Tibet

Chapter 334 Controversy at the court meeting ([-])

'when!when! 'The crisp sound of the cloud board knocked, and the time has come.

The imperial court formed two civil and military teams one after another. The civil officials were headed by the right minister Yang Guozhong, and the military officials were headed by the prince Taibao and Youwei General Element.

The officials are arranged according to the rank of the scattered officials. This time, officials of the seventh rank and above must participate, and there are hundreds of officials.

Li Ye's loose official is General Yunhui. From the third rank, he is located among the generals. Among the military officers, there are seven or eight generals, General Yunhui.

A guard shouted loudly in front of the hall, "It's time, enter the hall!"

The drums sounded, and the officials walked along the Longwei Road on both sides to the high hall.

The Longwei Road is very high and long, and there have been cases where old and frail officials could not climb up.

Hundreds of ministers from the two teams filed into the main hall. There is a clear line of rank in the main hall, and everyone has their own seat. Among them, senior ministers with a third-rank official rank and over 60 years old still have seats.

The ministers were all talking about today's court meeting in low voices, and even Prime Minister Yang Guozhong had a look of worry on his face. The Yunyang incident was actually over. Except for Li Ye's indiscriminate killing of innocent people, all other cases had been closed. It was turned up for discussion, indicating that the emperor was not satisfied with the handling of this matter.

Yang Guozhong didn't know where the problem was, but several of his officials believed that there were probably signs of mass incidents in various places, which made the emperor start to worry.

At this time, the guard shouted, "Your Majesty is here, His Royal Highness is here!"

The hall fell silent for a moment, everyone stood up and straightened their backs. Prince Li Heng came first. Of course he also wanted to attend the court meeting. His seat was in the middle of Danbi, below the emperor and above the officials. Consistent with his status as prince.

Although the emperor Li Longji wanted to change the prince, the facts proved that the best time to change the prince was in the fifth year of Tianbao. The Wei Jian case at the beginning of the year and the Du Youlin case at the end of the year almost drove the prince Li Heng to the end. At the last minute, Li Longji did not consider the candidate for the new crown prince, so Li Heng would fall into the cliff and be completely abolished as the crown prince.

Now it is not so easy for Li Longji to think about abolishing the prince. On the one hand, Yang Guozhong’s foundation is too shallow, and his ability is far less ruthless than Li Linfu’s. Under the repeated persuasion of his grandson Li Ye, Li Linfu began to leave a way out for himself, and secretly formed an alliance with the prince to deal with the Yang family.

Under Li Linfu's arrangement, the officials of the Prince's faction continued to grow, forming a group of civil officials headed by Xiangguo Wei Jiansu inside the court, and supported by Cheng Qianli, the Jiedu envoy of Hedong and Gao Xianzhi, the envoy of Jiedu of Hexi outside the court.

Li Longji had a slight idea and action to change the prince, but he encountered strong opposition from inside and outside the court. It was very difficult to advance various measures, which made the emperor Li Longji hesitate a bit.

The key point is that Concubine Yang is not keen on changing the prince. After all, King Ning is not Concubine Yang's biological son. Concubine Yang gradually doesn't like this adopted son. She is not as smart and cute as she was when she was a child. .

Li Heng was standing in front of the seat. At this time, the emperor Li Longji walked in from the side. He walked to the dragon couch and sat down. Hundreds of ministers bowed together and saluted, "Long live, long live, long live, Your Majesty!"

Li Longji smiled and waved his hands, "All loves are free from courtesy!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

All the ministers return to their positions.

Wei Jiansu is the host of today's court meeting, and it happened to be his turn to be in charge of affairs. Li Longji gestured to Wei Jiansu, which meant that it was time to start.

Wei Jiansu was responsible for all the preparations for the court meeting, and then Wei Jiansu just announced the content of the court meeting temporarily, and then when the court meeting ended, he would announce the end, and there was nothing else about him.

In addition, there is an eunuch who is responsible for delivering the message. The hall is very large, and the ministers stand far away, so the emperor can't hear it, so someone needs to be responsible for delivering the message.

Wei Jiansu stepped forward to salute the emperor and the prince, and said to the ministers: "Today, there are three issues. The first issue is the origin and consequences of the Yunyang mass incident. The third issue is whether Yuan Maitreya's followers should Conviction, the third topic is to discuss Yushitai's impeachment of General Yunhui for exceeding his authority and moral violations, let's move on to the first topic first."

