All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 150 He slandered me, he slandered me~~~
Flags were waving and gongs and drums were beating.

The people living under the emperor's feet love to watch the fun.

When Chen Ran led his troops back to the capital and held a parade to present prisoners, the streets were truly packed with people.

Thousands of captured Rakshasas were tied up in bunches with ropes, staggering forward with terrified looks on their faces.

They had never seen such a large and enthusiastic crowd.

Judging from their limited knowledge, these people looked no different from the herdsmen they had exterminated on the grassland, and should be from the same country.

The captives were terrified, fearing that they would be brutally killed to avenge the countless people in the Eastern world they had killed.

In fact, if they could understand what was said here, they would know that the reason why the onlookers had ferocious faces was simply because they had never seen people with such strange faces and were excited.

Different hair colors, different eye colors, different facial contours.

This made the common people in the city, who were bored in their daily lives, so excited that they could hardly control themselves.

"This is the Rakshasa ghost. It really looks like a ghost."

"The youngest son of my third uncle's brother-in-law's second aunt followed Marshal Chen out of the border. I heard that the Marshal invited the Heavenly Master from Mount Longhu to capture these Rakshasas."

"You are such a liar. Who would dare to leave the camp and go home without the imperial decree? Did he tell you this in a dream?"

"These Rakshasas are really ugly, dirty and smelly."

"Hey, are those people wearing fur coats also Rakshasa? Why don't they look like the ones in front?"

"Have you never seen the Mongols selling cattle and sheep in the East Market? Those are the tribal leaders who followed Marshal Chen to pay homage to the emperor."

It has to be said that the people in the capital have a wide range of information sources and knowledge, and they were able to recognize those tribal envoys.

Going out of the border to attend the alliance and returning with the leaders of various tribes to meet the emperor are two different things.

The former is somewhat similar to the meaning of cooperation, while the latter is true submission.

Chen Ran, with the power of a great victory, enthusiastically "invited" the leaders of all tribes to come to the capital together, and naturally no one dared to object.

Those who dared to object were buried in the ground like most of the Rakshasa captives.

"His Majesty."

At the court meeting before the victory celebration ceremony, an imperial censor came out to make trouble for the emperor, "I impeach Chen Ran, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, for killing innocent people and slaughtering prisoners of war."

With just one sentence, the originally laughing hall fell silent.

In this occasion when everyone is happy, or at least appears happy, and you jump out and do something like this, who are you trying to disgust?

The emperor stopped smiling and said nothing, but looked at Chen Ran. "Someone has impeached you."

Everyone looked over, but Chen Ran smiled and asked, "I am not very good at seeing, I didn't recognize you."

"Chen Youdao, the Censor of the Inspectorate."

"It's still our family." Chen Ran smiled again. "Where did you get the news?"

"I am the Imperial Censor." Chen Youdao said proudly, "I have heard something from you."

The so-called report based on hearsay means that one can report based on hearsay without having to provide any real evidence.

"Oh. Since it is a rumor, I think it must have been heard from someone in Guidu."

"I have issued an order in the army before that no one is allowed to leak the war outside the Great Wall." Chen Ran asked calmly, "Who violated the order and told you about this?"

"Why are you saying this?" Chen Youdao frowned. "I said it was just hearsay!"

"You can't just make up something you hear about. You have to have a source." Chen Ran stepped forward and said, "Tell me, who leaked the military information? I'm going to punish him according to military rules!"

Chen Youdao felt his throat was a little dry, as if he was being tricked.

He wanted to make up a name, but he didn't know anyone in the military.

But if I can't tell you the source of the information, wouldn't that prove that I was just making it up?

"You just slaughtered the prisoners." He managed to shout, "Everyone knows it!"

"Who knows?" Chen Ran looked around with sharp eyes. "How did you know that? Come out and tell me how you knew it!"

No one responded and everyone remained silent.

"Don't be unreasonable." Chen Youdao was furious. "Now we are talking about your massacre of prisoners of war!"

"Now let's talk about how you obtained military secrets!" Chen Ran looked at him with a sigh. "Disclosing military secrets is a serious crime!"

"Inspectorate." At this time the emperor finally spoke.

The Left Censor-in-Chief of the Supervisory Office immediately stepped out and saluted, "Your Majesty."

"Your Inspectorate should take good care of this. You can't just make up stories based on rumors."

"Yes Yes."

The Left Censor-in-Chief nodded repeatedly and then glared at Chen Youdao hatefully.

It's okay for you to take money and help others with their work, but don't involve the Inspectorate.

Not only did he not accomplish his mission, but he was also implicated and reprimanded by the Inspectorate. He will then just wait to be transferred to Lingnan as a folk song collector, and never come back in this life!
Chen Youdao's face was pale. He wanted to say something but didn't know where to start.

If you can't tell the source of the information, then it's just fabrication.

After all, it is impossible to explain this matter away with rumors, and rumors cannot tell us what the battlefield of the war outside the Great Wall was like.

If I really tell people about the rumors, people will laugh to death.

There are rumors that the Monkey King is fighting against hundreds of demons at night. Why don’t you report it?

Even if it is a rumor, it must have been heard from the military.

But he couldn't say it, and even if he did, Chen Ran would definitely call someone over to confront him.

