Pei Shiqing suddenly changed and said sharply: "Fan Ziqi, you are so bold, you dare to spew blood." ”

"Whether it is bloody or not, it is up to Lord Squire to explain the reason for this." Fan Ziqi sat upright, looked at the general, and arched his hand: "General, the princess wants to divert military funds and use them to build a royal temple, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

The general's face was solemn.

Pei Shiqing wanted to transport the assets of the Yuwen family and even the Zhen family to Kyoto, and the general was naturally clear, and he strongly opposed this matter, so he also wrote an excerpt and sent it to Kyoto to present to the emperor.

The general had already made up his mind before, no matter how many difficulties there were, he would never allow Pei Shiqing to really transport away all the family wealth that was used as military funds.

And he also knew very well in his heart that once it spread at this time, it would definitely give birth to chaos.

But his excerpt has not yet responded, and at this birthday banquet today, Fan Ziqi has taken the lead in attacking.

"The general has already presented a fold to the court, and there has been no response from the court on how to deal with it." The general calmly said, "Master Hou, I am here to assure you that no matter what the reason, I will beg the sage to leave these treasures. ”

Fan Ziqi sighed: "General, Xiling is a bitter cold place, in order to protect Xiling, you personally came to guard it, and led people to survey the terrain, we are all in our eyes." But if someone wants to siphon out your military funds, even if the general tolerates it, the Xiling family will never sit idly by. There are millions of people in Xiling, and these people are counting on the general to resist the Xiling people, no matter who is dragging the general's hind legs behind his back, we will not agree. He raised his hand to Pei Shiqing and said coldly: "If this person abuses his power and wants to swallow these assets by himself, it is a heinous crime, and he will be severely punished today." If he was instructed by someone, then is the person behind the scenes really Princess Muskmoon? ”

"Fan Ziqi, you pointed the finger at His Highness, you really ate the leopard's gall." Pei Shiqing sneered: "Xiling is the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but it is not the land of your Fan family. On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister, everything in the world is owned by the saint, the princess is the pearl of the saint's palm, and if you want to call anything in Xiling, you can't let Fan Ziqi point fingers here. ”

"So, you admit to being instructed by Princess Musk Moon?" Fan Ziqi said with a smile: "Everyone has heard that this squire sent from Kyoto has already admitted that he was instructed by the princess to divert Xiling's military funds and use them to build the royal temple. Hahahaha, the bitter cold land of Xiling is already very barren, the imperial court does not allocate money, food and military salaries to Xiling, but wants to transfer the military funds that the Xiling people have tried their best to muster, our imperial court, still cares about the life and death of millions of people in Xiling? ”

Pei Shiqing smiled coldly, no longer lingered, walked quickly to the door, and before he went out, he saw seven or eight Hou Mansion guards suddenly rushing out of the door, holding knives in their hands, blocking the way.

In the hall, there were two tables of guards around the general, and when they suddenly saw a guard blocking the door, a few people stood up, but Mencius Mo had already coughed, made a look, and signaled the night crow not to act rashly.

Although the night crow is a soldier of the imperial court, he only obeys the orders of the general, and the general has no order at the moment, so naturally he cannot act without permission.

Pei Shiqing was blocked in the way, turned around, but was quite calm, and said coldly: "Fan Ziqi, are you going to rebel?" ”

"Originally, we still had a glimmer of hope for the imperial court." Fan Ziqi said calmly: "Now it seems that the emperor of Kyoto

Your Majesty, did not put the people in your heart at all, and when it was difficult, she thought that she would spend millions of silver taels to build the so-called royal temple, and did not care about the life and death of the Xiling people at all. He stretched out his hand and picked up the wine glass, drank all the wine in the cup, and then said word by word: "Such a dim court is the opposite." ”

If it is said that what Fan Ziqi said earlier has shocked everyone present, when this last sentence came out, almost everyone present changed their faces.

Rebel?

That is, of course, a great crime of raiding the house.

Fan Ziqi actually said this sentence in public, it was really self-defeating.

The general's face was even more solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Master Hou, you are drunk!" ”

"General, you're really drunk." Fan Ziqi sighed: "You are the Dinghai Divine Needle of the Tang Empire, a famous general of Megatron, Fan has always respected you, but you have been drunk." ”

Yao Mubai knew that things were not good, picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Yes, today is the old lady's birthday, everyone is happy, they all drank two more glasses, they are all drunk, Master Hou, let's drink this one more glass, and then start the stage to listen to the play?" ”

"Master Yao, you are a good official." Fan Ziqi looked at Yao Mubai, shook his head slightly, and said regretfully: "With your talent, you could have done something big, but because you offended people, you were assigned to Xiling, a bitter cold place, to serve as the nominal protector." This court doesn't care if you have the talent, it only cares if you are obedient or not, and whether you have the ability to flatter and flatter, Lord Yao, I'm not wrong, right? ”

Yao Mubai was holding the wine, and his expression was ugly.

"Master Hou held a banquet today, it seems that it is not to celebrate Lingtang's birthday." The general said lightly: "If Master Hou reins in the precipice, there may be room for maneuver." ”

Fan Ziqi smiled: "The general thinks I still have room for maneuver?" Today I told a few words of truth, do you think that His Majesty the Emperor in Kyoto can give up? ”

"If you can restrain yourself from the precipice, maybe the saint will be gracious."