Wei Jiansu glanced at Li Dai and said, "Let's ask Jing Zhao Shao Yin Li Dai to explain the whole incident."

Li Dai went out to salute, "I see your majesty, and see your highness the crown prince!"

Li Longji nodded, "Li Shaoqing, please tell me!"

Li Dai has been investigating, and he has a plan in mind. He said calmly: "The root cause of the mass incidents among the people in Yunyang County is the crop diseases and insect pests that started in August this year. Farmers have been fighting against diseases and insect pests, but this year is too serious, which has led to a decrease in harvest this year. The average yield of wheat per mu has dropped from 350 catties to 250 catties, and the yield per mu has dropped by [-] catties. After paying rent and taxes, the surplus grain in the hands of farmers is no longer enough to feed a family.

The anxiety of the peasants and the incitement and incitement of the Maitreya Sect formed this mass incident involving 15 people. Their slogan was to reduce rent and tax. The peasants participated in the rebellion and achieved their ambitions, and that was about it. "

Li Dai spoke clearly and his voice was loud, and all the officials and the emperor in the hall could hear him clearly.

At this time, Xiangguo Zhang Jun suddenly asked: "Then how did the government respond? Can Li Shaoyin explain in detail?"

Li Dai was taken aback. This matter had been discussed in the Political Affairs Hall a long time ago. He also submitted a detailed report and the county magistrate punished him. Why did he start asking again?
Li Ye sneered in his heart, and he really showed his flaws. The Zhang family had to deal with not only himself, but also his father.

Li Dai hesitated for a moment, and returned the original report: "The county magistrate Liu Jing found that the people gathered and attacked the Wanma Manor, causing casualties, and immediately rushed to report to the Jingzhao Mansion overnight. Yang County stabilized the situation, and it was rare for the envoy to sit in the capital to dispatch.

I rushed to Wanma Manor in Yunyang County in the afternoon, only to learn that the public gathering was hosted by Yuan Maitreya and others. I immediately entered Wanma Manor, found Yuan Maile and others, and asked them to stop instigating the people immediately, but they not only refused He obeyed, but trapped his humble servants and followers in the large warehouse of Wanma Manor. "

"Since the other party is determined to be rebellious, why does Li Shaoyin still negotiate with them?" Zhang Jun continued to dig a trap and asked.

"At that time, we couldn't believe that the other party was rebelling against us, and we knew very little about Maitreya Sect."

"Really? Then when did Li Shaoyin know that the other party was plotting rebellion?"

At this time, Wei Jiansu coughed heavily and interrupted Zhang Jun's question, "Zhang Xiangguo, the question you raised has been discussed repeatedly in the political affairs hall before and a resolution was formed. We all think this is an emergency. The county government reported In time, the government has dealt with it decisively, and the army has performed effectively. The only problem is that the county government ignored and condoned the Maitreya religion, so the county magistrate was dismissed. Why do you think it is necessary to repeatedly mention the performance of the government on this matter? ?”

Emperor Li Longji also stated: "Zhang Xiangguo, since the Political Affairs Hall has made a decision, don't get entangled in it."

Zhang Jun actually used Li Dai to induce Li Ye to kill innocent people indiscriminately, and then Li Dai, as his father and Jing Zhao Shaoyin, condoned his son's indiscriminate killing.

This is very insidious, because if it is only at the end that the other party knows that the other party has the intention of rebellion, then Li Ye's killing at the beginning would be the indiscriminate killing of civilians.

In fact, this is the only loophole that Zhang Jun found after repeated investigations. Li Dai only got the oath letter at the end, and before that, Maitreya should be recognized as carrying out normal religious activities, so people should not kill people .

Even if the evidence is obtained afterwards, the crime can be exonerated, but the wrong motive for killing is a moral issue. Even if it is to save the father, it will be considered as indiscriminate killing of innocent people, which will attract severe moral condemnation.

Since the Han and Tang dynasties, the moral punishments of all dynasties have been very severe, clearly requiring officials to be virtuous first and ability second. Once deemed immoral, Li Dai and his son will definitely be dismissed from office.

(End of this chapter)