Although I didn't want to see it, the things that Zhao Ziliang and Chen Xuanli were worried about finally happened, just after half of the hour, Zhao Ziliang didn't have time to eat breakfast, Shi Xie Bingzhen, the head of the left prison guard, sent someone to report that someone from the palace was coming, and asked him and Chen Xuanli to immediately come out to greet him.

Zhao Ziliang and Chen Xuanli walked out of their respective rooms almost at the same time and came to Xiao Qiang in front of the gate of the mansion, and saw the three eunuchs holding the dust with serious faces, both of them sank in their hearts, and they looked at each other and stepped forward, only to hear the old eunuch in the middle shouting: "Zhao Ziliang and Chen Xuanli, the generals of the left prison guards, take the order!" ”

The two bowed down at the same time, and the eunuch said loudly: "Your Majesty's dictation, Xuan Zhao Ziliang and Chen Xuanli will enter the palace immediately to meet them, and they will see them!" ”

"Commandment!" Both agreed at the same time.

After getting up, Chen Xuanli stepped forward and smiled: "I'm really sorry to trouble the three fathers-in-law to come over, this little bit is a little bit for the three fathers-in-law to drink some tea" said and took out a piece of jade from his sleeve and stuffed it.

The old eunuch didn't shy away from the fact that there were so many people at the scene, and he accepted it generously. Of course, Chen Xuanli's gift was not without purpose, and when the old eunuch accepted the jade pendant, he immediately asked: "Dare to ask my father-in-law, I don't know why His Majesty invited me to the palace to meet me, and asked my father-in-law to reveal a thing or two?" ”

The old eunuch turned his head to look at Chen Xuanli and asked, "Such a big thing happened in Tonghuamen yesterday, does General Chen think that this matter is not a big deal?" ”

As soon as he said this, Chen Xuanli and Zhao Ziliang both understood, and it seemed that Zhao Ziliang really gave him what he said, the two glanced at each other, and their eyes secretly made an exchange, and the two immediately ordered Hu Cong to bring the horses over and go to the Xuanzheng Hall of Daming Palace with the eunuch.

When holding a court meeting, the emperor will generally be in the Xuanzheng Palace, and the Hanyuan Palace, which is the main hall of the Daming Palace, is generally used to hold national ceremonies and ceremonies. At other times, most of the emperor's court meetings are held in the Xuanzheng Palace, and daily activities, governance, and meetings with a single minister are generally in the Zichen Palace.

Today, the Xuanzheng Hall was overcrowded, and the officials and generals above the fourth rank in the capital were here, and Zhao Ziliang and Chen Xuanli were asked to take their waist knives after they arrived, and they were told to wait outside the hall. Waiting for the summons.

The two waited outside the hall for about half an hour, and finally the voice of the eunuch came from inside the hall: "Your Majesty has a decree, Xuan Chen Xuanli and Zhao Ziliang will meet you-".

After the two of them sorted out their clothes, they immediately stepped into the hall and came to worship under His Majesty: "The ministers see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live!" ”

"Let's get flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The two of them got up.

Li Longji said: "Zhao Ziliang, Chen Xuanli, and Yin Liu Guangliang of Jingzhao Mansion impeached you for not strictly controlling them, resulting in a large-scale armed fight between the guards of the Left Prison Gate in Tonghua Gate, causing a large number of innocent casualties and seriously disrupting the public security of the capital. What do you two say? ”

The two glanced at each other, and Zhao Ziliang arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, it's true that there was a fight, but Lord Liu Guangliang is a bit exaggerated!" The cause of the incident was caused by Liang Chao, the captain of the Tonghua Gate Supervisor, who violated the family registration system and military discipline and collected money from the people who entered the city without authorization. A few days ago, the minister was ordered by His Majesty to set up a prison Cao in the left prison guard, specializing in investigating and dealing with the violation of the door registration system, military discipline and negligent training by the captains and sergeants of the gates inside and outside the capital. However, Liang Chao not only refused to accept it, but also beat the soldiers of Jian Cao, who carried out the order. When Gong Ren heard about this, he immediately took people to go, Liang Chao was arrested again, and took the lead in pulling out his weapon to attack Gong Ren, Gong Ren was forced to fight back, and the fight between the two attracted the soldiers under the command of both sides, and there were twelve stalls near the city gate that were affected. The goods were destroyed, 10 people were injured by the stall owners, and a total of 33 soldiers from both sides were injured, but none of them died. The compensation is divided into two parts, the first is the compensation for the loss of the goods, according to the market price of the goods, the compensation will be paid as much as possible, and the second is the compensation for personal injuries, including all their decoction and medicine expenses, supplementary nutrition expenses and lost work expenses, the specific amount of money should be determined according to the actual situation, until the victims and their families are satisfied, if the Jingzhao Mansion Yamen has any different opinions that can be raised, we can negotiate with the injured people. As for the two parties involved in the fight, Chen and General Chen Xuanli agreed that Gong Ren, the chief of the prison Cao Cao, and his soldiers were not only innocent, but also meritorious, and they were not afraid of swords in the face of a small number of people, and still insisted on performing their duties, which was an exemplary model and should be commended, and the main party, Liang Chao, openly resisted the law and resisted arrest, and also took the lead in pulling out weapons to attack law enforcement officials and soldiers, which was really bold and reckless. Therefore, after discussion, the minister and General Chen Xuanli thought that Liang Chao should be decided, and the soldiers under his command who participated in the armed battle should be punished for the border guards, and His Majesty should be asked to judge the Holy Judge! ”

