Ming Chongyan is not an ordinary person, he came to the palace to get acquainted with the Empress Wu, naturally has his own purpose, so of course it is impossible to go against the meaning of the Empress Wu, I saw him think for a while, and then said: "This matter is easy, the king of Zhou has been fighting outside for many days, it must be very hard, the queen is worried about missing her son, it is reasonable, therefore, the queen can go up to the saint and make a contract with Tubo, so that Tubo can withdraw from the four towns of Hexi and Tuyuhun, so that the king of Zhou can return to the dynasty to comfort the queen's suffering." ”

The Empress Wu was really overjoyed when she heard this, and said with admiration: "This palace has this intention, the words of the fairy chief coincide with me, and I will go to the sparse saint early tomorrow morning, so as to recall my son as soon as possible, and comfort the pain of my thoughts." ”

Not to mention that the Empress Wu was proud, at the same time that she and Ming Chongyan made a plan, Dai Zhide also quietly came to the East Palace, he is the prince's cronies, everything is naturally for the prince's sake, now the prince Li Hong is weak, and he can't share the worries about the border war, but his younger brother has such a strange talent as Li Xian, it just so happens that Li Xian is still favored by the emperor, if he doesn't suppress it, won't his prestige exceed the prince? And if this situation really occurs, it is not certain whether the crown prince's position can be kept.

You must know that when Taizong launched the Xuanwumen Change, wasn't it because the military merits were too great and the prestige was too high, and the prince could not suppress it?

What's more, the crown prince Li Jiancheng at that time also made a lot of military achievements, and his physical fitness was much stronger than the current prince Li Hong, even that couldn't stop the Xuanwu Gate, let alone the current prince Li Hong?

Therefore, Dai Zhide hoped that the crown prince could write to the emperor to stop Li Xian's meritorious service, and he must find a way to recall Li Xian and negotiate peace with Tubo, so that Li Xian's side work would come to naught.

After Li Hong learned of Dai Zhide's intention, he thought for a while and then said: "This matter is considered inappropriate by this duke, Dai Gong thinks about it, it was the will of the saint to fight in Tibet, and the king of Zhou was just acting according to the order, so what's wrong?" What's more, the Tibetan thief Kou I Hexi four towns, burning and looting everywhere, all evil, even my aunt Princess Honghua and uncle Tuyuhun King had to take refuge and escape, now my Tang Dynasty soldiers fought bravely, defeated the Turkic thieves, just took advantage of the situation to pursue, completely defeated it, in order to my Tang Dynasty Western Frontier Yong'an, the people enjoy peace for a long time, how can I negotiate peace halfway, raise tigers for trouble? What's more, King Zhou is my own brother, and now he is about to make meritorious contributions to the court, I am my brother, and I am already guilty if I can't help him, so why prevent him from acting, not only is it not the righteousness of the brothers, but also it is not conducive to the society? ”

But Dai Zhide sighed softly, and then said: "The prince is benevolent and thinks about others everywhere, but I don't know if you have ever thought about how much trouble will be brought to the prince once King Zhou succeeds?" ”

Li Hong frowned when he heard this, and said randomly unhappily: "How do you say this?" My brother has made meritorious contributions, I should be happy, how can there be trouble? Dai Gong's words are really not supposed to divide brotherhood. ”

Dai Zhide was stunned when he heard this, because he believed that Li Hong would never know what he was referring to, but seeing that what Li Hong said did not seem to be false, he couldn't understand the other party's original intention for a while, and after thinking for a while, he realized that Li Hong wanted to find a suitable interface, at least to highlight Li Hongde's benevolence and righteousness, not to deliberately prevent Li Xian's contributions.

"Hehe, the prince deserves to be the prince, and it's really admirable to think that the problem is different from that of our subordinates. But this excuse really needs to be found, otherwise if it is not enough, it really cannot reflect the benevolence of the prince. ”

Dai Zhide thought for a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he saluted Li Hong and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, your subordinates don't know whether to say something or not?" ”

Li Hong saw that the other party's eyes had recovered from confusion, and knew that he had already taken a countermeasure, so he said with a smile: "If you have something to say, between Dai Gong and this palace, what else can't be said?" ”

But Dai Zhide sighed, and then said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should know, to be a false courtier, the most taboo thing is to be a high meritorious, if the King of Zhou wins the battle in Tubo this time, he will make a great contribution, if it is a courtier, the court can also be promoted in the title, and then the King of Zhou is the prince, and he is already on the throne, and the court can not further reward after making a great contribution, but it will cause the saint to feel uneasy, and it will cause the fear of the middle palace, so that Weichen is afraid that King Zhou's exploits will bring disaster to himself, not to mention that King Zhou has been tired for many days, and it is time to come back to rest and rest. In addition, my Tang Dynasty and Tubo are the countries of in-laws, they ignore the old feelings, and my territory, we will drive them back, there is no need to destroy their country, otherwise how can they be worthy of the former Princess Wencheng and their original intentions? ”

When Li Hong heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, he thought for a moment, and then nodded thoughtfully and said: "What Dai Gong said is very true, not to mention anything else, my brother has made great contributions to protect my Tang Dynasty, I can't watch it be harmed by the villain, therefore, it is more appropriate to recall my brother, in this way, although my brother has not been able to make great contributions, but also to avoid being suspicious." ”

Speaking of this, Li Hong immediately ordered Dai Zhide to draft the recital, and after taking a look at it, he felt very satisfied, so he signed his name at the end of the recital, stamped it with a treasure seal, and then decided to personally hand over the recital to the emperor on the morning of the second day.

