During the Tang Dynasty, the world was peaceful for a long time. Except for occasional conflicts in border areas, the soldiers in various provinces were of little use except for training and garrisoning. They had a lot of idle time.

The Minister of Punishment was unwilling to report this kind of matter to the emperor, because such a matter would be delayed for a long time in a small way; in a big way, it would just be a few thieves, and it would not be enough to alarm the Queen, right?

Lai Junchen only engaged in officialdom battles. What he thought most about were personal gains and losses, how to keep his official position, etc. He did not want Wu Zetian to know about such things.

Therefore, the two negotiated privately and finally decided that the Minister of Punishment should directly approach the Minister of War and ask him to send some soldiers to escort the two criminals back to the capital prison.

"How can this be done?" Upon hearing this, the Minister of War felt that it was inappropriate to send troops to escort such two ordinary criminals like big shots.

"The main reason is that the area is not very peaceful." The Minister of the Ministry of Justice took out the urgent official letter from the Jiangnan Province Inspector from his pocket and showed it to the Minister of the Ministry of War.

"Is there really such a strange thing?" After reading Sima Cong's letter, the Minister of War was shocked by his exaggerated words: "Visitors from outer space? How come I haven't heard of them?"

Naturally, visitors from extraterrestrial places are, in today’s parlance, “aliens.” Aliens, not to mention people from the Tang Dynasty, are also a mystery to be solved even for today’s people.

People today, based on their level of technological development, believe that they are extremely powerful humans, or even robots and Transformers, that came from extraterrestrial bodies.

What about the people of the Tang Dynasty? Based on their level at the time, they believed that the gods in heaven were demoted to mortals by the Jade Emperor for making mistakes. After they came down to earth, they could not adapt to the life of the mortal world and gathered people to cause trouble.

As a native of the Tang Dynasty, Minister of the Ministry of War was an official who had climbed to the top of the officialdom through the imperial examination and was capable of both literary and military skills. However, according to today's level, his understanding of nature was only at the level of a child. Naturally, he was either curious or frightened.

"The Ministry of War just randomly sends some soldiers to show off and scare those thieves." The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment smiled. What he said could be regarded as a way to provoke the generals.

Are those people thieves?

Although the Minister of War can be regarded as a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time, what is the formation in front of him called? He has never experienced it.

"It stands to reason that we should go after those who have descended from the earth to debase themselves, and prepare for war with them." The Minister of War expressed embarrassment, and turned over the letter and read it several times: "We only sent soldiers to two ordinary criminals.

Escort, it’s really a fantasy.”

"Have you not seen that even the Taoist Imperial Guard attaches such importance to this?" Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment said in a serious tone: "He is a third-rank official in the imperial court."

"Then why didn't he directly report to Emperor Wu and let the Emperor decide?" the Minister of War asked in confusion.

"Perhaps he considers that this is a small matter, but it alarms the place; it is a big matter, but there are only a dozen or so thieves?" Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment continued to use his provocation method: "This kind of thing, although the case is serious, is not dignified.

Specifications, it is inconvenient to present them to Emperor Wu."

"That's right," the Minister of War nodded.

"That's why I came to beg you." The Minister of Punishment said with a smile: "You think they are just thieves who haven't been beaten before. You don't need to send soldiers to fight, right? Although they are small in number, they are extremely powerful.

Even the dignified fourth-grade general Cui Jianfeng was defeated by them?"

"Why are you mentioning Cui Jianfeng?" The Minister of War curled his lips contemptuously: "He has no fighting skills. He only wears the coat of a detective and knows nothing about troop movement and formation."

"Yes." The Minister of Punishment quickly said in an easy-going manner: "Dali Temple listened to Di Guolao and regarded such powerful soldiers of the gods as petty thieves and sent detectives to act as generals. They really don't know how to march and form an army.

.How can there be any reason to be invincible?"

"Okay then." The Minister of War thought for a while and said, "I will immediately order Fan Zhendong, the Ningyuan general stationed in the southern part of Jiangnan Road, to send troops to escort your prison guards to Luoyang."

"Okay," the Minister of the Ministry of Justice secretly rejoiced and breathed a long sigh of relief. He never forgot to give the Minister of War a high hat again: "With a general like you who can transport troops like a god to help us, those thieves who make small troubles may

I'm so frightened after hearing the news, let alone blocking the road and robbing prisoners, I'm afraid I'll run away as soon as I hear the name of the army you sent."

"Okay, okay." Shangshu of the Ministry of War felt very comfortable: "Then I will ask General Fan to send more troops. They will be powerful and powerful in the south of the Yangtze River."

"The general's words are touching. This will frighten those who demean the gods and they will definitely not dare to approach." The Minister of Punishment agreed.

"Oh." The Minister of the Ministry of War didn't know what he was thinking, and suddenly changed his words: "No, no,".

"what?"

"We cannot send soldiers to escort us." The Minister of War shook his head.

"Why?" The smile on Shangshu's face immediately froze.

"If we send a large number of soldiers to escort us, the thieves will not dare to disturb us. Then are we using so many troops just to scare them?"

"Wouldn't it be nice to scare them to achieve your goal?" the Minister of Punishment said in confusion.

"This," although the Minister of the Ministry of War and the Minister of the Ministry of Justice are at the same level, the emperor favors the Ministry of War, so the Minister of the Ministry of Justice does not dare to look at him in front of him. Therefore, the Minister of the Ministry of War is still very tall: "You don't understand. We

The purpose of sending troops should not just be to scare them, but to eliminate them and make one side safe."

"Yes, yes." The Minister of Punishment hurriedly catered to him.

"So, I want to use a small number of soldiers to escort and a large number of soldiers to follow quietly. Once these thieves attack your personnel, we will immediately send the army forward to encircle and annihilate them all." The Minister of War was very pleased with his brilliant idea.

revel.

"High, high." The Minister of Punishment's heart finally dropped, and he let out another long sigh of relief.

You must understand that he sent two groups of troops, but neither of them arrested the criminals. If these criminals made things worse, he, the Minister of Punishment, might be considered incompetent by Emperor Wu, and he might be dismissed from his official position at any time and exiled to the frontier.

, even arrested and beheaded.

Now let this arrogant guy deal with those heavenly thieves. Regardless of victory or defeat, it will help him evade responsibility.

The reason is very simple. If the matter cannot be solved by himself, once Emperor Wu knows about it, he will think that he is incompetent and will choose another person to investigate and deal with it on his behalf. What good will it do to him? But if the Minister of War does it, then he will be defeated.

, it also shows that these have nothing to do with him. Because even the Tang soldiers have rebellions that cannot be suppressed. Can the detectives of the Criminal Department deal with them? Isn't this a natural and obvious thing?

Anyway, the Minister of War has been tricked, and his success or failure afterwards has nothing to do with him.

With this in mind, after he returned, he went to a restaurant with Lai Junchen, where they drank and made fun of each other. Anyway, their goal was achieved.
Chapter completed!