Chapter 16: The Unexpected Scene
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Liu Yi didn't expect that on the first day he was on duty in the palace, the matter would be discussed in the court meeting, and he didn't know how to react.
As soon as Li Zhi's words were finished, there was a buzz in the court.
This incident is really a very big thing for the Tang Dynasty, tens of thousands of soldiers were killed, high-ranking officials in the court were captured and died, and the strategically important Qinghai was lost at the hands of Tubo.
Today, when this matter is raised at the court meeting, it is necessary to let the ministers attending the court meeting hold a court meeting, and many ministers also understand that this matter will be very complicated.
The servant Shi Di Renjie stood up and read out the details of the case they had investigated in the court.
Although Liu Yi had some mood swings, he was silent, and in the eyes of others, his body had not moved, so he kept his posture and watched the movements in the court.
Liu Yi also noticed that Shangguan Wan'er, who was hidden behind the curtain, threw some anxious eyes at him, but he didn't pay attention to it, but looked at Di Renjie who was standing in the court hall wearing a dark green official uniform.
Today's Di Renjie looks like he is in his forties, and it can be seen from the green-robed official uniform he is wearing that Di Renjie's current official position is only six grades, which is about the same as his own grade, it seems that in Li Zhi's hands, Di Renjie has not been reused.
However, although the official position of serving the imperial history is not high, it has a lot of power, and it can impeach officials at any level of the court, even if the content of the impeachment is distorted, it will not be held accountable, and Di Renjie also leads the position of Dali Temple, Liu Yi is not very clear about this matter, and he does not know whether Di Renjie has the right to review the defeat of Qinghai.
After a long time of reading, Di Renjie read the case, the content is similar to what Liu Yi knows, but there are also some details that Liu Yi doesn't know, for example, Hei Tooth Changzhi was punished by Li Jingxuan because he privately helped Liu Yanjing and others go to the Tubo camp, and then some subordinate generals of the Taohe Road Marching Department once strongly asked the army to rush to the aid of Liu Xianli's former army, but Li Jingxuan did not allow it, and some generals were also reprimanded for this, Liu Yanjing and others obtained Liu Xianli's body and returned to Shanzhou. Li Jingxuan had secretly ordered them to be held in secret, and strictly ordered that this information should not be disclosed, and was ready to bury Liu Xianli's body on the spot.
After hearing this, Liu Yi already had anger surging up in his heart, this Li Jingxuan's character is not ordinarily bad, originally Liu Yi thought that Li Jingxuan was just not afraid of the war, afraid of the enemy and did not dare to fight, which led to his father's defeat and was captured by the Tubo people, but he didn't expect Li Jingxuan to do so many despicable things one after another afterwards, not only to hide the fact that he himself fled in a cowardly manner, but also poured sewage on his father Liu Xianli's head, and in the end, he continued to be evil, punishing the generals who asked for war and helped his family, this person is really hateful.
Although it is said that many of those who were officials in later generations had this moral surname and low character, in today's era when the most important official surname is the most important, a high-ranking and prime minister of the court should not do such a shameless thing.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Li Jingxuan should be given a heavy responsibility!" The Shouzhong Shu, who was in charge of investigating the case, ordered Li Yiyan to stand up first after Di Renjie finished speaking, and made a speech, "During the court meeting a year ago, it was discussed that the generals who failed in the battle should be given heavy responsibility, but now Li Jingxuan is not only defeated and has lost countless soldiers, but also conceals the battle situation and slanders his subordinates, which is really unforgivable..."
"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal!" Shangshu's left servant shot Liu Renliang also stood up, "Such a major defeat, the loss of the army, my Tang dignified Ministry of Industry Shangshu died on the battlefield, he must be given a heavy responsibility, the minister recommended people improperly, and also ask His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven to punish him, please Your Majesty and Niangniang remove the minister's Shangshu Zuo Servant from the post!"
Then Pei Xingjian, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and some other ministers who Liu Yi did not know also stood up one after another, saying that Li Jingxuan must be severely punished.
"His Majesty the Emperor, the Queen of Heaven, the minister has objections!" A minister in a dark crimson official uniform stepped forward and spoke in a very high-pitched voice.
"Caritas, if you have any objections, just say it!" Li Zhi said with some excitement.
Liu Yi obviously saw Wu Zetian leaning forward and said a few words to Li Zhi, and suddenly felt a little bad in his heart.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that although Li Zhongshuling was defeated in Qinghai, this is not his alone!" The minister surnamed "Ming" tilted his head, his face was full of confidence, "Li Zhongshu's order is Liu Fu's election of his chief manager of the marching army, before the war began, the war of our army was very smooth, only after the middle of spring, the war was unfavorable, the minister had previously played His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven Niangniang, it was not the time for my army to go out, in the middle of summer in May, the weather was cold, and the soldiers who traveled with His Majesty actually froze to death, this is God's warning to my Tang Dynasty to use troops in vain, it is advisable to rest and recuperate, It's just that His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven did not listen to the minister's proposal, or ordered our army in Qinghai to fight, which is against the will of heaven, and God will not favor my Tang Dynasty, no matter who leads the army, it will be defeated. There are people in the DPRK who have the foresight to resign and return to the DPRK for fear of losing the war..."
As soon as this move came out, the four people were shocked, this person not only defended Li Jingxuan with "providence", but also implied that Liu Renliang was also included, even Liu Yi was a little dumbfounded in this situation, there is still this person in the Tang Dynasty, where will the surname "Ming" be?
The minister surnamed Ming did not wait for the other ministers to react, and continued, "Therefore, Li Zhongshu's order to defeat Qinghai and Liu Shangshu's death in battle is a matter of God's destiny, and it is not changed by manpower, so the minister feels that the punishment of Heaven's will should not be attributed to Li Zhongshu's head..."
As soon as this person's words came out, there was a rare silence in the hall, and the original one-sided request in the court was to punish Li Jingxuan heavily, and Liu Yi, who was watching from the side, also felt that Li Jingxuan would definitely be dealt with, but he didn't expect such a figure to emerge at this time, stirring up the situation.
Seeing that no minister immediately stood up to refute this minister who defended Li Jingxuan with a ridiculous remark, Liu Yi was a little anxious, and some couldn't help but want to stand up and refute it himself. Today's remarks are too ridiculous, what kind of punishment from heaven is completely nonsense, Liu Yi just doesn't know if he can make a statement when he is on duty like this.
However, for the sake of his father's honor and in order to punish Li Jingxuan, the culprit of his father's death, Liu Yi still wanted to stand up and refute it desperately.
Here, out of the corner of his eye, Liu Yi saw Shangguan Wan'er, who was hidden outside the curtain, looking at him with very anxious eyes, and kept waving his hand to him, and his head shook slightly.
Seeing Shangguan Wan'er like this, Liu Yi also stopped the foot that he was about to mention, and his heart had already turned his senses, the debate in the court was not over, there were so many ministers who supported their father who asked to punish Li Jingxuan, they couldn't stop there, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian didn't express their position, they really couldn't stand up...;