Li Longji showed a surprised look on his face, he didn't expect Li Linfu to suddenly stand up, come back to his senses, and nod in agreement: "Allow!" ”

Li Linfu hurriedly thanked him, then turned his head and said to Zheng Peng: "First of all, congratulations to General Zheng for his triumphant return and great achievements." ”

"Eat the king's fortune and bear the king's worries, this is what you should do as a courtier." Zheng Peng said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

So many people came out of the picture to impeach themselves at once, Zheng Peng just thought with his ass, and knew that someone wanted to rectify himself, Li Linfu came out at this time, there is no good thing in nine times out of ten, and the second is a person, what kind of character Li Linfu is, he has long known it.

Before he could deal with him, he jumped out first, okay, play.

"General Zheng is really modest" Li Linfu praised again, and then said with a straight face: "The government and the opposition have a lot of criticism about General Zheng, which can also be said to be a misunderstanding, I believe in General Zheng's character, but some things are better to be clear, I want to ask Zheng Pengjun a few questions, General Zheng won't mind, right?" ”

"No, Li Zhilang can ask if he has any questions, but I don't guarantee that he will answer them all, for example, some matters related to major secrets cannot be disclosed at will without the consent of the Ministry of War and the emperor."

"Of course" Li Linfu responded, and quickly said with a serious face: "There are many soldiers who react, General Zheng was late and left early during the period between the Western Regions and Xiao Bolu, and drank and had fun in the army, is it true that these things are true?"

As soon as the words fell, the court was silent, and many people looked at Li Linfu's expressions.

said it so politely earlier, I thought he was going to "wash the floor" for Zheng Peng, but I didn't expect that as soon as he opened his mouth, he would ask the teacher for guilt and rob the work of Yushitai.

In the officialdom, it is important to leave a line in everything, and see each other well in the future, such as the dirty work of impeaching people is done by those people in the Yushitai, Li Linfu jumped out and robbed Ou Yangming's job, what a big hatred he has with Zheng Peng.

Han Xiu and Pei Guangting, who were standing in the forefront, glanced at each other, and then invariably turned their eyes to the crown prince Li Ying on the side.

The matter between the Zheng Mansion and the Prince's Mansion has long been not a secret, and the Prince's Mansion has remedied it many times afterwards, but the Zheng Mansion has always kept a distance from it, it is said that Li Ying has been rejected many times to woo Zheng Peng, this time Zheng Peng was impeached, is the prince not wanting Zheng Peng to take the throne? Or is it deliberately in Liwei?

Li Ying stood at the forefront, and saw that he was the same as usual, looking at his nose and nose, looking at his heart, looking out of the matter.

In the court, Li Ying rarely expressed his position, and he should do whatever Li Longji said, unless Li Longji asked him to express his opinion by name, otherwise he has always chosen to remain silent.

Just when everyone thought that Zheng Peng would resolutely deny it, they didn't expect Zheng Peng to unexpectedly respond: "It's true, of course it's true." ”

As soon as the words fell, the scene was in an uproar, and the ministers didn't expect Zheng Peng to admit it so simply.

Li Linfu's answer to Zheng Peng seemed to have been prepared, and he continued to ask: "General Zheng is really frank, presumably bringing his female dependents into the barracks, cronyism, stealing illegal salt, and other things are also true, the reason is to paralyze the Tubo people through various deeds, right?" ”

"Yes, Li Zhilang is really smart, he guesses as soon as he guesses." Zheng Peng praised.

"Then General Zheng is really painstaking, I want to ask now, General Zheng reused the Tuqi Shi clan in the black market trade and illicit salt trafficking, whether there is a transfer of interests, is it that General Zheng has a special relationship with the county lord of Tuqishi, borrowing flowers to worship the Buddha?" Li Linfu asked.

Zheng Peng replied so easily, Li Linfu knew that Zheng Peng had the power to make his own decisions, and if he paralyzed the enemy, he could easily wash away all those charges, and if he wanted to break through, the best thing was to break through from the transfer of interests arising from the relationship between men and women.

To know the relationship between Zheng Peng and Lan Duo, there were rumors a few years ago, after all, Lan Duo is an unmarried county lord, who does not live in a post house, and lives alone in the Zheng family.

Datang doesn't want to see this, and Li Longji doesn't want to see it.

Hit the snake and hit seven inches, and Landuo is Zheng Peng's "seven inches".

Zheng Peng said calmly: "When the Ximen Fourth Army was training, I noticed that there were secret agents from Tibet from time to time, in order to paralyze them, I had to create an image of greed for money and lust, so that they could relax their vigilance, selling illicit salt is a dangerous thing, even if they have said hello, the government has one eye open and one eye closed, there will still be people who will come forward to attack the team transporting illegal salt, and it is reasonable to give them more dividends, which is not a transfer of benefits." ”

"Really? There are so many people, why do you choose the people of Turgish? Or let them do it exclusively. Li Linfu chased after him.

"I heard that the housekeeper of Li Zhilang's family is a domestic slave in the family, why did you choose a domestic slave to be the housekeeper?"

Li Linfu paused for a moment, and quickly replied: "The family is born as a slave, and knowing the roots and knowing the bottom is also a good person." ”

"That's right" Zheng Peng blinked and said, "I am also a good person, although Tuqi Shi is not the best partner, but at that time it was the most suitable partner." ”

"Could General Zheng please explain, what about the profits from digging up illicit salt?"

