Early the next morning, before the sky was fully light, the gate of the palace had been opened early, and a spirited palace guard stood straight at the palace gate to greet a courtier who had come to attend the court meeting.
"Why did General Fang come so early" At the gate of the palace, Ding Chong saw Fang Sheng and took the initiative to smile and smile.
"The last general has seen the squire."
Seeing Ding Chong, Fang Sheng hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Yesterday, His Majesty ordered me to count the battle damage, and the last general did not sleep all night, preparing to rest after today's handover." ” "My Han can have a loyal general like General Fang, why worry about the Han not prospering."
Ding Chong smiled and nodded, and was about to go up to the hall with Fang Sheng, when he suddenly heard an exclamation from behind, and turned his head to look at it in unison.
Behind the two of them, they saw Sima Fang with his eldest son Sima Lang, with heavy shackles attached to his hands, slowly walking towards the palace gate.
Ding Chong hurriedly went up, frowned and said angrily: "Who is so bold, why don't you quickly remove the shackles for Jiangong" "Youyang must not be angry, this is because my father and son are ashamed of the grace of God, and they specially brought a flail to the temple to ask for sin, and it has nothing to do with others."
Sima Fang hurriedly stopped Ding Chongdao.
"This" wanted to say something, and suddenly remembered the scene on the city wall yesterday in his mind, but he couldn't say it, so he could only smile bitterly: "Jiangong, it's really you" Sima Fang said bitterly: "I originally wanted to get rid of Li Guo and the two thieves, who thought it would be self-defeating." ” "Now that His Majesty has regained his prestige, why don't Jiangong send him back," Ding Chong frowned.
"It's that I don't want to, it's really that Hu Man is greedy and refuses to give up, and the old man is also alas" In the end, Sima Fang sighed bitterly: "I just don't want me to be upright all my life, but in the end, I was ruined by this barbarian for a lifetime." ” When Ding Chong heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, shook his head and said: "Although Jiangong is at fault in this matter, it is not out of his original intention, Jiangong should not panic, Your Majesty is the king of Shengming, as long as this matter is told to Your Majesty, it may not really blame Jiangong." ” Sima Fang couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, shook his head and said: "After all, it is the fault of prevention, which causes the people in Yongzhou to be miserable, and it is unintentional to do it, and it is also a mistake after all, Youyang does not need to say much, and go to the court, and His Majesty will make the decision." ” Fang Sheng stood aside and didn't speak, he was a smart man, and he didn't have any personal relations with Sima Fang, the most important thing was that His Majesty valued him and held military power, at this time, it was better not to stand in line with him, so as not to offend His Majesty, don't look at him now in the army, in the entire imperial army, except for Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji and Xu Huang, he is the most powerful, but if there is no Liu Xie behind his back, I am afraid that except for Xu Huang, no one will intercede for him, This is probably also the reason why Liu Xie values him.
There is no backstage, and he is quite capable, suitable as a confidant, if he mingles with these old ministers at this time, if he wants to have a better day in the future, I am afraid it will be difficult.
Originally, because of the victory over the Huns, the atmosphere that should have been relaxed and happy, with Sima Fang's father and son bringing the flail to the palace, the atmosphere of the court became weird, and an indescribable depressing atmosphere spread above the hall.
Yang Biao looked at Sima Fang's father and son who knelt down in the center of the hall with heavy shackles, and sighed faintly, His Majesty has just ascended the throne, but this matter is one after another, it is really eventful.
"Your Majesty has arrived" At this moment, as Wei Zhong's shrill voice sounded in the court, Liu Xie's figure appeared above the main hall.
"Sima Aiqing, why is this" When Liu Xie's eyes fell on Sima Fang's father and son, his brows couldn't help but tuft, and he shouted: "Who is so bold to punish the doctor without my permission?"
"Your Majesty is angry, this is the old minister's own idea, and it has nothing to do with others."
Sima Fang's father and son kowtowed.
"Sima Aiqing, why is this" Liu Xie probably guessed the meaning of Sima Fang's move in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that none of these old guys were fuel-efficient lamps, and they seemed to be self-bound, but they were advancing by retreating, so that even if they wanted to do it again, the ministers would intercede, if this was the case, then their purpose of shocking the family would probably be in vain.
"Back to Your Majesty, the entry of the Huns yesterday was, in fact, due to the ministers."
Sima Fang kowtowed and said, "The minister is guilty." ” "You can tell me in detail what is going on, as for whether it is guilty or not, I am here, and the Manchu courtiers are also here, I believe that it will give the Qing family a fair cut."
Liu Xie knelt behind the dragon case and said solemnly.
"Yes."
Sima Fang did not have reservations, and explained the reasons for the matter, including why he asked the Huns to go south to help the court get rid of the traitors, and how Li Guo wanted to drink the Huns after he was punished, but the Huns were greedy, and after entering the Guanzhong, they refused to leave, and finally the soldiers in Chang'an City said it 1510.
For a while, the Manchu courtiers were silent, although the starting point of this matter was good, the harm caused to the people's livelihood in Guanzhong was real, and for a while, they didn't know how to speak.
Ding Chong hesitated, took a step forward, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, although there is a mistake in this matter, but" Waving his hand, interrupting Ding Chong's intention to continue, Liu Xie stood up, came to Sima Fang's side, looked at the shackles on Sima Fang's body, and waved his hand: "Sima Aiqing is old, come here, remove this shackle." ” "Yes."
His own guards stepped forward to help remove the shackles.
Liu Xie said in a deep voice: "Removing your shackles, it doesn't mean that I forgive you, Fang Sheng, the battle damage can be counted."
"Back to Your Majesty, the count has been completed."
Fang Sheng hurriedly came out of the column with a roll of bamboo paper and bowed.
"Reading" Fang Sheng unfolded his notebook and said loudly: "In yesterday's battle, His Majesty Lai had a clever plan to kill more than 10,000 Hun wolf riders, capture a total of 3,628 Hun prisoners of war, and capture 7,000 war horses."
"Tell me about the casualties of our army," Liu Xie waved his hand.
"Whoa."
Fang Sheng bowed, and his voice became heavy: "Although it is a great victory, the so-called wounded enemy is 1,000, and self-damage is 800, our army killed 2,107 soldiers in battle yesterday, and more than 10,000 were seriously injured. ” "Have you counted the families of the casualties?"
asked Liu Xie.
"It's been counted."
Fang Sheng nodded.
"Later, notify the government treasury and allocate five times the military salary to the families of these casualties."
Liu Xie said indifferently.
"Your Majesty, it's just that in this way, I'm afraid of the money and grain in our military treasury," Fang Sheng frowned.
"If it's not enough, I can take it from my inner library, I can starve, but I can't let my soldiers bathe and kill the enemy for me, but their families have to endure the cold and starve, no matter how many Huns die, it is not as expensive as a soldier of mine."
Liu Xie snorted coldly.
Fang Sheng didn't say much, but he couldn't help but have an urge to die for his confidant, with such a master, why worry about the soldiers not having to die "Your Majesty, the minister has something to say" At this moment, Sima Fang, who had been kneeling on the ground, suddenly raised his head and said loudly. t1706231537: