Return of the Swallow

"Holy, the minister thinks this is wrong."

At the meeting, the courtiers were very surprised by Li Qitian's decision. They had broken up with Li Qitian many times over Pang Xiao's appointment as the head of the Hu Ben army, and stood up immediately upon hearing this.

"Tatar invaded our country and slaughtered my people. How could their sins be washed away by driving them out of Da Zhou?"

"Yes, Lord!" Someone agreed, "The minister thought it was time to take advantage of the victory and pursue the attack to avoid future troubles. Since Tartar has already attacked Da Zhou, he must have the consciousness of being retaliated by my Da Zhou!"

"If you can't kill all the evil Tatars, how can the court explain to the people who are persecuted by the Tatars? This time, Tatars went all the way from Tianyuguan to the outside of the capital. Everywhere on the road, there is no evil to kill, looting and looting. After that, most of those who were willing to follow Prince Zhongshun to beat the Tartars did so for revenge. If the sage does not agree, they will go back to the mountain, wasting the advantage of this time. The second is also unable to explain to so many people, and the discussion among the people will not be good. Please think twice."

"Please think twice." Many courtiers agreed in unison.

Li Qitian gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and didn't let himself be yelled at in the palace. He had lost his identity as the emperor, but the fire in his heart had already shown a prairie fire.

Li Qitian didn't want to show his irritable side in front of others, so he had to endure extremely hard with suppressed emotions.

Seeing that the emperor was silent, many ministers who knew Li Qitian's temperament had realized that today's topic was not what the emperor liked.Even the most upright courtier, seeing the emperor being so silent, knew that there must be a reason.

There was silence above the hall for a while.For a long time, Li Qitian said: "Everyone of Aiqing is right. If you don't report the revenge of this Tartar, I'm afraid that everyone in the world will criticize me for cowardice. I should also sympathize with those who regard revenge as a spiritual pillar. ."

Li Qitian's voice was extremely calm.But the officials had already heard something wrong from his voice.

The emperor was not soft-eyed and negotiable.His desire for power and control in the affairs of the court is not less than that. At this time, he will speak according to the will of the courtier, and everyone knows that there must be a later move.

Sure enough, Li Qitian said: "You Aiqing, is there a way to achieve both?"

This seems to be unclear, but Li Qitai and your fans immediately understood the meaning of the emperor.

When someone stood up and said loudly: "Holy Lord, the minister and several adults have different views. Prince Zhongshun has already united the ministers inside and outside the dynasty and private wealthy households against the court. If it hadn’t been for Prince Zhongshun who ordered people to monopolize food and grass, With Dingguo’s ability, why did Tarzi attack?"

"The minister seconded. Prince Zhongshun came with his troops privately. It was so easy to retreat from the enemy. It's hard to say that there is no shameful deal between him and Tarzi. It can't be said that they are all acting. Now only the Ping of the Southern Army is enough. More than 400,000 people have gathered. If Prince Zhongshun wants to seek rebellion, he will probably be caught off guard by then!"

"Fart, fart! Big stinky fart!" Some generals were not used to hearing this person's malicious words to smear Pang Xiao. He immediately jumped out and pointed at the ministers who were speaking in front of him. Can you stand here today to slander him? When he fought for the country, you were raised by the emperor like moths. What qualifications do you have to stand up and arrange for Prince Zhongshun!"

"A rude person! A brash man like you speaks to the Lord, and it's really dirty the ear of the Lord!"

"You are a treacherous minister with a mouthful of dung! A villain!"

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Li Qitian rubbed his temples, and he became more and more impatient as the crowd clamored about Pang Xiao again.

If it were on weekdays, he would still be able to remain calm, but these days after repeated disagreements, Li Qitian would have long been annoyed that he could directly capture Pang Xiao and kill him!

Now looking at the noisy Zhenghuan courtiers, and looking at those old treacherous and cunning people who refuse to express their views, I feel a sense of boredom.

This is the same no matter how the negotiation is, there is no time to go smoothly when encountering Pang Xiao.

Li Qitian covered his mouth and coughed.

Xiong Jinshui's head was full of sweat. Seeing the movements of the sage, Dang even said loudly: "Quiet!"

The courtiers who had originally expressed their opinions should stop arguing and dare not say a word in front of the emperor.

Li Qitian said with satisfaction the second half of what he wanted to say.

"Prince Loyalty has been very hard in this fierce battle against Tatar. I can't bear to let him continue to live and forget his life on the front line. Besides these days, I really miss his tightness. Therefore, I decided to pursue the Tatar affairs with full authority. Handed over to Dingguo, and urgently summoned Prince Zhongshun to return to Beijing to report on his duties. I wonder how you Aiqing feel?"

Everyone's heart jumped.

They all understand that the saint is planning to liquidate the heroes!

The tempered military commander immediately yelled: "Holy, the minister thinks that replacing the Prince of Loyalty in the battle is a great disadvantage to our Great Zhou. Tartar has already been scared, and this will call people. I'm afraid that Tatar will come back again!

