1204 TWO Chapter 1204-Di Chen grabs power (1/2)

Chapter 1204 – Di Chen Grabs Power

Great Zhou Dynasty, Handan City.

At the end of the 8th month, at the start of autumn, the leaves of the white birch trees started to turn yellow. The leaves of the maple trees throughout the mountains and wilderness were between yellow and green. They were really nice to look at, and it was like they had a layer of makeup on.

Just yesterday, the huge army had slowly withdrawn from the frontlines and were arranged to rest outside of Handan City. The closely packed camps and the clamor covered awkwardness, and the lost and exhaustion that could not be wiped away.

Roughly thinking back to a month ago, in a similar place on the west outskirts. The Great Zhou king gave out an eager expedition proclamation to say that they were going to take down Great Jin and enter the mid plains, attracting loud cheers.

That was the brightest moment in Great Zhou's history.

While the cheers were still reverberating through the mountains and had not totally subsided, the army was hit badly and had to flee back in embarrassment, slowly returning to their land to lick their wounds.

They were like wild grass slowly turning yellow, devoid of life.

Regarding the failure of their expedition and what to do next, the Imperial Court needed to take out a plan. Soon afterward, news spread out about Great Xia attacking Jiangnan Province, which made the already badly bruised Great Zhou even more distressed.

Palace, meeting hall.

Great Zhou's civil servants and generals were all present. Xiong Ba, Chun Shenjun, and Zhan Lang had especially rushed back from their cities for the meeting to discuss the fate of Great Zhou.

At the start of the meeting, Di Chen announced an important decision, ”From tomorrow onward, Jingchu Province will be given to Song and Donghai Province will be given to Ming. This was a signed agreement, and we cannot go against it. To prevent needless conflicts, I have already agreed to this matter. Once the meeting ends, we will start the movement out of these two provinces.”

Seeing that war was rising in the south once more, Di Chen was not going to drag on and admitted his situation cleanly.

Di Chen was really decisive. He had no ability to prevent these two provinces from being forcefully occupied, and unneeded delays would also make Qin and Tang doubt them, which was not good for the close relationship of the five country alliance.

Smoothly giving them two provinces could allow Song and Ming to both have a good impression of Great Zhou.

The moment his word landed, the hall started to buzz.

Especially the two marquises Chun Shenjun and Zhan Lang. Their faces were totally black. Even if they wanted to disagree, they could not find a reason to do so nor did they have the ability to do so.

In the end, they could only take it quietly.

Toward any dynasty, giving away land was a humiliating matter. Such a humiliation was something they needed to swallow.

Di Chen pressed down his hands to instruct everyone to keep silent. Following which, he continued, ”Wandering Magic is removed from his role as Wannan Provincial Governor and Qi Marquis Zhan Lang will take over. Sha Pojun is removed from his role as Ludong Provincial Governor and Chu Marquis Chun Shenjun will take over.”

This time, the black-faced ones were Sha Pojun and Wandering Magic.

Thinking back to the past, to stabilize the crisis within the Yanhuang Alliance, these two Lords were forced to abandon their territories and shifted to become Provincial Governors. As a result, their power was greatly restricted.

When Great Zhou established the country, they were given the title of Marquis, which made them feel a lot of pent up frustration.

Who knew that Di Chen would actually be so cold? To take care of Chun Shenjun and Zhan Lang, he did not hesitate to chase Wandering Magic and Sha Pojun off the stage.

However, they had no ability to retaliate.

The once glorious overlords of the wilderness had fallen to such a level, making one sigh.

Di Chen had always been really cold toward chess pieces that were useless. He only accommodated Chun Shenjun and Zhan Lang because the two of them had influence on the Pill Sun legion corps and the Blood Red legion corps. Once this influence disappeared, when needed, DI Chen could be heartless and sacrifice both of them for his own interest.

In Di Chen's eyes, there were never chess pieces that could not be sacrificed.

Through this matter, Di Chen's power in the dynasty reached new heights.

His current mood could be described as a mixture of sadness and happiness.

If he could obtain today's position two years earlier, Great Zhou probably would not fall to such a level.

The cause and effects within made it hard for one to grasp.

When Di Chen announced their appointments, there was no surprise on the faces of Chun Shenjun and Zhan Lang. Prior to the meeting, Di Chen had met both of them alone using this as a condition for them to not oppose giving up the provinces. After all, the two of them were marquises. If they wanted to make noise, it would be bad for Di Chen.

The dynasty had already fallen to such a level, and the three of them could only each take a step back.

The part that surprised Zhan Lang was the fact that Di Chen placed Chun Shenjun in Ludong Province and not the nearby Wannan Province. He thought, 'Is it to purposely draw him away from the place where he is deeply rooted in, or is he defending against me?'

Whenever he thought about his own secrets, Zhan Lang would not be able to sleep at night.

Just as Zhan Lang was in deep thought, Di Chen continued, ”Due to the horrendous performance of the palace guards in the Battle of Jin, Lianpo is removed from his position as marshal and demoted to deputy marshal and fined a year of salary.”

”Thank you, my king, for your light punishment.”

Lianpo walked up to thank the king for his kindness. His face was filled with guilt and shame.