Chapter 450 Raise the Butcher Knife

At that time, Lin Chen had just conquered Lin'an.

In order to prevent the old territory of the Southern Song Dynasty from falling into turmoil, these insects were given a break.

But unexpectedly.

These guys not only did not feel lucky to have saved their lives, but felt that they were fine again.

Of course,

these old ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty in the hall did not know what the King of Tang was thinking. They just glanced at the front of the hall and then lowered their heads and frowned.

They had their own calculations in their hearts, and their thoughts were different.

"Is it really the King of Tang himself?"

"When will he come back? I haven't even received any news?"

Just as everyone was thinking, a majestic and indifferent voice came from above:

"My dear family, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Lin Chen's eyes slowly swept through the hall, and deliberately lingered on Chen Yizhong, Liu Mengyan and others.

Chen Yizhong's expression was still calm, but Liu Mengyan was a little flustered.

At the beginning, Liu Mengyan, as a surrendered minister, immediately asked Lin Chen for surrender and flattery.

But a dog can't change its eating habits.

During the time when Lin Chen left the Emei Secret Realm, he had many private contacts with northern scholars, and his thoughts were self-evident.

It was nothing more than wanting to leave himself a way out on the Yuan side.

Liu Mengyan thought he was acting secretly, but he didn't know that the Jinyiwei had already seen his every move.

It's just that Shen Lian chose to keep it secret and wait for the King of Tang to come back before dealing with it.

Liu Mengyan didn't know what Lin Chen was thinking, but his face changed slightly, then he gritted his teeth and stepped out, asking to play: "Your Highness the King of Tang, I have a report to the right general Wei Qing. He has been recruiting soldiers and making friends with military generals in the past year. He doesn't follow the court's dispatch and controls more than 100,000 troops. I'm afraid he has the intention of treason!"

As soon as this was said, everyone in the hall was shocked.

"Absurd!"

Unexpectedly, before Lin Chen could speak, Lu Xiufu took the lead to stand up and defend Wei Qing. "Liu Mengyan, the Yuan Dynasty is about to march south, what is your intention in accusing the generals in the army?!"

As a supervisory censor, Lu Xiufu has worked with Wei Qing for more than half a year. The two of them also went to the recovered prefectures to distribute land together.

During this period, he was surprised to find that this young man, who was only 23 or 24 years old, had a unique military strategy in his mind. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the reincarnation of a military god!

Lu Xiufu couldn't help but sigh that if the Southern Song Dynasty had such a capable general, Jia Sidao would not have been in charge of the army and ended up in such a miserable defeat.

Of course, what made him so admire Wei Qing so much was not only his outstanding military talent, but also his unique style of doing things.

Just like Wei Qing, a Confucian general respected in the Han Dynasty,

he was not arrogant because of his army, sympathized with his soldiers, and cared for the local people, which made Lu Xiufu admire him very much.

At this time, Lu Xiufu's eyes were wide open. If it were not for the etiquette of the court, I am afraid he would have punched Liu Mengyan long ago.

Liu Mengyan was shocked when he heard this, thinking what medicine did Lu Xiufu take wrong?

We are all old ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty, how come you have learned to share the worries of the King of Tang at this time?

However, the words have been spoken, Liu Mengyan had to bite the bullet and present the collected "evidence" one by one.

Lin Chen sneered and motioned the guards to take it for inspection.

He wanted to see what kind of ridiculous charges Liu Mengyan could make up, but he was amused before he could read much.

The whole evidence was completely based on hearsay, and it was almost written with the three words "falsely accused".

Tsk tsk.

Judging from the posture, this Liu Mengyan intends to learn from his predecessor Qin Hui.

Thinking of this, Lin Chen looked at Liu Mengyan with murderous eyes.

He Liu Mengyan wanted to be Qin Hui, but he Lin Chen was not Wanyan Gou.

