Chapter 3377 Unbelievable
Song Guogong Xiao Yu naturally understood the dissatisfaction hidden in Ma Zhou's words. He smiled slightly awkwardly and nodded: "Your Highness is right. When I look back, the old minister will urge each yamen again to ensure limited protection for the Anxi Army and Youtun." The supply of grain, fodder, and supplies to the army ensures worry-free logistics. ”
He could understand Ma Zhou's implication, and he could also feel the prince's dissatisfaction, and this was the reason why he had never tried his best to be loyal to the East Palace.
Fang Junzhi was really too important to the prince. His ability to help the prince when he was about to be doomed was unmatched by others. No matter whether it was Xiao Yu, Ma Zhou or Li Daozong, no matter how dedicated they were, they could not compare to Fang Jun's status in the heart of the prince.
When I think that when the prince succeeds to the throne in the future, Fang Jun will definitely be the most outstanding official in the court, and he will be the most favored in the world. However, no matter how hard others try and how loyal they are, they will still be inferior to Fang Jun. This will inevitably make people feel a little jealous and resentful... …
It is natural to have reservations or play some tricks at this moment.
Li Chengqian nodded and said warmly: "The situation is tense at the moment. I still need to rely on your help. When we work together to stabilize the country, when my father returns to Beijing, we should reward him based on his merits."
Although he is a bit more honest, he has been trained as a prince by His Majesty Li Er for many years. He is used to seeing court battles and political competitions. He also has a sufficient understanding of people's hearts and can feel the seeming alienation of Xiao Yu and others. , and understand the reasons for this alienation.
However, in his heart, Fang Junzhi's status was unmatched by anyone.
During the darkest period of his life, he almost gave up on himself, intending to express his protest to His Majesty Li Er with a ridiculous performance, and even thought of using his own life to protest against His Majesty Li Er!
At that time, Li Chengqian was almost on the verge of desperation. If he took one step, he would be beyond redemption.
Fortunately, at that time, Fang Jun stepped forward and expressed his sincere and resolute support for Li Chengqian, the crown prince, and stood behind Li Chengqian without reservation, helping him step by step to stabilize his position as crown prince, and gradually get out of the situation where he was almost ready to perish. the abyss.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Fang Jun's "favor of reinvention" to Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian is a kind-hearted person, and Fang Jun is so sincere and unreserved, how can he not regard Fang Jun as a humerus sibling and entrust him with important responsibilities?
In his opinion, only Fang Jun is the pillar of the East Palace, who can advance and retreat together with him, Li Chengqian, regardless of gains and losses, while the others, no matter how great their contributions are, are just icing on the cake...
But he spoke beautifully, and several ministers also smiled, and even said things like "Don't dare to take credit for things that are your duty," and the atmosphere at the banquet was lively.
Ma Zhou took a sip of wine, looked at the crowd, and said: "As the saying goes, 'A person who travels a hundred miles is half a mile'. The closer you get to the day of success, the more careful you have to be to avoid being negligent and ruining a major event. Others. Not to mention, His Highness still needs to give strict instructions to the troops stationed inside and outside Chang'an City, so as not to be taken advantage of and cause the good situation to collapse. "
Li Chengqian: "..."
Xiao Yu: "..."
Everyone felt helpless towards Ma Zhou's rigorous and somewhat inhuman character. Because your words just now have made the atmosphere subtle. Do you really feel that you can't feel it and you still have to keep up your efforts?
Li Daozong was about to open his mouth to change the atmosphere when he suddenly heard rapid footsteps outside the palace. After a moment, a chamberlain quickly walked in and said quickly: "Your Highness, a British secret report has arrived. It is extremely urgent!"
The hall fell silent for a moment, and everyone's heart skipped a beat.
Generally speaking, any news from Liaodong sent back to Chang'an must be sent to the capital through regular channels via war horses and various post stations. As the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eastern Expedition, Li Ji seems to be superior to tens of thousands of people under His Majesty. However, his position is very delicate. The slightest deviation can cause His Majesty's dissatisfaction. And Li Ji is an extremely well-behaved person. If it is not an urgent matter, How could we go beyond His Majesty and submit the secret report directly to Li Chengqian instead of going to the military station?
To be able to ask Li Ji, who has always been strict with rules and cautious, to directly submit a secret report, this is probably more than just "urgent"...
Li Chengqian quickly stood up and said: "Everyone, sit down for a moment and come back as soon as you go."
He got up and quickly entered the Li Zheng Hall with his chamberlain to receive the messenger.
It’s not that he doesn’t trust everyone here, but it’s true that Li Ji can ignore the rules and pass the “urgent” matter back to Beijing. It must be of great importance. It’s not known whether it can be made public, so he should handle it carefully and wait until he sees it and thinks You can inform others, and then everyone will be summoned for discussion.
