Liu Yi, who was left in the house, received a new punishment edict from the imperial court, and his heart was already cold to the end.

Liu Yi knew that with this report from the chief administrator Li Jingxuan, the imperial court could completely give his own government a heavy punishment, and even convict his father of capital punishment and exile his family. However, Liu Yi also knew that if things were really as Li Jingxuan played, even if his father was redeemed, his reputation would be lost, and he would lose his official position and become a knight, and there would be basically no chance of turning over.

These days, there are also some sergeant-looking people outside the mansion gate, and several sergeants are still guarding the gate of Liu Yi's house, watching the scene is to monitor the people in the mansion and prevent them from leaving the mansion.

Since then, the people in Liu's mansion, except for a few domestic servants who can go to the street to buy some vegetables or necessities for life, no one else can go out of the house, and these domestic servants who go to the street to buy things also have people to follow.

Such a scene made the people in the house even more frightened, but Liu Yi's mother Zhang calmed down at this time. It had been several days since the news of Liu Xianli's defeat and capture came, and it had passed the saddest time after hearing the news, and the Zhang family also cheered up, resumed the affairs of the mansion, and appeased the people in the mansion with practical actions. Because Liu Yanjing took Liu Mai and Liu Yuan to ransom Liu Xianli, he brought a large amount of money and goods, only a small part of these money and goods were in the mansion, and most of them were raised by Liu Yanjing through other means, and the Zhang family also thought that they had to pay back these things.

Encountering this situation in his own house, Liu Yi felt that his life had gone from heaven to hell all of a sudden, he was still a child of an official family who had no worries about food and clothing, and his identity was not ordinary, but after a few days, all the glory was gone, and the house was in trouble, and he almost became a guilty body, such a situation made Liu Yi have to think more carefully about the future, and plan how to act in the next day, how to change all this.

Liu Yi's desire to influence the course of history is even stronger, and he can no longer rely on others to decide his own fate.

Although it is said that there are supervising sergeants at the gate of the mansion, and the people in the mansion are not allowed to leave the mansion, this is difficult for Liu Yi. Liu Yi was not idle every day, practicing martial arts during the day, and at night, he sneaked out of the mansion and went to the mansions of some high-ranking officials in the court to inquire about the situation.

Liu Yi's skills have also been fully demonstrated at these times, with the help of self-made tools, he can come and go freely in the mansions of those high-ranking officials, but it's a pity, because Li Jingxuan, who is in charge, and Shanzhou, and the soldiers who know the situation are also in Shanzhou, and the officials in the court don't know much, Liu Yi doesn't have many useful things to hear, but he also knows from what he hears that his father's popularity in the court is not bad, and the ministers are all sorry when they talk about Liu Xianli's war reform and being captured in private.

Liu Yi had the idea of sneaking into the palace to listen to the news, but in the face of the palace wall more than ten meters high, the labyrinthine Daming Palace, he still gave up this idea that he knew could not be completed.

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A few years ago, the defeat of Dafeichuan, coupled with the new defeat of the army near the Tao River, the Tang army could not resist the attack of the Tubo people, so they could only retreat.

The threat of Tibet became more serious, and Emperor Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian were deeply worried, and a few days after announcing the heavy punishment of Liu Xianli, they once again appeared in the Xuanzheng Hall to discuss the matter.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my army has been newly defeated, and the threat of Tibet is sheng, tell me about it, what are the countermeasures?" Li Zhi looked worried and asked the ministers in the palace.

Hearing the emperor say this, the ministers of the palace, you look at me, I look at you, but for a while, no one stood up to make a speech.

Seeing this situation, Li Zhi was very angry, "You are all my ministers, in this time of crisis, don't you have advice and me?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has a discussion!" Huangmen Shilang, Zuo Shuzi, and Tongzhongshu Menxia Sanpin Gao Zhizhou stood up and played, "When the first king, Princess Wencheng gave marriage to Tubo Zanpu abandoned the sect to praise, since Princess Wencheng married, Tubo has not been Kou Bian for decades, and the minister feels that His Majesty can also take this way, choose a princess, make peace with Tubo, and negotiate peace..."

