Chapter 642: The Word of the Crowd
"No, absolutely not." The others didn't speak, the crown prince Li Chengqian jumped out first, he now saw Qiu Xinggong's disgusted and disgusted face, and when he saw him, he would have a heart-eating look in his mind, and now he heard that he actually wanted to lead troops to Qizhou's younger brother Li You, Li Chengqian stopped doing it, Li Chengqian said coldly: "General Qiu, you are the right Wuhou general, you just do a good job in the defense of Chang'an, you don't need to interfere in other things in the court, especially the affairs of King Qi, there is the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and Zongzheng Temple, so I don't bother you."
Li Chengqian's words were very polite, and to put it succinctly, he scolded Qiu Xinggong for being nosy with rats.
As soon as Li Chengqian spoke, it was a beginning, Li Chengqian's position as the crown prince was as stable as a rock, and the people in the court could only look at the prince whether they wanted it or not, and everyone couldn't get used to Qiu Xinggong, now that the prince said so, the anger that Liu Lancheng had been suppressed before was all sent out at this moment.
Starting from the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, Zongzheng Temple, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites and so on all the bosses of the departments happened together, all of them mean Qiu Xinggong, don't do much to do, the smell of from a while ago is still there, don't think that we have forgotten everything.
Moreover, now Quan Wanji is only impeaching the King of Qi and some people for violating the law and discipline, and there is no actual evidence for the so-called dead soldiers, and even if there are dead soldiers, it is not surprising that the prince of the palace raised some dead soldiers, these cannot prove that the King of Qi rebelled, and Zhao You led the troops over?
The bosses of so many departments spoke out in unison, and even several generals who had a good relationship with the military and Qiu Xinggong all kept their mouths shut, and none of them dared to speak.
It can be said that the exclusion of a person is really rare in the court, but Li Shimin is not the slightest happy, because Li Shimin feels that he has been slapped in the face.
The person he saved before was treated like this by everyone, so that he, the guarantor, still had the slightest face.
Although Qiu Xinggong just recommended himself to go to Qizhou and gave Li Shimin a jump, the thought that popped up directly in his heart was absolutely not.
But when everyone was against it, Li Shimin had a rebellious mentality, which was also an imperial trick. Okay, you are very united, you all said that Qiu Xinggong can't go, then I won't let you go, you don't want him to go, I want him to go.
Li Shimin thinks so, firstly, for the sake of face, to support Qiu Xinggong, and secondly, to beat these ministers, don't think that you can influence Lao Tzu's decision if you agree on it, Lao Tzu told you that no matter what you think, the final decision depends on Lao Tzu's meaning.
"What the ministers said makes sense, now there is only Quan Wanji's impeachment, and the rebellion of King Qi is just speculation, and it is really not good to send troops." Li Shimin groaned and said.
"Your Majesty." The courtiers clapped their assemblies in unison.
"But." Li Shimin didn't care about the rolling sycophants, and said coldly: "It's not appropriate if you don't send troops, because the rebel's temperament is best understood, and he is very frivolous and irritable, if he doesn't give him some coercion, just go to some people to reprimand and verify, then the rebel is likely to ignore it, and even if he really plans to rebel, he will let him act in advance."
When the ministers heard it, hey, what the emperor said also makes some sense, King Qi's temperament was a lawless little overlord when he was in Chang'an before, and it would be a little bad if it was really like what the emperor said.
If you send someone to be detained and humiliated by the two stunned people's brains, then you won't have the face to come back.
"Then, according to the old minister, it is better to send two hundred guards to accompany him." Liu Dewei, the secretary of the Criminal Department, came out of the class and said: "There are two hundred guards here, and His Royal Highness the King of Qi will definitely not mess around."
"The minister seconded the motion." Although there are many ministers who think that it will be a little less, this special two hundred guards is not the same as not, but this violation of law and discipline, especially involving the affairs of the clan, is in the hands of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and Zongzheng Temple, since the Criminal Department Shangshu said that two hundred is enough, then we don't have to meddle in things, so they all followed the proposal.
"Two hundred guards are a bit less, I think it's better to bring a thousand." Li Shimin made a decision directly, and then asked: "I don't know which Aiqing from Dali Temple, Criminal Department, and Zongzheng Temple is willing to go to verify?"
"Quan Wanji's impeachment of someone under the King of Qi for doing evil is under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Department, and the matter involves the King of Qi, according to the old minister, it is more appropriate for the old minister to go in person." Liu Dewei, the secretary of the Criminal Department, said unyieldingly.
Originally, this kind of thing involves rebellion, especially the prince's rebellion, everyone should avoid it, and Liu Dewei is no exception. But when he saw the crown prince Li Chengqian glaring at him, he asked him to follow, and although the emperor was in an inquiring tone, his eyes were looking straight at him, and Liu Dewei knew that both the prince and the emperor belonged to him.
Since these two want to let themselves go, then let's get acquainted with each other, don't wait for the emperor to name them, just go ahead, and fight for a good impression for yourself.
"Your Majesty, please bring a guard to escort Liu Shangshu to Qizhou." Li Shimin praised Liu Dewei with satisfaction, but as soon as his words fell, Qiu Xinggong, who was rejected by everyone, jumped out again and continued to recommend himself.
"Okay, since Aiqing invited herself to go, then Aiqing will lead a thousand guards to escort you." Originally, Li Shimin just said that it was not good not to bring troops to Qizhou, so as to pave the way for arranging Qiu Xinggong to lead troops to Qizhou, and for this reason, he also increased the number of people from 200 to 1,000 mentioned by Liu Dewei, in order to tell these people who rejected Qiu Xinggong that I trust Qiu Xinggong very much, and I feel that it is very suitable for him to go, not only to go, but also to bring more people, and I believe that Qiu Xinggong will be able to do a good job in Qizhou this time.
Li Shimin is very confident, because the target this time is Li You, who is his own son Li Shimin, not a courtier like Liu Lancheng, so Li Shimin doesn't believe that Qiu Xinggong dares to do anything to his son, even if his son rebels, Qiu Xinggong doesn't dare to hurt him at all.
Li Shimin also took great pains to win back some face for himself.
After it was decided that Liu Dewei, the secretary of the Criminal Department, would go to verify it, Li Shimin was still thinking about how to lead the conversation to let Qiu Xinggong lead the troops to protect him, but he didn't expect Qiu Xinggong to have a good understanding with him, and he was not afraid of being rejected by everyone's hostility at all, and he resolutely asked to lead the troops again, which was really not too tacit.
Li Shimin did not wait for the other ministers to react, and directly announced the order, Qiu Xinggong, as the commander, led a thousand guards to escort the investigation team led by Liu Dewei, the secretary of the Criminal Department, to Qizhou.
This time, it was Li Chengqian who was the first to stand up: "Father, my son has something to say."