Kyoto, Minbu dungeon, Li Changgong struggled to get up, sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes and began to practice, in order to relieve the pain in his body. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Entering Beijing to report success, flowers and beauties, rewards and honors, the scene was more grand than expected, the ministers of the military and civilian departments went out of the city for ten miles to greet each other, and the streets of Kyoto were full of songs and laughter.

"Good news: The county lord won three battles and three victories, and the Cadet Corps occupied the grassland. ”

The limelight is the most prosperous than Li Longbow, the elite horse takes the lead, and the shout of victory causes bursts of cheers, all the way with cheers and stepping on flowers in the handkerchief thrown by the girl.

Yu Wenjie submitted a war report to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, excellent in the military department to explain the war situation in detail, on the Golden Palace, three kneeling and nine knocking to meet the king, Li Changgong on behalf of tens of thousands of soldiers to receive thanksgiving, the country has been established for thousands of years, and once again opened up the territory, and the three envoys will become the new upstart of the empire.

"Dugu Ying personally braved the arrows, led the army to open up the territory, and built the empire for a thousand years. ”

"Reward the cadets with three years of military salary, and their meritorious soldiers do not need to be evaluated and described, and they will be awarded actual posts according to the wartime establishment of Qinghui County. ”

The king's words were sideways to the eyes of the hundred officials, and the prince did not feel that his heart trembled, and he had the heart to speak on behalf of his beloved daughter, but when he saw the stern gaze of his father, he did not dare to come out to request, and the king's anger was fleeting.

Qinghui official system, the fief of the county lord is only a mansion, and its title is given in the name of the country, Duguying is the first person in the empire for thousands of years, and the old king thinks about it more than what he intends to do.

The imperial military system, the standard battalion cadet graduated, the military rank is not a samurai, the military rank is rare patrol, the cadet corps makes an exception to give military positions, like Hua Yue and Qin Rufeng, and will leave the standard battalion in the future is the standard commander, if you make new contributions, it is impossible to become a battalion captain, and the current captain will undoubtedly be among the ranks of generals, and the Qinghui county lord has considerable power in the army.

"Occupation is not conquest, the matter of the name of the city requested by the lord of Qinghui will be discussed after the war. ”

After the dispersal of the dynasty, the ministers who have been up and down for many years have a smile on their faces, and there is no enthusiasm in their hearts, if the student army can not hold the city and return to Jicui Pass, today to open up the territory and reward it, he will be severely punished for the defeat and loss of land in the future, from the old king's refusal to give the name, it is enough to see that the battle for the succession to the throne is far from a foregone conclusion.

"Jie'er, at this time, she said that she was sick and stayed in Kyoto, and she was famous, why insist on going to the grassland, you must know that the future is dangerous. ”

"There are only four words for the prince's message, and he will accept it when he sees it, and ask the prince to think more. ”

Yuwenjie lived at home, and the king of Xiangyun County had Beppu in Kyoto, and persuasion and enlightenment did not stop the determination of the two to return to the grassland, and when they made an appointment to go to the post house to ask Li Changgong to leave, they learned that he had asked the Military Justice Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to take him away.

"The front foot is rewarded for meritorious deeds, and the back foot is charged with crimes, Li Changgong is only a military inspector, and he has not been in office for a long time, how can an orphan student soldier dare to disobey military orders, and how can the liehou be associated with him, what is the crime of wanting to add!"

Yu Wenjie's noisy did not make his father and grandfather enter the palace to intercede, and he couldn't talk much in the case of his outstanding identity and sensitivity, so he went to see the prince in desperation, and begged to exonerate Li Changgong, the prince thought for a long time, and finally walked into the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but failed to bring out Li Longbow, and he didn't even see anyone.

"You go back to the grassland quickly and tell Ying'er that everything depends on the ultimate success or failure of the grassland war. Li Longbow will inevitably suffer some flesh and skin, but there is no need to worry about his life, Kyoto's victory is known to the whole country, and no one will kill a meritorious soldier at this time!"

Even the prince couldn't rescue anyone, who ordered the arrest of Li Changgong, Yu Wenjie and Zhuo Zhuo tacitly, and hurried back after the prince ordered, and the interrogation of Li Changgong was not relaxed at all because the prince had arrived.

"Before the war, your annual military salary was only 60 taels, but when you arrived at Jicui Pass, you had hundreds of thousands of silver tickets, where did you come from? To be honest, there is still a way to live, and if you don't confess, Hugh will be punished again. ”

The presiding judge looked at Li Longbow, who had turned into a bloody man, and continued to interrogate and punish him for days, except for shouting and shouting a useful word, he admired him in his heart for being worthy of being the elite of the standard camp, but the king's order could not be violated, and he had to continue to torture with a hard heart.