"Your Majesty, by all means!" Hearing Gao Zhizhou say this, Xue Yuanchao, the Chinese scholar, immediately stood up against it, "Princess Wencheng is still alive now, and her prestige in Tubo is prosperous, and she can also influence the national politics of Tubo. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal, don't kiss!" Another Zhongshu Shilang, the right concubine, and Li Yiyan, a third-rank subordinate of the Tongzhongshu Sect, also immediately stood up to express his opposition to the peace of mind, and continued, "The minister thinks that we should set up a strict garrison on the border with Tubo, and then send troops to fight for it when our Tang Dynasty is stronger." Your Majesty has now recruited brave warriors from all over the world, and presumably in a few years, there will be an endless stream of warlike generals. ”

"Your Majesty, Li Shilang's proposal is good, but my army is on the side, the amount of materials needed is quite huge, and the construction of the city also requires a lot of financial and material resources, and the sneak attack of the Tubo people is invincible, and the minister thinks that he should still send troops to crusade against Tubo, and raise a few battles to eliminate the threat of Tubo!" Pei Xingjian, the secretary of the ministry, followed Li Yiyan and said, "Although our army was defeated, most of my Taohe army is still there, and I am willing to go to Qinghai and lead the army to fight to the death with the Tubo people!" ”

"Your Majesty, no," after Pei Xingjian finished speaking, Gao Zhizhou immediately stood up and objected, "Although Pei Shilang is like a god with soldiers, but our army is newly defeated, morale is low, I am afraid that in the near future, it is not suitable to fight against Tubo, even if Your Majesty does not agree to make peace, the minister still suggests that peace should be negotiated with Tubo, the war should be suspended, and the impact of defeat will be reduced, and then consider a decisive battle with Tubo!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister supports Pei Shilang's proposal!" Shangshu's left servant shot Liu Renliang to stand up in support of Pei Xingjian, "Although our army was defeated in this battle, the minister felt that it should be caused by the misstrategy of the leading generals, so the minister suggested that Li Zhongshu should be recalled, ask him for responsibility, and then entrust another general to lead the general manager of the Taohe River march, and wait for the opportunity to counterattack, so as to prevent the Tubo people from continuing to go deeper!" The minister is willing to rush to Shanzhou again and regain this position! ”

Liu Renliang was deeply dissatisfied with the imperial court's failure to deal with Li Jingxuan, who was appointed as the chief of the march of Taohe Road, and once again pointed out that Li Jingxuan had an unshirkable responsibility in this battle and should be recalled to Beijing to be held accountable, and appointed another general as the chief of the march of Taohe Road.

Liu Renliang also deeply suspected that there was another reason for the defeat in this battle, and he also wanted to go to Shanzhou again to investigate the situation clearly and give Li Jingxuan a crime.

The opinions expressed were all minister-level ministers in the Tang Dynasty, and the opinions of these high-ranking and powerful ministers were so unanimous that Emperor Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian frowned.

After Liu Renliang finished speaking, the ministers continued to come out to make speeches, and for a while, the hall was quite lively.

Li Zhi, who was a little irritable by the different opinions of the ministers, couldn't hold his breath anymore, and ordered the ministers to stop, "You Aiqing don't discuss it, let's talk about this matter later!" ”

There was no dominant idea in what the ministers discussed, which made Li Zhi dissatisfied and helpless.

"Your Majesty, a few days ago, the minister received a message from the student Wei Yuanzhong, expressing the policy of imperial Tibet, and the minister felt that it was very reasonable!" Shang Shu's right servant, Dai Zhide, who had not been silent, stood up and said after the court was quiet.

"Oh? What's the discussion, Dai Aiqing might as well talk about it! Li Zhi was overjoyed.

"Why don't Your Majesty summon Wei Yuanzhong into the hall, wouldn't it be better for him to tell it himself?" Dai Zhide proposed.

"Quickly pass on the Tai student Wei Yuanzhong to enter the hall!" Li Zhi shouted!;