Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2786
Li Zhi was joking, but he was stunned to see Wang De actually nodding his head to admit it.

"Who impeached this king? What mistakes did this king make?"

Since childhood, Li Zhi has always been a well-behaved baby, smart, well-behaved and positive, and has been admired by the royal family as well as inside and outside the court. .

Hearing that someone had impeached him at this moment, I was stunned and confused. This feeling is really novel...

Wang De shook his head slightly, and said in a low voice: "I don't dare to talk too much, Your Highness will know later."

He stepped into the hall.

Li Zhi naturally wants to follow in to see who is impeaching him and what is the matter. If he really made a mistake and was caught by the censors, he should confess his mistake to his father as soon as possible and sincerely correct it, so as to avoid being confused in the future. A board...

When Wang De entered the hall, seeing His Majesty Li Er was talking to Li Junxian, he quickly stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, the memorandum just handed in by the Political Affairs Hall, several censors from Yushitai jointly wrote a letter to impeach King Jin Your Highness."

His Majesty Li Er was taken aback for a moment, looked at Li Zhi who was walking back behind Wang De, and wondered, "What's the matter?"

Wang De presented the memorial with both hands, and replied: "Just now, a package of ordnance that should have been loaded on a ship and transported to Liaodong was found at the Fangjiawan wharf in the south of the city. After being correct, they quickly caught up with the fleet that had just set off, stopped it, and began to thoroughly investigate how the package of ordnance was lost. It turned out that a total of three packages of ordnance were stolen from one of the ships, and the sailors on board and the accompanying The officials of the "Baiqisi" did not notice it. It happened that several supervisory censors who had gone to Hedong for business came back to Beijing and asked why, but the Jingzhao government officials did not dare to hide it. The impeachment memorial is written on it, and it will be sent to the Political Affairs Hall quickly."

When Li Zhi heard it, there was a "boom" in his head.

After all the calculations, I was afraid that something would happen at this time, but I still couldn't prevent it.When I saw the fleet set off, I thought it was safe, but it turned out that so many things happened during the time when I returned to the palace from the pier...

However, he was also a little puzzled: "The loss of ordnance is indeed due to my negligence, but after the survey and approval of the lost quantity, the fleet should be released to Liaodong. The Ministry of punishment and the Jingzhao government can investigate slowly. My king?"

In his mind, the loss of the ordnance is certainly his own responsibility, but after all, he is also a victim, even if he puts all the mistakes on his own head, it is not worth being impeached by the supervisor, right?

One is just dereliction of duty, and the sky is the limit, that is, the father ordered to punish him, what's the matter with the Yushitai?
Wang De didn't dare to talk too much, the memorial was in the hands of the emperor, and he knew it at a glance, so he wouldn't talk too much...

His Majesty Li Er glanced at ten lines. He had finished reading the memorabilia at this moment, snorted, put the memorandum on the coffee table in front of him, looked at Li Zhi and said, "I want to know why they impeached you? Hmph, there are a thousand pieces of ordnance on board." , there are many armored swords, strong bows and crossbows, and even a pack of firearms... Once these things flow into Chang'an and are hidden in private, they are enough to arm an elite army of thousands of people..."

Li Zhi's complexion changed drastically immediately, the two sides fought, and exclaimed in surprise: "Father, my son is wronged!"

He had already guessed what the censors said in the memorial.

Sure enough, His Majesty Li Er ignored him, and continued: "...you are not wronged. Let's talk about it for the time being. These few people did not say that you did it deliberately and had ulterior motives. But they said that this matter must be dealt with. Severe punishment, to serve as an example, otherwise everyone will follow suit in the future, all the armies and even the foundry bureau, weapons department and other government departments will "lose ordnance" at every turn. Isn't this Chang'an city always in crisis and dangerous at every step? If things go on like this, the entire Chang'an city will fall into panic and turmoil."

Li Zhi's face was pale, and he pursed his lips in silence.

He just thought that the censors made a fuss out of a molehill and wanted to fight against him, and deliberately used impeachment as a way to attack his prestige. Now, after hearing His Majesty Li Er's words, he suddenly realized that things were more than that simple.

