Chapter 764 Public opinion prevails
At the first update, Zhang Hu hurried to the military camp and found Chen Dong and Jia Guan, the students who were temporarily hiding in the military camp. He hurriedly said to the two: "Things are not good, Li Dutong will be driven to Jiangling Prefecture."
The two were startled, "What happened?"
"The court compromised with the Jin people, agreed to the rude request of the Jin soldiers, dismissed Li Dutong's military post and transferred it out of the capital."
Chen Dong and Jia Guan immediately looked at each other, unable to hide the shock on their faces, Chen Dong blurted out, "What should I do when Tong Li was driven away?"
"So Dutong Li must not leave, we need to keep him."
"Then the army will keep it!" Jia Guan said on the side.
Zhang Hu looked at him with a strange look and smiled: "Using the army to retain it is a military refutation, and it is not an exaggeration to call it an army mutiny."
Jia Guan stuck out his tongue and scratched his head embarrassedly.
At this time, Chen Dong asked quietly: "Is Zhang Zhanjun coming to see us? Is it the general of the governor?"
Zhang Hu shook his head, "The president has no such idea, it is Mr. Mo's intention."
Hearing that it was Mo Jun's arrangement, Chen Dong nodded, "When will the governor leave Beijing and take office?"
"The plan is to leave Beijing early in the morning the day after tomorrow, and the Jingzhao army will leave Beijing and go to Luoyang tomorrow afternoon, so I will take you out of the military camp tonight."
Chen Dong nodded, "I know what to do, let's go back to the Imperial Academy now."
Zhang Hu patted his shoulder, his eyes flashing with praise, "If you need any help from me, just speak."
Chen Dong smiled slightly, "No need for the time being. I believe that after the failure last time, we have learned enough lessons."
"Then let's go!"
Zhang Hu led the two out of the military camp, turned over and rushed towards the Taixue direction.
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The next morning, the court issued a series of appointments, including promoting Liu Qi as the deputy commander of the front hall and serving as the commander of the Jingzhao; promoting Wang Gui to the general of the Zhuangwu, the general of the Zuo Xiaowei, and serving as the deputy commander of the Jingzhao army; agreeing to Li Yanqing resign as the position of Tokyo Defense Envoy, resigning as the commander of the Jingzhao army, and resigning as the commander of the Jingzhao army, and changing his position as the prosecutor of the Jinghu two routes, and becoming the chief censor of the Censorate, and the position of Tokyo Defense Envoy was also served by Prime Minister Sun Fu.
In the afternoon of the same day, Liu Ya and Wang Gui led 30,000 Jingzhao troops to leave Tokyo Bianliang and headed towards Luoyang along the official road.
In the afternoon of the same day, the news that Li Yanqing resigned as defensive envoy and was about to be transferred from the capital was spreading rapidly in the capital like wings. The news was like cold water pouring into boiling oil, and it exploded in the capital in an instant.
Li Yanqing's status in the capital is already a god-like existence. When he heard that Li Yanqing was going to be transferred, how could the people in the capital not be angry?
A restaurant on East Street, not far from Daxiangguo Temple, was filled with guests. It was usually deserted, but today there were many customers. This surprised and delighted the shopkeeper, so happy that he couldn't even close his mouth. But soon he realized that this kind of hot business was just a flash in the pan.
These customers came to inquire about the news, not only his shop, but also almost all restaurants, teahouses, and brothels were filled with people. Everyone was talking about one thing, and Li Dutong was about to be transferred.
"I have a definite news. Li Dutong was forced away by the surrender faction of the imperial court and the Jin people. The Jin people put forward three conditions!"
A young man shouted angrily: "The Jin people use negotiations as bait. One of the conditions is that Li Dutong must remove the military power and transfer it from the capital."
"What should I do if Tong Li is gone? Should I also be captured and massacred by the Jin soldiers like Taiyuan?" Someone shouted in fear.
"What should we do?"
After a brief silence, the restaurant was drowned by waves of angry roars, "You must not let Li Dutong leave!
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As soon as dawn, Li Yanqing drove out of Cao's mansion in a carriage and slowly drove towards the south gate under the escort of more than a hundred cavalrymen. Li Yanqing didn't know that there were thousands of people waiting at the door of the defense envoy's yamen.
Just when the carriage and cavalry arrived at the Zhuque Gate in the inner city, they were finally surrounded by nearly ten thousand people in the capital who rushed to hear the news. This was beyond Li Yanqing's expectations. He opened the car window and glared at Zhang Hu and said, "Did you spread my itinerary?"
Li Yanqing's departure time is relatively secret, only Zhang Hu and Mo Jun know it. Now the entire capital knows it, only Zhang Hu can leak it out.
