Great Tang Broom Star

"Your Majesty, the generals of the guards complained a little, saying that the guards were loyal to His Majesty, but the crown prince was the first to use them."

Shen Qiu was very melancholy.

Baiqi was scolded by the old men as a dog because of his presence here to question everyone.

And he is the leader of the group of dogs: the dog head!

Li Zhi rubbed his forehead, "Wait for him to make trouble. The child is stubborn, and he won't give up until he loses once. Let him make trouble."

Wu Mei persuaded her and went back later.

"Auntie."

Both kids are there.

The second child, Li Xian, is very intelligent and handsome, Wu Mei smiled and said, "Liu Lang is as handsome as a girl."

Li Xian smiled shyly.

If Jia Ping'an was there, he would definitely have a chill down his spine.

Qilang Li Zhe was still at a troubled age, and when he saw A Niang, he complained, "A Niang, I want to play, but they don't allow it."

People around him just smiled wryly.

Wu Mei said: "Playing also has rules, you should be a good student now and read and understand."

Li Zhe was not convinced, "But the fifth brother of the prince can go out of the palace to play."

Wu Mei couldn't help smiling, "The prince is out of the palace to do something."

Li Zhe shook his head, "They said that the prince left the palace to play around."

The hall fell silent for an instant.

Wu Mei narrowed her eyes and looked at everyone, "Whoever dares to spread rumors and cause trouble will be killed!"

...

At the court meeting, Master Xu Yu said cryptically: "Your Majesty, the foundation of the country must be stable. The crown prince should have studied by His Majesty's side, and I thought that he should go out of the palace less..."

Boss, hurry up and get the prince back, the heaven and the people are angry outside.

"yes!"

Ren Yaxiang was very straightforward, "Now the officials of the six ministries are a little panicked,

The same goes for the guards, who don't know what the prince is going to do..."

The prince's movement is too big, so hurry up and get it back.

Li Zhi smiled bitterly in his heart.

His body was like this, he could collapse at any moment, he couldn't see anything, and he couldn't think about anything except the sharp pain in his head.

Who will take over when it gets there?

Datang's Guo Zuo must not be weakened in his hands.

So when Jia Ping'an and Sun Simiao deduced that he had a tumor in his brain, he accelerated the cultivation of the prince.

But the prince is still too young... Mei Niang is right, the prince is too young to be alone at this age.

Maybe I should call the prince back... yes, call him back when things are still under control.

As for the reason...the arrest of two corrupt officials in the Ministry of War is credited to the prince, so Goro's prestige has been maintained, and the officials of the six ministries have also been appeased...

It's just that Zhu Wei is a little troublesome.

Zhuwei... these years have been mediocre, why don't you catch a few generals, kill chickens to make an example of monkeys, and by the way, you can also finish for Goro.

The emperor's mind only took a moment to decide this matter.

"Come on."

Wang Zhongliang came out.

Li Zhi said calmly: "The prince gave me the roster yesterday. There are people in the military department who are corrupt, and there are people in the guards who are unbearable. They are going to take people."

The prime ministers are all thousand-year-old goblins and ten-thousand-year-old foxes. As soon as they heard it, they knew that the emperor was going to make a move to finish the crown prince.

What roster, it doesn't exist. As for recruiting people, it is even easier... The emperor holds a roster in his hand, and there are people from all ministries to the guards. These people are either corrupt or commit crimes. The emperor's refusal to do anything is not to appease the traitor, but to lure and wait for the opportunity.

This is the means of the emperor!

The ministers praised: "Your Majesty is wise."

Wang Zhongliang hurriedly went to look for Shen Qiu.

On the way, he met the prince.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty has summoned you."

Li Hong nodded and left immediately.

"Your Majesty, the prince seeks an audience."

This rebel!

Li Zhi smiled and said: "These days he has searched very hard, this is to show his merits, hahahaha!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

How to fake a smile is a science, and the prime ministers have obviously cultivated this knowledge to a state of perfection, and their smiles are extraordinarily sincere.

Li Hong came in.

"The prince has done a good job this time, I am very relieved."

Li Zhi smiled, but he was thinking about how to punish this rebellious son.

"Your Majesty, this time, I checked the matter of military officers' calculation of military merits in the Ministry of War, and then ordered Baiqi to go to the guards for questioning. Fifty-nine generals of the guards admitted that they were suppressed, and their military merits were ignored... More than a hundred people spoke out. I know... there are more than two hundred military generals who have been promoted through drilling and connections..."

