It was also the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty for the emperor and the empress to welcome the military officers returning to the palace above the palace.
It stands to reason that Yun Chu should have led a regiment of hundreds of officers wearing armor, passing through the palace gate in the breeze to be inspected by the emperor and empress, and then entering the Ziwei Palace to receive everyone's congratulations.
It's a pity that there are two fools in the officer corps led by Yun Chu, which makes Yun Chu's team look less neat.
Originally, the two fools could be classified as battle casualties and did not need to participate in this grand ceremony. The emperor's decree mentioned all meritorious ministers. Speaking of which, He Jingxiong, the Minister of Civil Affairs, traveled thousands of miles to arrive.
When supervising the war in the southwest, it is inevitable to have merit in supervising the war. Although Li Yuance was a fool, he still participated in the southwest war from beginning to end, and he also deserves credit.
In this situation, two fools, He Jingxiong and Li Yuance, stood at the front of the team, walking awkwardly while asking and answering questions, making the other officers waiting to be received by the emperor wanted to throw them out.
Returning victoriously from the Southwest War is almost the most important event in life for the other officers. It is related to their promotion, honor and disgrace, and even the family's grand plan. If these two fools did not destroy the perfect situation,
This victory was almost flawless.
The Southwest War—but the number of soldiers lost was less than a thousand!
These thousand people even included six 250-shield soldiers who faced off against the takin head-on.
It was a good victory, but the presence of He Jingxiong and Li Yuance greatly compromised the victory. After all, a high-ranking official at the level of a minister and a noble at the level of a county king were defeated all at once. It was said that Yunchu led troops to pacify the southwest.
If you have done great service to the country, there will definitely be a suffix behind it - it is a pity that two generals were lost!
Yun Chu walked in the front, followed by Jiang Xie, a military commander, a fool minister, and a fool prince. This made Jiang Xie, a normal person, look very lonely.
Hundreds of palace maids came to remove the general's armor. He Jingxiong did not remove his armor. Instead, he reached out to grab the breasts of the palace maids. This shocked Jiang Xie, an army commander. He didn't even bother to take off half of his armor and held down He Jingxiong's hand first.
Say it again.
As for Li Yuance, since he entered the Ziwei Palace, he was like a piece of wood, letting the palace maid help him remove his armor and put on his court clothes.
After Yun Chu finished removing his armor, he wore a purple gold crown with three beams on his head, a purple robe and a white jade tablet in his arms. He had a little mustache on his lips. He completed the transformation from a military commander to a civil servant in an instant.
After taking care of the jade, Yun Chu looked back at his subordinates and said softly: "Your Majesty will decide the merits and demerits. There is no need for us to be depressed or worried. In this southwest battle, you all will do your best and fight bravely to kill the enemy.
Go when ordered to do, and stop when ordered to stop. Whether it is killing the enemy or caring for the people, his performance is outstanding.
Therefore, if there is any mistake in the Southwest Battle, it lies with Yunchu and has nothing to do with the generals.
When you have an audience with Your Majesty, we should discuss the matter as it is, and don’t say anything silly about the unity of the Southwest and the advancement and retreat of the country. Do you understand?"
Hearing what the general said, the generals still didn't understand that the commander-in-chief had to bear the responsibility of damaging the two generals independently.
All the generals leaned forward to accept the promise. At this moment, it was not the time for them to talk about their morale.
When the Heavenly Official of the Ministry of Rites praised loudly outside the side hall, Yunchu took a breath and left the side hall first. Under the guidance of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, he followed suit into the Ziwei Hall.
Ziwei Hall is very large. The doors and windows are wide open at this moment, and the gentle breeze makes people clear their minds. Emperor Li Zhi is sitting at the highest place, and there are two side seats on both sides. On the left is Prince Li Hong, and on the right is Queen Wu Mei.
This pattern of going to court has been in place for three years.
Yun Chu came to the front, facing Emperor Li Zhi and shook out the sleeves of his large robe. The sleeves immediately flew like two giant butterflies. At the same time, his hand also lifted the hem of the court robe, and the hem of the splendid court robe also flew up. Yun Chu took it with him
A group of generals danced and worshiped the emperor.
Every courtier in the Tang Dynasty had received strict training from the Ministry of Rites for the dance-style ceremonial worship. Therefore, hundreds of people danced together, and the scene was immediately filled with joy.
The emperor waved his hand and everyone stopped dancing.
Just when Yunchu was about to explain the process of the Southwest War to the emperor and courtiers, a shrill scream suddenly sounded in the huge palace.
"Your Majesty, help!"
The ministers looked towards the source of the sound in surprise, and saw that Li Yuance, who had been standing in the hall like a wooden block, fell down in front of the emperor, kowtowed and begged the emperor for his life, without looking at all crazy.
All the generals glared at Li Yuance. At this moment, they had no idea that Li Yuance had pretended to be crazy and deceived the commander.
Yun Chu looked back at the generals who were about to make a move, with his eyes half closed, he said to He Jingxiong behind him: "If Minister He has any grievances, the Holy Emperor is here, so please also complain to His Majesty."
He Jingxiong's face was dull. When he saw Yun Chu talking to him, he quickly said: "The tiger wants to eat me..."
It seems that this person is really stupid.
In a short time, Li Zhi finished listening to Li Yuance's cry and said to Yun Chu: "Ai Qing, do you have anything to defend?"
Yun Chu hugged the wat board and saluted: "Your Majesty, please have mercy and allow the Zhaojun Prince's Mansion to be replaced by a new head. If Li Yuance continues to be allowed to be the head of the Zhaojun Prince's Mansion, I will think that the former Zhaojun Prince has fought hard all his life, and for the sake of
The little family property that the descendants seek may be wasted."
