There was a moment of silence in the main hall, obviously a little caught off guard by the sudden change in events.

After a pause, a smile appeared on Li Hong's face and continued.

"Father, now that the army of the Western Expedition is returning, it is not a long-term solution for the dragons to be leaderless, now that General Pei has become self-evident, the son begs his father to allow General Pei to return to the army to preside over military affairs! With the heart of the army! ”

In fact, Li Hong also found out Li Zhi's mind just now.

With his understanding of his father, Li Zhi is a man who plans and then acts.

But these days, Li Zhi's various behaviors have been inconsistent, saying disrespectful words, and even reckless impulsiveness, which is not at all like the actions that a long-time emperor should make.

first strongly ordered Pei Xingjian to be recalled, stood on the side of Li Yifu, and then temporarily changed his hexagram and sent Li Hong to comfort Pei Xingjian, and tried his best to exonerate Pei Xingjian.

Today in the court, Li Zhi's mind is also unpredictable, which makes Li Hong really distressed.

However, just now Li Zhi was furious because of the coercion of the minister of civil and military affairs against the king, but it reminded Li Hong.

At that time, the matter had nothing to do with Li Hong on the surface, but Li Zhi forcibly dragged him in, making Li Hong realize that his behavior these days had made Li Zhi wary.

Sending Li Hong to greet Pei Xingjian is probably Li Zhi testing him, otherwise Pei Xingjian will return to Beijing with a sin, how can he work to greet the prince personally.

Naturally, the military will solve the affairs of the military itself, Li Hongnai is the prince, what is it to be involved in it?

The affairs of the army have always been the heaviest bottom line in the emperor's heart, and even the queen of martial arts did not dare to touch it easily. And he swaggered and colluded with Pei Xingjian, wanting to bring down Li Yifu.

If this is the case. I'm afraid that Li Hong, the prince, will also do it!

Li Zhi's inexplicable questioning of him just now is proof of this!

After figuring out this section, a lot of things become clear.

His father, the emperor, had been frail and sickly for many years. Suffering from wind and dizziness, he can only entrust most of the political affairs to Empress Wu, for Li Zhi, the stability of the court is overwhelming, and he does not want everything to affect the stability of the court.

At the same time, Li Zhi wanted to cultivate Li Hong well, and at the same time was wary of Li Hong.

There is a very ambivalent mentality.

At the same time, because of the tragedy of Li Zhi's imperial brothers such as Li Chengqian, Li Tai, and Li Ke during the Taizong period, Li Zhi was particularly tolerant of Li Hong, the crown prince.

But no matter how much Li Zhi connived at Li Hong. There are some things that should never be touched.

Too close contact with the military is clearly one of them.

So Li Zhi's behavior seems to be contradictory, but it is actually secretly warning Li Hong and asking him to pay attention to proportion.

As soon as he figured this out, Li Hong's back was already soaked with cold sweat.

It seems that he has lived a peaceful life for a long time, so he will forget the phrase "the most ruthless emperor's family", no matter how much Li Zhi spoils himself, he is an emperor after all.

Therefore, Li Hong did not hesitate to stand on the opposite side of the military, and at the same time suppressed Pei Xingjian's military exploits, showing his attitude. Sure enough, Li Zhi was very satisfied.

"What does the queen think?"

This time, Li Zhi did not answer Li Hong directly, and turned his head to ask Empress Wu with a smile.

Empress Wu sighed in her heart.

She couldn't see that her husband was in favor of it.

The brows furrowed slightly, and Empress Wu felt that she really underestimated this son. I thought he would offend the military this time, but I didn't expect that in the end he still kept a hand.

If Li Hong's proposal to suppress Pei Xingjian just now was an enemy of the military, then this time he was pleading for the military.

Logically speaking. Now that the battle of the Western Expedition has ended, it is not a big question whether there is a coach Pei Xingjian or not. That's why Li Zhi resolutely recalled Pei Xingjian.

But if you look closely, the war has just ended. The emperor urgently recalled the commander back to Beijing, which will inevitably be criticized, but now that the matter has been identified and there is a result, Pei Xingjian should indeed be allowed to go back to preside over the overall situation.

But the truth is not so simple, once Pei Xingjian returned to the army, it was almost announced to the world that Pei Xingjian had nothing wrong with this western expedition, that is, he was right-named.

In this way, although Pei Xingjian cannot enter the phase, his prestige in the army will be raised to a higher level, and he will be exposed in one fell swoop about the fact that he has not reported it and surrendered privately, and there will be no handle to be held by others from now on.

Such a result should make Pei Xingjian feel at ease more than worshipping the prime minister, not to mention that Li Zhi was already guilty of suppressing Pei Xingjian this time, and presumably the reward of the army will be doubled.

Although the military queen is not accustomed to military affairs, she still understands the temperament of the generals, and if she can give more rewards to the army, even if they can't be promoted, she is willing.

The prince is really calculating this time, and all aspects have been taken into account.

Looking at Li Zhi's current expression, it is clear that he is extremely in agreement with this matter, after all, no one wants to casually carry the reputation of a hero who is suspicious of merit for no reason, anyway, now that the matter of the Western Expedition has been decided, letting Pei Xingjian go back to preside over the overall situation is only good for Li Zhi, there is no harm, why not do it.

After a while, Empress Wufeng's eyes narrowed slightly, and her brows were furrowed, but she still said to Li Zhi respectfully.

"Everything is up to Your Majesty!"

After that, he glanced at the frustrated Li Yifu of His Royal Highness.

This is not enough to accomplish!

If it weren't for the fact that he was caught at such a critical time, why would he be so difficult, for the first time in so many years, Empress Wu was forced to make such a big concession.

How can she not be angry!

"Well, Wu Liangfu, pass on the decree, order Pei Xingjian, the general of Qianniuwei, to be the general of the Dingxiangdao march, and immediately set off to return to the western expedition to preside over the overall situation.

Li Zhi knew that Empress Wu had never been waiting to see Pei Xingjian, and he had suffered such a big loss today, so he must have been unhappy in his heart.

Seeing Empress Wu's attitude at this moment, Li Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, and instructed Wu Liangfu with a straight face.

After all, Pei Xingjian has made such a great contribution, and Li Zhi is not good at treating him too badly.

This is the case of unmasking.

Although this reward is not enough for the great achievement of pacifying the Turks, it can be regarded as the emperor's grace.

The most important thing is that Pei Xingjian regained the official position of the head of the Dingxiang Road march, although he would be removed again after the Western Expedition returned to Beijing, but that was a normal procedure.

Restoring Pei Xingjian's official position at this moment can not only calm the morale of the army, but also announce to the courtiers and the people of the world that the emperor still trusts him Pei Xingjian very much, and his status has increased instead of decreasing.

Of course, on the bright side, Pei Xingjian did suffer a loss.

Therefore, Li Zhi will inevitably be more generous in the reward of the army.

At the same time, Li Hong also quietly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

His mother's methods are really too powerful, so Li Hong has to be extremely careful.

Thinking about it, if he hadn't caught Li Yifu's sore foot today, Empress Wu would never have been so easy to give up.

However, his performance just now must have made Li Zhi very satisfied, so Li Zhi would not refute his face, but if Empress Wu insisted on disagreeing, then today's matter may not end so easily.

also glanced at Li Yifu, who had a gloomy face, and his somewhat relaxed mood became tense again.

Pei Xingjian's matter has been dealt with, but the matter of Li Yifu is not over yet!

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