Where is Chang'an?
The land of Gyeonggi, at the feet of the Son of Heaven!
The most important thing in such places is long-term stability, otherwise even the imperial capital will be in turmoil, how can everything go smoothly in the whole world, how can the officials follow their duties, and how can the people live and work in peace and contentment?Now three packs of weapons have been stolen, and the remaining two packs have not been found. Once these weapons fall into the hands of thieves with ulterior motives, it will endanger the safety of the emperor, and even the stability of the entire Tang Dynasty.

not only that.

Was the ordnance lost due to negligence, or was it stolen by His Royal Highness King Jin who was responsible for loading and transporting the ordnance?
If it is the former, perhaps it is just that the supervision is not effective and the ability is limited. The emperor should issue a decree to admonish him.

But if it's the latter, it's another story entirely...

Li Zhi was drenched in cold sweat, with white hair on his lips, bowed at the feet of His Majesty Li Er, and said in a trembling voice: "Father, the emperor can illuminate thousands of miles, and he knows every detail. I don't know about the loss of this batch of ordnance!"

He is too aware of the consequences of this matter. If the ordnance is lost, it is the responsibility of negligence and incompetence, but if it is mistaken for him to "guard himself and steal", it will be his own life.

Don't look at his father who always loves him very much, but his father is the most principled, especially in matters related to the stability of the empire, he will never show compassion and forgiveness to anyone, and he will punish severely, so as to serve as an example to others.

What he is afraid of now is that the censor will impeach him for hiding the armor and concealing the dead, and then the spies of the "Hundred Knights" will go into the Jin Palace to search, and finally find this batch of lost weapons in a certain place in the mansion .

This is not alarmist talk, let alone unfounded worry. Just looking at the fact that this batch of ordnance can be lost without anyone noticing under layers of defense, it can be seen that the thieves have strong energy, and they want to hide this batch of lost ordnance in their own hands. It is not impossible to wait for someone to come and search the house and then blame him.

Just thinking about the consequences once these ordnance were found in his mansion, Li Zhi would be terrified and frightened...

His Majesty Li Er obviously thought of this, looked at his son who was already scared out of his wits, shook his head and sighed, and said to Li Junxian: "Immediately send someone to guard the Jin Palace, and any suspicious people who come in and out will be arrested and imprisoned." , strict interrogation."

Standing aside, Li Junxian was already covered in sweat, and hurriedly said: "The last general obeys orders!"

He hurriedly strode away.

Originally, His Majesty Li Er sent himself to inspect the loading of ordnance, because he was worried that someone would secretly destroy the prestige of King Jin, but he went there with great fanfare, but still failed to stop the thieves from destroying. This is already an extremely serious dereliction of duty.

Especially in my heart, I am not sure who did this matter. If Fang Jun is better, at least this guy has a bad temper, but he still has a bottom line in dealing with people. out of other things.

But in case this was not done by Fang Jun, the purpose of the thieves is indeed to steal ordnance and hide it, in case they have the opportunity to arm an army of more than a thousand people in the future to wreak havoc in Chang'an, and even attack the Tai Chi Palace...

Then I have ten heads that are not enough to cut off.

Thinking about it further, Fang Jun will certainly not hide this batch of weapons for the purpose of causing chaos, but if he not only wants to attack King Jin's prestige, but also wants to completely destroy King Jin's qualifications for the heir apparent, what will he do? ?
Naturally, they framed it and tried to hide this batch of ordnance in Prince Jin's Mansion!

Although Li Junxian didn't think that Fang Jun would act so without a bottom line, but after all, it was very possible, and he would definitely not allow this to happen.

Seeing Li Junxian leave in a hurry, Li Er Majesty looked calm and said to Li Zhi: "Get up, what's the use of kneeling like this? You should think carefully about where you are wrong and how to make up for it. It’s about how to correct it in the future.”

After hearing this, Li Zhi calmed down a little. He knew that someone must be targeting him if his father knew about it.But having said that, he himself had long expected that someone would sabotage this matter, and even begged his father to send a "Hundred Knights" to supervise, but he still succeeded in other people's schemes. Isn't this confirmed from another aspect? His incompetence?

With some bitterness in his mouth, Li Zhi got up from the ground and sat in front of His Majesty Li Er dejectedly.

(End of this chapter)