Chapter 375: Who is the final winner 5 Li Fuguo was relieved and broke out in a cold sweat.
He sensed a hint of something bad in the emperor's meaningful words, and the emperor suddenly became nostalgic, faintly expelling him from the palace and arranging for him to retire.
Li Fuguo bowed down and wept bitterly: "Your Majesty, the slaves and maids obeyed the orders of the palace maids, guards and subordinate officials of the East Palace that day, and many of them were still alive, and the slaves and maids will definitely gather these old people to come into the palace to meet Your Majesty on another day."
Li Heng waved his hand and said, "Yes."
Fuguo, tell them that I miss them every day, and that they have shared weal and woe with me in the past, and I will remember them in my heart."
"It is the duty of slaves and maids to be loyal to His Majesty" Li Fuguo's emotions were also a little excited.
Li Heng smiled: "Okay, you can also retreat."
I want to be alone and think about it. ” Li Fuguo didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately got up and withdrew from the hall.
Kong Sheng walked slowly from the palace road.
The ministers outside the Lin De Hall were about to change to Hanyuan Palace, and when they saw Kong Sheng, they were all secretly taken aback.
Kong Sheng's relationship with the courtiers was not good, and he had no contact with most people, so no one came to greet Kong Sheng, so Kong Sheng entered the palace without changing his face, and his own forbidden army warriors welcomed him in.
Li Jiao stared at Kong Sheng's elegant back as he entered the hall, his expression slightly gloomy.
The emperor actually wanted to see Kong Sheng first, which made Li Jiao very angry in his heart.
Soon after Kong Sheng entered the palace, the emperor left the Linde Hall and moved to the Hanyuan Palace, and ordered to wait for the ministers to enter the palace from Li Jiao and below.
Li Heng stood on the imperial platform with his head held high, looking at the officials of the Manchu Dynasty who entered the palace in an orderly manner and returned to the station to shout long live to his mountain, and his deep gaze swept over the body of Li Jiao, the king of Chu.
Kong Sheng, as Chang'an, is not of high rank in this hall.
In front of him were a group of princes of the clan, princes of the state, and high-ranking officials of the first and second ranks, so that the emperor had some difficulty finding his existence from the ranks of the courtiers standing.
The emperor actually walked down the Danqi.
This is a unique thing since Li Heng ascended the throne and became emperor.
Li Heng stood in front of the ministers, and the distance between him and Li Jiao and the others was closer.
The ministers were dumbfounded, and their hearts were full of turmoil.
Li Heng looked around at everyone and said lightly: "Xiangzhou was defeated, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers died, I heard the news, my heart was like a wrench, and I felt heavy.
What do you have to say about this battle?"
As usual, Li Jiao would not be the first to speak, only the pawns he arranged stood up and waved their flags and shouted.
After Li Heng finished speaking, he subconsciously set his eyes on Li Li's hardcore confidant Li Kui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.
Of the six Shangshu, at least five are on Li Li's side.
But if you really want to say that you have no scruples to advance and retreat with Li Li, only Li Kui is the one who has no scruples.
But to Li Heng's surprise, it was not Li Kui who spoke first, but Du Hongji.
Although Du Hongjian is also inclined to Li Jiao, he is far from being a die-hard supporter.
But Du Hongjian was the backbone of Wenchen who advocated suppressing military generals, and this time Guo Ziyi and others were defeated, so that Du Honggradually saw the opportunity for Wenchen to rise again.
Because of the counterinsurgency, the status of military generals has risen unprecedentedly.
With the accumulation of military exploits, the prestige and power of famous generals such as Guo Ziyi have swelled day by day, which has aroused all kinds of jealousy among most civil servants, including Du Hongji.
Therefore, Du Hong gradually stood up without hesitation.
"Your Majesty, the minister read the report of the Ministry of War, the Ninth Route Army besieged a Xiangzhou City, a full 300,000 soldiers and horses, but was defeated by Shi Siming's more than 100,000 people, losing more than 50,000 soldiers, and losing hundreds of thousands of stones of grain, grass and baggage, which is sad."
"The responsibility for the defeat of the army lies with the general.
Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi and others could not escape the blame, and the ministers thought that they must severely punish these people and uphold the majesty of the court. ” Du Hong gradually started like this, Li Kuo and others were naturally not far behind, and successively stood up and criticized Guo Ziyi and others in a righteous and stern manner, scolding these famous generals into a puddle of mud, and some even emotionally asked the emperor to arrest Guo Ziyi and others as soon as possible and hand them over to Dali Temple for questioning.
A group of courtiers chattered crookedly, making noise around the emperor, and the entire Lin De Hall was full of people, and it actually fell into a state of chaos.
Kong Sheng shook his head secretly, and said in his heart that Li Heng, the emperor, is actually not easy to be, with the mind and mind of one person in the face of the attack of hundreds of courtiers and the interests of their respective factions, those who can stay sober and can make decisions are definitely people with great wisdom and great power.
Kong Sheng stared at the emperor with a calm expression, and he clearly saw the suppressed anger, helpless sorrow, and momentary panic expression that flashed on the emperor's face.
No wonder Kong Sheng saw that whenever he saw the emperor, he was very tired.
When the emperor is Li Heng, there is actually a taste of life that is worse than death.
This can understand why Li Heng sat and thought about change.
He was not a ruthless person, but in order to defend his supreme imperial power, in order to change this state that made his life worse than death, he had to harden his heart, even for his son.
Ahem, ahem The emperor suddenly coughed dryly, and the ministers couldn't help but shut their mouths.
This is the minimum etiquette, the emperor is uncomfortable, you are still babbling, isn't it offensive to the emperor's authority Li Heng sighed lightly, turned around and walked towards the imperial platform, his steps on the Danqi were very heavy.
