In the Taiji Palace, the ministers gathered together, and at this time, no one was playing the minister, and Li Longji did not speak, and everyone looked at Zheng Peng coming in from outside the hall with different expressions.

Zheng Peng is a great hero of the Tang Dynasty, and the position he holds is relatively sensitive, he has to improve firearms, build roads, and have the excuse of "no queen is great", after discussing with Li Longji, he will become a non-important rotating personnel, and he can be dispatched at any time, and he does not need to go to court as usual, so that not only can he have a lot of time, but he can also sleep lazily.

I slept well this morning, and I had a good dream, but I didn't expect the dream to be finished, so I let the next person wake up in a hurry, saying that the emperor sent someone to urge him to come to the court, and he didn't sleep well.

After saluting Li Longji, Zheng Peng asked with some puzzlement: "I don't know what the emperor's intention is to summon Weichen so urgently?" ”

Li Longji opened his mouth and said: "Zheng Qing's family, Ouyang Qing's family has some questions to ask you, you must cooperate." ”

Yesterday it exploded for more than half a day, and the movement was so big, Zheng Peng had already guessed that someone would take advantage of the topic to play, but he didn't expect the action to be so fast, and yesterday there was movement, and someone jumped out today.

It's that Ou Yangming again, this guy is really the prince's most loyal dog, and he has to rush out of everything.

"Wechen obeys." Zheng Peng opened his mouth to answer.

Anyway, I can't refuse, so it's better to do it simply.

"Ouyang Qing's family, if you have any questions, you can ask Zheng Qing's family now." Li Longji kicked this question to Ou Yangming after changing hands.

Yesterday's incident, Li Longji witnessed the whole process, that is, Zheng Peng was able to transfer resources from the Firearms Administration, and it was only with Li Longji's approval that Li Longji could make the trip, it can be said that Li Longji acquiesced in this matter, but he did not expect that after going to the court, Ou Yangming, Ye Ruonan, Xu Ben and other officials jumped out and accused Zheng Peng of using public weapons for private purposes, and simply let Zheng Peng argue with them.

As the king of a country, Li Longji will not personally justify many things, he needs a balance, Zheng Peng's Changluo Railway can be said to have just started, I believe that the use of blasting will not be the last, anyway, there will be a debate on this matter sooner or later, it is better to give it a conclusion as soon as possible.

There is also a layer of thought that Zheng Peng is a little self-conscious, and the mobilization of the power of the Firearms Department did not seek Li Longji's consent in advance, Li Longji can understand Zheng Peng's behavior, and he also believes that Zheng Peng has no malicious intentions, but it is too unruly, and it is also a good thing to have someone to knock Zheng Peng.

"Wechen obeys." Ou Yangming's eyes lit up, and he was a little excited when he spoke.

The meaning of the existence of the imperial official is to supervise the hundred officials, the more he can do the whole thing, the higher the praise, Zheng Peng challenged Zheng Peng when he first came back last time, but he didn't expect Zheng Peng to dodge, and also let Ou Yangming receive a lot of criticism, although he lost, Ou Yangming has been unconvinced, secretly waiting for the opportunity, and finally let him wait.

Impeaching Zheng Peng again will not only have the opportunity to save his reputation, but also show favor to the crown prince, and maybe even make a reputation for not being afraid of power, Ou Yangming is naturally very energetic.

Ou Yangming coughed dryly, drawing the attention of the court to himself, and saw the prince out of the corner of his eye, and the prince Li Ying nodded slightly to him, and his heart was settled.

"General Zheng doesn't seem to have woken up yet, so he's not used to getting up so early, right?" Ou Yangming looked at Zheng Peng, not like a question at all, but like an elder caring for a junior.

It looks like a concern, but in fact it has sinister intentions, the officials present are used to getting up early every day to participate in the early dynasty, Zheng Peng has an important position, but he neglected the court, and his words were ironic, and he also secretly pulled hatred to Zheng Peng.

The subtext means: those who can go to court have no merit and hard work, why do you want to be special?

Zheng Peng heard his voice, and also knew that his intentions were sinister, and said without hesitation: "In order to live up to the emperor's expectations, I work day and night, and sometimes I work too late, so that I can't get up late." ”

I was very disdainful of Ou Yangming in my heart, but there were some things that couldn't be said in front of so many people, wasn't it just lip service, Zheng Peng was really not afraid of him.

I have a special job, and the most important thing is to gain Li Longji's trust.