Li Zhi's smile froze.

"What did you say?"

"The army of the Tang Dynasty is only a few hundred thousand, and the elite is no more than a hundred thousand... Chang'an's army is the most elite, how many generals can there be? More than two hundred... More than two hundred..."

Li Zhi couldn't believe this conclusion.

"More than two hundred generals are not worthy of their names. How many troops do they have under their command?"

Ren Yaxiang was dumbfounded.

The review of the military attache belongs to the Ministry of War. Whoever has credit and ability has passed the Ministry of War. If you pass, you will be promoted. However, where to go.

More than two hundred...

"If it's true..." Xu Jingzong was also shocked, "Not to mention too much, one person leads five hundred soldiers, ten people five thousand, one hundred people fifty thousand, more than two hundred..."

This is a bit exaggerated, because many generals do not directly lead the army, and many of these generals are subordinate and subordinate, repeated.

But these two hundred people led an army of tens of thousands.

"Some generals have been promoted to various places..." Li Hong exploded again.

Generals who go out are even more harmful.

Li Zhi closed his eyes, "I seem to have seen those generals flustered before the battle, unable to find a way to defeat the enemy... There are more than two hundred people, if so, how far is the army of the Tang Dynasty from corruption? If not for the crown prince..."

Li Zhi opened his eyes and looked at Li Hong with gratified eyes for the first time.

If it weren't for the prince, I would have been kept in the dark until the Tang army gradually degenerated and became mediocre.

Datang lost his elite army...

"Think about Tubo, think about Turks, once the Tang army is decadent..."

horrible!

Master Xu Yu tremblingly said: "If so, the beacon fire is not far from Chang'an!"

Ren Yaxiang said in disbelief: "Your Majesty, the authenticity of this matter is not yet known, please investigate carefully."

This is just a question, and there is a high chance that it is false.

The more Ren Yaxiang thought about it, the more wrong he became, "Whether they are civil servants or military generals, most of them feel that their talents are underappreciated, or that they are inferior to their talents. I feel that most of them are fake."

Li Zhi glanced at the prince, "Check!"

if true...

If false...

He took a deep breath, "The prince will go back first."

This is a disguised form of restraint, not bubbling until the conclusion is reached.

This is protection, but also punishment.

Ren Yaxiang resigned in a hurry, and saw Jia Pingan and Shen Qiu as soon as he left the hall.

"Your Majesty ordered the old man to check the matter." Ren Yaxiang said hastily: "How sure do you think the Crown Prince is?"

He looked at Jia Pingan and knew that this young man could not have cheated him in order to pave the way for the prince.

Jia Ping'an's expression was calm, and he was even a little happy.

"At least 60% or more."

In other words, at most 40% are the complaints of those generals.

"Also...if Baiqi asked, it represents His Majesty, how many people dare to speak nonsense?"

Jia Pingan gave him a glimmer of hope, and then gave him another kick.

Seeing Ren Yaxiang's pale face, Jia Pingan couldn't bear it, "Ren Xiang doesn't have to suffer for himself. These things are probably more than ten years, or even twenty or thirty years of accumulation. You have only been in the Ministry of War for a few years."

But I'm sorry, the predecessor can't be held accountable, so there is a high probability that the old person will be blamed.

Shen Qiu went in and out again, "Your Majesty ordered Baiqi to follow and check."

No one can be allowed to investigate alone, so there is nothing wrong with this arrangement.

"Your Majesty ordered the Ministry of Officials to follow suit."

The big move is coming.

Jia Ping'an was worried that the tumor in Li Zhi's brain would be blown up.

But after entering, he still expressed his thoughts.

"If Baiqi asks, no matter how brave the generals are, they won't dare to lie."

Li Zhi had thought of this a long time ago, but he has been refusing to face it directly.

It's too shocking!

"Your Majesty, the queen is here."

The queen came in surrounded by people, and immediately walked to her place alone, Wang Zhongliang hurried over to give her a hand. The queen sat down and looked at everyone calmly.

Li Yifu got up and said: "Your Majesty, this matter has something to do with the Ministry of War..."

"This matter has something to do with the Ministry of War, but what Li Xiang said sounds like he wants to move Ren Xiang..."

Jia Pingan did not hesitate to reveal the true face of Li Yifu.

Li Yifu smiled and said: "The Ministry of War is the chief culprit in this matter, does Duke Jia disagree?"

