AWB Chapter 403 Give up!
Chapter 403 Give up!
Gu Jingzhi was so angry that Wei Xuan didn't know what to say.
He wanted to say something like "ruler over ruler, minister over minister" but he knew that Gu Jingzhi wouldn't listen.
In his opinion, his disciple was still loyal to Daxia and the royal family, otherwise he would not have done so much before. His current "inappropriate words" were just a manifestation of being extremely angry.
He had no intention of reporting Gu Jingzhi's words to the prince, but he disagreed with Gu Jingzhi's decision to give up.
So, with a sullen face, he said, "Jingzhi, I've scolded you, but this important task entrusted to you by the late emperor...are you going to let down the late emperor's spirit in heaven?"
As he spoke, he looked at the golden medal of the late emperor.
Gu Jingzhi said calmly, "Teacher, I just want to do something quietly and have no interest in the disputes in the court. When I first entered the court as an official, I just wanted a place to settle down, not to be favored by the late emperor and serve him!"
"Now that the world is settled, I no longer think about doing anything meritorious. Being able to guard this little piece of land, do my own thing, and live my life well is more important than anything else!"
"This is the heavy responsibility of protecting the Lord... I am weak and cannot bear such a heavy responsibility on my shoulders."
As he spoke, he picked up the teacup and acted as if he was serving tea to the guest without waiting for Wei Xuan to speak. Wei Xuan pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head helplessly.
This student of mine is still too tough at heart. If I bring the general's token back this time, it will definitely offend the prince.
However, he had to take him away. He understood Gu Jingzhi's determination and was afraid that he would really give up this time. If no one arranged defenses by then, and something happened to the prince, the sky would really fall!
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As expected, when the prince saw Gu Jingzhi quit, he immediately became angry. Not only did he not try to retain him, but he even dismissed Lin Feng from his position.
He just didn't understand why Gu Jingzhi was so angry?
Is it just because his suggestions were not accepted?
How could he, a subject, be more powerful than his lord?
The prince couldn't help but think of the past in Ningzhou.
However, he took away Gu Jingzhi's important defense responsibility and dismissed Lin Feng from his official position, which made Wei Zhen and Dong Zhentang feel complicated.
To be fair, they still admired Gu Jingzhi. He was a good official who could do things and accomplish things. At least, after his ideas were implemented, not only the common people, but also the civil and military officials of the world benefited from them, and the national strength of Daxia was significantly improved.
The only ones who suffered losses were the aristocratic families.
Although they were not close to Gu Jingzhi, they did not guard against him in certain matters. Everyone knew that Wei Xuan's position might be taken by Gu Jingzhi in the future.
They are not close to Gu Jingzhi at the moment only because they have to be on guard. The Prime Minister of the Cabinet may be him, Gu Jingzhi, but they do not want that to result in them being squeezed out one by one by Gu Jingzhi.
But because of this incident, the prince and Lin Feng were both dismissed, which made them feel heartbroken.
It is true that Gu Jingzhi was throwing a tantrum, but what crime had Lin Feng committed?
Before and after they made contact, they suddenly realized that it seemed...
From the beginning to the end, the prince never intended to deal with Gu Jingzhi. His real intention was probably to use this as an excuse to transfer Lin Feng out of the imperial guards.
The arrangement of the brothers Lin Chong and Lin Feng was originally made by the late emperor in order to ensure the smooth succession of the prince to the throne. Now that everything has become a foregone conclusion, one of the two brothers must move.
Lin Chong is a frontier general with great military achievements, and he has just taken office in the city defense camp. Naturally, he cannot be moved lightly. After much calculation, the only person left is Lin Feng.
The reason why they thought so, that the overall situation had been decided, was that they felt that the idea proposed by Gu Jingzhi was too cautious. It was too frivolous to let the prince mobilize troops at this critical juncture based on mere suspicion!
Although this is done for safety reasons, it is a bit too conservative.
Therefore, even though they felt sorry for Gu Jingzhi, the two of them did not say much.
Since Gu Jingzhi quit his job, the defense issue naturally fell into the hands of Dong Zhentang, the Minister of War. It was a few days later when Dong Zhentang came to Gu Jingzhi's tent and prepared to hand over the defense responsibility to him.
After hearing the prince's decision, Gu Jingzhi didn't think much about it. He just informed him of all the arrangements. Then he took Lin Feng to pay homage to the late emperor again, and finally sighed softly.
"Let's go, return to the capital immediately!"
Gu Jingzhi said lightly that in the past few days, he had vaguely noticed that some officials seemed a little distant towards the two of them... He thought that this matter had already revealed some rumors!
But Gu Jingzhi didn't care. Now that he had jumped out of this pit, he didn't bother thinking about it anymore.
Lin Feng said with some worry: "Cousin, if this happens... I'm afraid that your previous plan will be ruined overnight. How about we wait a little longer?"
He thought that if the prince was really in danger, this good situation would be ruined.
Gu Jingzhi glanced at him and said, "Now you and I have no troops or power. Even if something happens, what can we change?"
"It's going to rain, my mother's going to get married...it's his Zhou family's kingdom anyway, what does it have to do with us?"
After hearing this, Lin Feng knew that his cousin had made up his mind, so he didn't say anything more.
Two men and two horses, without even any followers, left the imperial mausoleum and headed straight for the capital!
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As soon as Gu Jingzhi left, the third prince received the news.
Hearing that Gu Jingzhi had indeed let his elder brother take away the responsibility of defense, he was almost overjoyed and asked uncertainly, "Is the news confirmed?"
"Your Highness, the news is true. Gu Jingzhi and Lin Feng have already returned to the capital!"
"Congratulations to Your Highness, congratulations to Your Highness!"
For a moment, all of the third brother's staff were excited!
They could never have imagined that the prince would have such a dirty trick with his trusted minister at such a critical moment. Isn't this an opportunity given by God?
At once, everyone spoke up.
"Your Highness, Prince Heng, now that Gu Jingzhi and Lin Feng are gone, I believe we should quickly order all forces from all over to converge, defeat the guards in one fell swoop, behead the Crown Prince, and succeed him as the heir to the throne!"
"That's right! Your Highness, the brothers have been waiting impatiently for a long time. Please give the order quickly!"
"Your Highness, my sword has long been thirsty for fire, and I am just waiting for your order..."
"Your Highness..."
The third brother gathered his men together in order to conspire for something big. They were originally thinking about how to deploy their forces to keep the prince and others in one fell swoop, but they didn't expect that the prince would actually drive away Gu Jingzhi, the person they feared the most!
This guy is about to die but still doesn't rebel. Isn't this a waste of a great opportunity?
The third brother was also excited when he saw his subordinates like this. However, when he saw that the person sitting next to him had not said a word, the smile on his face faded: "Mr. Su..."