Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3786 Mutual criticism
In the study, Li Chengqian changed into a robe with auspicious clouds and python patterns, and wore a gold crown on his head. He accepted the etiquette of the officials, nodded and said: "My dear friends, please take your seat."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

The officials were seated according to their titles and grades, but Liu Jie was the only one who remained motionless, still maintaining a posture of bowing to the ground...

Li Chengqian sighed, just now the quarrel between Liu Jie and Fang Jun was relayed by the servant, and he was about to speak a few words of comfort when Li Daozong, Ma Zhou and others also came at the door.

When everyone was seated, Li Chengqian looked at Liu Ji who was standing still, and said: "Liu Shizhong is busy with peace talks today, and he has made great achievements. Come here and give me a seat."

The meaning is very clear: don't make trouble.

Your own servant came forward and moved a Jindun, but Liu Ji still stood.

"Your Highness, I thank you... But the peace talks are a matter of the survival of the East Palace. I should do my best to live up to His Highness's entrustment. How dare I take credit for dying without regret? On the contrary, some people rely on their military exploits to be unruly and unruly. Repeatedly disregarding the major issues of peace talks, he did not hesitate to push the East Palace into a dire situation... The situation is difficult, and our ministers should put the country and the country as the most important thing, and assist His Royal Highness to maintain the legitimacy of the empire, rather than show off for a moment. , At the expense of the safety of the Eastern Palace and the inheritance of orthodoxy, personal meritorious service was achieved. Your Highness, please punish Duke Yue for the crime of starting a war without authorization and destroying He Tan, and punish the past and the future to serve as an example."

It was quiet in the study room, only Liu Ji's impassioned voice echoed, coupled with his righteous face, it was like an unworldly loyal minister berating a traitor in front of the king...

Everyone remained silent, watching Liu Ji and Fang Jun's confrontation quietly.

It is even more a game between civil servants and generals under the Eastern Palace...

From ancient times to the present, civil and military have different paths, and it is difficult to reconcile the interests represented by the two sides. Every time they fight, they are incompatible.It is an eternal truth that military generals conquer the world and civil officials rule the world. However, due to their different interests, civil officials do not allow military generals to go beyond the rule of law, so they want to take them under control; How can you be willing to bow your knees to civil servants and become a vassal?

Civil and military battles are not only their own struggles, but also the king's implementation of national policies. Civil officials rule the world and order the army, or military commanders are independent and self-contained, showing the will of the king to the greatest extent.

When the king thinks that the army is so powerful that it poses a threat to the imperial power, he must respect the culture and suppress the military; on the contrary, if the world is not peaceful and the king has a universal mind, he will naturally allow the army and civil officials to check and balance, and maintain his unruly style.

So right now it looks like there is a dispute between Liu Ji and Fang Jun, but everyone is looking at Prince Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian pondered for a while, and said slowly: "Duke Yue raided the Rain Master Altar this time and burned the rebels' food and fodder, but he got the permission of Gu, so he acted in secret..."

There was an uproar in the study.

Why are civil servants so dissatisfied with the military?It was precisely because they were so busy negotiating peace with Guan Long that the military would give Guan Long a slap in the face, often ruining the good situation of the peace talks.This involves the respective interests of both parties, so naturally no one is willing to make concessions.

Now, grasping Fang Jun's secret of secretly attacking Guanlong Liangmo, he was about to concentrate his firepower to suppress the general's arrogance, but who would have thought that the crown prince would stand up and endorse Fang Er in person...

As for whether the prince's words are true or not, whether or not Fang Jun has informed him beforehand, these are irrelevant, the most important thing is the position that the prince has shown from this - to give the military a platform.

How can this prevent the civil servants from being shocked or even angry?
Fang Jun glanced at Li Chengqian and sighed inwardly.The reason why he was so rude to Liu Ji just now is that he wanted to put this matter on the civil and military dispute as an ordinary political struggle. unusual meaning...

Of course, the reason why the prince stood up to endorse him was that he didn't want him to be too aggressive with the civil servants, which would lead to criticism from all the civil officials in the East Palace.As a crown prince, he has the important task of supervising the country, and the situation is so critical, but he can still support him. This kindness is deep enough.

