Chapter 486 Reversal
"Your Majesty, I know you are a man who values friendship and loyalty, and you are willing to give half of your power to the Queen. If it were an ordinary situation, then it would be fine.
But the Empress doesn't understand state affairs. If you listen to her like this, it might be detrimental to our success!"
"oh?"
Gu Jingchun spoke slowly. "Then Lord Jiang, why don't you tell me what will happen to Dacheng if His Majesty listens to me?"
“Will it be detrimental to the people?”
"Will it harm your country?"
"Or, it will be bad for you!"
As Gu Jingchun spoke, he stood up.
"Why did I ask the two generals to go to the border in advance?"
"It's to prevent Da Qi from attacking, so we can counterattack immediately and protect the people at the border!"
"It is Lord Jiang who has been trying to stop us. I just can't figure out what Lord Jiang is trying to do."
Jiang Chongfan immediately snorted coldly.
"absurd!"
"Which official present here doesn't know the situation in Da Qi? Who would start a war at this critical moment?"
Gu Jingchun: "Then how do you know he won't start a war?"
"What if the ruler of Great Qi is a madman and launched a war at this very moment, causing our border to be lost and civilians to die? Do you dare to take responsibility for this, Lord Jiang?"
Jiang Chongfan raised his head and spoke in a strong and powerful voice.
"I can!"
"If the ruler of Da Qi insists on attacking Da Cheng at this time, then I, an old minister, am willing to sacrifice my life to accompany the people in their burial!"
Gu Jingchun chuckled.
"Just being buried with me is not enough. I also want you to kowtow three times in front of all the officials and apologize to me. From now on, you must never question any of my decisions again!"
Jiang Chongfan immediately nodded in response.
"Okay, I'll keep my word!"
"But if Da Qi hadn't attacked Da Cheng, what would the Queen do?"
Gu Jingchun smiled and slowly sat down again, looking at the red marks on his nails nonchalantly.
Then he spoke.
"If Da Qi really didn't attack Da Cheng, then we'll follow Lord Jiang's wishes and stop intervening in government affairs in the future. How about that?"
"good."
"It's a deal."
Jiang Chongfan nodded.
"In that case, Your Majesty, you should get ready as soon as possible and return to your harem to fight for your love."
All the officials nodded as well.
But because Chen Hechuan was present, no one dared to laugh out loud.
And Shen Hechuan's expression changed immediately.
Just as he was about to speak, he was stopped by Gu Jingchun.
"Master Jiang, I used to think you were very knowledgeable, but I didn't expect that you'd read so many books and ended up reading nothing!
Throughout history, there have been countless women who have expanded territories and established regimes.
Let’s take our current Empress Dowager as an example.
Back then, she was a female general who could gallop on the battlefield. Without her, how could you have achieved such great success?
It is you men who, standing on this moral high ground, have trapped women in that small backyard, suppressed women's nature, compiled various ideas to restrain women, and even prevented women from reading.
Finally, standing on this high place, the woman could only wander around in the backyard.
It’s absolutely absurd!”
Gu Jingchun stood up, took a step forward, stood at the highest point of the hall, looked down at all the officials, and uttered the last sentence.
"Today, I want to use facts to tell you how ridiculous you are today."
Gu Jingchun's voice was full of dominance, and the end of his voice echoed in the hall.
All the officials couldn't help but look up at her again.
There was silence in the hall and no one dared to speak.
At this moment, a strong and powerful "Report" broke the silence of the hall.
"Your Majesty, rush eight hundred miles!"
Chen Hechuan stood up at the first moment.
"Newsflash!"
"Your Majesty, urgent news from the border: Da Qi has assembled an army of 300,000. Our Dacheng border is now in crisis! The people are worried!"
In an instant, the whole audience was shocked and all officials were in an uproar.
This Da Qi actually wants to attack our Da Cheng?!
And they also assembled an army of 300,000!
Shen Hechuan didn't bother to see the minister's reaction and quickly ordered: "Have General Gu and General Li rushed to support?"
"It will arrive in one day!"
Shen Hechuan breathed a sigh of relief and asked again:
"Minister of Revenue, are the food and fodder ready?"
Upon hearing this, the Minister of Revenue knelt on the ground, trembling so much that he couldn't utter a word.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."
Where did he prepare this food?!
These past two days, the court and the capital were buzzing with activity.
He saw that Gu Jingchun was about to be overthrown by the ministers.
How could he prepare food and supplies?
After all, once Gu Jingchun loses power, the order to take back the grain and fodder must be taken back.
so……
Seeing that the Minister of Revenue was speechless for a long time, Chen Hechuan guessed the reason.
And Gu Jingchun spoke directly at this time.
"As the Minister of Revenue, he completely disobeyed the orders of His Majesty, secretly disobeyed them, and delayed military affairs. What use is such an official?
Just chop it off!"
After Gu Jingchun finished speaking, the official was so frightened that he kowtowed continuously.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I was wrong. There have been too many rumors about this in the past few days. I was influenced by these rumors and really thought that Da Qi would not attack us, so I..."
Gu Jingchun interrupted him again.
"So, you mean to say that Lord Jiang is your master now?"
The minister quickly shook his head.
"No, no, no, I dare not!"
Gu Jingchun didn't have time to talk nonsense with him, so he said directly:
"Don't dare?"
"I think you are very brave!"
"Chop it off."
After saying that, he looked at Shen Hechuan again.
"Your Majesty, what do you think of my decision?"
Before Shen Hechuan could speak, he saw Situ Qinghe kneeling down.
"Your Majesty, the Minister of Revenue failed to prepare food and fodder, which is indeed his fault.
However, now is the time to use people. If we deal with them now, it may delay the preparation of food and fodder."
Gu Jingchun curled the corners of his lips and his gaze fell behind the officials.
"Ye Wenxi."
Ye Wenxi stepped out and saluted respectfully.
"I am here."
"Can you prepare all the necessary food and supplies within two days?"
Ye Wenxi nodded.
"able."
"Okay, then I will grant you this right now. In two days, I hope to see the food and supplies dispatched."
Ye Wenxi saluted immediately.
"I will definitely live up to the Queen's trust."
"Okay." Gu Jingchun said, with a bit more fierceness in her eyes, and she looked at Situ Qinghe again.
"Master Situ, what else do you have to say now?"
Situ Qinghe was speechless for a moment and could only look at Chen Hechuan.
"His Majesty……"
Shen Hechuan nodded.
"I think the Queen has done a great job."
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