I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 137
The atmosphere in the back pavilion became serious again, Li Tian narrowed his eyes slightly, took two small sips of tea, put the teacup aside casually, turned to look at Yang Shiqi and said slowly:

"Shiqi, since Meng Xianying handed over the secret letter to you, I still want to hear your thoughts."

In Li Tian's view, although this generation of Baoding Hou is far behind his father and grandfather, he is still a serious Marquis after all.

Yang Shiqi reported him regardless of his own safety. He should take care of Yang Shiqi's face out of emotion and reason.

Yang Shiqi's expression was a little unnatural when he heard the words, and he kept stroking his long gray beard. After a long while, he braced himself and said:
"Your Majesty, the veteran still thinks that this matter should be discussed in the long run. The arrest and disposal of Baoding Hou will be too involved. It will not be conducive to the stability of the court, nor will it be conducive to reform and innovation."

Having said that, Yang Shiqi glanced at Li Tian without a trace, changed his tone, and continued:
"However, the Marquis of Baoding's actions are extremely bad. He tried to provoke the two countries to war for his own self-interest, and he has no court law in his eyes.

The old minister thinks that he must not be lightly forgiven, but how to convict him, I hope His Majesty will think twice before making a decision. "

After Yang Shiqi finished speaking, Li Tian pursed his lips noncommittally, and tapped his fingers on the armrest of the seat, knowing it in his heart.

Yang Shiqi's meaning is very simple, this matter must not be left alone, but in terms of conviction, it is better not to use such a big crime as envoy drowning.

Without responding immediately, Li Tian turned to Yang Rong and the others and said:

"What about you, Zirong, do you have anything to say?"

"The veteran thinks what Yuan Fu said is reasonable."

"Zhongchang, what about Zong Yu, do you all think that Shi Qi's method is safe?"

Ren Jin nodded without saying a word, expressing his agreement, Li Tian nodded slightly, and turned his attention to Huang Zhun.

"Your Majesty, although Yuan Fu's words are comprehensive, I think that acting like this will still fuel Baoding Hou's arrogance."

Huang Zhun stood up with his hands folded and said, glanced at Yang Shiqi, and continued.

"It's better to transfer him to a high-ranking idle position, so that it can show the meaning of beating, and secondly, it won't make those nobles think that the court is really afraid of them."

"What Director Huang said is absolutely true."

As soon as Huang Zhun finished speaking, Yang Shiqi stood up again and said:
"Your Majesty, the veteran agrees with Director Huang's handling."

After taking a deep look at Yang Shiqi, Li Tian's face turned, and a smile hung on the corner of his mouth to signal the two to sit down, and said in a deep voice:

"Then according to what Zhongchang said, transfer Meng Xianying out of Beijing and let the cabinet draw up an order. Transfer Meng Xianying, Marquis of Baoding, to the left-behind department of Zhongdu, and take the post of Zheng and third-rank deputy left-behind."

Zhongdu is located in Fengyang Mansion of Southern Zhili, the hometown of Zhu Yuanzhang, and also the place where the dragon flourished in the country.

In name, although Shuntian Mansion and Yingtian Mansion are at the same level, both can be called the capital of Ming Dynasty, but in fact, there is no Mao in Central Capital except for the imperial mausoleum and Huangjue Temple where Zhu Yuanzhang stayed.

Hearing that the emperor wanted to transfer Baodinghou to Fengyang to guard the imperial mausoleum, Yang Shiqi and the others silently mourned for him, stood up and cupped their hands and said in unison:

"Your Majesty Shengming."

Li Tian nodded slightly, and then told Ren Jin to call the Jinwuwei Zhonglang General who was outside the door to speak.

Since Li Tian came to the cabinet, Wu Zijiang has been half-kneeling outside the house to plead guilty, his legs have been swollen for a long time, and finally asked the emperor to summon him, and hurriedly stood up.

Kneeling for a long time made Wu Zijiang's figure a little unstable, and he staggered twice in a row before he could stand still.

After entering the back pavilion, looking at the four elders sitting around, Wu Zijiang felt the pressure rushing towards his face, he knelt down on the ground with a thud and said:
"Wu Zijiang, the humble general of the Jinwu Guard, pays his respects to His Majesty, and to all the elders."

"Wu Zijiang, right? Get up and talk."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After looking at Wu Zijiang from head to toe, Li Tian couldn't help but think of Zhuge Zheng from the Metropolitan Procuratorate. This kid is the same as Zhuge Zheng, he is not tall, but he has a very handsome face.

"Wu Zijiang, do you know why I called you here?"

"His Majesty is clear, His Majesty summoned him because of the drowning of an envoy from the Champa Kingdom."

"It's enough to be clear. Let's talk about how Deng Changfu, an envoy of a country, drowned in the river."

"Humble post obeys the order."

As soon as he bowed, Wu Zijiang immediately began to explain how he escorted Deng Changfu all the way out of Shuntian Mansion.

Wu Zijiang's words were very detailed, and his face was extremely calm. Li Tian's doubts about Wu Zijiang had subconsciously dispelled most of them.

After Wu Zijiang finished speaking, Li Tian nodded slightly, pondered for a moment and said:

"You said that you escorted Deng Changfuzhong to the Xiaobai River, but as far as I know, you only need to escort the mission to the boundary marker between the two prefectures. Why do you need to escort the mission across the border? Please explain to me."

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Beizhi originally sent the Champa Mission to Wen'an County and was going to return to Beijing, but Deng Changfu Zhongfei said that as soon as Beizhi left, Jin Yiwei would arrest him and put him in prison.

At that time, Hejianwei Qianhu, who was in charge of taking over, hadn't arrived yet, so he had no choice but to send him to the Xiaobai River in Renqiu County. "

"So that's the case, then why didn't you tell me just now." Frowning, Li Tian stared straight at Wu Zijiang and said.

"Your Majesty forgives the crime, it's just that Deng Changfu said outrageous things, and his humble position dare not say more."

"That's what it sounds like."

Withdrawing his gaze, Li Tian said casually, then waved his hands and said:

"Don't publicize this matter in the palace, you should step down first."

Wu Zijiang heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, he responded, bowed and left.

When he came back to his senses, Li Tian didn't discuss what Wu Zijiang said earlier, he squinted his eyes and pursed his lips, turned to look at Huang Zhun and said:
"Zhongchang, who is this Wu Zijiang's father?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, if I remember correctly, his father should be Wu Haiwang, Marquis of Qingping, who is currently the commander of Shandong."

Li Tian had known for a long time that the guards beside him had extraordinary family backgrounds, and now, as he expected, he was another Marquis, and a Marquis with real power in charge of a province's military.

Smacking his lips, Li Tian couldn't help thinking of Li Min, who was also a second-rank official in the frontier, took a deep breath and said lightly:

"Go ask the Ministry of Officials to send Wu Haiwang's dossier to my imperial study."

Huang Zhun clasped his hands in response, his heart jumped up suddenly, and he spoke again:

"Your Majesty suspects that Wu Zijiang is lying?"

Li Tian saw Huang Zhun's sudden nervousness, but Li Tian didn't ask any more questions. He got up and dusted off his dragon robe with a snort, and said:

"Let's take care of this matter first. You can help me keep an eye on it, so as not to scare away the envoys of other countries. Don't worry about Champa, they can do whatever they want."

Seeing that the emperor was about to leave, the four of them, Yang Shiqi, stopped talking and hurriedly got up to send him off respectfully.Anyway, the transfer of Baoding Hou to Fengyang is a certainty, and this matter must be shelved for now.

(End of this chapter)