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Soon, he turned around, sat down, waved his hand and said loudly: "Chang'an Hou Kong Sheng" Kong Sheng separated the crowd, walked out, and bowed: "Minister Kong Sheng, please meet Your Majesty" Li Heng smiled bitterly: "What do you think about the defeat of Xiangzhou, Kong Sheng?"
"Your Majesty, the minister does not dare to comment on it.
But the minister has a few words.
Kong Sheng got up slowly and said loudly: "The defeat of Xiangzhou has once again verified the truth that the arrogant soldiers will be defeated.
There may be many reasons for the defeat, but they are inseparable from the fact that the officers and troops underestimated the enemy.
The minister's prediction of defeat in advance was based on this.
It's a pity that no one heeded the minister's advice. ” "Winning or losing is a common thing.
The defeat of Xiangzhou does not mean that the rebels will rise again, nor does it mean that the merits and talents of Guo Ziyi and others will be wiped out by one stroke, and the ministers think that the imperial court can quickly issue an edict to order the officials and troops to retreat to Henan to repair and spend the winter, and then regroup in the spring of the next year to annihilate the rebels in Hedong and Hebei in one fell swoop."
Li Jiao frowned and sneered and retorted: "Chang'an Hou, according to your meaning, Guo Ziyi, these defeated generals, do not need to bear the slightest responsibility for the defeat of Xiangzhou."
Li Jiao didn't wait for Kong Sheng to reply, and said angrily to the emperor: "Father, the son thinks that Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi must be severely punished, otherwise it will not be enough for the people to be angry, and it will not be enough to uphold the law of the Tang Dynasty."
As soon as Li Jiao's words came out, the ministers who were shouting just now suddenly became noisy again, and they all echoed and spoke, and the hall became a pot of porridge again.
Kong Sheng shook his head and smiled bitterly, silently retreated to the side, and let these emotional courtiers play directly with the emperor, he knew that this was actually a means of forcing the palace by Li Jiao, the king of Chu, in this kind of court meeting, the rhythm was completely controlled by Li Jiao, and the emperor had the heart and was unable to control the situation.
Kong Sheng looked up at the emperor.
The corners of the emperor's mouth twitched slightly, and Li Fuguo behind him was exchanging suspicious glances with Li Jiao.
Kong Sheng said in his heart: It's all here, can't the emperor make a final decision Since you are so indecisive, even if Lao Tzu has the heart to help you, there is nothing he can do.
Kong Sheng lowered his head in disappointment.
But I heard a bang on the ground, and the sound shook the whole hall.
The courtiers were taken aback and shut their mouths one after another.
The emperor angrily struck the case, got up with a blue face, raised his hand and pointed at everyone, and roared word by word: "What are you yelling about, do you still have the emperor in your eyes, look at this court, look at you civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, what do you look like?"
The Emperor has never been so angry as he is today.
He has always shown weakness and powerlessness, and in the face of the "siege" of his ministers, most of the time he can only shake his head and sigh, but now he has gone berserk.
Countless courtiers were stunned.
A strange color flashed between Li Jiao's eyebrows, he silently looked up at the emperor, and then took the lead in kneeling down: "Father, please calm your anger" A cadre of courtiers hurriedly hulala knelt on the ground, and the mountain shouted long live.
Li Heng looked at Kong Sheng with a dark face, his gloomy gaze intersected with Kong Sheng, and he got what he wanted from Kong Sheng's eyes, Li Heng sneered, and his whole body suddenly burst out with overwhelming might: "Don't fight anymore."
Guo Ziyi and others have certainly had, but they are not enough to be killed with a stick.
As for what to do with them, we will discuss it later.
The top priority now is to appease the aftermath and compensate all the fallen soldiers in order to reassure the army. ” "Spread my will: Li Siye, heavy and generous, loyal and martyrful, brave and strategic in the time of work, and have the foresight to overcome difficulties.
Jiushi border, ready to be appointed.
Since the murderous ditch is chaotic, the middle summer is restless, with gratitude and sincerity, always the fruit of the people, personally as the arrow, and frequently stand up for honors.
The strong festival is commendable, and it will seek to win; Failed in loyalty, empty hatred for Jiuyuan's name of loyalty and bravery, handed over to the Ministry of Rites to make a decision, and posthumously crowned the king of Wuwei County.
Chang'an, you take a trip on behalf of me and go to Li Siye's mansion to announce the edict. ” In the end, the emperor showed some courage.
Although there is still a living hole in the disposal of Guo Ziyi and others, and he did not directly break with Li Jiao and others, he is unswerving on the issue of Li Siye.
Kong Sheng bowed down: "The minister's decree" Although the emperor said that how Guo Ziyi and others should deal with it will be discussed later, the emperor publicly announced that he would commend Li Siye, who died in battle, which is undoubtedly a signal.
Even Li Siye, who died in battle, was posthumously sealed, where would Guo Ziyi and these people be severely punished The ministers bowed down in embarrassment, and the mountain called His Majesty wise.
It's just that more people cast complicated eyes on Li Jiao, Li Jiao's face was gloomy, and the corners of his mouth hooked up with an arc of anger.
Li Jiao looked up at the indifferent emperor, his eyes flickering.
And Li Heng also threw a deep glimpse at Li Li at this time.
The father and son looked at each other, Li Li hesitated slightly, but still lowered his head.
Li Heng smiled coldly, got up and brushed his sleeves and drank: "Retreat from the dynasty" Li Fuguo hurriedly shouted in a shrill hoarse voice: "Your Majesty retreats back to the palace" oshow7 t1706231537: