"Your Majesty, this minister thinks this is inappropriate."
At the court meeting, the courtiers were very surprised by Li Qitian's decision. The more upright ones had argued with Li Qitian many times about Pang Xiao's appointment as the head coach of the Hu Ben army. Hearing the words, he immediately stood up.
"The Tartars invaded our country and slaughtered our people. How can their sins be washed away by expelling them from Dazhou?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Someone agreed, "I think now is the time to pursue the victory to avoid future troubles. Since the Tartars have already attacked Da Zhou, they must have the consciousness of being retaliated by my Da Zhou Xiongbing!"
"If you can't kill all the evil Tartars, how will the court explain to the people who are persecuted by the Tartars? The Tartars have gone all the way from Tianyuguan to outside the capital. Everywhere they go, they burn, kill, and loot. There was no shortage of things to do. Later, most of those who were willing to follow Prince Zhongshun to fight the Tartars did so for revenge. Second, I can't explain it to so many people, and the people's discussion will not be good, please think twice."
"Please think twice." Many courtiers echoed in unison.
Li Qitian gritted his teeth and clenched his fists so that he did not let himself be cursed as a palace, and he lost his status as the emperor for nothing, but the fire in his heart had already shown a prairie prairie.
Li Qitian didn't want to show his irritable side in front of others, so he suppressed his emotions and endured extremely hard.
Seeing that the emperor was silent, many ministers who were well aware of Li Qitian's temperament had realized that today's topic was not what the emperor liked. Even the most upright courtier, seeing the emperor so silent, knows there must be a reason for it.
There was silence for a while in the hall. After a long time, Li Qitian said: "Every gentleman's words are right. If you don't avenge this Tartar's revenge for the rebellion, I'm afraid everyone in the world will call me cowardly. I should also be compassionate to those who regard revenge as their spiritual pillar. ."
Li Qitian's voice was extremely calm. But all the ministers could hear something wrong in his voice.
The emperor saw that he was not a soft-hearted and negotiable person. His desire for power and control in the affairs of the court is not much. At this time, he will speak according to the intention of the courtier, and everyone knows that there must be a later move.
Sure enough, Li Qitian said: "Aiqings, can you have both ways?"
This question seems to be unclear, but your fans, Li Qitai, immediately understand the meaning of the Son of Heaven.
When even someone stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the views of this minister and several adults are different. Prince Zhongshun has already had a record of uniting the ministers inside and outside the court, as well as private wealthy households to oppose the court. If Prince Zhongshun had not ordered people to monopolize food and grass, With the ability of Duke Dingguo, why did you let the Tartars attack in?"
"The minister agrees, Prince Zhongshun has brought his troops privately, and it is so easy to retreat from the enemy. It is hard to say that he has no secret deals with the Tartars. It is impossible to say that all this is because they are acting. With more than 400,000 people gathered, if Prince Zhongshun wants to rebel, he will probably be caught off guard!"
"Fart, fart! Big stinky fart!" Some military commanders couldn't bear to hear the slander and malicious smear of Pang Xiao, and immediately jumped out and pointed at the ministers who were speaking in front of them and shouted angrily: "If there is no Prince Zhongshun, why not? Can you stand here today to slander him? When he was fighting for the country, you were supported by the emperor like worms, what qualifications do you have to stand up and arrange Prince Zhongshun!"
"Rude man! A reckless man like you speaks in front of the Holy One, it's just polluting the Holy One's ears!"
"You are a traitor with a mouthful of feces! Villain!"
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Li Qitian rubbed his temples, and he became more and more impatient when he heard the crowd clamoring about Pang Xiao again.
On weekdays, he would still be able to keep calm, but these days have been unsatisfactory, and Li Qitian has long been so angry that he can't directly capture Pang Xiao and kill him!
Now looking at the noisy courtiers of Zhenghuan, and then looking at the old cunning and cunning who refuse to express their position, I feel a sense of boredom in my heart.
No matter how you negotiate, it's always like this, when things go wrong with Pang Xiao.
Li Qitian covered his mouth and coughed.
Xiong Jinshui's forehead was covered in sweat, and when he saw the action of the sage, he said loudly, "Quiet!"
The courtiers who originally expressed their opinions stopped arguing and dared not say a word in front of the emperor.
Li Qitian said the second half of what he wanted to say with satisfaction.
"Prince Zhongshun's fierce battle against the Tartars is really hard, and I can't bear to let him continue to sacrifice his life on the front line. In addition, I don't see him these days, and I really miss him. Therefore, I have decided to take full control of the pursuit of the Tartars. I will leave it to Duke Dingguo and urgently summon Prince Zhongshun to return to Beijing to report on his duties. I wonder what all the gentlemen think?"
Everyone's heart skipped a beat when they heard it.
They all understand that the sage is planning to liquidate the heroes!
The upright generals immediately shouted: "Sir, this minister thinks that replacing Prince Zhongshun at the moment of battle will be a great disadvantage for us. The Tartars have already been frightened, and now they have called people, but only I'm afraid that the Tartars will come back to life again!"
