When Rong Kaishan was actively preparing to leave for Jiayang Pass, the Wu Dynasty sneaked up on Anping Pass and dragged Rong Kaishan's footsteps.

Li Hongsheng's plan to transfer troops was forced to be interrupted.

The Jin State did not waste this great opportunity, and attacked several times in a row, capturing three towns in the border pass.

The atmosphere in the capital is also becoming more and more tense, and the people are very puzzled.

"The battle is so fierce, why don't you let Yiyonghou come back? Even if the Marquis of Yiyong is old, the little Marquis is also very powerful! ”

"What does Your Majesty think?"

"Don't you know? I heard from my relatives who had fled from the border pass that the Marquis of Yi Yong was not at all old and resigned. Instead, he was suspicious of the Son of Heaven and had to stay away from the court. ”

"No, it won't! Really? ”

"That's still fake, the border has spread all over. They just knew that there was no hope for the general to return to the army, so they moved their family back to the capital. ”

"I also heard that the war at the border has dragged on for so long because there are traitors who have been ventilating and reporting the news, otherwise they would have won a long time ago."

The atmosphere in the capital was already tense, and some people who had returned from the border had brought back brand new news, which was difficult for the people of the capital to accept.

And the atmosphere in the court was also very solemn, Li Hongsheng never let go, let Meng Changqi return, and even appointed a few mediocre people, resulting in the Jin State easily capturing several towns.

During this period, Xi Jiang also appeared in front of Li Hongsheng several times, which further stimulated Li Hongsheng.

Feng Xiuyu also sent troops to contain Rong Kaishan all the time.

Half a month later, a group of ministers suddenly surrounded Li Hongsheng's Qinzheng Palace.

"Your Majesty, the Jin army has reached Shanyu Pass, which is an important pass for my Mingde. Please Your Majesty welcome the brave Marquis back to the court! ”

"Please Your Majesty welcome the Marquis of Yi Yong back to the court!"

"Please Your Majesty welcome the Marquis of Yi Yong back to the court!"

……

But Li Hongsheng was unmoved, and the ministers were anxious.

"Your Majesty's adversity to the war has caused resentment among the people. The people all talked about it, saying that His Majesty did not hesitate to sacrifice the interests of the country in order to centralize power and fight against the Marquis of Yiyong. ”

"Because of Your Majesty's passive response, I Mingde has lost seven cities and nearly a hundred miles of land."

"Is it really as rumored in the outside world that His Majesty and the Jin State have an agreement to fight against the Marquis of Yi Yong in exchange for national interests?"

"If that's the case, please atone for your sins, and the minister will start the deliberation process."

"Please atone for your sins!"

"Please atone for your sins!"

……

Hearing this, Li Hongsheng didn't react for a while. Suddenly, Li Hongsheng walked out of the hall with an angry face and questioned the ministers: "What did I do? It was even necessary to initiate the review process. ”

Emperor Taizu set up many families to regulate the law, and naturally also set up laws to regulate the imperial power. Qishu.com

This review process is one of them, and the conditions for opening it are simple. If the emperor has done something detrimental to the interests of the country and has repeatedly persuaded him to change his ways, then if the evidence is conclusive, several people in charge of the core family can jointly initiate a review process to limit the real power of the emperor.

Liu Fu bowed and said solemnly: "Sin one, this time I am at war with the Jin State, and Your Majesty has responded passively. Obviously, if you welcome back the Marquis of Yiyong, you can quickly quell the war, but for the sake of military power, Your Majesty caused the dynasty to lose seven towns, and countless soldiers and civilians gave their lives in vain. ”

"The second crime, the general who persecuted himself with outsiders, has now captured the enemy inside and outside, and he has confessed to the crime, and he was instructed by His Majesty to leak military defenses." Xing Shu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, also bowed and said.

Cheng Hanwen, the head of the household, also stepped forward and bowed, and said: "The third crime is that he is for personal selfish desires, and he doesn't care about the people of Mingde at all, and he has not been able to attack enough for ten years after succeeding to the throne. ”

"For the sake of the future of Mingde, the ministers are disrespectful, and the deliberation process is opened for these three crimes." For the first time, Liu Fu made a big gift of more than 90 degrees to Li Hong.

"The ministers are disrespectful! I hope your Majesty will forgive me. ”

The other courtiers also bowed to a bow of more than 90 degrees to show their apologies and great disrespect.

"What? Do you want to take me to the air? Li Hongsheng said angrily.

"The ministers don't dare, but what Your Majesty has done has affected the stability and survival of the country."

"Your Majesty, do you still remember the core sentence of Taizu's teachings, that the privileges of the royal family and the nobility all come from the common people, and it is they who provide for us. As an aristocratic class, we must protect the safety of the common people and always put the interests of the country first. Prime Minister Liu Fu reminded.

"The ministers listed three crimes, all of which violated the core sentence of Taizu's teachings."

Li Hongsheng was like being struck by lightning, and he vaguely remembered that there seemed to be such a sentence in Taizu Xun. But the review process has never been used since the founding of the state of Taizu. Even if his father had done something like that, the ministers had never thought of initiating the deliberation process.

Therefore, he didn't take Taizu Xun to heart at all.

When he was young, Li Hongsheng traveled to all directions, and in other countries, the emperor was the most powerful person in a country.

This is also a major incentive for Li Hongsheng to want to centralize power.

What Li Hongsheng didn't think about was that the first emperor did too much, but after succeeding to the throne, the first emperor did not shake the foundation of the regime. In the eyes of the courtiers, this was the royal family's own internal strife, strictly a family matter.

Moreover, these things did not affect the normal operation of the country, and the courtiers turned a blind eye.

After all, such things happen from time to time in various families, but as long as it does not affect the state, it will not interfere too much. Matilda also pursues the law of the jungle, you have the ability to get rid of other people, that is your ability.

But Li Hongsheng is already shaking the foundation of the dynasty, which is intolerable to the courtiers.

When Li Hongsheng saw the solemn expressions of the ministers, he knew that there was no room for turning around in this matter.

"What did I do wrong? Which of the emperors of the Wu Dynasty or the Jin Kingdom is not in power, why can't I? Li Hongsheng almost roared out when he said this.

"Your Majesty, the structure of my Mingde regime is different from that of other countries, their imperial power is given by God, but Mingde's imperial power is given by the people. So we have to be more careful, because we don't have the blessing of God. University scholar Feng Changyu said.

What do you mean by that? Do you dare to take my throne? Li Hongsheng was his lips, but he was very empty in his heart.

"The ministers don't dare, the imperial power will always belong to the Li family, but the ministers all think that Your Majesty is not suitable to deal with government affairs anymore, and when the prince grows up, please ask Your Majesty to give up the throne."

Li Hongsheng laughed, "You guys have planned it a long time ago, right?" ”

"Don't dare!"

"What if I don't want to?" Li Hongsheng asked rhetorically.

Liu Fu frowned and replied: "The border war is urgent, the review process will be started as soon as possible, and after it is over, the ministers will welcome back the Marquis of Yiyong as soon as possible." ”

What does this mean, what if you Li Hongsheng are unwilling? The power of the state is not in your hands alone, and after the review process, you have no real power.