Li Hong was thinking about how to deal with Li Yifu at the court meeting three days later, and was suddenly thrown over by Li Zhi with this hot potato.

He was stunned for a moment, and then said after a moment.

"Back to my father, the army of the Western Expedition has contributed to my Tang Dynasty, so it should naturally be rewarded as usual, as for General Pei's recruitment of the enemy chieftain, the son thought that although it was slightly inappropriate, but after all, he saved the lives of countless Tang Dynasty soldiers and made my Tang Dynasty win a complete victory.

Well, saying so much is equivalent to not saying it.

If only it were that simple!

"You can be clever, if you can do this, it would be good, my father can believe in you, and also believe in Pei Aiqing, but you can't ignore the criticism of the government and the opposition, now in the court from Li Zhongshu down, there are many ministers who are criticizing Pei Xing for being frugal and arrogant, disrespectful, and recruiting enemy chieftains without authorization, and I will be severely punished! If it weren't for the turmoil of the crowd, why would I send this matter to the court......"

Li Zhi snorted coldly and said.

Obviously, he was not satisfied with Li Hong's perfunctory answer.

"What's more, now that the British public is involved, if things don't make a good deal, it will develop into an uncontrollable situation, you say, how to solve it?"

Li Hong looked at Li Zhi with an innocent face.

Ask me what to do?

I didn't cause it......

What's more, I really have a way to kill Li Yifu, can you agree to it?

Li Hong muttered to himself in his heart.

But slander is slander, the way is still to be found, otherwise Dad is really angry, it's not a joke, after thinking for a while, Li Hong said

"Father, after all, this matter started because of Li Zhongshu, if Li Zhongshu and General Pei can take a step back, presumably the British Duke is not an unreasonable person."

"Having said that, Li Aiqing has a resolute attitude this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do......"

Li Zhi sighed and said with some distress.

He didn't know how many times he had talked to Li Yifu in private, but this old minister who had followed him for many years was surprisingly resolute this time, and he didn't let go no matter how much he persuaded him, which made Li Zhi very helpless.

"That'...... What does the queen mean? ”

Li Hong hesitated for a moment and asked softly.

Even if Empress Wu is now pregnant and her energy is not as good as before, it is impossible for Empress Wu to ignore such a big matter.

Even Li Hong vaguely felt in his heart that there should be the support of the Empress Wu behind this matter, otherwise how could Li Yifu's slippery character handle things so excessively.

Li Zhi shook his head lightly and said.

"Your queen mother has always disliked Pei Xingjian, so there is no hope for her to help Pei Xingjian speak, at most your queen mother will not support this matter!"

This means that Empress Wu has a neutral attitude towards this matter......

Hearing this, Li Hong's heart couldn't help but sink, you must know that there has never been a neutral side in the court, Li Zhi is actually telling Li Hong in disguise that the Empress Wu also wants to take the opportunity to punish Pei Xingjian.

The only thing to be thankful for is that Empress Wu did not make it clear, probably taking into account Pei Xingjian's status in the military.

"That's going to be hard!"

Li Hong said with a frown.

No wonder this matter is so big, it turns out that there is a military queen behind the scenes.

In this way, things will be clear.

Pei Xingjian has always been not dealing with the Empress Wu, and there are even signs of hostility, and when he returns from a great victory at this moment, if he enters the political hall to worship the prime minister, it will inevitably make the strength of the opposition to the Empress Wu like a tiger.

How could Empress Wu tolerate this happening, Li Yifu is the first cadre of Empress Wu, and it is also his proper intention to go into battle shirtless.

As for the grievances between Empress Wu and Pei Xingjian, it can only be blamed on Pei Xingjian for standing on the wrong team.

You must know that when "Abolishing Wang Liwu" at the beginning, Pei Xingjian was the vanguard of opposition, and even secretly discussed countermeasures with the eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang.

If it weren't for Li Jilibao's protection after the matter was revealed, I'm afraid Pei Xingjian wouldn't have known that he would have been thrown into that corner to eat and wait for death.

And Li Hong had vaguely heard that Pei Xingjian's westward expedition to the Turks had been stopped after the martial arts, but the military situation was in full swing at that time, and he couldn't find a suitable person to take Pei Xingjian's place for a while, so he had to let Pei Xingjian fight.

Because of this, although Li Zhi knew that there was a shadow of the Empress Wu behind this incident, it was inconvenient to force Li Yifu, so he could only secretly discuss with Li Hong, hoping to minimize the scope of influence of the matter.

But now that the matter has come to this, what can Li Hong do......

In the main hall, the two fathers and sons stared at each other, and sighed one after another.

"Otherwise, Hong'er, will you persuade Pei Aiqing again?"

Li Zhi asked tentatively.

"I'm afraid it's useless."

Li Hong shook his head and said softly.

"General Pei's attitude is also very resolute, not to mention that now that the British have come forward, I'm afraid things will be even more difficult to handle, but ......"

At the end of the words, Li Hong seemed to be a little hesitant.

"But what?"

Li Zhi asked urgently.

"But Erchen has an idea, Li Zhongshu's attitude is so resolute this time, it is nothing more than taking into account General Pei's victory and returning to Beijing this time, I am afraid that he will worship the prime minister in one fell swoop with this immortal achievement, enter the political hall, and cause turmoil in the court, so he has such a move, does my father think so?"

Li Hong said slowly.

In fact, he has already said this very implicitly, to put it bluntly, Li Yifu is afraid that such a master will come in and weaken his control over the political affairs hall, but it is better to say that it is for the stability of the court situation.

In fact, Li Zhi and Li Hong are just tacit.

"Well, go ahead."

Li Zhi bowed slightly.

"And when Erchen went to Pei's Mansion today, General Pei hoped that his mistake would not affect the entire Western Expeditionary Army, let alone affect the prestige of my Tang Dynasty in the countries because of the battle between the courts, as for whether he can worship the prime minister, General Pei actually doesn't care very much......

This is not so good-sounding, and it is almost said that Li Yifu provoked a court battle for his own selfishness.

But finally there was an opportunity to give Li Yifu eye medicine, how could Li Hong miss it!

It's a pity that Li Zhi's mind is not here, because he already vaguely understands what Li Hong means, and asked softly.

"Pei Aiqing really said that?"

It's no wonder that Li Zhi doesn't believe it, after all, the prime minister is extremely popular, which is the greatest glory in an official's life, not to mention that there are very few military ministers in the political hall now, if Pei Xingjian can worship the prime minister, it will be a great boost to the military's power.

"Father, General Pei did say so."

How could Li Hong not understand what Li Zhi was thinking, and arched his hand to say.

"So in fact, this matter is not impossible to mediate, so it is still the same sentence, as long as both sides take a step back, things will be easy to do!"

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