Ou Yangming snorted coldly, and said with some disbelief: "It's a good sentence day and night, it seems that General Zheng is very busy, thinking about work all the time, but unfortunately he only works in his own home, can outsiders prove it?" ”

"Proof? No" Zheng Peng said with a nonchalant face: "I don't ask for the emperor's appreciation, and I don't want to be promoted to Jialu, so there is no need for this." ”

After a slight pause, without waiting for Ouyang Ming to speak, Zheng Peng continued: "Maybe Ouyang Yushi can't figure it out, but don't care too much if you don't understand, after all, we are very different, I rely on my mind to work, while Ouyang Yushi relies on my mouth to eat." ”

"Flutter" "Hahaha..."

As soon as Zheng Peng's voice fell, there was now a burst of laughter, and many officials were laughing and playfully biting Ou Yangming.

The main task of the imperial history is to supervise and impeach officials, usually offend many people, call people few, most officials do not have a good impression of them, given the nature of their work can not be provoked, can only be in awe, seeing the usual invincible Ou Yangming was sarcastic by Zheng Peng, many people were happy on the spot.

Looking at Zheng Peng's vision, he also has a good impression.

Ou Yangming didn't expect Zheng Peng to leave half of his feelings, and sarcastically mocked himself in public, his tight old face couldn't help twitching a few times, and he was embarrassed on the spot: "General Zheng's words, can you satirize the imperial history of the Imperial History Terrace?" ”

This trick is quite clever, and it suddenly pulled Zheng Peng to the opposite side of the Yushitai, if Zheng Peng dares to say yes, it will be impossible to get along with the entire Yushitai, and he will be bombarded by the Yushitai collective.

As soon as the words fell, the group of officials in the Yushitai straightened their waists and looked at Zheng Peng.

Zheng Peng was not fooled by this, and said with a smile: "I don't dare to be sarcastic, it's just to use an analogy, it's to express the meaning of good eloquence, many colleagues who don't know me think that I don't agree with the Yushitai, in fact, this is wrong, in fact, I only look down on those black-hearted imperial histories who are not right-minded and afraid of the world, and I have always admired those good imperial histories who are loyal to the monarch and patriotism and lead by example." ”

When it came to "not having the right heart and being afraid that the world would not be chaotic", Zheng Peng's eyes kept staring at Ou Yangming, and the hint couldn't be more obvious.

"You..." Ou Yangming had received such an insult, he was so angry that his old face turned red, he pointed at Zheng Peng, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

"It's just a heartfelt statement, Ouyang Yushi doesn't have to care, and he doesn't have to rush to take a seat." Zheng Peng said seriously.

There was another not-so-obvious laugh in the court, obviously very satisfied with Ou Yangming's being targeted by Zheng Peng.

For a person like him, there has to be a person like Zheng Peng to govern him.

Seeing that the court was a little chaotic, the imperial historian Li Chaoyin couldn't help coughing dryly, and said loudly: "Be quiet, pay attention to your appearance." ”

After that, Ou Yangming said with some dissatisfaction: "Ouyang Yushi, please get to the point as soon as possible, the emperor and his colleagues are watching." ”

For Ou Yangming, Li Chaoyin was very dissatisfied in his heart: Yushitai is a special existence in the Tang Dynasty official system, not only to lead by example, not to mix personal feelings, but only to be loyal to the emperor, but Ou Yangming is obviously inclined to be the prince and become the prince's pawn.

It violates the principles of the imperial history of the imperial history.

Li Chaoyin was very prestigious, and as soon as the words fell, the court suddenly quieted down, and even Li Longji nodded secretly: Li Chaoyin still did a good job in controlling the court's appearance.

Ou Yangming also felt that he was led astray by Zheng Peng, which also made Zheng Peng successfully provoked, and when he heard Li Chaoyin's words, he exhaled a long breath, and quickly retorted: "General Zheng, this is the court, and the appearance is also orderly, just General Zheng's confused look can be convicted of a big disrespect, just now General Zheng said that he was busy until late at night for official business, I don't know who can prove it?" ”

For Zheng Peng's words, Ou Yangming didn't believe a word, what kind of business nightstay, nine times out of ten is that young people are greedy for the joy of bed, and they sing every night, and Zheng Peng can say it.

"If the proof is to be proved by outsiders, I'm afraid there is no one who can prove it."

"Really?" Ou Yangming sneered: "Since no one saw that General Zheng was staying overnight on business, then according to General Zheng's performance just now, he can impeach a crime of untidy appearance and disrespect to the emperor." ”

This article is disrespectful, it is a little reluctant to buckle, and the success rate is very low, but it can add a little blockage to Zheng Peng, and also deepen the emperor's dissatisfaction with Zheng Peng, which can facilitate the next step, and Ou Yangming is also happy to see it.

It's a big disrespect again, Zheng Peng was unhappy on the spot, as if he had a grudge with this "big disrespect", just like a dog skin plaster, he couldn't get rid of it.

