Chapter 213: It's hard to ride a tiger

Here we go.

Although I had guessed that Li Yan might target him again, I didn't expect it to come so quickly.

The emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty is not like in the TV series of later generations, every morning court, in fact, on weekdays, the emperor will only meet with the court bigwigs of the three provinces and six departments, or when there is something important, he will summon a specific number of yamen into the palace to discuss matters, and only once every ten days will the court meeting convene hundreds of civil and military officials.

Beijing officials above the fifth grade must participate.

And Li Xin happened to be the lieutenant of Liupin, so he was not qualified to attend the meeting.

The Great Jin Dynasty held a court meeting on the 10th, and the calculation time today is exactly July 20, the day of the Great Dynasty Meeting.

Li Xin nodded at the middle-aged eunuch and said, "Father-in-law will go first, and the next official will enter the palace later." ”

The eunuch nodded, and said sharply, "Then Captain Li can hurry up, Your Majesty is waiting for you, if you are slow, you will not be held accountable for the crime of neglect." ”

The eunuchs of the Great Jin Dynasty are not in power, and the eunuch Chen Ju, the largest eunuch in the eight eunuchs of the inner palace, has the power to stop at the imperial city, although the Tianmu eunuch among the eight eunuchs has the right to supervise hundreds of officials, but they have no right to set up a private court, that is to say, they only have the right to denounce, not the right to judge.

Even the internal guard in the eight prisons, although they have military power in their hands, they are also limited to the imperial city, although the internal guards have the right to take people, but they must go through the procedures of the imperial court before they can be judged.

This is much inferior to the factory guards of the Ming Dynasty.

This actually restricts the freedom of some imperial powers, but the two generations of the Great Jin Dynasty from Emperor Xianwu to the current Emperor Chengde are extremely majestic, and the military power of the two guards and the forbidden army is firmly in their hands, even if there is no such thing as factory guards, no one dares to disobey them.

It is also for this reason that these eunuchs speak quite politely, and even the great eunuch Chen Ju is gentle on weekdays, not to mention this kind of ordinary eunuch who delivers words.

Li Xin nodded at the eunuch, "Father-in-law, don't worry, Li Xin is very provincial." ”

The eunuch wiped the sweat from his forehead and rode away.

Li Xin originally wanted to go to the princess's mansion first, say hello to the ninth princess and then go to the palace, but after thinking about it, he shook his head and gave up, and said in a deep voice to Yu Linwei at the gate of the princess's mansion, "Tell Her Royal Highness the princess, just say that I have been here and was summoned by His Majesty, so I didn't go in to see her." ”

This Yu Linwei respectfully clenched his fists, "Li Xiao... Li Duwei rest assured that he would definitely tell His Highness about his humble duties. ”

Li Xin squinted his eyes and turned to his dark cloud horse.

Half an hour later, he came to the gate of Changle Palace, stood with his hands down, and waited for the summons.

After a while, there was a shrill singing sound in the hall, which was too far away to be heard, and then a wrestler in front of the hall walked up to Li Xin, and said angrily, "Captain Li, Your Majesty has summoned you in." ”

Li Xin lowered his hand and walked into the main hall of Yongle Palace.

This is a large hall the size of a football field, and it is also the main hall of Changle Palace, Li Xin has been in and out of Changle Palace several times, but this main hall has only been to once.

The last time was when he came back from southern Xinjiang, the Son of Heaven of Chengde summoned him for questioning, and it was in this golden palace that he killed Xue Zichuan of Yushitai alive.

Walking to His Majesty, Li Xin knelt down according to the courtesy and said respectfully, "Yulinwei Li Xin, knock to see Your Majesty." ”

At this time, the deliberations on the Golden Palace had been going on for a while, and the Son of Chengde thought that he hadn't slept well yesterday, and after yawning, he said, "You can be regarded as here." ”

The Son of Heaven stood up from the dragon chair and said angrily, "Okay, you Li Xin, in vain, I believe in you so much, I promoted you in every possible way, and sent you to Southern Xinjiang to serve as a military envoy, but I didn't expect you to collude with the remnants of Nanshu, and now Li Qing has reported your crimes, what else do you have to say?" ”

Chengde Tianzi's words were so powerful that most ordinary people would tremble when they heard it, but Li Xinzhong did not panic at all.

