Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 747 Chapter 766: Victory is in hand
Li Zhi raised his voice and asked, "Why doesn't the poet come into the palace?"

Li Hao nodded and said: "Returning to Your Majesty, I remembered the last time I saw the late emperor. When we parted, I was standing here, and the late emperor was sitting on the throne where the emperor was sitting. I and the late emperor looked at each other for a long time. Dao cherishes it, I never thought that when I return, things are different, and I... feel extremely sad in my heart."

Li Zhi felt sad when he heard the words. He could imagine such a scene, and it reminded him that even though his father was lying on the hospital bed, he still asked every day if there was any good news from Li Hao. It's a pity, father He has not waited until now, and now that the conquest of Tubo has been completely given up, he really does not know how to face his father who is under the nine springs.

As soon as Li Shimin was mentioned, all the officials became solemn. Li Shimin was too powerful during his lifetime, even if he was dead, when he was mentioned, the officials would respect him in awe.

After a while, Li Zhi calmed down slowly, sighed, and said, "Shikuang, come in."

"Follow Your Majesty's order." Li Hao saluted, walked into the Tai Chi Hall, and stood still in the center of the hall.

Seeing that Li Haoguang was standing without kneeling, Chu Suiliang immediately glared and shouted: "Bold Li Hao, you, as a criminal, didn't kneel in front of His Majesty! What crime should you deserve!" Datang met the emperor and received the imperial decree Although there is no need to kneel down, if you are a criminal, let alone the emperor, you have to kneel when you meet an official. Because criminals have been deprived of all kinds of power, they are inferior to others.

Li Hao glanced back at him, and said with a sneer, "Then dare to ask Mr. Chu, what crime did I commit?"

Chu Suiliang said: "You have committed a serious crime of treason, do you still want to deny it?"

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? Did I rebel? How did I rebel?"

Chu Suiliang said: "You are marching outside, and you have privately transferred the military power to Fan Lihua..."

Li Hao directly interrupted him, saying: "Fan Lihua is the deputy commander of the march, as long as the chief commander of the march is ordered, she can lead the troops, and there is no need to ask the Ministry of War, how can she overstep her authority?"

Chu Suiliang was taken aback when he heard the words, and looked at Changsun Wuji, who immediately frowned and said, "As far as I know, there is no such rule in the Tang Dynasty."

"Really?" Li Hao sneered, "You can ask the Minister of the Ministry of War if there is such a military regulation."

Hearing the words, everyone turned their eyes to Li Ji, Minister of the Ministry of War. Li Ji smiled indifferently and said, "Master Changsun has not asked about military matters for a long time, so he may not know about the change of the military system. This military system was established in the seventh year of Zhenguan. It was proposed by General Li Jing and Li Jing, and the servants shot the report to the emperor, and the emperor and the Menxia Province have approved it, so it has been established as a rule, and everything is evidenced by the official documents, you can go to the Shangshu Province and the Menxia Province to read the files and you will know."

At this time, Wei Zheng suddenly said, "That's right, at that time I was still serving as a servant, this memorandum, which I reviewed, has been made into a system, and the Ministry of War will execute it."

When Changsun Wuji heard the words, his face turned pale, and he said angrily, "Since there is such a military regulation, why didn't you say it at the beginning!"

Li Ji said helplessly: "I'm old, my memory is not good, so I forgot."

In fact, this military regulation has really been forgotten, because it is a somewhat tasteless military regulation. The reason why Li Jing proposed this military regulation at the beginning was just in case. Turkic, thinking that this attack would be quite risky, and he had foot disease, fearing that his illness would delay the military, so he proposed this military regulation. Both Wei Zheng and Li Shimin felt that his worry was justified, so they all agreed to act. But since then, this military rule has never been used again. Which marching chief is willing to hand over military power to the deputy chief, so this is a tasteless military rule, which is easily forgotten. Even Wei Zheng's review Those who also forgot.

Changsun Wuji never thought that his biggest rhetoric would be self-defeating, he felt bad in his heart, rolled his eyes for a moment, and suddenly said: "Then why do you say you are sick and don't lead soldiers, a sickness lasts for several months!"

Li Haodao: "As I said before, Tubo is located on a plateau, which is different from our Central Plains. The air pressure there is low and the air is scarce. To put it bluntly, people from the Central Plains will not adapt when they go to the plateau, and they will suffer from altitude sickness and fatigue. Symptoms such as chest tightness, shortness of breath, dizziness, etc. Altitude sickness is also related to a person's physique. Some people's altitude sickness can be strong, and some people's altitude sickness is relatively weak. Unfortunately, I am the person with very strong altitude sickness. It is impossible to cross Tanggula Mountain, because I am still [-] miles away from the Tanggu Mountain Pass, and I can’t even hold the chopsticks stably.

Li Zhi heard the words and exclaimed: "It's so serious?"

Li Hao cupped his hands and said: "Don't dare to lie to Your Majesty, it's just so serious, Fan Lihua, Qin Huaiyu and others can all testify."

Chu Suiliang snorted coldly: "They are your subordinates, they cannot testify for you!"

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "Then Xu Jingzong, the supervisor of the army, and Li Yuanzhong, the general of the Jinwu Guard, can testify for me!"

Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang twitched their eyebrows when they heard the words. These two could really testify for Li Hao. Could it be that Xu Jingzong spoke for Li Hao?

Li Yuanzhong is not in the hall at the moment, but Xu Jingzong is here, hiding wretchedly in the back row of the line. At this moment, everyone is focusing on him, and Xu Jingzong's heart suddenly picks up. He never expected that Li Hao is so insidious. , He actually wanted to testify for him by himself, if he dared to tell lies in front of the palace, if he was found out, the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice would be waiting for him.

