It was really a stone that stirred up a thousand waves, and the news that Wang Hanxin accepted the surrender request of Flying Eagle Fort exploded in Chang'an, and all the things that the court was talking about for a while were all about it. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info this time even Liu Yan couldn't delay for an excuse, because the thing that could be undertaken was only a violation of national law, and this unauthorized acceptance of the surrender of the Flying Eagle Fort would be directly related to the strategic pattern of the Silk Country, and the gains and losses of the Flying Eagle Fort would be directly related to the diplomacy with the Tibetans, and if there was a war with the Tubo at this juncture, then the Silk Country might lose the hard-won precious opportunity to recuperate.

Even Wu Sicheng, who was still sick, also attended the imperial court meeting, because even Wu Sicheng understood how much trouble Wang Hanxin had caused Liu Yan to make such a fuss, and if he didn't attend again, Liu Yan would probably become the only person who intended to protect Wang Hanxin.

As expected, at the beginning of the court meeting, the various factions began to impeach Wang Hanxin harshly as if they had made an appointment in advance. Among them, Qiu Yiru's words are the most harsh.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our dynasty has just experienced more than ten years of foreign wars, conquering Goryeo, conquering Tuqi, relying on the emperor Hongfu, and our two expeditions have been victorious. But we must see what our country has paid for these two expeditions in the past ten years, and what have our people paid for these two expeditions? The amount of silver in our country's treasury has dropped from more than 90,000,000 taels to less than 6,000,000 taels today. Now that we have finally eliminated Abicheril, and the Turki have been crippled by us, it is a good time for us to cut military spending, develop production, and restore the people's strength, and if there is another war at this time, our national strength will not be able to continue to support it. However, this Wang Hanxin, he turned a blind eye to these circumstances, and did not hesitate to destroy the alliance between our country and Tibet for the sake of his own fame and wealth, and accepted the surrender request of the Flying Eagle Fort guard Bull without authorization. What kind of person is this Boer, he is the first rebel general to be eliminated by Tubo Zampu Gesang! He has been entrenched in the Flying Eagle Fort against Gesang for many years, let's not talk about helping Tubo pacify this traitor, but now it's good, in turn, to provide shelter to this traitor, and also seize the Flying Eagle Castle! This matter is intolerable in front of any monarch, how could this eloquent Kelsang Zampu give up? And we are not ready to fight with Tibet at all, at this time we should have good relations with Tibet to maintain peace, but Wang Hanxin completely ignored these and accepted the Flying Eagle Fort without authorization, such a move has seriously threatened our country's national economy and people's livelihood! This crime alone is enough to convict him, not to mention the various crimes of killing the imperial court official Shan Kecheng without authorization after he took office, and also building a large number of buildings, using people's power without authorization, mobilizing the army, and causing unrest in Shannan Province. Weichen asked the emperor to immediately issue an order to remove Wang Hanxin from all official positions, and immediately arrest and return to Beijing to correct the law, so as to set an example and make the people angry! ”

After Qiu Yiru's remarks, most of the officials present supported him, even the princelings who usually opposed him also expressed their approval. Liu Yan vomited bitterness in his heart, but there was no way, after all, Qiu Yiru's statement was strict and reasonable, and as the emperor, he naturally could not openly favor Wang Hanxin's side. But now that Wang Hanxin himself is not present, he can't defend himself at all, looking at this court, I'm afraid that in addition to Wu Sicheng and himself being of the same mind, only Wang Hanxin's old boss Xue Boren may come forward to say a few words for him.

Liu Yan swept his eyes to Xue Boren, only to see Xue Boren's eyes closed as if he was in a state of flux, completely out of the way.

Liu Yan sighed secretly in his heart, thinking that even Xue Boren would not dare to wade into this troubled water this time, so how should he calm everyone's verbal criticism?

