16. Huaiguang Five Unforgivable
Because Xiao Fu was the ambassador of Xuan Wei, he was traveling outside. Therefore, in Fengtiancheng court, the actual talk was Xiao Xin and Yan Zhenqing.
However, this still cannot change the situation where the "ministerial faction" dominates. The two subordinates clearly colluded again and began to sing and reconcile.
First, Xiao Xin pretended to say that he wanted to pardon Li Huaiguang, and then Yan Zhenqing firmly opposed it, and smoothly guided the entire court public opinion to the direction of "Li Huaiguang should not be tolerated".
On the east and west sides of the corridor column in the hall, civil and military officials no longer sat according to the shift, but began to clearly separate from the camp: Li Sheng, Cui Shu, Zhang Yu and others sat together, Zhang Yanshang, Zheng Zi and others sat together, Gao Yue, Wei Gao, Wei Duke and others sat alone, Jiang Gongfu, Lu Zhi and others sat together, Hanlin scholar Wu Tongxuan and Wu Tongwei and others sat together.
With Xiao Xin and Yan Zhenqing's "fier" refutation, the eyes of their own camps were intertwined below, some with win over and some with hatred, which was even more intense and frequent than arrows flying around on the battlefield.
The face of Emperor Li Shi was drooping, with a cold smile - the performances of the two servants and ministers, he had not seen them ten times, and he had already become accustomed to them. After the refutation was finished, he came to make the decision.
"I have already followed what Yan Lu Gong said." In the end, Xiao Xin "defeated" according to the Taiwanese script and reported the results to the emperor.
"Okay, great." The emperor's tone was filled with a steady "pleasure", and then he said, "Since Master Yan was the prime minister of writing this ten days, then you should issue a certificate as Master Yan said."
"Oh? The emperor has started playing the prime minister's team?" Gao Yue, who had been away from Fengtian City for a long time, said secretly.
It seems that the emperor also learned the masters. During this period, he was unwilling to be suppressed and restrained by the ministers in Fengtian City, so he developed a "bingbian system" - Xiao Fu, Xiao Xin and Yan Zhenqing (the censors are temporarily missing) took turns to be the Bingbian Prime Minister who had been on the same page for a hundred years. If the situation is not decided, the Bingbian Prime Minister will finally make a decision. If the other two are not convinced, they can submit the emperor's ruling.
Li Shi originally hoped that through this system, he could restrain the power of the prime minister, but these three were also very smart. Every time he encountered a major event, the prime minister could always persuade the other two in time, so that the emperor had no chance to make a judgment.
So Li Shi swallowed his anger for a while, as if he was preparing new counterattack measures.
"I applied for discussion." Just after the two prime ministers reached a consensus, Zhang Yanshang, who was appointed as the attendant of the scattered cavalry by Li Shi, suddenly popped up and asked to discuss the matter again.
"Zhang Yanshang is the emperor's bait!" Gao Yue and Wei Gao immediately judged.
Sure enough, the emperor asked Zhang Yanshang to talk about his views, so Zhang started a long discussion, which roughly means that the harvest in the Guanzhong Gyeonggi area this year was not good, and coupled with the impact of military disasters, the counties under Jingzhao Prefecture were hungry. If Li Huaiguang was attacked again, it would undoubtedly make the difficult finances of the court even worse. It would be better to send envoys to recruit Li Huaiguang and make plans when the time improved.
As soon as Zhang Yanshang finished speaking, Gao Yue turned his face and saw Li Sheng on the other side with anger and was about to start, "Sure enough, this person is strong in military affairs, but he is so poor in political mind after all."
Li Sheng, who could not bear Zhang Yanshang's obstruction, put on the tablet in his hand and shouted, "Your Majesty, you must not forgive Li Huaiguang!"
When the emperor heard this, his expression seemed a little stunned, so he asked Li Sheng what the reason was.
