The cold weather urges the sun to be short, and the wind and waves are calm with the clouds.

In September of the eleventh year of Zhenguan, the north wind was blowing, and Chang'an City had entered the cold winter ahead of schedule.

The cold wind kept blowing the already dyed maple leaves, and the leaves fell with the wind, making the entire Chang'an City look a little desolate.

The pedestrians on the street looked hurried, just to enjoy the warmth of home before the cold wind blew on their faces.

At this moment, a shout came: "Eight hundred miles of speed, the idle people will make it aside quickly..."

Then a rapid sound of horse hooves rang out from far to near, towards the imperial city.

Inside the Imperial City, the Political Affairs Hall!

His Majesty Li Er sat upright at the head, and several memorials were placed on the table in front of him.

At this time, Li Shimin was watching a memorial intently. Sometimes his eyes were shining brightly and sometimes his eyebrows were slightly frowning. It can be seen that he was not calm at this time.

This state has been maintained for more than an hour, and it can make His Majesty Li Er, who has always been calm in honor and disgrace, so it is shocking to the content of the memorial.

Even though the ministers were kneeling, their legs and feet were numb and their qi and blood were blocked, they were still very angry and did not dare to breathe.

Shangshu's left and right servants Fang Xuanling and Gao Shilian closed their eyes to rest as if an old monk was sitting still.

If I hadn't stroked my beard under my jaw from time to time, I would have thought they were asleep!

Duke Li Jing of Wei and Duke Li Ji of Britain sat upright, straight, and looked like a general.

Duke Zhao, Changsun Wuji, looked up from time to time, as if he was trying to figure out Li Shimin's thoughts, but he took a sip of tea from time to time to show his inner irritability.

The Secretariat Secretariat Cen Wenben stood aside, concentrating, afraid that his Majesty Li Er's Holy Emperor would be revealed.

The wind was cold outside the house, and the hall was silent and depressed.

In fact, all the ministers here already know the content of the memorials before His Holiness Li Er. After all, the memorials submitted to Li Shimin must be reviewed by them first.

If the procedures were followed, His Majesty Li Er would just be sure to agree with the plan they discussed, but His Majesty Li Er stayed directly, which surprised them deeply.

After a long time, Li Shimin put down the memorial in his hand, his sharp eyes swept across everyone's faces one by one, and then he slowly breathed out and asked in a deep voice:

"This time I went to Tubo, the powerful army of the Tang Dynasty strengthened our country's power. I feel very relieved, and at the same time I have exposed many problems."

"These memorials are numerous and should not make decisions immediately. Let me first talk about how to treat Hou Junji's imprisonment and indulge soldiers to burn, kill and loot the people of Luoshu?"

As soon as he finished speaking, British Duke Li Ji spoke: "Hou Junji indulged soldiers to burn, kill, loot and surrender the people, causing chaos in the whole city, and the military discipline was abolished and the impact was extremely bad, which would lead to extremely difficult future battles in the Tang Dynasty. I believe that Hou Junji should be escorted back to Beijing and handed over to Dali Temple for trial to correct the military discipline."

The generals of the Tang Dynasty military were actually not harmonious, and Hou Junji and Li Ji never dealt with each other very much.

Although Li Ji had a higher official position and more experienced, Hou Junji relied on His Majesty Li Er's favor and never took Li Ji and other demotion seriously.

He even often talks about Li Ji's identity as a surrendered general with others, and he is quite disdainful in his words, so his relationship between them is extremely cold.

Of course, then again, how could Li Ji, who came from a wealthy family, look down on Hou Junji, who was full of ruffianism?

Therefore, although Li Ji has always been known for his low-key and introverted personality, Li Ji will certainly not let him go if he has the opportunity to hit his opponent, let alone this is a matter of conclusive evidence.

Gu Shi

During this Western Expedition, His Majesty Li Er appointed Hou Junji as the chief marching chief and commanded the overall situation. Everyone thought this was a good opportunity to make meritorious achievements, but Hou Junji made a big mistake, so how could Li Ji let it go?

In fact, everyone is still a little puzzled about Hou Junji's behavior of escorting troops. After all, Hou Junji's qualifications and status are not yet at the level of "self-deprecating", which is incredible. This is too obscene to military discipline!