Zheng Peng said very simply: "It's gone, it's all used up." ”

"Run out?" Li Linfu raised his voice an octave: "It is said that the profit from digging up illegal salt is more than 10 million yuan, even if it costs some, how can most of it be handed over to the state treasury." ”

"This matter has been reported to the emperor, and since there are many secrets involved, I will not explain it to Li Shilang."

Li Linfu's old face twitched, he heard that there was a mockery in Zheng Peng's words, but his face was torn, and there was no need to leave any more leeway, so he continued to ask: "General Zheng, you secretly organized a caravan to participate in the black market trade, sent a large number of contraband to Tibet, and made a fortune with it, can you do this?" ”

"Yes, there are two purposes, one is to paralyze the Tubo people, and the other is to buy a large number of strong forces of the Qarlu clan through the black market, sow discord between Tubo and Qarluq, and prepare for winning Gelulu to return to the Tang Dynasty and act as a pawn of the Tang Dynasty."

"I admired General Zheng's honesty very much, and dared to ask, what about General Zheng's participation in the black market to make a large profit? Is it handed over to the treasury? ”

"The profit is there, but it is not a large sum, because it is necessary to use a high price to weaken the strength of Tibet, and the remaining money is mostly used to improve the food of the four armies of Ximen and reward the well-trained soldiers, I can say here openly, whether it is digging smuggling salt or participating in the black market, I have not taken a cent of the profits to my family, and it is all used to boost morale."

Li Linfu said sharply: "The problem is here, General Zheng, you are nepotistic, you have arranged all your henchmen and sworn brothers in important positions, and used all your hard-earned money to win people's hearts, the leader of Qarluq, Kuro, is your former sworn brother, and Tuqishi and General Zheng are as close as a family, I don't know what General Zheng is trying to do with such hard work?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the huge Taiji Hall was silent, and some people's faces changed.

Li Ying glanced at Zheng Peng from the corner of her eye, and sneered in her heart: Let you be high, you have refused to be wooed several times, there was a conflict, and the gifts sent were returned intact, whether the princess invited them to incense or watch a play together, she did not agree once, it is clear that she does not give face, it depends on how you explain it now.

instructed to impeach Zheng Peng, firstly, not to give Zheng Peng a chance to grow, and secondly, to take the opportunity to show the power of the prince's mansion, so that those wavering ministers know that the prince is the prince after all, not an ornament, and the last point is that Zheng Peng's merits are too high, and his work is too high-profile, impeaching him lest his merits shock the lord, and it can be regarded as sharing worries for the emperor, and maybe he will please the emperor.

Li Linfu sacrificed the last and most deadly killing move, and almost said that Zheng Peng had different intentions and wanted to split the land to be the king.

In this way, even if Li Longji trusts him, he will be wary of him and block his rise in disguise.

Jingzhao Yin Cui Runyang is from the Boling Cui clan, and he is Zheng Peng's own person, seeing that Li Linfu is getting more and more serious, and even saying something with a picture, he can't help but ask: "Li Zhilang, things can be eaten indiscriminately, words can't be talked nonsense, General Zheng is a meritorious minister of the Tang Dynasty, how can you be smeared here just by imagination here, what are your intentions?" ”

"Cui Zhaoyin is a little calm, don't be dry, I can understand your mood of defending your own people, what I said just now was just a question in my heart, I want to ask General Zheng to explain one or two, if General Zheng is above board, explain clearly and let everyone relieve his doubts, isn't it to return General Zheng to a clean slate?"

After a pause, Li Linfu said vigorously: "As for what intentions, presumably Cui Zhaoyin misunderstood, a certain has no intentions, only a loyal to the emperor and the Tang Dynasty, for the stability and prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, even if he offends General Zheng, this matter must be clarified." ”

When he spoke, Li Linfu spoke strictly and was determined to be generous for justice.

Cui Runyang wanted to stand up for Zheng Peng, but he didn't expect Li Linfu to say that he was selfish to defend his own people, and he wanted to refute it, but he didn't expect Zheng Peng to say calmly: "What's the picture?" Li Shilang can't figure this out? ”

"Understood? I don't know what General Zheng is trying to do? Li Linfu said with some consternation.

Zheng Peng coughed dryly, and said generously: "The money is used to improve the food, that is for the sake of the health of the soldiers, to share the money to the soldiers, but also to help the soldiers share their worries, so that they can kill the enemy on the battlefield with peace of mind, Li Shilang does not think that the money is only distributed to his subordinates, and I have no share, it is intentional to buy people's hearts, right?" ”

"Isn't it?" Li Linfu asked rhetorically.

"Hahaha" Zheng Peng laughed and said: "Li Shilang underestimates me too much, to be honest, don't look at digging private salt and participating in the black market to make a lot of money, I can't stand the number of people, so many people, those who see it have a share, and it will be thin as soon as it is shared, now who doesn't know in Chang'an, Sanbao and Mingshi Liquor have my share, and the annual dividend is not less than one million, I can't look down on that little money at all, and I also have a little selfishness to give them all the money." ”

Selfishness?

Li Linfu was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "Okay, it's really selfish, Zheng Peng, can you say anything selfish in front of the emperor?" ”

Hmph, although Zheng Peng is very shrewd and a good hand at fighting, but after all, he is too young, and he said it in his own pursuit, even if he said it in front of the emperor and civil and military officials, he couldn't deny it, Li Linfu was confident: as long as Zheng Peng showed a flaw, he could dig deeper along that flaw, so that Zheng Peng fell deeper and deeper.