"As I said earlier, it was the reward given by the nobles and lords of various families when the pro-guard recruited soldiers, and the pro-guard members had no power or power, what kind of benefits can I get in exchange for bribing me, you have arrested the wrong person. ”

"Reward, why not reward the other team members, just for you!"

Li Changgong grinned: "Arrest them all, you will know the reason without using torture, do you dare to go to Xiangyun County to arrest people?" ”

"Presumptuous!" the presiding judge slapped his palm on the table, and repeated the conversation many times, and could not ask how to give an account to the Minister of Civil Affairs, so he ordered ruthlessly: "Execution!"

Li Changgong cried wolf without waiting for the torture instrument to get on his body, but let the presiding judge change his method to lure him, and always said those few words, the nobles did not dare not accept the reward, if they had to say that they were bribes, please arrest the briber and confront him, and he still did not change his words until he passed out.

"Carry it down, let the military doctor diagnose and treat the student, and use the best medicine. Also, good food and drink are served, and additional guards are sent to defend it tightly. The presiding judge took the transcript, didn't even look at the signed name, and threw it over with a bitter face: "The Judge Advocate General's Department is about to run out of torture tools, so I got these few words." ”

"My lord, why don't you use the heavy punishment?"

"Heavy sentences? If he is maimed or killed by mistake, the Judge Advocate General's Department is afraid that no one will survive. Don't ask, the trial will be repeated the next day. ”

Li Changgong got the magic trick, and he never practiced as seriously as in the prison of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the jailer who guarded him was curious to ask, if he committed a capital crime, he would be beheaded, and there was a fart for cultivation, he replied that Lao Tzu was afraid of pain, and he couldn't feel it after he was settled, and the words quickly reached the ears of the chief judge, and the torture instrument became a leather whip.

"Li Changgong, it's true that you received hundreds of thousands of silver tickets, right?"

"That's right, the reward of the noble lord is generous, unlike the old man who is in charge of the standard camp, who has made a great contribution and rewarded three hundred taels, and he still delays it. Li Changgong had to answer all questions about gossip, and he was afraid that he would not be detailed, so the newly replaced chief judge frowned: "As a student soldier, if you call your boss like this, will you be beaten with a military stick if you are guilty of the following crimes?"

"My lord, this is not in the army, where does the military law come from? Besides, it's just bragging and gossiping, and the manager of the standard camp calls himself an old man, how can I call him so guilty. ”

"The county lord probably often jokes in the standard camp, hehe, I don't know her noble identity, you will inevitably hurt between your words, have you been punished?"

With a thin face, sparse eyebrows, and a harmless appearance of humans and animals in civilian clothes, Li Changgong looked at the presiding judge and smiled.

"Hahaha, my lord, if you want to talk about punishment, I think you deserve to be beaten the most. Before the prisoner's shout could be spoken, the presiding judge waved his hand to stop him: "Oh, let's hear it." Li Changgong sat on the ground and raised his hand to point at him: "The court tried the case, but you were wearing civilian clothes, which violated the imperial official system." ”

"I learned well in the standard camp course, hehe, it's not a trial, as you said, it's just small talk. The presiding judge simply walked out from behind the case and instructed the prisoner: "Bring a chaise longue and help him sit down." ”

"Old man, it seems that you are not a small official, my brother said that the bigger the official, the better the temper, hehe, he is more wise and tenacious. ”

"The bigger the official, the more cunning and insidious, probably your brother's original words, hehe, that's a good point, I can see that the relationship between the two of you is very good, the old man really envy you for having friends who share wealth and wealth. ”

Li Changgong leaned on the recliner and bragged: "Of course, the brothers who have been stabbed together will naturally have a benefit, and I can't be a rich man, let the brothers continue to be called Huazi." ”

"That is to say, you received hundreds of thousands, and half of them were given to your brother in a blink of an eye, which is righteous enough, hehe, but in other words, it is embarrassing to take bribes together!" The chief judge smiled and looked at Li Longbow, who closed his mouth, and said leisurely: "You are in the file of the standard camp, the old man has looked at it carefully for a few days, and the loyal empire is brave and good at fighting, but there are still a few words, do you want to hear it?"

"Sure enough, the bigger the official, the more insidious, well, I admit to being bribed. ”

"Hehe, a good man in the military camp, you should dare to be bold, let's say, you and Gao Yuan each divided more than 100,000 yuan, where did the money go?"

"My lord, since it is a small talk, let's ask and answer, what kind of benefits have I sought for the briber?"

"Are you satisfied with my answer to the question of letting his children enter the personal guard in order to make a military contribution to extend the title of nobility?"

