The twentieth day of the seventh month, the day of the great pilgrimage.

Li Tao, who rarely went to the early court, appeared in the court today, and many ministers have experience, as long as Li Tao appears in the court, it will definitely set off a lot of waves. Everyone whispered to each other, guessing what the Lantian King would do today. Even Zong Chuke was no exception, staring at Li Tao vigilantly, thinking about it in his head.

Li Tao didn't seem to see the eyes of the ministers, but joked with Cui Xiang with a smile.

After Zhongzong went to the court, Li Tao did not intervene at all about the things that were played by the next ministries and the things discussed in the court.

At the end of the court meeting, Zhongzong asked the ministers: "Ladies and gentlemen, is there anything else to do?" If not, this morning's pilgrimage will be over! ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen has something to play!"

All the ministers looked over in unison, and sure enough, it was Li Tao who spoke.

Zhongzong nodded and said, "Tao'er, what do you have to do?" ”

"Your Majesty, I have three case files here, and I want to play them to Your Majesty.!"

Zhongzong deliberately wondered: "If you have a case, you can hand it over to the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, why should such a trivial matter be played in the court?" ”

"Your Majesty, although the matter is small, it is related to the safety of the society, and the minister has thought about it again and again, and he still thinks that it is better for His Majesty to discuss it with the ministers!" Li Tao insisted.

"Okay, let the chamberlain read the three cases you said to everyone, let us listen, whether it is related to the safety of the society, if it is really like what you said, we will discuss it!"

Since His Majesty has said so, the ministers have no opinion.

After the chamberlain has read the history of the three cases. That's when I realized that it wasn't easy.

Li Tao said: "This Ge Fushun case stems from the last time His Majesty asked me to rectify the law and order in Chang'an, because of Ge Fushun's cooperation, the entire Yulin Army did all the evildoers. The military discipline of the Yulin Army has taken on a new look. However, the newly appointed General of the Right Yulin Army retaliated against Ge Fushun, which was an unjust case and must be rehabilitated. ”

Zong Chuke sneered: "This Ge Fu Shunke deducted the military salary, and Liu Yi punished him according to the army, what is wrong, when did it become a retaliation?" ”

"I have already found out about the deduction of military salaries, but it is nothing. This is the result of my investigation, please look at it, Your Majesty! ”

With that, Li Tao handed another file to the chamberlain.

Zhongzong looked at it carefully.

Li Tao took out another letter. said to Zong Chuke: "This is a joint letter written by the soldiers of the Right Yulin Army, and it has the signatures of thousands of people. The most disgusting thing for the officers and men in the army is to deduct military salaries, imagine that a person who deducts military salaries will have so many grievances for him? If the elder of the sect does not believe it. See for yourself! ”

Zong Chuke took it and looked at it. said to Li Tao: "The army has its own rules in the army, if everyone meddles in the army like King Lantian, then won't my Tang army's army become a private army of individual people?" ”

Li Tao said: "What Elder Zongge said is not wrong at all, this Tang army should be His Majesty's army, last time, because I had the gold medal given by His Majesty, Ge Fushun acted in accordance with the gold medal, that is, he acted on the orders of His Majesty." It shows that he knows who he should listen to! But this Liu Yi fabricated charges to attack Ge Fushun who obeyed His Majesty's orders, and the elder of the Zong Pavilion was unwilling to rehabilitate Ge Fushun. I want to ask rhetorically, does the elder of the Zong Pavilion think that Ge Fushun is wrong to obey His Majesty's orders? Does Elder Zongge think that those who obey His Majesty's orders should be cracked down? If this happens, will anyone in the army listen to Your Majesty in the future? ”

Li Tao's words and sentences made Zong Chuke not know how to answer, and even Zhongzong's gaze at him was a little unkind.

Zhongzong glared at Zong Chuke hatefully, and then looked at the ministers: "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of this matter?" ”

The civil and military officials looked at each other, and no one spoke. Zhongzong was also not polite, and directly named Liu Sinan, the secretary of the Ministry of War: "Liu Shangshu, this matter should be managed by your Ministry of War, what should you do about this matter?" ”

Liu Sinan glanced at the disgraced Zong Chuke, how dare he disobey Zhongzong's will at this time, and hurriedly followed Zhongzong's words and said: "Your Majesty, this Ge Fushun is loyal to Your Majesty, and he should be reinstated!" ”

Zhongzong nodded, and suddenly asked again: "That Zhou Bo's matter also belongs to your military department, how do you think this case should be handled." ”

Liu Sinan knew that Li Tao would die to protect Zhou Bo, so he sold a favor: "The same official will be reinstated!" ”

Seeing that the matter between Ge Fushun and Zhou Bo had a successful result, Li Tao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and he said again: "As for Bai Jinniang's case......

Zong Chuke counterattacked: "The fact that Bai Jinniang killed her husband is clear, and the iron case is like a mountain, does King Lantian still want to counter the case for him, where do you put the law of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

Li Tao listened to Zong Chuke's high-sounding words, and surprisingly did not refute, but nodded and said: "What Zong Ge Lao said is right, this Bai Jin Niangniang murdered her husband and should be punished with capital punishment according to the law. ”

Zong Chuke's punch seemed to hit the cotton, and Li Tao's reaction was completely unexpected by him.

Just when Zong Chuke and the ministers were surprised, Li Tao said again: "It is legal to execute Bai Jinniang, but it is unreasonable and unreasonable!" ”

"What did King Lantian say?" Zong Chuke asked in a deep voice.

"Bai Jinniang and Miao Wensheng's relationship is the love of husband and wife, she and Xianggong have had a good relationship over the years, but she found that Miao Wensheng violated the law of the country, but regardless of the love of husband and wife for many years, he personally killed his husband, what kind of love is this? This is the love for the people, this is the love for the Tang Dynasty, which is more important and which is smaller, isn't it clear to the elder of the Sect? Speaking of this, Li Tao looked at the ministers again: "Don't say that Bai Jinniang is a weak woman, let's just say that we, the pillars of the court, will do righteous deeds like Bai Jinniang in that situation?" Is it reasonable for such a strange woman to be sentenced to death? ”

Although Li Tao's words have an element of strong argument, they are not unreasonable, if they really want to put it on these courtiers, they may not be able to do better than Bai Jinniang.

Li Tao hit the railway while it was hot: "I, the people of the Tang Dynasty, should put loyalty to the Tang Dynasty and His Majesty in the first place, if Bai Jinniang is really sentenced to death, then who else will stand up in front of the people of the Tang Dynasty?" Is it reasonable to educate the people to be like this just for the sake of enforcing the law? ”

Zhongzong nodded and said, "Tao'er, what do you say about this matter?" ”

"Bai Jinniang should be saved, but what Elder Zongge said is right, the law must be obeyed! This matter was caused by me, and I overturned the case for the three people, and I deserved to be punished. In this way, I am now the king of the county, and to save these three people should be demoted to the third level, I calculate, the king of the county will go to the prince, from the prince to the prince, and then from the prince to the uncle. Alas! It's too troublesome, so I just cut off all my titles to set an example! (To be continued......)