The atmosphere in today's morning court was a bit solemn. Zheng Xuan, Pei Ji, Cui Dian and others stood in a row, followed by a group of scribes wearing Confucian robes.
Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair and looked at a group of scholarly leaders below. The head of the family frowned.
The civil and military ministers on both sides also kept their eyes and noses in mind and remained silent.
Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Wei Zheng also lowered their heads, not knowing what they were thinking about.
"Your Majesty, this war is a waste of money and money for the people, and the people are in dire straits. Our Tang Dynasty has just stabilized its footing, and you are going the opposite direction. How are you any different from that Yang Guang?" Pei Ji looked directly into Li Shimin's eyes and said these words sonorously and forcefully.
"Pei Ji, are you accusing me?" Li Shimin shouted coldly, and a surge of anger arose in his heart. These guys are here to force me into the palace today.
"I don't dare, but the border of our country, Tang Dynasty, is currently surrounded by wars and we are besieged on all sides. It was you, the emperor, who took the lead in provoking the war, which has led to our country, Tang Dynasty, now being in crisis. I have the guts to ask the emperor to withdraw his troops!" Pei Ji replied neither happy nor angry.
"Pei Gong's words are wrong. This war was not started by the Tang Dynasty. It was the Turks who repeatedly invaded our borders and wantonly slaughtered and robbed our people of the Tang Dynasty. How could we, the Tang Dynasty, sit back and wait for death? Naturally, we must rise up to fight back. Otherwise, the national prestige of our Datang Dynasty will be lost.
Where are you?" Du Ruhui stood up and looked at Pei Ji and retorted coldly.
"Hmph! Then let me ask you, when Jieli sent people to negotiate peace later, why did the emperor go back on his promise and take the opportunity to sneak attack on Jieli tribe, leading to a war?"
"Mr. Pei, if you are going to be unlucky outside, you have to ask Li Jing about this." Du Ruhui snorted coldly.
"Haha, you sharp-tongued Du Ruhui, if he doesn't get the emperor's approval, does Li Jing dare to use troops privately?" Zheng Xuan also stood up and called Du Ruhui by his name.
"Mr. Zheng, this is the most critical moment for the Tang Dynasty. As ministers of the Tang Dynasty, we should unite as one to overcome the difficulties, instead of trying to figure out who is right and who is wrong." Fang Xuanling stood up and expressed her position.
"Haha! Then who caused all this?" Cui Dian asked with a sneer.
"All this is naturally caused by the Turks. They violated our border. If the Tang Dynasty does not respond, then even cats and dogs can stand up and bully us. Is this what you want to see?"
Fang Xuanling looked coldly on his "subordinate". If he hadn't thought that he was the head of the Cui family, he would have resigned long ago.
"Your Majesty, there is a lot of smoke at the border. I heard that the border city is about to be destroyed. When the enemy enters the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, wouldn't it be a river of blood? Those are the people of the Tang Dynasty! I ask the emperor to order the withdrawal of troops and negotiate peace with the neighboring countries.
, Let the people of the Tang Dynasty avoid the suffering of war."
Zheng Xuan let out a cry of sorrow, knelt on the ground and cried out in tears.
"Asking the Emperor to withdraw his troops!"
Pei Ji and others also knelt on the ground and asked Li Shimin to retreat.
The blue veins on Li Shimin's forehead popped out, and his face was clouded. This group of corpses only wanted to benefit their own family, and did not think about serving the country with all their loyalty. They talked about benevolence, justice and morality, and served the country and the people, but in fact they harbored evil intentions and evil intentions. Li Shimin really wanted to
Kill them with one strike.
Just when Zheng Xuan, Pei Ji and others had forced Li Shimin into the palace early in the morning, they wanted Li Shimin to negotiate peace with neighboring countries and call a truce to withdraw his troops.
Four fast horses galloped in from outside Chang'an City, with clouds of smoke and dust rising behind them.
"Great victory in the border city! Kill 80,000 people and capture Yimu Ben, the commander-in-chief of Xue Yantuo, alive!"
With a loud roar, the city gatekeeper was shocked when he saw the other party wearing a Hong Ling on his head. He quickly pushed aside the people who were crowding in front of the city gate and allowed the Hong Ling envoy to enter the city.
The people of Chang'an heard last time that the border town was in danger. The enemy might capture the border town at any time and advance into the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty. Many people from the north fled south.
It made people panic for a while, thinking about how the invincible Tang army could have such a crisis.
Didn’t you say last time that you beat the Turks until their buttocks urinated?
At this time, they suddenly heard the news coming from the border again, which made all the people of Chang'an stunned.
Immediately afterwards, there was a roar of applause like a mountain roar and a tsunami.
"I just said that our Tang army is invincible!"
"Haha, I wonder who heard about the crisis in the border town last time, and his legs were trembling with fear there!"
"You old-fashioned guy, I've been scared for decades, but you still call Yingzhou's son back to seek refuge!"
Two businessmen were also standing in the crowd at this time, attacking each other and engaging in a verbal spat.
"Victory in the border town!"
"All invading enemies will be killed!"
Hong Ling rushed towards the palace and shouted loudly.
"A great victory in the border town? That's great. Go back and inform the young ladies." After Wang Hongping learned the news, she cried with joy and quickly sent someone back to Zhangjiacun to tell her young ladies the good news.
When the border town was besieged and could be breached at any time, the little girl suddenly fainted with fright, because last time Zhang Li came back and said that Zhang San went to the border town and formed a medical team. It was safe without having to go to the battlefield.
Don't worry, little sister.
But then news came back that the border city was in danger and was being besieged by enemy troops.
When they learned the bad news, the entire Zhangjia Village was shrouded in a dark cloud, and they were very worried about the safety of Zhang San and others.
At this time, Li Shimin had not received the news. When he saw Zheng Xuan, Pei Ji came with a group of scribes from aristocratic families and forced him to retreat. He was so angry that he gritted his teeth.
"What if I insist on not retreating?" Li Shimin asked coldly.
"Your Majesty, you are disregarding the safety of the Tang Dynasty! If Your Majesty persists in your stubbornness, I will not be able to kneel here for a long time!" Zheng Xuan knelt on the ground and replied resolutely.
"Okay! You Zheng Xuan, you brought these people here to force me today, how cruel you are!" Li Shimin said a few good words in a row, and there was a sense of awe in his words.
The entire hall was silent, with people kneeling on the floor.
Everyone could hear the murderous intent in Li Shimin's tone. The emperor who dared to raise a butcher's knife against his brother was really angry today.
Zheng Xuan and others were also under great pressure, with cold sweat breaking out on their foreheads, but there was no room for them to retreat at this time.
They were all betting that Li Shimin would not dare to risk the disapproval of the world and punish them, representatives of aristocratic families and leading scholars.
Li Shimin was also worried about the influence of these people among the scholarly civil servants, and was also afraid that those harsh scholars would portray him as a tyrant in the future. After all, Li Shimin still cherished his feathers.
Just when Li Shimin was thinking about how to end today, Xu Huang received news from Chang'an City.
"Your Majesty, I'm so happy! Good news from the border town!"
One stone stirred up thousands of waves. Li Shimin was overjoyed when he heard this, "Seriously!"
"Report, Hong Ling is urgent to report!"
"A great victory in the border town, the formation killed 80,000 people, and captured Yimu Ben, the commander-in-chief of Xue Yantuo, alive!"
When Zheng Xuande heard the news, he immediately collapsed on the ground. Especially after hearing the news that Yimu Ben was captured alive, his face turned pale, as if he were mourning for his heir.