A big hat of leaking military secrets is put on you!
"If I had known, I wouldn't have accepted this one thousand taels of silver to do the job!"

The censor subconsciously looked at Prince Zhongshun, but the prince lowered his head with a kind look and ignored him. "Your Majesty."

Chen Ran turned his head and looked at the emperor. "There are a total of sixty-nine tribes entering the pass this time. They are the Nayan tribe, the Keshiketeng tribe, the Sunite tribe, and the Tumed tribe."

"These tribes are willing to accept the Great Zhou as their legitimate ruler, offer cattle, sheep, and horses, and serve as vassal states."

Unlike previous alliances, this was a true submission.

Under the Confucian worldview and moral system, this is an unprecedented diplomatic victory and a truly heroic feat.

Apart from anything else, leaving your name in history is inevitable.

The emperor squinted his eyes, stroked his beard and smiled.

He was very satisfied. Eliminating the external threat from the north meant that he could reduce military spending on the nine borders, which would bring some relief to the devastated finances of the Great Zhou.

As for the fact that the honorary title belonged to the retired emperor, he didn't care too much about it.

After all, compared to the emperor who was fond of fame, the emperor was a pragmatic person.

"His Majesty."

There are jealous people who want to pick peaches everywhere, especially in the court.

Someone immediately expressed his opinion, "These tribes have frequently invaded our borders in the past, but this time they have gone against their norm and surrendered voluntarily. I am afraid they are scheming."

As soon as these words were spoken, many people came forward to agree.

This does make sense, after all, the label of the grassland tribes is capriciousness.

Chen Ran knew the real reason. It was nothing more than showing strong strength to let these tribes know that they could not defeat the Great Zhou, so they simply took the initiative to submit.

After all, after artillery and muskets appeared on the battlefield on a large scale, the herdsmen's preference changed from horseback riding and looting to singing and dancing. This was the general trend of history.

He would not tell these people the real reason.

As for how to deal with the cold arrow thrown at him on the spot, Chen Ran only said one sentence.

"Whether you wish to accept the surrender of the tribes, you can go and ask the Emperor for instructions."

That one sentence silenced everyone.

Seeing that his time is running out, the emperor is most concerned about his reputation after his death.

Now that all the tribes have come to pay tribute, Tongzuntian Khan is about to be recorded in history and become famous through the ages. Anyone who opposes at this time will be making things difficult for the emperor.

The emperor is a pragmatic man. If you get into trouble with him, at most he will put you in a small notebook and look for opportunities to deal with you.

But the emperor can't do that, he is a petty person.

Seeing that his ministers were speechless, the emperor, in a good mood, was about to announce a reward for Chen Ran.

But he saw Chen Ran cup his hands again and said, "Your Majesty, I want to impeach you."

"Uh~~~"

“Impeach whom?”

Chen Ran took out a few letters and handed them to Xia Bingzhong. "I impeach King Zhongshun."

There was a sudden commotion all around.

He didn't care at all and continued to talk to himself, "The Yan tribe took the initiative to admit that King Zhongshun and his tribe had been smuggling contraband privately for many years, and the amount of smuggled ironware was as high as more than 100,000 kilograms."

The noise grew louder.

According to the law, smuggling a pound of iron outside the Great Wall would result in the shipment of a thousand miles.

Anyone who smuggles ten pounds of iron will be beheaded.

The iron weapon weighing tens of thousands of pounds was enough to chop off King Zhongshun's head more than ten thousand times.

"The correspondence and account books are all here." Chen Ran hadn't finished speaking yet, "The Yan tribe also took the initiative to hand over several envoys from the Zhongshun Palace. They were the messengers sent by Zhongshun to contact the Luosha people to attack the meeting place and conspire to overthrow the Great Zhou!"

There was a loud bang in the hall!
If smuggling can be suppressed by relying on connections, then colluding with foreign countries to subvert one's own country is a capital crime punishable by death!
"Slander, this is all slander!"

King Zhongshun, with a grim expression on his face, shouted angrily, "He slandered me, he slandered me~~~"

"Whether it is slander or not, Your Highness knows it in his heart." The reason why Chen Ran chose to bring this up in public at this time was not to give him a chance to maneuver. "The border of the Great Zhou Alliance was safe, and the matter of the Emperor's title of Heavenly Khan was almost ruined by you! The casualties of thousands of soldiers were all because of you!"

"No no."

Prince Zhongshun, looking flustered, subconsciously looked at the Second Prince.

But the second prince at this moment, just like he had before, looked kind and bowed his head without saying a word.

Prince Zhongshun invested in the second prince just as he invested in the current emperor.

The two have a close relationship, and if something happens to one of them, the other will inevitably be implicated.

The Second Prince was shrewd enough to know that it was useless to say anything at this time, and it might even implicate himself.

So keeping silent is the best choice.

I just hope King Zhongshun doesn't act stupid and bite himself out.

In that case, he wouldn't even have the chance to do anything.

Thinking of this, he subconsciously looked up at Chen Ran, and met his eyes.

Chen Ran's eyes were meaningful.

'He knows!'

Amidst the clamor and chaos, the emperor finally spoke, "Prince Zhongshun, return to your palace and do not leave. Once the cause of the incident is fully understood, we will make a decision."

After that, he stood up and left under the gazes of everyone, "Chen Ran, let's talk in the imperial study."

(End of this chapter)