"Joining the guards to make military merits, hahaha, are you joking? Open the battle report of the cadet soldiers, and go and see how many of the guards died under the knife of the tribal cavalry! Spend money and bribes, so that the children have a chance to die, hahaha. ”

Li Changgong's unbridled laughter made all the officials in the court hang their heads, and if the verdict was written as Li Changgong accepted bribes, and the children of the nobles competed to die on the battlefield for the country, was he still guilty?

"Where did the money go? The standard battalion received an order from the Ministry of Civil Affairs to prepare for war, and the whole battalion had less than 200 war horses, could it be that the soldiers were allowed to go to the grassland on foot to participate in the war, where was the prestige of the Qinghui Imperial Army!"

"Before the army moves the grain and grass, how much silver taels of grain and grass has been allocated by the Ministry of Civil Affairs? No! Can you command the Ministry of Civil Affairs to move King Xiangyun? Hahaha, official documents are no different from pieces of waste paper. ”

"The student soldiers rushed thousands of miles to fight against the grassland tribes, the Cuihua witch soldiers, and the sunset mercenaries, but did the military department mobilize reinforcements? No, more than 30,000 student soldiers went deep into the place of death alone. ”

Recalling the predicament he had encountered, Li Changgong's chest was like a clear river with a broken mouth, and the torturer wanted to stop it out of duty, but the presiding judge shook his head, and there was only the roar of the prisoner in the court.

"Where did the bribe money go? Disobey military orders? Whose military orders, are you gentle and gentle? If the county lord is under house arrest and has no troops to move forward, do you want her personal guards to help her endanger the empire! Make friends with the princes of Xiangyun and the children of the nobles to plot a strategy to kill the enemy at the border pass, how can it be more than friendship, hahaha. ”

Li Changgong scolded vigorously, and the officials were embarrassed when they heard it, and the chief judge waved his hand to carry him down, and there was still a sound of scolding coming from the hall.

"The war on the grassland has not stopped, there is no need to bribe, give your children the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, dare to go? A group of bastards who have never seen a battle formation but are wearing military uniforms!"

The scolding resounded through the yamen of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the officials of various departments came out one after another, looking at the military justice department with disdain in their eyes except for ridicule.

"My lord, we were too polite to him, and now we are openly insulting the commander, and if we don't move the punishment, how can the majesty of the Military Judge Advocate General's Department exist!"

Li Changgong has made outstanding achievements, and the officials of the Department of Military Justice used to have some admiration, and the prince once visited the Ministry of Civil Affairs for him, and no one has been sorry for him since his arrest, but now the scolding resounded through the yamen, making the Department of Military Justice a laughing stock, and the eyes of all the officials were full of cruelty.

"Li Changgong is no ordinary student soldier now, he has actually been given the rank of inspector and has become a veritable imperial officer, and the military department is hoping that we will use heavy punishment, and when the news of the torture to extract confessions reaches the border pass, how will the 100,000 student soldiers react? The situation is already sensitive, and if the students are provoked to change again, and the disaster of extermination is imminent, your military justice department will do it yourself. ”

The thin old man shook his hand and left the Department of Military Justice, looking at the lively officials in the courtyard, I saw him come out, one by one into their respective rooms, the atmosphere did not dare to come out, I can't remember how many years the Minister of Civil Affairs has not personally tried the case, today he made an exception but was scolded by the soldiers, if he does not have long eyes at this time, he will have to change his official hat in a few days, and it will be smaller than a circle.

Li Changgong woke up from the middle of the camp, and several jailers opened the iron door and served food, which was several times better than the food in the barracks.

"Brothers, it's been a few days, why haven't anyone interrogated me?"

"Inspector Li, how can we jailers know, besides, it's better not to be interrogated, so as not to be whipped. Li Changgong used the excuse of guarding against someone being poisoned, and he had to be accompanied by several jailers to eat and drink at every meal, and he became friends with wine and meat as soon as he came and went, and he was not happy to hear it: "This is not good, it will be difficult to close the case without arraignment, and it is difficult to keep me here!"

"Who would dare to interrogate? Even the Minister of Civil Affairs made you speechless, and the officials of the Military Judge Advocate General's Department had no time to hide. ”

A jailer accidentally slipped his mouth, and Li Changgong's knife and fork also fell to the ground, he was really frightened, the old man turned out to be the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the dream of being promoted to become rich in this life seems to wake up, and the inspector should be the end.

