Back to the early Tang Dynasty as a fairy Chapter four hundred and forty-fifth: the minister impeaches the prince and gathers troops privately, with unscrupulous intentions
Chapter four hundred and forty-fifth: the minister impeaches the prince and gathers troops privately, with unscrupulous intentions
It's the New Year's Day, which occurs twice in January, which is when the Tang Dynasty held its great dynasty meeting.
Early in the morning, the officials of Chang'an City, big and small, lined up according to their rank. Under the leadership of the imperial censor, they stood under the west corridor of Taiji Hall, waiting to enter the ceremony of attending the imperial examination.
In the Tai Chi Hall, the chamberlains were busy inspecting things that would be used later, such as futons, mats, incense burners, and incense tables.
Li Jiancheng stood proudly at the head of the hundred officials. He squinted and stood beside him with a smile on his face. He was flirting with Chen Shuda, who he looked a little disgusted with. Then he let out a sound from his nostrils.
He made a contemptuous voice, then raised his head high, with a high-spirited look on his face.
He has been living a happy life during this time...
After gaining the foundation for the victory in pacifying Hebei, Li Jiancheng instantly felt that a new world had opened up for him. Even his speaking voice unconsciously became louder.
Erlang and the others are not Liu Heitai's opponents, and Liu Heitai is not Gu's opponent. If you think about it this way, Erlang will not be Gu's opponent either.
Um!
That's it...
At Mao hour, when His Majesty Li Yuan entered the Tai Chi Hall, all the civil and military officials present filed in under the leadership of Prince Li Jiancheng and the other big officials from the Shangshu Province, and danced twice in front of His Majesty Li Yuan. Then it was time to go to the incense table to greet His Majesty Li Yuan.
On the other side of the class, the officials who should stand apart should stand to the left and right.
The sun has just come and the fairy palms are moving, and the cigarettes are floating next to the dragons.
After the ministers finished their salutes and stood in rows, a middle-aged man wearing a purple robe and a handsome face walked out of the queue, bowed deeply to His Majesty Li Yuan in the center of the hall, and said loudly.
"Your Majesty Chen Shuda, I have something to report."
The early morning sunlight shone in from outside the gate of Tai Chi Hall, reflecting on the green smoke rising from the incense burner. From behind the green smoke came the steady voice of His Majesty Li Yuan, who deliberately lowered his throat.
"If something happens to Chen Qing's family, just report it!"
"yes!"
After hearing the words, the handsome middle-aged man, Chen Shuda, the current servant of the Tang Dynasty, bowed again, then stood up straight, slowly took out a letter from his sleeves, held it in both hands, and raised his head.
Lift high.
"I am impeaching the prince for his misbehavior. He secretly amassed troops outside the palace. His intentions are evil. Please ask the saint to investigate clearly!"
Wow!
As soon as Chen Shuda said these words, the entire government and officials were in an uproar. Even those small officials who were originally low-ranking officials and looked at the court minister as a humanoid background opened their eyes wide in surprise.
The prince secretly amassed troops and plotted against evil...
This is a very thirst-quenching melon... Ah, no, this is a very serious problem. We must be extremely vigilant to see what happens next.
Sure enough, the prince then began to refute.
"Chen Shuda..."
Li Jiancheng jumped out immediately, pointing angrily at the other party.
"You...why do you want to frame me like this? What are your intentions?"
"I always act with a fair heart and never use the word "contradiction" to hurt others!"
In response to Li Jiancheng's accusation, Chen Shuda just replied calmly and then turned to look at His Majesty Li Yuan again.
"I ask the sage to observe clearly!"
Unlike the melon-eaters below, Li Yuan, who was sitting on the dragon chair, had no intention of watching the excitement. He rubbed his eyebrows with his hands, then waved his hands and said in that solemn tone.
"Chen Qing's family, do you know what you were talking about just now?"
"nature!"
Chen Shuda bowed again, then raised his documents in the air with both hands.
"I impeach the prince for his misconduct and secretly amassing troops outside the palace with evil intentions..."
At this time, the chamberlain on one side had already stepped forward to take the document from his hand, then turned around and handed it respectfully to Li Yuan. Li Yuan reached out and took the document from the chamberlain's hand, opened it, and answered in a nonchalant tone.
"What evidence do you have to impeach the prince for such a serious crime?"
"Reporting to the saint, the evidence is in the Changlin Gate outside the imperial city..."
Chen Shuda said in an unhurried voice.
"The prince secretly sent people to recruit heroes from all over the world, and secretly recruited knights in Chang'an City. He got more than 2,000 people in total. The animals were used as palace armor, and they were divided into left and right Changlin gates. They were named Changlin soldiers."
"That's right, Gu just recruited some people, so what's going on?"
"What's wrong?"
Chen Shuda smiled coldly and continued.
"The prince did not receive the sage's permission and raised soldiers privately. He has no father. This is his first crime. He brought the privately recruited soldiers into the imperial city and stationed them on the side of Dauchi. It can be said that he had ulterior motives and his crime is two."
After hearing Chen Shuda's words, Li Jiancheng became furious instantly.
"Chen Shuda, I just recruited some loyal guards to guard the house for the sake of safety. How come you don't have a king and a father and have ulterior motives?"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."
Chen Shuda turned around, first bowed to Li Jiancheng meticulously, then straightened up and spoke in a sonorous and powerful voice.
