Li Heng's heart skipped a beat, Wei Jiansu was trying to show off!
Recalling the Battle of Qingqu is just a feint, the real killing move is to attack the cattle and sheep that King Jianning paid tribute to!
These old foxes!
Li Heng's prestige was far inferior to that of the Emperor, and he did not have much room to display his political skills.
Wei Jiansu is the patriarch of the Jingzhao Wei family. Jingzhao Wei family is a prominent family in Gyeonggi and has huge influence in the Gyeonggi area.
This is also the reason why Li Heng wanted to worship Wei Jiansu as prime minister.
However, since ancient times, emperors and prime ministers have always competed for power. Almost all of Li Heng's political halls were from powerful families.
Although these wealthy families would also fight among themselves, they spared no effort in suppressing the imperial power.
But in order to regain the two capitals, Li Heng had to rely on these powerful families.
In fact, Li Heng also knew that King Jianning had been criticized by the government and the public for a long time.
Fang Guan was able to take office as the governor of Hexi Province because he was not only attached to the prince.
More importantly, the policy of changing horses to mulberry really aroused the interest of powerful families.
The land west of Hexi is fertile. If we can really convert horses into mulberry trees, it will be a fertile land.
Moreover, even if the court regrets in the future and wants to resume horse administration in Hexi, it will have to buy back these fertile fields at a high price.
Before Fang Guan arrived in Hexi, he had already negotiated deals with the dignitaries in the court at that time. Many of them sent their servants to follow Fang Guan to Hexi, waiting to devour these fine farmlands.
However, the change of horse into mulberry was disturbed by King Jianning, and the officials in the court were naturally very angry.
It's just that the previous attacks on King Jianning were all done by imperial historians. As long as the emperor stayed silent, he could always overcome them.
Unexpectedly, this time Wei Jiansu directly took advantage of the situation and directly questioned that the horses, cattle and sheep paid tribute by King Jianning were not captured on the battlefield, but plundered from the hands of the people.
In that case, the nature of the matter would change.
If these two crimes of lying about military exploits and plundering the people were proven true, King Jianning would not be able to stand up!
The Tang Dynasty was founded on military merit, and lying about military merit has always been a major crime.
Taking benevolence and righteousness as the foundation of the country and plundering the people is even more despised by scholars all over the world.
But Wei Jiansu had already forced him to this point, but Li Heng hesitated.
Li Heng naturally thought of King Jianning, but his weak character made him unable to be strong.
"If the emperor were here, he would probably disperse the court meeting immediately, right?"
Li Heng couldn't help but think about what his father would do if he encountered such a situation.
After thinking about it, my father probably wouldn't be forced into such a predicament by the prime minister, right?
Li Heng wanted to disperse the court meeting, but forced by the looks of the ministers, Li Heng was still unable to say anything.
Wei Jiansu's face was expressionless. He had been planning this attack on the royal family for a long time.
When Li Daoyuan and the Uyghur suitors entered the city, Wei Jiansu immediately launched his plan to drag King Jianning down!
Wei Jiansu was not a fool like Fang Guan. He was an old man who had experienced the treacherous political struggles of Bo Yun in the Xuanzong court.
Wei Jiansu had already served as prime minister in the Shang Dynasty during the Tianbao period and had always held important positions in the court.
After the fall of the two capitals, Wei Jiansu followed the emperor to Shu, and was later sent by the emperor to stay with Li Heng.
Jingzhao Wei's background, coupled with his seniority in the emperor's court, Wei Jiansu's fight with the current emperor was also mixed with the influence of the emperor.
How could such an experienced veteran be compared to a idiot like Fang Guan?
His move was naturally fatal, and what he wanted was to completely crucify King Jianning at the great court meeting.
Can a place like Longyou afford 10,000 cattle, sheep and horses?
impossible!
Wei Jiansu, including the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, no one believed the "nonsense" told by King Jianning.
The Uighurs are powerful, and Gel Khan is the grassland hero who unified the Uighurs. Can they be defeated by King Jianning?
Wei Jiansu had served as Minister of War when he was in the imperial court, so he naturally knew the combat effectiveness of the border army.
It’s good to be able to defend the border from the Uighur invasion, but you still want to take the initiative?
All the wealth in Longyou was wiped out by the imperial court's suppression of the rebellion. King Jianning's lie made all the princes in the court think they were fools.
King Jianning donated livestock to the emperor, naturally to ask for credit. As for the reason for asking for credit, it was of course for the position of crown prince.
Wei Jiansu thought he had seen through Li Yan, so he used this killer move to replace the Longyou general manager.
When the time comes, the chaos caused by King Jianning in Longyou will naturally need someone to quell it. Wei Jiansu can draw people from his own political faction into it, and then go to Hexi to change horses into mulberry trees.
Wei Jiansu's abacus was clattering, and Li Heng could only watch as the guards went to bring King Jianning's envoy and the Uighur suitor.
At this moment, Li Heng looked desperately at the courtiers below, but remembered that Li Mi and Guo Ziyi, whom he once relied on, were no longer in the court.
It's too late to regret it. If Li Mi was in the political hall, he wouldn't have been forced into such a situation.
Li Heng regretted his alienation from Li Mi, but it was useless to regret now. If King Jianning's crime was proven today, his prestige as an emperor would be ruined.
In fact, Li Heng did not believe that King Jianning could defeat the Uighurs.
