing.
Without hesitation, Zhang Zhongming decided to convene a cabinet meeting.
"Wang Changhao, you knew you didn't have the ability, yet you insisted on sending 3,000 lords to sign up for the second phase of the mission and asked our military to assist you? Do you still have any shame?"
As soon as the meeting started, Chen Ping slammed the table.
When Wang Changhao heard Chen Ping's words, his face suddenly turned dark, and everyone else was stunned.
They never expected that Chen Ping's reaction would be so intense.
"Humph, you're allowing a thousand people from the military to sign up, but our committee can't?"
"How many of you are there? No more than a million at best, and our committee has hundreds of millions. So what's wrong with us signing up 3,000 people?"
Wang Changhao argued cunningly.
"Of course you can sign up. Even if you offer 100 million, it has nothing to do with us, but the premise cannot be based on sacrificing the interests of our military."
"And as you said, since your committee has hundreds of millions of lords, why do you need our support?"
"What's even more abominable is that you actually secretly issued support orders to Lu Ping and others without the knowledge of the military. Don't you know that they are non-staff members of our military?"
"You are exceeding your authority. This is kidnapping. Do you understand?"
Chen Ping continued to question.
"you......"
Wang Changhao was left speechless.
"Wait, Chief Chen, who did the committee give orders to without authorization? Lu Ping?"
At this time, Tang Dongfeng, who had been silent all the time, suddenly asked.
"Yes, Speaker Tang, the committee privately ordered Lu Ping to send 300,000 troops. In addition to Lu Ping, there are also Xia Mo and 300 other lords!" Chen Ping replied.
"What? And Xia Mo?"
Hearing this, Xia Tianhao, who was attending the meeting, suddenly changed his expression and immediately questioned.
"Yes, Dean Xia, the committee also requires Xia Mo to send 300,000 troops."
"And from what we know, if Lu Ping and Xia Mo send reinforcements as requested by the committee, the city's defense force will be less than 400,000. It's easy to imagine how they will face an army of two million NPCs."
Hearing Chen Ping's words, Xia Tianhao and Tang Dongfeng took a deep breath.
Four hundred thousand versus two million, how can Lu Ping and Xia Mo withstand it?
Isn't this simply sending Lu Ping and Xia Mo to their deaths?
"Minister Wang, are you planning to put them all to death by making this decision?"
"You know Xia Mo is my niece, don't you? Do you want our Xia family to be extinct?"
After receiving the definite answer, Xia Tianhao became furious.
"Dean Xia, what do you mean by that? How could I possibly have such an idea?"
"I only asked them to send troops to assist. I had no idea that after the withdrawal, they would only have less than 400,000 defenders left."
Wang Changhao hurriedly explained.
"Huh, Wang Changhao, is this your explanation?"
"Good...very good."
Seeing that Wang Changhao was still making excuses, Xia Tian was shaking with anger.
"Alright, Dean Xia, calm down. Minister Wang must have been negligent."
"His original intention in doing this was good, and it was for the overall interests of our Qing Nation."
"Now that we know the situation, we can just withdraw the order. There's no need to make such a big fuss."
Seeing that the tension was growing, Senate Speaker Yang Tao had to speak out.
"Old Yang, you sound so easy. Just withdraw the order and it's over?"
"Is this how their committee works? Giving orders without any consideration? Playing with people's lives?"
"Also, I heard there are a lot of people with connections on the committee's list of 3,000 people this time."
"Minister Wang, is that right?"
"Come, bring us the list of those three thousand people."
Seeing Yang Tao trying to smooth things over, Tang Dongfeng immediately spoke.
"this......"
Wang Changhao frowned, but finally handed the list in his hand to Tang Dongfeng.
Tang Dongfeng looked through the list.
After a moment, Tang Dongfeng put down the list in his hand with an extremely ugly expression.
"Minister Wang, I want to ask you, how many people with connections have fallen on this list?"
"Chairman Tang, I don't know what you're talking about. Every candidate here was carefully selected by the committee!"
"We arranged for them to register because they have the ability, not because of any connections." Wang Changhao quickly explained.
"Oh...is that your explanation?"
"Okay, everyone, take a look at who's on this list. How many of them have connections?"
Tang Dongfeng sneered and threw the documents to others.
Everyone took it and looked down.
After a moment, everyone's expression changed drastically.
As expected, at least half of the people on the list are either children of high-ranking officials or young masters of major chaebols.
“This, this…”
"Minister Wang, isn't this too outrageous?"
"What is this? Are you doing business?"
Security Minister Qian Mingguang immediately took action.
"Minister Wang, you really should give us an explanation."
"Do you know how bad the impact of doing this is?"
"Hmph, you're acting on your own initiative. This is a crime. I suggest that Wang Changhao be removed from his position immediately."
Other cabinet members also spoke.
Faced with the questioning, Wang Changhao's face turned pale. He knew that he had angered everyone this time.
"Minister Wang, did you review this list and decide on it?"
Seeing that the situation was escalating, Deputy Prime Minister Zhang Wenguang spoke up.
"This... was the last signature I had, but I didn't decide on the candidate..." Wang Changhao replied quickly.
"Minister Wang, how could you be so careless about such a big thing? It's so irresponsible."
Upon hearing this, Deputy Prime Minister Zhang Wenguang angrily scolded.
"Deputy Prime Minister, I..."
Wang Changhao was suddenly speechless.
"Well, since Minister Wang didn't know about it, I don't think you need to put the blame on him."
"But this was definitely wrong, and since it was wrong, it must be punished. I suggest that Minister Wang be removed from his position."
At this time, Yang Tao said.
"I agree, I agree too!"
Upon hearing this, others expressed their opinions.
Hearing this, Wang Changhao's face turned pale.
I didn't expect that I would suffer such a big setback this time.
But he also knew that Yang Tao was actually protecting him, otherwise he would be completely finished if he was really held accountable.
"Okay, since everyone agrees, then let's remove Minister Wang from his position."
Zhang Zhongming, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke.
Zhang Zhongming certainly understood that Yang Tao's proposal to remove Wang Changhao from his post was to protect Wang Changhao.
Including just now, although Zhang Wenguang seemed to be scolding Wang Changhao, he was actually protecting him.
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