Hearing this, Li Zhi stretched his neck to look behind, and asked, "Where is Xu Jingzong?"

"My minister is here." Xu Jingzong bit the bullet and came out.

Li Zhi asked: "Li Hao said that you can testify for him, tell me, is what Li Hao said just now true?"

Xu Jingzong was in a dilemma for a while, if he testified for Li Hao, would Changsun Wuji mess with him?If it was found out that he was lying, Li Zhi would definitely make fun of him, ah, it's so embarrassing, it feels like death on both sides!

Xu Jingzong bowed his head and thought for a while, then suddenly had an idea, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, I only saw King Qiongnan once in Tubo, and King Qiongnan was not eating at that time, but I saw him walk a few steps. Although it is slow, it is considered steady."

What he said was very good. Why, he was ambiguous. He only described what he saw at the time. As for whether Li Hao had altitude sickness, you can guess.

After hearing Xu Jingzong's words, Changsun Wuji breathed a sigh of relief, and gave Xu Jingzong a thumbs-up. This guy really has a brain, and he must cultivate it well in the future.

Li Zhi was not very satisfied with Xu Jingzong's answer. He was about to ask again, but was preempted by Li Hao. Li Hao asked: "Xu Jingzong, this king asked you, did you see my face at that time?"

Xu Jingzong heard the words and hurriedly said: "Of course I saw it?"

Li Hao said: "Since you have seen this king's face, please tell the emperor, what was this king's face and the color of his lips at that time?"

Xu Jingzong was shocked when he heard the words, and froze there. He didn't expect Li Hao to be such a thug, and he didn't give himself a chance to play tricks. What was Li Hao's face at that time? What color were his lips? Tell the truth! If there is even half a lie, it is a crime of deceiving the emperor!" He did not dare to bully his eldest grandson Wuji, and bullying a little Xu Jingzong was not a joke.

Naturally Xu Jingzong didn't dare to lie, he saluted in panic, "Return to Your Majesty, at that time King Qiongnan's face was pale and his lips were purple, he was indeed sick."

Li Zhi laughed happily when he heard the words: "Sure enough, Li Hao didn't lie, now Zhuqing should clear up his doubts!"

Chu Suiliang said unwillingly: "Your Majesty, since Li Hao has altitude sickness and can be regarded as sick, why did he hide it in the battle report and never report his whereabouts?"

Li Zhi frowned immediately when he heard the words, these guys are endless, is it interesting to keep entangled in these problems!

However, Li Hao has already opened his mouth and answered: "Let me answer Master Chu's question. Why did I hide my illness and not report it? Because the late emperor was still alive at that time, but he was suffering from heart disease and couldn't stand the stimulation. I was worried about the late emperor's health, so I dare not report this matter to the late emperor, because it would be very bad for the late emperor's health, but when I was about to break some cities, I was sure of winning, so I sent another battle report, in the battle report, it was clear I am sick and unable to lead troops, and my whereabouts are also included in this battle report, because I know that Tubo is already within reach, even if the late emperor knew that I was sick, as long as he can capture Tubo, it will not affect the late emperor's condition .”

"Nonsense!" Chu Suiliang suddenly exclaimed, "We have never seen the battle report you mentioned!"

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "I don't know about that. Anyway, I've already sent out this memorial. As for why you didn't receive it, it's out of my consideration."

At this time, Li Ji came out again and said: "The Ministry of War has indeed received this battle report." After speaking, he took out a memorial from his arms and presented it with both hands.Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang's expressions changed drastically. They didn't expect such a battle report.

The servant Xu You came down to take the memorial and forwarded it to Li Zhi. After reading it, Li Zhi nodded and said, "As Li Hao said, Xu You, send it to Master Chu and Duke Zhao."

Xu You stepped down from the high platform and handed the memorial to Chu Suiliang. After reading it, Chu Suiliang passed it on to Changsun Wuji. The two frowned after reading it, feeling very angry. It was stamped and approved, but there was no approval from the emperor or the province. Judging from Changsun Wuji's many years of experience in the officialdom, this is a fake memorial, which is likely to be added later. As long as Li Hao and Li Ji collude to make such a A fake memorial is too simple.

Chu Suiliang asked Li Ji angrily: "Li Ji, as the Minister of the Ministry of War, you have such an important battle report, and you didn't pass it on to the left and right servants, what crime should you deserve!"

Li Ji said indifferently: "Master Chu, I'm afraid you forgot that on the first day of the first lunar month, the Ministry of War had already begun to implement the imperial decree and issued an official document to seize the military power of Li Hao and Fan Lihua. By the time this battle report was published, it was already the first day of February, so I wrote the word void in the official approval document, is there something wrong?"

"You...you..." Chu Suiliang glared and pointed at Li Ji angrily, but he was speechless for a long time. Then he felt his blood pressure rising slowly, and his body began to shake. Fortunately, Yu Zhining helped him It kept him from fainting, but he didn't have the energy to speak.

Changsun Wuji squinted at Li Hao and Li Ji, and sighed in his heart, he didn't expect Li Hao to come up with such a way to get rid of it with so many tricks, he really couldn't guess it, he miscalculated.

Now, there is one last doubt left. Although Changsun Wuji was worried, he refused to give up. He said: "I heard that Fan Lihua led an army to attack Tubo and destroyed the 300 Tubo army, only losing [-] people. According to the battle report, it is true." The fire defeated the enemy, but Xu Jingzong's memorandum said that the heavy snow had just fallen in Tubo at that time, and the ground was covered with snow, but the fire covered a radius of more than ten miles. This battle was too unimaginable, and there were many unreasonable things. some time?"

(End of this chapter)