Outside the window, the sky was dark.
Inside the room, Li Xuan had already stood up.
Liu Jinyu stood on one side, wrapped in clothes, and personally helped Li Xuan put on court clothes.
Purple five-python five-chapter round-neck robe, black three-color seven-beam crown, two long red tassels falling straight to the chest, a red belt with gold and jade belt tied around the waist, and thick black leather boots with jade patterns on her feet.
A two-foot-six-inch ivory wat is placed on the table.
Xia Niang was carried by the wet nurse last night, and now they were the only two in the house. This made Li Xuan and Liu Jinyu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
She is obviously a girl, but when it comes to making noise, she is even more noisy than a boy.
During these ten days, Li Xuan went to bed early every night, and then was woken up in the middle of the night, and then fell asleep and woke up again.
Who let it be her own daughter? She can only be coaxed by herself.
But not today. On August 15th, Li Xuan has to get up early to watch the full moon.
Liu Jinyu picked up the memorial on the table, looked at Li Xuan with a strange expression, and said: "With Lang Jun's writing style, I'm afraid no one can impeach Lang Jun."
Li Xuan smiled slightly proudly and said: ""Laozi" said: The best is like water. Water is good for all things and has tranquility. It is the most disliked by everyone, so it is close to the Tao. The husband does not fight, so there is no exception. Retreat. One step, the sea and the sky are brighter.”
"Be careful when extreme joy brings sorrow." Liu Jinyu rolled her eyes at Li Xuan angrily.
Li Xuan's expression became solemn, and she bowed to Liu Jinyu and said, "Thank you, madam, for reminding me. I will definitely keep this in mind, husband."
"Okay, hurry up and go, there's a family dinner tonight." After Liu Jinyu finished speaking, she patted Li Xuan's arm and fell silent for a while.
After all, you are being impeached. If you are not careful, you may not be able to come back.
Li Xuan nodded seriously, then grabbed Liu Jinyu's hand and whispered: "Tonight, let Xia Niang and wet nurse sleep."
"Let's go." Liu Jinyu pushed Li Xuan hard, her face full of shyness.
"Hahaha..." Li Xuan laughed and walked out of the room.
Whoever dares not to let him come back tonight will be killed by him.
In an instant, Li Xuan's mind was filled with strong fighting spirit.
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Outside Danfeng Gate, Li Xuan arrived with his uncle Ouyang Tong, looking calm.
As he dismounted and moved forward, a voice suddenly sounded from beside him: "Twenty-seventh brother."
Li Xuan paused, turned around in surprise, and then saw Li Jing, the King of Si Zheng, standing on one side, looking at Li Xuan with a smile.
Li Xuan quickly handed over his hands and asked at the same time: "Brother Jiu Wang, why are you here?"
"Of course I'm coming back to attend the court meeting and take a look at your affairs." At this point, Li Jing said in a low voice: "What kind of person is the twenty-seventh brother? We and other members of the clan don't know who does it, and who doesn't know, and someone actually made false accusations, we and so on The clan will never give up and give up."
Hearing what Li Jing said, Li Xuan felt warm in his heart. He shook his head slightly and said, "Brother Wang, remember not to talk too much this year. It's nothing."
"Oh!" Li Jing understood the meaning of Li Xuan's words, and then nodded suddenly and said: "Twenty-seventh brother just has an idea."
Li Xuan slightly cupped her hands and said, "Brother Wang, if you are free tonight, let's have two drinks together at home."
"Okay!" Li Jing smiled and returned the greeting. Prince Zheng's Mansion was opposite Prince Peng's Mansion, so he took a step forward.
After saying hello to Li Jing, Li Xuan immediately walked into the queue at Honglu Temple.
It has been a long time since I met Liu Boying, the minister of Honglu Temple, and Yang Shan, the young minister. Li Xuan asked about some things about Honglu Temple and then talked about the situation on the front line.
At this moment, the palace door opened.
Countless officials suddenly became awe-inspiring, and then lined up to enter the Hanyuan Hall of the Daming Palace.
Civil and military officials arranged themselves in separate rows.
The Prime Minister on the right is Dai Zhide, the Prime Minister on the left is Cui Zhiwen, and the Prime Minister on the right is Guo Daiju.
Zhongshu Ling Hao Chujun, Zhongshu Shilang Li Yiyan, Zhongshu Shilang Yang Wu,
Zhao Renben, the minister, Zhang Wenguan, the minister, Gao Zhizhou, the minister of Huangmen, Laiheng, the minister of Huangmen.
