Chapter 1139: Self-fouling

The waves slapped against the hull of the King-class iron-clad ship, seagulls hovered around the battleship and made a low noise, and the figure of Dengzhou Port was looming in the early morning mist.
After three months of sailing, the fleet to Britain returned smoothly, but at this time there was no sign of joy on the battleship, and everyone looked heavy.
Yue Yun stood on the deck, his eyes deep, not knowing what he was thinking.
"General, I still don't understand why you didn't give an order to attack the Port of London when you left, for the lives of those diplomats who were Hu Chuan? This is not your style." Liu Chen asked with difficulty, "Now we come back. It’s such a shame and shame, how did the Manchu civil and military think of us, how did the people of the empire think of us.

Looking at the sea, Yue Yun said solemnly: This matter is an order from my Yue Yun, and I will bear all the consequences, you don't have to worry about your career. "
Liu Chen couldn't help but angrily said: "For my own official career? General, I have followed you in the North and South wars in the past few years. I have never asked you for a position or a half, but now you say this, what kind of person I am Liu Chen."
Yue Yun sighed deeply, and he said: "I have my own reason for doing this. After waiting for you to be an extremely human minister, you will naturally understand."
After all, he stopped talking.
At this moment, Liu Chen looked at the other generals behind him. These were all naval generals who followed Yue Yun from birth to death, and they were also pulled out by Yue Yun.
In their hearts, Yue Yun's status in the navy is unmatched, and they respect Yue Yun from the bottom of their hearts.
But the Port of London incident made them a little bit chilling, because Yue Yun, who was once known for his iron and blood, had repeatedly issued such weak orders.
Seeing Liu Chen's helpless look, the other generals understood that they had no gains this time. They returned to their positions in a depressed mood, because he wanted to conceal the London Port incident, but it was impossible from Yue Yun's attitude.
Dengzhou was getting closer, and after half an hour of sailing, the fleet entered the Dengzhou military port.
At this time, the admiral found that there were already imperial guards waiting for them on the pier of the military port, which made the admiral's heart suddenly sink to the bottom.
Obviously, Yue Yun did not conceal this British humiliation. "Commander-in-chief Yue Yun, this is the emperor's order. You have been dismissed from your post. Please follow us back to Qingzhou to meet the emperor now."
It was Li San who came to Dengzhou this time, and he was responsible for personally detaining Yue Yun back to Qingzhou.
When the warship was docked in Guangzhou, Yue Yun reported the matter in the UK, which immediately caused a turmoil in Qingzhou, and the memorial to play Yue Yun flew to the Imperial Study Room like snowflakes.
Under pressure, Xiao Ming and the cabinet discussed the removal of Yue Yun from his post.
"The emperor now has the thought of killing me." Yue Yun smiled bitterly.
With an expression on Li San's face, he said: "The emperor fell a teacup for the first time when he heard the news. The emperor asked you to deter Britain, but you let the British put us together."
Yue Yun smiled softly, "It's not that I, Yue Yun, is afraid of death, but I don't want the warships and soldiers of the empire to sacrifice meaninglessly. Forget it, no matter how much it is said, I will accept any punishment from the court. ."
After that, he stretched out his hands, which meant that Li San put a shackle on him.
Li San sighed and asked the secret guard to take Yue Yun away.
Qingzhou.
Xiao Ming received the call as soon as Yue Yun was arrested.
His gaze swept over Cabinet Jiufu's body one by one, and asked: "Yue Yun has been arrested, what are your opinions? The negative impact of this incident on the empire is too great, and the court will not be able to quell it if it doesn't do anything. The people are angry."
Fiji said: "The emperor, Yue Yun's inability to lead the army has caused the empire to suffer such a great shame. Not killing is not enough for the civilians to indignation. By this matter, we should kill chickens and warriors so that the whole army can understand the consequences of weakness."
Zhan Xingchang said: "The emperor, Yue Yun is understandable to do this. No one would have thought that this group of Europeans would be so despicable and shameless, and would use such abusive methods. After all, we are an official visit, no matter what the reason is. Treat visitors so brutally."
"The British are shameless, but they have suffered such humiliation. As the commander-in-chief of the navy, even if they die in battle, they cannot bear this humiliation." Fiji said.
Pang Yukun pondered for a while. He said: "The emperor, it is clear that the West is still too far away from civilization. This incident just proves that these Westerners are not worthy of being included in a civilized country. Their killing of the natives and the plunder of the world They all proved that they are just barbarians with advanced firearms, and the empire does not need to follow reciprocal diplomatic rules to treat such a country.
"The minister seconded." "The minister seconded!"
"..."
The cabinet ministers said one by one, agreeing with Pang Yukun's statement.
A faint color flashed in Xiao Ming's eyes. He said: "Since the Battle of India, there have been many voices in the empire that have ceased wars and turned wars into jade silk. It is often said that the empire has been fighting for years. Isn't it?"
Xiao Ming's words made the faces of the cabinet ministers a little hot, because they had also persuaded Xiao Ming in this way.
Noting the expressions of the ministers, he said: "From the perspective of this incident, neither you nor I were wrong. If the jackals were not killed in time, they would kill us thinking of the law. It is Yue Yun's responsibility. Although it is big, it also allows them to see the fact that the war machine of the empire must be restarted to launch a full-scale war against Britain."
Neither Fiji nor Pang Yukun raised any objections this time, and they did not dare. After all, this incident was enough to mobilize the public opinion of the empire. They realized that the peace of more than two years was about to be broken again.
After a pause ~EbookFREE.me~Xiao Ming said: "Vedomia thinks we are civilized people and will endure her little tricks. She is wrong. I will use the cannon giant ship to tell civilized people that we never give in to wolves!"
"Yes, the emperor." Everyone said in unison.
After talking about this, Xiao Ming let everyone go, but Pang Yukun was the only one left. Then he let Qian Dafu go out, leaving only two people in the room.
Xiao Ming said at this time: "Yue Yun's character is understood by you and I, why do you think he gave such orders."
Pang Yukun said: "The emperor, the veteran thought that Yue Yun did this to protect the property of the empire, and secondly it was pure self-defilement!"
"Self-contaminated?" Xiao Ming frowned.
"In the past, when Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, Xiao He was an extremely human minister, but his disciples said to him: You are not far from annihilation of the clan, Xiao He has since taken the initiative to corrupt his reputation and deliberately left Liu Bang a handle. Since then, Liu Bang has been at ease with him. Now that the emperor splits the navy, it is like splitting the army. Luo Quan and Niu Ben took the initiative to lay down their military power to exchange for the emperor, and Yue Yun is also a shrewd person. If he continues to sit as the commander of the navy, Sooner or later is also the fate of prisoners, so it is better to be self-defiled."