Li Sheng spoke happily:
"Li Huaiguang's nest is entrenched in the river. Not only does there exist two major salt ponds in Jie County, but it can only cross one Pujin to Xijing, and only 300 miles up and down. How can Your Majesty leave it to Li Huaiguang for supervision while lying beside the bed? This is one of them;
Since Your Majesty's relocation, the soldiers of the Sanchuan, Jingdong, Jingxi, Shuofang, and Sannan camps have been fighting hard, and they have the current situation. For example, if you pardon Li Huaiguang, even if you do not return to the land of Binning, Jin, Jiang, Xi and Ci must return to Li Huaiguang. So for Your Majesty, these four states are the same as before Li Huaiguang's rebellion, and do not enter the territory of the court. Where will Your Majesty give meritorious ministers? This is the second one;
Your Majesty has now fought for a year and has destroyed Li Huaiguang and captured Li Xilie. The great task is about to be completed. If Li Huaiguang is suddenly pardoned, not only will he lose the hope of the scholars and common people in the world, but he will also make the surrounding Xifan, Huihe, Heshuo and others beg us to be competing for the sake of not fighting. If we fail to eliminate small troubles, we will suffer great disasters. This is the third thing;
If Your Majesty pardons Li Huaiguang, he will pardon tens of thousands of tribes. According to our Tang conventions, the tribes of the tribes must be rewarded anyway. The court treasury is exhausted. If you reward Li Huaiguang's tribes, other tribes will rebel. If you do not reward Li Huaiguang's tribes, Changwu's army will rebel again. This is the fourth thing;
For example, if you pardon Li Huaiguang and dismiss the soldiers in the camps in various ways, this is a matter of reward and punishment, and people will be angry. This is the fifth of these.
Therefore, Your Majesty must not forgive Li Huaiguang!"
Li Sheng was passionate and immediately aroused cheers in the hall.
Only Gao Yue slowly held his forehead and thought to himself, Sure enough, Li Sheng, you will eventually make wedding dresses for others.
"Good!" Li Shi praised the ranks and then asked, "What should I do according to what Li Dutong saw?"
Li Sheng hurriedly said: "I would like to take the 20,000 soldiers in the camp to prepare military rations for one month. The clown Li Huaiguang will be destroyed, and one mansion, four states, and two salt ponds will be taken to your Majesty."
"You are indeed loyal!" the emperor immediately said, "I have promoted you to be the Situ, the Minister of the Central Committee, and have actually granted one thousand households, and then..."
"My dear..." Li Sheng shouted loudly, preparing to thank the emperor for his grace, and he was waiting for the emperor to appoint him as the commander of recruiting Li Huaiguang.
But in the blink of an eye, the emperor paused for a moment and continued:
"However, there is no military governor in Xichuan at this point. You can take the tent and go to the capital of Shu to take charge of the flags and bribes, and use the financial resources of Shu to provide the rebels to suppress the rebels."
"You!" Li Sheng almost bit his tongue. He instantly restrained himself and swallowed the words.
Then he stared at the floor, his abdomen seemed to be empty immediately, his whole body was hot and he was confused, and he was confused. He only had one sentence repeatedly and violently knocking in his heart, "It's over, I'm told!"
At this time, the entire hall was in silence, including the scheming Xiao Xin, who was stunned, and Yan Zhenqing did not turn around for a while.
Gao Yue remained silent, and felt in his heart that Li Shi's net began to spread, and after this relocation, Li Shi would become more joyful and angry, which was even more difficult.
Among the crowd, only Zhang Yanshang's mouth raised, revealing a gloomy and undetectable smile.
The emperor ignored Li Sheng's embarrassment and continued to announce it, "The chief general of Li Huaiguang has five suggestions that Li Huaiguang cannot be forgiven. I deeply believe that the capital, northwest, mountain south, and Jiannan have all been exhausted, and it is difficult to continue to fight again. The governor of Hedong, Ma Sui, has embraced more than ten prefectures and counties, with tens of thousands of troops, and is adjacent to Li Huaiguang. Therefore, the Changwu rebels can be handed over to Ma Sui to challenge him."
Later, the emperor announced that he would be appointed as the chief officer of the Hedong Army and appointed the Hedong Army as the "Fengcheng Army". He also appointed Ma Sui as the "Hezhong Challenge Army" and the "Deputy Marshal of the Hedong Hezhong Zhanying". He took March to pacify Li Huaiguang.
Hearing this decision, Li Sheng curled up his fingers, almost scratching the floor.
Chapter completed!