"Of course I don't agree!"

Jia Pingan felt that it was too cheap to argue with such people, and he said contemptuously: "The military is more worthy of reflection than the Ministry of War!"

Li Zhi was shocked, "That's right, there have been such incidents in the military but no one has reported them, let alone caused troubles, this..."

This is where it gets scary.

"Who is covering the sky with one hand?"

Murder intent floated in the emperor's eyes.

Li Yifu's eyes became more joyful, "Your Majesty, I have heard that all the guards only listen to the orders of the superior..."

Cheng Zhijie, you old dog who dares to humiliate this old man, wait to die!

There was also some suspicion in Li Zhi's eyes.

The imperial instinct strikes.

"nonsense!"

When Jia Pingan read the records about Li Yifu in his previous life, he was quite curious, thinking what kind of arrogance and self-confidence could make Li Yifu swell to such a state.

In the later period, he was quite a bit powerful, and the reason was that the emperor wanted to use him to clean up his opponents. With the power of law enforcement in hand, impeachment will lead to downfall one by one... This is how his momentum has been raised.

The emperor wanted to use him, but he also needed to suppress his arrogance.

Li Yifu's eyes were a little red, he still smiled and said: "Mr. Jia has a good friendship with you old men."

Just one sentence, it undoubtedly revealed Li Yifu's venomous nature.

You, Jia Pingan, are ignoring state affairs for personal reasons!

Li Zhi thought of the friendship between Jia Pingan, Cheng Zhijie and others.

Wu Mei frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "Ping An never interacts with old men in private."

Jia Ping'an's grasp of this point is beyond doubt.

"Your villain's heart is like a gentleman's belly!" Jia Pingan said with a sneer, "You don't serve in the army, let alone lead an army to fight. How do you know what's going on in the army?"

Let alone Li Yifu, even Xu Jingzong would have no way of knowing these things.

Li Ji knows.

He looked gloomy, obviously thinking of many things.

"Your Majesty, the operation of the army is actually a circle."

Jia Pingan felt that it was necessary to popularize military common sense to the emperor, "In this circle, you can only solve problems here, for example, someone has been cheated, someone has been suppressed... How many times has this happened in the past few decades? But who is going to sue?"

Li Zhi was taken aback, "It's true that no one has reported to me the malpractices in the army these years."

This is the disadvantage!

Jia Pingan said: "This is the rule in the army. In this circle you can complain, you can use means, but outside this circle, you must keep silent, otherwise you will be the enemy of the army!"

"Is that so?"

Li Zhi was obviously taken aback.

The army has its own system, and this system excludes interference from the outside world, making it difficult to get involved.

Later generations of the Great Song Dynasty went a step further on this basis. The emperor personally arranged the law of class. In the army, any subordinate who dares to sue the superior, no matter whether it is reasonable or not, will kill you first. As for the man you're accusing...no shit.

It was with this class method that the Song army maintained long-term stability. The price is that the fighting power of the army is not as good as that of the next generation, and the soldiers at the bottom have become slaves and cannon fodder.

Jia Pingan nodded, "Your Majesty, the army has its own rules, and even the old commanders can't do anything about it, otherwise no one will listen to their words..."

This is the powerful power of the unspoken rules, what a handsome man... You have to try it hard.

Li Zhi felt physically and mentally exhausted, "Forget it, the truth of this matter is unknown, and we will wait until it is found out."

Jia Pingan wanted to run away, but was chased out by Wang Zhongliang and stopped.

"The queen calls."

Jia Pingan shuddered.

Wang Zhongliang said with pity: "The queen looked at... quite angry."

You do it for yourself!

Jia Ping'an was slowly brought to the back.

Wu Mei was surrounded by people, beside Zhou Shanxiang and two burly maids.

"Sister, it's so cold, be careful."

Wu Mei waved her hand, and the people around dispersed.

"You said something about the military earlier, and I was quite shocked when I heard it. You said that the military has its own rules, and the old commanders can't violate them... Is this true?"

Jia Pingan nodded, "Sister, there are rules within any power, but there are no civil servants? It's just that you and Your Majesty both feel that the internal rules of civil servants are justified, so they ignore them."

Death +1.

The corners of Wu Mei's eyes twitched slightly.

"The civil servants are better inside. The rules in the army are washed out with blood. The civil servants are more used to fighting secretly. On the surface, they talk and laugh at Yan Yan, and then turn their backs and stab their opponents..."

