Chapter 773: Sophistry

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Is this still normal? Jiang Daoyan said coldly: "Is it normal for you, as the commander of the guards to mobilize the army without authorization?" ”

Li Qi smiled: "Let me ask Jiang Yushi a small question first, if I transfer my soldiers from the thatched house to the school field, does this fall within the authority of my commander?" ”

What does this kid think of my hall? No, it's a thatched house. Song Huizong frowned and said: "Li Qi, you have something to say, don't say these inconsequential things." ”

Li Qi arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is about the innocence of Weichen, and I also ask the emperor to let Jiang Yushi answer the questions of the lower officials." ”

Jiang Daoyan was puzzled in his heart, he had to fight and calm down after losing two battles in a row, in fact, he still had the upper hand in this gamble, the key is to deny Li Qi's crime, as long as any of the latter two charges are established, then Li Qi must follow in Wang Huang's footsteps, and his board will naturally be spared.

Song Huizong said simply: "I will answer this question for Jiang Aiqing, of course you have this power as a commander." ”

"With the emperor's words, Weichen is relieved." Li Qi smiled and said: "I didn't know how to be an official for a short time, and I offended many people because of this, which I have been learning, but I still keep some basic rules in mind." The privy envoy has the right to send troops, but not the weight of commanding troops; The three yas have the weight of commanding troops, but do not have the right to send troops. Jiang Yushi, I don't know if I'm wrong? ”

Jiang Daoyan said: "Since you know, then you know the law and break the law, and you should be guilty of one more degree." ”

"You have to figure it out now, you're just accusing, not convicting, so there's no way to add a crime, be careful that I sue you for defamation." Li Qi smiled, glanced at the ministers, and said: "The so-called commander of the army is to arrange and supervise the regular training of the soldiers, I have always been impartial and law-abiding, and I have never crossed the line, let alone exceeded the system. Let's take this incident as an example, when I just learned from Ji Minren that he colluded with Xixia, I happened to meet General Zhe Kecun who was ordered to go to Lanzhou to rescue, and I learned that Xixia Tun had gathered 100,000 soldiers and horses on the border of Lanzhou. Therefore, even if I was only 2,000 people around me at that time, I did not hesitate to rush to Lanzhou with General Zhe to rescue, if you say that I am nosy, then I will admit it. ”

This kid is really cheap. Song Huizong said with a smile: "Aiqing made a decision immediately and did a very good job. ”

"Thank you for the compliment." Li Qi arched his hand and continued: "When we arrived in Lanzhou, General Zhi immediately arranged defenses and turned Lanzhou into an impregnable wall. ”

Cai You suddenly said: "The economic envoy seems to have forgotten about the family army. ”

"Oh, yes, yes, yes, there is also a seed army led by the seed lord." Li Qi pretended to suddenly realize, and said: "In fact, the seed army also has a place in the plan to capture Ji Minren, but it was the emperor who allowed the seed army to come to Fengxiang to help me, so I acted on orders and did not break the law, and the emperor can testify for my minister." ”

Song Huizong nodded with a wry smile, in fact, he had already expected that Li Qi would definitely pull him into the water.

Jiang Daoyan also saw through Li Qi's intentions, for fear that he would use the emperor's authority to defend himself, so he hurriedly said: "I also understand the situation at that time, it happened suddenly, then I don't blame you, but the Zhejia army in Fuzhou and the seed army in Yan'an suddenly sent troops at the same time, how do you justify this matter?" ”

"Sending troops?"

Li Qi took a sharp breath of cold air, spread his hands and said, "When they sent their troops, I don't know!" ”

Cai You said: "The evidence for this matter is conclusive, and I can testify for Jiang Yushi." ”

Although Jiang Daoyan has no friendship with Cai You, Cai You is a privy envoy after all, and his position is very important, and with Cai You's help, he has doubled his confidence and said: "The three armies are dispatched at the same time, who do you think you can hide." ”

"There is a situation where the three armies are dispatched at the same time, but there is still a difference between the dispatch and the dispatch of troops." Li Qi said with a smile: "Sending troops means sending troops to participate in the war, but dispatching means starting to act, if it is the former, then the Folding Army and the Seed Army are obviously violating the rules, but the latter is not, so the difference between the two is very big." ”

Again? You just used it. Jiang Yushi's heart froze, and he snorted: "You don't chew words here, you can't teach this point." ”

Yes, it's another trick, but it's easy to use, you care about me! Li Qi laughed and said: "They did send out the family army and the family army, but it was just a drill, not an army. Although I also sent the forbidden army to participate, but this is within my purview, do I not even have the power to train the army in command? Hehe, if this matter still has to be approved by the Privy Council, then I really don't know who overstepped it? ”

"Drills?"

Jiang Daoyan and Cai You exclaimed at the same time.

Li Qi was stunned and said, "Isn't it?" Otherwise, what do you think it is? ”

Interesting, interesting, if you kid doesn't know how to be an official, then no one really understands. Li Bangyan and the others all smiled, in this way, this is Cai You's army, after all, the privy envoy does not have the power to command the army.

