Chapter 341: The Pit Is Right?
Li Xian's words obviously touched countless people, and it wasn't until after he left that everyone looked at his back from a distance, and only dispersed after a long pause. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
However, in the ensuing court discussion, there was an unprecedentedly fierce quarrel over the merits and demerits of Li Xian's line.
When he was talking about Li Xian, Zhongshu Ling Xue Yuanchao suddenly jumped out and said loudly: "Queen of Heaven, Weichen thinks that this time should not be for His Royal Highness the Prince, although His Royal Highness the Prince did defeat the Khitan and Su Mo Alliance, and quelled the rebellion in the north, but His Royal Highness the Prince killed innocents indiscriminately during this period, especially the pit killing and surrendering pawns, this move is undoubtedly a dry Tianhe, and it cannot show my Tang Dynasty's lenient way, which seriously damaged the image of my Tang Dynasty in various tribes. Although His Majesty gave leniency, he did not make a meritorious statement, but only came to a lack of merit, and now the influence of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is particularly bad, so Weichen believes that even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not punished and tolerated this time, he can no longer be meritorious at all. ”
"Well, Xue Qing's words are reasonable, what do you think Aiqing should do?" Empress Wu's phoenix eyes glanced at the ministers, and then frowned and asked.
But I saw Di Renjie, the young secretary of Dali Temple, bowed down and said: "Tianhou Niangniang, Weichen thinks that Xue Xiang's discussion is inappropriate, please think about it, the two armies are fighting, it is about you living and dying, just like when you are walking outside, you encounter a wild wolf, and your life is threatened at this time, where can you talk about generosity?" If you really have a generous intention, I am afraid that it will not play any role at all except for the misfortune that has happened to you. It is indeed unreasonable to kill prisoners of war, but we also have to wait to see who those prisoners of war are. They wantonly killed my Tang soldiers and people before, at that time Xue Xiang did not cry out for my Tang people, and later my Tang Dynasty dealt with those who committed and acted, but Xue Xiang was like a mourner, Weichen was curious, Xue Xiang is my minister of the Tang Dynasty, or the minister of Khitan or Jin? Isn't it a bit pedantic and ridiculous to say benevolence and righteousness to thieves and good deeds to wolves? Weichen seems to have seen another Song Zhuang Gong. ”
In fact, Di Renjie has always shown himself as a neutral faction, and has not accepted the pull of either of the East Palace and the Empress Wu, even if Li Xian has been kind to him and used his connections to promote his official position, he is also unpretentious, and recently praised some political affairs handled by the Empress Wu, obviously releasing a trace of goodwill, but today I suddenly said such a thing about Xue Yuanchao, an important member of the Hou Party, it is really a bit surprising.
As a direct minister, he has always disliked to be involved in party disputes, so he almost never spoke when the two factions fought in the court, but today he suddenly said such a thing, not for the partisan dispute, but because he really couldn't bear Xue Yuanchao's words.
In his opinion, what Xue Yuanchao said was really excessive, the crown prince Li Xian had made such a great contribution, how could he be erased with just two sentences? What's more, the so-called pit killing of prisoners of war is just an excuse, and it can't be compared with Li Xian's great achievements at all, and those remarks when Li Xian killed prisoners of war before have also spread, I have to say that it won Di Renjie's heart.
It is precisely because of this that Di Renjie disregarded his suspicions and boldly refuted Xue Yuanchao's absurd remarks.
But he didn't expect Xue Yuanchao to hold a grudge against Di Renjie from then on, listed him as a henchman of the East Palace, and looked for an opportunity to spare no effort to suppress him, and even forced Di Renjie to Li Xian's side completely.
Of course, all this is a later story, but at present, Xue Yuanchao shouted loudly: "Di Renjie, do you know what you just said? My Datang is a state of etiquette, talking about repaying grievances with virtue, and having a heart of benevolence and tolerance, and it is precisely because of this that my Datang will be sincerely respected by the surrounding ethnic groups, but now His Royal Highness the Prince does not pay attention to faith and righteousness, and kills and surrenders, which will greatly reduce the credibility of my Datang, and how can the tribes of various states and countries believe in my Datang in the future? What we get is a temporary benefit, but what we lose is a long-term reputation, so for my Datang, it can be said that the harm outweighs the good, can't you see such a thing? ”
Di Renjie said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "The so-called credibility and benevolence, naturally have it, but it also depends on the time, on the battlefield, if we talk about benevolence and righteousness to the enemy, it is really a bit ancient, in front of the two armies, each fighting each other, each for its own master, a little factor may affect the battle situation, in this case, if we are benevolent to the enemy, it is irresponsible to our army, even an ordinary person understands this, Xue Xianggui is the prime minister, and he doesn't understand this, Isn't this insight as good as the cloth people? Hehe, the war is ahead, the national disaster is at the head, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military are all shrunk and silenced, why didn't Xue Xiang speak out at that time, to fight for the country, but grovelled, trying to make peace with the thief, now the prince has won a big victory, Xue Xiang does not say that he bows to the hero, and seeks rewards for the meritorious service, but now he comes to accuse His Royal Highness the prince of killing too much, is it not that Xue Xiang is sitting in the court, only this kind of framing heroes, jealousy and jealousy? ”
Di Renjie's words were righteous and strict, and Xue Yuanchao couldn't refute it after hearing it, so he could only point at him and say: "Di Renjie, you, you are spewing blood, where is your true jealousy?" Ben Xiang just stood up and said a fair word, so many people were killed by innocent pits, which hurt the peace of the heavens, and now the souls of the wrongs are not gone, waiting for us to give them a fair ......"
"Enough, Xue Yuanchao, this palace has endured you for a long time, all you think in your heart are those Khitan people who were killed by the pit, saying that their souls are not gone, but have you ever thought about the soldiers and people of my Tang Dynasty who were innocently killed by the Khitans? Where are their souls? Who will bring their grievances to justice? The Khitan people are people, aren't my Datang people people? As the people of my Datang, they pay taxes and pay conscription for my Datang, they fight to the death for my Datang, and the blood stains the territory, shouldn't my Datang support them? These are our own people and soldiers! Now that they are being killed by those Khitans who are inferior to beasts, why don't you come to cry out for them? Now that the palace has killed those culprits and avenged the soldiers and people who died, you are so accused, what is your intention? Could it be that you have Khitan blood flowing in your body? ”
Although it is a similar remark, but from Li Xian's mouth and from Di Renjie's mouth, the impact is indeed different, after Li Xian said these words, almost all the party henchmen and neutralist ministers of the East Palace are all said yes, and even many upright officials of the Hou Party expressed strong dissatisfaction with Xue Yuanchao and applauded Li Xian's speech.
"This, this ......" Seeing that he was being pointed out by Qianfu, even if Xue Yuanchao was in the high position, he couldn't help but panic in his heart. (To be continued.) )