Chapter 91: The sad Xiao Yi
Daming Palace, including Yuan Palace
As the political center of the Tang Dynasty, here is the Tang Dynasty, and it is also the political center of the world's largest empire at that time, countless imperial court policies, sending troops, and raising the people, etc., are all put into practice after the discussion between the emperor and the civil and military officials, but, what is strange is that today's Hanyuan Hall is only discussing one thing, and it is still a big thing. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
After a night of fermentation, Xue Ling's killing of Miao Zheng finally broke out completely, and some courtiers loyal to Wu Zetian believed that this was the dissatisfaction of the Li Tang forces with the Wu forces, hoping to hit the prestige of the Wu forces through this incident, and at the same time weaken Wu Zetian's influence, therefore, at the beginning of the court meeting, there were countless large and small officials under the leadership of Wu Chenghei, the Duke of Zhou, demanding that the murderer Xue Dao be severely punished, and at the same time severely punish the Xue family.
Under the aggressiveness of the martial forces, some ministers loyal to Li Tang also began to fight back, of course, because this matter was ostensibly the fault of the Xue family, so these ministers loyal to Li Tang only fought for this matter to go through the normal judicial route, rather than for the emperor or the queen of heaven to make a decision.
In this case, Gaozong Li Zhi, who was already sick, was dizzy by the noise of the ministers, but he still couldn't make a judgment, and in desperation, he could only turn to the queen Wu Zetian beside him, but unfortunately, today's Wu Zetian is quite weird, she usually has to intervene in everything, but today she is quite honest and sits next to her, without saying a word, so that people can't guess her thoughts.
"Mei Niang, you see how to deal with this matter, I really have a headache, you better deal with it as soon as possible, I should go back and rest and rest." Li Zhi had to open his mouth and ask Wu Zetian, if it was another emperor, he might feel a little ashamed to say this, but it was replaced by Li Zhi, but it seemed natural, in addition to Wu Zetian's many training of him over the years, Li Zhi's character was too cowardly.
Hearing Li Zhi's inquiry, Wu Zetian shook his head lightly and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is not easy to deal with, if Miao Zheng is not dead, it is easy to say anything, but now that Miao Zheng is dead, no matter how he dies, then Xue Ling can't get out of it, if you want to calm down public opinion, you can only kill Xue Ling, otherwise it will be difficult to explain to the ministers!" ”
In fact, this is also Wu Zetian's plan, yesterday after getting Miao Shenke's cry, Wu Zetian realized that this is a good opportunity to suppress Li Tang Laochen, as long as he can take advantage of this opportunity this time to kill Xue Ling, the military forces represented by the Xue family will be honest, and without the support of these military forces, those Li Tang Zhongchen are like tigers without minions, and the danger to him will be reduced a lot.
"No, no, no, Mei Niang, you don't know, if you change someone, forget it, but this Xue Ling can't be killed, if it wasn't for General Xue risking his life to save me, I'm afraid that in the fire in the palace many years ago, I would have died, and now General Xue is almost old, how can I bear to let him send a white-haired person to a black-haired person, this is not appropriate, let's change the way, as long as I don't kill Xue Ling, whatever." After listening to Wu Zetian's words, Li Zhi shook his head and said negatively.
Seeing that Li Zhi disagreed, Wu Zetian was also a little helpless, to be honest, don't look at Wu Zetian's power now, and respond to every call, but that is also with the help of Li Zhi's power in the fox and the tiger, if Li Zhi insists on disagreeing with the matter, she can't force it, seeing that this plan that has been waiting for a long time is about to be shattered, Wu Zetian's eyes suddenly lit up and thought of a good idea.
"Since Your Majesty is unwilling to let Xue Dao be damaged, according to the concubine, it is better to do this, now that Xue Dao is in Chang'an County, it is better to let Chang'an County try this case, after all, this matter is already known to everyone, if we make a rash judgment, there will definitely be people who are unwilling, then it is better to let Chang'an County find out this matter clearly, how Miao Zheng died, whether there was an accident, whether Xue Dao is guilty or not, it depends on the results of the trial in Chang'an County, in this way, when the time comes, Your Majesty and the court will have an explanation to the people of the world."
As soon as Wu Zetian's words were said, Li Zhi was a little hesitant, if Wu Zetian insisted on killing Xue Dao, Li Zhi would definitely oppose it, but now Wu Zetian asked people to try this case, no matter from which point of view, it should be divided, Li Zhi was embarrassed to object, and muttered for a long time before saying, "But, why don't you let Dali Temple or the Criminal Department try it and hand it over to Chang'an County, can they hear it clearly?" ”
"Hehehe, Your Majesty, don't worry, do you remember Duan Jian, who solved the case of killing the merchant in Huazhou and the case of the Wang family's pharmacy not long ago, he is now serving as the county lieutenant of Facao County in Chang'an County, and with his existence, this case will definitely be investigated, and the reason why this case was handed over to Chang'an County, instead of Dali Temple and the Criminal Department, is because the officials in these places are implicated in the Xue family and Miao Shenke, and when the time comes, it is likely that someone will affect the outcome of the case because of selfishness, and handing it over to Chang'an County is probably the most appropriate way at present." Wu Zetian said with a smile.
After listening to Wu Zetian's words, Li Zhi thought about it and felt that there was nothing missing, so he nodded in agreement, and after the news was announced, the ministers did not react much, and it was passed.
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Since ancient times, it has been the leaders who move their mouths and their subordinates who break their legs. When this decision was conveyed to Chang'an County, the county commander Xiao Yi was completely stupid, he originally thought that this matter was very involved, and brought that Xue Ling to Chang'an County, settled down, and there was nothing to do with them, as for what the final result was, whether it was handed over to other yamen for trial, or the emperor made a judgment, it was not under their control, but he didn't expect that in the end, this thankless thing actually fell on his head.
What do you say about this, convict Xue Dao, then Miao Shenke or the martial arts forces will definitely be happy, but this offends the Xue family and those old ministers of the Tang Dynasty, in this case, how can he fight in the officialdom in the future, and even this Chang'an County order will not last long.
But if Xue Ling is not guilty, it will be even more impossible, Xue Ling killed Miao Zheng, it was in full view of everyone, and many people saw it, even if there was any misunderstanding, it could not change the facts.
For a while, Xiao Yi felt that his eyes were dark, and he almost fainted, and after being supported by the people behind him, he felt a burst of 'grass and mud horses' galloping in his aggrieved heart, and secretly thought, "You big people are fighting, why do you want to involve us innocent little people, now let Lao Tzu give you a bad ass, but how bad this ass should be, I don't know, aren't you a pit person?" ’
The more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable I felt, and in the end I wanted to hit my head against the wall directly, but where the duty was, he could only endure it, and this feeling made him extremely sour.
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