Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4288 The Messenger
There are not many people who agree with these conditions, but there are definitely not many. After all, Li Chengqian is a generous person, and he doesn't pay much attention to the imperial majesty.

who can that be?

Li Chengqian glanced at Li Junxian who was standing at the entrance of the main hall, and said: "General Li should send someone to investigate this matter."

Li Junxian responded: "Here."

This task is very troublesome. After all, there are many people who agree to the conditions, but it is just troublesome. Nowadays, Simen and Baiyulifang are under military control for many years. People who have been in contact with me in the past two days will soon have feedback.

Wang De, the chief servant, walked in from outside the door. Although he walked silently, his feet were extremely fast. He came to Li Chengqian's side and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, Zhongshu ordered Liu Ji to have an audience."

Li Chengqian frowned, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Xuan."

Although he was dissatisfied with Liu Ji's repeated interference in military affairs, Zhong Shuling was already one of the core leadership of the empire, and he still had to give him the dignity he deserved.

"Here."

Wang De withdrew.

Li Jing said dissatisfiedly: "The separation of the military and the government is a national policy established by His Majesty when he came to the throne. The two sides will not interfere with each other, and they will be integrated. His Majesty will be in the middle to control the imperial power. Liu Jie is rampant and rebellious, and often interferes in military affairs, causing the military and government to become more and more estranged, failing to cooperate sincerely and increasing internal friction, which is a serious crime."

He has never been a person who makes small reports behind his back, but he is extremely disgusted with Liu Jiqu, thinking that the other party is just a bureaucrat, who has no appearance of a famous minister, and is narrow-minded and mercenary. If such a person is placed in the center, it will become a disaster .

As a prime minister, even though insisting on political opinions is a necessary quality, but everyone who is hostile to them will refute the political opinions without considering the interests of the empire. Such a person sitting in a high position is harmful rather than beneficial.

Li Chengqian waved his hands and said: "Liu Zhongshu is diligent in government affairs and has excellent abilities. He is my right hand to carry out internal affairs. Duke Wei will not mention this in the future."

Li Jing remained silent.

The reason why he expressed his attitude so fiercely was only to support Fang Jun. He himself will be disarmed and returned to the field in a short time. What does the affairs above the court have to do with him?
But since Fang Jun is bound to argue with the civil servants headed by Liu Ji in the future, then naturally he has to help if he can...

After a while, Liu Jie, dressed in official uniform, stepped inside quickly.

"My minister has seen His Majesty."

"Excuse me, Liu Zhongshu, please take a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty... I have met you all, and I am very polite."

"you are welcome."

After exchanging a few words of greeting, Liu Jie took his seat, took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to the servant behind him, saying: "Your Majesty, someone threw this letter into the mansion with a crossbow arrow from outside the mansion last night, and I don't know the content of the letter. , so I rashly opened it for inspection, only to find out that I entrusted my minister to forward it to His Majesty, and I dare not preside over it, so I can only bring the letter paper, please Your Majesty to have a look."

There was silence in Wude Hall, everyone had different expressions, but their eyes seemed to stay on Liu Ji.

Just now I wanted to check who was secretly colluding with Xiao Yu, but in the blink of an eye, I jumped out by myself...

Li Junxian stood at the entrance of the main hall, looking at his nose, his nose, and his heart. A troublesome errand suddenly disappeared. He was in a good mood, but he didn't show it in the slightest.

Li Chengqian looked at Liu Ji, silent, but there was a lot of scrutiny in his eyes.

The servant put the letterhead on the imperial case.

Liu Jie looked a little sad, and explained: "It is probably because I worked under Song Guogong before and accumulated some friendship, which made Song Guogong willing to trust Weichen's character, so I entrusted such an important matter. But since Song Guogong defected, This humble minister has absolutely no connection with him, please let your Majesty know."

In fact, after receiving the letter sent to the mansion by the crossbow arrow last night, Liu Ji thought about it for half the night before finally deciding to send the letter to His Majesty. As soon as His Majesty became suspicious, even if it didn't flare up, it was like a thorn in his heart, and his trust in him was greatly reduced.

Of course, he also copied a copy of this letter and sent it to King Jin...

Seeing Liu Jie's wry smile and helplessness, Li Chengqian faithfully withdrew his gaze and ordered someone to take apart the letter paper and read it carefully.

After reading it, he pondered for a moment, and waved his hand to let the servant pass the letter to Li Ji and Li Jing for circulation.

Li Ji and Li Jing read it one after another, and then handed over the letter paper to the servant and returned it to the emperor.

In the letter, it is indeed the version that Chu Suiliang said. Xiao Yu frankly said that he could "instigate rebellion" against Xue Wanche, so that he would suddenly launch a surprise attack on the army of the King of Jin under the guise of joining forces with the King of Jin. A pincer attack can defeat the rebels under Lishan Mountain.

Apparently, Xiao Yu regretted it. Now he felt that King Jin would not be able to accomplish anything, and he was afraid that the emperor would pursue him for treason afterwards, so he expressed his loyalty to the emperor in this way, which was almost a "vote of honor". As long as he acted according to Xiao Yu's design, then In any case, he must be given credit after the war.

