In the cold winter, the sky dawned late, from the fifth watch to the present, Xiangyang City has been in trouble for more than an hour, but the sky is still not bright. The lights in the Liangyi Hall were already bright, and dozens of important ministers stood down with serious expressions.

Li Yuan was angry and vomited blood, he was seriously injured and could not walk, so he could only be carried to the throne, at this time he leaned on the thick cushion with a pale face and listened to Li Jiancheng's report.

"Father, the fire in the city was deliberately set on fire to protect the grain of Wuchuan, more than 4,000 people were killed, more than 2,000 people were burned and disabled, and the flag general Dou Dan died in the line of duty, and there are no bones. In addition, five other squares were burned in the city, all of which were concentrated by courtiers, officials and wealthy households, and the number of dead and wounded has not yet been counted. ”

Li Yuan nodded slowly and said: "Only burning six squares can be regarded as a great luck in misfortune, we must make every effort to treat the injured and sick, and transfer the victims to other places." ”

As long as it doesn't involve too many people, so that the court will save a lot of trouble, as for the courtiers and the rich who are burned, they will be burned, these people have money, and he doesn't care.

Li Jiancheng said: "Father, the son has already taken the initiative to transfer the people......"

"It's okay!" Li Yuan interrupted Li Jiancheng and asked, "Where is the grain?" What's going on? ”

This is his primary concern.

"The fire has been extinguished, and there should be three or four hundred thousand stones."

"That's good!" Li Yuan was relieved, and turned his head to Dou Liang: "Dou Xiang, you go to appease the hundred officials and people in the city now." ”

Although Dou Liang wanted to participate in the next agenda in order to get first-hand information, he could not disobey the holy order, so he reluctantly surrendered: "Weichen obeys the order." ”

Li Yuan sighed and said slowly: "Yang Tong has a strong and ruthless assassin under him, who slaughtered all the local officials of Li Mi back then, resulting in no official available, no one to take office, and chaos under the rule of Wei. Even my Datang has been affected, and although we have eliminated many assassins, there must be many lurking places that we do not know. Ladies and gentlemen, could this fire be caused by Yang Tong? ”

"Father, don't you think your son?" It was Li Shimin, who came back from arming, who spoke.

"How so? What is the reason for the emperor?"

"When the two countries were at peace, the role of the Assassins was to spy on military intelligence, spy on secrets, assassinate enemy generals, draw over hostile forces, and burn military rations. Unless the Assassins are able to assassinate the enemy leader, they will not be able to change the situation at all. Erchen thought that the greatest role of the Assassins was to unite with the invading enemy and capture the city when the war was at a stalemate. If Erchen had such an assassin in Luoyang, he would never be exposed too soon. Take tonight as an example, if it was Yang Dong's assassins who set fire to the fire, and there were Sui troops outside the city, Xiangyang would be very dangerous, but there was no Sui army outside the city, and the assassins in the city did not play their greatest role. Erchen is eighty percent sure that this is not Yang Tong's doing. Li Shimin's analysis of the role of the Assassins from a military perspective is clear and convincing.

Li Yuan was also a person who led soldiers, not only accepted Li Shimin's inference, but also believed that it was a certain clan lord who opposed him, in order to be loyal to Yang Tong and obtain more political capital, so he used 1.2 million stone grain from the Tang Dynasty as a vote. But in order to make the interrogation more convincing, he didn't directly approve it, but asked: "Assuming this is Yang Dong's assassin, then what is his intention?" Everyone expressed their opinions and expressed their opinions. ”

"Holy!"

Liu Wenjing got up at this time and saluted, and said solemnly: "The analysis of King Jin is mainly considered from the aspect of military operations, although it is reasonable, but from the perspective of the competition between the two countries, Weichen thinks that this is precisely Yang Tong's handwriting. ”

Liu Wenjing's words completely denied Li Shimin's inference.

Li Yuan's face was so gloomy that he could drip water, looking at the noisy courtiers, his face was sinking like water, and he didn't say a word, as if he was out of the matter.

In fact, although Li Yuan let everyone express their opinions and speak freely, it does not mean that he wants to hear Liu Wenjing deny Li Shimin's analysis, because he wants to have a legitimate reason to attack the Guanlong nobles, so even if the arson incident tonight is really committed by Yang Dong, he will pour dirty water on some family valves.

But Liu Wenjing's statement is likely to frustrate the plan to lead the troubles to the east, but he has already released the tone of 'expressing his own opinions' in advance, and it is not easy to blame Liu Wenjing.

After being silent for a long time, he said expressionlessly: "Liu Xiang thinks that tonight's fire is not caused by Yang Tong, what is the reason?" ”

Liu Wenjing said in a deep voice: "Yang Tong has always been far-sighted in his work, Weichen feels that this is an action that he has planned a long time ago, and it is by no means a whim, the Sui army has expanded its army on a large scale, which is a great threat to Xiangyang, but if my Tang Dynasty has sufficient troops, it will not be able to break through the Hanshui defense line, let alone break through Xiangyang." And whether the strength of my Tang army is sufficient or not is determined by the amount of money and food, so Weichen thinks that tonight's fire is a plan for Yang Dong to draw his salary. As long as our food is reduced to ashes, the plan to expand the army is all in vain, as long as they break through the Hanshui defense line with insufficient troops, the next step will be to come to the city, at that time, the Xiangyang army is empty, and whether there is an internal response in the city is of little significance. ”

"Ridiculous!"