The corners of Song Huizong's mouth rose slightly, and he said: "What the hell is going on, you quickly tell it all, don't sell it anymore." ”

"Yes."

Li Qizheng said: "But when he was in Lanzhou, General Zhe Kecun repeatedly praised Weichen for leading the army in a good way, saying that our forbidden army was not the most sharp army in the Great Song Dynasty, and also said that he was very interested in the new training of our forbidden army and those new weapons. At that time, Weichen thought that our forbidden army lacked experience, and the family army and the family army were all people who could recruit and fight well, and our new training method could also help them improve their discipline and complement each other well. So it hit it off, and there was that exercise, isn't that okay? ”

Jiang Daoyan snorted: "Then you really know how to choose a place." ”

Li Qi sneered: "I don't know what Jiang Yushi means by this? It's very incomprehensible below! My Great Song army is exercising in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is difficult to see the faces of outsiders, let alone the exercises, I can just. Moreover, both the Folding Army and the Seed Army are exercising within their own jurisdictions, which is normal, and the Privy Council has no right to intervene at all! Also, the border is usually the outbreak of war, but I think that it is reasonable and beyond reproach to exercise there, so why should the Western Army be transferred to the sea to practice naval warfare? Saying that, he hugged his fist towards Song Huizong and said: "Your Majesty, although we are practicing at the border, we are all strictly abiding by the rules, and no one has crossed the border, whether it is Western Xia or Jinguo, why do they come to question us, is the border not my Great Song territory?" ”

When the ministers heard this, they all bowed their heads and snickered.

Song Huizong nodded and smiled: "What you said is right, where is my Great Song army training, outsiders have no right to ask, and there is no need to discuss this matter." ”

"The emperor is wise."

Li Qi stretched out two fingers towards Jiang Daoyan again, and said with a smile: "Twenty boards." ”

Jiang Daoyan was a little panicked at this time, success or failure was the last crime, and hurriedly said: "The battle of Lanzhou, you can't deny it, why don't you report such a big matter to the emperor?" Even at this time, the emperor and we are only half-aware of this matter, what are your intentions? ”

Richie burst out laughing.

Jiang Daoyan said angrily: "What are you laughing at? ”

Li Qi said: "Not bad. I admit that at that time, I ordered Yue Fei to lead 3,000 men and horses to ambush an army of 10,000 people near Lanzhou. But at that time, I didn't know that they were the Western Xia army, I thought I was a grass coward, 10,000 people were wiped out by our army's 3,000 people, and none of them fled, and he still had the face to complain. But yes or no, it doesn't matter, who told him not to have long eyes, where is it not easy to run, run to my Great Song territory to hang around, even if he comes another 100,000 people, I will not be able to make a mistake. Why? I just let those people know that my Great Song Dynasty is not easy to mess with, and anyone who violates my Great Song territory will be punished even if it is far away, let alone those who are neighbors. As for why I didn't report to the emperor, it's very simple, because I'm afraid that the military plane will leak, I remember that when I was in Fengxiang, I sent some secret letters to the imperial court, and Du Ji Minren ordered someone to intercept it, so that I was repeatedly frustrated at the beginning. At that time, the situation was so tense, the two armies were only more than 100 miles apart, and a big war was about to break out. If you must say that I am guilty of retreating, then I can only plead guilty. However, the next time if the enemy army suddenly attacked Lanzhou with a rapid march, then the first thing the defending general probably thought about was not to retreat from the enemy, but to play a note, wait for the decision of the emperor or the Privy Council, and then think about how to retreat from the enemy. ”

Regarding the robbery of the letter, Gao Yu has already explained. When the ministers heard Li Qi use this as a reason, they knew that Jiang Daoyan had already lost, after all, this reason could help Li Qi get rid of it.

Song Huizong said curiously: "Three thousand soldiers and horses completely annihilated the opponent's 10,000 horses?" ”

Li Qi said: "Back to the emperor, Weichen will never dare to make any lies, but my forbidden army has also suffered heavy losses, with more than 100 dead and wounded, alas, Weichen is guilty!" ”

3,000 to 10,000, only to kill and wound more than 100 people, is this still a crime? This is clearly asking for credit! The ministers unanimously gave Li Qi two disdainful glances.

Song Huizong was very happy when he heard it, and haha: "It's a good fight." This battle is really to raise the prestige of my Great Song Army. After a pause, he asked again: "Then how did you retreat from the enemy with 100,000 in the midst of talking and laughing?" ”

Li Qi said: "Back to the emperor, as the emperor said, this battle is really to promote the prestige of my Great Song Army, it didn't take long for Richard to come to Lanzhou to find Weichen to explain the matter, I smiled and asked their army not to wander around, so that similar things don't happen again, so their army retreated, Weichen should be regarded as retreating from the enemy 100,000 in the middle of talking and laughing." ”

Of course, Song Huizong knew that it wouldn't be so simple, but given Li Qi's eloquence, he also felt that this was normal, and haha: "Okay." A good one to retreat from the enemy 100,000 in the midst of talking and laughing. Saying that, he swept his eyes and said: "In view of the suddenness of the incident and the urgency of the situation, the economic envoy did not report it in order to take into account the overall situation, and the economic envoy was not only guilty of repelling the enemy army, but also meritorious." ”

When Jiang Daoyan heard this, his face was like dirt. The four major charges have been refuted by Li Qi one by one, and thirty boards followed. The dignified leader of the imperial history platform was humiliated by this, will he still have a face to see people in the future, and I am afraid that the official will become a dumb official.

