Although the Son of Heaven has exempted the Shenwu Army and the Tianxiong Army from their sins, there are still people who do not forgive.

As early as when Li Zhenggu was about to return to Beijing, a party headed by Han Xizai and Xu Xuan wrote letters one after another, saying that the defeat of Fuzhou and the defeat of Su Chang meant that the commander had a lot of responsibility and wanted His Majesty to severely punish him. When the Shenwu Army and the Tianxiong Army arrived in Jinling, they were first ordered to camp outside the city, and then their ordnance was confiscated.

But then things did not develop as expected, Li Zhenggu, Gao Shensi, and Zhu Kuangye were only slightly punished, in the eyes of Han Xizai and Xu Xuan, it was just a symbolic punishment, and what is the name of Yang Lian, the general Yu Hou with the same name as the old prince of the previous dynasty, actually jumped a few levels in a row, and now he is the commander of the five grades, and he was also rewarded with a silver fish bag!

It's really unbearable! Han Xizai couldn't figure it out, could it be that His Majesty was confused? But Your Majesty is at the peak of his life, and it is impossible to be confused.

That is, there are villains who make trouble and deceive the Holy Hearing. As a courtier, Han Xizai felt the need to remind His Majesty. So half an hour later, an excerpt full of literary brilliance and worrying about the country and the people was born. Han Xizai was so anxious that after writing the excerpt, he immediately ordered his subordinates to prepare a carriage and hurried to the imperial city.

Along the way, Han Xizai was thinking about convincing His Majesty so much, and the carriage was brisk, trotting along the Qinhuai River. Suddenly, the carriage stopped abruptly, and Han Xizai, who was thinking, rushed forward and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, the carriage was paved with thick Shu brocade, so he was not injured.

Han Xizai was furious, he opened the door curtain, looked at the groom on the wheel, and was about to scold. Suddenly, I found that there was a crowd of people in front of me, and groups of people were crowding the streets.

"Straight thief, what's going on!" Han Xizai touched his forehead and couldn't help but scold. Although he is rich and has five cars, after all, he is from a poor background, and some things cannot be changed.

The groom was taken aback, turned around and saw Han Xizai, and hurriedly said, "Master, somehow in front, there are suddenly a lot of people." ”

"Step aside." Han Xizai waved his hand, and the groom drove the carriage to a stop on the side of the road.

"Go and see, what's going on? Where have all the servants gone? Han Xizai commanded.

The groom agreed, got out of the carriage, and blended into the crowd, chatting and asking a few questions from time to time. Half-ringing, he hurriedly came back and told Han Xizai. When Han Xizai heard this, he immediately frowned with joy and said, "Quick, go to the imperial city." ”

The groom hurriedly got into the carriage, and struggled to squeeze a crack out of the crowd and broke out, causing everyone to scold. Han Xizai fled to the imperial city, and when he arrived at the imperial city, Han Xizai changed into a crimson official uniform. Han Xizai was just Dr. Taichang of the sixth grade at this time, and he was not qualified to wear a scarlet robe, but when the Son of Heaven was still the prince, he was an old official of the East Palace, and after the prince succeeded to the throne, he was very favored to him, and he was especially rewarded with the qualification to wear a scarlet robe.

Han Xizai was proud, and suddenly thought that Yang Lian had just fought a battle, from a small general Yu Hou to a commander, and he was actually more qualified to wear a scarlet robe than him, and he was suddenly a little unhappy. After slandering in his heart, Han Xizai sorted it out and went to meet the Son of Heaven.

Li Jing was taking a nap, there were too many things to do recently, so he couldn't sleep peacefully, the spring flowers were blooming, and he finally fell asleep, but he was woken up by his henchman eunuch: "Your Majesty, Dr. Taichang Han Xizai asks to see you." ”

"What's the matter with him at this time?" Li Jing rubbed his eyes, a little depressed. At the beginning, he and Han Xizai talked all night and were each other's confidants, and after ascending the throne, Li Jing told the people around him that if Han Xizai came, he must not be stopped. This time was no exception.