As soon as Liu Wenjing's voice fell, Pei Lin snorted coldly and said: "Xiangyang City is connected to Jianghan in the south, Jianghuai in the east, the Central Plains and Luoyang in the north, and Hanzhong, Daxing and Bashu in the west, so there is a saying that 'those who win Xiangyang will be in the world, and those who guard Xiangyang will guard the world' and 'Xiangyang is the most important thing in the world'. But...... Xiangyang is surrounded by water on three sides and mountains on the other, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Under the four-zhang high city wall, there is the widest natural moat in the world, which makes it very difficult for anyone to take the fortified city of Xiangyang, even if the army of two or three hundred thousand is not much under the city of Xiangyang. How could Yang Tong, such a shrewd person, expose his assassin in Xiangyang in advance for the sake of the 'salary draw from the bottom of the kettle', which may not succeed? ”

Liu Wenjing's heart was on fire, and he glared at Pei Lin angrily: "The saint said that everyone expressed their opinions, I just said my own thoughts, why do you want to target me everywhere?" Besides, you interjected before I finished speaking, is this the thousand-year-old Pei's tutor? ”

The crowd was big for a while!

These two people have a great contradiction, any matter, they have to fight each other, even such an important matter will not stop, Li Yuan is also very unhappy in his heart, he can't care about using things to plot against the Guanlong nobles, he said to Liu Wenjing very unceremoniously: "What is Liu Xiangguo's opinion, please finish it once!" ”

"Holy!" Liu Wenjing hurriedly saluted: "Weichen also admits that Xiangyang is strategically important and easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it does not mean that Yang Tong must break through this city. Weichen still insisted on his own opinion, believing that this must be Yang Dong's plan to draw salary. ”

"Xiangyang is the capital of my Tang Dynasty, what reason does Yang Tong have not to break this city?" Li Yuan asked.

"Wechen thinks it should be inferred from our strength."

Liu Wenjing's words pointed out the direction to everyone, and when Chen Shuda saw that Pei Lin was about to speak again, he was worried that the two would quarrel again, so he took the lead and said: "Saint, Weichen thinks that Liu Xiangguo's words are reasonable. Yang Tong himself has sufficient troops, and after the expansion of the army, there are millions of people, but we who have lost food are just the opposite, not only can not expand the army, but also have to reduce the army to ensure that the army has food. At this time, Yang Tong only had to send more than ten or twenty troops to contain all our Tang army in the Hanshui defense line, and then divide the troops to fight Xicheng, Fangling, Qinghua and Yicheng, Wudu and other counties, as long as Bashu is lost, even if our army resists to the end in the Hanshui defense line, it will starve to death, and why should Xiangyang, which has become a lonely city, fight again? ”

"Holy Lord, Chen Xiang's words coincide with Weichen." Liu Wenjing said to Li Yuan.

At this point in the debate, the origin of the arsonist is becoming more and more obvious.

Li Yuan said with a gloomy face: "It's easy to understand what Yang Tong did, if someone deliberately harms my Tang Guozuo, the problem will be big, and if you can't find out the real culprit, you won't be able to sleep and eat." The order went down, let the guard thoroughly investigate the whole city, and never let a villain go. At the same time, the king of Qi was ordered to return to Beijing immediately and preside over the Wuchuan Division. ”

The picture is poor!

Li Yuan didn't bother to pretend.

Listening to the emperor's angry voice, everyone's hearts trembled, if the demon Li Yuanji was allowed to investigate, what kind of chaos could Xiangyang become?

"Holy!"

Xiao Yu, who had three strands of long hair and was quiet and handsome, came out of the ranks, bowed and said, "Weichen has a word, start playing the saint." ”

Li Yuan saw that it was Xiao Yu, and said with a smile: "What's the matter with Qing?" ”

Xiao Yu said: "Now that the state affairs are difficult, Weichen heard that the king of Qi is repairing the mansion, and the decoration is extremely extravagant......

There was an uproar in the main hall.

Talking about this, how did Xiao Yu get over the system.

Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, exceeded the system, naturally saying that his specifications exceeded the ceremonial guards, items, and buildings that matched his status and status.

Although Li Yuanji was arrogant and domineering, he didn't dare to use items that could only be used by emperors when he was killed, so Xiao Yu's overstepping here should mean that Li Yuanji used the same as the prince or beyond the prince's regulations.

And all dynasties have attached great importance to overstepping the system. Even if Li Yuanji's daily transgression is acquiesced by the emperor, as long as you don't say anything, everyone will be blind and turn a blind eye.