This is attacking Li Yifu!

Death +2.

Jia Pingan, a young master of death, said very seriously: "The army is a world where the weak and the strong prey on the strong. If you have the ability, you will be promoted. This ability is admired by those who have the ability. However, the army is strictly hierarchical. If the Shangguan says something, you will be promoted." Don't listen, turn around..."

Wu Mei's eyes were slightly cold, "They will dare to kill this person when they look back."

For example, Sun Zhong, the gatekeeper of the teahouse, is a tragedy defeated by the rules.

"Maybe it won't kill you, but all kinds of small shoes are indispensable. There are all kinds of censures on weekdays. You do the hardest things, and you do the thankless things..."

"It's reality."

Jia Pingan felt that the emperor and empress had some wishful thinking, "Sister, from ancient times to the present...which army can be absolutely fair and selfless? Human nature is inherently evil, and we shouldn't expect perfection."

Wu Mei nodded, "You guys don't want to offend people?"

Jia Pingan was speechless.

Those old commanders are old fritters, you expect them to expose those malpractices in the army with a fierce temper... It's better to let Li Yifu investigate.

But why has it not moved?

Because Datang had been winning all the time, this paralyzed everyone, including the late emperor who was called the commander in chief.

The decline of the Tang army... Historically speaking, it started from this moment...

Jia Pingan slipped away.

Wu Mei stood for a long time.

"Queen, it's cold, go back."

Zhou Shanxiang was worried about the child in the queen's womb.

"I was worried that if Wulang messed up this matter, it would arouse the resentment of the officials and the army outside. These days, the people of the gentry are gloating. They hope that the prince will fall, and the more violent the royal family is, the happier they will be... So, this time Find out as soon as possible!"

There was a stern look in Wu Mei's eyes.

Then she went to the East Palace.

"His Royal Highness is sorting out his reading notes."

Wu Mei glanced outside, the prince was concentrating on sorting out his notes, placing those books and papers everywhere.

Outside, the Ministry of War suddenly started self-examination, and then the Ministry of Officials intervened...

The wind and waves suddenly blew up.

"The prince is acting like a demon!"

"It's him who is acting like a demon, making a lot of trouble out of nothing."

"At this moment, he is still the prince. If he becomes the emperor, what will happen to this world?"

Amidst the undercurrent, someone posted the memorial.

"Your Majesty, it is said that the prince was bewitched when he was young..."

Li Zhi said indifferently: "It's better to say that the prince was young and frivolous, and he was careful to ruin himself."

He understood the subtext as soon as he heard it.

"This is the beginning of provocation. If I turn a blind eye to it, the palace will be flooded with memorials."

Li Zhi said coldly: "Take this person down and investigate! Yes, investigate too!"

Li Yi's mansion was mobilized, and the court impeached this person, and then rushed into the government office with people himself, and dragged this person out like a dead dog.

"Corruption!"

Li Yifu's voice was loud, "Women who play with subordinates are shameless!"

If you want to punish a person, it is best to act from the moral level.

The emperor's will is unbreakable: don't kill the prince.

Otherwise, I will let you wait and regret it.

The first time the emperor showed his ferocious face, it was for his own children.

"Those people are worried that the prince's prestige is too high."

In the Jia family, Jia Pingan expressed his judgment to the visiting Li Ji, "No one knows how long His Majesty's body can last. If the prince is trained by His Majesty, it will be a torment for many people.

They hope to see a weak and incompetent prince, such as those emperors at the end of Han Dynasty. "

Li Ji corrected him, "It's not that the emperor at the end of the Han Dynasty didn't want to cheer up, but the general situation is such that people around him and courtiers from other courts are all staring at him. What can the emperor do?"

"No." Jia Pingan felt that Lao Li was thinking too much, "Why were the emperors at the end of Han Dynasty ignored by his courtiers and servants? Because they did nothing and had no ability. Now those people hope to see an emperor who has no ability appear, and then With no prestige in the royal family, they can seize power and call the shots."

"Those people in Guanlong are formidable, but they are too fierce. They can be called tigers and wolves. But now those people are different. They prefer to moisten things quietly, and take back their advantages step by step."

Jia Pingan smiled and said, "Unfortunately, they made a wrong calculation."

Li Ji smiled and asked, "What did you do again?"

Jia Pingan said calmly: "Give them a gift."

Just when the outside world was questioning the prince, Yang Xian, the military doctor who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

"Your official plead guilty!"