The minister who had figured out the divine will immediately retorted: "Isn't Duke Ding a brave and skilled god of war? You are doubting Duke Ding's ability and the decision of the sage!"
"You sour Confucianism is so arrogant! The Sage is for the stability of the court, not for one person! If you want to take this opportunity and use the Sage's hand to eliminate dissidents, it is a wrong idea!"
Seeing that the courtiers were arguing again, Li Qitian's impatience was almost written on his face.
"Quiet!" Xiong Jinshui observed his words and expressions, seeing that Li Qitian was so unhappy, he hurriedly stopped the quarrel of the ministers below.
Everyone raised their eyes to look at Li Qitian, who was sitting on the imperial steps, and found out later that the sage did not want Prince Zhongshun to continue to guard the border.
It's just that the war is almost over. Just when it was time for the reward for meritorious deeds, the sage did not let Prince Zhongshun finish the battle, as if he was afraid that he would get any credit.
But the emperor is already displeased. Since he is willing to make a request like this, he has already made a decision. No matter how much they say, they can't change the facts. Instead, they will anger the emperor, and I don't know what will happen.
Even reckless people know that they cannot continue to anger the emperor.
Therefore, under the watchful eyes of the Son of Heaven, no one dared to refute.
Li Qitian's decree was even drawn into a book, and he urgently summoned Prince Zhongshun back to Beijing on the grounds of letting Prince Zhongshun take care of his body.
Will was rushed to the border.
At this time, Pang Xiao, Ji Zeyu and others had just ended a battle. The Tartars pitched their tents far away, and the white tents on their faces looked like a sea of foam in the sun.
Ji Zeyu raised his eyes and looked into the distance, then sighed in a low voice: "Thanks to us taking the opportunity to drive people out, otherwise we really can't tell between a victory and a defeat."
Pang Xiao nodded and said with a smile, "Yeah. With Lu Heng here, it's really hard to tell about the battlefield."
Just when the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, Hu Zi led a young waiter with a serious look.
It was also the first time for the little maid to do such a thing as a decree. As soon as he saw Pang Xiao, he was immediately shocked by the chilling aura around him, and his calf twisted in fright.
Pang Xiao knew that these inner servants who passed the decree would be unhappy on both sides once they encountered the decree of the sage, and the experienced old inner supervisor would never rush them out. Thinking about it, the little maid in front of him was just sixteen or seventeen, and he was really young in the harem.
"Your Majesty. The servants are here to send you the will of the Holy Spirit."
The little inner servant gave the will with both hands, which surprised Pang Xiao. After all, every time Xiong Jinshui came to deliver a letter, he would read the imperial decree carefully. Regardless of whether what the sage said was reasonable or not, he had to be careful about vacant emotions, so that the little servants could not see the clues. At that time, Xiong Jinshui would be high above. Choose his tone again.
Pang Xiao unfolded the imperial decree, looked at it at a glance, and raised his eyebrows.
Pang Xiao's abnormality was seen by Ji Zeyu, and he couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "But is there another order from the sage?"
"The sage announced my return to the palace, saying that I was afraid that I would be too tired here, so I immediately rushed back to the capital to recuperate my body."
Ji Zeyu raised his eyebrows, took the letter, looked at it and asked, "What are you going to do? Are you really going back to Beijing?"
Pang Xiao lowered his eyes without changing his expression, "If I really go back this time, I'm afraid I won't be able to come out in the future."
Ji Zeyu's face sank, and he squinted at the little maid who was standing beside him, shaking the little maid's body, he couldn't help but take two steps back.
Ji Zeyu whispered in Pang Xiao's ear: "You also think this trip is not good?"
"Yes." Pang Xiao shook the imperial decree, "It is a taboo in the army to change the commander before the battle, and the Son of Heaven is also born in the army, so he won't be clear about this, but he still made such a will, that is, he has made up his mind. I think something must have stimulated the emperor to make such a decision."
Ji Zeyu thought about it and said, "Left is just jealous."
Pang Xiao smiled bitterly, "I have nothing to be jealous of."
"The emperor's temper is like that. He doesn't look at what he has, but only what others have more than himself. If nothing else, the emperor is selfish and weak, and your Qin family just gave you a pair of twins. Your own selfishness delayed the war, while you led the army and horses to drive the Tartars out of the Dazhou country, such a comparison is enough to make the emperor feel resentment."
Pang Xiao had to admit that what Ji Zeyu said was right.
But he felt that even if Li Qitian was jealous, he would try his best to suppress him in front of others, and would not be so eager to change coaches and call him back to Beijing, and he didn't even care about his face.
It is enough to see the danger this time.
Ji Zeyu asked, "What are you going to do? Are you really going back?"
Pang Xiao hesitated for a while.
If he doesn't go back, Li Qitian will have something to say, and he will be able to put a hat on him any way he wants. Because he is not in the capital, he can't control his speech at all. If something bad comes out, his reputation will be ruined. .
But if he went back, Pang Xiao was also anxious to know that this time he was afraid that it would be more fortunate than good luck.
"Right now, the Tatar war is facing a critical moment. Seeing that we can drive the Tatars directly to their land, it's really a pity for me to leave now."