The next morning.
Li Yi got up early for a run, circling the palace twenty times, no less than once, and then practiced sword practice. Under the dedicated teaching of Cao Qingyan, a top master, his sword skills improved rapidly.
What's even more valuable is that the sword skills he learned from ancient martial arts masters in his previous life actually amazed Cao Qingyan and thought he was a magical skill.
After completing this series of training, Ye Qingluan would personally serve Li Yi to bathe and have breakfast. Of course, such an important step as removing oil was absolutely indispensable. Every time, Ye Qingluan would gasp for breath and become unbearably shy.
The last step is to go to court early.
It's just that today's morning meeting in the Jinluan Palace had a weird atmosphere. The downfall of a big shot, the old General Xia Dehe, the admiral of the Beijing camp, has made the civil and military officials in the court feel terrified. No one dares to stand out at this time!
At this time, the minister of Dali Temple came out to report, "Your Majesty, I have this memorial."
Wei Ziya, minister of Dali Temple, was a student of Sun Tingzong. Ever since his wife was saved by Li Yi last time, she was determined to be loyal to the emperor to repay the emperor's great kindness. She was Li Yi's confidant.
The expressions of other ministers all changed. Is Your Majesty going to play a double act again?
Li Yi nodded, knocked on the table with one hand, and said with a relaxed expression, "Say."
Wei Ziya did not squint his eyes and spoke with dignity, "The matter of Beijing Admiral Xia Dehe's corruption and bribery and acting as a protective umbrella for evil forces has come to an end. The principal culprit Xia Dehe committed suicide, and his accomplice Sun Zhen, the thief and the eight-armed monkey have all been brought to justice. But There is still a vacancy for the admiral of the Beijing Camp, so I would like to ask Your Majesty to select a candidate as soon as possible."
Hearing this, the expressions of Ning Wen and others changed. They had already decided on the candidate, but they still said it openly. Is it interesting?
Now he has no way to deal with Li Yi, and he is no longer as arrogant as before, controlling the government.
"Who are you looking for?" Li Yi pretended to be thoughtful, looking at the ministers, "Do you have any suitable candidates?"
"Ma Chen is temporarily acting as the admiral, but the deputy admiral has been vacant. I don't have a suitable person for the moment. If you have suitable candidates, you can recommend one or two."
Wei Ziya continued to reply: "Your Majesty is wise, the Jingying camp is your Majesty's own army and an important weapon of the country. The admiral commands the Jingying camp to protect the capital. Its position is extremely important, involving your Majesty's safety and the safety of the Gale Dynasty. Therefore, it is not loyal and skilled in military skills." Human beings are incompetent.”
Li Yi closed his eyes and nodded, and the two began to perform a double act, "What Wei Aiqing said is absolutely correct. This candidate needs to be decided, and it needs to be decided quickly. Military affairs are important matters, and delaying them No!"
"I dare to recommend someone to Your Majesty." Wei Ziya said.
"Say!" Li Yi nodded.
"Master Sun Tingzong's student, my senior brother Cao Fengyang!"
Li Yi glanced at the many ministers in the audience intentionally or unintentionally, taking in their every move, and quickly said: "Okay, since he is Master Sun's student, there is no need to look at it. I have no objection. If you all I don’t have any opinion, it’s decided today.”
"Your Majesty, you must not do it, you must not do it!"
As soon as these words came out, Minister Xiang Guotian couldn't wait to stand up, with a gloomy face, "The dignified admiral of the capital camp, the third-rank military general, such an important position was decided so casually, is this too childish? Isn't it? Your Majesty, please be careful."
The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel is in charge of the appointment of officials. How could he let Li Yi succeed so easily? Regardless of success or failure, it is worth it to make His Majesty sick.
Wei Ziya said coldly: "It seems that Mr. Xiang also has a candidate, so why not tell him and listen."
"You have your own choice!"
"On the contrary, Mr. Wei, I have never heard of the Cao you are talking about. The dignified deputy admiral of the capital, such an important position is not something that just any cat or dog can hold!" Xiang Guotian said coldly and mockingly. .
"By the way, I heard that you changed the Dali Temple from top to bottom, replacing them all with your relatives and friends. Why, you still want to make the entire Dafeng Dynasty belong to your Wei family?" This old boy is worthy of it. He is an old slippery man in the officialdom. As soon as he opens his mouth, he takes the moral high ground and points fingers at Wei Ziya.
Sure enough, the other sycophants also showed proud expressions.
Li Yi's eyes turned cold, and he gave Xiang Guotian a heavy look, but he did not get angry. Even if he was the emperor today, he could not beat or scold people casually.
Especially now that old tricksters like Xiang Guotian and Ning Wen are doing things with their tail between their legs. Without evidence, it's not really easy to deal with him.
In addition, Li Yi had recently killed too many court officials, almost one-third of the civil and military personnel of the entire dynasty, which had caused a stir of public opinion in the entire capital and even the entire Gale Dynasty, confirming his title as a tyrant.