"Your Majesty, Dr. Taichang said that there is an excerpt to be handed to Your Majesty." The eunuch said with a smile, for fear that Li Jing would be angry.

Li Jing nodded, since Han Xizai has an excerpt to hand, it must be a big deal. He immediately put on a coat and said, "You bring him to the imperial study." ”

After a while, Han Xizai came in a hurry, saw Li Jing, and hurriedly said, "Minister Han Xizai has seen Your Majesty." ”

"Uncle Yan, don't be polite." Li Jing said, shouting Han Xizai's words.

Han Xizai smiled slightly, in terms of the relationship between him and His Majesty, it is naturally very close, and the impeachment of a newly promoted commander is not yet handy? What's more, he actually bought the soldiers of the Shenwu Army, which is a big crime.

"Your Majesty, this is the minister's excerpt, please take a look at it." Han Hee-jae said.

"Well, what kind of big deal is it that you want to enter the palace in person and hand me an excerpt?" Li Jing took it curiously.

Han Xizai took advantage of the iron to fight and said: "Your Majesty, the defeat of Fuzhou and Su Chang made Wu Yueguo very arrogant. The reason for this is that there are villains who deceive His Majesty. ”

Li Jing put down the fold, a little unhappy in his heart, but still asked, "Deceived me?" Who do you mean? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister wrote very clearly in the excerpt that Prime Minister Feng, Chen Shu's envoy, Song Sikong and others formed a party for personal gain, bringing disaster to the country and the people. One of the generals of the Shenwu Army, Yu Hou, was promoted after defeat, and he was actually ranked among the fifth ranks, which is really hateful. Han Xizai had an arrogant personality, but he couldn't hide his words, and he had no opinion on Yang Lian, but when he thought that he was actually higher than his own rank, and he was Li Zhenggu's party, he felt angry and couldn't help but say it.

Li Jing raised his eyebrows, he didn't need to read this article to know the content inside. Holding back his temperament, Li Jing said: "Okay, I already know, you can retreat first." ”

Han Xizai was stunned for a moment, saw that Li Jing's face was tired, hesitated for a moment, and still said: "Your Majesty Shengming, I think I will give the minister an answer." So saying, he stepped back.

Li Jing looked at his departing back, and suddenly felt that the drowsiness was gone, Dr. Taichang, mainly in charge of the five rites, Han Xizai did a good job in this regard. However, what makes Li Jing most satisfied is that Han Xizai concentrates on doing things and does not participate in party struggles, and many things are handed over to him, and they are all done beautifully. However, Han Xizai's recent performance has made Li Jing very disappointed.

Moreover, Han Xizai's words just now, the first half of the sentence was empty, and the second half of the sentence revealed a strong resentment. Could it be that I made him a doctor too often, and gave him a special scarlet robe, but it still couldn't satisfy his vanity? Opening the fold, Li Jing hurriedly read it, his heart was even more unhappy, and he suddenly felt sleepy, so he simply stood up and flipped through the fold.

There are a lot of excerpts on the case, Li Jing casually took a few copies to see, there are Song Qiqiu, Song Sikong, and Feng Yansi Feng Prime Minister, their excerpts all reveal a meaning, Fuzhou was defeated, it was bad luck, the Tang Dynasty was at its peak, and it was since it opened up its territory and restored the world of the Tang Dynasty. A failure is nothing, didn't the famous Tang Taizong also defeat back then?

Li Jing frowned slightly, and then, he flipped through a few more folds, Xu Xuan, Sun Sheng, Chang Mengxi and others, but they all revealed a meaning, that is, to severely punish the defeated Chen Jue, Feng Yanlu and others.

"This court is going to be chaotic!" Li Jing couldn't help but smile bitterly, the most annoying thing was coming again.

Just as Li Jing said this, Yang Lian also said the same thing.

Lin Renzhao and Chen Tie were sitting opposite Yang Lian, and the three of them were drinking together.

"According to King Qi, Han Xizai, Xu Xuan, Sun Sheng and others have written to impeach Chen Jue, Feng Yanlu and others, and King Qi has sent these folds to the study of the Son of Heaven according to the plan." Yang Lian said.

