Chapter 786: In prison again and again

Xie Changling wanted to do things, and Emperor Jian Shi supported him with all his might.

Whoever dared to oppose was thrown into the big prison. With the war ahead, it was absolutely forbidden for anyone in the rear to hold them back.

And so, Zhao Mingqiao was in prison again and again.

Seeing the other party, Chen Guanlou was so angry that he couldn't speak. "Do you remember the pain but not the beating?"

Zhao Mingqiao was still the same, sitting in prison with righteous indignation. That momentum made it seem as if he were the boss of the Heavenly Prison.

He held his head high and said sternly: "I know what you want to say, but don't say it yet. I don't think I did anything wrong. His Majesty was bewitched by the Xie surname, looking at the head but not the tail."

"That's right, Prince Chujiang growing big is indeed a great threat to the court. However, the court's true heart-and-gut threat is not in the south but in the north. It can be said that the Marquis Pingjiang in the north is even more dangerous than Prince Chujiang. Don't be unconvinced! I say this based on facts."

"Dog-fart facts!" Chen Guanlou scolded angrily, "I am in the Heavenly Prison, but I also know that there is a voice in the court saying that the Marquis Pingjiang has the ambition of a wolf, raising bandits to increase his own importance, and is afraid of having a heart of disobedience."

"Regardless of whether this statement has any basis, will it become reality one day in the future? At least for now, the Marquis Pingjiang is a loyal minister of the court, pacifying bandits for the court."

"You court officials cannot be overly anxious and overly speculative because of things that haven't happened, forcing a loyal minister into a rebel! What you are doing is clearly making enemies happy and relatives pained; it is simply making trouble out of nothing. You deserve to die!"

"In my opinion, Xie Changling's strategy has no problems; Prince Chujiang growing big has already threatened the court's tax revenue. Why can't the court fight him? What are you opposing? Do you know how to fight a war? You only know how to act blindly with a heart of hot blood! You deserve to be in the big prison!"

He was so angry that he spoke without thinking, completely disregarding the other party's life or death, disregarding their past friendship, and spitting out whatever came to mind. Hot-blooded youths are good, but their brains are not easy to use. Their cognition is limited, and they are easily used as guns by others. Each of them thinks they are right and is proud to the point of impossibility.

Zhao Mingqiao was not angry; he looked at Chen Guanlou as if he were looking at a fool.

Chen Guanlou was provoked, "What kind of look is that, treating me as a fool? If I am a fool, then you are mentally retarded!"

Zhao Mingqiao sneered, "Brother Chen, are you angry from embarrassment? I mentioned the Marquis Pingjiang, and it touched your sore spot, right? No wonder! After all, your surname is Chen, and you are of the same clan as the Marquis Pingjiang. However, in the face of national righteousness, I hope you can set your position straight and don't ruin yourself!"

Chen Guanlou laughed, "Do you think you are particularly righteous, particularly great, and have great feelings, great righteousness, and a great pattern? Wrong! All wrong! I ask you, forcing the Marquis Pingjiang to rebel, what good does it do for you and the court? Letting Prince Chujiang grow big, what good does it do? If we really want to discuss it, I can't help but suspect whether you have received benefits from Prince Chujiang and are deliberately releasing water to the south."

"You can doubt my IQ, doubt my way of doing things, but you cannot question my character. I, Zhao Mingqiao, swear on my life that I have absolutely not received a single penny from Prince Chujiang."

"You didn't take money, but can you ensure that the people under you didn't take money? Did the people in the Youth Society not take money? You are stubborn, but you are also easily swayed by others; you only need to use clever schemes. You have become a knife in someone else's hand, and you don't even know it yourself."

Chen Guanlou sneered repeatedly, showing extreme contempt, leaving no room for affection. The little bit of human favor accumulated in the past was likely to be exhausted this time, and he would even have to pay extra.

But he didn't care.

In his view, Zhao Mingqiao was obsessed. There have been many half-hearted people in history, people who are hesitant. These people eventually rebelled, and none of them were not forced by the court.

Even if they want to force them, at least choose a good time.

Standing from the court's position, is now a good time? Obviously not. Both the north and south are fighting wars; where does the court get the confidence to force the Marquis Pingjiang to rebel at this time? It would be better to try to win him over.

It was just Zhao Mingqiao, this stick, making trouble out of nothing. No wonder Xie Changling wanted to clean him up; he deserved it!

"Nonsense! All my actions and all my political propositions are my own personal thoughts and do not involve anyone else. Stop speculating randomly. No matter what you say, I will always believe that the Marquis Pingjiang has a heart of disobedience."

"So what? In your view, the court should concentrate its strength to force the Marquis Pingjiang to rebel, and as for Prince Chujiang, just let him be? You deserve not to be promoted for so many years; with your pattern and your vision, hehe..."

"How is my pattern? How is my vision? Also, I have never said that the court should concentrate its strength to force the Marquis Pingjiang to rebel. My meaning is that the court should not shift its attention from the north to the south. Destroying Prince Chujiang is not difficult."

Chen Guanlou rolled his eyes silently.

If it really wasn't difficult, could the two sides have been deadlocked for six or seven years?

What a joke.

Seeing him like this, Zhao Mingqiao couldn't help but sigh, "Brother Chen, objectively speaking, is the Marquis Pingjiang really not worth paying attention to?"

"All generals leading troops outside are worth paying attention to. This is the rule!" Chen Guanlou said firmly, "But this does not conflict with the court concentrating its forces to fight Prince Chujiang. You oppose for the sake of opposing; is it meaningful? If you keep going like this, I am sure that someone outside already suspects that you have received money from the south and are deliberately speaking for the south."

"I didn't take anyone's money!" Zhao Mingqiao was furious and emphasized loudly.

"I believe you, but others won't believe you." Chen Guanlou pointed out the fact. It's not that a sentence of 'I didn't take money' can make people believe it. In any era, the spread of rumors is far greater than the truth.

Rumors possess all the factors that people want to hear in gossip stories.

The truth often appears dull and tasteless! It does not meet expectations!

Men and women, adultery, men and men, women and women, betrayal, money, mistresses... they don't need a story; as long as they have the above three points, it is enough to attract a large number of eyes to gather. Next is the ability to make up stories; the more flowery and bizarre the story, if it can carry a little bit of logic, that is terrible; it will absolutely replace the truth and become the new truth.

It fits the primitive desires in people's hearts too well and satisfies all the expectations of the onlookers. That ups and downs, one wave after another climax, tsk tsk... I dare not imagine how lively the scene will be and how fast it will spread. Flying speed!

"Since you believe me, why do you question me and humiliate me?" Zhao Mingqiao couldn't understand.

Chen Guanlou sighed silently, "You are out of time! You fight with Xie Changling; it's not that I look down on you, you are just scum. That guy, I have dealt with him; he is not a good person, and his brain is easy to use. He is a top scholar; what are you?"

His IQ has already been crushed.

And Xie Changling had long ago abandoned unrealistic fantasies and become a pragmatic person; such people are very scary. There is nothing they cannot do.

Zhao Mingqiao, however, is still an idealist.

It's not that idealists are bad, but that even if it is an ideal, one should focus on reality and walk steadily step by step to have a chance to realize one's ideal. ===== CHAPTER 787 =====