Of course, what these generals were most afraid of was not being used by Prince Xiao, but they were afraid that Prince Xiao will use them, but they can’t win!
Prince Xiao’s mansion was raided, and Prince Xiao was arrested and imprisoned, even if there were more than 200,000 troops outside the city, what can Prince Xiao do?
Prince Xiao lost his freedom, and his life and death were unknown. Even if there were 200,000 Jinwuwei Soldiers outside the capital, what can Prince Xiao do?
Prince Xiao doesn’t even have an heir. Once he dies, even if the more than 200,000 soldiers outside the capital fight bloody battles, and even killed the Emperor, it would be useless.
The Eastern Country has an army of one million. When the army of one million comes back, how long can the 200,000 soldiers last without a commander, weapons, and food?
Even if they can support them, what about their family and children? Would they be willing to follow them to the abyss?
In this round, Prince Xiao lost!
He loses even if he doesn’t strike yet!
Although this was sudden, all the civil servants and military generals thought of all these things in their hearts. Some military generals who were loyal to Prince Xiao didn’t believe that all this was true, and asked sadly on the spot: “What the hell is going on? What happened? Xiao Wangye got so much money? I don’t believe it, I don’t believe it’s true!”
They all knew about the looting that happened in the street yesterday, and they also saw the jewels and gold bars shipped out from Xiao Wangfu. There was true quite a lot.
However, they still refused to believe it in their hearts, refused to believe it was true.
Prince Xiao, the god of war in their hearts, how could he be a villain who uses war to make money?
“If this is the case, then what has Xiao Wangye done these years?” In the absence of food and medical supplies from the imperial court, Prince Xiao still brought soldiers and horses to fight against the South and North at the border to protect the people, and also guarded against the east.
They always knew that Prince Xiao was unable to lead his troops to break through the South and the North, and could not break them.
Without enough food, medicine, and weapons as support, no matter how much Prince Xiao can fight, it was useless.
They have always thought so, but now the emperor has taken all the property of Xiao Wangfu,
He told them they were wrong.
But who was right and who was wrong?
The Emperor didn’t need to answer this question in person, so the Minister of the Household Department said, “Presumptuous! You are not allowed to be noisy in the hall. There are all witnesses and evidence for what Xiao Wangye committed. Xiao Wangye has pleaded guilty. What else do you have to say?”
“It’s impossible for Xiao Wangye to plead guilty. I don’t believe it’s true. Your Majesty, Xiao Wangye must have been wronged. Please check clearly and restore Xiao Wangye’s innocence.” The military general who was loyal to Prince Xiao cried out with tears in his eyes.
Of course, he knew that this matter had something to do with the emperor, he might as well not ask the emperor, but he had to do this, and he had to make a move.
Someone took the lead, and others followed suit, “Your Majesty, I believe in Xiao Wangye, and Xiao Wangye has absolutely no intention of disobeying the emperor. It’s even more impossible for him to use war to make money. There must be tricks in it. Please, Your Majesty, investigate this matter.”
“Your majesty, please clearly checked this matter. Xiao Wangye is loyal to the country. He fought outside all year round to protect the land of the east. He didn’t even care about his own life. I don’t believe that Xiao Wangye is that kind of person.”
“Your Majesty, I don’t believe that Xiao Wangye has pleaded guilty, so I beg the Emperor to summon Xiao Wangye to the palace and confront him on the spot.”
Since the incident happened, no one from Xiao Wangfu has come forward, nor has Xiao Wang appeared. Could it be that something has happened to Xiao Wangye? I beg the Emperor to bring Xiao Wangye out.”
After many years of operation, although Xiao Tianyao did not intentionally win over courtiers, there were quite a few people who sided with him. They can’t be blamed for this, the Emperor used a lot of tricks to suppress Xiao Tianyao before, which made many courtiers feel chilled.
The Emperor did not expect that there would be so many people pleading for Xiao Tianyao, so he was immediately furious. “Presumptuous… You say that Xiao Wangye has no heart for disobedience. What’s the matter with the more than 200,000 troops outside the capital? Leading troops into the capital without an order, resisting the order and not obeying it, is this what you call loyalty?”
When Xiao Tianyao led his troops into the capital, he made it clear that he wanted to rebel. Under such circumstances, these people still turned black and white and spoke for Xiao Tianyao.
“Your Majesty, Xiao Wangye brought troops into the capital just to protect himself and avoid repeating what happened in the past.” Leading troops into the capital was a capital offense, even if he is a die-hard loyalist of Prince Xiao, he has no way to open his eyes and tell lies that Xiao Tianyao was innocent.
“Self-protection? What self-protection! Since it is for self-protection, why don’t you let the soldiers and horses evacuate after entering the capital? Who dares to plot against him under the foot of the Emperor.” The Emperor became even angrier when people mentioned this matter.
Do these people have to remind him again and again that he failed to assassinate Xiao Tianyao back then?
If it wasn’t for that incident, he would have killed Xiao Tianyao long ago. He wouldn’t have worried about chilling the hearts of the courtiers, and he would have taken the trouble to discredit his reputation before killing him.
“Your Majesty, Xiao Wangye is now in prison, but the soldiers and horses outside the capital remained silent. It can be seen that Xiao Wangye has no intention to rebel.”
Not to mention the ministers of the palace, even ordinary people know what the current situation in the capital was like.
The capital city was surrounded by the Emperor’s men so tight that not even a fly could fly out, and of course, it couldn’t fly in.
Although it has been a few days, they can be sure that the Jinwuwei Army outside doesn’t know what happened now, and they might be wondering why there was no news from Prince Xiao for four or five days.
“Your Majesty, this general also believes in Xiao Wangye. Xiao Wangye is not that kind of person. There must be some misunderstanding here. I’m sure the Emperor is aware of it.”
As soon as this remark was made, half of the generals echoed, “I beg his highness to check the matter.”
It was not that they firmly believe in Prince Xiao, but that court disputes were most taboo against two sides. Even if the current situation was extremely unfavorable to Prince Xiao; even if they don’t know the truth of the matter; even if they were faintly disappointed in Prince Xiao, they can only stand on Prince Xiao’s side and speak for him.
Things have come to this point, it was no longer possible for them to back down. If they didn’t speak for Prince Xiao, didn’t buy time for Prince Xiao, and let the Emperor execute Prince Xiao, the Emperor would not let them go.
On the contrary, they were now mostly buying time and opportunities for Prince Xiao, maybe things can be reversed.
“If you say that Xiao Wangye has no heart to rebel, then does it mean he has no heart to rebel? Who of you can guarantee it? If Xiao Wangye has no heart to rebel, then what’s with those properties of Xiao Wangfu? If he has no heart to rebel, what’s with that dragon robe hidden in the Jinwuwei Army Camp? Do you believe that he has no intention to rebel?” The Emperor knew that it was not easy to kill Xiao Tianyao, but he did not expect that he would ruin Xiao Tianyao’s reputation to such an extent, but people still speak for him.
Although some of these people had to speak up for Xiao Tianyao because of their political stance, the rest of them believed in Xiao Tianyao, thinking that all of this was his plot to frame Xiao Tianyao.
He admitted that there was his handwriting in this matter, but he only enlarged the property of Xiao Wangfu by a hundred times, and the other things were indeed true. At least Xiao Tianyao had a rebellious heart, and he did not cheat anyone… …
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