This is why even if Li Yi knows the person behind the scenes, he still cannot kill people casually without conclusive evidence.
Wei Ziya was not someone who was easy to bully, so he immediately angrily said, "Sir Xiang, please pay attention to your wording. Cao Fengyang is my senior brother and a student of Mr. Sun Ge of Sun Tingzong. He is not the cat or dog you talk about."
Xiang Guotian frowned and his face darkened. He didn't dare to quarrel with you today, but you, a little official of Dali Temple, still don't dare to quarrel with you?
Immediately said with disdain: "Not to mention whether this person named Cao is a student of Master Sun, even if he is, sir, have you ever heard of this dear friend? An unknown person, using the name of Master Sun's student , can you be in a high position?"
"This court is the court of the Dafeng Dynasty, not the school of his Sun Tingzong!"
Hearing this, many ministers in the court sneered, and many sycophants took the opportunity to echo.
Seeing that Xiang Guotian had the upper hand, he continued to deliberately embarrass Li Yi, "Mr. Wei, it's not a big deal for you to support your classmates, but don't be too confused. You can seduce anyone into the imperial court, and treat it like this." Where is it, a shelter for disaster victims?”
As soon as these words came out, many ministers present burst into deafening laughter.
Wei Ziya was not angry, but looked up at Li Yi slowly without saying a word with a cold face.
The two of them showed a sly smile in unison.
These bastards finally took the bait, great!
However, Li Yi's eyes were still very cold. These bastards are really disrespectful. This person is called Cao Fengyang, but he is a student of Sun Tingzong, and Sun Tingzong is my confidant. It seems that he is scolding him, but he is actually scolding me!
Xiang Guotian, you old bastard, sooner or later I've delayed you!
I will let you dance for a few more days!
"Snapped!"
A tea bowl was thrown hard from above and hit the ground hard.
The sudden sound made all the civil and military officials in the court tremble and panic.
Even Xiang Guotian shrank his neck in fright, raised his head, and looked at Li Yi.
"Who made the tea? It's so hot. If you don't know how to make tea, get out of here!"
This unspoken sound made Ning Wen, Xiang Guotian and others look sullen. Didn't this mean they should get lost?
"By the way, since I just told you that Cao Fengyang is not qualified, who is qualified? Please recommend a qualified person!"
With such a cold voice, even a fool would know that the emperor was angry.
But Xiang Guotian was the only one who remained unconvinced, thinking that he was being justified and that no one could do anything to him, but he had forgotten that Li Yi was not unreasonable at all!
He immediately raised his head, looked straight at Li Yi, and said, "I believe that Zhao Qingye, the legitimate son of the Zhao family of the Jiubian family, is the most suitable candidate for the deputy admiral of the Beijing camp!"
really!
Li Yi narrowed his eyes. Just as he expected, these bastards are trying to use the power of the Jiubian Family to fight me to the death. They are sitting on the mountain watching the fight between tigers and enjoying the results.
Unfortunately, you really made the wrong calculation!
But the civil and military officials in the court didn't know the inside story, and they all nodded in agreement.
"I didn't expect it to be Zhao Qingye, the legitimate son of the Zhao family!"
"Yes, the Jiubian family is a family of military commanders. All the children in the family are highly skilled in martial arts and have outstanding talents. This Zhao Qingye is even more outstanding. He is indeed a suitable candidate."
"Yes, I have heard about Mr. Zhao for a long time. It is indeed good, not bad!"
"..."
As Zhao Qingye's name appeared in the court, he was surprisingly unanimously praised, and his reputation was better than that of Li Yidu.
The result is self-evident. Everyone in the civil and military dynasties felt that Zhao Qingye was more than a little bit better than Cao Fengyang, both in terms of family background and reputation.
This is also a common view in the Gale Dynasty, that is, the children of aristocratic families are superior to others!
Li Yi stared coldly and said nothing.
But Xiang Guotian thought that Li Yi also acquiesced, and stared with a proud face, "Your Majesty, what do you think?"
This Chi Guoguo's provocation made Li Yi very angry, but he still remained calm, "Well, since the civil and military officials of the whole court think that Zhao Qingye is very good, then he will be selected."
Xiang Guotian suppressed the joy in his heart and immediately bowed: "Your Majesty is wise."
But as soon as Li Yi finished speaking, he added: "Since we are selecting the admiral of the capital camp, a third-grade military general, let alone a scholar who has no power to tie a chicken, I think Mr. Zhao is also good at martial arts. Why don't you come to the school tomorrow and let me see it?" Take a look at Mr. Zhao’s style.”
As soon as these words came out, Xiang Guotian and others were obviously stunned, and were about to refuse.
But what Li Yi said when he turned his head made him swallow it hard, "If the general can't mount his horse or hold his sword, how can I safely hand over the Beijing camp to him!"
"Retreat!"