"You live in the East Palace of the Ouchi Imperial City. Why do you need to avoid the safety that the Saint privately gathered to protect? Could it be that the tens of thousands of soldiers in the entire East Palace plus the twelve guards on the left and right of the Saint have tens of thousands of troops?
Can’t I protect your safety, His Highness?”
"this……"
Li Jiancheng was suddenly speechless.
That's right, he just felt that both the Ten Leaders of the East Palace and the twelve guards on the left and right were too deeply influenced by his stinky brother, and he felt a little uneasy relying on them to protect him.
"Okay, even if His Highness the Crown Prince thinks you need to recruit additional troops to protect yourself."
Chen Shuda did not give up on Li Jiancheng because he was speechless, but continued.
"General Fang decided today, whether it is the Jianghuai battlefield where Prince Zhao and others are fighting, or the Hebei battlefield where you went before, there are countless Tigers of the Tang Dynasty who have proven their loyalty. Why didn't you, Your Highness, recruit new troops?"
Recruiting from among these people, rather than recruiting from the near and far away, from the so-called 'heroes from all directions' and 'errant knights' who have no idea whether they are loyal or disloyal?"
Li Jiancheng was suddenly speechless again.
"Excuse me for being ignorant..."
Chen Shuda turned to Li Yuan's direction again and said calmly.
"What I can only think of is that His Highness the Crown Prince did this to prevent the Changlin Army from disobeying orders due to some inappropriate emotions when the Changlin Army was used, such as attacking the nearby Ouchi Imperial City.
"
"nonsense!"
After hearing Chen Shuda's words, Li Jiancheng panicked.
"Gu Cai has no idea of attacking Ouchi... Gu just..."
Li Jiancheng was not Li Yuanji. He still knew what he could do but not say, so in desperation, he actually made up another excuse.
"I just... because when I went to Hebei to annihilate Liu Heitai, I found that the Tenth Commandery of the East Palace was neglected in the war and was not useful, so..."
"Your Highness, please be careful what you say!"
Before Li Yuanji could finish his words, he saw Yang Gongren, the Zhongshu Ling standing nearby, standing up and interrupting him.
"Be a decent and prudent person, and don't slander your subordinates with random words!"
At this time, His Majesty Li Yuan, who was sitting on the dragon throne, had also read all the information about the Changlin Army sent by Chen Shuda, and his originally calm expression had turned ashen.
To be honest, his own first reaction to the Changlin Army was very similar to Chen Shuda's.
He deliberately placed such a dead soldier next to his own boss. Is this a back-up plan for me to ambush him?
"Dalang..."
Li Yuan took a deep breath and said to Li Jiancheng in a voice that could not tell the joy or anger.
"Explain it to me properly!"
Plop!
Li Jiancheng's knees softened and he knelt on the ground.
"Aye, I have no intention of attacking Ouchi, it's just...just..."
Snapped!
Li Yuan's hand gently patted the tables in front of him.
"explain!"
"yes!"
Li Jiancheng gritted his teeth and then spoke hesitantly.
"Actually, I recruited those people just because I wanted to compete with Erlang...Erlang's Tiance Army. Because Erlang's prestige in the army was at its peak, and only Erlang was known to be in the army, not anyone else. So for the sake of safety, I, Erchen,
No one dares to recruit people from the army..."
"Brother, you can't accuse me, my younger brother, so unfairly!"
After hearing these words, Li Shimin on one side hurriedly came out of the queue, followed Li Jiancheng and knelt down towards Li Yuan.
"The army of the Tang Dynasty is Aye's army, not Gu's army. Aye's orders are enforced and prohibited in the army. No one can compare with him. Although I have fought more times, my prestige is not as high as Aye's."
"alright!"
Li Yuan waved his sleeves to signal Li Shimin to shut up, and then looked at Li Jiancheng.
"Since you said that the purpose of recruiting Changlin soldiers is to fight against the Tiance Guards, why not station them with the Tiance Guards in Xiyuan, north of Chang'an, but instead station them at Changlin Gate?"
"What?"
After hearing Li Yuan's words, Li Jiancheng was stunned.
"Tiance Guards are stationed in Xiyuan, aren't they in Fangli near Tiance Mansion?"
"Dalang, what are you talking about? Tiance Guards stayed in Chang'an before because of the assassination of Fu Yi and Zhang Daoyuan. But now that Fu Yi and the others have become gods, there is no need to keep Tiance Guards in Chang'an.
They are waiting in the city. So I asked Aye about ten days ago to let them all move to Xiyuan outside Xuanwu Gate."
As he spoke, Li Shimin raised his hand and arched it in the direction of Li Yuan with admiration.
"As for the safety of Chang'an, it is naturally the responsibility of Aye's twelve guards. Even if Aye gives me the power to build a palace, I cannot be arrogant."
After hearing what Li Shimin said, Li Yuan touched his beard with his hand and nodded slightly.
I have to say that Erlang of his own did everything right this time and there was nothing wrong with him. It can be seen that the beatings he gave him during this period of time made him understand that he, Aye, is the most reliable.
Then, Li Yuan saw Li Shimin's frightened face again and lowered his head.
"And since Dalang, you plan to use this Changlin soldier to compete with my men, you can go to the school field to challenge openly. Those fighting men are all doing nothing, but you have been hiding it.