Because of the Chengde Heavenly Son, he has passed, and the reason why His Majesty the Emperor said this is to ask Li Xin to give the court hundred officials, or to the "public" a reasonable statement.

This statement naturally cannot be said in front of the Son of Heaven in Chengde.

If Li Xin said now that he and Nanshu did collude and cooperate, then even if the Chengde Emperor wanted to protect him, he would not be able to protect him.

This is a tacit understanding between smart people, and the Son of Chengde has reached a tacit understanding with Li Xin without saying a word.

Li Xin knelt on the ground, took a deep breath, and said, "Your Majesty, may I ask how Li Shilang became a minister?" ”

The Son of Heaven of Chengde sat back on the dragon chair and said indifferently, "Li Qing said that you are in Hanzhou City, and you met with His Royal Highness Li Xing of Nanshu in private, and colluded with Nanshu. ”

Chengde Tianzi said in a deep voice, "This matter, Li Qing has already made it clear in the book, colluding with thieves is a great crime of rebellion, and ten of you are not enough to cut it, what else do you have to say?" ”

Li Xin still lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, when the Japanese minister entered Hanzhou City, he entered Hanzhou City with General Cheng Ping, and before entering the city, Hanzhou City fell into the hands of the enemy, and it was General Cheng who took the Pingnan Army in a bloody battle to capture Hanzhou City, according to General Chengruo, the remnants of Nanshu in Hanzhou City have been killed by him. ”

"Suppose the contents of Li Shilang's book are true......"

Speaking of this, Li Xin looked up at Li Yan, the squire of the military department standing in the third row, and said coldly, "Then there were no remnants of Nanshu in Hanzhou City at that time, so how did the minister see the remnants of Nanshu?" ”

The Emperor of Chengde almost couldn't help but clap his hands and cheer.

This little doll is really a wonderful person, the same thing in his mouth, there are two different words, and it does not leak!

Li Xin looked straight at Li Yan, the squire of the military department, and sneered, "If there are still remnants of Nanshu in Hanzhou City, then the lower officials want to ask, how did the Pingnan Army enter Hanzhou City at that time?" ”

"Can it be understood that the Pingnan Army is also in touch with the remnants of Nanshu?"

Li Yan's face was expressionless.

"The remnants of Nanshu are cunning, and it is not surprising that there are a few fish that have slipped through the net, which does not prevent Li Duwei from colluding with the thieves."

"Does Li Shilang have any evidence?"

Li Yan turned his head, glanced at Li Xin lightly, and said, "In the remnants of Nanshu, there are spies buried by the official, and the letter sent back by the spy is clearly written, when you were in Hanzhou Mansion, you were taken to the Li Thief Courtyard in the west of the city by a team of remnants of Nanshu, this letter has been handed over to Your Majesty, do you want to take a look?" ”

Li Xin sneered: "If Li Shilang wants this kind of letter, the lower official can forge ten letters for you at any time!" ”

"In Hanzhou City that day, General Cheng Ping said that the 20,000 Pingnan Army had completely mastered Hanzhou City, and Xiaguan also lived near the Pingnan Army camp that night, if only a few Nanshu remnants in Hanzhou City survived, then it would be impossible for them to pass through the Pingnan Army to see Xiaguan anyway."

Li Xin looked at the right attendant of the military department with cold eyes.

"Lord Shilang, the lower official wants to ask you, do you think now, did the lower official see the remnants of Nanshu that night, or did he not see it?"

At this time, Li Yan, who had been calm, also became a little ugly.

If he still bites Li Xin to death and meets the remnants of Nanshu in person, then he will undoubtedly admit that the process of counterinsurgency of the Pingnan Army has moisture.

If you just give up the accusation, not to mention whether you are willing or unwilling, it will also make others feel that the Pingnan Hou Mansion is empty-hearted.

This general, who was almost invincible on the battlefield, was a little speechless for a while.

Chengde Tianzi sat on the dragon chair with a somewhat strange expression.

He was trying to keep his face strained and keep himself serious.