"Mr. Zhuge, you agreed to the withdrawal of the feudal domains and the reduction of troops at the time. It wasn't just Imperial Father-in-law Ye who said so; you cannot dump all the blame onto him alone!" The Minister of Revenue, Kong Jie, spoke up immediately. As Ye Batian’s relative by marriage, the two had long been in cahoots, and he launched a counterattack without hesitation.
"Exactly, exactly! It wasn't just Imperial Father-in-law Ye who made that decision; you were a part of it, Mr. Zhuge. Besides, the Emperor himself was actively in favor of it back then. This was by no means the work of the Imperial Father-in-law alone." Immediately, a group of Ye Batian's accomplices began their heated performance, each chiming in with a word or two.
"Mr. Zhuge, don't try to shirk responsibility. I even suspect you are in collusion with the Prince of Yan. According to your logic, we shouldn't have withdrawn the domains or reduced their forces! In my view, the territories of the feudal domains should have been cut down long ago. If we had, perhaps the Prince of Yan wouldn't have dared to raise an army in rebellion!" Another person voiced an attack against Zhuge Kongming.
Chapter 293