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Li Chengqian pressed his palm, and the amazed voices in the study disappeared, and he continued: "The Duke of Yue had informed Yu Gu of this matter in advance, but Gu felt that the matter was of great importance, and he was careful not to let go of the news, so he kept silent. "The king will lose his country if he is not secret, the minister will lose his body if he is not secret, and the harm will be caused if few things are not secret. Therefore, a gentleman will not go out if he is careful." Fei Shigu doesn't trust Liu Shizhong and all the lovers, the more cautious the better, the results seem to be outstanding now."

Liu Jie felt that his heart was very heavy, the prince's words did have some truth, besides, this sentence was a famous saying in "Book of Changes", who would dare to say that it was unreasonable?

However, isn't the monarch's trust in his subjects reflected in whether such confidential matters can be disclosed?If you have full trust, then naturally there will be no such thing as "If you don't keep secrets, you will lose yourself"...

Taking a deep breath, Liu Jie did not continue to entangle with this matter, and resolutely avoided: "Ying Guogong is currently in the guard room of Wei Chen, and intends to speed up the progress of the peace talks. I came to ask His Highness, whether the regulations remain the same?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Jun frowned and said, "Is Liu Shizhong confused? At this time and at that time, now I lead the soldiers to severely injure the rebel army, killing countless people, almost completely defeating their main force, and burning more than a hundred thousand stones of them with fire." If the food and fodder are drawn from the bottom of the pot to make it unsustainable, we should take the opportunity to improve the conditions of the peace talks. Otherwise, the achievements we soldiers have made through life and death will be ignored by you and handed over to others. How wronged? Let alone the East Palace Benefits are your stepping stones! If Liu Shizhong is not competent enough, you might as well substitute someone to preside over the peace talks, it’s better than soldiers fighting bloody battles with their lives, only to be sold out!"

This "map cannon" is powerful and wide-ranging, and all civil servants are clamoring for it.

Others dared not speak out because of Fang Junzhi's power, but Xiao Yu didn't care about it, and shouted: "How can Duke Yue confuse right and wrong and spit out blood? Everyone knows that peace talks are the best way to end the current chaos. However, only the Duke of Yue did not understand, not only did he repeatedly send troops to sabotage the peace talks, but now he even slanders the officials who have worked so hard for the peace talks, what is his intention?"

Fang Junqi said: "Just now, when Liu Shizhong was spitting blood at me, why didn't you see you, Song Guogong, speaking up for justice? You civil servants gathered together and attacked me alone?"

It is true that the civil and military have different paths, but the power of civil officials to govern the country is naturally much greater than that of the military. Once the civil officials unite to fight dissidents and reject dissidents, it will be the beginning of disaster for the country, and even emptied the king and controlled the government.

Xiao Yu was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, and said angrily: "If you want to commit a crime, there is no excuse!"

Fang Jun was about to retort, Li Chengqian rubbed his temples, tapped on the desk in front of him, and said: "What's the benefit of such meaningless verbal criticism?"

After scolding everyone, he said to Liu Ji: "The words of the Duke of Yue are very reasonable. The current situation has reversed, how can we continue the previous strategy? Don't worry, it is the rebels who are worried now, slowly follow Yuwen Discuss with scholars, first find out their bottom line, and then make calculations."

Liu Ji had no choice but to respond: "Your Highness is wise, and I will do so."

From the standpoint of the civil servants, peace talks must be brought about as soon as possible at any cost. In this way, the civil servants will take the bulk of the effort to eliminate the mutiny and stabilize the situation, so that they will not be suppressed by the military, which is shining brightly during the mutiny. .

No matter how high the price is paid, there are reasons such as "forced by the situation" to justify, and no one can blame them.

But now that the situation is reversed and Donggong has the upper hand, Guan Long must cooperate if he wants to make peace talks as soon as possible.

But he can't complain, Fang Jun has already said it clearly, if he Liu Ji finds this difficult, he can let go of the burden, some people can pick it up...

If the job of the peace talks was snatched away by the military, then he, Liu Ji, would become a sinner of the civil servants of the Eastern Palace, and he could only commit suicide and apologize.

Li Chengqian said to Li Daozong: "Please trouble the king of Jiangxia County to go to Tongguan to meet the British Duke and see what he thinks of the current situation."

From the beginning to the end, Li Ji was a sharp sword on the heads of Donggong and Guan Long, threatening too much.At this moment, the East Palace reversed the situation, but Li Jizhi's inclinations were still enough to influence the situation of the battle, so it is necessary to find out the truth and deal with it accurately.

What's more, he had a vague guess in his heart, which needs to be confirmed by Li Ji's reaction...

(End of this chapter)