In addition, the corruption in the south of the Yangtze River has seriously affected the empire's finances. It is necessary to use Xiao Yu's influence to appease and govern the south of the Yangtze River. With the combination of the two, the emperor will inevitably absolve Xiao Yu of all crimes, and the official will be restored to his original post, just like in the past...

The logic is self-consistent and reasonable. It is indeed Xiao Yu's tight-knit, forward-thinking style, and he has calculated the situation clearly. The only negligence is that he trusted Chu Suiliang, but was secretly betrayed by Chu Suiliang, which greatly reduced the effectiveness of this letter.

Li Chengqian said: "From this point of view, the morale of the pheasant slaves is not stable, and even the important people around them have different ambitions, and the day of defeat is not far away."

Li Ji and Liu Ji nodded and said yes, the king of Jin already lacked talents, no matter the famous generals who strategized or the wise counselors, they were seriously lacking. People like Xiao Yu and Chu Suiliang must be his right-hand men, but now they are Showing their loyalty to the emperor one after another, it can be seen that Jin Wangkong has more than [-] troops, but his subordinates have already separated from him.

Originally, his strength was at a disadvantage, and he couldn't make up his mind. How could he have a slight chance of winning?

Li Jing stared at Liu Ji, and said unceremoniously: "There is a difference between the military and the government. The discussion here is military affairs. As the Zhongshuling, since you have no right to interfere, it is better to listen less. In case the strategy is leaked to the disadvantage of Liu Zhongshu, Just avoid it."

Liu Ji's complexion changed, and he said displeasedly: "I am the 'Zhongshuling', and my duty is to assist His Majesty in handling affairs, why use military and political distinctions? Wei Gong is now in control of the military, and he can be called No. 1 in the army, due to orders." Don't dare not follow, don't you understand the principle of avoiding taboos at all, and insist on eliminating dissidents and covering the sky with one hand?"

These words are extremely blunt. Not only did Li Jing be accused of monopolizing military power and eliminating dissidents, but his title of "No.1 in the military" was an attempt to involve Li Ji beside him...

Li Jing was displeased, and before he could speak, Li Ji on the side said calmly: "Liu Zhongshu's words are wrong, Your Majesty is the Generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and we are all His Majesty's soldiers, you keep saying 'No. 1 in the army' , but where will His Majesty be placed?"

He has long been tired of the title of "No.1 in the military". Since Li Jing retired from military affairs and lived in seclusion in the mansion, this title has been attached to him.However, apart from sounding particularly domineering, such a title has no real benefits.

Is it true that some people bow down because of such a title and let it be driven?
On the contrary, the emperor who is extremely sensitive to military power will feel suspicious because of this, that is, Emperor Taizong has a broad mind and is extremely confident in the control of the army. Otherwise, Li Ji would have to disarm and return to the field a long time ago, otherwise it would be difficult to die well...

Now that His Majesty ascended the throne, he is not the Emperor Taizong who led Zhenguan Xunchen to conquer the world. He also favors Fang Jun very much. Who knows if he will be afraid of Li Ji?
The reason why he stood idly by at the beginning of His Majesty's accession to the throne and did not get involved in the struggle for the throne was also due to this consideration.

After all, it is to avoid suspicion.

But Liu Jie keeps saying "No. 1 in the army", which seems to be Li Jing, but his real intention is insinuating...

He had to express his position in front of the emperor.

Liu Jie was naturally dissatisfied. In terms of lip-smacking skills, who was he afraid of except Fang Jun among the generals?
Just as Li Chengqian was about to retort, Li Chengqian said, "The day I ascended the throne, I made a strategy to separate the military and the government, so as to avoid the military and the government from arguing and attacking each other. You are all my humerus, and I hope you can implement it."

Liu He's complexion was red and white, he hesitated for a moment, had to stand up, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty's atonement, it's not that the generals attacked the generals, it is really the military generals' arrogance of power is a hidden danger of the country, and they have to be clamped down. But the ministers are indeed abrupt, so this is Retire."

Get up and salute.

Li Chengqian said to Wang Dedao: "Recently there is turmoil in Guanzhong. Zhongshuling handles government affairs day and night, working hard, and taking two catties of tea that was paid as a tribute last year to Zhongshuling."

Then he said to Liu Ji: "It's not that I have a prejudice against the Zhongshuling, but since the rules are set, we should try our best to abide by them, regardless of whether they are monarchs or ministers. I rely on a lot."

Liu Jie burst into tears of gratitude: "It is extremely honorable for this minister to share the worries of the king. Naturally, I dare not slack off at night. Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding."

After saying that, I thank you again and exit the hall to wait for Wang De to fetch tea...

The hall returned to silence.

Li Chengqian asked: "How should we deal with this matter?"

Li Jing looked at Li Ji: "Mao Gong has always been very wise, please take more precautions."

Li Ji didn't want to say much, but the matter has come to an end, so he could only say: "Xue Wanche is one of His Majesty's people. The Duke of Song didn't know about it, so he talked about 'lobbying'. In my opinion, I don't want to follow the plan and allow Xue Wanche to accept Xiao Yu's request. Cross the Wei River and join forces with the King of Jin. You can attack the King of Jin’s army according to Xiao Yu’s plan, but you can’t attack its vital points. You can attack the rear line, which will weaken the strength of the rebel army on the one hand, and make the King Jin no room to retreat.”

(End of this chapter)