As we all know, Li Xuanba is not a person who is greedy for power, otherwise, he would have been the king of Zhou two years ago, so the courtiers at the banquet are easily reminded of the quarrel a few days ago. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wu County was breached, and some soldiers of the imperial court committed crimes, like robbers. When Li Xuanba learned of this, he was furious, and asked for a thorough investigation of the matter, and severely punished the soldiers who violated the laws of the Great Sui. However, Yang Tong believes that Li Jing has nothing to do with this matter and should not be implicated.

On that day, there was a fierce quarrel between the monarchs and ministers, and in the end the imperial power was victorious, and Li Jing was not only not punished, but was named the Duke of Wu by Yang Tong. Yang Dong's edict would undoubtedly make Li Xuanba very annoyed, so his face was ugly, and then he deliberately let go and let the wine glass in his hand fall to the ground.

King Zhou's cup was silverware, and it fell to the ground with a crisp sound, making the originally quiet banquet suddenly become silent. At the same time, Yang Tong's face also became ugly, he gritted his teeth under the gaze of the courtiers, and issued an edict to remove Li Xuanba's title of King of Zhou and demote him to the Duke of Zhou.

As soon as the edict came out, the hall was shocked!

Li Xuanba and Yang Tong are like brothers, although Li Xuanba did not fight in the south and north this year, but he sat in Jiangdu and gave advice to the imperial court, and his merits were not smaller than Li Jing, Zhang Xutuo and others, and he was removed from the title because of a trivial matter?

Contempt for imperial power is naturally not a trivial matter, but the courtiers still felt that Yang Dong's edict was too hasty, so they left the table one after another and bowed down, asking Yang Tong to think twice before acting.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has something to do." Yang Tong watched the Manchu Dynasty civil and military bow to Li Xuanba's petition, his face instantly turned cold, he was just about to get angry, Li Jing bowed down and bowed.

"What's the matter with Wu Jungong?" Yang Tong said nonchalantly: "If you want to ask for Zhou Guogong's life, don't say it!" ”

"Your Majesty's edict has been issued, and Weichen does not dare to question His Majesty's decision." Li Jing said without raising his head: "But Weichen thinks that Weichen is not qualified to accept His Majesty's reward." ”

Li Jing's words were very surprising. The first half of his sentence seemed to want to express the meaning of Jun Wu's jokes, implying that civil and military officials should not intercede for Li Xuanba. And the second half of his sentence seems to be supporting Li Xuanba.

"For the monarch, the rewards and punishments are clear, this is what Zhou Guogong once taught!" Yang Tong frowned and said, "General Li, you led the army to exterminate the traitor Shen Faxing, and made such a contribution, why can't I crown you as the Duke of Wu County?" ”

"To be able to win Wu County, in fact, the credit does not lie in Weichen." Li Jing said calmly: "If it weren't for General Yuwen, General Li Mian and others to take Yuzhang, the scholars of Wu County would not have surrendered the city at all. ”

Only Li Jing and the army under his command, Wu County could withstand some time, but the news of Lin Shihong's escape and the destruction of Chu State made the scholars of Wu County completely lose confidence. They can inherit for thousands of years, how can the house be mediocre people?

They knew that after Yuwen Chengdu, Li Mian and others destroyed Chu, they would definitely lead their troops to join Li Jing, and at that time, why would Wu Jun resist the army of Southern Sui? The city was breached and the surrender of the city were two completely different concepts, Shen Faxing offended the court, and the Shen family would suffer, but there was no need for other scholars to bury the Shen family, right?

"All the soldiers who destroyed Chu, I have already been rewarded, as for Wu Jungong, I said that you are qualified, you are qualified!" Yang Tong's attitude was surprisingly firm, he didn't look at Li Xuanba, and said in a deep voice.

At this moment, the hundred officials who went to the banquet only hoped that they did not appear here, and in the face of Yang Tong and Li Xuanba's fighting spirit, they became overwhelmed.

A crisp voice sounded again, and everyone followed the sound and found that in front of Li Xuanba's desk, a wine glass was spinning on the ground!

Looking at Li Xuanba's indifferent expression, the hundred officials complained bitterly in their hearts, and said secretly: It's all at this time, why does King Zhou want to provoke His Majesty again?

"Your Majesty, Weichen is not good at drinking, he is already drunk, and he can't even hold a wine glass." Li Xuanba stood up, arched his hand, and ignored Yang Tong Tieqing's face, and said to himself: "The weather has been bad recently, I'm afraid it will rain later, Weichen will go back to the house to collect his clothes first." ”

Yang Tong's fists were clenched very tightly, his brows were furrowed deeply, he stared at Li Xuanba for a while, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, he let go of his fist, and said with a smile: "Since Zhou Guogong is not strong enough to drink, let's retreat first!" ”

The banquet broke up unhappily, and Yang Tong ordered Li Jing, Yuwen Chengdu and others to go to the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, when you exterminated Li Zitong, you and King Zhou had already used the strategy of discord between the monarch and the minister." As soon as everyone sat down, Yuwen Chengdu couldn't wait to say: "If you do this plan again this time, I'm afraid that others won't fall for it easily." ”

"Why don't I know?" Yang Tong's face was helpless, and he didn't have the appearance of dominating the world at the banquet, as if he had changed someone: "But Brother Dade must cooperate with me to play such a play, what can I do?" ”

"You're acting again?" Luo Shixin's eyes widened and he said in surprise: "There are no outsiders in the palace, Your Majesty, who are you playing for?" ”

"Nature is for those who want to see it." Yang Tong, Li Jing, Li Mian and the others were silent, and did not answer Luo Shixin's words, Qin Qiong patted Luo Shixin's shoulder, smiled, and said, "Shixin, you are not suitable to think about this kind of question. ”

Luo Shixin's question made the atmosphere in the imperial study a little awkward, and Qin Qiong's answer successfully resolved the embarrassment.

"All of you here are people I trust, and there's nothing to shy away from about this." Yang Tong saw that everyone had probably guessed Li Xuanba's purpose, so he said: "Brother Dade is already a great minister, if he makes another great contribution, how should I reward him?" Therefore, Brother Dade was worried that his merits would be high, so he asked me to remove his title of King of Zhou first. ”

"With His Majesty's relationship with him, why does he need to worry about such a thing?" Luo Shixin muttered softly, but the voice was very subtly transmitted to everyone's ears.

Yang Tong has enough trust in Li Xuanba, but the people around him will not retain the same trust in Li Xuanba, their net worth and life have been linked to Yang Tong's status, so they don't want to see Li Xuanba's prestige surpass Yang Tong.

The play between Li Xuanba and Yang Tong is actually not performed for others, but for some people in the court. Whether they believe it or not, as long as Li Xuanba is really demoted, they will not have trouble sleeping.

There are some things that they don't say, and everyone doesn't intend to answer Luo Shixin's question anymore, so they all pretend not to hear.

"Shen Faxing is dead, and the imperial court has sent people to pacify Wu County and other places, so I am not too worried about this." Yang Tong coughed lightly and said, "Lin Shihong has a lot of prestige in Chudi, and if he is not caught for a day, I and Brother Dade will not dare to take it lightly. ”

"Your Majesty, but please rest assured, Weichen has sent people everywhere to arrest Lin Shihong." Yuwen Chengdu is the color road.

"The autumn harvest is imminent, and the Northern Expedition still has some time, so it would be best if we could capture him before then." Yang Tong nodded, said casually, paused, and looked at Li Jing again: "Let the soldiers go home in batches in the past few days, so that they can reunite with their families, and the list of fallen soldiers should be handed over to the household department earlier." ”