Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

"Do we still need to continue to worry so much?"

Yuchi Jingde snorted coldly at this time, "It's just this group of gentry who failed to accomplish anything and failed."

"The Turkic army is approaching the city. Chai Shao was hanged on the tower and his life is hanging by a thread. You can't find them."

"But if you wait until the court, when the generals are played and tell the truth, they will all jump out."

"What can't be done, it's No. 1!"

Cheng Yaojin also rolled up his sleeves at this time, "Anyway, this time you can say what to do?!"

"Back then, these bastards were full of bad things, which made me and Li Qiu turn against each other, and almost caused a catastrophe."

"This time, we have to be careful."

Qin Qiong thought about it now, "It stands to reason that since His Majesty has made such a promise today, Li Qiu's life should be safe."

"I just don't know what tricks they can come up with in the court tomorrow."

"But in my estimation, they won't let Li Qiu go easily this time."

Li Jing also nodded, "That's what I'm worried about."

"This son, Li Qiu, is a handsome young talent that I rarely meet in Tang Dynasty."

"If I get dusted because of this incident, I'm really worried. After a few years, our group of people will be old, and who else can carry the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty."

They are here to discuss the countermeasures for tomorrow, and those princes, kings of Wei, important officials in the court and gentry who don't like Li Qiu in the first place.

Naturally, they were also discussing how to use this opportunity to give Li Qiu the biggest blow.

It would be great if he could directly kill him.

The next day, in the early court, Li Qiu, who was dressed in purple, was once again forced to get up early.

Today, he directly stood in the ranks of military generals, staying away from those disgusting noble ministers who spoke with honey and swords.

Just before Emperor Li Shimin arrived, the entire Tai Chi Hall could already smell a hint of murderous tension.

Especially those gentry ministers looked at Li Qiu faintly, which was even more unkind.

In addition, the specifications of today's morning court are obviously higher.

Prince Li Chengqian, Wei Wang Li Tai, and several other princes also came.

When Li Shimin showed up, everyone saw the ceremony.

Sure enough, the censor Ben opened the curtain of today's court battle.

"Your Majesty, I want to play the general of the Fu Kingdom, the Duke of Yue, Li Qiu."

"He went out of the city without a military order, hijacked the imperial decree, and went to the front line privately. According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, this is a capital offense."

"He led the army to mutiny, disobeyed the orders of the army, and committed suicide without authorization. According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, this is also a capital crime."

"This military order is like a mountain, and the national law is ruthless. Your Majesty, you can't set a precedent for this!"

After him, several other censors also stood up to help, with the purpose of punishing Li Qiu's death penalty.

For the extremely shameless words of these people, Marshal Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others all frowned.

Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde, who had the most violent tempers, didn't care whether they were in the court, they took a step directly, pointed at their noses and started yelling.

"I bother!"

"You shameless bastards, Li Qiu should have let some of the Turkic people in, and then captured you all as two-legged sheep and fed them to the dogs!"

"Damn, I didn't see you when you fought Turks, and you didn't see you when you attacked Shuofang City."

"When there's danger, you're all ducks."

"Then when our Tang soldiers finish the battle, we still want to come back to see your faces?!"

"Shuofang City, for many years, is like a nail stuck in the other side of the Yellow River, in the hinterland of our army."

"Without him, how could Turkic cross the Yellow River so easily?"

"Those who don't understand strategy and only know about Zhihu all day long, those of you who quote scriptures, do you know how much credit Li Qiu has made for this move?"

"Now you actually want to execute him?!"

"Damn! If you want to kill Li Qiu, you have to ask me if I agree with the long knife in the hands of the Tang soldiers!"

These civil servants from ancient times to the present all have a general characteristic.

It is for the ferocious enemy, for those mobs, they are terrified to death.

In the face of these people, they became a fool on the wall, and there were not many records in history that could truly maintain their integrity and loyalty.

However, facing those who are restricted by the imperial power, especially Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde, who are curt-tempered and reckless?

They are not afraid at all, but are more than happy to confront them.

Just look at the famous military generals in the history of China, most of them did not die in the hands of the enemy, but in the end they all died in the hands of the faint emperor and these treacherous officials.

Therefore, seeing Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde blowing their beards and staring, they, the censors, were not afraid at all.

Then the tongue gun lip sword began to fight back, and began to quote scriptures, talking about righteousness, laws and so on.

Cheng Yaojin and the others are military generals, so how could they talk about these professions' lip service?

At this moment, someone suddenly reported that Princess Pingyang and Chai Shao's son-in-law had arrived.

Hearing this, Li Shimin hurriedly invited and gave him a seat in time.

"Hey, Chai Shao, you are still weak, why did you come here?"

Chai Shao and Princess Pingyang didn't talk nonsense at this time, and said directly, if Your Majesty wants to execute Li Qiu, then we should be executed first.

Hearing this, Li Shimin sighed and waved his hands, "Why did I ever say that Li Qiu was going to be executed?"

"Outside the city yesterday, I have already said in front of the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Tang Dynasty that everyone in Liang Shidu deserves to die."

"Forgive Li Qiu's innocence."