It is impossible to issue twelve gold medals in a row, and let Yue Fei die in Fengbo Pavilion with the three words "false accusation".

I just heard Lin Chen read out the name of Jinyiwei Commander Shen Lian in a calm voice.

"Shen Lian."

"I am here!"

Shen Lian half-knelt and saluted, and took out something from his arms as if he had been prepared, and began to read out Liu Mengyan's crimes one by one.

"Liu Mengyan, at the end of March this year, I contacted the Yuan spy and got a secret order to frame the right general Wei Qing."

"In mid-April, I collected 30,000 taels of silver from the local gentry in Lin'an to conceal the land for him, but failed."

"At the end of April,..."

Shen Lian's voice echoed in the hall, like a heavy hammer, hitting the heart of every old minister of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Those old ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty who were as dirty as Liu Mengyan all changed their faces.

As for Liu Mengyan himself, his face was pale, his body was shaking, and he almost collapsed to the ground.

Damn it!

Lin Chen glanced at his ugly appearance, and a hint of coldness appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Catch him!"

Hula!

Jinyiwei had already rushed into the palace and quickly subdued more than ten people led by Liu Mengyan.

However, even at this point, Liu Mengyan still did not give up, struggling to defend himself: "Your Highness, King Tang, although I made a small mistake, Wei Qing must have evil intentions and intended to rebel!"

Good guy.

Lin Chen was shocked by Liu Mengyan's shameless words.

There is solid evidence that he has colluded with foreign races, but it is a small mistake?

It can only be said that the civil servants of the Song Dynasty are not ordinary weirdos.

Therefore, Lin Chen felt it necessary to tell the southern literati.

Tang is not the Southern Song Dynasty!

"Push him out, Liu Mengyan colluded with the Yuan Dynasty, and was sent to the Meridian Gate for treason." Lin Chen was too lazy to look at this insect and said coldly.

As soon as the word "execution" was uttered, the old officials of the Southern Song Dynasty in the palace were panicked and knelt down to plead:

"Your Highness, the King of Tang, you can't do that!"

"Your Highness, the King of Tang, think twice!!"

"Killing a minister without authorization may lead to bad consequences!"

"That's right. This move may cause the scholars of the world to be alienated!"

"Divorced?"

Lin Chen heard the noise in his ears, and a sharp look flashed in his eyes. He said calmly: "Has the Duke of Yansheng not yet expelled you from the ranks of literati?"

As soon as these words came out, the hall was suddenly silent.

After all, the Duke of Yansheng, who was a role model for the scholars of the world, had already surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty. How could there be any role models for the scholars and literati of the world.

Death was imminent, and this treacherous man who was originally scheduled for history was panicking.

Liu Mengyan's face was pale. He never expected that Lin Chen would take his head to show it to the public in the hall.

Although the conscientious civil officials headed by Lu Xiufu felt that this move was severe, they also knew that Liu Mengyan deserved it, and they kept silent.

Amid a wailing, the party members headed by Liu Mengyan were taken away.

"My lords, continue." Lin Chen said with a smile as if nothing had happened.

However, at this moment, the palace was filled with a solemn and murderous atmosphere, which made those officials with ill intentions shudder.

The booklet in Shen Lian's hand was like the book of life and death in the hands of the King of Hell, which could pronounce their fate at any time.

That day, Lin'an was shaken.

The reason was simple.

As soon as His Royal Highness the King of Tang, who had not appeared for a long time, appeared, he executed more than 20 Southern Song scholars and officials with thunder and lightning, and put more than 50 officials at all levels into the prison.

Of course, this was also a warning to the Zhao royal family.

You should know that after Lin Chen entered Lin'an, he did not kill the Zhao royal family, but only killed some princes of the royal family with bad reputations.

The rest are all alive and well.

Among them, Prince Zhao Yurui of Fu, who had made contributions before Lin Chen entered Lin'an, even got a leisurely official position in the Ministry of Rites.

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