Those ministers who had been hurt by them looked at Jiang Daoyan with smiles in their eyes.

Li Qi winked at Jiang Daoyan and said happily: "Jiang Yushi." ”

Jiang Daoyan was slightly stunned, the matter had come to this, he knew that he had lost, turned to Song Huizong and saluted: "Weichen is willing to gamble and lose, and ask the emperor to punish him." ”

As soon as his words fell, Li Qi suddenly arched his hand and said: "Weichen asks the emperor to pardon Jiang Yushi's thirty boards. ”

As soon as these words came out, except for Cai Jing and Gao Yu, the rest of the people were surprised, and the bet is also what you want to bet on, and now you win, but you don't want this bet, which one is this playing.

A smile appeared at the corner of Song Huizong's mouth, but he said, "Oh? Why is that? ”

Li Qi said: "Your Majesty, the reason why Weichen set this bet is mainly to let Weichen and Jiang Yushi debate on an equal footing, not that I really want to take revenge on Jiang Yushi, in fact, Weichen traveled this time, there are indeed many places that are not handled properly, if the task can be completed perfectly, then it will not be caught, the reason for this, Weichen is not without fault." Although Jiang Yushi has something inappropriate, it is understandable, after all, his starting point is still for the emperor, for the sake of my Great Song Dynasty, since it is for the sake of the emperor, so what is the point of Weichen being wronged? Therefore, Weichen implored the emperor to dismiss Jiang Yushi's thirty boards. ”

His words were generous and decent, and he also invisibly showed his loyalty, which made Song Huizong very happy in his heart, gave Li Qi an appreciative look, and said: "It is worthy of being a person who is important to me, and this mind alone is enough to make me very happy." Well, since you set this bet, you should have the right to exempt it, but, Jiang Yushi, what you just said is indeed inappropriate, I think that even if you are exempted from punishment, you should also apologize to the economic envoy. ”

In fact, Li Qi knew very well that Song Huizong didn't want to beat Jiang Daoyan's board, and Jiang Daoyan's board was just a little more revenge for him, and it didn't have much effect. With interests first, he naturally has to maximize his interests, he understands that Jiang Daoyan is not deliberately targeting him, if it is replaced by Cai Jing, Cai You, Liang Shicheng and others, Jiang Daoyan will also be correct. And he repeatedly refuted Jiang Daoyan, has shocked those officials, if he is a good person again, then his image will undoubtedly be greatly improved in the hearts of those civil officials, in comparison, Jiang Daoyan is dwarfed, the most important thing is that when he wins, he has the courage to admit his mistakes, not only leaving room for himself, but also winning the praise of Song Huizong, only the kind of two goods like Gao Yanei will ask for that innocuous thing.

Regarding this point, Cai Jing and Gao Yu know Li Qi very well, they knew from the beginning that Li Qi would never really hit Jiang Daoyan's board, if it was them, the same is true, unless you can slap the other party to death, otherwise you have to leave room for yourself, however, if you want to leave room for yourself, then you must leave room for the other party, you have to leave room for the emperor, this is the way of being an official.

"The emperor taught you a lesson."

Jiang Daoyan made a gesture towards Song Huizong, and came to Li Qi like a defeated rooster, closed his eyes lightly, and said: "Jiang Mou's words are inappropriate, and he abruptly made an economic envoy, Jiang is very sorry for this, and I ask the economic envoy to forgive me, don't take it to heart." ”

Li Qi waited for him to finish speaking, then pretended to help him up, and said: "Where, where, Jiang Yushi is really too outward, we are ministers in the same hall, and some friction is also a matter of course." ”

Jiang Daoyan took advantage of the moment to get up, and whispered: "Don't be too proud, I will never forget where I am because of this little favor, if you have a handle next time I am caught, I will sue you to the main hall, but next time I will definitely be more prepared, and I will never be like this again." ”

Li Qi nodded with a smile on his face, but whispered: "You can let the horse come, the person I am least afraid of is the defeated general, and I will definitely forgive you next time, after all, my bust - no, this mind is not comparable to you." ”

"I won't forgive you."

"Sorry! You don't have this feature, and you won't have the chance. ”

Just as the two of them were arguing with each other, they suddenly heard a sharp voice, "Retreat!" ”

Li Qi was stunned suddenly, turned his head to look, and saw that Song Huizong didn't say a word, got up and walked to the side.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."! What are you doing? Lao Tzu hasn't received the reward yet, so you ran away, and you also slammed the door. Li Qi left Jiang Daoyan behind, rushed forward and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Weichen still has this play!" ”

Song Huizong glanced at him slightly, snorted lightly, and strode out of the main hall. (To be continued.) )