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Chapter 908 Disputes in the Palace of Political Affairs

After carefully analyzing the content of the telegram, Bai Fan mused, "Don't worry too much. Judging from the battle situation, the fighting power of Tianzhu is not as good as that of Tang. They are not as good as us in night battles and sneak attacks, and in frontal battles.

So there is no need to worry that they will counterattack Datang for revenge. "

Li Jing nodded and said: "That's right, that's the reason. Now Hou Junji's troubles are not from abroad, but from home. The court will definitely investigate his fault of taking action without permission and destroying troops. Maybe he won't be a naval admiral." Save."

"No, that's not the case. Your majesty is wise and doesn't know people. The only person in Tang Dynasty who is proficient in naval warfare is Hou Junji. No matter what, he won't change generals. If Hou Junji is replaced, who can carry the navy? What about heavy burdens?" Bai Fan retorted.

Li Jing smiled and said: "You take it for granted, boy. There are many people who are greedy for this seat. The power struggle in the court is so simple. Let's see, if you don't make a move, Hou Junji will inevitably have to come back and take the blame."

"Hahahaha, Your Majesty hasn't seen the military newspaper yet, but Feng An's telegram has already been sent to me. The meaning couldn't be more obvious. The Lord of Lingnan wants my help, and I recommend Laohou's seat." Yes, I was the one who supported him all the way to build the navy, now that the navy is trained, can it be possible to watch others pick the fruit? Naturally, I want to make a move."

On the other side, Hou Junji led his troops back to Lingnan dejectedly. When he reached the South China Sea and got a signal, Hou Junji had already written a telegram of guilt to the court.

"Old Hou, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. Why are you so depressed? You are also a well-known general who has experienced many battles. You are used to life and death. Why do you act like this?" Feng An asked.

"Hey, what a shame! After being defeated by a group of small fishing boats, what face do I have to run amok on the sea in the future? How can I be a navy general?"

"You are the head of the navy. This is the time for you to support the navy. Don't worry, I have already asked Zhizhen to prepare for the war. Take a rest and lead the troops to recover the situation. The Tang Dynasty navy can't clean up The natives of the barbarian land? This time I will personally do the logistics for you."

Hou Junji was moved by Feng An's sincerity, took Feng An's hand and said, "Thank you Brother Feng for your support, we will wait for the imperial court to deal with me, I have already written a pleading document .

Please do me a favor these two days, we lost more than ten thousand soldiers in this sea battle, I want to see them off here. "

At the same time, Li Er in the palace was holding a telegram with a livid face. After a long time, he yelled angrily: "Well, you Hou Junji, you dare to send troops without the order of the king? The loss of the army is not counted, and you dare to write a letter to ask for war? This Is it up to you, Hou Junji, or me to decide on the navy?

Come, pass the decree, and an hour later, there will be a small court meeting in the Palace of Political Affairs. "

In the Hall of Deliberations, the ministers were discussing a lot, and Li Er hadn't said a word since he passed the contents of the telegram, but waited for the people below to speak.

And the officials also looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one wanted to be the leader.

At this time Li Ji stood up and said: "Your Majesty, although General Hou may have sent troops privately, his intention is still good. He intends to promote our country's prestige overseas. I think we should retreat the enemy first and avenge our hatred before discussing the Marquis." The general's merits and demerits."

"Hehe, Marshal Li is good at making excuses for others. He, Hou Junji, obviously sent troops privately to provoke powerful enemies for the Tang Dynasty. Now that he is defeated and can't be suppressed, he dares to ask the court for help. How can he show his prestige overseas? You didn't take His Majesty and the court seriously." A censor stood up and said loudly.

Li Ji didn't even look at that person. At this time, Li Er frowned and said, "What? Maogong, do you think Hou Junji did the right thing? I remember that when Funan was destroyed, you, the commander in the army, once advised me not to He acted too hastily, and now he actually supports Hou Junji to wantonly go to war?"

"Your Majesty, I don't mean to support who or not, but no matter what, the battle has already begun. It is a big taboo to change generals before the battle. For the sake of the future of the Tang Navy, Hou Junji should not be severely punished at this time."

"Unfair rewards and punishments? It's unbelievable that these words come from a minister of the Ministry of War.

Your Majesty, Hou Junji has no king, and privately waged war on other countries to destroy diplomatic relations, and attracted powerful enemies for the Tang Dynasty. If such crimes are not severely punished, the country will never be able to give an explanation. Please be aware of it. "

Many civil officials stood up to echo him. Seeing this situation, Li Ji knew that he had tried his best. Even if he came out to fight the enemy with military generals, it would only increase His Majesty's disgust, not to mention that the generals in the army may not necessarily Just with myself, not everyone supports Hou Junji.

At this moment, Wei Zheng asked Tang Jian, Minister of Honghe Temple, "Duke Ju, I'm ignorant and ignorant. I don't know when my Tang Dynasty established diplomatic relations with the overseas Tianzhu Kingdom?"

Tang Jian shook his head and said: "How can this matter? The Tang Dynasty has never had any contact with this Tianzhu country at all, but according to the people below, there were one or two merchants who did business with that country in the former Sui Dynasty and the Wude period. .

Oh, by the way, speaking of Tianzhu, I remembered it. In the second year of Zhenguan, there was a monk in my Tang Dynasty named Master Xuanzang, who claimed to go to Tianzhu Buddhist Kingdom to obtain the Mahayana Buddhist scriptures. At that time, His Majesty seemed to be Also summoned him.

Could this Tianzhu be that Tianzhu Buddhist kingdom?So, the Buddhism of the Tang Dynasty came from this Tianzhu? "

Wei Zheng seemed to have suddenly realized, "Oh! So that's the case, I think there will be no difference.

These few people who said that the Tang Dynasty has diplomatic relations with Tianzhu, do they mean that Tianzhu Kingdom spread Buddhist scriptures to my Tang Dynasty to deceive the people?It seems that you should be devout believers in Buddhism. I don’t know if you are ministers of the Tang Dynasty, or officials who open eyes for Buddhism? "

"Here, you surnamed Wei are spitting blood. I don't believe in Buddhism or faith. I have nothing to do with Tianzhu. If you just say that Hou Junji is responsible for the crime, don't you want to accuse him of crimes." The man's face turned red.

"Hehe, people's hearts are like a belly, who knows?" Wei Zheng smiled and ignored him, thinking that if you criticize your political opponents for wanton serious injuries, don't let me say a few words about you?
For a while, there was a war of words in the court, and Li Er was very annoyed. Hou Junji was his confidant, but the handling of this incident really made him upset. suspected.

"I think that General Hou Junji did not punish properly."

A firm voice came from outside the hall, resounding in the hearts of everyone, the hall of political affairs immediately fell silent, and then saw the door of the hall was pushed open, and Bai Fan strode in, all the officials paid attention to him, wondering why he came here ?

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