Xue Yuanchao, the official admonishment officer, Li Jingxuan, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs, Dou Xuande, the minister of the Ministry of household affairs, and Pei Yan, the minister of the Ministry of punishment.
Duan Baoxuan, the minister of Dali Temple, Liu Boying, the minister of Honglu Temple, Pei Guangxiao, the minister of Zongzheng Temple, Ouyang Tong, the minister of Weiwei Temple, the five eunuchs of nine temples including Guanglu Temple, Sinong Temple, Taifu Temple, Taipu Temple, and Taichang Temple, as well as At the Yushitai, all officials of the fifth rank or above in the dynasty were listed.
Although there are many missing among the civil servants, there are many fewer among the military attachés.
However, when Li Xuan saw Cheng Chubi standing to one side in red clothes and gold armor, Li Xuan lowered his head slightly.
The military generals are headed by General Wang Jishan of the Left Qianniu Guard, General Fang Xianzhong of the Left Jinwu Guard, General Xue Guwu of the Right Jinwu Guard, General Quan Shancai of the Left Weiwei and others.
But what Li Xuan cares about the most is Gao Kan, the general of the Zuojian Gate Guard and Pingyuan County Duke.
After the generals left Beijing, Li Zhi always relied on the opinions of Duan Baoxuan and Gao Kan on matters of war in the country.
If two people disagree, the emperor's opinion will prevail.
If two people agree, then even the emperor must act according to their opinions.
While Li Xuan was thinking, Li Zhi, Empress Wu, and Prince Li Xian appeared on the high platform at the same time.
All the ministers immediately raised their hands at the same time and said: "I will see your Majesty, long live my emperor."
"Your Majesty, please be at peace." Li Zhi sat on the throne and raised his hand gently.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." The ministers immediately stood up and then lined up on both sides.
Li Zhi looked at the talented people in the palace below, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. I wanted to meet with you all, but as usual, you have been busy for most of the year, so you should spend time with your family, so the young master prepared I bought some mooncakes of various kinds for you to take home."
It is said to be mooncakes, but in fact there are many rewards, but they are just summarized in mooncakes.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Everyone cupped their hands at the same time, Li Zhi waved his hands, and everyone stood up again.
Li Zhi looked to one side, his eyes fell on Li Xian, and then said softly: "Tonight, the prince and the princess will accompany me and the queen to celebrate the festival. Sanlang and Shilang are not here. In this way, the King of Nanchang and the Princess of Nanchang, as well as Fuchang County The Lord enters the palace to accompany you, and I also meet the Lord of Fuchang County who is both blessed and prosperous."
"I accept the order." After Li Xuan stood up, he bowed seriously before retreating.
The ministers in the palace watched this conversation between the monarch and his ministers, and they already had expectations for the outcome of today's events.
Only Wu Chengsi's face was slightly ugly. He just sent people to Tongzhou, but he didn't expect that the person died, but he was exposed and was severely reprimanded.
The King of Nanchang is fine at all. This whole thing cannot be said to be just a game.
After a slight pause, Li Zhi looked at the ministers and continued: "Now in mid-August, the summer harvest has ended early, and the autumn harvest is approaching. I have issued an order to all states and counties to prepare for this year's autumn harvest as soon as possible. If there is any slack, severe punishment will not be spared; also, In the states and counties affected by droughts and floods, the governors and county magistrates of each state should report to the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Finance as soon as possible, and the ministers and ministers should make statistics and reduce or reduce the amount as appropriate."
"Your Majesty's Holy Virtue!" All the officials present immediately bowed in unison.
In recent years, floods and droughts have occurred in the Tang Dynasty. Last year, the situation was slightly better, but the prince Li Hong died of illness. All kinds of expenses at home and abroad did not decrease much. Fortunately, the emperor and empress were frugal, and Didn't increase much.
"There is also the matter of Tubo. Although the DPRK and China have made a lot of progress in Qinghai, in late autumn and winter is coming, the war will be difficult. Therefore, I have decided to order all the troops on the front line to postpone their march and prioritize holding on to wait for next year." Li Zhi calmly said looked at the ministers.
The ministers in the palace breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and then said in unison: "Your Majesty is wise."
Li Xuan also lowered his head, but felt a sense of emotion in his heart.