The next morning, the court can be said to be very lively, because of the grandmother's serious illness and many days not to the court Lantai Taishi Ling, Zhou Guogong He Lanmin on the court, because of the old age and rarely go to the court Zhaoyang County Gong, the prince young master, special into Xu Jingzong to the court, because of the physical illness, often do not go to the court of the prince Li Hong, as for the queen Wu, these days Gaozong is in good health, she does not need to go to the court at all, but today is also here.

"All the ministers gathered in the court today, it is really gratifying, hehe, to tell the truth, since the day of the New Year until now, the ministers above the court can be regarded as the most congested day, I know why the ministers came so neatly, but in order to show the victory over Tibet?" Gaozong is also a person who understands, and the rumors in the market have already reached his ears, and he also has the good news sent by Xue Rengui in his hand, so he can naturally guess the purpose of so many people gathering together.

However, Gojong only guessed half right, and even said that he guessed half correctly was just complimenting him, because most people gathered here not to celebrate Li Xian's merits as he thought, but to prevent Li Xian from continuing to make meritorious contributions.

If Gaozong understood the true purpose of most of them now, I don't know what kind of mood it would be?

And after Gaozong said this, he immediately heard the prelude above He Lanmin: "Your Majesty Shengming, the reason why Weichen didn't take care of his grandmother and came to Chaozhong today is because he misses His Majesty for a day, and life is boring, and the second is to celebrate Qilang Xian'er, hehe, Your Majesty must have heard of it, although Qilang is only a weak crown, but he can burn the company camp with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and bury 200,000 Tubo troops in the sea of fire. The so-called killing god Bai Qi is too naïve, either Weichen said something that he didn't like, or Emperor Taizongwen back then, I'm afraid he didn't have such ability, right? Therefore, Weichen thinks that this is still Qilang's young age, if it is another one or two decades, who else in the world can be Qilang's opponent? ”

There were many provocative words in Helan Min's words, that is, when Gaozong heard it, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, because his son was too capable, stronger than his Laozi Taizong, and he was the most nesty one between the two generations of his ancestors and grandchildren.

Think about it, who will be comfortable listening to such words?

But Gaozong couldn't say anything else, after all, Li Xian was his own son, and he fought bloodily to keep his country, if he said some suspicions at this time, he wouldn't have chilled the hearts of his son and the front-line soldiers.

Therefore, Gaozong could only nod his head again and again, and insincerely praised his son for being indeed capable, worthy of being his son, and so on.

The ministers are also human spirits, and now that they see Gaozong's expression, they can naturally guess what Gaozong thinks, so they all echoed two sentences, but then someone changed their words and began to talk about Li Xian's no.

The first to open this head is naturally Helan Minzhi.

I saw Helan Minzhi said: "Your Majesty, although Weichen and Qilang are close relatives, they think that my cousin has done something wrong in this matter, I think that my Tang Dynasty is the king of all countries, Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and he is the heavenly khan of all states, and the Tubo soldiers are also the people under His Majesty's rule, as if they can only be influenced by benevolence and virtue, and if they really can't be deterred by punishment, they should not be succumbed to force to them, but they should not be burned to death with a fire, so it is unkind and unrighteous, so how can the barbarians of the four seas be heartily submitted?" What's more, there are many kills and injuries, it is not known, at the beginning, Bai Qikeng killed Zhao Guo and surrendered 400,000 soldiers, and finally did not end well, Xiang Yukeng killed 200,000 soldiers of the Qin Dynasty, and finally fell into Wujiang and killed himself, Zhou Yu burned Cao Cao's army of 800,000, and finally died in a short life, Wu Mourning Heavenly King Ran Min issued an order to kill Hu, killed hundreds of thousands of Hu people, and was finally killed by Hu people, not to mention, it was Xue Rengui a few years ago, and was also punished by His Majesty because of the pit killing, and now his cousin has killed and injured many people in a war, His Majesty should recall him and punish him severely, Otherwise, it will not be able to show the name of my Tang Dynasty's benevolence. ”

After Helan Minzhi finished speaking, he immediately got a response, and saw Yuan Gongyu, a native of Xitaishe, take the lead and say: "Your Majesty, what Zhou Guogong said is reasonable, and I hope that Your Majesty will not think of family affection, recall King Zhou to the court, and sternly warn him not to commit it, so as not to fall into the name of benevolence and virtue of our court." ”

Yuan Gongyu was close to Empress Wu, and after he made a statement, many cadres of the Later Party such as Wang Dejian, Hou Shanye, Liu Yizhi, Fan Lubing, Zhou Simao, Yuan Wanqing and others echoed and demanded that Gaozong adopt their suggestions and ask Li Xian for his guilt.

But at this moment, there was a loud laugh in the court that suddenly listened, and then a heroic voice was heard: "It seems that such traitors who mislead the country should be dragged out and beheaded, how can they tolerate them making nonsense in the court?" (To be continued.) )