seemed to know that Liu Yi had settled down, and Shangguan Wan'er, who looked anxious on the side, also put her mind at ease and showed a gentle smile to Liu Yi, which was very meaningful.

Liu Yi's face was expressionless, he glanced at Shangguan Wan'er with a slight slant, and then turned his eyes back to the palace, wanting to see how this scene would play out later.

The handsome-looking middle-aged minister stepped back with satisfaction.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Dr. Ming's words are ridiculous!" After pondering for a while, Pei Xingjian, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, stood up and refuted, "My Tang army's expedition to Waiyi is based on the terrain of heaven and earth, as well as the comparison of the strength of the enemy and us, so as to make a war arrangement, for the generals, after the imperial court ordered the expedition, that is, against the enemy, in the most use of our army to fight when the offensive was launched, with the smallest cost to win the greatest victory, the Qinghai army was defeated, the strategic plan formulated is very thorough, the original our army has always had the advantage, even when the former army was besieged by the Tubo people, If the middle and rear armies can support in time and cooperate with the front army, they will definitely be able to deal a powerful blow to the Tubo army..."

"Also, when my army marched to Qinghai and launched an attack, it was in the autumn of the second year of Yifeng, and after the spring of this third year, the war was also very smooth, annihilating tens of thousands of people in Tibet. Pei Xingjian said categorically, "If Li Jingxuan can lead the army to help in time, the defeat will not happen, so the minister believes that the defeat in this battle is the cause of Li Jingxuan alone!"

"Pei Yanlang's words are wrong!" The minister surnamed Ming jumped out again, "The punishment of heaven's will can not be resisted by human beings, don't you see it, the imperial court finally negotiated peace with Tubo, stopped the war, and there is nothing unusual in the world..."

"Doctor Ming, how can you judge the matter of conquest with the will of heaven at will? What is providence? His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven issued an edict to send troops to conquer, this is the will of heaven, if you say the same, the generals who lead the troops to fight do not need to plan, just act according to the will of heaven you say? Zuo Shuzi and Zhang Da'an, a third-grade subordinate of Tongzhongshu, also stood up to refute this minister surnamed Ming.

Then other Li Yiyan, Liu Renliang, Gao Zhizhou and others also stood up and accused the minister surnamed Ming of misleading the public.

Liu Yi couldn't understand why these ministers who were in high positions in the court, although they refuted the remarks of this minister surnamed Ming, but no one stood up for the emperor to punish him, and Liu Yi couldn't understand that there were such characters in the court of the Tang Dynasty.

What kind of person is this?

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister thinks that Li Zhongshu should be ordered to enter the palace to present his feelings, allow him to defend himself, and then convict him!" The minister surnamed Ming couldn't bear the repeated refusals of other ministers, and instead asked the emperor to let Li Jingxuan enter the palace to make a statement.

Li Zhi discussed with Wu Zetian behind the curtain, and shouted: "Pass Li Jingxuan to the palace!"

"Pass Li Jingxuan to the palace!" The two Qianniu Wei Zhonglang who stood in front of the imperial seat will pick up Li Zhi's voice and roar, and then Li Yifeng above Liu Yi will pass down the line, and Liu Yi will also immediately connect, and the next few people will send the voice down again.

This is a mission of the Qianniuwei sergeant on duty, and Liu Yi does not dare to derelict his duty.

He already had mixed feelings in his heart, and he was also grateful that there were so many ministers in the court who administered justice for his father and demanded punishment of Li Jingxuan, and he was also indignant that such a minister who was so deceitful and confusing the public could say these words that seemed to him to be extremely absurd, and was not reprimanded by the emperor and empress.

Liu Yi turned his head slightly to look at the place where Shangguan Wan'er was standing just now, but he couldn't see her person anymore, and he didn't know whether she was hidden in the curtain or went to another place.

"Father, mother, son-in-law feel that the defeat in the battle ahead must be caused by the commander's scheduling error, so the son-in-law feels that the crime of leading the army must be cured," when summoning Li Jingxuan, the crown prince Li Xian stood up, "In the previous year, Wei Yuanzhong, a scholar, had made a table, suggesting that the imperial court should give heavy rewards to the generals who won the battle, and severely punish the defeated generals. In order to admonish the generals who led the troops to the battle, the sons felt that the defeated generals must be given heavy responsibility. Because the Tubo people were harassed by the attack of General Changzhi and General Lou Shide, they were not allowed to go out and retreated to the vicinity of Qinghai, not as Doctor Ming said, I have so many loyal ministers and good generals in the Tang Dynasty, this is the will of God, God still bless my Datang, not the will of God in the mouth of Doctor Ming... Erchen felt that he should also be punished for those who made gossips in the court like Doctor Ming and confused the facts!"

As the crown prince, Li Xian's speech was unusual, and although the minister surnamed Ming was blamed, he didn't dare to come up and accuse him.

Liu Yi also had a good impression of the prince who stood up to refute the fallacy, Li Xian's way of speaking was really unusual, and he also brought up the matter of the emperor and the empress praising Wei Yuanzhong and reformulating the reward and punishment system last year, so that people could not oppose it at once, if they were opposed, it would be against the reward and punishment system that the imperial court had just formulated the previous year, and the emperor's majesty would be greatly hit.

"The prince is right, and I also think that rewards and punishments must be clear," Li Zhi also praised Li Xian's words, "but I still want to hear how Li Jingxuan justifies himself!"

After a while, Li Jingxuan, who was detained in the prison of Dali Temple, was taken to the hall by several sergeants.

As soon as Li Jingxuan, whose beard was already white, entered the hall, he knelt on the ground with a thud, "Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister is guilty, because of the minister's hesitation, Liu Shangshu and tens of thousands of Tang Dynasty soldiers were martyred, and the minister did not dare to defend himself, and asked His Majesty and Niangniang to punish the crime!"

Li Jingxuan said, he was already crying bitterly, tens of thousands of soldiers were killed, and it was an eternal nightmare in his heart.

Such a situation was even more surprising to everyone in the palace, including Liu Yi. Originally, Liu Yi thought that after Li Jingxuan entered the palace, he would defend himself and exonerate himself in order to reduce the punishment, but he didn't expect that as soon as he entered the palace, he pleaded guilty and asked the court to blame himself.

Liu Yi saw Li Zhi on the throne and Wu Zetian behind the curtain quietly discussing something, such a scene made Liu Yi a little inexplicably angry, how did Li Zhi become the emperor, do you have to obey Wu Zetian in everything?

"Ladies and gentlemen!" Li Zhi stood up from the throne, "Li Jingxuan's defeat in Qinghai must be punished, but I and the queen both remembered that Li Aiqing could repent of his sins, and deal with the aftermath of the defeat, and negotiate peace with the Tubo people, plus he has made a lot of contributions to my Tang Dynasty over the years, so he should be punished lightly..."

"I have decided that in addition to Li Jingxuan's Zhongshu order, he will be deprived of his title, demoted to Hengzhou Sima, and he will not be allowed to return to Beijing for five years. Li Zhi announced the decision to deal with it.

"Your Majesty..."Pei Xingjian, the servant of the ministry, stood up and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Li Zhi.

"This matter is handled like this, and you don't have to discuss it anymore!" Li Zhi waved his hand, "Scatter the dynasty..."

"Scatter!" The sergeant of Qianniuwei shouted...

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