Capital · Imperial Palace
The last court meeting in the twenty-eighth year of Yuanding was also one of the most lively meetings of the year.
According to the usual practice, most of the princes who left the country in today's court meeting will be present to report their duties, and they will pay tribute to His Majesty to show their loyalty. There is a court meeting in the morning, a palace banquet in the evening, and then a fifteen-day rest.
Following the singing of the eunuch in charge, Li Zhao walked in from the back of the hall with his sleeves thrown in a solemn court dress.
"See Your Majesty!" The entire hall was full of courtiers, and they respectfully saluted Li Zhao.
"Hahahaha, all the Qing families are exempted from the ceremony." Li Zhao seemed to be in a good mood. Although the silver frost on his temples became more and more obvious, he was full of energy and his face was red.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Li Zhao looked around through the curtain with a smile and asked, "Have all the vassal kings, military marquis, and generals come back?"
Li Zhu was too young to participate in government affairs. Li Zhen, the eldest son of the emperor, took a step towards the middle and returned with the elephant wat in both hands: "Back to the father, the Marquis of Yangquan is old, and his son entered the capital on his behalf, and brought him with him. The Marquis of Yangquan's handwriting came, and Marquis Rujiang was stained with Shen Wei and could not face the Holy Spirit. He also sent envoys to deliver the handwritten manuscripts.
"Well..." Hearing what King Qi Li Zhen said, Li Zhao stroked his gray beard and nodded with satisfaction.
But he didn't want to, before waiting for King Qi Li Zhen to finish speaking, King Yong Li Jin walked out from the courtiers with a elephant wat and grabbed the conversation and continued: "Brother Qi Wang seems to have missed an important person, brother help me. Brother Wang fills in, the father, General Li Mu of the North has never entered the capital."
As soon as the voice of King Yong Li Jin fell, the atmosphere in the court immediately became strange.
After the 24th year of Yuanding and the old general Li who was the first emperor of Babai to go to the west, the queen Li Qingcheng passed away in the 28th year. After the death of these two people, the title of Li Mu, the imperial relative, became more and more embarrassing. Li Mu's nephew, Li Zhu, was still young and did not even have the qualifications to participate in government affairs. Although the niece and eldest princess Li Xian was very favored by His Majesty, she had already recruited Li Zhong, the prince of the Marquis of Pingyang, as her concubine. The Marquis of Pingyang only followed the king's horse, and now the eldest princess and the prince of the Marquis of Pingyang are united, although the ceremony has not yet been registered, which makes the form of this dynasty more and more unpredictable.
A few days ago, Li Mu was hit with a hundred military sticks. Although Li Zhao didn't make a big announcement, he didn't decree to seal it up. Who can stand in this hall, who is not a well-informed person
These 100 military sticks can be regarded as hitting Li Mu in the face...
At this juncture, King Yong Li Jie openly proposed Li Mu, and everyone was careful, ready to see how Li Zhao would deal with it, or adjust their attitude towards Li Mu according to Li Zhao's attitude...
Sitting in the high position, Li Zhao's expression did not change at all. He looked down quietly, and his inner thoughts were unpredictable.
On the other hand, King Qi Li Zhen took over the words of King Yong Li Jin and continued: "I have trouble with King Lao, but Brother Yu has not finished talking, General Li Mu really did not enter the capital, but one is that the northern border is a long way away, and the other is that I heard that the harvest of the Huns army this autumn did not succeed. This winter is difficult to endure. Maybe one day the Huns will be hungry and mad, and they will harass the border. Entering Beijing is excusable.”
"Father, my son has something to say."
Li Zhao raised his eyes and saw that it was King Li Xuan of Chu who walked out of the team holding the elephant wattle. The death of Concubine Liang was unclear. Li Zhao always felt guilty about this son, so he said kindly: " My son, but it doesn't matter."
"Thank you, father and father, and I'll play you, my son, I heard that General Li Mu suddenly withdrew his defense a few days ago and retreated to Yangguan City to garrison. There are hundreds of thousands of troops in the north. Yangguan City is only a small border town, how can it bear the burden? Li? Mu actually ordered to occupy half of Yangguan City as a camp for the northern army, and forced the people of Yangguan to be displaced, which is extremely miserable."
Li Zhao listened to the words of the three princes, but did not say a word. He still sat in a high position, overlooking everything in the field. Li Zhao did not speak. among.
After a long time, Li Zhao slowly opened his mouth and said, "Yushitai, are what the princes said true?"
Hearing this, one person walked out from the last answer of Baiguan, and I saw him walking to the middle of the hall without a hurry, holding a bamboo wat and answering loudly: "Go back to Your Majesty, this is true, General Li Mu did suddenly withdraw from the defense a few days ago and did not Return to the original camp and retreat directly to Yangguan City to defend."
When the voice fell, a needle could be heard in the hall.
Most people are watching their eyes, nose, nose and heart, as if the old gods are not concerned with their own affairs, and they can't see any emotions on their faces with low eyebrows.
Some people frowned, as if thinking about something.
The expressions on some people's faces became brighter and brighter, with a happy look like New Year's Eve is coming.
Only, no one stood up and said a word for Li Mu.