Fan Ziqi sighed: "General, I said that you were drunk, and it was really not wrong." You are not just a day or two, in the past ten years, how have you ever been sober? Haven't you come to your senses yet? ”

The general's eyes were like knives, staring at Fan Ziqi.

"More than ten years ago, why did the Vedas dare to invade Xiling?" Fan Ziqi sneered: "After the founding of the Tang Dynasty to me, the martial arts of Wenzhi and martial arts are all outstanding, and the virtuous monarchs of the past dynasties are powerful in all directions. For more than 200 years, the barbarians of the Quartet have regarded our Tang Dynasty as the superior state of the Heavenly Empire, and the Siyi have surrendered, Taizu, Taizong, Wuzong, Mingzong, Wenzong, these virtuous monarchs, which one is not expanding the territory? When I put up a flag, I can make the enemy fearful. The general led thirty black-feathered night crows to raid the Great Tent of the Khan, which shocked the world, but did he remember that Emperor Wuzong crossed the river on a white horse, and thirty-six prisoners surrendered without a fight, how brilliant was the Tang Empire at that time? ”

Everyone present didn't speak, but Fan Ziqi's words made everyone can't help but recall the strength and glory of the Tang Empire in the past.

"Even the former emperor Dezong is also a generation of virtuous monarchs, if it weren't for the lack of dragon body and lingering on the sick bed for many years, he would definitely have made great martial arts." Fan Ziqi sighed: "Even if Emperor Dezong has been sick for a long time, but the Tang Dynasty is still sharp, the world is peaceful, and the Wutuo people still have to pay tribute to the empire." At that time, Xiling, business and trade were endless, it was really prosperous, some people said that Xiling led to the west of the road,

It's paved with gold, but there is a lot of truth in this. ”

In the hall, except for Fan Ziqi's voice, everyone looked at Fan Ziqi, although many people were uneasy in their hearts, but what Fan Ziqi wanted today, it was still impossible to know for a while.

Fan Ziqi glanced at everyone before continuing: "The Wutuo people dared to invade Xiling back then, and the reason for chasing it was nothing more than that the Tang Empire, which was once the mighty world, is disappearing. Staring at the general, he asked word by word: "General, have you never doubted whether the edict of Emperor Dezong is true or false?" ”

The general clenched his fists and said sharply: "Shut up, Master Hou, you are disrespectful and rebellious, do you want to make the Fan family irreversible?" ”

"You haven't woken up yet?" Fan Ziqi sighed: "It's obvious that the slut usurped the throne and seized power, you don't want to serve the first emperor, but you want to be loyal to the usurping slut, general, you are really confused." ”

"Bang!"

The general slammed his fist on the table, and the wine jug and dishes on the table suddenly shook and overturned, and the table was full of grease.

Several people at the table stood up and shrank back, even Yao Mubai's face was also a little frightened, only Fan Ziqi was calm and sat still.

In June of the fourth year of Dezong Hongdao, the palace passed the edict, and set up the holy queen Xiahou as the prince, and the whole dynasty was shocked, and 27 courtiers including Zhao Yankuo, a scholar, wrote to the emperor to ask the emperor to retract the order, but it was not allowed. In July of the fourth year of Hongdao, the first emperor Dezong was in the Taiping Palace, and in the same month, the holy queen Xiahou ascended the throne as the emperor with the support of his henchmen, and called himself a saint, and the year name was Tianchang. In August, Zhao Yankuo and the 27 courtiers who wrote to him were all executed on charges of forming a party and disrupting the government. Fan Ziqi's voice was calm, and he said slowly: "In September, Murong Changdu, the assassin of Jiaozhou, raised troops, in October, Yunzhou and Qingzhou raised troops at the same time, in November, the three counties of Yizhou and the four counties of Jingzhou successively raised troops, and in April of the following year, the Tusun people in the north took advantage of the civil strife in the empire to gather more than 100,000 soldiers and horses and go south to attack Tang. After a pause, he stared at the general: "In September, 100,000 Wutuo iron cavalry entered the pass and invaded Xiling, the Tang army was unable to support, Wutuo swords slaughtered Xiling, tens of thousands of people died under the swords, and countless grains, horses and property were looted. ”

After Fan Ziqi's words, the hall was even more silent.

"The general captured the Khan in the snow night and forced the Vedas to withdraw from Kunlun Pass." Fan Ziqi continued: "The Tang army quelled the civil strife, repelled the Tusun people, Murong Changdu sued for peace, and the imperial court named him the king of Zhennan, leading the land of the fourteen counties of the two states in southern Xinjiang. There was a civil strife, there was not much left of the elite of the Tang army, the treasury was empty, taxes were increased for three consecutive years, and the people were miserable. He shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Four years ago, the Xiling plague spread, there were countless refugees, and the imperial court did not send a grain of food. Although there was an agreement between the Xiling family and the imperial court back then, and Xiling was governed by the family, but this land, after all, still belonged to the Tang Dynasty, I can hardly imagine that the emperor in Kyoto knew that Xiling was starving and plague was rampant, how did he do it and turn a deaf ear? ”

The corners of the general's eyes twitched, and he still didn't speak.

"If the emperor did something at the beginning, but what has she done in recent years?" Fan Ziqi said: "Everything that has been done over the years, all of them are labor and money, in order to seek longevity, raise countless Taoist priests, favor eunuchs, and now build a royal temple, stretch your hand to Xiling, and draw a salary from the bottom of the Xiling kettle, general, such a faint king, is it still worth your loyalty to her?" ”