Aren't you ashamed?
These four short words aroused Ye Hongxue's anger!
In this world, you, Baili Tang, are the least qualified to say such things to their Ye family!
Meng Fang kept a close eye on her the whole time, ready to strike at any moment!
Baili Tang sneered, "I eat the emperor's salary, so I must be loyal to him! You have taken the high salaries and generous benefits of the court, yet you have messed up my country. The cession of the city was my fault; the rebellion of the bandits was also my fault. It's as if I instigated the bandits to burn, kill, plunder, and commit all kinds of evil; and I tacitly allowed the bandits to violate the law and undermine the government."
I am in a high position, yet I am incompetent and foolish, and I am willing to take the blame."
After saying that, Baili Tang bowed deeply to everyone in all directions!
How could they not be moved when a king of a country could do this?
Liang Erhu pulled Tiedan and stood up: "Your Majesty, let's go and destroy those bandits!!"
Soon, everyone in the Royal Legion stood up and asked for orders to wipe out the bandits! It was a huge movement!
Baili Tang waved his hand, signaling them to be quiet. "Last night, I ordered Meng Fang to give orders to everyone, but you all resisted. Now that you no longer care about me, it's easy to deal with."
The soldiers from all directions were unconvinced. "Do you, Baili Tang, dare to kill them on the spot?" "Even if we only have 20,000 men, and you have twice as many as us, we can still fight." The Royal Legion's strength is still not up to par.
Baili Tang looked at the generals and said, "Since you are spending my money but not doing anything for me, then you should hand over your military power and step down."
Simple and direct!
"From now on, I will just be a quiet commoner and enrich my family by farming!"
I will expel you!
Is it okay?
Damn it!
Which boss would be willing to support a group of disobedient and rebellious trash?
These people only know the pain when the whip hits their bodies.
The generals of the Han, Xue, and Yang families knelt without a word and said, "Your Majesty, we have no doubts about General Meng's intentions, and we dare not disobey your orders!"
Several other families, including Ye Hongxue, also knelt down immediately!
Baili Tang smiled: "You are not kneeling for me; nor for the people of Jingguo. You are kneeling because you are afraid of losing everything you have now. Everything you have was given by me, and even more so by the people of Jingguo!
I was so foolish when I allowed you to inherit the official title! But you were not only ungrateful, but you also occupied the toilet without taking a shit, and you also repeatedly disobeyed my order!
Baili Tang walked up to Ye Hongxue again and asked, "What do you think we should do?"
Ye Hongxue knelt without raising her head. "You are the Son of Heaven. We will do whatever you say. Even if you ask us to commit suicide to atone for our sins, we still have nothing to say!"
There is a threat in these words.
I don't think you, Baili Tang, would dare to kill them all to vent your anger. Even dismissing them from their posts wouldn't work either. They have the support of various military marshals. If these troops rebelled, you, Baili Tang, wouldn't be able to bear the consequences.
"Master Zhang, what does His Majesty mean?" Master Wang was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. Your Majesty only has so few soldiers...
Zhang Dongzheng smiled and shook his head, but he wasn't worried at all. He was even a little touched that His Majesty had personally come out to play the "bad guy." "All we can do now is trust His Majesty."
"A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier! But because I made a mistake, I blocked a truly talented and capable general who cares about the people of the world from entering the army."
Baili Tang said as he walked up to a thin-faced man and said, "Your name is Xue Kai, right?"
Xue Kai was trembling all over. He had been the one who shouted the loudest last night: "Your Majesty, I am the one who is right."
"Are you cold? I heard from General Meng that you were the one who took the lead last night in disobeying my orders. As a general, have you ever carried grain? Why do you have such a strong opinion about the people below carrying grain?"
Baili Tang spoke in a very soft voice, Xue Kai trembled even more violently, and he kowtowed quickly!
Others also couldn't understand what Baili Tang was trying to do!
The emperor's mind is hard to predict!
"I heard that among the two thousand soldiers led by Lord Xue, the deputy general is your second brother-in-law? The commander is your eldest uncle? The commander is your sixth cousin? The deputy commander is your sixth cousin? The Du Yuhou is your eighth cousin? And you are the seventh among your clan members, right? There are also several captains, who are almost related to your Xue family?
You, the Xue family, are treating my military camp as a shelter?"
These past few days, Baili Tang wanted to understand this, and it wasn't difficult: "Your Xue family is really a family where one person's success brings prosperity to the whole family! This is my fault, I don't blame you!"
One or two soldiers in the Xue family army couldn't help crying.
The ones risking their lives were these small soldiers and generals who had no hope of promotion in their lifetime. Even if they achieved military merit, they would inexplicably become relatives of the Xue family...
Retired from the army?
I will let you retreat, but I will secretly send someone to... cut your tendons!
In such an environment, it is a blessing from God that they are still alive!
They didn't expect that His Majesty knew all of this and even apologized to them.
Ye Hongxue and Lin Jiahao exchanged a glance, both puzzled: Is this man still the same tyrant ruler? He's so good at stirring people's hearts!
Among the major armies, only the Ye Family Army and the Lin Family Army had strict military discipline and clear rewards and punishments. Some of them were in a more severe situation than the Xue Family Army, while others were better.
But how much of the national treasury is consumed by supporting these people...
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