Li Zhi nodded, ignoring Li Yuance who hissed at Yun Chu, and focused his eyes on Army Commander Ma Jiang Xie.
Jiang Xie came out of the squad and announced: "Although I am a commander in the army, I have heard about the dispute between Commander Yun and the marching commander Shi. Just when I was about to intervene, the marching commander went crazy."
Hearing what Jiang Xie said, Yun Chu glanced at this man. He had promised that he would explain it to him in front of the emperor, but at this time, this man kept himself out of the matter.
As Jiang Xie stayed out of the matter, Left Prime Minister Jiang Ke said coldly: "Your Majesty, please investigate strictly."
Yun Chu glanced at the motionless Right Chancellor Pei Xingjian with a smile, then cupped his hands towards the emperor and said: "Some trivial matters are not worth mentioning. I would also like to ask your Majesty to reward the meritorious soldiers as soon as possible to calm the morale of the army."
Li Zhidao: "So, are you not just defending yourself?"
Yun Chu saluted again and said: "Your Majesty, please don't anger the officers and soldiers about this matter. In this battle in the southwest, the officers and soldiers fought bravely to take the lead. The fault is only caused by one of us."
Pei Xingjian saw that everyone on the Yushitai seemed to be asleep, so he went out and said: "Your Majesty, I think what Yunchu said is absolutely true. The dispute between Yunchu and Prince Zhao is between the two of them."
Regarding the matter, please Your Majesty to reward the meritorious officials of the Tang Dynasty in accordance with the regulations."
As Pei Xingjian spoke, people from Zhongshu and Yushitai came out one after another, hoping that the emperor would reward the meritorious soldiers as soon as possible. As for Yunchu, whether to reward or punish him, we will discuss it later.
Seeing his master standing alone at the front, Li Hong sighed and stood up and said, "Even according to previous examples, the general should be awarded first, and then others."
Wu Mei sat on the right and frowned slightly as she looked at Yun Chu's calm face, and then continued to sit there motionless.
Li Zhi sat at the top, patted the armrest of the dragon chair with his hand and chuckled: "I thought you would be popular as an official for many years, but I didn't expect that now that things are going on, I realize that you are nothing."
Yun Chu held the wat board in his arms and saluted: "Pigs and sheep are in groups, but tigers and leopards walk alone."
Li Zhi seemed to be unafraid of trouble and said with a smile: "You said that the people in this hall are just a bunch of pigs and sheep?"
Pei Xingjian looked at Yunchu and said, "Is this a pig or a sheep too?"
Yun Chu looked at Pei Xingjian's big belly bound by a jade belt and sneered: "The tiger has turned into a pig. It is no different from a pig or a sheep. I wonder if you still have what it takes to compete with me?"
After saying that, Yun Chu turned around and looked at Manchao Wenwu and said: "I said you are a bunch of pigs and sheep. Do you have any objections? If you do, you might as well jump out today and I will follow suit."
Pei Xingjian said calmly: "I haven't been able to mount my horse for a long time, and my spleen has developed early. I can no longer compete with you in terms of force. Are you satisfied with this?"
Yun Chu sneered, hugged the wat board and let the irritated ministers yell and curse around him...
Watching this scene, the Wu brothers were in extremely excited moods. Instead of approaching Yun Chu and scolding Yun Chu with others, the two of them moved their bodies back. Wu Chengsi even pulled a fat household manager to block him.
In front of me, I watched with a smile on my face as Yunchu was being verbally criticized by everyone.
Wu Sansi whispered to Wu Chengsi: "Old Zhang from Yushitai has already started talking about his eight generations of ancestors, why hasn't he hit anyone yet?"
Wu Chengsi chuckled and said: "Hurry up, hurry up, Yun Chu is the most unbearable person, and he is about to take action right in front of him."
Li Zhi looked at Yun Chu's face, which turned green and red, and asked the eunuch to hold down Li Hong, who was furious. He himself stared at Yun Chu, who was on the verge of rage.
He also very much hoped that Yun Chu would take action in the main hall and make the originally small disaster bigger.
Yun Chu stood on the spot, surrounded by faces with beards. Unsurprisingly, these faces were filled with anger, and they were frothing at the mouth, accusing Yun Chu of all his mistakes.
Until Li Yuance saw Yun Chu being criticized verbally and written by the ministers, this guy who usually feared Yun Chu as much as a tiger actually came to Yun Chu and pointed his finger at Yun Chu's nose and said: "You dare to impersonate me, the Tang Dynasty...
…”
Before he could finish his words, he felt his belt tightening and his whole body flew up into the air. Only then did he realize that he was being lifted high by Yun Chu with one hand. He was horrified and said: "Your Majesty, spare your life."
Seeing Li Yuance being held high by Yun Chu, Wu Chengsi brothers' little tongues trembled with excitement. They pulled away the obstructive household manager and stood at the front, wanting to see clearly how Yun Chu beat the others.
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Li Zhi saw Li Yuance being lifted up and was about to shout loudly when he noticed that the furious Yun Chu threw Li Yuance upwards with all his strength, and then took the opportunity to insert the wat board into his waist. Just as Li Yuance's body was in front of everyone in shock
When his eyes fell, Yun Chu's right leg kicked out like lightning. Li Yuance's body, which had just fallen, made a loud noise and was immediately kicked up again.
Wu Chengsi could no longer hold back the excitement in his heart and said loudly: "Okay!"