"How did I know that he was the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, if I don't take the opportunity to stammer, I will be able to divide the fat difference in the future, this is over, eighty percent can't get out, and I will die here once the limelight passes." ”

"Before you were released, you died quietly, but now it's different, who dares to kill you? With the protection of the prince and the county lord, go around the streets, whether it is a nobleman or a commoner, who doesn't regard you as a young hero. ”

"It's good if you can't die, wait for the county lord to return to Beijing victoriously, hehe, the little master swaggered out. As soon as Li Changgong's words fell, the voice of the guard came from the entrance of the dungeon: "My lord, you go slowly." This was a deliberate signal to his brother, and several jailers rushed out to lock the door.

"Li Changgong, good wine, good meat, and good medicine are supplied, you won't tell the old man that the injury is not good. The Minister of Civil Affairs, accompanied by officials from the Department of Military Justice, stood in front of the cell door and said with a smile: "Get out, acquitted!"

"My lord, don't blame those who don't know, you have a big belly, and you will definitely not talk nonsense to me, and kowtow to you to make amends. Li Changgong crawled to the ground, knocked his head a few times, his forehead was red and swollen, and he forced a smile on his face: "And my lords, I'll knock a few more." "Before he could stop him, there were a few more rings, and he couldn't see the officials crying and laughing, and he tortured him to death in the public court without spitting, and now he has become a scoundrel and a ruffian.

"Li Changgong, let's say, what are the conditions for closing your mouth after you go out?"

Li Changgong got up with a smile on his face: "My lord, how dare I put forward conditions to you, but what about it, the torture instruments of the Judge Advocate General's Department have not been less on me, you said, after I went out and walked on the street, people want to ask how to make this appearance, how to answer? ”

Walking around the street, with Li Changgong's current limelight, the news of the interrogation of the Ministry of Civil Affairs will spread all over the capital, not to mention the Department of Military Justice, and the Minister of Civil Affairs will not dare to offend the anger of the people, if he doesn't do it, he will become a scapegoat, give him 10,000 guts, and dare not say that the king has issued an order to capture him.

"Conditions, hehe, or benefits, you can open it. ”

"With your care, I will definitely be promoted and make a fortune in the future, I don't need any benefits, I was thinking, go back empty-handed, it seems that I can't live with the student brothers who are still fighting in the grassland. ”

Having said that, who still didn't understand, the Minister of Civil Affairs scolded in a low voice: "You deserve to be whipped, and only the Lingbo Standard Battalion can cultivate a scoundrel like you, and have the same virtue as the old fox." Raising his head, he had a straight face: "The Ling Bo Biao Battalion has made outstanding achievements, and an additional five million taels of military expenses have been allocated." ”

Seeing Li Changgong change into a brand-new military uniform, carrying a thick stack of silver tickets, and stepping on the portal platform under the escort of the royal secret guard, leaving only a hazy green smoke, the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs turned around and entered the palace.

"Pretending to be a jailer to spy on you, you still get nothing, hehe, it seems that there is no shortage of loyal people under Ying'er's command. The old king squinted his eyes as if he was talking to himself: "The prince is benevolent and filial, he will not retaliate for hurting his face, but it is inevitable that someone will take the opportunity to make trouble, you avoid it for some time, go to Fengyun City, and have full authority to supervise the military affairs of the three cities, and by the way, rectify the Xiangyun Children's Camp, reward and punish lightly, and transfer all the officials who have been bribed to one level." ”

"Please punish Your Majesty for the crime of negligence. ”

The Minister of Military Affairs has gone to the border to supervise the soldiers, the Minister of Civil Affairs is also in charge of military affairs, and the old king is going to send him to Fengyun City, and the two important positions vacated cannot be left unattended for a day.

"The Tongying mountain in the border county is far away, and occasionally neglect to see what the crime is, go, assist Ying'er to defend the grassland, and when I return from victory, I will personally lead hundreds of officials to open the city to greet me. Before the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs bowed down and left, the old king seemed to be concerned and advised: "You share the military power with the military order and the military and political ministers, and they have followed me for many years. ”

The Minister of Civil Affairs is gone, his forehead is full of sweat, and the arrest of Li Changgong is a trap deliberately set by the old king, the purpose is to push him to the opposite side of the imperial army and people, and he can be justified at any time.

"Old man, old enemy, I'm afraid your good days are coming to an end. ”

The Minister of Civil Affairs walked out of the palace gate, I don't know whether to be happy or sad, this time to go to Jicuiguan to divide half of the power from the hands of the Minister of Military Affairs, it is inevitable that there will be another open and secret fight, and when he returns to Beijing, the new Minister of Civil Affairs and the Minister of Military Affairs have already cleaned the team and gained a firm foothold.

"It is rumored that the crown prince, Hua Laoguogong, Qin Laoguogong and the military minister entered the palace. (To be continued.) )