Zheng Peng suddenly laughed, laughed twice, and then stared at Ou Mingming and sneered: "Whether I am staying overnight on business or not, whether outsiders see it or not, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that outsiders can see my merits, after all, hard work can be faked, but merits can't be faked, right." ”

Without waiting for Ouyang Yuming to speak, Zheng Peng asked: "My merits must be seen by Ouyang Yushi, I don't know what merits Ouyang Yushi has?" ”

Too lazy to pay attention to this kind of little person, being a pawn is still addicted, Zheng Peng is not used to him, so he will give him a good look on the spot.

As soon as Zheng Peng's words fell, the court soon reverberate, and many ministers whispered, but most of them agreed with Zheng Peng and ignored Ou Yangming.

I have to say that Zheng Peng is still very confident when he says this kind of thing, speaking of merit, in addition to the amazing military merits, Zheng Peng has made several dedications, all of which have brought tangible benefits to the Tang Dynasty.

Otherwise, he would not have received the legendary title of champion.

As for Ou Yangming, when it comes to merits, there is really no merit, he can enter the Yushitai, that is, he married a good wife, and his wife's kinship allowed him to rise step by step, if he must be commended, it is a good evaluation of "first-class" written on his resume.

Compared with Zheng Peng, there is no comparison at all.

Ou Yangming was questioned by Zheng Peng, his old face was flushed, and he wanted to save some face, but he opened his mouth and couldn't say anything, mainly compared with Zheng Peng's achievements that were enough to leave a name in history, his so-called achievements were simply not worth mentioning.

At this time, Ou Yangming wanted to slap himself: how good it is to get straight to the topic, why should he quarrel with a skinless and faceless person like Zheng Peng, not to mention the loss of identity, and Zheng Peng was so stunned that he didn't know what to say.

Taking a deep breath, Ou Yangming suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart, and said calmly: "General Zheng is a hero of the Tang Dynasty, a recognized hero, a certain position is lowly and weak, and cannot be compared with the general. ”

After being questioned by Zheng Peng, Ou Yangming just said a faint sentence and brought the topic back to the topic.

Zheng Peng knew what he was going to ask, so he didn't debunk it immediately, but pretended to be surprised and said, "Oh, listening to what Ouyang Yushi said, did I do something wrong?" ”

When is it and still pretending? Ou Yangming was unhappy all of a sudden, and said straight to the point: "General Zheng is deeply trusted by the emperor, serving as the ordnance supervisor and personally managing the most important firearms department, right?" ”

"That's right." Zheng Peng said calmly.

Before they came, they knew what they were going to do, and for Zheng Peng, there was nothing new.

"Very good" Ou Yangming clapped his palms, his face suddenly changed, and he asked loudly: "Yesterday, General Zheng built a road and used gunpowder to raze a small mountain called Black Earth Col to the ground, is there such a thing?" ”

"I didn't expect Ouyang Yushi to be so well-informed, that's right, I ordered it to blow up the Black Mountain Pass yesterday."

"What a bold man" Ou Yangming scolded loudly: "As the secretary of the ordnance department, you should understand that the family has a family law, the state has national rules, the firearms department is the official office of the imperial court, and gunpowder is a contraband specified by the emperor, and General Zheng is so bold that he takes advantage of his position, uses public weapons, and uses people and things from the firearms department to open mountains and split stones for the road he builds, do you know that this is a violation of the law?" ”

Knowing that Zheng Peng made such a big deal in the east of the city, the prince and the prince's family were very excited, and they had long wanted to rectify Zheng Peng, but they had never had a chance, and now that the opportunity has come, they naturally refuse to let it go easily.

The Firearms Department has always been Li Longji's most valued department, and gunpowder is also contraband, Zheng Peng is good, he regards the Firearms Department as his own, and he will take this opportunity to suppress Zheng Peng, and the prince also knows that Zheng Peng cannot be defeated by this matter alone, but all this is to pave the way for the killing moves in the future.

I thought that Zheng Peng would be so frightened that the six gods had no master, and then knelt down to ask for guilt, but I didn't expect Zheng Peng to blink his eyes, and said calmly: "Violated the law? Ouyang Yushi said seriously, when the emperor handed over the ordnance supervisor to me, he said that the affairs of the Firearms Department, no matter how big or small, can be handled as appropriate, what is said about the private use of public weapons, that is, the Firearms Department has some new discoveries, which need to be verified on the spot, because the Firearms Department is located in the Forbidden Garden, and the Forbidden Garden is the back garden of the palace, so it is not appropriate to make too much movement, so as not to surprise the nobles in the palace, let them measure in the Black Mountain Pass, the conscience of heaven and earth, I can confiscate the venue fee of the Firearms Department. ”

What, that's okay too? For private use, he took a big advantage, as if he had suffered a loss, and Ou Yangming was angry on the spot.