But now, let Xiao Yu put it on the table, Li Yuan must not stop it! Otherwise, what is the use of the rules and laws of the court?

No matter how big the prince is, Li Yuanji is no bigger than the crown prince, and his use of the prince's regulation is overstepping.

So what is the Takekawa Division who is in charge of supervising the hundred officials? What are the overseers of the princes and the kings? Do you want him to be the crown prince?

After Xiao Yu finished speaking, he returned to the train like a child, closed his eyes slightly and said nothing. As Li Tang's imperial historian, he has the authority to appeal.

Li Yuan was so angry that his face turned black!

He knew that Wuchuan Division was unpopular, and everyone hated it, treating it as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, and he wanted to pull it out immediately. But because the leader of the Wuchuan Division is Li Yuanji, and there is the connivance of him, the emperor, behind him, the emperor, so everyone can't do anything about the Wuchuan Division.

But Xiao Yu is now talking about Li Yuanji's overstepping the system, if he doesn't agree, it will obviously be tearing up the laws of the court and lowering his prestige.

If you insist on going your own way, it will be even worse to let Li Yuanji take charge of the Wuchuan Division!

You, the emperor, don't take the rules into account, what qualifications do you have to manage others? Today is Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, and tomorrow it will be replaced by Li Shimin, the king of Jin, and the day after tomorrow it should be Li Yuanheng, the king of Xu...... Anyway, you Li Yuan has a lot of sons, if all of them are like this, then Li Tang has to mess up?

Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor's eyes almost erupted with fire, Chen Shuda hurriedly said: "The Holy Lord is angry, Xiao Xiang is the imperial doctor, this is his duty, what he said is right, if the King of Qi exceeds the system, he must be reprimanded, otherwise no one will abide by the law, how can I Datang seek the world?" However, the king of Qi supervised the people on behalf of the Son of Heaven, because of the disaster everywhere, there are many resentful people, if someone takes a risk, I am afraid it will cause a catastrophe. ”

Chen Shuda's remarks not only described Li Yuanji's transgression as a "reprimand", but also excused Li Yuan with 'the troubled times should be used to re-enact.

At this time, Pei Lin said loudly: "Why does Chen Xiangguo bother to whitewash? Etiquette is etiquette, how can it be transgressed? If the king of Qi continues to arrest and kill criminals, rumors will inevitably spread in Xiangyang City, and the turbulent remarks will be uneasy in the country, and it is absolutely impossible to do it. ”

He is the pillar of the Jin Dynasty's party, how can he watch Li Yuanji, who is loyal to the crown prince Li Jiancheng, continue to cut off the officials of the Jin Dynasty? If you take a step back today and take a step back tomorrow, the hearts of the people of the Jin King Party will be scattered.

As soon as Pei Lin finished speaking, Liu Wenjing immediately stood up and refuted, saying that he was unreasonable, and now that the situation is serious, the civil officials can't suppress the rebels at all, and the emperor asks his son to picket criminals, what's the big problem?

There was a sudden commotion in the court.

Li Yuan was annoyed.

But he never thought that the fundamental reason for the endless debate now is that he connived at Li Yuanji's act of arresting and killing officials, which has aroused the anger of many civil and military forces. This is the rebellion after the chill of the hundred officials.

In this situation, many princeling members are silent, and Li Yuanji is now becoming more and more presumptuous, making the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military to the point where everyone is in danger, if he supports him today, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not target him tomorrow.

"Bang!" Li Yuan was furious, slapped the table hard, his face was cloudy, he also knew that if he didn't agree, today's matter would definitely expand, which would make him lose everyone's heart, and after a long time, he let out a long breath and said, "Quasi!" ”

"Holy Heaven!"

Many civil and military officers who sang praises like the New Year did not know that the murderous intent in Li Yuan's heart was even more vigorous.

"Scatter!"

Li Yuan said two words viciously, thinking: What a group of stupid people. I can not let Motoyoshi control the Takekawa Division, won't I let him take charge behind the scenes, and someone else will do the work for him?

Li Shimin didn't expect Xiao Yu to take the opportunity to make trouble, but Li Yuanji's loss of Wuchuan Division was also harmless to his personal interests, and he said: "Father, more than 10,000 Wuchuan soldiers actually let more than one million stones of grain burn at the feet of the Son of Heaven, even if there are no spies in it, there is also the crime of not detecting, and Erchen feels that it should be thoroughly investigated." ”

Li Shimin's words made Li Yuan's anger move from Xiao Yu's body to Wu Chuan's head, he felt that Li Yuanji was not in the imperial capital, and Wu Chuanji had lost his vigilance, so he had lost so much food, and he really had to investigate thoroughly.

"Father, Yuan Ji is not in the capital, and his sons are willing to discipline him. Cutting out the black sheep. At this time, Li Jiancheng took the initiative to ask for help.

Li Yuan said viciously: "Quasi-play! If there are spies in it, the nine clans will be punished. ”

"Whoa!" Li Jiancheng responded to the order.

Li Shimin frowned, but he didn't say anything more, at this time, Li Tangjing was just infighting.