At this time, Liu Yan suddenly noticed an eager look, which was Taichang Shaoqing Wu Sicheng who was giving him a look. Liu Yan took a closer look and immediately understood: Wu Sicheng clearly implied that he hurriedly went to ask Xue Boren. Wu Sicheng signaled this, just to remind himself that the reason why Xue Boren did not join the crusade against Wang Hanxin was obviously because he didn't think much of what they said.

Liu Yan hurriedly turned his head and said to Xue Boren: "Xue Aiqing, I don't know what you think about this matter?" This Wang Hanxin is also your protégé, you shouldn't be protective of him, right? ”

When Xue Boren heard this, he opened his eyes, respectfully saluted Liu Yan, and said, "Your Majesty, how dare the old minister favor Wang Hanxin?" Lao Chen is precisely because he is Lao Chen's protégé, so he is silent in order to avoid suspicion. ”

Liu Yan smiled and said: "Xue Aiqing, as the prime minister of one dynasty, how can you abolish the public for personal reasons?" The widow is trying to hear your opinion. ”

When Liu Yan and Xue Boren said this, the court suddenly fell silent. Xue Boren, as the prime minister of the general and the prime minister, has the same position as Qiu Yiru, and has a high prestige in the military circles, and he also holds the position of the secretary of the military department, this Wang Hanxin's affairs should be under his jurisdiction, so his attitude towards this matter is actually more important than others.

Xue Boren arched his hand towards everyone and said: "Rank ministers, I have heard everyone say it for a long time, and everyone is worried about the country and the people. To be honest, what Wang Hanxin did this time was indeed too much, and the old decay couldn't accept it. But please allow the old man to point out the two omissions in what you just said, for the emperor's reference. First, this Tibetan Zanpu Gesang was indeed an eloquent monarch, and the Tubo had completed the unification in his hands, and it is conceivable that a powerful Tibetan would rise in our southwest in the near future. But would this eloquent monarch really be satisfied with this? I'm not sure about that. And if Tibet wants to continue to expand outward, what will he do? Everyone must know the geographical environment of Tibet, and if he wants to expand outward, it is nothing more than three roads: northeast and west. Of these three roads, the western road was the most difficult, because it was too far away from the ruling center of Tibet, and even expansion was very difficult, while the northern and eastern roads were the western regions of our country, the capital of the Protectorate and the Shannan Road. Lao Yu believed that it was out of precautions against this possibility that the emperor transferred Wang Hanxin to Shannan Province as the head of the march. Therefore, the old man thought that in order to continue to maintain the alliance with Tibet in the future, he must carefully consider the corresponding strategy; Second, not long after this Wang Hanxin arrived, he made so many things, which really surprised the old man. If you want to talk about doing things well, regardless of the consequences, this Wang Hanxin is indeed a bad deed, but the old man has a question, that is, what is the benefit of him tossing so much? Some people may answer that the old man is old, but Master Qiu said that he did this to provoke a war with Tibet, so that he could continue to make contributions on the battlefield. I can't fully agree with that. Wang Hanxin is indeed a master who often causes trouble, but he is by no means a fool, otherwise he would not be able to climb to this position today. He knew the laws of our dynasty very well, and he must have known that he would not wait for the two countries to fight each other in this way, and he would be severely punished by the laws of the country first. Moreover, this Shannan Province was not a key area of our country's defense in the past, the number of troops there was small, the training was insufficient, and the equipment was poor, with these troops to start a war with Tubo, even if they wanted to win, it was difficult, and this meritorious cause must first be able to win, this Wang Hanxin has fought for more than ten years, will he still launch a war that he can't win? Everyone, don't be impatient, Lao Yu said this by no means to exonerate Wang Hanxin, but Lao Yu vaguely felt in his heart that Wang Hanxin did this, did he have any hidden feelings? It's a pity that he's far away on the border at the moment, and we can't immediately know the whole story of these things, so the old man suggests that it is better to hear how he argues this matter before making a decision. ”

was said by Xue Boren, and the court fell silent for a while. Liu Yan was secretly happy in his heart, Xue Boren's words were exactly what he needed most. Not to mention anything else, being able to give Wang Hanxin a chance to argue means that things will take a turn for the better.