The minister who had figured out the holy intent immediately retorted: "Isn't Duke Ding Guo a brave war god? You are doubting Ding Guo's ability and the decision of the holy!"

"You sour scholar is simply irrational! The saint is for the stability of the court, and it is not for a certain person! If you want to take this opportunity to use the hands of the saint to exclude dissidents, you are a wrong idea!"

Seeing that the courtiers were arguing again, Li Qitian's impatience was almost written on his face.

"Quiet!" Xiong Jinshui was observing his words, seeing that Li Qitian was so unhappy, he hurriedly stopped the quarrel between the ministers below.

Everyone raised their eyes to look at Li Qitian who was sitting on the imperial step, and then realized that the saint seemed to not want Prince Zhongshun to stay at the border.

It's just that the war is inseparable.It was almost time to discuss merits and rewards, but the saint was remote and did not allow Prince Zhongshun to finish the battle, as if he was afraid of any merits.

But the emperor is already displeased. Since they are willing to make a request like this, they have already made a decision. No amount of words can change the facts. On the contrary, they will anger the emperor and wonder what will happen.

The reckless people also know that they cannot continue to anger the emperor.

Therefore, under the gaze of the emperor, everyone did not dare to refute.

Li Qitian's decree should have been drafted into a zhezi, and he urged Prince Zhongshun to return to Beijing on the grounds that Prince Zhongshun could raise his body.

The will was sent to the border quickly.

At this time, Pan Xiao, Ji Zeyu and the others had just ended a battle. The Tatars were pitching their tents far away, and the white tents on their faces looked like a foamy sea in the sun.

Ji Zeyu raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and then sighed in a low voice: "It's because we seize the opportunity to drive people out. Otherwise, it's really impossible to tell between victory and defeat."

Pang Xiao nodded and said with a smile: "Yes. With Lu Heng here, things on the battlefield are really hard to tell."

When the two of them breathed a sigh of relief quietly, Huzi looked serious and led a young housekeeper.

It was also the first time for the little servant to do such things as decree. As soon as he saw Pang Xiao, he was immediately shocked by the bitter breath surrounding him. The scared calf turned tendons, for fear that a word would not be complete.

Pang Xiao knew that these inmates who passed the decree would cause displeasure on both sides if they met the will of Sheng and Shang, and experienced old inmates would never rush out.If I want to come here, this little servant is just sixteen or seventeen, and he is really young in the harem.

"The prince. The slave and maidservant are decree to send you the holy will."

The small servant gave the will with both hands, which surprised Pang Xiao.After all, every time Xiong Jinshui came to spread a letter, he would carefully read the imperial decree. Regardless of whether the sacred words were reasonable or not, he also had to be careful about the vacant emotions. Choose him again in your tone.

Pang Xiao unfolded the imperial decree, read it in a glance, and raised his sword eyebrows.

Ji Zeyu saw Pang Xiao's abnormality in his eyes, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "But the Lord has orders?"

"The saint announced that I would return to the palace, saying that I was afraid that I would be too tired here, so I immediately went back to the capital to improve my health."

Ji Zeyu raised an eyebrow, took the letter paper, looked at it and asked, "What are you going to do? Are you really going back to Beijing?"

Pang Xiao's expression remained unchanged, her eyes drooping, "If I really go back this time, I'm afraid I won't be able to get out again."

Ji Zeyu's face sank, and he glanced at the little waiter who was standing by, shaking the little waiter and couldn't help but back two steps.

Ji Zeyu whispered in Pang Xiao's ear: "Do you think this trip is not good too?"

"Yes." Pang Xiao shook the imperial decree, "It is a big taboo in the army to change the commander before the battle, and the emperor is also from a military background. It won't be clear about this, but he still made this decree, he has made up his mind. I think something must have stimulated the emperor and made him make such a decision."

Ji Zeyu thought for a while and said, "Left is just jealous."

Pang Xiao smiled bitterly, "I have something to make people jealous."

"The emperor's temperament is like that. He doesn't look at what he has, but only sees what others have more than himself. Nothing else, the emperor is selfish and thin, and your family Qin just gave you a pair of dragon and phoenix babies. Your own selfishness delayed the war, but you led the soldiers and horses to drive the Tatars out of the land of the Great Zhou. This comparison is enough to make the emperor feel resentful."

Pang Xiao had to admit that what Ji Zeyu said was right.

But he felt that even if Li Qitian was jealous, he would do his best to suppress him in front of others, and would not be so anxious to change his coach and call him back to Beijing, even if he didn't care about his face.

It is enough to see the danger this time.

Ji Zeyu asked: "What are you going to do? Are you really going back?"

Pang Xiao hesitated for a moment.

If he doesn't go back, Li Qitian will have something to say, and he will be able to label him any way he wants, because he is not in the capital, and he can't control his speech at all. If something bad comes out, his fame will be ruined. .

But if he goes back, Pang Xiao also anxiously knows that this time, I am afraid that it will be too bad.

"Now that the Tatar war is facing the critical moment, seeing that we can drive the Tatars directly to their land, it is a pity that I will leave now."