Zhang Hu was also a little stunned. He just asked the Tai students to sit in Xuande Building and petition, but he did not expect to alarm the people in the capital.
"Highly duty...Highly duty is guilty!"
Li Yanqing glared at him fiercely. Needless to say, it must be Mo Jun's idea, otherwise Zhang Hu would not dare to do this on his back. Li Yanqing couldn't help but secretly blame Mo Jun for making things so big in the capital. Isn't this putting himself on the fire?
Li Yanqing's original plan was to force the court to invite him back by recruiting troops in Jingzhou, but Mo Jun did even more and directly prevented himself from leaving the capital.
Although Mo Jun hinted to him that he could use Tai students to put pressure on the court, he did not object, but it was not Li Yanqing's original intention to mobilize the people of the whole city to stay at the feet of the emperor. Although this method was glorious for a while, it would always be a sign of deceiving the emperor.
Helplessly, Li Yanqing had to open the car door and wave to everyone, "Dear fellow villagers, although I have left the capital for the time being, if the capital is in trouble, I will definitely come back!"
Li Dutong, stay! The capital cannot be without you."
"Dutong Li, please stay! The little old man kowtowed to you."
A trembling white-haired old man knelt down to Li Yanqing and kowtowed. A large number of people fell to their knees outside the carriage. Soon, the people began to cry bitterly, and the cries rang out, and hundreds of soldiers guarding the city could not help but turn their backs to wipe their tears.
The Zhuque Gate was surrounded and there were more and more people coming after hearing the news. In a short time, more than 100,000 people in front of Zhuque Gate and on the Imperial Street were over 100,000, and countless people rushed from all directions. More than 100,000 people knelt on the ground and begged Li Yanqing to stay. Li Yanqing's tears had already flowed over his cheeks.
Zhuque Gate is the south of Yu Street, and to the north of Yu Street is the Xuande Gate of the Palace. The four thousand sage students in front of Xuande Gate beat gongs and drums and shouted slogans under the leadership of Chen Dong and more than a dozen sage students. They were playing countless banners with slogans: "Collect the Jin people and frame the loyal and kind!", "Destroy the Great Wall by yourself, the country will be destroyed and the family will be destroyed!" and other slogans.
As more and more people were on the street, more than 200,000 people were in half an hour. The huge gathering in the city finally alarmed all the civil and military officials and the emperor Zhao Huan who were attending the morning court. Zhao Huan was so shocked that he hurriedly announced the severance of the dynasty and led hundreds of ministers to the direction of Xuande Tower.
Zhao Huan and hundreds of civil and military ministers stood on Xuande Tower, and more than 200,000 people in the capital gathered on the streets of the imperial city. Their popularity made everyone stunned. They originally just tried to keep Li Yanqing, but in the end it turned into a protest rally that compromised and sought peace against the court.
"Your Majesty, this must be Li Yanqing's secret agitation, otherwise how could these people know when he left Beijing?" Bai Shizhong said in a piss.
"Your Majesty, this trend cannot be long. If you do not punish severely, more people will follow suit in the future and use the people to threaten the court!"
Bai Shizhong continued to provoke Zhao Huan's anger, "If hundreds of thousands of people support him, how could he take His Majesty seriously?"
But unexpectedly, except for Bai Shizhong's anger, the other ministers were silent at this moment, including Bai Shizhong's closest ally Li Bangyan, who did not follow him to respond.
Bai Shizhong finally found something wrong and turned around and glared at everyone, "Why have you all been spectators?"
At this time, He Li, who had been dissatisfied with the conversation, said coldly: "Grandpa Bai, let's resolve today's crisis first! If you want to severely punish Li Yanqing, it may arouse the rebellion of the people in the city. Can you afford this consequence?"
Zhao Huan also knew that he had underestimated Li Yanqing, so he sighed, "I won't mention anything else, let's talk about how to solve the current trouble first?"
He looked back at the ministers, and when they saw that the ministers were unwilling to speak, he asked Sun Fu, "Let's talk about it!"
Although Sun Fu did not want to be the first bird at this time, since the emperor pointed his name, he could not remain silent. Helplessly, he had to bow and say, "Your Majesty, the person who tied the bell must be untied. Since the root of it is Li Yanqing, to solve the problem in front of him, he must start with Li Yanqing. The minister suggested changing the title of Li Yanqing and leaving him in the capital."
Zhao Huan nodded, and the Jin people who stayed in the capital agreed, "Which position is better to change it?"
"This... Weichen suggested that Zhizhengtang discuss it." Sun Fu still avoided the key issues.
Zhao Huan looked at Bai Shizhong again, "Bai Xiangguo is in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, tell me!"
Chapter completed!