Chen Tie was a little puzzled, and said: "Commander Yang, although Chen Jue and Feng Yanlu did not directly support King Qi, they are all Song Qiqiu's henchmen, and King Qi is friendly with Song Qiqiu, why do you want to hand these folds to Your Majesty?" ”

Lin Renzhao said with a smile: "It's better to be blocked, Your Majesty will know sooner or later." What's more, Han Xizai used to be an old minister of the East Palace, and he won the trust of His Majesty, if he didn't hand over this excerpt, Han Xizai would also find a way to let His Majesty know. ”

"Not bad." Yang Lian nodded, took a sip of wine, and said: "The Jinling storm is coming, you might as well polish your eyes and take a look at this dragon fight, who will have the last laugh." ”

The three of them chatted briefly, and then dispersed, as Yang Lian said, the Tang Dynasty court soon changed color.

Chen Jue, Feng Yanlu, Wang Chongwen, Wei Cen and others, who were defeated in Fuzhou, were escorted back to Beijing one after another, and Li Jing ordered that the four be imprisoned in a prison and given only food and drink every day. Chen Jue, Feng Yanlu and others wrote to ask to see His Majesty, but Li Jing was unmoved and did not go to see them at all.

Yang Lian felt that at this time, Han Xizai was going to do it again. Sure enough, Han Xizai wrote again, demanding that Chen Jue, Feng Yanlu and others be severely punished. With Han Xizai's first attack, Sun Sheng, Chang Mengxi, Xu Xuan and others, who were good friends with him, also wrote one after another, and in one day, there were more than 50 excerpts to impeach Chen Jue and others, and the content of each excerpt was similar, that is, to severely punish Chen Jue, Feng Yanlu and other defeated generals.

Li Jing looked at the mountains of folds, and suddenly felt that his head was big, unlike Han Xizai and the others, Song Qiqiu, Feng Yansi and the others remained silent, as if this matter had nothing to do with them. However, Yang Lian was a little worried, after all, he offered his plan to the King of Qi, and the King of Qi only used his identity, which suppressed the thoughts of Song Qiqiu, Feng Yansi and others. But if Han Xizai, Xu Xuan and others don't give up, I'm afraid Feng Yansi can't help but take action, after all, Feng Yanlu is his own brother, and he will never watch his brother die.

Around the defeat of Fuzhou and the defeat of Su Chang, the Tang Dynasty fell into a short-term chaos, not only the officials of the court were discussing this matter, but the people were also talking about it in the market. Some people say that Feng Yansi, Feng Yanlu, Chen Jue and others colluded with each other, and now that Fuzhou has been defeated, more than 20,000 soldiers have either died or been captured, which makes the relatives of these soldiers very sad. Feng Yanlu and Chen Jue's crimes must be treated, and not killing them is not enough to make the people angry.

Some people also say that victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and who can guarantee victory in a lifetime? Besides, people always die in war, if you are afraid of death, what kind of soldier should you be? Why don't you go home and farm!

All of a sudden, there are all kinds of sayings in Jinling City, Yang Lian's restaurant has played a good role in collecting intelligence, and there are many scholars who talk in the restaurant every day.

It's not that Yang Lian looks down on scholars, but that this group of scholars can't succeed. Although Song Qiqiu was autocratic, and even formed a party for personal gain, he was extremely talented, and assisted Li Yu to seize Yang Wu Jiangshan, he was the first meritorious, such a scholar has the talent to pass through the heavens and the earth.

This debate in the imperial court lasted for half a month, and no one became a winner, at least the Son of Heaven has not yet expressed his position. But at this time, bad news came. After the defeat of Tuofuzhou, the Tang Dynasty broke into Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, burned, killed and looted, causing public indignation, and the general of the old Fujian State was furious, and led his troops to drive away the Tang army and became the actual ruler of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou.

This news, like a thunderbolt from the sky, shook the Tang Dynasty for a long time, thinking about the Tang Dynasty in the past few years, almost nothing, but also paid tens of thousands of soldiers killed, millions of stone food consumption, it is really worth the loss.