Li Zhi's move seemed to be due to the difficulty of the winter army's march, but in fact it was a deliberate step back so that the front line of the Tibetan army and even the Tibetan court could breathe a sigh of relief.
Without the oppression from the front lines of the Tang Dynasty, the Tubo court could devote more energy to the internal struggle for the throne.
With Tang Dynasty secretly instigating and stirring things up, it would not be easy for Tubo to survive smoothly this time.
"Some matters should not be brought up today, but the government and the public are paying attention, so we should reach a conclusion." Li Zhi sat on the throne, looked sideways at the ministers with a smile, and then said: "King Nanchang, the censor is impeaching you for your evil conspiracy. , your intentions are not submissive, you will be back in Beijing for a few days, and you will be able to reflect on yourself behind closed doors and realize your faults."
Li Xuan walked out from the crowd of ministers with a solemn expression, took out a memorial from his sleeve, held it forward, and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I am shutting myself up at home to reflect on my own mistakes. I am acting in the northwest. His behavior of being nepotistic, acting impulsively, disobeying orders, and acting privately is quite sinful, and please be punished by your Majesty."
Li Zhi raised his hand slightly, and Wang Fulai personally stepped down from the stage and took the memorial from Li Xuan's hand.
Li Zhi looked at it casually, and suddenly couldn't help but laugh out loud: "How can you be so candid? You are obviously asking for credit."
In Li Xuan's memorial, he wrote about many of his own mistakes, but most of them were for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, and the final results mostly ended well.
For example, in Qingnan's Kebo River, Li Xuan was originally ordered to build a ladder bridge, but later he used his cavalry to defeat the Tibetan cavalry attacks several times. Although it was in vain, it was within the allowable range.
Most of the other crimes he wrote were similar, with small things outweighing the big merits. Li Zhi didn't know what to say for a while.
Li Zhi raised his head and glared at Li Xuan fiercely, then looked to one side with an indifferent expression: "Zhang Aiqing."
Zhang Enzheng, the imperial censor, came out from one side, raised his hands to Li Zhi and said, "Your Majesty!"
"Tell me why the King of Nanchang was plotting against his will." Li Zhi's expression was very indifferent.
All the ministers in the court knew the emperor's temperament. If Zhang Enzheng couldn't tell the truth today, what awaited him would be to be deprived of all official positions and exiled to Lingnan.
"I obey the order." Zhang Enzheng handed over his hand, then turned to look at Li Xuan: "May I ask, Your Majesty, have you ever obtained a large amount of money and jewelry by confiscating homes and accepting gifts from others in Taohe, Kuozhou and Qinghai?"
Looking at Shi Yushi, who was in his fifties, had a long beard and looked upright, Li Xuan surprisingly calmly shook his head and said, "Never."
"Never?" Zhang Enzheng was stunned, and then said with a cold face: "Your Majesty, this is above the court, in front of His Majesty. If Your Majesty does not tell the truth, he will be deceiving you."
"I know that talking nonsense is deceiving the emperor, but Zhang Yushi, I am indeed not talking nonsense, it is true."
After a slight pause, Li Xuan cupped his hands and said: "It is true that my king ransacked his homes several times in Taohe and Kuozhou and Qinghai, and also confiscated a large amount of money and jewelry. However, except for those things, except for being distributed to the army officers and soldiers in accordance with the rules, other , I sent them all back to the court... Everything is recorded and can be checked, and the censor can just go to Qianniu Guard to get the detailed records."
The officials in the treasury, the Shaofu and the Ministry of Household Affairs at the scene all understood clearly when they thought of the several batches of this kind of goods that had been delivered to them in the past few days.
Some of these things were put into the emperor's inner treasury, and some were transported into the treasury of the Ministry of Revenue. There were indeed many valuable items in them, but they were all used to offset the losses of the army's western expedition.
Seeing Li Xuan's calm look, Zhang Enzheng was stunned, then his face darkened, and he asked: "Didn't the King of Nanchang withhold money and jewelry privately?"
"I have money, including Tuyuhun and Tubo coins, but I don't have any jewelry." Li Xuan shook her head slightly, then cupped her hands to Zhang Enzheng and said, "I roughly understood what Zhang Yushi said. I secretly took some treasure that I should not have taken, but I asked the censor to tell me what treasure it was, so that the censor was allowed to impeach me for his evil conspiracy and ulterior motives."
"Seal, one seal." Zhang Enzheng looked directly at Li Xuan and said coldly: "One seal of King Tuyuhun."
(End of chapter)