According to the agreement between the two in advance, as soon as Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, Chen Xuanli immediately knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, that Liang Chao is the nephew of the minister, and the minister has the trust of His Majesty, so that such an ugly thing happened, it is really unfortunate for the family, but the minister will never shelter Liang Chao's bastard, he deserves it, and the minister also has the crime of lax discipline, and please Your Majesty Holy Judgment, Weichen is willing to accept the guilt!" ”

Unexpectedly, someone immediately stood up and sneered: "Your Majesty, the two generals, Chen Xuanli and Zhao Ziliang, not only did not confess their guilt to Your Majesty, but also used all kinds of excuses to throw their subordinates out as shields, which is obviously shirking responsibility!" ”

This person has a sharp-beaked monkey cheeks, and at a glance he knows that he is a cunning person, Zhao Ziliang glanced at this person and asked, "Who is Your Excellency?" Why didn't you report your name to Your Majesty and the princes and ministers present before you spoke? The officials in Chang'an City are like carp crossing the river, Your Majesty has every opportunity, how can you remember these many names? If you don't tell your name, how will Your Majesty know who you are? ”

"You ・・・・・・" The sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked official turned blue with anger, but Zhao Ziliang's words were also reasonable, and he couldn't find a reason to refute it.

Emperor Li Longji listened to Zhao Ziliang's words, and nodded in his heart, thinking if there should be a rule, in the future, when the courtiers come out to speak, they should inform the official position and name, otherwise I will have to struggle every time to remember who the name of the person who spoke. However, at this time, in order to prevent the two from quarreling in the court, Li Longji still said loudly: "Zhao Ziliang, this is Yin Liu Guangliang of Jingzhao Mansion who impeached the two of you!" ”

"Oh? It turns out that Your Excellency is Liu Guangliang? Zhao Ziliang looked at Liu Guangliang suspiciously, and said: "Lord Liu just said that I and General Chen are guilty, please forgive the last general for not agreeing, and General Chen and General Chen are guilty of poor leadership in this matter, but they can't be called guilty, right?" According to Lord Liu's logic, if the courtiers are guilty, will it affect His Majesty? You must know that all the officials in this world are His Majesty's courtiers, and they are all appointed by His Majesty! Liu Guangliang, you are so bold, you actually harbor evil intentions, and want to put the responsibility of the courtier's guilt on His Majesty! ”

That Liu Guangliang turned pale with fright when he heard this, and he knelt on the ground with a thud and shouted wronged: "Your Majesty, the minister is wronged, the minister has no such intention, it is all done by Zhao Ziliang's tongue!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "Lord Liu, I'm afraid that this is nonsense again, you are a civil official, I am a military general, you have read more books than me, if you talk about the benefits of your tongue, how can I talk about you?" Do you know why you couldn't talk about me just now? Because you are unreasonable, because you are exaggerating, it was just a trivial matter within my left prison guard, but you brought it to the court with great fanfare and alarmism, and wanted to frame Zhongliang, so anything you say is not convincing! ”

"Ahem!" Seeing that Liu Guangliang couldn't resist, another official stood up and said, "Zuo Shizong, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, has something to say!" ”

Li Longji turned his head to see the past, and spit out a word: "Quasi!" ”

This is an official in his thirties, and it is extremely rare to be a waiter in the Ministry of Rites at this age, Zuo Shizong looked at Zhao Ziliang and said: "General Zhao, since the Zuo Jian Guards Mansion has already made a decision on the handling of the weapon fighting incident, I have nothing to say, this matter is not a big deal, Lord Liu is just for the sake of the people of Chang'an, and in the future, I will ask General Zhao and General Chen to strictly control it, and this kind of thing must not happen again, so as not to make the people laugh." What this official wants to say is that since General Zhao took office, the generals, captains, heads of soldiers and soldiers belonging to the guards of the left prison have made people panic, and the city gates have spent too much time because of the inspection and inventory too carefully, so that the people, officials and palace people have to queue up for a long time, and now the sun is scorching, and they are basking in the sun for a long time, who can stand it? The subordinate generals, captains and soldiers of the left prison guards only know the strict implementation of the rules of the door registration system, but they do not know how to be flexible, if it is just the people, if it is an official, a general has urgent official business to go in and out, what if the official is delayed? Therefore, some of General Zhao's practices, this official does not dare to agree! Your Majesty, please dismiss Zhao Ziliang from his post as the general of the left prison guard."

"Snort-" Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but laugh shamefully.

Seeing this, Li Longji couldn't help asking: "Zhao Qingjia, seeing that you are a little disdainful of Zuo Shilang's words like this?" ”

Zhao Ziliang bowed and said: "Your Majesty, of course the minister disdains the words of this Lord Zuo, Master Zong is a civil official, Weichen is a military general, and he is a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, the left prison guard to which Weichen belongs belongs to the forbidden army sequence, which belongs to the direct jurisdiction of His Majesty, there is no subordinate relationship between Weichen and him, and it is not a system, what right does he have to decide whether to stay or go of the general of the forbidden army?" Your Majesty's invitation to all your ministers to come to the court meeting is not to let some people exceed their authority to exercise the right to appoint and dismiss court officials and military generals, but to discuss politics! The power to appoint and dismiss officials, military generals, and make decisions on government affairs lies with Your Majesty, and courtiers have the right to express their views and opinions on government affairs, but they must not replace Your Majesty in exercising the right to appoint and make decisions! ”

Zhao Ziliang's words were to maintain the emperor's authority and power, Li Longji of course thought so, nodded his head, and said, "Keep talking!" (To be continued.) )