He was naturally aware of the situation in Longyou. When King Jianning went to Longyou, he brought hundreds of personal guards with him. Not to mention leading Longyou to defeat the Uighurs, it was even difficult to actually control Longyou.
Li Heng also estimated that these cattle and sheep were collected by Li Yan in order to please him.
Since his son has this "filial piety", Li Heng will naturally not delve into it.
But now that Wei Jiansu was placed on the court, Li Heng just hoped that Li Yan would not be confused and plunder these cattle and sheep from the people.
At this time, in the middle of the ranks of civil servants, Hube Tozhilang Yuanzai, who had stopped Yu Chaoen yesterday, raised his head. He looked at Wei Jiansu among the prime ministers from a distance, and pride surged in his heart.
Today we meet the real prime minister!
Yuan Zai thought of the words of Chen Ping, a famous prime minister in the Western Han Dynasty:
"The prime minister is to assist the emperor at the top, manage Yin and Yang, follow the four seasons, and adjust all things to suit the needs of all things. He can control the foreign princes externally, and personally attach himself to the people internally, so that the ministers and officials can fulfill their duties."
Today, Wei Jiansu coerced the emperor and impeached the prince. How courageous is this!
Like Yuan Zai, the ministers at the Great Court Meeting had vaguely other ideas in mind.
Li Daoyuan was originally planning to go to Zhongshu's door to deliver the documents to report his merits, but he did not expect that two forbidden guards wearing Mingguang armor arrived.
Before Li Daoyuan could react, a round-faced eunuch appeared.
"Li Sima, His Majesty announces your admission to the court."
What?
In the end what happened?
At the same time, An Daxie, who was staying at the Honglu Temple Posthouse, was also summoned.
The eunuchs and guards who delivered the order didn't give them any time to react, and almost took them to the palace where the Great Court Meeting was located.
Li Daoyuan was sent to the main hall by this group of people. This main hall was rebuilt by Fengxiang Mansion from the original palace. Naturally, it was not as gorgeous as Chang'an Daming Palace.
The temporary palace of Fengxiang Mansion in later generations has long since ceased to exist. This was the first time Li Daoyuan saw a palace-style building, and he couldn't help but turn on the camera.
Even a temporary palace is built so gorgeously, it really belongs to the Tang Dynasty.
Li Daoyuan's weapons were confiscated, and then led by a eunuch, he walked into the main hall of the Great Chaohui.
"Xuan Jianning Prince's Mansion Marching Sima, Li Daoyuan goes to the palace!"
Following the eunuch's sharp voice, Li Daoyuan walked into the main hall and into the center of power of the Tang Dynasty.
Although Li Daoyuan was not interested in these political struggles, he was still very excited to meet the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty in this era.
Will there be an achievement?
The way Li Daoyuan looked around made all the ministers present feel a little disdainful.
As expected, the people under King Jianning were all country bumpkins who didn't even understand court etiquette.
However, the feudal etiquette of the Tang Dynasty was not as strict as that of later generations. Everyone just thought that Li Daoyuan was a country bumpkin, and no one came to participate in his "disrespect in front of the palace".
It wasn't until he reached the front row that Li Daoyuan could see the emperor clearly.
Li Heng's appearance is very similar to that of King Jianning, but his body is thin and somewhat stooped.
In fact, Li Heng is not even fifty years old now, but the years of torture as a prince under Li Longji and the heavy burden of countering rebellion make Li Heng look as old as an old man in his sixties or seventies.
In contrast, Wei Jiansu is already sixty-five years old, but he has been in good spirits for a long time and looks younger than the emperor.
"Li Daoyuan, the marching commander of Prince Jianning's palace, has met Your Majesty." Li Daoyuan really didn't understand the etiquette of pilgrimage, so he said casually.
However, Li Heng did not care whether his etiquette was in compliance with the regulations, but asked directly:
"Without ceremony, I have summoned you here today. I want to ask you whether what is written in King Jianning's victory report is true?"
Li Heng deliberately used an oppressive tone. If Li Daoyuan told the "truth", then Li Heng could use the emperor's majesty to suppress the matter and stop discussing the origins of the 10,000 cattle and sheep as tribute, and only discuss the matter.
King Ning was accused of "lying about military achievements and deceiving the emperor".
Although this crime is also serious, it is much better than "exploiting the people and plundering the place". The worst case scenario is that King Jianning can be dismissed from his title and recalled from Longyou.
If an ordinary person saw the emperor asking such a serious question, he would definitely panic.
But to the players, the divine emperor is nothing more than a special NPC in Li Daoyuan's opinion.
He doesn't even look as handsome as Wang Jianning.
And does the emperor give himself tasks?
Li Daoyuan didn't feel the majesty of the so-called emperor at all, and just said:
"I have brought the victory document. The old Uighur Khan attacked Geluolu, a vassal state of Tang Dynasty without permission. King Jianning, with Cao Lingzhong as his general, defeated the army of Gelu Khan at the foot of Jinshan Mountain."
"The livestock I brought are the captures from the Battle of Jinshan."
The emperor frowned and said nothing, Wei Jiansu said:
"How many soldiers and horses does Gel Khan lead?"
"The elite of the Uyghur King's tent plus the Stele Forest Army, there are almost fifty thousand cavalry capable of fighting."
Wei Jiansu smiled, King Jianning was so brave!
Fifty thousand Uighur cavalry can fight from the grassland to Fengxiang Mansion! How can you, a mere King Jianning, defeat them?
Since you are bragging like this, don't blame the truth for being rude!