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Leaving everyone looking at each other in shock, Li Chengqian quickly walked out of the side hall and walked around a section of the corridor in front of the door. Heavy snow like goose feathers was falling from the sky. It was quiet and windless. Snowflakes were falling in droves, covering the space between the two palaces. The garden is decorated with silver and is exceptionally beautiful.
Li Chengqian was in a hurry, how could he be in the mood to enjoy the beautiful scenery?
He quickly came to Li Zheng Hall, sat behind the main desk and wrote, and said: "Bring the person here!"
"Here!"
The imperial guard from the East Palace went out, turned around after a moment, and brought a haggard and dusty soldier into the palace.
The soldier knelt down on one knee, took out a letter from his arms, and presented it with both hands.
The chamberlain stepped forward to take the letter, returned to the desk, and presented it to Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian reached out and took it, carefully inspected the lacquer seal, took out a silver knife to cut the seal, and asked: "Does the British Duke still have a message?"
The soldier shook his head and said: "Replying to Your Highness, no. The head of the family just repeatedly told us to hurry up and submit the letter to His Highness as soon as possible, and must hand it over to His Highness personally. There is no room for mistakes."
Li Chengqian nodded, cut the seal, took out the letter, and after reading only a few lines, he took a deep breath. When he finished reading the entire letter, he was a little confused. If the seal of the letter was not intact, the handwriting was Li Chengqian's. It was written by Ji himself, and he almost suspected that it was forged by someone else.
When hundreds of thousands of troops stormed Pingrang City, my father was actually surrounded by enemy troops. He fell off his horse and was frightened. He is still unconscious until now?
It’s really too sensational...
After a long while, Li Chengqian regained his composure, put the letter back into the envelope, pondered for a long time, and asked people to take the soldiers down, and then asked Xiao Yu, Li Daozong, and Ma Zhou to come to Lizheng Hall.
When the three people arrived, they saw Li Chengqian looking anxious, worried and angry, and cursing: "Cheng Yaojin and Xue Wanche are simply evil thieves of the country. I want to punish them to death in order to relieve the hatred in my heart!"< br>
Several people were greatly surprised, thinking that Cheng Yaojin and Xue Wanche were far away in Liaodong, how could they offend His Highness the Crown Prince so much?
Li Chengqian took out the letter and circulated it to the three of them.
"Hiss!"
"How is it possible?"
"Isn't it fake news?"
After the three people saw it, they were all shocked and exclaimed.
Li Chengqian covered his face with his hands and cried uncontrollably.
Who would have thought that His Majesty Li Er, who was in his prime during the Spring and Autumn Period, personally conquered Goguryeo, and could be frightened and fell from his horse among hundreds of thousands of troops, and fell into a coma?
It's okay to be frightened and fall off the horse, but this "unconscious" indicates too many possibilities...
Although the three of them were all outstanding men of the moment, with rich experience and strong minds, they were panicked and had ups and downs in their hearts when suddenly faced with this news.
After a long time, Ma Zhou was the first to react. He said in a deep voice: "It is still unknown whether His Majesty is getting better at this time. His Majesty must not be distracted. Beware of some people taking risks and committing mutiny!"
As soon as these words came out, the others were shocked.
Li Daozong hurriedly said: "What King Bin said is true. Since the British Duke can pass the news back to Chang'an, Zhao Guogong naturally has the possibility... Before, there was an undercurrent in Chang'an City, and the news that His Majesty fell from his horse and fell into coma was leaked by some people. Knowing this, there is no guarantee that other thoughts will arise.”
Xiao Yu thought deeper, frowned and said: "Your Majesty's fall from the horse is naturally caused by Cheng Yaojin and Xue Wanche. It was caused by the negligence of these two people. However, the root cause is that Changsun Chong failed to do so. He took over the Seven Star Sect smoothly as planned, but was manipulated by Yeon Gaesumun, who mistakenly trusted the king. The Zhuang Army has already gathered in the south of Pingrang City, ready to abandon the city and flee... The culprit is Chang Sun Chong, who must be held accountable for this matter. The district chief Sun Chong is just a guilty person, how can he bear this responsibility. A serious crime? Naturally, the Changsun family will be responsible for this crime.”
In fact, this was only half of what he said, but everyone, including Li Chengqian, already understood what Xiao Yu meant.
His Majesty Li Er has already regarded suppressing the Guanlong clan as a national policy. Once His Majesty returns to Chang'an to settle the matter and investigate the responsibility, he will naturally follow the trend and severely cut off the wings of the Changsun family.
And how could Changsun Wuji sit still and wait for death? (End of chapter)