"Father, my son thinks, General Li Mu's withdrawal of the camp to Yangguan City must be caused by the bitter cold in the north. General Li Mu is already old, and the northwest is bitter and cold. It is better for the father to call General Li Mu back to Beijing. , Since the death of General Li, the general's mansion in the capital has been empty. It is better to let General Li Mu move in. The son and minister are young and have no ambitions. North of the country is peaceful."
"His Royal Highness King Yong Kong Wu is good at fighting, and he is also the best candidate to lead the military affairs of the Northern Territory other than General Li Mu, the old minister reconsiders!"
Everyone looked at the prestige, and the one who spoke was the already white-haired King Hengjiang. After King Hengjiang was the concubine of Taizu, after so many generations, it was already in decline. He didn't want King Hengjiang to live up to his expectations when he was young, but he was fighting against the pirates. He made extraordinary achievements in the war, and was rewarded by the late emperor.
In terms of seniority, Li Zhao would also call King Hengjiang an uncle...
For a while, people with discerning eyes can understand that King Yong is an important military power who is "unwilling to be lonely"!
It's no wonder that Li Zhao has only three adult princes. As the eldest son of the prince, Li Wei, the king of Qi, deliberately chose the cold Qidi when he received the fief, and said again: "The fief of oneself is the national barrier". Come, let Li Zhao's Sacred Heart Joy confer the military power, and King Qi also strives to fight against foreign enemies for so many years without any defeat.
Li Xuan, the king of Chu, has been favored by Li Zhao since he was a child. There are thousands of households in the city. A few days ago, Li Zhao also intended to enshrine his mother as his successor. Unfortunately, this good concubine was so blessed that Xiang Xiaoyu died on the eve of the canonization ceremony. Only got a posthumous seal and became Concubine Wen...
If the canonization ceremony goes smoothly, the identity of the king of Chu will be very different at this time. Maybe he can compete with the East Palace in court. In order to comfort his mother's pain, Li Zhao granted the king of Chu military power. The strength of the King of Chu is still not to be underestimated.
However, on the other hand, as an adult prince, the situation of King Yong Li Min suddenly became embarrassing...
Shiyi was not only the smallest among the feudal lords, but even had a thousand less households than the eldest princess Li Xian. That's all. His two princely brothers were successively given military power, but he was the only one who was the only one who had Shiyi. The city is not rising, and the military power is not falling, how can he not be impatient
Nowadays, most of the military lords and generals in various places are in their prime, and his fief is a fertile land. There are no foreign enemies around, and there is no name to ask for military power! However, although King Yong himself was not good at power planning, he raised a group of capable advisers. They offered advice to King Yong: although the eldest princess Li Xian was favored, she was only a female-like generation who could not avoid marrying and obeying her husband, and there was absolutely no real threat. The East Palace is young and easy to bully. If the other two kings really want to unplug the East Palace, they must first move Li Mu in the north. Moreover, after the death of Queen Li Qingcheng, there is no one in the court to speak for Li Mu. Let Li Mu down, Li Jioke can take advantage of the situation to seek military power in the north...
After listening to the advice of the advisors, Li Ji thought about it and decided to start with Li Mu. Although the northern border is bitter and barren, there are hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in the northern border. If you have soldiers, you will have the right, and you will accumulate military merit and reputation. You can also accumulate capital for yourself in the future.
This time, Li Jin used the court meeting to secretly lead Li Zhao's army. Looking at so many eyes, he didn't believe that his father and emperor could make matters smaller, and Li Jin specially invited King Hengjiang, although he was a distant relative, But in the end, it is the elder of the father, and with his old man to help him, he will definitely win.
At this time, King Yong Li Jin held the elephant wat and stood in the middle of the two rows of officials with a humble attitude, waiting for Li Zhao's "verdict", but he never thought of it, an abrupt voice still sounded: "Father, Emperor, Erchen has something to say."
Li Zhao looked at the person who was speaking, and for the first time there was a wave on his calm face. Li Zhao looked at Li Huan and said with surprise, "What did Huan'er say?"
At the moment, not only Li Zhao, but even several vassal kings, as well as a group of Beijing officials showed unexpected expressions: Concubine De has two sons, one ring and the other Pei, the ring is lonely, Pei is still young, this prince is lonely The character of Li Guo is known to all the high-ranking nobles in the country. Not only does he almost never show up for large-scale palace banquets, even if His Majesty forces him to come, he will leave after three rounds of drinking, and the royal private banquet is never present, although Early in the morning, I have reached the age of participating in politics, but I have not met nine times out of ten. The only time I come here is to be silent from beginning to end. I have never made any achievements. Princes and descendants of aristocratic families all refuse to communicate. It can be said that they have the lowest sense of existence and the most unique existence among many princes. There was even a rumor that this prince was born dumb.
How can it not be surprising that the prince of the ring suddenly "flowers the iron tree" or speaks at the great court meeting where the princes and princes from all over the world gather
Li Huan turned a blind eye to everyone's attention, only to see him walking out holding the elephant wattle, first bowing to Li Zhao before slowly saying: "Father, I heard that Uncle Li Mu has been guarding the northern border for many years. Erchen has read in the book that the northern border is barren, the Huns are cruel, the country uncle has worked hard, and Erchen also heard that the only beloved daughter of the country uncle gave birth to a direct son a few days ago, it is better to look at the baby's sake , please be merciful outside the law."
After Li Huan finished speaking, he saluted Li Zhao again and returned to the team, as if nothing had happened...