Others can take advantage of others, but Changsun Wuji cannot. After all, people in the same crown prince camp, both of them are literary and military, and can be said to be the right-hand man of Crown Prince Li Chengqian.

If Hou Junji falls, it is equivalent to Li Chengqian cutting off his own arm. If so much investment is invested in Li Chengqian, Changsun Wuji will certainly not be willing to accept it.

I saw Changsun Wuji coughing dryly and clearing his throat. Everyone knows that this person is afraid he will protect his son.

As expected, Changsun Wuji glanced at everyone and said, "Although Hou Junji was wrong, it was just a matter of injuring military discipline and not being strict with himself, which damaged the image of the Tang Dynasty. It was just a matter of not being strict with the imperial subordinates. The crime was not so serious. According to the eyes of the empress, Yang Fan, the Zhongyi Hou, was even more guilty."

"First, the intentional killing of the surrendered officials of Tubo may cause fear of the countries in the Western Regions. If the Tang Dynasty fights with the countries in the Western Regions in the future, who will still lead its troops to surrender, it will be extremely unfavorable to the Tang Dynasty."

"Secondly, as a subordinate, the Marquis of Zhongyi dared to disobey military orders in public, which was simply despising military law. The army was on an expedition and was united in one's own mind. Regardless of right or wrong, he should act according to the orders of Shangguan. Yang Fan openly disobeyed the commander's orders and even incited the supervisor's operation headquarters to fight against the commander. If he let him do anything wrong, what is the military discipline?"

"Third, in order to seek military merits, Zhongyi Hou refused to lead the remaining Tubo tribes to surrender and set up His Highness the King of Wu in a dangerous place. He despised the royal family and his crimes were unforgivable."

As an old fox, Changsun Wuji certainly knows to avoid the important things.

Since Hou Junji's evidence of guilt was conclusive, if you want to save him, you can only let everyone's attention turn away from him, and Yang Fan is a good scapegoat.

Besides, Changsun Wuji felt a strong sense of threat from Yang Fan, of course, not threatening himself, but threatening his son Changsun Chong.

As we all know, before Yang Fan appeared, Changsun Chong was always the best among the younger generation in Chang'an City.

My son has been smart and intelligent since childhood, and is very talented. He is valued by His Majesty. He even married Li Shimin's eldest daughter, Princess Changle, as his wife. He can be said to be a rising star in the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty, and his future is limitless.

In time, his son Changsun Chong will inevitably become a representative figure of the younger generation, and like himself, he will become an important minister and pillar of the empire.

But since Yang Fan rose like a comet, the dazzling light completely covered Changsun Chong.

In terms of identity, Yang Fan is far less noble than the Changsun family, but Yang Fan's reputation is even higher. Among the people, the reputation of the Bodhisattva Yang Fan's heart is widely circulated.

In terms of talent, he is even more famous for his outstanding poetry. Even the great scholar Kong Yingda once lamented that the world's talent was ten times, and the Marquis of Zhongyi was the only one. Although it was suspected of exaggerating, it was far from comparable to Changsun Chong.

In terms of ability, Yang Fan always does not stick to the form when doing things, and can always do things well with ease. From this point of view, Changsun Chong, who is gentle and follows the rules, is far from that.

In terms of official titles, the original positions of both of them were fourth-rank officials, which was considered to be equal. Once his son Changsun Chong inherited his title, he could still beat Yang Fan, but it is not certain now.

Judging from the report, it was incredible that Yang Fan actually defeated the Tubo army with thousands of soldiers, which was simply incredible.

Once you return with the merit of destroying the country, although you may not be able to be awarded the title of Duke because you are too young, it is a foregone conclusion to go further in your official position.

Such military achievements made Yang Fan’s influence in both military and political circles even more unique, and his son Changsun was not as good as that.

What is a little comforting is that the eldest daughter of His Majesty Li Er, who is the most beloved princess.

But that boy Yang Fan is not bad either. Not only did he "marry" the princess, but Princess Gaoyang's favor is also among the top three princesses.

In the final comparison, Changsun Wuji had no choice but to find that in addition to his better background, his son seemed to be inferior to Yang Fan's guy. How could Changsun Wuji accept this?

It's really awesome!
Chapter completed!