The appearance of Princess Pingyang and Chai Shao, as well as the promise Li Shimin mentioned yesterday, are all within the calculations of Feng Deyi, Pei Ji, Xiao Yu and others.

At this time, seeing that the time was ripe, they finally revealed their real killing move.

"His Majesty!"

"It's extremely ominous for Li Qiu to resist the order and kill the captives."

"His death penalty can be avoided, but his life penalty cannot be escaped."

"The ministers suggested that he should be removed from his official position and title, and exiled for three thousand miles!"

Chapter 149 Changsun Wuji scolds Feng Deyi

Hearing what they said, Changsun Wuji, who originally planned to speak out at the end, couldn't stand it anymore.

"Heh, I said Master Feng, you are speaking so boldly!"

"Still exiled for three thousand miles?!"

"I'm just curious. With Li Qiu's two great achievements in battle, how did you have the nerve to say that?"

"Has your conscience been eaten by dogs?!"

Hearing the eldest grandson Wuji scold him directly, Feng Deyi, who is already in his 60s, was so angry that his beard was shaking wildly.

He kept pointing at him with his hand, "You, you, good you eldest grandson Wuji!"

"When the old man was prime minister in the previous dynasty, you weren't there yet!"

"How dare you speak so disrespectfully to this old man now..."

Changsun Wuji snorted equally angrily, "Obviously you were the one who barked, Lord Feng, but now you are blaming others!"

"With a prime minister like you, I now finally understand how the previous dynasty fell..."

Seeing that the two of them were arguing more and more fiercely, Li Shimin who was sitting at the head sighed, "You two, stop arguing!"

"Changsun Wuji, look at what kind of nonsense you are talking about?!"

"And you, Feng Deyi, were exiled for three thousand miles?"

"Aren't you afraid that the common people and soldiers of the world will be chilled by making such a plea to a hero of our Tang Dynasty?"

At this moment, Feng Deyi, Pei Ji and others saw their forces run out.

Xiao Yu, who represented Wei Wang Li Tai's forces, also spoke out.

"Your Majesty, Lord Feng's request is indeed a bit excessive."

"However, Master Feng's intentions are really for the sake of me, Datang."

"My lord, I also implore Li Qiu to be severely punished, so as to serve as an example to others."

"Re-establish my Tang army's ethos and reputation."

"Only in this way can the hidden danger of killing prisoners be eliminated."

"Only in the future will the Turkic tribes and the surrounding small countries be able to sincerely submit to our Tang Dynasty and open the door to surrender."

"The old minister implores Your Majesty to take back the royal garden, Furong Garden, and cut off Li Qiuzhi's fiefdom, Shiyi."

After Xiao Yu, people continued to stand up and agree.

This is also the final bottom line of their various interest groups and large gentry interest groups.

For them, no matter whether they win or lose, the small group's interests must be based on the gentry's large group.

The most humble merchants like Li Qiu will definitely be severely punished and destroyed.

After they spoke out, Li Jing, Wang Gui, Wei Zheng, Wei Ting, Zhang Yungu, Du Ruhui, Qin Qiong and others also put pressure on Li Shimin.

"I implore Your Majesty to think twice, don't let the people of the world and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty feel cold!"

Looking at the group of them, Li Shimin couldn't see the slightest change in expression.

Instead, he turned his attention to Wei Wang Li Tai.

"Wei Wang, tell me, what do you think?"

Wei Wang Li Tai came out, "Reporting to my father, my ministers also have the same opinion as Feng Deyi, Pei Ji, Xiao Yu and others."

"Resisting the edict and killing prisoners, no matter what, are unforgivable felonies."

"Now, the father is benevolent. Considering his meritorious service, he has been spared the death penalty."

"But the punishment is absolutely unavoidable."

To say that the one with the calmest expression in the entire Taiji Hall is Li Shimin who is sitting at the top.

After all, the emperor's mind must be deep enough, and the minister must not be able to see his emotional changes before making a decision.

And the other one was Li Qiu who was quietly standing in the crowd below.

For him at this moment, it was like watching a play, watching this group of people very interestingly.

In his heart, he was not interested in the so-called titles, official positions, power, and status.

He was originally a small businessman who opened his small shop and lived a peaceful, leisurely and happy life with Miss Wu Jue.

Later, I don't know why, but I was involved in the court step by step inexplicably.

Unexplainably, he became a member of the second rank, the Great General of the Tang Dynasty.

Now, he is really tired of this kind of boring, battlefield and danger.

If it is true what these gentry said, I will be happy to be quiet.

Then take gold, silver, and wives Kexin and Wu Jue, and go to Youzhou together, or to Suzhou and Hangzhou water towns, and live a happy life for a lifetime, wouldn't it be great?

After Li Tai said those words, Li Qiu had already put a label on Li Tai in his heart.

A smiling tiger with a honeyed belly and a sword in his mouth, this kind of person is still very insidious.

He said a lot in the name of the name, but in fact what he cared most about was the Furong Garden.

At this time, Li Shimin looked at Prince Li Chengqian again.

"Prince, you are the crown prince of a country."

"Tell me your opinion too."